PEORIA MAGAZINE May 2023
| Letter from the Editor | 7 |
| Seed and Soil:
A Treasure of Spring
(And It’s Not a Morel) | 8 |
| Dish and Drink:
The Gluttony Games | 12 |
| Dish and Drink:
What's Cookin' -
Beer-Marinated Steak with Chimichurri Sauce | 15 |
| Dish and Drink:
Cocktail Class -
Hawaiian Reprieve | 16 |
| Dish and Drink:
Sipping the Suds Throughout Central Illinois | 18 |
| Mom and Pop:
Passion, Personal Service, Plenty of Bait | 24 |
| Strip Mines are Gold Mines for Recreation | 26 |
| Mud, Blood, Sweat – and a Fine Party Afterwards | 30 |
| A League of Her Own | 34 |
| Just a Putt Away From The Pros | 38 |
| Bushwacker in Business Nearly Half a Century | 40 |
| A Game for the Ages
(All of Them) | 42 |
| Small in Size, Big in Flavor | 44 |
| Building Peoria … | 46 |
| Walking In Her Footsteps | 48 |
| Hometown:
It’s Happening in the Heights | 52 |
| Trail Blazers | 56 |
| Peoria’s Paddle Pushers | 58 |
| ‘Just Get Up and Go Outside’ | 62 |
| Peoria’s ‘Hidden Gem’ | 66 |
| Peoria Retro:
If Only That Outfield Wall Could Talk | 70 |
| Playing in Peoria:
Fiddler Below the Footlights | 74 |
| ArtsPartners Calendar | 78 |
| Out & About | 80 |
| WordCount:
A Place For Writers, By Writers | 82 |
| Distributing Diapers, and Dignity Too | 86 |
| For 30 Years, BU Has Developed Nonprofit Leaders | 90 |
| At Friendship House, Saving Lives, Empowering Families | 92 |
| Let Us Salute Leo, Stu, Bob and So Many More | 96 |
| Make Today Count | 100 |
| EconCorner:
Chigozie Andy Ngwaba, PhD,
assistant professor of economics
and director of the actuarial
science business program at Bradley University | 102 |
| In Brief | 104 |
| One More Thing:
Fifty Years Ago in Peoria,
The Unthinkable | 106 |
| Thank You, Advertisers | 108 |
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