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Carrier Route PresortThursdayMay 21, 2015Vol. 3, No. 13

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Serving the fine communities of Brimfield, Dahinda, Edwards, Elmwood, Farmington, Kickapoo, Laura, Oak Hill, Princeville, Williamsfield and Yates City

Brimfield fire district selects Forney as new chief

Farmingtonvotes downTIF funding to Petersen

By MICHELLE SHERMANFor The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON – A clauseregarding paying prevailingwages was the sticking point inan ordinance that would grantPetersen Health Care $270,000in Tax Increment Financingfunds, among other incentives,to build a 35-bedroom assistedliving facility.

On Monday, the FarmingtonCity Council voted 3-2 to re-ject a measure that would givePetersen the lump TIF sum,waive the city’s building per-mit fees and protect the cityfrom any recourse under thePrevailing Wage Act.

Ward One Alderman MattUlm voiced his concern thatthe proposal not only gave the

Elmwood OKsgolf carts, othersmall vehicles

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – Licensed driverswill be permitted to use golf cartsand Utility Vehicles (UTV) withinthe City of Elmwood in a matter ofweeks, under an ordinance unani-mously approved by the City Coun-cil at its regular meeting on Tuesday.

“They must get a permit andsticker,” reminded Mayor J.D. Huls-lander. “Violators’ vehicles will beimpounded.”

The new ordinance was modeledafter similar laws in Chillicothe,Lacon and Washburn, where golfcarts and UTVs (but not All-TerrainVehicles) must have brakes, reflec-tors, rear-view mirrors, Slow- Mov-ing Vehicle signs, headlights, taillights, brake lights and turn signals.

Users must pay a $50 registrationfee.Discussed since February, the meas-ure requires permitted drivers to be

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BRIMFIELD – After an hour-long executive session on Thurs-day (May 14), trustees for theBrimfield Community Fire Pro-tection District (BCFPD) ap-pointed Bob Forney as theinterim chief after Chief JamieBennett resigned May 4.

Trustees Ralph Peters, MerleTurner and Jerry Weaver de-clined to comment, but BCFPDattorney Rick Johnson said therehad been some unspecified con-cerns about Bennett’s manage-

ment of the district, which thisyear built a new firehouse onEast Knoxville.

Bennett told The Weekly Posthe stepped down to spend moretime with his family and to con-

centrate on his career full-time.Bennett, who started as a

Brimfield firefighter in 1991, is aregional sales representative forGlobal Emergency Products, theauthorized dealer for Pierce fireapparatus for Illinois and Indiana,with locations in Washington andAurora, and Whitestown, Ind.

“The department has veryskilled, knowledgeable peopleand will carry on flawlessly,” hesaid. “I did what I could to helpthe community the best I could.”

For his part, Forney, assistantchief at the Brimfield station with

20 years as a firefighter, said hisgoals are simple.

“We have a [2015-16] budgetwe’re workingon, and I’d liketo finish up thefirehouse – it’salmost there,”he said. “AndI’d like to geteverybody in-volved.”

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Farmington FFA held its firstAg Expo on May 13 atFarmington High School,providing students andcommunity members achance to see more than $1million in farm equipment(including drones) andplenty of farm animals.Photos by Dave Giagnoni.

BennettFirefighter Bob Forney has replaced Jamie Bennett as chief of theBrimfield Community Fire Protection District. Photo by Bill Knight.

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ELMWOOD: Ward changes OKd

Edwards area northwest toLaura, and has a staff of23 firefighters, first re-sponders and cadets, and13 officers operating sta-tions in Brimfield andKickapoo.

District trustees are ex-pected to consider abudget in July, when offi-cer appointments will bemade, said Johnson, whosaid the District gave noseverance or separationpackage to Bennett.

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insured and requires a permit decal bedisplayed. Fines range from $5 to $750.

State law forbids their use on high-ways, Police Chief Aaron Bean previ-ously reported, but Illinois permitsmunicipalities to allow their general use.Permitted vehicles therefore will be ableto cross West Main and North MagnoliaStreets (Illinois Route 8 and 78), but nottravel on them.

Also, the new law accommodatesATVs used for some snow removal.

In other action, the Council unani-mously approved an ordinance re-dis-tricting City wards to reflect a populationshift since the last redistricting decadesago.

First proposed last year by AldermanBryan Davis (Ward 1), the newly drawnmap resulted from a committee that pro-posed expanding Ward 1 (mostly southof Main Street) to 715 people by addingblocks bordered by Main, Laurel, Ashand Magnolia Streets; increasing Ward 2(mostly west of North Magnolia Street)to 730 by adding a west side area southof Main from Knox to the city limits;and decreasing Ward 3 (mostly north ofMain and east of North MagnoliaStreets) to 652 by relinquishing someblocks to Ward 1.

“The committee just wants to keep itas balanced as possible,” Davis said,“and Ward 3 is growing and will catchup.”

City attorney Stephanie Schmieg said

the new wards will take effect at the nextgeneral election, so they won’t be usedin the June 8 primary election nor theJuly 24 special election to replace U.S.Rep. Aaron Schock.

Under old business, Schmieg reporteda new ordinance to address complaintsabout youths using portable basketballhoops and other activities impeding traf-fic is unnecessary since the City Code al-ready has several parts that prohibit suchactivities.

In other news, the Council:• unanimously approved power-wash-

ing and sealing about 4,500 square feetof sidewalks completed two years ago inPhase I of the Streetscape project onMagnolia and Main Streets. LaverdiereConstruction will do the work for $6,690before the Strawberry Festival June 6;

• OK’d plantings in 17 flower pots at acost of more than $1,000, also beforeStrawberry Festival;

• discussed adding 11 new parkbenches to the business district, but willinvestigate prices and schedules beforedeciding next month; and

• discussed complaints about a prop-erty in the 400 block of West MoundStreet, which apparently is operating ahome-occupied business in an areazoned residential without a special-usepermit, which would be considered byboth the Zoning Commission and theCity Council, and is allegedly in viola-tion of several ordinances pertaining toinoperable vehicles, trailers and debris.


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THE WEEKLY POST • Thursday, May 21, 2015

THE WEEK AHEAD

This Week’s Eventss Craft Night – Ladies Craft Night is

today (May 21) at 6 p.m. at Morrison andMary Wiley Library. Ladies 18 and olderwill make crafts. Call (309) 742-2431 toregister.

s Clean-Up Day – Elmwood clean-upday is today (May 21). Put normalhousehold items out with your regulargarbage. They will bepicked up at yourhome. Call (309) 742-8373.

s Free Movie – Teensinvited to watch amovie today (May 21)from 3:30-5:30 p.m. atBrimfield Public Library. Movie is unde-cided. Suggestions welcome. Open toages 13-18.

s JH Promotion – Junior High Promo-tion for Elmwood is today (May 21) at 7p.m. in the high school gym.

s Free Bread – Free bread is availableat the Elmwood Methodist Church Friday(May 22) at 10 a.m.

s Mushroom Contest – Elmwood Insur-ance Agency Mushroom Contest nowthrough Friday (May 22). Heaviest morelwins $25. Bring mushrooms to the office.Call (309) 742-2141.

s Craft Event – Make it/take it birdhouse craft will be made May 23 from 9a.m. -1 p.m. at Morrison and Mary WileyLibrary. Children may stop in.

s Memorial Celebration – Parade startsat 10 a.m. at Central Park in Elmwood onMonday (May 25). Bus provided for sen-iors is at 9:30 a.m. World War II Veteransfrom the Elmwood VFW and AmericanLegion honored.

s Story Time – Luau Story Time heldWednesday (May 28) at 6 p.m. at Morri-son and Mary Wiley Library. Children 4-8 can come for a story and game. Call

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Future Eventss BBQ Competition –

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BBQ competition is May 29 & 30 indowntown Brimfield. See grand champsof BBQ and local grill masters go head tohead. Call (309) 256-0541 or emailsmokeontheprairie.net.

s Yard Sale – Community Yard Sale isMay 30 from 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. in the frontof Brimfield Bank

s Strawberry Festival – Elmwood’s27th annual Strawberry Festival is June 6at Central Park from 6 a.m.- 7 p.m.

s Blood Drive –A blood drive is held atthe Princeville United Methodist Churchon June 15 from 12-6 p.m.s Farmers Market –A Farmers Marketwill be held in Elmwood during themonths of June-September on Fridaysfrom 4:30-6 p.m. at Central Park.

