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Carrier Route PresortThursdayJune 11, 2015Vol. 3, No. 16

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Elmwood’s junior high school project delayed

Formerfire chiefarrested

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – Ex-Fire ChiefJamie Bennett on Sunday was ar-rested by the Peoria CountySheriff’s Office, charged withtheft, deceptive practices andcredit card fraud, and bookedinto the Peoria County Jail.

The charges stem from allega-tions Bennett “might have beenstealing taxpayer money for per-sonal gain,” according to policereports.

Specifically,officials withthe BrimfieldCommunity FireProtection Dis-trict (BCFPD)claim that Ben-nett chargedthousands ofdollars of fuel for his personalvehicles to the BCFPD creditcard, and kept hundreds of dol-lars from checks intended to goto BCFPD, police said.

Bennett, 39, resigned May 4and 10 days later BCFPDtrustees appointed Bob Forney asinterim chief.

Trustees Ralph Peters, MerleTurner and Jerry Weaver all de-clined to comment, but BCFPDattorney Rick Johnson said therehad been concerns about Ben-nett’s management.

Asked about suspicions thatfunds were mishandled, Bennettlast month told The Weekly Post,“Those are news to me.”

BCFPD officials provided po-lice documents they said showednumerous fuel charges from out-side the area, and they told policeBennett had not been authorizedto use the fire department’s creditcard for personal use.

Interviews and other evidence

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ELMWOOD – Elmwood District 322plans a “gift” of a remodeled Junior HighSchool, but it may become a Christmaspresent, as the Board of Education at anemergency meeting on Sunday unani-mously voted to severe its contract withits construction manager and essentiallystart over.

The $1.5 million project slated to bedone before students return to school inAugust now won’t be finished until De-cember.

Groundbreaking for the project tookplace last month, but after a meeting lastweek with representatives of the District’sconstruction management company, Per-formance Services, Inc. of Schaumburg,Superintendent Chad Wagner and Board

members Mark Davis and Val Ramirez be-came dissatisfied with progress.

Their concerns – including an unrealis-tic schedule, the failure to order steel andhundreds of thousands of dollars of cost

overruns – were shared with staff and theBoard, which considered a few optionsbefore voting to dismiss PerformanceServices and re-bid the work.

Scheduled to be completed by Aug. 10,the project includes remodeling the formerlibrary, replacing temporary walls to makeseparate, larger classrooms, and incorpo-rating technology upgrades.

Also, an addition of 2,700 square feetwill accommodate the highest projectedenrollment in future years. The projectalso includes a new, secure entrance forthe junior high and high school.

“The Board, the administration, andeven members of the community continu-ously asked if the project could be doneon time and the answer from the companywas always a confident and resoundingyes,” Wagner said. “The reality of the situ-

“The company we hiredhas failed tohonor theagreements thatwere signed ingood faith andwe needed tomove quickly to

correct that situation.”– Chad Wagner, Superintendent

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Ideal weather draws crowds to Strawberry FestivalOne day. That’s what separated Elmwood’s 27th annual Strawberry Festival from

overwhelming success to enormous storm-related headaches. So it goes for spring festivals in Illinois. When the sun shines and Mother Nature

cooperates, as it did Saturday, crowds come out in force. In addition to plenty of hun-gry festival-goers, the car show attracted 108 entrants – many of whom awoke Satur-day morning, checked the weather and decided to drive to Elmwood. Had the eventbeen Sunday, when storms whipped through the area, the antique car count wouldbarely have broke double digits.Crowds were so good that the food tent ran out of nearly every sort of food. But

from the perspective of an event organizer, it’s better to leave crowds hungry for morethan to be stuck with 77 strawberry pies.

Bennett

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JR. HIGH: December finish date?

CHIEF FIRED: Checks not depositedfrom nearby gas stations seem to con-firm that Bennett had used the BCFPDcredit card dozens of times in the lastyear for vehicles that weren’t the firedepartment’s, police said.

An internal investigation also foundthat checks from the Akron-Princevillefire department and others totaling

$2,475 weren’t deposited but cashed,officials told police.

Further, an unpaid invoice in Ben-nett’s name for $2,770 worth ofbracelets, koozies and carabiners waspresented to police as an unauthorizedpurchase.

Bennett didn’t respond to a WeeklyPost request for comment.

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ation is that the companywe hired has failed tohonor the agreements thatwere signed in good faithand we needed to movequickly to correct that sit-uation.”

The Board in Marchunanimously OK’d the$156,000 contract withPerformance Services,Inc., but no paymentshave been made.

Monitoring the project,Wagner and Board mem-bers discovered the com-pany had not provided itsarchitect, DemonicaKemper Architects, withappropriate constructionschedules or cost esti-mates for different phasesof the project.

James Kemper of De-monica Kemper said areasonable timeline willbe one week for an archi-tectural estimate, threeweeks for mechanical-electrical-plumbing plans,four weeks to let andopen bids, two weeks tomobilize, and four weeks

of construction.The new schedule will

require some disruptionof classrooms, so theBoard authorized Wagnerto pursue arranging forseveral temporary, modu-lar classrooms, whichcould cost about $50,000.Trailers are a likely alter-native.

“Too much energy andpassion have gone intothis to not realize the finalvision of the Board andthe community,” Wagnersaid. “Everyone deservesto see the realization ofwhat the community en-

gagement process pro-duced and what the Boardand administration haveworked so hard to realize.

“This is going to takesome understanding andpatience on the part of allinvolved,” he conceded,“but we refuse to let ourstudents, staff and ourcommunity suffer be-cause the company failedto deliver what it prom-ised.”

The Junior High projectis the first phase in themaster plan to improvethe entire Elmwood Dis-trict 322 campus.


While site preparation is ready for Elmwood’s JuniorHigh School renovation, work never got started and theproject will now be rebid. Photo by Jeff Lampe.

There will be food, music, games and fellowship Meat will be provided

Bring a dish to share, table service

and a drink

You and Any of Your Friends are Invited to a Community-Wide

Picnic in Central Park Hosted by the Elmwood Churches

Sunday, June 14th

at 1:00pm

Hope to see you there!

