This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment MessageDon't feel too bad, Barbara, some of the rest of us liked reading = it, too.... Kevin. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Barbara Richmond=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 7:32 PM Subject: Re: My Headache, Your Quiz Oops, obviously a private post. Oh, what a sinking = feeling........................ ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Barbara Richmond=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 8:18 PM Subject: Re: My Headache, Your Quiz Alan, Pekin Inn. That's good. Caterpillar sold the site in Morton. On that site and side of 74 is = a development of businesses, motels and restaurants. It's quite nice = really. Also, Morton is the "other" place to be (or is that = flee?)--lots of expensive houses have been built, which, of course, has = driven up the cost of all housing there. =20 You would be shocked to see the improvement in East Peoria. All = that ugly industrial stuff before the bridge (that is, on the East = Peoria side) is gone. When we moved back to the area, I could hardly = believe my eyes. Could it be that East Peoria looked..........good? = (This mostly due to the revenue from the casino--a big riverboat that = can no longer cruise because of silt in the Illinois.) The Peoria = riverfront and downtown are really getting spiffed up, too. There's a = very nice baseball stadium on the south edge of downtown. Right now we = have the biggest downstate road construction project in = history--improving and straightening out I-74 through East Peoria and = Peoria. It's supposed to be done in five years. Well, I guess Richwoods was good training for U of I! I graduated = from EIU--it was a nice size--big enough to have a lot to offer, but = small enough not to get lost. As for clicks, I think they happen = everywhere--but are more noticeable when money is involved. I grew up in = a small farming community in northern Illinois. My family moved to = Bloomington when I was a senior. On my first day of school, I couldn't = understand why everyone at BHS was wearing their church clothes. :-) = I had moved to an affluent community! It turned out to be a great place = for my piano business!=20 Barbara Richmond Peoria Chapter ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Alan=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 6:54 PM Subject: RE: My Headache, Your Quiz Thanks for responding. I actually did not like Peoria or Richwoods = very much, as a teen. Most of the Richwood kids were awfully clickish, a = few downright snobby. It was so big, it was easy to feel unknown (and to = most people and teachers, you were!). On the other hand, I went from = there to U of I Urbana and being in a 28,000 student school didn't seem = much different, whereas other people--from small towns, etc.--were often = overwhelmed. My wife always thought we should open a motel in Pekin and = call it the "Pekin Inn." Caterpillar EVER finish their huge building in = Morton? Alan R. Barnard Salem, MO ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/c4/16/d9/01/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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