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Carrier Route PresortThursdayNovember 13, 2014Vol. 2, No. 38

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

An economic rebound in rural areashas lagged behind suburban or metroareas since the Great Recession, accord-ing to a USDA report issued in August,and Peoria County is coordinating amulti-community Enterprise Zone appli-cation that could help by encouragingemployers to expand or locate in smalltowns and unincorporated areas.

The public-private partnership ap-proach, if OK’d by the Peoria County

Board at its meeting today (Nov. 13)would create a Rural Peoria EnterpriseZone, a corridor of viable spaces stretch-

ing from Chillicothe west pastPrinceville, then south to Elmwood andHanna City. It includes 3.03 squaremiles in unincorporated areas of theCounty, plus 0.64 square miles in Chilli-cothe, 0.54 square miles in Princeville,0.11 square miles in Elmwood, and 0.03square miles in Hanna City.

If approved, the application wouldtake effect on Jan. 1, 2016, and last atleast 10 years.

Illinois’ Enterprise Zone Programsince 1982 has been designed to stimu-

late economic growth and neighborhoodrevitalization in economically depressedareas through state and local tax incen-tives, regulatory relief, and improvedgovernmental services in areas desig-nated by state and local government.

The purpose of the joint application,according to Mark Rothert, AssistantPeoria County Administrator for Eco-nomic Development, is to create a betterchance of being selected, act regionallywith cooperating municipalities, and

WilliamsfieldEMS: State notcooperating

Farmington supports school funding bill


WILLIAMSFIELD – Hours after an on-site assessment Monday by OSF Health-Care Emergency Medical ServicesCoordinator Melissa Stokes and an inspec-tor from the Illinois Department of PublicHealth (IDPH) that shut down one ambu-lance but approved another, WilliamsfieldFire Protection District trustees said theirEMS roster is down to four EmergencyMedical Technicians and their interimEMS coordinator Jodi Goodwin is step-ping down.

Almost 50 people attended the regularmonthly meeting, where trustees tried toexplain the situation without ignoring ad-vice from their attorneys to remain mum.The District and its ambulance serviceface a $90,000 fine and revocation of thelicense to operate after a complaint that re-quirements concerning oxygen tanksweren’t met, according to IDPH.

“It would appear to some that we’re notdoing anything,” said trustee Dan Gentry.“We’re working furiously [but] IDPH isrefusing to cooperate.

“Unfortunately, we can’t disclose every-thing,” he continued. “We wish we could.We’re extremely frustrated by the delays[and] demands made that we cannot ac-cede to.”

One demand from the State is to hire adoctor to oversee the program, said Gen-

By MICHELLE SHERMANFor The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON – The FarmingtonCommunity Unit School District 265Board of Education on Monday (Nov.10) lent its support to Illinois SenateBill 16, which would change the wayIllinois school districts are funded.

District 265 joins more than 170groups, school districts and superin-tendents that publicly have declared

their support to reworking the formulato determine how much money a dis-trict receives per student. Backed bySen. Dave Koehler (D-Peoria), SB16passed the Illinois Senate this spring.

The measure is up for debate in theHouse on Nov. 18.

“We are disproportionately punishedbased on our geography,” said Superin-tendent John Asplund. “We have kidswho go home to a lot more homes (than

elsewhere in the state) where their basicnecessities are not being met.”

Funding to Illinois schools is deter-mined through a “statutorily definedfunding formula,” according to the Illi-nois State Board of Education. In thisformula, the amount of money a schoolreceives is primarily dependent uponthe Equalized Assessed Valuation(EAV) of the property within the dis-

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Enterprise Zone could aid recovery in rural areas

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BRIMFIELD HIGH SCHOOL AUTHOR

Brimfield High School senior Austin Golemon, 17, recentlyself-published ”Fallen Angels,” the first in what he plans to bea four-book series. Photo by Cheryl Harlow.

Golemon writeson Heaven, Hellin first book

By CHERYL HARLOWFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – War is raging between theforces of Heaven and Hell, which are fighting togain influence in the world of men. After thou-sands of years, Hell gathers its armies for a finalpush to destroy the world and enslave all. But be-fore orders can be given, the leader of Hell’sarmies vanishes. Along the way, four youngadults search to learn who they are and what rolethey play in the battle between good and evil.

If this sounds exciting and innovative, considerthat the storyline came from the mind of a studentat Brimfield High School. Senior Austin Gole-mon has written and self-published “Fallen An-gels,” a 212-page novel.

Golemon plans it to be the first book in a four-

Weekly Post Area Population Changes

Community 2000 2010 ChangeBrimfield 933 868 -7.0Elmwood 1,945 2,097 +7.8Farmington 2,601 2,448 -5.9Princeville 1,621 1,738 +7.2Williamsfield 620 578 -6.8Yates City 725 693 -4.4

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau

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try, who added that it’sdifficult to find a physi-cian to make such acommitment.

“We may very welllose our service,” Gentrysaid.

Another trustee, RogerFitchpatrick, said that

day’s inspection was “in-tensive,” but he wouldnot say that Williams-field’s successful,decades-old service wasbeing targeted by OSF ora few Oak Run critics.

Some Oak Run resi-dents, such as Dan Con-greve and Mary Bush,were present, and Bushrecapped six months of

interactions betweenIDPH and the District,and claimed that OSF St.Mary Medical CenterMedical Director Dr.Sergio Morales had aplan to restore service.However, Bush criti-cized the trustees.

“Leadership is absent,”Bush said.

Other local leaders

were supportive, includ-ing Village PresidentMichael Gray, who toldthe trustees, “We supportyou and if there’s any-thing we can do, let usknow.”

In other action beforeheading into closed ses-sion, treasurer Russ Gal-breath shared theDistrict’s proposed 2014levy of $391,150, whichincludes $156,250 forambulance services andwill be voted on nextmonth, and Fire ChiefJamie Klein recom-mended Tony Byrd andPhil Rinker to sharetraining officer dutiesafter the resignation ofAndy Fritz.

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WILLIAMSFIELD – Williams-field School District 210’s tenta-tive levy for 2014 slightly reducedits tax rate and still boosted itsrevenues since the area’s pro-jected Equalized Assessed Valua-tion increased 2.8 percent,Superintendent Tim Farquer toldthe Board of Education Mondaynight.

