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Carrier Route PresortThursdayNovember 6, 2014Vol. 2, No. 37

By TERRY BIBOFor The Weekly Post

PEORIA – Illinois’ contentious gov-ernor’s race came right down to thebarbed wire.

At press time, billionaire challengerBruce Rauner was ahead of incumbentGovernor Pat Quinn, 51 percent to 46percent with 94 percent of precincts re-porting. But computer problems appar-ently meant some polling places didn’tclose until 9 p.m. and absentee ballotshad yet to be counted

State Sen. Dave Koehler (D-46th)said, “I think it’s too close to call. I’mnot throwing in the towel. I thinkQuinn’s going to squeak it out.”

Koehler noted that Democratic chal-lenger Sheila Simon was doing betterthan expected against Comptroller JudyBaar Topinka.

But State Rep. Dave Leitch (R-73rd)predicted that wouldn’t be enough.

“She’ll win big,” Leitch said of theincumbent.

Although he took 57 percent of thePeoria County votes, Republican busi-nessman Jim Oberweis conceded de-feat to incumbent Senator Dick Durbinearlier in the evening.

“He was getting creamed,” Leitchsaid.

Voter turnout locally appeared to bestrong.

In Yates City, election judges JaneClark and Laurel Leadley said theturnout was consistent all morning, andadded that by 11:15 a.m. they’d logged137 ballots cast by Knox County vot-ers.

“It’s a very good turnout for amidterm election,” Clark said.

Harding wins,retains seaton Co. Board

Williamsfieldboard eyesordinances

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

Peoria County Board member BradHarding on Tuesday was re-elected torepresent District 16, defeating chal-lenger Richard Burns 56.31 percent to43.69 percent, ac-cording to the PeoriaCounty Clerk’s unof-ficial results with all74 precincts report-ing.

Unlike Harding’spartisan campaign,which stressed hisRepublican standing,the incumbent wasvery conciliatoryTuesday night, voic-ing his appreciationfor Burns as well ashis constituents.

The final tally wasHarding 2,168; Burns1,682.

“First, I’d like tothank the voters ofthe 16th District,” Harding told TheWeekly Post. “The job that we’vedone together, so far, is a great job, butthere’s much more to do and I’mready to go to work tomorrow.

“I thought it would be much closer,”added Harding, a 57-year-old Trivolifarmer first elected in 2008. “I’m


WILLIAMSFIELD – From backingBilltown’s Emergency ManagementService (EMS) to discussing new ordi-nances, public safety was on the mindsof the Williamsfield Village Board onMonday.

Interim Village President MichaelGray and Trustees Leland Wight andRyan Smith all voiced support for EMS,which the State has accused of irregular-ities after apparent complaints from anOak Run resident and an OSF employeein Galesburg, and the Board unani-mously encouraged the community toattend EMS’ next meeting, at 7 p.m.Monday (Nov. 10) at the firehouse. (Seebox on Page 2).

Also, James Robertson fromWilliamsfield’s police department pre-sented tentative ideas for new local ordi-nances that could permit more flexibilityfor officers, from nuisances to snowemergencies.

“Right now, [situations] can be diffi-cult to enforce,” Robertson said. “Ifthere’s no local ordinance, usually thechoice is a state citation or an arrest.Local ordinances give us the option tokeep [incidents] local and not forwardthem to the State. This would help ad-dress some things.”

Gray said, “We need to give policesomething they’re comfortable with,

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Illinois governor’s race going down to the wire

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LAURA WINNERS 4H

Members of the Laura Winners 4H Club made 20 blankets to donate to theLillie M. Evans Library in Princeville for Project Linus. Pictured are (backrow, left to right) Ellie Ferretti, Grace Dearing, Carrie Gill, Anita Routh of Lil-lie M. Evans Library, Kelly Gill, Ashleigh Brawley, Kristi Smith and groupleader Carol Cowser; (front row, l to r) Liam McGrath, Shaelyn McGrath,Grace Dearing and Amber Brawley.

Ellie Ferretti and her grandmother,Lillian Jacobs, sew a flannel blanket.

Laura group donates blanketsLAURA – As part of its commu-

nity service, the Laura Winners 4HClub recently gathered to make 20blankets to donate to the Blooming-ton-based Project Linus.

Club members met in late Octoberarmed with sewing machines, scis-sors and ideas and had their stack ofblankets done within a few hours.

The blankets were donated to theLillie M. Evans Library for ProjectLinus, which distributes blankets to“children in hospitals, shelters, socialservice agencies, or anywhere that achild might be in need of a big hug,”according to the group’s Website.

Harding

Burns

Election Coverage Inside• Local election results. See Page 8• Farmington passes electrical aggre-gation referendum. See Page 8• Mike Unes retains seat. See 0• Too early to call Knox County 9-1-1voting. See Page 11

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Trustee Jolene Tucker was as-signed to go through the drafts andforward revisions to all Boardmembers, and Village attorneyCraig Sondgeroth of Massie, Quick& Sondgeroth in Galva also will beconsulted.

In other business, the monthly fi-nancial statement showed spendingto be at or near the budget.

“We’re fairly well on track as faras matching revenues and ex-penses,” Gray said.

Meanwhile, the Board plans toconsider a property tax levy ordi-nance at its Dec. 1 meeting. Prelim-inary figures show the Boardauthorizing $14,609 for general pur-poses, $4,103 for law enforcement,$301 for auditing, and $2,535 forinsurance, totaling $21,550.

The Board also:

• heard that the Illinois Depart-ment of Commerce & EconomicOpportunity may be reconsideringWilliamsfield’s grant request for as-sistance with a $250,000 upgrade tothe water tower, according to theWestern Illinois Regional Council;

• unanimously OK’d spending$5,500 for a 8-foot Snowdogg andanother $150 for a heater for theVillage’s Humvee to be a backupfor its 2-Ton snowplow;

• unanimously approved purchas-ing a $890 surge protector fromOberlander Electric Co. to protectthe water house against lightningstrikes. Three previous strikes costmore than $2,500 each to repair;

• set the Caucus for 6 p.m. onDec. 1, when registered voters willbe permitted to discuss forthcomingraces. Five Board positions will beopen, and Village Clerk Mary Ricereminded the Board that doors arelocked at 6, after which no otherswill be admitted to the proceedings.

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• Does any “fallback” planexist, such as a cooperativeagreement with BYE?

• Is there a suggestion toconsolidate operations to OakRun, and is that even feasible?

• Can Trustees better protecttheir volunteers?

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THE WEEK AHEAD

This Week’s Eventss NAMI Meeting – Today (Nov. 6) 7-

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s Open Gym – Toddler Open Gym Fri-day (Nov. 7) at Elmwood TownshipCommunity Center 9-11 a.m. Cost $2first child, $1 each additional.

s Free Bread – Breadavailable every Fridayat 10 a.m. at ElmwoodMethodist Church.

s Yoga Class – Yogaon Friday (Nov. 7) from9:10 to 10:10 a.m. atLillie M. Evans Li-brary, Princeville. Free and open to thepublic.

s Firemen’s Dance – Brimfield Fire-men’s Dance Saturday (Nov. 8) at Kick-apoo Sportsman’s Club, spaghetti dinner5-8 p.m. Dance 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. 50/50drawing, door prizes.

s Book Signing – Sandy Miller, authorof “Little Twig,” will read and signcopies of the book Saturday (Nov. 8) at10:30 a.m. at Morrison and Mary WileyLibrary, Elmwood. Crafts will be on

hand for children to do. s Fiber Guild – Bishop Hill Fiber

Guild Saturday (Nov. 8) 10 a.m. atMethodist Church in West Jersey. CallPat (309) 472-7085 or e-mail [email protected].

s Bible Study – Elmwood Bible StudySunday (Nov. 9) at 6 p.m. in the base-ment of the apartments at 200 S. Althea,Elmwood. All are welcome.

s Tombstone Rubbings – PrincevilleHeritage Museum willhost Ron Nolte with hisextensive collection oftombstone rubbings fromthe U.S. and Europe onSunday (Nov. 9) at 2p.m. Free and open to

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s Veteran’s Day – Farmington Ameri-can Legion has a Veteran’s Day Serviceat 11 a.m. on Nov. 11 at Reed Park. Chiliserved at American Legion for donation.

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or

Thursday

July 24, 2014

Vol. 2, No. 22

By BILL KNIGHT

For The Weekly Post

Some area township

and mu-

nicipal officials are t

rying to

comply with state la

w on pro-

viding a lot of past p

ublic

records to a Chicago

land Re-

publican with connec

tions to

Tea Party groups wh

ile coping

with a lack of staff o

r the type

of material requested

.

