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The Past
“
I always enjoy coming back to Peoria. This is a connec-
tion that I will always have. I keep in touch with a lot of
the community, so it feels like home. These people have
done so much for me, so coming into town to help with
a charity event or run a basketball camp is the least I can
do. The work I do with the OSF Children’s Hospital is
something that I love. It touches me in a way that always
makes me want to do more.”
Hersey Hawkins, Bradley University and NBA basketball star.
Peoria Metropolitan Magazine November 2000
YES, THEY SAID THAT…
Quotes from Famous Peorians
N
ominations are now
being accepted for the
2
nd Annual The Peorian
of the Year Award, which will be
presented in May.
The award, sponsored by
The
Peorian
and its parent company,
AdCo Agency, is given to a per-
son who is playing an important
role in the present and future of
the Peoria area.
The inaugural The Peorian of
the Year Award was presented to
Dr. Jasti Rao, head of cancer re-
search at the University of Illinois
College of Medicine at Peoria
for work he has done to further
research toward treatment for
the prevention or even a cure for
cancer.
Rao also played an instrumen-
tal role in bringing to Peoria a
new Cancer Research Center that
now has UICOMP among the top
cancer research facilities in the
world.
As part of The Peorian of the
Year Award, The Peorian will
present a gift of $10,000 to a local
registered not-for-profit organiza-
tion chosen by the award winner.
Dr. Rao chose The Children’s
Hospital of Illinois to receive the
donation this year.
Nominations are being ac-
cepted online at
through
Dec. 31, 2012. Finalists then will
be selected by The Peorian edito-
rial board. Finalists this year be-
sides Dr. Rao were Glen Barton,
former chairman of Caterpillar
Inc. and the founder of Quest
Charter Academy; Carl Can-
non, founder of the ELITE Youth
Services; Jim McConoughey,
former president of the Heartland
Partnership, and Bonnie Noble,
executive director of the Peoria
Park District.
After the finalists are selected
they will be highlighted on our
website,
, in
our magazine and on our weekly
television program.
We then will ask our readers
and viewers to select the winner
by casting votes on the website
during the month of March. The
winner will be named in May.
For more information visit
N OM I N AT I O N S A R E O P E N !
The Peorian of the Year Award
