Posts Tagged ‘ history ’

Here comes the pork

November 19, 2005
By Billy Dennis
Here comes the pork

The nearly 1.5 million in Peoria-area projects includes $250,000 to help Bradley University renovate Bradley Hall, $250,000 to expand Glen Oak Zoo, $250,000 to Lakeview Museum to help build a downtown museum of Peoria hitory, $500,000 to help rehab roads in Springdale Cemetery and another $200,000 to help the Heartland Clinic bring...
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Web site is history

October 6, 2005
By Billy Dennis

No, no, no. Not Peoria Pundit. I’m talking about Historic Peoria. All I get is a Unix server error message. Since I’m sure that the people who run the site aren’t techies, let’s hope they contact their hosting company and find out what’s wrong. history,peoria,site issues
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It’s all about Caterpillar

September 9, 2005
By Billy Dennis

I challenge anyone to read this article and not come to the conclusion I reached a looooong time ago: The whole Sears Block/History of Peoria museum concept has completely mutated into a “Kiss Caterpillar’s Ass” event. The Great Yellow God demands tribute.
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Old news: JS will charge for obituaries

August 28, 2005
By Billy Dennis
Old news: JS will charge for obituaries

Managing editor Jack Brimeyer himself broke the news officially to readers: grieving families will now have to pay to have a full obituary* in the Journal Star. Of course, Brimeyer waits until the end of the fourth paragraph to get to lower the boom, and he does it in an underhanded fashion. Instead...
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