Based on an EAV of $76.2 mil-lion and a tax rate of 4.35, the dis-trict will receive about $3.3

million.The biggest increases are in

three funds, Education (up about$90,000), Operations & Mainte-nance (up $6,000), and retirement(up $4,000).

The proposed levy means prop-erty valued at $100,000 will payabout $1,450 – $10 less than in2013, Farquer said.

“The value of property is fluctu-ating, so year to year our rate’sadjusted to keep the operationgoing,” he said.

The board will vote on it at itsnext meeting, Dec. 15.

In other business, auditor TeresaWelch of Blucker, Kneer and As-sociates of Galesburg gave theDistrict a clean opinion with a fewexceptions.

She said it has 394 days of cashon hand, which is “very, verygood,” and noted findings whereimprovements are recommended,such as updating the treasurer’sbond, a lack of segregated duties,and post-employment benefits.

Billtown votes to reduce school tax rate

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THE WEEK AHEAD

This Week’s Eventss Open Gym – Toddler Open Gym Fri-

day (Nov. 14) at Elmwood TownshipCommunity Center 9-11 a.m. Cost $2first child, $1 each ad-ditional.

s Free Bread – Breadavailable every Fridayat 10 a.m. at ElmwoodMethodist Church.

s Yoga Class – Yogaon Friday (Nov. 14)from 9:10 to 10:10 a.m. at Lillie M.Evans Library, Princeville. Free andopen to the public.

s Support Group – Widow’s SupportGroup meets Saturday (Nov. 15) atSalem Township Library, Yates City at 9a.m.

s Bible Study – Elmwood Bible Studymeets Sunday (Nov. 16) at 6 p.m. in thebasement apartments at 200 S. Althea,Elmwood. All are welcome.

s Trivia Test – Test your trivia knowl-edge Nov. 18 at Kickapoo Creek Winery.Doors open at 6. Free. Top 3 teams win.

s Bible Fun – Bible Fun Night Nov. 18for children 3 through sixth grade from6-7 p.m. Union Church in Brimfield, 105W. Clay St. Call (309) 446-3811.

s Thankful Party – Thankful for 3rdGraders Party at Williamsfield Public Li-brary Nov. 18 3:30 to 5 p.m.

s Book Babies – Enjoy stories, songs,rhymes Nov. 18 at Brimfield Library10:30-11 a.m. for ages 0-3 & caregivers.

s Story Hour – Story hour for 3-4 yearolds on Nov. 19 9:30-10:30 a.m. and 1-2

p.m. Call (309) 639-2630 to register. s Bingo – Kids in Pre-

school to 6th grade areinvited to play BeanieBaby Bingo on Nov. 19from 3:30-4:30 p.m. atBrimfield Library.

Future Eventss Fundraiser Dinner – Harvest Home

fundraiser Nov. 20 from 4:30-7 p.m.Menu: catfish fillets, baked potato,salad, dessert at Yates City CommunityCenter. Cost $9. Carry outs available.

s Support Group – Holiday Grief Sup-port Group Nov. 20 at 6:30 p.m. Elm-wood United Methodist Church. All arewelcome. Call (309) 742-7221. Freechildcare upon request.

s Holiday Bazaar – Farmington’s FirstPresbyterian Church has a holidaybazaar and all-you-can-eat soup supperNov. 22. Bazaar at 2 p.m., soup supper3:30-7:30. Silent auction, raffles, crafts.

s Card Event – The First PresbyterianChurch of Farmington has a Christmascard workshop, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Nov.29. Pregistration required. Call 565-4768

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s Holiday Show – Williamsfield Holiday Show atAmerican Legion Hall on Saturday (Nov. 15) 1-4p.m. Many vendors, hand-made crafts, door prizes.

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We all know what the “world’soldest profession” is, but I’mgoing to go out on a limb and sug-gest that the second oldest isScam Artist. It seems that as longas humans havebeen around,someone hasbeen trying topull a fast oneon somebodyelse.

Dr. Phil, whohas an hour onWEEK-TV 25every afternoon,is pretty good at getting to the bot-tom of things and exposing scams.

Often he will have an older fe-male who is being courted on theInternet by a male who seems toalways be in the need of money. While it’s plain for the rest of uswho aren’t involved that the poorwomen are falling for a ruse, thewomen who are being scammedWANT to believe that somewherethere is a male who is going tocome through on his promises tolove, cherish and take care of her.

In most of these cases, thewoman is a widow in her 60s orolder.

Now while we may sit back andsay, “I’d never fall for somethinglike that,” we should concede thatsometimes a scam seems just toogood to pass up.

Many years ago, I received anadvertisement in the mail that of-fered me, as a resident of the stateof Illinois, the Land of Lincoln, acommemorative bronze bust ofour 16th President. The bust, orplaque, suitable as a wall hanging,featured the Great Emancipator inbas relief and could be purchasedeither individually (with a strictlimit of five) or fully mounted andready to hang on the wall.

It went on to describe how we’dfeel with this lovely addition toour home or as a gift to someonewe love. It was quite a sales pitch.The plaque was just $14.95 with astrict limit of five. If you wanted aframe to go around it, it was justan additional $9.95.

There was, of course, some

small print. An asterisk beside theword “bronze” told you that thiswas used only to describe thecolor and that the actual metalsused to forge the plaque were cop-per and zinc.

From what I understand, theysold a bunch. What people gotwhen the packages arrived wereLincoln pennies, taped to an indexcard. Framed versions had plasticframes with instructions on howto center the penny within it.

Let the buyer beware.Another scam featured a solar

clothes dryer. The ad told howmany baskets of clothes it couldhandle without using a single dropof electricity or gas!

Naturally, what people receivedfor a price of just $49.99 was a30-foot piece of rope and two gal-vanized nails. There were no in-structions for fear that peoplemight apply the hammering parteither to their own head for beingso gullible or to the scammers’heads should they ever be found.

I never thought I would ever fallfor anything like this, but justafter we bought our first house inKnoxville in 1984, a group beganselling coupon books in town. Thecoupons, more than 500 of them,were good for “buy one, get onefree” at area restaurants, or forfree tire rotations, discounted oilchanges, introductory dance les-sons, and much more.

