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FESTIVAL SEASON BEGINS!

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – It’s not calledStrawberry Festival because of theappeal of illustrations of dimpledfruit. The community’s 28th annualspring celebration this Saturday willonce more feature all kinds of straw-berry treats to tempt the most dis-criminating taste.

Being prepared are the Strawberrypancake breakfast (6-10 a.m.), straw-berry jams, strawberry pies, straw-berry sundaes, strawberry shortcakes,strawberry pizzas, and – a change ofpace that’s delicious as well as tradi-tional – pork-chop sandwiches. Thefood tent is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Also returning is a caricature artistfrom Chicago’s Navy Pier, who waspopular last year.

Besides old favorites, the 2016Strawberry Festival will have a newlook, according to Amy Davis, whocoordinates entertainment for the fes-

Strawberries start local festival season

By KELSEY WATZNAUERFor The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON – With some luck, newsidewalks could be in the future for the his-toric downtown here.

The Farmington City Council held a publichearing last Thursday to present and discussproposed street improvements for downtown,including business owners who will be af-fected by the changes.

Immediately following the hearing, thecouncil convened for a special meeting inwhich they approved an ordinance authoriz-ing a $250,000 loan from the Bank of Farm-ington – or some other local bank – to match20 percent of the estimated cost of the project,in accordance with the requirements of theIllinois Department of Transportation En-hancement Program (ITEP).

A similar grant was used by the City ofElmwood for its Streetscaping project in2014-15.

“With the construction costs, the engineer-

Farmingtonseeks grant forStreetscaping

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BRIMFIELD – James Bennett, formerFire Chief at the Brimfield Community Fire

Protection District initiallyaccused of theft, credit-card fraud and deceptivepractices last year, agreedto a negotiated agreementon Friday (May 27).

Judge Albert Purhamsentenced Bennett to 180days in the Peoria CountyJail and 30 months’ proba-

tion.Purham ordered Bennett, 40, to report to

Former fire chiefwill see jail time

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In addition to plenty of food, live music and an expected 130+ craft vendors, the car show is a big draw for Elmwood’sannual Strawberry Festival, which is this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Photo by Jeff Lampe.

New Strawberry Festival bannershave gone up in Elmwood. Photo byAmy Davis.

Festivals Ahead• June 4-5 – Art on Main Fine Arts Fes-

tival, Canton• June 10-11 – Smoke on the Prairie,

Brimfield• June 11 – My Place St. Jude Benefit

Run, Yates City• June 16-19 – Heritage Days,

Princeville • June 24-26 – Olde English Faire,

Wildlife Prairie Park• June 25 – Farmington Summer Festi-

val, Farmington• Aug. 11-13 – Old Settlers Days, Brim-

field• Aug. 13 – FROG Fest, Dahinda United

Methodist Church • Aug. 19-20 – Harvest Home Festival,

Yates City • Sept. 8-10 – Fall Festival, Elmwood• Oct. 1-2, 8-9 – Spoon River Valley

Scenic Drive(Event missing? Email [email protected])

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FARMINGTON: Decision due by this falling costs, you’re lookingat a project just over a mil-lion dollars,” said KeithPlavec of Maurer-Stutz,the engineering firm lead-ing the project. “[IllinoisDepartment of Transporta-tion]’s ITEP grant willmatch up to 80 percent.”

Given the current proj-ect cost estimation of$1,037,850, the IllinoisDepartment of Transporta-tion potentially will cover$830,280, leaving$207,570 to the city if theapplication is accepted.

“The program with thestate this year is $29 mil-lion – each project has amaximum of $2 million,”said City AdministratorRollen Wright.

Bidding is very compet-itive and IDOT is lookingfor “shovel-ready” proj-ects, Plavec said.

“We will have surveyorsstarting next week. We’realready about halfway

through the [Environmen-tal Survey Review] sub-mittal,” he said. “So wehope that is something thatwill at least make our ap-plication more attractive.”

Authorizing the loan is astep toward making theproject shovel-ready whilestill in the planning stageof Phase 1, Mayor KentKowal said. He said theordinance helps assureIDOT that Farmingtonwill be able to offer 20percent of the project feeshould the grant applica-tion be accepted.

Alderman Matt Ulmquestioned whether a loancould be put out for bid toobtain “the best rate.”

Kowal agreed that couldhappen should the projectbe approved.

The council discussedpaying the loan with fundsfrom the TIF district, butno formal decision wasmade.

The proposed area forStreetscape improvementscovers the final threeblocks of East Fort Street,including the entirety of itsintersection with MainStreet. According to Mau-rer-Stutz, the improve-ments will include:

• removing existing curband sidewalk,

• removing existingstreet lighting,

• installing new curb andsidewalk,

• installing ADA-ap-proved sidewalk access atintersections,

• installing ADA-ap-proved access to busi-nesses,

• and installing 13 newstreet lights with LEDbulbs. Light poles wouldinclude flagpole insertsand banner arms.

During the hearing,local business ownersbrought forward their con-

cerns, some of which willrequire an adjustment tothe project cost estimation.These include hollow side-walks and slow drainage(and consequential flood-ing) on the north side ofFort Street.

Plavec said he wants towork with business own-ers on a case-by-case basisto find the best solutionsfor each situation.

The ITEP applicationmust be submitted for ap-proval by June 17 andproject selections will beannounced in Fall 2016.

