The opioid epidemic is mind numbing, and the death toll is staggering. According to the CDC, 200,000 people have died from overdoes involving prescription opioids. Of the people using illicit opioids, 80 percent began their addiction with prescription drugs. The…
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Inland Art: Central Time Ceramics
by Paul Krainak • • Comments Off on Inland Art: Central Time Ceramics
The biennial Central Time Ceramics exhibition will open March 6 at Heuser and Hartmann Galleries, Bradley University. Show founder and Bradley Ceramics Professor Randy Carlson chose Gail Kendall, emeritus professor, University of Nebraska, whose decorative pottery is widely recognized and…
Straight Talk: Another shooting tragedy
by Roger Monroe • • Comments Off on Straight Talk: Another shooting tragedy
It was painful to listen and watch as details of another horrible multiple shooting were reported in the nation. The latest at a high school in Parkland, Fla., cost 17 lives and more than 14 injured. After the 19-year old…
Art: What Is It Good For? Community + Collaboration
by Doug and Eileen Leunig • • Comments Off on Art: What Is It Good For? Community + Collaboration
Today’s world is filled with divisiveness and people intent on picking sides. But art has the potential to open eyes and bring us together, the power to unify communities.
Bill Knight: Don’t politicize from the pulpit
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on Bill Knight: Don’t politicize from the pulpit
A year ago this winter, President Trump at the 2017 National Prayer Breakfast repeated his campaign promise to dismantle the Johnson Amendment, the federal law prohibiting nonprofits, including churches from getting involved in partisan electoral politics. “I will get rid…
Nature Rambles: Signs of Spring
by Mike Miller • • Comments Off on Nature Rambles: Signs of Spring
This year, February made us remember it is still a month of winter. Frequent snowfalls and cold arctic blasts have kept the landscape in a dormant state for much of the month. As February wanes towards March, that wintery grip…
Reflections From A Baha’i: Religion must create world unity; otherwise world better without it
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Reflections From A Baha’i: Religion must create world unity; otherwise world better without it
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stated, “I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.” Will…
Real Talk: How long do we need to wait?
by Kamara Taylor • • Comments Off on Real Talk: How long do we need to wait?
I recall the words explaining why we can’t wait spoken so eloquently by Dr. Martin Luther King. I now realize how profound that one question is. I now understand King was not in a rush for change, he just couldn’t…
Serendipity: Perfectly Imperfect Marriage
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • Comments Off on Serendipity: Perfectly Imperfect Marriage
He doesn’t rush into a room, sweep me off my feet and mesmerize me with endearing proclamations of his love. But neither does he complain when the dining room table is just about ready to collapse under the weight of…
West Peoria News: Garbage fee vote
by Sharon McBride • • Comments Off on West Peoria News: Garbage fee vote
Bob Streitmatter, manager of Luthy Botanical Garden, will speak at 6 p.m. March 15 at the West Peoria Resident’s Association, West Peoria City Hall. The public is invited to attend. You have the opportunity to vote March 20 on whether…