The Weekly Post 3/7/13

Election slate showssome contested races

Brimfield ponders federal grant

Outdoor Show surpasses$100,000 for EHS sports

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

Election Day is more than a monthaway, but we at The Weekly Post aregiving readers an early look at candi-dates who have filed required petitionsfor contests in our circulation area, ac-cording to County Clerk offices inPeoria and Knox counties.

Illinois’ consolidated election isscheduled for April 9, the second Tues-day in April, with races including mu-nicipal, township, school, park, library,and community college positions.The State Board of Elections hasscheduled polls to be open 6 a.m. – 7p.m. that day.

Several races have new faces run-ning for office, or challengers to in-cumbents, including the BrimfieldSchool Board, Elmwood Mayor, Elm-wood Township Highway Commis-sioner, Elmwood School Board,Jubilee Township Supervisor, Mill-brook Township Supervisor, RosefieldTownship Highway Commissioner,and Salem Township Trustees.

Watch future editions of The WeeklyPost for more information, such aspublic forums. For instance, BrimfieldCommunity Unit School District 309is hosting a “Meet the CandidatesNight” on March 21, when all fivecandidates for the four open seats areinvited to attend and answer questionsposed by district residents. Refresh-ments will be provided.

Weekly Post-Area CandidatesBrimfield President

Danny J. Fishel INDBrimfield Village Trustee

Glenda S. Wilson INDMichael Meinders IND Allison L. Porter IND Kevin C. Gilles IND

Brimfield Township SupervisorAnthony (Tony) Karl D

Brimfield ClerkMary K. Sloan D

Brimfield CollectorM. Carroll Carroll D

Brimfield Highway CommissionerThomas J. Coyle R

By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

ELMWOOD – An idea hatched in anoff-track betting parlor five years agohas yielded more than $100,000 forathletic programsand athletes at Elm-wood High School.

Last weekendmarked the fourthannual Elmwood AllOutdoors Show – atwo-day event thatbrings hundreds ofvendors and thou-sands of spectatorsto Elmwood.

Showgoers aredrawn by the chanceto see a wide varietyof outdoors-relatedvendors, to enter thebig buck contest, tosample the fine porkchop sandwiches orjust to get out of thehouse.

While all bills have not been paid,the event generated $23,500 in twodays and – coupled with receipts lead-ing up to the weekend – should netmore than $25,000. Added to revenuesgenerated by the Elmwood AthleticBoosters, the show’s impact for theschool is well over $100,000 in its

four-year run.Paid attendance was about 2,500 and

organizers estimate another 600-750youngsters age 13 and under enteredthe show for free.

All money raised ispassed on to Elm-wood’s athletic pro-grams or to athletes.Each year seniors aregiven scholarshipmoney based on theamount of time theyhave spent workingat previous shows.This marks the firstyear that students in-volved have workedfor four years.

“I always look for-ward to the outdoorshow,” Elmwoodsenior Trent Parrishsaid. “I love it. Re-

ally. Can I come back and work againnext year?”

This year’s organizing committeewas Andrea Clark, Brad Crisco, MikeGensler, Gordon Inskeep, Lori John-son, Jeff Lampe, Emily Roberts, DavidVaughan and Jason Wake.

Next year’s show will be held March1-2, 2014.

By TERRY BIBOFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – The win-dow is only crackedopen until April 12.

But with up to$150,000 at stake, theBrimfield Village Boardmay try to squeezethrough.

“I think it’s a gooddeal,” board memberGlenda Wilson said atTuesday’s meeting. “Ithink we should go for-ward.”

According to grantconsultant Jim Cum-mings of the EconomicDevelopment Councilfor Central Illinois,Brimfield may be eligi-ble for the CommunityDevelopment AssistanceProgram. A federal grantcould pay for engineer-

ing plans to revamp theentire water distributionsystem – and better po-sition the village to getmoney for constructionlater on.

“My thought is, if youwere inclined to do this,that you look at a proj-ect where you’d replaceeverything in town,”Cummings said. “Essen-tially, benefit everyone.”

Timing is both threatand opportunity here.There is less than sixweeks to prepare a pre-

liminary report. There isno guarantee the villagewill get the grant. Butthere is a better chancenow than later. CDAPgrants place heavyweight on financialneed; new projects slatedhere are not yet reflectedin the numbers.

“You could take ad-vantage of the 2000Census,” Cummingssaid.

He advised that itwould be most effectiveto get engineering plansfor the entire systemnow. Having plans inhand would prepare thevillage for any fundingwhich becomes availablelater, especially since theactual construction work

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Taxidermist Locie Murphy of Bushnell talks with a potential customer during thefourth annual Elmwood All Outdoors Show last weekend, which brought livedeer, a bald eagle and plenty of other critters – live and stuffed – into the Elm-wood schools.

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Brimfield School BoardLori Kreiter NPDavid Harmon NP Constance Johnson NPDan Heinz NPJohn Moon NPBrimfield-Milbrook Township AssessorSandra G. Powell D

Brimfield Library TrusteeAngie M. Sneeringer Pamela D. Fabish David L. Smith Holly L. More

Carl Sandburg College TrusteeSandra L. WoodNPJon A. Sibley, Sr NP Lee E. Johnson NPMichael T. Bavery NPEetty Taylor NP

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Elmwood MayorSteven E. Davis IND John D. Hulslander IND

Elmwood ClerkDotty S. Naumann IND

Elmwood TreasurerHarold Jehle IND

Elmwood Alderman, Ward 1Walter E. Avery IND

Elmwood Alderman, Ward 2Kent Stevens IND

Elmwood Alderman, Ward 3Jared Howerton IND

Elmwood Township SupervisorKathleen Shoop R

Elmwood Township ClerkDiana Hall R

Elmwood AssessorSteven E. Davis D

Elmwood Highway CommissionerWilliam L. Atwood DDavid W. Wagner IND

Elmwood Township TrusteeDonnie Meehan DMark Kemper RBetty Morse RDale L. Slagel R

Elmwood Library TrusteeHarold Jehle (Write-In)

Pamela Paige (Write-In)Dale Runyon (Write-In)

Elmwood School BoardMark Davis William FrietschRick LehewFrederick O. Paige

Jubilee Township SupervisorKevin Sandall D Stephen Garnett R

Jubilee Township ClerkRobin A. Forney R

Jubilee Highway CommissionerJack W. Groeper R

Jubilee Township TrusteeDan L. Bowers D Stephen F. Gilles D Joe Butler R Robert J. Shane R

Kickapoo Township SupervisorKarl Koy R

Kickapoo Township ClerkJulie McIntyre R

Kickapoo Township AssessorJack Duke R

Kickapoo Township CollectorRobert S. Barth R

Kickapoo Highway CommissionerDaniel Kelch R

Kickapoo Township TrusteeA. Joe Kelch R Terry Holm R Mike Gensler R Randy Weber R

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Rebecca F. Friedrich RMilbrook Township Supervisor

Dale Matthews R Danny E. Powell D

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Terence D. McFarden R Dean Creason D

Milbrook Township TrusteeDouglas N. Whittaker RWill Michael Tracy R Dennis Whittaker R Jerry Weistart D

Milbrook Township Center BoardRamona Wilcoxen William F. Dubois Renee Britt Teresa Joyce

Radnor Township SupervisorPhilip Cornish R

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Williamsfield Library TrusteeWilliam R. Fritz NPShirley Pauer NPMadolyn Ott NP

Williamsfield School Board MemberThomas Kordewick NPJanet L. Collopy NPGina O’Dell NPAngela Powell NP

Williamsfield Village PresidentJohn W. Herman P

Williamsfield ClerkMary L. Rice P

Williamsfield TrusteeMichael O. Gray PPamela S. Courson PLeland S. Wight P

Yates City PresidentBrian Miars IND

Yates City TrusteeKenneth GibsonINDRonald Smith IND

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CANDIDATES: List of area candidates for April 9 electionsContinued from Page 1 Write-in Candidates

More than 20 percent of the write-in candidates running for office inPeoria County this spring are fromElmwood, as required paperwork forincumbents from the Morrison &Mary Wiley Library Board ofTrustees was not filed by the De-cember deadline.

Harold Jehle, Pam Paige and DaleRunyon all are seeking the officethey now hold on the board.

The Wiley Library board also in-cludes Kim DeSplinter, Tom Her-man, Bob Howard, Monica Lampe,Jean Ann Plym and Doug Whitney,all holding seats that don’t expirethis year.

The library is actually supervisedby two boards. One was establishedby the trust from the Wiley family; itoversees proceeds from the cashrent of the Wiley farm property. Theother is the Elmwood Township Li-brary District’s board. Both boardsmeet as one simultaneously.

