East Peoria photographer Mike Miller says,
“Hi, all. It’s with regret that I have to inform you that I will no longer be sending a monthly newsletter. They were a lot of fun putting together and I hope you all enjoyed receiving them.

As most of you know, I have my business in my residence. That being so, I find it hard to “leave work at work”. To prevent burn-out, I’ve taken a part-time position at TJ Maxx as a “Customer Service Co-ordinator”...(sort of a glorified cashier), to get away from my office a bit. It’s a fun job and they work around my business schedule.

On top of that, since promoting NLP as specializing in Glamour, business has increased to the point of having to devote more time for those sessions and the time involved in post-production...especially, the calendars.

I will still keep you informed of any e-mail specials and recent work samples.
Again, I’m sorry I can’t put together the newsletters.

I wish to thank Jeanette Kendall for submitting the winning title, “Bright Ideas.”
Also, I wish to thank ALL of you for your support and taking the time to read “Bright Ideas.”
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Katie McKeever Hensley had her first baby July 1. Hensley kept the name of her little boy a secret from her co-workers at the Fondulac District Library until he was born. His name is Finn. Katie will be off wok until September. Library director Amy Falasz Peterson and I think the name is cute and unique. Congrats, Katie!
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Karen McClelland of the East Peoria Kiwanis said, “Kudos to Gary Deiter and his daughters for their efforts to sell light sticks at the July 4th celebration. They raised over $540 in light stick sales that evening. Thanks Gary!”
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Earlier this month, students from Illinois high school and college technical education programs won the nation’s highest awards at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference.

Clayton McNeil, Theresa Hicks and Erin Gierszewski of Illinois Central College were awarded the College/PostSecondar bronze medal in crime scene investigation.
Sheri Humphrey and Luan Railsback from ICC were awarded the college/postsecondar gold medal in Web design.