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Carrier Route PresortThursdayMarch 19, 2015Vol. 3, No. 4

By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

PEORIA – As a youngster,Carson Cuevas made regularpilgrimages to Peoria’s CivicCenter for a chance to experi-ence March Madness.

He shot the Rainbow Shotin the Experience hall, drankfree chocolate milk and thenwalked into Carver Arena tosee teams celebrate wildlyafter winning a state title.

As he grew older, Cuevas –like so many young basket-ball players – found himselfreplaying a dream in hismind. Last weekend, Cuevasgot to live that dream.

Playing with poise andshooting with impressive ac-

curacy, the first-team all-stater led Brimfield’s boysbasketball team to the Class1A state championship.

Unranked in the final Asso-ciated Press poll, Brimfield(34-2) defeated MoundsMeridian 56-52 in the titlegame on Saturday as Cuevasset tournament records with a32-point scoring outburst be-fore a boisterous crowd ofred-clad Brimfield fans.

“You’ve just go to look upand take a moment to soak itin,” Cuevas said. “I’ve beenthere a lot to see other people.It’s a dream come true.”

To reach the title game,Brimfield beat ColfaxRidgeview last Friday, 53-34.

“Luke Murphy pinched mein the locker room afterwardsand said, ‘Yeah coach, this isreally happening,’ ” Brimfieldcoach Scott Carlson said.

The championship is thefirst in a team sport for Brim-field, which over the pastseven seasons has been thestate’s most successful small-school basketball program. Inthat time, Brimfield is 215-21

with wins in five regionals,two sectionals, one supersec-tional and now the ultimatevictory.

“I’m not sure I everdreamed this far when Ithought about excellingwithin a season,” Carlsonsaid. “Once we got here westarted really believing.”

In yet another win for theBrimfield team, it was an-nounced at Sunday’s celebra-tion that each player wouldreceive a $1,000 scholarshipcourtesy of Brimfield busi-nesses and Williamsfield’sSpoon River Chapter of theDaughters of the AmericanRevolution.

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Brimfield boys win 1A state basketball title

Billtown EMSagrees to pay$21,000 fine

YC stationcan’t offergambling

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

WILLIAMSFIELD – From Billtownto Oak Run, residents in the Williams-field Fire Protection District (WFPD)may soon see the restoration of itsemergency response services, asTrustees on Saturday unanimously ap-proved a tenta-tive agreement tosettle a case withthe state of Illi-nois.

A status hear-ing withWFPD’s attor-ney and the Illinois Department ofPublic Health (IDPH), which draftedthe document, was scheduled forWednesday morning (March 18).

The District and its ambulance pro-gram were threatened with fines rang-ing from $90,000 to $191,000 andrevocation of its license to operateafter allegations surfaced that require-ments for oxygen tanks weren’t met,IDPH said.

The settlement is in two parts. First,Continued on Page 2

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Homeowners to be announceddespite Schock’s resignationBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – The showwill go on for a Habitat forHeroes project here despiteU.S. Rep. Aaron Schock’sstunning resignation onTuesday.

Schock was scheduled toappear at the ElmwoodPresbyterian Church Satur-day from 2-4 p.m. and an-nounce the family selectedto live in a home plannedfor South Knox Street.

His attendance is doubt-ful in the wake of Tues-day’s resignation, whichcame following months ofintense media scrutiny intoSchock’s spending andbusiness dealings.

“As far as I know we’restill on for this Saturday,”said Gerri Pettit, one of thelocal Habitat for Heroes or-ganizers. “(Schock) justwon’t be there.”

When Habitat for Hu-

manity of Greater Peoria(HHGP) asked Schock tobe a “Master Builder” – adesignation for contributorswho help raise $40,000(about half the cost of ahome projects’ materials) –it started a unique endeavor.

“Habitat lets people helpothers become self-suffi-cient, and it’s not a govern-ment program,” said HHGPexecutive director Lea

Anne Schmidgall. “[But]Habitat for Heroes, [whichis] for veterans and militaryfamilies, is one of the mostinnovative projects in thecountry.”

Nationwide, Schmidgalladded, “Habitat has donehomes for veterans before,but we hadn’t partneredwith anyone from Con-gress. Aaron saw the need,

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InsideElmwood and

Farmington citycouncils met thisweek. Pages 7and 10.

U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Peoria) resigned Tuesday,days before he was scheduled to appear in Elmwood.

Brimfield center Brad Novak keeps aneye on the Class 1A state champi-onship trophy. Photo by Jeff Lampe.

Continued on Page 9

State Coverage• See pictures of smiling fans,

hard-working players and hug-ging coaches, Page 8.• Read about Brimfield’s wins

over Ridgeview and MoundsMeridian, Pages 13 and 15-16.

By MICHELLE SHERMANFor The Weekly Post

YATES CITY – There willbe no video gambling at theAmstar gas station in YatesCity, at least not anytimesoon.

Representatives of thebusiness approached theYates City Board of Trusteesduring committee meetingsearly this month asking to beconsidered for a video gam-bling license.

Village ordinances requirethat any business wishing toapply for such a license mustalso have a combined liquorlicense, said village attorneyWayne Statham, whichmeans customers can pur-chase alcohol for consump-tion on or off the premises.

“You’ve got the packagedliquor license right now, theClass 3,” Statham said duringthe board’s March 11 meet-ing. “There’s not a Class 1

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YATES CITY: Liquor licenses filled(combined) available.”

Yates City’s ordinances, he ex-plained, allow for one Class 1 liquor li-cense per 500 residents “or fractionthereof.” Since there are approximately700 residents in Yates City, the boardhas the authority to issue two Class 1licenses.

The two bars in town take up boththose Class 1 spots.

Should a Class 1 license becomeavailable, the gas station’s operatorscould petition the board for a com-bined license to replace its currentpackaged license.

Such a change would mean “beertaps behind the counter at the conven-ience store” and a segregated areawhere customers could consumeserved alcohol, Statham said.

While manager Steve Melgreen saidthat adding poured alcohol isn’t neces-

sarily something they seek to add tothe store, he said they would makesuch an arrangement happen if itmeant getting a video gambling li-cense.

“We’d like to keep a retail establish-ment in the community,” he said.“We’re simply looking at various op-tions to keep the doors open (and) alsothe tax revenue would help supplementsome of the losses that you’ll be see-ing” due to cuts to state funding.

In other business the board:• Heard about some proposed

changes to village ordinances, whichwill be discussed more at the Aprilmeeting.

• Increased public works superin-tendent Chuck Eiker’s pay to $16.75per hour after he passed a water test.

• Further discussed budgets for thepolice department.

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“to promptly resolve allmatters raised,” WFPDagrees to pay a fine of$21,000, surrenders itsambulance license due toinsufficient personnel,and concedes that it usedoxygen tanks of ordinaryroom air (about 21 per-cent oxygen) instead ofMedical Grade Oxygen(100 percent oxygen) fora few years.

WFPD makes no ad-mission of intentionalwrongdoing, retains itsnon-transport license forfirst responders, and isinvited to re-apply for itsambulance license as anew applicant after ful-filling a Plan of Correc-tion.

That plan is the secondpart of the agreement. Itincludes a prohibition onWFPD filling or re-fill-ing Medical Oxygentanks and requires theDistrict to exclusivelyuse Medical Grade Oxy-gen bought from or re-filled by a licensed

commercial MedicalOxygen vendor.

Further, it mandatesEMTs to successfullycomplete an OxygenTherapy Review Courseof four hours of lecturesand a written exam, to besubject to random in-spections by OSF St.Mary’s EMS System,and to secure an Ambu-lance Service Manager.

The District alreadyseems to have met thatobligation, recently hir-ing Adam Rice of Victo-ria, an EMT who worksat the Galesburg Hospi-tals Ambulance Service(GHAS), as its ambu-lance manager.

“It’s still costing us abundle,” said TrusteeRuss Galbreath. “But it’sa start.”

Next up is a drive torecruit EMTs and first re-sponders since severalhave resigned. The Dis-trict is down to fewerthan five EMTs andabout eight first respon-ders, said Trustee TyLandon.

“That’s not enough tostaff us 24/7,” he said.

“It’s the public that’s suf-fered the most out of allthis.”

Trustees and WFPD at-torney Dawn Conolly de-clined to comment onwhether recent changesmade a settlement possi-ble. Illinois Gov. BruceRauner in January re-placed IDPH directorLaMar Hasbrouck withNirav Dinesh Shah. Also,two Galesburg figuresconnected with the dis-pute – OSF St. MaryMedical Center EMSSystem CoordinatorMelissa Stokes and OSFSt. Mary’s Director ofEmergency Services

Matt Moyes – are nolonger with OSF, Landonsaid.

A WFPD first respon-der, who spoke on thecondition of anonymitybecause he wasn’t au-thorized to comment,said, “We agree we werenegligent, although liter-ally all of us never knewwe were doing anythingwrong. We had regularinspections from the stateand past OSF EMS coor-dinators with no issues.”

Billtown’s ambulanceservice assists about 100patients a year. GHASand BYE Ambulance as-sisted WFPD this winter.


Williamsfield Fire Protection District Trustees RussGalbreath, left, and Ty Landon sign a tentativeagreement to settle the case brought by the IllinoisDepartment of Public Health. Photo by Bill Knight.

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This Week’s Eventss Craft Night – Ladies 18 and older

can make an Easter Egg Tree today(March 19) at Morrison and Mary WileyLibrary, Elmwood, 6:30 p.m.

s Harvest Home – Harvest Home Fes-tival fund raiser dinner today (March 19)at Yates City Community Center. Break-fast for supper, all you can eat buffet anddrinks served, 4:30-7 p.m.

s NAMI Meetings –NAMI support groupmeeting today (March19) 7-8:30 p.m. at ICCNorth, Cedar Hall. Con-nections for individualsin recovery, Room 77.Family and friends of individuals withmental illness, Room 134. Call (309)691-5830.

s Free Movie – Teens ages 13-18 in-vited to watch “Divergent” today (March19) from 3:30-5:30 p.m. at BrimfieldPublic Library. Free popcorn.

s Fish Fry – St. Patrick’s Church inElmwood has fish/shrimp fries Fridaysin Lent (March 20, 27), 4:30-6:30 p.m.

s Free Bread – Free bread is availableFriday (March 20) at 10 a.m. at Elm-wood Methodist Church.

s Tree Sale – Peoria County SWCDtaking orders for “bare-root” transplants

and seedling trees. Tree order deadlineFriday (March 20). Pick-up April 17-18at the USDA Service Center, 6715 NSmith Rd., Edwards. Call (309) 671-7040, Ext. 101.

s Beginning Quilting – Get started inquilting by making a 9-patch hot padSaturday (March 21) at 10 a.m. atPrinceville Library. Sewing machinewith white thread and basic machine

knowledge needed. Pre-registration required.Must be at least 18. Call1-(800) 872-0222.

s Donate Blood –Blood drive March 23 atBrimfield High School,

9 a.m.- 2 p.m. Visit redcrossblood.org,call 1-800-733-2767 or (309) 446-3349.

s Civil War Talk – Civil War in Illinoistopic of discussion at free programMarch 24 at 10 a.m. at Salem TownshipLibrary, Yates City. Carlinville authorTom Emery will discuss the Civil War inIllinois. Call (309) 358-1678.

