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Friends of Riverfront Park is sponsoring a Save the Park Fundraiser & Update on Saturday, Sept. 16, from 2 – 4 pm in Riverfront Park , at the foot of Morton Street, Peoria. The event will include jazz by Dave Hoffman and Friends; folk music by Chris Stevens, a supporter of open space; Native American drum , dance and storytelling by the Eagle Ridge Players and Friends; nature and trail tours by Mike Rucker and Doug Franks; photos and games for children and adults, and more. Food will be available for purchase from Haddad’s and Dawn’s Taco. An update on the fight to save Riverfront Park from destruction if upscale apartments are built there also will take place. The city of Peoria’s application is pending with the National Park Service , which must approve or deny it. The event is free but donations will be accepted. Friends of Riverfront Park has an all-volunteer staff. Donations are not tax deductible. All funds raised will be used to preserve Riverfront Park for public use. ...

Betty White, ICM's Toni Howard, '90210' showrunner Chuck Rosin and more remember prom night, partying at Marvin Gaye's house and staging plays with "sets flown in from Broadway" on the iconic campus that turns 90 this year: "There was no one as cute as Jason Priestley." On the very first episode of Beverly Hills, 90210 , which aired Oct. 4, 1990, Shannen Doherty 's Brenda Walsh — uprooted from Minnesota and thrown into a world with valet parking for students' BMWs and Jags — sits with her freshly minted BFF Kelly , played by Jennie Garth . Brenda asks Kelly for guidance navigating the fictional West Beverly High . "Kids here are richer. Some of their parents are celebrities," Kelly answers. "So it's not your normal high school ." Neither was — or is — the high school that inspired it, the real- life Beverly Hills High School , which counts among its alums 90210 's first showrunner, Chuck Rosin . While BHHS, which ...