The Weekly Post 5/30/13

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Strawberry pizzas are among the most popular fooditems at Elmwood’s annual Strawberry Festival, heldSaturday. Photo by Amy Davis.

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Carrier Route PresortThursdayMay 30, 2013Vol. 1, No. 15

MEMORIAL DAY

Strawberry Festchanging venue

By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

ELMWOOD – For the first time in its 25-year his-tory, the Elmwood Strawberry Festival will be heldat Elmwood High School. Organizers made that de-cision late Tuesday afternoon when faced with agrim weekend weather forecast.

“We’ve got too much money invested to risk it,”said Pat McGuire, who along with Greg and DeniseHotz and Diana Ladd has helped run all 25 of thefestivals. “The last forecast I heard was we weresupposed to have one-half to one inch on Saturday.”

Rain like that is not good news for an outdoor fes-tival. So the move will be made, with craft boothssetting up in the grade schoolmulti-purpose rooms and inhallways as needed. Foodwill be sold and served in thecafeteria. Entertainment willbe in the auditorium.

Beyond those myriadchanges, much will remainthe same. For instance, strawberry pizza will still bea drawing card according to McGuire.

“That’s the No. 1 thing. But people really like allof it,” McGuire said. “Everybody has their choice.Some like the crafts. Some like the car show. Andwe have a lot of pretty good entertainment this year.”

Providing something for everyone in a family at-mosphere has been the secret to success for theStrawberry Fest, which runs from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m.

New this year will be a Dancing Dogs demonstra-tion put on by dogs and trainers from the PeoriaObedience Training Club. Also new is Brown’sOakridge Zoo from Smithfield, which will showcase

EntertainmentLearn more

about the bandsplaying at Elm-wood’s StrawberryFestival. Page 2.

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WE REMEMBER: Memorial Day services around the area in-cluded a gathering in Elmwood Cemetery (above) and speechesat the Elmwood’s Central Park. Among the crowd was KeithMorse, a gunner on a bomber during World War II (right). Photosby Amy Davis. Below left, Pastor Michael Liese of St. Paul'sLutheran Church in Brimfield addresses dozens of onlookers atBrimfield's Roll of Honor monument. Behind him is Lois Hamil-ton, commander of Brimfield American Legion Post 452. Photoby Bill Knight.

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

EDWARDS – Edwards resi-dents were worried after meetingswith County Board member BradHarding (R-Dist. 16), who men-tioned the possibilities of the gov-ernment tearing down a levee,elevating structures or closing thetown, but local and federal offi-cials say that those claims wereexaggerated.

“He said the county might teardown the levee, or FEMA mightforce us from our homes, or wemight have to put our houses onstilts or something,” said Edwardsresident Carrie Frazer, who at-tended Friday’s meeting. “He saidthat one of those things was‘probably going to happen.’ Hedefinitely gave the impression that

Edwards was done.”Other Edwards townspeople

were shocked or angered at thepicture Harding painted for them.

Earlier last month, Hardingsaid, “If FEMA [the FederalEmergency Management Agency]is involved, our understanding isthey’re going to have to elevatemany of their homes and busi-nesses here – elevate it so theflood 10 years from now doesn’taffect them. The other option is toactually shut the town down.

“They are not going to want tohelp these people ever again,”Harding said. “So if these peoplechoose to stay here in Edwards,they need to realize that we areliving in a totally different envi-ronment down the road for thatnext flood.”

However, the County has no ju-risdiction on condemning the pri-vately owned levee – which wasbreached by April flooding southof Ill. Route 8 but was not actu-ally damaged at Edwards, wherewater just came over its top. Fur-ther, any attempt to address thelevee would probably require anunlikely attempt to seize the prop-erty through eminent domain andpossibly involve the Departmentof Natural Resources, the Depart-ment of Conservation and the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers.

“The County of Peoria does nothave the authority to require ormandate the removal of the pri-vate levee in question in Ed-wards,” said Assistant CountyAdministrator Scott Sorrel. “Any-

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STRAWBERRIES: Food the drawing carda variety of wild animals.

Through all the weather prob-lems – even a tornado – the festi-val has survived thanks to workby numerous volunteers. Theevent started after local straw-berry growers Mark and TerryBedwell mentioned the idea to JoeMcGuire. From there PatMcGuire brought it to the Elm-wood Association of Commerce.

“We had people tell us it would-n’t fly and wouldn’t work. Thatmade us more determined than

ever,” she said. “And we weresuccessful the very first year.”

Food is a centerpiece of the fes-tival and this year is no different.The Elmwood Fire Dept. will stillhold its pancake and sausagebreakfast from 6-10 a.m. at thefirehouse. From there the crowdmigrates to the high school cafete-ria, open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

While the Bedwells no longergrow strawberries, there will befresh berries on hand from agrower in the Galesburg area.

The 50+ craft booths on hand

will be set up from 8 a.m. to 6p.m. In addition to the crafters,memorabilia from the past 25years of festivals will be on hand.That includes two cookbooks,scrapbooks from the StrawberryFestival pageants (no longer held),various specialty license platesand 25 different years of t-shirts.

Among those shirts are a rarefew from the first show, whichMcGuire’s daughters Karen Mot-taz and Angie Colyott baked in anoven on cookie sheets to get thepaint to set up properly.

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Local singer among festival entertainersBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – Local singerAshley Bean (pictured below)caps off a Strawberry Festival en-tertainment lineup that offersdecades of Illinois talent.

Though they may not be house-hold names, theheadlining musicacts for Satur-day’s 25th an-nual event areexperienced invarious venuesand have severalrecordings totheir credit.