The coupon book was actually apretty good thing and we’d pur-chased one in the past. The bookwas about $50, but we had man-aged to get $1,000 worth of useout of the first one, so we jumpedat the chance to snag another.

Along with the book came someother deals, too. One was a gamecard in which you were guaran-teed one of four prizes. There wasa huge amount of cash, a car, agrandfather clock and an addi-tional book of coupons.

We scratched off the game cardexpecting to get another book, butto our surprise, we won the grand-father clock! All we had to do waspay shipping. It said that FOB toour door would be $79.99.

Since we had just purchased athree-story Victorian house with anice foyer, the clock was going tolook great as it greeted peoplewho came in the front door. Wedashed off our check for the $80and waited.

About two months later, theUPS man dropped off our clock.We didn’t know it was a clock atthe time because it came in arather thin, long box.

I opened it and discovered thatwe had to put the clock together.All the pieces were there – severalpieces of particle board withwood-grain contact paper, chainand weights that served no pur-pose other than to be attached tothe bottom of the battery operatedclock that came with a starter AAbattery.

For the record, it cost less thanfive bucks to ship, FOB or other-wise.

As it turns out, these replicagrandfather clocks were availablethrough fine mail order catalogseverywhere for about $12. Addthat to the five bucks it took toship it to us and subtract that $17from the $80 we paid to have itshipped and you’ll immediatelynotice that someone –certainly not me – came out of thedeal with a $63 profit.

The next time I saw the UPSman, I asked him how many he’ddelivered. He said at least 100 justin Knoxville, but he knew theUPS depot in Galesburg had got-ten between 500-1,000 of themover the week.

You could refuse them oncethey got to you, but you weren’tgetting your money back. Thecompany had vanished.

For a long time, you couldn’t goto a yard sale in Galesburg orKnoxville without seeing one ofthese beauties priced at a couplebucks.

We just hid ours so no onewould know we’d been scammed,too.

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

Peoria County crimestats for October

The Peoria Sheriff’s Depart-ment released its monthly CrimeStatistics Report for October forCounty law-enforcement re-sponses in the seven PeoriaCounty townships in The WeeklyPost’s circulation area:

Brimfield city and township to-gether had 2 domestic battery in-cidents, 1 vandalism, 1 violationof an Order of Protection, 1 iden-tity theft, and 1 accident withoutan injury.

Elmwood city and township to-gether had 1 theft, 1 auto theft,and 3 accidents without an injury.Jubilee had 1 theft, 1 vandalism,5 accidents without an injury and6 traffic tickets issued.

Kickapoo had 2 thefts, 1 iden-tity theft, 2 Driving Under the In-fluence arrests, 1 accident with aninjury, 6 accidents without an in-jury, and 11 traffic tickets.

Millbrook had 1 theft.Radnor had 1 burglary, 1 theft,

1 vandalism, 4 accidents withoutany injuries, and 3 traffic tickets.

Rosefield had 2 thefts, 1 acci-dent without an injury, and 1 fatalaccident.

One injured in blowoutRADNOR – Bobby Whitaker,

45, of Kewanee, was injuredabout 1:30 p.m. Nov. 3 when the1989 Kenworth dump truck hewas driving westbound on GrangeHall Road west of Illinois Route91 blew a tire, forcing him off theroad to collide with a power poleand overturn, spilling dirt.

Dunlap Rescue extricatedWhitaker from the truck andtransported him to OSF St. Fran-cis Medical Center.

Unlicensed driver bustedwith ‘borrowed car’

ELMWOOD – After a Cadillacwas pulled over about 2 a.m onNov. 9 for speeding on West MainStreet here, police found an un-loaded Ruger handgun inside the

vehicle, which a 15-year-oldBrimfield boy took from his fam-ily’s home without permission,local police reported.

He and two 14-year-old Brim-field boys all were ticketed forcurfew violations, and the 15-year-old also was ticketed forhaving no valid driver’s license,operating an uninsured vehicle,and unlawful use of a weapon.

The car also was impounded.

Driver ticketed for DUI inBrimfield Road wreck

BRIMFIELD – A 39-year-oldBrimfield woman was injured andticketed for Driving Under the In-fluence after her northbound 2002Honda left the pavement in the13000 block of North BrimfieldRoad, struck a mailbox and a tele-phone post, traveled about 200feet in the ditch and came to restback on the road, according to thePeoria County Sheriff’s Office.

Tina Redman was transportedby BYE Ambulance to ProctorHospital, and she was issued aNotice to Appear.

Brimfield Fire also responded.Her car was towed from thescene.

Police cite speeding,drinking in Salem crash

SALEM – Joshua Fuller, 21 ofTrivoli was given a Dec. 3 courtdate after the 1995 Dodge truckhe was driving northbound onKnox Road 2300E in SalemTownship about 8 a.m. Nov. 1struck a guard rail, crossed theroad four times, damaged a fenceand landed on the driver’s side,according to the Knox CountySheriff’s Office.

Fuller was not injured.The fence had about $500 dam-

age, said police, who added that acontributing cause of the accidentwas drinking and failure to reducespeed.

There were no injuries. The ve-hicle was towed from the scene.

Police Reports• A 35-year-old Yates City

woman on Nov. 2 reported a bat-tery and damage to property at a

home on Dixon Street in an al-leged altercation with her hus-band. The Knox County Sheriff’sOffice is continuing to investi-gate.

• Carl Ellis, 25, of Farmington,was arrested on Nov. 2 on acharge of Failure to Appear andtransported to the Fulton CountyJail.

• Two juveniles on Nov. 2 wereinvolved in an accident in JubileeTownship. An Elmwood boy wasdriving a truck in an open fieldwest of Philander Chase Roadwhen he said he hit a rut and lostcontrol. He and a Brimfield girlwere transported by AMT to OSFSt. Francis Medical Center.

• Taryn Johnson, 24, of YatesCity, on Nov. 5 was arrested on atheft charge and transported to thePeoria County Jail.

• Brian Cox, 36, of Princeville,on Nov. 8 was arrested for Driv-ing Under the Influence andtransported to the Peoria CountyJail.

