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Carrier Route PresortThursdayFebruary 12, 2015Vol. 2, No. 49

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

Peoria County Board chair An-drew Rand and County Adminis-trator Lori Curtis Lutherannounced three awards theCounty recently earned, reflectedon addressing fiscal challengesand laid out plans for the nextyear 1t Wednesday’s State of theCounty event at Coyote Creek in

Bartonville.First to the awards.The County’s IT Department

and associates who worked to in-stall Odyssey, the Civil and Crim-inal Justice System, earned aPublic Sector Excellence Awardfrom Tyler Technologies. TheCounty-led Joint InformationCenter, an emergency communi-

cations hub for a five-county re-gion, was recognized with aBright Idea Award from the Har-vard Kennedy School’s Ash Cen-ter for Democratic Governanceand Innovation. And the County’sHeddington Oaks nursing homeimproved on its previous LEEDSilver certification to achieveLEED Gold certification from the

U.S. Green Building Council. “[This] seals our commitment

to continue providing exceptionalnursing care to our senior citizens,a Peoria County tradition since1848,” Rand said. “No other pub-lically owned nursing home in thenation is LEED Gold certified.”

Rand described the leadershipstructure of Peoria County gov-

State drops science assessment examinationBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

Area educators aren’t surprised by thestate’s dropping the science exam for4th, 7th and 11th graders this spring, butsome are confused and even annoyed inthe midst of questions and increasingnational concern with standardized test-ing.

“It seemed clear to me during fieldtesting of PARCC [Partnership for As-sessment of Readiness for College andCareers] last spring, science was not acomponent of that process, so I am notterribly surprised by this decision,” saidJanelle Meyers, counselor at Elmwood

C.U.S. D. 332. The tests, mandated federal law, ad-

dress various topics, from energy andmatter to astronomyand Earth science. Butthe Illinois StateBoard of Education(ISBE) is worried thequestions are out-dated.

“Didn’t those samedecision-makersknow this monthsago?” asked John Asplund, Superin-tendent of Farmington C.U.S.D. 265.“Why make an announcement so close

to the date of testing?”Indeed, the test season starts in

March, and Illinois is still negotiatingwith the U.S. Department of Educationto get around the requirement to admin-ister the science exams. Federal law de-mands science testing at least once eachduring grades 3 through 5, 6 through 9,and 10 through 12. States not in compli-ance could face sanctions and loss offederal dollars.

Still, some states and individual dis-tricts are opting out, according to thisweek’s Time magazine, which reports a“seismic shift in public opinion across

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Apparent phonescam targetscomputer users


ELMWOOD – An attempted fraud thatlaw enforcement calls “an ongoing tele-phone scam” is increasing in west-centralIllinois, and a local man phoned on Feb. 4by a man claiming to be from Microsoftwarns people that the scheme apparentlytargets older people and the Peoria CountySheriff’s Office told him they’re gettingsimilar reports.

“I got a phone call and my caller-ID saidit was from ‘technical support,’ so I an-swered, and this guy said they’d detected avirus in my computer and needed my In-ternet information to get rid of it,” saidMichael Shissler, 66. “He didn’t get it. Iknew darned well it was hooey.”

Shissler asked the caller to call back thenext day, and he also called the Sheriff’soffice.

The unidentified caller called back thenext day but inadvertently revealed him-self, Shissler said.

“He goofed up his scenario,” he said,laughing. “It was the same man but thistime he said he was from ‘World WideElectronics.’ I eventually hung up on him.

The scam typically has callers claimingto be from some a major software com-pany. They report the user’s computer tobe running slow, sending error messages,needing an update or infected with a virus.The caller tries to convince the user togive them permission to run a program al-lowing the caller to gain remote access totheir computer and solve computer prob-lems for a fee.

Law enforcement refers to such scams

Billtown OKssome repairsfor school


WILLIAMSFIELD – Despite arecommendation by SuperintendentTim Farquer, approval by the VillageBoard, funding that bypasses the taxlevy, and recognition by SchoolBoard members that building accessisn’t secure, the Board on Mondayrejected a plan to make the south en-trance a secure entryway, opting in-stead to seek cheaper alternatives.

Also, a proposed office consolida-tion and new STEM [Science-Tech-nology-Engineering-Math] lab failedby a 3-4 vote.

One of several reasons for hesitat-ing on these projects was a concernabout State support for schools, andthe Board unanimously approved aresolution authorizing the issuance of

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Work is well underway on a $505,000 expansion of Brimfield Public Library,which includes an activity room built to hold 120 people. The project will alsocreate study rooms and a sound-recording booth inside the existing library. Li-brary director Patti Smith said construction is expected to be completed byJune. Photo by Jeff Lampe.

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The Federal TradeCommission reports that34 percent of its fraudcomplaints involve suchphone calls.

“We do get complaints[which] will be docu-mented and referred tothe IC3 website (InternetCrime Complaint Cen-ter),” said Chief DeputyJoe Needham of the Peo-ria County Sheriff’s Of-fice. “[IC3] acceptsInternet crime complaintsfrom either the actual vic-tim or from a third partyto the complaint.”

It can be difficult toscreen scammers from le-gitimate callers becausesuch vishing calls aremade via Voice over In-

ternet Protocol (“VoIP”),which are almost untrace-able. Vishing scammersalso use caller-ID “spoof-ing” (falsifying caller IDinformation) to furtheravoid detection.

Shissler was immedi-ately suspicious but alsoshocked, he said.

“It’s running rampant,and I don’t want anybodyto fall for it,” he said. “Iguess if they get one outof a thousand, they makemoney. But that meanssomebody loses money.”

Law enforcement rec-ommends using commonsense, but offered tips:

• When a caller claimsto represent a specificcompany, ask for his orher name or employeenumber and call that com-pany back using a num-ber you have from yourbilling statement or thephone book. Don’t callthe number provided by

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• If you aren’t sureabout the legitimacy of acall, tell the caller youneed time to think it over.Ask a friend or familymember for their perspec-tive, or conduct your ownresearch by contacting theBetter Business Bureau at(309) 688-3741.

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• Report the incident tothe Internet Crime Com-plaint Center, a joint ef-fort by the FBI and theNational White CollarCrime Center. They’reonline at www.ic3.gov.

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s Free Bread – Breadavailable Friday (Feb. 13) at 10 a.m. atElmwood Methodist Church.

s Chess Night –All skill levels wel-come to play chess Tuesday nights atFarmington Public Library, 6-7:30 p.m.Call (309) 245-2175.

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Just days earlier, electricians inElmwood were installing newstreet lights that are one of themore impressive features of thetown’s jillion-dollar streetscape.

While a cynic might note thoseprojects are all funded by taxpayerdollars, there’s plenty of privateinvestment around, as well.

Just across the street from ourElmwood office, a hungry editorcan grab a sandwich in what has tobe one of the most elegant Subwayshops in the country.

