PEORIA MAGAZINE May 2023

Letter from the Editor7
Seed and Soil: A Treasure of Spring (And It’s Not a Morel)8
Dish and Drink: The Gluttony Games12
Dish and Drink: What's Cookin' - Beer-Marinated Steak with Chimichurri Sauce15
Dish and Drink: Cocktail Class - Hawaiian Reprieve16
Dish and Drink: Sipping the Suds Throughout Central Illinois18
Mom and Pop: Passion, Personal Service, Plenty of Bait24
Strip Mines are Gold Mines for Recreation26
Mud, Blood, Sweat – and a Fine Party Afterwards30
A League of Her Own34
Just a Putt Away From The Pros38
Bushwacker in Business Nearly Half a Century40
A Game for the Ages (All of Them)42
Small in Size, Big in Flavor44
Building Peoria …46
Walking In Her Footsteps48
Hometown: It’s Happening in the Heights52
Trail Blazers56
Peoria’s Paddle Pushers58
‘Just Get Up and Go Outside’62
Peoria’s ‘Hidden Gem’66
Peoria Retro: If Only That Outfield Wall Could Talk70
Playing in Peoria: Fiddler Below the Footlights74
ArtsPartners Calendar78
Out & About80
WordCount: A Place For Writers, By Writers82
Distributing Diapers, and Dignity Too86
For 30 Years, BU Has Developed Nonprofit Leaders90
At Friendship House, Saving Lives, Empowering Families92
Let Us Salute Leo, Stu, Bob and So Many More96
Make Today Count100
EconCorner: Chigozie Andy Ngwaba, PhD, assistant professor of economics and director of the actuarial science business program at Bradley University102
In Brief104
One More Thing: Fifty Years Ago in Peoria, The Unthinkable106
Thank You, Advertisers108

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