You are encouraged to attend the 19th annual West Peoria Night Out Against Crime 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday Aug. 5 at Franciscan Park. The evening includes the Peoria County Sheriff’s Posse, Bearcat Armored vehicle, firefighting equipment, Boy Scout Troop…
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Serendipity | Amusement park charm
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • Comments Off on Serendipity | Amusement park charm
The sixth annual Family Vacation includes seven children, ages 6 to three 13-year-olds. Eight adults are in the lead only slightly, although the children don’t seem to notice they’re outnumbered. Likely because they realize they are outranked, whatever our numbers.…
Views & Perspectives | Hooray! Illinois has a $40 billion capital bill
by Ray LaHood • • Comments Off on Views & Perspectives | Hooray! Illinois has a $40 billion capital bill
Thanks to the extraordinary leadership of Illinois legislators both Republicans, Democrats and Gov. JB Pritzker, Illinois is finally on a course to fixing our pothole-filled roads, crumbling Illinois interstates and structurally deficient bridges. The $40 billion capital bill is long…
Straight Talk | Losing two community leaders
by Roger Monroe • • Comments Off on Straight Talk | Losing two community leaders
First it was news Peoria County State’s Attorney Jerry Brady had died. Then we learned that Peoria County Clerk Steve Sonnemaker had also passed away. Losing two outstanding elected officials and community leaders is almost too much to endure. I…
Bill Knight | Climate change is a job-killer
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on Bill Knight | Climate change is a job-killer
Last month, actor Rainn Wilson (from “The Office”) tweeted, “I love the idea of a Green New Deal but Fox News said the plan includes the mandatory sucking of farts out of camels, solar-panel skull implants, Al Gore face tattoos…
The Lion’s Den | January 23, 1977
by Daniel McCloud • • Comments Off on The Lion’s Den | January 23, 1977
Where were you on the night of January 23, 1977? With the release of the Netflix series, “When They See Us,” which details the trial of the Central Park five, we are again reminded of the power of film as…
Real Talk | “When They See Us”
by Sherry Cannon • • Comments Off on Real Talk | “When They See Us”
Ava DuVernay’s four-part series on the Central Park Five, “When They See Us” is currently airing on Netflix. You have to have been under a rock to not have seen the film or watched commentary about it. My daughter, niece…
Nature Rambles | Titans of the prairie
by Mike Miller • • Comments Off on Nature Rambles | Titans of the prairie
July is the time of year when the tallgrass prairie becomes spectacular. Unfortunately, many of us will live our entire lives in the “Prairie State” without ever seeing a native tallgrass prairie. According to the Illinois Natural History Survey, in…
Reflections From A Hindu Perspective | The wish granting tree – Kalpataru
by Dr. Mandar Pattekar • • Comments Off on Reflections From A Hindu Perspective | The wish granting tree – Kalpataru
In prehistoric times the good and the evil forces churned the ocean of the cosmos, and one of the unique objects which the Divine granted to the churners was a wish granting tree. One day a traveler comes across this…
Inland Art | Katie Bell
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Inland Art | Katie Bell
Curator and artist Jessica Bingham just organized her first exhibition at Illinois State University with the work of native Illinoisan, and now Brooklynite, Katie Bell. Bell studied at Knox College and then at Rhode Island School of Art & Design…