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THE WEEKLY POST • Thursday, June 11, 2015

THE WEEK AHEAD

This Week’s Eventss Farmer’s Market –A Farmer’s Mar-

ket will be held in Elmwood during themonths of June-September on Fridaysfrom 4:30-6 p.m. at Central Park, start-ing this Friday (June 12).

s Free Bread – Free bread is availableat the Elmwood Methodist Church Fri-day (June 12) at 10 a.m.

s Bus Trip – Peoria Evening GardenClub annual bus trip isSaturday (June 13) inWisconsin at NorthwindPerennial Farm andPesche’s Greenhouse inIllinois at Redbud CreekFarm. Cost $67. ContactCorinna at (309) 657-4229 or email herat [email protected]

s Well Sealing – The Knox CountySoil and Water Conservation Districtwill be hosting a well-sealing demon-stration on Monday (June 15) at 9 a.m. atMoffit Farm located at 1040 Knox Hwy.17, Gilson.

s Sing Along –All ages are invited toenjoy “Frozen” inspired crafts andsnacks while singing along with“Frozen” June 16 at Brimfield Public Li-brary from 1-2 p.m. No registration.

Future Eventss Craft Time – Ladies 18 and older areinvited to make Gazing Balls at Morri-son and Mary Wiley Library in Elm-wood on June 18 at 6:30 p.m.Registration required. Call (309) 742-2431.

s Church Camp – Join the ElmwoodMethodist Church for Bible stories,games, music and snacks based on“Everest” conquering challenges with

God’s mighty power. Pre-K is July 18from 9-11 a.m. K-6 is July 19-23 from6:30-8:30 p.m. Call (309) 742-7221.

s Heritage Days –Annual PrincevilleHeritage Days sponsored by the PCAwill be June 18-21. Enjoy the food tent,carnival, Sports Boosters 5K race, andTalent show.

s Gospel Concert – The Midwest FoodBank is sponsoring a benefit gospel con-

cert featuring theCollingsworth family onJune 19 at 7 p.m. atBethany Baptist Churchin Edwards. Tickets are$20. Call (309) 243-5446.

s Make It/Take It – Firecracker HatMake It/ Take It will be held June 20from 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. at Morrison andMary Wiley Library in Elmwood. Chil-dren are invited to stop in any time thelibrary is open.

s Life Fest – Whitney’s Walk LifeFest is June 20 at Farmington MooseLodge from 6 p.m. -12 p.m. Live auc-tion, raffles, 50/50, all you can eatspaghetti dinner and more. All proceedsgo to Whitney’s Walk.

s Vacation Bible School – The UnionChurch of Brimfield will have a VBS onJune 22-26 from 6-8 p.m. each eveningfor ages 3-grade 6. Open House forfriends and family will be June 26 at 8p.m. Call (309) 446-3811.s Family Dance –A father/daughter andmother/son dance will be held June 28from 2-4 p.m. at St. Mary’s School ofKickapoo. RSVP required. Call (309)691-3015.

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s Kid’s Run –A Kid’s Run and Obstacle Course is Sat-urday (June 14) from 1-3 p.m. for ages 2-15 at BrimfieldHigh School Track. Money raised benefits St. Jude.

s Blood Drive –A blood drive will be held at thePrinceville United Methodist Church on Monday (June15) from 12-6 p.m.

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Sometimes I wonder how I sur-vived into adulthood. Sometimes Iwonder how ANY of us survivedpast our 12th or13th birthday.

As a child, Ihad a strange per-ception how theworld worked. Iremember as akindergartener,figuring out howa record playerworked.

For those who have no idea whata record player is, it’s a machinethat plays music when a roundblack disc, larger than a CD, isplaced on a spinning platter, and anarm is then placed over the disc asit spins. This produces music orwhatever is recorded on the disc.

To a kindergartener in the 1960s,this was magic.

I reasoned that in order to pro-duce sound, the speakers must con-tain miniature versions of humanswho somehow figured out whatrecord was being played, and then

performed the song, right there inthe speaker box. It was the only ex-planation I could come up with.

This, of course, left me with sev-eral questions. Did we import newtalent each time a new artist cameout or were the miniature humanscontained in the speakers able toimitate everyone else in the world? What did the little people, who hadto be about three inches tall, eat? How many of them lived in thespeakers? Did they sleep until oneof us big people played a record? Did they get mad if we woke themjust to hear “Jailhouse Rock?” Didthey play games when not singing?

After formulating all these ques-tions, I wondered if we really had athree-inch tall Elvis living in ourspeakers and, if we did, if he wouldlike to come out and play.

Now I knew what I was doing. Iwas tearing the speakers apart try-ing to free the little people so theycould play with me. Unfortunately,I didn’t have the vocabulary to ex-plain my actions to my big brother,13 years older than me, why I was

destroying his new stereo systemby hammering open his speakers.

For some reason, he let me live.They say TV doesn’t influence

children today. Well, that must havechanged somewhere along the linebecause it certainly influenced ourthinking 50 years ago!

I have a friend who’s a little olderthan me who was taken with TV’s“The Adventures of Superman.” Each week, George Reeves (whokept an apartment in nearby Gales-burg so he could frequently visit hismother who lived there) would donhis blue suit and red cape to flyacross our screens (in gloriousblack and white), fighting for“truth, justice and the AmericanWay.”

My friend reasoned it must be thecape that allowed Superman to fly.Given this, he grabbed a dish towelfrom the kitchen, safety pinned it tohis shoulders, and headed to thebarnyard of the family farm. Heclimbed the windmill and jumpedoff, planning to fly back to the

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GUEST VOICES


Pondering how I ever survived childhood

JonGALLAGHER

To the Editor:Politicians promising tax cuts are

as American as apple pie, but fewsupport cutting workers’ wages. Yetthat is exactly the secret ingredientof Gov. Bruce Rauner “unjustdesserts.”

Tucked inside Rauner’s property-tax freeze bill is elimination of alaw that protects construction work-ers’ wages.

The PrevailingWage Act sets a lo-cally controlled floorfor construction payon public-funded proj-ects. Contractors canpay more than the lawrequires, but not less.

By advocating elimination of pre-vailing wage coverage, Gov.Rauner and supporters want toenact massive pay cuts for tens ofthousands of construction workers –both union and non-union.

Rauner and prevailing wage op-ponents have thrown around half-baked statistics to generate support.

They know realizing these savingswould require slashing constructionwages by more than 40 percent.

But effects of a prevailing wagerepeal would go well beyond that.

