PEORIA MAGAZINE May 2023

community and business development. The Leadership Award was presented to Ameren Illinois’ Energy Efficiency Program and Senior Services Plus. The Marketing Award recognizes a partnership between Ameren Illinois and the Peoria Guild of Black Artists to provide resources and energy efficiency education to Black communities.

Center at Bradley University focuses on how to grow export business. The no cost, one-hour webinars from May to August will discuss the most important decisions small- to medi um-sized businesses need to make for a successful export strategy. Jim Foley , director of the Turner Center for Entrepreneurship , is the presenter. Call 309-677-4321 for details. Illinois State University has been recognized nationally as a Voter Friendly Campus by Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project (CVP) and NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education). ISU is one of 258 institutions in the country earning the designation, which is valid through December 2024. Carle Health , the Urbana, Illinois-based health care system, has welcomed the former UnityPoint Health–Central Illinois network, along with Trillium Place and Methodist College of Nursing, into its system. The union will bring an integrated network of three hospitals —including the former UnityPoint Meth odist, Proctor and Pekin — with 634 beds, more than 850 multi-specialty physicians, 76 clinics, home health and hospice services, a level two trauma center, advanced specialty services and behavioral health services. The Office of Student Research at Illinois State University announced two students, Katherine Helmink from Breese, Illinois, and Sage Lauper Cook from Mt. Zion, Illinois, have been

named 2023 Goldwater Scholars. Both are juniors majoring in chemistry. The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation provides opportunities for U.S. students with excellent academic records and demonstrated potential for research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering. HAPPENINGS AND EVENTS The Meadows Avenue Tap 4th Annual St. Jude Fish Fry will take place on June 25, 2023, at 2000 Meadows Ave., East Peoria. Head coordinator McKenna Richardson is seeking sponsors, donations and volunteers. Learn more at 309-202-3828 or mckenna.crebs@yahoo.com. For the first time in Peoria, the band Brazeros Musical de Durango and Clave Armada will offer live music at Fiesta en Junction After Party , May 6-7 at Hacienda El Mirado , 5805 N. Humboldt Ave. The family-friendly Cinco de Mayo celebration will include music, a live DJ and authentic Mexican food.

Six volunteers in the W. D. Boyce Coun cil, Boy Scouts of America , received the Silver Beaver Award for noteworthy ser vice of exceptional character to youth at the council’s annual recognition dinner in March. Recipients for 2022 are Phil Jordan , Bill Maddox , Melissa Moran , Stacey Reuter , Bob Ripp and Joy Walsh . The council also presented Kevin Walsh with the ISR Frontiersman Award in recognition of his long service as a ranger at Ingersoll Scout Reservation. NEWS YOU CAN USE A new collaboration between OSF HealthCare and the Louisville Slugger Sports Complex will result in Stadium 1 and 2 at the complex being known as OSF 1 and OSF 2. “We share a common commitment to children, families and the Peoria community,” said Mike Wells, president of OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center. A new webinar series sponsored by the Illinois SBDC International Trade

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