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Carrier Route PresortThursdayDec. 17, 2015Vol. 3, No. 41

The Weekly Post“We Cover The News of West-Central Illinois With A Passion”

Serving the fine communities of Brimfield, Dahinda, Duncan, Edwards, Elmwood, Farmington, Kickapoo, Laura, Monica, Oak Hill, Princeville, Williamsfield and Yates City

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

The state’s new test replacing theIllinois Standards Achievement Tests(ISAT) and Prairie State Achieve-ment Examination (PSAE) had stu-dents in grades 3-8 and highschoolers in algebra 2 and English 3last spring take exams to measurecritical-thinking skills. Based onCommon Core standards, the Part-

nership for Assessment of Readinessfor College and Careers (PARCC)exam summarizes student proficien-cies in English/Language Arts andMathematics.

While these results may initiallyseem lower than what schools andparents expect, the PARCC assess-ment was designed to set new goalsfor students using higher expectations

aligned to Illinois Learning Stan-dards. Lower proficiency scoresdon’t mean schools aren’t performingor that students are learning less.

“We must remember that these re-sults cannot and should not be com-pared to prior scores,” said StateSuperintendent of Education TonySmith. “The PARCC test not onlyaligns to higher standards and asks

By CHERYL HARLOWFor The Weekly Post

In an era when servicegroups across the area arestruggling to recruit mem-bers, the Elmwood Busi-ness Women’s Associationis thriving.

Proof of that came againin late November when the40-year-old group organ-ized a purse auction thatgenerated a profit of$6,077.37, including amatching donation of$2,500 from ModernWoodmen of America.

Funds raised will be usedto meet the mission of thegroup, whose purpose is toprovide scholarships toElmwood High School sen-iors.

The group currently has29 members, meets once amonth and is open to anywoman who is currentlyemployed or has been in thepast.

“We are delighted to havea lot of new young mem-bers who are dynamite andreally get things going,”said Pat McGuire, a charterEBW member. “We do lots

New state test no walk in the PARCC

EBW eventgeneratesbig profit

By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

ELMWOOD – A group oflocal investors may soon bemaking a bid to purchase thePalace Theatre.

Rick LeHew is leading asteering committee of Elmwoodresidents who have put togethera for-profit S Corporation withan intention of buying thePalace Theatre if no other buyeremerges at a Jan. 11 foreclosureauction at the Peoria CountyCourthouse.

Farmers State Bank of Elm-wood has foreclosed on the the-ater. After that announcement,LeHew said he approachedPalace Theatre owner VernReynolds this summer in hopesof negotiating a private deal.

“I thought it would be ashame to lose the theater,” saidLeHew. “But I was being toldthe price that had to be paidplus other conditions of the salethat were not agreeable.

“(Reynolds) says nobodycame to the plate. I came to theplate but didn’t swing at a ballin the dirt. There was not much

Investorsorganizingfor Palacepurchase

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HOT CORNER IN PRINCEVILLE

Princeville Mayor Sid Stahl wason hand to cut a ribbon re-cently for the grand opening ofa new home for the PrincevilleCommunity Bank (above).Photo by Collin Fairfield. Thenew bank location at the cornerof Main and Santa Fe inPrinceville has previouslyhoused a laundromat, pizzaplace and gas station. The pic-ture at right of Pullens 66 Serv-ice Station on the samelocation is from August of 1958.From left to right are: WilburPullen (owner), Mick Dallinger,Don Slane, Don Dallinger, LoySloan and John Bush.They arestanding around the BoutonFuneral Home hearse. The pic-ture below right is from an un-dated Homecoming paradepassing the corner. Photoscourtesy of the Princeville Her-itage Museum.

Local schools PARCC scoresIllinois released the first report of the new Partnership

for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career(PARCC) tests, which reset the Illinois State Board of Ed-ucation’s system for determining student proficiencies.School Overall Met ExceedBrimfield 47.3 42.2 5.1Elmwood 47.3 43.8 3.5Farmington 22.5 21.4 1.1Princeville 51.2 47.6 3.6Williamsfield 34.2 29.7 4.5State of Illinois 33.0 28.6 4.4

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PALACE: Community support soughtnegotiating going on.”

After that, LeHew consulted with TomConklin of Elmwood who encouragedhim to put together a group of commu-nity investors.

“The idea is there are 35 investors and35 friends and families saying, ‘Let’s gosupport this,’ ” LeHew said. “It’s not agreat return on investment, but it is goodfor the community and for surroundingbusinesses to keep the theater open.”

The committee plans to raise at least$230,000 with 20 investors at $10,000 orabove and 15 investors at an average of$2,000. According to attorney Bob Potts,35 investors is the maximum for this sortof S corporation.

The group plans to pay off all loans,any outstanding real estate taxes and afew other debts. Additional funds will beused as working capital for movie rental,payroll and other expenses.

Plans call for a seven-member board ofdirectors to oversee the theater and amanager to handle day-to-day operations.

Through Tuesday evening, 31 investorshad pledged $190,000. At present, thiswriter is among the list of investors.

But there are still spaces available. Ifyou are interested, contact LeHew at(309) 253-6255.

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PARCC: Scores ‘a new baseline’

Palace sale delayedThe Dec. 9 court hearing on the

foreclosure sale of the Palace Theaterwent on as scheduled, but it was short,resulting in a postponement while theCity of Elmwood and Farmers StateBank try to resolve differences onwho owns the moviehouse’s new digi-tal projection system.

The City of Elmwood filed a mo-tion to determine whether or not theprojection equipment that the Cityarranged for owner Vern Reynolds topurchase is subject to the sale. TheCity contends the digital system is nota theater fixture but personal property,meaning it would not be sold as partof the foreclosure sale.

“This [postponement] will givethem a chance to resolve that,” saidKerry Cordis, the Princeville attorneyrepresenting Farmers State Bank inthe foreclosure.

– Bill Knight

students to demonstrate their understand-ing in a different way, but it also reflectsstudent performance across five new,more nuanced performance levels.

“These performance levels are morethan just numbers,” he continued. “Edu-cators will use this information to helpfine-tune the alignment of classroom re-sources to support each student’s needsand strengths. These results are valuableto educators, parents and students as theywork together to support ongoing growth.

“We fully expect results to improve asteachers and students become more fa-miliar with the higher standards,” headded. “These initial results are simply anew baseline from which we can moveforward.”

Smith and the Illinois State Board ofEducation say the results reflect how

statewide assessments have changed tobetter measure skills in the current, higherstandards to prepare for college and ca-reers in the 21st century.

“The 2015 PARCC test scores providea new baseline to measure studentprogress going forward,” said ElmwoodSuperintendent Chad Wagner. “ThePARCC exam asks students to demon-strate and apply their knowledge andskills, rather than reciting facts and fillingin a bubble for the correct answer. Wehave simply raised the bar for the type ofskills and knowledge students must pos-sess before moving onto the next gradelevel.”

Beside the “met” and “exceed” levels,PARCC notes the percentage of studentswho “did not meet,” “partially met” or“approached” proficiency in each subject.