• Joseph Wolf, 26, ofPrinceville, on Nov. 8 was ar-rested on a charge of criminaltrespassing and transported to thePeoria County Jail.

• Matthew Interral, 28, of Musca-tine, Iowa, about 3 a.m. on Nov. 9was involved in an accident on In-terstate 74 near mile marker 64 inTruro Township when his east-bound 2007 Honda left the roadand turned over, according to KnoxCounty Sheriff’s Office, which or-dered blood and urine tests after In-terral was transported to OSF St.Mary Medical Center.

Deer accidents• Nov. 1 – Ryan Foglesong of

Oneida on U.S. Route 150 nearSchlink Road in Jubilee Township.

• Nov. 3 – Russell Clark of Elm-wood on Illinois Route 8 near EdenRoad in Rosefield Township.

• Nov. 8 – David Knikev of Ke-wanee on Illinois Route 78 and Lo-rance Road in Millbrook Township.

• Nov. 8 – Christopher Manshardof Peoria on Interstate 74 near theI-474 interchange in KickapooTownship.

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KICKAPOO – Despite callingbefore 7 a.m. the day after his de-feat, Dick Burns was energeticand optimistic even as he ex-pressed regret in the election out-come.

The Demo-cratic candidatefor the PeoriaCounty Board’sDistrict 16, wholost to incumbentBrad Harding2,169 to 1,685,said, “I enjoyedthe process. Ithink we ran agood campaign –it was a lot of work – and I con-gratulate Brad.

“The County Board didn’tchange, so I guess folks like it theway it’s going,” he continued. “Iwish Brad luck and would worktogether [with him] if he calls.

“What was a little disappointingto me was the turnout,” Burnsadded. “Ours is the greatest [polit-ical] system in the world, but it re-quires participation. I lost by 484votes but out of more than 7,000eligible voters, some 3,100 did notvote.

“Also, I’ve got to say, in theCounty [outside the City of Peo-ria] Dick Durbin – who is a greatman – only got 39 percent of thevote. What’s that about?”

Turnout was 42.8 percent in

Fulton County, 43.8 percent inKnox County (and 48.4 percent inGalesburg), and 50.39 percent inPeoria County (and 44.1 percentin the City of Peoria).

Also, in Peoria County, ruralvoters agreed with the measure toeliminate the Recorder of Deeds

office as anelected position(52.5 to 47.4,compared to theCounty total of52.6 to 47.3), butthey disagreedwith the County-wide decision tocreate a CountyBoard of Elec-tion Commis-

sioners (45.8 in favor and 54.1against, compared to the completetally of 56.2 supporting and 43.7opposing).

Following are the final percent-age results from County Clerksfrom Fulton, Knox and PeoriaCounties (except Galesburg andthe City of Peoria) in select races:LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS

FEDERALU.S. Senator

Fulton Knox PeoriaJames D. Oberweis 41.9 52.2 56.8Richard J. Durbin 53.1 43.7 39.8Sharon Hansen 4.8 4 3.3

Representative 17th Congressional DistrictFulton Knox Peoria

Bobby Schilling 37.2 51.5 39Cheri Bustos 62.6 48.4 61

Representative 18th Congressional DistrictFulton Knox Peoria

Aaron Schock - - 71.5

Darrel Miller - - 28.4

STATEGovernor & Lieutenant Governor

Bruce Rauner 46.6 59.1 58.7Pat Quinn 45 34.9 35Chad Grimm 8 5.8 6.1

Attorney GeneralFulton Knox Peoria

Paul M. Schimpf 37.7 52.3 48.3Lisa Madigan 58.3 44.3 48.4Ben Koyl 3.8 3.2 3.2

Secretary of StateFulton Knox Peoria

Michael Webster 30.9 41.6 40.1Jesse White 65.4 55.1 55.9Christopher Michel 3.5 3.1 3.7

ComptrollerFulton Knox Peoria

Judy Baar Topinka 47.7 62.3 55.3Sheila Simon 46.6 32.6 38.5Julie Fox 5.5 5 6

TreasurerFulton Knox Peoria

Tom Cross 44.5 60 55.9Michael W. Frerichs 50 35.5 39.1Matthew Skopek 5.3 4.3 4.9

State Rep. for the 91st DistrictFulton Knox Peoria

Michael D. Unes 65.1 - 70.8Chad Schmidgall 34.8 - 29.1

Crime Victim RightsFulton Knox Peoria

Yes 71.7 68.7 70.6No 28.2 31.2 29.3

Voting RightsFulton Knox Peoria

Yes 65.5 66.0 60.5No 34.4 33.9 39.4

Minimum Wage IncreaseFulton Knox Peoria

Yes 58.1 49.9 49.6No 41.8 50.0 50.3

Women’s Health InsuranceFulton Knox Peoria

Yes 62.7 60.4 51.7No 37.2 39.5 48.2

Tax MillionairesFulton Knox Peoria

Yes 65.7 60.2 56.8No 34.2 39.7 43.1

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In a 25-minute public hearing onNov. 6, Rothert outlined the bene-fits to businesses. If OK’d by theState, the Rural Peoria EnterpriseZone would:

• exempt building materials’ salestaxes for remodeling, rehabbing orconstructing commercial, indus-trial, manufacturing or some resi-dential structures costing more than$7,500;

• abate property taxes 100 per-cent for three years followed by 50percent for two years;

• waive some building, zoningand permitting fees; and

• offer additional considerationunder loan programs from the mu-nicipality or County.

Elmwood has an EnterpriseZone, which expires at the end of2016, but those areas served as atemplate for its portion of the newconsortium of targeted areas. Lastmonth, Sally Hanley of the Eco-nomic Development Council forCentral Illinois told Elmwood’sCity Council that since the legisla-ture reformed the law in 2012, theIllinois Department of Commerceand Economic Opportunity is let-ting 92 existing Enterprise Zonesstatewide expire and requiringreapplications for interested com-munities, and it has new criteria.

Rothert said the County’s appli-cation meets State requirements.

“Obviously, the whole reason isto offer incentives for business togo to places with a high cost ofentry or distressed areas,” he said.“It helps level the playing field so

commercial, industrial, manufactur-ing or other business can expand ormove to a zone.

