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By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – The Board of Educa-tion on Wednesday (Feb. 17) rejected job-search assistance for a newsuperintendent in silence, but the votemade a statement.

“We don’t need outside help,” the ma-jority seemed to say.

After a closed session of about 90 min-utes, the seven-member board returnedand promptly defeated a motion to hire aconsultant for the search to replace Super-intendent/High School Principal Joe

Blessman, who’s resigning effective June30. Scott Bauer and Constance Johnsonsupported the move; Maribeth Dura,David Harmon, Dan Heinz, Mark Hoerrand John Moon opposed it.

There was no debate, public explana-tion or comment from board members.

“They’re going to do it on their own,”Blessman said.

The Board had heard two presentationsabout the search, from Tom Leahy of theIllinois Association of School Boards(IASB) in Springfield, who helped Brim-

field with its 2012 search, and Farming-ton Superintendent John Asplund, whoconsulted with Elmwood and ROWVAschool districts for superintendentsearches in the last few years.

Leahy and the IASB in executivesearches would offer a nationwide effortfor a fee of $6,400; Asplund’s approach ismore focused on a 12-county area andwould charge $3,800.

Explaining their services – rangingfrom screening applicants according toBoard criteria and staff/community input

– both men stressed how significant theprocess should be, and also mentionedscheduling challenges and pitfalls toavoid, such as common but illegal inter-view questions.

“This [search] is your most importanttask,” said Leahy, whose service includesboard training and a community survey.“The person in that role is key. We sug-gest moving quickly.”

Asplund said that instead of a survey,he’d convene a community-engagement

Mum’s the word on Brimfield superintendent search

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MR. CLEAN


People who use roads and bridges wantthem smooth and safe, but nobody wants topay more taxes than necessary, so PeoriaCounty townships may face a dilemma asfinancial reality sinks in like a tire in a pot-hole.

Township Road Commissioners andTrustees are working on budgets that won’treceive the level of county aid to whichthey’d become accustomed. Peoria Countyhas stopped offering seal-coating services totownships and cut back assistance for jointbridge repair and replacement projects from75 percent of the costs to 50 percent.

“Higher costs to the townships will resultin higher taxes or lower services,” said Ju-bilee Township Supervisor Steve Garnett.“Clearly, it can’t be an advantage in that wewere happy with the county seal-coatingand could utilize the funds there in the pastbut can’t in the future.”

“For a variety of reasons the county nolonger offers seal-coating services to thetownships, nor do we subsidize the purchaseof materials like aggregate or salt,” saidCounty Administrator Scott Sorrel. “Themost prevalent reasons are financial and risk

Area townshipsprepping forless assistance


In less than three weeks, Illinoisvoters can cast ballots in the 2016 Pri-mary Election, but early-voting op-portunities are abundant for people inThe Weekly Post area.

First, there are some contested racesand a couple of referendums.

On the Democratic ballot, sixchoices remain in the race for thepresidential nomination, includingHillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders(and also Martin O’Malley, who with-drew from the campaign), plus candi-date delegates to the convention fromthe 17th or 18th Congressional Dis-tricts; three candidates for the Demo-cratic nomination for U.S. Senatorand Jodi Hoos and Sonni Williamsrunning fo fill Judge Michael Brandt’sseat on the bench.

Knox Democratic voters also canchoose between two candidates forState’s Attorney at the March 15 pri-mary.

On the Republican ballot, 11 namesappear for president, including TedCruz, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump,

Early votingoffered for2016 primary


FARMINGTON – Whether anIT tech or a chimney sweep, somejobs can be overlooked even ifthey seem almost indispensable.

A windowwasher is one,and that’s thevocation of 54-year-old Tru-man Schuck.

Arriving in acloud of graveldust one morn-ing last week,

Schuck parks his dark blue ChevyS-10 pickup, folds out of it like aSwiss Army knife, adjusts his sun-glasses, gathers his tools and getsto work.

“Hey, boss,” he greets a home-owner and a visitor. “Great day.”

Working throughout central Illi-nois, Weekly Post readers mayhave seen him on the job in Brim-

Windowwasher clearsup the work

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Window washer Truman Schuck ofPeoria is a familiar figure in many areatowns. Photos by Bill Knight.Continued on Page 10

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meeting to solicit ideasfrom residents as well asget feedback from theBoard and employees as towhat the best fit would be.

“We offer a different so-lution,” Asplund said. “Ifyou’re thinking there’ssomebody nearby ... I’d beable to actively recruitpeople.”

When asked, Asplundsaid requiring residency inthe district and maintain-ing the current arrange-ment of a dual super-intendent/principal posi-tion would discouragesome applicants.

“I’m not saying that’sbad,” he said. “But it’strue.”

The Board apparently iskeeping the position a dualrole.

In other business:• The Board discussed a

new heating and coolingsystem for the GradeSchool, Middle Schooland Junior High Schoolcomplex, including thegym and cafeteria, and aninitial estimate from Stan-dard Heating & Cooling ofPeoria totaled $548,933, tobe completed in fourphases. However, no ac-tion was taken.

“We have bigger fish tofry right now,” said Bauer.

Blessman also sug-gested caution, saying,“My recommendationwould be to preserve asmuch of the OBM [Opera-tion, Building & Mainte-nance] fund as we can.”

The District’s Treas-urer’s report shows a Janu-ary OBM balance of$747,571.

• The WYSE [World-wide Youth in Science &Engineering] team placedsecond at recent Regionalcompetition, and 10 stu-dents were recognized forthe individual achieve-ments there: Sam Hedrick(3rd in Engineering graph-ics); Tanner Graham andMatt Gerontes (both 2ndin Computer Science); inMath Sean Wilbur (1st)and Bradley Grothaus(2nd); in English, JaedanStafford and Wendy Streit-matter (both 1st), and Ash-

lyn Maher (3rd), in Biol-ogy, Ashlyn Maher, HankHedrick and KelbyBarnewolt finished 1st,2nd and 3rd, respectively.The team will compete inWYSE Sectionals March10 at Parkland College.

• The 2016-17 schoolcalendar was approved 6-1, with Harmon votingagainst it, preferring atighter schedule to avoidhot-weather days; and

• The Board acceptedresignations from Bless-man and café supervisionemployee Melissa Short,and approved employingJennifer Loer for café su-pervision.

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BRIMFIELD: Dual role will discourage some

Princeville addressing ash borersBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

PRINCEVILLE – Evi-dence of the destructiveemerald ash borer at a fewsites here caused the Vil-

lage Board on Tuesday(Feb. 16) to considerseeking quotes for treatingthe invasive beetle beforemore serious damage oc-curs.

Certified arborist BobBaer of Peoria’s MyBackyard landscapingcontractor said four ashtrees in Stevens SquarePark may be affected,which concerns Villagepresident Sid Stahl.

“We have a slight prob-lem,” he said. “Thosetrees have been there

many years and they pro-vide wonderful shade [so]we don’t want to cut themdown. It takes so long fornew trees to develop.”

