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

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By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

A grade school student who lives eastof Wildlife Prairie Park has to ride thebus to Brimfield schools; another wholives north of Interstate 74 near theKnox County line rides a bus to Farm-ington.

Those students, times on buses anddistance traveled are typical of manyrural school districts that are trying tocope with inadequate state funding. Ofcourse, the state currently isn’t payingpublic universities, road districts andeven lottery winners, but superintend-ents in the Weekly Post area might say,“Welcome to our world” because

Springfield for years has been shortingschools in general and transportationfunds in particular.

“I am guessing that we will only re-ceive two payments in this fiscal year,”says Princeville Superintendent Shan-non Duling. “We are also figuringaround 70 percent proration for regu-lar/vocational transportation and 96 per-cent special-education proration. Atthose prorations, we would get just shyof $184,000. If we get two payments,we would receive around $92,000. Thisleaves another $92,000 shortfall. Theseare ‘prorated numbers’.”

Proration is the practice of shortingthe revenue recipient. It’s like someone

responsible for funding you stat-ing, “Yes, you really need$10,000. Here’s $7,000.”

“Prorations have been in the70s (regular/vocation trans-portation) and upper 90s (spe-cial ed transportation) over thepast five years,” says Farming-ton Superintendent John As-plund. “Looking back, it looks like thelast year they were funded at 100 per-cent was 2010. While our expenses con-tinue to increase (salaries, repair costs,fuel, etc.), reimbursements have contin-ued to fall.

“One of the other issues with trans-portation reimbursement is that we usu-

ally do get the prorated amount, butrarely do we get it in the current fiscalyear, making it difficult on cash flow.”

Adding political insult to financial in-jury, well-to-do/property-rich districtslike many in suburban Chicago have somuch transportation money, they use

By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

ELMWOOD – Concerns about pos-sible changes in permits for businessesoperated out of the home drew acrowd to a Zoning Commission meet-ing here Tuesday night.

But thenearly 50 spec-tators whopacked Elm-wood’s CityHall learned thechangesamounted to lit-tle more thanhousekeeping for the zoning board.

“There are conflicts within the codeitself,” said Dick Taylor, Elmwood’szoning administrator. “It’s an obliga-tion of the zoning board to clear thesethings up so you don’t have the con-flicts every time someone comes in.”

Elmwood adopted Peoria County’szoning code three years ago and thecity has made subtle changes in thetext in the years since as issues havearisen. In this case, Taylor said he dis-covered examples provided in thehome occupancy section that were notconsistent with standards listed for thethree classifications of home-based

Zoning boarddraws crowdin Elmwood


FARMINGTON – Two garages sit on differ-ent sides of a shaded lot in the south-centralpart of town, a small spa in a gazebo labeled“rabbit crossing” separating them.

In one garage are old cars. In the other, be-hind a Ford F-150 pickup parked as if ready tohead out, is a glass case filled with dozens ofStanley wood planes in a 44-year-old shopwhere Vaughn Suydam sharpens tools.

Suydam, 77, started his part-time sharpeningbusiness in 1971 when he was still working atCaterpillar.

“There wasn’t anyone doing sharpening herethen,” he says. “There was a guy in Norris whostopped, so I had a brainstorm that I’d try it.”

Suydam remembers driving to Minneapolisto the Foley-Belsaw company before it movedto Kansas City, and coming home with a loadof new equipment.

Retiring from Cat in 1991 after more than 28years on the job – mostly in the foundry(“about three years on days,” he says, laugh-ing) – he started sharpening saw blades, chainsaws, circular saws, hand saws, mower bladesand just about any metal with an edge.

“I sharpen almost anything,” he says, hishand brushing the front of his plaid shirt.

“There’s a girl coming by pretty soon with apaper cutter.

“It keeps me off the street and out of trou-ble,” he adds, smiling.

It keeps him busy, too, but less so than previ-

Suydam keepsbusy sharpeningblades and more

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A ‘PLANE’ SPOKEN MAN

Vaughn Suydamkeeps busy in retire-ment collecting woodplanes and sharpen-ing all sorts of blades.Photo by Bill Knight.

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Inside• Williamsfieldand Princevilleschool boardshave approvedtax levies. SeePages 9 and 12.

2015-16 Transportation FundingSchool Number & State Funding

% Riders Funding ShortfallBrimfield 518 / 77% $60,000 25,714Elmwood 260 / 40% 29,502 25,957Farmington 1,149 / 86% 566,217 240,051Princeville 358 / 46% 116,894 49,558Williamsfield 94 / 35% 81,000 34,714

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SUYDAM: More use carbide blades

ZONING: No change in permittingbusiness: Non-Impact, Minor and Major.

Rather than leave the conflicting pas-sages, which were examples and not spe-cific standards, the zoning board votedunanimously on Tuesday to recommendthat the Elmwood City Council amendthe code by removing those examples.

The council meets next on Tuesday,Nov. 17 and is expected to act on the rec-ommendation.

That was likely not what many whoshowed up expected, as there had beenconcerns that Elmwood was going to re-quire home businesses to obtain permits.

Not so, said Taylor and Mayor J.D.Hulslander.

“The city does not require you to get apermit,” Taylor said. “We can accommo-date you with one if you are required tohave one by another agency. The stan-dards are not changing.”

Taylor said the city has issued only onehome occupation permit since adopting

zoning, that to someone selling firearmswho was required by the state to obtain apermit.

Among those commenting at the meet-ing was Annette Barrett of Elmwood,who lives next door to a beauty salon op-erated by Margie Clark on 410 E. MainStreet. Barrett urged the city to create aspecial committee to look into homebusinesses in town.

“From my experience this has been ex-tremely painful,” Barrett said. “We needto make changes within the code.”

Clark, who declined to comment, hasoperated her salon at home since 2009.No other complaints about her businesshave been filed with the city.

Taylor said the city investigates com-plaints about home businesses. Thosethat meet the Major classification wouldrequire a special use permit, he said.

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ous years.“I got one Peoria contractor who

brings out saws,” he says. “But a lot ofpeople switched from steel to carbide[blades]. Carbide’s more expensive, butit lasts longer – six to 10 times as long.”

A bit busy as a member of the OakRidge Cemetery board and theMethodist church, Suydam’s also beenbusy accumulating Stanley wood planessince the ’80s, he says.

“My wife collected glassware andshe’d drag me to antique stores, andeventually I started picking up vintagehand planes,” he says. “I have more

than 300 now.”He has far fewer old Oldsmobiles:

three.“I have a 1965 that’s restored, and a

1956 and a 1940 – both of which needrestored,” he says. “I’ll get them done ifI live to be 100.”

Already, Suydam’s lived “an interest-ing life,” he says, having fought off can-cer four times and now dealing with hiswife Shirley, 74, living in a nursinghome with Alzheimer's disease.

Adjusting his wire-frame glasses, hesays, “I don’t know. I’m really just arun-of-the-mill guy.”

But ‘plane’ spoken.


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THE WEEK AHEAD

This Week’s Eventss Food Drive –Area Boy Scouts are

holding a Scouting for Food drive thisfall. Plastic bags have been placed ondoorsteps across the W.D. Boyce’s 14counties in central Illinois. Scouts willreturn Saturday (Nov. 14) to collect thenon-perishable canned food items.

s Free Bread – Free bread is availableat Elmwood Methodist Church Friday(Nov. 13 at 10 a.m.

s Fall Fair – Elmwood MethodistChurch Fall Fair is Sat-urday (Nov. 14). Conti-nental Breakfast at 8:30a.m., lunch 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Homemadeveggie soup, bakedgoods, maidrites, pies,drinks and crafts.

s Craft Fair – Craftand Vendor Fair Fundraiser at BrimfieldPublic Library is Saturday (Nov. 14)from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Call (309) 446-9575

s Train Fair – Peoria Train Fair at Illi-nois Central College East Peoria campusis Sunday (Nov. 15) from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.Admission $3 for adults. Kids 12 andunder free. Refreshments available.DVDs, videos, books, photos, railroadsupplies and more. Call (309) 339-2896.

s Chili Supper – Brimfield E-FreeChurch Annual Chili and Soup Dinner isSunday (Nov. 15) from 4:30-7 p.m.Chili, soups, hot dogs, drinks anddessert. Bring can goods for cost or cashdonations.

s Christmas Child – Bring shoe boxeswith items for children suffering frompoverty, disaster, disease or war. A dona-tion of $7 is encouraged for shippingcosts. Bring boxes to ElmwoodMethodist Church or Brimfield Evangel-ical Church by Nov. 21 at 9 a.m. VisitSamaritanspurse.org for more info orcall (309) 360-6372.

Future Eventss Women’s Club – Peoria Women’s

Club event is Nov. 19 at 11 a.m. LeFleurDesign will present “Bringing theWarmth of Christmas with Flowers.”Club located at 301 NE Madison in Peo-ria. To make a luncheon reservation call(309) 427-1180 by Nov. 17.

s Harvest Dinner – Harvest HomeDinner is Nov. 19 from 4:30-7 p.m. atYates City Community Center. Lasagna,salad, garlic bread, dessert and drink, $9.

s Purse Auction – Elm-wood Business WomenLuncheon and PurseAuction is Nov. 21 at 12p.m. All proceeds go toscholarship fund forElmwood seniors. Tick-ets $12, available at

Merrick’s, Crawford’s and Every LittleThing.

s Soup Supper – First PresbyterianChurch of Farmington, 83 N. Cone St.,has a soup supper and holiday bazaarNov. 21 from 4-7 p.m. Homemadesoups, silent auction, raffle, crafts andmore. Call (309) 245-4268.

s Field Day – Demonstration FarmsField Day is Nov. 21 from 1-2:50 p.m. atGeorge Roberts Farm in Trivoli. Day in-cludes water testing, water monitoringresults, on-farm experiences and more.

s Live Music – Talkin’ Turkey for St.Jude is Nov. 25 at Elmwood Middle Tap.Firehouse Five plays at 7:30 p.m. SmartTV raffle, 50/50 and more.

s Thanksgiving Praise – ThanksgivingPraise and Pie will be served at Elm-wood Baptist Church is Nov. 25 at 7p.m. All are welcome to attend thisevent.

s Park Lighting – Williamsfield’s“lighting of the park” is scheduled for 5p.m. Nov. 28, followed by a tour ofhomes from 5:30-8 p.m.