And there are new several newhomes nearing completion in Elm-wood’s northern subdivision.Those homes have added some-thing to a once “sleepy” town.

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BILLTOWN: Board seeks bids for roof, HVACGeneral Obligation Alternate Rev-enue bonds not to exceed$1,050,000 through First Midstate.

They borrow against a conserva-tive projection of receipts from theKnox County School FacilitiesSales Tax, which pays the Districtabout $150,000 a year. The fundsaren’t borrowed against Williams-field’s tax levy.

As far as State support, Billtownbudgeted $291,000 in State rev-enues this year, but now expectsmaybe two-thirds of that amount.

“Gov. Bruce Rauner has a budgetaddress on (Feb. 18),” Farquer said.“This will provide us a general ideaof how much state funding we willlose. We’re going to lose moneyfrom this year’s projections, andnext year we’ll get even less.”

Board members opposed commit-ting to much beyond repairing theroof and improved the heating/airconditioning system. The Boardwill consider bids on HVAC reno-vation and roof work, and couldaward the work next month. SomeBoard members asked for estimateson replacing the entire roof, too.

HVAC work could include theart, music and science rooms, plus

the kitchen, culinary lab and Com-mons area at a cost of some$300,000. Roof work would beabout $100,000, though half wouldbe covered by a maintenance grant.

A more secure entrance andSTEM lab together would costabout $610,000.

The Board chose not to changegraduation despite already usingfour emergency days, voting tokeep it 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 17.Depending on additional emer-gency days, the school year mayhave to be extended, but now “justseniors get out a couple weeksearly,” Farquer said.

In other business, the Board:• was notified the IHSA approved

Williamsfield’s co-op withROWVA for baseball and softball;

• unanimously approved tempo-rary transfers of $70,000 fromTransportation to the Illinois Mu-nicipal Retirement Fund accountand $55,000 from Education toTort, both to be repaid in May;

• approved a one-year lease withMidwest Bus Sales on a new, 14-passenger activity bus, with an op-tion to buy. The $55,000 vehiclereplaces a 2006 bus with 90,000miles on it, and Midwest Bus is

paying the District $4,500 as atrade-in. The District also will be re-imbursed about $6,000 from theState;

• OK’d a Senior Class trip toGatlinburg, Tenn., at a cost of about$12,000, which the class has raisedin the last four years;

• approved the resignation asMiddle School track assistant coachand Middle School girls’ softballcoach by Marcy Brugger “for per-sonal reasons.” Brugger said she’salso not interested in pursuing agirls basketball program;

• heard Farquer report $8,000 inTitle II money and $5,800 inPerkins Grant money will be usedto help purchase Chromebooks forJuniors to assist with PARCC test-ing and ACT prep. Federal fundsalso will go toward buying desktopcomputers for the Business class-room after Windows 10 comes out;

• heard Principal Zack Binder re-port several college-prep activitiesare underway, ranging from visitingcollege recruiters to ACT prep ses-sions. Students must register onlineby March 13 for the April 18 test,and the District will reimburse fam-ilies for registration costs; and

• Senior Night is Feb. 19.


I used to be a big wrestling fan.From the time I was in gradeschool ’til just after I moved toElmwood, I’d watch professionalwrestling when-ever it was on.I wasn’t just afan; I was an in-sider.

For a longtime, I wrote forsome nationalwrestling maga-zines (not undermy real name). Ieven published my own insider’spublication for five years when Ioffered behind-the-scenes stories ofwhat was going on in the world ofwrestling.

Now how does a reasonably in-telligent guy like me become a fanof such a sham? Sure, nowadays,they pretty well admit that it’s“fake,” but that’s only a recent de-velopment. For many years,wrestlers would not break characterin public in an effort to perpetuatethe illusion that the violence wasreal.

To be honest, if I’d have thought

the violence was real, I’d neverhave enjoyed wrestling at all. Butthat came to an abrupt end in highschool.

At that time, Verne Gagne ran theAmerican Wrestling Association,based in Minneapolis, and he had aweekly one-hour show on localchannels. Once a month he’d cometo Moline (and Peoria) and run alocal show with four or fivematches between his all-stars. They always were matches youcouldn’t see on TV.

A couple times a year, to helplocal organizations raise money,Gagne would offer a wrestling cardat local high schools. The organiza-tion would pay a certain percent ofthe gate, the gymnasium would fillup, and both the organization andGagne would walk away happy.

Top tickets went for a whoppingfive bucks, but packing a couplethousand people into a gym waspretty common. That’s a nice profitfor both sides.

Back in high school, five buckswas sometimes hard to come by, sowhen I was offered a chance to setup chairs around the ring in ex-

change for a ticket, I jumped at thechance.

I was sitting in the bleachers withthree or four other guys after finish-ing. A crew from the promotionwas setting up the ring in the mid-dle of all the chairs that we’d justput in place when the doors at thefar end of the gym opened up andone of the wrestlers walked in.

Ivan Koloff – the Russian Bear! We stiffened in fear. This was a

mean, rule breaker who spoke noEnglish (or very little) and whohated Americans. He saw us andheaded straight our way as we triedto figure out a way to void ourbladders in a graceful way.

“Hi guys! How you doin’?” hesaid in a relatively normal voice. “Locker rooms back this way?”

Now I’m not a real worldly per-son and at that time of my life, Imight have been out of the state ofIllinois a handful of times. But thatphrase didn’t sound Russian, and itdidn’t have even a trace of a Russ-ian accent.

As it turns out, Koloff was an act.It seems that his real name was Jim

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To the Editor:You probably didn’t notice, but

the Senate passed a milestone a fewweeks back. Before 2015 was amonth old, senators had alreadyhad a chance to vote up-or-down onmore amendmentsthan they did in all of2014.

This is a promisingsign that new MajorityLeader Mitch Mc-Connell might havemeant it when he de-clared last year that he wants theSenate to return to the “regularorder” of debate and amendments.For the last few weeks, a favoriteinside-the-Beltway guessing gamehas been whether he’d be willing tostick with it in the face of demands,sure to come, to reduce debate andamendments and expedite approvalof bills.

A return to the “regular order,”on either or both sides of the Capi-

tol, has enormous implications.There is no single solution to Con-gress’s problems, but it’s hard toimagine Congress can get past itsdysfunction without adopting theregular order.

At its simplest, that’swhat you learned inschool. A member in-troduces a bill; it goesthrough committeewhere members con-sider amendments, andthen gets debated and

amended again on the floor. Theother body goes through the sameprocess, and the separate bills theyproduce get reconciled in a confer-ence committee, and finally thePresident approves or rejects thebill. The process, though never per-fect, is relatively open, fair to allmembers, and promotes accounta-bility. It produces better-quality leg-islation and pride in the institution,because members know they’re

taking part in fair procedures.Over the last few decades, how-

ever, Congress has adopted an al-ternative approach: the mega-bill.These bills usually run to hundredsif not thousands of pages. Theylimit amendments to a few, if any.They shut ordinary members out ofthe process, undermine participa-tion, shield Congress from publicscrutiny, and are, in short, an out-rage to democracy.