Future Eventss Fish Fry – Shrimp and whole catfish

served March 27 from 4:30-7:30 p.m. atthe American Legion Hall in Brimfield.

s Craft Show – Spring Fling Gift &Craft Show March 28, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. atMillbrook Township Center, Laura.

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s School Carnival –All you can eat pancake andsausage breakfast Saturday (March 21) from 7 a.m. to 1p.m. at Union Church, Brimfield.

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I RECENTLY HAD A MEETING in my office witha gentleman from Northwestern Illinois. The daybefore the meeting, the northwestern part ofthe state received several inches of snow. I hon-estly expected to receive a call canceling themeeting, but much to my surprise, I didn’t, andmy visitor arrived on time.When I asked about the snow, he explained

that he lives on a township road and that histownship road commissioner had been out sinceearly in the morning, working to see that theroads were clear.After our meeting, I got to thinking about the

tremendous job that all road commissionershave during the harsh winter months. Workingthrough the most adverse, and sometimes dan-gerous, conditions, township road commission-ers keep our township roads clear, allowing us totravel to work, school buses to get our childrento school and allowing the mail carriers to de-liver the mail. With township roads comprisingmore than 53% of the state’s total road miles, itbecomes even clearer that they truly maintainthe “lifelines” of Illinois.Thinking of the harsh winter and the great job

township road commissioners do, it also got meto thinking about the articles that pop up from

time to time in newspapers across the state.There seems to be a substantial amount of

print given to the same old “anti” township rhet-oric of “get rid of townships and your taxes willbe lowered.” What they again DON’T say is howthe services currently provided by townships willbe provided if townships are eliminated and ifthe services are continued, how will they be paidfor? Once again, I never heard “their” plan forshowing actual tax savings.Obviously we all know that when the snow

flies, township road commissioners all over thestate spring into action. Just like I found outwhen my visitor from Northwest Illinois was ableto travel his township road easily while he foundstate roads packed with snow!Time and time again, just like this situation,

townships show they are “taking care” of the jobat hand. In conversations with others, I havebeen told there is no real outcry to get rid oftownships. It is just the lack of understanding onthe part of the “anti’s” of the true facts.Township government is the foundation of our

democracy and it’s worth keeping. I challengeeach of you to continue working together anddoing the great job you do and keep fighting for“our” form of government.Reprinted with permission from Township Per-

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Rambling through central Illinoispondering farm-fresh eggs.

uuuAbout 126 hours ago, while mar-

veling at Carson Cuevas’ shootingtouch, a text sent me spinning dan-gerously closer to a life of crime.“Chickens are legal in Farming-ton!” the textsaid. What?Don’t the folksof Farmingtonknow the deadlysting of achicken peck?Don’t they knowfive cluckinghens make morenoise than thedog next door that barks from 8a.m. until midnight, rests for a bitand then barks until dawn? Aren’tthey aware a few sacks of chickenfeed can create a rodent problem –a problem that somehow is not cre-ated by feeding birds many, manymore sacks of feed? Don’t they fearChicken-Pocalypse? Guess not.Mayor Ken Stufflebeam said resi-

dents of Farmington can legallyhave up to five chickens, ducks orgeese in city limits. ... This newsdepresses me, since chickens arenot legal in Elmwood. See, Easteris coming and so is another law-breaking trip to Farm King to pur-chase brown layers, if only for afew happy weeks.

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saying “they all do it.” Maybethat’s true. But if they get caught,they should get out. ... Might justcrack the next person who tells me,“There is no good music anymore.”I argue thanks in part to Scott Liven-good, the hardware store preacherwho turned me onto Pandora a yearago. Just think of a song or artistyou like, type it into Pandora andlet the magic computer introduceyou to music you never knew ex-isted, or forgot existed. “The Weak-erthans?” “Placebo?” “Built toSpill?” My ears thank Scott daily.So try Pandora some time. I’m toobusy cracking my own kids to getin fights over music, anyway. ...

Full disclosure: I own 51 percent ofPandora stock. And I do not believein cracking kids. ... Ever noticethere are a lot of people who saythey support individual liberties –until those liberties are not the onesthey favor?

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velopment Association’s “CashMob” shopping idea – which de-buted last Friday at Sarah’s TrueValue – encourages folks to spendmoney closer to home. Studiesshow that of $100 spent locally,$68 stays in the community – com-pared to just $43 spent at a non-local business. ... Nice to see SteveHowell get some glory at Brim-field’s state championship celebra-tion Sunday. That made me think ofmy late buddy Neighbor Ash – andabout how important sports are toour communities. ... Parting shot:Please know the first section of thiscolumn was intended as sarcasm.Kudos to Farmington. Again. Contact Jeff Lampe at 231-6040 or

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For example,one thing on mylist was to visit all50 states. I’ve gota feeling that wason a good many lists, as it matchedan item on not only my first wife’slist, but her parents’ list as well.

They had a big motor home that

they drove all over the country. Itwas one of these humongous thingsthat used more fuel than your aver-age Space Shuttle, but didn’t goanywhere near as fast.

On the back spare tire was acover that had a map of the UnitedStates with several of them coloredin. The colored states were statesthe family had visited. More thanhalf were filled in and the last timeI talked to my former mother-in-law, they had colored 37 of the 50states (and they still had the samemotor home even though theywouldn’t have trusted it to drivearound the block).

To “prove” I’d been to each state,I decided to buy something in that

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My first idea, in high school, wasto buy two 45 RPM records in eachstate. One single 45 would be asong that reminded me of the statesomehow (for example “IndianaWants Me” by R. Dean Taylor) andthe second would be whatever 45was No. 1 on the charts that week.

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To the Editor:I am writing to thank you for your

March 12 article about the Elm-wood School Board being unified inmoving forward with the JuniorHigh expansion. Forthe last four years, ourcurrent board hasworked diligently tocome up with a planthat could be realisti-cally executed to fi-nally carry out along-awaited upgrade to not onlyour Junior High wing, but also tocreate a more secure and noticeableentrance to our Junior/Senior HighSchool.

Safety and security of our stu-dents and staff must be a top prior-ity in this day and age. This projectis the start of what I feel are greatthings to come for our district.

During my first year on the board,we were shown decades-old blue-prints from prior boards that hadplans to expand. Many people maynot be aware of this, but the currentlocation of our Junior High class-rooms was to be a temporary fixsome 32 or 33 years ago.

In the years since, each board en-countered difficult financial timesand had to make tough decisions as

to when to begin building up-grades – each time knowing up-grades were inevitable.

Previous boards added two class-rooms to the elementary school and

upgraded our audito-rium. They also addedclassroom space in theovercrowded JuniorHigh by relocating thedistrict office to an ad-jacent property.

The current boardhosted a strategic planning eventthat was very successful in generat-ing feedback from the communityas to priorities for our school. Facil-ities ranked number one on the list.

We heard all the attendees atthose meetings loud and clear. As aresult, we created much-neededparking space by adding a lot acrossthe street from the elementaryschool. We also provided air-condi-tioning for elementary classroomsand had the elementary entrance re-constructed to create a securevestibule. While these may besmaller projects, the upgrades havemade a positive impact on our facil-ity and have assisted in creating bet-ter learning/teaching environments.

I am not seeking re-election April7, and one of three incoming candi-

dates will be voted into my seat. Iencourage new board member(s) tocontinue with the hard work currentand past boards have done in re-gards to upgrading our facilities.

Elmwood is a wonderful commu-nity that has a lot to offer; however,there needs to be a draw, and typi-cally with families that have chil-dren, the school is that draw.

Balancing difficult financial timesmust not put the board into a modeof fear, and force a halt to improv-ing our campus. Elmwood’s teach-ers have provided excellenteducations for students despitesome outdated and technologicallychallenged facilities.

Slowly but surely, Elmwood’scampus will be one everyone cancontinue to be proud of and enjoyfor years to come if necessary up-grades continue to be a priority.

It has been an honor and a privi-lege to serve our wonderful schooldistrict. Thank you to those thatvoted me in at the 2011 election andgave me the opportunity to be a partof such a dedicated group of peoplewho truly care about our district, itsstaff and students!

– Veronica Haskell, Elmwood

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

Monday fire destroysgarage, damages house

BRIMFIELD – A man burningoff his garden midday Mondaylost control of the blaze, whichcaught a nearby garage on fire,destroying that structure and anadjacent pickup truck and damag-ing the house about 50 feet away.

The property on Pulsifer Roadjust north of Illinois Route 8 iswhere Mildred Ennis and her sonJames live, said police, who saidthere were no injuries.

Responding were 11 units fromthe Brimfield, Elba-Salem, Elm-wood, Farmington and Logan-Trivoli fire departments.

No estimated amount of damagewas yet determined.Elmwood cracks downon ordinance violations

ELMWOOD – Elmwood Policelast week issued 14 notices for in-operable vehicles and garbage/de-bris in a crackdown of apparentviolators of the City’s Nuisance orProperty Maintenance coeds.

As in many municipalities, Elm-wood prohibits “inoperative orunlicensed motor vehicle(s)” andrequires “all exterior property and

premises shall be maintained in aclean, safe and sanitary condi-tion.”

“Owners and occupants are re-sponsible to keep properties incompliance,” said Elmwood Eco-nomic Development director DickTaylor.Police reports

• Lindsey Garcia, 33, ofPrinceville on March 13 was ar-rested for driving on a suspendedlicense and transported to the Peo-ria County Jail.

