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Friday Sep. 3, 2010
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Always winter but never Christmas at District 150 Peoria Chronicle
New construction projects on the rise in Peoria Peoria Chronicle
DK Hirner: ‘Does Aaron Schock Think We’re Stupid?’ Peoria Pundit
Read your contracts….PLEASE… Home Inspecting Fireman
A sure sign of aging… Peoria Illinoisan
Firefly bankruptcy hearing date set for Sept. 9 Peoria Chronicle
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Owens Recreation Center’s Beginner Hockey Clinic Session One begins Saturday, September 11 and goes through October 2. Sessions are open for ages 3-6 and 7-13 for both girls and boys who are interested in lear...
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The Peoria Park District’s Proctor Recreation Center and the JEMS Girls Basketball Team will host a Red Cross Blood Drive Saturday, September 11th from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Please call 1-800-448-3543 to sch...
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Attention hockey players ages 18 and up: are you still an enthusiast looking for a way to play hockey? Registration is now open at Owens Center for our Adult No-Check Hockey League – Winter Session. Previous h...
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Relax with a couple good books, then join a discussion with the Mature Readers Book Discussion Group at Lakeview Branch Library, Peoria Ages: 50+ Day-Dates: Tuesday, 9/9 – The Art of Racing in the Rain by Ga...
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Sassy Lady Boutique will present a seminar on Saturday, September 11 that explores the different body types of women, how to dress for your body type, proportion in dress and fashion. This seminar is geared to the c...
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Methodist Medical Center is accepting camp registrations for children age 5 to 18 who are working through issues of grief following the death of a loved one. “Kourage Kids” is a free one-day outing for ...
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College students who observe Jewish dietary laws now have food that meets their needs at Bradley University.This fall the University began offering certified kosher sandwiches, salads and frozen foods in residence h...
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Bradley University alumnus Charley Steiner, the play-by-play announcer of the Los Angeles Dodgers, will give the keynote address for Bradley’s mid-year commencement on December 18 in the new on-campus arena. S...
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McDaniels Marketing Communications Welcomes Julie Sanders as Account Executive
As of September 1, Julie Sanders, a seasoned marketing professional, joins McDaniels Marketing Communications as an account executive. “We are looking forward to all that Julie will bring to our team,” R...Posted: 4 hrs. ago. - CW Notes |
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THIS is my FALL!! When I step outside in my pajama attire (to let the dog out) and I am freezing 'something' off, it is MY kind of weather. It is going to be a good day. I opened up the windows and am purging the su...
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Now, if you look the other way from the top deck of the PNC building where I got the shot from the previous post, you'll get this view: For those of you who aren't familiar with downtown Peoria, those two building...
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Why don't I have a beer during lunch? Europeans drink alcoholic beverages in the middle of the work day. Why shouldn't I? Leftists are always espousing the glories of European ways of doing things. This is one insta...
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[Note to the humor-impaired: This post is all tongue-in-cheek.] We just got the official District 150 school calendar. Now I know we haven’t had “Christmas Vacation” for a long time now. I under...
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Mrs. Obama and the PRM Endowment Shortage - A Perspective
Think of the extravagance of this spending. Then consider the PRM and Peoria County has already spent 56 times that amount of money on the Peoria Riverfront Museum and not one spade of earth has been turned.The lett...Posted: 18 hrs. ago. - Merle Widmer's PEORIA WATCH |
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Private Funds of $8 Million Never Received But Ground is Being Broken Anyway
Note the next to the last sentence about $8 million in private funds to cover the gap. Even with more taxpayer dollars the gap was not covered. A meeting was held today (or yesterday between Dave Ransburg and Mike M...Posted: 18 hrs. ago. - Merle Widmer's PEORIA WATCH |
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Interviewing Tips (newbies take note; old timers take a refresher course!)
I've had more than my share of interviews in the last year. Some have gone exceptionally well, others not so much. As a result, I feel as if I am somewhat qualified to pass on some interviewing tips to those of you...Posted: 19 hrs. ago. - Writing - It's My Thing |
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It is so aggravating and upsetting for women when they have a miscarriage. Most of the time they never get a reason for it. It would be amazing to find out why things go wrong with pregnancies and if there is someth...
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So says Gary Panetta, JS columnist. Go to Gary's site and see what he wrote and what Karrie Alms and I answered for the "truth" nit-picking of this museum fiasco. Some writers on the JS have sometimes not been bothe...
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I don’t watch the Weather Channel often, but I was tonight to get an update on “Earl” when I caught the “local on the 8’s” playing the awesome groove intro of Eminence Front as th...
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From my inbox, a letter from the DK Hirner campaign:: Despite voting no to the stimulus funds that allowed the completion of a new 1.5-mile stretch of Illinois Route 8, Rep. Aaron Schock was front and center at the ...
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Recently, a customer called me, complained about an aspect of a Home Inspection performed for them, and implied a lawsuit. I tried to explain the matter in question was covered on the Inspection Agreement that ...
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From the recent “Issues Update”: The Building Division of the Inspections Department continues to see strong growth in new construction projects in the City of Peoria. With four months remaining in 2010,...
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Last week’s “Issues Update” from the City Manager’s office has the latest on how things are progressing with the Firefly bankruptcy:The Bankruptcy Court has set a hearing on the City’s ...
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Owners of Journal Star now only 73 percent likely to go belly-up
The overpaid corporate fat asses who run GateHouse Media must be just gushing with joy over the sweet press they are getting over news that they are no longer considered a virtually certainty to go bankrupt, but jus...Posted: 1 day, 16 hrs. ago. - Peoria Pundit |
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Distressing news from Afghanistan of the first military chaplain killed in action in Iraq or Afghanistan. Hat tip to Chaplain Daniel Gard (who is also a professor at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne) over...
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Peoria Riverfront Museum - Why the "Block the Bonds" Petition
You will get, "Why the petition" explanation, support and questions on C.J.Summers blog, the Peoria Chronicle. More information at www.blockthebonds.com. Call for more information from any of the 5 of us. It was ...Posted: 1 day, 22 hrs. ago. - Merle Widmer's PEORIA WATCH |
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I kind of think my first grader's backpack is a little too large for his body. I wasn't with him when he picked it out. However, it is not heavy. He just carries a folder and some papers in it at this point. If he s...
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