Besides Elmwood’s library write-ins, Peoria County write-in candi-dates have filed to run for the AlphaPark Library, the Bartonville SchoolBoard, Bellevue Township trustees,the Dunlap Library, the Peoria Re-gional School Board and thePrinceville School Board.

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Elmwood could see assisted-living facilityBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

A $1.2 million assisted-livingfacility near the North Magnoliaentrance to Fairground Acrescould bring residential care for 16people, create about 20 new jobs,offer a new market for local mer-chants and contribute new prop-erty taxes, according to apresentation to the Elmwood CityCouncil on Tuesday.

The idea for such a facilitydates to 2000, when an ElmwoodCommunity Foundation surveyfound local interest in senior/as-sisted living arrangements secondonly to the possible formation of alocal park district, according toFred Paige, representing the Elm-wood Development Co.

“We’ve talked with Sherry Pet-tet with Country Comfort Retire-ment Homes, and she’s veryinterested in expanding into Elm-wood,” Paige said.

Country Comfort currently hasthree facilities in Henry andPrinceton.

Pettet has said the buildingcould have one wing for assisted-care living and a second wing fordementia care for Alzheimer’s andother patients.

The building would be designedto fit in a residential neighbor-hood, said Paige, who added thatthe project needs considerationfrom Elmwood’s Tax IncrementFinancing structure and also forthe city to purchase three lots to-taling 2.11 acres for $40,000 eachto accommodate the 8,500-square-foot building. If so – and after ar-chitectural and engineering plansare approved by Elmwood’s zon-ing board – construction couldbegin in October for a summer2014 opening, Paige said.

Elmwood Development’s pro-posal is to build the facility andlease it to Country Comfort.

Michael Seghetti, city zoningattorney, in a letter to the Councillaid out ways to proceed but ad-vised against borrowing to pro-vide additional incentives to thedeveloper before construction.

The council took the informa-tion under advisement and plans aspecial meeting to discuss theproject before the next regularCouncil meeting on March 19.

In a related presentation, Fair-ground Acres’ preliminary con-struction plan for Extension Four,with several lots on the west sideof the subdivision, was intro-duced.

The proposal would extend de-velopment to North Magnolia andprovide for road and sidewalk im-provements, updating sanitarysewer and storm sewer lines, andcoordinating with Ameren the re-routing of gas and moving someoverhead power lines under-ground. If approved on March 19,developers could let bids March23, start construction in May andcomplete the work in September.

In other business, director ofeconomic development Dick Tay-lor reported that a planning meet-ing with Streetscape contractorLaverdiere Construction of Ma-comb is scheduled this week.

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THE WEEK AHEADCommunity Events

s Breakfast buffet – An all-you-can-eat breakfastbuffet is scheduled from 7-11 a.m. Sunday at theYates City Community Center to benefit the St. JudeChildren’s Research Hospital.

The menu will include bacon and eggs, sausageand ham, biscuits and gravy, pancakes and TaterTots. The price is $8.s Fall Festival meeting – Days after this Friday’stheatrical release of the new film “Oz The Great andPowerful,” the Elmwood Fall Festival will meet atthe Morrison and Mary Wiley Library, 206 WestMain St. in Elmwood, to plan for its 2013 event,with a “Wizard of Oz” theme: “There’s no place likeElmwood.”

The Fall Festival committee is asking for morevolunteers. The March 14 meeting is scheduled for6:30 p.ms Dinner Theater – Maquon United Methodist

Church has a dinner theatre presentation of the com-edy/mystery The Wedding Gift Goof Up on March22-23 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 to the play di-rected by Kenny Knox. For reservations call GailCoffman at (309) 358-1222.

Fund Raiserss Jubilee Riders Event – The Southern Cross

Band (pictured above) will perform at a Saturdayfund raiser for St. Jude at the Brimfield AmericanLegion Hall, 121 W. Knoxville St.

Sponsored by the Jubilee Riders, the event is the15th annual benefit dance, and will feature an auc-tion and also sales of $10 bandanas printed with amap of Jubilee College State Park’s horse trails.

Doors open at 7 p.m., and music is scheduled for 8p.m.-midnight. Admission is $5 or $7 per couple.s Fish fry – St. Patrick’s Church in Elmwood has

scheduled a fish fry for each Friday of Lent, continu-ing through March 22, at the parish hall, 802 W.Main St. Besides fish and/or shrimp, the menu in-cludes baked potato or french fries, coleslaw, apple-sauce, roll, drink and dessert. The cost is $9 and $4for children, and carryout orders also are available.s St. Jude Run – An informational meeting for

the first St. Jude Kickapoo/Brimfield to Peoria Runwill be held March 11 at 7 p.m. at the KickapooSportsman’s Club, 11125 U.S. 150, Brimfield. Run-ners of any skill set will be accommodated.

Youth Sportss Youth Baseball – The final Brimfield Youth

Baseball Association sign-up is Saturday, 9 a.m. tonoon at Brimfield Grade School’s cafeteria. Call RickMiller at 264-4154 or Steve Updyke at 446-3173.s Volleyball Club – Elmwood Volleyball Club is

signing up players for its Spring Club Season nowthrough March 10. The season runs from March 19to May 20. Players practice twice per week and playin tournaments. Open to boys and girls in thirdthrough eighth grades. Call Penny Silzer 309-369-7486 or email [email protected].

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“When you move into construction, that’s a wholedifferent ballgame,” EDC Development DirectorSally Hanley told the board.

Weighing benefits vs. payoff vs. timeline, boardmembers voted up to $10,000 could be spent to pur-sue the grant. First, board president Danny Fishelsaid, he will seek more information about the costsand work involved in preparing the preliminary re-port to get the grant. If those facts don’t fit, themoney won’t be spent.

“Do we realistically have time?” Fishel asked.“It’s tough,” said Cummings. “It’s tough. I don’t

know.”“If we have the time to do it, we will,” Fishel said.Terry Bibo can be reached at [email protected]

Remember the Red Cross during MarchBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

March is Red CrossMonth, and the CentralIllinois Chapter of theAmerican Red Crosswants to mark the monthby encouraging peopleto recognize everydayheroes who give ofthemselves and in someway help their communi-ties, and to volunteerthemselves.

“Please rememberthose who help all of ushere in the Peoria areaby giving their time tohelp their neighbor,” saidCentral Illinois RedCross CEO Anne Fox.“We want to thank ourheroes – our volunteers,blood donors, class tak-ers and financial sup-porters who help usassist those in need.”

March was first pro-claimed as Red CrossMonth 70 years ago byPresident Franklin D.Roosevelt. Since 1943,every president has des-ignated March as RedCross Month.

The American RedCross has helped peoplefor more than 130 years,responding to nearly70,000 disasters a yearnationwide, providing

shelter, food, emotionalsupport and other neces-sities to those affected.Plus, it provides 24-hoursupport to members ofthe military, veterans andtheir families – in warzones, military hospitalsand on installationsaround the world; col-lects and distributesabout 40 percent of thenation’s blood supply;and trains more than 7million people annuallyin first aid, water safetyand other life-savingskills.

In the greater Peoriaarea, the Central IllinoisChapter responded to169 local disasters, as-sisted 436 military fami-lies in a crisis, trained41,982 children to livehealthier, safe lives andtrained 30,012 people inlifesaving skills. Area

people donated 31,401units of blood.

“Red Cross Month is agreat time for people tobecome part of the RedCross and there aremany different ways todo it,” Fox said. “Theycan develop a prepared-ness plan for their house-hold, become a RedCross volunteer, giveblood, or take a class,just to name a few.”

The Red Cross relieson donations of time,money and blood.

Here are some PeoriaCounty blood drives:

• March 16 from 8-11a.m. at NorthminsterPresbyterian Church,10720 N. Knoxville inPeoria.

• March 18 from 8a.m. to 6 p.m. at PeoriaBlood Donation Center,405 W. John H. Gwynn

Jr. Ave. in Peoria.• March 22 from 10

a.m. to 2 p.m. at Elm-wood High School, 310Butternut in Elmwood.

• March 22 from 3-6p.m. at Elmwood HighSchool, 310 Butternut inElmwood.

• March 23 from 8a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bar-tonville ChristianChurch, 4900 Pfeiffer inBartonvill.

• March 23 from 11:30a.m. to 3:30 p.m. atNorthwoods Mall, 2200W. War Memorial Drivein Peoria.

• March 25 from 1-6p.m. at Chillicothe Li-brary, 430 N. Bradley inChillicothe

• March 25 from 10a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Peo-ria City/County HealthDepartment, 2116 N.Sheridan Road in Peoria,

Karl Christ earnsDAR recognition

ELMWOOD – KarlChrist is the winner of theDAR Good Citizen awardfor Elmwood HighSchool, as voted on byseniors.