• Earl Snider, 47, of Elmwoodon March 13 was arrested for vio-lating an Order of Protection andtransported to the Peoria CountyJail.Deer accidents

• March 10 – Jack Marion ofPeoria on Southport Road nearKoerner-Trigger Road in Kick-apoo Township.

• March 12 – Daniel Peterson ofGranville on Illinois Route 116near County Highway 18 in Farm-ington Township.

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list.We were planning a trip to Mem-

phis (plenty of Elvis stuff), but as Isaw the writing on the wall, at leastas it came to music, I dropped theidea of 45s and switched to picturepostcards emblazoned with thestate’s name.

We found it’s really hard to findplaces to purchase picture postcardswhen traveling through the cornerof a state, especially very late atnight.

Jars of dirt from each state wasthe next idea, but that was met withone of those looks of derision thatonly wives can give. Believe mewhen I tell you, my wife was a proat those kinds of looks.

As life went on, more states piledup and I needed to settle on a com-mon collectable to acquire from

each. I thought a newspaper mightbe a good solution since that wouldgive me the name of the state andthe date, but the way my luck wasgoing, that would be the final nailin the coffin for the newspapers ofAmerica.

We finally decided those littlemagnets in the shape of stateswould be a good thing to collect.They were everywhere in gift shopsjust across borders of every state inthe union or in any airport whereplanes actually land on somewhatof a schedule. (I doubt Dahinda hasthem for sale, but it’s been a whilesince I’ve been there).

Except no one in Baker, Calif.,has ever seen one. Baker is home tothe world’s largest thermometer,and they’ve got plenty of stuff toprove you’ve paid a visit to thatthing. But none that celebrates the

entire state. No one in the entire capital of

Madison, Wis., had ever seen themagnets for sale either.

Even the Mall of America inMinnesota had trouble coming upwith one.I guess it didn’t really matter any-way. I ended up with just 14 statesvisited with little hope of crossinginto any others. I never made it outof the country (though I came closea couple of times), and I never gotto have a Dodgerdog while watch-ing the Dodgers win (or lose forthat matter) at Dodger Stadium.

I think all three of my daughtershave surpassed the number of statesthat I’ve visited, and the two olderones have both been out of thecountry, so at least that worked out.

Next time around, I’m just goingto have to plan better.

GALLAGHER: State magnets not so abundantContinued from Page 5

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The Elba-Salem Fire Protection District last Saturday hosted a trainingprogram on extricating crash victims from vehicles, and fire fightersfrom Lewistown, Elmwood and the Chicago area were also among thedozens in attendance. John Nichols and Doug Smutzer from the IllinoisFire Service Institute at the University of Illinois in Champaign were theinstructors. Photo by Bill Knight.

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Earlier liquor sales in Elmwood?By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – The City Council onTuesday took steps to expand hours fortwo classes of liquor licenses and con-tinued discussion on the use of golfcarts, ATVs and UTVs within the city,requesting language from its attorneysto consider at an upcoming meeting.

The Council discussed allowing ATVsto be used for snow removal, as sug-gested by Alderman Bob Paige (Ward 3).Attorneys are still working to bring adraft ordinance to a future meeting.

As far as changing the City Code con-cerning liquor sales, no new ordinanceis needed, according to Mayor J.D. Hul-slander. He said an amendment wouldsuffice. Discussion focused on possiblyexpanding Sunday opening hours forClass-C license holders Elmwood Foods

and Casey’s. The starting time for salescould change from 1 p.m. to 6 a.m. andcould apply to three taverns with Class-F licenses, if the Council approves.

In other business, David Vaughan ofCountry Financial presented a proposalto insure Elmwood’s new streetlightsand handrails at an annual cost of $727and $253, respectively. Each streetlight,apart from electrical and concrete work,cost more than $12,000, and more than1,000 feet of handrails cost about$140,000. The Council unanimously ap-proved adding coverage.

Also, Bryan Davis (Ward 1) reportedthe State of Illinois OK’d cost-sharingfor lighting of Streetscape Phase II, withthe Illinois Department of Transporta-tion paying 76 percent and the City pay-ing 24 percent. IDOT had proposed a50-50 split for Phase II.

Wildlife Prairie Park hasspring event March 27-28

EDWARDS – Wildlife Prairie Parkhas its annual Spring Wake-Up EventMarch 28-29, during which the PrairieZephyr train will be rolling out againfor the first time this season.

Bison herds will also be releasedback into their summer pasture for opti-mum viewing and two animals willhave birthday parties in Forest Hall at1:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

Guests receive half-price admission. Call (309) 676-0998 or visit

www.wildlifeprairiepark.org.

Princeville artist Pullen featured in BLICK gallery

GALESBURG – The GalesburgCivic Art Center will exhibit a collec-tion of artwork by Beverly K. Pullen ofPrinceville in the BLICK Gallerythrough March 27.

The Galesburg Civic Art Center isopen Tuesdays through Fridays, 10:30a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturdays, 10:30a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free. Et cetera

Graham Health System employeespledged $6,193 to the United Way forSpoon River Country’s 2015 Campaign.



BRIMFIELD BASKETBALL: CLASS 1A STATE CHAMPIONS

Scenes from State (clockwise from top left)Smiles were hard to find when CarsonCuevas fouled out of the title game. • BradNovak goes up strong against Ridgeview. •Sean Wilbur and Novak are big, but CarverArena is bigger. • Nate Wallace skies to con-test a shot in the title game. • Brett Gilles,Novak, Jace Swietek and Matt McCoy shakehands with fans after the Ridgeview win whilethe Brimfield crowd goes crazy. • Koby Whiteis ecstatic after making one of two freethrows to seal the final score with 3 secondsleft. • Coaches Kevin Kreiter (left) and ScottCarlson salute Brimfield’s “Sea of Red” afterthe title game ... while wearing rented redtuxedo vests. Photos by Jeff Lampe.

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HABITAT: Goal is for 10 homesthe gap, and realized Habitat can helpfill that gap.”

Elmwood’s project, which had 12 ap-plicants, will be the second Habitat forHeroes home. The first was completedlast year in Morton. That project hadabout 50 contributors and raised morethan $80,000 in cash and in-kind dona-tions. Already, Elmwood has more than20 contributors and has raised about$50,000, Schmidgall said.

Habitat for Heroes hopes to build 10homes throughout the 18th Congres-sional District in a decade, and hadplans to proceed with its third homenext year, Schmidgall said.

Data from the Census Bureau, and theU.S. and Illinois Departments of Veter-ans Affairs show the need.

• There are 21.8 million veterans inthe United States; 721,575 in Illinois;3,284 in Fulton County, 4,526 in KnoxCounty, and 14,273 in Peoria County;

• 92 percent earned a high school

diploma and 26 percent at least a bache-lor’s degree;

• 1.3 million veterans served in multi-ple wars;

• U.S. veterans’ median income is$35,367, about $11,000 more than non-veterans; yet 6.7 percent (about 1.4 mil-lion) live in poverty;

• almost 4 million veteran householdspay more than 30 percent of their in-come for housing and more than 1.5million pay more than half their incomefor housing.

Habitat’s national initiative to providehousing solutions is Veteran’s Build.

“After the homes are built, residentshave a 20-year, no-interest mortgage,”Schmidgall said.

Saturday, Schmidgall and others willmake a few other presentations, includ-ing recognizing contributors donating tothe project. Color guards from theAmerican Legion and Veterans of For-eign Wars will be there, and coffee anddessert will be available.


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Prior to his resignationTuesday, reporter BillKnight asked a few ques-tions of Aaron Schock.Question: Beside the

help that Habitat for He-roes homes give to veter-ans and their families,does the project send pos-itive signals to other vet-erans?

Answer: Habitat forHeroes is a concretedemonstration that Amer-icans remain as commit-ted as ever to ensuringthat those men andwomen who serve our na-tion in the armed forcesare repaid for their serv-ice with more than justgracious words.

The government cer-

tainly plays an importantrole in providing the ben-efits that veterans haveearned and deserve, butthe community to whichreturning military menand women also play animportant role in welcom-ing those veterans homeand providing a support-ive environment for themand their families. Habitatfor Heroes projects alsodraw attention to the sac-rifices made by all mili-tary veterans and theirfamilies so that the serv-ice of none is forgotten. Q: How do you see

Habitat for Heroes (orHabitat for Humanity)?

A: The model of Habi-tat for Humanity requires

that the community cometogether to build thephysical structure of thehouse, but on a deeperlevel, the collective effortto build the house alsorepresents the welcomingof the military familyback into civilian life.

Many veterans andtheir families find thechallenge of readjustingto civilian life difficult, soto be welcomed into aneighborhood with yourneighbors pitching intheir support helps easethat process. Habitat forHeroes is also a demon-stration of the generositythat distinguishes Ameri-cans as a people.

– Bill Knight

Schock reflects on Habitat program



NOTICE OF ELECTIONSTEVE SONNEMAKER,PEORIA COUNTY CLERK

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THATON TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2015, IN

ALL PRECINCTS IN THE COUNTY OF PEORIA,

A CONSOLIDATED ELECTION WILL BE HELD

To vote on the following Officesand Candidates:

VILLAGE OF BARTONVILLE, FORVILLAGE TRUSTEE (VOTE FORNOT MORE THAN THREE) REPUB-LICAN PARTY: LEON RICCA. DEM-OCRATIC PARTY: DARRYLHOOPINGARNER, TIM FLIER.

VILLAGE OF BELLEVUE, FOR VIL-LAGE PRESIDENT, UNEXPIREDTWO-YEAR TERM (VOTE FORONE) VILLAGE PARTY: TERRYJOHNSON. INDEPENDENT: SAN-DRA J. COOPER. FOR VILLAGETRUSTEE (VOTE FOR NOT MORETHAN THREE) VILLAGE PARTY:CHAD MURPHY, TERRY L. EL-STON. INDEPENDENT: M. LEROYWISEMAN, BILL JOHNSON,LARRY "DEAN" MERRIMAN,THOMAS A. SHAFER.

VILLAGE OF BRIMFIELD, FOR VIL-LAGE TRUSTEE* (VOTE FOR NOTMORE THAN THREE) INDEPEND-ENT: JOE ARBOGAST, BRIAN D.PORTER.

