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Thursday Mar. 11, 2010
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TOP BLOG ENTRIES
Candidate Montelongo not happy with Quinn budget Peoria Pundit
Discipline of Simplicity Merle Widmer's PEORIA WATCH
Welcome visitors from the New York Times Peoria Pundit
Renting Versus Buying - Bad Debt or Good Debt Merle Widmer's PEORIA WATCH
Spring is *almost* here Peoria in Pictures
Germs in your Car News Anchor Mom
Spring is in the air… Finally! Peoria Illinoisan
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Council Roundup 3/9/2010 - Posted: 2 hrs., 35 mins. ago. - Peoria Chronicle
I started to drive to Peoria City Hall Tuesday night for the council meeting, but before I even got there, they were finished! The agenda was short, ...
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Civic leaders line up to tout Wonderful Development - Posted: 2 hrs., 44 mins. ago. - Peoria Chronicle
I regret that I couldn’t make it to the Illinois Finance Authority’s public hearing on Tuesday regarding the Wonderful Development (i.e., ...
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No regional brand?! Oh, we’ve got trouble, my friends! - Posted: 3 hrs., 55 mins. ago. - Peoria Chronicle
Ryan Spain and the Heartland Partnership are cooking up a new idea: The idea behind the project is to brand the Peoria region with a tag line and, per...
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Center for Prevention of Abuse Prevention Educators to Speak on Bullying Prevention in Schools - Posted: 7 hrs. ago. - CW Notes
Patti Morris, director of Prevention and Children’s Services, and Jeanne Anders, supervisor of School-based Prevention Services, both with The Cente...
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March 13… Pluto Planet Day? - Posted: 7 hrs. ago. - Peoria Illinoisan
Interesting what little tidbits emerge while helping study grade school homework. It’s common knowledge that Pluto was delisted as an official p...
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Easter Egg Hunt at Peoria Zoo - Posted: 7 hrs. ago. - CW Notes
Looking for a hopping good time? Bounce on over to the Zoo on Saturday, March 27 beginning at 10:30 am for our annual Easter Egg Celebration, loaded w...
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2010 Homeownership Fair - Posted: 7 hrs. ago. - CW Notes
Prospective homeowners are invited to attend the “Opening the Doors to Homeownership” Fair, presented by the Housing Counseling Resource Center (H...
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Peoria Heights Suburban Lions Club to meet March 25th - Posted: 7 hrs. ago. - CW Notes
The Peoria Heights Suburban Lions Club meets every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the Lariat Steakhouse, 2232 W Glen Ave, Peoria, I...
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No one is buying GateHouse’s story about fired reporter - Posted: 7 hrs. ago. - Peoria Pundit
I’m not the only one who is siding with fired Dodge City Daily Globe reporter Claire O’Brien. From the Society of Professional Journalists FOI...
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It turns out there are a LOT of greedy, incompetent pigs running newspaper companies - Posted: 8 hrs. ago. - Peoria Pundit
Before there was GateHouse Media, there was Copley Newspapers, which bought the Peoria Journal Star out of its employee stock ownership program. As th...
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Former Peorian gets some love from the newspaper - Posted: 8 hrs. ago. - Peoria Pundit
On the same day this very blog got a link from the New York Times website, a former Peorian’s blog is the subject of a feature article in the Ne...
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Spring is in the air… Finally! - Posted: 11 hrs. ago. - Peoria Illinoisan
Maybe this isn’t everyone’s idea of a spring type song, but screams spring to me. Smooth, soulful and sexy. Yes, that really is Barry Whit...
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Germs in your Car - Posted: 12 hrs. ago. - News Anchor Mom
My car is completely ridiculously dirty. I can't seem to keep it clean. I am not willing to make the "no food in the car rule." So I am stuck with eit...
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Welcome visitors from the New York Times - Posted: 12 hrs. ago. - Peoria Pundit
Apparently, when you start a post with the words “Raquel Welch’s metal-lined black satin bustier” you get a lot of new visitors. So,...