Students are asked tovote for a classmate whohas the following quali-ties: dependability, serv-ice, leadership andpatriotism.

Christ is the son of Kurtand Connie Christ of Elm-wood.

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BRIMFIELD: $10,000allocated for research

Rambling through west-centralIllinois pondering how we can getso much snow in March.

uuu Some people you can meet onetime and instantly feel like a long-time friend. Soit is with FrankMavetz, the for-mer ElmwoodHigh Schoolbasketball coachand athletic di-rector. Prior tolast week I hadnever spoken toMavetz. Butsince a phone conversation aboutthe 1973 Elmwood basketballteam that he coached, I have seenBig Frank numerous times andheard a few of the thousands ofstories said to be in his arsenal.Need a sample? Take over Frank.“You know Scott Davis the trap-per, right? Well one day he cameto me and said, ‘Frank I’ve gotsomething to show you.’ It was an83-pound beaver, the biggest hehad ever trapped. Well, later thatfall, I saw him again and he toldme he had killed a deer. Backthen, killing a deer was a big deal.So I wanted to see it. You knowwhat? The beaver was bigger thanthat deer. It was a tiny little deer!”... Stories like that need a home.So starting next issue, we’re goingto add a regular feature calledCoach’s Corner, in which BigFrank can provide his unique lookat the world.

uuu Speaking of tall tales and funstories, I am looking forward to

Big Frank spinning some yarnsabout The Mayor of Oak Hill, whowas predictably as feisty as abanty rooster when encountered atthe Elmwood All Outdoors Show.Seems Mayor McCoy is not surehe likes being mentioned in thisspace. He even sez that perhaps hewas misquoted along the way.Hmmm. I predict if he wasn’t al-ready misquoted, he soon will be.What’s the saying about battlingfolks who buy ink by the gallon?... Even more angry than MayorMcCoy is Ron Boyer of Trivoli,who has been taking us to task fornot distributing newspapers in thattown. We’ll tell you the samething we told Ron: Our goal is toeventually reach into Trivoli andseveral other surrounding townsand zip codes. We just need tomake sure we can handle the areawe are currently covering beforeexpanding.

uuu One of the best things about thisnew venture has been getting outto meet new people and visit newplaces close to home. Case inpoint is Sherman’s Pharmacy inBrimfield, where the popcorn isdelicious and the taxidermy col-lection is outstanding. At first Iwas convinced pharmacist CurtSherman is quite the big buckhunter, judging by all the impres-sive deer in the shop. But no,while he can account for the manymounted fish, the deer belong toothers. Either way, the collectionand the popcorn make this a stopworth making. ... Incidentally,Sherman answered my questionfrom a previous issue about what

would possibly make him refereebasketball games. “Yes, I amcrazy,” he said. ... Big governmentis squelching the family minnowbusiness. Turns out there’s a lot ofpaperwork involved in doing any-thing. That plus the kids did notlike the idea of getting up at 6a.m. every morning. Spoiled kids.

uuu Someone dropped off a crypticmessage at the office last weekthat said, “Thou shalt not read anewspaper unless thou payestpromptly for same.” Maybe. Butwe are going to continue to offerour publication for free in hopesof spreading the word to as manypeople as possible. ... Thanks toeveryone who helped with theElmwood All Outdoors Show orwho attended the fourth annualshow. Putting a show togethertakes a real group effort – and lotsof steps. Committee member BradCrisco wore a pedometer at theshow and in two days he took45,000 steps while roaming thehalls. Impressive, but my heartiestthanks still goes to our sea of or-ange – the high schoolers whowork the show. As I said in an-other publication, there’s a lot oftalk about how bad our kids are.To me, the show proves there arelots of good young people outthere – and in Elmwood a lot ofthem are wearing orange shirts. ...Parting shot: The referees are al-most never the deciding factor ina basketball game. And they cer-tainly did not decide Elmwood’ssectional loss. Give it a rest.

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Outdoors show made us feel at homeTo the Editor:

Just wanted to drop a line andlet you know how impressed wewere with the Elmwood AllOutdoors Show.

We have done big shows infive different states over theyears and were pleasantly sur-prised by how well it was run.

The event staff and the kidsmade us feel at home. Normallyat these events vendors are justa number but at yours the staffand kids really did treat us as ifwe were at home.

We really enjoyed the peopleand the way the community

came together for the show. The little things really added

up to make it nice – the compli-mentary coffee/donuts, deliver-ing lunch, helping to carrythings make a big difference. Iwouldn’t change a thing!

See you in 2014!– Mark and Shon McDaniel,

Metamora

Keep it up To the Editor:

I have enjoyed your paper thelast two weeks. Some good ar-ticles. Keep up the good work.

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If your town or village is look-ing for an idiot that it can call itsown, call off the search! I’vefound one for you.

You can probably get him prettycheap, too.

While I was working at a Peoriaretailer, I cameacross a cellphone that acustomer lost.

That couldhappen to any-one.I t was one ofthose fancyphones – a“smart phone,”with a touch screen that, whenyou run your finger over it, im-ages fly by like you were flickingthem away.

It had a bunch of icons on thescreen like a tiny computer, andone of my co-workers told me thatyou could access the Internet withit and even watch TV on it.

My cell phone, on the otherhand, makes phone calls. OK, I’mtold it can take pictures, too, butother than photos of the inside ofmy pants pocket, I’ve never donemuch phone-photography. (I dohave some cool pictures of the in-side of my pocket.)

Anyway, it took a bit of experi-menting to get this cell phone to

do anything that I could under-stand. I was trying to pull up thecall list so I could see who theowner had called recently. I fig-ured that if I called the last num-ber, the person who answeredcould tell me who the phone be-longed to.

I know: I should have been adetective.

So, I finally I pulled up the calllist and the phone told me the per-son had called “ICE-Home.”

(Even I’m techno-savvy enoughto know that ICE means In Caseof Emergency.)

I redialed and got a teenage boywho was either asleep (at noon) orhad trouble stringing together acoherent sentence.

It was soon clear which assump-tion was correct.

I told him that I’d just foundthis cell phone and that he shouldtell whomever owned it that I hadit. He said it belonged to his mom.I told him to let her know that Iwas taking it to the customer-ser-vice counter and she could pick itup there.

He told me he would.I disconnected and got no more

than four steps away when thephone rang. I looked at the screenand – you guessed it – the callwas coming from the number thatI had just called.

I couldn’t resist. I answered.“Hello?”“Uh, yeah,” the caller said. “Could you tell my mom that

she lost her phone?”“Sure,” I replied. “What’s she

look like?”“Wait a minute. Who is this?”“It’s the guy who just called you

to tell you that she lost her phoneand that I have it.”

There was several seconds of si-lence while the kid on the otherend of the connection tried des-perately to piece together this in-formation.

“Oh. Okay,” he finally said,then hung up.

Thirty seconds later, it rangagain.

Same number on the screen.This time, I let it go to voicemail.

Just as I was approaching thecustomer-service counter to handit over, the phone did a buzzything, I guess, to let me know itwas receiving a text message.

“U lost ur phone. It’s @ custservice.”

So if you know of some villagelooking for their very own idiot,let me know. I’ll pass along theinfo so you can call the ICE-Home number for this guy.

He’s not always coherent, but heuses a smart phone.

Now that you’ve had somechance to see what The WeeklyPost delivers, you’ve probablywondered whowe are andwho’s behindsome of the con-tent.

It’s been acouple of weekssince the paperdebuted and I’vehad a lot offeedback from some of you whoknow me. For those who don’t,please allow me to introduce my-self. I think it’s important toknow a little about who bringsyou news.

I was born and raised in ruralBrimfield, the only daughter of afarmer, later graduating from BHSin 2007. I grew up climbing treesand playing in corn fields and cowpastures for fun.

I took great pride in going to asmall rural school with smallclasses and a friendly atmosphere

in which “everybody knew every-body.” I had the privilege of at-tending Illinois Central Collegewhile still in high school as manystudents there today do as well.

Afterwards I attended BlackHawk College near Galva.

After a few years in StarkCounty completing internships, Imoved back home to set off in mynew venture – something I’vewanted to do since my first hunt-ing trips as a youngun’.

With just a handful of Chineseringneck pheasant chicks in pos-session I set off working with areafarmers and conservationists in aneffort to protect our area’s – theSpoon River Valley, in particular –dwindling population of pheasantand quail.

From providing for local andstatewide habitat, a few preserveshere and there, and serving Pheas-ants and Quail Forever, weproudly produce a few thousandbirds from chick to maturity annu-ally.

In some spare time, I enjoy

spending time with family, mygolden retrievers and indolent 14-year-old Labrador chow, servingas an independent EMT, bringingnews to you and working for thepostal service.