CITY OF CHILLICOTHE, FOR AL-DERMAN FIRST WARD (VOTE FORONE): DENNIS C. GOULD. FORALDERMAN SECOND WARD(VOTE FOR ONE): DANNY J. COL-WELL. FOR ALDERMAN THIRDWARD (VOTE FOR ONE): MICHAELHUGHES. FOR ALDERMANFOURTH WARD (VOTE FOR ONE):TIM LADD, JUDITH L. CANTWELL.

VILLAGE OF DUNLAP, FOR VIL-LAGE TRUSTEE (VOTE FOR NOTMORE THAN THREE): COLLEENSLANE, SHEILA TAYLOR, JOHN A.BARRINGTON. FOR VILLAGETRUSTEE, UNEXPIRED TWO-YEARTERM (VOTE FOR ONE): DAN LAN-GAN, CHRIS MURFIN.

CITY OF ELMWOOD, FOR ALDER-MAN WARD I (VOTE FOR ONE) IN-DEPENDENT: BRYAN S. DAVIS.FOR ALDERMAN WARD II* (VOTEFOR ONE). FOR ALDERMANWARD III (VOTE FOR ONE) INDE-PENDENT: ROBERT S. PAIGE.

VILLAGE OF GLASFORD, FOR VIL-LAGE TRUSTEE (VOTE FOR NOTMORE THAN THREE) GLASFORDINDEPENDENT PARTY: JOHNWALL, JR., JOHN T. KINGSLEY,DAN BAILEY, DARIN PILGRIM.

VILLAGE OF HANNA CITY, FORVILLAGE TRUSTEE (VOTE FORNOT MORE THAN THREE) PEO-PLES PARTY: CALEB E. JOHNSON.CITIZENS PARTY: CHUCK PAHL,ROD WEAVER. FOR VILLAGETRUSTEE, UNEXPIRED TWO-YEARTERM* (VOTE FOR NOT MORETHAN TWO).

VILLAGE OF KINGSTON MINES,FOR VILLAGE TRUSTEE* (VOTEFOR NOT MORE THAN THREE).FOR VILLAGE TRUSTEE, UNEX-PIRED TWO-YEAR TERM* (VOTEFOR ONE).

VILLAGE OF MAPLETON, FOR VIL-LAGE TRUSTEE (VOTE FOR NOTMORE THAN THREE): MARK A.BRINING, RAYANN HARDIN. FORVILLAGE TRUSTEE, UNEXPIREDTWO-YEAR TERM* (VOTE FORNOT MORE THAN THREE): LIZRENCH, PATRICIA J. MONKS.

VILLAGE OF NORWOOD, FOR VIL-LAGE TRUSTEE (VOTE FOR NOTMORE THAN THREE) INDEPEND-ENT: JANE BASSETT, LYDIA D.PIERCE, BRENT MODGLIN,WILLIAM L. ROBERSON,CHRISTOPHER R. FRANKLIN. FORVILLAGE TRUSTEE, UNEXPIREDTWO-YEAR TERM (VOTE FORONE): NO CANDIDATE.

VILLAGE OF PEORIA HEIGHTS,FOR VILLAGE TRUSTEE (VOTEFOR NOT MORE THAN THREE) IN-DEPENDENT: DANIEL MARISCAL,DEBRA J. REICHERT, BRYAN D.HARN.

VILLAGE OF PRINCEVILLE, FORVILLAGE CLERK, UNEXPIREDTWO-YEAR TERM* (VOTE FORONE). FOR VILLAGE TRUSTEE(VOTE FOR NOT MORE THANTHREE): DAVID SUTHERLAND,EVERETT GENE KOLLER, TERESAF. GILROY. FOR VILLAGETRUSTEE, UNEXPIRED TWO-YEARTERM (VOTE FOR ONE): RANDYHALEY.

CITY OF WEST PEORIA, FORMAYOR (VOTE FOR ONE) INDE-PENDENT: JAMES R. DILLON.FOR CITY CLERK (VOTE FOR ONE)INDEPENDENT: APRIL SILVER.FOR CITY TREASURER (VOTE FORONE): NO CANDIDATE. FOR AL-DERMAN WARD 1 (VOTE FORONE) INDEPENDENT: HAZEL A.THOMAS. FOR ALDERMAN WARD2 (VOTE FOR ONE) INDEPENDENT:JEFFERY A. REAGAN. FOR ALDER-MAN WARD 3 (VOTE FOR ONE)INDEPENDENT: MARY "MARGIE"BARNES, JASON BARTH. FOR AL-DERMAN WARD 4 (VOTE FORONE): NO CANDIDATE.

CHILLICOTHE PARK DISTRICT,FOR PARK PRESIDENT (VOTE FORONE): NO CANDIDATE. FOR PARK

TRUSTEE (VOTE FOR NOT MORETHAN THREE): CAROL MASEK,BEN TILLER, SHANE P. PLACHER,JEFFREY R. NUDD. FOR PARKTRUSTEE, UNEXPIRED TWO-YEARTERM* (VOTE FOR ONE).

HANNA CITY PARK DISTRICT, FORPARK DISTRICT COMMISSIONER(VOTE FOR NOT MORE THANFOUR): JAMES EVANS, LAURIEWHITMORE.

HOLLIS PARK DISTRICT, FORPARK BOARD COMMISSIONER(VOTE FOR NOT MORE THANTWO): JOHN BASHAM, DARRELLSTOUT.

THE PLEASURE DRIVEWAY ANDPARK DISTRICT OF PEORIA, ILLI-NOIS, FOR PARK PRESIDENT(VOTE FOR ONE): TIMOTHY J.CASSIDY. CENTRAL DISTRICTTRUSTEE (VOTE FOR NOT MORETHAN THREE): JACKIE PETTY,KELLY CUMMINGS, JERRYHAMILTON, WARREN RAYFORD.

ALPHA PARK PUBLIC LIBRARYDISTRICT, FOR LIBRARY TRUSTEE(VOTE FOR NOT MORE THANTWO): DIXIE KRISHER, SANDYLINGENFELTER, SHONDRA JOHN-SON. FOR LIBRARY TRUSTEE, UN-EXPIRED TWO-YEAR TERM (VOTEFOR ONE): CRYSTAL KYLE.

BRIMFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY DIS-TRICT, FOR LIBRARY TRUSTEE(VOTE FOR NOT MORE THANTWO): SHIRLEY M. SOLLEN-BERGER.

CHILLICOTHE PUBLIC LIBRARYDISTRICT, FOR LIBRARYTRUSTEE* (VOTE FOR NOT MORETHAN THREE): JUDITH THORN-TON, BEN KROKUM, SUE MOW-BRAY, WED TURNER. FORLIBRARY TRUSTEE, UNEXPIREDTWO-YEAR TERM (VOTE FOR NOTMORE THAN FOUR): JONATHANRUDD, JANE E HARRISON.

DUNLAP PUBLIC LIBRARY DIS-TRICT, FOR LIBRARY BOARDTRUSTEE (VOTE FOR NOT MORETHAN TWO): ERIC M. HOL-SHOUSER. FOR LIBRARY BOARDTRUSTEE, UNEXPIRED FOUR-YEAR TERM (VOTE FOR ONE):ELIZABETH CHRISTENSEN. FORLIBRARY BOARD TRUSTEE, UN-EXPIRED TWO-YEAR TERM (VOTEFOR NOT MORE THAN TWO):BRIAN PUETZ, BRENDA K. CHRIS-TIAN.

ELMWOOD TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LI-BRARY DISTRICT, FOR LIBRARYTRUSTEE* (VOTE FOR NOT MORETHAN FOUR).

FARMINGTON AREA PUBLIC LI-BRARY DISTRICT, FOR LIBRARYBOARD TRUSTEE (VOTE FOR NOT

MORE THAN FOUR): LINDASCHULTZ, MYRNA C. KLATT,DIANA K. TUTTLE.

LILLIE M. EVANS LIBRARY DIS-TRICT, FOR LIBRARY BOARDTRUSTEE (VOTE FOR NOT MORETHAN FOUR): GAYLE L. JOHNSON-BRACKETT, ELLEN CLUSKEY. FORLIBRARY BOARD TRUSTEE, UN-EXPIRED TWO-YEAR TERM (VOTEFOR ONE): NO CANDIDATE.

PEORIA HEIGHTS PUBLIC LI-BRARY, FOR LIBRARY TRUSTEE(VOTE FOR NOT MORE THANTWO): JEANETTE HILLYER,NANCY MARSHALL.

WILLIAMSFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARYDISTRICT, FOR LIBRARY TRUSTEE(VOTE FOR NOT MORE THANTWO): ERIC BELL, KELLY GOODIN.

PLEASANT VALLEY SCHOOL DIS-TRICT #62, FOR MEMBERS OFTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION (VOTEFOR THREE): JEFFERY L EN-SIGNER, MARY L GRAY, ALANPAREDES, HARRIET M. HARRIS.

NORWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT#63, FOR MEMBERS OF THEBOARD OF EDUCATION (VOTE FORTHREE): TIMOTHY T. SANDERS,ANDREW T. HATTERMANN,SHANE HOUSE, BRANDI FULK.

BARTONVILLE GRADE SCHOOLDISTRICT #66, FOR MEMBERS OFTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION, UN-EXPIRED 2-YEAR TERM (VOTEFOR TWO): NICOLE CAMPEN,CAROL J. FREIMUTH. FOR MEM-BERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCA-TION (VOTE FOR THREE): SCOTTSWANSON, DANIEL SULLIVAN,NICHOLAS HESKETT.

OAK GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT#68, FOR MEMBERS OF THEBOARD OF EDUCATION, UNEX-PIRED 2-YEAR TERM (VOTE FORONE): JENNIFER QUINE. FORMEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ED-UCATION (VOTE FOR THREE):CHAD TAYLOR, CAROLINESCHINDLER.

PLEASANT HILL SCHOOL DIS-TRICT #69, FOR MEMBERS OFTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION, UN-EXPIRED 2-YEAR TERM (VOTEFOR ONE): NO CANDIDATE. FORMEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ED-UCATION (VOTE FOR THREE):WILLIAM D. PRESTON, I,MICHAEL KOCHER.

MONROE SCHOOL DISTRICT #70,FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OFEDUCATION, UNEXPIRED 2-YEARTERM (VOTE FOR ONE): JOSEPHW.F. DUNCAN. FOR MEMBERS OFTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION (VOTEFOR THREE): JEREMY POWELL,STEFANIE WESTERDAHL.