In a Freedom of Info

rmation

(FOI) request, Adam

Andrze-

jewski wants to see

all expen-

diture records going

back to

2008.“Two wee

ks ago we sent

7,000 Freedom of In

formation

Act requests to ever

y unit of

government in the s

tate,” said

Andrzejewski when c

ontacted

by The Weekly Post

. “We want

six years of line-by-l

ine check-

book spending.”

His Website,

openthebooks.com, h

as years

of salary and pension

details,

said Andrzejewski, w

ho previ-

ously sued Republica

n Comp-

troller Judy Baar To

pinka to

release 17 years of c

heckbook

spending. The group

has 12

years of financial re

cords from

the City of Chicago

, he added.

“The cataloging is g

oing to

take a while, but my

team al-

ready has received 4

,000 pro-

ductions, about 200

million

lines of information

,” he said.

Illinois’ Freedom of

Informa-

tion Act (FOIA) is a

statute that

provides the public

the right to

access government d

ocuments

and records. Its prem

ise is that

citizens have the righ

t to know

what the governmen

t is doing.

Public bodies must r

espond to

a FOIA request with

in five

business days after r

eceiving

the request, and they

must pro

vide at no charge th

e first 50

pages of black and w

hite, lette

or legal-sized photo

copies. Ad

ditional pages can co

st no mor

than 15 cents a page

; for color

copies or abnormal-

size copies

Continued on Page 7

Farmington

council denies

permit for

storage units

By MICHELLE SHER

MAN

For The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON – The Fa

rmington Cit

Council on Monday (Ju

ly 21) denied a

special use permit t

hat would have

brought a self-stora

ge facility to a resi-

dential neighborhoo

d.

Patrick O’Brian req

uested a special use

permit to locate two

steel self-storage

buildings on his Vin

e Street property. H

a

the permit been gra

nted, there would h

av

been room for 28 sto

rage units in the

buildings.

“I have the benefit o

f looking outside

every day ... I can g

uarantee that the

property will be kept

in great condition,”

O’Brian told the Pl

anning Commission

during a public mee

ting held Monday to

discuss the matter. “

We will have garbag

pickup twice a week

so there won’t be

any chance of any d

ebris being strung

throughout the neigh

borhood.”

He added that a gat

e would be con-

structed around the

structures and a sm

al

amount of addition

al lighting could be

in

stalled.But it was

not the potential fo

r trash ac

cumulation that con

cerned residents wh

o

attended the meetin

g.

“I have five kids. M

y number one prior

ity is their safety,” s

aid Vine Street resi-

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Local governments

dealing with huge F

OI request

Workstartsat oldschoolBy MICHE

LLE SHERMAN

For The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON – The

owner of the Old Sc

hool

Center in Farmingto

n is

working to make the

burned building secu

re de-

spite an ongoing poli

ce

and fire investigatio

n.

Dan Meister was told by

the Farmington polic

e and

fire departments that

he

can begin clearing d

ebris

from the complex, w

hich

caught fire in the ear

ly

morning hours of M

ay 15,

in preparation for m

aking

repairs.“Right no

w, we need to

get a game plan on

certain

areas,” Meister said

.

The old portion of th

e

building sustained th

e

most damage and w

ill

need to be entirely re

built.

In planning for the f

u-

ture, Meister says he needs

to figure out “how d

o we

tie that in to the part

that

does not have to be t

orn

down. That makes it

a bit

difficult.”The cause

of the fire, as

well as the death of E

m-

manuel Cervantes, 3

5, of

West Lafayette, Ind., a

re

still under investigat

ion.

Cervantes’s body w

as

found under a pile o

f de-

bris on the third floo

r on

May 29.Toxicolog

y reports

showed no sign of dr

ugs or

alcohol in his system

. The

official cause of his

death

was smoke inhalatio

n.

While Meister has no

solid plans on how t

o

move forward with c

on-

struction on the Old

School Center, he an

d a

crew currently are re

mov-

ing windows and ere

cting

temporary construct

ion

fencing in an effort

to se-

cure the building.

“I’m completely ov

er-

whelmed with the s

upport

the community as th

ey

grieve with me on th

is,” he

said. “We’re trying to end

this strong.”

For the Good of Ill

inois

The organization For The

Good of Illinois, founded by

Adam Andrzejewski (left), is

seeking “to post online every

dime taxed and spent by every

unit of government.”

Work is ongoing to remove debris

and secure the Old School C

enter in Farmington,

which caught fire on M

ay 15. But owner Dan

Meister said he still doe

s not have a

firm plan for the future of

the damaged building.

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ThursdayAugust 7, 2014Vol. 2, No. 24

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly PostBRIMFIELD – Ronnie Mc-Dowell is so familiar to Brim-field audiences he’s almost anOld Settler himself.Headlining the Old Settlers’

Days several times, the 64-year-old country singer is re-turning to the stage Saturdayfor 6 and 9 p.m. sets in Brim-field, where he’s almost aswell-known as Elvis, youmight say.McDowell’s string of hit

records started with his 1977tribute to Elvis, “The King IsGone,” co-written withLee Morgan,which sold 5million

copies forScorpioRecords.Now liv-ing in theNashvillearea, the Portland, Tenn., native

had a dramatic rise in the

music industry. After beingmentored by country & west-ern stalwart Conway Twitty –with whom he did a duet onTwitty’s 1958 standard “It’sOnly Make Believe” – Mc-Dowell recorded for the Epic

and Curb companies, and he’sproduced more than 30 Top-40hits.

Besides the 1986, Top-10duet with Twitty, McDowellhas teamed up with Jerry LeeLewis for a rocking duet thatMcDowell wrote, “You’re

Never Too Old To Rock N’Roll.” But his own numbers arethe most memorable: “I LoveYou, I Love You, I Love You”;“Older Women”; “Personally”;“Wandering Eyes”; “You’reGonna Ruin My Bad Reputa-

tion”; “You Made A WantedMan Of Me”; “All Tied Up”;“In A New York Minute” and“Watchin’ Girls Go By.”Although McDowell is the

headliner, Brimfield’s Old Set-tlers’ Days offers even more.First held in 1869 – and once

drawing about 7,000 visitors toBrimfield for ballgames, bal-loon ascensions and band con-certs – 21st century activitiesrange from carnival rides andan arts & crafts fair to a paradeand food and beer tents.The festival opens at 5:30today (Aug. 7), 5 p.m. on Fri-

day (Aug 8) and then Saturday(Aug. 9) at 6:30 a.m. withbreakfast at the American Le-

gion. Also Saturday, the paradeis at 1 p.m.Continued on Page 2Elba Salemdismissesfirefighter

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly PostYATES CITY – Twenty years ago this

week, Steve Frakes’ 12-year-old daughterdied after a year of aid and support fromthe Elba Salem volunteer fire departmentand other first responders, which inspiredFrakes to pay them back by volunteering,too. “I owed a debt to the community,”Frakes says. This week, Frakeshas been removed fromthe Elba Salem FireProtection District ros-ter.

Melissa Frakes had aheart disorder requiringa defibrillator and sev-eral trips to hospitals,and Frakes said local firefighters, BYEAmbulance and neighbors were alwayshelpful.

“Even her visitation showed communityencouragement,” he says. “There were 400

or 500 people there.”Thirteen men attended July 29’s specialmeeting of the Elba Salem Fire ProtectionDistrict (ESFPD), and its Board of Trustees

took 10 minutes to discuss and dismissFrakes.

Recalling recent fire and rescue calls,Trustee Gregory Wessel said the commu-

Inside• Coverage ofElmwood andFarmingtoncity councilmeetings.See Page 14

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Ronnie returning to headline Old Settler’s Days

By TERRY BIBOFor The Weekly PostELMWOOD – One night was

cheerful chaos at Jody Dunbar’shouse. Her Scottish terriers, half-sib-lings with the same father, were yip-ping and chasing each other andgenerally tearing through the place.

She barely caught a teetering lampas it was about to crash off the table.

“They play like bear cubs,” the 61-year-old Dunbar says.The next morning was another

story. Her 13-month-old Scotty, Brody,

threw up as soon as he got to thekitchen. Immediately, Dunbar knewthis was something more than the lat-est mess. There was no grass or foodin the dog’s vomit, just bile. Brodythrew up three or more times. Hispuppy pep vanished. Dunbar already had an appointment

at Brown Animal Clinic a few dayslater. Brody was weak and lethargic,and Dr. Suzanne Harshbarger was

concerned about his rapid deteriora-tion. Bloodwork confirmed somethingwas seriously wrong. Despite injec-tions and IVs and brief rallies, thepup’s health continued to fail.

“This went on for two weeks,”Dunbar says. “I have never felt sophysically and emotionally exhaustedin my life.”

She waited one last weekend, alter-nately hopeful and hopeless. On Mon-day, June 9, Brody could barely hold

Local runnersassist recordSt. Jude eventBy JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff WriterArea runners chipped in nearly

$100,000 out of a record $4.1 mil-lion raised for St. Jude last weekendduring the 33rd annual St. Juderuns.

