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Carrier Route PresortThursdayDecember 4, 2014Vol. 2, No. 41

By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

ELMWOOD – Irene Gibson cele-brated her 89th birthday Monday in hernew home and couldn’t be happier withthe change of scenery

After years of fretting with yard work,cooking and housework, Gibson shedthose worries two weeks ago when shemoved a few blocks from her Palm St.home in Elmwood to the new CountryComfort Retirement Home.

Gibson is one of the first three resi-dents in the new 16-bed facility on Elm-

wood’s northeast side, joining Earnes-tine Bateman of Elmwood and NormanFord of Farmington.

“I’m glad to havethis here in town, be-cause it got to where Icouldn’t take care ofmy yard work anymore,” Gibson said.“It’s great in here, thefood is good and thepeople can’t doenough for you.”

That’s the goal according to Country

Comfort owner Sherry Pettet, whostresses smaller, more personal care inher three nursing home facilities.

“Everyone here seems thrilled withthe service so far,” Pettet said Tuesday,in between washing dishes and cleaningin the kitchen. “Not only is the livingenvironment smaller, but our services goabove and beyond what other facilitiesprovide. It’s such a different ballgame.

“We have 24-hour (Certified NursesAssistants) and a nurse on call who isactually in the building.”

Country Comfort has two eight-bed

wings, one offering assisted living, theother focused on memory care. Privateand double occupancy rooms are avail-able. Common rooms are tastefully dec-orated with a mix of antiques (somefrom New Orleans, some from Europe)and newer furnishing and there is evenan on-site beauty shop.

All services are provided, from house-keeping to laundry to meals to bathingassistance and daily wellness exams.

Pettet said Country Comfort’s ap-proach in its Memory Care wing is

Administratorssplit on schoolfunding reform

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

The Illinois House of Representatives lastmonth re-started debate on addressing theway schools are funding, but a chief co-spon-sor of the bill doesn’t think the discussionwill amount to much.

“I don't think Senate Bill 16 is going any-where in the House,” said Sen. DavidKoehler (D-Peoria), who helped its passagein the Senate in May. “So it will be revisited,and probably gutted.”

Introduced Jan. 9, 2013, by State Sen.Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill), SB 16 is con-sidered the most serious school-funding re-form legislation in more than 15 years.

“There have been a great number of legis-lators throughout the years who have saidthey are concerned about how schools arefunded, but Sen. Manar has actually put forththe effort to try to rectify a funding systemthat rewards the wealthy and punishes thepoor,” commented Farmington Superintend-ent John Asplund. “He and the children ofIllinois deserve our support.”

The bill would require schools to showneed to receive state money, so districts withmore valuable properties could get less stateaid, and districts with lower property valuescould be helped more.

The Senate approved the bill 32-19, with 6voting “present,” and Sen. Darin LaHood (R-Dunlap) voted against it.

“The easiest solution is to fully fund

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Elmwood nursing home welcomes first residents

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CHRISTMAS WALK SATURDAY IS COMING

Lighted trees and a warm fire lured folks in at last year’s Brimfield Area Christmas Walk. Photo by Bill Knight.

Gibson


Anyone looking for theChristmas spirit needsearch no further than thisweekend, when a varietyof holiday events arescheduled in the area.

Major Christmas walksare planned for Saturdayin Brimfield, Elmwood,Canton and Princeville.There are also variouscraft fairs, open houses,home tours, card ex-

changes and ornament-making events scheduledthis weekend and in theweeks to come.

Here’s a look at some ofthe planned events.

s Brimfield – Brim-field’s Area ChristmasWalk is Saturday (Dec. 6)from 5-7 p.m. with a vari-ety of activities.

Highlights includeSanta, a large fire pit, hay-rack rides, a complimen-tary meal at the American

Legion hall, luminaries,musical performances, acommunity sing at theUnion Church at 7 p.m.and much more.

s Elmwood – Elm-wood’s Christmas Walk isSaturday (Dec. 6) from 4-7 p.m. Highlights includeSanta and his elf, a Dis-ney’s Frozen charactercostume contest at 4:30p.m. at the Palace Theatre,a model train set on dis-

Christmas events abound

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XMAS WALKS: Holiday Homecomingplay, luminaries, horseand carriage rides andbusinesses open late.

• Then on Sunday (Dec.7) a free vendor and craftshow will be held at St.Patrick’s Catholic Church,802 W. Main St. in Elm-

wood. Proceeds from theshow will benefit Habitatfor Humanity’s “Homefor a Hero” project inElmwood.

s Princeville –Princeville’s HolidayHomecoming is Saturday(Dec. 6) from 9 a.m. to 1

p.m. Highlights includeSanta and Mrs. Claus, avendor fair at the Akron-Princeville Firehouse,kids activities at Lillie M.Evans Library, a pumpkinbaking contest at VillageHall, BBQ sliders servedat noon and shops offer-ing various giveawaysand discounts.

s Laura – The 27th an-nual Holiday Craft andGift Show is Saturday(Dec. 6) at the MillbrookTownship Center in Laurafrom 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nu-merous craft and directsales vendors will be onhand.

