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Doing Research To Save Lives
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- Published on Thursday, 01 March 2012 15:30
- Written by Paul Gordon
Dr. Jasti Rao speaks softly but wields worldwide influence in cancer research
Dr. Jasti Rao grew up on a farm in India, an only child who learned early on what hard work was and how it was necessary to achieve success.
That ethic has stuck with this Ph.D. who rises every day at 3 a.m. and works well into each evening. You won't find him at many civic club meetings unless he's the speaker and he doesn't have...
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- Published on Tuesday, 21 February 2012 13:57
- Written by The Peorian
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Hey, We're Reading Here!
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- Published on Sunday, 01 January 2012 16:37
- Written by Paul Gordon
Peoria Public Library branches going through modernization, join 21st century
Just when some thought the future of the public library was looking dim because of technology, the Peoria Public Library is proving its services are needed as much as ever.
The library's Lincoln Branch has reopened, the McClure Branch is scheduled to in January and the Lakeview Branch will reopen...
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- Published on Thursday, 19 January 2012 10:51
- Written by The Peorian
Commerce Building
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- Published on Sunday, 01 January 2012 16:36
- Written by Gary Wright
Architectural tour de force is Peoria business nerve center
There is no building more emblematic of Peoria. It commands the skyline, terra cotta clad and hands-on-hips proud, at the northeast corner of Jefferson and Main Streets. At night, with its façade awash in floodlights, its beacon beckons for miles like the glint of an exotic jewel.
The need for a substantial office...
I Resolve To...
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- Published on Sunday, 01 January 2012 16:46
- Written by Paul Gordon
Why do we make them but can't keep them?
New Year's resolutions: It is a safe bet that all of us have made them at one or many times in our lives.
It's probably just as safe to bet all of us have failed to keep at least some of those resolutions, if not all of them.
That begs the question, why do people make New Year's resolutions, especially if the chances are...
Peoria's Surprising Architecture: Part Two
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- Published on Sunday, 01 January 2012 16:15
- Written by Dr. Peter J. Couri
Upcoming issues of The Peorian will feature walking tours of Peoria's more interesting areas. This issue is the second of three parts about Downtown Peoria.
French explorers settled among the native peoples here in 1691 to start Illinois' oldest European settlement. The French villages here lasted for 120 years until the French and native peoples were forcibly removed by American soldiers...
