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By TERRY BIBOFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – Eleven months after astate basketball championship, BrimfieldCommunity Unit School District 309 isinvestigating ways to recognize star ath-letes.

First up is No. 4, Carson Cuevas. Afterleading the Indians to the Class 1A bas-ketball title last spring, Cuevas wassigned to play baseball by Illinois CentralCollege.

“We’d like to retire Carson’s jersey.We feel that’s a no-brainer,” athletic di-rector/assistant basketball coach KevinKreiter told school board members Jan.20.

“Coach (Scott) Carlson and I have

been doing this for 19 years and neverthought about retiring anybody’s jersey,”Kreiter continued. “They kind of speakfor themselves.”

Kreiter says he fields questions about

honoring such extraordinary athleticachievements “all the time.”

As a result, he has been developing cri-teria to retire numbers and jerseys, aswell as to establish a Brimfield High

School Hall of Fame. Proposed qualifications include: For a number to be retired, an athlete

must make the Associated Press first-team all-state squad and be honored asthe Journal Star Player of the Year. He orshe must have no athletic code violationsor academic ineligibilities during fouryears of high school.

The athlete must have attended Brim-field High School for at least two years.And he or she must either have had ateam advance to the final four while astarter, be in the Top 10 of the class aca-demically or be state champion in an in-dividual sport.

To qualify for the Hall of Fame, an ath-

Brimfield AD hoping to start athletic hall of fame

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FARMINGTON FOOD PANTRY

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – The Board ofEducation on Monday (Jan. 25)approved a new, three-yearagreement with SuperintendentChad Wagner that takes effectJuly 1.

Wagner, whose salary will in-crease to $132,673 from$130,072, will receive a 2 per-cent raise this year – the samewage increase as teachers re-ceive in the current contract.Wagner will also receive thesame rate of increase the boardnegotiates with teachers over thefinal two years of his contract.

In other action, the BoardOK’d hiring Demonica KemperArchitects for analysis of PhaseII construction projects for a feeof $12,000.

“The architects said their workwill take a couple of months,”Wagner said. “It will be based oncommunity input about the


FARMINGTON – KennyHolmstrom isn’t judgmental,he says. Although he’s nevergone hungry, he’s been poor,so he doesn’t question peopleneeding help from the Farm-ington Area Food Pantry.

“I grewup on afarm byVarna, inMarshallCounty,and myfamilywould goto town onSaturdaysto buy groceries and mybrother and I would each get anickel for ice cream,” saysHolmstrom, 88, a Farmingtonresident for about four decadesnow. “We thought our parentsdidn’t like ice cream but lateron realized they just didn’thave a spare nickel.”

One of several area food-pantry programs, the local ef-

fort dates back some 25 years,to when seven area churchessaw a need and pooled their re-sources to help neighbors whocould use a helping hand.

“Some churches got togetherand said ‘It looks like some-thing needs to be done and weneed to do something,’ ” says

Marianne Tay-lor, who grewup on a farmnorth of Triv-oli and sincemoving toFarmingtonhas been partof the effortfor years.

On the thirdWednesday of each month be-tween 1-2 p.m., people visitthe New Hope Fellowshipchurch on Illinois Route 78north of Farmington, fill out ashort form, and wait to havetheir name called to get a boxof non-perishable goods suchas canned meat or tuna, soupsand stews, vegetables andfruits, plus peanut butter,

boxed dinners, chips, candyand staples ranging from soapto toothpaste.

Depending on donations andseasons, Farmington also givesaway frozen food and meatand fresh produce, says Holm-

strom, who points out chickenlegs and ribs in a storeroomfreezer and remembers hand-ing out bags of apples and gar-deners’ donated acorn squash,zucchini and other vegetables.

Elmwood extends Wagner’scontract

Giving, not judging keyto Farmington pantry

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Carson Cuevas helpedlead Brimfield to a Class1A state title in boys bas-ketball last year. Athleticdirector Kevin Kreiter isworking on criteria to re-tire the number of topBrimfield athletes likeCuevas and to honorthem with induction in aBrimfield Hall of Fame.

“We thought ourparents didn’t like icecream but later on

realized they just didn’thave a spare nickel.”

– Kenny Holmstrom

Continued on Page 2

Marianne Taylor and Kenny Holmstrom check food supplies ofthe Farmington Area Food Pantry. Photo by Bill Knight.

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FARMINGTON: Many are willing to help out

Board’s Master Plan.”The latest building proj-

ect, the Junior HighSchool addition, expectsnew lockers and class-room shades this week andexterior paneling nextweek. An open house willbe held in early February,Wagner said, probably ona late afternoon.

Meanwhile, ElementarySchool Principal Tony

Frost reported on a recentmeeting of the Illinois Ele-mentary School Associa-tion (IESA), which sharedconcerns about an increasein ejections from events.

“It seems to involve fansas well as coaches,” saidFrost, an IESA Division Fboard member represent-ing Peoria, Knox, Warren,Stark and HendersonCounties. “Some project itgetting out of control.”

Frost added that Elm-wood has successfullymaintained a good atmos-phere. “Here we’ve beendiligent in maintaining agood climate for activi-ties,” he said.

In other news:• Wagner shared a report

from Peoria County’sPlanning & Zoning De-partment that showed twonew homes in the schoolDistrict in 2015, compared

to eight in 2014;• Honors Breakfast is

scheduled for 7 a.m.Thursday (Feb. 4);

• Some students willparticipate in MAP (Mea-sures of Academic Pro-gress) testing March 1 atIllinois Central College,reported Counselor JanelleMeyers;

• over Winter Break, theJunior/Senior High Stu-dent Council shipped eightpackages of games, hand-written cards and draw-ings, and other goods tomilitary personnel inKuwait. Students raisedmore than $700 for theproject from contributorsincluding the ElmwoodBusiness Women and theModern Woodmen ofAmerica; and

• the Board hired JessicaReyling as a part-timeteacher’s aide and ap-proved bass-fishing volun-teer coaches Eric Doubetand Joe Malone.

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ELMWOOD: IESA reporting more ejections

The pantry averages 30-40 fami-lies, he says, but more than 50 fami-lies were assisted in November andDecember. The application form isbasic, asking for income estimatesand family sizes and ages.

“We’re very flexible,” Taylor says.Besides flexibility, efficiency is

obvious, too, as Holmstrom, Taylorand about half a dozen regular vol-unteers every distribution day packboxes, with help from the churches,who rotate sending out helpers.

“Everything gets boxed up andpeople come in and fill out the appli-cation and have a seat,” Holmstromsays. “Then we’re ready to go.”

Taylor adds, “It almost alwaysruns smooth. We get ready, call outnames, and – boom, boom – they’reout the door – although this winterone young man got his box andstayed to help out.”

In addition to the volunteers, assis-tance comes from throughout thearea, they say. The pantry gets a lotof food from the Midwest FoodBank and various goods from retail-ers including CVS and Walgreens.Salem Township, in Yates City, re-cently contributed $1,000; a whileback Farmers State Bank in Elm-wood donated a lot of food from anAstoria grocery store that went outof business; and people leave be-quests in their wills.

“A lot of people have been willingto lend a hand,” Holmstrom says.“After I got my feet wet with thepantry, I said, ‘We got to get someshelves’ and we looked around hereand there. Then Don Gronewald,who went to Farmington HighSchool before opening Don’s Phar-macy in Washington was closingand offered sets of shelves for us.”

Taylor, shrugging into her topcoat

in the chilly church basement, says,“People are very generous, and wereally appreciate the help and thecontributions.”

Holmstrom smiles and agrees.“Take this church,” he says. “If

they didn’t make this space avail-able, I don’t know what we’d do.”