Lamar Harris,billed as a “one-man band,”plays a lot ofcountry music.In more than a dozen years enter-taining at Las Vegas’ WestwardHo casino, the Hanna City resi-dent – once dubbed “the hat man”– has also fine-tuned his imper-sonations, some helped with hisuse of hats.

He’s scheduled to play a 60-minute set at 10 a.m.

From 12:30-2 p.m., Scott Wat-tles & the Blue Suede Crew areset to perform, combining one setthat’s a tribute to early rock’ n’

roll by the likes of Bill Haley andDel Shannon and ‘60s classics byartists including Roy Orbison andthe Beach Boys, and a second setdevoted to Wattles’ Elvis tribute,drawing on “the King’s” 1970s-era Vegas show. Wattles and thegroup are based in Mattoon and

have severalIllinois ap-pearancesbooked thissummer andfall.

The MattBarber Expe-rience, basedin Grove-land, willplay from3:30-4:30p.m., twodays after

performing at the Soldiers andSailors Reunion in nearby Cuba.Described as a “classic crooner…a cross between Barry Manilowand Michael Buble,” Barber is asoloist who showcases easy listen-ing and jazz standards from the1940s, ’50s and ’60s. His most re-cent album is titled “Love Notesfrom Paradise,” and he’s alsoscheduled to play the Heart of Illi-nois Fair July 14 and Maquon’s107th Annual Homecoming Cele-

bration Aug. 10.Another act on Strawberry Fes-

tival’s stage (at the ElmwoodHigh School auditorium) will beChris Krause from 5-7 p.m. Billedas a “Nashville artist,” Krause is aGranite City country and gospelmusician described as reminiscentof Randy Travis and Trace Ad-kins. He’s played Branson and theGrand Ole Opry, been honored bythe North American CountryMusic Association, and – since hisdebut album in 2006 (“No Pain,No Gain”) – has released twoother records, including his 2011gospel set, “God’s Whispers.”

And the last act on StrawberryFestival’s stage from 7-9 p.m. willbe Ashley Bean and The Rapscal-lions. Elmwood resident Bean hasbeen playing guitar and singingsince she turned 10. Her album“My Kind of Ride” is scheduledfor a July 23 release by TateMusic. Bean wrote all 10 songs onthe album.

Bean also played at the 2012Elmwood Fall Festival and saidher music has been compared toJoan Jett, Evanescence and Alicein Chains.

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THE WEEK AHEAD

This Week’s Eventss Poetry reading – George Tanner

will read poetry at Morrison & MaryWiley Library in Elmwood today at6:30 p.m. No registration required.s Peoria SWCD sales – The Peoria

County Soil and Water ConservationDistrict is taking orders for 16 varietiesof prairie plants. To make an order orto receive order forms call (309) 671-7040, Ext. 3 or visit peoriacoun-tyswcd.tripod.com. All plugs are beingsold for $2 each. The order deadline isFriday and pickup will be June 14.s Doughnut sale – On Saturday

morning, boys and girls age 8-14 andsupporters of area youth volleyball willbe selling Krispy Kreme doughnuts atStrawberry Festival in Elmwood and atSherman’s Pharmacy in Brimfield toraise money for the program. Salesstart in Elmwood at 7 a.m., and atSherman’s at 7:30 a.m.s BYE meeting – The public is in-

vited to attend the annual meeting ofBYE Ambulance Service on June 4 at7 p.m. at its main building at 108 E.Hawthorne St. in Elmwood.s Historical tours – Celebrate the

world travels of Miss Jean Morron atPettengill-Morron Historical HomeMuseum, 1212 Moss Avenue in Peoria.The museum is open Sunday from 1-4p.m. and again July 7, Aug. 4 and Sept.1. Tours cost $7 for adults and $3 forchildren. Contact the Peoria HistoricalSociety at (309) 674-1921. s Video Gamers Contest – Salem

Township Library in Yates City has aVideo Gamers Contest June 3 throughJuly 31 during library hours for ages 5-9 and 10-15. Prizes will be awarded.Inquire at the front desk. s Special meeting – The Elmwood

School Board has a special meetingWednesday, June 5, at 8 a.m. at the Dis-trict Office. s Summer Reading – Salem Town-

ship Library in Yates City has twosummer reading programs. “Diary of aWimpy Kid” for ages 10-13 is June 4,11, 18 and 25 at 2 p.m. “We The Peo-ple” for ages 5-9 is June 5, 12, 19 and26 at 2 p.m. Call (309) 358-1678

Future Eventss Summer reading – Elmwood’s

Morrison and Mary Wiley Librarysummer reading program starts June 7with a program “Tails Through Time”by Wildlife Prairie Park from 10:30-11:15 a.m. at the library. The rest ofthe sessions start June 10 and runthrough June. Call (309) 742-2431.s St. Jude Benefit – The 11th an-

nual My Place St. Jude Benefit Runevent is June 8 in Yates City. The all-day event starts with breakfast from 7-10:30 a.m. and a 5K run/walk at 7. Therest of the day includes carnivalgames, a benefit ride, a tractor drive, abags tournament, a benefit auction andplenty of food. Donations welcome.Call Jody or Sharon at (309) 358-2003.s Fiber guild – The Bishop Hill

Fiber Guild will meet Saturday, June 8,2013 at 10 a.m. at the MethodistChurch in West Jersey, Illinois. Allpersons interested in fiber (spinners,knitters, crocheters, basket makers,beaders, weavers, etc.) are welcome toattend. Call Char Rickey at (309) 472-7085 or email [email protected] Mayflower Pilgrims – Don and

Carolyn Dean, direct line descendentsof Miles Standish and John Howland,will tell the story of their forefathers’voyage on the Mayflower on June 9 atthe Old Knoxville Courthouse on thepublic square in Knoxville. Doorsopen at 2 p.m. A program follows at2:30. Interested children are welcome.s Elmwood St. Jude Run – Anyone

interested in running the Elmwood toPeoria St. Jude Run in the first week ofAugust can contact Lynn Tannock at(309) 303-2411.