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Rambling through central Illinoispondering solar energy.

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one day later than usual (except inFarmington, where the Post Officealways delivers a day late). Post of-fices were closedon Wednesdayfor Veterans Day,causing the delay.This is the firsttime we’ve trieda Friday distribu-tion, but it couldhappen again ...soon. While I dis-like workingSundays (not just for Biblical rea-sons), that’s required for a paper toreach your mailbox by Thursday.Unless someone can convince meotherwise, in December we mightalter our schedule to have TheWeekly Post in your box on Fridays.Before changing, we want to hearyour opinion. So speak up or for-ever hold your peace. ... Seeingwhat silliness can create a feud, isthere any question that somewhere,somebody got in a fist fight with aneighbor whose portable blowersent leaves onto their property?

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viously not pheasant hunters, orvery realistic about the sad politicalsituation we endure in Illinois. I justgot back from a six-day jauntthrough the Hawkeye State and Ican’t wait to go back west. Roosters

were abundant, people were scarceand I never once had to hear aboutMike Madigan (the ultimate rooster)holding the state hostage. ... Sportsof all sorts fascinate me. But my fa-vorite Illinois pastime is basketball.So this is an exciting time. Sort of.Truth be told, Thanksgiving tourna-ments aren’t that exciting. It’s stillfootball season. But once we getpast November, I’ll be very inter-ested to follow several hoops story-lines: How will Brimfield’s boyshandle being defending statechamps? How will Bob Anderson dowith more players thanks to theROWVA-Williamsfield coop? Whowill be the successor to CarsonCuevas as top gun in the area?There’s lots to anticipate in themonths to come.

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was only after reading a “Where areThey Now” feature in the PeoriaJournal Star that Princeville AD JeffKratzer and principal Rich Tholecontacted John Gross about possiblycoaching basketball for the LadyPrinces. Gross, a two-time statechamp, said in the article he wasyoung enough to coach if anyonewould hire him following his firingfrom Peoria Richwoods. Princevillereached out. Now it will be interest-ing to see how Gross adapts tosmall-school girls hoops. The bethere is he will do very well. ... Any-one have a hornet’s nest they needremoved? I have a spot in the officethat’s perfect for a display. ... The

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There’s been a lot in the newslately about cops and excessiveforce. In most instances, the exces-sive force stems from the personwho is being de-tained refusing tofollow orders.Things quicklydeteriorate fromthere.

If you go onthe Internet, youcan find videoslike “How to GetOut of a TrafficStop,” “What to Do if Stopped,” etc.

Now maybe it’s because mybrother is a former cop or becausemy daughter works as a 911 dis-patcher, but it seems to me that ifyou want to be on your way and nothave problems, it’s just easier to dowhat they ask you to do.

It’s when the person beingstopped tries to prove that they’re“smarter” than the cops by knowing“exactly what their rights are” thatpeople get hurt. Or killed.

I have some experience with that.My dad used to go to the Veteran’sHospital in Iowa City for a medicalproblem. About every three months,he’d have to go visit the doctors

there while they oohed and ahhed,poked and prodded, hmmed andscratched their heads. About once ayear, he had to go over and stay fora week.

On one trip there when he wasgoing to stay for a week, I took himand dropped him off. After I got himsituated with his room and doctors, Iheaded back to Illinois. I wasn’t yet25 years old.

I got on the Interstate and had justcleared the Iowa City metropolitanarea when I noticed a cop behindme, his red lights going full tilt. Ichecked my speed (less than 55mph) and pulled over, thinking –hoping, actually – that he was justtrying to get past me.

He pulled over, too.Back then, when you got pulled

over by a cop, it was OK to get outof your vehicle. You don’t want todo that nowadays, but in the early’80s, it was acceptable. Since I wasdriving a van with no windows inthe back, I opened my door andstepped out. I held my left handagainst the side of the van and myright arm out to my side (showingthat I was unarmed).

Normally, I would walk to theback bumper of the van and wait (it

seems like I got pulled over a lotand had some practice).

I didn’t get two steps. The cophad his driver’s door open, he wassquatting behind it, and his gun wasleveled at me through the open win-dow in the door.

So much for friendly Iowa cops.“Freeze!” he shouted, or some-

thing like that. “On the ground!Now!”

No problem. My knees weren’tworking that well by that point any-way, and gravity was about to takeover, so down I went. I didn’t evenbother to point out that it was hardto both freeze and get on the groundat the same time.

By the time I was prone, twoother cop cars had pulled up, eachblocking a lane of traffic. A car onthe other side of the Interstate camedown and across the ditch that sepa-rated the two sides and stoppedclose to my front bumper. Each offi-cer did the same thing when theystopped; they pointed a gun at me.

Overhead, I could hear the whap-whap-whap of a helicopter althoughI never saw it. I was sort of busy in-specting the gravel on the shoulderof the road.

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Cooperating with police often a good idea

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Thanks for Farmers State Bank’s generosityTo the Editor:

Crossroads Assembly of GodChurch in Elmwood, UnitedMethodist Church of Elmwood,and New Hope Fellowship inFarmington would like to expresssincere thanks to Farmers StateBank of Elmwood.

Under the leader-ship of Fred Paige,more than $17,000 ingrocery items weredonated to localchurches from thenow-closed AstoriaHometown Market.

Pastor Marla Bauler of the FirstPresbyterian Church of Elmwoodalso assisted with this mission ofmercy.

On Oct. 12, 14 volunteers fromthree different churches took a U-Haul, van, truck and two cars toAstoria, where they filled up thevehicles with items donated byFarmers State Bank.

The grocery items were dividedamong three local food pantries.

– Tim Cavallo, Pastor, Crossroads Assembly of God

Church, Elmwood

Women-owned businesses flourishingTo the Editor:

Women-owned businesses aregaining economic impact andclout. A National Women’s Busi-

ness Council analysisof U.S. Census datafrom the 2012 Surveyof Business Ownersshows significantgrowth since 2007.

As of 2012, thereare 9.9 million

women-owned businesses – a 27.5percent increase.

The analysis also showed thatWomen-owned businesses gener-ated 1.6 trillion in total receipts,which is up from 1.2 trillion in2007. That’s up 35 percent.

For comparison, male-ownedbusinesses saw an increase of 33percent during the same period.While sole proprietorships accountfor 89.4 percent of businessesowned by women, employee hiringhas also increased by 19.5 percent.

African-American women ownmore than 1.5 million businesses

across the U.S., a 67.5 percentjump from 2007.

There are 1.48 million Hispanicwomen-owned businesses in theU.S, an increase of 87.31 percentsince 2007.

And 754,874 Asian Americanwomen own businesses, up 44.3percent from 2007.

Another area of tremendousgrowth was in veteran women-owned businesses, which increasedby 206 percent from 2007 to a totalof 384,548 businesses nationwide.

More than 100 Women’s Busi-ness Centers across the countryoffer counseling, business trainingand other services to women inbusiness in all 50 states. The Cen-ter for Rural Affairs’ REAPWomen’s Business Center hasbeen proudly serving the womenof Nebraska as part of the associa-tion since 2001.

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Canton man faces statecharges for illegal dump

ELMWOOD – A 32-year-oldCanton man on Nov. 8 was ar-rested on state charges of calcu-lated criminal disposal ofhazardous waste after he refusedto cooperate with Elmwood policeon what would have been a localordinance violation carrying apossible $700 fine, police said.

Brandon Porter is accused of il-legally dumping a tire,polyurethane, children’s toys andassorted trash at the SweetwaterPark site reserved for local resi-dents to discard yard waste.

Elmwood’s town “burn pile”has posted notices on its restric-tions and is under 24-hour dailyvideo surveillance. Porter and hisblue 1999 Chevrolet S-10 truckwere recorded in the Oct. 4 inci-dent, according to reports.

Elmwood police said they ap-prehended Porter at his Cantonhome and transported him to thePeoria County Jail.Unconscious motoristcharged for I-74 DUI

WILLIAMSFIELD – Williams-field firefighters, Knox CountySheriff’s police, and a crew fromGHAS (the Galesburg HospitalsAmbulance Service) all respondedto an emergency call about a pos-sible accident with injuries about3 a.m. Nov. 4 on Interstate 74.

Responding crews found TyroneHardges, 46, of Galesburg, lyingunconscious in the median next toa gray SUV parked in the median,according to the Knox CountySheriff’s Office.

Hardges was partially undressedbut there were no signs of trauma,police said.

GHAS transported him to Cot-tage Hospital in Galesburg, wherehe was arrested for Driving Underthe Influence, illegal transporta-tion of alcohol, and improperparking on a roadway, accordingto reports.

Hardges was transported to theKnox County Jail.Princeville driver injuredin two-car crash

PRINCEVILLE – Akron-Princeville firefighters about 8:45a.m. Nov. 6 transported KirstenRasmussen, 22, of Princeville to

OSF St. Francis Medical Centerafter a wreck on Illinois Route 40,according to reports.

Rasmussen was driving a 2000Toyota Camry northbound onRoute 40 when her car was struckby a 2002 Chevrolet Malibudriven by Brody Noonen, 19, ofPrinceville, police said.Peoria driver injured inPrinceville-Jubilee crash

WILLIAMSFIELD – A Peoriamotorist on Nov. 4 was apparentlyinjured in a two-car accident onPrinceville-Jubilee Road, policesaid.

Amanda Meyer, 18, was trans-ported by AMT to UnityPointMethodist Medical Center afterthe 2015 Dodge Dart she wasdriving north on the blacktopstruck the rear of a 2011 Chevro-let Cruze driven by Debra Hart,54 of Williamsfield, according toreports.Motorist injured onFarmington Road

FARMINGTON – Tosha Koga,34, of Farmington was transportedto OSF St. Francis Medical Centerby West Peoria Fire Departmentabout 10 p.m. on Nov. 6 after acollision.

