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By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – The City Councilon Tuesday night took two majorsteps in the long-delayed work onfour blocks of Maple Avenue be-tween North Magnolia Street/Illi-nois Route 78 and Fairground Way,awarding a bid and arranging fi-nancing for the $450,000 project.

After opening four sealed bids,the Council selected the$306,525.16 offer from UnitedContractors Midwest (UCM) from

Tremont.“The bids were slightly higher

than what we’d anticipated,” saidAlderman Bryan Davis, who pro-posed accepting UCM’s bid. Also,“we are going to try to value-engi-neer it and could be bringing [theoverall cost] down.”

Some work and expense willcome from City workers.

The renovation will include grad-ing, tilling and resurfacing thestreet; adding a sidewalk on itsnorth side; widening the street; im-

proving drainage; and paving en-trances to driveways, according toengineer Patrick Meyer.

Also offering bids were IllinoisCivil Contractors, Inc. (ICCI), P.A.Atherton Contractors, and TazewellCounty Asphalt.

The City will pay for the projectthrough a combination of Tax Incre-ment Financing funds (which aremaintained separately from GeneralRevenue), City Treasurer HaroldJehle said on May 3, and a$350,000 loan also approved Tues-

Elmwood awards Maple Avenue bid


EDWARDS – A lawsuit that al-leges the area’s current and for-mer Congressmen libeledEdwards Demo-crat Dick Burnson Friday had itsfirst case man-agement hearingafter the casewas filed morethan sevenmonths ago.

Judge JodiHoos plans toissue an order giving U.S. Rep.Darin LaHood and his predeces-sor, Aaron Schock, a limitedamount of time to respond to thecomplaint that they defamedBurns.

Burns’ attorney ChristopherRyan said no defendant has an-swered the initial complaint,which says a letter signed by

Libel suitproceedsvs. Schock,LaHood

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By RON DIETERFor The Weekly Post

If you follow horticulturalfolklore you may know that thecold spell we had this past week-end was the work of the ThreeChilly Saints.

In medieval France and Eng-land, farmers noticed that a latespring frost often occurredaround the feast days of St.Mamertus, St. Pancras and St.Servatius, May 11, 12 and 13. Sothey postponed planting cold-sensitive crops until the latterhalf of May to avoid the wrath ofthese “Chilly Saints.”

With those feast days behindus now, it’s time to start plantingwarm-weather vegetables, suchas tomatoes, green beans, cu-cumbers and melons. The mostpopular of these, of course, is thetomato.

The tomato is really not a veg-etable at all, botanically speak-ing, but a fruit because itcontains seeds. Native to the

Three ChillySaints gone,So go plant!

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Elmwood and Farmington high schoolscelebrated high school graduation on Sunday(May 15), and here are schools’ schedules forthe rest of the school year:

• Brimfield Graduation is at 3 p.m. Sunday(May 22) and the last day of school is May31.

• Elmwood is having an 8th grade promo-tion program today (May 19) at 11 a.m. (withJunior High awards from 9-10:30 a.m.), and

the last day of school is May 25.• Farmington already celebrated 8th

graders’ promotion to high school onWednesday (May 18), when the district alsohad its last day of school.

• Princeville Graduation is at 3 p.m. May29 and the last day of school is June 6.

• Williamsfield Graduation is 2 p.m. Sun-day (May 22) and May 25 is the last day ofschool.

Local schools wrapping up the year Schock

Youngsters enjoy one of their last days of recess at Elmwood Elementary School. Aftertoday, there are only three days of school left for Elmwood students. Photo by Jeff Lampe.

A major construction project is slated for Maple Av-enue in Elmwood. Photo by Jeff Lampe.Continued on Page 2

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MAPLE: Public meeting today in 200 blockday. Two banks made loan offers,but Farmers State Bank’s 2.65-per-cent interest rate and $50 closingcost was lower than ElmwoodCommunity Bank/Morton Com-munity Bank.

Meanwhile, a public meeting forMaple Avenue residents is sched-uled for 6:30 p.m. today (May 19)outdoors in the 200 block of MapleAvenue.

In other business, the Councilunanimously voted to proceed witha court action to have the propertyat 309 W. Fremont declared aban-doned. Owned by Bill Clayton, theproperty has had chronic mainte-

nance problems for years.“In my opinion, this is the best

way to cure the problem,” saidElmwood Economic DevelopmentOfficer Dick Taylor. “This is thebest course of action for the City.”

If the action succeeds, the Citywould take possession of the prop-erty and either repair or demolishit.

Other Council action Tuesdayincluded:

• picking Homefield Energy tosupply power to the City’s nineproperties at a cost of 4.813 centsper kilowatt hour in a one-yearagreement that Alderman Jared

Howerton estimated will save theCity more than $5,000 a year com-pared to current payments toAmeren;

• appointing Andrew Almasi tofill the unexpired term of Ward 2Alderman Adam Rue, who re-signed. To accept the position, Al-masi resigned as the City’sImpoundment Hearing Officer;

• supporting Mayor J.D. Huls-lander, as Liquor Commissioner,granting a special permit for theElmwood leg of Spoon RiverDrive to offer a wine-tasting and -sampling booth in Central Parkduring the October event.

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THE WEEK AHEAD

This Week’s Eventss Ladies Craft – Craft Night for

ladies 18 and older is today (May 19) at6:30 p.m. at Morrison and Mary WileyLibrary in Elmwood. Teacup topiarieswill be made. Call (309) 742-2431 toregister.

s Free Bread – Free bread availableat Elmwood Methodist Church Friday(May 20) at 10:30 a.m.

s Fiber Event – Fiber Arts MayEvent is Saturday (May 21) at Chilli-cothe Public Library from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.Register at bishophill-fiberguild.org or (309)472-7085.

s Maker Mania –Maker Mania event atBrimfield Public LibrarySaturday (May 21) from10 a.m.- 2 p.m.

s Guest Speaker – Todd Hastings isguest speaker Sunday (May 22) at Cross-roads Assembly of God Church for the10:30 a.m. service. A potluck will followthe service. All are welcome.

s Mushroom Contest – Elmwood In-surance Agency mushroom contest isnow through Sunday (May 22). Heaviestmorel wins $25, bring in mushrooms toEIA to win. Call (309) 742-2141.

s Summer Reading – Salem Town-ship Library Summer reading program isMay 25 to June 29 in Yates City. Games,programs, snacks, crafts, prizes andmore. Call (309) 358-1678.

s Clean-Up – Elmwood Clean-Upday is May 25-26. Normal householditems allowed. No electronics, appliancesor yard waste. Put out items with regulargarbage on normal trash day.

Future Eventss School Banquet – Yates City all

school banquet is May 28 at Yates CityCommunity Center. Allwho attended Yates CitySchools welcome. Sendreservations, checks for$15 to Yates CityAlumni Assoc., Box111, Yates City 61572.Deadline is May 20. s Plant Sale – Peoria

County Soil and Water ConservationDistrict plant sale now to May 31. Vari-ety of native plants and grasses availablefor purchase. Call (309) 671-7040 Ext. 3.

s Bus Trip – Peoria Evening GardenClub bus trip is June 25. Trip is to TheDubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gar-den. Cost is $45. Contact (309) 657-422for itinerary.

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s Farmer’s Market – Elmwood Farmer’s Market isFriday (May 20) from 4-6:30 p.m. on the square.

s Open House – Foster Pet Outreach open houseSaturday (May 21) 11 a.m.- 3 p.m. at 10206 W.Dubois Rd. in Edwards. Ribbon-cutting ceremonystarts at 11 a.m. Tour the new building, sample horsd’oeuvres and more. Call (309) 682-1122.

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T’matersBy VICKIE C. WOODCOCK

Seeds of yoreyield something more

Costoluto Genovese - dark red, deeply lobedGreen Doctors - green of courseCzech's Excellent Yellow - warm yellow-orangeBlack Cherry - surprisingly purplish-brownishPlum Lemon - bright yellow sunshine in a skinGreen Zebra - green and yellow mottled stripes

heirloom varietiesneed notobserve the proprieties.

One of my least favorite things todo when I was working for a pestcontrol company was getting rid ofrats. Rats are filthy, sneaky anddownright mean little critters andthey always made my life miser-able.

I had more than a few close, per-sonal encounterswith the littlebeasts on which Ican base myopinions.