It is hard to get voters focused oncongressional process when they’reso focused on particular issues –how a candidate feels about climatechange or abortion. But the plaintruth is that the regular order en-hances the chance that legislationthat truly represents what’s best forAmericans will emerge from Capi-tol Hill.

Maybe one day Congress willcome to believe this, too.

– Lee HamiltonDirector, Center on Congress

Maybe we can have a regular Congress

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Peoria Co. crime statsreleased for January

The Peoria Sheriff’s Departmentreleased its monthly Crime Statis-tics Report for January for Countylaw-enforcement responses in theseven Peoria County townships in The Weekly Post’s circulation area.

Brimfield city and township to-gether had 1 criminal sexual as-sault, 1 vandalism/criminaldamage, 4 accidents without an in-jury and 6 traffic tickets.

Elmwood city and township to-gether had 1 domestic battery and 1accident with no injuries.

Jubilee had 2 accidents withoutan injury and 4 traffic tickets.

Kickapoo had 1 assault, 1 domes-tic battery, 1 drug arrest, 2 thefts, 1vandalism/criminal damage, 3Driving Under the Influence ar-rests, 1 accident with injury, 11 ac-cidents without injuries and 16traffic tickets.

Millbrook had no crimes.Radnor had 2 vandalism/criminal

damage arrests, 2 accidents with in-juries, 5 accidents without injuries,and 3 traffic tickets issued.

Rosefield had 1 theft, 1 violationof order of protection, 4 accidentswith no injuries and 1 traffic ticket.Jeep rear-ends car waiting to turn

KICKAPOO – A 2007 Jeep

Wrangler driven by Charlotte An-drews, 35, of Yates City, about12:30 p.m. Feb. 4 struck the rear ofa 2009 Chevrolet Malibu stoppedin the eastbound turn lane on Farm-ington Road to turn onto TaylorRoad, according to a Peoria CountySheriff’s Office report.

Deputies were not at the scene,but received the report and identi-fying material later because of atraffic collision alert in effect.One motorist injured inhead-on crash

KICKAPOO – One man was in-jured in a Feb. 8 accident on Illi-nois Route 8 near Taylor Road,where his 2009 Chevrolet HHRwas forced off the highway by anoncoming vehicle in his eastboundlane, according to reports.

Scott Welker, 39, of Farmingtonwas transported by AMT to OSFSt. Francis Medical Center.

Welker’s car left the road andtraveled about 50 feet down an em-bankment, police said.Motorist forced off road,car damaged

JUBILEE – Justin Pence, 25, ofPeoria was westbound on U.S.Route 150 about 5 a.m. Feb. 3when an eastbound vehicle crossedthe center line and forced Pence’s1995 Ford Crown Victoria off theroad, police said.

The Crown Vic slid into a snow-covered field, damaging thedriver’s side door.

The other motorist hasn’t beenidentified and left the scene.16-year-old ticketed in 3-car accident

RADNOR – A juvenile Peoriadriver was ticketed for failure to re-duce speed to avoid an accidentabout 12:30 p.m. on Jan. 28. The2007 Ford van she was drivingsouthbound on Illinois Route 91struck a 2014 Honda Odysseydriven by Sandhya Padiyar, 43 ofNorthville, Mich., causing that carto run into the back of a 2009 Mer-cedes Benz driven by FannyLewin, 43, of Peoria, according tothe Peoria County Sheriff’s Office.

No injuries were reported.Police Reports

• Matthew Jones, 33, ofPrinceville on Feb. 3 was arrestedfor domestic battery and battery-bodily harm and transported to thePeoria County Jail.

• Zachery Franklin, 28, of Ed-wards on Feb. 8 was arrested foraggravated battery, aggravated as-sault with a deadly weapon, andunlawful use of a firearm and trans-ported to the Peoria County Jail.Deer accidents

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No soccer in Farmington any time soonBy MICHELLE SHERMAN

For The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON –Farmington District 265students will not play soc-cer for the school district,at least not anytime in thenear future.

Parents and students at-tended the Board of Edu-cation meeting in Januaryto ask the district to con-sider adding soccer as ahigh school sport.

Families told the boardFarmington students sin-gle-handedly field onewhole team in Canton’sclub soccer league, andthey felt an official pro-gram would be feasible.

At that time, the boardinstructed Athletic Direc-tor Eric Matthews to fur-ther investigate what itwould take to bring soc-cer to District 265. Hecompleted some researchwhich he presented to theboard at its meeting Mon-day (Feb. 9).

Initial start-up costs justfor a boys’ programwould be about $33,000,with estimated continua-tion costs of up to$12,000 annually.

Matthews said, if theboard decided to add aprogram, he would rec-ommend fielding only a

junior varsity team for thefirst few years.

“Otherwise, we’d besetting ourselves up tofail” in the face of schoolswith much more estab-lished varsity teams,Matthews said.

Board members felt thecost was a little much forthe district to shoulder atthis time. They said ex-ploring a club optionunder the Illinois HighSchool Association wouldbe a better option, at leastfor a few years to evalu-ate how the addition ofanother sport will impactother district programs.

Superintendent JohnAsplund expressed con-cern that adding soccerwould gut other programsin which District 265 al-ready is competitive, suchas cross country.

Board member Dakota

Horn, who coaches aCanton club soccer team,said he supported a soccerprogram until Matthewslaid out the facts.

“I will admit, I was asupporter of this, but I’mgoing to change mymind,” he said, adding hedoesn’t look forward totelling his players. “But Iwasn’t elected to be theirsoccer supporter.”

In other business theboard:

• Learned solar panelinstallation is about 30working days from com-pletion. A dedication willbe in April or May.

• Donated $750 to theFarmington AcademicFoundation.

• Approved renewal ofdistrict health and dentalinsurance throughKiesewetter Insurance.

• Approved one- and

two-hour delayed startschedules in the case ofinclement weather. Thenew schedules will be ineffect next school year.

• Voted to join over 230other school districts inIllinois in supporting theVision 20/20 Initiative.

• Learned March maysee Reduction in Forceproposals in low-enroll-ment, elective programsin the high school.

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SCIENCE: New test focuses on math, readingthe country about tests inschool.

“For the past twodecades, the trend in fed-eral, state and local educa-tion policy circles hasbeen to require more andmore standardized examsas a way to establish com-mon benchmarks ofachievement and to holdschools accountable,”Haley Sweetland Edwardsreported. “But in recentyears, teachers, students,parents and lawmakersfrom both ends of the ide-ological spectrum havebegun to revolt.”