“It’s another tool we have withbusinesses,” continued Rothert,who mentioned the Alcoa complexin Princeville as a good example.“The Enterprise Zone makes suchproperties more attractive. Whodoesn’t want to save money ontheir bottom line?”

It’s especially timely consideringfindings reported by the Depart-ment of Agriculture’s EconomicResearch Service in its “Rural Em-ployment Trends in Recession andRecovery” study. The study showsemployment since the end of theeconomic downturn in 2010 was up3.82 percent in metro areas, but just1.57 percent in rural areas.

That’s “statistically significant,”according to the study’s lead au-thor, Tom Hertz, who said popula-tion changes was the mostimportant variable, but two otherfactors were also present.

“A significant positive relation-ship was found between local em-ployment growth rates and theshare of the adult population thatwere college graduates,” the studysays, which adds that an aging pop-ulation also influenced the revival.

“The employment trends are ef-fects, not causes, of populationgrowth, education and age differ-ences,” the report says.

Rural areas’ population loss orslow growth is unusual, Hertzadded.

“The loss is not huge,” he said,“but it is unprecedented.”

Using Bureau of Labor Statisticsdata including full-time, part-timeand self-employed workers, the re-port also shows that the nation’s

most rural counties were less af-fected by the financial meltdown(employment levels fell 1.3 percentcompared to more than 5 percentfor areas with greater populationdensity). That was due to the natureof rural employers, which tended tobe farm operations and federal em-ployers more than manufacturing.

However, that wasn’t sufficientto make up for job losses.

“Our analysis concludes that halfof this employment growth deficitcan be explained by the near-zerorate of non-metro populationgrowth, but that lower levels of ed-ucation and an older population arealso acting to slow non-metro jobgrowth,” the study says. “Together,these effects outweighed the bene-fits of a more favorable mix of in-dustries, in particular a higheremployment share in agriculturaland extractive industries.”

While concerning, the trends arenot insurmountable, Hertz said.“There’s no reason to think thatrural America is in some greatdeath spiral,” he said, “but there isa long climb ahead.”

Part of this area’s climb backcould start next month. The dead-line for the Rural Peoria EnterpriseZone application is Dec. 31, and itcan take a year for the applicationsto be reviewed by DCEO and aboard appointed by the governor,Hanley said.

Rothert says Enterprise Zone in-centives have been successful withKeystone in Bartonville, industrialdevelopment in Mapleton and otherfirms that expanded.

“It makes a company take a sec-ond look at a community and think,‘Maybe I could locate there’,” hesaid.

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part series entitled, “TheReign of Hell.”

He started writing theseries as a freshmen andhas been revising and ed-iting it ever since with thehelp of friend and cre-ative consultant, TylerMcCauley (a fellowBrimfield student).

What began as a hobbyfor the friends turned intomore serious writing.

“McCauley is quite in-telligent,” Golemon said.“His creative mind helpedfill in gaps where Ineeded it. We developedan entire magic systemfor the world.

“I never thought aboutpublishing it until my lit-tle sister Katie and myfamily urged me to get it

published.” Golemon opted to self-

publish with lulu.com be-cause he was a young,unknown author and did-n’t want to lose creativecontrol of the story.

“If you keep trying tofind a book that younever find, you shouldwrite it,” he said.

The main premise of“Fallen Angels” is thatHell is attacking theworld and four youngadults must save it. Thecharacters learn they arehalf human and half angel(Nephilim) and mustchoose sides.

“Fallen Angels” is soldon Amazon, Barnes andNoble, iTunes and Kin-dle. Golemon sold morethan 100 copies the first

week it was available. Golemon and Mc-

Cauley created an interac-tive Facebook fan page,“The Reign of Hell.” Fea-tures include “MonsterMonday,” where a newdemon or monster is dis-cussed and “TheoryThursday,” where fanscan post theories aboutwhat may happen next.

Golemon said he hasnotebooks full of ideasand chapters for the nextbook and writes daily. Hehas the entire seriesplanned out and onlyneeds to work out the de-tails and write it.

“Writing is not a job forme, it’s a way to relievestress,” he said. “Everyperson I interact witheach day helps me de-velop aspects of the char-acters in my book.”

Golemon plans to at-tend Western Illinois Uni-versity next year, with amajor in Spanish and aminor in Business or Ed-ucation. He is the son ofDrs. Thomas and JoanGolemon.

Austin Golemon alsocredited his brother,Luke, and creative writ-ing teacher Monica Fre-aner, for helping him.

“I want to encourageyoung people to find outwhat they love to do andpursue it,” Golemon said.“ I never dreamed myhobby would turn intopublishing a book series.”


AUTHOR: McCauley a consultant

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November 15th

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David Harmon-PresidentMaribeth Dura-Vice PresidentMark Hoerr-SecretaryScott BauerDan HeinzConstance JohnsonJohn Moon




Clarence ZiemerELMWOOD – Clarence H.

Ziemer, 97, of Elmwood, died at11:20 p.m. Saturday, November 8,2014 at SunsetManor in Canton.

He was born onMarch 13, 1917in Pekin to Henryand Elsie (Zessin)Ziemer.

He marriedBarbara F.Kroeger in Mo-line on May 13,1961. She survives.

Other survivors include twochildren Louis (Linda) Ziemer ofBloomington and Karen (Simon)Christiansen of Copenhagen, Den-mark, and three granddaughters.

He was preceded in death by hisbrother Orville and sister HildaMae Ziemer.

Clarence was a bomber pilot inthe Air Force during World War IIand also during the Korean War,honorably discharged in 1953with a rank of Captain.

In the 1940s he worked as awelder for Le Tourneau’s. He wasa farmer and owner and operatorof the Ziemer Turkey Farm formany years.

He was a member of St. Paul’sLutheran Church in Brimfield,where services will be held at 11a.m. Thursday, November 13,with visitation one hour prior. Aluncheon will follow.

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

Burial with military honors willbe at Lakeview Cemetery in Pekinat 3:00 p.m.

Memorials may be made to hischurch or the Disabled AmericanVeterans.

