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PRINCEVILLE – Two meninstrumental in a petition object-ing to the School Board issuinga Working Cash bond say theirdisagreement goes beyond oneway to protect against statefunding falling further behind ora threatened property-tax freezestatewide.

Short-term, the considerationof a Working Cash bond wasshifted from the School Boardto the ballot box, says Larry“Shine” DeBord, 57.

“I just think the board rushedinto it,” he says.

But long-term, DeBord andSteve Snyder, 58, hope freshfaces run for the school boardnext year.

“The board is supposed to beour voice,” DeBord says, “but itseems like they’re not listeningto the community. Maybe newpeople would make a differ-ence.”

Three members of the seven-person school board have termsexpiring in 2017.

The Board on Jan. 13 deliber-ated on a 383-signature petitionthat had been presented just be-fore Christmas. The Board hadnot approved proceeding with

issuing the Working Cashbonds, but started the legalprocess in case of an emer-gency. Now, however, if theBoard ever decides it’s neces-

sary, the question must be put toDistrict voters in a referendum.

Snyder and DeBord’s mainconcern is what they see aswasteful spending overall, such

as buying a building for the Dis-trict office, buying nearbyhouses, adding work to the $8million construction project, anddepleting the contingency fund.

Last Spring, concerns wereraised about what could happenif renovation costs increased,and the board agreed their planwas to “stay on budget.” How-ever, unexpected problems witha power line and a sewer linecontributed to Change Orders,adding some $135,000 to theproject, Snyder says. And thecontingency fund to cover un-foreseen situations has dropped

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By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

ELMWOOD – The PalaceTheatre in Elmwood did not stayclosed for long.

A group of local investors pur-chased the Elmwood moviehouse last Thursday. By Satur-day the Elmwood Theatre Grouphad opened the doors to 128paying customers eager to see“Kung Fu Panda 3” and to getback into a century-old buildingthat had been shuttered for 20days.

“It’s a community that in-vested with their heart,” saidRick LeHew, president of theElmwood Theatre Company.“The theater has been truly inte-gral to Elmwood’s history.”

Investors raised enoughmoney to purchase the theaterfrom Farmers State Bank ofElmwood, to pay off a loan tothe City of Elmwood for a digi-tal projector, to pay off back

InvestorspurchasePalace Theatre

Park renovation planned in Williamsfield


FARMINGTON – Any lackof communication on a landdeal involving the City of Farm-ington and Brian and Susie Plattwas apparently cleared up in ex-ecutive session Monday nightduring a city council meeting.

After exiting for a 45-minuteclosed session, council membersreturned to vote unanimously infavor of an ordinance that ac-cepted a property on West FortStreet into the Oak RidgeCemetery.

That’s the deal Susie Plattthought had already been ac-cepted more than a year ago inexchange for $17,500 she owedthe City for a location rented forher Spoon River Home Healthbusiness.

In 2013, Platt explained, thestate of Illinois was slow mak-ing payments to medical agen-cies. She said the City wasunderstanding and allowed herto pay payroll first and rent sec-ond. As a result, Spoon RiverHome Health built up a balance

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This is all that remains of a former hog shed on the property of Ben and Hanna Martinthat burned last Saturday. Several chickens perished in the fire. Akron-Princeville FireDepartment was first on the scene and several other fire departments assisted. Photoby Collin Fairfield.

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By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

WILLIAMSFIELD – Thestart of a miniature golf course,a 50-foot hillside slide and up-graded electrical service to apavilion and the northwest cor-ner of Doubet-Benjamin Parkwere approved by the VillageBoard on Monday as dozens of

other ideas were discussed forthe year.

The Board is consideringprojects including tearingdown the old water building tosave heating costs; improvingdrainage on Gale Street; grind-ing some intersections andresurfacing some streets; de-veloping plans for a sidewalk

to the new library and street-lights in the new addition; ren-ovating Village Hall; launchingan ongoing program to bringschool children to the Daugh-ters of the American Revolu-tion-run historic CaldwellCottage; and restoring a band-stand at Veterans Park.

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of $17,500 for sixmonths of unpaid rent.Spoon River Health hassince moved locationsand has not rented fromthe city for several years.

Platt said she was ap-proached by the city andformer Mayor KennStufflebeam about swap-ping 0.56 acres of landbehind the former Chap-man School in exchangefor the unpaid rent.

“This was never myidea,” she said.

The Platts paid for asurvey of the land and adeed was filed in FultonCounty Court. But at thelast council meeting, thefirst reading of an ordi-nance approving the dealelicited considerable dis-cussion.

“It came as a surpriseto council members,” ex-plained mayor KentKowal. “That’s whythere was a big hulla-baloo at the last meet-ing.”

Kowal said that wasunfortunate, adding he

had been made aware ofthe deal by Stufflebeam.

“The former mayor feltsure that he had talkedwith council members ata committee meetingabout this exchange,”Kowal said. “When Itook over in June of 2015this is one of the thingshe told me to finish up. Iwent ahead and did thatwithout any comment be-cause I assumed (thecouncil) was aware of it.”

The deal will allowFarmington to square offthe north line of thecemetery and clear theway for expansion.

“It’s a good thing forthe cemetery. It’s a goodthing for the city and it’sgood for the Platts,”Farmington City Admin-strator Rollen Wrightsaid. “It’s a win-win foreverybody.”

Another likely win-winsituation involves thecity’s South Main Streetparking lot behindBenny’s Tap. The councildiscussed four proposalsfor improving the lot and

voted unanimously to ap-prove an option with anexpected price tag of$106,719. That optioncalls for blacktopping thelot with three inches ofasphalt and an additionalthree inches in areas fre-quented by garbagetrucks.

“With the traffic there,the asphalt should last upto 30 years,” AldermanMatt Ulm said.

The City has a grantfor $75,000 and mustpick up any additionalcosts. That’s one reasoncouncil members did notopt for an all-concreteoption that carried a$205,124 price tag.

Options were estimatespresented by MaurerStutz Inc., which will putthe project out for bid.

Council members alsovoted to accept a $5,000bid from Sarah andRichard Keefer for theWard School building.The Keefers said theyplan to convert the oldschool into a six-unithousing facility.

That decision did notsit well with BryanMelton, who along withbrother Gary Melton hadbid $10,527 for the build-ing which they said theyplanned to use as a furni-ture and consignmentshop.

“This was our right,”said Kowal, who addedthe council felt the hous-ing facility would be bet-ter for Farmington in thelong term in terms of taxrevenue and developmentof the property.

“Well I object,” BryanMelton said. “I guess wejust didn’t know enoughpeople on the board.”