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HOT PICKS This Week!s Sailing Cashews – Barb McKown is organizing

a St. Jude Fundraiser Saturday at the American Le-gion Hall in Brimfield. Dinner starts at 6 p.m. andthe band Sailing Cashews plays at 7 p.m. Cost is $10for dinner and $10 at the door for the band.s Fine Arts Fest – Canton Main Street will host

its first Art on Main Fine Arts Festival in Jones Parkin downtown Canton Saturday and Sunday. Theevent features 22 exhibitors. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5p.m. on Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.Call (309) 357-5153 or (309) 647-2677.

Illinois Central CollegeWants YOUR Input!

Illinois Central College will host meetings infour communities to assess interest in offeringcollege courses in Elmwood, Brimfield, Farming-

ton and Princeville. ICC representatives will gather community input on ICC’srole in each community, share information about degree and certificate com-pletion programs, and announce the fall schedule for classes in the area. Meet-ings will be from 6- 7 p.m. on the following dates and locations:

• Tuesday, June 4, Elmwood High School, 301 W. Butternut Street• Thursday, June 6, Brimfield High School, 323 E. Clinton Street• Tuesday, June 11, Farmington High School, 310 Lightfoot Road• Tuesday, June 25, Princeville High School, 302 Cordis AvenueIllinois Central College will also be represented at the Elmwood Strawberry

Festival on June 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and at Princeville Heritage Days, June 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more information, contact [email protected], 309-694-8888

• Tuesday, June 4, Elmwood High School, 301 W. Butternut Street• Thursday, June 6, Brimfield High School, 323 E. Clinton Street• Tuesday, June 11, Farmington High School, 310 Lightfoot Road• Tuesday, June 25, Princeville High School, 302 Cordis Avenue

Rambling through west-centralIllinois appreciating the freedomswe have and the folks who haveprotected those freedoms.

uuu Life is good here at TWP head-quarters. In the past few dayswe’ve been in-vited to the UlmFamily ChickenPlucking Festi-val outside YatesCity and theF.R.O.G. fest inDahinda. Unfor-tunately we hadto miss thechicken plucklast Saturday at the Ulm farm, lo-cated across the hard road west ofthe old Starr Hatchery (a land-mark that figures in every otherElmwood directional conversa-tion). The big pluck is on the cal-endar for next year, though. Bythen chickens should be legal inevery town in the TWP area.

uuu As for F.R.O.G. Fest 2013, thatcomes this August in Dahinda and

we will make that one. ReaderDayna Davis emailed to let usknow that, “Dahinda does mean inits native language (whatever thatis) Bullfrog, and in regards to theFrogfest there is one held annuallyby the Dahinda United MethodistChurch. Fully Rely On God and ittakes place in August with an all-day event.” The event includesfrog legs on the menu and a frog-jumping contest. Count me in. ... Iknow what you are thinking: theMayor of Oak Hill would be a natu-ral at a ny FROG fest. Just ask tohear his frog call. Very convinc-ing. Alas, The Mayor said he’sbusy with his new job running theOak Hill Botanical Gardens. Intrue Illinois politician form, Hiz-zoner hopes for a governmentgrant to bankroll the gardens.

uuu Alan Stufflebeam is obviously amuch-appreciated man in Brim-field. Consider that Brimfield’ssenior class recently opted to giveup its class trip and all the moneyraised over the past four years to afund benefiting former math

teacher Stufflebeam, who suffereda severe stroke in March of 2012and has been unable to return towork. The school board also votedto give him a one-time $40,000bonus. Here’s hoping the extrafunds help. ... Kudos to Dave Jor-dan and his family for 40 years atJordan’s Mobil and an enjoyableopen house last Saturday. Goodluck to Chad Jordan in keepingthings running for the next 40years.

uuu Call me a cynic, but whenever I

see somebody walk out of thelawyer’s office across the street Ifigure they must be getting di-vorced. ... Yes, this is a 12-pager.The Black Crowes are in town!Look for 16 next week. ... St.Mary’s School in Kickapoo de-serves credit for helping with therecent benefit to help Edwardsflood victims. ... Parting shot:Elmwood residents still have timeto tidy up their homes before Sat-urday’s Strawberry Festival.Contact Jeff Lampe at 231-6040 or

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Of chicken plucking, frog legs and crowes

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Longer days welcomed by early risersI don’t know how many people

have been up and about before Imake my rapid stroll almost daily(I don’t walk in the rain or when itis snowing or icy).

I do know I am likely to see ayoung man ex-ercising his dog “Blue” andtwo sisters andtwo youngladies who jogby and oneyoung lady Iusually passtwice becauseour routes haveher heading west when I am head-ing east and vice versa.

I am fortunate enough to begreeted by the rest when they seeme, but I am sure still others have

been out earlier or maybe ventureforth a bit later – 5:20 a.m. is noteveryone’s cup of tea.

However, for those of us whodo make that time our time to getout and stretch our legs, the lastfew weeks and a few months tocome are very special. The timewhen there’s enough daylight toallow us freedom from being anuisance to early-morning drivershas arrived.

We can see where we are going,and they can see us. Sure, I spendmost of my time on the sidewalkand I’m careful at the corners, butit is still very special to be able tosee well.

And we know the best is yet tocome.

