Glancing at area farm fields, one recalls the Rodgers and Hammerstein lyric “the corn is as high as an elephant’s eye,” and new research from the University of Illinois College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Studies (ACES) strengthens the notion…
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Economic cost of losing newspapers
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Economic cost of losing newspapers
Not too many years ago, there were 112 members of the Peoria Newspaper Guild representing employees at the Journal Star including reporters, photographers and workers in circulation. That number has plummeted and now there are only 29 Newspaper Guild members…
Commencement Speech: Civility & Community Under Siege
by Ray LaHood • • Comments Off on Commencement Speech: Civility & Community Under Siege
(Excerpted from the commencement address Ray LaHood delivered to the graduating class at Illinois Central College May 19.) It is a great privilege to deliver a few remarks this morning. By the way, you might be interested to know that…
Elder Fraud
by Clare Howard • • Comments Off on Elder Fraud
Frank and Suzanne are fiscally cautious and savvy, yet they somehow managed to fall victim to a young man with a track record of scamming seniors in central Illinois over home repair work. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s web site…
New Book: Former coach looks back
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on New Book: Former coach looks back
Time can offer perspective – if you have the time. When Gary Dreibelbis was Bradley University’s forensics director, he was on the road for 20 weekends a year – busy Friday afternoons and evenings, all day Saturdays, and getting back…
Flour Teeming with Life
by Clare Howard • • Comments Off on Flour Teeming with Life
Seth Higgins measures, mixes, folds, observes and tastes the differences between dead flour and living flour. “This flour is alive,” he said as he removed two bags made with Glenn hard red spring wheat from his walk-in refrigerator. “I’ve fallen…
Science & Environmental Briefs | June 2018
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Science & Environmental Briefs | June 2018
In Denmark, people use about four, single-use plastic bags a year. By contrast, Americans use an average of one single-use plastic bag a day. Stores in Denmark do not provide free plastic bags. In 1993, Denmark implemented a tax on…
New Publisher at Peoria Journal Star
by Clare Howard • • Comments Off on New Publisher at Peoria Journal Star
Announcements were made in the Journal Star and the Rockford Register Star regarding reorganization within GateHouse Media. Paul Gaier was named president and publisher of the Journal Star. However, readers of the Rockford paper were informed Gaier continues as publisher…
Labor Roundup | June 2018
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“Medicare for All” campaign got Sanders, Ellison boost, but mixed congressional reception despite more than 150 nurses from around the country descending on Capitol Hill last month. The nurses were members of National Nurses United; they were praised by the…
When jail provides hope
by Clare Howard • • Comments Off on When jail provides hope
Romie Anderson and Maurice Young both landed in the Peoria County Jail after decades of minor crimes. That was a stroke of luck for both of them. In jail, both men ended up in a GED class together and encouraged…