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THE WEEK AHEAD

This Week’s Eventss Adult Coloring – Adult coloring

night at Morrison and Mary Wiley Li-brary in Elmwood is Thursday (June 2)at 6:30 p.m. Coffee, tea and hot choco-late available.

s NAMI Meeting NAMI Mental Ill-ness Education meeting is Thursday(June 2) from 7-8:30p.m. at ICC North,Poplar Hall Rm. 129.Topic is “Ask theProfessionals AboutHealthy Living.”

s Free Bread –Free bread availableat Elmwood Methodist Church Friday(June 3) from 10-11 a.m.

s Bizarre Bazaar – WilliamsfieldPublic Library Summer Saturdays“Bizarre Bazaar” is Saturday (June 4) toAug. 6 from 9 a.m.- 12 p.m. in theWLPD parking lot. To set up a table, signin at the WLPD Circulation Desk. Call(309) 639-2630.

s BINGO Night – BINGO night atFarmington Moose is Monday (June 6)

at 6:30 p.m. s Country Comfort – UnityPoint

Methodist Well mobile will be at Coun-try Comfort Retirement Home in Elm-wood on Wednesday (June 8). Get yourblood pressure checked, have labs drawnand more. Call (309) 742-2274

s Family Bingo – Morrison & MaryWiley Library in Elmwoodhas family bingo June 9, 6-6:45 p.m. Register at (309)742-2431.

Future Eventss Championship BBQ –

Brimfield Area Men’s ClubSmoke on the Prairie is

June 10-11 on the streets of downtownBrimfield. Come see the BBQ competi-tion, food tent, live music and more.

s Garden Tour – Williamsfield GardenTour is June 11, 3-5:30 p.m. Meetdowntown, tour five gardens. Refresh-ments to follow tour.

s Honor Flight – A fund raiser forHonor Flight is set for June 12 at BishopHill Park, 3-6 p.m. BBQ ribs, presenta-tion of colors, music, live auction.

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s St. Jude – Saddle Up for St. Jude event is Satur-day (June 4) at the Jubilee State Park horse trails.Raffles and giveaways all day, trail ride at 10 a.m.,lunch at 12 p.m. and auction at 1 p.m. Call Julie at(309) 253-5857 with questions. s Knitting Guild – Heart of Illinois Knitting Guild isTuesday (June 7) at 9 a.m. in Memorial Hall atMaple Lawn Homes in Eureka. All welcome.

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Rambling through central Illinoispondering life’s many lessons.

uuuTwo words can be very expen-

sive. As in, “I’ll pay $36 cashmoney to anyhigh school trackathlete whoemails me a pic-ture of them nextto the Burl IvesStudio.” In a bet-ter-edited world,that sentencefrom last week’sramblin’ mess ofa column would have read “I’ll pay$36 in the form of a check to thefirst high school track state meetqualifier who emails me a picture...”Consider that yet another expensivelesson for a fledgling publisher. Thepictures started arriving via emailThursday evening and trickled inthrough Saturday, when the last oneappeared showing Elmwood juniorJackson Harkness (above right) withhis medal in a pose that would havemade the old gridder Burl proud. ...In addition to Harkness, we got pho-tos of Judd Anderson of Farmingtonand Elmwood-Brimfield track qual-ifiers: Hayden Golemon, Cooper Hoff-mann, Matt Osmulski, Griff Inskeepand Trevor Dunkel. Also crowbarred

in the picture was Derek McCoy, whocame off injured reserve in time fora photo session and whose moneywill be donated to the Oak Hill Ar-boretum and Winery. But we willpay out $252 to the other athleteswhen they make an in-person visit(no moms or dads) to our Elmwoodoffice during business hours (whichare very, very flexible). If anyone isworried about possible IHSA viola-tions, that’s probably wise. We willgladly offer a handshake instead ofmoney.

uuuSpeaking of words of wisdom,

there was this kindly reminder of-fered by loyal reader Sherry Powersof Elmwood. “You know, Jeff, mostpeople don’t like snakes.” No doubtabout that. That’s one reason I wanta snake in the office: to prove ser-pents aren’t all bad. They eat ro-dents. They are generally timid andseldom cause much of a problem.But, like insect-eating spiders andbats, snakes get a bad rap. ... All thatbeing said, our current residentsnake, Milky Jr., is a no-good, low-down, grouch. Every attempt athandling this allegedly docile milksnake has earned fangs for the han-dler. There are many theories onthis. Perhaps Milky Jr. bites out ofhunger (will not eat the mice placed

in its cage). Perhaps Milky Jr. justneeds to be handled more (which isa hard sell right now with our crewof blood-stained snake handlers).My personal explanation is thatMilky Jr. is a female, which basi-cally says it all, but needs to also in-clude the words ... “that is about tolay eggs.” Certainly we don’t meanto imply all females are grouchy.Such a comment could be more ex-pensive than the Burl Ives fiasco. ...Parting shot: Did I mention, trackkids, that your money will be in thesnake cage?

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Before I went to work at my lastjob, I had several questions before Iagreed to start. The main one dealtwith the world of commissionedsales, which I was about to enter.

I had been on commission-onlysales jobs in the past. I did quitewell for myself as a matter of fact. Iworked for one company for fiveyears, and inthree of thoseyears, I was thetop salesman inIllinois.

But I had a ter-ritory. No oneelse in my com-pany could sell inmy territory. I justhad to worryabout my competitors and they wereeasy to beat.

This job was one selling majorappliances in a store. I had othersalespeople who would be workingalongside me, and I wondered ifthere was any backstabbing thatwent on. So, I asked, “What if oneof my customers comes back andI’m not here? Will I still get the saleor will someone else steal it fromme?”

