I’m using the public computer at OSF Medical Center (known to locals at
St. Francis Hospital). I spent about two hours in Dad’s room in the
cardiac care intensive care unit. A very lovely and talented nurse named
Alice let me stay as long as I was quiet and didn’t get in the way (I
hope I’m not getting […]
Dad is recovering from quadruple bypass surgery.
He was under the knife for more than four hours.
All the doctors and nurses tell us he his stats are excellent. He can
barely talk because of the tube he had down his throat. He’s obviously
very uncomfortable, mostly from having to lie on his back. They also say
they hope to […]
My nephew Neil and niece Tasha with Dad at a Peoria Heights High School junior varsity football game last year.
http://peoriapundit.com/images/dad_sm.jpg
He’s in the hospital, being treated for chest pain. There’s blockage in
an artery near his heart. At last report, they can treat it with
medication and the prognosis is good. But he will need an angiogram,
which is a procedure that is not without risk.
I’m linking to some of my favorite articles I’ve written about him, or
where […]
It’s 4:30 a.m. I can’t sleep. I’m cobbling together some links for a a
post. I’ve got one of those Dick Clark television blooper programs
running in the background and I hear him how pretty the birds are in
Southern Illinois, but how they can cause chaos in the newsroom.
I look up to see former HOI News’ reporter […]
PJS: New deal could help quench thirsty budget
This is just the sort of forward thinking, investigative article I’ve
come to expect from veteran JS reporter Elaine Hopkins. She had some
questions: How much money does District 150 get from its soda vendor
contracts, how much is it per student and how does it compare to other
districts. Then, she […]
/Journal Star/: Anti-Kerry program will air locally
/A television program that reportedly accuses Democratic
presidential candidate John Kerry of betraying American prisoners of
war during the Vietnam War is set to air in the Peoria market.
The Baltimore-based Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns […]
That’s what Mike Dimmick wrote at the top of his very first post
at The WEEK Link . He wrote that on
August 26. Since then, there have been 19 comments to that post. And no
new posts.
Perhaps, Mike and the WEEK crew simply are having
trouble thinking up topics. I mean, if its a good topic for […]
It’s 4:30 a.m. I can’t sleep. I’m cobbling together some links for a a
post. I’ve got one of those Dick Clark television blooper programs
running in the background and I hear him how pretty the birds are in
Southern Illinois, but how they can cause chaos in the newsroom.
I look up to see former HOI News’ reporter […]
That’s not me saying that. It’s Merle Widmer who is a little annoyed at the hometown newspaper:
The Journal Star is using their position to help swing the election in November and is doing so in their usual manner of half-truths and selected material for the subscriber to read. They
sensationalize the horror of war to make […]
Can I call ‘em or what?
The Peoria Housing Authority can’t sell the vast majority of the homes at its RiverWest project. Folks with incomes low enough to meet Housing and Urban Development guidelines simply cannot secure a mortgage from a bank.
This is that I said about the subject on Nov. 23, 2003:
PHA executive director […]
But she’s hitting me up
for
favors. Happens every Christmas …
Anyway, it’s about time she make a new post. I was beginning to worry.
I have a rule of thumb for when I encounter a salacious rumor — in
person on on the Web. I ask myself if I would be as quick to publish it
it were putting a public figure I like in a bad light.
Usually, the answer is “no,” and the item doesn’t appear on my blog.
Often, this […]
Sorry folks. Too busy at work.
Try not to suffer too much.
I drove through Glen Oak Park and noticed, once again, all the back
roads were closed.
I got to thinking that it might be time to do a fair and balanced story
on the history and future of the venerable old park.
Anyone know of a good first-person source on the history of the place?