In all there were 35 runs fromlocal communities to Peoria, as wellas a group of 2,200 runners whomade a 465-mile trek from Mem-phis to Peoria’s Civic Center.Local efforts included an estab-

lished run from Elmwood and sec-ond-year fund-raisers from theKickapoo-Brimfield area and from Runners from the Kickapoo-Brimfield to Peoria Run near the finish of last

Saturday’s St. Jude’s run into Peoria. The Kickapoo-Brimfield group raised

$38,000. Photo by Collin Fairfield.

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Rambling through central Illi-nois, pondering Mrs. Radice, thekindly cafeteria lady at P.S. 54.

uuuPeriodically, we receive anony-

mous letters. They make me cringe,mostly because the letters usuallyspell out what an idiot I am.

Some arrivediscussing theperceivedwrongs of others.While those arepreferable, I stillregard them withsuspicion. It’s tooeasy to criticizefrom behind thecloak ofanonymity.

But some anonymous letters de-serve discussion. One arrived lastweek from a person very upsetabout Brimfield’s policy regardinglate payment for hot lunches.

In Brimfield, if you are morethan $10 behind, you no longer gethot lunch, but instead are served acold cheese sandwich.

This led the letter writer to opine,“Does anyone realize how devas-tating this could be for a youngchild to be given a cold cheesesandwich while their friends areeating hot lunch right next tothem?”

Now I can’t be certain, but Idon’t think the letter writer wasjoking when they wrote that sen-tence. It sure made me laugh,though.

Devastating? Maybe if the lunchladies stood up with a bullhorn andsaid, “All free lunch kids line up

here.” Or, “Deadbeats, come getyour cold cheese.”

To me the policy is more reality-based than mean, though I realizeour society is scared to death of re-ality (which is why the IHSA keepsadding classes to all sports, as anexample).

Yes, life in grade school and highschool is tough. Kids can be mean.They tease one another. A personserved cold cheese probably takessome ribbing. They also probablyhead home eager to make suremom and dad pay the bill.

Even so, the letter writer con-cluded, “If this is how BrimfieldSchools are going to be treating thechildren from now on then I will belooking for a house to buy in Elm-wood.”

Well, don’t make that mistake!Elmwood is even meaner thanBrimfield (at least by these stan-dards). In Elmwood, if you fall $5behind you get only a peanut buttersandwich. Oh, the devastation!

All of which reminds me of myown days as a lunch vagrant. WhenI was a little shaver at P.S. 54 (inthe mean streets of Buffalo, N.Y.), acarton of milk cost five cents.

Every day, Mom gave my brotherand me a nickel for milk to go withour cold bologna and cheese sand-wiches.

That was fine, except a nickelalso bought a big sucker at ParksideCandy, a store we passed on thelong, snowy walk home (yes, itsnows 12 months a year in Buf-falo). The chance to savor custom-made suckers was too tempting. Atmy lowpoint, I was into Mrs.

Radice for a few bucks.The problem came to a head

when milk prices soared to sixcents. We had been warned, butudder inflation caught a lot of folksby surprise, and Mrs. Radice wasnot in such a giving mood that day.

Still, I conned her and got a milk,promising payment sometime soon.

Leaving school, I was elated. Notonly was I going to buy a sucker,but I was going to be one pennyahead on my next sweet fix.

Imagine my surprise when I gotto Parkside Candy and saw that OldGreek Jimmy had marked the priceof a sucker up to six cents.

Things only got worse later thatday. Mrs. Radice lived just a fewhouses from us. And it seems thatshe and Mom got to talking whileMom was out for a walk. And itseems the subject of my milk delin-quency came up during their chat.

Mom was not real excited whenshe got home. Thus ended mysweet run of suckers, swiftly andwith finality. The only person moredisappointed than me was OldGreek Jimmy. He lost a good cus-tomer that day.

Yes, that is different than a parentforgetting to send money or lettinga bill slip – causing their kid to eatcold cheese. But I bet even at Brim-field, lunch ladies let youngsters eata hot meal when they are in arrears.After all, $10 is not one lunch, butrather an entire week’s worth.

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The Galesburg Public Libraryand the Galesburg Historical Soci-ety team up each year around Hal-loween to produce a program thatis both educational and fun called“The Ghosts ofGalesburgTour.”

Last Mondaynight, I attendedmy second Tour.The tour is awalking tour(they have atram for those ofus who haveproblems walking a long distance)that starts at the library and visitssome historical spots along theway.

At each stop, a “ghost,” playedby a member of the historical so-ciety, steps out from the shadowsand tells us a little about them-selves and what they meant toGalesburg.

Our first stop this year was theKnox College campus where wemet famed author Jack Finney, aKnox graduate who wrote manyshort stories in which Galesburgplayed an integral part. You mayrecognize his most famous work –“Invasion of the Body Snatchers.”

Another stop on this year’s tourwas just off the square where wemet Helen Bessolo. Helen was thedaughter of a very successfulbusinessman who got pregnantand had to move away so her fam-ily wouldn’t be scandalized. Sheand her young son George endedup in California where he went onto work as an actor.

Helen moved back to Galesburgwhile her son changed his lastname to Reeves. You may knowhim from “Gone with the Wind,”but more likely, you’ll recognizehim as TV’s Superman.

George returned to Galesburgoften to visit his mother and evenmaintained an apartment not farfrom where we listened to Helen’sghost telling the story. Georgedied of a single, and very ironic,gunshot to the head in what wasofficially ruled a suicide, but whatmany, including Helen, thoughtwas a homicide.

In all there were about six orseven stops this year and it tookabout 90 minutes to complete.Mother Bickerdyke, Alma Archer-Fox, a 1920s flapper, a famousjazz musician, and the first personinterred at Hope Cemetery alsowere among the ghosts this year.

Last year we visited the ownerof the Hotel Custer, a store owner,and Sukie Richardson, a freedslave who worked hard at inte-grating the former slaves into so-ciety in the 1860s (and who isburied in Galesburg).

Other area cities have done sim-ilar tours. At Christmas, Macombfeatures characters from CharlesDickens’ works, roaming aroundthe town square and telling sto-ries. Kewanee, I’m told, doessomething similar.

It would seem that with all thecharacters I’ve been told aboutElmwood, other area towns wouldhave no problem assembling inter-esting ghost tours of their own.

It’s a cool way to learn aboutthe history of an area without hav-ing names, dates and so on forcefed. There are so many interestingtidbits to learn that everyone isentertained throughout.

You can bet my name will be onthe reservation list for next year’stour in Galesburg, and if otherarea towns ever do one, you won’thave to look far to find my nameon that list either.

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Part of a four-day swing through thestate, the outreach efforts also arestopping that afternoon at theWoodruff Career & Technical Centerand Manual High School in Peoria,plus high schools, community collegesand vocational schools in seven otherdownstate communities.

“Like the rest of the country, Illinoisfaces a critical skills gap that will re-sult in jobs in key industries to thestate economy such as advanced man-ufacturing, energy and IT going un-filled,” said ACTE Legislative andPublic Affairs Manager Sean Lynch. “CTE programs provide the solutionto the skills gap by ensuring students

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BRIMFIELD – There were moreguests (13) than minutes (11) for theBrimfield Village Board of Trusteesmeeting Monday.

“It’s been a longtime since we had ameeting with thismany people on oneside of an issue,”chuckled board presi-dent Dan Fishel.

Yet both totals are abit shy of the yearsDale Sollenbergerspent as town crossing guard (14).

Known for vigorous pursuit of his du-ties, the 77-year-old former firefighterrecently stepped aside to care for his ail-ing wife. Brimfield trustees did not wantto let the man Fishel described as “themost dedicated” go unrecognized. Theyhonored Sollenberger with a cake, a cer-tificate and a gift card.

“I had some ups and downs, but

mostly ups, with the kids,” Sollenbergersaid. “All in all, it’s been a fun time.”

“You’ve always been an asset to thecommunity,” Fishel said.

As an example, Sollenberger said hetook care to plow the intersection withhis garden tractor during wintry weather.

“That was noticed,” Fishel said. Family and friends gathered in the

back of the room to take pictures and cutthe traffic-themed cake.

“I figured you’d want to cut the stopsign out so you could have it,” VillageClerk Holly Johnson told Sollenberger.

Including treats, the meeting lastedless than half an hour. Other than payingbills, passing the 2015 election ordi-nance and approving $75-per-meetingcompensation for trustees to be elected,there was little business.

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ELECTION: Peoria voters split on $10 wageAbout six miles south, Fulton

County voters from FarmingtonPrecincts 1 and 5 filed through St.Matthew’s Catholic Church.