They do know what they’ll bedoing in the near future, of course.The Farmington Area Food Pantry’snext distribution day is Wednesday,Feb. 17, and Central Illinois’ Food-share Can-A-Thon is coming up onMarch 6, coordinated by the PeoriaArea Anti-Hunger Coalition. Thatnonprofit group recently posted anonline message from Christian Today that seems to echo Hom-strom’s attitude: “Your job is not tojudge. Your job is not to figure out ifsomeone deserves something. Yourjob is to lift the fallen, to restore thebroken, and to heal the hurting.”


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This Week’s Eventss Free Bread – Free bread available

at Elmwood United Methodist ChurchFriday (Jan. 29) at 10 a.m.

s Cookbook Club – Check out a cook-book from Alpha Park Public Library,test out a recipe that sounds tasty, andbring a copy of therecipe to the Monday(Feb. 1) meeting at 7p.m. to share youropinions. Call (309)697-3822, Ext. 13.

s Knitting Guild –Heart of Illinois Knit-ting Guild meets Tuesday (Feb. 2) at 9a.m. at Maple Lawn Homes in Eureka.Call (309) 472-7085.

s Valentines Cards – Go to Williams-field Public Library before Feb. 6 tomake Valentine’s for Veterans homesand hospitals.

Future Eventss Adult Coloring – Anyone 18 and

older is invited to Morrison and MaryWiley Library in Elmwood on Feb. 4at 6:30 p.m. to color. Spend time withfriends while listening to calmingmusic. Coffee and tea available. Noregistration required.

s Pancake Day – 59th annual Pan-cake Day at the United MethodistChurch in Farmington is Feb. 6, 7 a.m.to 6 p.m. Church located at 187 WestFulton St.

s Pancake Day – All you can eat pan-cake and whole hog sausage day isFeb. 6 from 6-10:30 a.m. at ElmwoodHigh School cafeteria. Sponsored byElmwood Kiwanis Club. 50 percent of

net profits go to the Ministerial Al-liance Community Aid Fund.

s Blood Drive – A blood drive will beheld Feb. 8 at St. Matthew CatholicChurch in Farmington from 2-6 p.m.Call 1-800-733-2767.

s Family Bingo – Family Bingo atMorrison and MaryWiley Library in Elm-wood is Feb. 11, 6-6:45p.m. Registration re-quired, call (309) 742-2431.

s Fiber Guild –Bishop Hill FiberGuild meets Feb. 13 at

10 a.m. at Creative Threads, LLC, 611N. 4th St., Chillicothe.

s Civil War – Tom Emery will give adiscussion on the Civil War in Illinoison Feb. 13 at 1 p.m. at FarmingtonPublic Library.

s Adult Crafts – Create a gazing ballfor your garden Feb. 17 at FarmingtonPublic Library at 6 p.m. Registrationrequired. Call (309) 245-2175.

s Chili Fundraiser – Chili Supper andFundraiser for St. James CatholicChurch is Feb. 21 from 4-6 p.m. Lo-cated at the American Legion inWilliamsfield.

s Adult Crafts – Check out a book atWilliamsfield Public Library on Feb.23 and receive a free cookie.

s Coloring Day – Stop by any time toWilliamsfield Public Library on Feb.23 and color your blues away.

s Board Games – Go to WilliamsfieldPublic Library Saturdays (through Feb.23) from 9 a.m.- 12 p.m. to play boardgames.

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• Participate and earn a letter for atleast two years, receiving all-conference,district, sectional or state honors, andhave graduated from BHS at least fiveyears ago;

• compete in college athletics or finearts or attain a profession in those areas,and have graduated at least five yearsago; coach at BHS, past or present;

• give meritorious service or be a loyalfriend of the school;

• be a team that has attained record sta-tus or state recognition and whose mem-bers have been out of school at least fiveyears;

• any individual or team who places ina state championship series is automati-cally nominated after all members of theteam have been out of school five years.

“There’s a million ways to go,” Kreitersaid. “It’s a spider web of this, that andthe other thing.”

Board members questioned severalstrands of the web. Brimfield athleteshave participated in several cross countrychampionships, for example, and crosscountry offers no number to retire. Mari-beth Dura said the honors idea might be“a little better received in the commu-nity” if a committee works on the details.

“It needs to be a really high bar,” shesaid.

Kreiter said he wants to get it right.Some community leaders attend virtuallyevery game and might be willing to help.

“Do we really need any of it? The an-swer is probably no. But that can hasbeen opened and it’s hard to go back-wards,” Kreiter said. TERRY BIBO can be reached at terry.bibo.free-

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Rambling through central Illinois,coming “Straight Outta the ’Lo.”

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with my father for a few days afterhis latest hip surgery (he is the realBionic Man). Due to my own poorplanning, that meant I had to rely onLittle Joe at P&P to save me. Hedid. Sort of. Please understand, I ap-preciate Little Joe as much as somefamily members. He has bailed meout time and time again. On this oc-casion, he did his best to edit thestory on the page – a task too largefor mere mortals. And while hefixed the address, we also wound upwith a sentence that read, “despitethe dridged tempreatures.” No mat-ter what The Mayor of Oak Hill says,that’s not intentional.

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This column is about cottoncandy. I guessthat makes itwhat we call inthe newspaperbusiness a “fluffpiece.”

Ha ha. I’m soclever. Some-times I’m soclever, it hurts. Like the time Itried to make cotton candy athome.

It all started a couple years ago. Iwas Christmas shopping with myoldest daughter and we were in thetoy aisle of the store. We happenedacross a small cotton candy maker– one that was just big enough tofit on your kitchen table. I smiled,reminiscing about my childhoodand Christmastime.

We had the Internet when I wasa wee lad except that at that time,we didn’t have computers. Onlineshopping at that time was called“catalogs,” and you didn’t have toworry about your credit card infor-

mation getting stolen because noneof the catalogs accepted plastic.

You had to figure out what youwanted, add up the totals by hand(gasp!), then go either to the bankor the Post Office for a moneyorder to send off to some distantland for the items you hoped to re-ceive.

Each year, a company calledAlden’s would send this wonderfulcatalog to our house and it wasfilled with the wonders of theNorth Pole and all the goodies theelves were making for good littleboys and girls that year. The cata-log had pictures of each toy plus adescription, written by a profes-sional writer whose job it was tomake little kids like me want everyitem in that stupid catalog, no mat-ter what the price.

Each year, I would go throughand dog-ear the pages of toys that Isimply could not live without. Iwould present the multi-folded cat-alog to my mom who would thenuse it as a doorstop for the nextyear.

Each year, I’d fold a page downnext to a real (and I know it wasreal because the professionalwriter said so) cotton candy maker.It was on the same page as theSno-Cone maker and the Coca-Cola dispensing machine (which Iactually got one Christmas!).

The catalog promised that if Igot one of these cotton candy mak-ers, I could turn my kitchen tableinto a carnival midway throughoutthe year, not just in the summer-time.

I never got one. Every year, I folded that page,

and not once did I receive a cottoncandy maker.

I told my daughter that story justfor fun. I no longer wanted a cot-ton candy maker because at myage, eating cotton candy tends toadd inches to the waist and rotteeth in record time. I just thoughtit was a cute story (cute, boring…same thing) from my childhoodand was amazed that it was nowbeing sold in stores for just $15.

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Be careful if you wish for cotton candy

JonGALLAGHER

To the Editor:I was not surprised by response to

my Dec. 24, 2015 let-ter on gun violence:three letters whichcompleted a page ofThe Weekly Post. Isuspect, due to editorLampe’s note remind-ing readers that lettersmust be signed in order to be pub-lished, that there were other letters.

Gun enthusiasts are a minority,but a vocal one. I do complimentthose writers for expressing theiropinions with a pen and not with apistol, using bullet points and notbullets. There would be much lessgun violence if we made our argu-ments in a cool mood of thoughtand not in a rage of anger, or fromthe deep ditch of depression.

