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It’s puzzling that the Peoria Park District, serving nearly 130,000 residents, cannot provide the most basic of summer recreation services: an outdoor swimming pool commensurate with the size of the community.
The PPD does have swimming pools. The RiverPlex has a lap pool and a warm water pool used for rehabilitative services. Only members can swim there. Another PPD pool is at the Proctor Center. Proctor’s pool is open Monday through Thursday and features a small splash playground.
The PPD has closed three pools recently: Lakeview Family Aquatic Center (2017); the RiverPlex’s indoor water slide and zero-depth pool (2020); and recently, the Gwynn Family Aquatic Center, for lack of lifeguards. Is there a lifeguard shortage? Communities like Chillicothe, Metamora, Morton, Washington, Bartonville and Pekin have enough lifeguards to staff their pools six or seven days a week.
WCBU s On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Monday, April 5, 2021. Our top story is about how four Bradley seniors have launched the Bring the Beat program to add music to an after-school program at the Proctor Center. You ll also hear how small towns across the country looking to brand their community have learned the importance of recalling hometown heroes. So it should come as no surprise that Chillicothe refers to Johnston McCulley, the creator of Zorro as the town s master storyteller. WCBU correspondent Steve Tarter spoke with Dianne Colwell of the Chillicothe Historical Society.
PEORIA Gov. JB Pritzker and legislators who sponsored a controversial criminal justice reform law sang its praises during a news conference at Proctor Center in Peoria on Wednesday morning.
“Illinois has taken some substantial steps forward toward dismantling the systemic racism that plagues our communities, our state and our nation by becoming a national leader in pursuing a more just, safe and fair criminal justice system,” said Pritzker. “Illinois raises the bar for what’s possible, while also acknowledging that there is more work to do.”
In spite of opposition from some law enforcement groups, Pritzker signed HB 163 into law earlier this week. Included in the new law is the end of cash bail by 2023 and a mandate for law enforcement to wear body cameras by 2025. Suspects in police custody also have new rights, including being allowed to make three phone calls prior to questioning. The law also sets new guidelines on police training and how they use force, and end
- Bruce( no not him) - Thursday, Feb 25, 21 @ 10:45 am:
Apparently, this bill is the greatest thing ever, or the end of civilization as we know it. Guess time will tell. After all the furor dies down, and reality sets in.
- Flyin Elvis -Utah Chapter - Thursday, Feb 25, 21 @ 10:48 am:
From my 50+ years in this world, whenever someone, or a group of someones, point to one thing and start screaming armageddon I immediately and permanently put them in the “pay no attention to” folder.
If the goal is to have harsh racial underpinnings, then what will continue is this premise that the divide in race is found in all facets, including systemic and institutional racism, and “welcoming” that in discussions.