Margaret (Peg) Kirk was a beloved English teacher and speech coach at Normal Community High School. Kirk was instrumental in getting the Unit Five Education Association recognized as the bargaining unit for teacher's contract negotiations and served as president of the union for two years. After 27 years at NCHS, she retired in 1994. In retirement, Kirk supervised student teachers, worked with Senior Professionals, volunteered for the McLean County Museum of History, served on the Beyond the Books Foundation, and performed and volunteered at Heartland Theatre Company and with the annual Evergreen Cemetery Walk. She and her husband John received the McLean County History Makers award in 2015. Peg Kirk passed away on November 5, 2023, at the age of 90.