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Carrier Route PresortThursdayJuly 9, 2015Vol. 3, No. 19

The Weekly Post“We Cover The News of West-Central Illinois With A Passion”

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

Billtown native, author to appear in Farmington

Staff recommends I-74 corridor for Ameren line

Brimfieldincreaseswater rates

By TERRY BIBOFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – After a record-wet June, pretty much everyone issick of water – especially theBrimfield Board of Trustees,which reluctantly set a new highwater mark for Sept. 1.

That’s when a 3 percent across-the-board rate hike takes effectafter a 6-0 vote at Monday’s regu-lar meeting.

“It’s not a pleasant topic,” saidPresident Dan Fishel. “But at thesame time I think it’s our due obli-gation to be prepared.”

Village attorney Rick Johnsonsuggested a 5 percent increase dur-ing budget talks. Trustees were un-enthusiastic and tabled the matterat the regular June meeting.

The water fund comprisesroughly one-third of the villagebudget and water sales help levelthe general fund. Water rates havebeen the same – $17.33 for thefirst 2,000 gallons and $8.66 per1,000 gallons for the next 58,000gallons – since 2011.

Meanwhile, expenses have in-creased, Fishel said. Any major re-pair could wipe out reserves andthe system is already stretched formaintenance.

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – In final briefssubmitted June 30 to the IllinoisCommerce Commission (ICC),ICC staff has recommended theproposed Spoon River Transmis-sion Line follow the route Amerenplanned to track near Interstate74if two modifications suggested bytwo of the dozens of intervenersare incorporated.

The ICC is expected to decideby Aug. 1 on the Aug. 21, 2014,

petition by Ameren TransmissionCompany of Illinois (ATXI) pro-posing two routes. The powercompany preferred its Route A,following Interstate 74 for muchof the distance between west Peo-ria and east Galesburg, but theutility also included Route B,which would head north towardPrinceville before turning west topass Williamsfield before return-ing to the I-74 area.

The new 345 kV electric trans-mission line is planned from an

expanded Fargo substation onU.S. Route 150 in KickapooTownship to a new substation onGalesburg’s east side, a distance ofabout 40 miles.

Seven briefs were filed on thefinal day, including two fromAmeren, one from CitizensAgainst Route B (CARB), andone from a group of Knox andPeoria County citizens known asthe “SP Parties.”

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FARMINGTON – When Randy Sollen-berger was growing up in Williamsfield inthe 1950s and ’60s, he appreciated the feel-ings of a small-town community and hisclose-knit family. Years later he decided tosafeguard those family stories for his kids,grandchildren and former friends and neigh-bors.

The results are the 151-page paperback“My Guardian Angel and Beating theReaper, with Songs and Stories of Forgotto-

nia,” which he’s making available at a booksigning at the Farming-ton Library from 1-3p.m. Saturday (July 11).

“Stories are our his-tory,” Sollenberger says.“You don’t know whoyou are unless whereyou know where youcame from. We’re losingthat, and I want to helppreserve that. I want peo-ple to know our history and know about For-

gottonia.”Sollenberger graduated from Western Illi-

nois University in 1971, attending the Ma-comb campus at the same time as NeilGamm, the man who came up with Forgot-tonia, a 16-county area between the Illinoisand Mississippi Rivers that was so over-looked by state and federal lawmakersGamm said it should secede. Gamm pro-claimed himself Forgottonia’s governor andgot considerable notice – if little govern-ment investment – for the mostly rural area.

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Above, Don Stahl of Princeville poses for a picture with Dean Troutman Sunday upon Trout-man’s return to town after a 700-mile walk across Illinois. Troutman was welcomed home bysigns of all sorts and crowds in Princeville. Photos by Collin Fairfield.

Troutmancompletes

700-mile trekBy JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

PRINCEVILLE – His leftheel hurt some. His teethbroke twice. And he wentthrough four pairs of shoes.But otherwise, Dean Trout-man is no worse for the wearafter a 700-mile trek acrossIllinois.

Troutman, 84, returnedhome to Princeville Sundayto a hero’s welcome aftercompleting his 75-day walkto raise funds for the park hepurchased in 2011 in mem-ory of his late wife, Peggy.

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TROUTMAN: ‘Wonderful people’ Troutman said his journey from April

21 to July 5 surpassed his expectations.“I knew I’d meet a lot of nice people.

But I never dreamed it would be thatgood,” he said. “There are wonderfulpeople out there if you get out andmeet them.

“When the kids were still in schoolfor the first half of the trip, that was thebest part of all, seeing all those kids.”

During the time he walked 700 milesand passed through 59 towns, villagesand cities, more than $32,000 wasraised for improvements at TroutmanPark on the north end of town.

Donations came from as far away asAustralia, according to Kelly Jenkins,

who said there were also orders ofTroutman’s Trek t-shirts from HongKong.

“We had donations from all over thenation and from worldwide,” said Jenk-ins, who is hoping to earn nationalmedia attention for Troutman’s journey.