However, proper treat-ment could get pricey.

The presence of emer-ald ash borers is also sus-pected at St. Mary of theWoods Catholic Churchand the Ostrom Meadowssubdivision, he said.

In other business, theboard narrowed downcapital projects for thesummer, Stahl said.

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THE WEEK AHEAD

This Week’s Eventss Free Bread– Free bread available at

Elmwood Methodist Church Friday(Feb. 26) at 10 a.m.

s Coloring Session –Adults welcome toLME Library inPrinceville on Saturday(Feb. 27) from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. for an adultcoloring session. Pagesand coloring utensils provided.

s Chicken Dinner – Faith UnitedPresbyterian Church in Yates Citychicken and noodle dinner is Saturday(Feb. 27). $8 adults, $4 children.

s Murder Mystery – Wildlife PrairiePark Once Upon a Murder night is Sat-urday (Feb. 27). Call (309) 495-9463to make reservations.

s Knitting Club – All welcome toSalem Township Library in Yates Cityon Saturday (Feb. 27) at 10 a.m. forknitting club.

s Marketing Breakfast – Ag Land FShas a Marketing Outlook breakfast atMaple Lane Country Club in ElmwoodMonday (Feb. 29),7:30-10:30 a.m.RSVP to elevator or call (309) 742-2711.

s Womens BINGO – FarmingtonMoose Lodge womens BINGO nightis Monday (Feb. 29) at 6:30 p.m. Sponsored by women of the moose.

s Zumba Class – Zumba class at

Princeville LME Library is Monday(Feb. 29) at 6:30 p.m. Class free. Opento new and experienced participants.

s Marketing Break-fast – Farmers StateBank has a marketingoutlook breakfast atMaple Lane CountryClub in ElmwoodTuesday (March 1)starting at 7:30 a.m.

Call Miles at (309) 742-3711.s Cooking Class – Cooking class with

Chef Bill More at Brimfield Public Li-brary is Tuesday (March 1) from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Learn how to make 30minute weeknight meals. $5, registra-tion required. Call (309) 446-9575.

Future Eventss Outdoor Show – 7th annual Elm-

wood All Outdoors Show March 5-6, 9a.m. to 4 p.m., at Elmwood HighSchool. More than 90 vendors, deerheads, wild animals and more. Enterdeer heads March 3-4 (5-7 p.m.) andMarch 5 (9-12). Visit www.elm-woodalloutdoors.com.

s Toy Show – ROWVA FFA toyshow is March 6 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. atROWVA gym. Free will donation.Food by FFA Alumni in Ag shop.

s Spaghetti Night – Spaghetti Nightat Yates City Community Center,March 7, 4:30-7 p.m. $8 for spaghetti,salad and garlic bread.

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s Noodles for Poodles – Support SAMS shelterat noodles for poodles dinner Saturday (Feb. 27)from 4:30-7 p.m. at Elmwood United MethodistChurch. Chicken and noodles, maccaroni, mashedpotatoes with gravy, roll and green beans served.

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Quotable – “The weirdest place I ever actually woke up in was a villa on the beach in Mexico. It was burning hot, and there were

all these crabs walking around me. But I was feeling good, so I went with the vibe.” – Nayvadius Cash

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To the Editor:On behalf of the McLeese family,

we want to thank everyone thathelped us during our time of needwhen we suffered a house fire.

First and foremost,We’d like to thank theElmwood Fire Depart-ment, and surroundingfire departments thathelped put out ourhouse fire. They arethe reason why we stillhave a house that can be repaired.

We’d like to thank the Elmwoodand Peoria County police. Theycontrolled traffic, to allow the fire-fighters to put out the fire.

We’d also like to personally thankthe Peoria County police officer

who helped find our cat that night. Iashamedly cannot remember hisname. This officer walked theneighborhood with me, in sub-zerotemperatures, to find our cat.

We’d like to thankall family and friends.

We’d like to thankthe community ofElmwood for all dona-tions and support. It’samazing how gener-ous and caring the

people of Elmwood are. This is notan average community.

To get more detailed, we’d like tothank ... the Meyers’ family for rent-ing a house to us so we can keep ourchildren in Elmwood, while ourhouse is repaired ... the Elmwood

Mom squad for all donations andsupport ... the Elmwood School, thesecond grade teachers and all thesecond grade families ... the FirstPresbyterian Church of Elmwood.

We’d like to thank ... OberlanderElectric and all my coworkers ... theIBEW Local 34 and each and everymember. ...the West Central IllinoisBuilding & Construction TradesCouncil, Jac’s Doghouse, CantonHyvee, LG Seeds, CountryFinancial and Service Master FireRestoration.

If we have forgotten anyone, weapologize. Words truly can’t de-scribe how thankful we are.

– The McLeese FamilyJustin, Samantha, Blake, Cole

and Makenzie

Saturday was a count-your-bless-ings kind of day.

The afternoon was so enjoyablethat even a fly buzzing through theopen front doorof the office waswelcome. Re-markable, actu-ally. A fly? InFebruary? Andnobody daredswat it, insteadtreating the in-sect like a wel-come guest?

Was it really68 degrees on Feb. 20? Yes. Thanksto whoever made that happen, evenif it angers Al Gore.

The day was so fine that minor in-conveniences slipped from the mindof even a grudgeophile like me.

Recent vehicle problems havelimited my travels. In the absence ofmy beloved Toyota Tundra, my op-tions are: 1. drive a white-panel de-livery van that sounds like ahelicopter, has a certain creepy feelto it and lacks one headlight; 2. stealmy wife’s van and feel my bloodpressure soar while surrounded byTaco Bell wrappers; 3. walk.

The latter option came in handylast weekend. While my wife tookher van to toil at a trade show,hawking our hunting and fishingmagazine, I kept an eye on the kids.We switch roles like this once a yearand it is good for both of us. On Sat-urday, it was very good.

As I walked with my boys to St.Pat’s for an afternoon mass, welaughed, joked and chattered in away that never would have been

possible while driving – particularlyin the ear-numbing delivery van.

Hours later, our simple stroll wasstill on my mind. We had showedup late for church, something thatnormally would drive me nuts. In-stead I had smiled. Why?

Because of my job and my age, Iread obituaries more than ever.Some make me jealous, particularlythose that talk about fancy trips orgreat achievements.

Many make me smile. My fa-vorite obits include short, declara-tive sentences of a person’s love forsimple pleasures. Family. The out-doors. Friends.

Worth noting is that those bless-ings are all around us. And not juston a sunny Saturday.

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Once upon a time, if you wantedto go to a concert, you didn’t buytickets online.You went andstood in line,waiting for eitherthe box office ora ticket outlet toopen up, andthen you hopedthat there werestill tickets avail-able once you gotto the head of the line.

I remember back when the Markof the Quad Cities opened. It was1993 and when they announcedNeil Diamond would be the openingact, everyone in about a 100-mileradius of Moline lost their everlovin’ mind.

