The week before Thanksgiving in 1963, the Friday-morning weather had some fog and a little drizzle; afternoon temperatures reached the 60s. “It’s true,” I heard from a trembling freshman schoolmate in Latin class, seconds after laughing and saying how I’d…
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Closed until further notice
by Dale Goodner • • Comments Off on Closed until further notice
There’s a date I won’t soon forget. Tuesday, October 1, 2013. On that day, first thing in the morning, my wife and I entered a restaurant / gift shop in Jacob Lake, Arizona (just a stone’s throw from the north…
White flight doesn’t work
by Billy Dennis • • Comments Off on White flight doesn’t work
Three weeks. Three home invasions in Peoria. Well, actually there have been three home invasions in North Peoria. I’m trying to not chortle, because it really isn’t funny. Whether you live on the South Side or the East Bluff, or…
Doors and Windows: Missing Julie
by Cheryl Courtney Semick • • Comments Off on Doors and Windows: Missing Julie
It rained all afternoon. It was Saturday, September 28, 2013, and I was dining with friends at Sazani’s in Peoria, a river-side Italian restaurant on Route 29. A few miles down that same road, another friend of mine, Julie Peters,…
Serendipity: Thanksgiving Day wasn’t designed for shopping!
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • Comments Off on Serendipity: Thanksgiving Day wasn’t designed for shopping!
On November 27, 1986, writer and humorist Erma Bombeck wrote: “Thanksgiving is honest and simple and warm and natural…an opportunity to reflect and to be thankful that all of you were…and still are.” Sadly Erma Bombeck no longer is, at…
West Peoria News for November 2013
by Sharon McBride • • Comments Off on West Peoria News for November 2013
Scout Troop 11 is selling fresh holiday wreaths again this year starting October 28th with a delivery date starting November 16th. Call Scoutmaster Bob DeSutter at 674-6668 with your order in that time frame. Cub Scout Pack 11 is selling…
Traveling Around the Internet
by Tammy Finch • • Comments Off on Traveling Around the Internet
I have a really cool job that allows me to travel to national conventions and speak about social media. Who can complain about a free trip to Miami Beach in January? I love that part of my company and am…
Musings for November 2013
by Joanne Fought • • Comments Off on Musings for November 2013
I have been thinking quite a lot about technology and I really have come to the conclusion that it brings as many problems as it does helpful issues. I read in the paper the following: “Four Russian nationals and a…
Happenings for November 2013
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Happenings for November 2013
Nov 1 – Central IL Arts Organization First Friday – 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. Admission: Free. Get an intimate look at studios, galleries & arts organizations. Meet artists, musicians, neighbors & collectors. Tour includes 11 locations & spans a breadth…
Egg on their faces
by Roger Monroe • • Comments Off on Egg on their faces
When the news broke that Kent State had won its suit against Bradley for recruiting basketball coach Geno Ford, it looked like a black mark for the Hilltop. A trial was set for October 7 for determining the amount of…