I shall complete my message onthis topic by responding to a fewpoints offered in these letters:

• I don’t recall a passage in theGood Book that commands an un-fettered access to gun sales as “themost basic God-given human

rights.”• When Mr. Walter strongly sug-

gests “the rise in sense-less gun violence” isdue to the increase inliberal thought in thiscountry, I would referhim to the Jan. 7 opin-ion page of the PeoriaJournal Star, where

columnist Kent Bush (an admittedconservative) and Kathleen Parker(not a liberal-leaning lady), demandmore from gun law legislation.

• Yes, there is a higher incidenceof gun violence in urban communi-ties, due primarily to cultural factorsincluding, a more diverse popula-tion, unemployment and poverty;ask inner-city police officers theiropinion of more guns in circulation.

• Once there is another (and, an-other and...) mass shooting, the gunadvocates will again shift the issueto mental health. That’s the usualsidestep, though mental health pro-fessionals say their patients arerarely violent and President Obamahas recently asked Congress for

more money devoted to mentalhealth care. Do we really expect thegun lobby to support that proposal?

• And if you defend the killing po-tential of an AR15 rifle by indicat-ing that, unlike its military counter-part, it has no automatic option,please try that argument on the par-ents and friends of those 26 people,including 22 children, murdered atthe Sandy Hook School.

In closing, I would ask that ifyou, like me are a member of themajority in this country, includingPresident Obama, who are not com-fortable having a handgun or assaultrifle in your home, you should knowthere is statistical evidence to con-firm your level of discomfort.

Together, we must push for morecommon sense regulation andstricter background checks on thesale of these two types of weapons.We will not ask for more than whatresponsible gun owners already sup-port. We must speak up! Our societycan ill afford a silent majority whenit comes to gun safety.

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NOTE: Charges are merely an accusa-tion. All suspects are presumed innocentuntil proven guilty in a court of law.

Motorist injured incrash off Route 150

BRIMFIELD – Brittney Jones,20, of Brimfield on Jan. 16 wasinjured when the 1999 ToyotaCorolla she was driving eastboundon U.S. Route 150 near MaherRoad left the road and struck atree, according to the PeoriaCounty Sheriff’s Office.

BYE Ambulance transported herto OSF St. Francis Medical Cen-ter, police said.

Princeville teen ticketedin bus accident

RADNOR – Mark Dechard, 19,of Princeville was cited for failureto reduce speed to avoid an acci-dent after the 1993 Chevrolet Sil-verado he was driving rear-endeda 2003 International bus as it wasstopped at a railroad crossing onAlta Road in Radnor Township,according to reports.

Neither Dechard nor the busdriver, 58-year-old Duane Peter-son of Peoria, was injured, policesaid.

Police reports• Dustin Cole, 26, of Princeville

on Jan. 15 reported a theft from a2007 Chevrolet truck.

• Jesse Eldridge, 31, of Brim-field on Jan. 19 was arrested forretail theft of less than $300 andtransported to the Peoria CountyJail.

• Cody Linder, 29, of Yates Cityon Jan. 20 was arrested for FailureTo Appear and transported to thePeoria County Jail.

• Asheley Walck, 20, ofPrinceville on Jan. 20 was ticketedfor possession of cannabis, pos-session of drug equipment, and atraffic violation, according to thePeoria County Sheriff’s Office.

• Andrew Brown, 30, of Brim-field on Jan. 21 was arrested forviolating required registration andtransported to the Peoria CountyJail.

• Luke Sandford, 19, of Farm-ington on Jan. 22 was arrested forDUI, operating an uninsured vehi-cle, consumption of liquor andtwo other traffic violations andtransported to the Peoria CountyJail.

• Michael Bell, 38, of Elmwoodon Jan. 22 reported an attemptedtheft of a UPS-delivered packageat his Jarman Street home.

• Justina Robinson, 22, ofWilliamsfield on Jan. 24 was ar-rested for Failure To Appear andtransported to the Peoria CountyJail.

Deer accidents• Jan. 14 – Nicholas Ginsburg of

Carbondale on Interstate 74 nearmile marker 66 in Elba Township.

• Jan. 15 – Earl Snider of Elm-wood on Illinois Route 8 nearTaylor Road in Kickapoo Town-ship.

• Jan. 16 – Beth Joyce of Dun-lap on Illinois Route 78 nearWhite Road in Millbrook Town-ship.

• Jan. 18 – Krista Kamaraj ofDunlap on Interstate 74 near milemarker No. 80 in Kickapoo Town-ship.

• Jan. 20 – Lea Clark of YatesCity on U.S. Route 150 nearGilles Road in Kickapoo Town-ship.

• Jan. 20 – Chad Jones of Brim-field on Brimfield-Jubilee Roadnear Princeville-Jubilee Road inJubilee Township.

• Jan. 20 – Larry Celia ofFairview on Illinois Route 8 nearKnox Road 1900E in SalemTownship.

• Jan. 21 – Niles Reamer of Ke-wanee on Illinois Route 78 nearFarmington Road in ElmwoodTownship.

• Jan. 24 – Michael Hayes ofBrimfield on U.S. Route 150 nearBest Road in Jubilee Township.

Marriage license• Zachary Beintema of Brim-

field and Shari Platt of Chillicothe

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GALLAGHER: Teeth rot better right at homeImagine my surprise on Christ-

mas Eve that year when I opened agift from my daughter to find myvery own cotton candy maker!

This one didn’t come with thesugar used to make cotton candy,but the instructions said that regu-lar sugar could be used.

Liars!The chemical formula for sugar

is C12H22O11. The cotton candymaker has a heat thing in the mid-dle of it that heats up each granuleof sugar and breaks it down into12 C’s, 22 H’s, and 11 O’s.

Another part spins these 45 littleparts so fast that they have to holdhands, but it’s not good enoughand the spinning whips all 45pieces out into a bowl at the speedof light.

Put a million pieces of sugar inthere and it comes out looking likecolorful cobwebs (providing youused colored sugar).

See? I took a science class! I justwish I’d paid more attention.

With regular sugar, what comesout is white wispy stuff that sort oflooks like cobwebs, but isn’tnearly as tasty.

The machine took up residenceon one of my shelves since thattime. This past Christmas, thesame daughter bought some actualcotton candy sugar for me and wedecided to try it again.

Selecting the blueberry-flavored(blue) sugar, I started up the ma-chine, which got very hot. I poureda small cup (I think it was aneighth of a cup) full of sugar intothe center of the spinning wheel.

The machine made a gruntingsound and the sugar disappeared.Vanished. Gone.

I was thinking of including thisin my magic act.

I turned around to tell my daugh-ters that I had no idea where thesugar went, but they started laugh-

ing. My face looked like I was au-ditioning for a spot in the BlueMan Group.

So did my shirt.I shut down the machine, poured

some more sugar into it, and thenturned it on. Believe it or not, thatwas even a bigger mistake. Itgrunted, growled, and again, sentthe sugar flying to parts unknown.

Maybe 1,000 years from now,when archeologists unearth mybuilding and find my kitchen,they’ll remark “Look, this personwas trying to fix homemade cottoncandy!”

In case you want to enjoy somecotton candy in YOUR home,here’s my new recipe:

1) Wait ’til Elmwood’s Straw-berry Fest. 2) Go to Central Park.3) Buy a bag of cotton candy. 4).Take it home and watch inches getadded to your waist and watchyour teeth rot in the comfort ofyour own home.


Princeville fences limited near intersectionsBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

PRINCEVILLE – Citing sight-lines and traffic safety, the VillageBoard on Jan. 19 changed the localzoning ordinance to limit residen-tial privacy fences on corner lots tofour feet in height.

“Few properties are affected, butif property owners are, we’d like tohave them shortened,” said Boardpresident Sid Stahl.

The Board also approved payingabout $43,000 for the final pay-ment and the retainage fee for re-construction work on SouthWalnut Street, where a ChangeOrder was required to address pre-vious work the Board consideredunsatisfactory.