We got a callonce from a bankin a small townnorth of Gales-burg. It seemsthat each morningthe employees would come in towork and find their breakroom inshambles. Cabinets had been openand ransacked, packs of sugaropened and strewn across countersand floors, and any foodstuffs leftout in the open were devoured. Thiswas happening every morning and itdidn’t take a lot of detective work tofigure out that they were being vis-ited overnight by at least one rat.

The bank itself was a beautifulbuilding with plush carpeting, shinydécor, and all the amenities to makesure that their customers knew theywere successful. The basement,however, was exactly the opposite.It was a catchall, with old desks,boxes of records, machines that nolonger worked, and assorted otherjunk, all haphazardly thrown into a

couple of rooms, and covered with ahalf inch of dust.

It was also home to a colony ofrats.

I set out bait that would attract therats, and hopefully keep them inenough food to keep them from ex-ploring the kitchenette area of thebank. I told the bank president thatit’d probably be a week or so beforeeverything took effect. After that, hewas going to have to send someonedown to the dungeon and straightenit out because they were making it acomfortable home for the unwantedrodents.

There was not a surge of volun-teers among employees to clean upthe place.

While I was going about my busi-ness, setting bait in the kitchen area(in case they didn’t care for the stuffI put out downstairs), one of thetellers asked how the rats could getin. I told her there were a variety ofways and that we had one casewhere the rats would swim throughthe sewer, and come right up out ofthe toilets.

About two weeks after setting outthe bait, the president of the bankcalled me. The tellers wanted toknow how soon they could startusing the bank’s bathroom again.After hearing that rats could comeup out of the toilet, none of thetellers were interested in using thebank’s facilities any more. If theyhad to go, they’d trek down thestreet to the gas station instead.

Another of my “favorite” encoun-ters (maybe I should use the word“memorable” instead), came one af-ternoon while I was in Farmington.Since this was the mid-1980s, wedidn’t have cell phones, but we didhave pagers. I only carried one be-cause my wife was pregnant withour first child and if my beeper wentoff, I intended to drop what I wasdoing and head for home.

My beeper went off.It wasn’t my wife.It was my secretary. She’d called

my wife and got the pager’s numberbecause we had an emergency backin Galesburg.

During the lunch hour, rats hadmanaged to chew through the sus-pended ceiling of the crowded (notfor long) dining room in a popularGalesburg restaurant. Said rat dis-covered the law of gravity and fellthrough the ceiling onto a table.After the initial shriek of the peopleat the table where the rat landed, therest of the dining room emptied inwhat had to be record time.

The manager of the restaurantwanted me there and he wanted me10 minutes ago.

I flew back to Galesburg as fast asmy little Subaru would go andfound an empty restaurant withmost of the employees standing out-side, each wielding some sort ofmakeshift weapon. Most hadbrooms or mops, while one had aparing knife (like THAT was going

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To the Editor:We used to have about 10 or 12

squirrels in the central park in YatesCity. However, sincethe traffic in town fliesthrough here about 45-50 mph in a 30-35 mphspeed zone, most of thetime the drivers would-n’t have time – even ifthey tried – to slowdown to keep from running squirrels

over. Now we are down to about three

squirrels that will probably soon bemurdered because ofthe inconsiderate peo-ple that speed throughtown.

These driversdon’t seem to worryabout the police orthey know when they

are on duty, as they don’t slow

down in town. I wouldn’t want any-one to slam on their brakes andcause an accident. But if you aredriving at the speed limit in town,you shouldn’t have any problemavoiding these poor helpless squir-rels, let alone someone’s child thatmight dart out in the street.

That does happen. I witnessedtwo small children get hit by a carright in front of my house years ago.

– Gary Edwards, Yates City

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

Animal neglect callleads to other charges

YATES CITY – Two local peoplefacing ongoing complaints of ne-glecting animals last month nowhave been charged with assorted of-fenses, but none thus far have beenfiled related to their dogs and cats.

Jessica Brix, 22, and NicholasLaRoss, 21, both of whom lived at aresidence in the 1600 block ofNorth Main Street, face multiplecharges, Yates City Police ChiefRandy Benson said.

Answering an animal-neglectcomplaint, local police arrested Brixfor driving while her license wassuspended, operating an uninsuredvehicle, and disobeying a trafficcontrol device, and arrested LaRosafor possession of cannabis and per-mitting an unauthorized person todrive, and transported them both tothe Knox County Jail.

Police said three dogs and twocats in their house had no food, al-though the dogs had access to waterfrom a fish tank, and the two toldpolice the animals had not beencared for in more than 48 hours.

On a previous call, police noticeda large amount of urine and feces onthe kitchen floor and kennels.

Brix and LaRosa has previouslybeen cited or warned for ordinance

violations for having more than fourdogs/cats in a residence and for hav-ing an abandoned motor vehicle onprivate property.

Air conditioner causessmoke at Dollar General

ELMWOOD – Police and fire-fighters responded to a call at Dol-lar General in Elmwood Saturdaynight. Workers noticed a smokysmell in the building, according topolice reports.

The source of the smoke wastraced to an air conditioner unit inback of the building that was“locking up and blowing smokeinto the duct work,” Elmwood po-lice chief Aaron Bean said.

“It smelled just like paper burn-ing,” Bean said.

Teen injured in crashPRINCEVILLE – A 17-year-old

passenger in a 2008 Dodge Avengerdriven by Audrey Saenz, 46, ofPrinceville was injured May 10 afterthe car in which she was ridingstruck a 2004 Pontiac driven by Vic-toria Powers, 18, of Laura, accord-ing to the Peoria County Sheriff’sOffice.

Both cars were eastbound onEvans Street when the crash oc-curred.

Akron-Princeville Fire Depart-ment transported the juvenile toOSF St. Francis Medical Center.

No other injuries were reported in

the mishap, police said.

Driver ticketed in rear-end collision

BRIMFIELD – Kenneth Down-ing, 60, of Brimfield on May 13was ticketed for failure to reducespeed to avoid an accident after the1987 Ford truck he was drivingwestbound on U.S. Route 150struck the rear of a 2002 ToyotaHylander, which was stopped be-hind a third vehicle turning left,police said.

No injuries were reported.

Peoria reports• The Freedom Oil Co. Shell sta-

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• Matthew Cluskey, 30, of Laura,on May 10 was arrested for Driv-ing Under the Influence and trans-ported to the Peoria County Jail.

• A theft of more than $300 wasreported on May 10 at Mark WilliMetal Working in Edwards.Deer accidents

• May 5: Jose Alcocer of Laredo,Texas on Legion Hall Road nearEvans Mill Road in Radnor Town-ship.

• May 11: Josh Roberts of Brim-field on Illinois Route 8 near Tay-lor Road in Kickapoo Township.

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“discussion about the proposedchanges was conducted and then avote was taken to move forwardwith the bidding process. How-ever, this is all reported like it tookplace under item 7 on the originalagenda, and the agenda did not in-dicate that this was going to bevoted on at the meeting.”

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to do any good). The ashen faced man-ager was sitting in his deserted diningroom, staring at the ceiling tile with ahole in it.

If you take out all the swear words heused once I got there, he didn’t havemuch to say.

I told him I could get rid of the infesta-tion, but it would take a few days. Hedidn’t care. He didn’t care how much itcost. He just wanted them GONE. Hewanted me to throw a tarp over the placeand fumigate it.

“Yeah, that’s a tent fume, and theyonly do it for Formosan Termites, notrats.”

He described the scene from a fewhours earlier. He estimated there were atleast 70 people in the dining room whenthe rat tumbled down. He said it tookless than a minute for the place to clear.

I had to tell him the bad news. “Yourealize your restaurant is going out ofbusiness, don’t you?”

Galesburg, at the time, did not have ahealth department and inspections ofrestaurants were random and infrequentsince the inspector had to come fromPeoria (the inspections are now donemonthly).

The manager didn’t think the restau-rant would close soon, but if he had 70people in the place when a rat fell out ofthe ceiling, I knew it wouldn’t take verylong for those 70 people to tell everyother living soul in town. I don’t knowmany people who will willingly go to aneatery where rats might drop at anygiven moment.

They managed to stay open aboutthree weeks more before a complete lackof customers forced them to close theirdoors. In fact, three other restaurantshave tried their hand at occupying thebuilding, but all of them failed ratherquickly as well.

The building is now a retail shop.But last I knew, they didn’t have any

rats.