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THE WEEKLY POST • Thursday, December 4, 2014

THE WEEK AHEAD

This Week’s Eventss Grief Support – Holiday Grief Sup-

port Group will meet today (Dec. 4) atElmwood United Methodist Church at6:30 p.m. Call (309) 742-7221.

s Christmas Crafts – Fourth to eighthgraders invited today (Dec. 4) from 3-4:30 p.m. at Brimfield Library to makeholiday crafts. Call (309) 446-9575 or e-mail: [email protected] to guaranteeart supplies.

s Free Bread – Breadavailable every Friday at10 a.m. at ElmwoodMethodist Church.

s Yoga Class – FreeYoga class Friday (Dec. 5) from 9:10-10:10 a.m. at Lillie M. Evans Library.Open to public.

s Blood Drive – Blood Drive at St.Mary’s in Kickapoo on Saturday (Dec. 6)5-7 p.m.

s Book Babies – Book Babies willmeet Dec. 9 from 10:30-11 a.m. at Brim-field Library for children 0-3 years oldand caregivers.

s Happy Hands – Preschool Story hour

for children at Farmington Area PublicLibrary on Dec. 9 from 11-11:45 a.m.

s Story Time – Story Time at Lillie M.Evans Library Dec. 9 from 10-10:30 a.m.for children 3-5 years old.

s Christmas Crafts – Children Pre-Kthrough third grade make ornaments Dec.10 from 3-4:30 p.m. at Brimfield Library.

s Play Group – Play Group at Morrisonand Mary Wiley Library, Elmwood on

Dec. 10 from 9-10 a.m.for children 0-5 and theircaregivers

Future Eventss Blood Drive – Blood

Drive at ApostolicChristian Church 710 E.

Main, Princeville Dec. 11, 12:30-6 p.m.s Family Bingo – Family Bingo Dec.

11 at 6 p.m. at Morrison and Mary WileyLibrary, Elmwood. Call (309) 742-2431to register.

s Holiday Fair – Visit the Holiday Fairand Stories with Santa on Dec. 13 from10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Operating EngineersUnion Hall 6408 W. Plank Rd. Crafts,artisans, and vendors will be on hand forshopping.

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s Christmas Party – Help trim the tree, enjoy music,games, and snacks on Saturday (Dec. 6) from 10 a.m.to noon at Salem Township Library, Yates City.

s Book Signing – Reading of “Little Twig” by localauthor, Sandy Miller Saturday (Dec. 6) at 5 and 6 p.m.at Brimfield Library. Craft project, book sale and booksigning after the readings.

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Rambling through central Illinoispondering what dope decided shop-ping on Thanksgiving Day was agood idea.

uuuIf Black Friday got you into the

Christmas spirit, get your head ex-amined. Along the same lines, ifChristmas Walk Saturday doesn’tmake you at least start hummingcarols, thenchange your lastname to Scrooge.I actually likeChristmas WalkSaturday more asa business ownerthan as a saneperson – eventhough that re-quires giving freestuff away to people. It’s so gratify-ing that I’m skipping deer huntingto hand out a big prize the staff bet-ter buy soon (sweet) and plenty ofbeverages (cold). So stop by our of-fice at 115 W. Main St. While ourtrain set is not as impressive as theElmwood Express of Fred Paigeand Tom Meyers, what other stop onthe Christmas Walk has a pet snakein a Santa hat? ... More to the point,visit somewhere and see somebodythis weekend. There are plenty ofchances to buy gifts, see friendsand get into the spirit of the sea-son – all while helping keep busi-ness local.

uuuSpeaking of small businesses,

Sandy Cantu at Elmwood Empo-rium is now an IndependentWatkins Consultant. “Since

Watkins has been in business since1868 I thought it would be a goodaddition to my antique store,”Cantu wrote. ... That brought backmemories of a fishing show inCollinsville I attend to promote ourmagazine Heartland Outdoors(which is a great Christmas gift forold men and anybody else wholikes going out the frontdoor with a gun or rod inhand). One year I was sta-tioned across from a silver-tongued fellow who soldWatkins. After three days oflistening to yarns aboutointments and salves, I wasready to sell the kids inorder to buy up his inventory. For-tunately the boys were home withMom and I wound up only buyingPetro-Carbo first aid salve, whichpromptly disappeared in the blackhole of my truck console. Hmm,maybe Sandy will trade Petro-Carbo for a cool libation Saturday.

uuuRemember that sign we featured

a few weeks ago that read “Watchfor Childern.” Well it is in YatesCity, was made by Kentucky-basedEcono Signs and is being replaced.“I knew what it said when I put itup and didn’t even bother to checkthe spelling,” said Chuck Eiker, pub-lic works director in Yates City. Butafter seeing the sign in our paper,Eiker called Econo Signs and has areplacement on the way. ... Afterdelivering another load of outlawchickens to The Moonshiner, anger(or was it a fresh batch of shine?)overwhelmed me as I pondered the

price of store-bought eggs vs. yard-raised eggs. Tell me again? What isthe menace of backyard chickens?... Speaking of the Elmwood citycouncil, we need somebody to stepup and run for my soon-to-be-va-cant alderman position in Ward 2(north of Main St. and west ofMagnolia). Stop by city hall, soon.

... Jerry Traver has a goodidea to boost interest in localpolitics. He said The Mayorof Oak Hill should purchasethe Oak Hill Inn to serve ascity hall. “I’d come to everymeeting,” Traver said.

uuuStill grumpy? Cruise past

Gene Wilson’s Christmas Tree Laneeast of Elmwood, where the hugedisplay of lights runs from dusk to9:30 p.m. New this year is a lightedsnowman and another patrioticscene. ... Kudos to Ted and RonGilles, Mike Aldrich and everybodywho helped put on the annual youthpheasant hunt near Princeville lastweek. Many kids and parents spokehighly of the event. ... Nerd Woe I:Last week I accidentally used thecomputer to “find-replace” all longdashes with hyphens – and we arestill trying to restore order to thepaper! ... One thing about spendingThanksgiving in Buffalo, N.Y., it’san easy place to get your prayersanswered – so long as you pray forsnow. ... Parting shot: Every nowand then you have to go over theline to remember the location of“the line.”Contact Jeff Lampe at 231-6040 or

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held on April 7, 2015 for the Elmwood CityCouncil will be accepted December 15, 2014through December 22, 2014 at the City Clerk’sOffice. Our office hours are from 9:00 a.m.until noon and 1:00-5:00 p.m.