The manager seemed offendedthat I would ask such a question.“That would be the same as ifsomeone came into your house andstole something out of your refrig-erator!” he said. “We would firesomeone for doing that!”

Wow! A company with integrity!I would later find out just howmuch of a crock that was.

In the three-plus years I workedfor that employer, I learned a com-missioned selling floor was one ofthe most cut-throat places on Earth.I was stabbed in the back by fellowemployees so many times that I lostcount. Other salespeople reasonedthat no one would know if theytook a sale from someone else be-cause not many customers returnedto the store after buying something.Appliances lasted a long time.

I should have known somethingwas up when I was put through twoweeks of training, one week at ourhome office in Wisconsin. In thetwo weeks, they didn’t cover thefeatures and benefits of the prod-ucts; they only taught us how tosell.

Learning about the appliances Iwas going to be selling had to bedone on my own time.

We had no system to take turnshelping people who came to our de-partment. Whoever got to the cus-tomer first was the one who got towork with them. One sales-man was so aggressive that I oncesaw him shove a receipt in the gen-eral direction of the customer whohad just paid him while he dartedoff toward someone else who hadjust walked into the department.

Most of the time, we spent wait-ing for customers to come in. As

many as five of us would stand rightat the front of the department, justwaiting for someone to come by. Itwas very close to watching vultureswait for something to fall over deadbefore attacking the carcass.

A friend came in once and toldme he thought he was walkingdown the midway at a carnival. Allthe salesmen were calling out tohim as he got close. He pretendedto need something in another de-partment, and then went elsewhereto buy a stove rather than fight allof us.

Salesmen in my departmentweren’t beneath outright stealing asale from a fellow salesman. Onetime I worked with a customer, butcouldn’t get them to buy from methat day. I had offered them the bestprice I could, guaranteed that ifthey found a lower price, I’d meetit, but they still wouldn’t pull outtheir credit card.

One of the other salesmen in ourdepartment lurked an aisle or twoaway. As the customer started towalk out, the other salesman fol-lowed them to the front door. Hetold them that if they’d buy today,he’d give them a better price, PLUSfree delivery.

They took the deal.Since our commission was based

not on the price of the appliance,but rather on the profit the companymade on the sale, giving them a

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

Milliman trial date seton obstruction charge

FARMINGTON – Twenty-one-year-old Cotyjo Milliman of Elm-wood on Friday received a trial dateof July 18 on the obstructing justicecharge in connection with the after-math of an April 2015 truck crash inwhich 22-year-old Joshua Fuller ofTrivoli died.

Judge Albert Purham set that date,preceded by a July 8 schedulingconference, and cancelled an origi-nal trial date of June 6 over the ob-jection of prosecutor BrianFitzSimons, who argued that the 13months since the fatal accidentshould have provided time to pre-pare for trial.

Milliman’s prosecution is one ofseveral cases tied to the accident onMcClellan Road east of Elmwood,where Fuller died, according tocourt testimony.

The truck was driven by DillonNolan, 22, of Hanna City, and onApril 14 he was sentenced to 5½ to9 years in prison after pleadingguilty to leaving the scene of an ac-cident involving a death and to ag-gravated Driving Under theInfluence.

Milliman and three others –James Kosner, 22, of Peoria;William Zamaro, 28, of Farming-ton; and Michael Wilson, 21, ofFarmington – were indicted on ob-struction of justice charges for al-legedly providing false informationabout Fuller’s medical condition, orabout Nolan’s truck, which had

been moved from the scene.Wilson on May 12 was sentenced

to 180 days in the Peoria CountyJail and 30 months’ probation.

Obstructing justice is a Class-4felony with a penalty of up to threeyears in prison and a fine of up to$25,000.

Kosner has a June 24 schedulingconference and July 5 trial date, andZamaro has a July 15 schedulingconference and an Aug. 1 trial date.Hearing for Fostercontinued again

LEWISTOWN – The May 25 sta-tus hearing for Elmwood man ac-cused of attacking a Farmingtonpolice officer once more was con-tinued after Public Defender WalterBarra said he hadn’t received mate-rial for a doctor to determine 21-year-old Austin Foster’s fitness tostand trial until the previous Friday(May 20).

Judge Thomas B. Ewing gave thedefense a two-week continuance, soFoster’s next appearance will beJune 8.

Foster was charged with at-tempted murder of a peace officer,aggravated battery to a peace offi-cer, disarming a peace officer, anddomestic battery in connection withan April 3 fight with Farmingtonpolicewoman Jennifer Parkinson.Parkinson stopped Foster’s vehicleon Park Road on the south side ofFarmington, where Foster allegedlyattacked the officer.

They struggled until Parkinsonreached her sidearm and fired once,hitting Foster in the upper thigh, ac-cording to the Illinois State Police.

Both were transported to the hos-

pital. Parkinson was treated andplaced on paid leave. Foster wastreated, taken into custody anddriven to the Fulton County Jail inLewistown, where he remains incar-cerated on a $750,000 bond.

The attempted murder charge is aClass-X felony with punishmentupon conviction of 20 to 80 years inprison without probation, $25,000in fines, and three years of manda-tory supervised release.

Police reports• Benjamin Frantz, 20, of Elm-

wood on May 25 was issued a traf-fic citation and arrested for anoutstanding warrant and transportedto the Peoria County Jail.

• Kevin Anderson, 57, of Brim-field on May 27 was arrested for do-mestic battery and transported to thePeoria County Jail.

