A sincere thank you and appreciation to the West Peorians who volunteered on a hot and humid June 5 to pick up litter in our community. I saw many out doing this clean-up to keep West Peoria clean. For those…
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The Lion’s Den | Food Desert
by Daniel McCloud • • Comments Off on The Lion’s Den | Food Desert
The In 2018, the Kroger grocery store chain closed two of its Peoria stores in two predominately low-income, African American neighborhoods. Unfortunately, there have been no suitable options to take the place of these stores. The closing of these stores,…
Straight Talk | Tami Lane to be recognized
by Roger Monroe • • Comments Off on Straight Talk | Tami Lane to be recognized
Plans are underway to recognize the only Peoria person to receive a Hollywood Oscar, movie industry’s highest award. Tami Lane, a graduate of Woodruff High School and Bradley University, received the 2005 Academy Award for Best Makeup in the movie…
Bill Knight | Key energy and jobs proposals
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on Bill Knight | Key energy and jobs proposals
Illinoisans could spend the summer contemplating the consequences for jobs, climate and the energy industry, feeling hope or disappointment. At press time, it seems as if Illinois lawmakers could put the state on track toward a future of caring for…
The Watch | Rock Island Greenway extension
by Terry Bibo • • Comments Off on The Watch | Rock Island Greenway extension
The pandemic may be abating here. Fallout continues. Peoria Housing Authority met virtually April 5. Jackie Newman, CEO, reported the revamped PHA offices had a soft opening. Staff will assess needs and adjust restrictions as necessary to comply with COVID-19…
Real Talk | When you are chosen
by Kamara Taylor • • Comments Off on Real Talk | When you are chosen
Eagerly from Seattle, Wash., I watched her first announcement to run for mayor, reading the Peoria Journal Star, visiting her website — all the time wondering what I could do to ensure that her run was successful and that the…
Nature Rambles | Why Nature Preserves?
by Mike Miller • • Comments Off on Nature Rambles | Why Nature Preserves?
There are a few special places left in this world. If you are taking a hike in some of the natural areas that we are blessed to have in Central Illinois, you might observe a harbinger of just how special…
Art Alerts | June 2021
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Art Alerts | June 2021
Peoria Riverfront Museum is host to the worldwide traveling debut of “T.REX: The Ultimate Predator” created by the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Now through Sept. 6. The Peoria Art Guild will be hosting live demonstrations…
Art & Justice | Raising awareness for abducted women
by Eliida Lakota • • Comments Off on Art & Justice | Raising awareness for abducted women
Editor’s Note: The REDress Project was conceived by Canadian artist Jaime Black to commemorate murdered and missing indigenous women. The REDress Project was displayed at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in 2019. Eliida Lakota brought the concept…
Heat Waves — In Red and Black | Is Large-Scale Ecological Restoration Possible? The Loess Plateau Experiment, Part 2
by William Rau • • Comments Off on Heat Waves — In Red and Black | Is Large-Scale Ecological Restoration Possible? The Loess Plateau Experiment, Part 2
China’s Loess Plateau experiment successfully restored depleted farmland in the less arid parts of the plateau. One precondition for success required an end to free-range grazing by goats, a major cause of soil erosion. The breakthrough came when a county…