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THE STATE OF THE PARKS

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

PRINCEVILLE – Like somesavvy borrowers who notice the dif-ference between the interest on theirmortgages and new terms fromlenders, the Princeville School Dis-trict 326 last month realized it mightbe able to refinance some of itsloans and save taxpayers somemoney.

It turned out that they’ll be savinga lot of money, after a presentationMarch 22 by First Midstate’s DavidPistorius that Superintendent Shan-non Duling called “awesome news.”

Princeville schools will be savingabout $82,000 more than they’d

Princevillesaves byrefinancing

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Last week, Illinois Attorney Gen-eral Lisa Madigan demanded thatthe financially troubled PeabodyEnergy prove it has the $92 millionnecessary to reclaimcoal mines if it shutsdown.

In a letter she sentthe St. Louis-basedcoal company onMarch 21, Madiganasked Peabody toproduce details showing it has thebond amount available for its south-ern Illinois coal mines since theprevious week, Peabody told fed-eral regulators it might “not have

Abandonedcoal minesdot the area

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By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

ELMWOOD – Parks are more thanjust somewhere to play baseball or toswoosh down a slide – though those aresignificant roles for public spaces.

Local parks are also places to walk,relax, shop, dine, to admire nature andto simply enjoy a sunny spring day.

Though our greenspaces often makeup only a small partof our towns, theyplay a dispropor-tionally importantrole in increasingquality of life.

It’s with that in mind that we are un-dertaking a series outlining information,improvements and plans for the parks inour towns.

First up is Elmwood, where the cityhas planned improvements to the com-munity’s three public green spaces – andcivic groups have planned plenty of ac-tivities for those same spaces.

Of course not all activities areplanned. On a warm day last September,Bradley graduate assistant Paul Langebrought his class to Elmwood for achance to sketch Lorado Taft’s statue“The Pioneers.” Artists set up camparound the statue for a class in the field.

“I thought it would be helpful to drawfrom Taft’s sculpture so they could ob-serve the way he simplified form. It wasalso a good way encourage them todraw from life,” Lange said. “Elmwoodis lucky to have his beautiful sculp-tures.”

Though not a typical activity, the ar-

rival of artists underlines the variety ofevents and people drawn to Elmwood’swell-kept Central Park, where improve-ments last year included new plantingsaround the familiar green-topped band-stand.

“We put new flowers around thebandstand last year and we’re going toadd to that,” said Alderman Bob Paige,who is in charge of city parks. “And the

veterans are working on putting newflags on either side of the memorial (inthe southwest corner of the park).”

Beyond that Paige anticipates plentyof maintenance in a park that will see asteady stream of events and attractions –many that put more stress on the grassthan did the feet of a few artists.

On April 30, the first of three cruise-

Elmwood improvementsinclude plants,more lights

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Students from a Bradley University drawing class spent a morning last summersketching Lorado Taft’s sculpture “The Pioneers,” located in Central Park – one ofthree parks in Elmwood. Photo by Jeff Lampe.

Our ParksThis is the firstin a series onparks in localcommunities.

InsideList of area’sabandoned coal mines,Page 13.

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We Cover The News of West-Central Illinois With A Passion

PRINCEVILLE: $357,251 savings in bond lifehoped.

“We ended up at an in-terest rate of 1.950 per-cent on the refinancing ofour two bonds,” Dulingsaid. “First Midstate orig-inally estimated our sav-ings at $275,527 with a2.750 percent rate. How-ever, with the 1.950 per-cent rate, we ended up

saving $357,251 over thelife of the new bond,which represents a sav-ings of over 15 percent.

“We were also able toup our limit to help pro-tect the long-term finan-cial security of theDistrict in the event thatthe State passes a prop-erty-tax freeze,” he con-tinued. “Finally, some

good news!”The Board passed a

resolution providing forthe issue of “General Ob-ligation RefundingSchool Bonds” and theproperty-tax rate will stayabout the same, said Dul-ing, adding that anychange would be in Year9 of the new loan.

“We did that to keep

the tax rate steady [and]to maximize the savings,”he said.

In other action lastweek, the Board ap-proved Sara Bushman'sleave under the Family &Medical Leave Act andOK’d Josh Foreman asPHS Volunteer BaseballCoach.

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PRINCEVILLE – The VillageBoard on March 22 approved anew marketing approach for lots inthe Aten Acres subdivision pro-posed by its Tax Increment Financ-ing advisers and Village attorneysfrom Cordis & Cordis.

Under the plan, lots will be pro-moted for sale for $29,000, with$22,500 down and a mortgage of$6,500, according to Village Presi-dent Sid Stahl. After a home is

built on the lot, the $6,500 will beforgiven, so buyers will end uppaying $22,500 for a lot.

Lots formerly were marketed at$45,000 with $42,500 down, hesaid.

“We had been publicizing incen-tives to purchase lots that [in-cluded] an offer to forgive half[the down payment] upon comple-tion,” Stahl said, “but apparentlywe’re required to advertise [just]the asking price.

“We probably overdid it to

start,” he continued, but “it’s nottoo late to correct things.”

In other news, the Board:• approved an ordinance to pur-

chase a garage and lot on EastEvans Street for $17,750; and

• OK’d an ordinance changingthe Village Code concerningfences. The Board in January ad-dressed local zoning on residentialprivacy fences’ heights, citingsightlines and traffic safety.

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THE WEEK AHEAD

This Week’s Eventss Shed Contest – Manna Meal is

today (March 31) at noon at theMethodist Church in Elmwood. $4 perperson. Carry-outsavailable.

s 3D Lab –All dayspring break 3D lab atBrimfield Public Li-brary is today (March31) from 10 a.m.- 5p.m.

s Knitting Guild – Heart of IllinoisKnitting Guild is Tuesday (April 5) at9 a.m. in Memorial Hall at MapleLawn Homes in Eureka. Bring yarn,needles, books and more to exchangeor sell.

s Shed Contest – Elmwood InsuranceAgency Shed Antler Contest is nowuntil April 15. $25 first place. Topthree entries scored. Free t-shirt foreach entry. This year’s sheds only.

Future Eventss Adult Coloring – Coloring Night for

Adults (ages 18 and older) is April 7 at6:30 at Morrison and Mary Wiley Li-brary in Elmwood.

s Karaoke Night – Princeville VFWkaraoke night is April 8 from 8-12 p.m.

Max Music is DJ forKaraoke by Jeff. s Fiber Guild – Bishop

Hill Fiber Guild meet-ing is April 9 at 10 a.m.at Criative Threads inChillicothe. Dallas AnnPrentice will present a

program on needle tasting. s Brimfield Boosters – Brimfield Ath-

letic Boosters Annual raffle and danceis April 9, 6-11 p.m. at BrimfieldAmerican Legion. Avanti’s spaghettidinner $7 from 5-7 p.m.

s Craft Show – Spring Craft and Ven-dor Show at Notre Dame High Schoolin Peoria is April 9 from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m.

s Open House – Princeville HeritageMuseum Spring Open House is April 9from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. Ag equipment ondisplay.

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s Coin Appraisal – Free Rare Coin Appraisal isTuesday (April 5) from 10 a.m. ro 3 p.m. in thelobby at Farmers State Bank in Elmwood. Bringold coins, paper money and gold jewelry for ap-praisal. Coins can be sold if you want.