The last payment due was about$14,000, and the retainage amount– withheld until the work is foundacceptable – was $29,000, Stahl

said.In other business, the Board and

Superintendent of Public WorksChad Gardner started discussingprojects for 2016 in advance ofmore detailed budget talks.

Some ideas include street main-tenance and additional playgroundequipment for Cutters Grove Parkon the south side of town.

The Board’s next meeting isscheduled for Monday (Feb. 1).



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ELMWOOD – Unused cityequipment will be sold under an or-dinance the City Council approvedon Jan. 19, when measures toarrange for the sale of the city-owned Senior Citizens Center build-ing and to consider continuing theK9 program advanced.

Elmwood’s drug-sniffing dog,Bullet, was retired from duty forhealth reasons Dec. 31 due to hipdysplasia, and the Council askedPolice Chief Aaron Bean to investi-gate costs to re-launch the programand to cooperate with nearby com-munities that may need drug detec-tion for occasional cases.

The City’s program, partially un-derwritten by Elmwood Township,has incurred almost $24,000 in ex-penses since it started in July of2012, but has brought in almost$40,000 in revenue from fines anddonations, said City Clerk Melissa

Morris.The unused equipment deter-

mined to be “no longer necessary oruseful to the City” – including a1948 grader, two tillers, a trailer anda silage wagon – will be advertisedin The Weekly Post for sealed bidsarranged by Mayor J.D. Hulslanderand Superintendent of Public WorksDan Bybee. The vote was unani-mous, with Aldermen Adam Rueand Kent Stevens absent.

Meanwhile, action on selling theSenior Citizens Center building onSouth Magnolia was tabled, but dis-cussion supported a sealed-bid saleprocess that would require a buyerto make the building available to theAmerican Legion Post 638, theElmwood Senior Citizens Club andthe Veterans of Foreign Wars Post4724.

The City expects the process toget underway next month and closebefore April 1.

In other news,

• the Council approved a recom-mendation by the Zoning Board toamend the zoning ordinance to clar-ify the Permitted Activities forMinor Home Occupations text andtable;

• the Council OK’d an Inter-Gov-ernmental Agreement with Elm-wood Township to share “varioustypes of equipment and machineryused for road maintenance and im-provement purposes,” as requestedby the Township’s insurer, accord-ing to Alderman Bryan Davis;

• Davis was named chair of aChristmas lights committee to alsoinclude Alderman Walt Avery andseveral members of the public toplan for holiday decorations for2016;

• City Consulting EngineerPatrick Meyer reported progress onplans for renovating Maple Street;and

• installation of new lights in WestPark has begun.

In attendance at a recent Elmwood City Council meeting were (left to right): Alderman Jared Howerton, AldermanBob Paige, Police Chief Aaron Bean (ear and side of head), Treasurer Harold Jehle, Mayor J.D. Hulslander, CityClerk Melissa Morris, attorney Stephanie Schmieg and Alderman Bryan Davis. Photo by Bill Knight.

The American RedCross has an emergencyneed for blood andplatelet donors. Severewinter weather since Jan.1 has forced the cancel-lation of more than 300blood drives across 20

states, resulting in morethan 9,500 donations un-collected, further deplet-ing an already lowwinter supply.

Blood donation ap-pointments can be easilyscheduled by using the

Red Cross Blood DonorApp, visiting redcross-blood.org or calling 1-800-RED CROSS(1-800-733-2767).

“Blood products arebeing delivered to hospi-tals as quickly as dona-tions are coming in,”said Todd Kulman of theHeart of America BloodServices Region. “Eligi-ble donors are urged tomake an appointment togive blood or plateletsnow and help ensureblood products are avail-able for patients locally,and across the country,

including areas severelyimpacted by winterweather.”

The Red Cross mustcollect approximately14,000 blood and plateletdonations every day forthe patients at about2,600 hospitals andtransfusion centers na-tionwide.

A blood drive is sched-uled for Farmington onFeb. 8 at St. MatthewCatholic Church from 2-6 p.m. There are numer-ous other donationopportunities in Peoria inFebruary.

Red Cross has emergency need for blood

Dear Community Members,As the new year begins, we would like to

take this opportunity to sincerely thank all ofthe patrons of the Elmwood Pharmacy. Asyou know, we sold the pharmacy in Octoberof last year. It has been our honor to serveyou for over 40 years. Thank you for en-trusting your health with us and supportingour business during that time.

May the year 2016 hold health and happi-ness for you and your family.

Ron and Cathy Windish

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ROSEFIELD – Rosefield Town-ship’s Board of Trustees this monthwill meet at 7:30 p.m. Wed. (Feb. 4),according to Clerk Marty May, andHighway Commissioner MattWindish has set up a phone numberfor residents interested in details per-taining to new regulations for cul-verts: (309) 303-1190.

The Board this month approvednew guidelines for the installation ofresidential and commercial culverts,effective immediately.

The new standards affect proper-ties abutting Township roads, and re-quire prior approval and fees tonotify the Township of such im-provements and ensure the correctsize of culverts to accommodatewater, Windish said.

Requirements are the same as forPeoria County, except Rosefield res-idents will need Township approval.

In other Township news…Farmington budget

FARMINGTON – Township As-sessor Toni Holmes this month pre-sented her budget proposal, and the$2,300 amount – the same as lastyear – was unanimously OK’d.

Meanwhile, Highway Commis-sioner Paul Balagna reported that theTownship has received overdueMotor Fuel Tax revenues from thestate after Gov. Bruce Rauner with-held funds for months. The Town-ship MFT balance is $21,108.88.

However, projected costs for re-sealing Middlegrove streets and all

of Middlegrove Road – whichhaven’t been resealed for some sixyears – will exceed the budget, soBalagna seeks an additional $28,000from the Special Surface Fund.Jubilee finances

JUBILEE – At the end of the 2015calendar year, the Township finan-cial report shows fund balances of$108,614 (Town), $223,595 (Road& Bridge), $66,571 (PermanentRoad), $98,845 (Joint Road &Bridge) $64,802 (Equipment &Building) and $65,947 (Relief).

Jubilee “still (has) not received thefinal bill on the Thousand DollarRoad” project, said Supervisor SteveGarnett.Radnor bridge work

RADNOR – The Township signeda contract to do repair and preventa-tive maintenance on two bridges, onLegion Hall Road and DickinsonCemetery Road, with P. A. AthertonConstruction Inc. for $118,000.

In other business, the administra-tion building is progressing, accord-ing to Supervisor Philip Cornish.

“We are waiting for updated draw-ings from the architect as the build-ing had to be modified to lower theprice to fit our budget,” he said.Brimfield starts over

BRIMFIELD – Trustees havestarted over in arranging for strip-ping and polishing the TownshipHall floors, a project in the workssince October, according to Supervi-sor Tony Karl.

“We’re going to try another com-

pany,” he said.In other news, the Township plans

more discussion on acquiring apropane tank for its new generator.Salem donation

SALEM – Trustee Paul Noemoved to donate $1,000 to theFarmington Area Food Pantry,which was seconded by Trustee Nor-lyn McCormick and approved.

In other business, McCormickmoved to donate $450 to the KnoxCounty TRIAD (The Right Informa-tion And Direction), a law-enforce-ment effort to reduce crime againstseniors. Trustee Louis Rogers sec-onded the motion, which carried.

Salem Township will meet at 7p.m. in February and March.Millbrook payment

MILLBROOK – SupervisorDanny Powell reported that theTownship received its sixth and sev-enth real estate tax payments, total-ing $2,231 for the Town and $1,692for the Road District. Also, replace-ment tax checks were received total-ing $1,518.Kickapoo budget

KICKAPOO – Township AssessorJack Duke presented a budget re-quest to be considered at a budgethearing in March, when the Hall alsowill be used for the Primary ElectionMarch 15. Early voting also willtake place in the Hall March 7 and 8.