The “think tanks” Rauner citespresume lower-paid workers will beas productive as better-paid counter-parts. Economics professors whohave studied prevailing wage dis-

agree.States that eliminated

construction workerwage protections sawcost overruns triple be-cause it took longer tobuild their roads andschools with lower-

paid (and less skilled) help. Theygot what they paid for. We need toinvest in Illinois’ infrastructure, butdo we want to sit in work zones anylonger than necessary?

Construction skills are entirelyportable. Eliminating wage protec-tions will encourage Illinois’ skilledworkers to go where they can bepaid according to their abilities.

Repealing prevailing wage, con-versely, will attract low-wage con-tractors from other states tounderbid Illinois contractors. TheUniversity of Illinois found statesthat eliminated prevailing wagelaws saw a nearly 10 percent in-crease in out-of-state contractorsthat won project awards.

As Rauner has stated, if the pre-vailing wage is eliminated “wageswould also still be subject to ... theIllinois minimum wage.” That is ex-actly the destination to which thewages of highly-skilled Illinois con-struction workers will be headed ifhe has his way.

Regardless, eliminating Prevail-ing Wage Act coverage will result inless money in workers’ pockets and,therefore, less money put into cashregisters of stores and restaurants onMain Street, Illinois; somethingthat should leave a bitter taste in themouths of Illinoisans.

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

Elmwood traffic stopnets drug arrest

ELMWOOD – A passenger in a2001 GMC truck pulled over forrunning a stop sign on June 5 wasarrested and charged with posses-sion of marijuana and possessionof drug paraphernalia, accordingto Elmwood police.

Eric Lennon, 20, of CreveCoeur, was riding in a vehicledriven by 27-year-old BrandonMcDaniel of Peoria when policesaid they stopped the truck after itdidn’t come to a complete stop atthe intersection of Main and Mag-nolia Streets.

A police dog alerted on the ve-hicle, where marijuana was dis-covered, according to reports.

Lennon was issued an ordinanceviolation and McDaniel cited fordisobeying a stop sign.

Trucker reports rigstruck by paintball

WILLIAMSFIELD – BrianKurth, 26, of Earlham, Iowa, onMay 30 reported a possible paintball striking the windshield of hissemi- tractor-trailer rig as he waseastbound on Interstate 74 as he

was approaching the Knox High-way 18 bridge, according to po-lice.

He was not injured, and thetruck wasn’t damaged.

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

Motorist ticketedin Route 90 crash

PRINCEVILLE – Daniel Wolfeof Princeville was cited for failureto reduce speed to avoid an acci-dent after the 2001 Honda Civiche was driving eastbound on Illi-nois Route 90 rear-ended a 1996Ford F150 driven by Jon Burgessof Princeville, the Peoria Sheriff’sOffice reported.

There were no injuries, policesaid.

Police reports• Christine Hamilton of

Princeville on June 1 was ticketedfor disobeying a stop sign afterthe southbound 2003 Ford Taurusshe was driving on Duncan Roadwest of here collided with a 2005Toyota Siena driven by RonaldDicter of Brimfield on IllinoisRoute 90.

• Edward Eden, 62, of Brimfieldon June 1 was arrested on a theftcharge and transported to the Peo-ria County Jail.

• Michael Bridgeman, 62, ofYates City on June 2 was arrestedfor driving on a revoked licenseand transported to the PeoriaCounty Jail.

• William Zamaro, 27, of Farm-ington on June 4 was arrested forpossession of a hypodermic nee-dle and unlawful possession of acontrolled substance and trans-ported to the Peoria County Jail.

• Daniel Heinz, 26, of Brimfieldon June 6 was arrested on threecounts of for Driving Under theInfluence and transported to thePeoria County Jail.

Deer accidents• May 30 – Kari Tavares of Ke-

wanee on Interstate 74 near Kick-apoo-Edwards Road in KickapooTownship.

• June 2 – John Chapman ofDavenport on Interstate 74 nearmile marker 63 in Elba Township.

• June 3 – Jeff Ringenberg ofPrinceville on Grange Hall Roadnear Evans Mill Road in RadnorTownship.

• June 5 – Cierra Carlyle of Peo-ria on Illinois Route 8 near HeinzLane in Kickapoo Township.

• June 8 – Dennis Seidel ofElmwood on North Texas Roadnear Illinois Route 8 in RosefieldTownship.

PUBLIC RECORD

GALLAGHER: Spinach did not split spoolshouse. He didn’t fly.

In fact, he bit off a small piece ofhis tongue when he crash-landed.

At least he didn’t try the bullets-bouncing-off-the-chest thing.

I wasn’t silly enough to try fly-ing, but that’s probably because Su-perman was off the air by the time Iwas old enough to watch TV.

I do remember going to the zooonce and being really honked off.None of the animals could talk.Touché Turtle could talk. Lippy theLion could talk. So could HardyHar-Har, Yogi Bear and MagillaGorilla. All the animals at the zoocould do was pace back and forthand look honked off because theywere in cages.

As I bawled all the way home be-cause the animals hadn’t uttered aword, I seem to recall my dad say-

ing something about watching toomuch TV.

In our town we had a hardwarestore and they had a display thatfeatured two wooden sewing-ma-chine spools. They were glued to-gether, end to end. A sign above thedisplay that sold glue offered $100to anyone who could pull thespools apart.

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ELMWOOD – BYE AmbulanceService had a 10-percent increase inemergency calls last year, according toa report from manager David Maher,who added that the not-for-profit or-ganization is in good shape financiallyand expects no significant expendi-tures this year.

B.Y.E.’s annual meeting was Tues-day, June 2.

The breakdown of BYE responsesover the previous 12 months showedan increase from 484 to 533, with 214to Brimfield, 157 in Elmwood, 36 inrural Elmwood, and 103 to the YatesCity area – plus 23 to Williamsfield,where BYE assisted first-respondersafter Williamsfield’s local ambulancewas temporarily suspended by thestate.

Most of BYE’s revenues come fromfour taxing bodies: Brimfield Fire Pro-tection District, Elba-Salem TownshipProtection District (the Yates Cityarea), the City of Elmwood, and theElmwood Rural Fire Protection Dis-trict. Together, they contribute morethan $274,000 to the service, about thesame as the previous year.