In other action:• Dave Ehlers, Farm-

ington’s public works su-perintendent, reportedthat work on a mainte-nance shed has stoppeddue to “a lack of fundsfrom the state.”

• Police Chief CarlPowell thanked StateFarm Insurance for do-nating chairs to be usedby the audience at coun-cil meetings, in class-rooms in the CityBuilding and at theFarmington Fire Depart-ment.

• Powell reported therewere six arrests in Farm-ington in January, 76traffic stops, 32 reportscompleted, two crimesagainst people, six ordi-nance violations, 17property crimes and twocrashes handled by thepolice department.

• The council approvedthe use of city streets forthe Hearts for Adi 5KRun on June 25.

• The council approvedordinances approvingabatement of a 2007Bond Tax Levy and a2008 Bond Tax Levy.

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s NAMI Meeting – NAMI Mental Ill-ness Monthly Education Presentationis today (Feb. 4) from 7-8:30 p.m. atICC North, Poplar Hall Rm. 129.Topic is anti-psychoticmedications for mentalillness. Speaker is Dr.Jane Larouche.

s Free Bread – Freebread available at Elm-wood United MethodistChurch Friday (Feb. 5)at 10 a.m.

s Board Games – Play board gamesSaturday (Feb. 6) at WilliamsfieldPublic Library from 9 a.m. to noon.

s Blood Drive –A blood drive will beheld Monday (Feb. 8) at St. Matthew’sCatholic Church in Farmington from2-6 p.m. Call 1-800-733-2767.

s Senior Luncheon – Brimfield UnionChurch Senior citizen luncheon isTuesday (Feb. 9) at 12 p.m. Luncheonscontinue the second Tuesday of everymonth.

s Community Table – Local familiesare invited to Dahinda MethodistChurch Wednesday (Feb. 10) at 6 p.m.for a free supper. Meal is turkey pot

pie, cole slaw and dessert.

Future Eventss Family Bingo – Family Bingo at

Morrison and Mary Wiley Library inElmwood is Feb. 11, 6-6:45 p.m. Regis-tration required, call (309) 742-2431.

s Fish Fry – St. Patrick’s Church Fri-day Fish Fries start Feb. 12 and runFeb. 19, 26 and March 4, 11, 18 from4:30-6:30 p.m. Carry-outs available.Call (309) 742-4921.

s Fiber Guild – Bishop Hill FiberGuild meets Feb. 13 at10 a.m. at CreativeThreads, LLC, 611 N.4th St., Chillicothe.s Civil War – TomEmery will give a dis-cussion on the CivilWar in Illinois on Feb.

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s Men’s Night – Men of any denomi-nation invited to Dahinda MethodistChurch for a meal, fellowship, workprojects and a “religious discussion -study” on Feb 15. Discussion/study at6 p.m., 7 p.m. mens’ meeting.

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.

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The Weekly PostThe Weekly Post is published every Thursday (except the last

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Postmaster - Send address changes to The Weekly Post, P.O.Box 745, Elmwood, IL 61529Phone - 741-9790 Fax - 741-9365Email - [email protected] Hours - Mon-Wed 9-3, Thurs 9-12, Fri 9-3News - Jeff Lampe 231-6040, [email protected] - Shelly Brodine 741-9790 Advertising - 741-9790Subscriptions - Subscriptions $50 for 50 issues. Deadlines - News due Tuesdays by noon. Retail ads and classi-fieds due Mondays by noon. Quotable – “I came to the conclusion long ago that all religions

were true and that also that all had some error in them, and while I hold by my own religion, I should hold

other religions as dear as Hinduism.” – Mahatma GhandiIllinois Press Association Member

Rambling through central Illinois,pondering how parents surviveteenagers, wisdom teeth, stomachflu, new shoes, college costs andeverything else involved with keep-

ing youngstersalive.

uuuI try not to get

too political inthis space. Buthow can you re-sist the wacki-ness of thisyear’s election? Iam stunned most

by two things: 1. Bernie Sanders isa socialist and is relevant; 2. DonaldTrump’s hair. ... Beyond that, themere idea that Hillary could strug-gle to defeat, in order, the country’sfirst black president and now awhite-haired, Jewish Socialist fromVermont is staggering. But it’s alsowelcome. I’m sorry, she treats theUnited States as if we owe hersomething ... as if she is better thananyone and beyond reproach. That“Chillary” fails to inspire voters in-dicates there is still hope for ourcountry. The Trump thing? Not somuch.

uuuThe first comment came from

Ron Cluskey, who we really need toadd to our copy editing staff (whichalso includes Scott Doubet). “I mustknow nothing about trivia,”Cluskey said. “I got every single

one wrong this week.” While thatseems believable to me, the actualproblem was not Cluskey’s fertilemind, but rather the fact we ran thewrong answers. Over the next fewdays I heard from several readerswho wanted to let us know howmuch they enjoy the weekly trivia.Mike and Anne Sullivan square offeach week to see who wins. Officemanager Shelly Brodine used to dothe same thing with husband Danuntil it was revealed that shecheated by checking answers in ad-vance (working at a paper shouldhave some perks). Anyway, it’s niceto know people care about what weprint. Sometimes a mistake can ac-tually make you feel good! Butwe’ll try not to repeat the error. ...In the mean time, above right youcan find those answers you all gotwrong last week.

uuuElmwood police officer Deb

Copeland has asked me to remindeveryone that the Secretary of Stateis no longer mailing out remindersabout license sticker renewals.She’s worried that, in the process ofsaving a few dollars, the State isgoing to cost drivers plenty of dol-lars in tickets. Here’s hoping lawenforcement folks will be lenient onsticker tickets until people get usedto this change in the law. ... Peopleoften seem mystified my kids havegrown up fans of the Buffalo Bills,given that the franchise has not

made the playoffs in the timethey’ve been alive. The answer issimple. Since birth, I’ve told theboys that, one day, the Bills will re-turn to the Super Bowl. When thatday comes, I will pay for tickets,plane fare and the whole works toattend the game along with anysons of mine who have been truefans. They like that idea. So do I.There really is nothing in the sport-ing world quite like a Super Bowl.

uuuPastor Brad Watkins of the United

Methodist Church of Elmwood of-fered up a statistic recently thatscared me. “Only 20 percent ofpeople in the United States thinkthat institutional religion is impor-tant.” Based on the Iowa caucuses,I’d say that number is closer to 80percent in our neighbor to the west.... Parting shot: No way Cam New-ton loses Sunday. I put the blameon Ron Rivera, a master at gettingless out of more. Broncos 21-20.

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Before Christmas, I wrote aboutbeing the assis-tant manager in atoy store. I was inmy very early20s, not very ma-ture, and had atemper that was-n’t conducive toany job, let aloneone that had todeal with a bosswho was a jerk.