It is weeks before the daysbegin to give up those minutes of

light, and it will be September be-fore we reach the point wheredarkness again encroaches on ourmorning time, and I once againbecome “Blinky,” a name I gainedfrom the young lady joggers be-cause of the flashing vest I wearwhen it’s dark.

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I’m not much of a golf fan. Inever saw any sense in hitting alittle white ball and then chasing ityourself. If I hit a ball, I fully ex-pect someone else with a glove tochase it for me.

In golf, you have to walk (or insome cases,ride) after ityourself. In golf,after you reachthe ball, insteadof picking it up,putting it in yourpocket andbeing satisfiedwith yourself,you hit it again!

The whole object is to whackthe ball really hard, make it go asfar as you can without losing it,then tap it into a little hole at theend. Do this 18 times, and you’veplayed a round of golf.

There’s just one thing: Whoeverhits it the least amount of times,wins.

How dumb is that? In almostevery other sport on Earth, thewinner is whoever scores the mostpoints. If we’d have applied thatleast amount rule to my highschool football team, we’d havebeen undefeated (our drum majorhad more yards rushing than theentire team).

Golf has other rules that don’tmake a lot of sense either. If youhit the ball “out of bounds,” theymake you add another “stroke” toyour score. You can go and try tofind your ball, (usually “out ofbounds” means into a replica of atropical rainforest), but even ifyou find it, they penalize you.

Usually, if you look hardenough, you can find your ball …and others, too.

It’s hard enough to hit thatdumb little ball straight, but mostgolf courses try to make thingsmore challenging along the way.I’m not talking about windmillswith blades that you have to

avoid, or clown noses that youneed to knock your ball into. Oh,no.

Golf course put these silly litterboxes and little ponds out in themiddle of their courses. The litterboxes are filled with sand and ifyour ball lands in there, it’s harderthan heck to hit it out withoutspraying half the countryside witha sand shower.

If the ball goes in one of thoselittle ponds, they sink and you getto take one of those penalty thingsagain.

I suggested once that the littleponds have plexiglass shields, sortof like a sneeze guard at a buffet.That way, if the ball was headedfor the pond, they’d hit that andbounce back. My suggestion wasmet with a look usually reservedfor people who claim they wereabducted by UFOs.

If you hit the ball and it’sheaded toward a group of people,you’re supposed to yell, “fore!”I’m not sure why you don’t yell,“Two!” or “Five!” or some othernumber. It would even make moresense to yell “Duck!” but thensomeone who was about to getwhacked in the head with a flyinggolf ball would probably thinkyou were just yelling about one ofthe ducks swimming on the pondwith no plexiglass shields.

Or they might think you wereyelling another word that sort ofsounds like duck that you hearquite a bit on the golf course.

Then there’s putting. After allthat hard work of hitting the ball along way without going in thesand, the woods, or the water, youget to this thing they call “thegreen.” This is usually a largeroundish patch of grass that, forsome reason that probably in-volves spray paint, is a lot greenerthan all the other grass around.

Once your ball is on this patchof real estate, your job is to tap theball gently so that it goes in a little

hole.That sounds simple enough, but

most courses seem to have trainedmoles or something that live inthat holes and prevent tapped ballsfrom going into it. Sure, the man-agement of golf courses nation-wide deny this, but I know.

Also, when the people you’replaying with are putting, you haveto be really quiet so they can“concentrate.” This is especiallytrue when it comes to professionalgolf. If you’re standing aroundwatching a professional putt, andyou breathe the wrong way, largemen will come over and extractyou from the throng of spectatorsand take you away.

If you’ve ever seen a highschool basketball game, thismakes absolutely no sense. In ahigh school basketball game, thegame can be on the line with afew seconds remaining and somepoor 15-year-old kid at the free-throw line with the weight of theworld on his back and nobody isquiet.

Fans – especially those from theopposing school – will be makingnoise, yelling, waving foam fin-gers, waving real fingers, and gen-erally making complete fools outof themselves in an effort to dis-tract the player shooting the freethrow.

And that’s way more importantthan some silly putt, even at theMaster’s tournament.

Having said all that, I will admitthat I played golf.

Once. That was enough. Like I said,

chasing the little ball myself, bat-tling snakes and sticky bushes inthe woods, playing in the sand andponds, and all the other rules wasenough for me.

I shot an 89. Which I thoughtwas pretty darn good.

But the other three guys Iplayed with said it was too dark toplay the second hole.

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Peoria, Knox declared disaster areasBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

Peoria and Knox counties wereamong other counties recentlyadded to those in the federal dis-aster declaration tied to Aprilflooding, so residents will be ableto seek help from the FederalEmergency Management Agency(FEMA).

The declaration won’t affectpeople with damaged homes ifthey have flood insurance, whichshould take care of them.

However, many people whodon’t live in flood plains sustainedlosses because of backed-up stormsewers, etc.

Dick Gifford from FEMA’sPublic Affairs office suggested af-fected people contact FEMA evenif they aren’t sure they qualify forassistance.

“Don’t prejudge,” he said. “Letus come out and view the damage

and see if you qualify for assis-tance. You might be surprised.”

Individuals affected by theflooding can register by phoningtoll-free (800) 621-3362 or goingonline at www.fema.gov.

They’ll be asked to provide in-formation about income, housingneeds, damages and insurance (sothey should contact their insur-ance agent beforehand).

Applicants will be given nine-digit case numbers, and withindays should have a FEMA inspec-tor call to arrange a visit to get de-tails about disaster-relateddamages for FEMA’s Individualsand Households Program.

