On May 25, the Peoria City Council approved borrowing $15 million from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) State Revolving Fund (SRF) at 1.4% interest. A revolving loan over seven years, the loan will be repaid through new sewer rates.…
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Real Talk | Be An Eagle
by Sherry Cannon • • Comments Off on Real Talk | Be An Eagle
If you did not have the opportunity to visit the “What I Need Now In The Ninth Grade” (W.I.N.N.I.N.G) Summer School 7-week program led by Carl Cannon’s ELITE Game-changers team, held at Lincoln School, you missed a treat. Carl and…
Nature Rambles | Bumble Bee Summer
by Mike Miller • • Comments Off on Nature Rambles | Bumble Bee Summer
As June drought turned into July monsoon, we witness another strange year for weather in Central Illinois. The rains came just in time to spur the growth of native prairie flowers before they set bloom. The summer onset of blooming…
Inland Art | Lisa Nelson Raabe
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Inland Art | Lisa Nelson Raabe
For artist Lisa Nelson Raabe, the process of making art is integral to how she experiences the world and navigates life’s rhythms. “I see the world differently when I am making art.” She says that making art has been a…
Art Alerts | August 2021
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Art Alerts | August 2021
From 5-9 p.m. on Aug. 6, the Contemporary Art Center will host its First Friday Studio Tour of 3rd floor studios, where the work of about a dozen area artists are created, shown and sold. The facility also has three…
Reflections From The Clergy | Rest as a Radical Act
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Reflections From The Clergy | Rest as a Radical Act
Of all the words, experiences and conversations of the past year, the word that resonates the most is depletion. Simply saying, “I feel depleted,” in a phone call or a video meeting results in nods and agreement from across the…
Heat Waves — In Red and Black | To Tree or Not to Tree, Part 2: Assisted Regeneration of Trees
by William Rau • • Comments Off on Heat Waves — In Red and Black | To Tree or Not to Tree, Part 2: Assisted Regeneration of Trees
Several themes guide this series. First, climate deterioration demands rapid abolition of fossil-fuel emissions. Trees cannot substitute for ending emissions. However, we must also extract LOTS of atmospheric carbon. Half of above-ground tree mass consists of carbon absorbed through photosynthesis.…
Serendipity | So Long Ago
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • Comments Off on Serendipity | So Long Ago
According to the calendar I’ve kept for decades, my high school graduation was 55 years ago. More precisely it was on Wednesday, June 1, 1966 that my classmates and I walked down the aisle of St. Mary’s Cathedral as students,…
West Peoria News | Cannabis lounge
by Sharon McBride • • Comments Off on West Peoria News | Cannabis lounge
The 20th Annual Night Out Against Crime is scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 3 at City Hall. The event is sponsored by the West Peoria Neighborhood Watch. Its regular monthly meeting will be 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug.…
The Lion’s Den | The History of History
by Daniel McCloud • • Comments Off on The Lion’s Den | The History of History
“History is written by the Victors” is a term often attributed to Winston Churchill. In its simplistic interpretation, those in power are in a position to provide their historical narrative. In recent weeks there has been a political outcry over…