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PRSRT. STD.U.S. POSTAGE PAIDElmwood, IllinoisPermit No. 13

Carrier Route PresortThursdaySept. 24, 2015Vol. 3, No. 29

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WILLIAMSFIELD – Since1991, the hope has alwaysbeen to have a larger library intown.

Starting Monday (Sept. 28)that dream will become a real-ity in Williamsfield, where anew, much larger public li-brary will open to the publicnortheast of WilliamsfieldHigh School at 407 NormanDrive.

A grand opening is set forOct. 17 at 1:30 p.m., but pa-

trons are welcome to visit thenew facility and to check outbooks in the days betweennow and that more formalgrand opening.

According to Trustee RandyFritz, the Williamsfield PublicLibrary District was estab-lished in 1991 and was origi-nally housed in the VillageHall. The library moved to asmall building on West GaleStreet in 1996 and has re-mained there until moving toits new location.

Cost of the new library was

under $400,000, which wasraised through savings, dona-tions and extensive commu-nity help.

Everyone involved with the

project is proud to point outthat funding for the new li-brary came without a tax in-crease.

By REBECCA CAMPBELLFor The Weekly Post

This is an exciting time forspace. This year saw the firsthigh quality photos of Pluto; theInternational Space Station hastwo astronauts that are spendingan entire year in space to studythe effects on the human body;and this June saw the end of aneight-month experiment simu-lating a mission to Mars (a year-long study began in August).

It seems to me that we are liv-ing in a science fiction novel.

Staying closer to home, therehave been some spectacularevents that could be viewedfrom your back yard. From themeteor shower to the rare bluemoon this year, we have beenable to witness the beauty andmajesty that the night sky has tooffer.

But the wonder does not stopthere. On Sunday (Sept. 27) youwill have the opportunity toview a rare event in the nightsky. It is a “Supermoon” totallunar eclipse.

Sounds amazing, right? Well it is! Such a moon has

not been seen for more thanthree decades, and if you miss ityou will not be able to see an-other one until 2033.

So what exactly is happening?The moon's orbit is elliptical,and as a result is closer to theearth at some points than others.The full moon in September willoccur when the moon is at or

By TERRY KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – Like last month,Brimfield Union School District 309held its September meeting in thehigh school commons/cafeteria be-cause it expected an overflowcrowd.

Unlike last month, school boardmembers turned their chairs to facethat crowd and, perhaps, the music.By voting 7-0 as the crowd re-quested – hiring a slate of sports-re-lated personnel – they ended upgetting applauded for it.

Both meetings involved ratherlengthy executive sessions to dis-cuss sensitive personnel mattersaway from public view.

In August, three-hours-plus ap-parently was devoted to Superin-tendent Joe Blessman’s contract.Although dozens of people waited,that session resulted in no action, nodiscussion and a cranky crowd baf-fled by their lack of opportunity tospeak.

On Sept. 16, two people repre-senting the majority had applied inadvance to get on the agenda so theycould make brief, but pithy remarks.

“We’re also aware of the dissen-sion within the school,” Steve

ELMWOOD – Last year, I wrote a col-umn about the Gales-burg Public Library’sprogram called “TheGhosts of Galesburg.”It’s a walking tour ofsome older buildings intown, each which has anactor or actress portray-ing the ghost of a formerGalesburg resident.

Some residents aresomewhat famous (George “Superman”

Reeves’ mother Helen Lescher Bessolo orgossip columnist Alma Archer Fox).Sometimes the ghost is a forgotten residentlike a cop who was killed in the line ofduty in the early 20th century.

It’s always fun, educational and free tothe public. This year’s tour is Oct. 26.

I wrote about it last year and said: “It would seem that with all the charac-

ters I’ve been told about from our owntown, Elmwood would have no problemassembling an interesting ghost tour of

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Deanna Cantu speaks while acting out the part of Ada Taft, wife of Elmwood sculptor Lo-rado Taft, played in the background by John McClarey. The actors were part of the firstElmwood Township Cemetery Walk last Saturday. Photo by Jeff Lampe.

Work is still underway on a new library in Williamsfield that isscheduled to open to the public Monday. Photo by Jeff Lampe.

Brimfieldboard earnsapplause

Blood moona highlightof the sky

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A fun day with ‘ghosts’ of Elmwood

JonGALLAGHER

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BRIMFIELD: Kreiter named AD

MOON: Total lunar eclipse Sundayvery near its closest point to the Earth,also known as it perigee. That meansthat the moon will appear 14 percentlarger. So September’s full moon will belarger and brighter than normal, whichis called a Supermoon.

In addition to the Supermoon, a totallunar eclipse will take place on Sunday(Sept. 27). The moon will pass com-pletely into the Earth’s shadow, causingthe moon to appear red in color. This iscaused by light from the sun being bentby Earth’s atmosphere.

The red hue of the moon is the reasonthat they are often called a “bloodmoon.” A lunar eclipse is not an uncom-mon occurrence being visible, on aver-age every two and a half years. But theblood moon and the Supermoon occur-ring at the same time is an uncommonoccurrence. Since 1900 it has only oc-curred five times.

The Peoria Astronomical Society willhost an excellent opportunity to viewthis rare occurrence. On Sunday, head to

the Northmoor Observatory in DonovanPark in Peoria for an even better view ofthis event. This will also be an excellentopportunity to talk to some of the PeoriaAstronomical Society members and tolearn more about the night sky.

More information and details aboutthis event can be found at www.astro-nomical.org.

The wonders of the night sky are anexcellent opportunity to get out andenjoy the beauty that nature has to offerboth near and far.

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Houlihan said. “But I’m here to supportCoach Brandon Porter.”

Houlihan has three sons who have hador hope to have Porter as a coach, hesaid. The Indians have won back-to-backregional championships and “three Cs”explain how Porter made that happen.

“Competence. Character. Compas-sion,” Houlihan said. “We feel he has allof those.”

At least 40 people in a crowd whichnumbered more than 70 stood to ap-plaud.

“I’m also here to support Brandon,”agreed the second speaker, John Thomp-son. “Every parent should want their kidto play for a coach like him.”

Thompson reiterated the Indians’ suc-cess. He added that Porter is not here fora few years to build a record, but becausecoaching in his home town is Porter’sdream job.

He said voters put the school boardmembers in office to represent them andmore than 200 people have signed a peti-tion to support the coach.

“It’s pretty obvious what we want,”Thompson said, to additional applause.

It only took board members 40 min-utes in executive session to agree.

With little if any comment when it re-turned to the open meeting at 8:10 p.m.,the board used a unanimous voice vote toapprove: Deb Fisher’s retirement at theend of the 2017-2018 school year; resig-nations from cafeteria monitor TerriReeves and High school assistant basket-ball coach and assistant softball coachGuinevere Rhodes.