I grew up in the Galesburg areaduring the turbulent 60s, a timemarred by the political assassina-tions of the Kennedy brothers andMartin Luther King, racial riots,student protestsand marches, andthe Vietnam War.

Even with theviolence of theera, some of mymost vivid mem-ories are thoseassociated withDowntownGalesburg andthe Christmas season.

We didn’t have a Black Fridayback then. There were no six-hoursales with shoppers whipped into afeeding frenzy by doorbuster spe-cials. There were no malls or super-stores opening at an ungodly hourthe day after Thanksgiving – orspoiling Thanksgiving Day byopening that evening.

There was no WalMart putting uptheir Christmas displays beforeHalloween. It was a simple timefilled with the magic of the season,perfectly presented in a four-blockarea known as Downtown Gales-burg.

As you bounced across the

Burlington Northern tracks at theeast end of Main Street, you weretransported into a wonderland ofsights and sounds. Decorationshung from the street lights highoverhead while merchants’ win-dows spilled a yellowish glow ontothe sidewalks outside the shops.

It seems that music was piped infrom somewhere, coming fromspeakers that were invisible to mypre-teen eyes. Although I can’t re-member specifics, I know thatwhenever I hear the song “SilverBells,” I get a flashback of Down-town Galesburg from my youth. Itseems that the hanging decorationswere either giant candy canes alter-nating with lighted plastic faces ofold St. Nick.

Sears was the first store to get myattention as we entered Downtown. The store, located across from thePost Office, would make a specialsection on the far west side thathoused their toy department. Theyonly carried toys at Christmas timeso a little kid like me would knowthe season was getting close when-ever they’d start preparing the areaa few weeks in advance.

Across the street, Gamble’s de-partment store enticed shoppersinto their midst with window dis-

plays.My family did most of their

shopping at Grants, Kresge’s, andSears with an occasional trip downto OT Johnsons. Some merchantssent out a giant catalog right beforeChristmas and I would spend myspare time dog-earing pages withmy toys of choice, circling the re-ally good ones with a magicmarker.

My parents would then head forSears or some other local merchantthat was willing to extend credit tothem (credit cards really didn’texist then, at least not for my fam-ily) and pick up some of the se-lected items.

Frank’s Jewelers was one of thestores that would let my mom anddad pay “on time.” WarrenUtsinger was the manager of thestore, located just east of Grants.He was a huge man with a deepvoice and always had a cigaretteburning, either dangling from thecorner or his mouth or smolderingaway behind the counter.

One year, he sold us a very ex-pensive AM-FM radio that hadshortwave on it as well. It would beable to pick up the new FM stationslike WGIL-FM which had just

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WILLIAMSFIELD – Williams-field is one of the few communityapplicants to be approved for agrant from the Illinois Departmentof Commerce and Economic Op-portunity, and that will enable thevillage to address a water systemin need of attention, according toVillage Board president MichaelGray.

The $229,000 grant from thestate’s Community DevelopmentAssistance Program (CDAP) willbe supplemented by a villageshare of $76,000, according toSuzanne Nash of the Western Illi-nois Regional Council, which willadminister the grant.

“There were about 160 applica-tions, but just 35, plus Williams-

field’s, were OK’d,” she told theBoard at its meeting Monday(Dec. 1).

The funding will target up-grades recommended by the Illi-nois Environmental ProtectionAgency, Gray said.

In other funding issues, year-to-date finances look good, Graysaid.

Revenues are outpacing expen-ditures in almost all funds, exceptfor operations and maintenance,which has spent about $41,000 onrevenues of about $40,000.

“We’re on track budget-wise,”Gray said.

Along similar lines, the Boardunanimously approved a 2014 taxlevy of $13,900 for the corporatefund, $3,900 for police, $800 foraudit and $2,927 for insurance.

In other action,• a caucus set the following can-

didates to run for office in theApril 2015 elections: JoleneTucker, Trudy Self and ConnieWight for four-year terms, JimFolger for an unexpired term, andGray for Village Board president.Both Tucker and Wight are in-cumbents;

• the board approved purchasinga locking box to secure the policedepartment’s shotgun and auto-matic rifle;

• Tucker is still working on or-dinance revisions; and

• plans to let bids for the expir-ing garbage-collection contractshould go out soon for considera-tion at the February meeting.

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Multi-car wreck on congested Alta Lane

RADNOR – A 16-year-old Dun-lap boy was ticketed about 7:30a.m. Nov. 17, when the 2004Lexus he was driving struck a2001 Daewoo driven by CharlesBell of Urbana, who had slowedbehind a third car stopping onAlta Lane, police said.

All three vehicles had beenwestbound.

The juvenile was cited for fail-ure to reduce speed to avoid anaccident and for having too manypassengers in a vehicle driven bya motorist using a graduated li-cense.

Three passengers in the Lexuswere not injured.

Motorist stopped forspeeding, issued tickets

ELMWOOD – Brandon Fraser,28, of Elmwood about 11:30 p.m.on Nov. 25 was pulled over in the19000 block of Illinois Route 8for driving 71 miles per hour in a55-mph speed-limit area, accord-ing to the Peoria County Sheriff’sOffice. A subsequent computercheck showed that his license had

been revoked.Fraser was ticketed for speed-

ing, driving while his license wasrevoked, and driving an uninsuredvehicle, police said.

His 2013 Chevrolet Sonic wastowed from the scene, and thecase is under review for possiblyseizing the car.

No injuries in rollover onPrinceville-Jubilee Road

PRINCEVILLE – AlexSchierer, 23, of Princeville, es-caped injury about 8 a.m. Nov. 25when the 2004 Buick LeSabre hewas driving southbound onPrinceville-Jubilee Road driftedinto the northbound lane and thenleft the road and overturned in afield, according to police.