I did not realize that Neil Dia-mond was quite so popular. I’d al-ways wanted to see him in concert.He’d been a big deal when I was inhigh school, and I’d seen his TVspecials, including “Love at theGreek,” a concert he did at the

Greek Theater in Los Angeles, a fol-low up to a concert there herecorded for his double album “HotAugust Night.”

The Bergner’s store at Gales-burg’s Sandburg Mall was a Ticket-master location and all I’d need todo was show up to plunk downabout $80 for two tickets (whichwas an unheard-of price in thosedays), and my wife and I wouldhave a nice “date night.” I arrived atBergner’s around 9:30 for ticketswhich would go on sale precisely at10 a.m.

The only problem was, about 500other people in Galesburg had thesame idea. That didn’t include allthe people who had the same idea atTicketmaster outlets in the QuadCities, Peoria, Des Moines, CedarRapids and even Chicago. Since Ididn’t realize it at the time, I got inline anyway, figuring that my wifeand I would just get seats some-where near the rafters. I took a placein a line, which extended well outinto the parking lot.

Tickets sold out in less than 10minutes. Not only did I not get tick-ets, I didn’t even get to move for-ward. Some guy came out of thedoor, waved at all of us and an-nounced the concert had sold out.

A second show was added, but bythat time, I was on my way back toschool (I was a Knox College stu-dent at the time). Had I known theywere going to add a second show,I’d have stuck around.

To make a long story short (and Irealize it’s too late for that), some-one who got tickets for the secondshow found out I wanted tickets andsold me his. He and his wifecouldn’t go, so we took his spot andgot to see Neil perform on the sec-ond night the Mark was open.

It was a couple of years laterwhen Chicago announced they’d beplaying the Peoria Civic Center. I’dseen them when I was in highschool, but I really liked theirmusic, so again, I headed forBergner’s to get tickets. This time,

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GUEST VOICES


Looks like I must be in the front row

JonGALLAGHER

Scalia’s judicial philosophy was lackingWith the passing of Supreme Court

Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, itis time to look back at his tenurewith a more critical eye. Yes, I’msure his reputation as a raconteurwas well de-served. His judi-cial philosophywas wanting,however.

Let’s start with“originalism,” hischerished doc-trine of the Con-stitution. To put itbluntly, there isno such thing, at least not in thesense he means it. It is a figment ofthe man’s imagination. His outsizedpersonality was able to convinceothers on the Court of its validity;especially those with weaker minds.

A single example will serve to il-lustrate. The year was 1791 andAlexander Hamilton had convincedCongress to pass a bill creating the(First) Bank of the United States. Itwas to be capitalized 1/5 by govern-ment revenue and 4/5 by private in-vestment.

Hamilton saw the law as a way tocarry out several of Congress’ pow-ers, as delineated in Article I, Sec-tion 8. Among them were: the powerto borrow money, collect taxes, coinmoney and regulate the valuethereof. Hamilton concluded,through his reading of the “ElasticClause” or “Necessary and ProperClause” (Article I, Section 8, Clause18): “[Congress Shall have thepower to:] make all Laws whichshall be necessary and proper forcarrying into Execution the forego-ing Powers, and all other Powersvested by this Constitution in theGovernment of the United States, orin any Department or Officerthereof.”

Let’s remember that Hamilton wasat the Constitutional Convention andwas influential in writing the docu-ment. “No,” he argued to presidentWashington, “we are not limited tothe powers specifically created in I,8 because the Elastic Clause allowsus to” (I’m paraphrasing here – whathe actually wrote would take pagesto relate, but you can find the actualreport online).

Thomas Jefferson, Secretary ofState, disagreed. He wanted a smallnational government and a rural so-ciety; he wanted, therefore, to limitthe powers of the national govern-ment and therefore denied the“broad interpretation” espoused byHamilton. The two were beginningto hate each other.

Let us further remember that Jef-ferson was not at the ConstitutionalConvention. At the time of its writ-ing he was the American ambassa-dor to France.

George Washington, Presidentand, earlier, president of the Consti-tutional Convention, signed the bill,thereby codifying the broad interpre-tation. There are other examplesfrom the Washington/Hamilton era(like the Report on the PublicCredit), but we needn’t go there.

In short, the broad interpretation is“originalism.” Any attempt to paintthe Framers as “narrow” believers iscompletely wrong. From much otherwriting, other framers constantlysaw changes in the document’smeaning, as situations warranted.

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Vandals damage cars,homes in Elmwood

ELMWOOD – Several residentsreported incidents of criminal dam-age to property on the weekend ofFeb. 13-14, according to the PeoriaCounty Sheriff’s Office and Elm-wood Police Department.

Damaged were a 2007 Chevroletparked in the 400 block of EastMain Street, a fence in the 300block of East Ash Street, lights inthe 600 block of South AltheaStreet, and other properties in the300 block of Peoria Street and 700block of West Main Street.

Both agencies continue to investi-gate.Monday power outageimpacts much of area

Almost 10,000 Ameren customerswere without power most of Mon-day morning, when a large regionincluding most of The Weekly Postarea sustained the outage.

“The cause is unknown at thistime,” Ameren spokeswomanStacey Shangraw told the WeeklyPost at press time. “Power was re-stored to most customers by 11:10a.m. and the remaining 50 were re-stored by 11:20 a.m.”

The power loss extended fromparts of Fulton County throughKnox and Peoria Counties to StarkCounty, Ameren records show, in-cluding Farmington, Yates City,Elmwood northward.

More than 2,200 Fulton residentswere affected, Ameren said, as wellas 1,693 Knox consumers, 3,245Peoria residents, and 2,713 Stark

County customers.Engine fire disrupts railroad in Williamsfield

WILLIAMSFIELD – A Burling-ton Northern-Santa Fe railroadtrain stopped at Williamsfieldabout 2 a.m. Feb. 6, when an en-gine caught fire, according to theKnox County Sheriff’s Office.

Firefighters from the Williams-field Fire Protection District extin-guished the blaze in one of fourengines pulling 82 cars. A BNSFcrew also responded, inspected theengine, and ordered it pulled to aFort Madison, Iowa, rail yard.

A broken fuel line was the likelycause, officials said.Teen driver injured inrural accident

YATES CITY – CourtneyHoward, 19, of Yates was injuredwhen she lost control of the 2006Ford Fusion she was driving east-bound on Knox Road 560N, slidoff the road and overturned, ac-cording to the Knox County Sher-iff’s Office.

BYE Ambulance transported herto OSF and police issued two tick-ets, including one for speeding.Police reports

• Slick roads were blamed on Feb.15 when a 2008 Chevrolet Trail-blazer driven by 49-year-oldChristopher Carson left Interstate 74and struck a tree, police said. Car-son and a passenger, Deann Allen,44, of Brimfield, were transportedby AMT to OSF St. Francis MedicalCenter, according to reports.