It took a 7-0 roll call vote to hire KevinKreiter as high school athletic director,Brandon Porter as high school baseballcoach, Phil Johnson as high school assis-tant baseball coach and Kurt Juerjens ashigh school softball coach.

The meeting adjourned at 8:12 p.m.The audience clapped.

Blessman’s contract, which expiresJune 30, was not on the Septemberagenda. The matter was said to be tabled“indefinitely.”

For acting as both BUSD superintend-ent and high school principal, Bless-man’s new contract says he would bepaid $116,638 for the 2016-2017 schoolyear. That would increase to $121,351for 2018-2019.


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THE WEEK AHEAD

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

at Elmwood Methodist Church Friday(Sept. 25), 10 a.m.

s Book Signing – Cathy Bowen willhost a book signing on Saturday (Sept.26) at 10 a.m. at Morri-son and Mary Wiley Li-brary. Her book “I am aDirt Sandwich” will befor sale for $15. Re-freshments served.

s Book Club – Brim-field Book Club meet-ing is Monday (Sept. 28) from 1-2:30p.m. at Brimfield Public Library in thestudy room. New members welcome.

s Historical Meeting – Elmwood His-torical Society meets Tuesday (Sept. 29)at 7 p.m. at the Lorado Taft Museum.

Future Eventss Swing Dance – Fall swing dance at

Brimfield Public Library is Oct. 3 from7-11 p.m. in the activity room. Beginnerlesson is from 7-8 p.m. DJ’d music from8-11 p.m. Call (309) 446-9575.

s Spoon River Drive – Spoon RiverDrive in Elmwood is October 3-4, 10-11on the square in Downtown Elmwoodand in Farmington at the Moose Lodgeand at Reed Park, as well as at variousstops outside both communities. Craft,food vendors, entertainment for children

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American Central Society Schlachtfestat Hickory Park in Dunlap is Oct. 4 from12-8 p.m. Music by Vogel Musik andAl’s Pals. Dinner is $10 with sides. Visit

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s Fish Orders – Peoria Co. SWCDFish Sale orders must be placed by Oct.9. Channel catfish, largemouth bass,blue gill and more. Pick up is Oct. 17 atDistrict Office in Peoria.

s Harvest Home Dinner – Yates CityHarvest Home Dinner is Oct. 15 at YatesCity Community Center from 4:30-7p.m. Dinner is $9. Fried chicken,mashed potatoes, vegetable, roll anddessert served.

s Craft Show – Galva Beta Sigma PhiAnnual Craft Show is Oct. 17 from 9a.m.-3 p.m. at Galva High School. Ad-mission $2. Under 13 free.

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The Weekly PostThe Weekly Post is published every Thursday (except the last

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Rambling through central Illinoispondering if it’s even worth wash-ing the truck.

uuuSo how prevalent is the “red

dog” in downtown Elmwood? Theother day, Farmers State Bank loanofficer Kim Sankhad to walk oneblock west fromthe bank to theluxurious Whit-ney & Potts, Ltd.office. Beforeleaving the bank,she applied lipgloss. Kim isstylish that way.But these days in Elmwood, that’s amistake. By the time Sank reachedthe lawyer’s office, she had red dogstuck to her lips. ... Over the years,folks in Elmwood have come togrudgingly accept red dog – cornchaff that floats around after beingdischarged by the Ag-Land FS ele-vator in town. The elevator em-ploys people and pays propertytaxes. The farm economy is hugehere. Red dog is a price you pay forthat relationship.

uuuBut all that was supposed to

change when a new drying systemwas put in place during an elevatorexpansion two years ago. Formermanager Chuck Doubet told theElmwood City Council back in2013 that expansion would “vastlyimprove” collection of corn-chaff

dust from the air and also reducetraffic. “We think it’s a win-win forthe company and the community.The new dust emission control unitwill help eliminate the dust.” ...People tend to remember com-ments like that, myself included. Iwas sitting on the council when weworked to help Ag-Land move for-ward with its expansion. Perhapsnaively, I believed the day wascoming when red dog would be athing of the past. ... Problem is, asanyone in Elmwood can tell you,that’s not happening. Piles of reddog line streets like snowdrifts. Ifanything, the chaff seems finer andmore pernicious nowadays.

uuuThat’s the scenario new Ag-Land

FS manager Justin Burke inheritedthis fall. And contrary to some re-ports floating like red dog on Face-book, Burke said there is no “parton back order” that has impactedthe collection system. “We had aslight breakdown and there’s beensome bugs in the system, but thedust collector is fully operationalright now,” Burke said Monday. Inother words, get used to the level ofred dog you have been inhaling inElmwood. This is the new normal.This is, to quote Chuck Doubet,“vastly improved.” Really? ... Burkedid say the problem seems to beworse when fans are running atopthe bins and corn is going into thebins. To cut down on that, workerswill try to limit how much they run

the fans when loading grain intobins. “That was kind of a learningexperience,” Burke said. Further-more, Burke said he’s not convincedthis year’s level of red dog is reallythat bad. “I think it’s actually mag-nified because we haven’t beenfully operational in a year, and lastyear seemed perfect,” he said.“We’re doing everything in ourcontrol and working with the city totry to mitigate the emissions.”

uuuMy first instinct when faced with

red dog billowing around is to blowmy nose, again, and say, “That’s theprice of doing business in small-town America.” Ag-Land is an em-ployer that pays taxes. It provides aneeded service to many farmers inthe area. Farmers help make oureconomy go – something nobodyshould forget. But the one thing thatreally rankles me about dirty cars,clogged filters and stuffy noses isthe feeling that we as a city weremisled. Because the “dust emissioncontrol” system is not working bet-ter than in years past. Not evenclose. ... Parting shot: Forgive meFather, for I have sinned. I prayedhard that Tom Brady would be bro-ken in half on Sunday. Actually, Ipray that every Sunday. But since itdidn’t happen, since he passed for466 yards and went home to a supermodel wife, can I get off with just afew Our Fathers?Contact Jeff Lampe at 231-6040 or

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Be more positive about Williamsfield schools

In the 20-plus years that I spentwriting a weekly column for theZephyr, a weekly Galesburgnewspaper thatpublished from1989 ’til thedeath of its pub-lisher in 2010,my picture ap-peared on itspages only once.

I guess pub-lisher NormWinick eitherthought that I was too ugly to fea-ture each week, or he didn’t wantto take up space that could havebeen used for a few more words.

Weekly Post editor/publisherJeff Lampe, however, makes suremy mug is prominently displayedeach week no matter how much Ibeg him (or readers, for that mat-

ter) to remove it.It was nice not having my pic-

ture beside my column in theZephyr. It allowed me to slinkaround without being noticed be-cause not a whole lot of peopleknew what I looked like. When Igot ready to revamp the Zephyrand start publishing it again threeyears after it had stopped, I wasable to stand behind two reportersfrom the daily paper as theytrashed me and my efforts.