STARK COUNTY DISTRICT #100,FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OFEDUCATION (VOTE FOR THREE):DAVID A. STEWARD, BRUCE D.WEST, MATTHEW DANIELNAGODE.

PEORIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIS-TRICT #150, FOR MEMBERS OFTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION, DIS-TRICT 3, UNEXPIRED 4-YEARTERM (VOTE FOR ONE): BRENDAWILSON, JON F. BATEMAN,ERNESTINE JACKSON, DANIELWALTHER. FOR MEMBERS OFTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION, DIS-TRICT 3* (VOTE FOR ONE): JOSHHAYWOOD, DAN ADLER, TERRYSPAYER, JEFFREY R. CAMPBELL,PHIL ROMANUS.

WILLIAMSFIELD CUSD #210, FORMEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ED-UCATION (VOTE FOR A TOTAL OFTHREE) (NOT MORE THAN 2 MAYBE ELECTED FROM TOWNSHIP11N RANGE 3E; NOT MORE THAN1 MAY BE ELECTED FROM TOWN-SHIP 11N RANGE 4E): TOWNSHIP11N RANGE 3E: TERESA STEW-ART, VICKI L. MASSIE. TOWN-SHIP 11N RANGE 4E: ROBERT J.RASK.

FARMINGTON CENTRAL COMMU-NITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT#265, FOR MEMBERS OF THEBOARD OF EDUCATION (VOTE FORFOUR): RONALD ZESSIN, KAYFARALLI, TODD C. GUIDI, DAKOTAHORN, PATRICK KELLY THREW.

BRIMFIELD COMMUNITY UNITSCHOOL DISTRICT #309, FORMEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ED-UCATION (VOTE FOR A TOTAL OFTHREE) (NOT MORE THAN 2 MAYBE ELECTED FROM JUBILEETOWNSHIP; NOT MORE THAN 2MAY BE ELECTED FROM KICK-APOO TOWNSHIP) KICKAPOOTOWNSHIP: MARIBETH E. DURA.JUBILEE TOWNSHIP: SCOTTBAUER, MARK S. HOERR.

LIMESTONE-WALTERS COMMU-NITY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLDISTRICT #316, FOR MEMBERSOF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION(VOTE FOR FOUR): MATTHEW J.MAHER, KENNETH P. HERZ, JEFFSTEAR, SHANNEN L MEYERS.

ILLINOIS VALLEY CENTRAL UNITSCHOOL DISTRICT #321, FORMEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ED-UCATION* (VOTE FOR A TOTAL OFTHREE) (NOT MORE THAN 2 MAYBE ELECTED FROM THE INCORPO-RATED AREAS) INCORPORATEDAREA: STEVEN J. GARRISON,SHANE P. PLACHER, BRENTCRANFORD, MICHAEL A. LABEDA.

ELMWOOD COMMUNITY UNITSCHOOL DISTRICT #322, FOR

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ED-UCATION (VOTE FOR FOUR): TOMCONKLIN, DEAN CANTU, CLAUDEW. KEEFER, TERESA L OSMULSKI,KATHERINE CHRISTINE(CHRISSY) JACOBSON, VALRAMIREZ.

DUNLAP COMMUNITY UNITSCHOOL DISTRICT #323, FORMEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ED-UCATION (VOTE FOR A TOTAL OFFOUR) (NOT MORE THAN 2 MAYBE ELECTED FROM THE INCORPO-RATED AREAS) INCORPORATEDAREA: DAWN BOZEMAN, BETHRHEE. UNINCORPORATED AREA:BRYAN ZOWIN, THERESA L. HOL-SHOUSER, AMY FAIRFIELD DOER-ING.

PEORIA HEIGHTS COMMUNITYUNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT #325,FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OFEDUCATION (VOTE FOR FOUR):DONALD GORMAN, BECKY KEL-TON, STEFANIE MCCUMBER,CHRISTOPHER M. AHART.

PRINCEVILLE COMMUNITY UNITSCHOOL DISTRICT #326, FORMEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ED-UCATION* (VOTE FOR A TOTAL OFFOUR) (NOT MORE THAN 3 MAYBE ELECTED FROM MILLBROOKTOWNSHIP; NOT MORE THAN 3MAY BE ELECTED FROM AKRONTOWNSHIP; NOT MORE THAN 3MAY BE ELECTED FROM HALLOCKTOWNSHIP): MILLBROOK TOWN-SHIP: DARIN COWSER. HALLOCKTOWNSHIP: SUSAN L. HEFLER.AKRON TOWNSHIP: DARWINSTAHL.

ILLINI BLUFFS COMMUNITY UNITSCHOOL DISTRICT #327, FORMEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ED-UCATION (VOTE FOR FOUR):CHRISTOPHER M COATS, LISA J.FULLER, DANIEL J. HORDESKY,BYRON SONDGEROTH.

HOLLIS CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLDISTRICT #328, FOR MEMBERSOF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION(VOTE FOR FOUR): HEATHERKIZER, SHERI BUSKIRK,MATTHEW E. SPENNY, JOSEPH W.MENEFEE.

LIMESTONE COMMUNITY HIGHSCHOOL DISTRICT #310, FORMEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ED-UCATION, UNEXPIRED 2-YEARTERM (VOTE FOR ONE): LARRY AWINKLER. FOR MEMBERS OFTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION (VOTEFOR THREE): JAMES D. BAINTER,MICHAEL L. VOLLMER, MICHAELTHOMAS BREDERNITZ.

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Farmington may pay off bonds earlyBy MICHELLE SHERMAN

For The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON –Farmington residentscould save $125,000 ininterest payments ifbonds for Lightfoot Roadare paid off early.

Ward Three Alderman

Kent Kowal gave a reportat the Farmington CityCouncil meeting on Mon-day (March 16) from a re-cent meeting of thefinance committee wherethe bonds were discussed.

The $7 million projectwas approved in 2007.

“We have enoughmoney in the coffers topay this bond early andsave the taxpayers ap-proximately $125,000 ininterest payments and stillkeep our cash flow andall the necessary re-serves,” said Mayor KennStufflebeam.

The council also:• Accepted the resigna-

tion of Keith Quin fromthe zoning board of ap-peals.

• Approved a resolutionauthorizing Stufflebeamto accept a bid from anelectrical supplier for allcustomers wishing to optinto the electrical aggre-gation program. A requestfor proposal will be sub-mitted Friday (March 20).Bids should be received

shortly afterward.Park changes – At a re-

cent meeting, the Parksand Recreation Commit-tee discussed fixing or re-moving two Jacobs Parktennis courts that are indisrepair.

Options discussed in-cluded resurfacing thecourts. Committee chairLeslye Smith said shewas concerned about thecosts of resurfacing.

Committee memberKim Gilstrap would liketo see a toddler play-ground built in place ofone court. The play-ground could be used bysiblings of baseball andsoftball players.

The committee willstudy costs.

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YEAR TERM) (VOTE FOR TWO):FRANK H. MACKAMAN, MICHAELT. EVERETT.

PEORIA COUNTY REGIONALBOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES,FOR MEMBERS OF THE REGIONALBOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES(VOTE FOR NOT MORE THANTHREE): NO CANDIDATE.

BUREAU, HENRY AND STARKCOUNTIES REGIONAL BOARD OFSCHOOL TRUSTEES, FOR MEM-BERS OF THE REGIONAL BOARDOF SCHOOL TRUSTEES (VOTEFOR NOT MORE THAN TWO)HENRY COUNTY: MICHAEL HOLT,DOUGLAS "DOUG" CROW. FORMEMBERS OF THE REGIONALBOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES,UNEXPIRED TWO YEAR TERM(VOTE FOR ONE) STARK COUNTY:JOSEPH W. "BILL" ELLIS.

LIMESTONE TOWNSHIP FIREPROTECTION DISTRICT, FORTRUSTEE (VOTE FOR NOT MORETHAN TWO): CYNTHIA WEBER,KEITH STEELE. FOR TRUSTEE,UNEXPIRED FOUR-YEAR TERM(VOTE FOR ONE): DARRIN L.RENDLEMAN.

*Check with Election Judges forlist of write-in candidates for thisoffice.

POLLING PLACESThe following Polling Places arehandicapped accessible and will beopen on the day of Election.

AKRON 1PRINCEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL LI-BRARY 302 N CORDIS AVE.,PRINCEVILLE

BRIMFIELD 1 W.F. HARDING MEMORIAL BLDG.106 E. KNOXVILLE ST., BRIMFIELD

CHILLICOTHE 1VFW POST # 4999 (SIDE EN-TRANCE), 1729 N. SANTA FE AVE.,CHILLICOTHE

CHILLICOTHE 2VFW POST # 4999 (SIDE EN-TRANCE), 1729 N. SANTA FE AVE.,CHILLICOTHE

CHILLICOTHE 3ST. EDWARDS - LONGMAN HALL1215 N. FIFTH ST., CHILLICOTHE

CHILLICOTHE 4ST. EDWARDS - LONGMAN HALL1215 N. FIFTH ST., CHILLICOTHE

CHILLICOTHE 5SHORE ACRES CLUBHOUSE 100W. PARK BLVD., CHILLICOTHE

CHILLICOTHE 6CHILLICOTHE PUBLIC LIBRARY430 N. BRADLEY AVE., CHILLI-COTHE

CHILLICOTHE 7CHILLICOTHE PUBLIC LIBRARY430 N. BRADLEY AVE., CHILLI-COTHE

CHILLICOTHE 8SHORE ACRES CLUBHOUSE 100W. PARK BLVD., CHILLICOTHECHILLICOTHE 9 ROME BAPTIST CHURCH 5104 E.

