Boy Scouts of America kick off 100th Anniversary Celebration

The W.D. Boyce Council, Boy Scouts of America, celebrated its 100th birthday today at the Peoria Service Center. It also marked the beginning of the Heroes of Scouting campaign and a national year long celebration. Heroes of Scouting will recognize five local heroes who attribute the success in their lives to the skills and characteristics Scouting has instilled in them.

The Year of the Tiger!

The Peoria Chinese Association hosted its annual Chinese New Year Celebration at Dunlap High School on Sunday. Over 500 people enjoyed traditional Chinese food, music, and dance. In the photo above, the Dragon dance is performed. Click on the link to view all the great shots. Gong Shee!

Tang Dance - Fei Tian

Lotus Dance by Peoria Chinese School students.

XinJiang dance

Traditional Zither Solo

Children Dance - My Happy Family

Panthers Claw Eagles in Nest

The Dunlap Eagles dropped a 53-44 Mid-Illini Conference loss to Washington at home on Saturday night. Click on the link or the photo to catch all the shots (pun intended).

PND Kings of the Pool

Matt Elliott from RHS wins the 200 IM.

PND's Jake Bridenbaugh wins the 100 Fly.

A PND diver goes horizontal and takes 2nd place on his final dive.

PND won eight events at yesterday's Conference Meet and claimed its fifth consecutive conference title.

Woodruff High School alumni returned to Woodruff Pool yesterday to say a final farewell to the pool at the MS6 Conference Swimming and Diving Meet. Woodruff swimming alumni helped with the timing and scoring and passed out medals in the final high school meet at the pool. Woodruff HS will close at the end of this academic year. Click on the link or the photo to view all the shots.

Irish clip Redbirds on Senior Night

On Thursday, the PND Lady Irish hosted Metamora on Senior Night and came away with a non-conference victory.

Above are the three Lady Irish seniors with their parents. Congrats to the seniors on great careers!

Thanks to you, our customers, for your support--past, present and future. Have a great 2010!

Happy Birthday Grandma Rose!

Happy birthday to grandma Rose Carlock who celebrated her 88th birthday on Saturday. She has brought great joy to friends and family alike with her music and boundless energy. We love you!

Senior Day for PND Poolers

Senior Day was held for three PND Irish swimmers on Saturday, as the hosts cruised to a dominating 133-53 dual meet victory over Springfield Sacred Heart Griffin. Congrats to all the seniors. Click on the link of the photo to view photos.

The 2010 PND Boys Swimming Team seniors and parents.

Knights too much for Eagles

Visiting Richwoods was unstoppable Saturday as they mistreated the Dunlap Eagles on their home court 81-39. The Knights are currently ranked No. 1 in class 3A.

RHS brings down U High

The RHS Lady Knights rolled to a 57-38 drubbing of U-High on Saturday. Click on the photo or the link to catch every shot.

RHS Swimming vs Woodruff

Julie was on hand Friday for RHS Swimming Senior Day. Congrats to all the seniors and to the swim team for a victory over Woodruff.

Irish butt Rams at Home

The PND boys basketball team knocked off 2A top-ranked Manual at home on Friday. The hosts handed the Rams a 36-34 defeat on a last second shot.

Two from the top of the key!

Half-time Sweetheart Dance

PND's Super Hero Fans

The "Greenmen"

Inside Your Closet

Thursday evening, Creative Logic, Inc., organized the first of their quarterly events - Inside Your Closet at Waterstone Estate in Edwards, IL. Near 100 guests enjoyed the evening with great food from Cracked Pepper Catering, and many local, regional and national organizations and boutiques. The theme was "Everything a woman needs to look good and feel good, inside and out!" That's for sure! What a great time!

Inside Your Closet Host, Patty Edwards-Lindstorm, gives an overview of the event.

Carrie Leum (far right), President and Founder of Closet Inc., gives an inside look at upcoming spring trends to the guests.

Lia Sophia's jewels.

Doncaster's trunk show set up.

A few of the ladies.

PND 2010 Girls Basketball Seniors

Up, up, and away!

Congrats girls on a great season and wonderful careers at PND. It's been fun following all of you.

Good luck at Regionals!

A Long Time Coming!

The PND girls basketball team topped Richwoods for the first time since 2004 on Tuesday with a 54-48 win on their home court. The win propelled PND into what is likely to be the No. 1 seed in the upcoming regional. Click on the photo or the link to catch all the game action.

Airborne!

Angelin Chang Piano Concert

Internationally acclaimed pianist and GRAMMY Award Winner Angelin Chang performed at the Peoria Civic Center Theater this afternoon. Chang's concert supported the Peoria Joy Luck Club, and is part of the Civic Center's ongoing support of the many active ethnic associations in Peoria. Check out Dr. Chang's website at http://angelinchang.com/

Knights crush Warriors

The Richwoods HS boys basketball team was firing on all cylinders Friday evening as they rolled to a 79-44 conference win over Woodruff. Check out all the shots by clicking the photo or the link.

PND Swimming

The PND boys swim team dunked Eureka in dual meet action in Peoria on Saturday afternoon. Ring Ching today to get action photos of your swimmer before it's too late!

Irish ground Eagles at Home

The PND Irish held off a game Dunlap squad at home on Friday night, as the hosts posted a 65-52 non-conference win. Click on the link or the photo to see all the game action.

At halftime members of the 1980 Bergan basketball team celebrated 30 years since their 2nd Place finish at state in the IHSA tournament. Some of these guys still look like they can play!

Kids having fun at halftime.