It helped fuel the fire that droveme to publish the newspaper for30 weeks before my health finallygave out.

Here with the Post, you’re“blessed” each week with a faceonly three daughters could love.

Over the past two years, I’vebeen recognized – A LOT!

I’ve had complete strangers

come up to me in stores to tell methat they enjoy the column. It’shappened here in Elmwood,Farmington, Yates City, Brimfield,Williamsfield and even Canton.

I appreciate the kind wordsmore than you’ll ever know, andit’s nice to know that someone isreading this stuff that I churn outon a regular basis.

I’ve even had people call me.My phone number isn’t a secret,but it does take some work to findit. So far everyone’s been compli-mentary, and I understand that noone has yet purchased vast quanti-ties of tar and/or feathers, so that’sa positive thing.

Recently, I was in a local store,minding my own business, when alady came up to me and blockedmy shopping cart.

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GUEST VOICES


Being recognized not always good

JonGALLAGHER

To the Editor:I wanted to express my concern

over a story (“Education guru vis-its Billtown”) in the Sept. 17 edi-tion of The Weekly Post.

I felt the negative tenor of thearticle was, in effect, a diminish-ment of the honor that a visit fromthe U.S. Education Secretary war-ranted. Arnie Duncanbestowed nothing butpositives on theWilliamsfield schooldistrict, and the re-porter, Bill Knight,failed to enlighten thepublic of the fact that merelybeing chosen as one of the high-lighted schools was a tremendoushonor.

Tying the board of education re-port to the Duncan article ap-peared as nothing more thanpromoting the negative agenda ofspecific community members.

Equal billing should have beenafforded for positive feedback.The headline on the continuationof the story was unnecessary andmisleading. Also, several items,which were reported on at theboard meeting, failed to get men-tioned, including open house andGrandparents Day. Maybe theywere too positive?

Unbiased reporting is what yourreadership has come to expectfrom the Post. It would be nice tosee it continue.

– Patty Burgin, DahindaMany positives to reportfor Williamsfield schoolsTo the Editor:

After reading last week’s article

“Education guru visits Billtown,”I was once again left feeling letdown by The Weekly Post’s cov-erage and portrayal of Williams-field Schools. I approached thisarticle thinking it was going tohighlight Arne Duncan, TheUnited States Secretary of Educa-tion’s, visit to Williamsfield

schools. Shockingly, Iwas quickly provenwrong when the arti-cle switched gears.

Therefore, I wouldlike to highlight someof the positive things I

witness on an ongoing basis atWilliamsfield schools.

Our teachers are doing amazingthings for our students every day.They have worked very hard atimplementing Open EducationResources and are proud to be aleading school in the nation forthis task. Our teachers strive tomake the best learning environ-ment by making their rooms asafe, happy, comfortable placewhere our students can learn,thrive and become the best ver-sion of themselves.

Students genuinely enjoy theirclasses, teachers, and extensiveaccess to information since imple-menting OER all because of thelearning environment that hasbeen created for them by ourteachers. Williamsfield teachersare preparing our students for thefuture and the real world.

Superintendent Tim Farquer andPrincipal Zack Binder are doingamazing things for our studentsevery day. They are assistingteachers in implementing the most

current technology to provide ourstudents with the best educationpossible, all while maintaining abalanced budget (with a $50,000+surplus), completing teacher eval-uations to align with recently im-plemented state standards andassisting teachers with creativeways to improve their classroomfunctionality, creating safety plansand building lifelong relationshipswith the students.

Farquer and Binder diligentlypromote Williamsfield schools atnumerous events throughout thearea. They participate in commu-nity events such as Ag Day, theannual Williamsfield Schools car-nival and volunteer coaching sum-mer ball teams.

They are two of the most pas-sionate and dedicated administra-tors I have seen walking the hallsof Williamsfield Schools since Iwas a student there. It’s an honorto have these two men “comeback to their roots” to enrich thelives of Williamsfield students.

Our ancillary staff are alsodoing amazing things for our stu-dents every day. They are provid-ing additional assistance toteachers so they can be more in-volved with the classroom activi-ties and provide additional 1:1interactions. They are tutoring ourstudents to help them strengthentheir weaknesses.

Williamsfield Schools, teachers,administrators and ancillary staffare doing amazing things for ourstudents every day. – Amanda Secrist, Williamsfield

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DOUGLAS – First respondersfrom B.Y.E. Ambulance, Elba-Salem Fire Protection District andthe Knox County Sheriff’s Officewere called to the scene hereabout 8 a.m. on Monday for amedical emergency, officials said.

An infant with critical respira-tory issues was the patient, ac-cording to authorities, whorequested a Life Flight helicopter,which landed in a lot north of Illi-nois Route 8.

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“Maybe,” I answered cau-tiously. “Do you like what hewrites?”

“No!” she snapped, setting herjaw. “He’s a smart (alec), andsometimes he needs to beslapped!”

Now if you think I was going totake credit for my column andadmit to being me after that, thennext time I see you I’m going topoint at you and laugh.

“Why’s that?” I asked, trying tomake sure the cart was between usand that there was an escape routehandy.

“He makes fun of people! Hemade fun of some hillbillies

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“Wasn’t it two cents out of sev-eral million that they were givingaway?”

At least she understood that thecolumn was intended as an insult.

“Well I wouldn’t complain, nomatter how much it was. He madefun of the hospital that he stayedin too!”

“Doesn’t he make fun of him-self quite a bit?” I asked. “Seemslike he had fun talking about howhe went skating for his grand-daughter’s birthday, or when hefell and broke his arm, or chasinga turtle across the parking lot andlosing.”

“Well I don’t remember that! I

just know he thinks he’s smarterthan everybody else and some-times he needs to be slapped.”

I thought that I was going to getout it with just a scolding when aman walked up behind the lady, aguy I had worked with severalyears ago in Galesburg.

He saw me and his face lit up.“Why, Jon Gallagher, you old sonof a gun! I haven’t seen you inforever! How you doin’?”

It was like someone pulled aplug on the lady’s chin and all thecolor drained out. She actuallygasped and put a hand to hermouth. I’m not sure how he wasrelated to the lady, but it was obvi-ous that they were together.

“Well, I was doing pretty good’til you got here,” I replied, a littlesheepishly. “But something tellsme I’m about to get slapped.”


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Princeville school board OK’s budgetBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

PRINCEVILLE – ThePrinceville Board of Education onSept. 15 unanimously approved a2015-16 budget showing a$449,000 deficit in its three oper-ating funds, which breaks down toshortfalls in Educational($325,215), Operations & Mainte-nance ($28,699) and Transporta-tion ($138,239), but a positivebalance in Working Cash of$42,580.