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THE WEEK AHEAD

This Week’s Eventss Free Bread –

Free bread at Elm-wood MethodistChurch Friday (Dec.18) at 10 a.m.

s Open House –Bank of Yates Cityholiday open houseis Friday (Dec. 18).Yates City location, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and 4-6 p.m. Farmington location, 8 a.m.-5p.m. Refreshments served. 32-inch flatscreen TV given away at both locationslocation.

s Christmas Craft – Christmas MakeIt/Take It is Saturday (Dec. 19) from 9a.m.- 1 p.m. at Morrison and MaryWiley Library. No registration re-quired.

s Scrapbook Workshop – PrincevilleLME Library Scrapbooker’s Workshopis Saturday (Dec. 19) from 10 a.m.-12p.m.

s Scrapbook Workshop – All invitedto Elmwood United Methodist Churchthis Christmas season for encourage-ment and joy through music, dance and

words of hope. Service on Sunday(Dec. 20) at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Christmas Eve service onDec. 24 at 6:30 p.m.

s Lego Club – Kids inkindergarten through fifthgrade are invited to Brim-field Public Library for aHoliday Cheer Lego Buildon Monday (Dec. 21) from

6-7 p.m. s Open House – Farmington Public

Library open house is Monday (Dec.21)- Wednesday (Dec. 23).

s Book Club – Brimfield Public Li-brary Book Club is Tuesday (Dec. 22)from 1-2:30 p.m. in the Library StudyRoom. New members welcome.

s Book Babies – Brimfield Public Li-brary Book Babies class is Tuesday(Dec. 22) from 10-10:30 a.m. in theactivity room. Children 0-3 and theircaregivers invited.

Future Eventss Coloring Adults – Adults welcome at

Brimfield Public Library On Dec. 29from 12-7 p.m. to color your stress away.Supplies provided.

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s Fund Raiser – Harvest Home Festival fundraiser dinner is today (Dec. 17) from 4:30-7 p.m. atYates City Community Center. Catfish filets, bakedpotato, cole claw, dessert and drink served. Dine inor carry out meals available

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Rambling through central Illinoispondering if everybody was stressedout about Christmas shopping 110years ago.

uuuMy tendency in the days leading

up to Christmas is to panic and toturn into Scrooge. Too much to do.Shopping. Cards. Work. Parties.Bah humbug. Then I hear the littleguy waking earlyevery morningand rushingdownstairs tomove the littlecandy cane oneday closer toChristmas on thecalendar hangingin the kitchen.Then I rememberwhy we do all this. Thank God forkids. ... My wife has a way of rain-ing on the party. Latest example isafter I got all excited about thetrailer for “The Revenant” – a newmountain man film that looks like amodern “Jeremiah Johnson.” Well,she said there was funny businesswith a bear in the movie and toldme people had been walking out ofpreviews because it was “too gory.”Hmm. Maybe watching the “Walk-ing Dead” has me desensitized, but Istill want to go see this one, whichis said to include an epic perform-

ance by Leonardo DiCaprio. uuu

We need help bringing you morestories from Farmington. Not longago, we had a fine reporter whowrote about Farmington meetings.But she got hired by a rival paperand – in the months since – we’venot done as good of a job bringingyou news. For instance, did youknow Farmington will soon sell theold Ward School and the formerCarnegie Library building? Or thatresidents can now drive golf cartson city streets if they meet require-ments in the Illinois vehicle codeand pay an annual fee of $25 percart? Those are tidbits we need tobring you in a timely fashion. So ifyou want to earn a few extra bucksand cover city council and schoolboard in Farmington, please giveme a call.

uuuFolks in Elmwood are still

buzzing about an email sent to highschool principal Stan Matheny aftera JV basketball game against WestPrairie on Dec. 1. It seems one WestPrairie player suffers from a partialdisability. When he checked in nearthe end of the game, Elmwood play-ers did not guard him closely and hemade two 3-point shots. Wrotecheerleader Maribeth Patterson,“Both times when he made them, all

of your players cheered for himalso. Just this little gesture put manyin tears. Although we lost prettybad, Mikey was happier than ever.”

uuuHistory buff Cathy Meyers re-

cently dropped off two laminatedpages from the Dec. 14, 1905 Elm-wood Gazette that she and FranStafford had discovered. Included inan article by Fred D. Jay about“Early Times in Elmwood” was thisdescription of a resident. “Mr.Christy’s lot and a part of Dr. Wash-burn’s lot was occupied by a squat-ter from the Emerald Isle by thename of Robert Scanlon. He, withhis wife, and ten husky children, oc-cupied a shanty, whitewashedwithin and plain without.” ... Itseems Scanlon had a taste formoonshine (or mountain dew as thearticle described it) and may havehad a dustup or two as a result of hisdabbling in “the good old Kentuckyway.” Why mention this? I’mguessing had Donald Trump beenrunning for office back in 1905, hewould have demanded that we closeour borders to the Irish. ... Partingshot: I honestly never knew thatmoonshine was once called moun-tain dew. Kind of makes me like myfavorite soda even more!

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One thing I don’t miss about theChristmas season is working retail.Back in the late ’70s, I was the as-sistant manager of a toy store inGalesburg Sand-burg Mall atChristmas time. Iwas barely out ofmy teens, notvery mature(which madeworking in a toystore just a wholebunch of fun),and took the jobonly because they couldn’t find any-one else.

They also offered the whoppingsum of $3 per hour plus overtime,which at the time was good moneyfor retail. It meant that I was making

$156 a week, an amount that is notthat much less than my current So-cial Security benefits. Back then, Iwas RICH!

The assistant manager’s job wasto hire a “night crew.” Our job wasto come in after the store had closedat 9 or 10 p.m., unload any trucksthat arrived in the wee hours of themorning, and stock the shelves.

Shoppers in a toy store at Christ-mastime can decimate a store inminutes. It would take us hours torestock the shelves and put it backin pristine order for them to wreckthe next day.

My crew was pretty good and wemade sure we had little, if any, stockin the back room. You can’t sell it ifit’s sitting back there, so we alwaysmade sure we squeezed it in some-

how. Business was brisk, however,and we received a semi-load of toysfrom the warehouse at least everyother night.The late winter of 1977-78 will al-ways be remembered as the year theblizzards hit. Not just one – several.

The first week of December 1977saw more than a foot of snow fall. This played havoc with everything,including our shipment of toys. Ican’t tell you how many nights wesat in the store waiting for the semiof toys to arrive.

Think about that for a second. Me, barely out of my teens, andabout four other guys, also barelyout of their teens, stuck overnight ina toy store, waiting for a truck thatwas going to be hours late. If that’s

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GUEST VOICES


Working at a toy store at Christmas time

JonGALLAGHER

The first two human beings onEarth were Adam and Eve. Theirfirst two sons were Cain and Abel.Because of sin, jealousy in this case,Cain killed his brother, Abel. Thiswas 25 percent of the entire humanpopulation on Earth at that time!

If Cain hadowned a semi-automatic gun,I’m sure hewould havewiped out theentire popula-tion on Earth.Actually, hewould probablyhave wiped out75 percent, leaving himself alone. Ifso, all of our problems would havebeen solved. There would be noneed for laws or guns today.

It is obvious in the case of Cainkilling Abel, it was not a gun thatkilled, but sin. There were no lawsexcept God’s at that time, and therecertainly were no guns. Sin is thesame cause of the killings going oncurrently in the U.S. and the world.

We have all heard that guns don’tkill people, people kill people. I

wish there was some way that ourentire population could understandthis. I also wish the general popula-tion could understand that thosewho want to control guns in realitywant to control people.