GALLAGHER: Rat killed restaurant

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HOUSEHOLD-APPLIANCES-FURNITURE: 23.7 Maytag refrigerator W/ top freezer, Maytag washer and gasdryer, oval oak table W/ 4 chairs (nice), recliner, china cabinet, single bed, dresser, chest of drawers, swivelrocker, glider rocker, footstool, 2 night stands, Sony TV W/ stand, DVD-VCR player, new big man rocker/re-cliner, sofa W/ 2 love seats, large oak entertainment center, coffee table, (2) drafting tables, oak office desk,oak file cabinet, leather desk chair, nice microscope in wooden box, air purifier, Bell-Howell floor lamp, (2)heavy metal racks, stainless steel silverware in case, roundtable W/ 4 chairs, Holmes humidifier, Wind Tun-nel vacuum, Lasko ceramic heaters, (2) wooden utility carts, floor fans, large amount of DVDs, pots, pans,dishes, blue hob-nob dishes, cookbooks, fireplace utensils, wall pictures, lamps, nick-nacs, bedding, tow-els, electric heaters, card table and chairs, canister vacuum, canes, Canon camera, Kitchenaid coffee maker,Disney Pinocchio cookie jar

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES: (2) NYCS lanterns, (2) Heartland cream jars, (2) Saneda 1 gallon milk jugs,oak swivel desk chair, (2) library tables W/ 2 drawers, quart oil bottles, old car books, old model kits,cro-cheted tablecloth and bedspread (excellent condition), depression glass goblets, old fur coat, old barbertonic bottles, model airplane parts, (7) folding tables, Shop-Vac, Proform cross trainer, other misc.

OUTDOOR -TOOLS-MISC.: (2) Huffy 10 speed bicycles (1 men, 1 woman), metal detector, Craftsman beltsander, Dewalt belt sander, limb trimmer, battery charger (pro series), Honda GX390 13.0 power washer,large amount of trash cans, Rocket Spray yard sprayer, Cosco utility cart, workmate, skill saw, jack stand,wood clamps, air impact, (2) air grease guns, electric stapler, gas cans, Dewalt skill saw, paint gun, batterytester, Ryobi gas weed eater, sanding belts, bench vise, Grizzly metal cutting bandsaw, 2 wheel cart, metalstand, yardman broadcast spreader, fiberglass extension ladder, fiberglass step ladder, 2 sheets 1”x4”x8”plywood, saw horses, 24” driftwood log set, several halogen desk lamps, garage door opener, patio tableW/ umbrella/6 chairs, swing W/ frame, miscellaneous patio furniture, other misc. items.

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PUBLIC NOTICEBrimfield American Legion Post 452 will terminate their breakfast

service after May 30th 2016. This very difficult decision was made dueto the lack of member participation on breakfast crews.

In order to recover from the elimination of the breakfast service and inthe best interest of the Legion, we highly encourage all members, whoare capable, to become an active member in all Legion activities. We arealso soliciting for new members who will voluntarily commit their timefor Legion activities by joining the Brimfield American Legion Post 452NLT May 30, 2016. Potential newcomers from all branches of the mili-tary, including Guard and Reserve, are more than welcome to join. If youare currently enlisted in the military or retired / discharged (honorably)and were on active duty during the following dates you are eligible tojoin.

• December 7, 1941 to December 31, 1946• June 25, 1950 to January 31, 1955• February 28, 1961 to May 7, 1975• August 24, 1982 to July 31, 1984• December 20, 1989 to January 31, 1990• August 2, 1990 to the date of cessation of hostilities as determined by

the Government of the United States, all dates inclusive.

On June 2, 2016, Brimfield Post 452 will meet to decide whether or notwe have enough new membership along with current membership par-ticipation who will commit their time to help with all activities or will wehave to shut our doors for good due to lack of participation. If we cansign up many additional members who are motivated and energetic bythe end of May 2016 we have several future fundraising ideas, i.e.,dance and bingo, that could be organized and planned. All who are in-terested in joining the Brimfield American Legion please contact one thefollowing members and they will sign you up. (Please have the followinginfo ready when calling – name, address, phone number, email address,former membership ID # (if applicable), which eligibility date you fallunder, and $35.00 for membership dues.

Kenny Wertz - 370-1082Jim Simpson - 691-2202Fred Middleton - 370-2522Lois Zaremba - 699-8008

Remember… if you want to join, please do so NLT 30 May!


LEWISTOWN – The May 11 statushearing for Elmwood man accused of at-tacking a Farmington police officer post-poned any determination on whether heis fit to stand trial.

Austin Foster, 21, last Wednesday ap-peared in Fulton County Court in Lewis-town wearing an orange-striped jumpsuitand orange flip-flops when he facedJudge Thomas B. Ewing. Public De-fender Walter Barra asked for more timefor an evaluation since the doctor hadn’treceived necessary police reports.

Ewing set a new status hearing for 9a.m. on May 25.

Foster was charged with attemptedmurder of a peace officer, aggravated

battery, disarming a peace officer, anddomestic battery in connection with anApril 3 fight with Farmington police-woman Jennifer Parkinson.

Both were transported to the hospital.Parkinson was treated and placed on paidleave. Foster was treated, taken into cus-tody and driven to the Fulton County Jailin Lewistown, where he remains incar-cerated on a $750,000 bond.

At an initial hearing on April 13,Ewing told Foster to cooperate with thedoctor, since results of the exam wouldhave a bearing on how the case proceeds.

The attempted murder charge is aClass-X felony with punishment uponconviction of 20-80 years in prison with-out probation, $25,000 in fines, and threeyears of mandatory supervised release.

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Andes mountainsides in SouthAmerica, tomatoes are members ofthe nightshade family, which alsoincludes potatoes, eggplants, pep-pers, and tobacco.

Tomatoes are easy to grow andperform best when they get at leastsix to eight hours of direct sun-light. Although some gardenerslike to let them sprawl on a bed ofstraw, I prefer to trellis my tomatovines. Trellising helps conservevaluable garden space and makesharvesting easier.

I bought a 16-foot rigid cattlepanel from a farm supply store. It’sabout four feet tall and supportedin the garden by two steel fenceposts. The panel is much strongerthan a tomato cage and moredurable too. I can set six or eighttomato plants in the ground alongthe panel and weave the plants intothe panel as they grow.

After the plants get growingstrong, I add a 3-inch layer ofmulch (straw, pine needles,chopped leaves, compost or driedgrass clippings) to the soil sur-rounding the plant to keep soilmoisture levels even and to controlweeds.

Alternating periods of droughtand wet weather can cause the bot-toms of the fruits to turn soft andspoiled, a condition called blossomend rot. A good layer of mulch willgo a long way to help keep soilmoisture levels on an even keel.It’s very disappointing to see a

tomato ready to pick, only to findthe bottom rotting away.

If you trellis or cage your tomatoplants, they’ll be easier to manageif you do a little pruning. As theplant grows, small leaflets, calledsuckers, begin to appear where thebranches meet the main stem.

Pinching out these suckers re-duces the amount of foliage andoverall size of the vine, improvesairflow, and helps yield biggerfruit. Pinch only vine-type (inde-terminate) tomato plants, notdwarf or bush (determinate) vari-eties.

Avoid using a high nitrogen fer-tilizer or fresh manure on yourtomato crop because it will encour-age luxuriant foliage growth at theexpense of fruit production.

Tomatoes ripen from the insideout, so don’t leave red ones on thevine too long. Never store toma-toes in the refrigerator becausethey will lose that fresh tomato fla-vor and taste like those impostersyou get from the store. Set them on

the kitchen counter and keep themout of the sunlight.

For a long time, gardeners weretold that pink, yellow and orangevarieties have lower acidity thanred tomatoes. This is not reallytrue, according to the NationalGarden Bureau. It’s the balance ofaromatic compounds, sugars andacids that creates the flavors of dif-ferent tomato varieties.

Tomatoes with a higher sugarcontent taste sweeter and are oftenperceived as being “low acid.”

There are hundreds of tomatovarieties to choose from. One ofmy favorites is Celebrity, a firmred fruit with good flavor and ex-cellent disease resistance. It’s agood one to grow in a large pot be-cause it is semi-determinate,meaning the vine is less vigorousand easier to manage.

Another one, Big Beef, producesbeautiful round fruits weighingnearly a pound. Slices of Big Beefare just the right size to cover a bigjuicy hamburger. The tomatoHusky Gold is a golden orangecolor both inside and out and has amild sweet flavor. It adds nicecolor to a salad or sandwich.