“We continue to work to reduceour deficit spending,” said Super-intendent Shannon Duling. “Wehave made many difficult deci-sions and will continue to do whatwe can to reduce the deficit. It isour hope that State funding willimprove to take some of the pres-sure off of District resources andour taxpayers.”

The complete budget also shows$6,725,000 planned in CapitalProjects, reflecting the construc-tion project.

“This is the first year we’re re-ally paying back on the bond,”Duling said.

The budget numbers are esti-mated since the District’s auditisn’t finished, he said.

Brian Faulkner from P. J. Hoerrreported on progress by the 17contractors working on the con-

struction, and said the work is onschedule to enclose the junior highand gym additions. Structural steelis expected to arrive for the class-room addition Oct. 12.

Also, Faulkner said he expectsthat pre-cast panels for the newgymnasium will be delivered andinstalled in the middle of Octoberand walls for the junior high addi-tion should be finished by the endof next month, weather permitting.

“Even though we had to post-pone school for two weeks, we areexcited at all of the changes to theinside of both schools,” Dulingsaid. “Both schools have receivednumerous safety enhancements,including new electrical outletsand safety lighting at the elemen-tary building and a new, secureentry at the high school.

“Our new labs at the high schoolare state of the art and many ofour classrooms at the high schoolhave also been fully renovated.Hopefully the weather will coop-erate and we will see the walls,steel, and roofs completed on thenew junior high and gym additionsbefore the snow starts to fly!”

Duling commented that uncer-tainty in Springfield remains aconcern.

“We’re pretty sure we’ll have todo an amended budget, with allthe things with the state – maybe

in December,” he said, adding, “Ifthe [proposed] property tax freezeis approved, it’ll be very detrimen-tal to us.”

In other business, the Board• unanimously approved a new

English as a Second Languagecurriculum;

• tentatively scheduled monthlysmall-group meetings betweenBoard members and teachers tostart Oct. 30;

• heard High School PrincipalRich Thole report that enrollmentdeclined slightly, down 5 studentsto 774 District-wide;

• heard Grade School PrincipalJulie Bayliss say that the Districtnow has 1-to-1 Chromebookusage down to 3rd grade, withGrades 7-12 permitted to take thedevices home;

• accepted resignations by Jes-sica Nichols (K-6 Physical Educa-tion) and by Monica Grant(Academic Challenge sponsor);and approved hiring MindyBruner (aide), Ashlyn Cole (busmonitor), Candace Forbess (dri-ver) and Sarah Giddings (aide);and

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“This was accomplishedthrough: 1. careful financial plan-ning on behalf of all LibraryBoards over the past 10 years, 2.generous donor and memorialgifts; and 3. in-kind donationsfrom many, for construction, main-tenance, and more,” Fritz said.

The Village of Williamsfield do-nated land for the new library andthe Williamsfield High SchoolBuilding Trades Program con-tributed thousands of man-hours tothe project and helped save moneyin the process.

The library board bought thenew location Aug. 13 from theWilliamsfield School District for$426,330 and sold its old locationSept. 2 to Richard L. and Marcia J.Brown, Wataga, for $33,600.

Director Gayla Karrick thankedpatrons for being so patient. The li-

brary was scheduled to open Sept.8 after moving from its former lo-cation, but encountered delays.

“We can’t wait for people to startcoming in,” Karrick said Tuesday.“They have been so understand-ing.”

The new facility is three timeslarger than the previous buildingand will include a separate room

for a children’s section, a confer-ence room with kitchen, an adultreading area and a teen section.

There’s also much more shelfspace for books. And the librarywas able to save money displayingall those extra books by purchasingold shelves from the FarmingtonPublic Library when it opened itsnew facility.

Continued from Page 1 Williamsfield PublicLibrary DirectorGayla Karrick (left)and youth directorTama Smith werebusy unpackingboxes and arrang-ing books in ad-vance of Monday’sopening of the newlibrary building.Photo by JeffLampe.



GHOSTS: A cool way to learn about historytheir own.

“It’s a cool way tolearn about the history ofan area without havingthe ‘history’ part of itforce fed. There are somany interesting tidbitsto learn that everyone isentertained throughout.”

Last Saturday, the Elm-wood Development As-sociation did just that!They sponsored a Ceme-tery Walk in the Elm-wood TownshipCemetery and featuredthe “ghosts” of sevenElmwood residents.

Tracy Parrish helpedorganize the event andsaid 140 tickets weresold, which exceeded ex-pectations.

“Walter Ruppman isexecutive director of thePeoria Historical societyand he said if we sold100 tickets it would be asuccess,” Parrish said.“So we were very happy.Everybody worked anddid awesome. We’re al-ready talking about doingit again next year.”

If you missed theevent, you should veryseriously consider kick-ing yourself in the butt. Ifyou have trouble doingthat, just ask around andI’m sure (at least in mycase) there will be atleast one volunteer.

The EDA outdid them-selves with this program.The actors and actresseswere wonderful, the re-search was spot on, and itwas a perfect fall after-noon for such an event.Young kids enjoyed itjust as much as those ofus who have a little moreseasoning in us.

We began by visitingthe gravesite of LoradoTaft and his wife Ada.Mrs. Taft, portrayed byDeanna Cantu, told ofher husband’s life as he(John McClarey)sculpted in the back-ground.

McClarey, a real-lifesculptor whose work isfeatured world wide, wasbusy creating two busts,one of Lorado Taft, whilewe watched.

Franke Keefer took onthe role of Laura Brown,wife of E.L. Brown, whobrought electricity toElmwood. She told of herhusband’s businesses andthe 22-room house called“Eleron” which stillstands in the north sec-tion of town, just southof the cemetery.

Carroll Inskeep andKarl Taylor teamed up toplay Anne Jay and herhusband Nelson DeanJay. Mr. Jay began life inElmwood working at hisfather’s grocery store be-

fore going on to KnoxCollege, then becominghighly decorated inWorld War I.

Jay later took over op-erations for J.P. Morganand the banking industryin France after the war,but he returned regularlyto Elmwood. The Jayswere responsible formany of the trees plantedin the park before the tor-nado ripped them out.

Few people had everheard of Ralph Kilpatrick(played by Rusty Koll).He was just an ordinarycitizen but was a familiarsight to folks at Elm-wood High School sport-ing events and aroundtown.

But he passed alongthe most important mes-sage of the day: No mat-ter who you are, or howinsignificant you mightthink you are, you arestill part of the quilt thatmakes up present-dayElmwood. He was veryinspirational.

Finally, Olivia Phelps,the wife of William J.Phelps, talked about howElmwood began. Herhusband had walked toFarmington from Peoria,following Indian trails,then headed north toclaim land for a farm.

He was influential inplotting out the town,bringing the railroadthrough, and naming thetown Elmwood. Oliviahelped to name thestreets and her obsessionwith trees and flowers isquite evident.

Olivia was portrayedby an actual niece of thePhelps’ (several times re-moved), Cindy WebsterAlcaraz.