The head of the ISBEsays science isn’t beingabandoned, and Illinoishasn’t been punished by

Uncle Sam.“We haven’t been told

that what we’re proposingwould be illegal and thatwe’d be sanctioned,”State School Superintend-ent Christopher Koch toldthe Chicago Tribune.“We’re still in discussionsabout it. [And] we’re notsaying we’re ignoring sci-ence.”

Asplund commentedthat he has doubts aboutthe entire process.

“I am not in support ofall the testing we are man-dated to impose on stu-dents,” he said. “It iscurious that the state haschosen to drop a core cur-ricular area.”

Previously, Illinois’ 4thand 7th graders took theIllinois StandardsAchievement Test (ISAT)in science, and highschool juniors took sci-ence as part of the PrairieState Achievement Exam-ination (PSAE). But thosetests have been replacedby PARCC, which nowcover only math and Eng-lish language arts, includ-ing reading.

“With all of the issuesthe State has encountereddeveloping the PARCC

math/reading assess-ments, it is probably agood thing that the Statedidn’t take on the scienceassessment this year,” saidShannon Duling, Superin-tendent of PrincevilleC.U.S.D. 326. “Hopefully,the new assessments willbe a good quality assess-ment that teachers can useto guide instruction. How-ever, with this being thefirst year of a ‘rushed’ im-plementation, we are veryskeptical of any valid re-sults.”

In Elmwood, Meyerssaid she was surprised thestate plans to field-testnew, advanced sciencequestions this spring,which Koch hopes willsatisfy the federal govern-ment.

“This is the first time Ihave heard of this ‘sci-ence field-testing’ possi-bility,” Meyers said. “I amcurious about when thismight happen since thetesting window for thefirst PARCC assessment(called PBA) is March 9-April 3 and the testingwindow for the secondPARCC assessment(called EOY) is April 27-May 22.”

Meanwhile, the ISBErecently adopted new,Next Generation ScienceStandards, but theyhaven’t been incorporatedinto curriculum and a newscience test hasn’t beendeveloped.

Costs to local districtsare a factor, Duling said.

“As the new PARCCmath/reading assessmentsare technology based, wehave had to allocate ourlimited resources in man-power and funding to up-grade our Internetconnection, upgrade ourtechnology-based devices,and train our staff,” Dul-ing said. “Not only havewe had to commit numer-ous resources to preparefor the new assessment,but the new assessmentsare significantly longerthan ISAT to give, whichtakes away from studentinstructional time.

“If we were giving ascience assessment, alongwith the math and read-ing, it would likely meaneven more lost instruc-tional time,” he continued,“I am more concernedwith the issues that willarise from giving thePARCC math and readingassessments than I amwith not giving the sci-ence assessments.”

Some educators saytime is needed to incorpo-rate new standards intothe curriculum, trainteachers and build a newtest, but the ISBE aims tohave the tests given nextyear.


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COUNTY: Motor Fuel Tax needs revisionernment as “unique, agold-medal team,” andpraised bipartisan cooper-ation within the Countyand effective partneringwith other governmentalunits within the Countyand beyond.

Organizational innova-tions include a newlyformed Chairman’s Cabi-net meeting bi-monthlyto facilitate dialogue be-tween the County Boardand management, and anew Super-Committeeincluding all 10 electedofficials and almost halfthe County Board, whichRand said is the first ofits kind in Illinois.

Through such commu-nications and collabora-tion, he said, the Countyinstalled a fiber-opticcable between theCounty Courthouse andCity Hall, enacted a newIntergovernmentalAgreement with the Cityto improve County high-ways within City limits,and added fines owed tothe City of Peoria for un-paid code violations toindividuals’ real estatetax bills to recover hun-dreds of thousands ofdollars.

Other ongoing partner-ships with communitiesinclude providing dis-patch services to townssuch as Elmwood, as-signing designatedDeputy Sheriffs to com-

munities such asPrinceville, and workingwith dozens of villagesand townships for roadmaintenance or salt pro-vision and for assistancein securing state or fed-eral funding for infra-structure improvements.

Citing declining MotorFuel Tax revenues, whichderive from a 19 centsper gallon tax that hasn’t

changed since 1990,Luther said concernsabout deteriorating roadsand revenues must be ad-dressed.

“Local governmentsare fighting a losing bat-tle unless changes to thehighway funding formulaare adopted by the stateand federal govern-ments,” she said. “Asboth road conditions and

funding decline, we onlyfall further behind.

“This year, the Countywill undergo a study ofthe existing data to ratethe quality of our road-ways, calculate annualcosts to maintain road-ways at each rating, andprovide options for main-tenance and constructionmaterials within thosecosts.”


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BRIEFSPresident’s Day closings,and some openings

Monday, Feb. 16 is PresidentsDay, a federal holiday honoringU.S. presidents, and some schoolsare in session, and others off for theholiday.

According to school calendars,both Elmwood and Farmingtonwill have regular schedules, andBrimfield, Princeville andWilliamsfield all are taking Presi-dents Day off,

Other public services to be af-fected:

• Courthouse: The Courthouseand its offices, ranging from courtsto County offices, will be closed.

• Other government offices: Mu-nicipal, state and federal officeswill be closed.

• Postal Service: There’s no maildelivery, except Express Mail.Elmwood duo reachesIHSA speech sectionals

MONMOUTH – Senior TylerMeyers and junior Deanna Cantuof Elmwood placed second overall

in humorous duet Saturday at theIHSA speech regional at Mon-mouth Roseville.

Meyers was also third in humor-ous interpretation.

They advance to sectional com-petition Saturday.Farmington science teamfares well at regionals

MACOMB – Farmington HighSchool’s Science Olympiad team isheaded to state after a successfulshowing in regional action at West-ern Illinois University last Satur-day.

Farmington was first in DivisionC (10th-12th grades) and third inDivision B (6th-9th grade).

State competition will be April18 at the University of Illinois.Peoria Train Fair returnsto East Peoria Sunday

EAST PEORIA – Model trainsof all makes will be on displaySunday (Feb. 15) from 10 a.m. to 3p.m. at Illinois Central College forthe Peoria Train Fair.

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Paul Stenger Sr.KICKAPOO – Paul A. Stenger

Sr., 94, of Kickapoo passed awayat 3:25 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 5,2015, at Liberty Village of Peoria.

Paul was born on Mar. 18, 1920,in Rosefield Township to AndrewF. and Frances(Loescher)Stenger. He mar-ried Frances M.Whelan on Dec.30, 1943, in Peo-ria. She precededhim in death onOct. 25, 1976. Helater marriedEloise Elizabeth“Betty” Bennett on April 25, 1980,in Peoria. She too preceded him indeath.