The new B.Y.E. contract is about thesame as last year, with Brimfield FireProtection District contributing$132,168, Elba-Salem Fire ProtectionDistrict $62,000, the City of Elmwood$55,760, and Elmwood Rural Fire Pro-tection District $25,970.

Maher said he anticipates B.Y.E.possibly purchasing two cardiac moni-tors this year (although the equipmenthasn’t been ordered), no vehicle up-grades are projected, and a proposedbuilding on South Knox Street remainsin the planning stages after B.Y.E. soldone of it Hawthorn Street buildingsand land to Ag-Land FS.

Meanwhile, BYE’s annual federaltax returns from over the last dozenyears show the tax-exempt corporationhas reported total assets of more than$800,000 for the last two years.

The most recent federal tax Form990, filed Oct. 20, 2014, for the FiscalYear ending May 31, 2014 showed as-sets 158.6 percent higher than whenB.Y.E. started receiving taxpayer sup-port in 2003.

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ELMWOOD – Theaters in ruralareas may have struggled in recentyears, but there are also success sto-ries around the country, includingChillicothe, where the OptimistClub bought the Town Theater fromVern Reynolds for more than$250,000 in 2009.

But successful revivals requirecommunity commitment as well asticket-buyers – plus savvy manage-ment, openness to different businessmodels, and a willingness to see thepositives and potentials for individ-uals and communities alike.

“Some kind of organization isnecessary,” said Rusty Richards,chair of the Town Theater board.“You need a work committee, somepeople to take over and run with it.It’s too much for one or two people.

“We have 60-some members, andprobably 25 or so super-committed,a few with time on their hands, ableto help.”

The Elmwood Development As-sociation is convening a communitymeeting concerning the Palace The-ater tonight (June 11) at 7 at theFirst Presbyterian Church, where arepresentative of the Optimist Clubwill discuss their experience.

Richards said working with about30 youth groups encourages atten-dance, and group leaders tend to

volunteer. However, rallying helphas ups and downs, he warned.

“The first year was easy, but it’sgotten harder,” Richards said. “Youlose some momentum, I guess.”

Built in 1913, Elmwood’s PalaceTheater faces foreclosure by itslender, Farmers State Bank (FSB).Owner Vern Reynolds reportedly isasking $315,000 for the theater, andFSB is demanding he pay$155,130.35 and $12,776.11 for an-other loan in default.

The City of Elmwood also has anagreement with Reynolds tied to astate government-backed loan toReynolds of $138,363. Reynoldsagreed to operate for five yearsfrom the 2011 date of the pact, afterwhich the loan would be forgiven inits entirety. If the Palace is sold orcloses, however, the agreement stip-ulates that the entire sum is then dueto the City of Elmwood.

So, if Reynolds sells the Palace,$167,906.46 could be due to FSBand $138,363 due to Elmwood for atotal of $306,269.46.

Elsewhere, small towns have re-vived theaters, from Stafford, Kan.(pop. 1,000) to Coos Bay, Ore.(pop. 16,000).

“I think of the millions of dreamsand careers that have taken flight ina movie theater,” said Michael Hur-ley, who owns the Colonial Theaterin Belfast, Maine (pop. 6,600).

“People want to live where there aretheaters. For the same reason thatevery successful city center, malland downtown worked to attractand keep a movie theater, smalltowns stand to lose a foundationthat has kept them connected to theworld.”

Challenges had been the decades-old competition from TV, whichnow includes video-on-demand,and the film industry’s conversionto digital-only projection systems,which the Palace accomplished thisyear, with a loan from the City ofElmwood. In response, rural areashave used several business models,ranging from groups of private in-vestors to subscription options, andeven non-profit companies.

Non-profits, like many arts organ-izations, can seek grants. A sub-scription effort can featurememberships offering discounts andbenefits like unlimited admissionsfor a $20 monthly fee.

“We have a preferred-customerprogram where people get free re-fills and so on, and we have specialevents, like ‘Late night date night,’where it’s two-for-one admission,and older movies sometimes – likewe’ll show ‘The Mask of Zorro’Saturday for [Chillicothe’s] Zorro-Fest,” Richards said. “We’ll do stufflike the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy

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Community Unit School District265’s superintendent wants its Boardof Education seriously to considerbringing student transportation in-house.

During a discussion of theamended 2014-2015 budget Mondaynight, Superintendent John Asplundaddressed an estimated $413,539shortfall in the transportation fund.

District 265 just entered into a newcontract with Illinois Central SchoolBus Company for next school year ata more than $100,000 increase overthe previous year.

Asplund sees the district handlingtransportation of its own students asthe most viable way to cut expenses.

Asplund wants the transportationcommittee to take the next sixmonths to see if the option is viable.

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By CHERYL HARLOWFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – Elmwood is join-ing a growing movement with itsvery own farmer’s market in down-town Elmwood at Central Park.The market opens this Friday (June12) from 4-6:30 p.m. on the Southside of Central Park.

The markets will be held eachFriday through September.

The Elmwood Development As-sociation (EDA) is responsible forbringing the idea of a farmers mar-ket in Elmwood into a reality. EDAboard member, Fred Paige, alongwith Farmer’s State Bank employeeTeresa Rue was instrumental inbringing the farmer’s market to

Elmwood. The EDA is a local organization

that supports local businesses andworks to bring people to the Elm-wood community.

“The farmer’s market gives thecommunity an opportunity to buyfresh locally grown produce,” EDApresident Amy Davis said. “It alsowill bring people to our businessdistrict.”

“Right now we have four vendorswho have reserved spaces for thisFriday. We’d really love it if morepeople would sign up to be ven-dors.”

The cost to be a vendor is $25 forthe entire season and any home-made item is acceptable. However,

all vendor items must conform tothe Illinois Retail Food Store Sani-tation code and have certificationfrom the Peoria County Health De-partment.

Many downtown Elmwood busi-nesses will stay open until 6:30 p.m.on Fridays for people’s shoppingconvenience, Davis said.

“It’s not too late; you can sign upanytime in the season,” she said.“Our dream is to one day have thewhole park full of vendors on farm-ers market day.”

For more information: check outthe Elmwood Farmers Market pageon Facebook or the city of Elm-wood website. Or call (309) 742-3711 or (309) 231-0594.

Elmwood farmer’s market opens FridayContinued on Page 9

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THEATERS: Town Theater has succeededor ‘Star Wars’.”

