PEORIA MAGAZINE October 2023

FEATURES 8 Seed and Soil: Roots

24 Mom and Pop: A Family Affair By Lisa Coon 28 Mom and Pop:

88 EconCorner:

An interview with Yafei Guo, University of Illinois By Mike Bailey

By Emily Sharkey

10 Seed and Soil:

94 Wordcount:

That Old-Time Rural Religion By Steve Tarter

Need a Parochial School Uniform? By Bob Grimson

Stories To Shock and Disturb By Laurie Pillman 96 Curtain Call: Commentary

14 Dish and Drink: ‘

32 Hometown:

‘A Church for Good Times and Good Food’ By Lisa Coon Dish and Drink: What’s Cookin’ — Apple Cider Chicken with Apples and Butternut Squash By Mary DiSomma

Direct Descendants By Scott Fishel 70 Playing in Peoria:

Mary Beth Nebel: One for The Books By Steve Tarter

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‘Doing Sports God’s Way’ By Kirk Wessler

100 Peoria Retro:

Eureka College, Founded by Religious Abolitionists By Steve Tarter

74 Playing in Peoria: Religion Radio By Denise Jackson 76 Playing in Peoria: ‘More of the Different’

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Cocktail Class: An Old-Fashioned Old Fashioned By Phil Culbertson

104 Launching Pad:

Introducing Peoria Kiwanis Club By Karen Holmes

By Linda Smith Brown

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