He was also preceded in deathby his parents; one sister, IreneCarroll; two brothers, EugeneStenger and Sylvester Stenger; onegrandchild, Joseph Stenger; andthree brothers-in-law, Frank Kelch,Robert Whelan, and Robert Car-roll.

He is survived by one daughter,Bonnie (Craig) Tiezzi of Brim-field; two sons, Paul A. Jr. (Cather-ine) Stenger of Peoria and Martial(Karen) Stenger of Brimfield; onesister, Anna Mae Kelch of Kick-apoo; one brother-in-law, Donald(Mary) Whelan of Chillicothe; onesister-in-law, Mary Whelan ofWashington, Ill.; stepchildren,Robert (Judy) Bennett of Carolina,R.I., David (Brenda) Bennett ofKerney, Mo., Joseph (Debbie)Bennett of Lathrup, Mo., Gary(Wendy) Bennett of Knoxville,Tenn., Judy (Tim) Sponsler ofMorton, Nancy (Wayne) Lombeckof Alpharetta, Ga., Becky Cum-mins of Sylvania, Ohio, and Mary(Jim) Schraeder of Franklin, Tenn.;grandchildren, Jackie (Doug Sut-ton) Tiezzi, Craig M. (NaomiHarphom) Tiezzi, Angie (Morgan)McGowan, Paul M. (Lisa) Stenger,Caitlin (Brad) Kirchgessner; astep-grandchild, Matt (SamanthaSkelton) Stenger; five great-grand-children; and three step-great-grandchildren.

Paul worked as a farmer, retiringfrom his sesquicentennial farm. Hethen worked at Hiram Walker for12 years, retiring in 1981.

He was a founding member ofthe Kickapoo Sportsmen’s Club.He was also a member of the Peo-ria County Farm Bureau and St.Mary Catholic Church in Kick-apoo. Paul was an avid hunter andhogger of fish.

A funeral Mass was Feb. 10,2015, at St. Mary Catholic Churchin Kickapoo. Fr. Joseph Don-danville officiated. Burial was inSt. Patrick Cemetery in Kickapoo.

Memorials may be made to St.Mary Catholic Church, Kickapoo.

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

Brian DuleyYATES CITY – Brian Duley, 53,

of Yates City died Feb. 4 in Elm-wood.

He was born Jan. 12, 1962, inElmwood to Ralph and Judy(Clark) Duley. His parents survivein Yates City. Other survivors arehis children, Brett, Michael,Markus and Grace Duley, all ofYates City; Lisa Duley, the motherof his children; his brother, Larry(Angie) Duley of Yates City; onenephew; and one niece.

A memorial service was held onFeb. 9 at the Crossroads Assemblyof God Church in Elmwood.

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Cecilia ElserBRIMFIELD – Cecilia “Ceil”

Elser, 97, of Peoria, mother of aKickapoo woman and sister of aBrimfield woman and a Princevillewoman, died Jan. 30 at OSFRichard L. Owens Hospice Home.

Survivors include daughterSandy (Joe) Staes of Kickapoo andtwo sisters, Cathy Satterfield ofBrimfield and Betty Menold ofPrinceville.

A Mass of Christian burial washeld at Resurrection Mausoleum

Chapel on Feb. 3, with entomb-ment in the mausoleum.

Leave online condolences atwww.wrightandsalmon.com.

John ElyPRINCEVILLE – John H. Ely,

79, of Chillicothe, formerly ofPrinceville, died on Feb. 7 at OSFSaint Francis Medical Center inPeoria.

Survivors include brother Eu-gene (Gerry) Ely of Princeville.

A funeral Mass was held on Feb.11 at St. Edward Catholic Churchin Chillicothe, with burial in theChillicothe City Cemetery.

John’s online memorial websitemay be viewed at www.hurdfami-lyfunerals.com.

Roger JacksonPRINCEVILLE – Roger Jack-

son, 73, of rural Princeville died onFeb. 6 in Peoria.

He married Debora Sharp Oct.10, 1975. She survives. Also sur-viving are daughters, Robin Savageof Lolo, Mont., and Kim (Dave)Hancher of Wyoming; sons, Scott(Nadine) Jackson of Albuquerque,N.M., and Jeffrey (Melissa) Jack-son of Williamsfield; stepdaughter,Kim Muro of Princeville; stepson,Tony Muro of Peoria; two sisters;seven grandchildren; and fourgreat-grandchildren.

Services were Feb. 10 at ChristNew Covenant Open Bible Churchin Lacon, with burial in theWyoming Cemetery.

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John Kell Jr.BRIMFIELD – John R. Kell Jr.,

71, of Brimfield died on Feb. 1 atUnityPoint Health-Methodist inPeoria.

Surviving are three sons, John R.(Sherri) Kell, Patrick D. (Brenda)Kell and Michael S. (Michelle)Kell; his grandchildren, Ashley,Angela, John, Riley and NoahKell; one great-grandson, Brayden;two sisters; his companion later inlife, Alana “Sue” Beecher; and hergrandchildren.

A funeral service was Feb. 7 atWilton Mortuary, with burial willbe in Brimfield City Cemetery.

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This Week’s Obituaries• Brian Duley, 53, Yates City• Cecelia Elser, 97, Brimfield• John Ely, 79, Princeville• Roger Jackson, 73, Princeville• John Kell, Jr., 71, Brimfield • Paul Stenger Sr.,94, Kickapoo• Gene Venzon III, 47, Yates City• Kenneth Weeks, 85, Brimfield• Steven Williams, 62, Trivoli

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OBITUARIESGene Venzon III

YATES CITY – Gene A. VenzonIII, 47, of Yates City died Feb. 1 athis residence.

Cremation was accorded, and amemorial service was held at theUniversalist Unitarian Church inPeoria on Feb. 11.

Leave online condolences atwww.peoriafuneral.com.

Kenneth WeeksBRIMFIELD – Kenneth Arnold

Weeks, 85, of Brimfield died Feb.7 at OSF Richard L. Owens Hos-pice Home.

Survivors include his wife, SallyMahieu; two children, Joan (Jeff)Bastian of Peoria and Kenneth“Chip” Weeks of Dunlap; threestepchildren; and four grandchil-dren.

A funeral mass was Feb. 11 at St.Thomas Catholic Church, with cre-mation rites accorded followingthe Mass. Burial will take place inBureau Cemetery in Bureau at alater date.

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Steven WilliamsTRIVOLI – Steven L. Williams,

62, of Trivoli, brother of a Farm-ington woman, died on Feb. 7 athis residence.

Survivors include sister Sharon(Paul) Doubet of Farmington.

Services are Wednesday (Feb.11) at 1 p.m. at Murphy-SedgwickMemorial Home in Canton. Burialwill follow in Trivoli Cemetery.

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Sun. Divine Service: 10 amSun. School: 8:45 amBible Class: 8:45 amBrimfield 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

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EDWARDSChrist Alive!