Yeah, I was fired from that job,but it wasn’t because we playedwith toys when we should havebeen working. It wasn’t because Imade customers angry (in fact, itwas usually me who was smoothingthings out between the customersand the manager). It wasn’t becauseI mistreated any of the employeesunder me.

Let me give you MY side of the

story.Before one Christmas, one of my

relatives had married someone ofanother race (I’m trying to protectidentities here, so relationships andnames won’t be used). This wassomething you didn’t see a lot in themid to late ’70s, but my entire fam-ily, me included, had no problemwith it. We welcomed the personinto our family without a question.

The couple, who by this time hadbeen married for a few years,adopted a child who was of mixedrace. Again, this was not the norm atthis time. Personally, I was prettyhappy about it and bragged about itevery chance I got.

It was after Christmas and StarWars toys were hot. They were sohot at Christmas that Kenner, thecompany manufacturing the toys,were giving out vouchers and lettingrecipients know that their loved one

had purchased a Star Wars toy butthey hadn’t had time to fill the orderyet. The orders would start hittingthe stores in February and March.

Meanwhile, other toy manufactur-ers were hopping on the band-wagon, filling in with toys fromother sci-fi movies and TV shows. Anew TV show, “Battlestar Galac-tica,” was being produced and someof the toys from it were starting totrickle in.

Meanwhile, “Star Trek” was en-joying a rebirth and we had just got-ten in a shipment of their characters.

We had little action figures ofCaptain Kirk, Spock, Bones and therest of the crew, even some minorcharacters.

One of the minor characters wasBele, a half-black, half-white guy.We’re not talking mixed race here;this guy had a line down the middle

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The time I got fired by a jerk of a boss

JonGALLAGHER

To the Editor:First off I believe everyone should

have the right to own a gun as longas they are’t convicted felons ormentally unbalanced. We have theright to protect ourselves.

As far as more gun laws, anybodywith any commonsense knows that thepeople that are killingpeople aren’t goingout and buying themin gun stores. They aremore than likely buy-ing them on the blackmarket.

I’m sure if they check out thesenut cases that are killing people,they won’t have a bill of sale for theguns they use.

This country is in bad shape andthe Muslims are trying to overtakeus from within. I only hope if theycome to my door I will have thefirepower to fight them off.

Can you even begin to imaginewhat would happen if the govern-ment were to take away ourweapons (see what history tells usabout this)? The terrorists wouldjump for joy and be on the nextplane to America to take over thiscountry – mainly because our gov-ernment already reduced our armed

forces to a point that they couldn’tprotect us.

More gun laws will not stop peo-ple with no morals or sense of valuefor their own life from obtainingweapons. It will only make it harderfor us law -biding citizens to pur-

chase guns legally toprotect ourselves.

The law books are al-ready full of laws thatdon’t stop bullets.Please, let’s use ourcommon sense andcontinue to allow our

U.S. citizens to bear arms.– Gary Edwards, Yates City

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

Two from Farmingtoncited for having drugs

FARMINGTON – Peoria CountySheriff’s Officers on Jan. 29 ar-rested two people for unlawful pos-session of a controlled substance.

Johnna Jacobson, 28, and JohnRose, 33, both of Farmington, werecited.

Rose also was charged with un-lawful possession of drug parapher-nalia.

Both were transported to the Peo-ria County Jail.

A 1995 Chevrolet was towedfrom the scene on Harmon Highwayin Bellevue.

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• Farmington police on Jan. 30 ar-rested two 16-year-old Farmington

boys or criminal trespassing andcriminal damage to property after anincident at a vacant apartment onNorth Main Street.

• Jason Palley, 38, of Elmwood onJan. 31 was arrested on a FultonCounty warrant and transported tothe Fulton County Jail.

• Otto Gibbs, 48, of Farmingtonon Jan. 31 was arrested on a KnoxCounty warrant and transported tothe Fulton County Jail.

Deer accidents• Jan. 29 – Patricia Pittman of

Elmwood on Illinois Route 78near Korth Road in ElmwoodTownship.

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Area tax assessment complaints resolvedBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

PEORIA – PeoriaCounty Supervisor of As-sessments Dave Ryanlast week released thefinal determinations bythe County Board of Re-view of Assessments forproperty-tax complaintsfor the 2015 tax year.

The deadline for filingcomplaints was Sept. 28.

The Board of Reviewof Assessments – whichhas the authority to con-firm, reduce or increaseany assessment as ap-pears just – is made up of

three members (chairKristina Clore, Rick Sal-isbury and Diane Wetch-ler, CPA) together with

additional members, ap-pointed by the chair ofthe Peoria County Board.

The above chart shows

how many of the appealswere residential; the re-mainder were commer-cial, industrial or farm.

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Property tax assessment complaintsTownship Assessor # Complaints Value Value No Change

(# Residential) Increased Decreased

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Elmwood Steve Davis 21 (16 res.) 0 14 (67%) 7 (33%)

Jubilee Tom Missen 7 (5) 1 (14%) 3 (43%) 3 (43%)

Kickapoo Jack Duke 45 (34) 0 19 (42%) 28 (62%)

Millbrook Sandra Powell 1 (0) 0 1 (100%) 0

Princeville Susan Hofer 4 (2) 0 3 (75%) 1 (25%)

Radnor Tom Missen 17 (16) 0 8 (47%) 9 (52%)

Rosefield Tom Missen 7 (4) 0 1 (14%) 6 (86%)

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GALLAGHER: ‘My temper got the better of me’of his face and half of itwas clown-white and theother half was shoe-polishblack.

The store manager anda stock boy were busy inone aisle of the store, put-ting the Star Trek figureson display. I was on theother side of the shelvingunit, but well withinearshot – something themanager didn’t know.

He picked up one of theBele dolls and said to thestock boy, “Hey look! It’sJon’s (relative)!”

I came around the cor-ner because I thoughtmaybe the couple hadbrought the child into thestore to see me. The man-ager’s eyes just aboutpopped out of his headand he childishly tried tohide the doll behind hisback.

It only took a second tofigure out that he wasmaking fun of a baby whowas just a few months old(not to mention me).

My temper got the bet-ter of me.

I grabbed the managerby his shirt and tie andthrew him up against thedoor that led to the stock-room. I drew my fist back,

cocking it like a bow andarrow, right beside my ear.

“If you ever say any-thing like that again, I willlay you out.”

I didn’t stutter. I think Imade myself clear. I heldhim there for a few sec-onds, watching him shake,before letting go.

And then he said thestupidest thing I’ve everheard anyone say.

“You should have goneahead and punched me be-cause now you’re fired.”

What surprised me mostabout all this is how muchit hurts your hand when itconnects solidly withsomeone’s jaw.