According to police reports, the2011 Ford Fusion Koga was driv-ing eastbound on FarmingtonRoad turned into the path of awestbound 2011 Ford Fusiondriven by 19-year-old HayleyHawton of Peoria and the vehiclescollided.Peoria County Octobercrime data released

The Peoria Sheriff’s Depart-ment released its monthly CrimeStatistics Report for October forthe eight Peoria County townshipsin The Weekly Post’s circulationarea:

• Brimfield city and townshiptogether had 1 theft, 3 accidentswith no injuries, and 3 traffic tick-ets.

• Elmwood city and townshiptogether had 1 assault and1 do-mestic battery.

• Jubilee Township had 1 van-dalism/criminal damage to prop-erty, 2 accidents without an injuryand 3 traffic tickets.

• Kickapoo had 1 residentialburglary, 1 domestic battery. 1drug arrest, 4 theft charges, 1 van-dalism/criminal, 1 accident with

an injury, 14 accidents without in-juries, and 11 traffic tickets.

• Millbrook had no incidents re-ported.

• Princeville city and townshiptogether had 1 battery, 1 identitytheft, 1 vandalism/criminal dam-age to property, 7 accidents with-out injuries, and 8 traffic tickets.

• Radnor had 1 drug arrest, 1DUI, 4 accidents without injuries,and 5 traffic tickets.

• Rosefield had 1 theft, 1 van-dalism/criminal damage to prop-erty, 1 DUI, 1 accidents with noinjuries, and 5 traffic tickets.Police Reports

• YATES CITY – Taryn John-son, 24, of Yates City on Oct. 30was ticketed for improper laneusage after she apparently lostcontrol of the 1999 Pontiac GrandPrix she was driving westboundon Farmington Road and struck a2001 Dodge Neon driven by 23-year-old Thomas Cook of Farm-ington, according to reports.Johnson told police she thoughther vehicle had a defective wheelbearing.

• Mikkel Ista, 21, of Brimfieldon Nov. 6 was arrested for theft ofless than $500 and transported tothe Peoria County Jail.

• Samantha Zerfass, 30, of Ed-wards on Nov. 6 was arrested onan Elmwood ordinance violationfor marijuana and issued a NoticeTo Appear, also held for aTazewell County warrant for anopen DUI case and transported tothe Peoria County Jail.

• Korey Zinser, 26, ofPrinceville on Nov. 7 was arrestedfor domestic battery and trans-ported to the Peoria County Jail.Deer Accidents

• Oct. 30: Laura Fuller of Triv-oli on Illinois Route 8 near TaylorRoad in Kickapoo Township.

• Oct. 31: Ariel Gardner ofPrinceville on Illinois Route 91near Mendell Road in PrincevilleTownship.

• Nov. 1: Jeffrey Bassham ofEast Peoria on Interstate 74 nearBell School Road in BrimfieldTownship.

• Nov. 3: Michael Dutton ofBrimfield on Kickapoo-EdwardsRoad near Valley View in Kick-apoo Township.

• Nov. 5: Erin Frankens of Peo-ria on Illinois Route 8 near HeinLane in Kickapoo Township.

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Before I could tell them I wasalone, I heard one of the police ra-dios squawk something about “the

wrong van,” and suddenly, my wel-coming party vanished as quickly asit had arrived. Only the trooper whooriginally stopped me remained.

He came to me, holstering hisweapon and profusely apologizing. He helped me up, made sure I wasokay, and even joked with me a lit-tle. It seems that someone had justrobbed a bank in Iowa City and thebad guys (two or three of them)were armed. They know this be-cause they shot at someone on theirway out of the bank.

The helicopter was tracking themin their blue van, but it had gone theother way. When cops saw MY bluevan, they became very intent on re-trieving the bank’s money.

I never did find out if they caughtthe bad guys or not.

I really didn’t care.I think I stopped shaking two or

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WILLIAMSFIELD – The Boardof Education on Monday approveda tentative tax levy of $3,415,286,which would break down to spend-ing about 78 percent for educationpurposes, 9 percent for operationsand maintenance and 4.5 percent fortransportation.

The levy “is a 3.37 percent in-crease from last year and will resultin an approximate tax rate of$4.38,” said Superintendent TimFarquer.

The proposed levy will be on dis-play for 30 days and is scheduledfor a public hearing before consid-eration at the board’s December 14meeting.

In other financial news, TeresaWelch from the Galesburg account-ing firm of Blucker, Kneer & Asso-ciates reported on the routine annualaudit, which showed a stable pictureand some good news as far as prop-erty values.

The assessed valuation of the dis-

trict increased for the first time infive years, she said – a 1.58-percentimprovement from last year, from$74,174,455 to $75,348,289.

As far as the Illinois State Boardof Education financial profile desig-nation, Williamsfield scored a 3.65,which is classified as “Recogni-tion.”

The state has a scale of 1.00 to4.00 – Recognition (3.54-4.00), Re-view (3.08-3.53), Early Warning(2.62-3.07) and Watch (1.00-2.61).

The District has more than 300days cash on hand, which helps theoverall situation despite this year’sdeficits: $219,000 in the EducationFund, $108,000 in Operations &Maintenance.

“A large part of how our FiscalYear ’16 financial numbers end updepends on what happens at thestate level,” Farquer said. “Thus farthere has been little movement.Some type of ‘great compromise’could drop at any time, but morethan likely this stalemate will lastinto the 2016 calendar year.

“This type of financial uncer-tainty is why we continue the prac-tice of carrying cash on hand.”

In other news:• A work day is set for Saturday

(Nov. 14) to get the District’s ballfields ready for spring. Two loads ofball diamond dirt were recently de-livered in to address decades-olddrainage issues.

• On Tuesday (Nov. 17),Williamsfield’s STEM [Science-Technology-Engineering-Math]team will go to Growmark inBloomington to participate in thefall STEM Learning ExchangeCompetition.

• The Board approved extendingthe Mid-County Football Coop fortwo years.

• Summer building upgradesranging from building security andrenovated music and French roomsto office consolidation and a recon-figured entrance were discussed forconsideration next month.

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SCHOOLS: ‘Poor’ districts hit hardestexcess funds in other pro-grams. State law not onlycaps the amount ofmoney school districtscan collect locally eachyear; it also limits thegrowth of tax rates insome funds, such as edu-cation and operations andmaintenance – but nottransportation. So rev-enues collected there cango anywhere wealthy dis-tricts want to put it.

For example, in Du-Page County, much of therevenue Queen Bee Ele-mentary District 16levied locally for busingis used elsewhere. Ninenearby districts combinedto transfer more than $13million from their trans-portation budgets to otherfunds last year, accordingto the Daily Herald.

“This system punishespoor school districtstwice,” Asplund contin-ues. “First, the state’sfunding formula is al-ready set up to give prop-erty-wealthy districtslicense to generate dollarsthat far exceed the state’sdesignated foundationlevel of $6,119 per child(the minimum amount ofmoney the state says isrecommended to spendper child in Illinois,which is much too low anumber).

“Then, due to the factthat they can also gener-ate enough local revenueto fund their transporta-tion program without the

state’s help, they are ableto move those moniesinto the classroom via afund transfer to the edu-cation fund. This statecontinues to turn its backon its poor, rural stu-dents.”

In The Weekly Postarea, superintendentshave to scramble.

“We needed to transferfunds from $300,000from Working Cash tocover our shortfall,” Dul-ing says.

In Elmwood, Superin-tendent Chad Wagnersays, “One of our majorshifts the past year wasselling our old buses andelecting to go with newer,leased vehicles. This al-lows us to budget on afixed rate for the vehicleswhile spending less onrepairs and maintenance,personnel and time.

“Proration continues tobe a concern with man-dated categoricals, espe-cially in transportation,”Wagner continues. “InFY11, we received about$325,000 in regular andspecial education fundingfrom the state. In FY12and FY13, that amountdecreased to around$200,000. In FY14, itwas reduced to approxi-mately $160,000, and lastyear (FY15), the pay-ments we received wereless than $100,000.”

The “mandated cate-goricals” include requiredspending on lunch/break-fast; regular transporta-tion; reading improve-ment; career and techni-cal education; standards,assessment and accounta-bility; and Special Educa-tion transportation,personnel and otherneeds.

Williamsfield Superin-tendent Tim Farquer says,“Our Board of Educationhas historically kept cashon hand to absorb thistype of disruption.”

In Brimfield, Superin-tendent Joe Blesssmanadds, “In 2014-2015,Brimfield received threepayments from the State.In 2015-2016, Brimfieldis only anticipating onepayment. Due to our re-serves, we have not hadto move funds. We arecurrently levying $.20 inour transportation levy,which is accounting forapproximately $217,000of our revenue.”

The area’s biggest dis-trict, Farmington, is try-ing to stop the bleeding.

“We transferred$200,000 out of GeneralState Aid that normallystays in the educationfund to help slow thelosses in the transporta-tion fund,” Asplund says.

Elsewhere, someschool districts chargeparents of bused studentsan additional fee fortransportation services,but that alternative isn’tattractive around here.

“I feel that asking par-ents to provide trans-portation is an unrealisticrequest, as the majority offamilies have dual-work-ing parents, and they relyon their schools to pro-vide transportation fortheir children,” Wagnersays.

Likewise, raising localtaxes isn’t realistic.

“I am not sure askingmore in property taxesfrom local taxpayers isthe answer,” says Prince-ville’s Duling. “In myopinion, the State needsto revise how it funds

schools, taking the pres-sure off of local propertytaxes.”

Asplund agrees.“We need our represen-

tatives in Springfield tobe aware that the statecontinues to underfundtransportation and this isa disproportionate hard-ship on rural students andschool districts,” he says.“The funding system inIllinois is set up to benefitwealthy, metropolitan-suburban students andschool districts. Thismust change. We encour-age community membersto phone or write letters-emails to our elected offi-cials.”

Blessman thinks fund-ing should reflect localresources and localneeds.

“In areas with highpopulation density (sub-urbs), there tends to behigher Equalized As-sessed Valuations withsmaller geographic dis-tricts,” he says. “Down-state, where manydistricts are rural, EAVsare lower and districts aregeographically larger.These rural districts can-not levy enough locallyand rely on State fund-ing.”

Farquer is sympatheticbut wants to be realistic.