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The other day a deer ran throughElmwood. The doe came up LilacStreet, made a right turn onto Mainthought better ofit, got back ontoLilac and headednorth.

At almost thesame momentjust a few feetaway, someonewas having redfoxes vaccinatedso they could bekept in captivity (legally, with per-mits and all).

Those conflicting images havejangled in my mind ever since. Andthey serve as the framework for therelease of our Weekly Post mascot,Milky.

Most folks I encounter like to seewild critters and are often excitedwhen critters show up in places wedon’t expect them. Some people(like me) are so interested in crittersthat we bring them into our homes,offices or workshops.

While I see real value in learningthe habits of wild animals, bringingthem into captivity also changesthem. At least it changed Milky themilk snake, who spent the last 10months in an aquarium in the office.

Milky arrived as part of a bet and,after first arriving, the handsomelymarked snake slithered through theaquarium at all hours.

Milky was easy to handle and

more docile than I thought possiblefor a snake. Kids held Milky withlittle fear. Adults who feared thesnake still tolerated Milky.

In general, things went well(aside from trying to put a Santa haton the snake).

But Milky had come from thewild. By this spring I was worriedabout the snake who no longer slith-ered, just stayed coiled in a cornerunless a dead mouse appeared.

I am told we should not attributehuman traits to critters, but I swear,Milky became depressed. Thatbrought to mind Eddie the Chimp –a bored zoo chimpanzee I watchedas a kid in Buffalo, N.Y. You had tobe careful around Eddie, since heentertained himself by throwingfeces at his fans.

Milky could never do that with-out arms. But the snake did rattle atme one recent morning.

So last week I joined Franke

Keefer’s fourth-grade class fromElmwood Elementary School for avisit to Camp Big Sky. Brad Guidilet us release Milky at the camp hefounded in old strip-mine ground,which offered a perfect blend ofsnake-friendly fields, marshes andtimber edges.

My assistants in the release weremostly girls, who showed little fearof the snake. After 30 minutes ofslithering up the sleeves of students,Slone Windish set Milky down gen-tly to the ground. In seconds, thesnake was gone.

While I can’t say I shed any tearsover Milky, there’s not really timeto pine away. It’s a full-time jobfeeding our new mascot, Snappythe baby snapping turtle. Feel freeto come visit Snappy. Just don’twait too long. The turtle will alsoearn its release someday.Contact Jeff Lampe at 231-6040 or

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Slone Windishholds Milky theMilk Snake whileAllie Crisco petsthe formerWeekly Postmascot and EllieClaerhout lookson during a re-cent snake re-lease at CampBig Sky nearMiddle Grove.

I write a lot.Some of it, you see here in the

pages of this newspaper. Some of itgoes to a moviereview site whereI review new andold movies aswell as TVshows. I’ve evenwritten three nov-els, two of whichwill probablynever see ink, anda third which Ithink is pretty good (it’s just a mat-ter of getting a publisher or an agentto agree).

I don’t make a lot of money at it,but it wastes enough of my timethat I don’t have to sit aroundwatching cobwebs form to pass thetime of day.

I used to write assigned “blurbs”for different places. These paid any-where between $5 and $20, depend-ing on how much writing wasinvolved. One of these places askedme to review products and thingsfor them for a fee.

This may upset you. It upset meat first.

I would get an assignment askingme to review a laundry product.The assignment would be, “You area 35-year-old woman with two kids.The kids get a lot of stains on their

clothes. You like the product.”Another assignment for razors

would be “You are a 25-year-oldmale and you dislike the product.”

I would get 5-10 assignments aweek and make an extra $25-50 forsomething I could hammer out inabout five minutes time each.

(And you thought all those testi-monials were real! So did I before Istarted writing them.)

In the past 5 to 10 years, I’ve re-viewed washers, dryers, cars,movies, food, restaurants, TVshows, cleaning products, personal-hygiene products, small kitchen ap-pliances and more – all without everhaving used any of them.

With the reviews of the cars (twoof them), I did test drive the vehi-cles, just so I could give one a posi-tive review and the other a negativereview.

Because I was listed as a free-lance writer, willing to take on suchassignments, I received a phone callfrom a company needing an assign-ment completed as soon as possible.They told me that I would need tocomplete the assignment in threedays time and that they would pay$75 on acceptance.

In the assignment, I needed tocompare the “to be or not to be” so-liloquy from Shakespeare’s “Ham-let” to the balcony scene from his

“Romeo and Juliet,” showing howthe dialogue in each moved the au-dience to know more about the per-sonalities of the charactersinvolved. The essay was to be noless than 1,500 words, contain atleast four quotes from each play,and be written at a college-readinglevel.

I wasn’t born yesterday. I had itfigured out. Somewhere, a studentwith deep pockets, needed to writean essay for class, maybe a highschool honors class or an entry-level college course on Shake-speare. The student didn’t want tospend the time writing it and waswilling to pay to have it done.

As a former teacher, I was ap-palled at the notion of hiring anessay done. When I had been ateacher, I had caught several stu-dents trying to turn in essays thatthey’d found on the web as theirown work. This was a serious in-fraction.

Still, I needed the money. And if Ididn’t take the assignment, they’dfind someone on their list whowould.

I asked the guy on the phone if Icould have an hour to think about it.He told me that was all he couldgive since the assignment was duein three days.

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GUEST VOICES


To cheat or not to cheat was the question

JonGALLAGHER

A friend of mine, Larry McCoy,sends me a daily “Thought-for-the-Day” via e-mail. Recently, onewas, “I opened two gifts thismorning – they were my eyes.”

We often takeroutine thingsfor granted. Iam thankfulthat I can see.Seeing allowsme to read,which remindsme that I amthankful forteachers. Theyhelped me learn to read.

With the ability to see and read,I recently read the word Zeitgeist.Although I could see and read, Icouldn’t pronounce nor under-

stand the word. After using my copy of Web-

ster’s Seventh New CollegiateDictionary with the signature ofPat Hudson in it (I’m sure thatbrought a chuckle to Pat’s formerteachers), I was still confused.

So, I went to the place that hasthe answers to everything: The In-ternet. Here is what I learned: TheZeitgeist (spirit of the age or spiritof the time) is the intellectualfashion or dominant school ofthought that typifies and influ-ences the culture of a particularperiod in time.

The German word Zeitgeist isoften attributed to the philosopherGeorg Hegel, but he never actu-ally used the word. Imagine that!

In today’s world, who decides

what a typical dominant school ofthought is? For example, whenwriting an article, the typicalthought is that we have somethingprofound to say and that thereader is really interested in it.Unfortunately, the writer is oftenwrong on both assumptions.

I believe this was the case of thewriter who used the word Zeit-geist in the original article I read.He was trying to impress and gen-eralize. In my case, he missedboth points.

By the way, why am I thankfulfor handicapped parking places?First, I am thankful that they existfor those who need them. Sec-ondly, I am thankful that I cur-rently have the ability to walk byone of them each time I see one.

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Farmington house firedisplaces family of four

FARMINGTON – A house firedisplaced a family of four in theearly morning hours of May 11.Sometime around 6 a.m., apasserby noticed smoke comingfrom the basement of 471 N. MainSt., Farmington, and called theFarmington Fire Department.

A couple and their two childrenwere asleep inside the home at thetime. They were awoken by firealarms and evacuated the house.

It took fire crews, which in-cluded assistance from the Elm-wood and Logan-Trivoli firedistricts, 35 minutes to put out thefire, and another hour to overhaul,said Farmington Fire Chief An-thony Scapecchi.

The home sustained damage tothe basement and first floor,mostly from smoke. The occu-pants currently are staying withfamily.

