The Peoria City/County and Marshall County Health Departments would like to remind people that January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Cervical Cancer affects 10,000 women in the United States each year and is the second most common type of cancer for women worldwide. Cervical cancer is cancer of the ...
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With the primary just two short months away, Democratic Party candidates rush to get out the vote while independents prepare for a rematch. Candidates for the 2010 18th Congressional District election are getting an early start. Throughout Peoria and across Central Illinois, Democrats and Independents are voicing their concerns regarding high-priced healthcare and an increasingly...
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Most of us are aware, as we frantically flurry about in a holiday frenzy, that the fast-approaching year-end is an indicator that we’re about to be deluged with talk of annual budgets – i.e. the City of Peoria, the County of Peoria, and District 150. A taxpayer can easily become overwhelmed by all the...
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by Tyler Maritote Everyday Tony Davis is cussed at, yelled at and honked at for riding his bicycle on the road. The problem is he is not allowed to get off the road. Cyclists like Davis are required by Illinois law to ride in the street unless there is a “sidewalk that has been...
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In a month where “Joy to the World” is a welcome refrain, it’s appropriate to think of people across the globe dealing with HIV/AIDS and to thank progressives and conservatives alike who’ve worked toward preventing or treating HIV/AIDS… Annually, December 1 is World AIDS Day, kicking off HIV/AIDS Awareness Month. HIV, of course, stands for...
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At the risk of being accused of being an apologist for Tyler McCoy and his father, Sheriff Mike McCoy, I’ll say that I’m not sure charging Tyler with a DUI is the smartest — or fairest — thing to do. Yes, Tyler should have been tested for alcohol after his traffic accident, considering that...
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Etched on the surface of a boulder, was Kokopelli. The iconic hump-backed flute player, a Native American fertility deity, was among numerous other prehistoric petroglyphs (engravings on rock) depicting birds, reptiles, fish, bighorn sheep, human figures, tracks, etc. At first glance these appear to be just interesting artistic renditions. But there may...
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by Ed Klein, Peoria, IL How many of you, watching the recent TV news, reading about town hall meetings, rallies and other far right-sponsored gatherings, wonder at the angry, hate-filled rhetoric, outright lies, gross misrepresentations and irrational, screaming outbursts? Get government out of our healthcare system! Don’t let government get between us...
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Enemy forces occupied their country. Without notice, raids infiltrated their towns and their children’s blood ran in the streets. Spies mingled among them as they shopped. Life was not safe when they made their way home. The road was rocky, dusty and long. Transportation was smelly and stubborn, an over-burdened burrow that smelled and clopped...
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Flipping through December issues of monthly magazines suggests contradictory approaches to the holidays. “Survive” headlines one magazine, “celebrate” another. Such different ways of considering the same event. In an effort to respect diversity and individualism, we struggle even with what to call that period of time from the day after Thanksgiving...
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The West Peoria Residents’ Association will have their annual Christmas Party on Sunday, December 6th at 5:00 p.m. at the Franciscan Recreation Center. Santa will arrive at 5:00 p.m. Entertainment by the “9 to Five” vocal group, sing-along with the Mayor, Flynn’s Irish Dancers and refreshments will be a great way to start...
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