• Justin Goodwin, 32, of Elm-wood on May 29 was arrested fordisorderly conduct and resisting po-lice, and transported to the PeoriaCounty Jail.

• Barbara Price, 23, of Princevilleon May 29 was arrested for domes-tic battery and transported to thePeoria County Jail.

• Eric Wilson, 25, of Princevilleon May 29 was arrested for domes-tic battery and transported to thePeoria County Jail.Deer accident

• May 25: Anna King of Elm-wood near the intersection ofShissler Road and Illinois Route78 in Brimfield Township.Marriage license

• Jacob Ely and Nicole Donahue,both of Princeville.

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better price plus free delivery almosteliminated every commission dollar onthe sale.

I think the commission ended upbeing around $8. The other salesmanhad enough other sales that this was just$8 extra and he didn’t have to do muchwork for it. I didn’t feel I could afford toreduce the price that much and stillmake everyone happy.

Another time, a friend of mine walkedinto the department and asked to speakwith “Gallagher.” A saleslady who hadapproached them got a sad look on her

face. “Oh, I’m sorry. He’s no longer with

us,” she said, just as I came around thecorner.

My friend went postal on her. “He’sright there!” he shouted along with a fewother choice words.

“Oh. Jon. I thought you said ‘Ron.’”“I said ‘Gallagher,’ you (very deroga-

tory term)! I never even mentioned hisfirst name!”

It was just the beginning of a long,disastrous career where I’d come homeat night and wonder how many kniveswere sticking out of my back.

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jail on Sept. 5 to accommodate his cur-rent job, and also to repay a total of$10,884.45 to the fire department and aLitchfield fire and safety equipmentcompany, plus $1,927 in court costs.

Assistant State’s Attorney DeborahShelby said that the prosecution agreedto dismiss a second count of theft.

The theft charge Bennett was con-victed of is a Class 2 felony with a po-tential penalty of 3 to 7 years in stateprison and 2 years of supervised release,

Purham said.Bennett had been accused of charging

thousands of dollars of fuel for his per-sonal use to the fire department creditcard and also keeping hundreds of dol-lars from checks intended for the depart-ment, prosecutors said, after firedepartment officials reported concernsbrought to light by accountants.

Bennett, who resigned in May 2015and initially pleaded not guilty, will becredited for four days he was jailed lastsummer.

FIRE CHIEF: A theft charge droppedContinued from Page 1

YOU ARE INVITED TO OUROPEN HOUSE

COME SAY FAREWELL (NOT GOODBYE)TO JEFF AND STACY

AT ESSENTIAL WELLNESS PHARMACYFirst, we want to thank you for the opportunity to serve you at Essential Wellness

Pharmacy for the past seven years and to the greater Peoria area for the last 25 years.It has been an honor and privilege for us to serve you for all these years. You have

taken the risk to share your illness and pain, and ultimately, joy and healing with us and we can not thank you enough for blessing us with your truth. Inturn, we have strived to give you compassionate, knowledgeable, and excellent service.

The important part for you, is knowing that service will not end. Jeff will be comingback periodically and the team that has been serving you competently for these pastyears, is 100% intact and ready to continue to serve you. These are the most amazing,dedicated and loving people we have ever worked with... we can't thank them enoughfor all their hard work and service to our mission.

Bill and Monica Kalman, the new owners of Essential Wellness Pharmacy, are dedi-cated to continuing and even improving the great traditions we have formed over theyears.

After 40 years of retail experience, Stacy and I are looking forward to new and excit-ing opportunities and challenges. Stacy is deeply involved with CASA - which servesneglected and abused children in the US court system. Aiding the children in having avoice when no one else will speak for them.

Jeff has started Summit Functional Consulting, and will continue to do personalhealth consultations and also consult with independent pharmacies-to help them be-come more competitive in this challenging pharmacy market. Jeff feels this is an important way to give back to the profession that he loves so much.

Jeff has been divinely inspired to serve the non-profit organization Love 146. This isan organization that creates safe houses and educates the community about humantrafficking, especially children sex trafficking.SO HERE IS OUR INVITATION TO YOU.....

Please come visit us between June 2nd through the 10th to say “Farewell,” but notgoodbye. Stop by to chat, hug, and if you wish, a small donation for CASA or Love 146-but do not feel obligated to do so. We just want to see as many of our wonderful pa-tients as possible.

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A sizable crowd turned out for Elmwood’s annual Memorial Day parade from Cen-tral Park to Elmwood Township Cemetery, where veterans placed a wreath on theCivil War Monument. Photo by Jeff Lampe.

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KICKAPOO – The Ju-bilee College State His-toric Site will be openfrom 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fri-day (June 3) for tours ofthe building and cemetery,with volunteers guidingvisitors to the graves offamous people.

The site’s butterfly gar-den and prairie, main-tained down the hill fromthe stately stone structureby the Peoria CountyMaster Gardeners, alsocan be viewed.

Founded in 1840 byEpiscopal Bishop Philan-der Chase, the college wasone of Illinois’ earliest ed-ucational enterprises, op-erating from 1840-62.

The building was closedin 2008 due to statebudget cuts. The groundsare open 7:30 a.m. to 3:30p.m. weekdays.

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STRAWBERRIES: Entertainers in bandstandtival committee.

“The most noticeablechange will be that the en-tertainment will be in the[Central Park] bandstandrather than on a stage onMagnolia Street,” shesays. “With the kind of

acts we have booked, thebandstand will work won-derfully for their sound,people will be more in theshade, [and] those in linefor the food tent and eat-ing at the picnic tableswill be able to listen aswell. People are still wel-

come to bring lawn chairsand place them near thebenches.”

