The FINRA Investor Education Foundation is sponsoring a series of three programs, Financial ABCs for Generations X, Y, and Z, targeting young adults ages 13 to 20 and the Smart investing @your library® van, which is available for all ages,…
Main Library Closed to Public November 1 – December 13 for Construction
Peoria Public Library Main Library at 107 N.E. Monroe will close to the public on Monday, November 1and reopen on Monday, December 13. All other library locations will remain open and materials can be reserved and renewed at www.peoriapubliclibrary.org .…
Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary 58th Annual Style Show October 5
The Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary announces its 58th Annual Style Show, to be held at 11:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn City Centre, Peoria, on Tuesday, October 5, 2010. Guests to either of the two shows, the…
Methodist Offers 11th Annual Grief Camp for Kids
Methodist Medical Center is accepting camp registrations for children age 5 – 18 who are working through issues of grief following the death of a loved one. “Kourage Kids” is a free one-day outing for 75 young people. This year’s…
Proctor’s Annual Holiday Bazaar is Oct. 8
Don’t miss the Proctor Hospital Service Auxiliary’s annual Holiday Bazaar, Friday, October 8 in the Lobby at the Hospital, (5409 N. Knoxville). The Sale will be open from 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. A variety of seasonal one-of-a-kind handmade items such as…
Methodist Offers Free Forum on Acid Reflux in Children
Acid reflux is a well known ailment in adults, but did you know your children could be suffering from the ailment? Methodist Medical Center offers another free “Coffee with the Doctors” on October 19, 2010 from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.…
Events for Kids in October at Peoria Public Library
October 1-30 – National Book Month @ Lincoln Branch. Come to Lincoln Branch, check out a book or two, and be entered into a drawing for your own book. Ages 2-18, FREE, 497-2600. October 1-23 – Teen Read Week Trivia…
Homespun Patriotism
Patriotism swells in the hearts of Clare and Glenn Waibel, but it’s not a patriotism born of mere sentimentality. It’s a belief, a conviction that motivates them to share their principles with others. They do so with great enthusiasm, attention…
For Quinn & Brady Every Issue a Sticky Point
From capital punishment to education funding, gubernatorial candidates are running fast and hard with little agreement on the issues. Here we go . . . Newspapers and televised ads are once again replete with mudslinging and pointed remarks on candidates’…
It’s that time of year
Preckshot Professional Pharmacy Has Been Compounding in the Peoria Area Since 1981
Back in the “olden days,” prescriptions and medicines were prepared specifically for you either by your doctor or your local pharmacist. As the times became more modernized, pharmacies no longer prepared or compounded your medicines. As the saying goes, “what’s…
Freedom and Tolerance
September was the month in 1789 when the nation’s first Congress proposed to state legislatures the Bill of Rights, including the First Amendment, guaranteeing freedom of religion. September also marks the end of Islam’s holy month of Ramadan, which on…
A Little This Side of the Snow, and That Side of the Haze
September was always my least favorite month. Maybe it was because it marked the approach of fall. This was the time of year we’d say goodbye to grandma’s cabin, by the wild and windy shores of Lake Michigan, and return…
Peoria hospital for sale?
EXCLUSIVE For writing a column in a monthly newspaper I’m proud of the scoops I’ve had over the years. This column was the first to predict a federal judgeship for Judge Jim Shadid and the first to forecast that Chillicothe’s…
It’s not about defending a religion, it’s about opposing a slow slide into fascism
“When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.” — Sinclair Lewis quotes (American Writer, 1885-1951) I’m stepping outside this column’s normal subject matter — news and media in Peoria — to discuss…
We Were Promised an IMAX Theatre!
by Merle Widmer, Peoria County Board Member Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis was recently quoted in the Journal Star: “I think a number of people in the community as well as myself, were under the impression there would be an IMAX…
Birth Pangs
There’s no way we can keep living like the last book of the Bible is fiction. It isn’t. It is now our daily news. If you’ve ever stepped into a church, been to Sunday School or cracked open a Bible,…
Serendipity
Home videos document dates of visits to Wildlife Prairie Park as far back as 1984. Our three children were 10, 9, and 7 then and we frequented the park. I could possibly verify the specific year we joined although some…
West Peoria News for September 2010
The West Peoria Neighborhood Watch will meet on Wednesday, September 8th at 6:30 p.m. at the City Hall. Guests for the evening will be members of the SWAT Team from the Peoria County Sheriff’s Department. Deputy Middlemas will give an…
Be a good egg and follow this advice from the Peoria County Extension office
A recent nationwide recall of shell eggs has many people wondering if their eggs are safe. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been investigating over 200 reports of salmonella…
Children’s Hospital of Illinois names new community advisory board members
Children’s Hospital of Illinois is pleased to welcome the following members to its Community Advisory Board. Joining the Children’s Hospital of Illinois Community Advisory Board are Joshua Waite, Managing Director/Financial Advisor, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network; Melody Berry, VP Marketing &…
Proctor Hospital September Activities
Free Medicare Help Desk in September – Proctor Hospital, in association with BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois’ Services in the Neighborhood program, offers a free Medicare Help Desk the fourth Wednesday of every month, from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m., in the…