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Rambling through central Illinoispondering why it rains on days off.

uuuOne advantage of being stout is

that people assume you know abouteating. That’s an advantage when itcomes time to taste test food. Inthose infrequent situations, thinguys often lose out to their plumperpals. And theyshould. I’ve saidit often, butevery time askinny guy dies,it makes me feela little betterabout my lifechoices. Withthat in mind, Igladly acceptedan offer from Gary Maness to cometest the food at his newrestaurant/bar in Elmwood whichwill open April 1 in the space for-merly occupied by Trojan Corner. Ithink Gary said he is going to callthe place The Corner Tavern, but Iwas preoccupied pondering whetherit would be possible to sample anentire menu. We’ll have a reportnext week. ... One skinny guywhose eating opinion I value is TheMayor of Oak Hill. That feisty littlerascal can eat. And he makes verygood deer and goose jerky, as heproved this week. One note: If youeat a sack of Oak Hill’s finest jerkyat 2 a.m., make sure to have someTums by the bed.

uuuBe careful if you come visit our

office in the next few weeks. Wehave six dangerous baby chickens

in our workplace. I say dangerous,because that must be the reasonthese otherwise friendly little birdsare outlawed in Elmwood. Yes,chickens are illegal in Elmwood.Sigh. But if you are willing to riskit, and you or your youngsters wantto play with the chicks, stop by 115W. Main St. We may even add a fewducks to the mix later in the week tospice things up. ... And yes, oursnake whisperer is on the prowl foranother addition to the menagerie,though his first offering of a cornsnake that likes to bite was refused.

uuuDid I mention the Mayor of Oak

Hill was fired up when he visited?And he’s not the only one wonder-ing why several trees were takendown at the cemetery on SouthportRoad near Oak Hill. Time con-straints limited our efforts to reporton that issue for this week. Butwatch for something next issue ...Here’s a warning to anyone whoneeds to place a legal ad in a news-paper: Not every paper can legallyprint such an ad, since Illinois law isfairly explicit about requirements.For what it is worth, we satisfy thelegal statute to publish legal ads.Doing so costs money, space andtime. About the only other paperaround here that can say that is thePeoria Journal Star. Trust me, theycharge more. ... You may have no-ticed more pictures of people hand-ing checks to each other. Whilesome big, daily papers frown onsuch pictures, we welcome them –but starting immediately, we onlywelcome them when you take the

picture. In other words, we are notcoming out to take a picture of youand Clem with a check for $764. Butif you send a photo in, we will doour best to print it, as space allows.

uuuThe world is filled with doubters.

Take last week. Someone doubted Iread “Water for Elephants,” as men-tioned in my last column. Anotherdoubted I’ve researched P.T. Bar-num. Discussing the book broughtback fond memories. So did the P.T.Barnum research, which came incollege. One thing I learned as a stu-dent was that I needed all the help Icould get. My college had a verygood hockey team that was made upof a bunch of Canadian fellows whowere sharp skaters, if not sharp stu-dents. Yet they got good grades.Hmm. I decided to attend some ofthe same classes as the team. Myfirst was “The History of Public Re-lations.” In a large lecture hall, theresat most of the hockey team, me, afew hundred other savvy slackersand a professor who spent much ofhis time discussing P.T. Barnum,elephants and midgets. I went backonce more, for the final exam. Gotan A-. Been a hockey fan ever since.... Parting shot: There’s a story byBill Knight in this edition that talksabout “abandoned” coal mines. Inan effort to aid the environment, wewill assume ownership of any prop-erties with abandoned mines at nocost to the person granting them tous. We’ll even pay a few bucks peracre for abandoned strip mines.Contact Jeff Lampe at 231-6040 or

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When I first started working forCircuit City in Peoria, I was in theirCustomer Serv-ice department.This meant that Istood behind acounter and gotyelled at a lot forthings thatweren’t evenclose to beingmy fault and oth-erwise generallyabsorbing the abuse of customerswho were genuinely ticked off atme.

Believe me, if that doesn’tchange your perspective on how totreat people, nothing will.

I used to be a “tough customer”who thought that yelling, scream-ing, ranting and raving was thequickest way to get my way whendealing with a company. After ashort time of handling customercomplaints, and having Karmacome around to kick my butt, Ihave become the kindest, gentlestcustomer you’d ever want to meet. (Unless your company is Media-com, and that’s a whole other

story.)I had a nice lady come in once

who had a phone that didn’t work.It was a cordless model that hookedinto a landline and it had just quitworking. She had an extended guar-antee on it, which meant we weregoing to replace it for her with noproblem, but we weren’t going todo it the way she wanted.

Since she’d had the phone for acouple years, the policy stated thatif it quit working, she would returnit to the store and we’d send it infor repairs. If repairs couldn’t bemade, then they would send her agift card for exactly what she hadpaid for the phone and she couldbuy a new one.

Cordless phones weren’t re-pairable. We knew that. We knewthat when we sent it in, it would bejust two or three weeks before theysent her a gift card. She had paidless than $50 for the phone.

She wanted a new one on thespot. She needed a phone and thatwas the only one she had. I tried totell her that’s not the way it worked,but she insisted. In fact, she insistedin a very loud voice while question-

ing the validity of my parents’ mar-riage when I was born.

(Consumer hint: Don’t insultsomeone who is trying to help you.)

I made her an offer. I told her ifshe purchased a new phone, she’dhave a phone, and when the cardcame to her in the mail, she couldbring it in, and I’d give her cashback for the entire amount – some-thing we weren’t supposed to do.

That wasn’t acceptable. Shewanted the (very bad word) phoneright this very (even worse word)minute. If she didn’t get it, she wasgoing to call her son who was abig-shot lawyer with a big-shot firmin a big-shot city and she was goingto sue me.

I told her that I was trying tocompromise by selling her a phoneso she’d have one. If she didn’t doit that way, then she was going tojust have to send the phone in her-self and wait for the refund to arrivein the mail.

Again, I heard about her son thelawyer. It was company policy toquit discussing anything with peo-ple once they brought up a lawyer

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Tales from the customer service circuit

JonGALLAGHER

To the Editor:We would like to thank everyone

involved in the third annual DakotaRamp Dodgeball tournament.Whether you helped, participatedand/or donated money, we greatlyappreciate it.

Also, we would liketo thank the Elmwoodschool for heading upand sponsoring thetournament. It is trulygratifying to see howmuch everybody caresabout keeping thememory of Dakota alive.

We are so thankful for everything.Many thanks.

– Don & Karen Ramp, Elmwood

Being different is notalways bad, or goodTo the Editor:

Easter most years reminds me thatbeing unlike the majority of people

around me is not all bad or all good. I am Greek Orthodox, albeit not

one who can claim regular churchattendance, but I can claim the ben-efits and trials of being differentthan my peers because of a basicfact – our Easter celebration rarely

falls on the same dayas that of the RomanCatholic and Protestantchurches. If any of youwould like an explana-tion of how that hap-pens you are welcometo call, but it would be

unwise to expect the line would bebusy because so many are lining upto gain that knowledge.

This part of my life has been im-portant to me and to those who haveknown and tolerated me over theyears. My friends thought it was alittle weird that my Lenten ritualwas different, most noticeably be-cause of the timing, and it wasstrange I was going to mid-week

services on nights when I wouldnormally have been at school activi-ties the others were attending andenjoying.

I often bristled at missing thoseevents, but that was simply a part ofwho I was that they accepted. I ap-preciated their shrugging it off. Butit did make me know I was uniqueand made me take stock of myfriends and understand they too hadindividual aspects which made themjust that – individuals.

I called family and friends to wishthem a Happy Easter today and en-joyed the company of a wonderfulcouple who invited me to join themfor brunch at the Pere. And I willthink of each of them when I callmy family and Greek friends andwish them Christos Anesti (Christ isRisen) in five weeks.

– Dimitri Beres, Elmwood

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

Trial underway for obstruction charges

PEORIA – Four men linked to afatal crash and its aftermath a yearago continue to face obstruction ofjustice charges, and the trial for oneof them began Monday afternoon.

Michael Wilson, 21, of Farming-ton went on trial this week beforeJudge Albert Purham in connectionwith an accident in rural Elmwoodin which 22-year-old Joshua Fullerof Trivoli was killed.

Fuller died after being injured as apassenger in a truck driven by 22-year-old Dillon Nolan of HannaCity. The truck left McClellan Roadbetween Elmwood and Brimfieldand wreckage was discovered thenext morning, on April 16, 2015.

Nolan on Feb. 16 pleaded guiltyto leaving the scene of an accidentinvolving a death and to aggravatedDriving Under the Influence. Nolanis to be sentenced April 14.

In court, Nolan agreed he didn’ttry to call authorities but calledfriends who helped move the truckand transported Fuller to FultonCounty, where he was pronounced

dead.Wilson and three others – James

Kosner, 22, of Peoria; Cotyjo Milli-man, 21, of Elmwood; and WilliamZamaro, 28, of Farmington – are ac-cused of being the friends who po-lice and prosecutors accuse ofproviding false information aboutFuller’s medical condition, or abouthow they came into possession ofNolan’s truck.

