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Dress For Success can be the start of something big
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- Published on Friday, 25 April 2014 15:15
- Written by Paul Gordon
When Diane Cullinan Oberhelman decided to start her own business and applied for a commercial loan, she was rejected. It was the mid-1980s and banks just did not offer commercial loans to women.
Obviously Oberhelman, who founded the Peoria real estate development firm Cullinan Properties Ltd., did not let that rejection stop her. Instead, she assembled a team that...
Cat reports improved Q1 profit
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- Published on Thursday, 24 April 2014 17:43
- Written by Paul Gordon
Better than expected results in two of its business units propelled Caterpillar Inc. to an increase in first quarter profit even though overall sales were basically flat when compared with the first three months of 2013, the company reported Thursday.
Caterpillar reported a profit of $922 million, or $1.44 a share, on first quarter...
Protecting the kids is everyone's job
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- Published on Monday, 21 April 2014 09:47
- Written by Paul Gordon
The responsibility for ensuring the safety of children or ridding them of the horrors of abuse or neglect should extend beyond child welfare services, police agencies and juvenile courts.
Those in professions that cause them to be mandatory reporters of abuse and neglect or even suspicions of s
uch should not be the only people that do...
Helping child abuse victims starts with 'first responders'
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- Published on Thursday, 24 April 2014 12:44
- Written by Paul Gordon
Last in a series
Child abuse, said Clete Winkelmann, is one of those things that make people want to cover their eyes and run away.
"We don't do that," said Winkelmann, CEO of Children's Home in Peoria. "We run into the situation. We are basically the first responders...
LaHood: Time to decide whether to keep Lt. Governor's office
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- Published on Wednesday, 16 April 2014 16:44
- Written by State Sen. Darin LaHood, R-Peoria
By State Sen. Darin LaHood and State Rep. David McSweeney
In 1981, then Lieutenant Governor Dave O'Neal, famously resigned his post citing boredom as the reason. In 1994, former Lt. Governor Bob Kustra tried to resign to become a radio host but decided to keep his job because of Gov....
CASA: Giving children a voice
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- Published on Wednesday, 23 April 2014 11:18
- Written by Kerri Rae Hinman
Third in a series.
Winter wreaked havoc on Q1 home sales
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- Published on Tuesday, 15 April 2014 15:56
- Written by Paul Gordon
It came as no surprise that home sales in the Peoria area were off significantly during the first quarter, said officials from the Peoria Area Association of Realtors.
One of the wettest and coldest winters in central Illinois history, which also extended further into spring than normal, left sales...
The ultimate goal: Keeping families intact
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- Published on Tuesday, 22 April 2014 11:20
- Written by Paul Gordon
Second in a series.
There is no question what the goal of child welfare agencies is when it comes to disposing of child abuse or neglect cases: To keep the family together.
Where there is grey area is with the question of what's in the best interest of the child....
John Lewis: Peace inspires positive change
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- Published on Saturday, 12 April 2014 03:39
- Written by Kerri Rae Hinman
By Kerri Rae Hinman
John Lewis has been arrested, beaten and nearly killed in the name of peace. But the Congressman from Georgia refuses to be bitter, for that would get in the way of loving his fellow man, his preferred way of living.
Quoting his good friend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Lewis said that “Hate is...