The compact plants are perfectfor small gardens and containers.All three of these varieties are All-America Selections, which meansthey are proven garden performers.

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ELMWOOD – Parentswho use Elmwood’sAfter Care program nextyear will pay $5 more perweek for the first child,as the Board of Educa-tion on Monday ap-proved new rates andOK’d an interest form tobe sent to parents forcommitments and infor-mation.

The weekly cost ofAfter Care (from 3:15-6p.m.) next year will be$50, $30 for a secondchild, and $25 for a thirdchild.

The District also is try-ing to gauge interest in amorning program from6:30-7:30 a.m., withweekly costs set at $25,plus $20 for a secondchild, and $15 for a thirdchild.

The school board lastmonth declined to con-tract with the Evanston-

based Right At School K-8 after-school programand keep its currentlatchkey arrangement.Right At School had of-fered longer hours; roomfor more families to par-ticipate; an age-oriented,multi-media, interactiveeducational component;opportunities for localemployees; the possibil-ity of a morning option;and comparable fees.

“We are trying to getan idea of enrollment forour current After Careprogram, as well as pos-sibly offering a BeforeCare program (if there isenough interest),” saidSuperintendent ChadWagner. “It is our goal toeliminate the waiting listfor After Care for the2016-17 school year.

“The administrationwill work together withstaff to improve to allowfor the possibility of in-creased student capacity,

professional developmentfor staff, and a structuredcurriculum,” he said.

Meanwhile, theBoard’s Finance Com-mittee plans to set up ten-tative plans for aworst-case scenario if thestate fails to adequatelyfund public schools, butthat’s in the early stages,Wagner said.

“We don’t want to bereactionary and say we’regoing to do such-and-such,” he said. “We’restill discussing ideas, de-pending on what happensin Springfield.”

The Board also ap-proved a Memorandumof Understanding withthe teachers union tochange current contractlanguage pertaining to re-imbursement of approvedgraduate-school courses.

Now, total reimburse-ment for courses takenbetween July 1 and Dec.31 will be limited to half

the budgeted funds, andthe balance of allottedfunds would be availableafterward.

In other news:• Co-op agreements

with Brimfield for base-ball and softball for2016-17 and 2017-18were OK’d.

• Eight registrationswere approved to attendthe 2015 Joint AnnualConference of the IllinoisAssociation of SchoolBoards, Illinois Associa-tion of School Adminis-trators, and IllinoisAssociation of SchoolBusiness Officials Nov.18-20 in Chicago, and in-dividual Board membersand administrators arestill considering whetherthey can go.

• The District’s insur-ance policy was renewedthrough 2016-17 withUnland Companies ofPekin, which increasedits premium $700, whichincludes an additional$600,000 of coverage forthe new Junior HighSchool.

• The Board’s nextmeeting was rescheduledto June 20.

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Yates City board discusses accountabilityBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

YATES CITY – TheVillage Board onWednesday (May 11)voiced the pros and consof accountability, criticiz-ing the nuisance of hav-ing to comply with statelaws on the Freedom ofInformation on the onehand and praising thelogic of requiring villageworkers to account forevery mile and minute ofthe day on the other.

The Board approved anew time-sheet systemfor workers to log milesdriven and to describethe work they do everyday.

Public Works directorChuck Eiker, who pres-ents detailed monthly re-ports to the Board, askedif employees would havea few minutes at the endof their days to fill outthe daily reports, butTrustees Lesley Gavelysand Beau Bewley sug-gested workers completethem as they go.

Meanwhile, a specialmeeting of the VillageBoard was scheduled forthis Wednesday (May 18)to include a closed ses-sion for the “discussionof the appointment, em-

ployment, compensation,discipline, performanceor dismissal of employ-ees of the Village,” ac-cording to a noticeposted by Village ClerkLyn Suits.

In other business, Elba-Salem Fire Chief JohnMcKinty and a few fire-fighters reported to theBoard that months ofconversations about anew storm siren may beunnecessary.

“The fire departmenthas a functional siren,”McKinty said. “They’reactually ‘outdoor warn-ing sirens’ set up to warnpeople outside, like in thepark or in their yards.”He added that it used torequire a firefighter todepress and hold a but-ton, but was improved toa toggle switch – but itstill needs to be manuallytriggered.

Others suggested apossible improvementmight be to install a re-mote-electronic trigger-ing system so authorizedpublic safety personnelcould quickly start andstop the siren despitetheir location. (Localpeople trigger the siren,not the County or Na-tional Weather Service.)

The consensus was toconsider an estimate atthe June Village Boardmeeting.

In other action, theBoard

• OK’d the appropria-tion of $30,000 for resur-facing work arranged byengineer Kevan Cooperof Galesburg’s Bruner,Cooper & Zuck to becompleted through an in-tergovernmental agree-ment with Knox County,as previously approved;

• discussed needed re-pairs to a power line lay-ing on the roof of aVillage building, a water-feed valve and a pump;

• approved TreasurerJoy Mahr sending Con-sumer Confidence Re-ports notices on waterbills going out in June;

• heard Bewley reportthat fund raising forrestoring the gazebo has

raised about $17,000 inless than a year, not in-cluding the Village’s con-tribution of about $3,000in materials;

• told Eiker that watermeters should be read onthe 19th and 20th of themonth unless one ofthose days falls on aweekend, when they’d beread the previous Thurs-day-Friday or followingMonday-Tuesday;

• heard Police ChiefRandy Benson’s April re-port of 69 reports, 36stops, 29 warnings, 8tickets and 4 arrests; and

• swore in new TrusteeJeff Sprecher and ap-pointed Mahr, Benson,Suits, attorney WayneStatham and the Bank ofYates City for the FiscalYear.

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Officers out in force for‘Click It or Ticket’ push

PEORIA – The Peoria CountySheriff’s Office will join the IllinoisDepartment of Transportation, theIllinois State Police and hundreds oflocal law enforcement agencies forthe Click It or Ticket campaignthrough May 30.

Motorists caught driving withoutwearing a seat belt will be ticketed.Those caught driving impaired dueto drugs or alcohol will be arrested.

Illinois seat belt law requires allpassengers in the front and backseat to wear seat belts. Surveysshow rear-seat usage in 2015 was84.9 percent versus 95.2 percent fordrivers and front-seat passengers.Hastings guest speakerat Crossroads church

ELMWOOD – Todd Hastingswill be guest speaker Sunday (May22) at Crossroads Assembly of GodChurch for the 10:30 a.m. service.

A potluck will follow the service.All are welcome.Peoria SWCD holdingannual plant sale

PEORIA – The Peoria CountySoil & Water Conservation Districtis holding its annual plant sale, fea-turing a variety of native plants andgrasses. Plants cost $2 per plug.

For a list of plants or an orderform, visit peoriacountyswcd.tri-pod.com. Orders will be taken untilMay 31. Pick-up is June 15 at thePeoria SWCD office.

Call 309-671-7040, Ext. 3.Elmwood Pharmacy hasgrand reopening

ELMWOOD – TelePharm, anIowa City-based digital healthcarecompany, is pleased to announce thegrand re-opening/customer appreci-ation event of the Elmwood Phar-macy today (May 19) at noon.

To celebrate, there will be a lightlunch, beverages, a raffle and social-izing. Elmwood Pharmacy is lo-cated at 108 E. Main St. Pharmacyhours are 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.Monday through Friday, and 9:00a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.Elmwood StrawberryFestival will be June 4

ELMWOOD – The 28th annual

Elmwood Strawberry Festival willbe held Saturday, June 4. In additionto strawberry pie, shortcake, pizza,sundaes and other strawberry deli-cacies, the day-long event includesentertainment, food, craft booths,and the increasingly popular Straw-berry Festival Car Show.

The Elmwood Fire Departmentwill host its annual Pancake andSausage Breakfast from 6-10 a.m. atthe firehouse on North MagnoliaStreet right across from Elmwood'sCentral Park.

Antique and show cars will beginlining Elmwood’s Main Street at 8a.m. and 100+ crafters, vendors, andartisans will fill the park with funand unique items for sale. The FoodTent will be open from 10 a.m. to 4p.m.

The musical lineup features themen’s a cappella group the Pride ofPeoria and the women’s a cappellagroup the Heart of Illinois Chorus,followed by the musical stylings ofRichard Selquist. Also new to Elm-wood, Four Other Brothers will per-form.

For information, go online tofacebook.com/ElmwoodStrawber-ryFest.