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Circuit Judge KatherineGorman on Jan. 20 offi-cially signed off on theJan. 11 sale of the PalaceTheatre to Farmers StateBank (FSB), the only bid-der in a $192,330.85 fore-closure sale.

The disposition of theproperties was “fairly andproperly made,” Gormanwrote.

Her “order approvingreport of sale and distribu-tion, confirming sale, andorder for possession” cov-ered the single transactionincluding both the PalaceTheater and the GardenTheater in Canton.

Meanwhile, the FultonCounty Assessor’s Officeshows that the GardenTheater’s most recentEqualized Assessed Valu-ation totals $20,430.That’s $18,240 for landand building for one par-cel and $2,190 for a sec-ond parcel. An EAV of$20,430 means the FairMarket Value of the prop-erties is $61,290.

FSB president JenniferBeard said the bank in-tends to put the Cantontheater up for sale. It’scurrently occupied by theNew Hope CommunityChurch.

A group of local in-vestors is working to pur-chase the Palace Theatre.

Judge OK’ssale ofPalace


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STATE OF ILLINOISIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

PEORIA COUNTY, IN PROBATE

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF )ORIAN L. HEUERMANN, Deceased ) No. 16-P-

CLAIM DAY NOTICE

Notice is given to creditors of the death of ORIAN L. HEUERMANNon November 30, 2015. Letters of office were issued on January 12,2016, to DOUGLAS LEE HEUERMANN, 1820 W. Baywood, Peoria, IL.61614 and ROBERT HENRY HEUERMANN, 662 Hillary Farm Road,Hudson, WI 54016, as Co-Independent Administrators, whose attorneyof record is Froehling, Weber, & Schell, LLP (NANCY A. SCHELL), 165East Fort Street, Farmington, IL 61531, Phone #309/245-2474, Fax#309/245-2475.

Administration of this estate will be without court supervision, un-less an interested party requests supervised administration pursuant toa petition filed under 755 ILCS 5/28-4.

Claims must be filed on or before July 29, 2016 (being a date notless than six (6) months from the date of the first publication of thisnotice, or three (3) months from the date of mailing of delivery of thisnotice to creditors, whichever is later), and any claim not filed on or be-fore that date is barred. Claims may be filed with the representative ofthis estate, or in the Office of the Peoria Circuit Clerk, Peoria CountyCourthouse, Peoria, IL 61602, or both. If filed with the court, theclaimant within ten (10) days after filing his or her claim with thecourt: (1) shall cause a copy of the claim to be mailed or delivered tothe representative and to the attorney of record, unless the representa-tive or the attorney has in writing either consented to the allowance ofthe claim or waived mailing or delivery of the copies, and (2) shall filewith the court proof of any required mailing or delivery of copies.

Dated this 21st day of January, 2016.

DOUGLASS LEE HEUERMANN and ROBERT HENRYHEUERMANN, as Co-Independent Administrators of the

Estate of ORIAN L. HEUERMANN, deceased

By: (S) NANCY A. SCHELLNancy A. Schell, their attorney

NANCY A. SCHELLFroehling, Weber, & Schell, LLPAttorneys for Estate165 East Fort Street, Farmington, IL 61531Phone: 309/245-2474

CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS

Peoria County, in Probate

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF )EDNA M. MARTIN ) N0. 15-P-527

NOTICE OF CLAIM DATE

Notice is given to creditors of the death of EDNA M. MARTIN. Let-ters of Office were issued to EDWIN R. MARTIN, 4517 West LegionHall Road, Dunlap, Illinois 61525, and AUDREY L. BRAKER, 4500 WestCounty Line Road, Speer, Illinois 61479, as Co-Executors, whose attor-ney is THE CORDIS LAW OFFICE, LLC, Attorneys at Law, 129 NorthWalnut Avenue, P.O. Box 445, Princeville, Illinois 61559.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk’s Office,Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or with the representative,or both, on or before the 21st day of July 2016 or if mailing or deliveryof a notice from the representative is required by Sec. 18-3 of the Pro-bate Act of 1975, the date stated in the notice. Every claim filed mustbe in writing and state sufficient information to notify the representa-tive of the nature of the claim or other relief sought. Any claim not filedon or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerkmust be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representatives andto the attorney with in ten (10) days after is has been filed and shall filewith the Court, proof of any required mailing or delivery of copies.

Dated January 13, A.D. 2016

EDWIN R. MARTIN AND AUDREY L.BRAKER, CO-Executors of the Estate of

EDNA M. MARTIN, Deceased

The Cordis Law Office, LLCAttorneys for Executor 129 North Walnut Avenue BY: (S) Kerry R. CordisP. O. Box 445 Attorney for EstatePrinceville, IL 61559309/338-4616

CLAIM NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF

THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOISPeoria County

In Re ESTATE OF )KENNETH F. SIPP, ) No. 16-P-11Deceased. )

NOTICE is given to creditors of the death of KENNETH F. SIPP on De-cember 13, 2015. Letters of Office were issued by the above entitledCourt to HOWARD F. SIPP, of 16110 West Rickena Road, Glasford,Illinois 61533, as Executor, whose attorneys of record are WHITNEY &POTTS, LTD., 118 West Main Street, P. O. Box 368, Elmwood, Illi-nois, 61529-0368. Claims against the Estate may be filed in the Cir-cuit Clerk's Of fice, Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or withthe repre senta tive or both on or before the 29th day of July, 2016, or ifmaili ng or delivery of a Notice from the representative is required bySec. 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that Notice.Every claim filed must be in writing and state sufficient information tonotify the representative of the nature of the claim or other reliefsought. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copiesof a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claim -ant to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days afterit has been filed and shall file with the Court, proof of any requiredmailing or delivery of copies.

DATED this 12th day of January, 2016.

HOWARD F. SIPP, Executor of the Estate of KENNETH F. SIPP, Deceased.

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HANNA CITY – WildlifePrairie Park’s well-known ground-hog, Gertie, will make her annualweather prognostication on Tues-day, Feb. 2.

A busy early morning agendaleads up to Gertie’s appearance atsunrise, approximately 7 a.m.Park naturalists will talk about thehistory of Groundhog Day andpresent interesting facts aboutgroundhogs, local musician, BarryCloyd, will teach everyone thesong, “Wake Up, Gertie”, and Ger-tie will arrive in “red-carpet style”aboard the park’s ElkMobile.

Gretchen Wirtz from HOI 19News Daybreak and Good Com-pany will serve as honorary mayorfor the day and share the big an-nouncement.

While waiting for the prognosti-cation, you can warm yourself upin the Visitor’s Center. Hot coffeewill be complimentary.

Admission to the park is freefrom 6-9 a.m.

Gertie will also predict thisyear’s Super Bowl winner.

The first 50 people in the gatesfor Gertie’s Groundhog Day Out-ing will receive a coupon from thelocal McDonald’s for a free Mc-Cafe coffee or Frappe, WildlifePrairie Park stadium cup and tem-porary tattoos for kids.

Ice fishing tourney atLake Camelot Saturday

MAPLETON – The annual LakeCamelot Sportsman’s Club ice

fishing tournament will be heldSaturday (Jan. 30).

The entry cost is $10 for adults,$5 for children, and fishing is from7 a.m. until noon. Weigh-in is inthe lower level of the clubhouse.Prizes will be awarded.

Food is also sold at the event.Anglers can also sign up Friday

from 6-9 p.m.

Peoria County SWCDannual meeting Feb. 20

BRIMFIELD – The PeoriaCounty Soil & Water ConservationDistrict will have its annual meet-ing on Feb. 20 at 8 a.m. at Brim-field High School.

This is a breakfast meeting andreservations are required. Pleasecall Karla at (309) 671-7040, Ext.3 to order tickets, or [email protected].