Musical acts include themen’s a cappella groupthe Pride of Peoria 10-10:30 a.m.), the women’sa cappella group the Heartof Illinois Chorus 10:30-11, 12-12:30), musicalstylist Richard Selquist(11-12, 2:30-3:30) andFour Other Brothers(12:30-1:30, 3:30-4:30), aquartet of jazz trumpeters.The Heartland Cloggerswill also appear at 4:30-5.

Another change, al-though nothing new, arethe vendors, which num-ber a whopping 137 as of

press time, according tocommittee vendor coordi-nator Jill Gensler – arecord for the festival.

Besides the strawberryfood booths and vendorsselling their wares, Davistouts the car show and thecommunity itself.

“People come for milesfor the car show, thecrafts, the treats, and tovisit Elmwood’s uniqueand charming shops andrestaurants,” she says.

The Strawberry Festivalcommittee, chaired byTanya Endres, benefitsmany nonprofit organiza-tions, from Elmwood andsurrounding communities,Davis says.

However, since Straw-berry Festival weekendhas been hit by badweather (a tornado in2010, a straight-line windstorm in 2009), somewonder whether commit-tee members are resortingto breaking out rabbit’sfeet, shamrocks or otherlucky charms to ward offtempests.

“Of course, we wouldlove a nice day like lastyear,” Davis says, laugh-ing. “Even if it rains, theshow will go on. We arehopeful for another beau-tiful day.”




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PRINCEVILLE –After a six-minute budgethearing Wednesday (May24), the Board of Educa-tion unanimously ap-proved an amendedbudget that reflectschanges since the initialbudget.

Changes includedeficits of $87,025 in theEducation fund, $11.077in Transportation, $2,385in Tort and $35,182 inFire Prevention & Safety,plus $6.5 million in Capi-tal Projects.

“This is routine,” saidSuperintendent ShannonDuling. “Each year, atthe end of the year, if wehave any funding over orunder [our initial esti-mates], we have anamended budget. Evennow, it’s still a guess.”

Despite PrincevilleC.U.S.D. 326 losing$750,000 in state fundingin the last five years,Duling said, the District’soverall estimated fundbalances remain positive,so no deficit-reductionplan is required.

Concerning the ongo-ing state-budget stale-mate, Duling said, “Weare hopeful that they passa budget. If not, we willhave some difficult deci-sions that will need to bemade. We will likely dis-

cuss more at June andJuly meetings.”

Concerning the Dis-trict’s amended budget,Duling added, “All in all,it looks positive. Wehave received three pay-ments in Transportation[from the state] and it’spossible we could evenget the last [promised]payment. It looks a lotbetter” than feared.

Also looking good isprogress on the months-long capital project, ac-cording to constructionmanager Brian Faulknerfrom P.J. Hoerr. He re-ported that the contin-gency fund for unfore-seen expenses still has asurplus of more than$31,000. Some floorpatching remains ahead,asbestos is being ad-dressed, and Cullinanwill stabilize and expandthe parking lot with achipped surface.

Change orders haveamounted to about 3 per-cent, Faulkner said,adding “seven to 10 per-cent is not unusual in aremodel. Anything less

than five percent ismiraculous.”

Also, Sarah Joos fromBLDD Architects fromBloomington explained aredesigned concessionbuilding to meet HealthDepartment require-ments, and presented anew vinyl logo to be in-

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CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOISPeoria County, in Probate

In the Matter of the Estate of )WILLIAM G. PHEIFFER ) 16-P-196

NOTICE OF CLAIM DATENotice is hereby given to creditors of the death of WILLIAM G. PHEIF-

FER. Letters Testimentary were issued to COLEEN M. PHEIFFER, whoseaddress is 435 S. Walnut, Princeville, Illinois 61559, as Executor, whoseattorneys are CORDIS & CORDIS, Attorneys at Law, 129 North WalnutStreet, P.O. Box 445, Princeville, Illinois 61559.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk's Office, Peo-ria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or with the representative, orboth, on or before the 26th day of November, 2016, or if mailing or deliv-ery of a notice from the representative is required by Sec. 18-3 of theProbate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed onor before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk mustbe mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the at-torney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated: June 2, 2016.

COLEEN M. PHEIFFER, Executor of the Estate of WILLIAM G. PHEIFFER, Deceased

By: /S/ Jennie Cordis BoswellAttorney for Estate

Cordis & Cordis Attorneys for Executor 129 North Walnut StreetP.O. Box 445Princeville, Illinois 61559309.385.4616


In the Matter of the Estate of )ELEANOR M. ASAL, Deceased ) 16-P-211

NOTICE OF CLAIM DATENotice is given to creditors of the death of ELEANOR M. ASAL. Letters

of Office were issued to CAROL K. FAIRFIELD, 19121 North Perry Street,Princeville, IL 61559, as Executor, whose attorney is THE CORDIS LAWOFFICE, LLC, Attorneys at Law, 129 North Walnut Avenue, P. O. Box 445,Princeville, Illinois 61559.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk's Office, Peo-ria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or with the representative, orboth, on or before the 2nd day of December, 2016 or if mailing or deliv-ery of a notice from the representative is required by Sec. 18-3 of theProbate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed onor before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk mustbe mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the at-torney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated, May 26, 2016.

