Cooking lunch each weekday for some 375 people and delivering those meals is a formidable job. Dedicated drivers like Ron Walster help make it possible. About 9:00 every weekday morning, he leaves his comfortable home in Bartonville for the 15-minute…
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Happenings for March 2011
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Happenings for March 2011
thru March 6 – Garish Garden Show @ Luthy Botanical Gardens from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Call 309-686-3362. See what NOT to do in your garden as we break out the pink flamingos and the garden gnomes in our…
Peoria Park District News for March
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Peoria Park District News for March
Visit the Chicago Flower & Garden Show – The Peoria Park District’s Vagabond Tours will take a day trip to the Chicago Flower & Garden Show at Navy Pier on Monday, March 7. Enjoy a fun-filled day that’s sure to…
Done deal?
by Roger Monroe • • Comments Off on Done deal?
As I write this column January 18, discussions are taking place between retiring Peoria County Administrator Patrick Urich and Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis. Don’t be surprised if an announcement is made within days that Urich is the city’s choice for…
Commercial Border War with Indiana, Illinois still has ‘mile after magnificent mile’
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on Commercial Border War with Indiana, Illinois still has ‘mile after magnificent mile’
A cinder-block truck stop on the south side of Interstate 74 at Pittsboro, Ind., used to serve outstanding biscuits and gravy, and I made a point of stopping there every time I drove through our neighboring state – where I…
A flock-alypse Now?
by Dale Goodner • • Comments Off on A flock-alypse Now?
It’s been called a portent, a sign, and even “aflockalypse.” 2011 started with dead birds mysteriously falling from the sky, not just in one area, but literally all over the world. Thousands of birds have been falling from the sky…
The canonization of Saint Patrick Urich
by Billy Dennis • • Comments Off on The canonization of Saint Patrick Urich
By the time you read this, Patrick Urich will have been hired as the new city manager for the City of Peoria. It’s a done deal. You don’t think that when he announced he was leaving his post as Peoria…
The Un-lived Life of Russell Stone: A novelette, part two
by Cheryl Courtney Semick • • Comments Off on The Un-lived Life of Russell Stone: A novelette, part two
Our story continues from last month’s issue with Rachel just a few hours away from divorce court. Her assistant Kevin just presented her with an envelope containing the remaining effects of a resident who passed away the night before at…
Sometimes ‘I’m Sorry’ is the best response
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • Comments Off on Sometimes ‘I’m Sorry’ is the best response
Some 31 years ago, plus or minus a month or two, my handsome date, who later became my handsome husband, stood in a long slow moving line with me and many others at the Madison Theatre in Peoria. We were…
West Peoria News for February 2010
by Sharon McBride • • Comments Off on West Peoria News for February 2010
2011 has been a difficult time for the many West Peorians who depended upon Haddad’s Market for their grocery shopping as well as being able to have a very friendly staff help them. The fire caused an unwanted “life style”…