The tour lasted aboutan hour, and many in at-tendance were left want-ing more. Everyoneinvolved, from the actorsand actresses to directorMit Beres, to the behind-the-scenes people whosold tickets or pointedpeople toward parkingspaces, should be proudof the work they did.

My only suggestionswould be to have somesort of tram for those ofus who have trouble get-ting around, and perhapsto incorporate the busi-ness district as well(ghosts of store ownersmight be very interest-ing).

I hope they do it againnext year and that theturnout is even better.

To all those involved,please consider this my“standing ovation” foryour performance.


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Historic Phelps Barn foundation fixedBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – “Facelift” doesn’tdescribe the work just completedon the historic Phelps Barn about amile south of town.

The construction wasn’t cos-metic, but crucial, says Francis Bar-ton, who donated the key stop onthe 19th century Underground Rail-road to the Elmwood CommunityFoundation, along with the twoacres on which it rests.

“It would’ve fallen down if wehadn’t done it,” says Barton, wholed a group of volunteers includinghis sons Bernard and John, plusBob Cafferty, Dale Runyon andothers. “We have a preservationcommittee and raised the money lo-cally to get it done.”

The project benefited from a do-nation by the Roffey family inmemory of the late Alice Roffey, along-time president of the Elm-wood Historical Society who diedin 2013 at the age of 99.

The barn, situated on Wiley Roadat Graham Chapel Road, now has anew foundation on its North andWest sides.

“We poured solid, six-foot wallsand topped that with three rows ofblocks,” Barton said.

Phelps Barn was structurally re-stored in June of 2003, when vol-unteers from across the countrycame to Elmwood to help the Tim-ber Framers Guild repair and re-place portions of the wooden

building to stabilize it in a histori-cally accurate condition.

History is at the core of PhelpsBarn. William J. Phelps was anearly settler andfarmer whobuilt a homenear a grove ofelm trees,which henamed Elm-wood. After he became local post-master, the Post Office, railroadstation and community all becameknown as Elmwood. Phelps alsobecame a trustee at Knox College,a hotbed of anti-slavery activists,and he was close to abolitionists.

“The Phelps Barn still bears across-shaped cut-out at its peak

that, when illuminated at night, wasa signal that it was safe to bringfugitive slaves through the area,”said Galesburg scholar Owen

Muelder, author of2009’s “The Under-ground Railroad inWestern Illinois" anddirector of the Under-ground Railroad Free-dom Center at Knox

College.“The engraving illustrates the

risks taken by both fugitive slavesand Underground Railroad opera-tors in the cause of freedom,” hesaid.

The cause can be rememberedfor much longer thanks to volun-teers strengthening the foundation.

Volunteers have helped rebuild the foundation of the historic Phelps Banrlocated south of Elmwood. Photo by Dale Runyon.



BRIEFSFaith United Block Partyset for this Sunday

YATES CITY – The youth of theFaith United Presbyterian Churchin Yates City will hold a third an-nual Free Community Block Partyon Sept. 27 from 1-4 p.m.

Family events include entertain-ment by Professor Dum Dum theclown (who does juggling, magictricks and balloon art), inflatablesby M&K Parties, laser tag, a cakewalk, carnival games, bingo, food,popcorn, face painting, door prizes,snow cones and more.

All activities are free and open tothe public.Peoria County SWCDselling fish for ponds

PEORIA – The Peoria CountySoil and Water Conservation Dis-trict is currently taking orders for itsfall fish sale.

This sale is for pond stocking pur-poses and includes channel catfish,largemouth bass, bluegill, redear,hybrid redear, crappie, hybrid sun-fish, fathead minnows and grasscarp. Different sizes and quantitiesare available.

For order forms or to learn morevisit peoriacountyswcd.tripod.comor call (309) 671-7040 Ext. 3.

Orders for grass carp must be re-ceived by Oct. 1. All other fish mustbe ordered by Oct. 9 with thepickup scheduled for Oct. 17 at theDistrict office, which is located at

6715 N Smith Road in Edwards.Schlachtfest Oct. 4 atHickory Grove Park

DUNLAP – On Oct. 4, the PeoriaGerman-American Central Societywill be hosting its annual Schlacht-fest at Hickory Grove Park, 12403Hickory Grove Rd., Dunlap, justoff of Route 40 near Lake of theWoods from noon to 8 pm.

The event is open to the public. Schlachtfest or slaughter fest is a

old German tradition related to theslaughtering of animals in the Fallbefore Winter sets in.

The fest has been combined witha celebration of German-AmericanDay and as a kick-off to German-American Heritage month in Peo-ria. German-American Day isofficially Oct. 6.

The first German settlement inAmerican was established at Ger-mantown, Pennsylvania on Oct. 6,

1683. In 1987 Ronald Reagansigned S.J. Resolution 108 into lawrecognizing this date.

The holiday was originally cele-brated during the 19th Century, butdied out in World War I. The holi-day was reestablished by RonaldReagan in 1983 to commemoratethe 300th anniversary of the firstGerman settlers to the colonies.

About one in four Americansclaim to be of German descent.Even though Germans have settledin the United States for over 300years, the first German settlers did-n’t arrive in Peoria until the 1830’s.

Schlachtfest and German-Ameri-can Day Celebration features Ger-man food and entertainment.

Complete German Dinners withSides are $10.

There will also be a shootingtent, bags and a German gift tent.For more information visit the web-site: www.peoriagermans.net.

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By GINNY HOWARDFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – TheBrimfield High SchoolClass of 1965 celebratedits 50th year class reunionduring the Brimfield OldSettlers 2015.

We were pleased tohave 15 in attendance ofthe 28 who crossed thestage at graduation. Wehave lost three classmateswho have passed: JohnnyBinder, James Schaub andRichard Higgin.

A few brave souls rodea float in the parade be-fore the group enjoyed aguided tour of the newBrimfield High School.

The class then had din-ner catered into the schoolcafeteria. The after partywent into the wee hoursof the morning – even to1 a.m. for a few.

We shared lots of mem-ories and stories to recallwith lots of laughter. Andas usual for our class “agood time was had byall.”

The parade truck wasdriven by Gene Higgs,Brimfield with co-pilotChuck Barnewolt ofBartlett. Float riders in thepicture above included(left to right) John Kirtley,Calif.; Tom (Boyd) Shaf-fer, S.C.; Ruth (Blundy)Hutto, Woodridge; Ginny

(Virginia Miller) Howard,Dahinda; Mary Kae(Dungan) Fronheiser,Ariz.; Rita (O’Toole)Schneider, Calif.; andFred Carroll, Brimfield.

The other picture in-cludes the entire group.Those also attending in-cluded Linda (Bridson)Doubet, Elmwood; Barb(White) Sandall, Peoria;Carolyn Catton, Peoria;and Bob Cluskey, Fla.Not pictured was VernonHasselbacher.