It is my understanding thatHillary Clinton, who wants to notonly control gun sales but alsowants to take guns away from law-abiding citizens, is well on her wayto raising $2.5 billion to buy thepresidency. Is she really that con-cerned about us as U.S. citizens, oris there another selfish motive?

I purchased my first gun when Iwas 15. I have never fired it at an-other human being and never intendto. Interestingly, I purchased myfirst and second guns in Herrin,where the Shelton and Birger gangswere killing people with guns in theearly part of the last century.

Believe it or not, there were lawsagainst killing people with guns inthose days. Did laws or gun controlstop those killings? No!

One man was found in SouthernIllinois in 1932 with 27 bullet holesin him made by a machine gun. Thiswas another case of people killing

people, not guns killing people. Guns were only the means by

which people killed. The reasonagain was control. The control per-tained to prohibition of alcohol,gambling, and other vices. Some ofus are old enough to remember thatone member of the Shelton gang,Bernie Shelton, was shot and killedat the Parkway Tavern on Farming-ton Road at the foot of Bradley hill.He is buried in Peoria.

Again, there were laws againstkilling people in those days, just astoday. However, people who haveno respect for laws or lives will con-tinue to find a way to kill if they sodesire.

Law-abiding gun owners ownguns for the same reason golfersown golf clubs or someone mayown grandma’s tea set. They ownthem for recreation or just maybebecause they belonged to dad orgrandpa! I pray President Obama,Hillary Clinton, or anyone elsenever has the power or control totake away the guns that I have pur-chased, won, or that have beengiven to me by my father, or that Iinherited from him at his death!

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Farmington motoristcited in 3-car wreck

FARMINGTON – Michelle Rut-ledge, 41, of Farmington about8:30 p.m. Dec. 11 was ticketed forfailure to reduce speed to avoid anaccident after she was distractedfrom inside her westbound 2013Nissan on Farmington Road.

Rutledge rear-ended a 2014Hyundai driven by 71-year-oldElizabeth Canton of Canton, andthen struck an eastbound 2012 Kiadriven by Morgan Richards, 28, ofMetamora, according to the PeoriaSheriff’s Office.

No injuries were reported, policesaid.Wreck-and-run crashunder investigation

DAHINDA – Officers from theKnox County Sheriff’s Office arecontinuing to investigate a single-car accident that occurred about9:30 p.m. Dec. 4. That’s when au-thorities say a white, late-modelcar, possibly a Chevrolet, was

northbound on Knox Highway 15and in the 1500 block missed acurve, left the roadway, struck asign and continued about 200 feetinto a field, according to reports.

A witness helped two women inthe vehicle get the car back ontothe road, but they fled the scene,police said.Police Reports

• Andrew Smithers, 30, of Farm-ington on Dec. 9 was arrested forpossession of drug paraphernaliaand transported to the PeoriaCounty Jail.13 Farmington juvenilesarrested in house party

FARMINGTON – Thirteen localjuveniles were arrested at about 9p.m. on Dec. 11 and charged withpossession of alcohol by a minoror consumption of alcohol by aminor after police responded tocomplaints of a party in the 100block of North Pleasant Streethere, according to Farmington Po-lice Chief Carl Powell.

Three juveniles also were citedfor tobacco violations, and two forpossession of drug paraphernalia,

according to reports.Elmwood police also responded

to the call, police said.

Deer Accidents• Dec. 8 –Lindsey Garcia of

Princeville on Cedar Hills Drivenear Bristol Hollow Road in Med-ina Township.

Corrections• In its Dec. 3 issue, The Weekly

Post incorrectly reported that 47-year-old Timothy Bowers of Elm-wood had been arrested for drivingon a revoked license and improperlane usage on Nov. 27, when itwas reported he was transported toPeoria County Jail.

That is not accurate. In fact,Bowers was arrested for DrivingUnder the Influence stemmingfrom an incident one year earlier.

• Also on Dec. 3, The WeeklyPost mistakenly said the person ar-rested by Elmwood police for pos-sessing a stolen cell phone was ajuvenile. However, the suspect,Deondre Scott, is 18.

The Weekly Post regrets the er-rors.

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Yates City village board undergoing changesBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

YATES CITY – Two Trusteeshave resigned from the VillageBoard here, and one replacementwas approved at the Board’s regu-lar meeting on Dec. 9.

Kaiti Murphy was sworn in toreplace Ryan Brewer, who re-signed, and 10-year TrusteeRichard Grubb announced his res-ignation that night.

Grubb, a soft-spoken man withtwinkles in his eyes, said he wasturning 75 on Dec. 18 and thoughtit was time he left the Board,which applauded his service andpresented him a plaque expressingappreciation for his service. Hewas on the Village Board since2005.

Trustees also gave him a card,and Grubb thanked them andadded, “You didn’t have to dothat.”

Murphy’s term will expire inApril of 2017, and Village Presi-dent Kenny Gibson will present an

appointee for Grubb’s seat forBoard consideration at its Januarymeeting.

Besides changes in the Board,Trustee James Bewley reported onefforts to qualify for grants thatthe Village may seek for renovat-ing the Gazebo and also helping tofund a proposed Civil Defensesiren system.

In that regard, the Village wasaccepted as part of the Knox RuralImprovement Foundation, a501(c)3 nonprofit, and also passeda Fair Housing Ordinance, whichis necessary to qualify for consid-eration for grants coordinated bythe Western Illinois RegionalCouncil, such as assistance fromthe USDA’s Rural Developmentprogram.

Contributions to the Foundationwould be tax-deductible dona-tions, Bewley said.

The Fair Housing Ordinanceprohibits discrimination in rentingor selling housing.

In other news,

• the Board approved raising thefee for garbage collection 30 centsper month per house, and said thecurrent agreement with G&O Dis-posal will expire next year and anew five-year pact will be let forbid;

• the Board clarified that over-time pay of time and a half wouldbe paid for workers plowing snowexcept during the regular shift of 7a.m.-4 p.m.;

• Police Chief Randy Bensonsaid that incident reports are “upfrom previous years” and reported68 total calls in September, Octo-ber and November.

• Public Works Director ChuckEiker reported that work will bedone on a water line damagedwhen a garbage truck drove over acurb stop and broke it on Nov. 9;and

• Trustees approved Christmasbonuses to employees.

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GALLAGHER: Fun in the toy storenot a recipe for disaster, I don’t knowwhat is.

The carpeting in our store was a printof board games like checkers, Parcheesi,Chinese Checkers, backgammon andcribbage. We’d lie down on the floor andplay these games, sometime organizingtournaments while waiting on the truck.

Management had provided the storewith a PA system with an 8-track playerhooked up so that Christmas music couldbe piped in to shoppers during businesshours. It didn’t take us long to figure outthat it would also play 8-tracks ofBoston, Fleetwood Mac, the Beatles,Neil Diamond (in concert), and JohnDenver (also in concert), depending onwhose turn it was to choose the musicthat night. Somebody – and I won’t saywho, but I do look at him every morningin the mirror – found the volume controland I … er, ah, HE would crank thatsucker so that the security guards wouldoften come running to our wing of themall to see if everything was all right.