CAROL K. FAIRFIELD, Executor of theEstate of ELEANOR M. ASAL, Deceased

By: /S/ Kerry R. Cordis Attorney for Estate

The Cordis Law Office, LLC Attorneys for Administrator 129 North Walnut AvenueP. O. Box 445Princeville, IL 61559309/385-4616


In the Matter of the Estate of )SUSI ANN CAIN ) 16-P-152

NOTICE OF CLAIM DATENotice is hereby given to creditors of the death of SUSI ANN CAIN.

Letters Testimentary were issued to BRENDA C. BARRETT, whose ad-dress is 522 E. Prospect St., Farmington, Illinois 61531, and JENNIFERL. MARKUM, whose address is 3420 N. Leroy Ave., Peoria, Illinois61604, as Co-Executors, whose attorneys are CORDIS & CORDIS, Attor-neys at Law, 129 North Walnut Street, P.O. Box 445, Princeville, Illinois61559.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk's Office,Tazewell County Courthouse, Pekin, Illinois, or with the representative, orboth, on or before the 26th day of November, 2016, or if mailing or deliv-ery of a notice from the representative is required by Sec. 18-3 of theProbate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed onor before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk mustbe mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the at-torney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated: June 2, 2016.

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the work. Also, the District applied foran E-rate grant from the Illinois StateBoard of Education. If that’s approved,the District will be reimbursed for 50percent of that cost;

• the board accepted the resignationsof Chris Delbridge (8th Grade Boys’Basketball), Barb Kratzer (Junior Classsponsor), Eric Givens (Junior HighScholastic co-sponsor), Jodee Bauman(Junior High Assistant Track coach),Chad Gardner (Junior High Softballcoach), Matt Russell (Assistant HighSchool Football coach), Bill Phelps(7th Grade Boys Basketball coach),Chris Bergschneider (SophomoreBoys’ Basketball coach), and MellissaLester (PJHS Cheerleading coach), andthe retirement of cafeteria employeeand long-time secretary Kathy Gar-retts;

• The board approved hiring JenniKielion (special education), TiffanyRogers (full-time custodian), AustinVanLaningham (part-time tech summerposition), Michelle Brawley (7thGrade Girls Basketball coach), andShona Sears (Cheerleading); and

• Grade School Principal Julie Bay-less reported that the Illinois PrincipalsAssociation recently honored 8thgrader Lindsey Graham, 6th graderOlivia Menot and Assistant PrincipalRockell Daniels, and that PrincevilleHigh School seniors together earnedabout $600,000 in scholarships


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OBITUARIESMarjorie McBroom

PRINCEVILLE – MarjorieMcBroom, 91, of Hanna City,mother of a Princeville woman,died May 21 at Farmington Coun-try Manor.

Marjorie was born on Dec. 2,1924, to Stewart and Jennie(Bruniga) McMeen in Glasford.She married Herschel H. McB-room in November of 1945.

Surviving Marjorie are daugh-ters Lori A. (Tom Gilles) Ely ofPrinceville and Lynnette L.(Roger) Beecher of Hanna City;son Stanley R. (Jill) McBroom ofMapleton; six grandchildren;seven great-grandchildren; andseveral nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were at theHanna City United MethodistChurch on May 26, with burial atSmithville Cemetery.

Condolences may be left onlineat www.Davison-Fulton.com.

William J. McNultyBRIMFIELD – William J. “Bill”

McNulty, 69, of Edelstein, brotherof a Brimfield woman, died onMay 24 at UnityPoint Methodist inPeoria.

He is survived by siblingsCheryl (John) Becker of Brimfield,Patricia (Jim) Miller of TreasureIsland, Fla., Mike (Crystal) Mc-Nulty of Peoria, and Teresa(Bruce) Thiemann of East Peoria.

Per Bill's request, there will beno public service or visitation.Cremation rites have been ac-corded and inurnment will be athistoric Springdale Cemetery inPeoria.

Condolences may be left onlineat www.ClaryFunerals.com.

Kathryn PorterFARMINGTON – Kathryn Mar-

garet Mary Porter, 89, of Farming-ton, died May 24 at her daughter’shome surrounded by family.

She was born March 21, 1927, inFarmington to Gerald and Eliza-beth (Hammersbach) Bales. Shemarried James R. Porter Aug. 1,1948, in Farmington. He precededher in death. Also preceding her indeath are her parents and onebrother, Pat Bales.

Surviving are six children; TerriPsinas, Diane Gilstrap, JohnPorter, Jerold Porter, Jamie Leeper,and Donna Nelson; 8 grandchil-dren; 16 great-grandchildren; and6 great-great-grandchildren; andone sister, Betty Miner.

Kathryn was a member of Farm-ington United Methodist Churchand the Eastern Stars in Farming-ton. She enjoyed knitting and cro-cheting and many families, clubsand charities received her items.

Services were May 27 at Ander-son-Sedgwick Funeral Home inFarmington, with at OakridgeCemetery in Farmington.

Condolences may be left online atwww.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com.Christina Simpson-Hamoum

PRINCEVILLE – ChristinaSimpson-Hamoum, 37, of Peoria,sister of a Princeville man, diedMay 23 at UnityPoint Health-Methodist hospital.

Survivors include her husband,Fayssal Hamoum; brothers JohnSimpson of Princeville, Roy Simp-

son Jr. of Pekin, and Joseph Simp-son of Peoria; and mother Bonnie(Lusk) Simpson of Peoria.

Her funeral was May 29 at Rem-mert Funeral Home in East Peoria,with cremation accorded followingservices.

Condolences may be left onlineat RemmertFuneralHome.com.