With help from a matching gift madeby Cunningham Recreation and Play-time Playgrounds, it appears a new$70,000 playground will become a re-ality at Troutman Park.

Eventually Troutman hopes to addwater fountains, scoreboards, bleach-ers, dugouts, improved parking andlandscaping.

Donations are still being accepted atwww.troutmanstrek.com.

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interveners were endorsed by the ICCstaff.

Steven Ramp, who lives at 1215 KnoxRoad 1340 E north of Gilson, proposedreplacing miles of poles placed in tilledareas with routing allowing for place-ment exclusively in untilled areas.

Charles Zelnio, who owns property at1146 Knox Road 1900 E in Williams-field, proposed moving the line closer tohis property’s western and southern bor-ders instead of crossing his land.

ATXI prefers Route A because it’sshorter, and its brief says it doesn’t ob-ject to Zelnio’s suggestion but opposesRamp’s as costly. Ramp’s variation ofRoute A makes it longer, but it wouldhave two fewer crossings of the Inter-state and fewer residences within 500feet of the line. However, ICC staff con-ceded that it would require more tree

clearing.“The advantages offered by these

modifications … warrants the additional$2.4 million in estimated constructioncost,” the ICC staffers say.

The SP group – including Zelnio andlandowners in Knox and Peoria Countynear I-74 – advocated for Route B asless costly and requiring fewer poles onfarm ground, but the group supportedRoute A if both Ramp’s and Zelnio’ssuggestions are incorporated.

“Any routing decision inherently in-volves tradeoffs between competing in-terests,” ATXI says. “Few routes willsatisfy everyone.

“ATXI states it will seek to coordinatewith each landowner on placement ofthe polls, and will adjust pole placementwhere feasible and appropriate to ad-dress specific landowners’ concerns,”ATXI adds.

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This Week’s Eventss Farmer’s Market – Brimfield

Farmer’s Market is Thursday (July 9)from 4-7 p.m. at Brimfield Public Li-brary. Continues every Thursday there-after. Call (309)446-9575.

s Free Bread – Freebread is available atElmwood MethodistChurch Friday (July 10)at 10 a.m.

s Farmer’s Market –Elmwood’s Farmer’s Market is Friday(July 10) from 4-6:30 p.m. in Elmwood’ssquare.

s Bible Study – Bible Study at UnionChurch in Brimfield is Tuesday (July 14)at 6:30 p.m

s Senior Citizen Luncheon – Seniorcitizens are welcome to a luncheon atUnion Church in Brimfield Tuesday(July 14) at 12 p.m.

Future Eventss Craft Time – Ladies Craft Time is

July 16 at 6:30 p.m. at Morrison andMary Wiley Library. Ladies 18 and olderare invited to join. Call (309) 742-2431.

s Tractor Drive –ATractor Drive starts at 9a.m. on July 24 atWheels O’ Time in Dun-lap. Participants willride to Princeville Her-itage Museum. To par-ticipate call (309)

253-4842.s Tap Program –All ages invited to

Brimfield Public Library for an interac-tive tap program by Peoria Ballet’s Tay-lor Walper on July 24 at 10:30 a.m.

s Whitney’s Walk – Whitney’s Walkfor Life is July 25 at Jubilee CollegeState Park in Brimfield. Registration for5K, $25 for adults and $15 for children.Visit www.whitneyswalk.com.

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s Drum Performance – All ages invited to watch aperformance by Pulse of Peoria Drumline Wednesday(July 15) at 10:30 a.m. at Brimfield Public Library.

s Make Ice Cream – Make your own ice cream atMorrison and Mary Wiley Library on Saturday (July11) from 9-11 a.m.

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Trustee Allison Porter found lowerwater rates at nearby communities.Fishel pointed out Brimfield serves just340 connections; Village Clerk HollyJohnson noted Elmwood, with 800-plusconnections, recently OK’d a 3 percentincrease.

Ultimately, Fishel recommended a 3percent increase, which was approved.

Money matters dominated most of themeeting, which began with the 2015-2016 budget hearing. There was no pub-lic comment. Trustees passed the$737,520 budget on a 6-0 vote.

“I might point out the budget is down$200,000 from last year,” Rick Johnsonsaid, attributing that decrease to a one-time purchase of park land and water.

Gorenz and Associates auditors gavean overview of the village financialstatements. In general, the accountingfirm said there were no difficulties, al-though there are some concerns about

segregation of duties. “It’s a very common finding in smaller

entities,” said Stephanie Ramsay, CPA.She said some governments with few

employees enlist volunteer help. Buttiming of reports can create difficulties ingetting work done by volunteers.

In other business:• Blake Reuter of Turf Solutions of-

fered suggestions to improve drainage atthe baseball diamonds. More informa-tion will be sought on costs and possiblevolunteer help.

• Up to $2,500 was approved for a titlesearch at 306 W. Illinois St. The villagehas more than $14,000 in liens on thedouble-lot property. Although it mayhave to pay back real estate taxes, thevillage may be able to recoup expenseswith a sale.

• Union Church trustee Ron Andersonasked about removing two large treesfrom the church property.

