A Moment of Zentz: June 2007

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

The dog days are coming

Preparing for the dog days
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Terri Trainer, owner of the Clipp Joint on West Farmington Road, gives Jack, a 11/2-year-old Goldendoodle - a Golden Retriever-Poodle mix - his summer haircut Tuesday morning. As summer gets into gear, Trainer and other area groomers are keeping busy as owners bring in their dogs and cats to help them comfortably survive the heat. DAVID ZENTZ/JOURNAL STAR

Monday, June 25, 2007

Pioneer days

Pioneer days
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Carroll Slider of Decatur, dressed in character as elocutionist Mrs. Taylor T. Farley, pauses while reading a book on the back steps of the schoolhouse at Sommer Park while, inside, her husband, Lee Slider, gives a presentation on phrenology to attendees of Pioneer Days on Sunday. The monthly event helps teach how the early rural Peorians lived in the mid-19th century. DAVID ZENTZ/JOURNAL STAR

Pioneer days

Pioneer days
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Sparks fly from a red-hot piece of iron as Sommer Park program director Steve Fay gives a blacksmithing demonstration to visitors of Pioneer Days on Sunday. The monthly event helps teach how the early rural Peorians lived in the mid-19th century. DAVID ZENTZ/JOURNAL STAR

Hungry like the wolf

Hungry like the wolf
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Wolves gather for feeding time at Wildlife Prairie State Park. DAVID ZENTZ

Tool

Tool
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Tool lead singer Maynard James Keenan performs Wednesday as the band makes a tour stop at the Civic Center Arena Wednesday night. For a review see Friday's Journal Star. DAVID ZENTZ/JOURNAL STAR

Hotshot

Hotshot
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East Peoria recent graduate Amanda Ashley, 17, is this year's Journal Star POY. Photographed at the EastSide Center in East Peoria. DAVID ZENTZ/JOURNAL STAR

PHA homes filling up

PHA homes filling up
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Carlen Bovan ushers her daughter, Myrical, 6, out of the kitchen after she and her sister, Tanija, 9, in back, finished a snack at their new home in River West on Thursday. Bovan, a CNA at Methodist Hospital and mother of 3, including 8-month-old Ashley, who was asleep upstairs, is one of several renters who have been able to move into the 30 PHA-owned houses that had previously sat vacant when they were only for sale. DAVID ZENTZ/JOURNAL STAR

PHA homes filling up

PHA homes filling up
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Carlen Bovan watches an episode of Jimmy Neutron at her new home in River West with her daughters Tanija, 9, left and Myrical, 6 on Thursday. Bovan, a CNA at Methodist Hospital and mother of 3, including 8-month-old Ashley, who was asleep upstairs, is one of several renters who have been able to move into the 30 PHA-owned houses that had previously sat vacant when they were for sale. DAVID ZENTZ/JOURNAL STAR

Friday, June 15, 2007

Close call

Close call
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Brock Bitner, 18, is pulled from the woods by rescue workers after being trapped beneath a tractor that overturned on him while driving uphill out of the woods across the street from his house in Norwood Tuesday afternoon. He was conscious and alert when rescue crews found him. "He's very lucky. I kind of expected something worse," says Peoria County sheriff's Capt. David Briggs, who was on the scene. DAVID ZENTZ/JOURNAL STAR

Batting practice

Batting practice
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Connor Welsh, 4, plays baseball with his grandfather, Ed Welsh in front of their home on N Rebecca Place in Peoria on Monday. DAVID ZENTZ/JOURNAL STAR

Tune-up

Helping out
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Connor Welsh, 4, helps his grandfather, Ed Welsh, fix his training wheels before going for a ride in front of the family's house on N Rebecca Place in Peoria on Monday. DAVID ZENTZ/JOURNAL STAR

She wishes she was...

She wishes she was...
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Kathy Bellott shows off some of her Oscar Meyer Weinermobile memorabilia, including a balloon given to her recently by her grandson, at the Chi Omega sorority house on North Glenwood Ave. Bellott, who is retiring as a teacher from Peoria Central on Friday and is also the house mother for the sorority, has a lifelong dream of riding in the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile and is now turning to Oprah for help with her mission after repeated unanswered requests made directly to the company. DAVID ZENTZ/JOURNAL STAR

Parting company

Preparing to depart
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Lance Cpl. Jared Shipp, 22, of Peoria gets a tearful hug from his grandmother, Kay Rice, after a pre-deployment meet-and-greet for the commanding officers, the Marines of Engineer Company C and their loved ones at the Marine Corps Reserve Center on West Plank Road in Peoria Wednesday afternoon. The company will deploy Friday to Camp Lejeune in N.C. before heading off to Iraq. DAVID ZENTZ/JOURNAL STAR

Parting company

Preparing to depart
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Major David Haney talks with Marines of Engineer Company C at a meet-and-greet for the Marines, their loved ones and the commanding officers at the Marine Corps Reserve Center on West Plank Road in Peoria on Wednesday. The company will first depart Friday for training at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina on Friday before deploying to Iraq. DAVID ZENTZ/JOURNAL STAR

Parting company

Preparing to depart
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Family members of Marines in Engineer Company C, including, from left, Shannon Bristol, wife of Lance Cpl Brian Bristol, Jen Conrad, wife of Staff Sgt. AJ Conrad and Patti Smith of Central Illinois Proud Families of Marines, watch as the company falls into formation during a meet and greet for the Marines, their loved ones and the commanding officers at the Marine Corps Reserve Center on West Plank Road in Peoria Wednesday afternoon. The company is departing for Camp Lejeune in North Carolina on Friday before heading off to serve a 1-year tour of duty in Iraq. DAVID ZENTZ/JOURNAL STAR

Parting company

Preparing to depart
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Family members of Marines in Engineer Company C, including Jon Thomas, center, Kim Pettit, and 13-month-old Emma Thomas, the parents and daughter of Cpl Robert Thomas, listen intently as Major David Haney answers questions regarding the company's upcoming tour of duty during a meet and greet for the Marine's families and the commanding officers at the Marine Corps Reserve Center on West Plank Road in Peoria on Wednesday. The company will be departing to Camp Lejeune on Friday before heading to Iraq for a 1-year tour. DAVID ZENTZ/JOURNAL STAR

Parting company

Preparing to depart
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PFC Andee Short, left, and Sgt. Nick Guilfoyle salute the flag as fellow Marines take it down following the conclusion of a meet and greet for Marines in Engineer Company C, their family members and commanding officers at the Marine Corps Reserve Center on West Plank Road in Peoria in preparation for deployment on Friday. DAVID ZENTZ/JOURNAL STAR

Dog Days

Dog Days
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Laurie Pichla of Peoria gets a bit of affection from her 1-year-old boxer, Gracie, while attending Bark in the Park at O'Brien Field Sunday afternoon. The annual event invites dog owners to bring their dogs to the park to enjoy the game. DAVID ZENTZ/JOURNAL STAR

Dog Days

Dog Days
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Chad McClaskey of Peoria holds Daisy, his Itallian Greyhound, during Bark in the Park at O'Brien Field Sunday afternoon. DAVID ZENTZ/JOURNAL STAR

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