• Knox County Sheriff’s officerson Feb. 16 ticketed Tanya Norwood,20, of Dahinda after her 2009 Ford

Fusion collided with a 2006 Fordpickup driven by 46-year-old BrianHunt of Williamsfield at the inter-section of Gale Street and IllinoisRoute 180, police said. Norwoodwas cited for failure to yield.

• Remona Guiterrez, 38, ofPrinceville on Feb. 15 was arrestedfor Driving Under the Influence andtransported to the Peoria CountyJail.

• Michael Richmond, 50, ofBrimfield on Feb. 17 was arrestedfor Failure to Appear and trans-ported to the Peoria County Jail.

• Amy Edwards, 39, of Farming-ton on Feb. 18 was arrested for driv-ing on a suspended license, leavingthe scene, and theft of less than$300, and transported to the PeoriaCounty Jail.

• Jessica Benson, 27, of Galva onFeb. 19 reported the theft of variousappliances and household itemsfrom a Williamsfield property sherents to tenants.

• Chad McGinn, 34, of Princevilleon Feb. 20 was ticketed by Elm-wood police for driving with noproof of insurance.

• Bret Fry, 39, of Princeville onFeb. 21 was arrested for resisting apolice officer and for obstructing apolice officer and transported to thePeoria County Jail.

Deer accidents• Feb. 14: William Kulschbach

of Dunlap on Trigger Road in Rad-nor Township.

• Feb. 15: Tammy Hall of Elm-wood on Illinois Route 8 near Pul-sifer Road in Elmwood Township.

Marriage license• Rhonda Walck and Scott

Frazelle, both of Princeville.

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“From the financial perspective,we can no longer afford to deliverseal-coating services to the town-ships at the rates we were. We needto put our resources back into ourown road network, which has itsown challenges. For a long time, wehave partially subsidized the seal-coating operation, and lost moneyfor every township project we did.

“There is no plan or intention tooverstep the role of Township gov-ernment,” he added. “If a townshipneeds additional funds, then that is adecision that township board androad commissioner must address.”

Kickapoo Road CommissionerDan Kelch said, “This is going tohurt a lot of townships. It may comedown to us fixing or closing a bridgeor road.”

Others are in a wait-and-see posi-tion.

“I’m not yet that concerned,” saidPrinceville Road CommissionerRobbie Ingle. “I’m not sure we’regoing to get hurt and in some wayswe might even come out ahead withcompetitive bidding.”

One problem with maintenanceneeds outpacing revenue is thatMotor Fuel Taxes haven’t changedsince 1990, and since then vehicles’fuel efficiency has improved, also

lowering MFT revenues.In Peoria, the County Board has

considered making up the differenceby raising property taxes or salestaxes to earmark new revenue to ad-dress county road and bridge proj-ects.

But a Board committee this fall re-jected a property-tax increase.

It’s still possible that the CountyBoard puts a bond referendum onthe ballot, voters approve it, and theBoard issues the debt, Sorrel said.

“The state statute that would allowthe county to issue debt for roads isin the Highway Act,” he said. “Itworks the same way a school districtwould go to the voters for a bondreferendum.”

However, that would addressroads in the county, not townships.In The Weekly Post area, Brimfield,Elmwood, Jubilee, Kickapoo, Mill-brook, Princeville, Radnor andRosefield together are responsiblefor more than 290 miles of roads.

Plus, voter approval isn’t a surething.

As far as the joint bridge programin particular, “We have phased it outover the last few years,” said CountyEngineer Amy Benecke McLaren.

Regarding seal-coating and relatedwork, she added, “We have beenspending a majority of prime con-struction season working on otheragencies’ roads as county roads con-tinue to deteriorate. The countyneeds to refocus on county roads.

“We work with the Illinois Depart-ment of Transportation on behalf of

the townships to ensure the town-ships spend the money in accor-dance with IDOT standards,” shecontinued. “If a township wants touse MFT money, they work with thecounty to get the appropriate ap-provals.”

That choice isn’t certain either.“Paying the engineering fees for

the paperwork and everything, wehave to go through the county,” saidIngle. “It’s not cheap.”

In Radnor Township, Trustees thismonth “discussed the need for anengineer on our bridge repair work,”said Supervisor Phil Cornish, who’sfacing a $650,000 project to im-prove Voorhees Road. “The RoadCommissioner had hoped to havethe county do that, but they are notavailable to oversee the projects.”

In Jubilee, Garnett says droppingsupport from 75 percent to 50 per-cent is one thing, but receiving the50 percent is another.

“A far greater problem is gettingthem to pay 50 percent,” Garnettsaid. “In order to do the ThousandDollar Road project, we had to ac-cept 50 percent payment from thecounty in the form of seal-coating. When we next need participationfrom the county for any project forwhich they should be 50-percent re-sponsible I am skeptical we will beable to get them to pay anything.

“It is clear that county roads aredeteriorating far worse than we haveseen in the past, and their lack ofmoney is likely the cause,” he con-tinued.

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March 8 - Hanna CityUnited Methodist Church,10 a.m.-6 p.m.

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WINDOWS: No real slow season for Schuckfield, Elmwood or Farm-ington.

“Farmington’s where Igot my start aroundhere,” says the Peoriaresident and father ofnine. “Kent Kowal at theBank of Farmington gaveme my first loan – he puthis trust in me – and Imade good.”

Before launching hisown service in 1984,Schuck actually started inthe trade in 1979, whenhe and some cousinsworked for a window-washing contractor in theeastern part of the state.

“We worked inChicago, Bloomington,Champaign, all over,”Schuck says, “then one

time a guy says, ‘Noone’s as good as you,’ soI went out on my own.”

Now, Schuck cleanswindows from Tolucaand Varna in the north toMetamora, Minonk andWashburn, FultonCounty’s Canton andLewistown and south toPetersburg. Travelinglight, he carries ladders,cloths, cleansers andsqueegees that he treatslike surgical instruments.

“I’m careful withthem,” he says. “Thesqueegees are rubber,which can be expensive,so I as I use them, I cutthem down and re-usethem.”

Schuck is practical, hesays.

“I never use scaffold-ing,” says Schuck, fid-dling with his ball cap.“A long pole is betteranyway. And you can’tfall. I work off theground.”

From his beginnings inFarmington more than 20years ago, Schuck hasserved generations ofcustomers now, he says.

“My work is my mar-keting,” he says. “It’sword-of-mouth as far asnew customers.

“I do exterior, interior,commercial, residential,whatever,” he continues.“If you make it, I can doit.”

Schuck concedes thereare occasional chal-lenges.

“Smoke is the worst,”he says. “I have to getout ammonia or some-thing to take that off. Andyou have to be carefulwith stained glass – Ihave quite a fewchurches, too. You haveto be soft with them.”

The economy itself canget soft, he adds.

“I don’t really have aslow season,” he says.“It’s nonstop. But thiswinter has been a littleslow with Caterpillar[layoffs]. Some peopleare bad off.”