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NEW! REMARKABLE REPTILES DAY AT THE PEORIA ZOO MARCH 13 - Posted: 13 hrs. ago. - CW Notes
Learn about all your favorite scaly creatures at the Peoria Zoo’s Remarkable Reptiles Day on Saturday, March 13 from 11 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Event high...
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Candidate Montelongo not happy with Quinn budget - Posted: 13 hrs. ago. - Peoria Pundit
I just received the following email: “I was very disappointed in Governor Quinn’s Budget Address today. Unfortunately, businesses do not loc...
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Well, I Opened My Big Mouth... - Posted: 14 hrs. ago. - Pastor Zip's Blog
I'm told this has been posted at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago:THE DIVERSITY COMMITTEE PRESENTS:ELCA Congregations and the Sexuality Stat...
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Discipline of Simplicity - Posted: 15 hrs. ago. - Merle Widmer's PEORIA WATCH
Buy things for their usefulness rather than their status.Reject anything that produces an addiction in you.Develop a habit of giving things away.Refus...
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Round up - Posted: 17 hrs. ago. - Support your local central Illinois Businesses
Willett's Winery and Cellar will open their restaurant, The Ironstone Room, 101 East Market Street in Manito, today. There are several items on the me...
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But, but, but … lawyers are only supposed to represent popular clients - Posted: 18 hrs. ago. - Peoria Pundit
Eugene Robinson gets it right on the Al Qaeda 7 controversy. A group that Liz Cheney co-chairs, called Keep America Safe, has spent the past two weeks...
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A gutless decision to turn police officers into revenue agents - Posted: 18 hrs. ago. - Peoria Pundit
If you are one of those naive people who things red-light cameras are all about making the streets safer, consider what happened in Virginia. A federa...
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I always suspected those things are dangerous weapons (UPDATED) - Posted: 19 hrs. ago. - Peoria Pundit
Raquel Welch’s metal-lined black-satin bustier set all alarms at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport last week. Welch, 69, had planned to chang...
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Peoria Station got it right - Posted: 20 hrs. ago. - Peoria Pundit
The Peoria Journal Star finally reported on various new developments at the airport, including that jet service to Minneapolis was coming. David Jorda...
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Lutheran CORE Illinois to Form March 19-20 - Posted: 1 day, 4 hrs. ago. - Pastor Zip's Blog
You are invited to register for the convocation of Illinois Lutheran congregations, pastors, and laity to formally constitute Lutheran CORE Illinois o...
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Spring is *almost* here - Posted: 1 day, 5 hrs. ago. - Peoria in Pictures
So I've been busy taking pictures of Peorians these days...mostly high schoolers in the Spring play at the nearby high school but, unfortunately, noth...
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Humor? Not Funny, These People are in Charge! - Posted: 1 day, 11 hrs. ago. - Merle Widmer's PEORIA WATCH
I've taken this blog down as being old "humor" adding different names to embarrass people under the misstated tile of "Not Funny". As it turns out the...
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Exercise makes kids smart - Posted: 1 day, 11 hrs. ago. - News Anchor Mom
I am so anxious for this weather to warm up so my kids can go outside and get some exercise. Being couped up all winter is such a drag! The sun came o...
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Renting Versus Buying - Bad Debt or Good Debt - Posted: 1 day, 11 hrs. ago. - Merle Widmer's PEORIA WATCH
An article by Eugene N. White, a professor of economics at Rutgers University, says that the government is making a major effort to keep those home ow...
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Mid Illini Surgical Associates to Offer FREE Screenings for Varicose Veins - Posted: 1 day, 11 hrs. ago. - CW Notes
Brian Heywood, M.D., and W. Scott Reid, D.O., of Mid Illini Surgical Associates will offer FREE visual vein exams: Monday, March 15, 4-5:30 p.m., Meth...
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Bradley Men's Basketball - Posted: 1 day, 13 hrs. ago. - Merle Widmer's PEORIA WATCH
After losing to Northern Iowas 57-40 in the second round of the Missouri Valley Championships, Bradley waits by the phone to see if they are invited t...
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