Kosner is scheduled to go on trialJuly 5, and Milliman has a confer-ence May 27 and a June 6 trial date.

On Monday, Zamaro’s attorney,Hugh Toner, requested the court ap-point a defense expert at theCounty’s expense to review evi-dence held by the prosecution onthe ground that Zamaro is indigent.Assistant State’s Attorney BrianFitzSimons opposed the motion andJudge Purham scheduled an April15 hearing on the motion.

Obstruction of justice is a Class 4felony, conviction for which carriespunishment of up to three years inprison and a fine of up to $25,000.

Drowsy motorist hospitalized after crash

PRINCEVILLE – A 19-year-oldPrinceville man on March 24

drove off Brimfield Jubilee Roadas he was northbound about 4 thatafternoon, when the 2000 Chevro-let S-10 he was driving struck atree, according to reports.

Dequiez Stringer told policehe’d fallen asleep at the wheel andsaid he’d been awake for 16hours.

AMT transported Stringer toOSF St. Francis Medical Center.

Police reports• Kelly Jo Crum, 31, of Edwards

on March 25 was arrested to holdfor another agency and transportedto the Peoria County Jail.

• Ricardo Gutierrez, 62, ofPrinceville on March 26 reportedthe theft of about $120 worth ofmotor vehicle parts from a drivewayin the 21000 block of Holmes Roadin Princeville, according to the Peo-ria County Sheriff’s Office.

• Justin Deemie, 26, of Laura onMarch 26 was arrested for DrivingUnder the Influence and trans-ported to the Peoria County Jail.

Deer accident• March 15 – Kayla Coulter of

East Peoria near the intersectionof Brimfield-Jubilee andPrinceville-Jubilee Roads in Ju-

PUBLIC RECORD

GALLAGHER: Is your return to the right store?and to refer them to our legal de-partment. I could have done that,but I was trying to help and stillstay within company policy.

I was patient for a while, and I fi-nally told her, “Look, lady, if yourson is any kind of lawyer at all,he’ll tell you to take the deal.”

She made another commentabout her big-shot son and I finallytold her that I wasn’t real worriedabout a lawyer who had nothingbetter to do with his time than tosue a company over a $50 phone.

“Besides,” I added, just to makeher madder, “How are you going tocall him? Your phone’s broke.”

She came back a few days later,bought the phone like I had sug-gested and a few weeks later,brought in her gift card for a re-fund. I guess her son talked somesense into her.

Another guy came in, demanding

a refund on something he’d pur-chased. He didn’t have a receipt,but that was not a problem. We al-ways asked for phone numberswhen someone purchased some-thing so we could store the infor-mation in our computer.

He claimed he hadn’t given hisphone number, and that was en-tirely possible. Not all our employ-ees took numbers at the checkout(mainly those who had never gonethrough the ordeal of looking up areceipt that didn’t have a phonenumber). I tried looking it up usinghis credit card number, but that did-n’t provide any results either.

I told him without a receipt orwithout me being able to look it up,I couldn’t return the item.

He stormed out of the store, call-ing me names, and generally throw-ing a hissy fit.

A half hour later, he was back. Hepushed his way to the front of the

line and slammed the receipt(which he’d found on the floor-boards of his truck) on the counter,and again, demanded a refund.

I checked the receipt, and it was,in fact, for the item he was trying toreturn.

“I can’t refund this item,” I toldhim.

More fireworks, more name call-ing, and instead of a tizzy, this wasa full blown conniption fit. After hewound down, I held up the receiptin front of my shirt. The BESTBUY logo on the receipt sharplycontrasted to the Circuit City logoon my shirt.

“Try them,” I suggested. “Theymight be able to help you.”

Red-faced, he left, amidst the ap-plause of the other people in linethat he’d just cut in front of.

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By GREG BIELLERFor The Weekly Post

March has beenWomen’s History Month– a time to focus not juston the past, but on thechallenges women con-tinue to face.

Ida May Fuller, bornSept. 6, 1874, was the firstAmerican to receive amonthly Social Securitybenefit check. She re-ceived the check (for$22.54) on Jan. 31, 1940.

Seventy-six years later,Social Security continuesto play a vital role in thelives of women. Accord-ing to the U.S. CensusBureau, a girl born todaycan expect to live morethan 80 years. As a result,

experts generally agreethat women need to planwisely for retirement.

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At press time, Judge Al-bert Purham hadn’treached a verdict in thetrial of 21-year-oldMichael Wilson of Farm-ington, accused of ob-struction of justice in theinvestigation into theApril 17, 2015, death of22-year-old Joshua Fullerof Trivoli.

Wilson opted for abench trial instead of tak-ing the case to a jury onMonday, when the after-noon was spent recon-structing the late-nightaccident on McClellanRoad outside Elmwood,where Dillon Nolan, 22,of Hanna City, wrecked

his truck, in which Fullerwas a passenger.

On Tuesday, argumentscentered on when Fullerdied, since Wilson andothers charged in the inci-dent claimed Fuller hadbeen walking and talkingafter the crash.

Dr. John Denton, theforensic pathologist whoconducted Fuller’s au-topsy, testified that “ex-tensive, numerousinjuries” led him to con-clude Fuller “died veryrapidly.”

Fuller’s injuries in-cluded a bruised, swollenbrain, a severe fracture ofhis back and internal in-juries, meaning that hewas paralyzed, Denton

testified, adding that de-spite serious wounds,there was no bleeding inthe chest cavity, so thephysician concluded thatFuller’s heart had stopped.

“I do not believe hewould’ve been walking,”Denton said.

Wilson’s attorney,Matthew Miller, askedDenton whether it waspossible that Fuller couldhave remained responsive,and Denton replied, “Inever say ‘impossible’.”

Fulton County CoronerSteve Hines agreed thatwhen he was called to theFarmington scene whereFuller lay dead, he con-cluded that he’d beendead for some time.

“It was very unusual tohave no blood loss [and]no bloodstains on hisclothing,” Hines said.

In a 44-minute video ofWilson’s interview by De-tective Dave Hoyle of thePeoria County Sheriff’sOffice, Wilson said Co-

tyjo Milliman, 21, of Elm-wood brought Fuller andNolan to Wilson’s houseabout 3 that morning, andWilson implied there wereconversations with Fullerand added that he thoughthe saw him breathing andheard him snoring wherehe lay on the floor. Wilsontold police when he wasleaving for work about 8that morning, he noticedFuller’s complexion andchecked for a pulse andfound none.

Since the 9-1-1 callwasn’t made until 9:14a.m., police said they sus-pected that Wilson andothers delayed phoning toremove incriminating ma-terial from the house.

Wilson has no criminalrecord in Peoria Countyexcept for a traffic ticketand an ordinance violationfor alcohol.

Denton testified thatFuller showed the pres-ence of alcohol, marijuanaand Valium.

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By MELINDA MYERSFor The Weekly Post

Whether planting a gar-den, enjoying the beautyof your landscape or sit-ting down to a deliciousmeal, you have bees, but-terflies and other pollina-tors to thank. These keymembers of our ecosys-tem are responsible formuch of the food andbeauty we enjoy.

Unfortunately, pesti-cides and habitat loss arethreatening their exis-tence. You can help. Turnyour garden, backyard orbalcony into a pollina-tor’s habitat.

Plant a variety of flow-ering plants that providenectar and pollenthroughout the season.Planting masses of na-tives, herbs and other pol-linator favorites likesedum, zinnias, alyssum,cosmos, and columbinewill attract these beautiesto your landscape. In-

clude a variety of day andnight blooming flowers ina variety of colors andshapes to support thewidest range of pollina-tors. And even just a win-dow box of flowers canhelp.

Keep your plantshealthy and bloomingwith proper care. Matchthe plants to the growingconditions, provideneeded water and fertilizewith an organic nitrogenfertilizer like Milorganite(milorganite.com) whenneeded. You’ll promoteslow steady plant growththat is less susceptible todrought and pests. Plusthe slow release low ni-trogen won’t interferewith flowering which isessential to the health andwell being of our pollina-tors.