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Rambling through central Illinoispondering possessions that elicitjoy.

uuuAfter years of practice, I’ve

learned to quickly identify mailfrom anonymous sources. Insteadof a return address, these lettersusually comewith a crypticphrase or abbre-viation and usu-ally travel in aheavier enve-lope. I mentionthis because onesuch missal ar-rived last weekfrom “Area51” – typewritten by someone call-ing themselves “The NorthsideSpy.” The letter writer’s point wasthat things in Farmington are notideal, which is not exactly ground-breaking news. No community isperfect. But we certainly won’t getin the business of printing anony-mous letters ripping into the hierar-chy of a community. If theNorthside Spy wants to provide aname and contact information, wewill reconsider their provocativeletter. If not ... the garbage calls.

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ball coach from a source identifiedonly as “D.T.” I’m embarrassed tosay it took us days to figure out thatthe initials stood for “Deep Throat,”as in the famed Watergate inform-ant. But the specific tips D.T. pro-vided proved to be accurate and wefollowed up on them diligently, de-spite the sensitive nature of theclaims. In the end, the coach left hispost in disgrace. ... For an anony-mous source to be valuable, claimsmade need to be fairly specific andcompelling. Even then, it’s better tohave allegations spelled out with anattribution at the end.

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temperate July 4 in years. Asidefrom some guy out East shootingfireworks off the top of his head anddying, it sounded like a pretty goodFourth in the U.S.A. Speaking ofwhich, I keep hearing raves aboutthe Oak Hill fireworks show frommembers of The Mayor of Oak Hill’sposse. So attending that big eventhas been added to my bucket list. ...We’ve had no interest expressed yetin our first Weekly Post Big TomatoContest, which worries me. I reallydon’t want to hand all the first-placecash and prizes to neighbor BernieSager, but so far he’s the only per-son I know that for sure has atomato plant. If you think youmight enter a ’mater in the contest,let me know.

uuuFor some reason my wife decided

it might help me to read “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” abook on “decluttering” by a Japan-ese gal named Marie Kondo. Amaz-ingly, the missus was correct. Andwhile I think Kondo translates as“Koo-koo” – the author asks thatevery time you enter your homeafter a day of work you greet yourdomicile and thank it – this littlebook actually offered sensible ad-vice. In a nutshell: We have toomuch. Get rid of the excess. Pareback belongings to only that which“brings you joy.” ... After spendinga few days disposing of items, Imust confess to deeply enjoying theprocess of pondering which itemsbring joy. That simple directivemakes tossing items much easier forme, if not for the guys at G&O Dis-posal. ... Parting shot: My concernwith all this decluttering is that myvast horde of possessions mightdwindle to some “Three Stooges”DVDs, a stack of 1980s record al-bums, a few Browning shotguns,my new Buffalo Bills bags boards(custom made by Don Jacobson), anorange Elmwood All-Outdoorsshirt, a turkey Dave Emken stuffed,my first Toro mower, gin, a rhubarbpie and 83 duck calls. Actually,that’s a pretty good list.

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Bill Knight tells me there’s anAesop’s Fable in here some-where.

It all startedwith me climb-ing the fire es-cape to myapartment re-cently. I had myhands full ofsome heavyitems, so Iwasn’t exactlymoving at thespeed of light.

With my breathing problems,the heavy load – plus my portableoxygen tank – was letting me go acouple of stairs, then rest for a bit.

It was taking a while, but I didn’thave much else to do.

Down below me, I heard arustling sound coming from theloading dock of one of Elm-wood’s businesses. Since I wasstopped in rest mode, I watched abox on the dock shaking all by it-self.

In a way, I was glad I was about10 feet off the ground.

Suddenly, a head popped out ofthe box. I didn’t recognize it as ahead at first. I didn’t know what itwas, but I was ready to abandonmy load halfway up the stairs forthe safety of a large metal door.

The box tipped over and thesource of the rumbling revealeditself as a very large turtle. Evi-dently, he’d been put in this boxand wasn’t enjoying his stay.

He crawled out and made hisway over to the edge of the dock.I figured this was the end of it. There was no way he was gettingoff the dock.

He took a header onto the park-

ing lot. Dove right off! Landed onhis back!

That’s when I figured he wasreally done. A turtle on his backusually means game over.

This little critter didn’t see itthat way. He kicked and rockedand flipped himself over. He wasone determined turtle. He had es-caped, and now he was on therun.

Or would that be “crawl?”Regardless, he wasn’t sticking

around. He had no idea where hewas going, but across the parkinglot seemed to be the general di-rection.

I was afraid that he was goingto get hit. He was big, with a shellprobably a good 24 inches long,but I didn’t think he was much ofa match for a 2,000-pound car.

In an effort to save his life, Igave chase. I wasn’t entirely surewhat I was going to do with himonce I caught him, but I figuredI’d cross that bridge when I got toit.

He scampered under a car.That little bugger was faster

than advertised.I went to the back of the busi-

ness where he’d been kept andpounded on the back door. Whensomeone answered, I told themtheir turtle had escaped.