Election challengesmay delay early voting

PEORIA – Peoria County Elec-tion Commission Executive Direc-tor Thomas Bride said ongoingobjections to several Presidentialcandidates are not anticipated to beresolved by the State Board of Elec-tions in time for ballots to be pre-pared and voting equipment to beready for the opening of Vote byMail and Early Voting on Feb. 4.

The ballots and early votingequipment will be available no laterthan Feb. 17 – the beginning ofGrace Period Registration and Vot-ing – by which time most chal-lenges seeking to remove candidatesfrom the ballot should have beendecided and final ballot certifica-

tions issued by the State Board ofElections.

“It is possible that ballots may beavailable prior to Feb. 17, and if so,we will notify the media and votersthrough a release, on our websiteand social media,” said Bride. “It’sunfortunate that the compressed fil-ing calendar for Presidential candi-dates and the circumstances of theseobjections will likely delay our re-ceiving final certifications from theState Board of Elections and affectthe opening of voting statewide.

“Once final certifications are re-ceived, we will move as quickly aspossible to finalize ballots, prepareand test the voting equipment, andbegin voting.”

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OBITUARIESKenneth Depperman

LONDON MILLS – Kenneth D.Deppermann, 69, of London Mills,passed away at 3:29 p.m.on Sunday,Jan. 24, 2016, at OSF St. Francis inPeoria.

Kenneth was born on April 12,1946 in Canton to Dale and Helen(Ryan) Depper-mann. He marriedConnie Lance onJuly 31, 1965 inBellevue, she sur-vives.

Also survivingare 5 children,Troy (MelodySchroer) Depper-mann of LaGrange, Mo., Terry (Jen-nifer) Deppermann of Glasford,Tony (Erika) Deppermann of YatesCity, Chris (Brooke) Deppermann ofCanton, and Jovon (Chad Endres)Deppermann of Bartonville; 6grandchildren; two brothers, Rodger(Trish) Deppermann of Trivoli, andRobert (Linda) Deppermann ofGlasford; and his mother HelenDeppermann of Glasford.

Preceding him in death is his fa-ther, Dale Deppermann; and JoyceWillms who he helped care for.

Kenneth worked as Sergeant at thePeoria County Jail for several years,and also owned and operated Fron-tier Arms. He was a member of TheChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter DaySaints, a lifelong member of theChillicothe Sportsman Club, the Sin-gle Action Shooting Society, and theNRA. Kenneth was an avid compet-itive shooter, gunsmith, reloader, andoutdoorsman. He was a loving hus-band, father of five, and grandfatherof six.

Services will be at 4 p.m. onThursday, Jan. 28, 2016, at Ander-son-Sedgwick Funeral Home inFarmington, where a visitation willbe held from 2-4 p.m. President RonDeppermann will officiate. Crema-

tion rights will be accorded after theservices. Burial will follow at a laterdate.

Memorials can be made to Make aWish Foundation or The Church ofJesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

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

Linda BussellFARMINGTON – Linda K. Bus-

sell, 68, of Peoria, sister of a Farm-ington woman, died Jan. 16 at OSFSt. Francis Medical Center in Peoria.

Survivors include sisters Joy (Ed)Smith of Farmington and Janet Longof Peoria; brothers Phillip (Linda)White of Georgia, Rick White ofMorton and Terry (Sharon) White ofOregon; sons Tracy (Krystle) Bus-sell of Chillicothe and Bryan(Cindy) Bussell of Pekin; daughterDanielle (Brian) Mullens of Belle-vue; and 10 grandchildren.

Her funeral was Jan. 23 at theFirst Baptist Church of Sparland,with burial at Sparland Cemetery.

Condolences may be left online atwww.legacy.com.

Carol Jean CarlsonWILLIAMSFIELD – Carol Jean

Carlson, 86, formerly of Williams-field and Knoxville, died Jan. 20 at

OSF St. Mary Medical Center inGalesburg.

She had farmed with her husbandBoyd for many years in theWilliamsfield area.

Survivors include son Scott Carl-son of Oneida; daughters Cathy (andJohn) Stromson of Abingdon andLori (and Jeff) Gardner ofKnoxville; and eight grandchildren.

Funeral services were Jan. 23 atHinchliff-Pearson-West GalesburgChapel, with burial at WoodhullCemetery.

Condolences may be left online atwww.h-p-w.com.

Howard HaukBRIMFIELD – Howard Hauk, 87,

of Deming, N.M., brother of a Brim-field woman and a man and womanfrom Elmwood, died Dec. 26.

Survivors include his wife Helen;daughters Shirley (Tim) Hahn andPhyllis (Glenn) Johnson; sonsThomas (Diana) Hauk and RodneyHauk; sisters Leila Beetler of Brim-field and Imogene Thompson ofElmwood and brother Bill (Joyce)Hauk of Elmwood.

Cremation was done by Baca’sFuneral Chapels in Deming.

Sam SjeklochaDAHINDA – Sam Sjeklocha, 96,

of Monmouth, grandfather of aDahinda man, died Jan. 18 atLegacy Estates in Monmouth.

Survivors include grandchildrenAaron (Miriam Paris) Robinson ofDahinda, Kristin Robinson ofChicago, and Adam (Brooke)Robinson of Monmouth; daughterCathy (Ed) Robinson of Cameron;and two great-granddaughters.

Funeral services were Jan. 23 atMcGuire & Davies Funeral Homeand Crematory in Monmouth, withinterment at St. Mary Cemetery inMonmouth.

Condolences may be left online atmcguireanddaviesfuneralhome.com.

This Week’s Obituaries• Linda Bussell, 68, Farmington• Carol Jean Carlson, 86,Williamsfield• Kenneth Depperman, 69, LondonMills• Howard Hauk, 87, Brimfield• Sam Sjeklocha, 96, Dahinda• Ann Sledge, 57, Princeville• June Smith, 93, Elmwood• Bruna Verardo, 100, Farmington• Marie Wieland, 91, Edwards

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BRIMFIELDSt. Joseph

Catholic ChurchFather John Verrier314 W. Clay, Brimfield(309) 446-3275

www.stjosephbrimfield.orgSat. Confession: 3:30-4:45 pm

Sat. Mass: 5 pmSun. Mass: 10:30 am

Daily Mass: Tues.-Fri. 8 amSt. Paul’s

Lutheran ChurchThe Lutheran Church -

Missouri Synod“Preaching Christ Crucified”“Liturgical & Reverential”Pastor Michael Liese

204 W. Clay St., Brimfield(309) 446-3233

Sun. Divine Service: 10 amBrimfield E-Free ChurchPastor Donald Blasing11724 Maher Road

Brimfield, IL 61517(309) 446-3571

www.brimfieldefree.orgWorship: 10:30 am

Sunday School: 9:30 amAWANA - Wed. 6:15 pm, for

ages 3-12Brimfield UnitedMethodist Church

Pastor Leonard Thomas135 S. Galena St., Brimfield

(309) 446-9310Sun. Worship: 9 amSun. School: 9 am

Thurs. Bible Study: 7 pmUnion Church at BrimfieldUnited Church of ChristPastor Stephen Barch

105 W. Clay Street, Brimfield(309) 446-3811

Sunday Worship: 9 amTuesday Bible Study: 6:30 pmFirst Sunday each month isCommunion Sunday (gluten

free communion offered)EDWARDS

Bethany Baptist Church7422 N. Heinz Ln., Edwards

(309) 692-1755www.bethanycentral.org

Sat. Evening Worship: 6 pmSun. Worship 8:15 & 11 amWednesday Awana: 6:15 pm

Christ Alive! Community ChurchPastor Lance Zaerr

9320 W US Hwy 150, Edwards(309) 231-8272

www.christalivecc.comSun. School: 9:15 amWorship: 10:30 am

ELMWOODCrossroads Assembly of God

Pastor Tim Cavallo615 E. Ash St., Elmwood

(309) 830-4259www.crossroadselmwood.org

Wed. Worship: 7 pm

Sun. Worship: 10:30 amElmwood Baptist ChurchPastor Dennis Fitzgerald

701 W. Dearborn St., Elmwood(309) 742-7631, 742-7911 Sun. School: 9:30 am

Sun Worship: 10:30 am, 6 pmWed. Prayer Meeting: 7 pm

First Presbyterian Churchof Elmwood

Reverend 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 p.m.Sat. Mass: 4:30 p.m.Sun. Mass: 10 am