Some may recall that I spenttime at my writing post for thisarea a few years back. I enjoyedworking for you then and I enjoyit even more now.

I feel strongly about promotinglocal news and happenings.

As I’m sure you’ve noticedTerry Bibo’s work in bringing youcoverage of school and Villageboard meetings.

News is vital in any communitysetting. Everyone has a story toshare. Is there subject matter youwant to see highlighted?

Perhaps there is an issue or con-cern to be addressed? I look for-ward to working with you andhelping to bring attention and par-ticipation to what is going on inyour community.

Kasey Eberle can be contacted [email protected].

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FSB hires Ackley asnew loan officer ELMWOOD – FarmersState Bank has hired MikeAckley to serve as VicePresident and Loan Offi-cer, taking over the realestate mortgage lendingarea of the bank. Ackley comes to Farm-ers State Bank after fouryears at First NationalBank in Tremont wherehe was a Vice Presidentand involved in mortgage,commercial, consumerand ag lending. Prior to working at FirstNational Bank inTremont, Ackley was amortgage lender at Heart-land Bank and Trust Com-pany for 10 years. “Mike brings nearly 15years of mortgage lendingexperience to our bank,”said Farmers State Bank

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Meet schoolboard candidates BRIMFIELD – Votershave a chance to meetcandidates for the Brim-field School Board onMarch 21 at 7 p.m. in thehigh school commons

area. Those running for thelocal school board includeLori Kreiter, David Har-mon, Constance Johnson,Dan Heinz and JohnMoon. The public is invitedand residents of the dis-trict can ask questions.Refreshments will be pro-vided. The election is Tuesday,April 9. Brimfield gradnamed law partner PEORIA – AndrewKeyt, a 1993 Brimfieldgraduate, was recentlynamed a partner at the lawoffices of Heyl Royster inPeoria. Keyt concentrates ondefense of asbestos andtoxic claims arising fromenvironmental and occu-pational exposure.

Police reportss Williamsfield – Rhonda Linder,

51, of Williamsfield, was booked onSaturday on charges of retail theft ofless than $150, according to the PeoriaCounty Sheriff’s Office.

No injuries in Monday fireBRIMFIELD – The Brimfield Com-

munity Fire Protection District wascalled to the home of Calvin and BettyCaho, on the Jubilee Blacktop nearShane Road about 8:30 Monday morn-ing, when an outbuilding was ablaze.

Companies from Brimfield, Elm-wood and Princeville were called tothe scene, where about 20 firefightershad the fire under control in about 90minutes.

Sheriff’s officers said there no in-juries except for a cat, which died, andthere was no evidence of a suspiciousorigin.

No dollar estimates were available atpress time. The Fire Marshall’s officeis investigating the cause.

Man reports stolen gunsEDWARDS – Elliot Vick, 71, of

Kickapoo Edwards Road on Saturdayreported the theft of about $200 in cashplus four pistols and a rifle and othergoods, according to reports from thePeoria County Sheriff’s office.

Responding to the complaint, offi-cers arrested a guest, 26-year-old An-gela Lalicker of Pinckneyville, fortheft, and a companion, 23-year-oldDustin Stone of Deer Creek, for pos-session of drug equipment.

The guns weren’t recovered and po-lice are continuing to investigate.

Deer cause more mishapsMotorists still face risks from deer,

as shown in three more accidents lastweek, according to the Peoria CountySheriff’s office.

• Lori Dunne, 55, of Elmwood about3:30 Feb. 25 was eastbound on U.S.Route 150 west of Princeville-JubileeRoad when a deer struck her car.

• Nicholas McCarthy, 22, of Brim-field about 8 p.m. last Saturday hit adeer on U.S. Route 150 at ThousandDollar Road.

• Michele Watzbauer, 47, of YatesCity, struck a deer about 10:30 p.m.Sunday on Ill. Route 8 west of MaherRoad.

Drive-off thefts in KickapooKICKAPOO – The Shell station at

the Kickapoo-Edwards interchangewith Interstate 74 reported two inci-dents of theft of gasoline by customerswho drove away without paying.

The first occurred about 5:30 p.m.Feb. 25, when $75 in fuel was pumpedand not paid for. The other was about11 Friday morning, when a customerpumped $38 worth of fuel and leftwithout paying. The Peoria CountySheriff’s Office is investigating.

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By PAUL GORDONFor The Weekly Post

In some ways Brimfield is likeBeaumont, the fictional town in themusical “Footloose.” Well, in a coupleways, anyway.

Both are small, start with a B, have asmall high school, and are fairly con-servative. And like the kids in “Foot-loose,” there is some untapped talentaround just waiting to kick off theirSunday shoes.

The biggest difference is that inBrimfield, the folks welcome and nur-ture that talent and encourage theirkids to dance and sing to their hearts’content, according to Katie McLuckie,who’s directing the Brimfield HighSchool production of “Footloose.”The show is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.on March 15 and 16 in the highschool’s Commons area. Tickets are $5for adults and $3 for students, andthey’ll be available at the door.

“This school is just loaded with tal-ent, even though it is such a smallschool,” said McLuckie, a veteran per-former on community theatre stages,including in Peoria and Galesburg.“And their enthusiasm is so incredible.A lot of that is because their parentsencourage them to use their talents.

“I haven’t had any trouble findingthe talent I need or kids who are in-credibly committed to what they aredoing,” she continued. “They mustraise them right around here.”

“Footloose” is the story of Ren Mc-

Cormick, aChicago teenwho’s forced tomove with hismother to asmall townwhere dancingand rock ‘n’roll have beenbanned throughthe efforts of alocal preacher,the Rev. ShawMoore.

Ren becomesromantically in-volved withMoore’s daugh-ter, Ariel,which causesfurther prob-lems when heand his friendstry to get theBeaumont CityCouncil to lift the ban on dancing sothey could have a senior prom.Eventually, however, Ren convincesMoore that dancing is not sinful, andthe minister has a change of heart. Butdoes the City Council allow the prom?

Go check out the show.“Footloose” was first a movie that,

despite mixed reviews, became a hit in1984, starring Kevin Bacon as Ren,Lori Singer as Ariel and John Lithgowas Moore. Other cast members of thefilm included Diane Wiest, Christopher

Penn and SarahJessica Parker.

The film wasremade in 2011,starring Ju-lianne Hough,KennyWormald, Den-nis Quaid andAndie McDow-ell.

Many peopleknow the storyfrom the 1984film, McLuckiesaid, “but themessage it con-veys never getsold.”

That message,she added, isthat “youth canchange a com-munity andchange it for the

better and make it a better place for thenext group of kids coming up. ‘Foot-loose’ shows that our youth can dothings that benefit everybody.”

That was one of the reasons that thestudents chose “Footloose” for thisyear’s musical, McLuckie said.

“The kids wanted a big dance showthat had some meaning to it,” she said.“I let them pick.”

In 2012, her first year directing theBrimfield High School musical,McLuckie chose “Godspell” and now

says while it was a good production ofa fine show, “I kind of went a saferroute until I could learn more about theschool and the kids here. ‘Godspell’ issmaller with less dancing. This has alot of dancing.”

The “Footloose” choreographer isErica Franken, a professional dance in-structor who has performed on manyarea stages, too.

Lance Franken, her son and a juniorat BHS, portrays Ren. Ariel is por-trayed by senior Tabetha Dugan, theRev. Moore is portrayed by seniorChristopher Lance, and Willard is por-trayed by junior Ryan Kreiter. The roleof Rusty is played by Ellie Urish, asophomore and already a veteran ofmany central Illinois shows.

“The talent of these kids alwaysamazes me,” McLuckie said. “This lit-tle school is bursting at the seams withit and there are a lot of hidden gemsthat we are just learning about their tal-ent.”

She added she is now hooked on di-recting shows at the high school.“It already was something I was inter-ested in doing,” she said. “The passionthese youths have for theatre renewsmy own passions for it every time I’maround them. The love for what theyare doing shows through at each re-hearsal. The shows will be amazing.”

Gordon is editor of The Peorian magazineand a local actor, starring in “Frost/Nixon” atCorn Stock Theater in Peoria March 8-10 and15-16.

Brimfield musical to be ‘Footloose’ and fancy free

Pictured from Brimfield's production of"Footloose," are, left to right, LanceFranken, Tabetha Dungan, Ellie Urish andRyan Kreiter. Photo by Katie McLuckie.

Elmwood’s regional champion Scholastic Bowl team in action are, left to right,Galen Huffcutt, Michael Bledsoe, Matthew Bledsoe, Taylor Armbruster and SethKoll. Photo by Bill Knight.