Also, the U.S. Small BusinessAdministration (SBA) could alsosend individuals a loan applica-tion after they register for help.FEMA’s temporary housing assis-tance and grants for transportation

and other expenses don’t requireindividuals to apply for an SBAloan.

However, applicants must com-plete an SBA loan application tobe eligible for assistance coveringpersonal property, vehicle repair/replacement and moving/storageexpenses.

SBA low-interest disaster loansare available to renters, homeown-ers, business owners and non-profit organizations that sufferedlosses due to the flooding.

Homeowners may be eligible toborrow up to $200,000 for real-es-tate repairs; both homeowners andrenters can borrow up to $40,000for replacement of flood-damagedpersonal property; and businessowners may apply for up to $2million for losses not fully cov-ered by insurance.

one making any state-ments stating the Countyof Peoria is going to dothat does not speak forthe County and speakswithout any knowledgeof the facts.”

FEMA official GregHughes told The WeeklyPost, “It’s way too earlyto draw any conclusionslike that. First, peoplearen’t being forced to re-locate or accept a buy-out. That’s totally up to

homeowners. If someonecomes to the conclusionthat that’s what theywant to do because ofcost or whatever, that’sdifferent. As far as buy-outs, people have to re-quest to the County, thenthe state, and that couldtake years.

“This is really run bythe states. FEMA’s roleis to help pay for it.”

Matt Wahl, PeoriaCounty’s Director ofPlanning & Zoning, na-tionally recognized forflood-plain management,said, “We only condemna property if there’s animminent danger of col-lapse. We’re workingwith residents to helpthem work through thewhole process. The im-portant thing is not topanic.”

By Sunday night,Harding sought to clarifyhis remarks.

“We had a discussionregarding the damage tothe levee and the factthat it is a private struc-ture and we cannot force

repair,” said Harding,whose district bound-aries are Elmwood,Logan, Rosefield andTrivoli Townships. The“future of that levee isuncertain. [I] just wantedto inform Edwards folksof all potential issues.No one is forcing peoplefrom their homes.”

However, he added,“My understanding isEdwards folks may seethree potential options:Do nothing with FEMAor IEMA [the IllinoisEmergency ManagementAgency] and attempt re-pair of their property; ac-cept possible federaland/or state repair assis-tance and possibly haveto raise their homesabove flood level, whichcould mean elevatingstructures 10 to 15 feetabove ground level; [or]accept a potential FEMAbuyout proposal and re-locate. It is importantwe discuss and preparefor any and all potentialoptions ahead of time ifpossible.”

“Maybe he was tryingto soften the blow ofwhat might happen,”said Darrell Harper ofEdwards. “But they’renot going to relocate thetown.”

Connie Downard ofEdwards Tap, which wasinspected and has beenoperating for threeweeks, said, “He scaredpeople.”

“The meeting 10 daysago seemed well-re-ceived and folks appreci-ated the updates,”Harding said. “Somewere not so happy at thislatest meeting [Friday].My sense is many folksare tired after a month ofdealing with the floodand anxious to knowwhat to do.”

Knowing may be thekey word, according toCounty Board chair TomO’Neill (D-Dist. 17).

“Sometimes we haveboard members thatopen their mouth and donot know what they aretalking about,” O’Neillsaid.

Continued from Page 1EDWARDS: Too early to draw conclusions




Elmwood gathers multigenerational dataBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

The feedback is in for Elm-wood’s Multigenerational Plan-ning, now the funding and focuswill develop.

Set up months ago to encourageand promote activities that allgenerations of local residents seeas missing or in need of strength-ening, the effort resulted in aglimpse of activities that promiseparticipation, from sports andcooking to arts and crafts. Thecommittee recommends movingfrom gathering information togathering resources to implementwhat the public seems to want.

The Steering Committee thisspring distributed an ElmwoodCommunity Activities survey forpeople of all ages by emailing it tomore than 80 local organizationsand businesses to turn over tomembers and employees, and hav-ing students fill it out during com-puter classes at school. Completedsurveys were collected at dropboxes at City Hall, ElmwoodCommunity Bank, Farmers StateBank, Jordan's Mobil, and Morri-son & Mary Wiley Library.

A total of 270 responses werecompiled, with 251 identifyingtheir age groups; 185 were youthand 65 adults. The fact that three-fourths of the survey’s final re-sponses were from youth ishelpful, says its coordinator.

“In the planning process wehave been absent of youth partici-pants, so much of what has beenput out has been established byadults,” said Ashley S.C. Walls, agraduate student at the Universityof Illinois Urbana-Champaign

NOTICEThe City of Elmwood andThe Elmwood Police Dept.

Remind Citizens of the following ordinance...3-1-12 FEEDING OF WILD ANIMALS PROHIBITED.

(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to feed or in anymanner provide an attractant to any wild animal.

(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to leave, storeor maintain any attractant in a manner, area or locationaccessible to wild animals.

(C) Nothing in this Section shall apply to the feedingof songbirds and other backyard birds and squirrels, orto the legal owner of a wild animal which wild animal iskept in compliance with state and local laws.

who led the community grouptackling the idea. “Overall it wasgood to have that amount ofyouth input since they were notpart of the steering committee.”

Sports leagues was the topoverall activity sought, and thevarious sports mentioned by sur-vey respondents included basket-ball, dodge ball, soccer, kickball,volleyball and lacrosse.

For respondents self-identify-ing as adults, an offering of fit-ness classes was the top activitythey wanted.

Other classes listed by the com-munity were computer-oriented(spreadsheets, word processing,even programming robots), dance(hip-hop, ballet), fitness (yoga,weight-lifting), art (painting, pot-tery) and photography/digitalmedia (outdoor/nature photogra-phy, basic picture-taking).

