Softball time is almost here and the Peoria Park District offers two different programs. Gather your friends and get a team together for Adult Slow-Pitch Softball. Get in the swing of things with this 14-game season starting April 11. Leagues…
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Methodist Medical Center Mobile Mammography April 2011 Schedule
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Methodist Medical Center Mobile Mammography April 2011 Schedule
The following is the schedule for the Methodist Medical Center Mobile Mammography Van for the month of April 2011. April 1-Heartland Clinic-1701 W. Garden, Peoria April 4-Cherry Tree Shopping Center, Washington April 5-Methodist at Morton-1909 N. Morton, Morton April 6-Methodist…
Peoria Zoo welcomes hog babies
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The Peoria Zoo has welcomed a new litter of Red River Hogs who were born March 19 at 6:00 a.m. This is the fourth successful litter born at the Zoo. The Zoo staff were able to determine the time of…
Symonds named 2011 State and Regional Women in Business Champion of the Year
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Doris Symonds of Peoria, Illinois just received notice that not only did she win the State of Illinois Women in Business Champion of the Year 2011 Award, she also won the Regional Women in Business Champion of the Year Award.…
Applications Available for Peoria Homeowners wanting Alley Lights Installed
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Applications are available to Peoria homeowners and property owners who want a dusk-to-dawn alley light installed on their house or garage. The City has earmarked money for the purchase and installation of 100 lights. There is no fee for citizens…
PDC to Host Public Program On Plans to Expand Waste Landfill on April 7th
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Peoria Disposal Company will host a public program on their plans for expanding the Peoria City/County Municipal Waste Landfill. They are proposing a piggy-back addition to the existing municipal waste landfill cell No. 2 rather than closing No. 2 and…
Peoria City/County Health Department Celebrates National Public Health Week
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Since 1995, communities across the country have celebrated the first full week of April as National Public Health Week. This year during April 4-10, 2011, the Peoria City/County Health Department will celebrate the contributions of public health and highlight issues…
Voters Excited for Spring Elections!
by Sara Browning • • Comments Off on Voters Excited for Spring Elections!
Peoria voters are coming out to support their candidates for city council and school board elections. When I asked stay-at-home-mom Maria Graves, 42, why she felt it was important to cast her vote on the Peoria School Board ballot this…
Japan in Crisis: Central Illinois Organizations Provide Relief Across the Globe
by Stella Link • • Comments Off on Japan in Crisis: Central Illinois Organizations Provide Relief Across the Globe
Japanese citizens affected by the tsunami and earthquake were greeted with humanitarian efforts to alleviate basic needs concerns, due to other areas of the world donating funds to the cause. Following the catastrophe, horror and panic shown across television screens,…
City clerk caught using city email to pass along racist jokes
by Billy Dennis • • Comments Off on City clerk caught using city email to pass along racist jokes
Peoria City Clerk Mary Haynes used her official city email address to forward a racially insensitive email to a Florida official. The Coastal Star, a newspaper with an online community-based Web site, reported that a Highland Beach town clerk was…