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cepting sealed bids until 4:00 p.m. on March 15, 2016, at City Hall, 201West Main Street, Elmwood, Illinois 61529, for the sale and purchase ofthe property described as follows, to-wit:

The South Half of Lot Numbered Four (4), in Block Lettered “U”, inthe Town of Elmwood, as laid out by William J. Phelps, now a Partof the City of Elmwood; situated in the County of Peoria and theState of Illinois;

Parcel Identification No.: 11-07-436-006;

Parcel Address: 210 South Magnolia Street, Elmwood, Illinois61529;

which is improved with a commercial building that the City has used asa senior center and as a meeting space for local civic groups and or-ganizations (hereinafter “the Property”). For additional informationabout the Property or to make an appointment to examine the Property,call City Hall by phone at (309) 742-2351. The sale shall be made onthe terms and conditions set forth in the Bid to Purchase / Agreementfor Warranty Deed forms available at City Hall at the address set forthabove, which terms and conditions include, without limitation, the fol-lowing:

1. Sealed written bids shall set forth the total purchase price andthe name and address of the bidder and shall be signed by the bid-der.

2. Seller shall require the successful bidder and their successorsand assigns to permit the American Legion Post #0638, the Veter-ans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post #4724, and the Elmwood SeniorCitizens Club to continue to use the building on the Real Estate as ameeting site without charge, which will be a perpetual covenantrunning with the land.

3. All improvements are sold “as-is”.

4. A minimum down payment of $1,000.00 in the form of acashier’s check made payable to “City of Elmwood” must accom-pany each bid.

5. The written bids shall be final, and no further bids will be con-sidered after the deadline for acceptance of bids. Seller reservesthe right to reject any and all bids.

Envelopes containing a bid with a cashier’s check in the amount of$1,000.00 shall be clearly marked “Bid for Purchase of City Property”and shall be received at City Hall, 201 West Main Street, Elmwood, Illi-nois 61529, on or before 4:00 p.m. on March 15, 2016. Sealed Bidswill be opened at the regular meeting of the CITY OF ELMWOOD sched-uled for 7:00 p.m. on March 15, 2016, at the City Hall.

John D. Hulslander, MayorCity of ElmwoodPeoria County, Illinois

NOTICE OF LETTINGFOR PARK MOWING CONTRACT

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the Trustees of MILLBROOKTOWNSHIP are accepting sealed bids for mowing, cleaning, and main-taining the LAURA and ELMORE Park grounds including undevelopedland in such Parks, for the period commencing on April 1, 2016 andconcluding on March 31, 2017. The contractor shall furnish all equip-ment, labor, and fuel necessary to mow and maintain the parks, shallcarry Liability and Worker’s Compensation Insurance and shall be re-sponsible for removing all waste and debris from the Parks. The bidsshall be submitted for each park separately on a per mow basis for theentire term of the contract. The Bid Form and a copy of the Contract,which the successful bidder will be required to enter into, may be ob-tained by contacting DANNY POWELL, Township Supervisor, Post Of-fice Box 22, Laura, Illinois or at Telephone No. 309-645-1324.

Anyone interested in submitting a bid for such Contract shall submithis or her written, sealed bid on or before 12:00 P.M., Monday, March7, 2016, to DANNY POWELL, Township Supervisor, in person or bymailing said bid to DANNY POWELL, Township Supervisor, Post OfficeBox 22, Laura, Illinois 61451.

The sealed bids will be opened at a Public Bid opening and the con-tents will be announced at a Public Meeting of the Township Board ofTrustees to be held at 7:30 P.M., on Tuesday, March 8th, 2016, at theMillbrook Township Community Center, 20923 West Cedar Street,Laura, IL 61451. The Trustees reserve the right to reject any and allbids.

DATED this 17th day of February, 2016.

BOBBIE PHILBEE, Clerk of the Boardof the Millbrook Township Trustees

CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS

Peoria County, in Probate

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF )MELVIN V. COWLEY, Deceased ) No. 16-P-46

NOTICE OF CLAIM DATE

Notice is hereby given to creditors of the death of MELVIN V. COW-LEY. Letters of Administration were issued to ANITA M. WAGNER,whose address is 12321 Legion Hall Road, Princeville, IL 61559, asAdministrator, whose attorneys are CORDIS & CORDIS, Attorneys atLaw, 129 North Walnut Street, P.O. Box 445, Princeville, Illinois 61559.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk's Office, Peo-ria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or with the representative, orboth, on or before the *(see below) day of August 18, 2016, or if mail-ing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Sec.18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Everyclaim filed must be in writing and state sufficient information to notifythe representative of the nature of the claim or other relief sought. Anyclaim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filedwith the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the repre-sentative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated: February 11, 2016.

ANITA M. WAGNER, Administrator of theEstate of MELVIN V. COWLEY, Deceased

The Cordis Law Office, LLCAttorneys for Executor 129 North Walnut Avenue BY: (S) Kerry R. CordisP. O. Box 445 Attorney for EstatePrinceville, IL 61559309/338-4616

BRIEFSElmwood wins Masonicacademic bowl sectional

LEWISTOWN – Elmwood’sscholastic bowl team topped 12other schools last Saturday to win aMasonic Academic Bowl Sec-tional.

This is the fourth straight Ma-sonic sectional win for Elmwood,which defeated Illini Bluffs, WestPrairie, Cuba, Abingdon-Avon andMidwest Central in preliminaryrounds and then downed Virginiaand Peoria Heights for top honors.

Elmwood will travel to Bloom-ington High School to compete inthe Masonic State Tournament onMarch 5.

Competing last weekend wereseniors Abby Althiser, Ian Davison,Gabe Inskeep and Lauren Stuffle-beam; juniors Arissa Huffcutt (cap-tain), Drew Lueschow, LucasSeiver and Chance Vicary andsophomore Cyrus Snider III.Four seniors honored atLincoln awards banquet

Four high-school seniors fromThe Weekly Post area were among17 students honored at the 13th an-nual Lincoln Senior Awards Ban-

quet in Peoria last Thursday (Feb.18).

Tommy Cook (Farmington Cen-tral High School), Joseph Harmon(Brimfield High School), GabeInskeep (Elmwood High School),and Matthew Thole (PrincevilleHigh School) were recognized for“demonstrating the traits of Abra-ham Lincoln.”

One outstanding senior fromeach of Peoria County’s 17 highschools was honored. Brimfield Twp. dropsfloor cleaning effort

BRIMFIELD – The BrimfieldTownship Board decided to dropthe effort to strip and clean the

Town Hall floors since no floor-covering business had respondedto multiple requests for bids.

The Board tabled remainingbusiness until the March meetingsince Trustee Annette Doughtywas absent.

Next month, the tentative agendaincludes whether to purchase apropane tank for the generator, dis-cussion of concerns to bring to the34th annual “Topics Day” confer-ence put on by the Townships Offi-cials of Illinois on April 6, and aproposal to increase wages forRoads & Bridges part-timers,which haven’t increase for morethan 15 years, said SupervisorTony Karl.