“We can work to influ-ence policy in Spring-field, but at the end of theday, we have to focus onwhat we can control,” hesays. “We are nearing thepoint where we will seeneighboring districtsworking together to trans-port kids, which, quitefrankly, will probably in-crease operational effi-ciency for us all.”





With the recognitionof National DiabetesMonth during Novem-ber, this is a particularlyimportant month to re-mind people with dia-betes to get a fluvaccine.

While the Centers forDisease Control and Pre-vention recommend thateveryone six months andolder should be vacci-nated against the flu, it isparticularly importantthat people with dia-betes, even well-con-trolled diabetes, protectthemselves from the flu.

The flue is a respira-tory illness that can leadto severe medical com-plications.

“People with diabetesare at increased risk ofdeveloping serious flu-related complicationsfrom an influenza virus.This is because diabetescan make the immunesystem less able to fightinfections and gettingthe flu makes it harder tocontrol blood sugar,”states Jean Bellisario,Director of InfectiousDisease at Peoria City-County Health Depart-ment.

“According to the

CDC, over 1 in 3 flu-re-lated hospitalizations arepeople with diabetes.Vaccinating against theflu can help prevent theflu and the need formany of these hospital-izations. The flu vac-cines have a very longsafety record in peoplewith diabetes and theyare very effective.”

Bellisario adds,“Along with the flu vac-cine, remember to in-clude Pneumoniavaccines into a diabetesmanagement plan. Peo-ple with diabetes are alsoat increased risk of pneu-monia during flu sea-son.”

While there has beenlittle flu activity in Cen-tral Illinois and acrossthe United States so farthis season, flu outbreaksdo traditionally occurfrom fall through winter.

Bellisario advises“With November as Na-tional Diabetes Monthand with people gather-ing for the holidays, nowis a great time to remindpeople with diabetes toget their vaccinations,before people aroundyou become ill.

“Vaccinations areavailable throughout thecommunity – at manymedical offices, pharma-cies, retail stores, healthclinics, and health de-partments.”

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BRIEFSStill time to submit fiberart pieces for craft show

PRINCEVILLE – There’s stilltime to submit your fiber art piecesfor the Lillie M. Evans LibraryFiber Arts and Fabric Crafts Show.Homemade items made with natu-ral or synthetic fibers such as quilts,felted items, weavings, baskets,origami, knit and crochet works,needlepoint and sewn items will beaccepted through Friday (Nov. 13)at 5 p.m.

There is no cost to participate orto view the show.

The Fiber Arts & Fabric CraftsShow will be on display from Nov.16 to Dec. 5 at the LME Library,207 N Walnut Ave in Princeville.This is an exhibition only show andcan be viewed during the library’sregular open hours: Mondays andWednesdays 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Tues-days, Thursdays and Fridays 9a.m.-5p.m.; and Saturdays 9 a.m.-1p.m.

A closing-night reception will beheld during Holiday Homecomingon Saturday, Dec. 5 from 4-7 p.m.This free event is open to all. Re-freshments will be served.

To learn more, call (309) 385-4540 or email [email protected] water matters topicfor Women Voters

PEORIA – “Sustainability: WhyShould We Care About Water?”will be the focus of the discussion

at the Nov. 18 Drinks & Dialogueprogram hosted by the League ofWomen Voters of Greater Peoria.

The meeting will be held from5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the HearthRestaurant, 4604 N. Prospect Av-enue, Peoria Heights.

The event will be facilitated byLeague members and led by RobertFuessle of Bradley University. Dr.Fuessle earned his Masters andPhD degrees in environmental en-gineering from the University ofIllinois, Urbana. He is a specialistin the area of hazardous wastetreatment and management model-ing for environmental systems, sta-bilizing hazardous wastes,environmental management andpolicy analysis and environmentalrisk assessment.Peoria Train Fair set for ICC this Sunday

EAST PEORIA – The PeoriaTrain Fair pulls in to the IllinoisCentral College East Peoria cam-pus on schedule Sunday (Nov. 15)from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The event is sponsored by theIllinois Valley Model RailroadClub in Peoria and Pekin’s RiverCity Model Railroad Club. Admis-sion is $3 for adults. Kids, 12 andunder are free when accompaniedby an adult. Refreshments will beavailable.

Whether you are a model railroadenthusiast, a train buff, or justsomeone who is looking for unique

holiday gifts, there will be some-thing for everybody. It’s a greattime to see the latest products andtalk to those who can answer at-tendee’s questions.

The operating layouts return tothe Train Fair this year courtesy ofthe River City Model RailroadClub, giving attendees an idea ofwhat is possible in model railroad-ing. “Run a Train” returns as kidscan take turns as engineers and runselected trains on a small layout.

All proceeds from the fair sup-port the Illinois Valley Model Rail-road Club in Peoria and River CityModel Railroad Club in Pekin andtheir efforts to highlight and pro-mote the hobby of model railroad-ing to all.Wildlife Prairie Parkwildlife waddle Nov. 28

HANNA CITY – On Nov. 28,Wildlife Prairie Park invites all tothe Wildlife Waddle. This specialday at the Park will feature a seriesof scheduled, guided hikes throughthe animal trails as well as animalprograms, and mapped hiking trailsfor those interested in a challenge.

Join us as we all come to thePark and walk off that hugeThanksgiving meal. Guided hikeswill take place starting at 10 a.m.and will be held every hour withthe last guided hike leaving at 2p.m.

Guests are welcome to stay untilthe Park closes at 4:30 p.m.

Third and sixth-graders in Amber Sampier’s physical education classes at Brimfield Grade School were thetop collectors of pet food in a food drive for the Tazewell Animal Protection Society. The students collected1,075 items.

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Recently I’ve been asked aboutcaring for clematis vines during thewinter. Some gardeners ignore theirclematis and prune it only after itthreatens to tear the gutters off thehouse. Others carefully prune everycouple weeks, guiding young vinescarefully over the trellis.

The fact is, most clematis willsurvive either treatment, but the rulebooks spell out the official pruningmethods recommended by the horti-cultural cognoscenti.

The experts divide clematis vari-eties into three groups, based uponwhen they flower. Each group ispruned a different way. You need toknow which variety you have inorder to prune it correctly.

Group A includes all the early-flowering clematis. They bloom inApril and May from buds producedthe previous season. That meansthey should not be pruned untilright after they flower. If you prunethem at this time of year, you won’tkill the plant but you will be cuttingoff next spring’s flowers.

It’s fine, however, to prune outdead and broken vines and to trimback a straggler here and there nowor anytime. This group includesClematis montana, C. alpina, and C.macropetala.

Group B includes large-floweredhybrids that bloom in June from lastseason’s wood. Don’t prune theseback now, but rather trim back anydead and weak stems in March by

cutting back the stem tips to the top-most pair of green buds.

Old mature vines tend to get bareand ugly at the base. When this hap-pens you can either hide the vineslegs by planting something in frontof it or you can cut the whole thingback to about 20 inches after theflush of blooms in June is over.Then the vine will either die (notlikely if well established) or rejuve-nate itself quickly. C. ‘Nelly Moser’and C. ‘Henryi’ are representativesof this group.

Group C is the late-floweringclematis and, as you might expect,they bloom on the new season’sgrowth. Chances are, if you have aclematis that has been in your land-scape for a long time, it belongs tothis group. These vines should becut back to about 15 or 20 inchesabove the ground every March.

Some gardeners cut them backnow and that’s fine. Others don’teven own a pruning shears and theirvines do just fine. The point is thatthis is the easiest group to handlebecause they do fine in spite of howthey are cared for.

The common and popular C. xjackmanii with its large purple

flowers, C. viticella, which bloommost of the summer, and C. ternifo-lia (paniculata, maximowicziana),the sweet autumn clematis, all be-long to this group.

Don’t be afraid to prune estab-lished clematis vines. You’re notgoing to kill them with a pruningshears and I’ve never seen a clema-tis that couldn’t benefit from a snipor two. The worst that will happenis that you will lose some flowersfor one season.

If your clematis has been strug-gling, the problem might be envi-ronment. A clematis likes its head inthe sun and its feet in the shade, soit performs best when planted in asunny location with roots shaded bycomplimentary shrubs or perenni-als.

Now (or very early spring) is agood time to move a clematis ifnecessary. Make sure the soil ismoist and dig as large a rootball aspractical. You may need help and awheelbarrow because the rootball ofa mature clematis is can be two feetwide and deep. Water well andapply two or three inches of mulch.

Before winter sets in, make surethe soil around the base of the vinesis well mulched to conserve mois-ture. Check the trellis to be sure it issecure. A loose trellis could causethe base of the vines to become in-jured and broken in winter winds.

And if the Old Man Winter getscantankerous, loose trellises mayend up several blocks away by nextspring.

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PRINCEVILLE – In a state financialsituation that could go from bad toworse at any moment, the PrincevilleBoard of Education is hoping for thebest but planning for the worst.

Considering that Republican Gov.Bruce Rauner and the Democratic-ma-jority General Assembly both are toy-ing with a property-tax freeze thatwould severely limit local revenues toschools and municipalities, the Boardon Tuesday took steps to refinance itsdebt and approved an “intent” tosomeday issue Working Cash Bonds.

The board also OK’d a proposed taxlevy that would keep the tax rate aboutthe same.

“Working with our bonding com-pany, we found a way to refinance cur-rent debt – bonds – in a way that willhelp us raise our debt limit in case theproperty-tax freeze becomes reality,”said Princeville Superintendent Shan-non Duling. “By refinancing, we willbe able to decrease our interest ratesand use the savings to make our con-struction bond payment.”

The District also may be able to

lower its tax rate and save moneyoverall, while preparing for the Stateto freeze local property taxes.

Part of that preparation is the Boardempowering the issuance of up to $2million in Working Cash Bonds, alegal requirement to be able to do so.

“The Board does not plan on actu-ally issuing any Working CashBonds,” Duling said, “but felt it wasimportant to have a ‘safety net,’ just incase something catastrophic were tohappen in the near future. We are veryconcerned with State funding, the pos-sible pension cost shift, and the possi-ble property-tax freeze.”