STEVENSON AVE., ROME

CHILLICOTHE 10 ROME BAPTIST CHURCH 5104 E.STEVENSON AVE., ROME

ELMWOOD 1UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OFELMWOOD 821 W. MAIN ST, ELM-WOOD



HALLOCK 1HALLOCK TOWNSHIP BUILDING20008 N. BLUE RIDGE RD., CHILL-ICOTHE

HALLOCK 2HALLOCK TOWNSHIP BUILDING20008 N. BLUE RIDGE RD., CHILL-ICOTHE

HOLLIS 1MAPLETON VILLAGE HALL 8524W. MAIN ST., MAPLETON

HOLLIS 2HOLLIS SCHOOL 5613 W. TUS-CARORA RD., PEORIA

JUBILEE 1JUBILEE TOWNSHIP HALL 12807N. PRINCEVILLE-JUBILEE RD.,PRINCEVILLE

JUBILEE 2JUBILEE TOWNSHIP HALL 12807N. PRINCEVILLE-JUBILEE RD.,PRINCEVILLE

KICKAPOO 1KICKAPOO TOWNSHIP HALL10025 W. ROUTE 150, EDWARDS

KICKAPOO 2 KICKAPOO TOWNSHIP HALL10025 W. ROUTE 150, EDWARDS

KICKAPOO 3REDEEMER PRESBYTERIANCHURCH 2025 N. KICKAPOOCREEK RD., PEORIA

LIMESTONE 1PEORIA COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPT6915 W. PLANK ROAD, PEORIA

LIMESTONE 2PEORIA COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPT6915 W. PLANK ROAD, PEORIA

LIMESTONE 3ITOO SOCIETY HALL 4909 W.FARMINGTON RD., PEORIA

LIMESTONE 4ITOO SOCIETY HALL 4909 W.FARMINGTON RD., PEORIA

LIMESTONE 5BELLEVUE VILLAGE HALL 320 S.MAIN ST., BELLEVUE

LIMESTONE 6BELLEVUE VILLAGE HALL 320 S.MAIN ST., BELLEVUE

LIMESTONE 7MAXWELL ROAD CHURCH OFGOD 905 S. MAXWELL RD., PEO-RIA

LIMESTONE 8CITY ON A HILL CHURCH OFCHRIST 3624 W. MALONE ST,PEORIA


LIMESTONE 10ALPHA PARK LIBRARY 3527 S.AIRPORT RD., BARTONVILLE



LIMESTONE 13KEYSTONE UNION HALL 106 BO-LIVIA AVE., BARTONVILLE

LIMESTONE 14BEREA BAPTIST CHURCH 7609 W.SMITHVILLE RD., PEORIA


LIMESTONE 16BARTONVILLE CHRISTIANCHURCH 4900 W. PFEIFFER RD.,BARTONVILLE

LIMESTONE 17KEYSTONE UNION HALL 106 BO-LIVIA AVE., BARTONVILLE

LIMESTONE 18CAMELOT CLUB HOUSE 9278 W.LAKE CAMELOT DR., MAPLETON

LIMESTONE 19BEREA BAPTIST CHURCH 7609 W.SMITHVILLE RD., PEORIA

LIMESTONE 20BARTONVILLE CHRISTIANCHURCH 4900 W. PFEIFFER RD.,BARTONVILLE

LOGAN 1LOGAN TOWNSHIP BUILDING3114 S. MARTIN WEBER RD.,HANNA CITY

LOGAN 2HANNA CITY UNITED METHODISTCHURCH FELLOWSHIP HALL 12208 W. FARMINGTON RD.,HANNA CITY

LOGAN 3HANNA CITY UNITED METHODISTCHURCH FELLOWSHIP HALL 12208 W. FARMINGTON RD.,HANNA CITY

MEDINA 1PRAYERVIEW COMMUNITYCHURCH 1610 W. WILHELM RD.,DUNLAP

MEDINA 2DUNLAP FIRE STATION #2 (SIDEENTRANCE), 11920 N. ROUTE 40,DUNLAP

MEDINA 3MOSSVILLE GRADE SCHOOL12207 N. OLD GALENA RD.,MOSSVILLE

MEDINA 4PRAYERVIEW COMMUNITYCHURCH 1610 W. WILHELM RD.,DUNLAP

MEDINA 5MEDINA TOWNSHIP BUILDING10628 N. GALENA RD.,MOSSVILLE

MEDINA 6MEDINA TOWNSHIP HIGHWAYDEPT 10620 N. GALENA RD.,MOSSVILLE

MILLBROOK 1MILLBROOK TOWNSHIP CENTER20923 W. CEDAR ST., LAURA

PRINCEVILLE 1PRINCEVILLE VILLAGE HALL

(SIDE ENTRANCE), 206 N. WAL-NUT ST., PRINCEVILLE

PRINCEVILLE 2PRINCEVILLE VILLAGE HALL(SIDE ENTRANCE), 206 N. WAL-NUT ST., PRINCEVILLE

RADNOR 1PROSPECT UNITED METHODISTCHURCH 300 E. ASH ST., DUNLAP



RICHWOODS 1PEORIA HEIGHTS PUBLIC LI-BRARY 816 E. GLEN AVE., PEORIAHEIGHTS

RICHWOODS 2ST. THOMAS CHURCH OLD GYM,1008 E. LAKE AVE., PEORIAHEIGHTS

RICHWOODS 3GALENA PARK TERRACE 5533 N.GALENA RD., PEORIA HEIGHTS

RICHWOODS 4PEORIA HEIGHTS PUBLIC LI-BRARY 816 E. GLEN AVE., PEORIAHEIGHTS

RICHWOODS 5ST. THOMAS CHURCH OLD GYM,1008 E. LAKE AVE., PEORIAHEIGHTS

ROSEFIELD 1ROSEFIELD TOWNSHIP BUILDING(SIDE ENTRANCE) 16221 W.SOUTHPORT RD., BRIMFIELD

ROSEFIELD 2ROSEFIELD TOWNSHIP BUILDING(SIDE ENTRANCE) 16221 W.SOUTHPORT RD., BRIMFIELD

TIMBER 1TIMBER-HOLLIS FIRE PROTEC-TION DIST 401 S. GLASFORD RD.,GLASFORD

TIMBER 2TIMBER-HOLLIS FIRE PROTEC-TION DIST 401 S. GLASFORD RD.,GLASFORD

TIMBER 3KINGSTON MINES VILLAGE HALL209 WASHINGTON ST., KINGSTONMINES

TRIVOLI 1TRIVOLI FIRE STATION 18911 W.FARMINGTON RD., TRIVOLI

WEST PEORIA 1WEST PEORIA CITY GARAGE 1322N. HILLSIDE AVE., WEST PEORIA

WEST PEORIA 2WEST PEORIA CITY GARAGE 1322N. HILLSIDE AVE., WEST PEORIA

WEST PEORIA 3FRANCISCAN RECREATION CEN-TER 908 N. STERLING AVE., WESTPEORIA

WEST PEORIA 4FRANCISCAN RECREATION CEN-TER 908 N. STERLING AVE., WESTPEORIA

The polls will open at Six o'clock inthe morning on the day of Electionand remain open until Seven o'-clock in the evening.

Dated at Peoria, Illinois this 9thDay of March 2015.STEVE SONNEMAKER, PEORIA COUNTY CLERK

NOTICE OF ANNUAL TOWN MEETINGOF THE TOWNSHIP OF ROSEFIELD

NOTICE is hereby given to the legal residents of the Township ofROSEFIELD in the County of Peoria and State of Illinois, that the An-nual Meeting of said Township will take place on TUESDAY, APRIL 14,2015.The Town Meeting for the transaction of miscellaneous business of

said Town will be held at the hour of 7:00 O'Clock P. M. on said day atthe ROSEFIELD TOWN HALL, situated in said Township, and a Moder-ator having been elected, will proceed to hear and consider reports ofOfficers and decide on such measures as may, in pursuance of Law,come before the Meeting and especially to consider and decide the fol-lowing:

Call Meeting to Order;Nomination/Election of the Moderator;Moderator’s Oath of Office;Approval of minutes of previous Annual Town Meeting;Annual report of Supervisor;Annual report of Road District Treasurer;Audit of Accounts;Permanent Fund Transfers;Set time of next Annual Town Meeting;General Busine ss; and,Adjournment.

DATED this 11th day of March, 2015..MARTIN E. MAY,

Rosefield Township Clerk.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL TOWNSHIP MEETINGOF THE TOWNSHIP OF ELMWOOD

NOTICE is hereby given to the legal residents of the Township ofELMWOOD in the County of Peoria and State of Illinois, that the An-nual Township Meeting of said Township will take place on TUESDAY,APRIL 14, 2015.The Township Meeting for the transaction of miscellaneous business

of said Township will be held at the hour of 6:00 O'Clock P. M. on saidday at the ELMWOOD TOWNSHIP HALL, located at 111 West MainStreet, Elmwood, Illinois, in said Township, and a Moderator havingbeen elected, will proceed to hear and consider reports of Officers anddecide on such measures as may, in pursuance of Law, come beforethe Meeting and especially to consider and decide the following:

Call Meeting to Order;Nomination/Election of the Moderator;Moderator’s Oath of Office;Approval of minutes of previous Annual Town Meeting;Annual report of Super visor;Annual report of Road District Treasurer;Audit of Accounts;Permanent Fund Transfers;Resolu tion appoint ing the Township Attor ney;General Busi ne ss; and,Adjournment

DATED this 10th day of March, 2015.DIANA HALL,

Elmwood Township Clerk.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL TOWN MEETINGOF THE TOWNSHIP OF PRINCEVILLE

NOTICE is hereby given to the legal residents of the Township ofPRINCEVILLE in the County of Peoria and State of Illinois, that the An-nual Meeting of said Township will take place on TUESDAY, APRIL 14,2015.The Town Meeting for the transaction of miscellaneous business of

said Town will be held at the hour of 6:00 O'Clock P. M. on said day atthe PRINCEVILLE TOWNSHIP BUILDING, located in Monica, Prin -ceville Township, Peoria County, Illinois, and a Moderator having beenelected, will proceed to hear and consider reports of Officers and de-cide on such measures as may, in pursuance of Law, come before theMeeting and especially to consider and decide the following:

Call Meeting to Order;Nomination/Election of the Moderator;Moderator’s Oath of Office;Approval of minutes of previous Annual Town Meeting;Annual report of Super visor;Annual report of Road District Treasurer;Audit of Accounts;Permanent Fund Transfers;General Busi ne ss; and,Adjournment.

DATED this 10th day of March, 2015.MARLYS ELY,

Princeville Township Clerk.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL TOWN MEETINGOF THE TOWNSHIP OF MILLBROOK

NOTICE is hereby given to the legal residents of the Township ofMILLBROOK, in the County of Peoria and State of Illinois, that the An-nual Meeting of said Township will take place on TUESDAY, APRIL 14,2015.