Brimfield class of ’65 celebrates



Question not how, but why dofolks enjoy eating hot peppers?

By RON DIETERFor The Weekly Post

In the culinary world, there are fanclubs for just about every kind of foodcategory. Chocolates, beers, wines,olives, breads, and even tomatoes allhave aficionados who savor and appreci-ate the almost imperceptible nuances offlavor and aroma of their favorite food.

I enjoy trying samples of all thesefoods, but there’s one group that I lackthe courageor staminato join. Itsmembers relish self-inflicted pain. I’mtalking about theloyal devotees ofhot peppers.

There is a wide variety of peppers ofthe harmless sort, generally called sweetpeppers, with flavors sweet and mild.The most familiar one, bell pepper, is amainstay in sauces, salads, andcasseroles. It is most often available instores as a green pepper, but there aremany varieties in various shades of yel-low, pink, red, purple, and white.

Most of these colored peppers start outgreen and finally mature to red. To methey all taste the same, but the colorsmake a good salad look even more ap-pealing. The large bell peppers, so calledbecause the hang from the plant like abell, are great for stuffing.

Other varieties of sweet peppers arebanana-shaped and usually yellow or redwhen mature. They're great in salads andrelishes.

Newer varieties are coming onto thescene, such as the crunchy snack-sizedpeppers, great for a lunchbox. Surpris-ingly nutritious, one serving has more vi-tamin C than an orange, lots of vitamin Eand only 29 calories.

It’s easy to grow your own if you don'tset them out too early. They absolutelyhate cold weather and cold feet, so it’sbest to wait until late May when nightsand soil are warmer.

But pepper fanatics are not into thesemild-mannered sweet peppers, nutritionand growing hints. For them it’s all aboutheat – the heat of hot peppers.

That heat comes from capsaicin, achemical compound which makes yourmouth burn, your nose run, your eyeswater, and steam come out of your ears.For today’s hot pepper connoisseur, themore capsaicin, the better.

A pepper’s capsaicin content depends

not only on the genetics of the plant, butalso the soil in which it is grown. NewMexico is known for its hot pepper pro-duction.

For a long time, hot pepper fans werehappy with the habanero pepper, onceconsidered the hottest pepper in theworld. But then the search for somethinghotter began to yield some serious com-petition.

As new hot pepper varieties camealong, pepper lovers needed a way to

measure the heat. Enter WilburScoville, a pharmacist whoin 1912 developed a way to

measure the heat in a hotpepper and assign a numbercalled the Scoville Heat Unit

(SHU). Although there are moreaccurate ways to measure pepper heattoday, the Scoville scale is still used torate hot pepper varieties.

Now I am a pansy when it comes tohot peppers. The hottest pepper I can tol-erate is paprika with an SHU of 900,roughly the same as milk. Compare thatto the long-favored habanero with anSHU of 350,000 to 500,000. That’s 500times hotter than paprika.

Count me out, but there’s way moreheat than that for those with ironclad oralcavities. Five or ten years ago a deadlypepper made its way here from India.Called the Bhut Jolokia, it has an SHU of1,000,000 and is 400 times hotter thanTabasco sauce.

In 2007, the Guinness Book of WorldRecords named the Bhut Jolokia (alsocalled ghost pepper and pictured abovein all its wrinkly, hot glory) the hottestpepper in the world.

That title passed quickly from pepperto pepper with the current record holderbeing the Carolina Reaper. It looks like ashriveled-up bright red ping pong ballwith a scorpion’s tail (how appropriate).With an SHU of 2,200,000, it's twice ashot as Bhut Jolokia.

Just for reference, police-grade pepperspray has 2,500,000 to 5,000,000 SHU'sdepending upon dilution. Pure capsaicinyields 16,000,000 SHU’s.

Hot pepper fanatics tell me there aresubtle flavors that develop on your palletjust seconds before the heat kicks in.They even describe these flavors like anoenophile describes the flavors of a rarewine. I’ll never know.

“How do you eat something this hot?”you ask. The question is not, “How?”

The question is, “Why?”




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Kickapoo Township saves $20,000 on roadsBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

KICKAPOO – Final costs forseal-coating work throughoutKickapoo Township not onlywere completed on schedule thissummer, Trustees heard at theirmonthly meeting Monday. The$213,000 bill was $20,000 lessthan the accepted bid.

“It came in OK originally butyou have to keep in mind that es-timates might be based on 20-footor whatever widths, and they getthere and it’s only 18,” said RoadCommissioner Dan Kelch. “Thatcan add up over the miles on dif-

ferent roads.”Kelch also reported that people

who live in more urban neighbor-hoods within Kickapoo Townshipshould be expecting road sweep-ing in the next few weeks.

In other news,• Tax Collector Bob Barth and

others reported increased dump-ing in spots, including on Koernerand Brauer Roads. Townshipcrews in the last several weekshave had to collect illegally dis-carded tires from various ditches,and are making plans to recycleor dispose of about 350 discarded

tires they’ve had to pick up; and• Trustees started discussing up-

grades to the Kickapoo ballparkat Main and Vine Street, espe-cially restrooms, the concessionstand and playing fields.

In particular, softball teamsmay need more and better dirt di-amonds in the greater Peoria areasince some parks are going to turfinfields.

The Township may pursuegrants or coordinate with the non-profit Kickapoo Baseball Associ-ation for fund raising.

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Alice ThompsonHANNA CITY – Alice Irene

Monroe Thompson, 101, of HannaCity died at 6:24 p.m. on Monday,Sept. 14, 2015, at her home.

She was born to Ira F. Monroe,Sr. and Myrtle (Bontz) Monroe onJan. 17, 1914.She married PaulD. Thompson onSept. 4, 1943. Hepreceded her indeath in Septem-ber 1997.

She is survivedby two children,Nancy (David)Welker and Doug(Wendy Fadness), both of HannaCity; eight grandchildren, Erin(Paul) Musick, Karrie, Lynley(Kelly) Krakowiecki; Joshua(Rachel) Welker, Brett Welker,Gavin Welker, Ryan (Megan)Welker, and Noah Welker; 10great grandchildren, Maissie,Mykah, Collin, Mclayn, McKena,Brenna, Alli, Teagan, Jonah, andClaire; one brother, Ira F. Jr. (Vir-ginia) Monroe, and many niecesand nephews.

She was preceded in death byher parents, brother, James(Eloise) Monroe, sister, Eva Mae(Charles) Hudson and sister, Eu-nice Monroe.

Alice spent her early years inrural Hanna City and graduatedfrom Peoria Central High Schoolin 1931. She learned very earlythe value of hard work as shetoiled alongside her father and sib-lings on her parents’ farm and or-chard.

Before marriage, she was em-ployed by Fleming and Potter La-beling Company, eventually as asupervisor. Her involvement inPeoria County Rural Youth led toher meeting her husband, Paul.