Schierer told police he lost con-trol when lighting a cigarette.

The car was towed from thescene.

Dahinda driver escapesinjury in rollover wreck

DAHINDA – A 41-year-oldDahinda woman escaped injuryabout 7 a.m. on Nov. 26 when sherolled her car after hitting a patchof ice, according to the KnoxCounty Sheriff’s Office.

Melinda Fox was northbound

on Knox Road 1400 E near Illi-nois Route 167 when she lost con-trol of her 2004 Toyota Matrix onslick road surfaces, left the road,hit the ditch on the west side ofthe roadway and rolled over.

The car landed back on itswheels, said police, who reportedthat Fox was not injured.

Police reports• Kristina M. Eveland, 25, of

Farmington on Nov. 16 was tick-eted for leaving the scene of anaccident with vehicle damage,failure to give information afterstriking an unattended vehicle orproperty, failure to report an acci-dent, and failure to reduce speedto avoid an accident.

• Jesse Rosas, 27 of Princeville,on Nov. 27 was arrested for flee-ing police and transported to thePeoria County Jail.

Deer accidents• Nov. 23 – Stephen Rummans

of Rock Island on Interstate 74near mile marker 65 in ElbaTownship.

• Nov. 24 – Brent Montag ofBrimfield on U.S. Route 24 nearPowell Road in Hollis Township.

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Wed. Worship: 7 pmSun. Worship: 10:30 amElmwood Baptist ChurchPastor Dennis Fitzgerald

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

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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 am

Tues. Rosary: 8:15 amUnited Methodist Church

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GALLAGHER: Xmas was magicalbegun broadcasting without static.

When the time finally came to headfor Downtown, there was only one realstop I wanted to make and that was thestreet in front of Grants. That’s wherethere was a little shack, barely biggerthan a large bathroom, constructed espe-cially for the season, and a home forSanta Claus himself.

Santa sat in an oversized chair, listen-ing to the wishes of all the little kiddies,handing out candy canes and/or coloringbooks after hearing the extensive lists. Idon’t remember any other kids in therewhen I would go in; I’m not sure ifthat’s because my parents chose a slowtime or if because the line was made towait outside the shack.

Intimate time with the fat old guy didmore to scare the beejeebers out of methan it did to elicit any kind of coherentlist prepared from the aforementionedcatalogs. Although I don’t rememberthere being a photo concession set up togenerate some dough to pay the guy inthe suit, I do have an old black andwhite photo of me sticking my finger inmy eye while standing beside Santa,taken when I was less than 10 years old.

I think the finger was poking back thetears of fear that were no doubt trying toweasel their way out and down mycheeks.

This was truly Santa, the real one, notsome phony guy with a fake beard and apillow stuffed under his coat. He wasthe ONLY Santa allowed in Galesburgso that kids wouldn’t get confused. Evenwhen Arlan’s, a department store at thecorner of Henderson and Fremont, an-

nounced that Santa would be in theirstore, we all knew he was the fake one.This phony sat on a steel folding chairand didn’t bother to give out anything tokids. I think he lasted a whole year be-fore Arlan’s conceded that the real Santawas located Downtown.

After the trip to see Santa, we’d headfor the Fannie Mae candy shop whereI’d get some Peppermint Ice and someHostess Mints. Before heading back toKnoxville, we’d pick up pizza from thePizza House.

After dinner, there was but one stop tomake and that was a trip to a farm lo-cated between Galesburg and Wataga.Each year Vincent Holmes added a newdecoration to his massive display ofChristmas lights that stretched a goodquarter mile. The right side of the farmhouse was dedicated to Mary andJoseph’s journey to Bethlehem and theNativity; the left side was reserved forthe modern Christmas story with Santa’sworkshop (two mechanical elves ham-mered away at toys) while an organistrocked from side to side at a pipe organ.

Thinking back, Christmas was a lotmore fun back in the 60s. I’m sure thecompetition for the almighty dollar wasjust as still as it is today, but as a child, Ihad no inkling of that. We didn’t havemuch in the way of electronic gadgetrybut we did have a wonderment and ex-citement that no computer or superstorecould ever hope to recreate. It’s a timethat I’m sorry my children and grand-children will never really get to experi-ence.

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DAHINDA – The Oak Run FirstResponders earlier this year re-ceived a $3,000 grant from the Illi-nois Department of Public Health.

The group purchased a fire/res-cue boat two years ago but appliedfor this competitive grant to helppurchase additional equipment: anautomated external defibrillator(AED), a waterproof case to storeit, a stokes basket (used for patientrescue) with a flotation collar and amedical supplies bag with an oxy-gen tank. Winter Holiday ConcertSaturday at Princeville

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Breakfast originallyscheduled for Satur-day morning at theAkron-PrincevilleFirehouse has beencancelled, accord-ing to Chris Del-bridge, Director ofChoral Activities,the Winter HolidayConcert is sched-uled for 1-3 p.m.Saturday (Dec. 6) inthe Princeville HighSchool Gymnasium.

“The groups involved are thePHS band, chorus and chambersingers, as well as the 7th and 8thgrade band and chorus, and junior

high jazz band,” Delbridge said. If the 7th grade girls basketball

team reaches the state tournament,the 7th/8th grade part of the concertwill be Dec. 16 at 6:30 p.m. withthe 5th and 6th graders.

Oak Run First Responders (left to right) MaryBush, Jane Frazier and Jan Congreve displayitems purchased by an IDPH grant.

COUNTRY COMFORT: Adult daycare also availablesomewhat unique. Thatwing has a secured court-yard and makes thekitchen the “heart of thehome” in hopes of elimi-nating the feeling of alarge nursing facility.

