Local chefs prepare some of their favorite soups for the YMCA's Soup for the Shelter fundraiser for the homeless at Rhythm Kitchen Tuesday evening.
11/10/2009
Album ID: 886242
Photos by Ron Johnson
Honoring Veterans
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Delavan students from all age groups gather in the Delavan school gym as they honor veterans with song, music, and cheers as they recognize the sacrifice of military personnel.
11/10/2009
Album ID: 886108
Photos by Fred Zwicky
Veterans Group Works at Area Parks
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Army veteran Harry Whelchel, left, and Marine veteran John Weyer, right, lay a stone wall at Wildlife Prairie Park Tuesday morning. The men and their co-workers, all veterans, are in the process of removing old rotted railroad ties around the park and replacing them with stone.
11/10/2009
Album ID: 885907
Photos by Leslie Renken
Celebrating church's 175 years
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Washington Presbyterian Church is celebrating its 175th anniversary on Sunday with a coffee hour at 9 a.m. and a special service at 10 a.m. The congregation first gathered on Nov. 16, 1834, in a general store in Washington. The current building is the second it built.
11/10/2009
Album ID: 885496
Photos by Holly Richrath
BU Board Game
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Julie Holmes, associate director of student and young alumni programs at Bradley University, leads a class of freshmen in a game she created to teach them about the college’s founder, Lydia Moss Bradley, and other Bradley history.
11/10/2009
Album ID: 885494
Photos by Jennifer Towery
Morton's Tree of Dreams
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Morton Community Foundation’s Tree of Dreams is escorted to the foundation by a police cruiser on Friday. A tree lighting ceremony will be held Friday at 7 p.m. Friday on the lawn of the foundation’s office, 309 N. Main St. The ceremony marks the beginning of Holidazzle, sponsored by the Morton Tourism Association. Holidazzle hours are 5 to 8 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
11/10/2009
Album ID: 885489
Photos by Holly Richrath
Nature Explore classroom
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Northminster Learning Center lead teacher Lara Taylor reads a story to a preschool class in the school's Nature Explore classroom, an outdoor classroom. The school built the classroom in the woods next to Northminster Presbyterian Church, which houses the school.
11/10/2009
Album ID: 885485
Photos by Jennifer Towery
Fall of Berlin Wall celebration
8 photos
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The 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall ceremony was held at the Ronald Reagan Peace Garden in Eureka Monday night.
11/9/2009
Album ID: 885368
Photos by Erica Magda
A Pawfect New Beginning
3 photos
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Spence, a 2-year-old beagle, greets Jamie Rasmussen, left, as 8-year-old Bridgette Lefebvre gives her a back-scratch during the A Pawfect New Beginning at Whitney Vetrnary Hospital Sunday afternoon. Spence and Babette, right, a 1-year-old beagle, are just two of the pets looking permanent homes through Foster Pet Outreach. The free event also featured sessions with experts on dog training, issues facing aging pets, cat care and animal law. To learn more about Foster Pet Outreach and the adoption process visit www.fosterpetoutreach.org.
11/9/2009
Album ID: 885232
Photos by Leslie Renken
Rosenbohm Benefit
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Mike Rosenbohm gets a hug from his mother Rhonda Carson at the VFW Hall in Creve Coeur Sunday afternoon during a benefit the help Rosenbohm pay off the funeral costs for his wife and her 4-year-old son Max Dodd. The pair were killed in a car accident in July. Rosenbohm is looking at a photo he keeps on his cell phone of his family shot about a month before the fatal accident.
11/9/2009
Album ID: 885228
Photos by Leslie Renken
Operation Santa
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Brett McMahon, 7, picks out goodies from bins set up at the Midwest Food Bank Monday morning to fill a Christmas stocking for a soldier serving overseas. Over the course of five days Brett collected 3,000 items from his friends and neighbors to help fill stockings for Operation Santa.
11/9/2009
Album ID: 885219
Photos by Leslie Renken
Hines School head-shaving
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Hines Primary School assistant principal Carolyn Nunn watches one of 18 boys who had their heads shaved Monday in a show of support for Nunn, who has breast cancer. The fundraising effort started with fourth-grader Elliott Stagg, seated behind Nunn, who set with a goal of $250 reached, he would shave his head. His teacher, George Lucero, vowed to shave his as well if donations reached $500. When $1400 was raised, the pair sat for the cut, during which 17 more boys stepped forward to have their heads shaved as a demonstration of support for Nunn.
11/9/2009
Album ID: 885047
Photos by David Zalaznik
Boys Golfer of the Year
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Jordan Fahel of Peoria Note Dame is the Journal Star Boys Golfer of the Year.
11/9/2009
Album ID: 885007
Photos by Ron Johnson
17-year-old found dead
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Police investigate the death of a 17-year-old Peoria girl at 3007 N. Knoxville Ave on Sunday afternoon.