John VanHoutenFARMINGTON – John G.

“Butch” VanHouten, 70, of Farm-ington, died on Saturday, May 28,at his residence.

He was born on June 22, 1945,in Farmington, a son of Howard“Swede” and Helen Westerby Van-Houten.

Surviving are one brother, James(Sandy) VanHouten of Farming-ton; two sisters, Dianne (Tony)Morton of Farmington, Vicki LynnFeger of Lewistown; his fiancé,Lola Gaffney of Durand, three sis-ter-in-laws, Artis F. VanHouten ofFarmington, Bonnie VanHouten ofMonterey, Marie VanHouten ofMiddlegrove, and 21 nephews andnieces.

Butch was preceded in death byhis parents, and three brothers,Kenneth, Ronald “Zeke,” andThomas VanHouten, and a nephewHoward.

He was a United States AirForce Veteran where he servedfour years, and later served 28years in the Illinois Air NationalGuard retiring in March of 1997 asa Chief Master Sergeant(CMSGT). Butch also retired as aFederal Civil Service Employeewith over 30 years of service.

Funeral services will be at 10a.m. on Thursday, June 2, at An-derson-Sedgwick Funeral Home.Burial will be in Oakridge Ceme-tery, where Military Honors willbe conducted.

Condolences may be left online atwww.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com.

This Week’s Obituaries• Marjorie McBroom, 91,Princeville• William J. McNulty, 69, Brimfield• Kathryn Porter, 89, Farmington• Christina Simpson-Hamoum, 37,Princeville• John VanHouten, 70, Farmington

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jumped off my back,” he said.Kyler Lodts of Rock Island Alle-

man won the event with a throw of60-07. The other two finishersahead of Harkness were at 54-7.75and 54-7.

“When he threw 51-10, youcould see the confidence level goup,” E-B coach Gregg Meyerssaid. “It was a huge jump. He did areally good job. There are somebig boys in there that could reallythrow it.

“Jackson and (third-place fin-isher Nick Olson of Flanagan)have really good form. They aretacticians. Some of the others justmuscle them out there.”

Harkness was one of three localtrack athletes to come home fromO’Brien Stadium with medals.

Also making a trip onto thepodium last Saturday were E-B

junior teammate Hayden Golemon,with a fourth-place finish in the300 hurdles, and Farmington soph-omore Judd Anderson, who wassixth in the 300 hurdles.

Golemon’s medal also helpedmake up for a sub-par sectionalfinal in which he hit nearly everyhurdle. Golemon finished behindAnderson in that sectional race,but the pair flip-flopped in thefinal at state.

Golemon’s final time of 39.83seconds was just faster than his ca-reer best of 39.86 and was muchbetter than his state finish of 41.92last year, which placed him ninthoverall.

“He looked much better and wasattacking well and looked fluidgoing over the hurdles. In the finalhe might have hit one or two hur-dles, but it was more like he justgrazed them,” E-B coach Gregg

Meyers said of Golemon. “You godown to state and pull out yourbest time when you’re not savinganything and those are pretty gooddays.”

Anderson finished in 39.87 andwas the second-fastest sophomorein the field – behind only winnerBret Dannis of Peru St. Bede(38.89).

Also competing last Saturdaywere a pair of E-B runners in the3,200. Sophomore Cooper Hoff-mann was 21st in 10:19.03 andsophomore Trevor Dunkel was31st in 10:33.67.

The Trojans 4x800 team did notadvance out of Thursday’s prelimi-nary races after posting a time of8:36.98.

And Princeville junior ScottSnedden ran a 24.07 in the 200-meter dash on Thursday.

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PEORIA – Eleven local playersearned a spot on the North Team forthe McDonald’s high school all-starbaseball game June 13 at DozerPark.

Selected were: Jake Settles, CadeLansford, Tanner Crowe and TreySwearingen of Farmington; AustinSims and Jake Roberts of Elmwood-Brimfield; Garrett Wight, Zac Smithand Charlie Gibbons of ROWVA-Williamsfield; and Evan Bultemeierand Austin Brodine of Princeville.

Game time will be approximately8 p.m. following the East vs. Westgame.

Brimfield-E. places 7 onall-Prairieland softball

Seven Brimfield-Elmwood soft-ball players earned Prairieland All-Conference. Kennedy Dura was aunanimous first-team fielder whileother first-teamers for B-E includedpitcher Morgan Ledbetter and fielderAllison Pillman. Alyssa Roll was asecond-team pitcher, Montana Led-better was a second-team fielder andGrace LaFollett and Delaney Smithearned special mention.

Four Farmington players earnedrecognition: first-team pitcher AliSprague, first-team fielders Bre

Springer and Taylor Whitehurst andsecond-team fielder Carly Behrens. Farmington places 6 onall-Prairieland baseball

Six Farmington baseball playersearned Prairieland All-Conference.First-team fielders were Lansfordand Crowe. Swearingen was second-team and Caleb Gilstrap and DylanHayden were second-team pitchers.Settles was special mention.

B-E had four all-Prairieland picks,led by Sims, a unanimous first-teamfielder. Roberts and Caileb Johnsonwere second-team fielders andEthan Jehle earned special mention.

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SOFTBALL: Late double play won sectionalfive hits and fanned eight.

Haley Holt went 2-for-3and Caitlyn Pullen had anRBI triple for Princeville,which has won 10 straightand outscored its five post-season foes 32-6.

The closest of thosewins was in the sectionalfinal, a 5-4 victory overNorth Fulton that hingedon a double play in thebottom of the 12th.