The state Senate in August passed abill freezing local property taxes fortwo years and changing the state’sGeneral State Aid formula with someundefined mechanism. That vote was37-1, with 18 voting Present.

After the bill was sent to the House,it was assigned to the Executive Com-mittee and has a final action deadlineof Dec. 4.

“If something [in Springfield] doeshappen, we could adjust,” Duling said.“If not, we could still issue a bond

Princeville board OK’s bond

October 2015 Peoria Co. Real Estate TransactionsDate Address Amount Grantor/grantee10/1 18307 W. Scotland Prairie Rd., Brimfield $65,000 Megan / Thompson10/1 N. Anderson Rd., Princeville $800,000 Bess / Ehnle10/1 617 N. Aten Ave, Princeville $178,000 Debord /Hofer 10/2 12307 W. Legion Hall Rd., Princeville $275,000 Wagner / Carter 10/5 15501 W. Brimfield-Jubilee Rd., Brimfield $615,000 Bess / Gargiulo 10/6 405 N. Magnolia St., Elmwood $48,000 Dement / Jansky10/8 6608 W. Willow Oak Ct, Edwards $526,546 Signature Homes of Bloomington / Dears 10/8 15112 W. Schlink Rd., Brimfield $120,100 Wells Fargo Financial / Curtale10/9 728 N. Aten Ave, Princeville $144,000 Boyer / Bibb10/15 6830 N. White Fir Dr, Edwards $220,000 Bienemann / Johnson10/16 405 W. High St., Elmwood $79,000 McCready / Dunn 10/19 6520 W. Stonebrook Dr, Edwards $812,487 Scott Lewis Homes / Baker 10/19 6301 W. Red Cedar Ln, Edwards $275,000 Zhou / American Int’l Relocation 10/19 6301 W. Red Cedar Ln, Edwards $275,000 American Int’l Relocation / Ross 10/21 6202 W. Diversey Ct, Edwards $309,000 Keystone Homes / Rawson 10/22 6305 W. Clairemont Ct, Edwards $406,000 Ironwood Homes / Busch 10/22 521 W. Main St., Princeville $67,500 Koehler / Bishop 10/22 6517 W. Hazel Nut Dr, Edwards $379,000 Culver / Mitchell 10/23 9225 N. Ford Rd., Edwards $262,500 Sapinski / Sapinski10/23 8151 N. Blackbridge Rd., Edwards $183,500 Huber / Harper10/26 104 N. Laurel St., Elmwood $80,500 Harper / Goff 10/26 405 N. Grace St., Brimfield $85,000 Rosecrans / Hupprich 10/26 N. White Fir Dr, Edwards $326,343 RLK / Hoerr10/26 12910 W. Legion Hall Rd., Princeville $176,000 Williams / Three Princesses Prop.10/26 8507 N. Ford Rd., Edwards $370,000 Hoerr / Chastain 10/28 9322 N. Philander Chase, Brimfield $400,000 Garrett / Lavin10/28 10236 N. Fox Creek Dr, Brimfield $155,000 Sales / Schaer 10/28 14724 N. Mendenhall Rd., Princeville $318,000 Graham / Weyhrich 10/28 14806 N. Mendenhall Rd., Princeville $318,000 Graham / Weyhrich 10/30 121 W. Clinton St., Brimfield $164,000 Oppe / Joyner

NOTE: Listings reflects minimum of $40,000 for sale.

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GALESBURG – TheGalesburg Civic ArtCenter will host an exhi-bition of work in oil byLarry Jon Davis andglass by Michelle Hamil-ton, Friday (Nov. 13) toDec. 23 in the Joanne R.Goudie Gallery.

An opening receptionwill be held today from5-7 p.m., and is open andfree to the public. Musicis provided by Ada andThe Shubies, along withfree light hors d’oeuvresand beverages.

Also opening in theBlick Gallery is an exhi-bition of work by MarciaFox of Wataga and RoseMoore of Rio.

Davis is a nativeIowan who relocated toKnoxville after retiringfrom academia in 2010.Davis has pursued an ac-tive studio and exhibitionschedule since his under-graduate experience atthe University of Iowa inthe 1960s.

Hamilton is a contem-porary glass artist andthe owner of ZaximoStudios in St. Louis.

Galesburg Civic ArtCenter regular hours areTuesday through Friday,10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.and Saturday 10:30 a.m.to 3:00 p.m.

For more information,contact the GalesburgCivic Art Center at 114E. Main St., Galesburg,IL 61401, (309) 342-7415 or visit www.gales-burgarts.org.

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PRINCEVILLE: Bonds to be used only if neededyears down the road if whoever’sin charge of the District gets in adifficult position. Or we could usethat for anything from a parkinglot to the track.

“Again, the Board does not planon issuing Working Cash Bonds,”he continued. “They are issuingthe ‘intent’ just in case they areput in a position where there areno other revenue streams andmoney would need to be divertedfrom the Education Fund (teachersalaries, student instructional sup-plies, etc.).

“The last thing we would want

to do is cut staff due to an unfore-seen financial expenditure outsideof the District's control.”

Meanwhile, the proposed taxlevy of $4.2 million devotes 67percent to the Education Fund, 10percent to Operations and Mainte-nance, and 4 percent to Trans-portation, records show.

Princeville C.U.S.D.’s tax rate is5.71, which went into effect lastyear after voters approved the in-crease in a referendum to helpwith major construction.

Levy paperwork is available forinspection before a public hearingprior to the Board’s next regular

meeting on Dec. 8.In other news,• a K-2 parents meeting is

scheduled from 5-6 p.m. Tuesday,Dec. 1 in the gym to discuss stan-dards-based report cards;

• construction remains on sched-ule;

• a writing committee is work-ing on guidelines for Grades 6-12to use in all disciplines to ensureconsistent standards are applied;and

• cafeteria employee DarleneBultemeier turned in her retire-ment notice.




OBITUARIESDale Broadfield, Sr.

YATES CITY – Dale E. Broad-field, Sr., 91, passed away onWednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, at 5:55a.m. at his farmstead where he wasborn.

He was born onMarch 28, 1924,in Yates City, toLloyd C. andFlorence (Bow-man) Broadfield.He married Eliza-beth (Lacey)Broadfield origi-nally on July 21,1956 in Galesburg and later mar-ried on May 8, 2007 at St.Matthew’s Church in Farmington.She survives.

He is also survived by three chil-dren, Denise (Mike) Slater of Bar-tonville, Dale Broadfield, Jr. ofYates City, and Jean Ann (StewFuller) Ashton of Galesburg; threegrandchildren, Allison Slater, KyleSlater, and Stacy (Bill) Lotz; andone great-grandchild, Sophie Lotz.

He was preceded in death by hisparents and one brother, EldonBroadfield, who was killed onCorregidor in World War II.

Dale graduated from Yates CityHigh School in 1942. He was aself-employed farmer throughouthis lifetime.

He was also a member of thePeoria County Farm Bureau andSt. Matthew’s Catholic Church inFarmington.

Funeral services were held at St.Matthew’s Catholic Church inFarmington on Nov. 7. Cremationrites were accorded. Burial ofashes will be at Oak Ridge Ceme-tery in Farmington at a later date.

Memorials may be made to theElba Salem Fire Department.Oaks-Hines Funeral home in Elm-wood is in charge of arrangements.

Condolences may be left online atwww.oakshinesfuneralhome.com.

James Roy CecilELMWOOD –

Elmwood –James “Jim” RoyCecil, 75, of Elm-wood, formerlyof Maquon,passed away at3:24 p.m.Wednesday, Nov.4, 2015, in Peo-

ria. Jim was born Nov. 16, 1939, in

Galesburg, the son of Kenneth andMargaret Martin Cecil. He marriedDonna Pierce, his wife of nearly38 years, at the Maquon UnitedMethodist Church on Nov. 11,1977. She survives.

Also surviving are his motherMargaret of Maquon; four chil-dren, Steve Parker of Maquon;Stephanie (Walt) Knox ofMaquon; Stacy Dikeman (JohnWisniewski) of Hanover Park, IL;and Jamie (Geoff) Monari of Elm-wood; seven grandchildren, Dustin(Casey) Knox, Shawn Knox,Travis Knox, Kelsey Knox, Justin(Erin) Dikeman, Mathew (Emily)Dikeman, and Kailey Monari; fourgreat-grandchildren, Lilyann,Rune, Linus, and Kameron andone brother, Don Cecil of Maquonand one sister, Roberta (Roger)Wilson of Knoxville. Jim is pre-ceded in death by his father.

Jim graduated from Valley HighSchool in 1957 and joined theArmy, where he was stationed atFort Leonard Wood. After his mili-tary service, he worked for Maytagas an inspector and in the ware-house for 35 years, retiring in1992.

He then began working at Elm-wood Elementary School as a cus-todian, where he was a dedicatedand loyal employee for 14 years.Most recently Jim began workingat Hy-Vee in Peoria as a floral andgrocery delivery driver.

He was a past trustee and com-mander of the former Maquon

American Legion, then transferredhis membership to the KnoxvilleAmerican Legion Post #749. Jimwas a member of the Maple LaneCountry Club in Elmwood, theFarmington Moose Lodge, and a60-plus-year member of theMaquon United Methodist Church.He was a former trustee of thechurch, as well as a past trustee forthe City of Maquon.

Jim was an avid and loyal St.Louis Cardinals fan, and spent his75th birthday in Missouri with hisfamily enjoying a game. Spendingtime with his grandchildren andgreat-grandchildren brought Jimmuch happiness. He will be deeplymissed and forever loved by allwho knew him.

A funeral service to honor Jim’slife was held Nov. 9, 2015, at theMaquon United Methodist Church.Burial was in Maquon Cemetery.

Memorial Contributions may bemade to the Children’s Hospital ofIllinois 530 NE Glen Oak Ave,Peoria IL 61637 or the MaquonUnited Methodist Church.

Haskell-Hott Funeral Homes inPrinceville handled arrangements.

Condolences may be left online atwww.haskellhott.com.

Mary Lou RecordFARMINGTON – Mary Lou

Record, 84, of Ellisville died Nov.7 at UnityPoint Health-Methodistin Peoria.