I went out to the mallarea in front of the storeand waited for police toarrive. I knew I’d be get-ting a ride downtown, so Ithought I’d save them thetrouble of hunting for me.

Sure enough, an officershowed up within the halfhour (it took a little whilefor the boss to wake upfrom his nap). Karmawas on my side that after-noon; the cop was black.

When I explained tohim what happened, heshook his head and toldme to wait there. He went

into the store and had aconversation with theboss, then came back outand said, “You can goback in. You’re not firedanymore.”

I found out later that thecop had told the boss howinsensitive he had beenand that unless he likedgetting tickets every timehe drove in town, he’dhire me back and forgetthe whole thing ever hap-pened.

The cop also told me tocontact him personally ifthe boss ever gave me anygrief.

I was fired a couple

weeks later for someminor infraction that wastotally unrelated. I don’teven remember what itwas.

Except we all know thereal reason I got canned.

And about a monthlater, the manager re-quested a transfer to an-other store in the chain. Seem that he was tired ofgetting speeding ticketsfor going a couple milesover the limit, for notusing a turn signal, or forany number of otherminor traffic violations.

I wonder why.



park projects, Andy Fritz of theParks Association said the minia-ture golf course will be constructedwith help from the Norman Foun-dation and other donations and willstart as a three-hole feature.

“We want to see that it’ll be pro-tected from vandalism and so on,”he told the Board.

The hillside slide, planned for thenorthwest corner to the lowest pointof the park, will be funded by thePark Association, but the upgradeto electrical service could cost some$6,000, and thus far the associationhas only received one bid.

The Board OK’d an annual obli-gation of $480 for increased elec-tricity costs, and it will considerwhat portion of the $6,000 ex-

penses the Village might under-write.

The Board’s next meeting, March7, will set a budget for the next fis-cal year, which starts May 1.

For the current fiscal year, finan-cial operations are “fairly reason-able,” said Board President MickGray, who reported a surplus in theGeneral Fund, a deficit in the MotorFuel Tax Fund, balances in both theWaterworks and Operations &Maintenance Funds, and expensesslightly ahead of revenues in De-preciation and other Funds, whichpay up front.

“We expect to catch up by theend of the year,” he said.

In other news,• Fritz reported the FFA Alumni

Association decided to step back

from contributing to an 80-foot by100-foot pavilion because the$23,000 project could include aconcrete floor for an additional$50,000;

• some playground equipmentneeds to be repaired or replaced,and the Park Association may me-morialize trees planted over the last22 years;

• two remaining unsightly proper-ties are being referred to the Vil-lage’s attorney;

• a new generator for the water-works went online last week with anew security fence, and the Boardapproved a 10-year service agree-ment with Altorfer in Peoria at acost of $2,404 per year; and

• the next Recycle Day wasscheduled for Saturday, Feb. 27.

BILLTOWN: Foundation helping fund mini golfContinued from Page 1



taxes and to serve as working capi-tal for improvements and start-upcosts.

Farmers State Bank of Elmwoodwas the lone bidder for the Palaceand the Garden Theatre in Canton ata foreclosure sale in the PeoriaCounty Courthouse.

Negotiations between the bank

and investors moved quickly, ac-cording to LeHew.

The group plans to show as manyfirst-run movies as possible.

“And when we show second-runmovies, we plan to tell people in ad-vance so they can plan better,”LeHew said.

A grand opening is being plannedfor a later date.

“A marketing committee is beingput together to brainstorm ideas,”LeHew said. “We’ve got a lot ofideas already. Now we’ve got towhittle them down.”

Show times will be 7 p.m. nightlyand 2:30 p.m. for Sunday matinees.

Tickets are $5 and $4 for mati-nees, with children 3 and under ad-mitted for free.

PALACE: Grand opening planned for a later dateContinued from Page 1

PRINCEVILLE: Seeking to refinance bondsfrom $350,000 to $12,000, accord-ing to school records.

“They’ve spent a fortune on add-ons,” he says. “And that continues[their] spending during deficityears.”

DeBord focuses on the futuremore than the building project, hesays.

“The building is a done deal,”DeBord says. “I voted for it – al-though if I had to do it over, Imaybe wouldn’t. Still, I wonderwhy the architect or engineer orsomebody weren’t responsible forthe situation like the power line. Itwasn’t underground; it’s been therefor years.”

Superintendent Shannon Dulinghas stressed that the Working Cashbond idea was a hedge against the

“possibility of a property tax freeze.“The problem is that if there is a

major financial liability that comesup while we are under the proposedtax freeze – even if it is aHealth/Life Safety issue – the Dis-trict would have no way to issuebonds to pay for the unforeseen ex-pense,” he said. “Funds would haveto be diverted from the EducationFund, meaning we would be takingaway from direct student educa-tional expenses – reduced teachers,supplies, etc.).”

Plus, the Board already is consid-ering as “most viable” an option torefinance two construction bonds tomore easily make construction-bond payments and also lower thetax rate, not a Working Cash bondissuance.

The Board also has considered

cost-cutting measures such as limit-ing professional-developmentworkshops, student field trips, andboard conferences, plus more dra-matic alternatives including mov-ing to four-day work weeks,eliminating pre-K transportation,and getting rid of about $250,000worth of jobs.

“Our tax rate is already high,”Snyder says. “Maybe the boardought to implement some of thoseideas before adding some new obli-gation.”

Snyder concedes some may con-sider him a gadfly, but others thinkhe’s just a conscientious taxpayer.

“I have had more people thankme for speaking up,” he says.

The school board’s next sched-uled meeting is Wednesday (Feb.10) at 6:30 p.m


ELMWOOD KIWANIS DONATION

Money for MinistryElmwood Kiwanis member Gene Gibson

(center) presents a check for $918 to ReverendMarla Bauler (left) and Pastor Brad Watkins(right) for the Ministerial Alliance’s CommunityAid Fund. Money was raised through the saleof more than 800 boxes of cheese during theholiday season.In addition to organizing community events

like Trunk or Treat, the Ministerial Alliance of-fers financial support to those seeking assis-tance paying rent, utilities or medical bills.The group will also receive half the proceeds

from the Kiwanis Pancake & Whole HogSausage Day this Saturday from 6-10:30 a.m.at Elmwood High School.

Words and photo by Jeff Lampe

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By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – Sealedbids will be solicited forthe purchase of the SeniorCitizens Center on SouthMagnolia under an ordi-nance unanimously ap-proved Tuesday by theCity Council.

Public notices will bepublished in The WeeklyPost on Feb. 11, 18 and25, according to attorneyStephanie Schmieg, andbids are due by 4 p.m.March 15 and scheduledto be opened at the Coun-cil’s meeting that night.