Alpha Park Library hasself-guided garden walk

BARTONVILLE –The Friendsof Alpha Park Library will hold aself-guided walk through five localgardens Saturday, June 18, from 9a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine.

In addition to revealing naturalbeauty, there will be “must see”activities going on in each garden.

These include music, painting, pot-tery, fairy gardens, a plant sale,and the University of Illinois Ex-tension Master Gardeners, willingto share knowledge.

All proceeds will be used by theLibrary Friends to enhance AlphaPark Library.

Tickets are $10 in advance or$12 on the day of the garden walk.Tickets are $3 per person for indi-vidual gardens, sold at gardens onthe day of the walk. Childrenunder two are free. Not all gardensare stroller-friendly.

Among the locations selling ad-vance tickets are:

• Alpha Park Library, 3527 Air-port Rd., Bartonville

• Buskirk Garden Center & GiftShop, 217 N. Main, Hanna City

• Kelly Seed, 202 HamiltonBlvd., Peoria

For more information, callMargie Karl at (309) 657-5926.Pheasants Forever trapshoots in Chillicothe

The Illinois River Valley chapterof Pheasants Forever will hold atrap shoot every Monday in June(June 6, 13, 20 and 27) at theChillicothe Sportsman’s Club from6-7 p.m. and 7-8 p.m.

Call or email the time you wantto shoot to (309) 385-2127, 229-4090 or [email protected].

Pheasants Forever will supplytwo boxes of shells (20 or 12gauge) each night to shoot. Youwill be asked to pay for your claybirds and $3.00 for each box ofshells you shoot.

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LAWSUIT: Burns claims reputation was hurtthen-CongressmanSchock and then-StateSen. Darin LaHood andsent to area households in2014 was defamatory andhurt Burns’ reputation andbusiness by accusing himof improprieties.

The letter was mailed inconnection with a cam-paign by incumbent Peo-ria County Board memberBrad Harding (R-16thDistrict) against Burns.Burns lost to Harding lastyear, with 44 percent ofthe vote to Harding’s 56percent.

The Peoria County Re-publican Central Commit-tee, which reportedly paidfor the letter’s printing,also was named as a de-

fendant.The two-page letter

Schock and LaHoodsigned stated, “DickBurns has been banned bythe Illinois State Fair fromshowing hogs because hehas been caught seriouslycheating to win contestswith large prizes.”

The statements make“factual allegations whichare false in their entirety,”Ryan said. They “cannotbe characterized as opin-ions, hyperbole, or looseor figurative language,cannot reasonably be sub-jected to an innocent con-struction [and] they implynot only the potential ofcriminal conduct but alsoimpropriety in Mr. Burns’professional integrity in

agriculture as well as inhis professional reputationas a judge for cattleshows.”

Burns, 68, is a breederand shower of Angus cat-tle who “does not now,nor has he ever, shownhogs at the Illinois StateFair,” the five-page suitsays. The suit adds thatBurns is not banned fromanything.

Burns told The WeeklyPost the letter’s allega-tions “affected my profes-sion.”

Schock resigned inMarch 2015 after ques-tions about spending ir-regularities. LaHoodserved the state Senatefrom the 37th District, inThe Weekly Post area,

until wining a specialelection to fill Schock’sterm.

Peoria County’s 16thDistrict includes Brim-field, Elmwood, Jubilee,Rosefield, and parts ofKickapoo, Radnor andTrivoli townships.


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OBITUARIESIra Lee Asbury

YATES CITY – Ira Lee Asbury,55, of Galesburg, father of a YatesCity man, died May 10 at GalesburgCottage Hospital.

Survivors include his wifeDorothea; parents Wayne Sr. (Mae)Asbury of North Carolina and Janice(Albert) Westfall of Henderson; sonKevin (Melissa) Asbury of YatesCity; daughters Mary Asbury of Bar-tonville, Amanda (Dusty) Ballouand Heather (Sanjeev) Choudhary,both of Vermont; 15 grandchildren;and several nieces and nephews.

Per Ira’s wishes, cremation riteswere accorded. A celebration of Ira’slife was May 13 at the ThomasLegacy Center in Galesburg.

Condolences may be left onlineat www.watsonthomas.com.

Barbery ‘Barb’ ClarkBRIMFIELD – Barbery “Barb”

Clark, 80, of Princeville died May14 at UnityPoint Health-Methodistin Peoria.

Barb was born Jan. 27, 1936, inKewanee, the daughter of James andHazel Brown Mitchell. She marriedDelmar Clark Sr. on Jan. 29, 1955.He survives.

Also surviving are their children,Delmar Jr. (Bonnie) Clark of Asto-ria, Don Clark of Princeville, RanaeWelker of Princeville, Robert (Shari)Clark of Princeville and James(Amy) Clark of Mountain View,Mo.; 13 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren, with another arrivingin August; and one twin sister, Bev-erly (Duane) Stahl of Peoria.

She spent her life caring for andloving not only her own children,grandchildren, and great-grandchil-dren, but many children in herhometown of Princeville.

Cremation has been accorded. Avisitation to celebrate Barb’s life wasto be held from 10 a.m. to 12 noonWednesday (May 18) at Haskell-

Hott Funeral Homes in Princeville. Condolences may be left online

at wwwhaskellhott.com.Bonita Hietter

BRIMFIELD – Bonita “Bonnie”Hietter, 82, of Canton, sister ofwomen in Brimfield and YatesCity, died May 13 at FarmingtonCountry Manor.

Survivors include childrenMaria (Mark) Sommerville ofCanton, Joseph (Pam) Hietter ofGeorgia, Angela (Joe) Beeney ofWashington, Patrick (Traci) Hiet-ter of Delavan, Lisa (Michael)Wanless of Washington, andThomas (Jon) Hietter of Los An-geles; sisters June McKown ofBrimfield, Ruth Dodd of YatesCity, Rita (Don) Vicary of CreveCoeur and Rose Haynes of SouthCarolina; 21 grandchildren; and25 great-grandchildren.

A funeral Mass will be at 11a.m. Friday (May 20) at St.Thomas Catholic Church, withvisitation from 9 to 11 a.m. Fridayprior to the Mass at the church,with recitation of the Rosary at8:30 a.m. Burial will be at St.Patrick Cemetery in Kickapoo.

Condolences may be left onlineat www.wrightandsalmon.com.

Michael HoshorELMWOOD – Michael J.

Hoshor, 55, of Peoria, father of anElmwood woman, died May 11 athis residence.

Survivors include his wife, Clau-dia Lair McGurk Hoshor; daugh-ters Kimberley (Aaron) Sarff ofElmwood and Angela (Joe Mur-phy) McGurk of Sparland; sonThomas (Lisa) Lair of Peoria; fivegrandchildren; and sister Debbie(Denny) Hines of Hanna City.

Mike worked for Peoria SchoolDistrict 150 as a custodian atWashington Gifted School, wherehe was loved by the faculty andstudents. He also owned and oper-ated a business known as Founda-tions, where he conductedpresentations about drug and alco-hol abuse at various schoolsthroughout the Midwest.

Cremation rites were accorded. Private services will be held at alater date.

Condolences may be left onlineat www.peoriafuneral.com.

Derrick JacksonWILLIAMSFIELD – Derrick R.

Jackson, 62, of Williamsfield, diedMay 5 at OSF St. Mary MedicalCenter in Galesburg.

Survivors include his wife, Rena(Simpson) Jackson; sons Clint(Crystal) Simpson and Cody Simp-son, both of Williamsfield, andChord (Shannon) Jones ofKnoxville; daughter Cortney Jonesof Williamsfield; 17 grandchildren;his mother, Josie Jackson of Ari-zona; brothers Petey and Kip Jack-son; and sisters Terri and BrookeJackson, all of Arizona.

Cremation was accorded bySchmidt-Haller Burial and Crema-tion Services. No services areplanned. Friends and family are en-couraged to reach out to the familywith any condolences.

