Society somehow thinks it’s sensible to check Halloween candy for drugs or poison despite overwhelming evidence that such incidents are an urban myth, but faced with real reports of serious injuries to kids playing football, people seem unperturbed. But high…
Columns
Mad as a March Hare
by Dale Goodner • • Comments Off on Mad as a March Hare
In the middle of the night I occasionally notice a dark figure in my yard, hunkered over as if in prayer, lurking just beneath the bird feeder… chewing. If it notices me, moving inside the house, it will quickly disappear…
City’s tepid response to Snowpocalypse light
by Billy Dennis • • Comments Off on City’s tepid response to Snowpocalypse light
I’ve spent most of the snowstorm in the city’s chronically neglected South Side, so maybe I don’t have a good grasp of the work done elsewhere in the city yet. I know that Western is pretty well covered in snow.…
Melancholy March
by Cheryl Courtney Semick • • Comments Off on Melancholy March
She doesn’t remember the last time we were together and swears she hasn’t seen me in years. We had lunch last Sunday. This is the month she gave birth to me, but she won’t remember that either. Mom is frail…
Serendipity for March
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • Comments Off on Serendipity for March
About 12 of us first met in the winter of 1967 in a training class at the Greater Peoria Airport as prospective employees of Ozark Airlines. Most of us were in our late teens or barely 20. This was many…
West Peoria News for March
by Sharon McBride • • Comments Off on West Peoria News for March
Troop 11 is again selling trash bags with sales starting March 4th with delivery in April. A box of 100 bags is $16.00. If you do not hear from a boy scout and want a box of bags please call…
Can the Web Help You Reach Your New Year’s Resolutions?
by Tammy Finch • • Comments Off on Can the Web Help You Reach Your New Year’s Resolutions?
Things always pick up at the gym at the beginning of the year and every year with people starting their New Year’s resolutions. I’m happy for them. It’s a fresh start with a fresh year. However, the chaos starts to…
Happenings for March
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Happenings for March
March 2 – JEMS Girls Travel Basketball Program will be host basketball tryouts on at the Woodruff Career & Technical Center (Old Woodruff High School) from 8:30 – 11:30a.m. for our travel basketball teams. This is open to girls grades…
Straight Talk: Jim Maloof left his mark
by Roger Monroe • • Comments Off on Straight Talk: Jim Maloof left his mark
Much has been written and spoken about Jim Maloof. And rightfully so. He touched thousands of lives, including mine. I’ve had the good fortune to know Jim for over 43 years. The friendship really began to blossom in November of…
Knight Watch: Progressives Unite to Fight for Democracy
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on Knight Watch: Progressives Unite to Fight for Democracy
In 1864, the Rev. Byron Sunderland, chaplain of the U.S. Senate, prayed before an April session, “Oh, Lord, give us that Thou wilt in Thine infinite wisdom vouchsafe to our rulers and legislators in this Congress assembled more brains. More…