A guy who worked there camehustling out and went after thebeast who had decided that hidingunder a car wasn’t in his best in-terests.

The guy caught up with the tur-tle and grabbed him by the tail.He carried him back to the dockthat way and it appeared that theturtle had other ways that hewould rather have been carried.

He kept trying to swing himselftoward the man, snapping eachtime he got close to the guy’s leg.I’m guessing that would have RE-ALLY hurt.

The guy put him in the box. Heexplained that a delivery personhad found the turtle out on acountry road, far from a watersource.

The driver also was afraid theturtle was going to get run over soit was brought to town. The guyhad decided that he would takethe turtle out to a relative’s lakeand let him loose there.

Evidently, the turtle thought hewas going to become soup andwas again trying to escape.

A strip of packing tape and aheavier box on top of the turtle’sbox made it a little more difficultfor him.

I’m glad I was able to do mypart in helping Mr. Turtle get tohis new home in one piece.

I spoke with the guy who savedhim the next day and was assuredthat the turtle was happy to getout of his confinement and waseven happier in his new surround-ings.

Now like I said, Bill Knighttold me that there’s probably anAesop’s Fable hidden somewherein this story. Well, I’ve huntedand hunted, and I sure can’t findone.

All I know is: I lost a race to aturtle.

And if that isn’t a humbling ex-perience, I don’t know what is.

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ELMWOOD – The City Coun-cil on Tuesday OK’d transferringthe balance of a 2011 IllinoisCommunity Development Assis-tance Program (CDAP) grant Re-capture Agreement betweenPalace Theater owner VernReynolds and the City to a buyerapproved by the Council.

An undisclosed party has ex-pressed interest in purchasing thePalace, according to Mayor J.D.Hulslander and Economic Devel-opment Director/Zoning Adminis-trator Dick Taylor.

Reynolds has offered to sell thePalace for a reported $315,000,but its lender, Farmers State Bank,this spring initiated foreclosureproceedings against the 102-year-old, single-screen cinema for$155,130.35 it says it’s due, plusan additional $12,776.11 for an-other loan in default.

Pertaining to a $138,363 loanfrom CDAP funds, the Recapture

Agreement stipulates thatReynolds will operate for fiveyears from the date of the deal,after which the loan would be for-given in its entirety.

If the Palace is sold or closes,however, the agreement demandsthat the entire sum is then due tothe City.

The five-year time frame lastsuntil April of 2016.

The unanimous vote, with Al-dermen Jared Howerton andAdam Rue absent, was “in orderto help the Palace remain in oper-ation,” according to the motion.

Action concerning a relatedCity loan that enabled Reynolds toupgrade to a digital projectionsystem was tabled.

In other business, the Councilunanimously adopted a $120,970Fire Protection Services Contractfor 2015-2016 with the ElmwoodFire Department, for which theCity is paying $71,620, up fromlast year’s $68,408.

Under the pact, the Elmwood

Rural Fire Protection District ispaying $49,350, up from $47,000last year.

In another emergency-responsecontract, a modification of theCity’s contract with B.Y.E. Ambu-lance Service the nonprofit corpo-ration proposed to enable it toserve an area in and east ofWilliamsfield was tabled so aB.Y.E. representative could attendand answer questions.

In other news:• the Council introduced a pre-

liminary budget of $3,202,393 intotal appropriations for 2015-2016, and scheduled a publichearing on the matter for 6:45p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4;

• authorized Alderman BryanDavis to proceed with about$5,000 in preliminary engineeringwork by Patrick Meyer for a park-ing plan for downtown streets, in-cluding parallel and diagonalstriping and related construction;

• OK’d spending $1,000 toward

Elmwood council discusses Palace sale

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Police arrest attemptedintruder in Brimfield

BRIMFIELD – A 21-year-oldSpringfield man on July 4 was ar-rested on three charges after heapparently attempted to gain entryto a home in the 14000 block ofWinchester here, according to re-ports.

Kevin Cavanaugh was reportedto have banged on two differententrances and shouted demands tobe let in the residence, and afterhaving been told to leave hegained access to a vehicle parkedoutside, police said.

Witnesses and police reportedthat Cavanaugh appeared to be in-toxicated, and was suspected tohave come from a nearby party,but people there claimed to haveno idea who he was.

He was charged with criminaltrespassing, criminal trespassingto a vehicle, and disorderly con-duct.

Princeville dispute endswith arrest of man

PRINCEVILLE – Bryan Van-laningham, 49, of Princeville onJuly 2 was arrested for aggravatedassault and domestic battery afteran altercation at a local tavern andthen with his family in their homein the 1000 block of Town Ave.,police said.

During an extended argument,Vanlaningham brandished a shot-gun, which was found to be un-loaded, according to reports.

Underage drinkings results in three arrests

FARMINGTON – A Farming-ton teen was among those arrestedon June 25, when Fulton CountySheriff’s officers gave three peo-ple Notices to Appear after previ-ously responding to a residence,police said.