Online condolences may beposted at www.oakshinesfuneral-home.com

Betty DavisPRINCEVILLE – Betty Jane

Davis, 89, of Roanoke, sister of aPrinceville woman, died on Nov.5 at her home.

She is survived by her husband,Harold Eugene Davis Sr.; daugh-ter Mary Jane Price of Oran, Mo.;five grandchildren; six great-grandsons; six great-granddaugh-

ters; five great-great-grandsons;three great-great-granddaughters;and sister Earline (Frank)Medearis of Princeville.

Services were Nov. 10 at Davi-son-Fulton Woodland Chapel inPeoria, with burial at PrincevilleTownship Cemetery.

Leave condolences online atwww.davisonfulton.com.

Ray Gelling Sr.BRIMFIELD – Ray Gene Gelling

Sr., 95, formerly of Brimfield andPrinceville, died Oct. 21 at StoneyRiver Specialized Skilled Rehabin Weston, Wis.

In recognition of his war-timeservice, a funeral ceremony withmilitary honors and burial ofashes will be held at a later date atArlington National Cemetery.

Brainard Funeral Home-EverestChapel in Weston is assisting thefamily with arrangements.

Condolences may be given atwww.brainardfuneral.com.

Estella GordonFARMINGTON – Estella Gordon,

86, of Pekin, grandmother of aFarmington man, died on Nov. 7at Timbercreek Rehab & HealthCare in Pekin.

She is survived by her husband,William Arthur Gordon Jr.; oneson, Ray (Judy) Gordon of Pekin;three grandchildren, Matt (Carrie)King of Farmington, Jamie LeeGordon of Corpus Christi, Texas,and Jennifer (Daryl) Selock of Ar-

lington Heights; five great-grand-children; one brother, William H.Rawlings Sr. of Hopedale; anddaughter-in-law, Susan Gordon ofCorpus Christi, Texas.

Her funeral will be at 10:30a.m. Friday (Nov. 14) at Preston-Hanley Funeral Homes & Crema-tory in Pekin. Visitation is onehour before the funeral.

Burial will be in Glendale Me-morial Gardens in Pekin.

Leave condolences online atwww.preston-hanley.com.

Stephen W. HappBRIMFIELD – Stephen W. Happ,

63, of Peoria Heights, brother of aBrimfield woman and an Edwardsman, died on Nov. 3 at his resi-dence.

He is survived by his mother,Annamarie (Jenrath) Happ ofWest Peoria; four sisters, Teresa(Steve) Younglove of Brimfield,Linda (Kevin) Hoolehan of TerreHaute, Ind., Christine (Steve)Lomax of Downers Grove, andKaren (Tim) Carter of Dunlap;two brothers, Greg (Cathy) Happof Edwards and Phil (Cindy)Happ of Wyoming; and his specialfriend, Margie Finn of Bar-tonville.

A funeral Mass was held Nov. 8at St. Thomas Catholic Church inPeoria Heights. Cremation riteswere accorded and burial will beat a later date in St. Joseph Ceme-tery, West Peoria.

Leave condolences online atwww.wrightandsalmon.com.

George J. HarperFARMINGTON – George Harper,

88, of Hanna City died Nov. 6 atFarmington Country Manor.

Services will be at Anderson-Sedgwick Funeral Home in Farm-ington at 11 a.m. today (Nov. 13),with visitation one hour prior. Fa-ther Shawn Doubet will officiate.Burial will be in CottonwoodCemetery, Hanna City.

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This Week’s Obituaries• Betty Davis, 89, Princeville• Ray Gelling Sr., 95, Brim-field• Estella Gordon, 86, Farm-ington• Stephen Happ, 63, Brimfield• George Harper, 88, HannaCity• Mary Hendryx, 89, Kickapoo• Shirley Marsh, 88, Brimfield• Ernest Nelson, 77, Farming-ton• Donald Orrill, 79, Princeville• Lynn Pellegrini, 70, Elm-wood• Eleanor Pfanz, 91, Farming-ton• Irma Updyke, 102, YatesCity• Clarence Ziemer, 97, Elm-wood

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Pastor Leonard Thomas135 S. Galena St., Brimfield

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

Thurs. Bible Study: 7 pmUnion Church at BrimfieldUnited Church of ChristPastor Stephen Barch105 W. Clay StreetBrimfield, IL 61517(309) 446-3811

Sunday Worship: 9 amTuesday Bible Fun Night: 6 pm

EDWARDSChrist Alive!

Community ChurchPastor Lance Zaerr

9320 W US Hwy 150, Edwards

(309) 231-8272www.christalivecc.comSun. School: 9:15 amWorship: 10:30 amELMWOOD

Crossroads Assembly of GodPastor Tim Cavallo

615 E. Ash St., Elmwood(309) 830-4259

www.crossroadselmwood.orgWed. Worship: 7 pm

Sun. Worship: 10:30 amElmwood 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 pmFirst Presbyterian Church

of ElmwoodReverend Marla B. Bauler

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

firstpresbyterianofelmwood.orgSun. 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 pmSat. Mass: 4:30 pmSun. Mass: 10 am

Tues. 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 amFARMINGTON

First Presbyterian Churchof Farmington

83 N. Cone Street, Farmington(309) 245-2914

www.firstpresfarmington.comSunday School: 9:30 amFellowship: 10:30 amWorship: 11:00 am

New Hope FellowshipAssembly of GodPastor Tom Wright

1102 N. Illinois Route 78Farmington, IL(309) 245-2957

Sun. Worship: 10 a.m.Wed. Worship: 7 p.m.YATES CITYFaith United

Presbyterian Church107 W. Bishop St.Yates City, IL 61572(309) 358-1170Worship: 9 am

Sun. School: 10:15 amThurs. Choir: 7 pm

AREA CHURCHES OBITUARIES

Mary E. HendryxKICKAPOO – Mary E. “Toadie”

Hendryx, 89, of Peoria, mother of aKickapoo woman, died Nov. 5 at Unity-Point Methodist Medical Center.

She was survived by her children,Sherri Shane of Kickapoo, and Dale(Diana) Hendryx and Nancy (Charles)Elwyn, both of Peoria; four grandchil-dren, eight great-grandchildren, and onegreat-great-grandchild; two sisters; andRobert Jackson, her long-time partner ofSan Diego, Calif.

