PEORIA MAGAZINE April 2023

COVER STORIES 42 The ‘Beacon’ on Berkeley Avenue By Mike Bailey 47 The Future of Medicine By Mike Bailey 48 Start Your Innovation Engines! By Steve Tarter

SPOTLIGHTS 22 The Writing Robots By Katie Faley 24 The Sk-Eye Liner is The Limit By Lisa Coon 28 The Stuff of Sci-Fi By Steve Stein 30 Setting The Table For Innovation

38 Meet ‘Dr. Voz’

By Linda Smith Brown

50 ‘We’ve Been Blessed, and You Need to Share Your Blessings’ By Lisa Coon 62 Central Illinois’ Own Caped Crusader By Phil Luciano 64 Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200 By Julie Sanders 86 ‘Democracy Needs a Shot in the Arm’ By Bob Grimson 90 No Hocus in This POCUS By Mark Welp

COVER PHOTO : Pediatric surgeon Dr. Daniel J. Robertson, works with a VR device that simulates surgery on the the human heart at Jump Trading Simulation & Education Center .

By Linda Smith Brown

34 A Virtuous Business Model By Laurie Pillman

Photo by Ron Johnson ABOVE PHOTO:

Dr. John Vozenilek in the virtual lab at Jump Trading Simulation & Education Center . Photo by Ron Johnson

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