Supplement pollinators’diets with a bit of rotten

fruit. And be sure to pro-vide trees, shrubs, pars-ley, dill and other plantsthat caterpillars, grubsand the immature stage ofother pollinators prefer tofeed upon. Put away thepesticides and tolerate afew holes in the leaves oftheir favorite plants.With a diversity of plantsyou can easily overlookthe temporary leaf dam-age. Plus, this is a smallprice to pay for all thebenefits they bring to thegarden.

Provide pollinatorswith shelter from preda-tors and the weather. In-clude a variety of trees,shrubs and perennials.Leave patches of opensoil for ground nestingbees and some leaf litterto shelter some butter-flies, bumblebees andother pollinating insects.Supplement natural shel-

ter with commercial orhomemade nesting boxes.You’ll find do-it-yourselfplans on the internet fromvarious educationalsources.

Puddles, fountains,birdbaths and even adamp sponge can provideneeded water. Includewater features with slop-ing sides or add a fewstones to create easier ac-cess. Or sink a shallowcontainer of sand in theground. Keep it damp andadd a pinch of sea salt forthe butterflies and bees.

Maximize your effortsby teaming up with yourneighbors. Together youcan create a larger morediverse habitat that pro-vides pollinators with theresources they need tothrive.

Your efforts will be re-warded with greater har-vests, beautiful flowersand colorful birds andbutterflies visiting yourgarden.Gardening expert,

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BRIEFSElmwood All Outdoorsshow nets $22,000

ELMWOOD – The seventh an-nual Elmwood All Outdoors Showheld March 5-6 netted $22,000 forathletics programs and athletes atthe Elmwood Schools.

That total includes a check for$2,500 from the Modern Woodmenand around $800 from the FirstPresbyterian Church of Elmwood.

Money raised by the annual showis paid out in scholarships to ath-letes who work at the show and isused by coaches to offset costs asso-ciated with their programs.

“The commitee is already work-ing hard to see what we can add fornext year’s show (March 4-5,2017),” Crisco said. “It goes back tothe kids. Without them, and helpfrom the community, we couldn’tpull this off. And I heard countlessvendors who said they love ourshow simply because of the kids.”Seminar set for April 7on container gardening

PEORIA – Ella Maxwell, fromHoerr Nursery, will present “Jumpinto Spring with Creative ContainerGardens” at the historic PeoriaWomen’s Club on April 7.

The Club is located in downtownPeoria at 301 NE Madison (cornerof Madison and Fayette). The pro-gram, free and open to the public, isscheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Park-ing is available on the street.

A reservation-only luncheon fol-lows at a cost of $15. To makeluncheon reservations, please call(309) 427-1180 by April 4.

The Peoria Women’s Club is anot-for-profit, self-supporting organ-ization that provides the opportunityfor education, social development,cultural growth and an awareness ofcurrent civic concerns and public af-fairs to its members and to membersof the community.

Haskell-Hott offeringTalk of a Lifetime info

PRINCEVILLE– People talkabout many things with their lovedones, from day-to-day details tobig events. Sharing stories withthose who matter most isn’t justimportant today; it will be espe-cially significant when it’s time tocommemorate a life. Haskell-HottFuneral Homes is proud to an-nounce its participation in Havethe Talk of a Lifetime, a nationaleffort to encourage families tohave conversations about life andwhat matters most.

“Memorialization is so muchmore than it used to be,” said BertHaskell, Jr. Owner/Funeral Direc-tor. “It can reflect a person’s lifestory – their values, interests andexperiences – and be transforma-tive, healing and comforting.Meaningful memorialization startswhen loved ones talk about whatmatters most: memories made, les-sons learned and how they hope tobe remembered.”

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The Peoria County Sheriff’s Of-fice reported it made three drunk-driving arrests during a recent St.Patrick’s Day crackdown and wrote20 citations.

In the picture above, Brad Crisco (left), coordinator of the Elmwood All Out-doors Show, accepts a check for $2,500 from Brett Morse on behalf ofModern Woodmen, which made a matching donation to the show. In thepicture below right, Greg Meyers accepts a check for $800 from Rev. MarlaBauler of the First Presbyterian Church of Elmwood. The church held avendor show during the Outdoor Show and donated proceeds to the event.

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ELMWOOD – Elmwood HighSchool senior Maddison Caldwellwas recently se-lected as the Dis-trict FFA Star inAg Placement.

Caldwell is amember of theElmwood FFAChapter of theIllinois Associa-tion FFA. IllinoisFFA recognizesfour outstanding FFA members ineach of five FFA Districts in Illinois.Each is honored as the District StarAward for outstanding accomplish-ments in FFA and agricultural edu-

cation. The District Star Awards – includ-

ing the Star Farmer, Star inAgribusiness, Star in AgriculturalPlacement and Star in Agrisciencerecognizes FFA members whodemonstrate outstanding agriculturalskills and competencies throughrecord keeping, leadership, andscholastic achievement. SAEs allowstudents to learn by doing by eitherowning and operating an agricul-tural business, working or servingan internship at an agriculture-basedbusiness or conducting an agricul-ture-based scientific experiment andreporting results. Caldwell was selected as the Dis-

trict 1 Winner by a committee ofagriculture industry representativesand teachers knowledgeable in thiswork-based area. She is the daugh-ter of Todd and Kim Caldwell fromElmwood.

Receiving this honor now makesCaldwell eligible to compete in theState FFA Star Awards Selectionprocess in Urbana-Champaign onApril 1-2.

Caldwell was previously chosenas the Chapter and Section Star andhas been involved in the Ag SalesProficiency, and also qualified forstate in that area.

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FARMINGTON – The Bank of YatesCity has added a new division calledBYC Investment Services. FinancialConsultant Timothy Pleasant will leadthe division as VicePresident of Invest-ment Services.

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MINES: Legacy of a past timesufficient liquidity to sus-tain operations.”

Madigan says she fearsthe company’s bondfunds wouldn’t be suffi-cient to follow state lawrequiring used-up miningland to be restored to anatural or economicallyusable state. Althoughthe process of minereclamation occurs aftermining is completed,planning reclamation ac-tivities occurs beforemines are permitted orstart operations.

Peabody spokeswomanKelley Wright told theAssociated Press that thecompany considers minereclamation an “essentialpart” of its business, butdidn’t say how it wouldrespond to Madigan.

Last summer, an acci-dent at a gold mine aban-doned in 1923 insouthwestern Coloradoresulted in millions ofgallons of toxic minewaste turning the AnimasRiver a weird orange formore than a week.

Such situations aren’tconfined to southern Illi-nois, huge corporationsor distant incidents.

There are 48,529 aban-doned coal mines in theUnited States thought topose some sort of threatto the public or the envi-ronment, and the totalnumber of abandonedand inactive metal mines(from gold and lead tozinc and coal) could beas high as 500,000, ac-cording to David Man-

thos of Skytruth, a non-governmental organiza-tion that tracks resourceextraction and pollutionthrough satellite and aer-ial imaging and GISmapping analysis.

Manthos said that afterthe Animas River disas-ter, Skytruth decided tomap almost 65,000 inac-tive metal sites using themost extensive federaldata base available. Theirresearch found that ofthose 48,000-plus sites,36,191 are Priority 1 orPriority 2, and 12,408 arePriority 3, according tothe U.S. Depart-ment of Interior’s Aban-doned Mine Land (AML)inventory.

It defines Priorities 1and 2 as the most serious,“posing a threat to health,safety and general wel-fare of people,” and theless-serious Priority 3 as“impacting the environ-ment.” AML designatessome sites as Priority 4or 5, but these are thelowest priority and theleast concern to the pub-lic.

In The Weekly Postarea, there are 11 Priority1 sites, 29 Priority 2sites, and 6 Priority 3sites, the AML inventoryshows. (See Story, Page13).

“Abandoned” doesn’tmean there’s been noreclamation. For exam-ple, Wildlife Prairie Parkis listed, although the2,000-acre property is afunctional zoologicalpark and tourist attrac-

tion. Instead, the listing per-

tains to situations wherethe original “miningcompany has reneged ontheir responsibility forreclamation,” Manthossaid.