The most-frequently suggestedteachers of such classes includedElmwood coach and P.E. teacherJim Valla and Elmwood computerinstructor Kelly Goodin.

The next step is to seek fundingand coordination with existingcommunity groups.

“There are specific funds thathave been looked at and we re-cently had a meeting with a vari-ety of stakeholders to discusswhat that looks like,” addedWalls, co-owner of SydneyMal-come, a Chicago consulting firmserving start-up businesses.

“That will be an ongoingprocess,” she continued. “For ex-ample, [we could be] partneringwith community organizationssuch as the Community Centerthat already have the infrastruc-ture for an activity. [That] will notrequire any money.”

Starting at this weekend’sElmwood Strawberry Festival,Illinois Central College isreaching out to area residents togauge public interest in ICC of-fering college courses in Brim-field, Elmwood, Farmingtonand Princeville.

The community college alsohas scheduled meetings in allfour communities, where col-lege representatives will gathercommunity input on ICC’s rolethere, share information aboutdegree and certificate comple-tion programs, and announcethe fall schedule for classes inthe area.

Besides an information tableat Strawberry Festival from 10a.m.-4 p.m., ICC will be atPrinceville Heritage Days (June22) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. andhost meetings from 6-7 p.m. atthe following dates and places:

• Tuesday (June 4), ElmwoodHigh School, 301 W. ButternutSt.

• Thursday (June 6), Brim-field High School, 323 E. Clin-ton St.

• June 11, Farmington HighSchool, 310 Lightfoot Rd.

• June 25, Princeville HighSchool, 302 Cordis Ave.

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Irene BuckDAHINDA – Irene Buck, 93, of

Dahinda, died on May 21 at OSFSt. Mary Medical in Galesburg.

Funeral services were plannedfor Saturday, May 25, at theWilliamsfield United MethodistChurch, with burial in Williams-field Cemetery.

Condolences may be made atwww.ruxfuneralhome.com.

Frank CernichFARMINGTON – Frank Cernich,

84, of Farmington, father of anElmwood woman, died May 24 atGraham Hospital emergency roomin Canton.

He’s survived by his wife Betty;three daughters, Helen “Babe”(Paul) Untz of Elmwood, Anne(Chuck) Widener of Lewistown,and Audrey (Aaron) Reed ofFarmington; nine grandchildren;

and 20 great-grandchildren.Funeral services were scheduledfor Wednesday, May 29, at 10a.m. at Anderson-Sedgwick Fu-neral Home in Farmington, withburial in Oakridge Cemetery inFarmington.

To view Frank’s memorial DVDor to submit condolences, go towww.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com.

V. Elaine SharpePEORIA – V. Elaine Sharpe, 86,

of West Scenic Drive, Peoria,mother of a Yates City woman,died on May 22 at FarmingtonCountry Manor in Farmington.

She is survived by two daugh-ters, Bobette (Bill) Emerick ofYates City and Lynette (Bryce)Bachman of Danvers; one son,Kent (Darlene) Montag of Eureka;11 grandchildren; 16 great-grand-children; and 3 great-great-grand-

children.Her funeral was planned for Fri-

day, May 24, at Davison-FultonWoolsey-Wilton Funeral Home,with burial will be in BrimfieldWest Cemetery in Brimfield.Online tributes may be made atwww.woolsey-wilton.com.Obituary Policy: We print basic

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Motorcyclist ticketedELMWOOD – Richard John-

son, 33, of Farmington about 9p.m. May 24 was ticketed by Elm-wood Police for driving a motor-cycle without lights and operatingan uninsured vehicle.

Police also warned Johnson for

driving without a proper licenseand attempting to elude police.

Brimfield man reportsstolen scrap metal

BRIMFIELD – Matt Hutchison,39, of Brimfield about noon onMay 19 and again about 5:30 p.m.May 22 reported the theft of scrap

metal from his residence on Rock-hill Road.

Police Reports• Failure to appear – Gene Ven-

zon III, 44, of Elmwood on May23 was arrested by Peoria CountySheriff’s officers and booked on acharge of failure to appear.

• DUI – Terry Stein, 44, of Lauraon May 27 was arrested by PeoriaCounty Sheriff’s police andbooked for Driving Under the In-fluence.

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Jubilee considers funding, large and smallBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

Finding funding for the futureand for now, for needs large andsmall, were addressed at a May 13meeting of the Jubilee Townshiptrustees.

The ongoing inter-governmentalagreement between Jubilee andPeoria County was discussed andapproved, for example. The coop-erative contract ensures that thetownship will be better able tomeet government mandates, ac-cording to Township SupervisorStephen Garnett.

“The inter-governmental pactwas OK’d,” Garnett said. “Theconsequences of not approving itwould be to lose county funds forthe federally mandated sign im-provement program.”

Addressed by other area gov-ernment bodies, that program

stems from the Federal HighwayAdministration’s Manual on Uni-form Traffic Control Devices,which sets the national standardsfor signs, markers, and signals onpublic roads. MUTCD requiressigns to be illuminated or reflec-tive, which almost all signs are;however, the “retroreflective”sheeting degrades with time andno longer reflects.

Agencies have until next June toset up an assessment program forthe maintenance of signs’ retrore-flectivity, although “it is up toeach agency to decide when thereplacement occurs,” the highwayadministration notes.

Jubilee Township last month ap-proved its Road District budgetfor 2013-14 at $718,100.Assessing signs throughout thetownship’s 36.3 square miles maybe daunting, but ensuring the ap-

pearance of the 1.6-acre JubileeTown Square plot also needed at-tention.

