When most of us kids heard that the stock market had crashed, we just assumed it was the old auction barn across the river. There had been high winds the day before and severe damage was reported. After the fall…
Columns
Musings for March 2010
by Joanne Fought • • Comments Off on Musings for March 2010
I missed another month’s column in February, because I was careless, forgetful and busy. I have definitely decided to pull back a little and schedule fewer hours outside my home. I love doing all that I do, but it is…
Peoria Park District News for March 2010
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Peoria Park District News for March 2010
Peoria Park District Golf Season Tickets Peoria Park District Golf season tickets go on sale at the Golf Learning Center on Friday, February 19. Proof of residency required for resident rates. Non-resident $725 Resident $495 Senior resident (65+) $440 Junior…
Unbelievable! Out-of-towners on Chamber of Commerce meddling in District 150 affairs
by Roger Monroe • • Comments Off on Unbelievable! Out-of-towners on Chamber of Commerce meddling in District 150 affairs
How sad it is to watch as people with good intentions do bad things to others. That’s what has happened in Peoria as a group of people successfully worked to bring a charter school to District 150 while quietly applauding…
Are Abe and Teddy still bigger than Mark and Aaron?
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on Are Abe and Teddy still bigger than Mark and Aaron?
As the February primary approaches, one wonders whether candidates who decide to identify with a party research its platform and claims made by its current champions. For instance, GOP apologist Rush Limbaugh praised U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as…
Science Literacy: It’s Not Rocket Science
by Dale Goodner • • Comments Off on Science Literacy: It’s Not Rocket Science
It was so cold for a couple weeks in January, a teenage girl declared, “Global warming, my a_ _!” Aside from the derriere reference, this attitude actually reflects a recent poll indicating increasing numbers of Americans do not believe the…
Sweet Lips
by Cheryl Courtney Semick • • Comments Off on Sweet Lips
I embarked on a journey this month; a journey to sweet lips. Now, unless you have done a word study in your Bible on the word “lips” you may not get where I’m going with this. God’s Book has much…