Terms of the sale requirea buyer to continue tomake the building avail-

able to the American Le-gion Post 638, the Elm-wood Senior CitizensClub, and the Veterans ofForeign Wars Post 4724.

The terms also providethat legal fees and othercharges would be waivedif the balance off the ac-cepted purchase price ispaid by April 15.

The Council also unani-mously voted to purchasean 11-month-old male dogto continue the City’s K-9Unit. Current K-9 dog,Bullet, retired due to hipdysplasia. His handler, Of-ficer Harry McFall, alsowill withdraw.

Officer Andy Steck willbe the handler for the new

K-9 dog, Rebel, who isbeing purchased fromLaFollette Canine Trainingin Strafford, Mo., whereBullet was trained. TheCouncil authorized spend-ing up to $4,500 for thedog and his training.

The City’s program,launched in 2012, is par-tially underwritten byElmwood Township andother donations. TreasurerHarold Jehle said the pur-chase can be handledwithin this year’s budget.

Steck said he hopes heand the dog will betrained, certified and readyfor duty by late March.

Jehle said January was“a good month,” showing

more than $17,000 in salestaxes, a Motor Fuel Taxdisbursement about $500above normal, a $16,000payment from the Elm-wood Theatre Co. for thebalance owed on thePalace Theatre projectionsystem, and two state in-come-tax payments total-ing more than $25,000.

On “the short side of[being] on budget” is theWaterworks Fund, on paceto finish $12,000 short onprojected revenue.

In other news:• Police Chief Aaron

Bean reported 56 inci-dents, 39 reports, 3 stops,1 ticket and 13 warnings inJanuary;

• Economic Develop-ment Director Dick Taylorreported that the ElmwoodDevelopment Associationwill have a booth at thePeoria Home Show Feb.26-28 at the Peoria CivicCenter; and

• the Council approvedan early retirement pack-age for long-time publicworks employee BillSnider, who left the staffthis week.

Elmwood to seek bids for senior center

By TERRY BIBOFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – Recog-nition for those whoserved in Vietnam maysoon be set in stone here— with honors for othersto follow.

Representing AmericanLegion Post 452, FredMiddleton asked villagetrustees for a little help atMonday’s meeting. He gota major response.

“I can tell you there’s noobstacle here,” said presi-dent Dan Fishel, vowingto place the matter at thetop of the March agenda.

According to Middle-ton, local mogul RitaKress and the Daughtersof the American Revolu-tion approached the Le-gion with a plan tocommemorate the 50thanniversary of the Viet-nam War.

“They would like to

present the town a monu-ment,” Middleton said.

An 18 x 18 x 60-inchblack granite marker bear-ing the inscription “Dedi-cated to those who servedin the Vietnam War” willbe created. The DAR willpay the estimated $5,000cost.

With expenses covered,the question before thevillage board is the mark-er’s location.

“We’d really like to seeit up here in the park,”Middleton said “... (and)leave room to add forWorld War II, the Gulf,Korea.”

Village officials ap-peared enthusiastic, butcould not act Monday be-cause the matter was notincluded on this month’sagenda.

“We’ll work with youguys to the best outcomepossible,” Fishel said.

In other business, theboard tabled discussion ofa request to rezone prop-erty from R-1 (residential)to C-2 (commercial) forTreck LLC at its Special-ty Sprayers business onU.S. 150.

In a second request, thecompany asked for a spe-cial use permit for a sea-sonal recreational

equipment storage busi-ness. Treck’s representa-tive had been caught inthe snowstorm in Iowa.

The recommendationfrom the village zoningpanel was to deny both re-quests. The village canchoose to override that de-cision.Terry Bibo can be reached at

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PRINCEVILLE – TheVillage Board on Mondayapproved reimbursingPrinceville CUSD 326about $219,000 from TaxIncrement Financingfunds, an annual transac-tion tied to an Inter-Gov-ernment Agreement withthe schools.

“It’s routine,” said Vil-lage President Sid Stahl.“It makes up for what theschools don’t get in theTIF [arrangement].”

In other business,Kevan Cooper fromBruner, Cooper & Zuckengineering made a pres-entation, and the Villagecontinued its relationshipwith the Galesburg firm

and also instructed themto proceed with plans toextend water and sewerservice to the Dollar Gen-eral under construction.

The retailer also sub-mitted a building permit.

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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.

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Dated this 21st day of January, 2016.

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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.

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Princeville museumtaking rummage items

PRINCEVILLE – PrincevilleHeritage Museum director JulieDelbridge reminded area residentsthat if they’re cleaning up after theholidays, the museum is ready totake items you’re unloading for itsannual rummage sale, May 13-14.

“The museum takes donationsyear-round,” she said, “and, justlike Goodwill and Salvation Army,we give you a receipt for a tax de-duction.”

The museum accepts donationsfrom 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays,Wednesdays and Fridays, and is

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FARMINGTON – February is“Love Your Library Month” andthe Farmington Area Public Libraryplans several events to mark the oc-casion:

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• Feb. 16 – For students in 1stthrough 5th grades, the After

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BRIMFIELD – John D. Best,M.D., 81, of Two Rivers, Wis., for-merly of Brimfield, died Jan. 22.

A 1952 graduate of BrimfieldHigh School, his survivors includehis wife of 57 years, Betty; fourchildren and 10 grandchildren, andbrother Roger (Joyce) of Peoria.

A private memorial service washeld Jan. 24 at the Harrigan Park-side Funeral Home in Manitowoc,Wis.

Condolences may be left online atwww.harriganparksidefuneral-home.com.

John BozsokiFARMINGTON – John Bozsoki,

89, of Farmington died Jan. 28 atUnityPoint Health-Proctor.

Survivors include his wife Patri-cia (Grimm) Bozsoki; childrenMark (Chris) Bozsoki of Mesa,Ariz., Mike (Dina) Bozsoki ofLebanon, Tenn., John (Debbie)Bozsoki of Farmington, and Peggy(Dave) Rose of Farmington; 15grandchildren; and 11 great-grand-children.

A funeral Mass was Feb. 1 at St.Matthew Catholic Church in Farm-ington, followed by a gravesideservice at Resurrection Cemetery,with military and firefighter hon-ors.

Condolences may be left online atwww.wrightandsalmon.com.

H. Bruce BrickerBRIMFIELD – H. Bruce

Bricker, 98, of rural Bushnell,grandfather of a Brimfield woman,died Jan. 27 at Wesley Village inMacomb.

Survivors include daughter Mar-jorie (Richard) Schaefer of Peoria;

and grandchildren Melissa (Jef-frey) Malson of Brimfield, DavidSchaefer of Olathe, Kan., Philip(Melissa) Schaefer of Brentwood,Tenn., and Elizabeth Schaefer ofNavarree, Fla.

