The West Peoria Neighborhood Watch is again this year sponsoring the annual West Peoria Night Out Against Crime on Saturday, September 7th from 3:00 until 5:30 p.m. Other local organizations assisting are the City of West Peoria, West Peoria Township,…
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‘Ransomware’ Scary Messages that Lock up Your Computer
by Tammy Finch • • Comments Off on ‘Ransomware’ Scary Messages that Lock up Your Computer
Our computer repair store in East Peoria has seen a rash of Ransomware computer threats. It’s not just here that this is happened. I read an article recently where a guy fell for the scam. He admitted to child pornography…
In like a flood
by Cheryl Courtney Semick • • Comments Off on In like a flood
When I was a child, the nightly news seemed like a foreign movie. It seemed that everything bad and evil happened on the other side of the planet, far from our suburban home. When we went to church and heard…
Whatever our age, life is a classroom
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • Comments Off on Whatever our age, life is a classroom
While my youngest child’s last time to celebrate the first day of a new school year, not counting college, was in 1994 as a high school senior, sentimentality reigns supreme for me each year when summer vacation ends and kids…
September 2013 Happenings
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on September 2013 Happenings
Sept 1 – Grape Stomp & Harvest Festival from 12:00 – 6:00 p.m. at Mackinaw Valley Vineyard & Winery, 33633 State Route 9, Mackinaw. Call 309-359-9463. $5 per person/12 & under free. There is a harvest demo. Wine tasting all…
Peoria Park District September Activities
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Peoria Park District September Activities
Youth Piano Lessons Beginning in September – The Peoria Park District offers multiple sessions of Piano Lessons for ages 5-13, both beginner and intermediate, starting September 3 and 4 at Don’s Music Land. Beginner & intermediate mini-mester classes cost $38/residents,…
The full story on Peoria’s Betty Friedan
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on The full story on Peoria’s Betty Friedan
This Labor Day during the 50th anniversary year of the publication of the landmark “Feminine Mystique” by Peoria native Betty Friedan, one wonders, “What if?” What if more people knew of Friedan’s background – especially her years as a labor…
Think native
by Dale Goodner • • Comments Off on Think native
Doug Tallamy was surprised at how perfect the leaves looked on surrounding shrubs and herbaceous plants. As an entomologist he would have expected to see holes, chewed edges and other evidence of herbivorous insects feeding. It occurred to Tallamy that,…
Gary Sandberg could be a royal pain in the butt
by Billy Dennis • • Comments Off on Gary Sandberg could be a royal pain in the butt
I loved Gary Sandberg. But the man could be a royal pain. Certainly Peoria’s mayors found him to be a pain. He opposed just about every developer make-work giveaway project they could conceive. Developers who have their hand in taxpayer’s…
Second chances shouldn’t be taken for granted
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • Comments Off on Second chances shouldn’t be taken for granted
Second chances shouldn’t be taken for granted. If offered, they’re to be used for all they’re worth! Not every missed or bungled opportunity affords another go around. People die suddenly and all the “wish I would have told them” sentiments…