There’s no apparentimminent danger; in-stead, the dozens of sitesmake up a legacy of apast time.

The federal SurfaceMining Control andReclamation Act of 1977(SMCRA) is the mainU.S. law regulating theeffects of coal mining.Made up of two pro-grams – one for activecoal mines and anotherfor reclaiming abandonedmines – the latter main-tains the AML fund.

However, states are ex-pected to lead in the ef-forts. Although Illinoispassed laws regulatingstrip mining in 1943, thestate started taking re-sponsibility for the AMLEmergency Program in1984. Illinois operates itsAML program throughthe Department of Natu-ral Resources.

For its part, the AML’scost summary identified$246,392,670.06 inneeded reclamation proj-ects nationwide, with$114,262,132.06 com-pleted and $25,141,307funded to proceed. Thatleaves $106,989,231 inunfunded reclamationneeds.

In Illinois, IDNR esti-mates that more than7,780 acres of eligiblelands and waters contain-ing significant problemfeatures remain in needof reclamation, and notesactive permits for the Ra-patee site formerly oper-ated by the Midland CoalCompany division ofASARCO and a Norrissite, both with outstand-ing bonds.



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These abandoned mines in thegreater Weekly Post area are listedby the Office of Surface MiningReclamation and Enforcement’sAbandoned Mine Land inventoryand are plotted in the adjacent map.

The list shows only mines con-firmed as abandoned and catalogedby the federal government, soother small operations or inactivefacilities may also exist.

Red circles depict Priority 1 andPriority 2 sites that potentiallythreaten the “health, safety and gen-eral welfare of the public”; orangecircles depict Priority 3 problemsthat could impact the environment.

(Note: “Quadrangle” listed belowdoesn’t always correspond to thenearest community.)

Brimfield/Oak Hill areaQuadrangle: Oak Hill, Fox Creek

Opening; Priority 2; Problem type:Vertical openings [VO]Edwards/Kickapoo Township areaQuadrangle: Dunlap, Lucky

Strike Mine; Priority 1; Problemtype: Surface burning [SB]

Quadrangle: Dunlap, Emergency- Alison SAG subsidence; Priority1; Problem type: Dangerous slides[DS]

Quadrangle: Hanna City, Degel-man Mine openings; Priority 2;Problem type: VO

Quadrangle: Hanna City, Hoff-mann Coal Co.; Priority 2; Problemtype: Portals [P]

Quadrangle: Oak Hill, H. JohnsonMine; Priority 1; Problem type: P

Quadrangle: Hanna City, Kick-apoo Valley C.C.; Priority 2; Prob-lem type: VO

Quadrangle: Hanna City, War-saw/Siegal Group; Priority 2; Prob-lem type: VO

Quadrangle: Hanna City, MidlandC.C. ‘Edwards Mine’; Priority 2;Problem type: Dangerous highwalls[DH]

Quadrangle: Peoria West, WildlifePrairie Park; Priority 2; Problemtype: DH

Quadrangle: Peoria West, ElmHill Mine; Priority 2; Problem type:P

Quadrangle: Peoria West, BigBear Mine; Priority 1; Problemtype: Hazardous equipment & facil-ities [HEF]

Quadrangle: Peoria West, CollinsBros. C.C.; Priority 2; Problemtype: VO

Quadrangle: Peoria West, Simp-son coal mine; Priority 2; Problemtype: P

Quadrangle: Peoria West, VicaryBrothers C.C.; Priority 2; Problem

type: PQuadrangle: Peoria West, Blender

Mine; Priority 1; Problem type: VOQuadrangle: Peoria West, Fern-

wood C.C.; Priority 2; Problemtype: VO

Quadrangle: Peoria West, Belle-vue slope; Priority 1; Problem type:P

Quadrangle: Hanna City, ClarkCoal; Priority 2; Problem type: VO

Elmwood/Yates City areaQuadrangle: Farmington East,

Salem Township embankment; Pri-ority 2; Problem type: Dangerouspiles & embankments [DPE]

Quadrangle: Elmwood, Emer-gency – Starr pit; Priority 1; Prob-lem type: VO

Quadrangle: Elmwood, ElmwoodCoal Co.; Priority 2; Problem type:DPE

Quadrangle: Elmwood, Jehle; Pri-ority 2; Problem type: HEF

FairviewQuadrangle Fairview, Fairview

Collieries; Priority 2; Problem type:Clogged streams [CS]

Farmington areaQuadrangle: Farmington West,

Knox 185N culverts; Priority 3;Problem type: Haul road [HR]

Quadrangle: Farmington West,Midland C.C. Rapatee; Priority 3;Problem type: Gobs (The term ap-plied to the part of the mine wherecoal has been removed and thespace more or less filled up withwaste, and the loose waster itself.)[GO]

Quadrangle: Farmington West,Midland Middle Grove; Priority 3;Problem type: GO

Quadrangle: Farmington West,Binzel C.C.; Priority 2; Problemtype: VO

Quadrangle: Farmington West,Silver Creek Collieries; Priority 2;Problem type: VO

Quadrangle: Farmington West,Maplewood #1; Priority 3; Problem

type: Mine opening [MO]Quadrangle: Farmington West,

Maplewood #2; Priority 3; Problemtype: MO

Quadrangle: Farmington West,Kickapoo #8; Priority 3; Problemtype: GO

Quadrangle: Farmington East,Batterson pit; Priority 1; Problemtype: VO

Quadrangle: Farmington East,Westerby Bros.; Priority 2; Problemtype: VO

Quadrangle: Farmington West,Alden #5; Priority 2; Problem type:HEF

Quadrangle: Farmington West,Farmington embankments; Priority2; Problem type: DH

Quadrangle: Farmington East,Heate mine opening; Priority 2;Problem type: VO

Quadrangle: Farmington East,Taggart mine opening; Priority 2;Problem type: VO

Hanna CityQuadrangle: Hanna City, Hanna

City shaft; Priority 1; Problem type:VO

LauraQuadrangle: Laura, Pioneer Col-

lieries, Priority 2; Problem type:HEF

Norris areaQuadrangle: Canton, Alden Mine

#6; Priority 1; Problem type: HEFQuadrangle: Farmington West,

Canton Coal Co.; Priority 2; Prob-lem type: HEF

Quadrangle: Farmington West,Norris Coal Mining GOB Fire; Pri-ority 1; Problem type: SB

Quadrangle: Farmington West,Rawalt coal mine; Priority 2; Prob-lem type: VO

Quadrangle: Farmington West,Brons mine; Priority 2; Problemtype: HEF

Quadrangle: Farmington East,Bruketta; Priority 2; Problem type:VO

‘Abandoned’ mines scattered across area



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OBITUARIESNollan ‘Joe’ Harwood Jr.PRINCEVILLE – Pastor Nollan

“Joe” Harwood, Jr. was a lovinghusband, father, grandfather, andbrother, who passed away at hishome at the age of 71, surroundedby his family on Friday, March 25,2016 at 5:53 pm.

He was bornthe son of NollanHarwood, Sr. andMildred ToddHarwood onNov. 11, 1944, inHenderson, Ken-tucky.

Joe married thelove of his life,Linda “Lyn” Barry, on March 6,1971, in Peoria. She survivesalong with their four children; sonsMichael “Boots” Harwood ofLaura and Jamie “Bones”(Jonathan) Harwood of Peoria;daughter Jodie “Goat” (Scott) Ter-rell of Princeville, and son Jacob(Jenny) Jensen of Switzerland.His infant son Nollan Harwood,III; his parents; sister Millie West-art and brother Stephan “Deacon”Harwood all preceded him indeath.

He is also survived by fourgrandchildren who were his prideand joy, Hunter Brady Harwood;Finley Nollan Crear; Hope RyanHarwood and Griffin ThomasCrear; two step-grandchildren,Shelby and Mackenzie Terrell;four brothers; Rev. Paul “Tim”(Sherri) Harwood of Missouri;Jonathan (Kay) Harwood of Mor-risson; Charles Harwood of Dun-lap; James “Tater” (Robin)Harwood of Princeville; and foursisters, Karin Jacobs of California;Deborah (John) Hyde; Kathy Har-wood, and Cindy Harwood-Lazi-ure all of Kentucky.