Elmwood scholastic bowl shinesBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – Buzzers precededcorrect answers “Wagner’s RingCycle,” a hexagon computation, and“bromothymol blue,” as Elmwood’sfive-player Scholastic Bowl team onMonday scored a come-from-behindvictory over Aledo/Mercer County230-180 and earned the school’s firstRegional title.

The Class A Regional championsnow move to sectionals at WethersfieldSchool in Kewanee, where starting at10 a.m. they expect to face Riverdale,Peoria Heights and defending statechampion Peoria Christian.

“It was a good match last night,”said SB coach Lori Caulkins, an Elm-wood English teacher. “It should begood competition as we have alreadybeaten Peoria Heights and PeoriaChristian during match play this year.”

The state finals are March 15 in Peo-ria, upstairs at the Peoria Civic Center.

Elmwood had a bye in the openinground and defeated Prophetstown 300-170 to reach the championship.

Throughout the regional, IHSA SBtossup and bonus questions ran thegamut from physics, music and history

to social studies and geometry. SoElmwood’s team, dressed in matchingblack polo shirts, faced queries aboutGreek mythology, Australian historyand language, and buzzed in with rightanswers “The Great Gatsby,” the line-item veto and more.

However, Elmwood trailed 80-120 atthe half, requiring a flurry of correctresponses – the Kepler effect, Co-leridge, Planned Parenthood, fictionallawyer Atticus Finch – forcing MercerCounty to call a timeout just beforeElmwood tied it at 170.

About 30 people crammed intoClassroom 119 to watch, and AthleticDirector Phil Johnson presented theteam with the regional plaque as theaudience applauded.

Elmwood’s team consists of: Sen-iors: Michael Bledsoe, Katie Caulkins,Galen Huffcutt and Seth Koll; Juniors:Matthew Bledsoe, Chris Koll, MollyHalverson, Dara Tannock and EmilyYoung; Sophomore:Taylor Armbruster.Rusty Koll is an assistant coach.

The SB team has also won theLewistown Masonic Academic BowlSectional and the Prairieland Confer-ence tournament.

EDUCATION



Where’s the beef ... cows?By DEBRA LEVEY LARSON

University of Illinois Extension

Cattle numbers are down again – totheir lowest level since 1952, accord-ing to the recent inventory count bythe U.S. Department of Agriculture(USDA). Beef cow numbers are attheir lowest level since 1962, as thedevastating impact of the 2012 droughtcontinues the longer-term decline.

Beef cow numbers were down 3 per-cent in 2012 and 11 percent since2007. According to Purdue UniversityExtension economist Chris Hurt, thedrivers have been high feed and forageprices, persistent drought in the south-ern Plains, and last year’s drought.

“The 2012 drought was the primarydriver of the decrease last year, as itdestroyed pastures and forage suppliesand catapulted corn, sorghum and soy-bean meal prices,” Hurt said. “The im-pacts were largest for producers in thesouthern Plains, where beef-cow num-bers dropped by 9 percent last year andin the central Plains where numberswere down 6 percent.

“These two regions had a decreaseof 860,000 cows. It’s likely that someof those cows moved to the northernPlains, where rain was more abundant,and cow numbers expanded by 4 per-cent, totaling about 170,000 cows.”

The 2012 drought was just the latestevent to result in the liquidation ofcows that has been accelerating since2007, Hurt said. Nationally, the beef-cow herd has dropped by 3.6 millionhead (11 percent) with reductions in allregions except the northern Plains. Ithas been difficult for the beef industryto compete for high-priced feed andlimited land that is being converted tocorn and soybean production.

The southern and central Plains haveled the way with a 1.9 million-head re-duction since 2007, followed by de-clines of 700,000 head in the

Southeast, and 680,000 head in CornBelt states.

What will it take to turn the herd de-cline around? The answer is more rain,more crop production, and more pas-ture and forage production.

“Larger crop and forage productionwould increase availability and lowerprices of these critical feedstuffs,”Hurt said. “Given the small size of thecalf crop, this would bolster calfprices.”

USDA found evidence among pro-ducers that they were getting posi-tioned to begin expansion. The numberof beef heifers being saved for herd re-placement was up 2 percent. Hurt saidthat there is a general feeling that cat-tle prices could be very strong in com-ing years due to small per capita beefsupplies. If weather moderates, severalprofitable years are anticipated forcow-calf producers.

Recent futures price declines, whichare suggesting late winter and springprices in the low- to mid-$130s, mayhave been excessive, Hurt said.Smaller finished cattle supplies due tothe small placements last summer andfall provide the opportunity for fin-ished cattle prices to rally back towardthe mid- to higher-$130s this springand early summer.

Hurt said that prices are expected tobe in the higher $120s this summerand then strengthen in the fall to thelow- to mid-$130’s.

“If weather helps restore feed andforage supplies this summer, a moreaggressive expansion of beef heifersshould be anticipated beginning in thefall of 2013 and continuing into 2014,”he said.

If this does occur, it will set the stagefor very strong calf prices and newrecord high prices for finished cattle in2014.

THE FARM FIELD

Caldwell steer in elite companyFrom Weekly Post News Sources

DENVER, CO –Olivia Caldwell, 10, ofElmwood had hard workrewarded when her steerwas selected as one ofonly 90 entries that qual-ified for the recent Auc-tion of Junior LivestockChampions at the 107thAnnual National WesternStock Show held in Den-ver, Colorado.

Each year, hundreds ofyoung agriculturists be-tween the ages of 9-18bring prized stock toDenver for the chance tocompete in one of thelargest youth exhibitionsin the nation. The juniorauction is part of the 16-day event that features astock show, rodeo,tradeshow and entertain-ment.

In addition to being se-lected for the auction,Olivia’s achievementwas underscored whenher 1,344- pound cross-bred steer was purchased

by Peoria, IL-based Key-stone Steel & Wire Com-pany, manufacturer ofRed Brand fence.

Caldwell and her fam-ily raise show steers attheir farm in Elmwood,where Olivia’s responsi-bilities include dailyhands-on care to preparefor the show. “She sacri-ficed a lot to raise hersteer,” said her motherKim Caldwell. “Her fa-ther and I made sure thatthe commitment waspurely her choice, andher discipline and deter-mination surprised evenus. We’re very proud of

both her and her sister.” Maddie, 15, showed

an award-winning pigthat qualified for thesame auction.

“It was awesome tolearn that the auctionbuyer was from Illinois,”said Caldwell.

A portion of the auc-tion proceeds will helpfund Olivia's future live-stock projects and alsoher college education.

BRIMFIELDBaptist Church

S. Jefferson St., Brimfield(309) 446-9754

Brimfield Evangelical Free Church

11724 N. Maher RdBrimfield

(309) 446-3571Brimfield United Methodist Church

Pastor Leonard Thomas135 S. Galena St., Brimfield

(309) 446-9310St. Joseph’s Catholic

Church314 W. Clay St., Brimfield

(309) 446-3275www.stjosephbrimfield.org

St. Paul’s LutheranRev. Michael Liese

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

Sunday – 10 a.m. serviceUnion Church

105 W. Clay St., Brimfield(309) 446-3811

Pastor Stephen Barch

Zion Episcopal Church205 E. Van Buren St.

Brimfield(309) 446-3811

EDWARDSBethany Baptist Church

7422 N. Heinz LaneEdwards

(309) 692-1755

Bethel Bible Church9728 W. Powder Mill Rd.

Edwards(309) 676-3217

Christ Alive! CommunityChurch

9320 West US Highway 150Edwards

Korean Presbyterian Church of Peoria

7910 N. Ford Rd., Edwards(309) 683-8556

ELMWOODCrossroads Assembly of

GodPastor Tim Cavallo

615 E. Ash St.Elmwood

Sunday – 10:30 a.m. service(309) 830-4259

Elmwood Baptist ChurchPastor Dennis Fitzgerald-

Pastor Jay Richerson701 W. Dearborn, Elmwood

(309) 742-7631Sunday – 10:30 a.m., 6

p.m. servicesWednesday – 7 p.m. serviceFirst Presbyterian Church

of Elmwood201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood

(309) 742-2631Sunday – 10:30 a.m. service

St. Patricks Catholic Church

Father Paul Stiene802 W. Main St., Elmwood

(309) 742-4921Saturday – 4 p.m. mass

Sunday – 10 a.m. massUnited Methodist Church

Pastor Mark Graham821 W. Main St., Elmwood

(309) 742-7221www.elmwoodumc.org

SundaySunday school 9 a.m.

New Day Worship 9 a.m.,Service 10:30 a.m.

KICKAPOOSt. Mary’s

9910 W. Knox St.Kickapoo

(309) 691-2030

LAURALafa United Methodist

ChurchPastor Kristi Berkebile Hopp20300 W. Walnut Creek Rd.