Brenden Jostes, 19, of Farming-ton and Chance Downey, 20, ofBushnell both were charged withunlawful consumption of alco-holic liquor, and Elizabeth Utt, 46,

of Canton was charged with per-mitting consumption of alcoholicliquor.

Police reports• A girl’s bicycle on July 2 was

reported stolen from a home in the300 block of W. Fremont St. inElmwood, where police are seek-ing more information from thepublic.

• Austin Foster, 21, of Elmwoodon July 3 was arrested for domes-tic battery and transported to thePeoria County Jail.

• Sarah Gutierrez, 41, ofPrinceville on July 5 was arrestedfor domestic battery and trans-ported to the Peoria County Jail.

Deer accident• July 1 – Jackson Staley of

Princeville on Princeville-JubileeRoad near Brimfield-Jubilee Roadin Jubilee Township.

Marriage licenses• Jordan Forney and Emily Rob-

bins, both of Brimfield.• Husam Eid and Amy

Sickinger, both of Brimfield.

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• amended an ordi-nance concerning con-cealed weapons to makeit conform to state law;and

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BRIEFSLaHood, Mellon win inspecial primary vote

PEORIA – Darin LaHood was arunaway victor among Republicansin Tuesday’s special primary elec-tion to fill the U.S House of Repre-sentatives seat left vacant by AaronSchock.

LaHood had 84.2 percent of theRepublican vote in the 18th Con-gressional District to easily outdis-tanced Michael J. Flynn (13.8) andDonald Ray Rients (1.8).

LaHood will face Robert Mellonin the Sept. 10 general election forthe seat. Mellon led the Democrac-tic primary with 59.9 percent of thevote to 40.1 for Adam Lopez.

The district covers Hancock, Mc-Donough, Adams, Pike, Brown,Schuyler, Scott, Cass, Mason,Menard, Sangamon, Logan,Tazewell, McLean, Woodford, Mar-shall, Stark and Peoria counties.

Voter turnout was 12.37 percent.

Farmington board OK’snew alderman

FARMINGTON – Noah Blindtwas appointed as the new WardThree alderman Monday at a meet-ing of the Farmington City Council.

Blindt will fill the seat left vacantwhen Kent Kowal took over asmayor following Kenn Stuffle-beam’s resignation on June 11.

A man identified as Mike Urasavoiced opposition to the appoint-ment, saying he had expressed in-terest in the position and hadpreviously run for office.

Council members also discussedcreating a new class of liquor li-cense for outdoor beer gardens.

The discussion is in response to arequest for an outdoor beer gardenfrom Whiskey Dixie’s, a new barbeing developed in the formerAmerican Legion building on ConeStreet. A proposed code wouldallow beer gardens to stay openuntil 10 p.m. Sunday throughThursday and until midnight on Fri-day and Saturday.

No final action was taken.Billtown board OK’swork on water tower

WILLIAMSFIELD – The Vil-lage Board on Monday unani-mously approved a $145,500 bidfrom L&T Painting of Michigan

to refurbish the water tower aspart of a state-funded system up-grade, but rejected the sole bid fora plant generator.

A $122,950 bid from Oberlan-der was more the twice the esti-mate, so the Village plans a loadanalysis to better specify its needsbefore re-bidding the work.

The Board also OK’d havingHall’s Plumbing of Galesburgmap Williamsfield’s water-systemshutoffs and determine how manywater meters need replacing at acost of $65 each.

In other business, the Boardstarted investigating the removalof underground fuel tanks at theclosed T-Mart with state help, andheard July 18 is the next cleanupday at Doubet-Benjamin Park.

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Cluskey earns award atTulane graduation

NEW ORLEANS – Dr. BethanyCluskey was presented the LewisI. Post, M.D. award for surgicalexcellence by the Obstetrics andGynecology faculty at TulaneUniversity at her residency gradu-ation ceremony on June 19.

Cluskey received her under-graduate degree in cellular and

mollecular biology from the Uni-versity of Illinois in 2007 and herM.D. from Loma Linda School ofMedicine in 2011.

She is the daughter of EllenCluskey of Princeville and RonCluskey of Elmwood.

She will practice at La PorteHospital in La Porte, Ind.

Friends of Rocky Glenholding fundraiser

WEST PEORIA – Friends ofRocky Glen (FORG) is holding itsfourth annual fundraiser on Satur-day, July 18, at Jimmy’s Bar, 2801West Farmington Road in WestPeoria from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Although Rocky Glen is ownedby the Peoria Park District, FORGcontinues to raise funds for a park-ing lot for public access, trails andinterpretive signage.

The event begins at Jimmy’s Bar,offering hikers a light breakfast.The first hike will start at 10 a.m.;the last hike starts at 4 p.m.

Hikers will travel to the glen byshuttle van and make a round-triphike of approximately 1.5 milesover rough terrain. Guides will pro-vide details on Rocky Glen.

At Jimmy’s, a hot dog lunchstarts at noon. Live music will runnoon to 8 p.m.