The Town also gener-ates some funds from on-screen ads.

The City of Chillicothehelped the Optimists witha $50,000 grant and otherfinancial assistance,Richards said, recognizingthat the theater benefitsChillicothe’s business dis-trict and local residents,especially local youthgroups, who’ve receivedsome $40,000 from theOptimist Club in the lastfive years.

“Why go spend $6, $7,

$8 on a ticket anywherewhen you could go hereand spend it, and part ofyour ticket price goesback to help youth groupsin town?” Optimist treas-urer Irv Latta has said.“You get family entertain-ment, and then your clubgets a check at the end ofthe year.”

The Town Theater isopen six days a week,with two shows on Fri-days and Saturdays. TheTown charges $5 for mati-nees and $6 for eveningshows, and often has dis-counts, Richards said.

“And our concessionprices are low – andthere’s ‘Free PopcornTuesday’,” he added.

For Chillicothe, theTown Theater is an attrac-tion for locals, and a desti-nation for visitors.

“It’s helped our down-town; it brings peopledown there,” Richardssaid.

Of course, populationsare different, with Chilli-cothe having more than8,300 residents (2010Census). But areas within20 miles of Elmwood’sPalace total about 17,000people, not includingKickapoo Township(7,100 inhabitants), whichis close to Peoria theaters,or Canton (with 15,700,though it no longer has acinema since Reynoldsclosed the Garden Theaterthere).

And the Palace, whichis in Elmwood’s existingEnterprise Zone and thebusiness district’s Tax-In-crement Financing area,doesn’t need the renova-tion the Town Theater re-quired when the OptimistClub bought it.

“I’ve been to Elm-wood’s theater, and it’s ina lot better shape thanours was,” Richards said.“We basically gutted thewhole thing here; it wasalmost a 100-percent cos-metic change.”

Small-town theaters

also can feature art or in-dependent films and clas-sic movies, and host bandconcerts, theatrical pro-ductions and specialevents. The Town is alsoavailable to rent, charging$125 and offering conces-sions, waiving the fee ifmore than 50 people at-tend, Richards said.

For films, theaters typi-cally split admission re-ceipts with moviecompanies but keep con-cession revenue. Schedul-ing films is a challenge,Richards said, becausethere are limited numbersof movies that usually goto bigger markets first.

“That’s the most diffi-cult part,” he said. “Some-times we don’t get a newrelease until the thirdweek. On the other hand,that means it’s less youhave to pay.”

Apart from the financialside, rural-area theatersserve a social function,according to Marci Pen-ner, director of the KansasSampler Foundation.

“Sure, people can watchthings on Netflix or HBOor whatever, but people –especially in rural areas –want to go out and bearound other people,” shesaid.


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LaHood praises Elmwood at groundbreakingBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – The cer-emonial groundbreakingfor Elmwood’s Habitat forHeroes home at 502 S.Locust was a “very mo-mentous occasion,” saidformer Congressman andTransportation SecretaryRay LaHood, who ap-peared as Master Sponsorfor Saturday’s event.

“Elmwood is a commu-nity that cares,” LaHoodadded. “You’re a welcom-ing group, which speaksso well of this commu-nity.”

The family to benefitfrom the project is U.S.

Army Staff Sgt. PatriciaHightower, an Elmwoodnative.

“Part of the AmericanDream is about owningyour own home,” LaHoodcontinued, “and it’s agreat opportunity to havethis wonderful home inthis fabulous community.”

The four-bedroom,13,000-square-foot homewill be celebrated againwhen Hightower returnsfrom an overseas assign-ment, according to Habi-tat for Humanity GreaterPeoria Area executive di-rector Lea AnneSchmidgall, who said sheexpects the home to befinished in Septemberwith the help of ElmwoodMilitary Build coordina-tors Gerri Pettit and Geor-gia Stevens and manyvolunteers.

“To all the volunteers:Thank you,” LaHoodadded. “Without friendsand neighbors, peoplewho care for one another,Habitat would not exist.Habitat couldn’t havefound a better place.Thank you, Elmwood.”

Already, the Habitat forHeroes project – centralIllinois’ second, after a2014 military build inMorton – Elmwood’ssponsors include WayneLitwiller Excavating;Bruce Ekhoff Builders;Tannock Electric; TimManess & Sons Amuse-ment; G&D Disposal;

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Williamsfield board OKs budget adjustmentBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

WILLIAMSFIELD – The Boardof Education on Monday unani-mously authorized an amendedbudget for Fiscal Year 2015, but theaction is a transfer of existing fundsrather than an increase in spending.

“Our total expenditures won’t ex-ceed the overall amount [previ-ously] predicted,” said District 210Superintendent Tim Farquer. “Infact, depending on state revenue, wemay end up with more days of cashon hand than we’d anticipated.

“I anticipate our overall expensesfor the year to come [will be] lessthan projected. That said, I expectrevenues to come in less as well.”

Citing the state budget stalematein Springfield, Farquer said the ad-

ministration has several options.The Board OK’d adjusting eight

line items for FY15 – includingIMRF (Illinois Municipal Retire-ment Fund) contributions, inter-scholastic/sports supplies totechnology supplies – to approve$192,525 more than budgeted.

In planned spending this summer,building projects such as roof work,a refurbished gymnasium floor andHVAC (heating, ventilating, and airconditioning) will total about$418,000, but almost all of that willbe covered by Knox County’sSchool Facility [penny] Tax.

Also, the Board unanimouslyOK’d buying a Cottonwood Courtlot on the village’s north side forabout $8,000 for a Building andTrades house project next year.

In other action,• Farquer reported the District

bought five desktop computers withfederal grant money, plans to buyfive more after July 1 with nextyear’s federal grant, and will buyfive others with District funds tohave 15 units for business classes.Also, some of next year’s Rural Ed-ucation Achievement Programmoney will purchase five iMacs forthe art classroom, and District fundswill buy enough Chromebooks sothe school will complete its one-to-one computer access for all grades.

• Construction of WilliamsfieldLibrary is tentatively to be finishedby the end of the month. The librarywill probably open in late August orearly September and have a grandopening during Homecoming.