The fire is under investigation.Edwards man arrestedin hit-and-run accident

EDWARDS – An 18-year-oldHanna City man suffered a frac-tured skull and a broken arm, anda 22-year-old Edwards man wasarrested in connection with a May9 hit-and-run accident in the 7900block of Farmington Road, ac-cording to the Peoria Sheriff’s Of-fice.

Andrew Broadway of HannaCity was riding his bicycle west-bound on Farmington Road nearChrist Church Road when a truckallegedly driven by Blake Roedellof Edwards apparently hit him andleft the scene, according to re-ports.

A deputy saw the wrecked bikeearly May 9 and investigated,finding Broadway injured and dis-oriented in a ditch.

Police arrested Roedell on Tues-day (May 12), and charged himwith five tickets, including leav-ing the scene of a personal-injuryaccident and failing to give infor-mation or render aid.

Roedell appeared before Judge

John Vespa in Circuit Court onMay 14. If convicted, he could besentenced to a prison term of up toseven years.

After Sheriff’s deputies postedphotos of some evidence from thescene on Facebook, they receivedtips that led to the arrest ofRoedell, who at first claimed tohave struck a deer, then later con-ceded he may have accidentallystruck the teen.

Bond for Roedell was set at$10,000, and a June 11 prelimi-nary hearing in the case wasscheduled.

Limestone firefighters and AMTresponded to the scene.Traffic stop results in arrest for marijuana

ELMWOOD – A juvenile driverwas ticketed and a teen-age pas-senger cited for a local ordinanceviolation on May 17 after a rou-tine traffic stop and a walk-aroundsearch by the city’s drug-sniffingdog, according to Elmwood po-lice.

The 16-year-old motorist wascited for driving without a validdriver’s license and also receiveda warning ticket for disobeying astop sign.

A 16-year-old male passengerwas ticketed for possessing morethan 2.5 grams of marijuana.

The 2016 Chevrolet Silveradothe young woman was drivingwas impounded.No injuries in crash atDunlap High School

EDWARDS – Jennifer Mc-Murtry, 41, of Edwards was leav-ing the Dunlap High Schoolparking lot on May 17 when the2011 BMW she was driving wasstruck from behind by a vehicledriven by Kelsey Hackler, 18, ofPeoria, according to the PeoriaCounty Sheriff’s Office.

Hackler was ticketed for operat-ing an uninsured vehicle.

No injuries were reported.Parked car damaged inhit and run accident

ELMWOOD – A 2000 Acuraparked in the 400 block of WestMound Street here sustained dam-age to its rear end sometime after

2 a.m. on May 15, according tothe Peoria Sheriff’s Office.

The unknown vehicle left thescene and didn’t report the colli-sion, but from evidence collectedat the scene, deputies suspect awhite vehicle struck the car,owned by Marsha Grand ofSpring Green, Wis.

Police continue to investigatethe incident.

Police reports• Tyler Cox, 21, of Elmwood on

May 3 was arrested for Failure toAppear and transported to thePeoria County Jail.

• Jason Gilles, 25, of Brimfieldon May 10 was arrested for DUI,reckless driving and improperlane usage and transported to thePeoria County Jail.

• Daniel Kauzlarich, 66, ofFarmington on May 11 reportedthe theft of a well hand pump val-ued at more than $300 from hisproperty in the 100 block of Ill.Route 78, according to KnoxCounty deputies.

• Jason Palley, 37, on May 12was arrested by Elmwood policeon a Fulton County warrant andtransported to the Farmington Po-lice Department.

• Nathan Williams, 32, of Ed-wards on May 14 was arrested fordriving on a suspended licenseand transported to the PeoriaCounty Jail.

• A 16-year-old Elmwood boyon May 16 was ticketed for a cityordinance violation of possessingdrug paraphernalia, according tothe Elmwood Police Department.

• Heather Pilman, 28, of Elm-wood on May 16 was arrested forunlawful possession of a con-trolled substance and retail theftand transported to the PeoriaCounty Jail.

Deer accidents• May 13 – Tony O’Reilly of

Galesburg on Interstate 74 nearBell School Road in BrimfieldTownship.

• May 14 – Jane Perkins ofPrinceville on Truitt Road nearIsaacson Drive in ChillicotheTownship.

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Just like Hamlet trying to decidewhether “to be” or “not to be,” Iwas faced with a similar, yet lesslethal, dilemma: Cheat or not cheat.

I came up with a solution: I tookthe assignment.

I remembered one of my studentswho had cheated this way. I sus-pected that she hadn’t written theessay herself, so I called her in afterclass and asked her to simply para-phrase what she had written.

She not only hadn’t written theessay, she hadn’t bothered even toread it.

I wrote the assigned essay in lessthan two hours. It was easy. I startedoff with Romeo and Juliet discover-

ing love as they listened to eachother’s lamentations. I spent about900 words on that.

Then I went after Hamlet’sspeech. I described how we got toknow the character as he talked andcompared it to my own dilemmaabout cheating. I wrote that I had adecision to make, whether it wasnobler to write an essay that was notvery good because I hadn’t both-ered to read the assigned play orwhether it was better to pay to havesomeone else do it for me.

In the paper, writing as the stu-dent, I admitted that I had hired thepaper out and that it was being writ-ten by someone else.

I took the risk that no one was

going to read it before they turned itin.

And they didn’t.I was paid the promised $75 and

it wasn’t until about 10 days laterthat I got a very angry phone callfrom the company that had hiredme.

After they called me all sorts ofunpleasant names, I told them itmight be wise in the future to hiresomeone to proofread the finishedproduct just in case there was asmart aleck like me out there whodidn’t think a lot of cheaters.

Funny how they haven’t used mesince. I’ve always wondered,though, what kind of grade the kidgot.

GALLAGHER: It’s always good to proofreadContinued from Page 5

Yates City to add new chief after benefitBy MICHELLE SHERMAN

For The Weekly Post

YATES CITY – The Village ofYates City will have a new policechief, but not until after the MyPlace St. Jude Benefit next month.

Chief John Kennedy’s retire-ment was announced at a meetingof the Board of Trustees onWednesday (May 13). RandyBenson also was promoted to as-sistant chief at that meeting, andhe will assume the position ofchief in mid-June.

Village President Kenny Gibsonsaid Benson did not want to takeon the new position until the ben-efit, which draws thousands totown and requires a full police

force for the day, had passed.Kennedy agreed to take on theevent one last time.

Benson’s pay will begin at $15per hour and he will receive a per-formance review after six months.

In other business, the board:• Heard requests from residents

to further investigate an ordinanceallowing the operation of all-ter-rain vehicles within city limits.

• Approved the final municipaloffense codes. Police officers willhave a copy in their squad car, andthere will be a copy available forpublic viewing at the municipalbuilding.

• Learned of some new options

for sending water bills to residentsas they are no longer able to bemailed direct from Yates City andmust now be routed through Peo-ria. Water customers were not re-ceiving their bills in a timelymanner which led to an increasein late payments.

• Suspended Public Works Di-rector Chuck Eiker for two weeksafter an “incident” on city prop-erty. Gibson told Eiker he was“very disappointed in that action”and, in addition to the suspension,Eiker loses use of the village truckfor one month and will have a let-ter of reprimand placed in his per-sonnel file.

County seeks estimate to fix Greengold RoadBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

ROSEFIELD – Six weeks afterPeoria County Engineer Amy Be-necke McLaren held a hearing toconsider complaints by MikeInnes about the condition ofGreengold Road through Rose-field and Logan Townships, sheruled this week that RosefieldRoad Commissioner MattWindish “develop a realisticmaintenance plan for this sectionof road.”

She also asked Windish to comeup with “associated cost esti-mates” for County approval.

Windish has 30 days to comply,after which the County will acceptor revise the plan.

Work would be expected to start

within two weeks after the plan isdeemed acceptable.

The issue centers on less thanhalf a mile of the road, known fordecades as “Breakneck Hill,”which Innes says is impassableand Windish conceded is in “hor-rible” shape.

Between Murphy Road and Illi-nois Route 116 north and east ofHanna City, Greengold Road’scondition has allegedly damagedvehicles, prevented insurers fromcovering homes and Ameren fromreading meters, and limited accessby emergency vehicles.

However, Innes and neighborstestified that their properties areaccessible.