Laura(309) 995-3371

WILLIAMSFIELDSt. James Catholic Church

111 S. Olive St.Williamsfield

(309) 446-3275Sunday – 8:30 a.m.Williamsfield UnitedMethodist Church

Pastor Jennifer Seder430 N. Chicago Ave.

Williamsfield(309) 639-2389

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Wastewater measure moving to full county board for voteBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

The bill described as protectionagainst public health hazards frommalfunctioning wastewater systemssuch as septic tanks moved closer tobecoming a county ordinance lastweek, when the County’s Health, Envi-ronmental & Welfare Issues Commit-tee approved the draft and sent it to thefull County Board, which meets nexton March 14.

The change in county law would es-tablish the authority to regulate OnsiteWastewater Treatment Systems to pre-vent the transmission of disease, envi-ronmental contamination, andnuisances resulting from the impropertreatment of domestic sewage.

“The proposed code encourages theproper use of onsite wastewater treat-ment technologies, to protect publichealth and sustain the environment inPeoria County,” the Health Department

said.Terry Ruhland from the Home

Builders Association of Greater Peoriaand Phil Harvey from the Peoria AreaAssociation of Realtors both asked fora postponement, and Board memberBrian Elsasser (Dist. 14) agreed, rec-ommending a 120-day delay to seekmore input, but the committee defeatedthe motion and passed the measure.

“The Health Dept. did invite keystakeholders to participate,” said WilHayes of the Peoria City/CountyHealth Department.

Changes were made based on com-ments at several hearings, he said, suchas a time frame on real estate transac-tion being cut from 10 to 7 days at therequest of the Realtors

Lynn Scott Pearson (Dist. 3) said“People have had adequate opportuni-ties for input. The home builders’ sug-gestions were heard, they just weren’t

all incorporated into the final draft.”Among Ruhland’s other objections

were the requirement of a secondaryabsorption field of 100 square feet perbedroom, which he called “restrictive.”

However, the Health Dept. said thatthat part of the code would deal with“surfacing wastewater that’s improp-erly treated [leading to] the potentialfor the spread of disease.

“Both the Illinois River and theKickapoo Creek are on the IllinoisEPA’s Total Maximum Daily Limitsnon-containment report for exceedingthe maximum levels for fecal col-iform,” the department continued.

Bob Baietto (Dist. 12) said, “Publichealth is my big concern [and] we have

a chance to do it right here.”Also, speaking in support of the pro-

posal, Joyce Blumenshine of the Heartof Illinois Sierra Club asked the com-mittee to consider the bill a way toprotect citizens’ health and the envi-ronment’s health, and to move it for-ward.

The City/County Health Departmenthas been working on the measure sincelast July, but it’s really been in theworks for five years, said public healthadministrator Greg Chance.

If passed, it would take effect on Jan.1, 2014, except for provisions on realestate transactions and homeowner ed-ucation, which go into effect a yearlater.

Free help for testing well waterFrom Weekly Post News Sources

The PeoriaCity/County Health De-partment is partneringwith the Farm Bureau toprovide free water wellsampling test kits and anannual water well in-spection checklist toPeoria County residentsin support of National

Ground Water Aware-ness Week March 10-16.

Sampling kits test forcoliform/E.coli and ni-trates/nitrites. DuringNational GroundwaterAwareness Week, resi-dents can pick up thefree kits Monday-Friday,March 11-15, at the Peo-ria County Farm Bureau,

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Gladys KnoblochPRINCEVILLE – Gladys Irene

Knobloch, 90, of Princeville, Ill., whowas born in Elmwood, died on Sunday.

Born to George and Edith ThurmanHornback on Feb. 1, 1923, in Elm-wood, she grew up in the Elmwood,Edelstein and Princeville areas.

Her funeral was Wednesday at theApostolic Christian Church inPrinceville, where burial will be in theApostolic Christian Church Cemetery.Condolences may be sent to the familyvia www.hammitthott.com.

Bernard ‘Pat’ KnoxPEORIA – Bernard Patrick “Pat”

Knox, 80, of Peoria, brother of a Brim-field woman, died on Friday, at Cor-nerstone Nursing Home, formerly OSFSt. Clare Home. He is survived by hissister, Carole (Gerald) Dunne of Brim-field; a sister-in-law and two aunts.

A funeral service was Monday atResurrection Mausoleum Chapel, withentombment following the services.Condolences may be submitted towww.wrightandsalmon.com.

Eleanor Knight NortonCARLISLE, Pa. – Eleanor Knight

Norton, 98, of Peoria, who in the

1940s taught in a one-room school inKickapoo, died Feb. 23, in Carlisle, Pa.Burial was Tuesday in the Swan LakeMemory Gardens in Peoria after a me-morial service at the Waters of LifeChapel at Lutheran Hillside Village onGalena Road in Peoria.

Online condolences may be made atwww.davison-fulton.com.

Donna Jean ReedFARMINGTON – Donna Jean (Brown)

Reed, 78, of Batavia, formerly ofFarmington and the sister of an Elm-wood woman died Feb. 24 inNaperville. A memorial service washeld Saturday at Farmington UnitedMethodist Church. Burial will be inOak Ridge Cemetery in Farmington.

She is survived by two daughtersand a son, 10 grandchildren; sevengreat-grandchildren; one brother andone sister, Virginia Briggs of Elm-wood. Online condolences may be ac-cessed at www.ClaryFunerals.com

Today’s Obituaries• Gladys Knobloch, 90, Princeville• Bernard ‘Pat’ Knox, 80, Peoria• Eleanor Norton, 98, Peoria• Donna Reed, 78, Batavia

OBITUARIES

1964 BRIMFIELD: This is the old stage coach stop on the east edge ofBrimfield, which was once called Charleston, along Illinois Route 150 not farfrom Interstate 74.

REMEMBER WHENHearings upcoming for townships

April Suite to be held Saturday


In 85 of Illinois’ 102 counties, theland is subdivided into townships,which have their own government. Be-tween villages’ and counties’ jurisdic-tions, then, are three key areas servedby township governments: developingand maintaining dozens of miles ofroads, assessing the value of localproperty for tax purposes and provid-ing general assistance to the needy.

The Weekly Post plans to cover areatownships on at least a monthly basis.Here’s a roundup of recent news.

■ Brimfield – Supervisor Tony Karlsaid the township is working with theVillage of Brimfield to ensure ceme-tery trustees serve six-year terms.

■ Elba – The township’s tentativebudgets for road purposes and generaloperations for the next Fiscal Year(April 1, 2013-March 31, 2014) will beavailable to examine starting Tuesdayat the home of Township Clerk PhillipGoedeke, 785 Knox Highway 18 out-side Yates City. The public hearings onthe proposed budgets are set for 7 and7:15 p.m. April 16.

■ Elmwood – Highway commissionerBill Atwood said Elmwood Townshiphad to spend more than $74,000 onseal-coating about 4½ miles of surfaceon Schaefer and McQuellon Roads andE. Main Street last year. ElmwoodTownship handles about 35 miles ofroads, but the cost of more than$16,000 per mile is due to risingprices, he said.

“The price of everything is goingsky-high,” he said, “Rock, oil, it [all]keeps increasing, and we take it out ofthe motor fuel tax, which is not keep-ing up.”

■ Jubilee – Supervisor Stephen Gar-nett said Peoria County may assign aparcel number to the “public square”property that’s been in dispute statefor years. The Township of Jubileeprevailed over the state at the circuitand appellate levels that the township,not the state, owns the 1.6-acre pieceof land near Jubilee State Park.

The state appealed to the IllinoisSupreme Court, but only contested thecircuit court’s jurisdiction and not themerits of the decision,. The stateSupreme Court then affirmed the judg-ment of the appellate court, which af-firmed the circuit court.

■ Kickapoo – Kickapoo Township’sbudget will be about $1.4 million nextyear, said Supervisor Karl Koy.

■ Millbrook – Township SupervisorDale Matthews said Millbrook meetson the second Tuesday of each monthat 7:30 p.m. in the gym in Laura.

Millbrook’s budgets for roads andalso for general operations for nextyear (April 1, 2013-March 31, 2014),will be available to examine startingTuesday at the home of TownshipClerk Bobbie Philbee, 21512 N. Wash-ington St. in Laura. Hearings on theproposed budgets are set for 7 and7:15 p.m. April 16.

■ Radnor – The total townshipbudget for all funds for Fiscal Year2013-2014 is $1,102,080, according totownship supervisor Philip Cornish.