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

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EDWARDSBethany Baptist Church7422 N. Heinz Ln., Edwards

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ELMWOODCrossroads Assembly of God

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

Elmwood Baptist ChurchPastor Dennis Fitzgerald

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

of ElmwoodReverend Marla B. Bauler201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood

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St. Patrick’sCatholic ChurchFather Paul Stiene

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

Tues. Rosary: 8:15 amUnited Methodist Church

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

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mond Snider, 85, of Farmington,died at 2:45 p.m., Friday June 5,2015 at his residence.

He was born in Oak Hill onSept. 15, 1929 to Ace Cole andMaggie (Fail) Snider.

He marriedFrances Turner.She precededhim in death onAug.10, 1978.

Surviving arefive children:Jackie (JoseJuan) Contrevasof Goshon, Ind.,Donna (Daniel)Johnson of Farmington, EarlSnider Jr. of Elmwood, Nancy(Gerald) Shriber of Dahinda, andDebbie (Josh) Rynearson of OakHill; three brothers, Ray (Billie)Snider of Toulon, Lee Snider ofCanton, and Joe Snider of Canton;and 20 grandchildren and 28great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death bytwo children: Janice Marie Sniderand Karen Hart; one brother, JackSnider; and two sisters, Wilda“Boots” Baskas and EvelynSmith; and one grandson, JasonCusack.

Earl worked for the railroad andwas a lineman for West CentralUtility.

He loved fishing, hunting andwas a dedicated Chicago Cub fan.Most of all, he was a loving fa-ther.

Cremation rites have been ac-corded. A memorial service willbe held at 4 p.m. on Friday (June12), 2015, at the United MethodistChurch in Brimfield.

Oaks-Hines Funeral Home inElmwood is in charge of arrange-ments.

Burial will follow at CombsCemetery in rural Edwards.

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“Mouse” Burgess, 69, of ruralGilson, a Brimfield native with rel-atives in Farmington and Yates

City, died May 30 at UnityPointHealth-Methodist in Peoria.

The son of Donald and VerniceBurcham Burgess in Brimfield, hegraduated from Yates City HighSchool in 1964.

Survivors include his life, Arvella“Gay” Vancil Allen; son Larry(Cheri) Allen of Farmington, sisterDonna (Richard) Grubb of YatesCity; sister-in-law Dianne Burgessof Yates City; and nephew Rodney(Kristin) Grubb of Farmington.

Graveside services were June 7 atthe Yates City Cemetery.

Condolences may be left athurd-hendricksfuneralhome.com.

Norma BurkittEDWARDS – Norma J. Burkitt,

65, of Peoria, mother of an Ed-wards man and a Farmingtonwoman, died May 29 at her resi-dence.

Survivors include son Joseph(Karen) Burkitt of Edwards; andtwo daughters, Teri Burkitt ofFarmington and Molly (Jon) Bad-ham of Naples, Fla.

A funeral Mass was held on June5 at St. Vincent de Paul CatholicChurch, with burial in ResurrectionCemetery.

Condolences may be left atwww.wrightandsalmon.com.

Ronald Camp ELMWOOD – Ronald L.

“Sonny” Camp, 85, of Elmwooddied June 4 at Heartland HealthCare Center in Canton.

Born April 1, 1930, in Williams-field to Marion and Florence(Kauffman) Camp, he marriedMarjorie Harkness on Oct. 20,1950, in Elmwood. She survives.

Also surviving are four children,Ronald D. (Shelley) Camp ofPrescott Valley, Ariz., Gary W.(Karen) Camp of Flint, Texas, Rick(Jo) Camp of Elmwood and Dennis(Heidi) Camp of Bullard, Texas; 10

grandchildren; 11 great-grandchil-dren; and one sister, Lavonne(Robert) Rushing of Elmwood.

Funeral services were June 8 atthe Elmwood United MethodistChurch, with burial at ElmwoodTownship Cemetery.

Condolences may be left atwww.oakshinesfuneralhome.com.

Evelyn KnightFARMINGTON – Evelyn B.

Knight, 95, of Hanna City, for-merly of Farmington, died June 3 atKountry View Retirement Home inHanna City.

Survivors include her daughter,Mary (Larry) Ulm of Farmington;four grandchildren, Tracy (Wes)Smith of Wilmington, Jason (Gina)Ulm of Deer Park, Texas, Jay (Stef-fanie) Ulm of Farmington, andChristopher Moore of Port Or-chard, Wash.; seven great-grand-children; and onegreat-great-grandchild.

Services were June 9 at Ander-son-Sedgwick Funeral Home inFarmington with burial in OakRidge Cemetery, Farmington.

Condolences may be left atwww.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com.

Barbara J. SullivanDAHINDA – Barbara J. Sulli-

van, 61, of Oak Run, died June 1.A memorial funeral Mass was

June 5 at St. Patrick’s CatholicChurch in Sheffield, with privateinurement in St. Patrick’s CatholicCemetery in Sheffield.

Condolences may be left atwww.stackhousemoore.com.

Larry YardFARMINGTON – Larry L. Yard,

74, of Arcadia, Fla., formerly ofPeoria and brother of a Farmingtonman, died May 26 at Tidewell Hos-pice House in Arcadia, Fla.

Survivors include brother JohnYard (Monica) of Farmington andsisters, Patty (Pipper) Langenbergof Norwood and Colleen (Chuck)Bush of Eureka.

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Farmington board discusses ‘personal devices’By MICHELLE SHERMAN

For The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON – A policy to in-tegrate students’ personal technol-ogy into the classroom needs morework before it is made official, theFarmington Community UnitSchool District 265 Board of Edu-cation decided on Monday.

Among changes to bring the stu-dent handbook up to date with legalchanges was a new section address-ing the use of personal devices forinstructional purposes.

Students at the elementary andjunior high school levels would berequired to keep devices in lockersor backpacks and turned off unlessan instructor gave permission to uti-lize them.

High school students could usedevices in hallways, cafeterias andresource centers, as well as in theclassroom with permission.

Board members, however, did notfeel the policy goes far enough to-ward setting out specific guidelines.

Kay Faralli felt that the policy it-self needed to define that devices beused only for instructional use, andthat she doesn’t want to see “stu-

dents pressuring teachers to allow”non-instructional use.

Access to sites such as Facebookand Netflix was chief in the mind ofKelly Threw, who recently sawthree games downloaded onto a dis-trict-owned iPad.

He felt there need to be morestrict controls over the devices andthe sites students can access to helpteach them control with technology.

