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Skip Stenstrom pauses outside his Chillicothe residence, which he raised above the flood plain this year to comply with a Peoria County ordinance. To help cover the cost, the county says he qualifies for $30,000 in federal assistance. But, for reasons left mostly unexplained, the federal government has denied Stenstrom's request for funding.
12/10/2009
Album ID: 905623
Photos by Phil Luciano

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A pedestrian walks through the Bradley University campus Monday flanked by a dusting of snow on the grass and clinging to the trees above. A more substantial amount of snow is forecasted for the next several days.
12/7/2009
Album ID: 904286
Photos by David Zalaznik

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Main Street businessman Adam White, owner of Running Central at the corner of Main and Sheridan, has been waiting to see signs of business resurgence on Main Street in Peoria.
12/7/2009
Album ID: 904176
Photos by David Zalaznik

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Blake Galliford has called the sailboat he is rebuilding his home for the past two months at Seaway Marina on the Illinois River. Galliford says the rotted out bulkhead prevents him from using the sail, so he plans to use oars to row his 25-foot boat 1,300 miles down the river to New Orleans. Despite freezing conditions, Galliford says his conditioning as a bike rider makes him confident that he can make the journey. Galliford has an electric trolling motor and a gas motor as backups.
12/4/2009
Album ID: 902600
Photos by Fred Zwicky

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Pearlene Bell, owner of Pearlene Bell Cab Company in Peoria at 1717 West Martin Street, has seen in a drop in tips for her drivers as customers have tightened their wallets.
12/4/2009
Album ID: 902720
Photos by Ron Johnson

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At the kitchen of his Peoria home, John Wagner takes his first look this year of the card he has been sending back and forth with Gene Dybvig for 50 years. Wagner gets to display the card at his home this year; next holiday season, he'll sign and send it back to Dybvig, a former Peorian who lives in the Metro East area.
12/3/2009
Album ID: 903961
Photos by Phil Luciano

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Mildred Ohl, 98, dances with Andre Bohannon Wednesday during Jimmy Binkley's Christmas Party at American Legion Post 979 in Bartonville. Binkley deemed it the largest crowd ever for the annual event which featured a dozen acts. Ohl is a resident at OSF St. Clare Nursing Home.
12/2/2009
Album ID: 900911
Photos by David Zalaznik

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A job that involve risk doesn't mean that people don't love their work. Roofers, animal keepers, firefighters and other careers work to minimize that risk as part of their daily routine.
12/1/2009
Album ID: 899738
Photos by Fred Zwicky