through May 24 – Bookmobile every two weeks on Tuesdays at the Shoppes at Grand Prairie from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Admission is free. The Bookmobile will be located in front of Flat Top Grill. April 2 – The not-for-profit…
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Park District scheduled spring break activities for kids
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Park District scheduled spring break activities for kids
The Peoria Park District has announced there will be four different Spring Break Camps available to area children. Camps will run April 4th – 8th. Proctor Spring Break Basketball Camp – Proctor Recreation Center offers a Spring Break Basketball Camp…
Youth soccer skills camp sponsored by the Peoria Park District
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Kids in grades K-5 can sign up for a three-day Youth Soccer Skills Camp at the Peoria Park District. This clinic, hosted by the Peoria Park District and Peoria Soccer Club, will work on dribbling, passing, shooting and ball handling.…
Softball league signups underway at Peoria Park District
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Softball time is almost here and the Peoria Park District offers two different programs. Gather your friends and get a team together for Adult Slow-Pitch Softball. Get in the swing of things with this 14-game season starting April 11. Leagues…
Peoria police deserve praise
by Roger Monroe • • Comments Off on Peoria police deserve praise
Have you noticed how quickly Peoria police are capturing the bad guys? One robbery after another and one killing after another, police wind up nabbing the culprits. And folks, these are really bad, bad, people. Too many young thugs are…
In Peoria, one of the most obvious places the economy affects us is in the restaurant business
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on In Peoria, one of the most obvious places the economy affects us is in the restaurant business
The economy isn’t an abstract and government shouldn’t “operate as a business.”Economic woes affect employers and workers, consumers and kids, retirees and almost everyone in a community, a nation – now, a world. And government doesn’t exist to mimic corporations…
Seize the Seasons: Remembering the spiritual aspets of outhouses
by Dale Goodner • • Comments Off on Seize the Seasons: Remembering the spiritual aspets of outhouses
Every once in a while something in a newspaper jumps right out at you. Some time back there were some Amish folks who were told by local authorities to desist from using outhouses. They attempted to defend this practice claiming…
City clerk caught using city email to pass along racist jokes
by Billy Dennis • • Comments Off on City clerk caught using city email to pass along racist jokes
Peoria City Clerk Mary Haynes used her official city email address to forward a racially insensitive email to a Florida official. The Coastal Star, a newspaper with an online community-based Web site, reported that a Highland Beach town clerk was…
The Un-lived Life of Russell Stone. a novelette, part three
by Cheryl Courtney Semick • • Comments Off on The Un-lived Life of Russell Stone. a novelette, part three
Rachel must place a call to the widow of Mr. Stone who passed away late last night, but she can’t pick up the phone. The conversations she had just weeks ago with Mrs. Stone are still churning in her gut.…
His day and his heart are overflowing
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • Comments Off on His day and his heart are overflowing
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…