“The turnout’s very good,” saidelection judge Shirley Bigliazzi,“We’ve had 130 already [by 11:30a.m.].

Six booths at Kickapoo Town-ship hall were filled and a linewaited to cast ballots about 12:20p.m., when 345 out of about 1,000registered voters had cast ballots.

On other statewide decisions,Peoria County voters approvedproposed state Constitutionalamendments on a Crime Victims’Bill of Rights and voting rights.

In advisory referendums, PeoriaCounty voters split almost evenlyon raising the state’s minimumwage to $10 an hour for peopleolder than 18, with 49.63 percentapproving and 50.37 percent say-ing no; 52 percent thought healthplans with prescription drug cover-age should be required to include

prescription birth control, and 57percent wanted a mandate forschools to get more money, basedon enrollment, from an additional3-percent tax on income of morethan $1 million a year.

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U.S. Senator (86 percent of precincts reporting)

James D. “Jim” Oberweis, Republican 42Richard J. Durbin, Democratic 53Sharon Hansen, Libertarian 3

Representative 17th Congressional District

(86 percent of precincts reporting)Bobby Schilling, Republican 45Cheri Bustos, Democrat 55

Representative 18th Congressional District

(86 percent of precincts reporting)Aaron Schock, Republican 75Darrel Miller, Democrat 25

STATE(94 percent of precincts reporting)

(Unless otherwise noted)Governor & Lieutenant Governor

Bruce Rauner & Evelyn Sanguinetti, Rep. 51Pat Quinn & Paul Vallas, Democrats 46Chad Grimm & Alexander Cummings, Libert. 3

Attorney GeneralPaul M. Schimpf, Republican 37Lisa Madigan, Democrat 59Ben Koyl, Libertarian 2

Secretary of StateMichael Webster, Republican 31Jesse White, Democrat 65Christopher Michel, Libertarian 2

ComptrollerJudy Baar Topinka, Republican 49Sheila Simon, Democrat 45Julie Fox, Libertarian 4

TreasurerTom Cross, Republican 47Michael W. Frerichs, Democrat 48Matthew Skopek, Libertarian 4

State Rep. for the 91st District(All precincts reporting)

Michael D. Unes, Republican 67Chad Schmidgall, Democrat 33

AREAFulton County Board District 3(Vote for not more than three)

Glen A. Hamm, Democrat 32.1John E. Taylor, Democrat 35.5Craig Medus, Democrat 32.4[no Republican candidate]

Knox County Clerk (31 precincts reporting, does not include Galesburg)Scott G. Erickson, Republican 75.6John Hunigan, Democrat 24.4

Peoria County Board District 16 (All precincts)

Brad E. Harding, Republican 56.3Richard Burns, Democrat 43.7

By MICHELLE SHERMANFor The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON – In a secondattempt, voters in Farmingtonpassed an electrical aggregate ref-erendum, 439-318.

The measure, which will allowthe city to enter into a collectiveof municipalities and small busi-nesses and purchase electricity inbulk, previously was on theMarch ballot. That entry on theballot ended in a dead tie.

Voters in Cuba passed an identi-cal measure last March.

“Even though we’re probablyone of the last communities incentral Illinois to participate” inelectrical aggregation, said CityManager Rollen Wright in Sep-tember, “I truly don’t think thatpeople knew what it (the Marchreferendum) was about.”

Residents can choose to opt outof the aggregation plan, but re-maining in the collective can savehomeowners upwards of $50 an-nually on electricity.

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HARDING: Public concern over financesthankful Dick Burns ran. Anyelected official should have some-one to run against. It’s the nextbest thing to term limits. It was atremendous campaign and Dick isa talented guy. I look forward toenlisting his help in the daysahead.”

Burns, a 67-year-old Kickapoofarmer and Burrus Seed regional

sales manager, did not respond torepeated requests for a comment.

Although Harding appealed forsupport to keep his seat Republi-can to maintain a 10-8 Democrat-Republican split on the CountyBoard, public concern seemed tocenter on County finances in gen-eral and the costs of the new Hed-dington Oaks skilled-care home inparticular.

Burns had emphasized his will-ingness to build consensus and tobreak the pattern of the district’srepresentative often being theonly nay vote.

The turnout for District 16,which includes all or parts ofElmwood, Logan, Rosefield andTrivoli Townships, was 55.63 per-cent, with 3,940 ballots cast outoff 7,083 registered voters.


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ELMWOOD – The City Councilon Tuesday unanimously approveda 2014 Tax Levy that provides for$380,680 toward the costs of oper-ating the City, a 0.9 percent de-crease from last year’s levy.

“This does not exceed the 5 per-cent Truth in Taxation limit,” saidElmwood attorney Robert Potts.“You’re taxing at the maximumrate times the assessed valuation,which is down but recovering fromits low point.”

The total amount appropriatedfor Elmwood’s budget will be$653,271, with $337,591 generatedfrom sources other than taxation,the annual levy ordinance says.

The accompanying chart pro-vides a breakdown for the 2014levy ordinance, last year’s levels,and the dollar change.

In other financial news, Treas-urer Harold Jehle reported that a

change in State payments of in-come taxes due municipalities willoffer more reliable receipts. TheState is now obligated to makemonthly installments to municipal-ities. Elmwood can expect to re-ceive about $25,000 a month fromincome, sales and property taxescombined, Jehle said.

In other action, the CouncilOK’d changing the Streetscape IIplans in the former alley between

H&H Industries and CountryCompanies on the south side ofWest Main Street, so concrete willbe poured into a planned space,and one planter installed. The Cityplans to add a park bench andgarbage can to the site in thespring.

Also, the Council unanimouslyapproved hiring Bobbi Millinger asa part-time City employee to assistCity Clerk Melissa Morse.

Elmwood OKs slightly lower tax levyCity of Elmwood 2014 Tax Levy

Levy fund 2014 2013 $ ChangeGen’l corporate purposes $65,000 65,500 -500Auditing 7,001 7,000 +1Recreation, playground, etc. 23,400 23,600 -200Municipal band 7,150 7,000 +150Police 39,000 39,375 -375Fire protection 78,000 78,675 -675Civil defense 600 500 +100School crossing guards 2,627 2,625 +2Public benefits 4,801 4,800 +1Street & Bridge 24,000 26,000 -2,000Ret., Soc. Sec. funds 35,701 35,700 +1Various insurance funds 27,800 27,800 unchangedAmbulance services 65,600 65,600 unchangedTOTAL 380,680 384,175 -3,495




State Rep. Mike Unes(R-East Peoria) retainshis position in the IllinoisLegislature with a 34-percent margin.

Unes, 40, defeated ChadSchmidgall, 38, to win athird term as 91st DistrictRepresentative.

“I feel very humbledand honored seeing the

results. They’re definitelyoverwhelming,” Unessaid following Tuesday’selection returns. “It’s es-pecially rewarding toknow that honest cam-paigns and … truthful-ness still matter.”

Schmidgall, whoserved one term on thePekin City Council, ranunopposed in the Marchprimary. He hoped, ifelected, to affect pensionreform and to changepublic school funding.

“I still feel like our cur-rent representative is not

representing our district,”Schmidgall said follow-ing his election defeat,specifically citing low in-come individuals asbeing underrepresentedby Unes.

Schmidgall said heplans to spend some timewith his family and recu-perate from the cam-paign, but he isn’t rulingout a future run for of-fice.

“We’ll reassess and seewhere we go from here,”Schmidgall said.

Unes retains spot in Illinois legislatureBy midday Tuesday, more than one-third of the registered voters using Kickapoo Township’s polling placehad cast ballots in what one election judge said was “nonstop since 6 a.m.” Photo by Bill Knight

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Knox County voterson Tuesday supported anew one-quarter of onepercent retail sales taxhike to help upgrade theCounty’s 9-1-1 systemby 55.28 percent to44.72 percent.

However, as of presstime, the City of Gales-burg had not reported itsvote, which concernedKnox County SheriffDavid Clague, who’s ledthe effort to fund an up-grade of the system.

“It’ll be interesting to

see where Galesburgcomes down,” Claguetold The Weekly Post.“We sure appreciate thesupport we’ve seen sofar.”

If Galesburg votesdown the measure,“there’s a strong proba-bility that 9-1-1 won’texist,” Clague said. “In-stead of the ‘one-stopshop’ of calling threenumbers, we’ll have togo back to differentnumbers – even the old‘fire phones’ that volun-teer fire departmentsused to have.”

With 31 of 31 ruralprecincts reporting,3,506 voters supportedthe new tax, and 2,836voters opposed it, ac-cording to unofficial re-sults reported by theKnox County Clerk’s of-fice.

Voters in Knox Countylast spring defeated apublic safety sales taxincrease that would havehelped support the 911Center.

“I think a lot of votersrealized they felt thatthey really need 9-1-1,”he said.