A 1948 graduate of FarmingtonHigh School and the CottageSchool of Nursing in 1951, shewas a nurse for 62 years, startingSpoon River Home Health Servicewith her daughter in 1993.

Survivors include her husband,Frank Record; daughter Susan(Brian) Platt of Ellisville; twogranddaughters, Taylor andMegan; three nieces, Carla Ander-son, Sundra (Don) Edwards, andCathy Stewart; and nephew Steve(Lyn) Stewart.

Services will be at 11 a.m. onSaturday, Nov. 14, at Anderson-Sedgwick Funeral Home in Farm-ington, the Rev. Ken Harrisofficiating. Visitation will be from5 to 8 p.m. on Friday (Nov. 13) atthe funeral home. Burial will fol-low the service at Oak RidgeCemetery.

Condolences may be left online atwww.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com.

This Week’s Obituaries• Dale Broadfield Sr., 91, YatesCity• Donna Brookhart, 76, Brimfield• James Cecil, 75, Elmwood• Mary Lou Record, 84, Farming-ton• Mary Schmeiser, 97, Farming-ton• Gary Shotsberger, 74, Farming-ton• Sue Stuckel, 65, Farmington• Jonathan Zeglen, 52, Farming-ton• Betty Yates, 94, Elmwood

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OBITUARIESBetty Yates

ELMWOOD – Mrs. Betty Lor-raine Yates, 94, formerly of 207Lincoln St., Galesburg, died at5:49 p.m. Friday,Nov. 6, 2015, atSeminary Manorin Galesburg.

She was bornJan.3, 1921, inGalesburg toRalph C. andMabel CoolDixon.

She was mar-ried to Lowell Yates for almost 64years. They married on Aug. 29,1941 in Galesburg. He precededher in death on April 26, 2005.

Betty is survived by a daughter,Dottie (and Jack) Frame of Elm-wood; a son, Dr. Roger (and Car-leen) Yates of Carpentersville; asister, Dorothy Clatt of East Peo-ria; a sister-in-law, Gwen Dixon ofRed Lion, Pa.; three grandchil-dren, Chris Frame, Zack Yates andKyle Yates, three great-grandchil-dren; many nieces, nephews andcousins.

She was preceded in death bytwo brothers, Dale Dixon andRichard Dixon; and four sisters,Evelyn Moore, Merle Edoff, De-lores Goddard and Rose MarieKremer.

Betty was a 1939 graduate ofGalesburg High School. She re-tired from Dunsworth Book Storein 1979 after working there for 15years. She was a member of theFirst United Methodist Churchand the church’s Women’s Circle.She was an excellent cook andloved to bake. She loved to playBunco with eight good friends.She enjoyed fishing with her hus-band, Lowell, and their grandchil-dren.

She was a wonderful wife,Mother and Grandmother.

Betty’s family would like tothank the staff of Seminary Manorand OSF Hospice for the excellentand loving care they gave to Bettyover the past six years.

Funeral services will be 1:30p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015 atHinchliff-Pearson-West GalesburgChapel. Pastor Mary Runge offici-

ating. Burial will be in MemorialPark Cemetery. Visitation will be12:30 to 1:30 Thursday at theChapel.

Memorials may be made to theFirst United Methodist Church orto OSF Hospice.

Condolences may be left online atwww.h-p-w.com.

Donna BrookhartBRIMFIELD – Donna Jean

Brookhart, 76, of Peoria, sister ofmen from Brimfield and Elmwood,died Nov. 7 at OSF Saint FrancisMedical Center.

Survivors include her husband,Gerald Brookhart; daughters Debbie(Levi) Blair of North Pekin, SusanCanty of Peoria and Katie (Paul)Coogan and Tracy (Steve) Smith,both of Wauwatosa, Wis.; 11 grand-children; and siblings Gerald(Linda) Carroll of Elmwood,Richard (Caroll) Carroll of Brim-field, and Betty (Bob) Gorman ofPeoria.

A memorial Mass was Nov. 11 atSt. Philomena Catholic Church.Cremation rites have been accorded.

Condolences may be left online atwww.wrightandsalmon.com.

Mary SchmeiserFARMINGTON – Mary B.

Schmeiser, 97, of Farmington, diedNov. 1 at Farmington CountryManor Nursing Home.

Survivors include two children,Maryann (James) Morrison ofMapleton and James PaulSchmeiser of Key Largo, Fla.; twograndchildren; and four greatgrandchildren.

A celebration of life service washeld Nov. 5 at Banks & Beals Fu-neral Home in Stronghurst withburial at Stronghurst Cemetery.

Condolences may be left onlineat banksandbeals.com.

Greg ShotsbergerFARMINGTON – Gregory J.

Shotsberger, 74, of East Peoria,formerly of Farmington, died Nov.2 at UnityPoint Health-Methodist.

A 1959 graduate of FarmingtonEast High School, he is survivedby his wife, Emily (Kackson)Shotsberger; children, Tammy(Jim) Garrott of East Peoria andKevin (Marissa Emerson) Shots-

berger of Columbus, Ohio; onegrandchild, Madelyn Garrott; onesister, Marcia Boyer of Peoria; onecousin, JoAnn Smith of Dundee,Fla.; and several nieces andnephews.

The family planned a private re-membrance. Schmidt-Haller Burialand Cremation Services assistedthe family with arrangements.

Condolences may be left online atwww.legacy.com.

Sue StuckelFARMINGTON – Linda Sue

Stuckel, 65, of Rapatee, sister of aFarmington man, died Nov. 5 ather residence.

Surviving is her mother, Betty ofRapatee; two brothers, Jack(Emmy) Stuckel of Farmingtonand John (Bev) Stuckel of Rap-atee; and one sister, Rhonda (JohnG) Hagen of Rapatee.

Services were Nov. 10 at Ander-son-Sedgwick Funeral Home inFarmington, with burial at WhiteChapel Memory Gardens in Can-ton.


Jonathon ZeglenFARMINGTON – Jonathon An-

drew Zeglen, 52, of Farmington,died Nov. 6 at Methodist MedicalCenter.

Survivors include daughtersNicole Zeglen and Melissa Zeglen,both of Farmington; brother DanielZeglen of Green River, Wyo.; sis-ter Kathryn (Scott) Quartier ofWestville; and his father, AdolphZeglen Jr. of Farmington.

Preceding him in death is hismother Eleanor (Eveland) Zeglen.Services were Nov. 11 at Ander-son-Sedgwick Funeral Home inFarmington.

Cremation rights were accordedand burial will be at a later date.


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BRIMFIELDSt. Joseph

Catholic ChurchFather John Verrier

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

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

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

Daily Mass: Tues.-Fri. 8 am

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod

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

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

Sun. Divine Service: 10 am

Brimfield E-Free ChurchPastor Donald Blasing11724 Maher Road

Brimfield, IL 61517(309) 446-3571

www.brimfieldefree.orgWorship: 10:30 am

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

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Brimfield UnitedMethodist Church

Pastor Leonard Thomas135 S. Galena St., Brimfield

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

Thurs. Bible Study: 7 pm

Union Church at BrimfieldUnited Church of Christ

Pastor Stephen Barch105 W. Clay Street, Brimfield

(309) 446-3811Sunday Worship: 9 am

Tuesday Bible Study: 6:30 pmFirst Sunday each month isCommunion Sunday (gluten

free communion offered)EDWARDS

Bethany Baptist Church7422 N. Heinz Ln., Edwards

(309) 692-1755www.bethanycentral.org

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

Christ Alive! Community ChurchPastor Lance Zaerr

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

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

ELMWOODCrossroads Assembly of God

Pastor Tim Cavallo615 E. Ash St., Elmwood

(309) 830-4259www.crossroadselmwood.org

Wed. Worship: 7 pm

Sun. Worship: 10:30 am

Elmwood Baptist ChurchPastor Dennis Fitzgerald

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

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

First Presbyterian Churchof Elmwood

Reverend Marla B. Bauler201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood

(309) 742-2631firstpresbyterianofelmwood.org

Sun. Worship: 10:30 amSun. School: 9:30 am

St. Patrick’sCatholic ChurchFather Paul Stiene

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

Sat. Confession: 3:45 p.m.Sat. Mass: 4:30 p.m.

Sun. Mass: 10 amTues. Rosary: 8:15 am

United Methodist Church of Elmwood

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

(309) 742-7221www.elmwoodumc.org

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

FARMINGTONFirst Presbyterian Church

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

(309) 245-2914www.firstpresfarmington.com

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

New Hope FellowshipAssembly of GodPastor Tom Wright

1102 N. Illinois Route 78Farmington

(309) 245-2957Sun. Worship: 10 amWed. Worship: 7 pm

PRINCEVILLEPrinceville UnitedMethodist ChurchPastor Ken Dees

420 E. Woertz, Princeville(309) 385-4487

[email protected]. Worship: 9 am

Sunday School: 10:15 am

YATES CITYFaith United

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

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High school basketball season tipoff Monday (Nov. 16) for girls andwill start Nov. 21 for boys.

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That same day, Farmington willbe at the Fulton County Tournamentwhile Elmwood will play at theRidgewood Tournament Monday(Nov. 16) through Saturday (Nov.21), opening against Monmouth-Ro-seville.

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Seventh-grade regionals openNov. 21. Princeville is in the Class7-2A Mossville Regional and theColfax Ridgeview Sectional, whileBrimfield and Elmwood are both inthe Peoria St. Vincent de Paul Re-

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In Re ESTATE OF )GARY L. CHRISTIANS, ) No. 15-P-469Deceased. )

NOTICE is given to creditors of the death of GARY L. CHRISTIANS onAugust 23, 2015. Letters of Office were issued by the above entitledCourt to BRENT A. CHRISTIANS, of 5333 North Big Hollow Road, Peo-ria, Illinois 61615, as Executor, whose attorneys of record are WHITNEY& POTTS, LTD., 118 West Main Street, P. O. Box 368, Elmwood, Illi-nois, 61529-0368. Claims against the Estate may be filed in the CircuitClerk's Of fice, Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or with therepre senta tive or both on or before the 6th day of May, 2016, or if maili -ng or delivery of a Notice from the representative is required by Sec. 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that Notice. Every claimfiled must be in writing and state sufficient information to notify the rep-resentative of the nature of the claim or other relief sought. Any claimnot filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed withthe Clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claim ant to the representa-tive and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed andshall file with the Court, proof of any required mailing or delivery ofcopies.