“Facebook has this connotation ofbeing just a gossip tool and it’s not,”said Board President Dakota Horn.

Horn said that, beginning nextyear, students will receive instruc-tion in social media with a goal ofhelping navigate the digital land-scape responsibly and using thosesites as professionals.

Though there currently are noplans to wholesale block specificsites, Superintendent John Asplundsaid that responsibility for ensuringthat students are properly utilizingthe network is up to teachers andadministrators.

New wireless access points re-quire that students log into the stu-dent network using individualstudent ID numbers, allowing the

district to monitor what sites arebeing accessed. However, the sys-tem is not perfect, he said.

Giving kids the opportunity toprove they can use their own de-vices responsibly in the classroomwas advocated by District 265 Ac-tivities Director Eric Matthews.

“It’s just like anything now. If youhave those kids that abuse it, thenyou pull them aside and you addressit,” he said.

In other business the board:• Approved the annual prevailing

wage resolution.• Approved $140,121 for district

package insurance renewal. That isan $11,490 increase over last yeardue to the addition of cyber liabilityinsurance, an increase in worker’scompensation insurance and thecost of insuring the district’s newsolar panel array.

• Discussed offering a tuitionwaiver to allow the children of dis-trict employees to attend Farming-ton schools. The board is furtherinvestigating similar policies atother school districts before decid-ing whether to proceed with creat-ing a policy for Farmington.

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In Re ESTATE OF )BRUCE J. HOWARD, ) No. 15-P-233Deceased. )

NOTICE is given to creditors of the death of BRUCE J. HOWARD, on May2, 2015. Letters of Office were issued by the above entitled Court toLINDA S. KERSH, of 585 East Fulton Street, Farmington, Illinois 61531,and LAWRENCE WAYNE KERSH, of 585 East Fulton Street, Farmington,Illinois 61531, as Executors, whose attor neys of record are WHITNEY &POTTS, LTD., 118 West Main Street, P. O. Box 368, Elmwood, Illinois,61529-0368. Claims against the Estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk'sOf fice, Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or with the repre senta -tives or both on or before the 4th day of December, 2015 or if maili ng ordelivery of a Notice from the representatives is required by Sec. 18-3 ofthe Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that Notice. Every claim filedmust be in writing and state sufficient information to notify the representa-tive of the nature of the claim or other relief sought. Any claim not filedon or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerkmust be mailed or delivered by the claim ant to the representatives and tothe attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed and shall file withthe Court, proof of any required mailing or delivery of copies.

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Public Notice is hereby given that on the 29th day of June, 2015 at10:30 a.m. in courtroom 203 of the Peoria County Courthouse, 324Main Street, Peoria, Illinois, I will have my petition heard for thechange of my name from BONNIE MARIE MOYE to that of BONNIEMARIE SIEBERT pursuant to the statute in such case made and pro-vided.

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of the Williamsfield Fire Protection District at the regular meeting tobe held at the Williamsfield Fire Station, 200 East Gale Street,Williamsfield, Illinois, on Monday, July 13, 2015, commencing imme-diately after the close of the public hearing.

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The ELMWOOD RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD haspassed an Ordinance establishing prevail ing wage rates for publicworks construction in the Fire Protection District to be the same asthose in Peoria County and Knox County as determined by the IllinoisDepartment of Labor. Anyone wishing to inspect the Ordinance maydo so on weekdays at the Office of WHITNEY & POTTS, LTD., 118West Main Street, Elmwood, Illinois, during normal business hours.

DATED this 4th day of June, 2015.

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TITLE GAME: Speedster scored from first base

PEORIA – Local play-ers dominate the roster forthe 24th annual McDon-ald’s High School All-StarGame at Dozer Park onJune 16.

The North Team in-cludes 15 local playersand all four local baseballcoaches: Josh Putrich of

Farmington, BrandonPorter of Brimfield-Elm-wood, Chris Delbridge ofPrinceville and JohnClark of ROWVA-Williamsfield.

Players include:• Brimfield-Elmwood –

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• Princeville – LukeCokel, Brandon Crose,Brett Down, MitchellJanssen and Zach Sim-mons;

• ROWVA-Williams-field – Garrett Wight andEthen Hunt.

Gates open at 4 p.m.and the North vs. Southgame is slated to start at 5p.m. Admission is $5.

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liable B-E catcherRyleigh Keith – hurryingthe throw to get thespeedster McFeron –sailed the ball into center-field. Without breakingstride, McFeron barelybeat Hannah Baysingar’sthrow to the plate.

“Unfortunately,McFeron was a speedster,or we could’ve kept play-ing,” B-E ace pitcherMorgan Florey said. “Ihate to lose even morethan winning, but gettingto the state championshipgame and battling as wedid was amazing, espe-cially since we weren’teven picked to win ourregional. It was a seasonto remember for ourteam, school, and com-munity,.”

In spite of more con-tact at-bats by the LadyIndians than the Hor-nettes’ (who racked up 20whiffs against Florey), B-E just couldn’t hit the ball

hard enough or to theopen spots off pitcherMaci Ingram (32-2) ofNashville (39-2) – whichalso won state in 2012.

“Nashville is funda-mentally sound. Ingram’spitches had good move-ment,” Juerjens said.“Our young ladies foughtso hard. Morgan had herusual dominant stuff, butwe just couldn’t get thatrun across.”

Florey did pitchthrough some jitters in thebottom of the first inningafter yielding a walk andhitting a batter. But as hasso often been the case thisseason, she got out of thejam with strikeouts.

For most of the next 10innings a pattern of softcontact outs by the LadyIndians – who actuallydid not have a baserunnerfor the first 7.2 innings –and Floreys’ strikeoutsdominated this finale atEast Peoria’s EastSideCentre.

Following a Nashvilleleadoff single in its halfof the fourth, then a buntpop-up, Keith threw outDeidra Holzhauer on asteal attempt that wasvery big in keeping thecontest scoreless.

In Nashville’s half ofthe fifth, with two onfrom two rare Florey

walks, an epic pitcher-vs.-hitter confrontation tookplace with Florey and theHornettes’ Jordi Harre.Florey finally won on astrikeout, but only afterHarre continued to fouloff Florey offerings in a12-pitch at bat.

The bottom of the sixthcame very close to aNashville score with aone-out double, but it wasagain Florey strikeoutsthat kept the Hornettesfrom stinging.