Funeral services were Nov. 10, withburial in Chillicothe City Cemetery.

Leave condolences online atwww.dignitymemorial.com/davison-ful-ton-woolsey-wilton-funeral-home.

Shirley MarshBRIMFIELD – Shirley Jean (Emmons)

Marsh, 88, of West Peoria, mother of aBrimfield man, died Nov. 6 at Hedding-ton Oaks.

She is survived by four children, R.Jake (Julie) Marsh of Brimfield, Russell(Linda) Marsh of Mapleton, Cindy L.Marsh of Peoria, and Penny L. Marsh ofBartonville; six grandchildren, fivegreat-grandchildren; one sister and onesister-in-law.

Services were Nov. 10 at Davison-Fulton Woodland Chapel in Peoria. Cre-mation was accorded and the burial ofashes will be in Swan Lake MemoryGardens in Peoria. Leave condolencesonline at www.davison-fulton.com.

Ernest NelsonFARMINGTON – Ernest M. Nelson, 77,

of Hanna City, father of a Farmingtonwoman, died Nov. 2 at UnityPointHealth-Methodist in Peoria.

Survivors include two daughters,Teresa Bills of Farmington and Crystal(John) Turnbull of Washington; twosons, Ron Nelson of Hanna City andKevin (Chris) Nelson of Tama, Iowa;nine grandchildren; seven great-grand-children; and one sister, Mary Molchinof Hanna City.

Funeral services were Nov. 8, withburial in Trivoli Cemetery. Leave con-dolences online at www.Woolsey-Wilton.com.

Donald OrrillPRINCEVILLE – Donald L. Orrill, 79,

of Metamora, formerly of Princeville,died Nov. 2 at OSF Saint Francis Med-ical Center in Peoria.

Orrill is survived by his wife, Julie(Scheffler) Orrill; one daughter, Deanna

Fauser of Peoria; five grandchildren;and three great-grandchildren.

Cremation was accorded and a memo-rial service held Nov. 6 at Haskell-HottFuneral Homes in Princeville.

Leave condolences online atwww.haskellhott.com.

Lynn PellegriniELMWOOD – Lynn (Bols) Pellegrini,

70, of Morris, mother of an Elmwoodwoman, died Nov. 5 at Morris Hospital.

Lynn is survived by her husband,Donald Pellegrini; three children,Lynette Pellegrini of Elmwood, KentonPellegrini Barbara (Pope) of Morris, andLaney (Brennan) Callahan of Newark;12 grandchildren; three sisters, three sis-ters-in-law; and a brother-in-law.

Services were Nov. 10 at ImmaculateConception Catholic Church in Morris,with burial to follow at Mt. Carmel.

Eleanor PfanzFARMINGTON – Eleanor L. Pfanz, 91,

of Washburn, mother of a Farmingtonman and step-grandmother of a Farm-ington woman, died Nov. 3 at the Apos-tolic Christian Home of Roanoke.

Surviving are her two sons, Keith(Cindy) Pfanz of Farmington and Denny(Cheryl) Pfanz of Washburn; threegrandchildren, Dana White of Wash-burn, Mykin Bernardi of Toluca andTyler Pfanz of Metamora; two step-grandchildren, Sunette Ward of Farm-ington and Jimmy Root of Galesburg;four great-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren; and two sisters.

Funeral services were Nov. 6 atCalvert & Johnson Memorial Home inWashburn, with burial at Linn-Mt. Ver-non Cemetery in Washburn.

Leave condolences online atwww.calvertmemorial.com.

Irma UpdykeYATES CITY – Irma C. (Looney) Up-

dyke, 102, of Bartonville, great-grand-mother of Yates City residents, diedNov. 2 at UnityPoint Health-Methodist.

She is survived by her daughter, Kay(Tom) Ingram, of Bartonville; grand-daughter Lyn Fauser of Peoria; great-grandchildren Brooke (Joe) Lahart andNicole McKavitt, both of Yates City,and Derek (Katie) McKavitt of Peoria;four great-great-grandchildren; and threesisters-in-law.

Her funeral was Nov. 6, with burial inthe Wyoming Cemetery.

Leave condolences at www.davison-fultonbartonvillechapel.com.




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Payton Teel, ElmwoodElmwood High School senior Payton Teel has

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junior Matt Osmulski(12th in 15:18) bothearned all-state honors.Sophomore DerekMcCoy (32nd in 15:41),senior Kelly Hoffmann(51st in 15:59) and soph-omore Kelby Barnewolt(107th, 16:31) roundedout the top five.

Senior Tyler Meyers(125th, 16:47) and soph-omore John Barratt(129th, 16:48) were theother two Trojans finish-ers.

“At the mile we werein fifth place with 188points, at 1.5 miles wewere still in fifth with176 points and with onemile to go we were infourth place with 162points,” Meyers said. “Sothat last mile of the racewe picked up 20 somepoints to move into sec-ond. They moved wellthrough the race, espe-cially Derek and Kelly.That was the differencebetween fourth place andsecond.”

Like Herridge, Hoff-mann ends his Elmwoodcross country career as amember of three trophywinning teams.

“This team has workedhard enough and in yearspast could have been afirst-place team, so thatkind of hurts,” Meyerssaid. “But this is some-thing to be proud of.”

E-B should be a forcenext year, though the toprankings will likely go toUnity (which has its topseven runners back) andRockford Christian (fourof seven return).

In the Class 1A girlsrace, E-B finished 16thwith 382 points. St.Joseph-Ogden won with86 points, ending No. 5Decatur St. Teresa’s four-year reign as champs.

Freshman Emily Mc-Cauley led E-B (67th,19:24), followed by sen-ior Kendra Gorham(95th, 19:47), senior Tay-lor Armbruster (105th,19:57), sophomoreCassie Karn (130th,20:23), senior HanneloreBook (141st, 20:45),sophomore Allie Meyers(192nd, 22:36) and seniorCarrie Young (196th,23:13).

Sophomore Anni SophiKeller of Effingham St.Anthony defended herClass 1A title in 16:27.

E-B XC: Trojans fifthwith 1.5 miles to goContinued from Page 16

Farmington; Alec LesterKnoxville and Adam Opp, Ha-vana.