Elmwood Kiwanismembers Scot Jehle(left) and Harold Jehle(far right) hand acheck for $1,387 toPastor Brad Watkins(second from left) andRev. Marla Bauler forthe Ministerial Al-liance’s CommunityAid Fund. Proceedswere from a record-setting Kiwanis pan-cake breakfast.



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OBITUARIESMarjorie Stone HamiltonELMWOOD – Marjorie (Marge)

Stone Hamilton, 94, formerly ofGood Hope and Macomb, passedaway peacefully with her family ather bedside on February 16, 2016at Liberty Village RetirementCommunity in Peoria.

She was bornin Sparta, Geor-gia on June 19,1921, to Carltonand Addie (Gar-rett) Stone. Shewas the eldesthaving twoyounger sistersBeverly Dunn(deceased) and Anne Stone-Holt(surviving).

She attended Peabody School forGirls and continued her educationat Georgia State College forWomen where she earned a Nor-mal Diploma. While teaching inGeorgia, she met the love of herlife, Coder Hamilton, whom shemarried on June 25, 1944. Thecouple celebrated 52 happy yearstogether until his passing in 1996.

Upon his honorable dischargefrom the Navy, they moved to Illi-nois where the couple had threedaughters, who all survive, Char-lotte Chadwick of Sacramento,California, Christina DiFato ofPeoria, and Catherine (Ronald)Windish of Elmwood.

She was preceded in death byher parents, one sister, BeverlyDunn and two son-in-laws,Leonard Chadwick and RoccoDiFato.

Marjorie loved learning andschool. In 1973, she earned her

Bachelor of Science (Education)from Western Illinois Universitywhere she was Phi Beta Kappa.She taught and mentored manychildren and student teachers. Herlove for them and their love for herwas expressed numerous timesthroughout the twenty years thatshe taught at Northwestern Unit#175 in Good Hope.

She was a lifelong member ofthe Presbyterian Church where shewas an Elder as well as a Sundayschool teacher. She was very inter-ested in Christian education for theyoung as well as serving on manycommittees and as a member ofPresbyteers and Morning Circle.

She also was a member of manyprofessional and social organiza-tions such as Delta Kappa GammaSociety, McDonough County Re-tired Teachers Association, West-ern Illinois University Foundationand Alumni Association, and Geor-gia State College Alumni Associa-tion. Her enjoyment of the arts wasexpressed through her participa-tion in the WIU Performing Arts

Society where she served threeterms on the Board of Directorsearning the Distinguished ServiceAward in May, 1992 and again in1994.

Additionally, she supported herhusband in his work with promot-ing Angus cattle by working withthe American Angus Women’sAuxiliary and the Lamoine ValleyWomen’s Angus Auxiliary. She en-joyed attending Angus cattleevents especially the Angus Futu-rity.

Marge enjoyed life and peopleso much! She valued spendingtime visiting with others and shetruly never met a stranger. She en-joyed the beach, dancing, swim-ming, cooking, and listening tomusic from the 1940s. Her love forher family was always evident aswell as all things pertaining toGeorgia. Her warm personality andsweet southern accent will bemissed by so many.

A Celebration of Life was Tues-day, Feb. 23 at the First Presbyte-rian Church of Macomb withReverend Mark Merrill officiating.Private inurnment will take placeat a later date.

In lieu of flowers, the family re-quests that donations be made inMarjorie’s memory to the FirstPresbyterian Church of Macomb.

The family wishes to thank allthose who were kind and thought-ful to our Mother throughout herlife.

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BRIMFIELDSt. Joseph

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

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

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

Daily Mass: Tues.-Fri. 8 amSt. Paul’s

Lutheran ChurchThe Lutheran Church -

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

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

Sun. Divine Service: 10 amBrimfield E-Free Church

Pastor Donald Blasing11724 Maher Road

Brimfield, IL 61517(309) 446-3571

www.brimfieldefree.orgWorship: 10:30 am

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

ages 3-12Brimfield UnitedMethodist Church

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 Christ

Pastor Stephen Barch105 W. Clay Street, Brimfield

(309) 446-3811Sunday Worship: 9 am

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

free communion offered)EDWARDS

Bethany Baptist Church7422 N. Heinz Ln., Edwards

(309) 692-1755www.bethanycentral.org

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

Christ Alive! Community ChurchPastor Lance Zaerr

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

www.christalivecc.comSun. School: 9:15 amWorship: 10:30 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 p.m.Sat. Mass: 4:30 p.m.Sun. Mass: 10 am

Tues. Rosary: 8:15 amUnited Methodist Church

of ElmwoodPastor Bradley F. Watkins II821 W. Main St., Elmwood

(309) 742-7221www.elmwoodumc.org

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FARMINGTONFirst Presbyterian Church

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

(309) 245-2914www.firstpresfarmington.com

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

New Hope FellowshipAssembly of GodPastor Tom Wright

1102 N. Illinois Route 78

Farmington(309) 245-2957

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Princeville UnitedMethodist ChurchPastor Ken Dees

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

[email protected]. Worship: 9 am

Sunday School: 10:15 amYATES CITYFaith United

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

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OBITUARIESHobart Bucher

FARMINGTON – Hobart H.Bucher, 95, of Peoria, formerly ofFarmington, died Feb. 13, at hisresidence.

He is survived by his wife Bon-nie, children Jill Brecher and JasonBucher of Orlando, Fla., Kyle(Douglas) Martin of North Bend,Ohio, and Julie Lonteen of Peoria;10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

In Farmington, Hobart was editorand owner of the Farmington Buglebefore settling into a 25-year careeras an editor at the Peoria JournalStar.

Cremation rites were accorded. Amemorial service was Feb. 19 atMt. Hawley Community Church inPeoria.

Condolences may be left onlineat www.legacy.com.Patricia Louise ChandleeWILLIAMSFIELD – Patricia

Louise Chandlee, 79, of Gales-burg, formerly of Williamsfield,died Feb. 14.

Survivors include childrenBrenda (and Michael) Philbee,Kerry Chandlee, Robert (andShelly) Chandlee, and Kimberly(and Ron) Sevigny, all of Gales-burg, and Lisa (and Derek) Meeksof Las Vegas; 18 grandchildren; 14great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and sistersMartha Nichols and Barb Mankel,both of Texas

A 1954 graduate of Williams-field High School, she was a beau-tician for many years inWilliamsfield and sold Home Inte-riors for more than 20 years.

Funeral services were Feb. 20 atthe Church of Jesus Christ of Lat-ter Day Saints in Galesburg, with

burial at Williamsfield Cemetery.Condolences may be left online

at www.h-p-w.com.Robert Gilstrap

FARMINGTON – Robert D.Gilstrap, 77, of Farmington diedFeb. 11 at the National Park Med-ical Center in Hot Springs, Ark.

