Here are a few tips from Rick Atterberry, Media Communications Specialist from the Homemakers Extension Assoc. for Peoria County • Keep an appliance thermometer in your refrigerator and freezer. In case of a power outage, the thermometers will help you…
Enter the Annual Nature Photo Contest at Forest Park Nature Center – Entry Deadline October 16
Celebrate your creativity and the beauty of nature by entering the annual Nature Photography Contest at the Peoria Park District’s Forest Park Nature Center. All photographs must have a nature theme. Categories include Wildlife, Backyard/Urban Wildlife, Nature Landscape/Scene, Close-up Flora,…
Traditional and Modern
Conversations with Rabbi Karen Kriger Bogard and Rabbi Daniel Bogard are full of words like “amazing, caring, fortunate, warmly, welcoming” and others of similar sentiment. The energy between them is easy to sense as they describe their work, their aspirations,…
Proctor Hospital Activities in October
October Seniors on the Go – The Hult Health Education Center & Proctor Hospital presents “Seniors on the Go” on October 20 at the Hult Center for Health Education. The educational program is free to seniors. It includes a morning…
Annuak chrysanthemum show begins Oct 14 at Luthyt Botanical Garden
The Peoria Park District’s Luthy Botanical Garden will hold its annual Chrysanthemum Show from October 14 to November 6 during regular Garden hours. This year’s theme is “The Great Pumpkin.” Enjoy a spectacular showing of autumn color during this annual…
Common Place to Hold Lights On Afterschool Rally October 20
The Common Place Family Learning Center’s Teen REACH will sponsor a Lights On Afterschool rally on Thursday, October 20, from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., at Common Place, 514 S. Shelley Street, Peoria, Illinois. The rally will be one of more…
Heartland Festival Orchestra Announces Special Family Matinee
What: Beethoven Lives Upstairs When: Sunday, October 9, 2011- 2:00 PM Where: Five Points Caterpillar Performing Arts Center Tickets are $10 per person with Open Seating! Beethoven Lives Upstairs is a dramatic and musical portrait of the mysterious and difficult…
Attend the ‘Creatures of the Night’ hike at Forest Park Nature Center on Oct. 15
The Peoria Park District’s Forest Park Nature Center will hold a “Creatures of the Night” hike on Friday, October 28, at 7:00 p.m. Summon your courage and prepare to enter the dark of the forest on a walk through trails…
Peoria Symphony Orchestra
Oct 17 – Peoria Symphony Guild Musical Monday – coffee @ 9:30 & program @ 10:00 a.m.,Trinity Lutheran Church, 135 NE Randolph Ave. to commemorate anniversary of the American Civil War. Oct. 22- @ 8:00 p.m. @ Grace Presbyterian Church…
Central Illinois Taking Steps Toward Energy Deregulation
Next spring could see Central Illinois voters having a voice in which company supplies electricity to their homes. Should voters allow their city councils to act on their behalf when it comes to choosing their home electrical suppliers? Some Central…
A Midwest Haunting Scares Up Ghost Sightings in Macomb, IL Area
Tim Weaver, founder of A Midwest Haunting, holds ghost tours throughout Macomb, Illinois and various areas to educate others on the paranormal. His tour program includes two new students this year from Western Illinois University, Corinne Perkins and Kaitlyn Perchalski.…
Holy Cow! Has it been that long?
The Tazewell County Jaycees Amazing Events for 2011-2012
Our Tazewell County Jaycees chapter is very proud of our chapter in its involvement in positive activities and giving back to the area. Our President this year, Joy Williamson, External Vice-President Kimberly Weeks, Secretary Heather Winemiller, Chapter Treasurer Adam Byerly,…
Contemporary Art Center’s Salsa Program Brings Passion for Dance
Salsa enthusiasts Ed Caballero and his wife Beverly have brought to life the Salsa Program on Friday nights at the Contemporary Art Center to attract people to the love of dance. Caballero, a Salsa DJ in various places in Central…
Illinois, Peoria Recent Hot Spots for Politicians
D.C. Democrats visit Central Illinois while Governor Quinn reveals a new use for shingles. Home State Tour Campaign 2012 is revving up across the country and Illinoisans are seeing some early signs—most notably President Barack Obama’s bus tour across the…
Look It’s My Book Promotes Love of Reading For Children While Granting Them Hope In Literacy
Janet Roth, President of Look It’s My Book, has created a non-profit organization devoted to giving books to improve children’s reading ability in the Peoria area. Roth, who carried over her knowledge from working in Social Security for 38 years,…
Happy Birthday, Pete!
Pete Vonachen, Peoria’s “Mr. Baseball,” celebrated his 86th birthday, Wednesday, August 31. Mayor Jim Ardis proclaimed that day “Pete Vonachen Day” in honor of Pete’s leadership and community service. Few people remember his many years on the city’s Liquor Commission…
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Progressive – and proud of it!
For progressive-minded radio fans who love variety in their music and local personalities on the dial, the Peoria area can be frustrating. It’s worse when stations licensed to certain communities ignore those towns. So increasingly, listeners seeking voices and tunes…
Keeping the Parts
My sister, Lora, was absolutely right. When her mother-in-law, Oma, died this past July, she said, “It was like losing a library…” That’s a perfect way to put it. Having lived through almost all of the twentieth century, Oma had…
What were you doing ten years ago today?
On Sept. 11, 2001, I awoke at about 9:00 a.m. local time. I was living with my brother on Samuel Street in the Heights. I stretched, wandered over by my computer and went to a Usenet newsgroup I visited regularly.…
America, the Light is Fading …
by Ed Klein, Peoria, IL After Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s union busting bill was signed, Mahlon Mitchell of the firefighters union said, “It doesn’t feel like America. Where the hell are we?” I can answer that. We’re in an era…