“Residents are able toobserve meals being pre-pared and smell thearoma of home-cookedrecipes,” Pettet said.“Residents are able to‘hang-out’ near thekitchen and socialize and

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By TERRY KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – De-pending upon your pointof view, the village waterglass is half full or halfempty. Either way, thestuff in the glass tastes alot better today than it dida couple of weeks ago.

“Probably everybodywho lives in Brimfieldand drinks water realizessomething happened,”Village Board PresidentDan Fishel said at Mon-day’s board meeting.

According to Superin-tendent of Public WorksKevin Challacombe,something began to hap-pen in September, al-though it wasn’tnoticeable until mid-No-vember. A wire to themotor on the well pumpgot a hole in it, arcedagainst a stainless steelpipe and blew a breaker.Repairs may cost $15,000

although Challacombesaid it is not clear if thepump can be fixed.

The city has two wells,but the older one is rarelyused. When it was tappedwhile the regular one wasbeing repaired, the olderwell had high levels ofhydrogen sulfide.

“It was never a healthissue. It was never a qual-ity issue. It was just ataste issue,” said Fishel.“But it’s back.”

Parts for the system hadbeen used for 16 yearsbut were only expected tolast for five years. Re-placement is expected tocost $30,000, not the$100,000 first feared.

The board also: • Temporarily ap-

proved Becky Hamby’snew business, HambyMassage, at 127 N.Galena, pending a newordinance. Currently,massage falls under

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• Approved $250 forthe Christmas Basketfund, as it did last year.

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Susan Elliott offeredpraise and positive com-ments, and condemnedothers criticizing theESFPD, attributing it to“personality problems.”

The wife of a volunteerfireman, Elliott said somemembers of the depart-ment “bully, slander orexaggerate the truth.”

Divisions in the forcewere cited in a federallawsuit against ESFPDand its Board of Trustees

for allegedly violating afirefighter’s rights.

For that lawsuit, theDistrict will be repre-sented by outside legalcounsel arranged by its in-surer, according to Secre-tary-Treasurer GregWessel, who added that,“Their advice is to donothing at this point.”

The Board and its regu-lar attorney, WayneStatham, then went intoexecutive session.

In other business,• Chief John McKinty

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• two applications fornew volunteers are pend-ing.

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WILLIAMSFIELD –The High School StudentCouncil is again sponsor-ing a canned food drive,which features rewardsfor students and possiblyfree admission to Bill-town basketball games.

Grades Pre-K through6th kicked off the drivebefore school on Monday(Dec. 1), said Starla Yelm“Pre-K to 6th will be in acontest to see who bringsin more cans,” she said.

Grades 7-12 startedlater that day and are re-warded with extra credit.

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schools instead of prorat-ing them 88 or 89 per-cent,” LaHood told TheWeekly Post, an opinionechoed by Elmwood Su-perintendent Chad Wag-ner

“I feel legislators needto make funding GeneralState Aid a priority,”Wagner said.

In Princeville, Superin-tendent Shannon Dulingsaid a solution shouldn’tbe either-or.

“Although the bill doesmuch to help make ourcurrent system more ‘fair’in funding various school

districts, it does not ad-dress the ‘lack’ of fundingall school districts arecurrently experiencing,”Duling said. “Princevillehas lost over half a mil-lion dollars over the pastthree years and will likelylose over $200,000 thisyear. I believe that boththe equity and the ade-quacy issues must be ad-dressed for any bill to getfull support of all [school]districts.”

Democrats mostly sup-port the measure andsome hope to vote on itbefore mid-January, whena new General Assemblyis sworn in, but that’s un-likely, according to StateRep. Mike Unes (R-Can-ton).

“I have spoken withEducation Policy Com-mittee Chair Linda ChapaLaVia about SB 16, andshe has assured me thatSB 16 will not be called

as-is in the veto session orlame-duck session,” Unestold The Weekly Post. “Itis fully expected the billlanguage will change sig-nificantly before a finalvote. I will be reservingjudgment until I see thefinal language.”

Republicans mostly op-pose the proposal, whichLaHood summarized.

“There are a host ofproblems,” he said. “Itpicks ‘winners and los-ers.’ Some would gain –Kewanee would get $3million more – but somewould lose money. Dun-lap, here in the 37th Dis-trict, would lose $2million. Also, there arepieces in [the bill] aboutChicago block grants andChicago teachers pen-sions that don’t belong.

“It is a starting point,”he said. “This isn’twhat’ll be the final bill.”

In Brimfield, Superin-

tendent Joe Blessman ac-knowledges the problembut thinks timing is bad.

“I understand theneed,” he said. “Illinoishas the second largest gap[in the country] betweenthe richest and the poorestdistricts. That being said,I do not believe now isthe time to penalize anydistrict. We have not beenfully funded for the pastfour years. If and whenthe Illinois economy re-covers might be a goodtime to revisit this issue.”

Manar sees an opportu-nity that the legislatureshouldn’t miss.

“There is a cost to notgetting this right in thestate budget, and it’s se-vere,” Manar said. “Untilwe get this right and wedrive resources to (needy)districts, then we’re nevergoing to get at the root ofmajor cost-drivers in thestate budget.”


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Valerie BridsonBRIMFIELD – Valerie L. Bridson,

65, of Bloomington, died Monday,Nov. 24, 2014, at Heartland HealthCare, Normal.

Her memorial service was heldNov. 26 at Calvert & Metzler Me-morial Home, Bloomington. Pri-vate inurnment will be at a laterdate. The family suggests memori-als be made to the American Can-cer Society or to Illinois StateUniversity Children of Civil Serv-ice Scholarship Fund.

Valerie was born Oct. 21, 1949,in Minneapolis, Minn., the daugh-ter of Edward and Lois McDonaldBodine. She married Randy G.Bridson on March 4, 1972, in Hop-kins, Minn. He survives.