This Week’s Obituaries• Ira Lee Asbury, 55, Yates City• Barbery Clark, 80, Princeville• Bonita Hietter, 82, Brimfield• Michael Hoshor, 55, Elmwood• Derrick Jackson, 62, Williams-field• Gwen Klawitter, 94, Princeville• Shirley Kraps, 95, Edwards• Howard W. Yates, Jr., 79,Princeville

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BRIMFIELDSt. Joseph

Catholic ChurchFather John Verrier

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

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

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

Daily Mass: Tues.-Fri. 8 amSt. Paul’s

Lutheran ChurchThe Lutheran Church -

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

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

Sun. Divine Service: 10 amBrimfield E-Free Church

Pastor Donald Blasing11724 Maher RoadBrimfield, IL 61517(309) 446-3571

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Worship: 10:30 amSunday School: 9:30 am

AWANA - Wed. 6:15 pm, forages 3-12

Brimfield UnitedMethodist Church

Pastor Leonard Thomas135 S. Galena St., Brimfield

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

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

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

Sunday Worship: 9 amTuesday Bible Study: 6:30 pmFirst Sunday each month isCommunion Sunday (glutenfree communion offered)

DAHINDADahinda United Methodist

Church1739 Victoria Street, PO Box

14, Dahinda IL 61428

Church phone: 309-639-2768Email: williamsfielddahin-

[email protected] services: 9:30 am

EDWARDSBethany Baptist Church7422 N. Heinz Ln., Edwards

(309) 692-1755www.bethanycentral.org

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

Christ Alive! Community ChurchPastor Lance Zaerr

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

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

ELMWOODCrossroads Assembly of God

Pastor Tim Cavallo615 E. Ash St., Elmwood

(309) 830-4259

www.crossroadselmwood.orgWed. Worship: 7 pm

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

701 W. Dearborn St., Elmwood(309) 742-7631, 742-7911

Sun. School: 9:30 amSun Worship: 10:30 am, 6 pmWed. Prayer Meeting: 7 pmFirst Presbyterian Church

of ElmwoodReverend Marla B. Bauler

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

firstpresbyterianofelmwood.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 am

United Methodist Church of Elmwood

Pastor Bradley F. Watkins II821 W. Main St., Elmwood

(309) 742-7221www.elmwoodumc.org

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

FARMINGTONFirst Presbyterian Church

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

(309) 245-2914www.firstpresfarmington.com

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

New Hope FellowshipAssembly of GodPastor Tom Wright

1102 N. Illinois Route 78Farmington

(309) 245-2957Sun. Worship: 10 am

Wed. Worship: 7 pm

PRINCEVILLEPrinceville UnitedMethodist ChurchPastor Ken Dees

420 E. Woertz, Princeville

(309) 385-4487

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YATES CITYFaith United

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Gwen KlawitterPRINCEVILLE – Gwendolyn

“Gwen” E. Kaspar Klawitter, 94, ofPeoria, mother of a Princevillewoman, died May 8 at Manor Courtof Peoria.

Gwen is survived by five chil-dren, Sue (Jerry) Krause ofPrinceville, Jim (Lorrie) Kaspar ofPeoria, Lisa Garrison of Washing-ton, Deb Steinbaker of Iowa Cityand Amy (Bill) Woolf of Wichita,Kan.; stepchildren Ron (June)Klawitter of Missouri and DeannaMeissner of Colorado; daughter-in-law, Kathy Kaspar of Florida;brother Vincent (Caroline) Macken-zie of California; 14 grandchildren;and 11 great-grandchildren.

Services were May 12 at Mt. Cal-vary Evangelical Lutheran Churchin Peoria. Interment will take place

in Lutheran Cemetery in Peoria.Condolences may be left online at

www.thewiltonmortuary.com.Shirley Kraps

EDWARDS – Shirley I. Kraps,95, of Peoria, mother of an Edwardsman, died May 6 at Liberty Villagein Peoria.

Surviving are children Michael(Kathy) Kraps of Edwards, Carol(Bud) Lowe of Dunlap, and Jean(Steve) Koehl of Dunlap; 7 grand-children; and 17 great-grandchil-dren.

A memorial was May 13 at Re-deemer Lutheran Church in Peoria,with private burial at a later date.

Condolences may be left online atcsmico.com.

Howard W. Yates, Jr.PRINCEVILLE – Howard W.

Yates, Jr., 79, of Wyoming, formerlyof Princeville, died May 11 at hisresidence.

Survivors include his wife, Char-lotte (Keller) Yates; sons Michael(Rae Lynn) Yates of Peoria, David(Marie) Yates of Trenton, S.C.,Daniel Yates of Titusville, Fla., andKirk (Barbara) Yates of MarquetteHeights; daughters Donita (George)Asmus of Pleasanton, Calif., andToni (Frank) Honsowetz of El Se-gundo, Calif.; 13 grandchildren; and13 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were May 14 atthe Princeville Baptist Church, withburial at Princeville TownshipCemetery.

Condolences may be left onlineat www.haskellhott.com.


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Brimfield Township adopts budgets, leviesBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

Brimfield Township adopted boththe Town and Highway budgets andlevies as previously reported, andapproved purchasing an additionalstorage device to back up Townshipledgers, according to supervisorTony Karl.

Also, a proposal for gardening ofTownship property was discussedbut tabled until next winter to see ifthere would be any interest.

Finally, a representative from thelocal historical society is scheduledto make a presentation to the Boardin June concerning issues regardingthe 1837 L. L. Guyer log house onGalena Avenue.• Jubilee Township – Supervisor

Steve Garnett said, “We received arequest from the state for informa-tion on projects related to Prevailing

Wage. While the notice said it hadbeen requested on April 27 the firstwe received was on May 8 with adeadline of May 23.

“This is something new we havenot seen before,” he continued. “Wepass ordinances requiring contrac-tors adhere to Prevailing Wage re-quirements every year, andcontractors sign agreements to com-ply. Applicable projects last yearwere Thousand Dollar Road andspray patching. Road Commissioner[Jack Groeper] is working with theTownship attorney to provide the re-quested information.”• Milbrook Township – Millbrook

Township received state checks forPersonal Property Replacement Taxof $1,641.54 for the Town Fund and$2,286.12 for Road & Bridge Fund.• Rosefield Township – Rosefield

Township Highway CommissionerMatt Windish reported ditch im-provement work was finished onDubois Road., and Supervisor MikeWindish said “There will be moreditch work done on Rockhill Roadin the coming month.”• Salem Township – Salem Town-

ship donated $200 to the Elmwood-yates City-Farmington fireworksshow for Independence Day, ac-cording to Clerk Shelby Copple.• Truro Township – Truro Town-

ship underwent personnel changesat its May 10 meeting, as the Boardaccepted resignations of TrusteesCasey Doubet and Randy Cemeiand of Supervisor Chester Ross.

The Board then appointed BeauJohnson and Thomas Rakestraw asTrustees, and Lacy Niebuhr asTownship Supervisor.



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By GREG BIELLERFor The Weekly Post

Traditionally, on Memorial Daywe honor those who have made theultimate sacrifice for our nation. So-cial Security respects the heroismand courage of our military servicemembers, and we remember thosewho have given their lives in de-fense of freedom.

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In the Matter of the Estate of ) 16-P-173MARVEL L. PASSMORE, Deceased )

CLAIM DAY NOTICENotice is given to creditors of the death of MARVEL L. PASSMORE.

Letters of Office were issued on April 25, 2016, to STEVEN R. PASS-MORE, 519 E. Pearl Street, Farmington, IL 61531 and CYNTHIA L.PARR, 21015 W. Farmington Rd., Trivoli, IL 61569, as Co-IndependentExecutors, whose attorney of record is Froehling, Weber & Schell, LLP(NANCY A. SCHELL), 165 East Fort Street, Farmington, Illinois 61531,Phone #309/245-2474, Fax #309/245-2475.Administration of this estate will be without court supervision, unless

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STEVEN R. PASSMORE and CYNTHIA L. PARR, Co-Independent Executors of Estate of MARVEL L. PASSMORE, Deceased

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less than six (6) months from the date of the first publication of this no-tice, or three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of this noticeto creditors, whichever is later), and any claim not filed on or before thatdate is barred. Claims may be filed with the representative of this estateor in the Office of the Circuit Clerk, Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or both. Iffiled with the court, the claimant within ten (10) days after filing his or herclaim with the court: (1) shall cause a copy of the claim to be mailed ordelivered to the representative and to the attorney of record, unless therepresentative or the attorney has in writing either consented to the al-lowance of the claim or waived mailing or delivery of the copies, and (2)shall file with the court proof of any required mailing or delivery of copies.Dated this 18th day of April, 2016.

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SOFTBALL: Brimfield opens regional with winPrinceville all it could handlethroughout the game.

“Madison Stewart pitched verywell for R-W,” Princeville coachChad Gardner said.

