Consequences include more than 800,000 federal workers could be required to work without pay or be locked out of their jobs; no new Social Security cards will be issued and veterans’ benefits claims stop being processed; hiring of law enforcement and other essential employees stops; processing visa and passport requests stop; and inspections of food, water, workplaces, chemical plants, and hazardous waste sites come to a halt.
Columns
Arts Alerts: Lots to do to begin New Year this month
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Arts Alerts: Lots to do to begin New Year this month
Ana V. Fleming’s ‘Until the Darkness’ exhibit at Peoria Art Guild; ‘Puff (or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic)’ at Corn Stock; Comedy at Jukebox and Cafe Santa Rosa
The Watch: County zones solar farm; City Council talking taxes; ballots will include postage
by Terry Bibo • • Comments Off on The Watch: County zones solar farm; City Council talking taxes; ballots will include postage
League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria observers attend and report on local government meetings.
West Peoria News: Holiday buzz about City Hall, and sound of silence
by April Silver • • Comments Off on West Peoria News: Holiday buzz about City Hall, and sound of silence
The city will be ushering in a state-of-the-art facility, complete with solar technology, additional meeting room capacity, and well-planned space for the office staff. The proposals include a relocation of the Memorial Wall from its current location at Franciscan Park to the proposed civic plaza.
The Lion’s Den: Sustenance has sustained the soul of our survival
by Daniel McCloud • • Comments Off on The Lion’s Den: Sustenance has sustained the soul of our survival
Home cooking — the preparation, unique ingredients, smells and tastes — reminds us of what we’ve had to do to persevere, especially during the holidays
Bill Knight: Price-fixing? EGGS-actly
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on Bill Knight: Price-fixing? EGGS-actly
Straight Talk: Christmas sings ‘support Israel’
by Roger Monroe • • Comments Off on Straight Talk: Christmas sings ‘support Israel’
More than 200 people raised their voices under the direction of the talented Lee Wenger with wife Denise Adams at the grand piano and son Christopher on guitar. That was almost double the audience’s size last year when we resurrected the community event.
Nature Rambles: The view from the hill flows on for forever
by Mike Miller • • Comments Off on Nature Rambles: The view from the hill flows on for forever
The final resting area of a historic pony truss bridge is a very interesting travel wayside: It now sits at the top of two separate watersheds. … Rain falling east of the bridge will wind its way to the Illinois River through Crow Creek south of Henry. Rain falling west will meander to the Illinois via the Spoon River near Havana.
Fluddle follow: Farmers finding productive uses for wetlands
by Mike Miller • • Comments Off on Fluddle follow: Farmers finding productive uses for wetlands
This film captured the recent efforts by farmers are deciding to restore wetlands as part of a new way of managing their agricultural operations. Their restored wetlands are quickly becoming oasis for migratory birds, aquatic invertebrates, and amphibians
Labor roundup: Unionists blast Hamas, push cease-fire
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Labor roundup: Unionists blast Hamas, push cease-fire
With the Middle East war continuing, and with Israeli military entering Gaza to try to oust Hamas forces, union leaders from the AFL-CIO, the Service Employees and the Government Employees back Israeli’s response to Hamas’s attacks. Meanwhile, more than 240…