The Town Meeting for the transaction of miscellaneous busi-ness of said Town will be held at the hour of 7:30 O'Clock P. M. on saidday at the MILLBROOK COMMUNITY CENTER, in Laura, Illinois, situ-ated in said Township, and a Moderator having been elected, will pro-ceed to hear and consider reports of Officers and decide on suchmeasures as may, in pursuance of Law, come before the Meeting andespecially to consider and decide the following:

Call Meeting to Order;Nomination/Election of the Moderator;Moderator’s Oath of Office;Approval of minutes of previous Annual Town Meeting;Annual report of Supervisor;Annual report of Road District Treasurer;Audit of Accounts;Permanent Fund Transfers;General Business; and,Adjournment.

DATED this 10th day of March, 2015. BOBBIE PHILBEE,

Milbrook Township Clerk.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL TOWN MEETINGOF THE TOWNSHIP OF JUBILEE

NOTICE is hereby given to the legal residents of the Township of JU-BILEE in the County of Peoria and State of Illinois, that the AnnualMeeting of said Township will take place on TUESDAY, APRIL 14,2015.The Town Meeting for the transaction of miscellaneous business of

said Town will be held at the hour of 8:00 O'Clock P. M. on said day atthe JUBILEE TOWNSHIP HALL, located at 12807 N. Prince ville-JubileeRoad, in Jubilee Township, Peoria County, Il linois, and a Moderatorhaving been elected, will proceed to hear and con sider reports of Offi-cers and decide on such measures as may, in pursuance of Law, comebefore the Meeting and especially to consider and decide the follow-ing:

Call Meeting to Order;Nomination/Election of the Moderator;Moderator’s Oath of Office;Approval of minutes of previous Annual Town Meeting;Annual report of Supervisor;Annual report of Road District Treasurer;Audit of Accounts;Determine time of next Annual Town Meeting;Permanent Fund Transfers;General Business; and,Adjournment.

DATED this 9th day of March, 2015.ROBIN A. FORNEY,

Jubilee Township Clerk.




Dorothy BeckerPEORIA – Dorothy A. “Dottie”

Becker, 93, of Peoria, passed awaypeacefully on Saturday, March 14,2015 at her son’s home.

Funeral Mass will be at 11 am onWednesday, March 18, 2015, atHoly Family Church in Peoria withFather PaulLangevin officiat-ing. Visitationwill be one hourprior to services.

Dorothy wasborn in Varna toGeorge and AnnaPalm. She mar-ried Paul Beckeron May 31, 1941. He preceded herin death. Dottie and Paul lived afulfilling 58 years together; they es-pecially enjoyed their years atHappy Hollow Lake in Dahinda.

She is survived by one son, John(Cheryl) Becker of Brimfield andone daughter, Suzanne (Conrad)Fisher of the Villages in Florida.Dorothy was blessed with fourgrandchildren and five great grand-children.

Dorothy was a member of HolyFamily Church and loved her hourof perpetual adoration. She had apassion for prayer and felt it washer calling to pray for her familyand friends and those in need oflifting.

She had a gift of gab and knewno stranger. She brought manysmiles to those who listened to herlife stories. Dorothy will be greatlymissed by those whose life shetouched.

Memorial contributions may bemade to Foster Pet Outreach.

Funeral arrangements were en-trusted to Clary Funeral Home,3004 West Lake Avenue, Peoria.

Offer online condolences atwww.ClaryFunerals.com.

Terry DorseyPRINCEVILLE – Terry Dorsey,

66, a longtime voice in Texas radiowho recently retired and moved toPrinceville, died March 7.

Funeral services were March 14in Arlington, Texas.

Condolences may be left atobits.dignitymemorial.com.

Larry HuffmanPRINCEVILLE – Larry L. Huff-

man, 72, of Princeville died March

9 at home.Funeral services were March 13

at Haskell-Hott Funeral Homes inPrinceville, with burial inPrinceville Cemetery.

Condolences may be left atwww.haskellhott.com.

David LinderELMWOOD – David L. “Flea”

Linder of Elmwood passed awaypeacefully at 6:35 a.m. Sunday,March 15 at his home surroundedby his family.

Dave was born Dec. 18, 1952, inPeoria, the son of Rufus andThelma HardestyLinder. He mar-ried Judy Haneyof Sept. 23, 1979,in rural Farming-ton. She survives.

Also survivingare: three chil-dren, Tracy Lin-der of Brimfield,twins Kaitlin andKirsten Linder of Elmwood; twograndsons, Montana Hackman andMason Magee; three brothers,James (Nora) Linder of Farming-ton, Larry (Rhonda) Linder andRandy (Elizabeth) Linder, both ofYates City, and one sister, Vivian(William) Riley of Canton.

Dave was an honorably dis-charged U.S. Army veteran whoserved during the Vietnam conflict.He worked as an auto body repairtechnician and later worked forMerrick’s Floorcovering. He en-joyed watching drag racing andfishing, but particularly enjoyedspending time with his family andfriends and will be greatly missed.

Memorials in his name may begiven to Graham Hospital Hospice.

Cremation rites have been ac-corded. A celebration of Dave’s lifewill be at a later date.

Vera LivingstonFARMINGTON – Vera Cather-

ine Livingston, 96, of Peoria, for-merly of Farmington died March atUnityPoint Health-Proctor.

Survivors include daughter Carol(Dale) Logsdon of Knoxville.

Funeral services were March 14at the United Methodist Church ofFarmington, with burial in SalemTownship Cemetery in Yates City.

Condolences may be left atwww.thewiltonmortuary.com.

Betty ShermanFARMINGTON – Betty “Diane”

Sherman, 62, of Watseka, motherof a Farmington man, died March 9at her home.

Survivors include her husband,Jerald Lynn Sherman of Watseka,and son Jason Sherman of Farm-ington.

Funeral services were March 14at Baier Funeral Home in Watseka.

Condolences may be left atwww.baierfuneralhome.com.

Constance WassonBRIMFIELD – Constance “Con-

nie” Wasson, 65, of Brimfield diedMarch 15 at her home.

Survivors include her husband,Mike; two children, Sarah WassonZiemba and Timothy (Hillary)Wasson; four grandchildren, Jack,Peter, and Lucy Ziemba, of Brim-field, and Daisy Wasson of Ed-wards; and a sister-in-law, Carol(Mike) O’Reilly of Dunlap.

Condolences may be left atwww.wrightandsalmon.com.

Robert ZinserKICKAPOO – Dr. Robert Rae

Zinser, 67, of Kickapoo, diedMarch 12 at his home.

He is survived by his wife, Chris-tine; his son, Robert Rae Jr.(Mamie) Zinser; and daughters,Jennipher (Mark) Vorhees, Drs.Katherine (Joshua) Barnewolt andKelly (Kenny) Bizosky; ninegrandchildren; two brothers; andone sister-in-law.

Funeral services were March 16at St. Mary’s Catholic Church inKickapoo, with burial in St.Patrick’s Cemetery in Kickapoo.

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This Week’s Obituaries• Dorothy Becker, 93, Peoria• Terry Dorsey, 66, Princeville• Larry Huffman, 72, Princeville• David Linder, 62, Elmwood• Vera Livingston, 96, Farming-ton• Betty Sherman, 62, Farming-ton• Constance Wasson, 65, Brim-field• Robert Zinser, 67, Kickapoo

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LAMPE: Brimfield players meshed well togetherMounds Meridian ran two play-

ers at Cuevas and they did theirbest to tire the 6-foot-3 senior. Theplan failed. Cuevas was 13-for-19on 2-pointers in 31 minutes.

Too much of basketball is builtaround the long ball these days.And while Cuevas can hit 3-point-ers, he’s a master of finding seamsto fire up silky mid-range shots.Saturday he found room against asquick a team as he’s faced.

It wasn’t all Cuevas. Brimfield’s

players meshed well together. NateWallace provided rebounding, scor-ing and much-needed height on thewing, Brad Novak was a presenceon defense and improved enoughon offense to be a threat ... whichhelped free outside shooting aceJace Swietek. Added to that was thehustle of Ryan Smith, an underval-ued guard who handled pressure alltournament.

That said, Cuevas made it work.And as so often happens in thewake of a big showing, folks left

the tournament debating whetherCuevas is a Division I talent.

I say yes – given he has time tobulk up and adjust to life afterBrimfield’s 1-3-1 defense. ICCmight offer just such a chance.

And I agree with veteran sportsfan/coach Bob Curran of Elmwood,who said, “If Bradley signedCuevas they’d pick up 200 morefans per game.”

Count me among those whowould pay to see Cuevas swishshots through Carver Arena’s rims.


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PEORIA – Farmingtonsophomore Eric Higgsproved last Friday thathe enjoys shooting infront of a crowd.

Higgs won the Class2A Three-Point Show-down at Carver Arena bymaking 10 of 15 3-point-ers.

That boosted Higgspast Noah Hogue ofMorrison, who alsomade 10 but later hadone of those shots ruledineligible because hisfoot was on the line.

Shooting treys is noth-ing new for Higgs, whoaveraged 17 points per

game this year for Farm-ington and was a first-team pick in thePrairieland Conference.

Higgs made all five ofhis shots from the top ofthe key.

“I don’t really have afavorite place, but I seemto do better from there,for some reason,” Higgstold the Peoria JournalStar. “I’ve been puttingin a lot of work, shootingfree throws and workingon my form.”

Higgs had also hit 10of 15 treys on Thursday

in preliminary action.Next up for the sopho-

more is King of the Hillcompetition this Satur-day (March 21) at ap-proximately 1:45 p.m.after the Class 3A third-place game is over.

Higgs will shootagainst two-time Class1A winner JonathanBarth of Flanagan-Cor-nell and the winners inthe Class 3A and 4Ashootouts on Friday.JH Volleyball –After

winning its 8-2A IESAvolleyball regional, theBrimfield girls team lostto Lewistown (22-1) onMonday at the PeoriaChristian Sectional, 25-14, 25-16.

Brimfield finished theseason with an 18-5record.Et cetera – Outdoor

track practice is under-way for local teams withmost opening their out-door seasons at the endof March. Elmwood-Brimfield and Farming-ton boys and girls willcompete March 31 atFarmington along withKnoxville and Mon-mouth-Roseville. Email information to

[email protected].