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Tight End: 1. Reid Berry,Farmington; 2. Brad Demmin,E-B.

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mulski finished ahead sixtimes improving nicelydown the stretch.

But even when he’sahead, Osmulski trieshard to locate Herridge.

“I talk to Nate and topeople and ask whereNate is if he’s not close tome,” Osmulski said. “Itjust helps me to talk, Iguess.”

“He loves to talk whenhe runs,” Herridgeagreed. “That’s actuallythe most annoying part.”

Annoying or not, thecombination worked wellfor Trojans coach GreggMeyers.

“I give these guyscredit. Their main goal isnot how well they do. It’show well the team does,”Meyers said. “That’s whyit’s so easy to coach theseguys.

“At the conferencemeet they even tried tofinish together (side-by-side) just to mess withpeople so somebody elsehad to make the deci-sion.”

Herridge has been apart of three E-B trophyteams: second this yearand 2012 and first in2013. Osmulski has beenin the top two the pasttwo years.

Both improved at thisyear’s state meet: Osmul-ski by 26 seconds to place12th (15 places betterthan last year) and Her-ridge by 15 seconds,moving him up from22nd to 17th.

“Matt’s air system isextremely good and Nateis so light on his feet,that’s what makes him

such a good runner,”Meyers said.

As for the future, Her-ridge is undecided aboutcollege or his running ca-reer.

Meanwhile, Osmulskiis actively seeking a run-ning mate for next fall,with sophomore DerekMcCoy his top choice.

Hope he likes to talk.


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Elmwood-Brimfield had sixof the 11 football players se-lected as unanimous picks forall-conference in thePrairieland Blue Division.

E-B had four unanimouspicks on offense (tackle An-drew Jordan, wide receiverKyle Totton, running backLayne Wyatt and kicker ZackRoling) and two on defense(linebackers Jacob Sollen-berger and Brian Gilles). Allsix are seniors.

“This is the best year we’vehad” for all-conference picks,E-B coach Todd Hollis said.

“Andrew is a three-yearstarter for us so he’s seen a lotof football and so has Gilles.Kyle didn’t have a lot of ballsthrown to him, but the amountof touchdowns he scored for avery few touches is crazy.

“Sollenberger is a uniqueathlete who can run all overthe field and cover people andhe’s a fullback who can runlike a running back. The valueof a kicker in small schoolfootball is often overlookedand Layne, he’s just so good.”

Farmington had three unan-imous picks, all seniors: widereceiver Caleb Fruendt, run-ning back Max Balagna and

defensive back Josh Lozier.Junior Blake Hennefent of

Knoxville was a unanimouspick at defensive end.

Here is the complete all-conference list:

PRAIRIELAND BLUEALL-CONFERENCE

OFFENSEQuarterback: 1. Steven Gilstrap,

Farmington; 2. Michael Houlihan, E-B

Center: 1. Brock Asbell, E-B; 2.Hennefent, Knoxville

Guards: 1. Colton Evans, Farm-ington; and Gilles; 2. Sean Wilbur,E-B; and Dustin Logan, Bushnell-West Prairie

Tackles: 1. Jordan; and BradNovak, E-B; 2. Spencer Kiesewetter,


PEORIA – The fastest teamin Gregg Meyers’ coachingcareer was not fast enough.

Despite racing to overalltimes that would have de-feated several recent statechampions, Elmwood-Brim-field placed second to Monti-cello last Saturday in the Class1A boys cross country staterace.

The trophy – though not theone the Trojans coveted – isthe 13th for E-B cross countrywhich won it all last year andwas second in 2012.

“These guys had fastertimes as an average than our(first-place teams) in 2006,2008 and 2013,” Meyers said.“Their average time from 1-5was 15:46. And in 2006,which was the next fastest, itwas 15:50.

“So they would have beat

those teams. But that’s just theway the cookie crumbles.”

There was certainly noshame in losing to a Monti-cello team that finished with91 points to 143 for E-B, 157for third-place RockfordChristian and 162 for No. 4

Tolono Unity. Junior JonDavis of Oakwood was theClass 1A champ in 14:20.

Monticello had five runnersin the top 53 with just a 40-second split from 1-5.

“That’s awesome,” Meyerssaid.

“Even if we had been fasterthan we should have been itwouldn’t have been enough,”E-B senior Nate Herridge said.“Monticello ran very well, soI’m happy with how we ran.”

Herridge (17th in 15:25) and


ELMWOOD – They could havebeen rivals competing for the No.1 spot on the Elmwood-Brimfieldcross country team.

Instead, junior Matt Osmulskiand senior Nate Herridge are closefriends who just happen to spendmuch of the fall within a feet ofone another. That they are alsoboth all-state runners for the Tro-jans second-place Class 1A teamspeaks volumes about the benefitsof teamwork over a 3-mile course.

“In cross country it’s really niceto have someone to run with allthe time,” Herridge said. “In re-gionals and sectionals he reallypushed me along. I didn’t care ifhe beat me and he didn’t care if Ibeat him. It was all about how theteam did.”

Yes, both runners keep track ofwins and losses. Overall, Herridgewon three times this year and Os-

Members of the Elmwood-Brimfield cross country team pose after placing second in Class 1Alast Saturday at Detweiller Park in Peoria. Team members are (left to right): junior Matt Osmul-ski, sophomore John Barratt, senior Kelly Hoffmann, sophomore Derek McCoy, Senior TylerMeyers, senior Nate Herridge and sophomore Kelby Barnewolt. Photo by Terri Osmulski.

Bowhunter Rich Klockenga ofEdwards shot this KnoxCounty 11-point buck Nov. 3. Itwas his second buck of 2014.

THE RUT IS ON E-B gridders dominate all-conference

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As the breeding season fordeer heats up this month,drivers should be extra carefuland hunters should spendmore time in the woods.

The latter is already hap-pening. Through Sunday,bowhunters had shot 33,707deer, with bucks 65.4 percentof the past week’s harvest.

Users of Jubilee CollegeState Park are also remindedthe park will be limited toshotgun hunting Nov. 21-23and Dec. 4-7.

Buck harvest upas rut intensifies

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The Weekly Post 11/13/14