DATED this 13th day of October, 2015.

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In Re ESTATE OF )ROBERT L. NELSON, ) No. 15-P-495Deceased. )

NOTICE is given to creditors of the death of ROBERT L. NELSON onSeptember 11, 2015. Letters of Office were issued by the above entitledCourt to JOAN M. OWENS, formerly known as JOAN M. NELSON, of3001 West Alan Court, Peoria, Illinois 61615, as Executor, whose attor-neys of record are WHITNEY & POTTS, LTD., 118 West Main Street, P.O. Box 368, Elmwood, Illinois, 61529-0368. Claims against the Estatemay be filed in the Circuit Clerk's Of fice, Peoria County Courthouse, Peo-ria, Illinois, or with the repre senta tive or both on or before the 15th dayof April, 2016, or if maili ng or delivery of a Notice from the representa-tive is required by Sec. 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date statedin that Notice. Every claim filed must be in writing and state sufficient in-formation to notify the representative of the nature of the claim or otherrelief sought. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred.Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered by theclaim ant to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) daysafter it has been filed and shall file with the Court, proof of any requiredmailing or delivery of copies.


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In Re ESTATE OF )ALICE M. THOMPSON, ) No. 15-P-479Deceased. )

NOTICE is given to creditors of the death of ALICE M. THOMPSON, onSeptember 14, 2015. Letters of Office were issued by the above entitledCourt to NANCY U. WELKER, of 1804 North Eden Road, Hanna City, Illi-nois 61536, and DOUGLAS P. THOMPSON, of 1604 North Eden Road,Hanna City, Illinois 61536, as Executors, whose attor neys of record areWHITNEY & POTTS, LTD., 118 West Main Street, P. O. Box 368, Elm-wood, Illinois, 61529-0368. Claims against the Estate may be filed in theCircuit Clerk's Of fice, Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or withthe repre senta tives or both on or before the 6th day of May, 2016 or ifmaili ng or delivery of a Notice from the representatives is required by Sec.18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that Notice. Everyclaim filed must be in writing and state sufficient information to notify therepresentative of the nature of the claim or other relief sought. Any claimnot filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with theClerk must be mailed or delivered by the claim ant to the representativesand to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed and shall filewith the Court, proof of any required mailing or delivery of copies.


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GIRLS HOOPS: Elmwood, Farmington young“We’re looking for senior leaders

to step up and for freshmen to beplaying like sophomores by Christ-mas,” Blane said. “We’ll have verygood team quickness, and we’realso motivated to win the 800thgame in program history this sea-son.”

The girls program heads into theseason with a 783-304 mark overall,including a 386-101 run underBlane’s guidance.

All-conference players ShaylaMcCormick (10.7 ppg, 8.8 rpg) andKenzie Schlipf (7.3 ppg) are alsoback for their senior seasons. IzzyOtt and Chloe Bowe will returnstarting experience to the team, andNicole Thurman should contribute.

The freshman class looks to bestrong for the Lady Indians withCamryn Swietek, Kamryn Cuevas,Delaney Smith, Mallory Meinke,and Mariah Millman looking to helpthe team’s efforts.

“I plan to use them for some sig-nificant minutes in our rotation, es-pecially when we are pressing,”Blane said. “Between the freshmenclass and the senior class they havea combined three state titles (in jun-ior high) and one runner-up finish.”

Swietek, Cuevas and Schlipf areall 5-foot-10 and offer better heightthan Blane is accustomed to.

ElmwoodOne year after rolling to a 19-6,

best-ever finish that ended in a re-gional semifinal loss to PeoriaChristian, the Lady Trojans will aimfor more conservative goals.

“We will be young this season,”Elmwood coach Gregg Meyers said.“We will probably struggle early,but aim to improve by the middle of

the year.”Evidence of this comes from the

loss of graduates Shyann Jones,Ashley Perryman, Abby Frietschand Hannah Huber – a quartet thatcombined for 30 of Elmwood’s 49.8points per game.

Seniors this season are MorganLedbetter (6.6 ppg, 3.9 rpg) and Jor-dan Jones. Allie Meyers, who wasteam leader in scoring at 11 ppg andrebounding at 9.3 rpg, is also back.

Two additional juniors, ReganMcFall and Rachel Jacobson (3.5ppg, 2.7 rpg), figure to be in thestarting lineup. Sophomore GraceLaFollet will round out the playerswho will be heavily counted on.

“We definitely have a solid six,but we’ll really be looking for depthafter that,” coach Meyers said.“There will be growing pains untilthat happens.”

FarmingtonFour of five starters graduated

from Farmington’s 16-15 team oflast season.

“We will definitely be looking forscoring this year,” Farmingtoncoach Jimmy Jordan said. “I am ex-cited about our balance of experi-ence and youth.”

Rylie Putrich is the lone senior onthe team, but there’s a lot of helpfrom juniors Abbey Brown, JuliaDePriest, Meghan Wherley, HannahStreitmatter, Jayde Runyon andnewcomer Sophie Hemp. Brown isthe top scorer back after averaging5.67 ppg and grabbing 3.4 rpg.

Several sophomores could becalled on, including Morgan Powell,Michaela Uryasz, Payton Peckham,Haley Huls, Megan Gilstrap andEmily Buster.

PrincevilleNew coach John Gross takes over

a young but experienced lineup forthe Lady Princes, who went 9-21last year.

“We’ve got 13 kids on the varsityand they all work hard and are capa-ble of playing,” Gross said. “I’veprobably got as good of depth asanywhere as I have coached.”

Top returnees this year includesophomore Lucy Waid (9.7 ppg, 8.9rpg), the leading returning scorer.Senior Brooke Gardner (11.7 ppg,4.6 rpg) is not out this season.

Gross said other promising play-ers include seniors Brianna Bau-man, Paige Lane and Maddie Hite;juniors Carlen Sandall and JessicaDeVries; and sophomore MarisaHorton-Meza.

Gross will likely figure out waysto get most from that roster.

“Defensively we’ll get after themand we’ll press some and we’ll trapsome and we’ll fall back into amatchup zone,” Gross said. “Offen-sively we spend most of the timerunning the motion offense.”

A former national coach of theyear, Gross went 147-26 at Rich-woods. His run there was high-lighted by a 38-0 team and ClassAA state title in 2005 and a Class3A championship in 2009.

Prior to that, Gross was 544-168at Limestone from 1975-2001 andhis 1992 team was second in ClassAA.

Gross was hired by principal RichThole, who had worked with Grossat Richwoods.

“This looked like a good fit,something I would like to do for thenext five or six years,” Gross said.


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ELMWOOD: ‘They were the better team’

Elmhurst IC 48Elmwood-Brimfield 7

Elmwood-Brim. 7 0 0 0 – 7Elmhurst IC 14 20 14 0 – 48

Scoring SummaryFirst Quarter

IC - Cheng 16 pass from Ricobene(Buffo kick)EB - Harkness 25 run (Hedrick kick)IC - Jordan 21 pass from Ricobene(Buffo kick)

Second QuarterIC - Guinan 30 pass from Ricobene(Buffo kick)IC - Guinan 30 pass from Ricobene

(Buffo kick)IC - Rowell 2 run (kick failed)

Third QuarterIC - Callses 8 pass from Ricobene(Buffo kick)IC - Rowell 18 run (Buffo kick)

Team StatisticsIC EB

First downs 24 9Rushes-Yds 32-241 51-187Yds per carry 7.5 3.7Comp-Att-Int 22-30-0 5-3-1Pass yds 280 2Fumbles-lost 1-1 3-1Penalties-yards 8-90 1-5

Individual StatisticsRushing - EB: Harkness 16-80,

Marincic 8-28, Groeper 1-35,Teubel 3-18, Hart 4-18, Fales 6-12,Metz 1-10, Sims 9-(minus-12),Golemon 2-(minus-3). IC: Rowell16-152, Eatmen 12-66, Ricobene2-25.Passing - EB: Sims 3-5-1-2. IC:

Ricobene 22-30-0-276.Receiving - EB: White 1-2, Lenzi

1-3, Marincic 1-(minus-3).Tackles: EB: Husemann 9, B.Novak

8, Wilbur 6, Gerontes 6, Hart 5,White 4, Fales 4, Harkness 4.

Last Week’s Second RoundClass 1A

Stark County 42, Forreston 16Class 2A

Annawan-W. 30, Fieldcrest 20Class 3A

Elmhurst Immaculate Conception48, Elmwood-Brimfield 7

This Week’s Quarterfinals• Class 1A – Stark County (11-0) atPolo (11-0), Saturday, 2 p.m.• Class 2A – Annawan-Wethers-field (10-1) at Spring Valley Hall(9-2), Saturday, 2 p.m.

PLAYOFF RESULTS

Swami Sez ...Bias? What bias?This is a sad time of year for The

Swami. Another season has come toan end for the Trojans football team.And what a great season.

Now the long wait startsuntil Kickoff 2016. Col-lege and NFL will nowhave to fill the football-sized hole in The Swami’sheart.

Yes, The Swami doeshave a heart. Don’t thinkthat the rumors of the op-posite have hurt TheSwami’s feelings.

The Swami has also heard grum-blings of being biased. Not true.And now we move on to the cov-

eted Swami Awards, that cover all20 teams in both conferences.

• Swami offensive player of theyear: Dillon Warner, Elm-wood-Brimfield;• Swami defensive player

of the year: Dillon Warner,E-B;• Swami special teams

player of the year: DillonWarner, E-B;• Swami announcer of the

year: Dean Warner • Swami predictor of the

year: The Swami• Swami football coverage of the

year: The Weekly PostThe Swami went 2-1 last week.

The season record is now 87-17(83.7 percent).

IHSA Playoffs Round 3Class 1A

Polo at Stark CountyYes, the nickname of the Polo

team is the Marcos. For that reasonalone I am picking against them.Stark County, 35-28

Class 2AAnnawan-Wethersfield at

Spring Valley HallThis is where the season ends for

the Titans. I pick Spring Valley Hall,28-21.