Installed in 1995,Knox County’s 9-1-1system is obsolete, ac-cording to supporters ofthe proposal, and sinceit’s relied on revenuesfrom a surcharge onlandline telephones, itsfunding has droppedwith people’s switchfrom landlines to mobiledevices.

Knox County 9-1-1took more than 75,000calls last year, saidClague, who added,“You can’t say we didn’ttry.”

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Unes plans to jumpright back into Spring-field and the Legislaturesaying he looks forwardto “being able to continueto provide the top-notchlevel of constituent serv-ice that this district de-serves.

“There’s opportunitiesto affect change in indi-vidual lives,” he said.

Married with fourchildren, Unes earned adegree from BradleyUniversity, after whichhe became Director ofRecruiting and NetworkAdministrator at theHeinold-Banwart ac-counting firm.

He served on EastPeoria’s City Council,and cites community ac-tivities including ItooSociety and East Peo-ria’s Mass Transit Dis-trict and Chamber ofCommerce.


PEORIA – On Friday,(Nov. 7) at 2 p.m., mem-bers of the Peoria CountyBoard will dedicate thenewly renamed “LawEnforcement Center” toGeorge P. Shadid, formerState Senator and PeoriaCounty Sheriff.

Weather permitting, thededication ceremony willbe held near the MaxwellRoad entrance to thePeoria County Sheriff’sOffice, 301 N MaxwellRoad. In the event of in-clement weather, the cer-emony will be heldinside the Sheriff’s Of-fice.

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FARMINGTON – The Farming-ton City Council on Monday (Nov.3) decided to further investigatethe possibility of removing a stopsign on West Fort Street at OakStreet.

Ward Two Alderman Jeff Vogelsaid he had a constituent contacthim requesting that the matter bebrought before the council. Thesign was put into place years ago,before all the separate schoolsclosed.

Vogel suggested putting theword out that the council plans toeliminate the stop to see if any res-idents came forward in support or

opposition of the plan.Though most were in agreement

that the stop sign at that intersec-tion is an inconvenience, one resi-dent feels it is still a necessity.

“We’ve got a lot of kids there,”said Carolyn Ludwig. “I think thestop sign’s a good thing. ... Re-moving it’s going to be a night-mare because they’re just going tofly down that road.”

The council plans to seek publicopinion on the stop sign and theFarmington Police Departmentwill observe traffic flow.

“We’ll investigate this furtherand we’ll get a matter of publicopinion going,” said Mayor KennStufflebeam. “We want to get a

good feel of what the correct thingto do is.”

In other business the council:• Approved the use of a portion

of the municipal building for theChristmas Hope Chest, which pro-vides gifts to area children in need.

• Approved the use of a portionof the municipal building for prac-tices of the Farmington HighSchool wrestling team.

• Amended the 2015 tax levy es-timate down to $289,506.

• Assured the public that city op-erations and government will con-tinue “as smoothly as possible,”said Stufflebeam, in the absence ofCity Manager Rollen Wright formedical reasons.

Farmington council eyes stop sign removal

ALL SAINTS DAY

Youngsters at St. Mary’s Catholic School in Kickapoo dressed up as saints last Friday to celebrate AllSaints Day. Members of Kathy Mazander’s first- and second-grade class included: (Back row, left toright) Ethan Maloof, Jack Ahten, Joshua Prisby, Megan Cashatt, Dawson Meteisis, Lawson Alwan,Mitch Sager and Cleveland Bizosky; (Front row, l to r) Reese Welker, Jackie Robinson, Michael Mills,Hayden Quast and Christopher McGrath. Photo by Jenna Alwood.

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Dorothy TaylorELMWOOD – Dorothy C. Taylor,

88, of Elmwood, died at 11:43 p.m.Friday, October 31, 2014 at Farm-ington Country Manor in Farming-ton.

She was born on September 3,1926 in Centralia to Robert M. Sr.and Muriel E. (Greenwalt) Jones.She married Don Taylor on March24, 1946 in Den-ver, Colo. He sur-vives.

Other survivorsinclude two chil-dren Richard(Gayla) Taylor ofElmwood andAnn Kennedy ofElmwood, fourgrandchildren Chad Kennedy,Lindsay (Brett) Powers, ErinKennedy and Erik (Lauren) Taylor,five great grandchildren Grant,Gracyn and Gweny Kennedy andAddisyn and Dillan Powers, twobrothers Dwight (Corda) Jones ofPeoria and Samuel (Marty) Jonesof Dent, MN and one sister Mari-lyn Williamson of Mansfield, OH.

She was preceded in death byher parents, brother Robert M.Jones Jr., son-in-law TomKennedy, brother-in-law JamesWilliamson, and sister-in-lawMary Jones.

Dorothy had been the book-keeper for their business, asAmoco Oil agents. She was amember of the Faith United Pres-byterian Church in Yates City.

Artistically gifted, art was a bigpart of her life. She shared thosetalents with others in many ways.

Funeral services were held at 11a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5 at theUnited Methodist Church of Elm-wood. Visitation was 5-8 p.m.Tuesday at Oaks-Hines FuneralHome in Elmwood.

Burial will be at Elmwood Twp.Cemetery.

Memorials may be made toManna or BYE Ambulance.

Visit www.oakshinesfuneral-home.com to view Dorothy’s trib-ute or post condolences.

Maxine BrownELMWOOD – Maxine M. Brown,

93, of Eureka, formerly of Elm-wood, died on Oct. 29 at MapleLawn Health Care in Eureka.

A celebration was held Nov. 1 inMemorial Hall at Maple LawnCommunity in Eureka, followedby graveside services in AvonCemetery in Avon

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Yvonne FranksBRIMFIELD – Yvonne Marie

Franks, 73, of Jubilee Townshipdied at OSF Saint Francis MedicalCenter on Oct. 26.

A celebration of Yvonne's life isscheduled for 5:30 p.m. Friday(Nov. 7) at Kickapoo Creek Win-ery, 6605 N. Smith Road in Ed-wards.

Ronald GarrettELMWOOD – Ronald F. Garrett,

90, of Bethalto, father of an Elm-wood man, died Oct. 30 at Chris-tian Hospital Northeast in St.Louis.

He is survived by son Larry Gar-rett of Elmwood and daughterNancy K. (Crivello) Dallas of Hol-iday Shores.

For arrangements visitwww.paynicfh.com.

Wayne KatusBRIMFIELD – Wayne R. Katus,

87, of Peoria, father of a Brimfieldwoman, died on Oct. 28 at MortonTerrace Care Center.

He is survived by his wife, OlgaM. (Sainz) Katus; 10 children, in-cluding Tina (Greg) Barth of Brim-field; 19 grandchildren; 17great-grandchildren; and hisbrother Frank (Betty) Katus ofPeoria.

A memorial Mass was held on

Nov. 4 at Holy Family CatholicChurch in Peoria. Cremation riteshave been accorded. Entombmentof ashes will be in ResurrectionMausoleum.

Tributes and condolences maybe submitted to www.wrightand-salmon.com.

Margaret MercerPRINCEVILLE – Margaret L. Mer-

cer, 84, of Dunlap, mother of aPrinceville man, died Oct. 31atUnityPoint Health-Proctor in Peo-ria.

She is survived by her husband,Richard Mercer; their children,Rich (Mary Ann) Mercer ofPrinceville, Mary K. Mercer ofDunlap, and Sue Lemaster of Peo-ria; five grandchildren; sevengreat-grandchildren; one brother,Leon Perley of Florida.

A memorial service is scheduledfor 1 p.m. Saturday (Nov. 8) at theDunlap Prospect United MethodistChurch. Visitation will be one hourbeforehand there. Cremation hasbeen accorded, and burial of asheswill be held at a later date.

Haskell-Hott Funeral Homes inPrinceville is in charge of thearrangements. Leave online condo-lences at www.haskellhott.com.

Jane MeyerBRIMFIELD – Jane Meyer, 58, of

the Sunset Home in Quincy, sisterof a Brimfield woman, died onOct. 27 in Blessing Hospital inQuincy.

She is survived by eight siblings,including Patrick (Allyson) Meyerof Brimfield, plus nieces, nephewsand great-nieces and great-nephews and other family.

Services were Nov. 3, in theDuker and Haugh Funeral Homeand at St. Joseph Catholic Churchand her interment in CalvaryCemetery, all in Quincy.

Leave online condolences atwww.dukerandhaugh.com.

David PaulFARMINGTON – David Allen

Paul, 58, of Farmington died Oct.26 at his residence.

Cremation was accorded andthere were no services. The Cre-mation Society of Mid-Illinois Co.Pekin/Peoria was in charge ofarrangements.