Bob Tannock of theElmwood Fire De-partment accepts acheck for $2,500from Don Ekenaon behalf of Mod-ern Woodmen ofAmerica, whichmatched the FireDepartment’s re-cent StrawberryFestival fund raiser.

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C.W. WRIGHT & ASSOCIATES, INC.ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS – Document 00020

Architects-Consultants-Design/Build-Construction Mgrs. 210 S. Niles; P.O. Box 470; Metamora, Illinois 61548

Sealed bids will be received by Lillie M. Evans Memorial Library, 207 North Walnut, Princeville, Illinois, hereinafterknown as the Owner, for the demolition of the noted Building. The date for Substantial Completion of the Projectshall be September 11, 2015.

All Bidders are hereby advised that they must complete the Prequalification Process and submit PrequalificationDocuments for this Project. Bidders must receive approval by the Owner and Architect/Construction Managerprior to the Mandatory PreBid Meeting. The Prequalification Documents must be obtained from and returned tothe Architect and approved prior to issuance of Construction Documents. Prequalification submittals are due nolater than 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 10, 2015.

Bids for the General Work (All Work) will be received by the Owner in the Meeting Room, 207 N. Walnut,Princeville, Illinois 61559 on Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. local time. Bids will be held good and may notbe withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) calendar days from the date of receipt.

A Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be scheduled on Thursday, July 16, 2015, 2:00 p.m., the Meeting Room,Lillie M. Evans Memorial Library, 207 N. Walnut, Princeville, Illinois. Representatives of all bidding firms are Re-quired to attend the Mandatory Pre-bid Conference Meeting, to present questions they may have. Neither the Ar-chitect/Construction Manager nor the Owner will respond to questions orally regarding the Project outside of theMandatory Pre-Bid Conference.

Minutes of the Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be disseminated to all those attending and available to the Gen-eral Public. All requests for clarifications or interpretations outside of the Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference shall bemade in writing and will be answered by Addendum when appropriate.

A Tour of the facility will follow the meeting.

Commencement of the work on the project shall be subject to the discretion of The Board of Trustees, Lillie M.Evans Memorial Library. The Owner reserves the right to waive any irregular ities and to accept any or reject allbids when in the opinion of the Owner, such action will serve the best interest of the Owner.

Bids for this Contract shall be subject to the provisions of the "Illinois Prevailing Wage Act" (Illinois RevisedStatutes, Chapter 48, Section 395S-1-12.)

Drawings and Specifications are on file for reference at the following loca tions:

1. Office of the Architect, Craig W. Wright and Associates, 210 S. Niles, P.O. Box 470, Metamora, IL 61548.

Drawings and Specifications for this project may be obtained from the office of Craig W. Wright and Associates, Inc.,210 S. Niles, P.O. Box 470, Metamora, IL 61548. Plan deposit (checks only, no cash) will be $50.00 for each set ofbidding docu ments, with a limit of three (3) sets. The full amount of the deposit will be returned to bidders who sub-mit bids, if the documents are returned in a usable condition within thirty (30) days after the opening of bids.

Members of Central Illinois Builders of AGC may substitute the CIB Request for Plans Card which shall guaranteethe payment of the deposit by the Central Illinois Builders of AGC, Springfield, Illinois.

Any Contractor securing plans will forfeit plan deposit if he fails to bid or withdraws his bids, or fails to provide bidguarantees; unless returned at least ten (10) days prior to Receipt of Bids.

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On June 29, 2015, Elmwood C.U.S.D. #322 in PeoriaCounty, at its Regular Board of Education meeting, passed aPREVAILING WAGE ORDINANCE in compliance with the Illi-nois Prevailing Wage Act – P.A. 86-799. Copies of the ordi-nance were filed with the Illinois Dept. of Labor and theSecretary of State. A copy is on file at the District Office, 301W. Campus Ct., Elmwood, IL.

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ELMWOODCrossroads Assembly of God

Pastor Tim Cavallo615 E. Ash St., Elmwood

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

Elmwood Baptist ChurchPastor Dennis Fitzgerald

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

of ElmwoodReverend Marla B. Bauler

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

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St. Patrick’sCatholic ChurchFather Paul Stiene

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

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Sat. Mass: 4:30 p.m.Sun. Mass: 10 am

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Worship: 11:00 amNew Hope FellowshipAssembly of GodPastor Tom Wright

1102 N. Illinois Route 78Farmington

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

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OBITUARIESCharles Castle

PEORIA – Charles W. Castle,65, of Peoria, brother of twoPrinceville women, died July 1 atOSF Saint Francis Medical Cen-ter.

Survivors include his wife, Bar-bara (Crowe) Castle; sisters Toni(Jon) Bateman of Princeville,Danielle (Rob) Ingle ofPrinceville, Michelle (Marshall)Wilcoxen of North Carolina, andChristy Smith of Peoria; onedaughter, Pam Castle of Daven-port, Iowa; two grandchildren,Co; and one great-grandchild.

In accordance with Chuck’swishes, there will be no services,and cremation was accorded.

Condolences may be left atwww.wrightandsalmon.com.