Now I swear, I’m not making this up… our security guards – and there weretwo of them – were named Burt andErnie. I swear. One was older than Santaand the other was closer to our age. Theolder one was cool and usually justshook his head at our antics while theyounger one wanted to be a real copsomeday and went by the book on every-thing. This will be important later.

Playing old board games on the floorgot old in a hurry, so we advanced to big-ger and better things. Hollywood had justgiven us the movie “Tommy,” based on

the Who’s rock opera, and of course, wehad the soundtrack for the 8-track player.“Tommy” was about a “pinball wizard,”who was a “deaf, dumb, blind kid” who“sure played a mean pinball” (BlamePete Townsend for the politically incor-rect words, not me).

We had a real live pinball machine forsale, right up at the front of the store.

A set of earphones that covered eachear simulated the deafness while a paperbag over the head simulated blindness,and since we all agreed we were beingreally dumb… well, we had pinball tour-naments to determine our own PinballWizard.

I didn’t win. I don’t remember whodid, but the old security guard got sec-ond.

The Mall wouldn’t allow us to go outinto the mall when the store was closed.Across the hall from us was an Oscodrug store that sold candy bars and soda.The night crew at Osco’s was willing tosell us candy and pop, but the youngersecurity guard threatened us with prisontime if we ever got caught walkingacross the hall.

We solved this by taping money to thetop of a remote control vehicle and send-ing it across to Osco’s along with a notewith our order written on it. A buckwould bring me back a Milky Way, a boxof Milk Duds, and a can of Pepsi, but Ialways had to make sure the vehicle Isent was a pickup truck.

I miss those days a little now and then… but that’s only because in my old age,my aim has gotten really bad.


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PRINCEVILLE – Thetax rate for PrincevilleC.U.S.D. 326 will be be-tween the current 5.72 orlower, to 5.70, under alevy approved Dec. 8 bythe Board of Education.

“The Board wanted tokeep the tax rate as steadyas possible,” said Superin-tendent Shannon Duling.

The Board OK’d a levyof $4.2 million, Dulingsaid.

In another move with fi-nancial implications, theBoard approved a memoof understanding with theteachers union to make an

exception for teacherMike Rinella, who noti-fied the District of his in-tention to retire at the endof the 2016-17 schoolyear and requested a 6-percent pay increase forthe last two years.

The teachers contractprovides for a 6-percentincrease in the last threeyears of eligibility if em-ployees announces that in-tention as soon as they’reeligible, but Rinellamissed that deadline.

Since the exception isfor two years instead ofthree and it’s a one-timedeal, Duling recom-mended approval, and the

Board agreed.In other news:• the K-4 holiday pro-

gram is in the high schoolgym tonight (Dec. 17); thegrades 7-12 program isSaturday (Dec. 19);

• the Board OK’d sell-ing a wheelchair-equippedbus at fair market value;

• high school principalRich Thole reported thatthe “Heart of a Prince”project delivered morethan 32 Thanksgiving bas-kets to needy households.Guidance counselor SaraBushman and NationalHonor Society studentshelped organize and de-liver the baskets;

• named Illinois StateScholars were JessicaBonomo, Kaitlyn Del-wiche, Molly Ely, DanielHerrmann, Brendan Stre-itmatter and Matt Thole;

• the Board approvedJosie Kielion and JuniorHigh volleyball coach,and Elizabeth Klein andMonica Spies-Patton asSpecial Education aides;

• regular Board meet-ings were rescheduled forJan. 13 and Feb. 10.

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EDWARDS – The Peoria CountyBoard on Dec. 10 OK’d a $1.8 millionplan to offer buyouts to 20 propertieshere as part of a larger grant to deal withland flooded in April of 2013.

Dozens of Edwards residents had toevacuate their homes two years ago aftera Kickapoo Creek levee broke and letfloodwaters swamp the area.

Recommended by County staff andthe Board’s Land Use and InfrastructureCommittee, the hazard mitigation projectis intended to reduce future flood lossesby eliminating flood-prone structuresfrom harm’s way.

The County will negotiate with prop-erty owners, who would choose to vol-untarily take part in the plan. Ifpurchased, structures on the propertieswould be demolished and permanentdeed restrictions attached to the land toprohibit future private development.

Under the plan, no new structureswould be erected there except public fa-cilities open on all sides for recreationalor open-space use, or public restrooms.

Affected properties are 9816, 9900,9914, 9920, 9926, 10014, 10016, 10020,10101, 10103, 10105, 10120/10122,10126, 10129, 10214, 10216, 10220,10228 W. Powdermill Road and 4914 N.Caterpillar Road.

Participating property owners mustagree to disclose other funds they’ve re-ceived for flood repairs, such as insur-ance settlements, and pledge to relocateoutside of any floodplain.

The Illinois Emergency ManagementAgency (IEMA) grant gets 75 percent ofthe funds from federal sources, and 25percent from local matching expenses.The County intends to make up its sharethrough dedicated staff time and pro-ceeds from the National Flood InsuranceProgram and IEMA’s Global Match.

The $1.8 million grant agreement out-lines revenues from the IEMA plus dem-olition, elevation and other funding, andexpenditures of property acquisition andrelated expenses, plus demolition and el-evation costs.

Another 20 properties from the Romearea south of Chillicothe are included ina related, $2 million plan.

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of fund raising, such as our annualnut sale, strawberry shortcake atthe Strawberry Festival, and TriviaNight in March at the Maple LaneCountry Club.

“All proceeds from these fundraisers goes to scholarships for thestudents.”

The Purse Auction was a newidea. Businesses and friends ofEBW donated 64 purses that weresold at auction during a ladiesluncheon at Maple Lane CountryClub.

Local residents Dean Warnerand Brett Morse served at auction-eers.

“They did a wonderful job mak-ing it a fun and well-organizedevent and we appreciate that theyvolunteered their time to help outthe EBW,” McGuire said.

The highest bid was on aDooney & Burke purse which soldfor $350.

“We were thrilled and surprisedwith how much profit we had,”said Veronica Haskell, EBW treas-urer. “We sold 88 tickets, but thesnowy weather kept half that num-ber at home the day of the auction.

“People who couldn’t attendsent in bids to someone presentand the resulting profit was morethan we even hoped for.”

According to EBW memberRuth Bollinger, the group splits$2,000 a year between four sen-iors.

“We have a scholarship dinnerevery April to meet the seniorsand to let the seniors meet theEBW women,” Bollinger said.“Senior applicants also writethemes and the dinner is one more

way for us to get to know the stu-dents and listen to their plans forafter high school.”

A special scholarship committeewithin the EBW determines whoreceives scholarships based on apoint system. Points are awardedbased on a student’s GPA, activi-ties, community involvement andvolunteer activities.

Applications for EBW scholar-ships can be obtained throughJanelle Meyers, Elmwood HighSchool guidance counselor.

EBW: Purses generate scholarship moneyContinued from Page 1

These are some of the 64 purses that raised more than $6,000 for theElmwood Business Women’s Association. Photo by Victoria Gensler.


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Local townships dealing with resignationsBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

WILLIAMSFIELD –Truro Township lost oneofficial at its Dec. 8meeting, and anticipatestwo more resignationsthis spring, according toTownship Clerk SandeWilke.

Road Commissioner

Norman Johnson is re-signing effective the endof this month due to hisrailroad retirement pro-gram, he told Trustees.

