“When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.” — Sinclair Lewis quotes (American Writer, 1885-1951) I’m stepping outside this column’s normal subject matter — news and media in Peoria — to discuss…
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Birth Pangs
by Cheryl Courtney Semick • • Comments Off on Birth Pangs
There’s no way we can keep living like the last book of the Bible is fiction. It isn’t. It is now our daily news. If you’ve ever stepped into a church, been to Sunday School or cracked open a Bible,…
Serendipity
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • Comments Off on Serendipity
Home videos document dates of visits to Wildlife Prairie Park as far back as 1984. Our three children were 10, 9, and 7 then and we frequented the park. I could possibly verify the specific year we joined although some…
West Peoria News for September 2010
by Sharon McBride • • Comments Off on West Peoria News for September 2010
The West Peoria Neighborhood Watch will meet on Wednesday, September 8th at 6:30 p.m. at the City Hall. Guests for the evening will be members of the SWAT Team from the Peoria County Sheriff’s Department. Deputy Middlemas will give an…
Be a good egg and follow this advice from the Peoria County Extension office
by Roger Larson • • Comments Off on Be a good egg and follow this advice from the Peoria County Extension office
A recent nationwide recall of shell eggs has many people wondering if their eggs are safe. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been investigating over 200 reports of salmonella…
Peoria Park District Activities in September/October
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Peoria Park District Activities in September/October
WOMEN’S 4-PLAYER SCRAMBLE AT KELLOGG GOLF COURSE Sign up now for the Peoria Park District’s Women’s 4-Player Scramble at Kellogg Golf Course on Saturday, September 4. This tournament is open to amateur women ages 12+. Cost is $60/team, including green…
Knight column wins international award
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Knight column wins international award
A May 2009 column by Bill Knight was named one of a “Golden Dozen” recognized by the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors (ISWNE) at its annual conference in Richmond, Ky. The opinion piece, “Illinois can handle detainees,” was on…
Happenings for September
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Happenings for September
SEPTEMBER HAPPENINGS Sept. 3 – 4 – Blues Festival on Peoria Riverfront from 5:00 – 11:00 p.m. Call 671-5555. Sept. 4 – Bryan Bowers Concert at Forest Park Nature Center – at 7:00 p.m. Call 686-3360. Adults- $7.00/Children- $6.00/12 &…
RIP Woodruff High School 1937-2010
by Roger Monroe • • Comments Off on RIP Woodruff High School 1937-2010
Woodruff High School is dead. Its execution was ordered by District 150 board members David Gorenz, Laura Petelle, Debbie Wolfmeyer and Linda Butler. As a physician, Gorenz lost “the patient;” Petelle, the attorney, pulled the plug; Wolfmeyer, a school secretary,…
On July 4th, remembering ‘liberal’ Founders
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on On July 4th, remembering ‘liberal’ Founders
Seventy-five years ago this month, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act, which said that collective bargaining was in the national interest of the United States. FDR is just one in a long line of patriots whose…