Also surviving are one sister, De-veny (Jim) Ahlvers, Brooklyn Park,Minn.; mother-in-law, GuynethBridson, Brimfield; and manynieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by herparents and one brother, Ted Bod-ine.

Valerie attended Mankato StateUniversity, Mankato, Minn. Valerieworked at Illinois State University,Normal, at the Lauby Teacher Edu-cation Center, where she assisted inplacing special education majorsinto student teacher assignmentsfrom 2001 to 2013. She receivedthe Distinguished Service Awardfrom ISU in 2011. She had workedat State Farm Insurance Cos. andKohl’s Department Store. Valerieparticipated in the annual Bloom-ington High School craft sale formany years.

Condolences may be sent to10956 Medalion Dr., Bloomington,IL 61705.

Jack BurgessYATES CITY – Jack Burgess, 70,

of Yates City passed away on Sun-day, Nov. 30,2014 at 8:20 am athis residence.

He was born onAug. 23, 1944 inPeoria to Donaldand Vernice (Bur-cham) Burgess.They precededhim in death.

He married Dianne Bird on June6, 1964 in Yates City and this yearthey celebrated their 50th year an-

niversary. She survives.Also surviving are two daughters

Tammie (late Dan) McCoy ofMaquon, Shelley (Rodney) Siegelof Yates City, brother, Kenneth(Gay) Burgess of Gilson, grandsonsAustyn Siegel, Kolton Siegel andsister-in-law Darlene Duggins ofOrlando, Fla.

He went to his first three years ofgrade school in Brimfield and latermoved to Yates City where he grad-uated high school. In 1962 hestarted driving a truck for his fatherat Don Burgess & Sons Trucking.From 1975 to the present he hasowned and operated Burgess Bros.with his brother Kenneth.

Jack made many friends throughhis grandsons’ athletic events,camping, Western square dancingand being a small business ownerserving his community. He also en-joyed auctions and searching outtools and treasures. He spent themajority of his life driving andworking on semis. He enjoyedevery aspect of the trucking indus-try.

Christmas was his favorite timeof the year. He enjoyed the cook-ing, baking, decorating and shop-ping and had his hand in doing itall.

A visitation will be held onThursday, Dec. 4, 2014, from 5-7p.m., at the Oaks-Hines FuneralHome in Elmwood with a funeralservice on Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, at10 a.m., at the funeral home.

Burial will be held at the YatesCity Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to theDouglas Church, Elba Township,Salem Township, Yates City FireDepartment or St. Jude’s Children’sHospital.

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Helen BlackburnBRIMFIELD – Helen “Marie”

Blackburn, 94, of Washington,mother of a Brimfield woman, diedNov. 28 at The Villas of HollyBrook in Washington.

She is survived by her twodaughters, Mary Buchanan ofBrimfield and Jean (Mel) Hilde-bran of Washington; one sister,Mary McCarty of Washington;grandchildren, Jack (Joy) Dries ofEast Peoria, Beth (John) Meister ofFarmington, Tammy (Mike) Smithof Oak Hill, Tom Ansteatt of Peo-ria, Melody (Tim) Narr of Hartford,Wis., Dianna (Scott) Fowler ofWashington and Dawn (Joe) Dal-fonso of Washington; 18 great-grandchildren; and 12great-great-grandchildren.

A memorial mass will be Thurs-day (Dec. 4) at 1 p.m. at St. PatrickCatholic Church in Washington.There will be a visitation an hourprior to the service at the church.Cremation has been accorded.

Leave online condolences atwww.deitersfuneralhome.com.

Opal PhillipsYATES CITY – Opal F. Philipps,

85, of Hebron, Ohio, a Yates Citynative, died Nov. 26 at her home.

Born on March 16, 1931, toOrrin and Isal (Upp) Turner in ruralKnox County, she grew up in thearea and graduated from Yates CityHigh School in 1948.

She is survived by her children,Robert (Patti), Virginia Beach, VA,Carol (Gene) Zielinski, Brooks,OR, John (Debbie), Temecula, CA,and Glenn, Fallbrook, CA; sevengrandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded indeath by Phil, her husband of 63years.

Her funeral service was Dec. 2 atthe McPeek-Hoekstra FuneralHome in Granville, Ohio.

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uaries for free. Longer obituaries cost$1 per column inch and $5 per picture.Forms are available at The WeeklyPost, 115 W. Main St.; Elmwood, IL.Or call 309-741-9790.

OBITUARIES

This Week’s Obituaries• Helen Blackburn, 94, Brim-field• Valerie Bridson, 65, Brim-field• Jack Burgess, 70, YatesCity• Opal Phillipps, 85, YatesCity• Charles Rolinski, 76,Princeville• Alma Stone, 85, Brimfield• John Tusek, 80, Farmington

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In Re ESTATE OF )PAUL W. HAYES, ) No. 14-P-476Deceased. )

NOTICE is given to creditors of the death of PAUL W. HAYES on orabout October 13, 2014. Letters of Office were issued by the aboveentitled Court to THOMAS P. HAYES, of 305 North Kellogg Street,P. O. Box 325, Yates City, Illinois 61572, as Executor, whose attor-neys of record are WHITNEY & POTTS, LTD., 118 West MainStreet, P. O. Box 368, Elmwood, Illinois, 61529-0368. Claimsagainst the Estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk's Of fice, PeoriaCounty Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or with the repre senta tive orboth on or before the 29th day of May, 2015, or if maili ng or deliv-ery of a Notice from the representative is required by Sec. 18-3 ofthe Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that Notice. Every claimfiled must be in writing and state sufficient information to notify therepresentative of the nature of the claim or other relief sought. Anyclaim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claimfiled with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claim ant tothe representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after ithas been filed and shall file with the Court, proof of any requiredmailing or delivery of copies.