■ Rosefield – Rosefield Township’sofficers and trustees meet at 7:30 p.m.the second Wednesday of the month atthe township building at 16221 W.Southport Rd. (Ill. Route 8). Budgetsfor road purposes and for general oper-ations for next year (April 1, 2013-March 31, 2014), will be availablestarting Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. atthe township hall. Public hearings are7 and 7:15 p.m. April 10.

■ Salem – Road Commissioner DaveMahr says he’s coping with recentsnowfalls and the 39 miles of road-ways he maintains.

Meanwhile, tentative budgets forroads and also for general operationsfor the Fiscal Year running from April1 through March 31, 2014, will beavailable to examine starting Tuesdayat the home of Township Clerk ShelbyCopple, 304-A N. Kellogg St. in YatesCity. Hearings on the budgets are setfor 7 and 7:15 p.m. on April 16.

■ Truro – The township regularlymeets at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday ofthe month at the Village Hall, 114 E.Gale St. in Williamsfield. Due toPassover, the annual township meetingthat normally would occur on April 9will be held on April 16.

Meanwhile, the township office isacquiring a computer to make it easierto comply with a state law to notify thestate of burials at non-exempt cemeter-ies, according to Truro attorney DavidR. McDonald of Galesburg.

■ Next month – Preparing for town-ships’ annual meetings.


ELMWOOD –If “April showersbring May flowers,” March snow-storms bring April Suites in Elmwood.Elmwood High School’s annual vari-ety show “April Suite” is scheduled forSaturday at 7 p.m. in the Auditorium,featuring singing, instrumental songs,sketch comedy and more.

“The show used to be in April, thusthe name, ‘April’ Suite,” said Elm-wood vocal music teacher and chorusdirector Dawn Buchanan. “However,due to craziness in April, we moved itto March, yet still kept its name, atleast for now.”

Tryouts were continuing as of presstime, but several performers and num-bers are set. Teachers aide Rusty Kollsaid Olivia Althiser, Katie Caulkins,

Kenzie Coulter, Kasey Hart and Syd-ney Houzenga will be featured as avocal group, and Lyndsay Stone andDeanna Cantu will perform solos

Throughout, there will be smallgroups and solos such as a high schoolgirls ensemble performing “The CupSong,” a junior high girls ensembleperforming “I See the Light” from themovie “Tangled,” an instrumental duetwith Cantu and Lauren Stufflebeam,and solos by Hart, Gracie Scherler, andCantu, Buchanan said.

“It’s a show that features the highschool chorus, junior high chorus, highschool band and high school drama,”Buchanan said.

Admission is $5 for adults and $3for students and seniors, with tickets atthe door. Refreshments will be servedat intermission.

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The Week

BOYS BASKETBALLMT. STERLING

SECTIONAL SEMIFINAL

Wednesday, Feb. 27Payson-Seymour 60

Elmwood 41Elmwood (26-6) – Al-

caraz 0-0 0-0 0, M. Jehle 0-0 0-0 0, Brown 1-3 0-0 3,Ramsay 5-16 0-2 14, Re-icheneker 0-0 0-0 0, Soehn1-4 0-0 2, N. Jehle 4-16 2-212, Osmulski 1-3 0-0 2, Vr-chota 4-4 0-0 8, Kepple 0-00-0 0. TOTALS – 16-46 (7-21) 2-4 41. Fouls 16(Soehn Vrchota fouled out).Technical foul 1 (N. Jehle).Rebounds 24 (N. Jehle 6).Turnovers 13.

Payson-Seymour (25-3) – Hildebrand 9-17 0-320, Voss 6-12 2-4 15, Vuh-liug 4-8 0-1 8, Flesner 2-33-4 7, Speckhart 4-5 2-410. TOTALS – 25-46 (3-9)7-16 60. Fouls 5. Re-bounds 28 (Voss 8).Turnovers 16.

ELMWOOD TROJANS 26-6Wethersfield L 59-46Midland W 61-46Putnam Co. L 54-51Bureau Valley W 77-63Annawan W 55-53ROWVA W 66-29Delavan W 50-36Rushville W 60-45Farmington W 44-37Brimfield W 61-41North Fulton W 72-42Henry W 56-54Galva W 52-31Williamsfield L 57-45North Fulton W 51-32Delavan W 54-45Williamsfield L 59-48Illini Bluffs W 68-45Brimfield W 68-52Illini Bluffs L 53-49Beardstown W 79-54Abingdon W 61-49Knoxville W 68-57South Fulton W 53-49Lewistown W 71-32Bushnell-PC W 60-30North Fulton W 71-32Peoria Heights W 44-26Havana W 57-38

RegionalPrinceville W 73-36Williamsfield W 59-49

SectionalPayson-Seymour L 60-41

BRIMFIELD INDIANS 26-6Princeville W 68-33MW Central W 55-53Chicago Christ. W 51-44Knoxville W 53-48South Fulton L 64-56Havana W 51-41Princeville W 65-47Beardstown W 56-50Elmwood L 61-41LP-Washburn W 79-28Galva L 57-56Henry L 43-32North Fulton W 72-39Delavan W 52-44Illini Bluffs W 55-42North Fulton W 63-28Williamsfield W 56-55Elmwood L 68-52Lewistown W 54-35Illini Bluffs W 59-38Bushnell-PC W 70-59Delavan L 40-33Farmington W 62-29Williamsfield W 42-39Peoria Heights W 62-38Rushville-Ind. W 55-40Abingdon W 54-51

RegionalWilliamsfield L 33-30

ICAC ALL CONFERENCE

First teamNick Jehle (Elmwood) Sr.,Jake Soehn (Elmwood) Sr.,Matt Dwyer (Brimfield) Jr.,Colton Zimmerman (Dela-van) Sr., James Doubet(Williamsfield) Sr.

Second teamCarson Cuevas (Brimfield)So., Ethan Leskovisek(Delavan) Jr., Cal Vrchota(Elmwood) Sr., Jake Black-hurst (Illini Bluffs) Jr.,Logan Smith (Willfld) Sr.

Honorable lmentionShawn Duffield (North Ful-ton) Sr., Dalton Hanneman(Illini Bluffs) Jr., AnthonyMack (Brimfield) Sr., LoganLafollette (Williamsfield) Jr.,James Sams (Willimsfld) Jr.COMING NEXT WEEK:We will print season wrap-ups for girls teams and pre-views for baseball and

SCOREBOARD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

ELMWOOD: JV 23-0

BRIMFIELD: Three guards back

Colby Brown, ElmwoodElmwood High School senior Colby Brown

began playing on the hardwood at age 5 at theElmwood Community Center, as do many of oureventual high school hoopsters. With that, Colbybecame hooked on hoops!

Watching him we seeespecially great ballhan-dling skills and quick feetwhile playing defense.Some skills are given,while many other skillsare practiced and prac-ticed and practiced.

A lot of practice wouldbe Colby Brown! Hisdad, Rob, and grandpa,Earl, encouraged him to work at his game.

Colby has also been a Trojan cross country har-rier and a trackster. He is a Chicago Bulls fol-lower, which also inspires his basketball workethic.

Biology is Colby’s favorite school subject, ashe aspires to study pre-vet medicine at ElmhurstCollege in the Chicago area. Colby is also an avidreader, which is great practice for furthering hiseducation toward his career goals.

EHS senior Colby Brown has, is and will bepracticing toward success in his lifetime!

– Phil Johnson

BRIMFIELD – Brim-field Youth Baseball As-sociation was pleasedwith last Saturday’sturnout of potential base-ball players for the up-coming season during theassociation’s first week-end of annual sign-up. The BYBA is hostingan equipment exchangethis year. They have beencollecting used but goodquality bats and gloves,cleats, pants and any re-lated gear – boys andgirls. If you have any itemsthat you can donate,

please bring them the nextsign-up taking place thisSaturday from 9 a.m. untilnoon in the grade schoolcafeteria. Also, Mike Dunne willbe instructing two pitch-ing clinic sessions on con-secutive Sundays in Aprilat the grade school. Theclinic is open to boys,ages 9 – 12 years old.Additional informationwill be available onceclinic dates are confirmed. For more information,contact Rick Miller at264-4154 or Steve Up-dyke at 446-3173.

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gional and two otherswere to regional finalistWilliamsfield.

Now the question is,will Elmwood have towait another 40 years toenjoy a regional title?

“No. I don’t see thatever happening again,”Vermillion said.

For one thing, four-class basketball has wa-tered down thecompetition some. Thentoo, while Elmwoodloses four of its top fivescorers (seniors Jehle,Jake Soehn, Cal Vrchotaand Jake Osmulski),there is talent to buildaround in the returnees –particularly in Ramsaywho averaged 9.8 pointsper game.

Added support willcome from a junior var-sity squad that finished23-0 – Elmwood’s firstunbeaten JV squad sincethe early 1980s.