The Lady Princes got their hittingand pitching back on track in thesecond game, drubbing R-W 17-2.Brooke Gardner drove in four andhad a home run. Haley Holt andCaitlin Pullen each drove in three,while Roe had two RBIs. Robertswas 3-for-3, Hite went 3-for-5 andNatalie Dominguez and KarlenSandall each had two knocks in thehit parade.

Holt was stellar in the pitchingcircle, giving up four hits, whilestriking out six and walking none.

Ten runs in the first led to a 19-2final over Stark County last Friday.Holt struck out eight, yielding justtwo hits and one walk.

Hite was the big run producer inthis game with six RBIs. Cokeldrove in three, while Roe and San-dall had two RBIs each and Pullenwas a perfect 3-for-3.

Lane’s pitching was needed in the6-3 victory over Midwest Centrallast Thursday. Her 11 strikeoutswere too much for the non-confer-ence foe.

RBI singles in the first by Gard-ner and Jessica DeVries led to fourruns that would be enough for theLady Princes win.

Brimfield-ElmwoodBrimfield-Elmwood (21-6)

bounced back from two straightlosses with a 6-0 victory over Orionin its Class 2A Sherrard Regionalopener.

Morgan Ledbetter allowed four

hits and struck out seven for theshutout win and sister MontanaLedbetter went 2-for-3 with twoRBIs. Allison Pillman, Alyssa Rolland Grace LaFollette also drove inruns for B-E.

The Lady Indians will play Fri-day at 4:30 p.m. in the regional titlegame against Sherrard, a 10-1 win-ner Tuesday over Mercer County.

B-E had finished the regular sea-son losing to two traditionallygood, large-school programs: RockIsland (6-0) and Limestone (13-3).

At Rock Island the Lady Indianscould only come up with five hits,two coming off the bat of LindseyStenger. Roll’s pitching kept theteam within striking distance andthe Lady Rocks didn’t strike for anybig innings. But a rare game of er-rors and too many B-E strikeoutswere too much to overcome.

“Our eight team strikeouts andsix errors held us back in thisgame,” coach Kurt Juerjens said.

On Friday in Bartonville, B-Etook a 3-1 advantage into thefourth, but Limestone moved aheadwith three in that frame, then scorednine in the fifth to bring the contestto an early ending. Four errors hurtthe Lady Indians and six team hitsweren’t enough.

FarmingtonThe Lady Farmers (10-11) made

up a previously rained-out contestat Havana last Thursday with a 14-3 victory. Ilsa Strough got by twoHavana runs in the first with a ninestrikeout and zero walks pitchingline by game’s end.

At the plate, Farmington blastedHavana pitching for 17 hits. TaylorWhitehurst had a home run, a dou-

ble, and six RBIs. Strough added adouble and four RBIs to her pitch-ing performance. Emily Buster was2-for-3 with a double, and AlliSprague hit 3-for-4 with a two bag-ger.

“A great formula for winning is agreat offensive output to go alongwith solid pitching,” coach JeniFauser said.

Farmington was set to open re-gional play Wednesday (May 20)against Monmouth United in theClass 2A Williamsfield Regional.

ROWVA-WilliamsfieldROWVA-Williamsfield’s season

ended in its first regional game atKnoxville in an 8-4 loss. TinaFoglesong led the Lady Cougars (4-22) with two hits and MadisonStewart pitched all the way for R-W. Too many missed opportunitieson offense kept the team frompulling off the upset, according tocoach Joel Zaiser.

“The last time we playedKnoxville, we were beaten by the10-run rule,” Zaiser said. “We’vereally improved, especially on de-fense. Next year, we’ll be young sowe’ll have to keep working on fun-damentals to continue to improve.”

R-W had the daunting task of fin-ishing up its regular campaign withtwo makeup games versus power-house Princeville.

In the first game, R-W stayedclose as Foglesong had two hits anddrove in both runs in the 7-2 loss.

“We played a really good teamvery tough,” Zaiser said. “I wasproud of our efforts.”

Unfortunately for the LadyCougars, there wasn’t much left forgame two in the 17-2 loss.


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Brimfield graduate Kerrigan Dura re-cently won a Division III Fan Choiceaward for softball in a poll conductedby Herosports.com. Dura is hitting .566at Eureka College with 66 RBIs and a.606 on-base percentage as her teamheads to regional play.

In other college softball news, Brim-field grad Sam Gudat was named to theCollege Conference of Illinois andWisconsin all-conference first team. Asenior at Illinois Wesleyan, Gudat ledthe league with a .463 average.

Meanwhile, Brimfield grad MorganFlorey finished 16-11 as a pitcher forDivision I Evansville.

Dura tabbed asD3 fan favorite

Jake Settles. Both hittersalso had doubles anddrove in a run.

Caleb Gilstrap got thewin for Farmington, pitch-ing seven innings andscattering 10 hits.

B-E senior Jake Robertsheld Farmington to onerun in six innings of reliefafter the Farmers grabbedthe early 5-0 lead.

Jack Bowers was 4-for-4 for B-E and Austin Simswent 2-for-3 with a dou-ble and two RBIs.

Brimfield-ElmwoodPrior to the Farmington

loss, the Indians had shutout Bushnell-Prairie City8-0 last Wednesday.

Sims pitched the com-plete game shutout, fan-ning eight and allowingfour hits in seven innings.He also drove in two runsto support his cause.

Bowers was 2-for-4with a double and tworuns scored for B-E,Caileb Johnson was 3-for-4 and Tyler Bunting went2-for-3 for the Indians.

PrincevilleThe Princes split a dou-

bleheader with ROWVA-Williamsfield lastThursday and then lost 7-3 to Eureka on Tuesday tofinish the regular season.

Princeville (14-15) lostthe first half of the twin-bill, 6-3, as R-W pitcherGarrett Wight limitedPrinceville to seven hitsand went 1-for-3.

R-W managed just sixhits but made the most of

those and eight walks.The Princes turned the

tables in the second game,winning 4-1 despite beingouthit. Evan Bultemeiergot the win, allowing ninehits but just one run inseven innings. He also

fanned seven.Austin Brodine (who hit

.505 with 31 RBIs) dou-bled and drove in threeruns for Princeville, whichgot doubles from JustinJanssen and Matthew But-terfield.

Garrett Wight, ZacSmith and Austin Batter-son all went 2-for-4 forthe Cougars. Smith tookthe loss with a complete-game six-hitter.

Princeville opens re-gional play today (May19) in a 4:30 p.m. game atStark County against No.3 seed AlWood.

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Indians, Cougars lose regional openersBRIMFIELD – Playing at home

did not help the Brimfield-Elmwoodbaseball team Monday in a 3-2 lossto Annawan-Wethersfield in the Class2A regional opener for both squads.

The Indians (13-15) scored runs inthe second and third innings to takean early 2-1 lead. Caileb Johnson washit by a pitch and scored after singlesby Jake Roberts and Jimmy Houlihan(2-for-3 for the game) in the secondinning. Sam Hedrick reached on anerror in the third and scored after sin-gles by Austin Sims and Johnson.

But A-W (11-17) scored one run inthe first and added two in the fifth onthree hits off senior pitcher Sims (6-2), who scattered 11 hits over 7 in-

nings and struck out six.B-E stranded six runners in the last

four innings and left the bases loadedin the fourth. Johnson finished as thetop hitter this season with a .372 av-erage, followed by Sims at .337.• At Kewanee – ROWVA-Williams-

field suffered a season-ending 12-4loss to Kewanee in the first round ofthe Class 2A regional here.

Tucker Sams went 3-for-3 for R-W(8-16) and Charlie Gibbons rappedout two hits and had an RBI, but itwas not enough to halt Kewanee,which had 16 hits and scored seventimes in the first two innings.

Kewanee advances to play No. 3seed Farmington today at 4:30 p.m.

Brimfield re-cently put upnew score-boards on itsbaseball andsoftball dia-monds thanksto fund-raisingefforts by theBrimfield Ath-letic Booster’sClub in runningconcessionsstands and put-ting on the an-nual BoosterRaffle Dance.

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Austin Simspitches in an8-0 win overBushnell-Prairie City.Sims had a1.87 ERA forBrimfield-Elm-wood this sea-son. Photo byCollin Fair-field.