On that play, North Ful-ton had runners at secondand third with one out.Emma Hanlin bunted butwas thrown out by thirdbaseman Pullen with sec-ond sacker Natalie Cokelcovering first.

North Fulton’s Bri Gor-such then attempted toscore from third and wastagged out at home onCokel’s throw to catcherJessica Devries.

“We work on bunt cov-erage plays and tags likethis every day,” ChadGardner said. “We knewNorth Fulton would be ahandful for us, and theywere. But we scored whenwe needed to and heldwhen we needed to.”

The game began withfireworks as leadoff hitter

Cokel reached second on amisplay in left field, wasbunted to third by Roe,then bunted home byBrooke Gardner.

The Lady Wildcatscame back in their firstwith a walk, two singles, apassed ball, and a sacrificefly to take a 2-1 lead.

Brooke Gardner led offthe fourth with a double tothe center field fence andscored on a single byMaddie Hite.

The Princeville sixthsaw Gardner robbed of a

home run by North Fultonleft fielder Addy Williams,who grabbed the ballgoing into the fence.

Meanwhile, Princevilleace pitcher Paige Lane gotstronger as the game wenton. Her changeup was ahelper in key spots as sheposted 14 strikeouts.

“At times it seemed as ifthe game wouldn’t end,but I wasn’t going to letmy teammates down,”Lane said. “Natalie(Cokel) is a big help. Visit-ing me in the circle, she’lloften give me a boost orrelax me by just sayingsomething that doesn’teven make sense.”

In the seventh Hite dou-bled to lead off and wasdriven in by Pullen for a 3-2 lead. But North Fultonrallied to knot the score at3-3. Lane kept the tie in-tact with a strikeout.

Continued gritty pitch-ing and defense kept the 3-3 tie through the 10th. InPrinceville’s 11th Devriesreached on a first baseerror, was sacrificed byLane to second and then itwas Pullen again who putthe Lady Princes on top 4-3 with an RBI double. ButNorth Fulton rallied to tiein its half of the 11th.

Gardner drew an inten-tional walk to open the12th, then stole secondand was bunted to third byKarlen Sandall. After astrikeout, Holt stroked asingle to right for the win-ning run.

“They knew Brooke canhit. I knew, what they did-n’t know is that she canalso run,” Gardner said.“Holt executed in a bigway by taking what wasgiven to her and taking thepitch to right field.”


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By PHIL JOHNSONFor The Weekly Post

One step farther than lastyear. That was the goal. Withthat accomplished, thePrinceville softball team cannow aim for even more.

Princeville (33-3) earned itsfirst Final Four berth in Class1A Monday with an 8-2 winover Pearl City (28-4) in theGeneseo Supersectional. TheLady Princes face Fisher (29-6) Friday at 12:30 p.m. at EastPeoria’s EastSide Centre.

There will be a 9:40 a.m.pep rally in the Princevillegym followed by a sendoff forthe team Friday morning.

“I think Fisher is a good hit-ting team and their pitching isaverage,” coach Chad Gard-ner said. “They’re not goingto overpower you.”

That could be good newsfor a hot-hitting Princevilleteam that banged out 13 hitsagainst Pearl City, including a3-for-3 showing by MadisonRoe who drove in four runs.

Roe had been the LadyPrinces No. 2 hitter for much

of the year. But heading intothe super, Gardner switchedPaige Lane into that bunt-heavy spot, allowing Roe tomove to No. 5.

“I’ve been trying to find thegirl that can put the buntdown for me at the No. 2 hit-ter and I hate to handcuff(Roe),” Gardner said. “She’s agood hitter. And it really paidoff.”

Roe’s bat provided extrasupport for cleanup hitterBrooke Gardner, who went 3-for-4 and leads Princevillewith a .581 average.

On the hill for Princeville,Paige Lane (26-2) allowed

Princeville softballreaches Final Four

Continued on Page 15

Trio earn medalsHarkness, Golemon, Andersonwin Class 1A track hardware

ON TRACK FOR MEDALS

Class 1A SoftballAt EastSide Centre

Friday• 10 a.m. - Hardin Calhoun(38-2) vs. Trico (31-2)• 12:30 p.m. - Princeville (33-3) vs. Fisher (29-6)

Saturday• 10 a.m. - Semifinal losers• 12:30 p.m. - Semifinal win-ners

By JEFF LAMPEFor The Weekly Post

CHARLESTON – Jackson Harkness threwthe shotput so far last Saturday that he finallygot “a big, old monkey” off his back.

A throwing phenom since winning the IESAshotput and discus titles as a seventh-grader,

Harkness had his best highschool showing at last week-end’s Class 1A state meet atEastern Illinois University.His best throw of 54 feet, 1.25inches earned him fourth inshotput and set an Elmwood-Brimfield school record.

“As soon as I released it, Icould feel it was going to begood from the flick of mywrist,” Harkness said. “And

when I popped 51 (feet) the first day, I sat thereand thought, ‘Maybe things are starting to turnup a bit.’”

Harkness was disappointed that he did notreach state in discus after scratching three timesin the sectional meet. But a state medal in shot-put helped make up for that. Harkness was 10that state last year in shot with a throw of 50-0.25.

“It was kind of like a big old monkey thatContinued on Page 13

Harkness

Elmwood-Brimfield junior Hayden Golemon(right) was fourth and Farmington sophomoreJudd Anderson of Farmington was sixth last Sat-urday in the Class 1A 300-meter hurdles race atEastern Illinois University. Photo by EricMatthews.

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