Joe was a 1962 graduate ofPrinceville High School and re-

ceived an Associate’s Degree inBusiness from Illinois Central Col-lege and also attended BradleyUniversity. He was a four yearU.S. Navy veteran, who served hiscountry in the Vietnam War from1967-1968.

Joe was most recently the pastorof the Eureka Presbyterian Church,former pastor of the La PrairiePresbyterian Church in Sparlandfor 10 years, and he retired fromCaterpillar in January of 1999 aftermore than 35 years of service.

He was the founding member ofthe Harwood Bros. Band, playinglead guitar, and fiddle. He was aformer Cub Scout Master of Pack52, assistant baseball coach atPrinceville High School, coach ofsummer little league baseball andsoftball, and a JFL coach in Dun-lap.

He was a diehard Chicago Bearsfan, who enjoyed watching theCubs, loved to play tennis, was anavid golfer at Laurel Greens, andalso played on the Caterpillar ac-counting men’s golf league.

Joe had a passion for motorcy-cles and was a member of theChristian Motorcycle Association.He had a love for riding horses,watching western movies and heworked crossword puzzles every

day. Joe had a deep love for his fam-

ily. He taught them to love theunlovable and he never knew astranger. He will be deeply missedby all who knew him.

A funeral service to honor Joe’slife will be held on Thursday,March 31, at 10:30 a.m. at thePrinceville Presbyterian Church.Rev. Kent Adrian will officiate.Burial will be in Princeville Ceme-tery. Visitation was to be Wednes-day, March 30, from 5-8 p.m. atthe church.

Memorial contributions may bemade to the Akron-Princeville Am-bulance or the Illinois Cancer Carefor research.

Haskell-Hott Funeral Homes inPrinceville is in charge of arrange-ments.

Condolences may be left forJoe’s family on his tribute wall atwww.haskellhott.com.

Brad BeardsleyBRIMFIELD – Brad Beardsley,

62, of Canton, Iowa, formerly ofPeoria and father of a Brimfieldman, died March 19 at Jones Re-gional Medical Center inAnamosa, Iowa.

Survivors include his wife,Janette (McConaughy) Beardsley;children Ralph Beardsley of Brim-field, Katherine Beardsley ofNorth Liberty, Iowa, and JoAnna(Chris) Poole of Grimes, Iowa; andbrother Kim (Rebecca) Beardsleyof Anamosa, Iowa.

Funeral services were March 23at the Goettsch Funeral Home inAnamosa, with interment in theWilcox Cemetery in Viola.

Condolences may be left online at www.cumerford.com.

This Week’s Obituaries• Brad Beardsley, 62, Canton• Nollan “Joe” Harwood Jr., 71,Princeville• William Hill, 89, Edwards• John E. Hovenden, 73, Elm-wood• Terry Ray Rice, 56, Williams-field• Frank Willis, 81, WilliamsfieldWe print basic obituaries for free.

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Daily Mass: Tues.-Fri. 8 amSt. Paul’s

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

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

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

Brimfield, IL 61517(309) 446-3571

www.brimfieldefree.orgWorship: 10:30 am

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

ages 3-12Brimfield UnitedMethodist Church

Pastor Leonard Thomas135 S. Galena St., Brimfield

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

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

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

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Bethany Baptist Church7422 N. Heinz Ln., Edwards

(309) 692-1755www.bethanycentral.org

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

Christ Alive! Community ChurchPastor Lance Zaerr

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

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

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 am

Sun Worship: 10:30 am, 6 pmWed. Prayer Meeting: 7 pmFirst Presbyterian Church

of ElmwoodReverend Marla B. Bauler201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood

(309) 742-2631firstpresbyterianofelmwood.orgSun. Worship: 10:30 amSun. School: 9:30 am

St. Patrick’sCatholic ChurchFather Paul Stiene

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

Sat. Confession: 3:45 p.m.Sat. Mass: 4:30 p.m.Sun. Mass: 10 am

Tues. Rosary: 8:15 amUnited Methodist Church

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

(309) 742-7221www.elmwoodumc.org

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

First Presbyterian Churchof Farmington

Reverend Dr. Linda Philabaun83 N. Cone Street, Farmington

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

New Hope FellowshipAssembly of GodPastor Tom Wright

1102 N. Illinois Route 78

Farmington(309) 245-2957

Sun. Worship: 10 amWed. Worship: 7 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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College Community Chorus willpresent the original musical“Hotel Holidaze” for four per-formances April 1-3, 2016, includ-ing matinees on April 2 and 3, inthe Taylor Hall Theater at SpoonRiver College.

The musical, written by CarolDavis, features the music of

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“Hotel Holidaze” is a throwbackto the musicals of Mickey Rooneyand Judy Garland,” said CarolDavis, who is also directing theshow. “I’ve directed and acted inmore shows than I can remember,

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William HillEDWARDS – William “Bill” F.

Hill, 89, of Peoria, father of an Ed-wards woman, died March 20 atOSF Saint Francis Medical Centerin Peoria.

Survivors include his wife, Mar-garet “Peggy” (Talbott) Hill;daughters Julie (Nelson) White-hurst of Edwards and Susan(Elton) Herrick of Dunlap; sonStephen (Jamie) Hill of Decatur;eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; brother Robert(Rosalyn) Hill of Metamora; andnumerous nieces and nephews.Funeral services were March 25 atGrace Presbyterian Church in Peo-ria, with burial at Richmond GroveCemetery in New Holland,

Condolences may be left online at www.Davison-Fulton.com.

John E. HovendenELMWOOD – John E. Hoven-

den, 73, of Elmwood, died March27 at Manor Court at Liberty Vil-lage in Peoria.

Survivors include brotherGeorge David (Marcia) Hovendenof Locust Grove, Va.; and sister

Hazel (Kenneth J.) Murray of LasCruces, N.M.

A 1960 graduate of FarmingtonHigh School, he served in the U.S.Air Force from 1960-1967.

A funeral service was scheduledfor Wednesday (March 30) at TheWilton Mortuary in Peoria, withburial at Prospect Cemetery inDunlap, where military honorswere to be performed by the U.S.Air Force and American LegionPost #2.

Condolences may be left online atwww.thewiltonmortuary.com.

Terry Ray RiceWILLIAMSFIELD – Terry Ray

Rice, 56, of Victoria, formerly ofWilliamsfield, died March 21 atOSF St. Mary Medical Center inGalesburg.

A 19678 graduate of Williams-field High School, he is survivedby his wife, Kelly (Gibbs) Rice; daughter Taylor (Cody) Jenkins ofVictoria; sons Adam (Holly Voss)Rice and Colby (Kristina) Rice,both of Victoria; two grandsons;stepbrothers Kyle (JoAnn) Bensonof Manteo, N.C. and Eric (Cindy)

Benson of Galesburg; his mother,Judith (VanDyke) Benson andstepfather Gary (Judith) Benson ofElkader, Iowa; father-in-law, Gary(Carole) Gibbs of Lafayette; auntPam (Brian Elliott) Courson ofWilliamsfield; uncles Ronnie(Judy) Rice of Victoria and Tom(Mary) Rice of Williamsfield; andseveral nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were March 26at the Oaks Community Church inrural Dahinda, with interment atVictoria Cemetery.

Condolences may be left online at hurd-hendricksfuneralhome.com.

Frank WillisWILLIAMSFIELD – Frank

Willis, 81, of Fairview, an 11-yearteacher at Williamsfield, diedMarch 24 at Graham Hospital inCanton.

Survivors include his wife, MaryJo (Suydam) Willis; son BenjaminLevis Willis (Dr. Isa Alfonso) ofNew York City; and daughterMariam Ruth Graff of Fairview.Cremation rites were accorded.

Condolences may be left online at www.oakshinesfuneralhome.com.