Survivors include sons Robert(Paula) Gilstrap and Michael(Kimberly) Gilstrap, both of Farm-ington; four grandchildren; fivegreat-grandchildren; and sistersBonnie Danner of Trivoli andBetty Perrine of Bartonville.

Bob spent his career working inthe coal mining industry. Hestarted as a UMWA member andwas a welder on the constructionof mining equipment in southernIllinois for Peabody Coal. He nextworked as a welder, dozer opera-tor, dragline oiler and truck driverat Peabody Coal’s Mecco Mine inVictoria. Bob also was a union of-ficial during this time.

Funeral services were Feb. 22 atthe United Methodist Church inFarmington, followed by burial atOak Ridge Cemetery.

Condolences may be left online atwww.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com.

Beulah LampeFARMINGTON – Beulah M.

Lampe, 97, of Tremont, mother of aFarmington woman, died Feb. 19 atApostolic Christian Restmor inMorton.

Survivors include daughters Carol(Kenny) Urban of Farmington andCheryl (Delmar) Smith of Morton;sons Jack (Diane) Stokes of Grove-land and David (Jackie) Lampe ofHopedale; 7 grandchildren; 16great-grandchildren; and 9 great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were Feb. 24 at

Tremont United Methodist Church,with burial at Mount Hope Ceme-tery in Tremont.

Condolences may be left online atwww.davisoswaldfh.com.

Linda SlaterLAURA – Linda Ann Slater, 75,

of Pekin, grandmother of a Lauraman, died Feb. 18 at HeartlandHealth Care Center in Peoria.

Survivors include daughtersPenny Lynn Calloway of Pekin andJill Marie Slater of East Peoria;grandchildren Jeff (Wendy) Cun-ningham of Laura, Austin CallowayJr. of Pekin, John Hackney of EastPeoria and Cody Myers of Pekin;four great-grandchildren; and onegreat-great-grandchild.

Funeral services were Feb. 23 atPreston-Hanley Funeral Homes &Crematory in Pekin, with burial atGlendale Memorial Gardens inPekin.

Condolences may be left online atwww.preston-hanley.com.

Norma M. StromWILLIAMSFIELD – Norma M.

Strom, 88, of Victoria, grandmotherof a Williamsfield woman, diedFeb. 17 at Knox County NursingHome in Knoxville.

Survivors include son WillardStrom Jr. of Victoria; grandchildrenTeresa “Terri” Chandlee ofWilliamsfield, Jennifer “Jenny”(Jeff) Nichols of Galesburg, andEric (Ali) Strom of Knoxville; 13great-grandchildren; and 1 great-great-granddaughter.

Funeral services were Feb. 20 atHurd-Hendricks Funeral Home &Crematory in Oneida, with inter-ment at the Victoria Cemetery.

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BRIMFIELD: Dura took over against LibertyBrimfield wound up 21-

1 against Class 1A teamsand was a perfect 15-0 athome this year.

Nicole Thurman added14 points in the supersec-tional game.

Brimfield punched itsticket to the Elite Eightlast Thursday with a 53-44 win over Liberty in theBrimfield Sectional. TheIndians’ only deficit was

3-2 for a few seconds.McCormick was key in

the first half going to thehoop and shooting frombehind the arc. She fin-ished with 13 points.

After leading 31-22 athalftime, Brimfield heldsteady in the third quarter,with a pace that slowedthe play but quickened theclock to their advantage.A Dura pass to freshmanKamryn Cuevas for a

layup at 1:42 gave Brim-field a 39-29 heading intothe fourth.

That’s when thingstightened up. MadelynHyer’s trey at 5:50 cutBrimfield’s lead to 41-39.Twelve seconds later,Dura found Cuevas foranother clutch layup.

Then after another Lib-erty basket, Dura tookover, driving to the basketand scoring, then hitting astep-back jumper to go up47-43 with 2:18 left.

Cuevas followed with ajumper at 1:33 to widenthe lead to 49-43. Thefinal Brimfield answercame just eight secondslater when Dura com-pleted a pick-pocket stealwith a lay-in for the eight-point advantage, and the

home crowd knew itsteam was moving on.

Dura scored 20 and as-sisted on seven, and alongwith McCormick’s 13,Thurman had eight, andCuevas scored six.

“Shayla was big for us,”Blane said. “Kamryn’s sixpoints came when we re-ally needed them, andKennedy was solid allgame, and was the fin-isher for us at the end.”

Dura was top scorer forthe season at 17.3 pointsper game. Next up wereKenzie Schlipf (9.0), Mc-Cormick and Thurman(8.7). Dura added 6.1 as-sists and 3.7 steals pergame. Rebounding lead-ers were McCormick(6.9) and Schlipf (5.6).


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Prairieland since falling to Elmwoodin December of 2012.

That the Indians won again wasdue in part to an unexpected hero:Jordan Bauer. Coming in, senior re-serve Bauer was the best 3-pointshooter on his team, hitting at a 46percent clip. But coach Scott Carl-son said he had talked to Bauer inrecent weeks about shooting more.

“We actually pulled him asidethree or four weeks ago and toldhim, ‘When you go in a game, wewant you shooting. You’re on thefloor to shoot, so look for yourshots,’” Carlson said. “Ever sincethen he’s been really valuable.”

The conversation certainly paidoff Friday, as Bauer came off thebench to hit three 3-pointers in thefourth quarter. With Farmington fo-cused on guards Phelan Kelly, KobyWhite and Jace Swietek, there wasroom for Bauer to launch his un-orthodox treys. The last of his threescame with 22.7 seconds left andsealed Brimfield’s regular seasonrecord at 26-2 and 12-0.

“I just wanted to get a shot up. Iknew it was going in. That has to be

my biggest,” said Bauer, who rankedthe trey well ahead of a buzzer-beater vs. Quest in freshman ball.

Farmington (21-6, 11-1) had twochances to win in the final 12 sec-onds but saw treys by Judd Ander-son and Swearingen hit the rim.

“To be honest, I thought that last 3was in,” Farmington coach Jeff Ottosaid. “But to add insult to injury, hisankle is pretty bad.”

On the same final shot, Swearin-gen turned his ankle and went downin a heap. That was an unfair end toa night when he was the best playeron the floor, racking up 24 points(on 6-for-12 3-point shooting) andnine rebounds.

But even Swearingen had no an-swer for the inside play of big BradNovak, who gashed the shorterFarmers for 17 points and seven re-bounds. Swietek added 14 for Brim-field and White had 13.

After a relatively quiet first half,Eric Higgs (22 points) got hot downthe stretch for Farmington, going 4-for-4 on long 3-pointers in the fourthquarter – the last of which had givenFarmington a 67-65 lead with 55seconds left.

“You couldn’t ask for a better at-mosphere for a championshipgame,” Otto said.

ElmwoodThe Trojans closed the regular

season at 19-10 on an eight-gamewin streak following a 58-32 victoryover Havana last Friday. Senior JakeRoberts led Elmwood with 20 pointson 8-for-10 shooting and seven re-bounds while fellow seniors JakeHarlow (12 points on 5-for-6 shoot-ing from the floor) and Matt Osmul-ski (6 points) were also top scorers.