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ELMWOODCrossroads Assembly of God

Pastor Tim Cavallo615 E. Ash St., Elmwood

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Wed. Worship: 7 pmSun. Worship: 10:30 amElmwood Baptist ChurchPastor Dennis Fitzgerald

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of ElmwoodReverend Marla B. Bauler

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firstpresbyterianofelmwood.orgSun. Worship: 10:30 amSun. School: 9:30 am

St. Patrick’sCatholic ChurchFather Paul Stiene

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

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Tues. Rosary: 8:15 amUnited Methodist Church

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

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

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

(309) 245-2914www.firstpresfarmington.com

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New Hope FellowshipAssembly of GodPastor Tom Wright

1102 N. Illinois Route 78Farmington

(309) 245-2957Sun. Worship: 10 amWed. Worship: 7 pmYATES CITYFaith United

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Wednesday (Feb. 11) at 6:30 p.m.in the Elmwood High School gymfor a sectional matchup.

The same two teams have metthree times in the past two sea-sons, with Elmwood winning allthree contests – including lastyear’s 7-2A title game, a 50-35final.

The winner advances to the 8-2A state quarterfinals Saturday at11:20 a.m. to play the winner be-tween Decatur Robertson (18-5)and Springfield Blessed Sacra-ment (16-6).

In other eighth-grade action,Farmington (16-6) was to playIllini Bluffs (21-3) on Wednesday

at Farmington at 6:30 p.m.That winner advances to a 8-3A

state quarterfinal at Tolono Unitythis Saturday at 10 a.m. against thewinner between Dolton Lincoln(12-2) and Calumet Park (11-5).

Both of Farmington’s 7-3A stategames were close.

In the quarterfinals, the Farmersdefeated Germantown Hills, 35-34, on a put-back of a missed freethrow in the final seconds byBlake Springer. That was Farm-ington’s first lead of the game.

Springer finished with a game-high 13 points, Jaden Rutledgescored 12 and Ben Martin andDalton Powell added 4 apiece.

In the semifinals, Farmington

lost to junior high power Teutopo-lis, 45-39. The Farmers led 16-9after one quarter and 32-31 afterthree, but could not stop theWooden Shoes, which plays todayfor its fourth state title in fiveyears.

After going 0-for-6 from the linein the first three quarters, Teutopo-lis hit 5-of-6 free throws in thefinal quarter.

Martin led Farmington with 13points, Powell had nine, KylePeckham added 7 and Rutledgescored 6.

Farmington’s best previous boysjunior high finish was a state Btitle in 1984.


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ANDREW G. HAINES and JENNIFER )ANNE PIZINGER HAINES, )UNKNOWN OWNERS and )NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, )

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that summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you asprovided by law, and that the said suit is now pending. Now therefore,unless you, the said above named Defendants, file your answer to theComplaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance thereinin the Office of the Clerk of the Court, Circuit Court of Peoria County,Illinois, 324 Main Street, Peoria, IL 61602, on or before Feb. 28, 2015,default may be entered against you at any time after that day and aJudgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.Kerry R. CordisJennie Cordis BoswellCORDIS & CORDISAttorneys at Law129 North Walnut StreetP.O. Box 445Princeville, Illinois 61559309.385.4616 (t) • 309.674.5994 (f)Attorneys for Farmers State Bank, an Illinois Banking Corporation,Elmwood, Illinois

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GIRLS: Early surge helps Lady Indians in victory over ElmwoodElmwood coach GreggMeyers said.

Brimfield started fast,going up 10-0 and 15-5 atthe end of the first quarter.But with Indians standoutKennedy Dura on thebench in foul trouble inthe second, Elmwood gotto within 26-19 on a treyby Ashley Perryman andwas down 6 at halftime.

The Lady Trojansstayed within striking dis-tance until Shayla Mc-Cormick’s three ignited a9-0 Lady Indians run.

Elmwood got to within10 down the stretch, butcould not close.

“We rebounded welland played good defense

around the basket. That’simportant against thisElmwood team,” Brim-field coach Jim Blane.said

Morgan Ledbetterpaced Elmwood with 18points. Brimfield got 21from Dura and 15 fromMcCormick.

Brimfield (24-6) fol-lowed that with a season-ending home win overIlini Bluffs to clinch theICAC championship witha 4-0 league mark. After atight first quarter, theLady Indians took over inthe second half and heldon for a 51-43 win. Durascored 19, and ChloeBowe had an impressivenine steals.

ElmwoodAfter the disappointing

loss to Brimfield, Elm-wood (19-5) dropped aroad game at Lewistown,57-53, despite 17 pointsand 11 rebounds fromAllie Meyers and 11points from Shyann Jones.

“It was disappointingbecause we executed andplayed hard,” Meyerssaid.

Fittingly, the Lady Tro-jans’ best regular seasonended with a 56-45 win inthe Senior Night finalelast Saturday againstFarmington (15-14).

Elmwood scored 35 in

the first half and then heldoff the Lady Farmers.

Three seniors led Elm-wood, as Abby Frietschtallied 17, followed byAshley Perryman with 11and Jones’ 10. Meyershelped with 16 reboundsand senior Hannah Huberreturned from injury.

“Along with the satis-faction of a successfulSenior Night we werehappy with the adjustmentwe made in holdingFarmington’s HannahJostes to 4 points in thesecond half after she hadscored 20 in the first,”Meyers said.

FarmingtonFarmington opened re-

gional play Monday witha 38-29 win over WestCentral. Kenzie Skaggsled with 10 points.

Prior to that, coachJimmy Jordan’s teamtraveled to Rushville lastTuesday for a 63-44 win.

“Our defense worethem down,” Jordan said.

PrincevilleAfter a 56-37 loss to

Ridgewood last week,Princeville had won threestraight at press time, in-cluding Monday’s 40-22win over Peoria Heightsin the regional opener.

Prior to that, the LadyPrinces finished the regu-lar season on a high note. First came a 48-42 winover ROWVA on Thurs-day thanks to 18 pointsand 12 rebounds fromLucy Waid and 18 pointsfrom Brooke Gardner.

One night later Waidfired up 15 points andgrabbed 11 rebounds in a39-33 win over United.Gardner had 10 and PaigeLane added 8.

“The team is young,and the girls are improv-ing by leaps and bounds,”Princeville coach RandyLong said.

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BOYS: Brimfield tops Delavan in key seeding showdownWethersfield regional, whereRidgewood is a likely No. 1seed and Princeville could bethe No. 2.

“I told our team we can start anew win streak in the nextweek, which would be what wewould want going into the post-season,” Princeville coach JeffKratzer said.

The Princes heeded that callTuesday in a 69-45 home winover Stark County. Nick Krafthad 21 points and 8 reboundsand Mitchell Janssen added 14points and 8 boards.

Last Thursday, Princevilledowned Stark County 45-41 be-hind Kraft’s 18. Then came a65-46 semifinal win over Mer-cer County Friday.

