NEWS
December 11, 2005
On December 7, 2005, BERTHA LOUISE POCOCK (nee Borleis); beloved wife of the late John Edward Pocock; devoted mother of Barbara Lee Coady of Ellicott City, Berta Lou Dietz and husband Donald of Anchorage, Alaska; loving grandmother of Layne Coady, Leslie Dietz, Dana Handeland and Drew Dietz. She is also survived by six great grandchildren, a loving brother Fred L. Borleis and wife Dorothy of White Marsh, MD, a devoted friend John Trace of Peoria, AZ, and many nieces, nephews and friends.
NEWS
By Alec MacGillis and Alec MacGillis,SUN STAFF | August 14, 2003
PEORIA, Ariz. - How will it play in Peoria? The answer to that often-asked question may depend on whether "it" comes with air conditioning and a side of guacamole. In a striking sign of the Sun Belt's growing sway, Peoria, Ill. - the quintessential heartland city invoked by countless politicians, marketers and show-biz producers in their pursuit of the typical American - has been bypassed in size by its lesser-known cousin, Peoria, Ariz. According to U.S. Census estimates released last month, the Phoenix suburb had 123,319 residents, an increase of 13 percent in just two years, putting it ahead of the Rust Belt city on the Illinois River, which declined slightly to 112,670.
FEATURES
By John Woestendiek and John Woestendiek,SUN STAFF | March 25, 2003
PEORIA, Ill. - It's a tricky business, taking the pulse of Peoria. As in any town, opinions vary - from the tugboat operators guiding barges up the Illinois River to the fresh-faced boys, lean as cornstalks, in town for the state high school basketball tournament to the Lebanese restaurant chef whose eyes dart between the war on television and the parsley she is chopping for tomorrow's tabouli. Go to the One World Cafe, a coffee house on the fringe of Bradley University and you're likely to hear one thing.
BUSINESS
By Kristine Henry and Kristine Henry,SUN STAFF | December 8, 1998
How much would you be willing to pay for a brand-new laptop computer? Ten dollars? Fifty? Do we hear $100?A new company has entered the growing world of online auction sites, and Baltimore is playing guinea pig for the venture."
NEWS
By LOS ANGELES TIMES | May 19, 1997
NEW YORK -- After months of controversy on Capitol Hill, the debate over the television industry's on-air parental guidelines is moving today to the viewers for whom they were intended:Three hundred families from Peoria, Ill., the town that is synonymous with Middle American values and market research, will rate the ratings in a televised, "Oprah"-style congressional hearing.The families -- who agreed to watch television closely last week to prepare for the hearing -- will tell moderator Sander Vanocur and the members of a House subcommittee what they think of the 4-month-old ratings system and how it helps -- or does not help -- them to screen out potentially objectionable programming.
NEWS
By Terry Pluto and Terry Pluto,AKRON BEACON-JOURNAL | October 1, 1996
CLEVELAND -- Peoria.You hear that word and what do you think?Cows. Chickens. Hayrides. Rural Illinois and 4-H clubs."Everybody just assumes that I'm a big country boy," said Jim Thome, who is Peoria's most famous citizen these days.Aren't you? "I grew up in the inner city," Thome said.You look hard at the Cleveland Indians third baseman. The inner city? In Peoria? You didn't know that Peoria had enough neighborhoods to start dividing up the city. Besides, didn't Thome grow up milking cows and shucking corn?