Funeral services were Feb. 1 atthe Martin-Hollis Funeral Home inBushnell, with burial at the Bush-nell Cemetery.

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Rachel DixonELMWOOD – Rachel I. Dixon,

94, of Peoria Heights, who oper-ated the A&W Root Beer Standhere for 16 years, died Jan. 23 atthe OSF Richard L. Owens Hos-pice Home.

A funeral service was Jan. 29 atResurrection Mausoleum Chapel.Entombment will be in Resurrec-tion Mausoleum.

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William Galindo Jr.KICKAPOO – William “Billy”

Galindo Jr., 58, of Chillicothe,brother of a Kickapoo woman,

died Jan. 25 at OSF Saint FrancisMedical Center in Peoria.

Survivors include siblings Kathy(Jim) Stenger of Kickapoo, Marcia(Russ) Mudd of Chillicothe, Diana(Jerry Martinez) Crothers ofTempe, Ariz., Jon Galindo ofPhoenix, Ariz., Carmen (Jeff)Jenkins of Chillicothe, Tony(Michelle Pomberg) Galindo ofChillicothe, and Jamie Galindo ofChillicothe; and daughter KelseyOrr of Chillicothe.

A funeral mass was Jan. 29 at St.Edwards Catholic Church in Chill-icothe, with burial at the Chilli-cothe City Cemetery.

Condolences may be left online atwww.hurdfamilyfunerals.com.

Rodney HussPRINCEVILLE – Rodney “Red-

beard” Huss, 63, of Chillicothe, fa-ther of a Princeville man, died Jan.24, at OSF Saint Francis MedicalCenter.

Survivors include his wife Teri(Hopkins) Huss; sons Daniel (Jen-nifer) Huss of Princeville and Tim-othy J. Huss of West Lake Village,Calif.; and seven grandchildren.

A funeral service was Jan. 27 atMason-White Funeral Home inWashington, Ill., with burial atChillicothe City Cemetery.

Condolences may be left online atwww.masonfuneralhomes.com.

Manfred MalonePRINCEVILLE – Manford H.

Malone, 77, of Peoria, formerly ofPrinceville, died Jan. 28 at Unity-Point Health-Methodist in Peoria.Manford farmed all his life in theLaura area until ill health forcedhim to move to Sharon Willows inPeoria in 1999.

This Week’s Obituaries• John Best, 81, Brimfield• John Bozsoki, 89, Farmington• H. Bruce Bricker, 98, Brimfield• Rachel Dixon, 94, Elmwood• William Galindo Jr., 58, Kickapoo• Rodney Huss, 63, Princeville• Manfred Malone, 77, Princeville• Jimmy Murphy, 80, Farmington• David Sauder, 75, Brimfield• Joy Smith, 64, Farmington

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314 W. Clay, Brimfield(309) 446-3275

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

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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 Church

Pastor Donald Blasing11724 Maher Road

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Pastor Leonard Thomas135 S. Galena St., Brimfield

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

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Bethany Baptist Church7422 N. Heinz Ln., Edwards

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Christ Alive! Community ChurchPastor Lance Zaerr

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Crossroads Assembly of GodPastor Tim Cavallo

615 E. Ash St., Elmwood(309) 830-4259

www.crossroadselmwood.orgWed. 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 amSun Worship: 10:30 am, 6 pmWed. Prayer Meeting: 7 pmFirst Presbyterian Church

of ElmwoodReverend Marla B. Bauler

201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood(309) 742-2631

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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 amFARMINGTON

First Presbyterian Churchof Farmington

Reverend Dr. Linda Philabaun83 N. Cone Street, Farmington

(309) 245-2914www.firstpresfarmington.com

Sunday School: 9:30 amFellowship: 10:30 amWorship: 11:00 am

New Hope FellowshipAssembly of GodPastor Tom Wright

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Farmington(309) 245-2957

Sun. Worship: 10 amWed. Worship: 7 pmPRINCEVILLE

Princeville UnitedMethodist ChurchPastor Ken Dees

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

[email protected]. Worship: 9 am

Sunday School: 10:15 amYATES CITYFaith United

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

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OBITUARIESHe was a member of the

Princeville Presbyterian Churchand the Princeville Lion's Club.Funeral services were Feb. 2 atHaskell-Hott Funeral Homes inPrinceville, with burial atPrinceville Cemetery.

Condolences may be left online atwww.haskellhott.com.

Jimmy MurphyFARMINGTON – Jimmy D.

Murphy, 80, of Farmington diedJan. 28 at Farmington CountryManor.

Survivors include daughtersDebra Scheerer, Diana J. Keefer,Judy Welker, Janette (Richard)Hadsall and Vicki (John) Welker;brother Ted (Connie) Murphy; sis-ters Bernice Miller and MargeuriteVavrosky; 13 grandchildren; and16 great-grandchildren.

Cremation rites were accorded.Graveside services were Feb. 1 atYates City Cemetery.

Condolences may be left online atwww.oakshinesfuneralhome.com.

David SauderBRIMFIELD – David S. Sauder,

75, of Brimfield died Jan. 27 atUnityPoint Health-Methodist inPeoria.

Survivors include his wife of 55years, Rita (Power) Sauder; sonDavid (Rachel) Sauder of HannaCity; daughters Serena (John)Hoerr of Peoria and AnJalena(Brett) Grimm of Morton; and 11grandchildren.

Funeral services were Jan. 30 atthe Peoria Apostolic ChristianChurch, with burial at the PeoriaApostolic Christian Church Ceme-tery in Edwards.

Condolences may be left online atwww.Woolsey-Wilton.com.

Joy SmithFARMINGTON – Joy Ann

Smith, 64, of Farmington died Jan.25 at OSF Saint Francis MedicalCenter in Peoria.

Survivors include her husband,Edward Smith; her father,Lawrence White of Bellevue; onestepson, Daniel (Maggie) Smith ofCanton; two stepdaughters, ReginaBurgett of Canton and Coral(David) Nickels of Yates City;seven step-grandchildren; and onestep-great-grandson.

Funeral services were Jan. 29 atRemmert Funeral Home in EastPeoria, with burial at FondulacCemetery.

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FARMINGTON – Farmington’sseventh-grade and eighth-gradeboys basketball teams won IESAregional titles in the past week.

The seventh-grade team forFarmington (17-6) defeated Mon-mouth-Roseville, 31-25, on Jan. 27to claim a Class 7-3A regional titleon its home floor.

The seventh graders were set toplay for a state berth on Wednesday(Feb. 3). The Farmers traveled toChillicothe IVC for Wednesday’s6:30 p.m. sectional game againstMossville (23-0), which was a 57-31 regional winner over PeoriaQuest.