PrincevillePrinceville (16-12, 5-4 Lincoln

Trail Conference) ended the regularseason on a seven-game win streakafter topping United, 52-29.

Brendan Streitmatter showed onceagain how happy he is to be back inthe lineup with a game-high 26points and six 3-pointers. Nick Krafthad 12 for the Princes.

ROWVA-WilliamsfieldThe Cougars (20-11) fell to An-

nawan in the regular season finale.R-W had won its previous game

over Mercer County, 64-62 in over-time behind 21 points from SamDenhart and 18 from Zac Smith.

BOYS: Told to shoot, Bauer does just thatContinued from Page 16

ALL SPORTS ROUNDUP

The honors continued to roll infor Evansville freshman pitcherMorgan Florey. After earning Co-MVP honors at last weekend'sTiger Classic, Brimfield graduateFlorey brought home two MissouriValley Conference awards.

Florey was named the MVCPitcher of the Week and also gar-nered Newcomer of the Week hon-ors with her stellar performancesin Nashville.

“Morgan had a great weekend inthe circle for us,” Aces head coachMat Mundell said. “She continues

to improve. She was also clutch inher first at bat of the season.”

Florey pitched 13 2/3 inningsover the weekend where she struckout 23 batters and gave up just oneunearned run. Florey also pickedup three wins.

In a win over Northern Kentuckyto cap off the weekend, Floreypitched the final four innings anddrove in the winning run in the topof the 8th inning. In her first at-batof the season, Florey singled tocenter field to help the Aces wintheir eighth game of the year.

College signingBRIMFIELD – Brimfield High

School senior Alison Pillman hassigned to play softball at IllinoisCentral College.

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SPRINGFIELD – Gradually butsteadily, the Brimfield Lady Indians’magical season drew to a close Mondaynight in the Class 1A supersectionals.

Facing top-ranked Central A&M, thedefending Class 1A girls bas-ketball state champions,Brimfield (28-7) saw its sea-son end in a 70-52 loss.

When Kennedy Dura an-swered A&M’s 3-0 lead witha lay-in and a free throw atthe 6:40 mark of the first, itappeared the Lady Indiansmight get on an early roll asthey had so often this postsea-son.

But not on this night. Reboundingproblems, cold shooting (30.9 percent)and strong drives to the basket fromA&M’s Mikah Maples (23 points) al-lowed the defending champs to gradu-ally build an insurmountable lead against10th-ranked Brimfield.

“They out-rebounded us 49-30.They’re strong, quick, and efficient intheir scoring,” coach Jim Blane said.“A&M is five strong on the floor all thetime. There’s a reason they’re ranked

first in the state and defending statechamps.

“On the positive side, we played ourbest basketball in the postseason, goingthrough very tough opponents in order tobe an Elite Eight team.”

Down 21-15 at the end of the first and33-22 at half, the Lady Indianswere still within striking dis-tance. But the Lady Raidersbuilt their advantage to 51-36at the very end of the thirdwith a buzzer-beater layup.Brimfield kept playing hard,but the results just weren’tthere.

A&M (31-1) kept going tothe hoop for scores, while theball wouldn’t fall for the Lady

Indians. By the six-minute mark, CentralA&M was up by 21 and by 25 with 3:30remaining.

Dura (above in a photograph by MonteKenney of Brimfield/Elmwood SportsShots) finished with 25 points to give her1,941 in her career.

“Dura is an all-state player,” A&Mcoach Tom Dooley told the Peoria Jour-nal Star. “I thought she was phenomenal.She caused us problems.”

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Brimfield reaches Elite 8Lady Indians fall in supers to top-ranked A&M

Brimfield, Farmington win

By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

Jim Blane didn’t quite go out on top.But finishing in theElite Eight proved afitting way for the vet-eran Brimfield girlsbasketball coach to bidadieu.

As expected, Blaneannounced his retire-ment from coachingfollowing Monday’sloss to defending Class1A state champion Central A&M.

“I just thought it was good timing,”said Blane, who stepped down as athleticdirector last fall. “We ended on a goodnote and I wanted the girls to know howmuch I appreciated them this year.”

Blane finishes with a career record of414-108 in 17 seasons at Brimfield,where his teams won nine regionals,three sectionals and placed fourth inClass 1A in 2009.

This year’s 28-7 finish “exceeded” ex-pectations according to Blane. He willteach one more year at Brimfield, thenplans to spend time with his grandchil-dren who live in New York.


Area teams encountered mixedresults Tuesday during postseasonboys basketball action.

Defending Class 1Achampion Brimfield(27-2) started its titledefense with a 73-48win over Ridgewood in theBrimfield Regional.

Phelan Kelly had 31 points forBrimfield, Koby White scored 14and Brad Novak had 13 rebounds.

In Class 2A action TuesdayFarmington (22-6) avenged a regu-lar-season loss to Illini Bluffs witha 62-60 victory at Athens. EricHiggs scored 24 points and TreySwearingen had 20 on a bad ankle.The Farmers play for a title Friday.

Also Tuesday, ROWVA-Williamsfield (21-12) saw its sea-son end against Kewanee, 83-61,despite 21 points from Zac Smith.Donovan Oliver Jr. had 46 for Ke-

wanee. On Monday, R-Wwon its opener withUnited, 54-35. RickyMcCreary had 18 points.

Also Monday, Princeville(17-12) routed Galva, 86-60, atBrimfield. Brendan Streitmatterand Noah Bauman had 26 pointsand five treys apiece.

Elmwood was to face PeoriaHeights Wednesday at Lewistownand Princeville was to meet Polofor a shot at Brimfield in Friday’stitle game.

Regional championships tip offat 7 p.m. on Friday.

Blane retires after 17 seasons

Blane

Members of Brimfield’s Class 1A sectional champion team are: Front Row (leftto right): Delaney Smith, Mallory Meinke, Kennedy Dura, Mariah Millman, ChloeBowe. Back Row (l to r): assistant Deb Fisher, head coach Jim Blane, NicoleThurman, Kenzie Schlipf, Shayla McCormick, Camryn Swietek, Izzy Ott, KamrynCuevas, Alexis Asbell, assistant Maribeth Dura. Photo by Collin Fairfield.

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Trey Swearingen had this game-winningattempt bounce off the rim at the buzzerlast Friday. Photo by Dave Giagnoni.


March Madness came early to Farmingtonlast Friday in a Prairieland Conference titlegame that felt like a postseason showdown.

While Trey Swearingen and his Farming-ton teammates came achingly close to endingBrimfield’s stranglehold on the Prairieland,ultimately it was the Indians who hoisted an-other boys basketball league crown. This onecame after a 68-67 classic that ended the reg-ular season in style.

That’s the third straight league crown forBrimfield, which has not lost in the

Indians perfect in Prairieland

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