Supervisor James Rosssuggested Ed Lewis toreplace Johnson for theremainder of his term,Trustee Mike Stromnominated him, and the

Board unanimously ap-proved the appointment.

Ross also announcedthat he plans to stepdown March 8, citinghealth reasons, andTrustee Randy Cimei an-nounced that he wouldalso resign on March 8.

In other local Town-ship news:

• Rosefield TownshipTrustee Dan Kuntz re-signed after 20 years ofservice, and “the Town-ship Board regretfully ac-cepted [his] resignation,”said Supervisor MikeWindish; and

• Salem Township hasadopted a tax levy ordi-nance for next year, set-ting $108,300 for theTownship and $72,400for the Salem Road Dis-trict, according to Town-ship Clerk ShelbyCopple.

• Longtime Princeville

Township SupervisorHarold Dykeman on Dec.8 resigned, and theTrustees voted to appointSummer Rice to finishhis term, according toHighway CommissionerRobbie Ingle.

The next election willbe in the spring of 2017.

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Peoria, Fulton, Knox Counties Health Dept. Food Inspections – Nov. 1-30, 2015Establishment Address Date Score EstablishmentAmerican Legion Ill. Rte. 180 N, Williamsfield Nov. 19 100 KitchenCasey’s 84 S. Main St., Farmington Nov. 20 84 RetailCasey’s 811 W. Main St., Elmwood Nov. 4 95 RetailCasey’s 105 E. Spring St., Princeville Nov. 2 97 RetailCaterpillar Demonstration 5801 N. Smith Rd., Edwards Nov. 12 100 RestaurantDouble Take Bar & Grill 111 Oak St., Williamsfield Nov. 19 96 Bar & GrillJen’s Place 36 E. Fort, St., Farmington Nov. 20 97 Bar & GrillJubilee Cafe 7203 N. Kick.-Edw. Rd., Edwards Nov. 18 96 RestaurantLadd's Food Mart 214 Ill. Rte. 180 N, Williamsfield Nov. 19 90 RetailLos Jimadores 132 N. Walnut St., Princeville Nov. 2 79 RestaurantLudy's Kickapoo Creek Saloon 9828 W. Route 150, Edwards Nov. 12 99 RestaurantOak Run Food Mart 1472 Knox Rd. 1725 N, Dahinda Nov. 6 93 RetailPeter Rabbit Day Care 9618 W. Route 150, Edwards Nov. 12 97 KitchenPrinceville Heritage Center 325 N. Ostrom St., Princeville Nov. 2 100 RestaurantPrinceville Migrant Head Start 909 Town Ave., Princeville Nov. 2 100 KitchenSt. Patrick Church 802 W. Main St., Elmwood Nov. 4 97 KitchenToot's Treats 608 W. Main St., Elmwood Nov. 4 97 RestaurantUnited Methodist Church 821 W. Main St., Elmwood Nov. 4 100 KitchenWilliamsfield C.U.S.D. #210 325 W. Ky. Ave., Williamsfield Nov. 19 90 KitchenYates City Deli & Bakery 101 E. Main St., Yates City Nov. 19 94 Restaurant

Williamsfield OK’s 16-cent cut in tax rateBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

WILLIAMSFIELD – The Boardof Education on Monday consideredtopics pertaining to District 210’spast, present and future, expressingpride in students and staff for someachievement test results from lastSpring, approving a tax levy needednow, but making only a tentativecommitment to building work.

Scores from the first Partnershipfor Assessment of Readiness forCollege and Careers (PARCC) testhad several positives if Williams-field’s students are compared to 30area districts, according to Superin-tendent Tim Farquer.

“We don’t want to read too muchinto the data, but there’s no doubt

we have reason to celebrate andwork to do,” he said. “We’re proudof the work our folks are doing.”

Folks in Knox, Peoria and StarkCounty offices updated EqualizedAssessed Valuation numbers, andthe results are a District total that’s$2.7 million higher than forecast, tomore than $80 million, Farquer said.That means a tax rate of $4.22 – a16-cent decline from last year.

The levy would be $3,415,286.That breaks down to $2.6 millionfor education, $334,300 for operat-ing and maintenance, $156,000 fortransportation, $67,025 for munici-pal retirement, $76,896 for SocialSecurity, $74,465 for tort immunity,and $31,200 for Special Education.

“The good news is that everyone

will see their rate go down at a timewhen neighboring districts aregoing up,” Farquer said. “Our ratewill be extremely low as comparedto our neighbors. The bad news isthat if a statewide property taxfreeze goes into effect – and I proj-ect it will – our rate will potentiallybe frozen at $4.22 for the next threetaxing years.

“If the property tax freeze goesinto effect, we will need to explorethe possibility of a levy amendmentthis winter/spring so our taxing ratedoesn’t become frozen at too low ofa level.”

The Board OK’d the tax levy byconsensus and will vote on it at aspecial meeting Thursday.

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Finally, also by consen-sus, the Board agreed tohave an architect assem-ble bid packages and alsopresent alternate proposalsfor limiting interior reno-vations to two classrooms.

The summer 2016 facil-ity renovation plan is esti-mated to cost $430,000,which includes $5,000 fora more secure entrance onKentucky Avenue, $5,000to renovate the Frenchclassroom, $20,000 to up-grade the Music room,$25,000 for a new secu-rity camera system, and$375,000 for a newSTEM (Science-Technol-ogy-Engineering-Math)lab to replace two existinglabs.

Referring to labs’ waterand gas service that nolonger function, Boardmember Tom Kordewicksaid, “Having a sciencelab that doesn’t haveworking parts does a dis-service to our kids.”

Board Secretary VickieMassie agreed and addedthat “security has alwaysbeen a concern, too.”

However, Bobby Raskand new member JeffManthei – sworn in thatnight – were skeptical andthe discussion concludedby having the bid pack-ages and alternate class-room repairs prepared in anon-binding move togather more informationbefore accepting any bids.

In other news, • The Board discussed

the sale of the Buildingand Trades home underconstruction since interesthas already been ex-pressed by potential buy-ers. “We will pursue alloptions with regards tosale of the home,” Farquersaid. “In each scenario, itwill be sold to the highestbidder (in a sealed bid).Options include a saleonce it is weather-tight(the owner finishing thehome), an early sell (theowner picks fixtures andfinishes), and a sale atcompletion.”

• Six people spoke dur-ing about 20 minutes ofpublic comment, sharingfamiliar criticisms of theBoard and administration,including teacherturnover, teacher qualifi-cations, the need for anybuilding project, closingKentucky Avenue at theschool entrance, financialactions that have resultedin Cash on Hand being307 days, and the costs ofa pending lawsuit and thecontinued employment ofa teacher who’s one of thedefendants.


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OBITUARIESKenneth Sipp

HANNA CITY – Kenneth F.Sipp, 92, of Hanna City, passedaway at 7:11 p.m. on Sunday, Dec.13, 2015 at Unity Point Methodistin Peoria.

He was born onJan. 2, 1923 inPeoria to Williamand Mabel (Mc-Donald) Sipp. Hemarried FayeHarms on Nov. 3,1945, in Peoria,she preceded himin death.

Also preceding him in death arehis parents; one daughter, MarshaDeppermann; and one brother.