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IESA TRACK: Loren Peterson top boys finisher

FARMINGTON: 4x400 seeks repeat medal

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Other Class 7A girlsmedalists included LibbyMartin of Princeville, whowas third in the 400 in1:03.13; Caroline Gill ofPrinceville, who waseighth in the 100 hurdles(17.58); the Princeville4x100 relay of Martin,Lilly Coats, Gill andDearing Grace which waseighth in 57.35.

In boys action, the toparea finisher was eighth-grader Loren Peterson ofWilliamsfield. Petersonwas fifth in the Class 8A800 in a time of 2:11.14and was seventh in the1,600 in 4:50.83.

In Class 7A, Eli Steven-son of Elmwood placedseventh in the 800(2:21.52) and was eighthin the 1,600 in 5:14.25.Luke Groeper of Elm-wood was eighth in highjump after clearing 4-10.Class AA Sectional –

Farmington Central ad-vanced three pole vaultersto the Class AA state meetthis Friday and Saturday.

Friday starts at 10:15a.m. with a parade of ath-letes and seventh gradepole vault starts at 11 a.m.

Eighth-grade pole vaultis Saturday.

FARMINGTON JH

Boys - 7th Grade• Matt Kenney – pole vault

Boys - 8th Grade• Quinton Fultz – polevault

Girls - 7th Grade• Kylie Turner – pole vault.


Aliza Welker (right) wins the Class 7A 100-meter dashSaturday.

The 4x400 finish helped boost theFarmington girls to fourth overall atthe Sherrard Sectional with 69points.

“We got in most of what wethought was going to get in (to state)and ran some good times,” Vallassaid.

Elmwood-Brimfield was eighthat sectional with 25 points. EmilyMcCauley had E-B’s best finish,placing third in the 800 in 2:37.79.Also third was E-B’s 4x800 relay ofSadie Rumbold, Allie Meyers,Olivia Harlow and Emily McCauleyin a time of 11:04.67. Zofia Lehewwas fourth in the high jump afterclearing 4-11 and McCauley wasfourth in the 1,600 (6:06.95).

Strong relays are nothing new forthe Lady Farmers, whose 4x400team placed sixth at state last year.Jordan Peckham is the lone returneefrom that unit, which ran 4:08.26 inthe final.

Farmington will make the trip toCharleston Wednesday to help accli-mate its newcomers to the statemeet. Along the same vein, Vallassaid Litchfield will not compete inthe pole vault, even though shequalified by winning at sectionaland clearing 8 feet, 6 inches.

“We mutually decided she would

focus on the relays instead of run-ning back and forth,” Vallas said.“We know both know she’s a yearaway from when I really think shecan win a medal.”

But the 4x400 is hardly Farming-ton’s only shot. The Lady Farmerscome in seeded fifth in both the4x100 and the 4x200 relays.

Farmington’s 4x100 sectionaltime of 50.76 is a school record, butranks behind top seed at state De-catur St. Teresa (50.2).

Farmington’s 4x200 time of1:47.69 is also fifth. St. Teresa istops in that event in 1:46.08.

Jordan Peckham also qualified inthe 100 after winning at sectional in12.88 – tied for 16th coming intothe state meet.

“The highlight of the sectionalwas probably the 100,” Vallas said,

noting that Jordan Peckham’s win inthe 100 was the first time MercerCounty junior Kenzie Baker hadbeen beaten this season.

What’s more, Payton Peckhamhad a personal best of 13.03 in thesame race and placed third, but justmissed the qualifying time (12.97).Boys Sectional – Local teams will

compete Friday (May 20) at theKnoxville Class A Sectional.

Elmwood-Brimfield will vie for asectional title. For Farmington, thequestion is the health of seniorSteven Gilstrap, who has been side-lined with a hamstring injury. Whenhealthy he is one of the top sprintersaround and has the Peoria JournalStar’s second-fastest 400 time of50.5 – behind only the 50.4 of AlexLandwehr of Annawan-Wethers-field, who will be at Knoxville.


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The Farmingtonquartet of (left toright) PaytonPeckham, Jor-dan Peckham,Haley Huls andSarah Litchfieldwill compete inthree relaysThursday at theIHSA Class Astate track meetin Charleston.

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FARMINGTON – Aftersetting another school recorddespite cold, windy condi-tions in last Thursday’s sec-tional meet, the Farmingtongirls track team heads to statein position to bring home an-other medal.

Relays are again the ticketthe Lady Farmers hope topunch when the IHSA statemeet starts today (May 19) inCharleston at O’Brien Sta-dium on the campus of East-ern Illinois University.

Running preliminaries arescheduled to start at 11 a.m.,and Farmington is seeded inthe top five in three sprint re-lays.

“We’ve got to run well onThursday,” coach Toby Vallas

said. “You’re not in it on Sat-urday if you don’t do well onThursday. You’ve got to takecare of the first one and thenmove on to the next one.”

The quartet of sophomoresHaley Huls and sisters Jordanand Payton Peckham andfreshman Sarah Litchfieldearned the top seed in the4x400 relay after winning atthe Sherrard Sectional with atime of 4:09.84.

The next best time out ofthe sectionals is Seneca at4:10.78.

Farmington relayshoping for medals


EAST PEORIA – Sixth-grader Aliza Welker of Kick-apoo St. Mary’s School wonan IESA state championshipSaturday in the Class 7A 100-meter dash.

Welker came into the statemeet seeded 11th in the 100after sectionals. But she wonher heat in 13.23 seconds andthen sprinted to an even-faster time of 13.19 to win thefinal, edging Emma Gintherof Abingdon-Avon (13.24).

That wasn’t all, though.Welker just missed a medal

in the high jump, placingninth after clearing 4-foot, 6-inches. She also placed 11thin the 200 in a time of 28.62.

Welker was one of eightlocal junior high school ath-

letes to bring home medalsfrom the Class A state meet atEast Peoria’s EastSide Cen-tre.

St. Mary’s Welker winsClass 7A 100-meter title

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Princeville’s Maddie Hite singled in this at-bat to score Brooke Gardner from third in a 12-0 win overHenry on Tuesday night in Class 1A regional action. Photo by Collin Fairfield.


Two area baseball teams bowedout in the first day of regionalplay. Two are left to play today.Of the remaining pair (Farming-ton and Princeville), the Farmerslook to have the best shot to ad-vance.

Seeded No. 3 in the Class 2ABrimfield Regional, Farmington(18-12) fared well during its lastvisit to Brimfield.

After jumping to an early 5-0

lead last Saturday, Farmingtonmounted a seventh-inning rally totop home team B-E in the regularseason finale for both.

Trey Swearingen singled toopen the seventh and then scoredthe game-winner on a two-outsingle by Jacob Ruchotzke.

Farmington will see its firstpostseason action today (May 19)at 4:30 p.m. in Brimfield againstKewanee. The winner of thatgame faces No. 2 seed Tremontor Annawan-Wethersfield Satur-day at 11 a.m. in the final.

Swearingen was 3-for-3 in thewin over B-E (13-15), as was


Princeville rolls 12-0 in regional

POSTSEASON BEGINS

Aliza Welker of Kickapoo St.Mary’s School won the IESAClass A state title for the 100-meter dash Saturday in atime of 13.19 seconds.

Boys Sectional• Area boys track teams

will compete in the Class 1AKnoxville Sectional on Friday(May 20).

By PHIL JOHNSONFor The Weekly Post

Princeville’s softball teamfinished the last week of a verydominating 28-3 regular seasonin a big way by sweeping atwin bill over Lincoln Trailrival ROWVA-Williamsfield,crushing LTC foe Stark Countyand outlasting Midwest Central.

That boosted the LadyPrinces to a perfect 15-0 markin the LTC.

And the Lady Princes keptrolling in the regionals, winningtheir opener against Henry on

Tuesday, 12-0.Madison Roe drove in four

runs and wasone of fourPrincevillebatters with apair of hits inthe win, join-ing NatalieCokel, Mad-die Hite andNicholeRoberts. Paige Lane allowedthree hits and struck out sevenfor the postseason victory.

Top-seed Princeville (29-3)

advances to Saturday’s 11 a.m.title game in the Abingdon-Avon Class 1A Regional.

The Lady Princes hope theregular season ends as well asdid the regular season. Last Sat-urday’s 7-2 first-game victoryagainst R-W was aided by athree-spot in the fourth and a10-strikeout pitching perform-ance from Lane, whose fivewalks were off her norm.

Thanks in part to those walksand some good pitching of itsown, the Lady Cougars gave

Farmers head to postseason with a win

Lane

SwearingenRuchotzke


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