Feature Stories
The finalists have been chosen and will be announced February 24th. Community voting begins March 1st. More details coming soon.
The third issue of The Peorian is now here! You can get it all over Peoria. In our January / February issue, we take a look at the expansion of the Peoria libraries and keeping New Year's resolutions..Money well spent
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PNC Foundation grant will assist funding for OSF Healthcare, Children's Hospital projects |
OSF Healthcare System will be able to continue work on three new programs, including two of them in Peoria, thanks to a grant from PNC Bank and the PNC Foundation. The $290,000 grant will help fund the pediatric school program at Children's Hospital of Illinois, the new Birthing Center at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington, and the new Jump Trading Simulation and Education Center now under construction on the campus of OSF Saint Francis Medical Center. The center is a collaborative effort between OSF Healthcare and the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria. |
Literarea
Kevin Kizer
Quick Lit Bits: "Ghost on the Throne"
The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire
By James Romm
According to the book:
The story of Alexander's conquest of the Persian empire is known to many readers, but the dramatic and consequential saga of the empire's collapse remains virtually untold. It is a tale of loss that begins with the greatest loss of all, the death of the Macedonian king who had held the empire together. With his demise, it was as if the sun had disappeared from the solar system, as if planets and moons began to spin crazily in new directions, crashing into one another with unimaginable force.
Rated PG
Paul Gordon
Nobody should be surprised by Cat decision
I find it difficult to believe anybody from here to Chicago to Springfield or Galesburg really expected Caterpillar Inc. to build its new factory anywhere in Illinois. That includes Gov. Pat Quinn. For him to say he was disappointed Caterpillar chose the Athens, Ga. area for the factory and its 1,400 is one thing; to act even remotely surprised was another.
Then to say that the only reason Caterpillar made that decision was because Illinois didn't have a seaport was just silly. He knows it was far more than that; Caterpillar was clear — to the governor, to the General Assembly and to the public — that even if East Peoria or Galesburg sat on an oceanfront the business climate in Illinois would have sunk their chances of getting the factory.
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Non-Profit Spotlight
Alzheimer's Association to present Trivia Night Feb. 25
Bring your friends, family and neighbors and test your level of trivia knowledge while raising funds for a good cause as the Alzheimer's Association — Central Illinois Chapter presents Trivia Night, Saturday, Feb. 25 at the Central Illinois Chapter Office, 606 W. Glen Avenue, Peoria.
Doors open at 6 p.m.; questions begin at 7 p.m.
Cost is $20 a person with teams up to eight people. Trivia will include a variety of subjects. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top two teams. Soda and light snacks will be provided. Participants are welcome to bring their own adult beverages and snacks and food spreads of any sort.
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