Surviving are three children,Howard (Bernadine) Sipp of Glas-ford, Carolyn Deppermann ofHanna City, and Myra Sipp ofHanna City; and several grandchil-dren and great-grandchildren.

Kenneth worked as a farmer andwas a member of Trivoli UnitedMethodist Church. He was also amember of the Peoria CountyFarm Bureau, the Peoria CountyFS as a feed salesman, and thePeoria County Pork Producers.Kenneth served in the Army dur-ing World War II in Italy.

Services will be at 11 a.m. onThursday (Dec. 17, 2015) at An-derson-Sedgwick Funeral Home inFarmington. Pastor Bob DeBoltwill be officiating. Visitation wasfrom 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday (Dec.16, 2015) at the funeral home.

Burial will follow the service atPleasant Grove Cemetery.

Memorials can be made toLogan-Trivoli Rescue Squad.

To view Kenneth’s DVD or tomake online condolences visitwww.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com.

James AllenPRINCEVILLE – James R.

Allen, 83, of Peoria, father of aPrinceville woman, died Dec. 12.

Survivors include his wife, Kay(Kennedy) Allen; daughter Teresa(Merle) Endress of Princeville; sonGregory (Karla) Allen of Aurora,Colo.; and five grandchildren.Memorial services were Dec. 15 atLutheran Hillside Village in Peoria,with burial at a later date at Mt.Hawley Cemetery in Dunlap. Cre-mation rites have been accorded.

Condolences may be left online at

www.thewiltonmortuary.com.Albert Allott Jr.

BRIMFIELD – Albert W. AllottJr., 88, father of a Brimfieldwoman, died Dec. 6 in Henry.

Survivors include his wife, De-lores; children Jana (Joan) Pyse ofBrimfield, Mark (Valerie) Allott ofMapleton, Deena (Michael) Mur-phy of Chillicothe and Aaron Al-lott (Kathy Becket) of Toulon; sixgrandchildren; seven great-grand-children; and sister Juanita Reavisof Wilmington.

Graveside services were Dec. 10at Chillicothe City Cemetery.

Condolences may be left online atwww.weberhurdfuneralhome.com.

Guyneth BridsonBRIMFIELD – Guyneth Colleen

Bridson, 88, of Brimfield died Dec.9 at UnityPoint Health-Proctor inPeoria.

Survivors include sons RogerBridson of Brimfield, Jim Bridsonof Williamsfield and Randy Bridsonof Bloomington, three grandchil-dren; three great-grandchildren; sis-ter Patricia (Richard) Savage ofFlorham Park, N.J.; and brothersFred Dungan of Brimfield andLarry Dungan of Porter, Texas.Funeral services were Dec. 12 atHaskell-Hott Funeral Homes inPrinceville, with burial CalvaryCemetery in Brimfield.

Condolences may be left online atwww.haskellhott.com.

Kevin CoxEDWARDS – Kevin R. Cox, 54,

of East Peoria, son of an Edwardscouple, died Dec. 5 at his home.

Survivors include his parents,Richard L. and Donna L. Cox, ofEdwards; wife Denise; son TrentMichael; and four siblings.

Cremation rites were accorded,and services were Dec, 10 at DeitersFuneral Home & Crematory inWashington.

Condolences may be left online atwww.deitersfuneralhome.com.

James CroneKICKAPOO – James B. Crone,

85, of Wyoming, brother of a Kick-apoo man, died Dec. 2 at St. Mar-garet's Hospital in Spring Valley.

Survivors include brothers Henry(Joyce) Crone of Kickapoo andThomas (Sherry) Crone of Braden-ton, Fla.; daughter Terry (Thomas)Robison of Buda; and a son, Phillip(Julia) Crone of Suwanee, Ga.

Cremation was accorded. A visita-tion was held Dec. 13 at Haskell-Hott Funeral Homes in Wyoming,with burial of ashes at WyomingCemetery.

A memorial service will be heldin June 2016 at the First Congrega-tional United Church of Christ inWyoming.

Condolences may be left online atwww.haskellhott.com.

Gladys DoeringKICKAPOO – Gladys May

Stephens Doering, 86, of Metamora,a Kickapoo native, died Dec. 11 atSnyder Village in Metamora.

Born on July 23, 1929, in Kick-apoo to Catherine Miller Stephens,she married Eugene Benjamin Do-ering on Sept. 3, 1949, in Peoria.

Gladys is survived by childrenThomas (Darla) Doering of Chilli-cothe, Michael Doering of Bar-tonville, Ronald Doering ofWashington, Deborah (Donald) Wil-son of Peoria and Robert (Mary Jo)Doering of East Peoria; 14 grand-children; 17 great-grandchildren;brother-in-law Harold (Beverly)Doering of New Jersey; and severalnieces and nephews.

Cremation rites were accorded. Amemorial Mass will be held at 10a.m. Thursday (Dec. 17) at St.Mary’s Catholic Church in Kick-apoo. Visitation is 30 minutes priorto the Mass at the church. Burial ofashes will be held afterward in St.Patrick’s Cemetery in Kickapoo.

Condolences may be left online atwww.masonfuneralhomes.com.

This Week’s Obituaries• James Allen, 83, Princeville• Albert Allott Jr., 88, Brimfield• Guyneth Bridson, 88, Brimfield• Kevin Cox, 54, Edwards• James Crone, 85, Kickapoo• Gladys Doering, 86, Kickapoo• Esther Harris, 99, Yates City• Patricia Hughes, 76, Elmwood• Nancy Illman, 68, Farmington• Charles Reed, 77, Farmington• Kenneth Sipp, 92, Hanna City• Joyce Vanderheiden, 82,Princeville

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ELMWOOD – The ElmwoodBoard of Education on Mondaydiscussed a recommendation by itsBuilding Committee to hire De-monica Kemper Architects to con-duct a preliminary field survey forPhase II of the District’s buildingrenovation, but postponed actionuntil the new year.

“I’m not ready to commit$12,000 until I have a clearer pic-ture of Phase II,” said Board mem-ber Rick LeHew.

Member Claude Keefer agreed,adding, “I’d like the scope clari-fied and investigate how the finan-cials could be sorted out,” andmember Mark Davis suggestedwaiting until after the current Jun-ior High School project is com-pleted, and then reevaluatingplans.

Member Val Ramirez suggestedtabling the move, and it was re-moved from the agenda for con-sideration later.

Put off no longer was replacinga 13-year-old water heater, as theBoard approved spending $8,812for J.C. Dillon Plumbing of Peoriato complete the project, whichalso will move the new, 100-gal-lon water heater to a different lo-cation.

In other action, the Board:• Approved hiring Kyle Ander-

son as Girls’ Cross CountryCoach, Marcy Brugger as Girls’Track Coach, and Rusty Koll asHigh School English teacher, andaccepting as Junior High Volley-ball volunteers Annette Barrett,Joselyn Ehlers, Elise Medford andJennifer Stratton;

• OK’d Superintendent ChadWagner attending a Superintend-

ents Summit Jan. 13-16 in Or-lando, Fla., presented by the Dis-trict Administration LeadershipInstitute, which pays all expenses;

• discussed an Open House forthe Junior High addition nextmonth on a date to be announced;

• heard that senior Gabe Inskeepwas named an Illinois StateScholar;

• heard Peoria City CouncilmanRyan Spain introduce himself asthe Republican candidate for StateRepresentative from the 73rd Dis-trict, a brief presentation duringwhich Spain thanked retiring Rep.David Leitch for his assistanceand commented that he has “astrong commitment to workingwith you”; and

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YATES CITY – Esther HousmanBowman Harris, 99, of Macomb,formerly of Douglas, died Dec. 8 atthe Wesley Village Healthcare Cen-ter in Macomb.