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TRIVIA TEST By Fifi Rodriguez1. MOVIES: Who starred in themartial-arts movie “Enter theDragon”?2. MEASUREMENTS: What unit ofmeasurement contains 4,840square yards?3. HISTORY: In which war did themilitary offensive “OperationDesert Storm” take place?4. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who was thelast president to visit Cuba before2016?5. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Whatprocess involves heating an ore toextract a metal? 6. FOOD & DRINK: What is the top-selling spice in the world?7. INVENTIONS: In what year wasthe first commercial television sold?8. SCIENCE: What does the pHscale measure?9. GEOGRAPHY: In what country isthe Basque language spoken?10. ENTERTAINERS: Which enter-tainer’s biography was titled “Nei-ther Shaken nor Stirred”?

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The Feb. 22 power outage af-fecting about 10,000 Ameren cus-tomers from parts of FultonCounty through Knox and PeoriaCounties to Stark County, includ-ing Farmington, Yates City andElmwood, was due to human error,the utility company says.

“While de-energizing a sectionof a large voltage power line inorder to perform system mainte-nance at one of our substationsnear Yates City, we experienced abrief outage caused by operatorerror,” said Ameren spokeswomanStacey Shangraw.

“The outage first occurred atabout 9:30 a.m. [that day],” she

continued. “Most customers wereback on by 10:45 a.m. Power to allcustomers was restored by 11:10a.m.”

The power loss affected morethan 2,200 Fulton residents, ac-cording to Ameren, plus 1,693Knox consumers, 3,245 PeoriaCounty customers and 2,713 StarkCounty residents.

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ins will draw cars of allmakes and ages to parkaround Central Park.

“That brings in hun-dreds of people,” Paigesaid.

Not long after that, onMay 20, is the start ofElmwood’s Farmers Mar-ket, which debuted on Fri-days last year and provedto be very successful. Or-ganizers are hoping foreven more participationthis year since there ismore awareness about themarket, held every Fridaythrough September.

The busiest time of allthis summer will be June4, when Central Park willbe packed for the annualStrawberry Festival.

Central Park, then, isthe event center for Elm-wood. But it’s not the onlybusy destination.

Also starting up soon isbaseball season – the time

when Sweetwater Park at-tracts visitors from acrosscentral Illinois into Elm-wood. Diamonds are invery good shape headinginto this spring, Paigesaid, due in part to a newleveling machine that hashelped keep weeds at bay.

“I hope we’ve got theweed problem under con-trol,” he said.

With baseball practicejust days away, work isscheduled to be completedwithin the next week on areplacement dugout onDiamond 2. The dugoutand fence were damagedlast fall when a tree trim-mer’s truck rolled downthe hill, smashing them.Fence repairs are alreadycompleted.

Beyond that, Paige en-visions primarily cosmeticimprovements to Sweet-water Park.

“We had the treestrimmed last year and

we’re going to improvethe gardens there. Theyneed a lot of work,” hesaid. “And I hope to up-grade the lights when youdrive through the park.We’re looking at somestreet-light type lightsthroughout the park.”

Without the lights,Paige said, Sweetwater isvery dark at night, makingit difficult for those whowant to leave the parklegally – and all too entic-ing for those who want touse the park illegally.

Lighting and plantingsare also on the forefront atWest Park, which is themore casual recreationspot for Elmwood park-goers and caters to smallchildren and families.

Following up on newplayground equipmentthat was installed in thespring of 2015, Paige saidnew lights were installedat West Park this year that

should offer more oppor-tunities for basketball on aconcrete court that wascompletely redone in2014.

Gone is the cracked,rutted asphalt surface – re-placed by a smooth con-crete court with new linesand new lights.

“I’m hoping to have thebasketball courts open toabout 10 p.m. and then thepolice will ask people togo home,” Paige said. “Itwon’t be like the past yearwhere people can’t playafter dark because therearen’t lights.”

Paige is also planning towork on heavily shaded

plantings on the east sideof the park that havefallen into disrepair overthe years.

“We might upgradesome of the flowersaround the trees, too,” hesaid.

He also plans to addmore “kiddy cushion”mulch to the park play-ground. Of considerableimportance to many parkusers is news that thebathroom on the west sideof the pavilion will beopen throughout thespring and summer from 7a.m. until dusk.

“We’ll keep it open un-less someone damages it,”

Paige said. “The motherslike it because they canstay at the park with theirkids instead of rushingthem home to go to thebathroom.”

Paige said there are alsopicnic tables at the lightedpavilion, so individualswanting to schedule out-ings can feel free to usethat space.

Finally, mowing sched-uled to start in the parkson April 1 is already un-derway – not a day toosoon in this early spring.Next week: Williams-

field has plans for im-provements to its DoubetPark.

PARKS: Damaged Elmwood baseball dugout will be replacedContinued from Page 1

Work is slated to be completed soon on a dugout on Diamond 2 at Elmwood’sSweetwater Park. The dugout was damaged last fall when a tree trimmer’s truckrolled down a hill and crushed the structure. Photo by Jeff Lampe.

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you have selected. �at way, the money never passes through your hands. Alternatively, the plan administrator may give the check to you to deliver to the IRA trustee. �is also quali�es as a direct rollover as long as the check isn’t made payable to you. Instead, it should be made payable to the IRA trustee for your bene�t. A direct rollover will avoid tax consequences and penalties.

You can also do an indirect rollover, but it’s rarely a good idea. Here, the check is made payable to you. When you receive the check, you cash it and deposit the funds in the new IRA within 60 days. �e big drawback: Before releasing your plan funds to you, the plan administrator is required to withhold 20 percent of the taxable amount for federal income tax. To make sure you deposit the correct amount, you must replace this 20 percent out of your own pocket. However, if you properly follow all the IRS rules for rollovers, you will avoid tax consequences and can get back the amount withheld for taxes when you �le your annual income tax return.

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SOFTBALL: Lane dominating on the moundperformance.

“We were very happy to see the11 total team hits and especiallythat we just had one team strike-out,” coach Jeni Fauser said.

PrincevillePaige Lane has been dominating

for the Lady Princes.On Tuesday, Lane fanned 15 in

an 8-0 win over Kewanee. She hadplenty of support, as Natalie Cokelwas 2-for-2 with a triple and fourRBI, Brooke Gardner was 2-for-4with a triple, Maddie Hite was 2-for-3 and Madison Roe added twohits.

Last Friday Princeville (4-1)traveled to Knoxville and cameaway with a decisive 13-0 win,

with the big story being anotherLane no-hitter. All of her outs werestrikeouts, for a total of 12.Knoxville’s only baserunners cameon three Lane walks.

“They weren’t able to make con-tact off of Paige,” coach ChadGardner said. “It was a tremendousouting.”

The Lady Princes scored 12 runsin the third inning and Gardner ledthe attack with two hits and threeRBI.

In a home contest last Wednes-day against Abingdon Avon, theLady Princes won 14-0.

“We got an early lead and scoredevery inning,” Gardner said.

Lane struck out 11, gave up onehit and one walk. Princeville’s of-

fense was endless. Gardner drovein three, while Cokel, Chloe Lane,Hite, Jessica DeVries and Roeeach had two RBI. Carlen Sandallalso had a 2-for-3 hitting game.

ROWVA-WilliamsfieldROWVA-Williamsfield dropped

its second game of the season toNorth Fulton, 5-0. Pitching and de-fense showed improved strides,but 16 R-W strikeout at-bats heldthe team back.

“Madison (Stewart) and Marissa(Miller’s) pitching were a positivesign for us,” coach Joel Zaisersaid.

Stewart gave up two earned runsand three hits, while Miller al-lowed two runs and three hits.


ALL SPORTS ROUNDUP

FARMINGTON – Jordan Peck-ham, a sophomore for the Farming-ton Farmers, has been a standoutrunner since her sixth grade year.Early last year, she received an invi-tation to participate in Down UnderSports in Australia, an athletic eventsimilar to the Olympics, which willbe held in July.

“This came out of the blue,” saidJordan, who runs the 100, 400 aswell as in the 4x800 and 4x400 re-lays. “I’d never known about thisbefore. They (the committee thatseeks contestants) look at yourtimes in the state meets to determinewhether you’d be eligible to com-pete.”