In March, Windish said a prob-lem was trying to balance needs

and resources. At that time, he es-timated repairs to a sinkhole andrough patches of the road couldcost $75,000.

For its 28.4 miles of roads,Rosefield Township receives anaverage of about $37,000 a yearfrom state Motor Fuel Tax rev-enues, according to the IllinoisDepartment of Transportation.

McLaren wrote that “the road isin need of maintenance,” butadded that she agreed withWindish that an “investigationwould need to be conducted to de-termine what type of maintenanceshould be performed, as well asthe budgetary impacts.”

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PRINCEVILLE – German BlissEquipment and Reeser Landscapingare donating their time, materials andexpertise to improve the backyard ofNancy Williamson of East Peoria, thewinner of the Mother’s Day Back-yard Makeover contest.

The contest asked the public tosubmit photos of their mother’s back-yard mess along with why theirmother deserved to win a backyardmakeover valued at $3,000. Morethan 175 people entered with picturesand stories on Facebook and throughthe German Bliss website.

The winning submission (fromdaughter Elisha) wrote in part,“…whether it’s a Sunday lunch, abonfire on a Friday night or a grand-kid’s birthday, mom & dad’s is theplace to be. She is the ULTIMATEcook and host so now she just needsthe ULTIMATE yard to entertain herever-growing family! The house isour childhood home that we love -with so many memories, but space isdefinitely limited.”

Nature vs. Man is newGalesburg art exhibit

GALESBURG – The GalesburgCivic Art Center is pleased to host“Nature vs Man – Works by FisherStolz and Harlow Blum” in theJoanne R. Goudie Gallery. Theseworks will be on display from Fri-day (May 22) through June 20.

An opening reception will beheld Friday from 5-7 p.m. Admis-sion is free and the public is wel-come. Jacquie & Jared will beproviding music while light hors

d’oeuvres are served.Fisher Stolz is Associate Profes-

sor of Art at Bradley University andresides in Washington. Producingwork ranging in scale from pedestalsize pieces to large outdoor sculp-ture, Stolz often combines stone,steel and bronze to create piecesthat play with tension and balance,as well as negative space.

Harlow Blum is Professor of ArtEmeritus at Monmouth Collegeand resides in Monmouth. Blum’srecent work focuses on lava relat-ing to his observations of lava land-scapes of the Big Island of Hawaiiand climate change and its threat tocoastal cities worldwide.

Galesburg Civic Art Center regu-lar hours are Tuesday through Fri-day, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. andSaturday 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

For more information, pleasecontact the Galesburg Civic ArtCenter at 114 E. Main St., Gales-burg, IL 61401, (309) 342-7415 orvisit www.galesburgarts.org.Canton’s Art on MainArts Festival June 6-7

CANTON – Canton Main Streetwill host the third annual Art onMain Fine Arts Festival on June 6-7,in Jones Park in downtown Canton.Thirty-two highly talented artistsfrom three states will exhibit, as wellas local student artists, and an esti-mated 2,500 or more visitors willvisit the park over the two-day event.

Local musicians and food vendorsalso contribute to making the festivala colorful, vibrant experience. Ad-mission is free to the public.

“We started with 21 artists our first

year,” 2015 Festival co-chair CherylBielema said. “To have 32 wonderfulartists from three states, and all ofour student artists this year is just re-markable. We have a fantastic com-mittee, and the growth is proof thatthey have done just a superb job.”

New this year will be wine tastingand wine sales from Kickapoo CreekWinery, which will present a winegarden for art patrons at the southend of Jones Park.

Art on Main is a juried show, and acommittee of artists, art patrons, de-signers and other volunteers, re-viewed work submitted. Top prizefor Best in Show is $1,000. Otherprizes are Mayor’s Choice, $500; andeach art category, $250.

Peoria Sheriff offersCraiglist sales location

PEORIA – Peoria County SheriffMichael D. McCoy agrees with thePeoria Police Department that policestations may prove a safer locationfor the public to conduct Craigslistsales and exchanges.

Persons wishing to utilize the park-ing lot or lobby of the Peoria CountySheriff's Office for such transactionsmay do so at 301 N. Maxwell Rd inPeoria. Sheriff's employees will notintervene on either the seller’s orbuyer’s behalf unless action is re-quired to ensure public safety.

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“I’m all for Petersen groupcoming to our town and develop-ing” the land, he said, “but we canonly pay so much forward.”

Ward Three Alderman KentKowal, who was serving as tem-porary chairman in Mayor KennStufflebeam’s absence, said thebuilding permit waiver was a de-cision made by the finance com-mittee and was the signal of largerchanges to city policy.

“The (finance) committeethought that it was a goodwill ges-ture” to forgive the permit, hesaid. “Forgiving this is not as sig-nificant to Petersen Health Care.It’s a significant amount of moneyto Farmington (but) it’s just an in-come stream.”

Kowal said that, since the citydoes not employ an inspector, thebuilding permit fees do not actu-ally serve any purpose besides in-come for Farmington. The financecommittee has been discussingdoing away with the fees entirely,but has not yet made the changeofficial.

Ulm asked how long it wouldbe until such a change can bemade, and Kowal replied, “Itshould’ve been handled on thecommittee level. Perhaps youshould have called me after the

last committee meeting, Matt, andwe could have discussed it.”

More concerning than the build-ing permit, however, was a sec-tion in the ordinance that wouldexempt the city from any legal ac-tion should Petersen not followthe Prevailing Wage Act.

Ulm, and other aldermen, feltthe language was unclear in theordinance and wished to have itclarified by the city’s TIF consult-ant.

“I’d either ask one thing: Thatthis ordinance is not voted for, orthat we table it until we can comeup with more information,” Ulmsaid.

City attorney William Connorattempted to clarify the ordi-nance’s language, but he did notwant to make any absolute state-ments since he is not a TIF expert.

“If you read the whole thing, thenew language that’s in there saysthat the parties understand that it(prevailing wage) does not apply,”he said. “The developer has tomake good on any penalties andfines that it gets,” not the city.

The clarification was notenough to satisfy Ulm’s concerns,nor did it alleviate any uneasinessfelt by Ward One Alderman KimGilstrap and Ward Two AldermanRyan Lambert, who also votedagainst the measure.

Kowal and Ward Two AldermanLeslye Smith were the two votesto approve. Ward Three Alderman

June Whitmer was absent.In other business the council:• Approved the Farmington His-

torical Society’s use of Reed Parkto place the stone from the formerFarmington High School.

• Hired Gary Morris as specialguest prosecutor for the city’s caseagainst two police officers, andhired Louise Latonek to representthe police commission in the mat-ter.

• Voted to allow American Le-gion Post 140 to use a room in themunicipal building for meetingsfollowing the sale of the Legionbuilding.

• Approved the purchase of re-placement tasers for the police de-partment. The department has a$1,450 grant, which will coverhalf the cost of the purchase.

• Voted to assume a $75,000USDA grant from the FarmingtonBetterment Association. In orderto receive the grant award, the citymust commit to spending $25,000of its own money for a total of$100,000. Kowal said two parkinglots will be redone with themoney.

• Heard that the portable toiletplaced in Dimmitt Park has beenremoved after two weeks as theresult of vandalism. The city willbe charged a prorated portion ofthe original $500 estimate for theentire summer contract.


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Shedding light on the 50 shades of shadeBy RON DIETERFor The Weekly Post

Shade can get terriblyconfusing. All thesenames for shade: partshade, light shade, darkshade, deep shade, fullshade.

Then there’s full sun,part sun, morning sun, di-rect sun. There are evenwhole books dedicated todefining and describingthe nuances of shade. Thisshady business can getdownright bewildering.

I’ll try to shed somelight on the variousshades of shade in the gar-den, starting with thedarkest.

Full shade describes agarden on which the sunnever shines directly andthere is little indirect light.Such areas are usually“under” something – adeck, a very dense canopyof trees or spruces orother evergreens. Theseplaces are often uninhabit-able to most plants, espe-

cially those that flower. I remember visiting

White Pines State Parkand hiking beneath densegroves of giant pines. Theforest floor was coveredwith pine needles, butthere were no other plantsgrowing – no “pinelings”or even dandelions!