“The township did approve careof Jubilee Town Square property,”Garnett said. “Robert Forney iscontracted to mow the area at thetown hall and his estimate is anadditional $35 per mow to mow atthe town square.”

Meanwhile, there was no wordon the title insurance yet, it wasreported at the annual meeting.The small piece of property hadbeen in dispute for years. Thetownship prevailed over the stateat the circuit and appellate levelsthat the township, not the state,owns the small parcel near JubileeCollege State Park.

Jubilee’s Township Budget &Appropriation Ordinance was ap-proved for $134,550.




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NOTICEThe Elmwood Street Dept. andThe Elmwood Police Dept.

Remind Citizens of the following ordinance...33-2-9 OBSTRUCTING STREET.

(A) It shall be unlawful to deposit any material on anystreet which may be harmful to the pavement thereof,or any waste material, or any grass clippings, or tocause a lawn mower to blow grass clippings onto astreet or any other articles such as glass which maycause injury to any person, animal or property.

(B) No person shall place or cause to be placed orerected on any public ground, or in any public street,alley or sidewalk in the City, any debris, materials, orobstruction, except as may be permitted by this Code.

(C) It shall be the duty of the Police Department toexercise a vigilant supervision over such places and tonotify any person found making such deposit or re-sponsible for same to remove the offending matter atonce. (See ILCS Sec 5/11-80-3)

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Webster50th Wedding AnniversaryFrank Webster and Mary

Ruth (Dikeman) Webster of2385 IL Rt. #8 Elmwood willcelebrate their 50th weddinganniversary with an openhouse on June 9 at the FirstPresbyterian Church in Elm-wood from 1-4 p.m. Frank and Mary were mar-

ried June 9, 1963 at the FirstPresbyterian Church in Elm-wood. Their parents wereDon and Pauline Webster ofLaura and Glenn and Ruth Dikeman of Elmwood. They have 3 children: Cynthia (John) Alcaraz of Hanna City,

Andrea Brush, and Brent Webster, both of Elmwood. Theywere blessed with 7 grandchildren: Mitchell and MatthewWebster (Elmwood), Kyle, Katelynne, and Cory Alcaraz (HannaCity), Allison Brush (Elmwood), and Shannon Brush, whopassed away on October 4, 2009.

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band director Erich Weiger. The band’s first concert willbe at 8 p.m. Sunday, June 9 atthe gazebo in Elmwood’s Cen-tral Park. “We don't have a set roster,”Weiger said, “more of a ‘who-ever shows up’ kind of attitude.We are always looking for newpersonnel who want to play.”The band usually has more than40 area musicians taking part. To participate, contact Weigerat [email protected] go to the Facebook’s “Elm-

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displays and a book signing byJan Stilson, author of “Art andBeauty in the Heartland.” Speeches will include MelTheobald’s discussion of “TheSignificance of Lorado Taft.” Learn more at www.face-book.com/TrotterFountain Proj-ect or call (217) 819-6801.College graduations Among those awarded de-grees at May 18 ceremonies atSt. Francis Medical Center Col-lege of Nursing were Mary

Monson, RN, of Yates City,who earned a Bachelor of Sci-ence in Nursing and graduatedCum Laude, and Tasha Simpsonof Brimfield, who also earned aBSN. James Enloe of Elmwood onMay 11 graduated from EurekaCollege with a bachelor’s de-gree, Magna Cum Laude. Andrea Gallagher of Edwardsin February earned a diplomafrom Midstate College after itswinter term.

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BASEBALL: First sectional title for Wildcats

TRACK: Isbell 29th in 3,200

Doubet not giving up asingle hit. All five runswere unearned.

But the Wildcats ral-lied with three runs inthe fifth and then addedthree more in the bottomof the seventh to win.The capper came asDoubet (who was 2-for-3with three RBIs in thegame) blooped a singleto score Jeffries andParker Wight for thewalk-off win.

“He hit almost .500 forus this season,” Samsnoted of Doubet. “He’smade a lot of these all-star teams as a pitcher,but he could have alsomade them as out-fielder.”

Junior Tyler Doubet(6-2) pitched two inningsin relief of his olderbrother to get the winagainst IB. Just one daylater Tyler Doubet wasthe winner in an 8-0complete game victoryover Lexington.

The younger Doubetallowed just one hit andfanned nine. He got sup-port at the plate from hisbrother (3-for-3 with tworuns), Smith (2-for-4,

two RBIs) and TylerJones, Wight, CollinLandis and DonovanBenson who all addedhits.

“Between those twopitchers, in five postsea-son games (Salt Fork’stwo runs) were the firsttwo earned runs,” Char-lie Sams said. “If thatdoesn’t tell you some-thing about those twoboys I don’t know whatelse will.”

For James Doubet,being one of the finaleight teams still alive inClass 1A was very satis-

fying.“I have so much pride

in being a part of the firstregional and sectionalwins ever for bothschools,” James Doubetsaid. “I just think it wasan incredible season. Meand Logan, we’re glad tobe a part of history.”

Sams agreed and cred-ited the Williamsfieldand Galva communitieswith great support.

As an example, boost-ers from both schoolsand several local busi-nesses chipped in to renta charter bus for theteam’s Monday trip toChampaign. And fansmet at 7:30 a.m. in Galvato escort the bus out of

town.“Our community really

came together and sup-ported the kids,” Samssaid. “To end up in thefinal eight in state, Idon’t know if any of ussaw that coming. But tobe able to play at the Uof I is an experience thekids won’t ever forget.”

And James Doubetsaid the run of successmight not be over for theWildcats.

“I think next year,looking at everyonethey’ve got back, they’regoing to be OK,” hesaid. “And I have a lot offaith in (brother TylerDoubet). He’s going tobe even better.”