Tues. Rosary: 8:15 amUnited Methodist Church

of ElmwoodPastor Bradley F. Watkins II821 W. Main St., Elmwood

(309) 742-7221www.elmwoodumc.org

Sun. Worship: 9 am, 10:30 amYouth Sun. School: 9 amAdult Sun. School: 8 am

FARMINGTONFirst Presbyterian Church

of FarmingtonReverend Dr. Linda Philabaun83 N. Cone Street, Farmington

(309) 245-2914www.firstpresfarmington.comSunday School: 9:30 amFellowship: 10:30 amWorship: 11:00 am

New Hope FellowshipAssembly of GodPastor Tom Wright

1102 N. Illinois Route 78

Farmington(309) 245-2957

Sun. Worship: 10 amWed. Worship: 7 pm

PRINCEVILLEPrinceville UnitedMethodist ChurchPastor Ken Dees

420 E. Woertz, Princeville(309) 385-4487

[email protected]. Worship: 9 am

Sunday School: 10:15 amYATES CITYFaith United

Presbyterian ChurchReverend Marla B. Bauler

107 W. Bishop St., Yates City(309) 358-1170Worship: 9 am

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OBITUARIESAnn Sledge

PRINCEVILLE – Ann StewartSledge, 57, of Houston, Texas, for-merly of Princeville, died Jan. 16 inHouston.

She is survived by her husband,Ronald; sons Chad and Collin;brother Dana (Dawn) Stewart Jr.;sister, Nancy Stewart (Jeff) Lowen-thal; and many nephews and niecesand their children.

A memorial service celebratingher life was Jan. 23 at FirstMethodist Church-Downtown inHouston.

Ann chronicled her two-year can-cer journey through 16 journal en-tries, which can be viewed online atwww.caringbridge.org/visit/annsledge. The website also allows visitorsto post condolences and memories.

June SmithELMWOOD – Mary June Smith,

93, of Elmwood died Jan. 16 at Uni-

tyPoint Health-Proctor in Peoria.Survivors include children Lillian

June (Gene) Heitzman ofPrinceville, James Merle (Joan)Smith of Dunlap and Linda LouHeadley of Princeville; 5 grandchil-dren; 12 great-grandchildren; andone great-great-granddaughter.

Funeral services were Jan. 23 atHaskell-Hott Funeral Homes inPrinceville with burial at ProspectCemetery in Dunlap.

Condolences may be left online atwww.haskellhott.com.

Bruna VerardoFARMINGTON – Bruna Verardo,

100, of Farmington died Jan. 17 atSunset Manor in Canton.

Surviving are one son, Larry Ver-ardo of Glasford; three grandchil-dren; five great-grandchildren; andsix great-great-grandchildren.

Her funeral Mass was Jan. 21 atSt. Matthew’s Catholic Church in

Farmington, with burial at OakRidge Cemetery in Farmington.

Condolences may be left online atwww.preston-hanley.com.

Marie WielandEDWARDS – Marie Wieland, 91,

of Peoria, grandmother of womenfrom Edwards and Farmington, diedJan. 22 at OSF Saint Francis Med-ical Center.

Survivors include her husband,Jordan Wieland; son Vincent(Mickey) Wieland of Dunlap; grand-daughters Kayla (Mike) Schneiderof Edwards, Tarah (Tom) Meister ofFarmington and Erika (Tyler)Scheirer of Normal; and three great-grandsons.

Funeral services were Jan. 27 atDavison-Fulton Woodland Chapel,with burial at Parkview Cemetery.

Condolences may be left online atwww.davison-fulton.com.

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FARMINGTON – Farmington’stop-seeded seventh-grade boysteam is the lone area squad alive inIESA seventh-grade regionals.

Farmington crushed Illini Bluffs,45-13, last Monday and was to playWednesday at 5 p.m. against Mon-mouth-Roseville for the title of the7-3A Farmington Central Regional.

With a win, the Farmers wouldplay at Chillicothe IVC HighSchool on Feb. 3 at 6:30 p.m. in asectional showdown with the win-ner of Mossville vs. Peoria Quest.

Eighth-grade regionals tip off thisweekend. Williamsfield is seededthird in the 8-1A regional it is host-ing and plays Feb. 1 against Al-Wood at 7:15 p.m.

In 8-2A, Princeville is seeded No.1 at Midland Middle School andplays Feb. 1 at 6 p.m. against thewinner between No. 5 Brimfieldand Colona – who meet Saturday at10 a.m. Elmwood is top seed at thePeoria St. Vincent de Paul Regionaland plays Feb. 2 at 6 p.m. againstthe winner of Peoria Christian vs.Peoria St. Philomena.

In 8-3A, Farmington is top seedat a regional it hosts and plays Feb.1at 5:30 vs. the winner betweenUnited and Mercer County.

Springer signsFARMINGTON – Breanna

Springer signed a letter of intentlast week to play softball at Hanni-

bal-LaGrange University in Mis-souri.

Springer is a senior at Farming-ton High School.ROWVA renames gym

ONEIDA – New names weregiven to two areas of the ROWVAcampus to honor former coaches.

The baseball park located northof ROWVA High School will nowbe Memorial Park. The baseballfield inside the park will be namedJohn P. Clark Field, in memory ofthe late long-time baseball coach.

The ROWVA high school gymwill now be named the Bob Mered-ith Gymnasium, in honor of long-time high school basketball coachand teacher, Bob Meredith.

Farmington boys advance in IESA hoops

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GIRLS: Princeville avenges Stark Co. loss at LTCurday that paid off in a 55-36Prairieland win. Meyers turned inanother stellar game, racking up 22points and 15 rebounds. Regan Mc-Fall added 11.

“Our offensive balance is doingwell with help from Rachel Jacob-son, Grace LaFollett and MorganLedbetter,” coach Gregg Meyerssaid. “Our defense is also improv-ing with good energy from Meyers,McFall, Jones and LaFollett.”

Elmwood’s 51-20 victory overNorth Fulton last Thursday was de-cided very early with a 20-0 firstquarter and 36-6 halftime advan-tage. Meyers led with 12, closelyfollowed by LaFollett’s 11.

FarmingtonFarmington (10-16) got back on

the winning track Monday with along trip to West Prairie for a 54-42final. Meghan Wherley scored 13

and Abbey Brown had 12. The Lady Farmers met

Prairieland rival Lewistown athome on Saturday at a matineetime, but it wouldn’t turn out to beFarmington’s time in a 60-44 set-back. Wherley was the only LadyFarmer in double figures with 10.

“We’re struggling to score.We’vebeen preaching shot selection, andit’s getting better, but the ball’s notdropping,” coach Jimmy Jordansaid. “Being very young and inex-perienced, we want to finish theseason as strong as possible to takeconfidence into next year.”

Last Thursday, Farmington lost47-40 to the Midwest Central-Dela-van co-op despite a ferocious 25-8fourth-quarter comeback. MorganPowell’s 14 led Farmington.

PrincevillePrinceville (15-10) played Stark

County twice in three days and

showed progress in the two games,according to coach John Gross.

The first matchup ended in a 54-47 loss Saturday in the third-placegame of the Lincoln Trail Confer-ence tournament. The Lady Princeshad a lead but could not hold ondespite 16 points from Lucy Waidand 14 from Breana Bauman.