Light shade describesgardens that receive littleor no direct sun, but arebright and open to the sky.A good example would bealong the north side of abuilding or hedge.

Part shade, or partialshade indicates an area re-ceiving morning sun andafternoon shade. Usuallythe east side of a structurewill create partial shade.This is my favorite lightbecause almost any flow-ering plant will bloom inpartial shade. In this set-ting, most sun-lovingplants will be happy withthe morning sunlight, andshade-lovers will be pro-tected from the hot after-

noon sun. When the tagon a plant says, “shade,” itusually means light shadeor part shade.

Common impatiens,usually labeled for“shade,” easily grow inareas of partial shade.Other annuals, such as be-gonias, coleus, torenia,polka dot plant and cala-diums, and perennialssuch as bleeding heart,pulmonaria, hosta, astilbe,brunnera, and columbineall tolerate shade.

Part sun is the oppositeof part shade, with shadein the morning and directsun in the afternoon.

Full sun describes thoseareas receiving a half dayor more of direct sun,mostly in the afternoon.Most ornamental grasses,prairie plants, daisies,flowering shrubs and gar-den vegetable plants fallinto the full sun or partsun categories.

To my way of thinking,there’s little difference be-

tween part sun and fullsun, as far as plants areconcerned. Most gardenvarieties that thrive in fullsun tolerate some morn-ing shade. But manyflowers that perform wellin the morning sun of partshade are severely testedin hot afternoon sunlightof part sun. Anyone whohas tried to grow old-fash-ioned impatiens in partsun knows what I mean.

Unfortunately for gar-deners, some tag makersand nurseries use theterms part sun and partshade interchangeably.When a tag or sign says“part sun,” I have found itis usually safe to assumeit means “part shade.”

Flowering bulb cata-logs sometimes use theterm “spring sun” whendescribing light require-ments for daffodils andother early floweringbulbs. These bulbs need ahalf day or more of directsun until the foliage be-gins to die back and thebulbs go dormant. But ifplanted under deep-rootedshade trees, bulbs grow,flower, and begin to godormant before the treesare fully leafed out.

If you want to be cer-tain that your proposedgarden site is sunnyenough for the plants youwant to grow, do this sim-ple test. Buy an inexpen-sive pack of petunias andplant them there. If theycontinue to bloom, you’resafe to plant your favoritesun lovers.

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Margaret BozsokiPEORIA – Margaret “Maggie”

A. Bozsoki, 86, of St. George,Utah, formerly of Peoria and sis-ter of a Farmington man, diedMay 13 at Red Cliffs Rehabilita-tion Center in St. George.

Survivors include brother John(Patricia) Bozsoki of Farmingtonand nephew John (Debbie) Boz-soki, also of Farmington.

Margaret will be cremated andwill be laid to rest at a later date ina private graveside service inSwan Lake Memorial Gardens.

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Donald W. Holmes BRIMFIELD – Donald W.

Holmes, 84, of Brimfield died onMay 11 at OSF Saint FrancisMedical Center in Peoria.

Donald married Beverly AnnEisele on July 28, 1957, at St.Paul Episcopal Church in Peoria.She survives. He is also survivedby his son, Mark W. Holmes ofEdwards; daughter, Karen E.Holmes (A.B. Ghazanfari) of Peo-ria; and grandsons, Idan and JoeyGhazanfari and Matt and SteveHolmes.

Funeral services were May 16 atSalem Lutheran Church in Peoria.Graveside services, interment andmilitary honors followed at Brim-field Cemetery.

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Delores LuncsfordPEORIA – Delores “Dee” J.

Luncsford, 81, of Peoria, motherof an Elmwood man, died May 11at Rosewood Care Center in Peo-ria.

Survivors include son Jeff(Anna) Luncsford of Elmwood;five grandchildren; and sevengreat-grandchildren.

Services were May 14 at St. An-drew's Episcopal Church in Peo-ria. Cremation rites were accordedand interment at Swan LakeMemory Gardens in Peoria.

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Ralph E. MackieWILLIAMSFIELD – Ralph E.

Mackie, 87, of Williamsfield, diedon May 13 at his home.

Survivors include his wife,Louise; sons Rod (Cheryl) Mackieof Laura and Curt (Susan) Mackieof Williamsfield; 10 grandchil-dren; 14 great-grandchildren; fourstep-great-grandchildren; and abrother, Donald (Helen) Mackieof Williamsfield.

Funeral services were May 18 atWilliamsfield United MethodistChurch, with burial in Williams-field Cemetery.

Condolences may be left atwww.ruxfuneralhome.com.

Doria Malmgren EDWARDS – Doria M. Malm-

gren, 74, of Banner, mother of anEdwards woman, died May 12 ather son's home in Monterey.

Survivors include her husband,Steve Malmgren; daughter Crystal(Delbert) Plain of Edwards andson Larry (Carol Campbell) O'-Connell of Monterey; and sisterBetsy (Rich) Myers of Farming-ton.

Funeral services were May 15 atOaks-Hines Funeral Home inCanton, with burial in Oak RidgeCemetery in Farmington.

Condolences may be left atwww.oakshinesfuneralhome.com.

Gladys Matthew ELMWOOD – Gladys D.

Matthew, 93, of Elmwood died onMay 15 at her home.

Survivors include daughter-in-law Gail Sprout of Yates City; onesister, Bernice (Merl) Malson ofPekin; 11 grandchildren; manygreat-grandchildren; and severalgreat-great-grandchildren.

She enjoyed telling a good joke,listening to the radio, finding agood bargain and spending timewith her family and friends.

Funeral services were May 19 atOaks-Hines Funeral Home in

Elmwood, burial in Combs Ceme-tery in rural Edwards.


Megan McKeeFARMINGTON – Megan R.

McKee, 33, of Peoria, sister of aFarmington man, died May 14 atOSF Saint Francis Medical Centerin Peoria.

Survivors include her parents,Michael and Kathy (Smith)McKee of Peoria; her brother,Troy (fiance, Allison) McKee andtheir son, Collin, of Farmington;and the love of her life, DonnieManning and his daughter, Caro-line.

A memorial service was May 19at the Wilton Mortuary in Peoria.Cremation rites were accorded.

Condolences may be left atwww.thewiltonmortuary.com.

Bernard SniderEDWARDS – Bernard C.

Snider, 78, of Stockton, Mo., for-merly of Edwards, died May 12 atMercy Hospital in Springfield,Mo.

On Aug. 29, 1959, he marriedBarbara Galey, his loving spousefor 55 years. He is survived by hiswife; two sons, Bernard Jr. andShane; three daughters, AddieRobbins, Edie Snider and AnitaWexler; eight grandchildren; eightgreat-grandchildren; and twobrothers,

Funeral services were May 16 atOaks-Hines Funeral Home inElmwood. Burial with militaryhonors was in Cottonwood Ceme-tery in rural Hanna City.


Henry VicaryPEORIA – Henry Joseph “Joe”

Vicary, 78, of Peoria, brother ofan Edwards woman, died May 9.

Survivors include his wife of 50years, Darlene, and sister MarilynGrimshaw of Edwards.

Cremation rites were accordedand a graveside memorial servicewill be held at a later date.

Condolences may be left atwww.Davison-Fulton-Woolsey.com.Obituary Policy: We print basic

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This Week’s Obituaries• Margaret Bozsoki, 86, Peoria• Donald Holmes, 84, Brimfield• Delores Luncsford, 81, Peoria• Ralph E. Mackie, 87, Williams-field• Doria Malmgren, 74, Edwards• Gladys Matthew, 93, Elmwood• Megan McKee, 33, Farmington• Bernard Snider, 78, Edwards• Henry Vicary, 78, Peoria

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CLAIM NOTICEIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

OF ILLINOIS, PEORIA COUNTY

In Re ESTATE OF )ALICE E. SHERMAN, ) No. 15-P-206Deceased. )

NOTICE is given to creditors of the death of ALICE E. SHERMAN, onApril 15, 2015. Letters of Office were issued by the above entitledCourt to JOANNE S. HATHWAY, of 761 Knox Road 2000 E, Yates City,Illinois 61572, as Executor, whose attorneys of record are WHITNEY &POTTS, LTD., 118 West Main Street, P. O. Box 368, Elmwood, Illi-nois, 61529-0368. Claims against the Estate may be filed in the Cir-cuit Clerk's Of fice, Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or withthe repre senta tive or both on or before the 20th day of November,2015, or if maili ng or delivery of a Notice from the representative is re-quired by Sec. 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in thatNotice. Every claim filed must be in writing and state sufficient infor-mation to notify the representative of the nature of the claim or otherrelief sought. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred.Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered bythe claim ant to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10)days after it has been filed and shall file with the Court, proof of any re-quired mailing or delivery of copies.