After marriage, she became aworking farm wife. She foundtime to be active in her church aswell as being integrally involvedin the lives of her son, daughter,and grandchildren.

Alice and Paul spent their first27 years together farming in ruralElmwood. They then moved toHanna City and continued farmingthere for 27 years.

We wish to thank her wonderfulcaregivers; niece, Louise Thomp-

son, who was with her for 10years, Debbie Wills, Wanda Ben-nett, and grandchildren, Mykahand Collin Krakowiecki, whomade her final years comfortableand happy. She loved you dearly.

Alice was a member of theHanna City Methodist Church. Avisitation was Sept. 17, 2015.

Burial and a funeral was Sept.18 at Elmwood Township Ceme-tery.

Memorials may be made to theHanna City Methodist Church orthe Logan-Trivoli Fire Depart-ment.

Oaks-Hines Funeral Home inElmwood was in charge ofarrangements.

To leave condolences, visitwww.oakshinesfuneralhome.com.

Gerald L. SchmittKICKAPOO – Gerald L.

Schmitt, 81, of Cody, Wyo.,brother of a Kickapoo woman,died Sept. 21, 2015.

Born in Peoria on April 27,1934, Schmitt is survived by hiswife Dee Schmitt of Cody, Wyo.Other survivors include twodaughters, Tracy (Thayne) Rumseyof Utah and Renee (Troy) Jones ofCody, Wyoming; several grand-children and great-grandchildren;and sister Jeannette Shynk ofKickapoo.

Gerald was a member of the Op-erating Engineers Local 649.

Burial will be in Wyoming.Sharon Conner

DAHINDA – Sharon K. Conner,66, of Galesburg, mother of aDahinda woman, died Sept. 20 atOSF St. Francis Medical Center inPeoria.

She married Gary W. Conner Sr.on Sept. 30, 1967, in Kewanee. Hepreceded her in death June 6,2014. She was also preceded in

death by her parents; one sister,Lorraine Owens; and one brother,Edward Workheiser.

Survivors include her children,Susan (Dave) Williams ofDahinda, Richard (Laura) Connerof Galesburg, and Gary (Becky)Conner Jr. of Knoxville.

She worked for GalesburgSchool District 205 in the cafete-ria. She enjoyed shopping, goingto yard sales and was very activewith her grandchildren.

Services were Sept. 23 at Hurd-Hendricks Fellowship Center inKnoxville.

Cremation rites were accordedfollowing the services.

Condolences may be left atwww.hurd-hendricksfuneral-home.com.Ashlynn Marie Coulter

YATES CITY – Ashlynn MarieCoulter of Yates City passed awayMonday, Sept. 21, 2015 in Dou-glas.

She was born Sept. 3, 2015 atSt. Mary Medical Center in Gales-burg, the daughter of CourtneyWoods and Ross Coulter both ofYates City.

Ashlynn is also survived by hergrandparents; Tina and Ross Coul-ter of Yates City, and Tammy andPaul Woods of Grand Island,Neb.;two great grandmothers,Linda Cassel of Yates City andNancy Zurcher of Andover; onegreat-great grandmother, DorothyCassel of Yates City; aunts anduncles Sherry and CJ Cassel, ofYates City, Robert and Shelly Cas-sel of Yates City, Cody Woods ofNebraska, Paul Woods of Pennsyl-vania, Brittany Woods of Ne-braska; great aunt and uncle; Johnand Chrissy Zurcher of Andover;and many cousins.

Visitation will be held on Friday(Sept. 25, 2015) from 12 p.m. to 1p.m. at the Hurd-Hendricks Fu-neral Home and Crematory inKnoxville.

The funeral service will begin at11 p.m. on Friday. Interment willtake place at the Yates City Ceme-tery, in Yates City.

Memorial donations may be leftto the family to assist with funeralexpenses.

Online condolences can bemade at www.hurd-hendricksfu-neralhome.

This Week’s Obituaries• Sharon K. Conner, 66, Dahinda• Ashlynn Marie Coulter, YatesCity• Donnie Dickerson, 38, YatesCity• John Johnson, 89, Elmwood• Kenneth Parker, 71, Brimfield• Gerald L. Schmitt, 81, Kickapoo• Alice Thompson, 101, HannaCity• John Unes, 87, Brimfield

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Pastor Leonard Thomas135 S. Galena St., Brimfield

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

Thurs. Bible Study: 7 pmUnion Church at BrimfieldUnited Church of ChristPastor Stephen Barch

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

Sunday Worship: 9 amTuesday Bible Study: 6:30 pmFirst Sunday each month isCommunion Sunday (glutenfree communion offered)

EDWARDSBethany Baptist Church7422 N. Heinz Ln., Edwards

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Christ Alive! Community ChurchPastor Lance Zaerr

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

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Crossroads Assembly of GodPastor Tim Cavallo

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

www.crossroadselmwood.orgWed. Worship: 7 pm

Sun. Worship: 10:30 amElmwood Baptist ChurchPastor Dennis Fitzgerald

701 W. Dearborn St., Elmwood(309) 742-7631, 742-7911

Sun. School: 9:30 amSun Worship: 10:30 am, 6 pmWed. Prayer Meeting: 7 pmFirst Presbyterian Church

of ElmwoodReverend Marla B. Bauler201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood

(309) 742-2631firstpresbyterianofelmwood.orgSun. Worship: 10:30 amSun. School: 9:30 am

St. Patrick’sCatholic ChurchFather Paul Stiene

802 W. Main St., Elmwood(309) 742-4921

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Tues. Rosary: 8:15 amUnited Methodist Church

of ElmwoodPastor Bradley F. Watkins II

821 W. Main St., Elmwood(309) 742-7221

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First Presbyterian Churchof Farmington

Reverend Dr. Linda Philabaun83 N. Cone Street, Farmington

(309) 245-2914www.firstpresfarmington.comSunday School: 9:30 amFellowship: 10:30 amWorship: 11:00 am

New Hope FellowshipAssembly of GodPastor Tom Wright

1102 N. Illinois Route 78Farmington

(309) 245-2957Sun. Worship: 10 am

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420 E. Woertz, Princeville

(309) 385-4487

[email protected]

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(309) 358-1170

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Donnie DickersonYATES CITY – Donnie Lee

Dickerson, 38, of Yates City diedSept. 6 at Passavant Hospital inJacksonville.

Donnie was born Sept. 15, 1976,in Lubbock,Texas, the son ofRobert andLorene Vef Dick-erson. He marriedAmy McCoy onOct. 1, 2000.

Survivors in-clude his wife,Amy Dickersonof Yates City; two sons, Damienand Dale; his mother, LoreneDickerson of Brimfield; brothersMichael Dickerson of Monticello,Ind., and Quincy Ford of Lub-bock, Texas; and several niecesand nephews.