TheSWAMI

Instead, E-B yielded six unan-swered touchdowns. Elmhurstquarterback Luke Ricobene passedfor 280 yards and five touchdowns.

“They just picked on us throughthe air and ran some route trees thathad us confused,” Hollis said. “Andwe didn’t get it fixed.”

Immaculate Conception also got152 rushing yards from runningback Jordan Rowell, who got mostin the second half. Rowell sawplenty of action as the game wentto a running clock with 2:34 left inthe third after IC went up 48-7.

“They were the better team,”Hollis said. “Could we have madeit closer? Probably. On a wet fieldlike last week, that might havenegated their speed some.

“But in a 10-game series, we

would not have the advantage.”Still for Hollis, winning another

Prarieland Conference title, losingonly to a pair of quarterfinalists andreaching the second-round of theplayoffs was an accomplishment ona team that had to replace ninestarters on either side of the ball.

Next year’s adjustment will notbe as great for the Trojans, as E-Bwill lose 10 starters in its group of14 graduating seniors.

“Last year we lost the linemen al-most across the board,” Hollis said.“This year it’s kind of alternating(graduations) on the line, which iseasier to deal with.”

Returnees include the top tworushers: Sam Marincic ran for 888yards and 15 touchdowns and had202 yards and four scores as awideout. Hard-running Harkness

rumbled for 811 yards and nineTDs. Part-time back Hayden Gole-mon also returns after running for191 yards and three scores.

“We took a bigger hit on defensethan on offense” in terms of gradu-ation, Hollis said. “But there aresome good younger kids coming up(from a 7-1 JV team). If nothingelse, there are numers so there’sgoing to be plenty of competition.”

Competition extends to the field,as the oft-weak E-B schedule willbe bolstered with an Aug. 26 sea-son-opener at traditional power-house Stark County. Here’s theremaining eight games next season,in order: vs. Annawan-Wethers-field; at Peoria Heights-Quest; vs.Havana; at West Prairie; vs. IlliniWest; at Farmington; at Knoxville;vs. Rushville-Industry.

Continued from Page 20Austin Sims, ElmwoodAustin Sims was the starting quarterback for the

Elmwood-Brimfield football team and is a pitcherfor Brimfield-Elmwood baseball. Austin is plan-ning to go on to a four-year college or universitywhere he will pursue a degreein criminal justice and con-tinue playing baseball.

Sims said one moment hewould remember forever washis first start as a pitcher inbaseball, against Galesburg.As he took the mound Austinrecalled his hands shakingwith nerves, but as he workedthrough his emotions and thefirst few innings, he began pitching better and bet-ter. Even though it wasn’t his greatest perform-ance as a pitcher, being part of that win againstGalesburg, a team B-E had never beaten in base-ball, is something Austin will remember for a longtime to come.

While reflecting on various experiences, Simssaid one thing he learned from sports was to notget down. Sims put this belief into practice duringthe Farmington football game this year. Each timethe team took the field they kept a positive atti-tude and, in the end, Elmwood came out on top.

Although Austin is a leader on the team, he stillrelies on his teammates to get him through games.Sims said he relies on Sam Marincic because Samnever gives up and has a nose for the end zone.Austin said he is sure he will miss the supportivecommunity and fans of Elmwood and Brimfield,but hopes that he will make just as many greatmemories in college.

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“The goal was to get a trophy. Weknew we were not going to win unlessTolono blew up,” Meyers said. “Butmaybe we could get a trophy and thencome back and have a chance to run formore next year.”

Instead E-B saw strong finishes bycompetitors. Runner-up Shelbyville (124points) had four runners in the top 40 butwas 94 points back. St. Joseph-Ogden(145) ran its best race to place third. AndRobinson (183) was nine points ahead ofthe Trojans’ score of 192.

Senior Matt Osmulski led E-B, placing18th in 15:15 to earn All-State honors.Junior Derek McCoy was also All-State,placing 21st in 15:21 – the third-fastesttime posted by a runner who returns.

Noting that this was a fast race overall,Meyers said, “in 2008 Alex Montoya ran15:20 and was third overall at state.”

The major problem for E-B was thatthe rest of the team ran about 15 secondsslower than expected, Meyers said. Hesaid some of that could stem from youth(four of the top seven were running in thestate meet for the first time) or going outtoo fast.

“We might have been too fast in thefirst half-mile,” Meyers said. “(Osmul-ski), he was the one that was noticeablyout too fast. But it’s a fine line. He runs15:14 and it wasn’t a good race. Thattells you how good of a runner he is.”

Junior Kelby Barnewolt (83rd in16:27) ran third for E-B, sophomoreCooper Hoffmann (85th in 16:28) wasfourth and sophomore Trevor Dunkel(88th in 16:30) was fifth.

“I think if we ran well we could havegot third and might even have got sec-ond,” Meyers said. “If we had been up 15seconds a man three through five, wewould have been close. But if everybodyis off by 15 seconds, maybe there’ssomething in our training we need tochange.”

Rounding out the top seven for the Tro-

jans were freshman Logan Whitney(120th in 16:54) and junior DrewLueschow (145th in 17:09).

“As long as everybody keeps a positiveattitude and comes back ready to train,we should be ready for next year,” Mey-ers said.

For E-B sophomore Emily McCauley,the state meet was more satisfying. Mc-Cauley placed 22nd overall in a time of18:15 to earn All-State. Last year at stateMcCauley was 67th in 19:24.

This year’s finish made McCauley thefourth-fastest sophomore in the field,though age is not always a key indicatorin girls races. Consider that the top seniorthis year was 14th, well behind juniorAnna Sophi Keller of Effingham St. An-thony (16:21), who won for a thirdstraight year.

XC STATE: Three E-B all-statersContinued from Page 20

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Elmwood-Brimfield sophomore EmilyMcCauley was all smiles after placing22nd and earning All-State honors atSaturday’s Class 1A girls state crosscountry meet. Photo by Collin Fairfield.

Elmwood-Brimfield junior Derek McCoy ran 21st overall in Saturday’s Class 1A statecross country meet to earn All-State honors. McCoy’s time of 15:21 was third-fastestamong state qualifiers who return next season. Photo by Collin Fairfield.

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Elmwood cross country finishes fifth at state

Brimfield senior Kennedy Dura returns to lead the Lady Indians after averaging 16.4 pointsper game for last year’s 25-7 finisher that lost in the regional finals to Peoria Christian.

GIRLS HOOPS AHEAD

Brimfield girls look like area’s bestBy PHIL JOHNSONand JEFF LAMPEFor The Weekly Post

Challengers come and go. Through it all, theBrimfield girls basketball team keeps rollingalong as the area’s most consistent winner.

This year looks no different for Brimfield,which returns five players with starting experi-ence from a 25-7 finisher that fell in the re-gional final to Peoria Christian.

While Peoria Christian has moved up to Class2A (along with Illini Bluffs), the Lady Indians

figure to be a top contender for Class 1A domi-nance in the area and beyond.

Gone from last year is Ryleigh Keith (11.5points, 7.5 rebounds per game), who now playsfor Illinois Central College. But coach JimBlane has five players back with starting experi-ence and plenty of younger talent.

The group will be led by an all-state candi-date, senior point guard Kennedy Dura. Duraaveraged 16.4 points and 6 assists per game tolead the Lady Indians.



ELMHURST – The gamehad to be played almost per-fectly for Elmwood-Brimfieldlast Saturday. Any chance at anupset of ninth-ranked ElmhurstImmaculate Conception (10-1)in the second round of theClass 3A playoffs hinged onflawless execution.

Fumbling three plays intothe game didn’t fit that bill.Neither did numerous break-downs in the defensive sec-ondary or an inability to movethe ball against a quicker,more athletic Elmhurst team.

“Sean Wilbur is our fastestlineman and when he’s comingoff the field complaining howfast the other team is, we knewwe were in trouble,” Elm-wood-Brimfield coach ToddHollis said. “We just foundthey had a lot of speed allaround, from linemen tobacks.”

Even so, the Trojans (9-2)were in it early. After fumblingon its first drive and allowingElmhurst to open a 7-0 lead,E-B marched back.

Junior fullback JacksonHarkness capped a 72-yarddrive with a 25-yard sweep

that evened the score. He fin-ished with 80 yards rushing tolead E-B, which managed atotal of 189 yards on offense.

“We marched down thereand scored and we felt prettygood,” Hollis said.

Enjoyment was short-livedfor E-B, which did not scoreagain all evening on Immacu-late Conception’s artificial turffield and did not penetrate theElmhurst 20-yard line.

Trojans trumpedE-B falls in 3A second round

The Elmwood-Brimfield cross country team placed fifth overall in the Class1A state meet last Saturday at Detweiller Park. Photo by Collin Fairfield.

Junior Jackson Harkness,shown in Elmwood-Brimfield’sfirst-round playoff win, had theTrojans’ lone score Saturday ina 48-7 loss.


It’s a sign of success when fifth place inthe state is nothing to get excited about.

Such are the expectations of the Elm-wood-Brimfield cross country program,where state trophies have become an ex-pectation.

So by placing fifth place out of the 238teams competing in Class 1A cross countrythis year – a feat that would earn someteams fire truck rides through town – theElmwood-Brimfield boys team fell wellshort of its goal.

“Fifth place is not too shabby, is it?” E-Bcoach Gregg Meyers said. “But I think thatthe boys were hoping for something betterand I was hoping for it for them, too.”

Few expected that the Trojans could

contend for a title. As Saturday’s 1A raceat Detweiller Park developed, it was clearthe entire field was running for second –behind Oakwood Jon Davis in the individ-ual competition and behind Tolono Unityin the team race.

Davis won easily in a time of 13:59.3,becoming just the sixth runner in state his-tory to break 14:00 at Detweiller.

Tolono Unity also won easily, with fiverunners in the top 14 with times under15:09. That gave the Rockets a score of 30points and the title as fastest Class 1A teamever, with a split of just 24 seconds be-tween their top five runners.

That was expected. What E-B hoped forwas a chance to grab some of the remain-ing hardware.



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