Contrast that to Monday, whenPrinceville rallied for a 60-53 winand had a 20-point outburst in thesecond quarter. Marisa Horton-Meza had 19 points, followed byWaid (17) and Bauman (12).

Princeville had reached the LTCthird-place game with a 54-46 winover Ridgewood, led by Waid’s 15. Last Wednesday, Princeville won avery solid game over Galva 47-30.On the offensive side Jessica De-Vries led with 16.

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The Farmers are off untila Feb. 2 home game vs.Rushville-Industry.

BrimfieldThird-ranked Brimfield

(19-2) suffered an upsetTuesday at home to IlliniBluffs, 78-75.

IB bombed in 15 3-pointers, including a game-winner by LucasSondgeroth with 2 secondsleft. Sondgeroth had 19points and Taylor Bruningaadded 20.

IB was 13-of-17 at thefree throw line whileBrimfield shot just 5-for-14 at the stripe.

Phelan Kelly, whoturned his ankle Friday atLewistown, scored 24points Tuesday andshowed no ill effects fromthe injury, according toBrimfield coach ScottCarlson.

Jace Swietek added 17for Brimfield, Brad Novakscored 15 and Koby Whitehad 13.

The loss followed agritty win at Lewistown.Kelly turned his ankle inthe second half and, afterleading by as many as 10,Brimfield eventually founditself ahead by just twowith under two minutes re-maining and Lewistown inpossession.

“Things were goingpretty good until he gothurt, and then we stoppedscoring for a span,” Carl-son said.

But Lewistown turnedthe ball over, and Brim-field ran clock and guardsKelly and White hit freethrows down the stretch.Kelly scored 26 points andWhite had 13.

“We finished it off fromthe line, but we made it in-teresting,” Carlson said.“They’re a good team andit was a good test on theroad.”

Brimfield celebratesHomecoming Friday vs.Bushnell-Prairie City.

ElmwoodUp and down Elmwood

(12-10) won a rugged roadgame Tuesday at Abing-don-Avon, 36-33.

Sophomore Vince Lenzihad 11 points and IsaiahGroeper added 10 for Elm-wood.

Days earlier on Friday,though, the Trojans lost athome to Illini Bluffs, 61-54, due in part to a lacklus-ter first half.

Elmwood was behind39-28 at intermission, thenheld IB to two field goalsin the second half. TheTrojans were within threeand had the ball down thestretch before suffering

three turnovers.Honored before the

game for topping 1,000points, Groeper scored 19and Lenzi had 15.

“We held them to twofield goals in the secondhalf. If we’d played thatway the whole way we’dhave been OK,” coachJosh Fugitt said. “We’vejust got to keep pressingforward and hope eachweek we get a little moreconsistent.”

Fugitt said the next twoweeks are key for his teamheading into the regionalseeding meeting.

Elmwood is home vs.Knoxville on Friday.

PrincevilleLife without Brendan

Streitmatter has been toughfor the Princes, who havelost four straight in the fivegames since Streitmatterbroke his wrist. The timingof his injury is not good, asthis has been a very chal-

lenging portion of theschedule.

The latest came Tuesdayat home in a 63-42 setbackagainst Annawan. NickKraft had 21 points.

Last Friday Princevilledropped a 69-41 decisionto Wethersfield despite 22points from Noah Bauman.

Last Tuesday, thePrinces fell to ROWVA-Williamsfield, 53-44. Krafthad 20.

ROWVA-WilliamsfieldThe Cougars (14-7) have

won three of four since theICAC Tournament andhead into this week’s Lin-coln Trail Tournamentseeded fourth.

The more balanced playstarted in that win overPrinceville last Tuesday.Bret Woodside had 15 tolead R-W, Zac Smithadded 13 and GarrettWight had 11.

The same three scoredwell in Friday’s 56-48 win

over United. Smith had 17,Wight 13 and Woodside11. “All the kids we hadout there did a good job,”coach Bob Anderson toldthe Review Atlas.

Anderson was not sopleased with a 52-45 lossto Bushnell-Prairie City onSaturday. “We playedawful,” he said.

The Cougars bouncedback to top Galva 56-33Tuesday night. Smith had

18 and Wight had 13.LTC Tournament

Annawan is top seed forthe tourney at Oneida.

R-W plays Galva at 7:30p.m. Thursday, StarkCounty Friday at 7:30 andRidgewood on Feb. 2 at 6.

Princeville meets MercerCounty Thursday at 6,West Central Saturday at6:30 in Williamsfield andWethersfield on Feb. 2 at6. Play concludes Feb. 6.

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After one quarter last Satur-day, Farmington basketballcoach Jeff Otto was worried.Annawan had missed just oneshot in racing to a 19-15 lead atthe Great Western Shootout.

But after that sizzling start,defensive adjustments by theFarmers paid off and Otto saiddefensive ace Judd Anderson“stepped up big” in a 54-50 vic-tory.

“For us to hold them to 50points, I was pretty pleased,”Otto said. “In the second half,we kind of went back to our

full-court defense and pressuredthem and created some opportu-nities for us.”

Defense like that will be a keydown the stretch for Farmington(17-4), which obviously hasplenty of offense in junior guardEric Higgs and senior TreySwearingen.

Higgs had 22 against An-nawan (16-5) and Swearingenadded 20. The same pair werebig Tuesday in another impres-sive victory. This time the Farm-ers went to Lewistown (15-5),which was still smarting from atwo-point loss to Brimfield.

Farmington won 55-50 as

Higgs had 19 and Swearingentossed in 15.

“That was a huge win for uson the road,” Otto said. “Offen-sively I’m very pleased. It’s niceto have both these guys going atthe same time and stepping uplike they are capable.

“I have a feeling we’ll seesome junk defenses down thestretch, so it will be important forsome of these other guys to stepup and hit shots and not panic.”

That was not a problem lastTuesday as Higgs bombed for 33in a 74-70 win over PeoriaHeights.

By PHIL JOHNSONFor The Weekly Post

In a Monday battle ofPrairieland elites, Havanabested Brimfield, 51-42, to putthe Lady Indians at 22-4 on theseason.

Struggling through a 14-6second-quarter deficit built toomuch of a hill for Brimfield toovercome in the final two quar-ters. Shayla McCormick’s 11points and Kenzie Schlipf’s 10led the Lady Indians.

That was the second biggame in the past few days forThe Lady Indians, who battledto a 41-35 victory over nemesisSouth Fulton on Saturday inBrimfield. Scoring leaderswere Kennedy Dura with 16and Schlipf with 10.

Nicole Thurman camethrough with seven big stealsfrom South Fulton.

“Our defense was big. Wewere up 25-11 at halftime,”coach Jim Blane said. “SouthFulton was a tough matchup.They’re very disciplined. Wewere fortunate to win.”

Brimfield returned to action

last Thursday after a 10-daylayoff with a Prairielandmatchup at Lewistown (11-10),and needed overtime tooutscore the hosts, 77-73.

The Lady Indians got 47 oftheir points from Dura (27) andThurman (20).

“This was a fast-paced game.Lewistown is quick and guardoriented,” Blane said. “I wasproud of our poise, decisionmaking and shot selection inthe second half. We were 19for 22 shooting free throws inthat half.”

ElmwoodAbingdon-Avon’s Madison

Jones, who totaled 23 points inMonday night’s Prairielandcontest at Elmwood, hit a threeball with 17 seconds remainingto break a 56-56 tie in the 60-56 setback for the Lady Tro-jans (14-11).

That offset a 17-point, 10-re-bound outing by Allie Meyersand 17 points from JordanJones.

The Lady Trojans took along trip to Rushville last Sat-

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Farmington boys claim big wins

Brimfield girls splitpair of key contests Junior guard

Eric Higgs ofFarmington,shown here in awin over SouthFulton, has fullyregained hisscoring touchand racked up33 points in awin over PeoriaHeights lastweek. Photo byDave Giagnoni.

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