She was born May 18, 1916, inDouglas, to Gotlob and EmmaGreiner Housman. She first marriedGlen Bowman on May 1, 1940, andhe preceded her in death in July1961; she then married WallaceHarris on June 27, 1965, and he pre-ceded her in death July 18, 1998.

Graveside services were Dec. 14at Yates City Cemetery.

Condolences may be left online atwww.dodsworthfh.com.

Patricia HughesELMWOOD – Patricia A.

Hughes, 76, of Peoria, sister of anElmwood man, died Dec. 9 at herresidence.

Survivors include brother Robert(Linda) Cafferty of Elmwood;daughters Lori (David) Miller ofPeoria and Jill Cochennour of Tus-cola; and three grandchildren.

A funeral service was Dec. 12 atWright & Salmon Mortuary, withentombment at Swan Lake MemoryGardens.

Condolences may be left online atwww.wrightandsalmon.com.

Nancy IllmanFARMINGTON – Nancy J. (Kin-

dred) Illman, 68, of Hanna City, sis-ter of a Farmington woman, diedDec. 11 at the OSF Richard L.Owens Hospice Home in Peoria.

Survivors include her husband,Max Illman; sister Marilee (Jeff)Stephan of Farmington; and brotherTed (Kathy) Kindred of Manito.

Services were Dec. 15 at theHanna City United MethodistChurch, with burial at PleasantGrove Cemetery in rural Eden.

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Charles ReedFARMINGTON – Charles Burton

Reed, 77, of Farmington died Dec.9 at UnityPoint Health-Methodist inPeoria.

Survivors include brothers Lyle“Tom” (Rose) Reed and Wayne(Nancy) Reed, both of Farmington,and James Milo Reed of Canton;sisters Charlene (Robert) Bollingerand Carol Roberts, both of Farming-ton, and Mary Briggs of Heyworth;sister-in-law Arlene (Reed) Laugh-ary of Elmwood.

Services were Dec. 14 at Farm-ington First Baptist Church, withburial at Oak Ridge Cemetery.

Condolences may be left online atwww.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com.

Joyce VanderheidenPRINCEVILLE – Myrtle “Joyce”

Vanderheiden, 82, of Peoria, sisterof a Princeville man, died Dec. 7 atGrandview Alzheimer’s SpecialCare Center in Peoria.

Survivors include brothers John(Sheila) Pfeifer of Princeville,Thomas (Marianne) Pfeifer of Bar-tonville, and William (Sharon)Pfeifer of Peoria; sister Sally(Lewis) Vanderheiden of Manito;children Vickie (Daniel) Arnold ofHanna City, Robert Vanderheiden ofIowa, Jo (Randy) Jackson of Peoria,Nina Ehle of Chillicothe, ArvinVanderheiden of Halton City, Texas,Lynn (Bob) Antle of Cedar Park,Texas, and Jeannie (Pat) Owens ofGroveland; 10 grandchildren; and 7great-grandchildren.

Cremation rites were accordedand no service is scheduled.

Condolences may be left online atwww.peoriafuneral.com.



BOYS: Princeville on four-game winning streakJohn Claude Keefer, Elmwood

This week’s athlete of the week is John ClaudeKeefer. John plays golf and basketball at ElmwoodHigh School. He plans to attend a four-year univer-sity and major in athletictraining after graduation.John’s favorite part about bas-ketball is working on his 3-point shot, and in golf heenjoys working on his driving.He said that it is, “really funto tee off on the ball.”

Outside of sports John alsoparticipates in band, where heis a percussionist. John saidthat his proudest moment as an athlete was “goingto sectionals in golf this year. I had been workingtowards that sectionals for two years, and was sat-isfied to succeed at that goal.” John said the num-ber one thing he has learned from sports is, “Torely on your teammates; they will always be thereto support you.” John went on to explain, “I just re-cently sustained a knee injury that is currentlykeeping me from playing, but my teammates, espe-cially Matt Osmulski, have been really supportiveof me.”

John said that he will always remember, “Hittingthe game-winning shot against Knoxville my soph-omore year. I was being guarded by two defendersand Dylan Warner passed me the ball. I shot rightover [the defenders] and made the shot.” Whenasked why he believed he was nominated for thishonor, John said, “I have tried to be a good leaderby helping the freshmen and underclassmen be-come prepared for their varsity season.”

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scoring five points.Trey Swearingen had 27 points

against North Fulton and 20 pointsagainst PC to match his average.

“Trey has been so solid,” Ottosaid. “He’s had to pick up on the de-fensive and offensive end to carryus.”

After Elmwood, the Farmerstravel to Illini Bluffs on Saturday.

PrincevillePrinceville (5-3) ran its win streak

to four with a Friday nailbiter vs.Illini Bluffs (42-40) and Saturday’striple-OT slugfest with Elmwood.

Against IB, Noah Bauman ledwith 17 points while Brendan Streit-

matter added 11 and Nick Kraft had6. The same trio combined for 70 ofPrinceville’s 71 points in the winover Elmwood: 27 for Streitmatter,23 for Kraft and 20 for Bauman.

The Princes have a break until aDec. 22 matchup with Peoria Quest.

ROWVA-WilliamsfieldAfter suffering a poor second half

against Brimfield last Tuesday, theCougars (7-1) bounced back in an86-51 rout of Midland on Saturday.

Zac Smith had 24 points, GarrettWight added 16 and Ricky Mc-Creary scored 13 for ROWVA-Williamsfield.

“Garrett was all over the place,”Coach Bob Anderson said. “It’s the

first glimpse of him looking like theplayer he was last year.”

Wight had been the focus of abox-and-one for much of the Brim-field game, in which the Cougarswere within three points of the de-fending state champs at halftime.

That changed in a hurry after in-termission, as the Cougars lost 62-36. Anderson blamed himself.

“I’m pretty disappointed with thejob I did in the second half,” hesaid. “We’re just not good enoughright now to play with the reallygood teams. But in eight games, I’mpretty satisfied with 15 halves.”

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coach Gregg Meyers said.Last Saturday, Elm-

wood endured a tough 50-47 loss to West Central intourney play.

Down 32-23 at inter-mission, Elmwood cameout of the locker roomwith a 16-9 third. The tan-dem of Meyers (16points) and Jacobson (10)kept Elmwood in thegame all the way. McFallalso scored 10.

Elmwood won aPrairieland contest lastThursday over BushnellPrairie City, 58-51. TheLady Spartans stayedaround, but Elmwood’sstrength close to the bas-ket prevailed as Meyersled with 17 points and 12boards followed by 13points from Jacobson.LaFollett also was in dou-ble figures with 10.

“We had high energy inthis win. That made up forfoul and turnover troublewe occasionally had in the

game,” Meyers said.Elmwood plays Satur-

day in the Knoxville-Abingdon Tournament.

FarmingtonFarmington (5-5) beat

the hosts Monday at theKnoxville-AbingdonTournament, 62-53.Abbey Brown posted a26-point performance,Meghan Wherley added15 and Megan Gilstrapscored eight.