ALL SPORTS ROUNDUP

Higgs wins Class 2A 3-point shootout Seth Stephens, ElmwoodSenior Seth Stephens, like many other of our

athletes, has had a career that is of great inspira-tion for our younger, aspiring athletes. Seth stayedwith the Elmwood football team during his fresh-man, sophomore and junior seasons despite notbeing a “star player” or even getting much playingtime. That was OK for Seth and his encouragingparents, James and Kristi Stephens. He was a verygood teammate. He enjoyedhelping the team by practicinghard, and he appreciated thefriendships of fellow Trojanfootball players.

That also would have madeSeth happy during his seniorseason, but things took a turnduring the early season prac-tices. The following is all themore reason for athletes to persevere.

“Coach Hollis asked me if I would move fromcornerback to defensive end. He said I could helpthe team at that position,” Seth said.

The result was a starting position, quarterbacksacks and an all-conference award at season’s end.A positive attitude, hard work, parental support,and patience definitely paid off.

Seth is a Chicago Bears fan, and his favoriteplayer is Major Wright. “Walking Dead” is his fa-vorite TV show (oh well!). In the classroom, hemost likes the study of Biology, as it’s a subject hehas always understood well. Away from schooland the gridiron Seth is an outdoorsman. He en-joys fishing and hunting. The U.S. Air Force is inhis future, and he’ll miss seeing his friends atEHS every day after graduation this May.

“Try to have fun no matter what,” he advises tofuture athletes.

EHS Senior football player Seth Stephens didjust that, whether as a very good practice player oras an all-conference defensive end!

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Senior Carson Cuevasand sophomore IsaiahGroeper were two of fourunanimous first-teamPrairieland Conferenceall-conference selectionsin voting by league bas-ketball coaches.

Also voted to the first-team were senior NateWallace of Brimfield,senior Matthew Jehle ofElmwood and sopho-more Eric Higgs ofFarmington.

Second-teamers werejunior Brad Novak ofBrimfield and juniorTrey Swearingen ofFarmington.

Honorable mentionwent to junior Jace Swi-etek of Brimfield andsenior Jack McKinty and

junior Jake Roberts ofElmwood.

On the girls side, sen-ior Hannah Jostes ofFarmington and juniorKennedy Dura of Brim-field were first-teampicks.

Voted second teamPrairieland all-confer-ence were senior AbbyFrietsch and sophomore

Allie Meyers of Elm-wood, senior PaigePasley of Farmingtonand Senior Ryleigh Keithand junior Shayla Mc-Cormick of Brimfield.

Special mention wentto Elmwood seniors Ash-ley Perryman andShyann Jones and toFarmington senior Ken-zie Skaggs.

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CHAMPIONS: Brimfield crowd was loudans got major contributions fromjunior center Brad Novak, seniorforward Nate Wallace, junior guardJace Swietek, senior guard RyanSmith – and from a fan contingentthat turned its game up a notch inthe postseason.

“Early in the season cheering wasOK, but this came to life,” Brim-field superintendent Joe Blessmansaid at last Sunday’s celebration,motioning to a rowdy student sec-tion. “I went to the 2A games, Iwent to the 1A games, there wasnobody better than Brimfield.”

Here’s a look at Brimfield’s twogames at the state tournament.

Brimfield 56, Meridian 52There was no panic when Cuevas

walked to the bench with 43.4 sec-onds left after fouling out withBrimfield ahead, 54-49. Concern.No panic.

“Of course you’re concerned.But we had timeouts and we drewup plays to get passes to our betterfree-throw shooters,” Carlson said.

While the Indians were just 3-for-9 from the charity stripe in thefinal 1:53, Swietek made two andKoby White added a key shot withthree ticks left to make it a two-possession game.

“Yeah, it got a little hairy, but wecame up with some big boards andthey had to use so much clock,”Carlson said.

Prior to the wild finish, Cuevashad put on a scoring clinic despitefacing double teams and Meridianrotating defenders against him.

In scoring a Class 1A tournamentrecord 32 points, Cuevas shot 14-for-25 from the field (13-for-19 on2-pointers) and led the Indians inrebounds (five) and steals (three).

“We had to have him in the firsthalf and he continued in the second

half and led us to a state champi-onship,” Carlson said. “So clearlythis was his best game because ofthe stage and what was at stake.”

Extra conditioning work Cuevashad requested from Carlson earlierin the season also paid off, as allfive Brimfield starters played 25minutes or more in the title game.

“I don’t think I’ve every had aplayer say, ‘Push us harder, push usharder’,” Carlson said.

This game also showed one moreway that Carlson’s 1-3-1 defensecan be flexible. After a 20-20 firsthalf that saw Meridian get the ballinside effectively and out-reboundBrimfield, Carlson pulled in thewings to help on the boards and sagoff the outside shooters.

More balanced scoring alsohelped, after Cuevas tallied 17 ofBrimfield’s first 20 points.Wallace and Swietek finished witheight points apiece and Novak (7)and Swietek (5) were the top re-bounders.

Brimfield 53, Ridgeview 34Brimfield faced the opposite de-

fensive mission against Ridgeview,an outside-shooting team that at-

tempted eight 3-pointers out of itsfirst nine shots.

In the first half, Ridgeview (32-2)connected enough to stay within21-20. But Brimfield extended its1-3-1 defense in the third quarterand got more balanced scoring tohold Ridgeview to its lowest scor-ing output of the season.

“Their 1-3-1 defense was veryaggressive,” Ridgeview coach Rod-ney Kellar said. “They extended itand got us into places on the floorwe’re not comfortable with.”

Offensively, Brimfield lookedmore comfortable in the third quar-ter after pounding the ball inside afew times to Novak (6 points).While Ridgeview worried about theinside game, Swietek (13 points)made three of his four treys.

“My teammates told me to keepshooting,” Swietek said. “I justkept shooting and luckily they wentin.”

Cuevas hit 9 of 18 shots for agame-high 22 points and led Brim-field in rebounds (6), steals (5) andassists (4). Wallace finished withseven points on 3-of-6 shooting andhad five rebounds.


Despite facing different defenders vs. Meridian, Carson Cuevas scoreda Class 1A tournament record 32 points in the title game.

Here’s a clas-sic Ryan Smithscene: playerssprawled onthe floor as heemerges witha loose ball tomake a playfor Brimfield,this one in lastFriday’s winvs. Ridgeview.Photos by JeffLampe.

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Unranked? So what. Brimfield 1A champs


PEORIA – At least 10 otherteams were better. That’s themessage voters in the AssociatedPress poll sent Brimfield’s boysbasketball team in the days lead-ing up to the postseason.

Truth be told, most observersfigured the Indians would fall ina loaded Peoria Heights Regionalthat featured No. 2 Peoria Chris-tian.

Oh, how wrong the pollstersand pundits were. Brimfieldcapped a memorable MarchMadness march last Saturday byoutlasting Mounds Meridian inthe Class 1A state title game atCarver Arena, 56-52.

One day earlier, the Indiansfollowed a season-long script bytaking control in the second halfto end fourth-ranked ColfaxRidgeview’s 31-game win streak,53-34.

That capped an impressive runfor Brimfield, which beat No. 2Peoria Christian in the regionalfinal (63-53), No. 3 SpringfieldLutheran in the sectional final(59-37) and No. 7 Okawville inthe supersectional (53-38).

“We did talk about the rank-ings,” Brimfield coach ScottCarlson said. “And we knocked

off four top 10 teams, so appar-ently there were some mistakesalong the way.”

Along with extra motivation,the Indians got poised perform-ances from all five starters, mostnotably Carson Cuevas, who wasnamed a first-team Class 1A all-stater heading into the tourna-ment and played like it in Peoria.

“We threw everything at himbut the kitchen sink. Doubleteams. Different guys,” Meridiancoach Erik Griffin said. “Heplayed a personal game of horseout there with us. He’s a greatplayer.”

Along with Cuevas, the Indi-


A fast warm-up and dry weathercame just in time for local baseballand softball teams, which are sched-uled to open play this week.

Teams typically schedule numer-ous games this time of year in antici-pation of rainouts or evensnow-outs. But when the weathercooperates, that can make for verybusy schedules. Consider that Farm-ington baseball has 10 games sched-

uled between March 17-26 andBrimfield-Elmwood has six gamesbetween today and next Thursday.

Headlining local ball teams isBrimfield-Elmwood softball, whichlost two starters from a 29-4 teamthat reached the Class 2A DeKalbSupersectional. Back to lead theLady Indians is senior pitcher Mor-gan Florey, who was 16-2 last year.

In baseball, Brimfield-Elmwoodhas plenty of pitchers back from lastyear’s 25-8 regional championship

squad. That includes Illinois CentralCollege recruit Carson Cuevas, whohad five days since the state basket-ball title game to prepare for today’sscheduled 4:30 p.m. season-openerat Roanoke-Benson.

Williamsfield-Galva won baseballand softball regionals last year, butthis season Billtown players will becompeting for ROWVA.

We’ll have in-depth previews ofall our local baseball and softballteams in our March 26 edition.

Brimfield senior Carson Cuevas rises up for a jump shotafter scoring 54 points and shooting 23 for 43 from the fieldin two state games. Photo by Jeff Lampe.

Brimfield coaches Scott Carlsonand Kevin Kreiter hug after win-ning the Class 1A state title.Photo by Jeff Lampe.

Cuevas toogood to playjust baseball

Indians oust Meridian,Ridgeview for first title

Continued on Page 15Continued on Page 13

Ponder this for a moment in thewake of Brimfield’s memorablestate basketball championship.

What if Saturday’s state cham-pionship game was the last inCarson Cuevas’ basketball career?

That would be a shame, don’tyou think? Not to mention a mis-take on the part of college

coaches, whoseem to bemissing theboat on the newBrimfieldBomber.

Thankfully,Cuevas said henow plans toplay at leastone year of

basketball at Illinois Central Col-lege, where he originally signedto play only baseball.

Looks to me like TonyWysinger got a steal in this deal,which might explain whyWysinger has been textingCuevas frequently.

Evaluating talent is an inexactscience at any level. But it’s safeto say Cuevas is special. Em-phatic proof of that came in his32-point title game showing.

JeffLAMPE

Baseball, softball teams scheduled to start 3-POINT CHAMPFarmingtonsophomoreEric Higgs wonthe Class 2A3-point shoot-ing contest Fri-day, making10 treys. Headvances toshoot Satur-day. Details,Page 14.Photo by DaveGiagnoni.

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