“I was kind of shocked to beasked,” she said. “But I’m ecstatic,obviously. Not many kids get lettersto compete in this kind of race.”

The competition, she said, is notjust track.

“It’s everything,” she said.“When you get down there, youhave to house with the athletes, justlike a regular Olympic village. Andthey have night curfews, bed checksand so everything they can do to

make sure you’re in good shape tocompete.”

Peckham, however, must raisemoney for the trip. In order to raisesome of the $6,000 needed to sendher to Australia, the family will beholding a Chili Supper fund-raiserat the Farmington Firehouse onApril 2 from noon to 7 p.m.

For information on how to donate,call Sheila Peckham at (309) 264-1468.

Local players fare well inall-star hoops games

Local basketball players faredwell in the annual Kiwanis Club all-star games played at Canton lastweekend.

In a wild boys game, the Northteam was victorious, 122-97, thanksin part to points from Brimfield’sPhelan Kelly (18), ROWVA-Williamsfield’s Garrett Wight (10),Brimfield’s Koby White (8) andElmwood’s Jake Roberts (6).

The North team did not win in thegirls game, but you couldn’t blameBrimfield’s Kenzie Schlipf whobombed for 14 points. KennedyDura and Shayla McCormick addedthree points apiece.

In other news, Dura has been in-vited to play in the IBCA all-stargame at Pontiac High School onJune 10-11.

Kelly, White, Roberts and Farm-ington’s Trey Swearingen (15points) also helped the PrairielandConference All-Stars defeat theTomahawk Conference squad, 117-109, in Havana on March 22.

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BASEBALL: Princes have won 2 of last 3despite two hits apiece from CadeLansford, Traver and Ruchotzke.

Farmington followed that with a7-5 victory led by two-hit perform-ances from Berry, Traver and Lans-ford. Dylan Hayden (3-0) got thewin on the mound, going 6.1 in-nings.

Traver leads the team in hittingwith a .542 average prior to theSouth Fulton game, Lansford is at.429 and Ruchotzke is hitting .406.

Ruchotzke and Traver lead theFarmers with eight RBIs apiece.

Farmington was scheduled to playHavana Wednesday and then travelsto face Brimfield-Elmwood on Sat-urday.

Brimfield-ElmwoodThe Indians (2-7) dropped a 7-0

decision to Canton on Tuesday andhave gone 1-3 since last weekagainst several larger schools.

Brayton Metz and Jake Robertshad the only hits for Brimfield-Elm-wood on Tuesday against Canton.

Roberts also had a big hit onMonday in a 6-1 win over Kewa-nee, homering and driving in tworuns. Roberts finished the game 1-for-2 with two walks and is hitting.381 for the season with a .536 on-base percentage.

Austin Sims and Metz also hadRBI hits in the game. Sims helpedhis own cause on the mound, wherehe picked up his first win. The sen-ior pitcher scattered five hits, fannedeight and walked just one in a com-plete game victory.

In two starts Sims has fanned 19in 13.2 innings pitched.

Last Friday, B-E took an early 2-0lead in the first inning against Lime-stone, but could not hold the advan-tage in a 7-2 loss. Metz and Tyler

Bunting had the team’s only hits.The Indians also had a lead last

Wednesday (March 23) against Put-nam County, but wound up losing7-6 on a run scored in the bottom ofthe seventh.

Sims was 2-for-3 with an RBI andEthan Jehle went 2-for-4 with threeRBIs in the game.

Next up for the Indians is a homematchup Saturday against Farming-ton at 10 a.m.

PrincevilleThe Princes (3-4) have won two

of their last three games, including a3-2 victory over Henry on Saturdayand a 6-5 decision against Knoxvilleon March 23.

Sandwiched between those winswas a wild 15-10 loss to Henry, alsoon Saturday. Justin Janssen andMatthew Butterfield had three hitsapiece in the loss and Janssen drovein five runs with a grand slam homerun. Adam Snedden was 2-for-3with two RBIs in that loss to Henry.

Janssen was 2-for-2 with anotherhome run later Saturday to help earnthe split with Henry.

Austin Brodine went 2-for-4 andsingled to drive in Jack Wagner inthe bottom of the seventh with thegame-winning run.

That made a winner of Evan Bul-temerier, who pitched a completegame, scattering four hits, strikingout eight and allowing two walks.

Brodine and Snedden had two hitsapiece against Knoxville and Bro-dine doubled and had two RBI, in-cluding what proved to be thegame-winner in the fifth.

Princeville plays host toROWVA-Williamsfield Saturday at11 a.m.

ROWVA-WilliamsfieldThe Cougars improved to 1-1

with a 4-0 win over Peoria Heightslast Wednesday (March 23) as Gar-rett Wight pitched a complete gameshutout. Wight allowed seven hits,struck out six and walked one in hisfirst outing.

Wight also drove in two runs witha single, while Zac Smith and Gun-ner Johnston had two hits apieceand Jason Clark added an RBI.Charlie Gibbons also had a hit forthe Cougars, who are at Princevilleon Saturday.


Cade Lansford is hitting .429 forFarmington this season. Photo byMonte Kenney of FarmingtonSports Shots.

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By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

Making the most of a relatively warm,dry, spring, Farmington has alreadyracked up 11 games. Best of all, theFarmers are winning most of thosegames in what is shaping up to be amemorable season.

The Farmers (7-4) rallied from a 4-1first-inning deficit on Tuesday to routvisiting South Fulton, 14-5. Reid Berry

was 3-for-4 with three RBI, CalebGilstrap added three hits and Jacob Ru-chotzke drove in two runs with two hits.

Dakota Traver overcame the first in-ning to get the win, fanning three and al-lowing six hits in five innings.

Last Saturday, Farmington split a dou-bleheader with Peoria Christian.

Errors cost the Farmers in a 5-4 loss,said coach Josh Putrich. The defeat came


Dakota Traver pitches in the first inning of Tuesday’s game against South Fulton.Farmington won 14-5. Traver is leading the Farmers in hitting with a .542 batting av-erage. Photo by Jeff Lampe.

By PHIL JOHNSONFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – Despite heavy gradu-ation losses from last year’s state run-ner-up, the Brimfield-Elmwood softballteam is off to a strong start.

The Lady Indians (3-1) followed up a6-2 home loss to Pekin last Saturdaywith a 4-3 win over Midwest Central onTuesday.

Alyssa Roll drove intwo runs and got thecomplete game win onthe mound, fanning sixand allowing four hitsand one earned run.

Kennedy Dura andLindsay Stenger hadtwo hits apiece.

In the Pekin loss,freshman Shelby Glover got the LadyIndians within striking distance in thebottom of the sixth with a two-run sin-gle to cut Pekin’s lead to 4-2. But thatwas the closest the team would get.

Senior Morgan Ledbetter went 2-for-2 at the plate and racked up five strike-outs. While she gave up up just fourhits, control was a issue, as she issuedseven free passes.

“Morgan did all she could, but unfor-tunately, it wasn’t quite enough,” coachKurt Juerjens said.

The outcome last Tuesday at Toulonversus Stark County was much differ-ent for B-E in an 18-0 victory in whichthe Lady Indians connected for 11 hitsand commited no errors. Roll and Mon-tana Ledbetter combined for an impres-sive pitching performance.

“Alyssa pitched three scoreless in-nings and Montana struck out the sidein both innings she pitched,” Juerjenssaid.

Several hitters were involved in theoffensive output. Dura was 2-for-3 with5 RBI, and Morgan Ledbetter had twohits and two RBI. Holly Stratton drovein two runs and Delaney Smith went 2-for-2.

The Lady Indians travel to AstoriaFriday to face South Fulton.

FarmingtonFarmington opened 2016 in a good

way with an 8-2 win over KewaneeWethersfield. Alli Sprague had verygood pitching numbers with eightstrikeouts, just three walks and allow-ing only three hits.

In the win, Emily Buster went deepfor the Lady Farmers, Taylor White-hurst tripled, while Carly Behrens andBre Springer each doubled, withSpringer also driving in two.

Maci Sprague added a 2-for-3 hitting

Farmers make most of dry spell


Starting strongNew pitchers have Brimfield softball 3-1

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