DATED this 30th day of April, 2015.

JOANNE S. HATHWAY, Executor of the Estate of ALICE E. SHERMAN, Deceased.

WHITNEY & POTTS, LTD.Attorneys for the Executors118 West Main StreetP. O. Box 368Elmwood, Illinois 61529-0368Telephone: (309) 742-3611

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUITOF ILLINOIS, PEORIA COUNTY

In Re ESTATE OF )JOHN E. WILEY, ) No. 20-P-624Deceased. )

NOTICE OF HEARINGNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there has been filed in the above-en-

titled cause a Petition for an Order Appointing Directors of MORRISONAND MARY WILEY LIBRARY, an Illinois Not-For-Profit Corporation,and that a hearing on said Petition will be held in Courtroom 203 of thePeoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, on Wednesday, June 10,2015, at 9:45 A.M. at which time any interested party may appear andbe heard.

ROBERT E. HOWARD, ET AL.,Petitioners

By: Stephanie F. SchmiegOne of their Attorneys

WHITNEY & POTTS, LTD.Attorneys for the Executors118 West Main StreetP. O. Box 368Elmwood, Illinois 61529-0368Telephone: (309) 742-3611

NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to "An Act in relation to

the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct ortransaction of Business in the State," as amended, that acertification was filed by the undersigned with the CountyClerk of Peoria County on April 15, 2015, under the As-sumed Name of After Our Creator with the business locatedat 1723 Marlene Court, Peoria, IL, 61614. The true nameand residence address of the owner is: Annie M. Aldridge,1723 Marlene Court, Peoria, IL, 61614; Catherine A. Agallo,112 W. Raab Road, Normal, IL, 61761; Agnes P. David,2711 N. Institute Place, Peoria, IL 61604.

Paint cans dumped in Salem Township By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

SALEM – Salem TownshipRoad Commissioner David Mahron May 6 reported dozens ofpaint cans and buckets weredumped on Knox Highway2300E sometime after 6 p.m.May 5.

The illegal refuse has causeddamage to vehicles traveling be-tween Yates City and Farming-ton.

The Knox County Sheriff’s Of-fice is investigating.

In other news, the Township re-cently donated $150 to the Elm-wood, Yates City and Farmingtonfireworks program held annuallyon July 4.

Pottstown Road bridgework is underway

KICKAPOO – In action duringKickapoo’s regular meeting onMonday (May 18), Road Com-missioner Dan Kelch reportedthat work on the Pottstown Roadbridge started last week and isexpected to be finished in July orAugust.

Also, all Township roads arenow patched, and arrangements

are being made to upgrade por-tions of the fence at the ballpark,which also will need two moreloads of infield mix to helpdrainage.

Brimfield OKs budget,may repair truck

BRIMFIELD – As expected,Trustees approved the Townbudget of $138,442 for FiscalYear 2015 and road districtbudget of $177,800 at its meetingTuesday (May 12), and discussedtransportation needs.

Although action was tableduntil June, a consensus seemed tobe reached to repair an existingTownship truck rather than pur-chase a new vehicle.

Rosefield completessign upgrade project

ROSEFIELD – Road Commis-sioner Matt Windish reported thatthe upgrade to signs to conformto new reflectivity standards hasbeen finished; milling on DuBoisand Switzer Roads has been com-pleted and crews are working onadding rock prior to planned seal-ing.

Also, ditches were cleanedalong Devon Court, HickorySprings Drive and HoneysuckleCourt.

A discussion on conditions ofsome railroad crossings were dis-cussed, and efforts will be madeagain to reach BNSF personnel.

Supervisor Mike Windish noti-fied the Board that grant moneymay be available from the IllinoisCommerce Commission as partof its railroad Crossing SafetyImprovement Program, and heplans to look into the opportunityfor the Township.

Finally, Trustees approvedmaking modest improvements tothe entrance to the Town Hallfrom the gravel parking lot.

Radnor Township OKsmoving meeting

RADNOR – Trustees voted tomove the regular June meetingfrom the 8th to the 15th, whenbudget hearings are scheduled for7 p.m. (Town) and 7:15 p.m.(Road District).



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Williamsfield OKs retirement incentiveBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

WILLIAMSFIELD –The Board of Educationat its May 11 meetingagreed to pay the Dis-trict’s contribution to theIllinois Teachers Retire-ment System’s Early Re-tirement Option fortenured science teacherSandra Boucher as wellas Boucher’s contribu-tion on the conditionsshe retire June 30 and noprecedent is set.

The incentive amountagreed to by the Board,

Boucher and theWilliamsfield EducationAssociation labor unionis $67,025.72, docu-ments show.

“It basically says weagree to reimburse herthe value it takes to ‘buyback years of service’with TRS (she spentsome years outside ofeducation) so that shemay comfortably retire,”said Williamsfield Su-perintendent Tim Far-quer.

Boucher started atWilliamsfield in 1976.

In other action fromits May 11 session, theBoard approved Gales-burg native ChelseaKnapp as full-time Eng-lish Language Artsteacher beginning thisfall of 2015. Knappgraduated from Mon-mouth College with adegree in education withan English endorsement.

In other news, theBoard

• approved expandingStephanie Dewitt’s posi-tion to full-time begin-ning this fall;

• OK’d a change to aBoard policy on pre-venting bullying, intimi-dation and harassment toalign it with state law;

• renewed a co-opagreement withROWVA for girls and

boys track & field;• heard that the

school’s constructionclass is on schedule tofinish its work on thenew community libraryby June 30, after whichmoving will take placethis summer, and theclass’s possible residen-tial project could occurat one of two sites theDistrict is considering inWilliamsfield’s new ad-dition; and

• was updated on tech-nology purchase optionswith about $5,800 ingrant money still avail-able to use for studentdevices in the businessclassroom.

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BRIMFIELDSt. 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 am

Brimfield E-Free ChurchPastor Donald Blasing11724 Maher RoadBrimfield, IL 61517(309) 446-3571

www.brimfieldefree.orgWorship: 10:30 am

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

ages 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 Fun Night: 6 pm

EDWARDSBethany Baptist Church7422 N. Heinz Ln., Edwards

(309) 692-1755

www.bethanycentral.orgSat. 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) 830-4259www.crossroadselmwood.org

Wed. Worship: 7 pmSun. Worship: 10:30 am

Elmwood 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 pm

First Presbyterian Churchof Elmwood

Reverend Marla B. Bauler201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood

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St. Patrick’sCatholic ChurchFather Paul Stiene

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

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United Methodist Church of Elmwood

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FARMINGTONFirst Presbyterian Church

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New Hope FellowshipAssembly of GodPastor Tom Wright

1102 N. Illinois Route 78Farmington

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YATES CITYFaith United

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

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Billtown tops Farmington in regionalsBy PHIL JOHNSON

For The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON – In adefinite team victory,ROWVA-Williamsfieldousted host FarmingtonMonday in an openinground Class 2A regionalcontest, 7-4.

Cougars pitcher GarrettWight hung on in the bot-tom of the seventh inning,and left fielder Tyler Jonesmade a sliding catch afterFarmington had broughtthe tying run to the plate.

“I was very close tobringing in relief for Gar-rett with each batter hefaced in that last inning,but he’s a battler and hethrows strikes,” Cougarscoach John Clark said.

Wight didn’t walk a bat-ter and his defense alsomade some key plays.