“Ten threes were really help-ful in stopping Mercer,” Kratzersaid. Five came from BrendanStreitmatter, three from sopho-more Noah Bauman.

BrimfieldHomecoming Night last Fri-

day brought out an enthusiasticcrowd and Delavan’s normallyhot 3-point shooting team. But

Brimfield can also drain threes... and has an inside game.

In a contest that had key re-gional seeding implications,Carson Cuevas (18 points)scored for Brimfield (22-2)while Brad Novak (13) cleanedup inside and Nathan Wallace(14) was on the mark. That in-cluded a big basket in the sec-ond quarter that sent Brimfieldinto the lockers ahead, 32-31.

Brimfield held a lead the restof the way, but wasn’t comfort-able until Jace Swietek – whohad yet to score – hit a trey offthe bankboard at 4:04 andswished another at 2:21 to givethe Indians a 60-50 advantage.

One final scare came whenCuevas fouled out with 1:45left, but the Indians proved theirdepth with the likes of PhelanKelly and Koby White helpingpreserve a 63-54 win.

“Wallace hit one three balleach quarter and Swietek savedhis best for the crucial fourthquarter. This game was big forthe upcoming regionals,” coachScott Carlson said.

Prior to that, Brimfield

trounced a 19-win West Prairieteam, 67-44, last Thursday.Twelve made shots behind thearc were more than half the In-dians’ total for field goals.Cuevas (19) and Swietek (15)each had four treys.

“Our offense was really click-ing,” Carlson said.

Brimfield took clicking to an-other level Tuesday in a 102-46home win against Williams-field. The Indians shot 15-for-23 on 3-pointers, 46-for-63overall and Cuevas had 37.

ElmwoodThe Trojans (21-5) cracked

the 20-win plateau for the fifthtime in the past six seasons andshowed signs they have learnedto take control early.

Tuesday Elmwood traveled toBushnell Prairie City for a 52-32 victory, led by Jake Roberts’11 rebounds and 8 points.

Last week, the Trojansdowned South Fulton 63-51, ledby Isaiah Groeper’s 20 points,Robert’s 17 and MatthewJehle’s 15.

“We took control early andnever relented the lead,” coach

Josh Fugitt said.Then Friday the Trojans

jumped to a 21-6 first quarterlead against Lewistown asGroeper had 13 points.

“We knew they were a goodteam and that it was a four-quar-ter game,” Fugitt said.

Lewistown’s strong insideplay tightened things, butGroeper’s 18 and two big sec-ond-half threes from KellyHoffmann assured a 48-38 win.

FarmingtonFarmington (11-11) evened its

record Tuesday with a 74-66win over Knoxville as EricHiggs had 27 points, TreySwearingen tallied 23 andCaleb Gilstrap had 15.

That followed Friday’s 43-39home loss to Beardstown, inwhich the Farmers played gooddefense but struggled to scorewithout Higgs, who was out.

Last Tuesday (Feb. 3) Farm-ington outlasted a very goodRushville inside game, 60-55.Higgs’ 23 points, successfulman defense and clutch pointsfrom underclassmen Judd An-derson, Steven Gilstrap and

Blake Mattson got the job done. “We were down 50-45 with

five minutes remaining and fin-ished it off with a 20-10 run,”coach Jeff Otto said.

WilliamsfieldThe Bombers produced a

three win-week prior to Tues-day’s game at Brimfield.

In the days before thatblowout loss, Billtown (17-11),handled Lowpoint Washburn,Calvary Christian of Normal,and Cornerstone Christian ofBloomington.

At home last Tuesday (Feb.3), Williamsfield won 75-43 ledby 20 from Tyler Jones, 16 fromEthen Hunt and 15 from ZachSmith.

Next up was a trip to Normalvs. Calvary Christian, where thehome team got into early foultrouble, compounded by a verystrong Billtown run in the thirdquarter of a 65-38 victory.Smith had 22 points.

Last Saturday Billtown againtraveled to the Twin Cities, thistime for a 63-46 win over Cor-nerstone Christian. GarrettWight’s 20 led Billtown.



CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS PEORIA COUNTY, in Probate

In the Matter of the Estate ofBEVERLY S. PEEK., 15 P 23

NOTICE OF CLAIM DATE

Notice is given to creditors of the death of BEVERLY S. PEEK.Letters of Office were issued to WESLEY H. PEEK, 18612 North El-more Road, Laura, Illinois 61451, as Executor, whose attorney isTHE CORDIS LAW OFFICE, LLC, Attorneys at Law, 129 North Wal-nut 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 representa-tive, or both, on or before the 29th day of July, 2015 or if mailing ordelivery of a notice from the representative is required by Sec. 18-3of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Anyclaim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claimfiled with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant tothe representatives and to the attorney within ten (10) days after ithas been filed.

Dated, January 23, A.D. 2015.

WESLEY H. PEEK, Executor of the Estate of BEVERLY S. PEEK, Deceased

The Cordis Law Office, LLC Attorneys for Executor 129 North Walnut Avenue BY: (S) Kerry S. CordisP. O. Box 445 Attorney for EstatePrinceville, IL 6l559309/385-46l6

CLAIM NOTICEIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF

ILLINOIS , PEORIA COUNTY

In Re ESTATE OF )JERRY N. SEWELL, ) No. 15-P-42Deceased. )

NOTICE is given to creditors of the death of JERRY N. SEWELL onDecember 28, 2014. Letters of Office were issued by the above en-titled Court to EDWARD D. SEWELL, of P. O. Box 58, Buda, Texas78610, as Executor, whose attorneys of record are WHITNEY &POTTS, LTD., 118 West Main Street, P. O. Box 368, Elmwood,Illinois, 61529-0368. Claims against the Estate may be filed in theCircuit Clerk's Of fice, Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, orwith the repre senta tive or both on or before the 21st day of Au-gust, 2015, or if maili ng or delivery of a Notice from the represen-tative is required by Sec. 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the datestated in that Notice. Every claim filed must be in writing and statesufficient information to notify the representative of the nature ofthe claim or other relief sought. Any claim not filed on or beforethat date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must bemailed or delivered by the claim ant to the representative and to theattorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed and shall filewith the Court, proof of any required mailing or delivery of copies.

DATED this 30th day of January, 2015.

EDWARD D. SEWELL, Executor of the Estate of JERRY N. SEWELL, Deceased.

WHITNEY & POTTS, LTD.Attorneys for the Executor118 West Main StreetP. O. Box 368Elmwood, Illinois 61529-0368Telephone: (309) 742-3611


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Several local athleteswill continue their sportscareers in college nextyear.

Among those are Jor-dan Kraft of Princevilleand Kendra Gorham ofElmwood, who will playsoftball in college.

Gorham recentlysigned a letter of intentto play at HeartlandCommunity College inNormal.