The next two inningsproduced no signs ofscoring. Lady Indians’second baseman AbbyFrietsch reached first on aswinging bunt single inthe top of the ninth, butwas left there after threefly ball outs. In the bot-tom of the 10th, Floreyyielded a leadoff single,but then whiffed the nextthree, and seemed to bepicking up more steam.

B-E had hope in the11th after Hannah Huberhit a one-out single. Butshe moved no closer tohome due to the pitchingand defense that was thesignature of this classicchampionship matchup.

Morgan Ledbetter hadthe only other hit for B-E,a hard-hit single.

“Being able to play inthe state games with fam-

ily, friends, and youngersoftball players attendingwill be memories for therest of our lives,” seniorHuber said.

That was even moretrue on Sunday when theBrimfield-Elmwood play-ers were celebrated in theBrimfield gym and thenenjoyed fire truck ridesthrough both towns.

Evansville-bound sen-ior pitcher Florey said,“I’m really proud becausewe got two steps closerthan the last year and webroke history again.”

B-E fell to Rock IslandAlleman 10-5 in lastyear’s DeKalb Supersec-tional.

• Season stats – Floreycame into the final twogames of the tournamenthitting .517 with 16 homeruns and on the moundhad 378 strikeouts in153.2 innings with only28 walks issued and an0.36 ERA.

Prior to the final twogames, Ledbetter was thenext top hitter at .393(and led the Lady Indianswith 17 doubles) whileAllison Pillman was at.368, Kennedy Dura at.343 and Baysingar andKeith were both at .301.

Florey led with 45 runsbatted in and Dura wastops with 38 runs.


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SEMIFINALS: Florey stuck to ‘heat’we finally figured her out late, espe-cially in staying off the high pitches,”Dura said.

In the first six in-nings B-E made con-tact, but didn’t hit theball hard. Along withStorako’s good control,that meant the Lady In-dians had no real threatto cross the plate untilthe last inning.

For Florey and theLady Indians’ defense,the only frame thatcame close to provid-ing a scare was in thefifth when a Florey error on the leadoffhitter was followed by a bunt down thethird base line. That almost set up asecond-and-third, no-out situation, butfortunately for Brimfield, the ball

trickled foul. Florey then got an easy pop-up and

went back to strikeout mode, fanningtwo straight. Bishop Mac managed just

two other singles.“They were catching on

to that changeup,” Floreysaid. “I stuck with the heatand the riseball.”

After the four-run B-Eoutburst, Florey, who wasalmost always ahead inthe count struck out theside.

“Their pitcher wastough, but I more than hadconfidence in Mo gettingus through as she has so

many times,” Keith said.“Working with Ryleigh behind the

plate is huge for me every game. Wecommunicate to get the job done withjust a look to each other,” Florey said.


Clockwise from above: Morgan Florey pitches in thesemifinals. • Florey celebrates with Kennedy Dura afterthe win. • Abby Frietsch slaps down a bunt in the titlegame. • Team members greet well-wishers in Elm-wood. • The team’s six seniors pose with the trophy(left to right, Hannah Huber, Frietsch, Kendra Gorham,Hannah Baysingar, Ryleigh Keith and Florey). • Mor-gan Ledbetter and Allison Pillman are deep in discus-sion during the championship game. Photos by CollinFairfield, except ‘Six Seniors’ by Eileen Huber.

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Brimfield-Elmwood softball earns 2nd place

By PHIL JOHNSONFor The Weekly Post

EAST PEORIA – In one of the mostemployed sports cliches, “It’s a shame ateam had to lose this game.”

For awhile Saturday, it seemed as if theIllinois Class 2A softball state champi-onship game – a classic 11-inning battleof third-ranked Nashville vs. seventh-ranked Brimfield-Elmwood – wouldnever produce awinner or a loser.

But it was theHornettes’ speedyMackenzieMcFeron who fi-nally kept the LadyIndians (32-6-1)from claiming afirst state softballtitle in Nashville’s 1-0 win.

“It stings a little bit,” B-E coach KurtJuerjens said. “We had a wonderful sea-son.”

Trying every possible way to get on,McFeron led off the bottom of the 11thinning with a bunt single. Two pitcheslater on a McFeron steal attempt, very re-

By PHIL JOHNSONFor The Weekly Post

EAST PEORIA – Brimfield-Elm-wood punched its ticket to the Class2A state championship softball gameat East Peoria’s EastSide Centre lastFriday by outlasting Kankakee BishopMcNamara with four runs in the top ofthe seventh. That late scoring outburst,

coupled withMorgan Florey’s17-strikeout per-formance, sealeda 4-0 victory forthe Lady Indians.

Lady Irishpitcher AlexStorako, exceptfor strikeouts,matched Floreyin being run

stingy until B-E wore her down.“Some infield hitting and two big

RBI singles, along with Morgan’sstrikeout pitching, worked really wellfor us,” coach Kurt Juerjens said.

The Lady Indians breakthroughcame in the seventh on a RyleighKeith leadoff single, followed by ahard hit ball by Allison Pillman that

Bishop McNamara couldn’t handle.Hannah Baysingar followed with abunt single that loaded the bases withno outs.

Storako bore down for two straightstrikeouts and a 1-2 count on KendraGorham. But Gorham, on the nextpitch, took the outside offering toright field for a two-run single.

“I’ve felt confident at the plate re-

cently, even down two strikes,”Gorham said. “It was probably one ofthe most nerve-wracking moments ofmy life. I was looking for that fastballon the outside corner.”

Following a free pass to Florey,Kennedy Dura lined a two-run singleto center.

“Their pitcher was very good, butContinued on Page 14Continued on Page 15

(Above) Brimfield-Elmwood softball players celebrate Friday’s 4-0 semifinal win overKankakee Bishop McNamara. From left to right are: Ryleigh Keith, Allison Pillman,Hannah Baysingar, Morgan Florey, Abby Frietsch and Hannah Huber. (Left) KendraGorham leads off second. (Right) Smiles were harder to come by on Saturday after a1-0 loss in 11 innings in the title game that meant the Lady Indians had to settle for asecond-place and a runner-up trophy. Photos by Collin Fairfield.

Lady Indians losefinale, 1-0 in 11

Four-run seventhdecides semifinal

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