The offense also camethrough. Jack Craig went3-for-4 with three runsscored while Charlie Gib-bons and Ethen Hunt wereeach 2-for-3.

Easton Beard and Jonesgot things going in thesecond with a double anda triple, respectively, thatled to a 2-0 R-W advan-tage. One run in each thethird and fifth built to a 4-2 advantage going into thetop of the seventh.

The visitors tacked onthree huge scores in theseventh, with a Farming-ton balk and a two-run

single off the bat of Beard.“Our defense has been

improving lately, as hasour hitting with runners inscoring position,” Clarksaid of the 14-17 Cougars.

R-W is at No. 2 seedMonmouth United today(May 21) at 4:30 p.m.

Improvement came inthe final week of the regu-lar season in a double-header split versus Galvaon Friday. R-W won thesecond game, 11-6, andalso won last Wednesdayover Stark County, 11-6.

PrincevilleThe Princes fell to

Ridgewood, 5-3, in devas-tating fashion last week ina battle for the LincolnTrail Conference title.

“We were ahead 3-1,just one out and one strikeaway from the win, withRidgewood runners onsecond and third when atwo-run single tied it,”Princeville coach ChrisDelbridge said. “Eventu-ally, a Ridgewood bases-loaded single put them up5-3, and we couldn’t makeit back.”

But a 22-4 season gavethe Princes much to lookforward to heading intoWednesday’s Class 1Ameeting with the hostteam at Varna Midland.Brimfield-ElmwoodThe 19-13 Indians had

just one game last week,but it was a good win.

The Indians scored a 2-0win over Abingdon-Avon,avenging two earlierlosses. Indians’ pitcherBrad Demmin was stingy,giving up just two hits andas many walks against avery good team. Demminhad eight strikeouts andalso hit a double.

Catcher Brian Gillesdrove in both B-E runs.

“Brad was dealin’ fromthe mound,” B-E coachBrandon Porter said.

Saturday’s game againstMidwest Central in Man-ito, was called when theIndians were pounded byrain just as they arrived atthe ballyard, which sentthem back home.

B-E faced MonmouthRoseville on Wednesdayin the Class 2A Mon-mouth United regional.

FarmingtonFarmington’s steadily

improving baseball seasoncame to a disappointingend at 14-16 on Monday.

The team didn’t get thebats going until the bottomof the seventh when it wastoo little, too late. Thebiggest blow to the Farm-ers, behind just 4-2 whenthe inning began, was a R-W three-run top of theseventh, which included aFarmington throwing errorand a Farmers’ balk fromthe pitching rubber.

Things had lookedhopeful on Friday before

the tournament with a 6-5victory over always-strongSherrard. Caleb Fruendtand Tanner Crowe eachhad doubles, and DakotaTraver drove in the goahead run in the first extraframe.

Caleb Gilstrap pitchedto keep the team in thegame through the fifthwith no walks, then DylanHayden picked up a well-deserved win giving upjust two hits in three in-nings.

In a tough 2-0 loss toRushville earlier in theweek, Farmers’ ace pitcherNate Monroe had an out-standing four-strikeout,two-walk effort thatwasn’t quite enough.





These Princeville seniorshave signed to play sports incollege. Back row (left toright): Thomas Smith (KnoxCollege, baseball), BrettDown (Rockford University,baseball), Zach Simmons(Wisconsin-Stout, baseball),Cole Hartley (Robert Morris,baseball), Luke Cokel (St.Ambrose, baseball), Bran-don Crose (Knox, baseball),Mitchell Janssen (Bradley,baseball), T.K Kielion (IVCC,baseball). Sitting (l to r):Micheal Sheets (Augustana,football), Jordan Kraft (Lin-coln Land, softball), ZachHarrison (Missouri Baptist,football). Photo by CollinFairfield.



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Kendra Gorham, ElmwoodCongratulations to EHS graduate Kendra Gorham

for a well-earned softball scholarship to play out-field for Heartland Community College in Bloom-ington. Kendra also pitches for the Lady Indians,was an E-B cross country har-rier four years and was a four-year EHS pom performer. Sheplays the flute for the EHSband and has been honored forElmwood Excellence and Na-tional Honor Society.

Her dad, Tom Gorham, wasan Elmwood all-state crosscountry performer, so that gother started as a runner, something she also enjoysdoing in her spare time. Kendra joined poms as afreshman because her friends were participating.Her first memories of softball were at age six play-ing in the Elmwood Summer Youth League. All ofthose starts turned into good things! Kendra’s twokey supporters have been parents Tom and Anne.

The University of Tennessee softball team is theclub she most likes to root for. “McFarland USA,”the recent story about a high school running team is,appropriately, her favorite flick from the big screen.Chemistry is what she most likes in the classroom.

Kendra has both very much helped and been partof successful teams, of which also are the greatestthrills of her career – being part of the E-B crosscountry team that finished fourth at state her fresh-man year; being part of the EHS team that took sec-ond at IDTA competition her senior season; and keycontributor to the Lady Indians’ softball team thatmade it to the IHSA Elite Eight in her junior year. She was an all-conference pitcher in both her soph-omore and junior seasons.

When Kendra is at Heartland, she will miss thateverybody at EHS is close and that her teachers re-ally care about their students.

“Try at what you do, and participate in as much asyou can, while you can,” Kendra stresses toyounger student-athletes.

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SOFTBALL: Florey collectstwo no-hitters in one weekhurlers. B-E pitcher Mor-gan Florey topped that lastweek with two no-hitters.

Last Friday at Bar-tonville, Florey did notallow a base hit versusLimestone, while strikingout 15 and not allowingany free passes in the 2-0victory. She was also re-sponsible for one of theLady Indian runs, as wasKennedy Dura.

Two days earlier Floreytossed the “no no” on Sen-ior Night at Brimfield in a10-0 trouncing of Abing-don-Avon, this time strik-ing out 16. MorganLedbetter, Ryleigh Keithand Hannah Baysingareach had multi-RBI per-formances.

Dura, Florey, Ledbetterand Keith each had morethan one hit in the 13-hitbatting assault.

B-E took a 26-5 recordinto regional play

Wednesday against DeerCreek-Mackinaw.

“Morgan’s pitching andthe team’s hitting are a re-ally good combination,”B-E coach Kurt Juerjenssaid.ROWVA-WilliamsfieldAs the Lady Cougars

first season together cameto an end at the hands ofFarmington, coach JoelZaiser both reflected andlooked ahead.

“We will need to workon the concept of betterapproaches at the plate. Inthe last couple of innings,we substituted youngerplayers to get some re-gional experience for nextyear. We’ll be looking for-ward to next season andbeyond,” coach Zaisersaid.

Leading into the postseason R-W (10-21 over-all) fell to Galva twice andto Stark County.

In a one-run loss toGalva coach Zaiser mixedin four pitchers (KayleeSchuermann, HayleeHoward, Ava Alford andEmilee Furlong) that keptthe team right in the gameuntil the end.

Marie Marshall did herpart with two hits and fourRBI. Mikaylin Bent andAmanda Rollins also eachhad a multiple-hit game.

In a 9-6 loss to StarkCounty, Madison Stewartfanned eight, but gave up10 hits.


KICKAPOO – In a sur-prise presentation on May16, Kickapoo Townshiphonored nine-year Kick-apoo Youth Baseball As-sociation president JohnThompson and namedMay “John ThompsonMonth.”

Township SupervisorKarl Koy recognizedThompson’s leadership asmore than 100 kidsplayed in the program.Brimfield scramble –A

scramble to benefit theBrimfield boys basketballteam is Sunday, May 31,at Weaver Ridge GolfCourse at 1 p.m.

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Hightower, Princeville relay top IESA performersFrom Weekly Post Staff Reports

EAST PEORIA – Two third-placefinishes highlighted the area contin-gent of 59 junior high track athletescompeting in last weekend’s IESAClass A state meet at the EastSideCentre.

Elmwood eighth-grader RickyHightower was third in the highjump after clearing 5 feet, 7 inches.Also placing third was the seventh-grade girls 4x100 relay fromPrinceville, which posted a time of54.7 and consisted of Brinlee Bau-man, Carrie Gill, Emma Lane andLibby Martin.