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Charles RolinskiPRINCEVILLE – Charles

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Surviving are family

members, HowardMeredith of Chenoa, SueAnn Meredith of RoundLake, Jason (Kim)Meredith of Round LakeBeach, Julie Meredith ofChenoa, Tanna (Ralph)Krey, Michaele (Tom)Webber and Michael

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Alma StoneBRIMFIELD – Alma

Irene “June” Stone, 85, ofLe Roy died on Nov. 24at her son’s home inBrimfield.

Surviving are childrenDonald “Gary” (Kath-leen) Stone of Brimfieldand Steven Stone of Con-roe, Texas; one brother,Charles Williamson, onesister, Mary Kai, fivegrandchildren; and onegreat grandchild.

Cremation rites havebeen accorded. There willbe no services.

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John TusekFARMINGTON – John

Tusek, 80, Farmington,died on Nov. 27 at Farm-ington Country Manor.

Surviving is his wife,Ruthanne, of Farmington;three children, Elizabeth(Leonard) Young, Karen(Frank) McCollough, andJohnny Tusek all ofFarmington; two grand-sons, Jackson and JaredMcCollough; one brother,Frank (Audrey) Tusek ofWilliamsfield; three sis-ters, Ann (late Raymond)Weller of Farmington,Mary (late Donald) Nick-erson of Arizona, andJulia (late Harold)Reinsma of Dunlap; andsister-law-law, JudyTusek of Yates City.

Services were Dec. 1 atAnderson-Sedgwick Fu-neral Home. Burial, withMilitary Honors, was inOak Ridge Cemetery,Farmington.

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FARMINGTON – The relocation ofFarmington’s Dollar General store willbe the subject of a special meeting ofthe zoning commission next week.

Several residents attended the citycouncil meeting on Monday (Dec. 1)wishing to hear about and discuss theplanned changes, but City AttorneyWilliam Connor told them “the councilcan’t consider any testimony or statis-tics that doesn’t come through thatzoning commission hearing.” Thehearing will be held at 6:30 p.m. onDec. 11 at the Farmington municipalbuilding.

Public testimony will be heard dur-ing that meeting.

Mayor Kenn Stufflebeam said thecity was notified about two weeks agoof Dollar General’s plans to build afree-standing location on East FortStreet, just up the street from its cur-rent location.

The new building would take theplace of three houses and would fea-ture roughly 9,000 square feet of retailspace.

In other business the council:• Approved Blackhurst Subdivision

as part of the city.• Decreased the water debt services

fee from $20 to $15 monthly as part ofthe debt repayment plan.

• Approved holiday bonuses of $100for full-time city employees and $50for part-time city employees.

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ALL SPORTS ROUNDUP

Eric Higgs bombed for34 points in Farmington’sseason-opening win overSouth Fulton.

In losing two of theirlast three games since thatopener, coach Jeff Ottosaid the Farmers havebeen looking for someoneto share the load.

As teams have turnedtheir defensive attention tosophomore Higgs, Farm-ington (2-2) has struggled,falling to Lewistown andWest Prairie in its last twogames of the FultonCounty Tournament.

“We need somebody tostep up in the post and bea scoring threat,” Ottosaid. “We’ve got somegood shooters. They arejust young and need to getsome confidence.”

Otto said an ankle injuryto Reid Berry has been afactor inside and sharp-shooter Trey Swearingenis still recovering fromshoulder surgery last sum-

mer.“I’ve been pleased with

our defense,” Otto said. “Now we just have to fig-ure out how to score.”

Junior high girlsbattle for state berth

The Brimfield (15-9)and Princeville (19-2) sev-enth-grade girls basketballteams battled Wednesdayin the Peoria ChristianIESA 7-2A sectional finalfor a berth in the statetournament.

The winner advances toplay in the 7-2A state tour-nament Saturday (Dec. 6)at Assumption CentralA&M Middle School inan 11:30 a.m. game versusthe winner between Neoga(12-8) and Altamont (15-9).

Princeville defeatedMossville 38-17 in its re-gional final.

Brimfield has won 7-2Atitles in 2013 and 2010and was fourth in 2008while Princeville was

fourth in 2012.In 7-1A, a coop team of

St. Mark’s and KickapooSt. Mary’s won its re-gional and faced PekinRankin (13-8) Wednesdayfor a state berth.

Eighth grade girls re-gional action started thisweek, with Brimfield andElmwood both winningTuesday at Brimfield.

Those two meet in a 5p.m. final today (Dec. 4) atBrimfield Grade School.

Princeville plays todayat 6 p.m. in the Peoria St.Vincent de Paul Regional.

Farmington won its first8-3A game, 31-23, overPeoria Quest in the Farm-ington Regional but lost toDunlap Valley MiddleSchool on Tuesday, 26-18.

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ELMWOOD: 42% on 3sas second-leading scorer.Overall, six players aver-age better than 5.8 ppg.

Suddenly opposingcoaches have to think.

“I expected this fromtheir progression last yearand this summer” whenJehle and Groeper wereboth hurt during onestretch, Elmwood coachJosh Fugitt said. “It’sgoing to create a lot ofstress on other teams todecide what to do, be-cause they can’t just loadup on Jehle and Groeper.”

Not with Jack McKinty(9.8 ppg) shooting 55 per-cent on treys, McCabe

Coulter (9 ppg) emergingas a ballhandler and KellyHoffmann filling what-ever role is needed.

Inside play has alsobeen decent, as 6-foot-5Tyler Meyers showsflashes and Jake Robertsplays bigger than hisheight. In the second halfTuesday Roberts ownedWest Prairie inside, fin-ishing with 10 points tocomplement Jehle’s 15.

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the open shots,” Carlsonsaid.