OBITUARIES

This Week’s Obituaries• Maxine Brown, 93, Elmwood• Yvonne Franks, 73, Brim-field• Ronald Garrett, 90, Elm-wood• Wayne Katus, 87, Brimfield• Margaret Mercer, 84, Dun-lap• Jane Meyer, 58, Brimfield• David Paul, 58, Farmington• Beverly Peek, 67, Princeville• Betty Roeder, 88, Edwards• Luther Simmons, 77, Brim-field• Dorothy Taylor, 88, Elm-wood• Dorothy Thomas, 92, Farm-ington

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Pastor Leonard Thomas135 S. Galena St., Brimfield

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Thurs. Bible Study: 7 pmUnion Church at BrimfieldUnited Church of ChristPastor Stephen Barch105 W. Clay StreetBrimfield, IL 61517(309) 446-3811

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Sun Worship: 10:30 am, 6 pmWed. Prayer Meeting: 7 pmFirst Presbyterian Church

of ElmwoodReverend Marla B. Bauler201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood

(309) 742-2631firstpresbyterianofelmwood.orgSun. Worship: 10:30 amSun. School: 9:30 am

St. Patrick’sCatholic ChurchFather Paul Stiene

802 W. Main St., Elmwood(309) 742-4921

Sat. Confession: 3:45 pmSat. Mass: 4:30 pmSun. Mass: 10 am

Tues. Rosary: 8:15 am

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Pastor Bradley F. Watkins II821 W. Main St., Elmwood

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New Hope FellowshipAssembly of GodPastor Tom Wright

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Sun. Worship: 10 a.m.Wed. Worship: 7 p.m.YATES CITYFaith United

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Beverly PeekPRINCEVILLE – Beverly Sue Peek,

67, of Princeville, died on Nov. 2 atUnityPoint-Health Proctor in Peoria.

Cremation has been accorded and amemorial service will be held at 7 p.m.on Friday (Nov. 7) at Haskell-Hott Fu-neral Homes in Princeville. Visitationwill be two hours prior.

Condolences may be sent to the fam-ily at www.haskellhott.com.

Betty RoederEDWARDS – Betty Jean Roeder, 88,

of Edwards, died on Oct. 29 at Unity-Point Health-Methodist.

She is survived by her children,Mary (Daniel) Bahl of Mansfield,Ohio, Edward (Diana) Roeder ofWashington, Michael Roeder of Madi-son, Wis., Paul Roeder of Peoria, andLisa Roeder of Edwards; 7 grandchil-dren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Services were Nov. 3 at Davison-Fulton Woolsey-Wilton Funeral Home,with burial in Swan Lake MemoryGardens.

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Luther SimmonsBRIMFIELD – Luther Simmons, 77, of

Brimfield died Oct. 13 at his home.He is survived by his children, Kay

Simmons Walker, Theresa Alvarez andSandra Berrerra, of Arizona, Jean Sim-mons Buntjier of Washington and Ed-ward Simmons of California; 14grandchildren and 12 great-grandchil-dren.

A funeral service was Nov. 2 atSchmidt-Haller Burial and CremationService in Peoria.

Dorothy ThomasFARMINGTON – Dorothy Thomas, 92,

a longtime resident of Farmington,died Oct. 26.

She is survived by: daughters, JanetLopez of Peachtree City, Ga., andLynne Grant of Chicago; son, Scott ofChicago; three grandchildren and fourgreat-grandchildren.

Services were Oct. 31, at Anderson-Sedgwick Funeral Home in Farming-ton, with burial in Oak RidgeCemetery in Farmington.

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68th Wedding AnniversaryVincent and Maxine “Bobbe” Kirby

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Annawan at Sacred Heart CatholicChurch, they are the parents of five chil-dren including Mary (Gary) Case, Elm-wood, IL., Venita (Gary) Moody, YatesCity, IL., Steven (Teresa) Hulslander,Tampa, FL., John (Marilyn) Hulslander,East Peoria, IL., and Dan (Lisa) Hulslan-der, Acworth, Ga. They are grandparents to 13, one of

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On the other side of theball, Hope countered withelusive running backLafayette McGary, whohad scoring runs of 85and 69 yards.

“That is the best backI’ve coached against.He’s legit,” Carrutherssaid. “He’s everything wethought he was and prob-ably a little more.”

Still, Princeville waswithin 24-16 for most ofthe second half.

Janssen was 12-for-33passing for 194 yards andran for 54 while LoganGreen added 85 rushingyards on 16 carries.

Janssen hooked up withThomas Smith for theother Princeville score inthe second quarter.

“At the end everyonehad an empty feeling be-cause we had the poten-tial of winning,”Carruthers said. “But with

every fumble and everyadversity, our kids kepton fighting and neverbickered or quit playinghard.”

Chicago Hope 30Princeville 16

Princeville 6 10 0 0 – 16Chicago Hope 6 18 0 6 – 30

Scoring SummaryFirst Quarter

P - Harrison 28 pass from Janssen(kick failed)H - Munoz 27 pass from Johnson (runfailed)

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P - Janssen 35 FGFourth Quarter

H - McGary 69 run (run failed)Team Statistics

Hope PrinFirst Downs 8 18Rushes 33 41Rush yds 353 194Yds per carry 10.7 4.7Pass Att 4 33Pass Comp 3 12Had Intercepted 0 1Pass yds 39 164Penalties-Yds 9-70 2-10

Individual StatisticsRushing - Green 16-85, Janssen 16-54, Harrison 4-45, Simmons 1-10.Passing - Janssen 12-33-1 164.Receiving - Smith 3-58, Harrison 3-32, Thole 2-23, Sheets 2-19, Simmons1-25.Tackles - Hefler 10, Martin 9,

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son just around the corner, practicesare getting underway and fans areeager to see the action start.

With that in mind, Meet theTeams nights are scheduled for Sat-urday, Nov. 15 at Brimfield andWilliamsfield high schools.

The Brimfield event featuresboys and girls games starting at 6p.m. and pork chop, BBQ sandwichor hot dog meals served from 4:30-7 p.m. The event is sponsored bythe Brimfield Athletic BoosterClub.

Boosters will be selling IndiansSpiritwear, doing fingernails andholding a 50-50 drawing.

Meet The Bombers is from 6-9p.m. at Williamsfield. TheWilliamsfield Booster Club willserve a Sub Sandwich Meal startingat 5 p.m. (donations only). BomberSpiritwear will be available for pur-chase.

Both middle school and highschool will scrimmage. Players andcheerleaders will be introduced.

There will be a 50/50 as well asdoor prizes given away by localbusinesses.Brimfield Turkey Tourneyscheduled for Nov. 21-29

BRIMFIELD – Brimfield boysand girls basketball teams will at-tempt to defend their titles later thismonth at the annual Brimfield

Turkey Tournament, scheduled forFriday, Nov. 21 through Saturday,Nov. 29.

No games will be played onThanksgiving. Here is the tourna-ment schedule.

Friday, Nov. 21 (Girls)5 p.m. - Princeville vs. Kewanee6:30 - St. Bede vs. Le Roy8 -Wethersfield vs. Brimfield

Saturday, Nov. 22 (Girls)Noon -Wethersfield vs. Kewanee1:30 p.m. - Le Roy vs. Princeville3 - Brimfield vs. Peru St. Bede

Monday, Nov. 24 (Boys)6 p.m. - Princeville vs. Tremont 7:30 - Brimfield vs. MW Central

Tuesday, Nov. 255 p.m. - Kewanee vs. St. Bede(Girls)6:30 - MW Central vs. Princeville(Boys)8 - Brimfield vs. Tremont (Boys)

Wednesday, Nov. 26 (Girls)3 p.m. - Brimfield vs. Le Roy4:30 - Princeville vs. Wethersfield6:30 - MW Central vs. Tremont(Boys)

Friday, Nov. 2810:30 a.m. - Kewanee vs. Le Roy(Girls)Noon - Rock Island Alleman vs.Tremont (Boys)1:30 p.m. - St. Bede vs. Wethers-field (Girls)3 - Princeville vs. Brimfield (Girls)5 - Princeville vs. Brimfield (Boys)

6:30 - MW Central vs. Rock IslandAlleman (Boys)

Saturday, Nov. 2911 a.m. - Rock Island Alleman vs.Princeville (Boys)12:30 p.m. - St. Bede vs.Princeville (Girls)2 - Le Roy vs. Wethersfield (Girls)3:30 - Brimfield vs. Kewanee(Girls)6 - Brimfield vs. Rock Island Alle-man (Boys).Defending junior high girlsbasketball champs to meet

BRIMFIELD – Two defendingchampion girls eighth grade basket-ball teams square off Nov. 13 whenClass 4A defending champ Cantonvisits Class 2A defending champBrimfield.

