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East Peoria Voice

In-Print March 2026

Letter From the Mayor, John Kahl

Mar 11, 2026 01:57PM

In 2016, Congress established the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission to plan and orchestrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. America250 is a nonpartisan initiative that is being led by the commission to commemorate 250 years of American Independence.

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Catching Up With Dean Smith, 2025 Citizen of the Year

Mar 11, 2026 01:56PM ● By Scott Fishel

Dean Smith rose from his comfortable living room chair and disappeared around the corner. He re-emerged a few minutes later carrying two rolled pieces of heavy paper. Carefully unrolling one, he revealed a weathered photo of the USS Bunker Hill, the aircraft carrier he served on in the Pacific during World War II.

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