PEORIA MAGAZINE July 2023
| Letter from the Editor | 7 |
| Seed and Soil:
The Epitome of Agritourism | 10 |
| Seed and Soil:
A Q&A with Ron Kindred of the Illinois Soybean Association | 12 |
| Dish and Drink:
102 and Still Going Strong | 16 |
| Dish and Drink:
The Quintessential Central Illinois Sandwich | 18 |
| Dish and Drink:
What's Cookin' - Blueberry Dutch Baby Pancake | 21 |
| Mom and Pop:
Family Friendly | 22 |
| W.D. Boyce Council of Boy Scouts Turns 50 | 26 |
| A Life-Changing Relationship, on Both Sides | 30 |
| Learning the Landscape,
and Mastering It: Dr. Meenakshy Aiyer and Seshadri Guha | 36 |
| The Reluctant Reverend:
Pastor Deveraux Hubbard | 40 |
| Going Where Women Hadn't Gone
Before: Lorene Ramsey | 44 |
| From Cop's Son to Captain of the
Courtroom: James Shadid | 48 |
| Open Hearts, Innovation
and a Better Peoria:
Lisa and Kevin Schoeplein | 52 |
| Peoria Retro:
Cruising Peoria’s Main Street | 56 |
| Hometown:
Get Your Kicks in Pontiac | 58 |
| Wheels O’ Time | 62 |
| Playing in Peoria: Commentary
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow at the HOI Fair | 64 |
| Playing in Peoria:
‘Geek Culture’ Has Arrived in Central Illinois | 68 |
| ArtsPartners Calendar | 72 |
| Three More Reasons to
Explore Pekin’s Dirksen Center | 76 |
| ‘One of the Best
Days of My Life’ | 78 |
| Whatever Happened to …?:
George Graves, Jr.,
Peoria’s Music Man | 82 |
| EconCorner:
Dr. Charles Kahn, professor
emeritus of finance at the
Gies College of Business,
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign | 86 |
| Twenty Something:
How to Win Adulting Points | 90 |
| Wordcount:
A Novel Approach to Representation | 94 |
| Social Responsibility in Business | 97 |
| The Dirty F-Word | 99 |
| Out & About | 100 |
| In Brief | 106 |
| One More Thing:
Taking Inventory of a Life | 110 |
| Thank You, Advertisers | 112 |
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