Of equal significance,Carlson said, was im-provement by severalother starters. After start-ing slowly, Jace Swietekcame on with 16 pointsagainst Rock Island Alle-man in last Saturday’s 65-33 title game win and 9against Princeville in thesecond half of Friday’s56-38 win.

Cuevas led in scoringin all but one game de-spite suffering from shinsplints and double teams.And center Brad Novak

erupted for nine points,13 rebounds and fourblocks vs. Princeville,which struggled in thetournament, but did takeAlleman to triple over-time in a 54-45 loss andplaced Nick Kraft on theall-tournament team.

GirlsAs expected, junior

guard Kennedy Dura (19ppg) has led the Lady In-dians in scoring and isnearing the 1,000-pointmark in her career. Shewas at 943 points Mon-day after tallying 19 in a62-36 win over PeoriaHeights and 13 in a 43-32

title game win over Ke-wanee on Saturday.

Brimfield coach JimBlane said he would notbe surprised to see Duraeclipse Paige Spietz’sschool scoring record be-fore all is said and done.

But Blane was also ex-cited to see other playersstep into roles he hopedthey would fill.

Junior Shayla Mc-Cormick had 17 reboundsin a 41-32 win overLeRoy and consistentlydominated the boards.

“I can’t say enough

about Shayla,” Blanesaid. “We have a lot ofkids who like to shootfrom the perimeter andeverybody likes to get outon the break. That leavessomebody to crash theboards. Shayla has step-ped up.”

That earned Mc-Cormick all-tournamentmention along with seniorRyleigh Keith, who hasprovided scoring balance.

“My sophomores alsoplayed well and that’spromising,” Blane said.


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show them how many ofus love and care aboutthem.”

Hale and sister GinaStrom organized theevent in under two weeksusing a private Facebookpage. Self was surprisedby the turnout and by aflash mob in his honor.

“I had no idea that wascoming,” Self said. “Iwas shocked, and then Ithought, ‘Oh my God,this is for me.’”

The event has raisedmore than $20,000 tohelp offset Self’s medical

expenses, much fromsales of more than 600 t-shirts – including oneworn by Billtown coachBob Anderson.

After the celebration itwas back to business,with Henry winning, 56-48, despite 18 pointsfrom Zac Smith. OnMonday Garrett Wightscore 14 and Ethen Huntled the way with 16points in a 66-53 loss toUnited. Last Friday, Bill-town (3-2) defeated WestCentral, 48-45, as Smithpoured in 19 points andWight added 12.

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Brimfield boys, girls defend Turkey Tourney titles

Balanced scoringaiding Elmwood


BRIMFIELD – Title wins at theBrimfield Turkey Tournament havebecome as traditional for the Brim-field basketball programs as aturkey meal at Thanksgiving.

For the third year in a row, boththe boys and girls teams won firstplace in the six-team tournament,which concluded last Saturday.Brimfield also placed five playersin the all-tournament teams (pic-tured on this page).

Here’s a look at how they won.Boys

Pre-game chest bumps have beenoutlawed for the Indians (4-0),

thanks to an ankle injury sufferedby point guard Koby White prior toBrimfield’s second game againstTremont. Hurt in warmups, transferWhite did not play again in thetournament but will return soon.

That backup Ryan Smith madethe all-tournament team (along withteammate Carson Cuevas) says

plenty about Brimfield’s response.Smith was actually high scorer in

a win over Tremont (16 points) andoverall provided energy, rebound-ing and efficient shooting whenopen, coach Scott Carlson said.

“Against Tremont his man left togo guard Cuevas and (Smith) hit

ELMWOOD – In a basketball season thatwas often painful to watch, there was a highpoint for last year’s Elmwood boys team. Inthe first half of a regional game against StarkCounty, the Trojans rolled to a 35-6 lead, fir-ing on all cylinders and looking like the teamthat had once been a junior high terror.

Was that first half a sign of things to come?So far, the answer is yes – at least after a 4-1finish at the Wethersfield tournament andTuesday’s 49-43 win overpreviously unbeaten WestPrairie (4-1).

While Elmwood (5-1)was sloppy in the first half,the Trojans rallied for acomeback even thoughleading scorer IsaiahGroeper battled foul troubleand had just five points.

The difference so far forElmwood is scoring balance, more aggressiveoffensive play and better passing.

No longer is the scoring load solely on theshoulders of Groeper and senior MatthewJehle. While those two still lead the Trojans inscoring (averaging 12.8 ppg and 11 ppg, re-spectively) and should, Elmwood has woneven when they don’t – something that wouldhave been inconceivable last year.

Consider the Trojans beat Wethersfield 57-43 last week though Jehle did not score. AndElmwood has had five different players rank


WILLIAMSFIELD – In what is surelya first, an opposing basketball coach wasgreeted in Williamsfield by raucous ap-plause, hugs from Billtown fans and ad-ministrators and even a crowd deckedout in t-shirts to honor their “foe.”

Last Saturday was anything but bas-ketball as usual at the Williamsfield In-vitational Tournament. There were

games, but the larger issue was recog-nizing former Bomber Steve Self. Nowcoach at Henry, Self has been battlingbrain cancer since July.

Before Saturday’s game between Bill-town and Henry, fans took time to wishthe 1989 Williamsfield grad well.

“The whole idea was just to show sup-port to Steve and Rita,” Self’s sister-in-law Becky Hale said. “We just wanted to

Williamsfield basketball fans turned out in force last Saturday wearing “Team Self” t-shirts to honor Henry coachSteve Self (below, right), a Billtown native who is battling brain cancer. Photos by Stephanie DeWitt.

Brimfield’s Carson Cuevas has never lost a game inthe Turkey Tournament. Photo by Collin Fairfield.Continued on Page 15

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