The winner of the IVC Sectionalplays Saturday (Feb. 6) at 10 a.m.in Wenona at Fieldcrest HighSchool.

In eighth grade, unbeaten and topseeded Farmington (22-0) downedMonmouth United 51-20 on Mon-day and then crushed Monmouth-Roseville, 65-42, on Tuesday to winthe Monmouth United 8-3A re-gional championship.

As a result, Farmington’s eighthgraders will play at Mercer CountyJunior High School on Feb. 10 at6:30 p.m. in the sectionals againstthe winner between Tremont andMossville.

Members of this team placedthird last year in 7-3A competitionand finished 23-3.8th grade basketball

Two other local boys basketballteams advanced to regional titlegames that will be played on Thurs-day (Feb. 4) in IESA eighth grade

action.In Class 8-2A, Princeville de-

feated Brimfield 35-32 on Mondayto advance to Thursday’s finale ofthe Midland Middle School Re-gional. Princeville will play Henry-Senachwine at 6 p.m.

Also in 8-2A, Elmwood won 57-41 against Peoria Christian onTuesday night as guard Logan Wal-lace had a strong game to celebratehis birthday. Elmwood will playagainst host Peoria St. Vincent dePaul Thursday at 6 p.m.

In 8-1A, Williamsfield lost toMonmouth ICS in the semifinals ofthe Williamsfield Regional. ICS ad-vances to play Thursday at 6 p.m.against top-seed Annawan.

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GIRLS: Elmwood suffers two tough lossesthe Lady Indians total output. Duraand McCormick each added seven.

ElmwoodElmwood’s loss to Brimfield was

closer than the final score indi-cated. Shut out until 3:50 remain-ing in the first quarter, the LadyTrojans climbed to within 24-17with 3:48 remaining in the first halfwith a trey from Rachel Jacobson.

Elmwood (14-13) fought backagain to within 53-43 with 4:16 toplay on a Jacobson basket assistedby Grace LaFollett.

Jacobson had 13 points and AllieMeyers had 12.

The Lady Trojan lost a homeheartbreaker to Prairieland foeSouth Fulton on Thursday, 52-50.Second and fourth quarter Elm-wood advantages just weren’t quiteenough to offset a weak third pe-riod from the hosts.

Meyers turned in a solid 14-point, 10-rebound performance.Morgan Ledbetter also tallied 14points.

“We were able to put up three

shots inside the lane in the final sixseconds to tie, but they wouldn’t gothrough,” coach Gregg Meyerssaid.

FarmingtonFor coach Jimmy Jordan’s young

team, finishing strong with neededadjustments being made seems tobe falling into place. The LadyFarmers (12-16) won their thirdstraight Monday at home in a 60-33blowout over Rushville.

Scoring leaders were AbbeyBrown with 18 and Megan Gilstrapwith 10.

Farmington picked up a close,41-36 Prairieland Conference vic-tory at North Fulton last Thursdaythanks to a 14 points from MorganPowell, 12 from Morgan Wherleyand 12 from Brown.

Down three at the break and alsoafter three quarters, Farmington ral-lied 15-7 in the fourth for the win.

“Our defense was solid tonight,and we kept our fouls down. Also,we converted on free throws downthe stretch,” Jordan said. “ Our hardwork in these areas at practice paid

off tonight.” Princeville

Princeville (17-11) got 27 pointsand seven 3-pointers from seniorBreana Bauman in a 54-43 senior-night victory over United on Mon-day. Bauman had five treys in thesecond quarter and sophomore postplayer Lucy Waid pulled down 12rebounds in the game.

The Lady Princes traveled toPeoria Christian last Thursday andsuffered a 51-29 non conferencesetback.

“ After a very good game the pre-vious night against Galva, PeoriaChristian applied pressure on us,and we didn’t handle it very well,”coach John Gross said.

Princeville had downed Galvathe night before, 60-46. MarisaHorton-Meza’s late season entryfrom injury has continued tostrengthen the team.

She led with 26 points. CaitlinPullen scored 16 and Waid added10 points.

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scoring punch in a season rapidlyheaded for the postseason.

Seedings and assignments forboys Class 1A and 2A postseasongames will be announced nextweek. Boys regionals start on Feb.22.

Here’s a look at how local teams,and their top guns, fared in the pastweek.

BrimfieldThe Indians (21-2) bounced back

from a loss to Illini Bluffs with aconvincing, 62-29, Homecomingwin over Bushnell-Prairie City lastFriday.

Brimfield led 30-14 at halftimeand never looked back even thoughKelly scored just eight points. In hisplace, Jace Swietek poured in 18points and Koby White added 16.

On Tuesday, Brimfield struggledearly against Prairieland foe WestPrairie according to coach ScottCarlson, whose team led by onlyfive points at halftime. But the Indi-ans rallied in the final two quartersto win, 53-31, and to remain a per-fect 8-0 in league play.

Top scorers for Brimfield wereKelly with 23 and White with 10.

Brimfield is at Delavan Friday.Elmwood

The Trojans (14-10) hit the roadTuesday night, travelling to Astoriafor a 56-38 win over South Fultonas sophomore post player VinceLenzi erupted for a career-high 39points.

Groeper was next with ninepoints.

Last Friday, Elmwood routed

Knoxville, 64-48. Groeper was onfire early, bombing in three 3-pointsand scoring 11 of his game-high 27points in the first 2:42.

Ahead 30-12 at halftime and 53-29 after three quarters, Elmwoodcoasted to the win as Lenzi scored12 points and senior Jake Robertsracked up 11.

Roberts is averaging 10.4 pointsper game and shooting a team-high48 percent from the floor (52 per-cent on 2-point shots). Roberts alsoleads with 7.2 rebounds per gameand Lenzi is next at 6.6.

Elmwood takes another road tripFriday to face potent Lewistown.

FarmingtonThe Farmers (18-4) kept rolling

Tuesday with a 61-42 victory athome against Rushville-Industry.

Swearingen scored 18, Higgs had14 and Judd Anderson tallied 14 ona balanced night for the Farmers.

Farmington is home against QuestAcademy on Friday.

PrincevilleThe Princes (8-12) dropped to 1-2

in the Lincoln Trail Conferencetournament with a 65-45 lossagainst Wethersfield Tuesday.

“The game was much closer thanthe score reflects,” coach JeffKratzer said. “We were down fivehalfway through the third quarter.”

Kraft had 13 points, Baumanadded 12 and Marshall Martin tal-lied 11 for Princeville.

Last Thursday, the Princesdropped a 53-42 decision to No. 2seed Mercer County.

Then last Saturday, Princevilleousted West Central, 50-32.

