Sign up is from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. at BG’s Saloon in Bartonville. This is a 145 mile motorcycle ride that stops in El Paso, Streator, Lacon, and East Peoria. Last stop is back at BG’s Bar in Bartonville at…
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Keep Peoria Beautiful receives Illinois EPA grant
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Keep Peoria Beautiful was the recipient of a grant from the Illinois EPA. With these grant funds the attractive landscaped areas created last year at the entrance/exit ramps of I-74 by Northwoods Mall along Sterling Avenue were added to. The…
Humana Guidance Center’s July Calendar of Events
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These FREE events are for both members (those insured) and non-members. It is located at 7915 N. Hale, Peoria, IL 61615. For more information, please call: (309) 691-1677 July 1 — 1:00 Game: Rummikub (pronounced “rummy cube”) July 2 —…
Peoria Public Library News for July 2010
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Christmas in July @ McClure Branch Library Keep cool in the hottest weather by enjoying icy movies, winning gifts and sharing the spirit of giving at McClure Branch with a month of free special events. · From July 1-15 put…
Proctor news for July 2010
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Anger Management Group – The Anger Management Group of the Counseling Center at Proctor Hospital will be on July 14th. Co-facilitators for the Group are Pamela Shuck-Hoehne, MA, NCC, LCPC, RDDP and Kellie E. Branch-Dircks, MSW, LCSW, therapists with the…
News from Illinois State Representative Jehan Gordon
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Gordon Backs New Law to Employ Illinoisans on Public Works Projects Continuing her commitment to put people back to work, State Rep. Jehan Gordon (D-Peoria) is applauding a new law requiring 90 percent of workers employed on state-funded public work…
Local Author to Speak at ‘Look. It’s My Book!’ Fundraiser Event
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“I know a lot about street gangs, gun running, murder and drug dealing in Chicago,” author David Heinzmann says. He will tell all when he speaks at a June 12 fund raiser for the Peoria charity Look. It’s My Book!…
Julius De Loatche Basketball Summer Camp Hopes to Go Year Round!
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The Julius De Loatche Basketball Camp Incorporated was founded June 6, 1999. Julius was a beloved child, lost in a tragic fire at the family home on March 3, 1999. That same year, Julius’s Basketball Coach, Mr. Tommie Washington of…
West Peoria News for June 2010
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Results show that West Peoria’s 2010 census 77 percent of households have participated via mail. The Census now continues door-to-door to seek out those who haven’t yet responded. Please participate. If the occupant isn’t at home when a census worker…
June Happenings
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thru June 13 – Conklin’s Barn II Dinner Theatre presents- “Your Bag or Mine” – A world premiere comedy written by one of our own. Stars Bob Lane Jr., Mary Simons, and Peoria’s own Mike Dentino and Lana Warner. Call…