I notice things. Sometimes. I mean, I was shocked, I tell you SHOCKED when I read on Wikipedia that Paul Lynde and Charles Nelson Reilly were gay. Really? I could not tell that by watching “Hollywood Squares” and “Match Game”…
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Plans change
by Cheryl Courtney Semick • • Comments Off on Plans change
They walked with him for three years. Each had plans of where it was all going. His many references to a kingdom spurred thoughts of overthrowing the current regime and freeing their people from its terror. Such thoughts caused several…
Finding a Job Online in Central Illinois
by Tammy Finch • • Comments Off on Finding a Job Online in Central Illinois
I love my job! I have a great boss (me) and like helping my customers with their computer and internet questions. It is fun watching their companies grow and enjoying their success. How about you? Are you happy with your…
West Peoria News for April
by Sharon McBride • • Comments Off on West Peoria News for April
For the April 9 th consolidated election, there is an opening in each of West Peoria’s four wards: Candidates for each ward are: Ward 1 Leroy C. Dohm Jr; Ward 2 Jerome (Jerry) Meismer; Ward 3 Brian K. Ganson; Ward…
Continual anger & disparaging comments rarely provide motivation or improvement
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • Comments Off on Continual anger & disparaging comments rarely provide motivation or improvement
Perspective is difficult to explain to young ones, and apparently some adults, based on various crass comments on Facebook. The Presidential campaign and election are over, and results were a bitter disappointment to many, but continual negative remarks, unless tempered…
Happenings for April
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Happenings for April
thru April 11 – Conklin’s Barn II Dinner Theatre will present “Unnecessary Farce” – recurring weekly on Thursday. Doors open at 6:00 p.m.; Buffet is 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. The show is at 8:00 p.m. Admission is $33 ($35 for…
Musings for April
by Joanne Fought • • Comments Off on Musings for April
Another month has passed, and I can hardly believe it. It has been a bad one again, but I see the light at the end of the tunnel. Jason is back in the hospital for the third time in that…
Straight Talk for March
by Roger Monroe • • Comments Off on Straight Talk for March
Harry Caray was considered by many as the greatest play-by-play announcer in the history of baseball. Fans of Mel Allen of the Yankees and Vin Scully of the Dodgers would disagree, but to those of us in the mid-west, Caray…
Should society protect kids from football?
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on Should society protect kids from football?
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…
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…