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Williamsfield-Galva baseball players hoist a Class 1A Sectional plaque after top-ping Lexington 8-0 last Saturday. Below right, fans Laura Hunt, Grace Powell,and Gina O'Dell got dressed up for the supersectional. Photos by Kathy Wight.

Adkins and Reichenekerwas part of the E-B4x800 relay that placedsecond at last year’sstate meet in 8:04.14.

However, this seasonsaw consistently cold,wet weather that affectedtheir time.

“Everyone suffered.There were not thatmany meets because ofthe rain,” E-B CoachGregg Meyers said.

Senior Noah Isbellalso ran for Elmwoodlast Saturday, placing29th in the 3,200 in atime of 10:08.83.

“I was happy forNoah. It’s a great accom-plishment,” Meyers said.

As a team, E-B woundup 64th overall. SterlingNewman CentralCatholic won the Class1A team competitionwith 41 points and Mon-mouth-Roseville wassecond with 31.


Jake Soehn, ElmwoodFor all you current elementary and future high

school athletes out there, Elmwood High Schoolsmall forward and all conference cager JakeSoehn has some very soundadvice: “You’re never goodenough not to practice.”

On this note, Jake is abig fan of Chicago Bullsalways-all-out guard NateRobinson. He emulatesRobinson, who plays pre-pared, and as if every playis the last he’ll ever play.

Much of Jake’s love ofthe hoop game was helpedby EHS Coach Josh Fugit and his parents Johnand Carole. He enjoys the pace of the game,shooting, and rebounding. As were team mem-bers, the student body, and this community,Jake’s biggest thrill was the team’s basketball re-gional championship – the first in Elmwood his-tory.

History is Jake’s favorite school subject be-cause he finds learning about the past to be veryinteresting. Besides basketball, Jake has been instudent council, Key Club and a class officer.Jake’s plans for this fall are to attend Western Illi-nois to study law enforcement.

His hard wok for the team resulted in some bigawards this past season, including special men-tion IBCA all-state, selection to play in the Can-ton Kiwanis All Star game, being named as aparticipant in the Prairieland All Star game,named to the Journal Star All Area team, andhonored on the aforementioned Prairie and ICACAll Conference teams.

For future EHS athletes, these team victoriesand individual honors earned by Jake Soehn didnot happen by not practicing!

– Phil Johnson

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK



Weekly Post SportsBy JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

Postseason baseball often comesdown to a near-miss here andthere.

So it was for Williamsfield-Galva on Monday afternoon inChampaign. Playing in a Class 1ASupersectional at the Universityof Illinois, W-G (15-8) came oh soclose to a trip to the state baseballtournament before falling 2-0 toSidell Salt Fork.

“We played well, they justplayed a little better,” W-G coachCharlie Sams said. “They caughtthe advantage of a couple bloophits and we didn’t. And wesquared up on some balls, but wehit them right at people.”

Aside from the first inning –when Salt Fork managed four sin-gles (including two bloop hits)and scored two runs off Wildcatsace pitcher James Doubet (6-2) –the game was a draw.

“I didn’t know if was going tobe a turf field. I figured it wouldjust be grass. I was pretty excitedto play on a turf field and I kind ofhad some jitters in the first in-ning,” Doubet said. “I didn’t re-ally hit my spots correctly andthey hit the ball.”

He settled down thereafter andfinished with nine strikeouts. W-G

had its big chance in the fourth,when leadoff hitters David Jeffriesand James Sams singled with no-body out. Cleanup hitter LoganSmith then ripped a ball – right atthe Salt Fork shortstop whostarted a game-changing doubleplay.

“Logan Smith hit a ball as hardas you’re going to see any MajorLeaguer hit one,” Sams said. “Ifthat ball gets through, I have nodoubt we would have put togethera big inning. Looking back on it,

that was probably the ballgame.”While Doubet did not allow an-

other run for Salt Fork, W-G wasunable to score off junior ColeTaylor.

The loss took nothing awayfrom a dizzying week for W-G,which needed an epic rally lastFriday to stay alive. Playing IlliniBluffs in the semifinals of the Illi-nois Wesleyan Sectional, theWildcats fell behind 5-0 headinginto the fifth inning – despite

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Elmwood-Brimfield’s 4x800 relay placed sixth lastSaturday at the Class 1A state meet in Charleston.From left to right are: Collin Reicheneker, Ben Ad-kins, Jake Osmulski and Ian Armstrong. Photo byTerri Osmulski.

Tyler Doubet, Parker Wight and David Jeffries celebrate after Jeffriesand Wight score the tying and go-ahead runs in the bottom of the sev-enth inning of Williamsfield-Galva’s sectional semifinal win over IlliniBluffs last Friday. Photo by Kathy Wight.

Elmwood-Brimfield4x800 relay sixth

By GABBIE SLOANWeekly Post Staff Writer

CHARLESTON – Track season has finally cometo a close for Elmwood-Brimfield. The ending wasnot exactly what runners had hoped for, but was stillgood enough to bring home some hardware.

The big news for E-B was the 4x800 relay team,composed of sophomores Ben Adkins and Ian Arm-bruster, junior Collin Reicheneker and senior JakeOsmulski. Kelly Hoffman was an alternate.

The quartet placed sixth in Class 1A last Saturdaymorning, running a season-fast time of 8:12.18. Thatearned the E-B runners medallions for the secondyear in a row. St. Thomas More of Champaign wonthe relay in 7:57.96.

“All in all it was a great year and in the end westill were the sixth team in the state, which is a greataccomplishment,” said Osmulski, who along with

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