Canton won last year’s meeting,handing Brimfield its only loss ofthe season. In that game, the LadyIndians were without starter Cam-ryn Cuevas, who was out with abroken arm. Wally Keller Invitational

The Elmwood boys basketballteam opens its season at the WallyKeller Invitational at KewaneeWethersfield on Nov. 24 againstAnnawan at 5:30 p.m. The Trojansalso play Nov. 25 against BureauValley at 7 p.m., Nov. 26 againstPutnam County at 7,Nov. 28 vs.Wethersfield at 8:30 and Nov. 29 at7 vs. Midland.

Parents are remindedthat Veterans Day onMonday (Nov. 11) is anoptional holiday forschool districts, and notall schools dismissclasses for the day.Farmington CUSD 265and Williamsfield CUSD210 both will take off theholiday.

Brimfield CUSD 309,Elmwood CUSD 332 andPrinceville CUSD 326 allare in session on Mon-day.

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VOLLEYBALL: All clicking for Farmington

SECTIONAL XC: E-B top four best in Illinois?

“We shouldn’t have lost the firstone, but we made a few mistakesand we definitely came out readyto correct them in the secondgame,” Jensen said.

She said Farmington hit at leastthree balls out of bounds in thefirst game before finally settlingdown.

“That was one match I didn’tfeel nervous because I felt like ourteam was so focused that I hadconfidence in them,” Jensen said.

Pasley led with 20 kills and 12blocks and senior Calli Fletcheradded 10 blocks. Ralston had 25assists and Annika Lopez had 25digs. Jensen also praised Skaggsand 5-10 Brianna Rutledge forhaving “great defensive nights inthe back row for their turns.”

“We’ve been playing our bestvolleyball the last couple ofweeks,” Jensen said. “It has allclicked at the right time and ourrecord definitely doesn’t reflect

how good we are.”The regional win followed up

on a three-game victory over WestCentral in the regional semifinals.

Also last Thursday, Princeville(23-8) lost in the Class 1AWilliamsfield Regional final

against Hartsburg-Emden (26-7),25-9, 25-10.

Freshman Lucy Waid had threekills, junior Claire Berchtold hadsix assists and junior Katie Del-wiche and sophomore Tasha Mar-tin five digs apiece.

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McCoy in 15:55) and11th (senior Kelly Hoff-mann in 15:58).

“If we improve like Ithink we can in the topfour, we’re going to havethe best top four in thestate,” said Meyers,whose team is rankedthird in the final poll re-leased by DyeStatil.com.“It’s just now can we getfive, six and seven tomove up there and take ashot at winning.”

The No. 5 sectionalrunner was sophomoreJohn Barratt, who placed35th in 16:32.7. That isthe fastest finish by an E-B fifth runner ever. Notfar behind, Tyler Meyerswas No. 6 at 50th (16:55)and No. 7 KelbyBarnewolt was 57th(17:07).

Challenges abound forE-B at state, led by top-ranked Monticello, whichmany are calling the teamto beat. Other title con-tenders include No. 7

Shelbyville, No. 2 TolonoUnity, No. 4 RockfordChristian, No. 5 Win-nebago and No. 6 Johns-burg.

On the girls side, E-Bcontinued late-season im-provement by placingfourth, just 10 points be-hind No. 3 Rock IslandAlleman and well aheadof higher-ranked Eureka.

The key for E-B was atight one-through-fivesplit that saw just 18.9seconds between top fin-isher freshman EmilyMcCauley (28th in19:51.4) and fifth-placerunner Hannelore Book(39th in 20:09.5).

In between those book-ends were senior KendraGorham (29th in19:51.6), senior TaylorArmbruster (31st in19:56) and sophomoreCassie Karn (20:06.5).

“We had an official 19-second split from 1-5 sothat was really impres-sive,” E-B coach HayleyDavis said. “Earlier thisyear we were just tryingto get it under a minute.

“And Cassie and Tay-

lor will do even betternext week becausethey’re going to run bet-ter on a flat course.”

Armbruster has alreadymade rapid strides sincemidway through the sea-son. On Saturday sheposted a personal recordby more than 45 seconds,given consideration forMaple Lane’s hillycourse.

And while the E-Bgirls are not a title con-tender, Davis has realhopes to improve on herbest of 11th.

“I definitely have thebest team I’ve ever had interms of overall talent,”Davis said.

Four-time defendingchampion Decatur St.Teresa’s reign atop thestate looks likely to endSaturday, with likely con-tenders No. 1 St. Joseph-Ogden and No. 2 rankedElmwood champ Peters-burg Porta.

Elsewhere Saturday, atthe Oregon Sectional,Princeville senior JaNaeKnobloch placed 36th in21:06.24.



Members of Farmington’s Class 2A Regional champion volleyball teaminclude: (Back row, left to right) Coach Cassie Jensen, Allyx Camp,McKenzie Skaggs, Meghan Wherley, Paige Pasley, Brianna Rutledge,Calli Fletcher, Maicee Ralston, Bree Bozsoki and Assistant CoachKendall Malmberg; (Front row, l to r) Victoria Gebhart, Grace Behrens,Brooke Holford, Annika Lopez, Breanna Springer, Rebecca Maccanelli,Jessica Buster and Taylor Whitehurst.

Elmwood-Brimfield’s top girls finishers in Saturday’ssectional were freshman Emily McCauley (28th in19:51.4) and senior Kendra Gorham (29th in19:51.6). Photo by Jeff Lampe.


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Elise Vrchota, ElmwoodFor this week’s athlete, being a part of the suc-

cessful Elmwood High School poms team early inher freshman year was “nerve racking.” Fouryears and three statewide team awards later,nerves have transcended into lifetime memoriesfor Elise Vrchota.

Being part of EHS Pomsrequires hours, days, months,and years of dedication. Pomsparticipation during her fresh-man year led Elise to theElmwood-Brimfield SpiritSquad for her sophomore,junior and senior years.

She cheers at the base position on spirit squad.Elise has not been deficient when it comes to sup-port in her endeavors. This encouragement comesfrom her parents Jim and Lisa Vrchota and herGrandma Alma Wiele.

Elise also plays flute for the EHS band; is seniorclass secretary; has been named to National HonorSociety; and serves for EHS’s Key Club.

The only team, other than the E-B Trojans, thatElise cheers for is Chicago Blackhawks hockey.Her favorite school subject is Geography, becauseshe finds it interesting to learn about other coun-tries.

While Elise is undecided on which school to at-tend next fall, she does want to study in the areaof animal science. Now being very glad that shedidn’t let those nerves obstruct her when she wasa freshman, EHS’s Elise Vrchota can succeed atwhatever she aspires and wherever she attends tostudy!

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TROJANS: Tricky 2-pointer seals the wininstead relying on adizzying array of tricky2-pointers.

“We thought it wasgoing to be a shootout, sowe thought we’d see ifwe could get ahead onextra points,” Monticellocoach Cully Welter said.

The last was one of thebest. With coach’s sonTyus Welter under center,seven Monticello playersshifted to the far rightside of the line of scrim-mage. Welter then tookthe snap, faked a run andpassed to a wide-openIsiah Florey for two.

Earlier in the game, outof the same formation,Welter attempted a passto the far side of the fieldthat fell incomplete.

“We’ve got about nineplays we run off that, it’san option and I actuallywanted to throw it to(Florey) the first time be-cause he was open,”coach Welter said. “Andit’s my son and he didn’tdo it. So I had to yell athim.”

E-B’s final drivereached the Monticello43 before a sack of quar-terback Michael Houli-han ended the game.

“This one hurts,” sen-ior cornerback Tottonsaid. “This is going totake a bit to get over.”

That’s true for manyTrojans players, sincethere were fine perform-ances throughout.

Senior running backLayne Wyatt had 219yards on 30 carries andseveral gritty runs insidethe tackles.

Sollenberger scoredthree touchdowns andwas flying to the ball ondefense, leading E-Bwith nine tackles.

McCoy ran 25 timesfor 101 yards.

And Totton’s pick-sixin the third quarter

thwarted a Monticellodrive and gave E-B a 35-23 lead.

“They’d been dinkingand dunking the wholetime down the field and Iwas expecting that(pass),” Totton said. “Igot up closer and reallyjumped that ball.”

But on the ensuingkickoff, a communicationerror led to a short bootthat Monticello’sCameron Bettinger re-turned 49 yards for ascore to bring the Sagesback within 35-31. Amis-kick to open the thirdquarter also hurt E-B.

So did a long pass be-fore halftime. E-B domi-nated the first half,running with ease againstthe smaller Sages. TheTrojans scored on aHoulihan 3-yard run, 3-and 1-yarders by Sollen-berger and a 16-yard passfrom Houlihan to Wyattwith 49.9 seconds leftuntil halftime.

