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Article: East Peoria, Ill., Chamber Executive Retires; Replacement Named.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

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Apr. 22--EAST PEORIA, Ill.--Dick Dodson says he was proud of East Peoria before it was cool.

A former East Peoria City Commissioner and mayor, Dodson is retiring as executive director of the East Peoria Chamber of Commerce & Tourism at the end of April.

Charles Moore, 24, of Farmington, has been named to replace Dodson, who will be 65 next month.

Moore, a 1996 Bradley University graduate, worked in the Chicago area three years before returning to central Illinois. He was marketing manager for Illinois Business Financial Services in Peoria before taking the chamber post.

Moore said he has a tough act to follow.

"Dick Dodson's ...

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