Seven other area individuals orrelays brought home medals fromthe rainy Class A meet.

• Jacob Brown of Elmwood wasfifth in the eighth grade 400 in atime of 2:12.29.

• Brimfield’s 4x400 eighth gradegirls relay was fifth in a time of4:28.22. Runners were Camryn

Cuevas, Sydney Hartwig, SadieRumbold, Delaney Smith and AliWagner.

• Lorin Peterson of Williamsfieldwas seventh in the seventh grade1,600 in a time of 5:02.88.

• Princeville’s seventh grade girls4x400 relay was seventh in 4:41.41.Runners were Bauman, Lane, Mar-tin and Morgan Rakestraw.

• Emma McClain of Elmwoodwas eighth in the eighth grade shotput with a throw of 30-6.

• Princeville’s eighth grade boys4x100 relay was eighth in 49.18.Runners were Jack Arnett, JustinJanssen, Peyton Martin and AdamSnedden.

• Elmwood’s eighth grade boys4x200 relay was eighth in 1:44.46.Runners were Logan Whitney,Henry Lampe, Jacob Brown andJaden Beckwith.• Class AA – Farmington ad-

vanced seven individual athletes

and five relays from the Beard-stown Sectional to this weekend’sClass AA meet at EastSide.

Friday’s schedule starts at 11:15a.m. with a parade of athletes andthen includes field event prelimsand finals, prelims for hurdles andthe 100 and finals in the 400 and1600. All other finals are Saturday,starting at 9 a.m.

Farmington qualifiers include:FARMINGTON JUNIOR HIGH

GIRLS - 7th grade• 4x100 relay

GIRLS - 8th grade• 4x400 relay• Sarah Litchfield, pole vault• Kaitlyn Lebron, pole vault

BOYS - 7th Grade• Dalton Powell, 110 hurdles

BOYS - 8th grade• Jarod Depriest, shot put• Dash Anderson, 100• Coe Jansen, pole vault• 4x100 relay• Jezreel Anguiano, 400• 4x400 relay• 4x200 relay

TRACK: Skaggs, Peckham relay newcomersaggs and freshman Jordan Peck-ham all ran well.

“This is super exciting. We’vealways just been excited to go tostate,” Camp said. “Now we’reexcited to place at state.”

To reach the finals, coach TobyVallas estimates his relay needs torun 4:07 or better – a mark he be-lieves is in reach, noting that Sk-aggs was battling illness and wasstill recovering from a quad injuryat sectional.

“And Allyx Camp was our studlast year, she ran 62 flat last yearand I think she can get back tothat,” Vallas said, noting thatCamp has recovered well fromACL surgery last fall stemmingfrom a moto-cross injury.

Skaggs and Peckham are new-comers to the relay. Skaggs playedsoftball the past three seasons, butopted to come out for track thisyear instead.

“I’m glad I did,” she said.Peckham is one of several fast

young runners on the Lady Farm-ers squad and, as an eighth grader,placed seventh at state in the 400in a time of 1:01.75. At sectionalshe ran 1:00.3.

Peckham said she prefers beingpart of a relay to running on her

own.“Running the 4x400 seems way

shorter than running the open400,” she said. “It’s just the teamthing. I love these seniors, theyare the best.”

The Lady Farmers top a list ofarea state meet qualifiers in sevenevents.

Other Farmington qualifiers in-clude Campen in the pole vault,Hannah Jostes in the discus, Jor-dan Peckham in the 100 and the4x100 relay.

Campen won at Taylor Ridge byclearing 9 feet, 6 inches and isranked 13th among state quali-fiers, according to the IllinoisHigh School Association. Shehopes to at least equal her careerbest of 10-3 set as a junior.

Jostes was second at sectionalwith a throw of 106-6 and is 25thheading to state.

Peckham rates 20th overall aftera third-place time in the 100 atsectional (12.92).

Finally, the Farmington 4x100relay of Skaggs, Payton Peckham,Haley Huls and Jordan Peckhamis 17th after a third-place time of51.57 at Taylor Ridge.

The lone Elmwood-Brimfieldqualifier is Emily McCauley inthe 1,600. She was second in thatrace at sectional in a time of5:45.21 and ranks 32nd amongstate qualifiers.

For Princeville, JaNaeKnobloch reached state in the3,200 after placing second at sec-tional in 12:12.73 – 22nd besttime heading to Charleston.• Boys sectional –Area boys

teams from Elmwood-Brimfield,Princeville, Farmington andROWVA-Williamsfield will all becompeting at the FarmingtonClass 1A Sectional on Friday.


Farmington senior Allyx Camp hascome back strong from a knee in-jury. Photo by Dave Giagnoni.

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Lady Princes rack up 12-0 winBy PHIL JOHNSON

For The Weekly Post

PRINCEVILLE –Princeville’s softball teamopened its postseason inimpressive fashion Tues-day with a 12-0 win overLowpoint-Washburn.

Jordan Kraft fanned 13and allowed just two hitsin the regional opener forPrinceville (26-7), whichmoves on to the title gameSaturday at home againstthe winner between SpoonRiver Valley and PeoriaChristian. Game time is 11a.m.

Brooke Gardner was 2-for-4 with a double, tripleand four RBI againstLowpoint-Washburn.

Chelsea Gardner led theteam with three runsscored, while Paige Laneand Jessica Devries eachscored twice forPrinceville, which hadeight hits and also col-lected eight walks.

FarmingtonA fast start in the post-

season ended with a toughloss to a top foe for theFarmington softball team.

After winning its Class2A regional opener 12-1on Monday againstROWVA-Williamsfield,Farmington fell Tuesdayto top-seed Tremont, 9-0,and managed just one hit.

That was very differentthan the opener, when theLady Farmers had a nine-run second inning.

Carly Behrens had atwo-RBI hit and Farming-ton’s seniors, Kelly Ren-froe and Maddie Murphy,each had RBI hits in thatsecond frame.

Allie Sprague was thepitching part of the win,striking out 11, walkingnone and allowing justthree hits for the 15-12Lady Farmers.

“Allie got stronger asthe game went along,”Farmington coach JeniFauser said.

Sprague was also mas-terful last Friday, pitchinga 2-0 no hitter versusAbingdon-Avon. Shestruck out 10, walked onlyone, and the whole teammade no errors.

In a 6-3 victory overWest Prairie-BushnellPrairie City, Spragueagain got the pitching winwith a lot of offensivehelp, including a doubleand two RBI fromBehrens.

“We had 12 total hits.All nine starters had atleast one hit, which reallyhelped in the win,” coachFauser said.

Brimfield-ElmwoodTwo pitching wins in

one week is a very goodaccomplishment for many

Farmington relay seeded 3rdBy JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

FARMINGTON – Fora few years, getting tostate was plenty forAllyx Camp and AmberCampen.

Not this year. As theFarmington seniors pre-pared for the Class 1Astate track meet thisweek, they had one thingon their mind: advancingthrough preliminaries.

Based on seedingsafter last week’s section-als, the 4x400 relay theyare part of has a good

shot at doing just that.Farmington is ranked

third in Class 1A head-ing into today’s prelimi-naries at O’BrienStadium on the campusof Eastern Illinois Uni-versity. The Lady Farm-ers won their sectionalrace last Thursday atTaylor Ridge in a time of

4:08.38, breaking theirown school record in theprocess.

“Allyx and I have bothbeen to state for fouryears and we’ve neverbeen to the finals,”Campen said. “It wouldbe really cool to make itto (Saturday) and I feellike our 4x400 has agood chance if we allrun our best times.”

That’s almost whathappened at TaylorRidge, as Campen,Camp, senior Kenzie Sk-

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Farmington’s 4x400 relay heads to the state meet this weekend seeded third based onits winning sectional time of 4:08.38. From left to right are Kenzie Skaggs, Allyx Camp,Amber Campen and Jordan Peckham. Photo by Jeff Lampe.

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Boys Sectional• Area boys track teams

will compete in the Class1A Farmington SectionalFriday (May 22).

Princeville senior JordanKraft delivers a pitcherearlier this season. Photoby Collin Fairfield.

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