Kraft signed with Lin-

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Other recent signingsinclude Zach Harrison ofPrinceville, who is goingto play football at Mis-souri Baptist.

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LAMPE: Tough to seed Peoria Hts. boys regionalwith less statewide inter-est and less prestige. Sosomeday, Farmingtoncould win a Class 2Acrown that – in manyeyes – would actually beless impressive than thethird-place finish TomWierzba’s 1998 team putup in a two-class system.To me that’s the endur-ing legacy of Marty Hick-man, departing IllinoisHigh School Associationexecutive director andthe mastermind of four-class basketball. By con-

tinuing to dilute thecompetition, we havemore shiny trophies andfewer really big mo-ments. ... That said, I re-ally want a high schoolchamp to celebrate in thepages of this paper!

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The Princeville boy’srecent nine-game winstreak proves yet againthat football can have achilling effect on earlyhoops games for teamswith carryover in per-sonnel. But sinceMitchell Janssen and

others have recoveredfrom gridiron aches andpains, the Princes havebeen a force. The chal-lenge now for coach JeffKratzer is handling a tal-ented Ridgewood teamthat has lost just onceand beat the Princes inthe LTC final. That’s alikely regional title gameat Kewanee Wethers-field. ... Boys hoopsseedings should be outafter 4 p.m. today (Feb.12) and it will be inter-esting to see howcoaches rate the PeoriaHeights regional. Asidefrom top seed PeoriaChristian, the other topsquads have traded wins.

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Princeville for earning aCoach of the Year awardfor his district after lead-ing Princeville’s seventh

grade girls to third place.... Brimfield senior Car-son Cuevas is a joy towatch on the basketballcourt and one of the bestthis area has seen inyears. And he’s going toIllinois Central College... to play baseball.That’s great for Carson,but it also underlineshow high the bar is setfor major college hoopsrecruits. ... Parting shot:Speaking of Brimfield,statewide basketballpollsters must get paidoff in cupcakes fromSugar Daddies or freepopcorn from Sherman’sPharmacy. How else toexplain that the Indiansand Lady Indians remainfixtures in Class 1A pollsall year, every year? Contact Jeff Lampe at

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McCabe Coulter, ElmwoodAfter helping to lead the Elmwood JV basketball

Trojans to an exciting 22-0 season in his sophomoreyear, “Cabe” Coulter couldn’t wait for his juniorcampaign. But events can sometimes take frustrat-ing twists and turns, as he broke his wrist very earlyin the season and didn’t get back on the court untilthe halfway mark. Most of the playing time he didget as a junior was a very slow journey in regaininghis basketball sharpness. Moveahead to this, McCabe’s senioryear, and the wing guard ishugely significant for the var-sity team. The playmaking andstingy defending Trojan hoop-ster is one of a number of teammembers who put in a lot ofhours in the off season to beable to contribute to coach JoshFugitt’s squad.

To be this dedicated, Cabe has had encourage-ment – from parents Jason and Wendy, grandfatherLloyd Gorham and teammate Patrick Hayes. Hall ofFamer Michael Jordan and Washington Wizard’syoung star John Wall are his favorite players, whilethe Wizards are his favorite team. McCabe goesback a couple decades for his favorite tv shows –“Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and “Dukes of Hazzard.”

Along with being a National Honor Society mem-ber, he has served EHS FFA as president as a juniorand senior. Away from classes, hoops, and FFA,Cabe appreciates his friendships and likes doingfarmwork.

“Hard work pays off,” he simply encourages toyounger athletes.

McCabe isn’t just all talk on this advice. His hardwork in basketball since age 7, and especially froma difficult junior season injury, is paying off!

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Elmwood senior Kendra Gorham, center, recentlysigned a letter of intent to play softball at HeartlandCommunity College in Normal. Kendra is picturedwith parents Tom and Anne Gorham.



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Brimfield girls topElmwood, 65-54

By PHIL JOHNSONFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – With Brimfield and Elmwoodamong the better girls teams in the area this sea-son and basketball the only sport in which thetwo schools don’t compete together, lastWednesday’s showdown between the two was abig game.

But it seemed as though the hype may havegotten to both teams, as turnovers abounded in a64-54 Brimfield win.

“Our girls just seemed to be a bit out of synch.Pesky Brimfield got to the ball quicker than us,”

Too many titles today,but still fun

Rambling through gyms en-joying the best spectacle in Illi-nois prep sports.

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once high school hoops reachesthe postseason I suffer from thesame sad feeling. Yes, I lovethe basketball postseason,there’s noth-ing like it inIllinois sportsfor excite-ment. But re-member howgood it wasin a two-classsystem? Re-member theintense inter-est? Remember when the tour-nament had a buzz and youcould remember the statechampions? ... Oh well. Oddsare better now than ever that alocal team will win a state title.No, the quality of hoops aroundhere has not improvedmarkedly. But more classesmeans more trophies – along

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Princeville fallsin LTC title game

By PHIL JOHNSONFor The Weekly Post

Princeville rode a nine-game win streak intoSaturday’s Lincoln Trail Conference Tourna-ment title game and rode out wondering how tofare better when the Princes face Ridgewoodagain this season.

Ridgewood (20-1) won, 61-48, in a game thatwas closer than the final score, as the Princes(14-8) had to foul down the stretch.

The same two teams meet Tuesday, Feb. 17, atPrinceville and could face off at the Kewanee



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JUNIOR HIGH BASKETBALL

Members of Elmwood’s IESA 8-2A regional championship team include:(Back Row, left to right) Daniel Tomlinson, Charlie McKinty, Henry Lampe,Ricky Hightower, Jaden Beckwith, Kyle Doubet, Jacob Brown, Collin Chaneyand Tanner Blum. (Front Row, l to r) Cameron Jacobson, Clay Coulter,Logan Whitney, Marshall Shissler, Zach Little, Parker Brodine, Griff Inskeepand Caleb Thibeault. Not pictured, coaches Jim Valla and Brandon Butler.

Junior high boys bas-ketball teams fromFarmington and Elm-wood had a successfulweek of IESA postsea-son play.

Farmington’s seventhgrade team went 1-1 atthe 7-3A state tourna-ment last Saturday, win-ning its opener againstGermantown Hills, 35-34, before falling to

Teutopolis, 45-39.As a result, Farming-

ton (22-3) advances toface St. Joseph (22-3)today (Feb. 12) in thethird-place game at

Clinton High School at6 p.m.

The other teams stillalive are competing ineighth grade.

Elmwood (21-3) wonits regional title atPrinceville against thehost team, 37-18. As aresult, the Trojans wereset to face Peoria St.Vincent de Paul (16-9)

Farmington and Elmwood advance


Farmers at StateFarmington’s seventhgrade boys team playsfor third today (Feb.12) in Clinton at 6 p.m.

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