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Remembering an area sportswriter: 50 years after his Cubs-Cards ‘cusp’
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- Published on Monday, 12 August 2013 10:43
- Written by Bill Knight
Jean Wheat of Dunlap recently passed on, a sad reminder of conversations in which she recalled the bittersweet time 50 years ago when her brother, sportswriter Ralph Ray, grappled with being a Cubs fan in St. Louis, then a baseball fan who came to love the Redbirds.
Wheat had reminisced about her brother Ralph, who went from rural west-central Illinois to the top of sports journalism at The Sporting News.
Jean recalled...
Cat shows support for immigration reform bill
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- Published on Thursday, 08 August 2013 15:30
- Written by Paul Gordon
A pair of heavy hitters in the business and political arenas joined Thursday to urge the U.S. House of Representatives to adopt the Senate-approved immigration reform bill because of its benefits to the economy.
Doug Oberhelman, chairman and CEO of Caterpillar Inc., met with U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., to give his support of the bipartisan Senate bill approved earlier this year and now awaiting House action.
"This is a very...
Rated PG: Sandberg didn't fit into one category
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- Published on Monday, 22 July 2013 16:56
- Written by Paul Gordon
I like it that people are, for the most part, being honest about Gary Sandberg when talking about him after his passing last week.
Often a person becomes different in death than he or she was in life and people gloss over their controversial times. Few are doing that in this case; considering Sandberg's controversies were played...
Komen research continues focus on environment
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- Published on Friday, 02 August 2013 14:41
- Written by Paul Gordon
With a focus on how the environment may be a factor in breast cancer, Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced it will fund $42 million in research in its 2013 research portfolio.
From that total $4.5 million in funding will research the environment issue, the organization said in a news release.
"The new environmental grants will build on research...
Bustos joins Problem Solvers in introducing legislative package
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- Published on Thursday, 18 July 2013 18:42
- Written by Paul Gordon
U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos on Thursday joined several other members of Congress in introducing bills aimed at bringing bipartisan common sense legislation out of Capital Hill, including one of her own.
The East Moline Democrat introduced the Government Transformation Act, which would reduce waste and duplication in government, as part of...
Cat makes a Q2 profit, albeit a lower one
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- Published on Wednesday, 24 July 2013 17:22
- Written by Paul Gordon
Caterpillar Inc.'s topsy-turvy year continued in the second quarter; it was profitable, but only about half as much as in the second quarter of 2012.
A struggling mining industry again was the problem and dealer reductions in inventory added to it, the company reported Wednesday.
But again the company still made a profit and...
Home sales show improvement in Q2
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- Published on Tuesday, 16 July 2013 17:14
- Written by Paul Gordon
'Tis the season for home sales, so the Peoria Area Association of Realtors wants you to sell your home.
Sales were up slightly in the second quarter, the association reported Tuesday, but inventory is down and agents are looking for more houses to go on the market and take advantage of buyers entering the market. Inventory of available homes is off 18.3 percent from last year, PAAR said.
"We need more inventory. We can't sell what...
Oh Sweet Lorraine: A Love Song 75 Years in the Writing
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- Published on Wednesday, 24 July 2013 16:00
- Written by Kevin Kizer
These are the types of stories we live for at The Peorian! Earlier this year, Jacob Colgan and Green Shoe Studios in East Peoria held a contest for aspiring singers/songwriters. While they received many submissions via YouTube (as they requested), the most surprising one came in a very large manila envelope via the mail. It was the entry of 96 year-old Fred Stobaugh.
Fred had just written...
Veterans get one-stop-shop for services
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- Published on Monday, 08 July 2013 17:41
- Written by Paul Gordon
Armed forces veterans will be able to get their needs assessed in one place at one time this week in an effort to streamline the process so services can be delivered in more timely fashion.
The Jobs Corps is bringing service providers together at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Illinois Department of Employment Services office at 406 Elm St. in Peoria in sort of...