Florence ClarkPRINCEVILLE – Florence

“Betty” Clark, 78, of Princevilledied June 28 at UnityPointHealth-Methodist in Peoria.

She married Loren P. Clark onNov. 21, 1954, in Princeville. Hepreceded her in death on March26, 2007.

Surviving are her children,Cindy (Ken) Martin of El Paso,and Daniel (and life-partner,David Solem) Clark of Santa Fe,N.M.; three grandchildren; fourgreat-grandchildren; and two sis-ters, including Judy (David)Sutherland of Princeville.

Betty was a member of thePrinceville United Methodist

Church, where a service was heldJuly 1. Cremation was accorded.

Condolences may be left atwww.haskellhott.com.Jacqueline L. ClementsEDWARDS – Jacqueline L.

Clements, 84, of Washington,mother of an Edwards man, diedJuly 1, at the Apostolic ChristianHome in Roanoke.

Survivors are five children, in-cluding Jake (Laura) Cohen ofEdwards; one sister, Billie Stock-still of Bellevue; 16 grandchil-dren; and 16 great-grandchildren.

A private family service will beheld to celebrate Jackie’s life andburial of cremains will be at alater date. Mason-White FuneralHome in Washington is assistingthe family in arrangements.

Condolences may be left at ma-sonfuneralhomes.com.

David Leo DavisDAHINDA – David Leo “Ham-

burger” Davis, 82, of Galesburg,formerly of Dahinda andKnoxville, died June 28 atWoodridge Supportive LivingResidence, Galesburg.

Leo was born on Jan. 19, 1933,in Dahinda, the son of David Bur-

ton and Linda Hildur SundbergDavis. He attended Dahinda andWilliamsfield schools.

Leo is survived by a son, Ven-con E. Davis of Terre Haute, Ind.;a daughter, Kathryn (Gerry)Atwell of Oneida; nine grandchil-dren; and 10 great-grandchildrenwith one more great-grandchilddue in November.

Funeral services were July 1 atHurd-Hendricks in Knoxville,with burial in Westfall Cemetery.

Condolences may be left atwww.hurd-hendricksfuneral-homes.com.

Daniel PotterPRINCEVILLE – Daniel Ray

Potter, 38, of Princeville died June28 in rural Princeville.

Survivors include his wife,Catherine (Stephenson) Potter; hismother, Mary (Tim) Prayne ofSpeer; father, Terry (Maria) Potterof Alta; stepdaughters, ErikaWoods of Broken Bow, Neb., andLexi Frazelle of Princeville;brother Roger D. Potter of Mon-ica; and sister Lisa Hansard ofPrinceville.

Cremation was accorded and amemorial service held July 1 atHaskell-Hott Funeral Homes inPrinceville.

Condolences may be left atwww.haskellhott.com.

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This Week’s Obituaries• Charles Castle, 65, Princeville• Florence Clark, 78, Princeville• Jacqueline L. Clements, 84, Ed-wards• David Davis, 82, Dahinda• Daniel Potter, 38, Princeville

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After college, Sollen-berger taught Spanish andFrench at Keokuk (Iowa)schools before returning toMacomb, where he teachesat the YMCA’s child carecenter. Throughout, memo-ries of his upbringing andfamily and community be-came more important.

Sollenberger’s grandpar-

ents, Ethel and CleveBrooks, lived in ruralDahinda near Spoon River.Cleve Brooks was a hunter,trapper and bootlegger,Sollenberger says, andEthel was a homemaker.

“They lived a prettyrugged kind of existence,”he says, adding his grand-mother was impressive.

“I admire her so much

because she didn’t haveanybody but herself toback her up,” he says. “Imean, she delivered one ofher children at home aloneby herself. She had a reallyhard life.”

Sollenberger’s book is acollection of stories, poemsand lyrics that also grewinto a related endeavor, theSpoon River Boys band,

which recorded a 10-songCD he also sells.

The book is available atindependent bookstores in-cluding New Copperfield’sBooksellers in Macomband Stone Alley Books inGalesburg, and online viaAmazon.com.

“I started writing aboutpeople and situations that Iknow,” he says, “and aboutmy people back homealong the Spoon River andwhat life was like.”

His future writing planswill focus more on his par-ents, Jim Sollenberger ofBrimfield and BernieceBrooks SollenbergerMoore of Dahinda, as wellas Williamsfield andGalesburg.

Sollenberger’s motherwas a self-made woman,too, he says.

“She didn’t have a highschool diploma, but shewent out supported fourkids,” he says. “When shewas in her 50s, she wentback and got her GED, andshe got her Licensed Prac-tical Nurse certificate and Ijust think that’s a reallynoble thing. I wanted togive a little bit of praise forthat.”

His sons, all in their 30s– Ben and Bill both in Ma-comb, and Greg ofRochester – are a target au-dience, Sollenberger says,but the material is of gen-eral interest, too.

Indeed, “My GuardianAngel and Beating theReaper” has dozens of vi-gnettes and verse such as“I’m a Bomber,” a remem-brance of Williamsfieldand its school, ending withthe refrain, “To my Bill-town brothers/ and sisters Isay/ I’m at home here/‘cause I’m a Bomber.”