Leading 28-7, the Tro-jans were rolling. ButMonticello woke up justin time. Wildman tosseda 48-yard pass to Bundyand Welter took a hand-off and – after his firstoption was covered –passed to Noah Freemon

for a score with 7.1 ticksleft. After a tricky tipconversion, the Sageswere within 28-15.

“That was huge, espe-cially getting the ball tostart the second half,”said Welter, who earnedlegendary status in Aledowhere he was 113-22 in11 seasons with threestate titles and two run-ner-up finishes.

At halftime, Welter de-cided to blitz more on de-fense and to use screenpasses to offset a strongE-B pass rush.

“They still moved theball, but it was enough tostop them a couple oftimes,” Welter said. “Wewere in a similar situationagainst Unity where wewere down three touch-downs at halftime andcame back late.”

It helped, that juniorWildman – who listedIllinois and Penn State ashis most aggressive col-lege suitors right now –was sharper in the secondhalf.

He finished with 358yards passing and hit 33of 45 attempts.

“We’ve been down athalftime before. We don’tget off to hot starts some-times,” he said. “We

don’t quit. We keep play-ing.”

So did E-B, earningpraise from Hollis.

“We gave them every-thing they could handle,”Hollis said. “There’s nota whole lot I wouldchange.”

Monticello 45Elmwood-Brimfield 43

Monticello 0 15 16 14 – 45Elmwood-Brim 7 21 7 8 – 43

Scoring SummaryFirst Quarter

EB - Houlihan 3 run (Roling kick)Second Quarter

M - Wildman 4 run (Burton kick)EB - Sollenberger 3 run (Roling kick)EB - Sollenberger 1 run (Roling kick)EB - Wyatt 15 pass from Houlihan(Roling kick)M - Freemon 13 pass from Welter(Burton run)

Third QuarterM - Becker 21 pass from Wildman(Welter run)EB - Totton 76 interception return(Roling kick)M - Bettinger 49 kickoff return (Welterrun)

Fourth QuarterM - Bundy 51 pass from Wildman(pass failed)EB - Sollenberger 1 run (McCoy run)M - Bundy 3 pass from Wildman (Flo-rey pass from Welter)

Team StatisticsM EB

Rushes-Yds 21-88 69-393Yds per carry 4.2 5.7Pass Att 46 8Pass Comp 34 5Had Intercepted 2 0Pass yds 372 63Fumbles-Lost 0 3-1Penalties-Yds 10-73 4-30

Individual StatisticsRushing - Wyatt 30-219, D.McCoy25-101, Sollenberger 10-61, Houlihan4-12.Passing - Houlihan 5-8-0 63.Receiving - Wyatt 3-46, Totton 1-12,Sollenberger 1-5.Tackles - Sollenberger 9, Bowers 7,Gilles 5, Johnson 3, Wilbur 3


Senior cornerback Kyle Totton intercepts a pass in the third quarter againstMonticello Saturday that he would return 76 yards for a touchdown. Totton hadtwo interceptions in the game. Photo by Jeff Lampe.

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Playoffs end too soon for Trojans, Princes

By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

Farmington’s historicrun into the girls volley-ball postseason endedTuesday night at theOrion Class 2A Sec-tional with a loss to Put-nam County.

Farmington (13-17)won the first game butdropped the last two, 23-25, 25-22, 25-18.

“We did some nicethings, but we couldn’tfind our own rhythm,”Farmington coach CassieJensen said. “We werefighting for it and hadmoments of it, but wejust couldn’t quite getback to where we werelast week.”

Where the Lady Farm-ers were last week wasin historic territory, win-ning the school’s firstvolleyball regional atAbingdon with a 25-27,25-22, 25-16 victoryover United.

Not so Tuesday, when6-foot-1 senior Paige

Pasley led Farmingtonwith 9 kills and 4 blocks,McKenzie Skaggs had13 digs and Maciee Ral-ston led with 16 assists.

“The girls played harduntil the end, we justcouldn’t put it all to-gether,” Jensen said.

That wasn’t the case inthe regional final, whenthe Lady Farmersdropped the first gamebut then came on strongto win.


ELMWOOD – Eyes stillred, voice still quavering asthe shadows deepened lastSaturday, Todd Hollis tried tomake sense of one of thewildest playoff football gamesfolks here have witnessed.

“It had to be exciting. Theygot their money’s worth,”Hollis said. “We were betterthan last week ... and the weekbefore that ... and the week be-fore that.”

He was right. The oft- ma-ligned Elmwood-Brimfielddefense played better andtackled better, despite givingup nearly 400 passing yards.

Ultimately, though, the Tro-jans (7-3) were just not goodenough to overcome a futureDivision I quarterback, a fu-ture Hall of Fame coach and afew too many mistakes.

Even so, Elmwood-Brim-field went up 43-37 with 7:01left to play after rallying on a1-yard-run by Jacob Sollen-berger and a conversion byDonovan McCoy.

It’s doubtful anyone at

Whitney Field thought thatwould stand as the final scorein this wild affair, though.

That it nearly did is thankslargely to the second intercep-tion of the game by corner-back Kyle Totton, who tookhis first pick 76 yards for ascore and grabbed his secondwith 5:06 left to end a longMonticello drive at the E-B 4-yard line.

From there the Trojans tried

to run out the clock. Eventu-ally, facing a fourth-and-threeat their own 34, Hollis calledtimeout – then decided to gofor it. While fullback McCoywound up two feet short onthe ensuing power run, Hollissaid he would make the samecall again.

“That’s who we are,” Hollissaid. “Sometimes in the play-offs you just have to sayyou’re going to take a chance.

If we get 3 yards I feel like thegame is over. I’d do it again.”

Monticello (7-3) got the ballback with 2:17 remaining andwasted little time, tying thescore with 40.2 ticks left on a3-yard pass from 6-foot-4 jun-ior quarterback Brandon Wild-man to Ryne Bundy.

Then came the all-importantconversion. Monticello kickedonly one extra point all day,


CHICAGO – The wind was nota factor for Princeville in its trip tothe Windy City last Saturday.Fumbles surely were.

Hurt by five fumbles and onelate interception, Princeville (7-3)saw its season end in a 30-16Class 1A playoff loss at ChicagoHope (9-1). That two of thosefumbles lost were inside the Hope10-yard line was cause for conster-nation for Princes coach Jon Car-ruthers.

“It was a very winnable game,”Carruthers said. “But you can’tturn the ball over that many timesand win. It was a nice night ... itwas just bad ball security on ourpart.

“We had 10 fumbles on the sea-son and five were Saturday.”

Princeville scored first in theopening quarter on a 28-yard passfrom Mitchell Janssen to ZachHarrison. And the Princes hadchances after that to regain thelead, only to be done in byturnovers.

“We moved the ball well, wejust couldn’t hold onto the dang

E-B boys, girls XC running strong into state

Elmwood-Brimfield senior Layne Wyatt ran for 219 yards despite Monticello’s best efforts tohem him in during Saturday’s 45-43 Class 3A playoff loss. Photo by Jeff Lampe.

Matt Osmulski (left) leads Elmwood-Brimfield’s sectional champion cross country team. Also pictured (in or-ange and black, left to right) are Nate Herridge, Kelly Hoffmann and Derek McCoy. Photo by Jeff Lampe.

Farmington winsfirst VB regional

Turnovers hurtPrinces in tripto Windy City

Trojans losewild 45-43shootout


ELMWOOD – One year ago,Elmwood-Brimfield cross countryreached a crossroads of sorts onSectional Saturday.

A fourth-place finish by the boysand a fifth-place by the girls teamleft observers muttering under theirbreath as they left Maple LaneCountry Club.

The mood was much merrier lastSaturday after the boys team racedto their 13th sectional title and therapidly improving girls teamplaced fourth at the loaded Elm-wood Class 1A Sectional.

Both finishes earned the E-Bteams berths at state this Saturdayat Detweiller Park in Peoria. Whilethe state meet is always the focusfor E-B programs, boys coachGregg Meyers took time Saturdayto savor a smaller – albeit signifi-cant – trophy.

“This definitely matters. A sec-

tional championship is a sectionalchampionship,” said Meyers,whose team is making the pro-gram’s 27th state appearance.“This is the first time I’ve ever hadfour guys break 16 minutes.

“Those four all had really goodtimes. Five, six seven ... I thinkwe’ve got to improve. We’re goingto take a shot at it and I think wehave the ability to improve.”

The top four Meyers praised(pictured above) placed fourth (ju-nior Matt Osmulski in 15:29.9),fifth (senior Nate Herridge in15:37.3), 10th (sophomore Derek



Sectional Champions!


Anna Schupbach returnsa serve in Princeville’sregional final loss toHartsburg-Emden.Photo by Collin Fairfield.

State Meet• Class 1A girls run at 9 a.m. onSaturday at Detweiller Park inPeoria. • Class 1A boys run at 10 a.m. • Awards ceremonies are at 11.


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