“Our guards this sea-son – McCabe Coulter,Jack McKinty and MattJehle – allowed us to re-ally push the ball in tran-sition, and they eachpresent a deep threatfrom the outside on of-fense as well,” JV coachJosh Fugitt said. “KellyHoffman and Kyle Tot-ten set the tone everynight with their athleti-cism, aggressiveness andhustle at both ends of thefloor and Jake Robertscontributed significantlyas a freshmen.

“This is one of thehardest-working groupsthat I have had in sixyears, and everybody onthe team improvedthroughout the course ofthe season because ofthat work ethic. I’m re-ally looking forward toseeing them continue todevelop over the nextfew years as varsityplayers.”

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Billtown better than expectedBy JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

Coming into this bas-ketball season, Williams-field boys coach BobAnderson was hoping tobe .500.

So to wind up 24-10with a berth in the re-gionalchampi-onshipobvi-ouslysur-passedexpec-tations.

A fewkeys to that success washolding opponents tofewer than 50 points pergame, making more freethrows than opponentsattempted and limitingfoes to an average of justfour 3-pointers pergame.

“I’m not selling thekids short, it’s just that

we looked at our sched-ule and the conferencewas extremely tough,”Anderson said. “I thinkas it turned out our kidsplayed together well.And I think we had abetter season out of kidslike James Doubet thanwe expected.”

Despite a late-seasondip in production, the 6-foot-2 senior Doubet ledthe Bombers with 14points and 8-10 re-bounds per game. In theprocess he avoided thefoul troubles Andersonhad feared would plaguehis big man.

Next high scorer forwas fellow senior LoganSmith at 13.2 ppg.

With those two gone,Anderson will be build-ing around a smalllineup that includes re-turning junior startersJames Sams (8.5 ppg),

Logan Lafollette (8.1ppg) and Brandon Col-lopy (6.3 ppg).

“We won’t have amain player bigger than6-foot next season,” An-derson said. “We’regoing to have to get upand down the court andturn some people over ifwe’re going to competeat all.

“We’re going to needsome kids to step up andput in some time in theoffseason. We’ll be look-ing at a half dozen kidsthat can play a little bit.”

As for his own future,Anderson, 65, said heplans to be back coach-ing again “as long as itdoesn’t cause me a di-vorce.”

The veteran coach is571-399 in 34 seasonsand said he “has a goalin mind” before he re-tires.

But next year Brim-field will have plenty ofveterans in the back-court, where Carlson en-visions big things fromjuniors Matt Dwyer andJace Swietek and sopho-more Carson Cuevas.

Dwyer averaged 13.6points per game anddished out 5.7 assists.One area he will need toimprove on is free throwshooting, as the pointguard made just 41 per-cent from the charitystripe, going 56-for-136.

Top scorer Cuevas

(16.1 ppg) shot 51 per-cent from the field, 69percent from the line andwas also a ballhawk, av-eraging 3.9 steals pergame.

“He and Dwyer aregoing to be awfully goodnext year,” Carlson said.“I foresee him being areally good player downthe road.”

Swietek (8.3 ppg) shot43 percent on 3-pointers,hitting 64 of 148 to ranksecond to Cuevas (71threes) in total treys.

The other returningstarter is 6-1 forward

Matt Hanley, who wassecond on the team in re-bounds this season at 4.7and will be expected tocarry that same loadmoving forward.

“We don’t have a lotof size,” Carlson said,noting that 6-foot-6freshman Brett Novakshows potential. “He’scome a long way. If hecontinues at this pace hecould really be good.”

Add in 6-3 Nate Wal-lace and the Indians willeasily be the biggestteam in The Weekly Postarea.

James Doubet

Brimfield seeking used equipmentContinued from Page 12



Weekly Post SportsElmwood falls to Paysonin sectional semis, 60-41


MT. STERLING – Brimfield girls basket-ball has a bright future judging by postsea-son awards being handed out. Brimfieldjunior basketball players Kerrigan Dura andHannah Wallace and freshman KennedyDura were all recently named to the five-player ICAC Conference first team.

Wallace was also an honorable mentionall-state pick by the Associated Press andwas a second-team all-state pick by the Illi-nois Basketball Coaches Association, whichtabbed Kerrigan Dura to its fourth team andKennedy Dura as honorable mention.

Rounding out the ICAC first team weresenior Taylor McClinctock of Illini Bluffsand junior Jennifer Berg of Midwest Cen-tral. Elmwood seniors Jordan McCoy and PaigeCarver were second-team picks, along withNicole Russell of Illini Bluffs, AllisonSimkins of North Fulton and Jaycee John-son of IB.

Brimfield has promising futureBy JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

BRIMFIELD – Two statistics proved as-tonishing for this year’s Brimfield boysbasketball team. An overall 49 percentshooting percentage from the free throwline. And another 20-win season.

How?The Indians coughed up a paltry 7.6

turnovers per game, the lowest number inScott Carlson’s 16 years of coaching. Andthe team also racked up the most steals inhis career at 12.1 per game.

Couple that with some early season con-fidence and Brimfield was able to over-come the loss of five starters en route to a

21-7 season.“A game that may have carried us was

our second game of the year against Mid-west Central,” Carlson said. “We won atthe buzzer and we started realizing thenthat we could win some ballgames.”

That should be even more true next year,as the Indians lose just one senior starter(Antony Mack) and one top senior reserve(Brad Gilles).

“We’ll have 12 guys back next year, sowe’re really excited about that,” Carlsonsaid. “This year the experience factor wassomething we knew we’d have to get asthe season wore on.”

The WeekCLASS 1A BOYS

At Peoria Civic CenterFRIDAY, March 8

• 12:15 p.m. – WinnerLanarkEastland/Newarkvs. Madison• 2 p.m. – Nokomis vs.Winner of CissnaPark/Illini CentralSATURDAY, March 9

• 12:15 p.m. – Class 1AThird Place, SemifinalLosers• 2 p.m. – Class 1AChampionship, Semifi-nal Winners

CLASS 2A BOYSFRIDAY, March 8

• 6:30 p.m. – Win-nebago/Monmouth-Ro-seville vs. WinnerSeton Academy/Provi-dence-St. Mel• 8:15 p.m. – Harris-burg vs. Winner River-ton/St. Joseph-OgdenSATURDAY, March 9

• 6:30 p.m. – Class 2AThird Place, SemifinalLosers• 8:15 p.m. – Class 1AChampionship, Semifi-nal Winners

Three Brimfield girlsICAC all-conference


MT. STERLING –For three quarters,Elmwood boys basket-ball fans could dreamabout what mightcome next.

A first sectionalwin? A first stateberth?

But after headinginto the fourth quarterdown just 40-37against Payson-Sey-mour, the season cameto an abrupt end onthat Feb. 27 night inMount Sterling. Elm-wood (26-6) wasoutscored 20-4 in thefinal quarter as an ath-letic Payson squadtook control.

“We struggled handlingthe ball, that was thebiggest issue,” Elmwoodcoach Chuck Vermillionsaid. “We did not face ateam that put that kind ofpressure on us all year.”

Elmwood finished with16 turnovers againstPayson’s aggressive 1-2-2pressure defense and, justas importantly, never had achance to get comfortableon offense.

Gone were the drivinglayups and hard moves tothe basket that had workedso well in the regional vic-tory over Williamsfielddays earlier. Elmwood fin-ished just 16-of-46 fromthe field and was 1-of-10 inthe final quarter.

“Our gameplan is to useour athleticism, our condi-tioning to wear opponentsdown,” Payson coach BrianRea said.

Even so, Elmwood didnot go without a fight.The Trojans outscoredPayson 10-5 in the thirdquarter and played muchbetter defense on CodyHildebrand, who had 18of his 20 points in thefirst half.

But after having twoshots to tie the gameearly in the fourth, Elm-wood saw its season endin a flurry of Paysonlayups and transition bas-kets.

Sophomore point guardTommy Ramsay led Elm-wood with 14 points andsenior Nick Jehle added12 – in the process sur-passing 1,000 points forhis career.

“And he did it in twoyears, which is pretty im-pressive,” Vermillion said.

Despite the loss, thecoach said he felt thisyear’s team “exceeded ex-pectations” by winning aregional, claiming thePrinceville Holiday Tour-nament championship andwinning 26 games. Vermil-lion noted that three ofElmwood’s losses came toteams that won their re-

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GOING HARD: Elmwood senior Nick Jehle drives hard to the basket ina sectional semifinal loss to Payson-Seymour. Jehle finished the gamewith 12 points to top 1,000 for his career. Photos by Crystal Prahl.

Elmwood senior Jake Soehn bat-tles for a loose ball in the Trojans60-41 sectional loss to PaysonSeymour.

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