Sollenberger also hasscheduled appearances atthe Salem Township PublicLibrary in Yates City July28 and in October duringthe Knox County ScenicDrive weekends at WalnutGrove Farm north ofKnoxville. He anticipatesother appearances in Elm-wood and Williamsfieldsoon.

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Coaches and players for the KHawks 14U state championship team are: BackRow (left to right): Marcus Butterfield, Sean Schaffer, Rich Pillman, JustinJanssen, Jacob Brown, Jason Clark, Caileb Johnson, Ethan Kenney, Josh Fore-man and Todd Johnson. Front Row (l to r): Turner Mann, Matthew Butterfield,David Czirjak, Nathan Righi, Brody Kenney, Parker Pillman and Adam Snedden.

TOURNEY WINNERS

The Brimfield 2 8Usoftball team defeatedMossville, 16-3, to winthe 2015 HI-LO ValleyGirls’s Softball Tour-nament. Team mem-bers are, Back Row(left to right) PatrickMeyer, Angel Frail,Sarah Drury andBrandon Sumner;Middle Row (l to r)Kylie Frail, Ava Heinz,Sienna Meyer andRebecca Stieghorst;Front Row (l to r) De-laney Helms, BrookeSumner, Megan Cox,Whitney Smith andSawyer Drury.

Andrew Jor-dan of Elm-wood caughtthis 48.5-inchmuskie in lateJune whilefishing Wis-consin’sChippewaFlowage.

KHawks win 14U state titleJACKSONVILLE – The KHawks

14U baseball team slugged its way toa USSSA state championship June26-28 at Lenz Field.

The KHawks outscored their tour-nament opponents 64-10 in fivegames, defeating the Quad City War-riors, 12-0, the Quad City As, 20-2,

the Rockford Jr. Rocks 15-1, the MidIllini Swingmen, 6-1, and theChatham Venom, 11-6.

The travel baseball team is madeup of players from Brimfield, Elm-wood, Farmington, Princeville, Kick-apoo, Oneida, Pekin, Peoria andMetamora.

Wisconsin trip nets monster muskieHAYWARD, Wis. – As a high

school graduate, Andrew Jordan ofElmwood got his first chance to joinhis father and a group of friends on anannual fishing trip to Wisconsin’sChippewa Flowage this June.

Jordan may have a hard time everreplicating the success of his first trip.Fishing with a spinnerbait in late June,he caught and released a 48.5-inchmuskie that is the largest caught by

any member of the local group that hasbeen making trips north for more thana decade.

“My dad was freaking out more thanme,” Jordan said of his father, Chad.“Once I hooked him my rod bent hardand I knew it was a big fish.”

Estimated at more than 30 pounds,that “big fish” was released because itdid not meet the lake’s 50-inch mini-mum.

By JEFF LAMPEFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – Elm-wood-Brimfield crosscountry coach GreggMeyers has added anotheraward to his trophy case.

In late June, Meyerswas one of eight finalistsfor a boys cross countrycoach of the year awardhanded out by the Na-tional High School Ath-letic CoachesAssociation.

“It is always great to re-ceive recognition for yourprogram. Our cross coun-try program receiving na-tional recognition is asgood as it gets,” Meyerssaid. “This is an awardthat shows how specialeveryone involved in Tro-jan cross country hasbeen over the years.

“Our program has beensuccessful because of themany miles our runnerslog during their highschool running careers

and I am proud of the ef-fort they put in year inand year out.”

The winner of the na-tional award was RickeyBaker, who coaches atCanyon Hopi Junior Sen-ior High School in Ari-zona where his teamshave won 25 straight statecross country titles.

While Meyers record isnot quite as gaudy, hisElmwood-Brimfieldteams have put up very

impressive results.E-B has two second-

place finishes and onechampionship in the pastthree seasons. Overallsince 2000-01, Meyers’teams have won threestate titles, placed secondthree times and thirdonce.

His father, Tom Mey-ers, coached Elmwood tofour state championships,including three straightfrom 1983-86.

Meyers honoredX-Country coach finalist for national award

Elmwood-Brimfield coach Gregg Meyers was a finalistfor boys cross country coach of the year at the NationalHigh School Athletic Coaches Association conventionin Rochester, Minn., in late June.

Brimfield Girls Softball Association/Brimfield Youth Baseball Association

is proud to announce:

The Central Illinois Blitz10U and 12U Softball Travel Team

Try-outsSaturday July 25th

9am-11am 10U11am-1pm 12U

Sunday July 26th

1pm-3pm 10U3pm-5pm 12U

Brim)eld High School Softball DiamondThe program director, Brim0eld/Elmwood HighSchool Coach Kurt Juerjens, and his sta/ are excited to bring competitive, fundamentally

organized and high level Youth Travel Softball tothe area. BYBA will continue to run all levels of

house leagues for both boys and girls.Contact Kurt Juerjens 208-5411 or

[email protected]

The Weekly Post 7/9/15

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