Pool play for the Princes con-cludes with a Friday game at 6 p.m.against United.

Saturday’s game time and foe atROWVA High School will be deter-mined by the Friday contest.

Pool-play tiebreakers are head-to-head competition first, followed byfree-throw percentage and defensivepoints allowed.

Saturday’s games start with theninth-place contest at 1 p.m. andfinish with the title game at 7.

ROWVA-WilliamsfieldThe Cougars (17-7) rolled

through their first two Lincoln TrailConference tournament games,beating Galva (63-37) and StarkCounty (63-39).

Zac Smith and Ricky McCrearyposted 14 points each against StarkCounty, as the Cougars used a 26-9run in the third quarter to blow thegame open.

Things were not as easy Tuesdaynight against Ridgewood, but theCougars still prevailed, 64-55, in agame that coach Bob Andersoncalled “a big challenge.”

R-W took a 16-7 lead after onequarter and led throughout behindtop scorers McCreary (21 points),Smith (16) and Wight (10).

The Cougars play Annawan (17-5) on Friday at 7:30 p.m. in theROWVA elementary gym. Depend-ing on the result, R-W will eitherplay for first or third on Saturday.

“They’re good, so it will take agood effort,” Anderson said. “Wehit a tough spot in our schedule inJanuary and now we’ve got a toughspot again.”

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State-ranked Brimfield(24-4) will once again bethe area’s top-seededgirls basketball team asregional play starts Mon-day (Feb. 8).

CLASS 1AROWVA Regional Monday, Feb. 8

Game 1, 7 pm – (8) Peo-ria Heights vs. (10) OneidaROWVA

Wednesday, Feb. 10Game 2, 6 pm – (1) Brim-

field vs. Winner Game 1Game 3, 7:30 pm – (4)

Elmwood vs. (7) SpoonRiver Valley

Thursday, Feb. 11Regional Final, 7 pm –

Winner Game 2 vs. WinnerGame 3

Winner advances to playin Brimfield Sectional, Mon-day, Feb. 15 at 6 p.m. vs.Winner of Mendon UnityRegional.

Biggsville Regional Monday, Feb. 8

Game 1, 7 pm – (6) WestCentral vs. (9) West Prairie

Wednesday, Feb. 10Game 2, 6 pm – (2)

Abingdon-Avon vs. WinnerGame 1

Game 3, 7:30 pm – (3)Princeville vs. (5) Bushnell-Prairie City

Thursday, Feb. 11Regional Final, 7 pm –


Winner advances to playin Brimfield Sectional, Mon-day, Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. vs.Winner of Lewistown Re-gional.

CLASS 2APeoria Christian Regional

Monday, Feb. 8Game 1, 7 pm – (9) Deer

Creek-Mackinaw vs. (10)Farmington

Wednesday, Feb. 10Game 2, 6 pm – (1) Peo-

ria Christian vs. WinnerGame 1

Game 3, 7:30 pm – (4) ElPaso vs. (8) Fieldcrest

Friday, Feb. 12Regional Final, 7 pm –


Winner advances to playin the Manito Midwest Cen-tral Sectional, Feb. 15 at 6p.m. vs. Winner of KewaneeRegional.

Girls postseason games tip off Monday POSTSEASON

Feb. 8 - Regionals startFeb. 15 - Sectionals startFeb. 22 - SupersectionalsFeb. 26-27 - State Finals atRedbird Arena, Bloomington

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High school basketball is aguard’s game.

For all the oohs and ahhs thebig guys in the paint mayelicit, sharpshooters are theones who generally win andlose most games.

That’s cer-tainly true forlocal teamsthis year. Topscorers oneach of thearea teams areoutside shoot-ers who relymore on thelong ball forpoints than their long stature.

Leading the scoring race isFarmington’ senior TreySwearingen, who at 6-foot-3has the size to get inside but ismost dangerous from outsidethe arc.

The same is true for his jun-ior teammate Eric Higgs, anaccomplished 3-point gunner

who has come back strongfrom a broken collarbone andposted 33 points in a recentgame.

Both of those players wereproven commodities last sea-son. Not so Phelan Kelly ofBrimfield, who has gone fromrole player on a Class 1A state

title team totop gun for thestate’s No. 3ranked team.Kelly has saidhe workedhard last off-season to im-prove and theresults haveshown on the

floor.Beyond those three are a

slasher (Garrett Wight), twobombers (Isaiah Groeper andNoah Bauman) and that rarestof players – a guy who hits 2-point jumpers (Nick Kraft).

Added together, they makeup for an enjoyable mix of

By PHIL JOHNSONFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – TheBrimfield girls basketballteam kept its unbeaten homerecord intact Monday nightin a 64-48 victory overPrairieland and ICAC con-ference rival Elmwood.

Brimfield (24-4) used anaggressive 2-2-1 press andan onslaught of three-pointbuckets to jump out to a 12-0 lead at the 3:50 mark ofthe first quarter. The LadyIndians finished that periodup 15-4.

In the second quarter,Chloe Bowe halted an Elm-wood rally by draining athree at the 2:06 mark to putthe Lady Indians up by 10,The eventually lead 32-17 atthe break.

In the third Brimfield wassuccessful again from be-hind the arc and by gettingfast break points to holdsteady to a 50-35 advantage.With the lead cut to 10 closeto the four-minute mark, itwas yet another trey that

was the Lady Indians’knockout punch

This time the clincher wasthe fourth trey of the gamefrom Kennedy Dura, whoscored 22 points. KenzieSchlipf, who also hit fourthrees, had 16 points, andShayla McCormick had 12.

“Elmwood’s a good team.They kept coming back onus,” Brimfield coach JimBlane said. “Our presshelped us, especially in thefirst half, and half-courtman defense served us wellin the second half. Thethrees came in handy, andwe were particularly happywith good passing in thesecond half.”

The Lady Indians battledRoanoke-Benson to a 44-35win last Thursday in a non-conference contest at home.With the score tied 34-34after three, Brimfield’s de-fense ended the challengewith a 10-1 final period.

Schlipf’s 20 points ac-counted for almost half of

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SharpshootersArea guards posting points

Postseason nearsas Brimfield rolls

Brimfield senior guard Phelan Kellyaverages 19.5 points per game afterbeing a role player last year. Photoby Monte Kenney of Brimfield-Elm-wood Sports Shots.

SMOKING GUNS

Scoring LeadersTrey Swearingen, Farmington 20.8Phelan Kelly, Brimfield 19.5Eric Higgs, Farmington 18.0Isaiah Groeper, Elmwood 15.4Nick Kraft, Princeville 15.1Garrett Wight, ROWVA-W. 15.0Noah Bauman, Princeville 14.1

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