Pam Adams has written a couple of recent articles in the Journal about changes at Methodist Medical Center. I’m not sure where she’s getting her information, but too many of her statements are false and some are just plainly offensive. Factually, Methodist started as the Deaconess Home and Hospital Association in 1898 thanks to three Methodist...
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Greater Peoria is a medical Mecca, and it also has a significant presence of insurance companies, so one wonders whether there’ll come a time when central Illinois will be Ground Zero for a battle between health providers and health insurers. Patients already seem like financial collateral damage in an archaic health-care system that puts profits...
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My brother in law, John, described a collision with a wild turkey as “cartoon like.” It was an explosion of feathers. The car concealing cloud of plumage may have looked like something from Loony Tunes, but it was far from funny. At highway speed it’s a potentially deadly impact. One turkey can be 4...
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I had a little bit of a confrontation. Call it a discussion, if you like. For the past four weeks or so, I’ve been collecting information from daily police reports from the Peoria Police Department and including them in blotter reports I’ve been running on Blogger News Net. This online-only news organization operates at tellpeoria.com/news. No big...
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by Dolores M. Klein, Peoria, IL On C-Span recently, I watched Anita Hill being honored at an event commemorating the 20th anniversary of her testimony against Clarence Thomas’ appointment to the Supreme Court. It was a valuable afternoon of insights and contemplations by a gathering of human rights advocates of all ages and backgrounds. On a...
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By Ed Klein, Peoria, IL h I hold no brief for Mormonism, and I’m not particularly fond of Mitt Romney. But when Christian leaders call it a cult, I find it appropriate to cite Hanlon’s Razor: “Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity.” In some cases, the reverse would be equally...
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Rachel lingers on the bench outside the Afterglow Journey Center. She pulls Mrs. Stone’s book of poetry out of her briefcase and reads the next poem. It’s 10:20 AM. We sit on the couch an inch apart, a sea between us. He grips my hand as a line thrown to a drowning man ~ The weight of...
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Interest in travel was introduced to me by my mother. My father was supportive, but not keen on seeing the world and didn’t understand the appeal. My mother was more of an armchair traveler although she did visit my sister in Germany and visited other European cities. For high school graduation, my parents gifted me...
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Isn’t it fun to go past Haddad’s and see the progress being made? I know that I always get a little boost every time I pass the new building. Take the opportunity to buy one of the good neighbor candy bars for your chance at a golden ticket that gives the winners the opportunity to...
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Another month and more trauma. I believe sometimes that I operate from one to another, but maybe that’s just because I don’t have a lot of adventure in my life, so everything takes on such significance. It really wasn’t so much for me, but rather second hand, because it happened to my son, Jason....
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Haddad’s Downtown – a new family-owned restaurant The owners of this new restaurant, Haddad’s Downtown are Andy Speck and Rita Haddad Speck. This writer has been following their story since it opened, which was in March 2011. You may know them from 1010 W. Main Street. They are open from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.,...
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This Thanksgiving season, organizations such as the Salvation Army and South Side Mission, are giving away meals to those who need them. Signs of giving during this Thanksgiving holiday time are abundantly clear throughout great businesses and organizations in the Central Illinois area. Rich Draeger, Assistant Development Director from the Salvation Army, explains that the...
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