“I was very proud of thegirls in finding a way towin even though we werein foul trouble through-out,” coach Jimmy Jordansaid. “We were behind athalf, but our playersstepped up and made bigplays. It was a very satis-fying win for us.”

Farmington plays againin the Knoxville-Abing-don Tourney this week.

The Lady Farmers con-tinued to climb the ladderwith a big 49-24 win atPeoria Heights last Thurs-day. Sophomores Gilstrap

and Morgan Powell pavedthe way with 10 pointseach. Brown added nine.

PrincevillePrinceville (6-5) routed

Midland 59-14 on Mon-day as Breanna Baumanand Lucy Waid led the at-tack with 11 and 10points, respectively. Mad-die Hite added eight andPaige Lane scored five.

Prior to that, the LadyPrinces ran into very goodTremont last week in a44-29 setback. Princevillewas held to single digitsin all but the fourth quar-ter when the Lady Princesscored 10. Bauman had

seven points while Waidand Jessica DeVries eachscored six.

The team racked up anice Lincoln Trail victoryat home last Wednesdayover Mercer County, 40-34. Princeville camethrough with a 17-9 fourthquarter advantage to fin-ish the job. Waid was bigwith 17 points while Laneadded eight.

“Mercer was a real nicewin for us. Tremont was agood team, but we need toimprove our shooting, es-pecially at the free throwline,” coach John Grosssaid.

GIRLS: Meyers, Jacobson leading Elmwood Continued from Page 16

Members of the Farmington boys basketball team are: Back row (left to right)Coach Jeff Otto, assistant Jay Valencia, Jake Fletcher, Steven Gilstrap, TreySwearingen, Jarod DePriest, John Ray, Reid Berry, Threal Anderson, NickJohnson and assistants Tom Morse, Phil Pullen and Matt Swearingen. Frontrow (l to r) Blake Mattson, Caleb Gilstrap, Jacob Uryasz, Eric Higgs, DylanHayden, Rashann Grier-Bain and Judd Anderson.

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PRINCEVILLE – Un-beaten Brimfield earnedthe top seed for the 88thannual Princeville HolidayTournament Dec. 28-30.

The Indians open onDec. 28 at 2 p.m. againstLowpoint-Washburn. Alsoin the top bracket, No. 4seed Elmwood plays No. 5DePue at 3:30 p.m. onDec. 28.

On the other side of thebracket, No. 2 seedPrinceville faces NorthFulton at 8 p.m. on Dec.28 and No. 3 Henry meetsNo. 6 Galva at 6:30 p.m.

Semifinals are Dec. 29and the championshipgame is scheduled forDec. 30 at 8 p.m.

• At the Macomb-West-ern Tournament, Farming-ton was not a top-fourseed and opens Dec. 28 at9 a.m. against Illini West.Liberty is No. 1 seed, fol-lowed by Rockridge, Ro-seville and Pittsfield.

• At the fifth annualPrinceville Girls HolidayTournament, Princevilleand Elmwood play onegame Dec. 28, 29 and 30.Email information to

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Brimfield basketball teams remain a perfect 22-0By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

BRIMFIELD – Brimfield’s de-fending state champs kept on rollingTuesday in a 70-58 victory overWethersfield.

Guard play was a key for Brim-field (9-0), which got a combined59 points from guards Phelan Kelly(26), Koby White (19) and JaceSwietek (14) and rained in nine 3s.Up four heading into the fourth,Brimfield went on a 31-17 run toblow the game open.

Even with a 12-point margin, thatwas a closer game than last Fridaywhen Brimfield routed Havana, 65-22. Swietek bombed for 21 in thewin and Luke Murphy and Kellyadded 10 in a game that saw 10 In-dians players score.

Brimfield, which has playedseven of its first nine at home, is offuntil the Princeville tournament,where it is the top seed and opensplay Dec. 28 at 2 p.m. against Low-point-Washburn.

Elmwood“Foul trouble and inexperience” is

a refrain coach Josh Fugitt keeps re-peating. Nothing changed after Elm-wood (5-4) suffered a 71-60 tripleovertime loss at Princeville last Sat-urday.

Junior Isaiah Groeper (11 points)

fouled out after he was whistled forcharging in the first overtime andsophomore Vince Lenzi (12 points)also fouled out.

“We’re learning. That’s part ofbeing a young team. They seem tounderstand they’re making some ofthe same fouls,” Fugitt said. “It’s amatter of making the adjustment.Until kids play at a higher level thatforces them to change to continue tosurvive and to succeed they justkeep some of those bad habits.

“So a lot of the kids getting infoul trouble have always been goodfor their age. They’re kind of finallyat this point now where we can’tkeep making those same mistakesbecause the competition is higher.”

Jake Roberts added 10 points forElmwood and had 10 assists.

One night earlier, Elmwood ral-lied against Rushville-Industry asGroeper had 22 points. The Trojansoutscored R-I 20-11 in the fourthquarter for a 54-48 win. Roberts had17 points in the win.

Elmwood is at Farmington Friday.Farmington

Jeff Otto can’t help but smile. HisFarmington team is 8-1 and is justnow returning key players EricHiggs and Reid Berry from injury.

“If you told me with the injurieswe had at the start of the year we’d

be (8-1)...” Otto said. “I think weare playing with a lot of confidenceright now and the kids have boughtinto everything we are doing.

“I’m really pleased with thewhole direction of the program fromjunior high up.”

Farmington topped North Fulton63-38 on Tuesday to follow a 74-73win over Peoria Christian last Fri-day. Higgs saw his first minutes inlimited action against North Fulton,

Girls burn West PrairieBy PHIL JOHNSON

For The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – TheLady Indians reachedLucky 13 Tuesday with a63-19 win over West Cen-tral at the Knoxville-Abingdon Tournament.

That boosted Brimfieldto 13-0 and followedMonday’s 69-32 disman-tling of West Prairie.

Kennedy Dura led theattack with 17 points fol-lowed by 14 from KenzieSchlipf. All 12 players onthe roster would eventu-ally score for the Lady In-dians during the contest.

“We got out of the gatevery well with 32 pointsin the first quarter, coachJim Blane said.

Brimfield facesKnoxville Thursday at thetournament at 7:30 p.m.and plays again Saturday.

Prior to tourney play,the Midwest Central-Delavan co-op was noproblem for the Lady In-dians last Thursday in a

66-39 victory. Durapoured in 38 points. Shewas aided with nine fromboth Schlipf and ShaylaMcCormick. A 19-4 sec-ond quarter run easily se-cured the win.

ElmwoodElmwood (7-3)

bounced back with a winTuesday against WestPrairie, 55-28, at theKnoxville-AbingdonTournament.

That came one day aftera loss to host Knoxville,54-33. Even with 13points from Allie Meyers,three treys from ReganMcFall and eight re-bounds from GraceLaFollett, the Lady Tro-jans couldn’t seem to getthrough a first-quarter in-jury to Rachel Jacobson.

“We were right there atthe end of the first whenRachel was done for thegame with the ankle issue.We just seemed to loseour flow from then on,”

Junior guard Eric Higgs returnedfrom a collarbone injury to scorefive points Tuesday for Farmingtonin a 63-38 win over North Fulton.

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