He was preceded in death by hisfather, Robert Dickerson; and hiscousin and best friend, Josh Baird.Donnie attended school in Brim-field and was a member of theBrimfield Union Church.

Cremation has been accordedand a celebration of Donnie’s lifewill be announced at a later date.

Condolences may be left atwww.haskellhott.com.

John JohnsonELMWOOD – John B. Johnson,

89, of Metamora, grandfather ofan Elmwood man, died Sept. 18 atthe OSF Richard L. Owens Hos-pice Home in Peoria.

Survivors include his wifeLoretta (Seek) Johnson; childrenLinda (John) Zimmerman of EastPeoria, Lori (Steve) Nichol ofMorton and Jan (Lynda) Johnsonof Pekin; and grandchildren J.Brandon (Nicki) Johnson of Elm-wood, Jennifer (Rob) Pickerill ofMorton, Courtney (John) Dennyof Canton, Carissa Johnson of

Clermont, Fla., and Adam (fianceeKim Galvante) Nichol of SanFrancisco, Calif.

A celebration of life service forJohn was Sept. 22 at Deiters Fu-neral Home and Crematory in EastPeoria, with interment at SwanLake Memory Gardens in Peoria.

Condolences may be left atwww.deitersfuneralhome.com.

Kenneth ParkerBRIMFIELD – Kenneth L.

“Ken” Parker, 71, of Metamora,grandfather of a Brimfield man,died Sept. 14 at OSF Richard L.Owens Hospice Home in Peoria.

Survivors include his wife, Ju-dith (Lane) Parker; children Trina(Richard) Dotson and Kenneth L.Parker II, both of Metamora;grandchildren Jacob Parker ofBrimfield and Riley Parker ofPeoria Heights; and great-grand-daughter, Brie Waddell of PeoriaHeights.

Ken was a veteran of the U.S.Navy, serving for 28 years and re-tiring as a senior chief petty offi-cer. He worked as a nuclearelectrician on submarines. He laterworked as a supervisor for Cater-pillar Inc. at the proving grounds.

Ken enjoyed fishing and was aCardinals and Dolphins fan. Hewas a family man through andthrough.

Cremation rites have been ac-corded. No services will be held.Memorials may be given in Ken'sname to OSF Hospice, 2265 W.Altorfer Drive, Peoria, IL 61615.

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John UnesBRIMFIELD – John L. Unes,

87, of Peoria, father of a Brimfieldman, died Sept. 12 at the OSFRichard L. Owens Hospice Home.

Survivors include his wife,Pauline (Shadid) Unes, with

whom he just celebrated their 66thwedding anniversary; and childrenRobert J. (Helen) Unes of Brim-field, Susan A. (Robert) Roling,Karen L. (Roger)Waldo, MichaelP. (Ann) Unes allof Peoria, MaryB. Unes ofTempe, Ariz.,and Dr. MicheleA. (Timothy)Couri of Peoria.

John graduatedfrom St. Patrick’sCatholic grade school in 1942 andManual High School in 1946 andstarted as an apprentice cabinetmaker at Velde Cabinet in Pekin.He worked for many years in thePeoria area as a master carpenterbefore starting his own construc-tion business in 1974.

John’s building legacy includesthe construction of several homes,including his own that he startedat the age of 26; numerousschools; St. Paul United Church ofChrist in Pekin and its toweringsteeple; several Catholic churchrenovations in the central Illinoisarea; along with the Junction Citybuildings, boardwalk and itsiconic wooden water tower.

The project that he was mostproud of was his family. John wasa pillar of strength for them.

John was a charter member ofSt. Vincent de Paul CatholicChurch in Peoria

His funeral Mass was Sept. 19at St. Vincent de Paul CatholicChurch in Peoria, with burial inSt. Joseph’s Cemetery.

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Children can enjoy avariety of games, craftsand demonstrations in-cluding a blacksmith,honey bees, cider press-ing, block and tackle,corn shelling, combineand white tractor showingand a leather guild.

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Farmington council votes down beer gardensBy JEFF LAMPEFor The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON –After numerous meet-ings and nearly twomonths of deliberation,the Farmington CityCouncil voted 5-1against an ordinance thatwould have set stan-dards for beer gardens intown.

The vote surprised citymanager Rollen Wright.

“There were thingspeople wanted us totweak so I thought wetweaked them,” Wrightsaid Tuesday.

Residents had ex-pressed concern aboutnoise from beer gardens.

Yet earlier this month,the council had voted to

approve a second read-ing of the ordinance.

Whiskey Dixie’s, anew bar in town, hadsought to create an out-door beer garden wherepatrons could smoke anddrink.

In other business, thecouncil approved a$5,402 bid from GregFoose Concrete to do

curb and gutter work onVine Street. There wasdiscussion of seekingother bids for the proj-ect, but that would havedelayed an already-ap-proved paving projectset to start once the curband gutter work is done.

The council also ap-proved a $4,693 bidfrom Tazewell CountyAsphalt to patch four ex-cavated areas in townand a $3,114 bid to seal-coat the tennis and bas-ketball courts at JacobsPark.

Fences around thecourts are partially downand Wright said theywill be removed soon.

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WILLIAMSFIELD – TheBrimfield junior high softballteam continued its postseasonsurge with an upset win over Bar-tonville Monroe Saturday to earna Class A state berth.

Brimfield (12-8) topped Mon-roe (10-3), 2-0, in seven inningsto win the Williamsfield Class ASectional. That avenged an earlier5-4 loss to Monroe.

The Lady Indians will face St.Anne (14-3) at noon on Friday(Sept. 25) at Champion Fields inNormal.

Seventh grader Haley Wallacekept up her hot postseason pitch-ing run, turning in a seven-inningshutout against Monroe. Wallacehas pitched every inning duringthe Lady Indians’ postseason run.

“At the end of the year she wasjust pitching outstanding and thatmade a huge difference,” Brim-field coach Kurt Juerjens said. “Alot of our girls don’t have a lot ofreal competitive experience be-hind them, but they have im-proved as the season went on.”

Brimfield was held scorelessuntil the top of the sixth inning.Marisa Unes got on base to startthe rally and was later drivenhome with the game’s first run byOlivia Gilles.

Gilles then scored on a hit bySarah Cramer for a 2-0 lead. Wal-lace did the rest for the Lady In-dians, who will face a team that

Juerjens said hails from a tradi-tionally strong area for softball.JH Baseball – Princeville ousted

top-seed Mossville Monday towin the Class 2A Chillicothe Re-gional final, 3-1.

Princeville (14-2) advances toface Monmouth United (7-4) inthe Mossville Sectional Saturday(Sept. 26) at 11 a.m.

The winner advances to a noongame in the Class 2A state tour-nament at Eastside Centre in EastPeoria.

On Saturday, No, 2 seedPrinceville had downed No. 3seed Chillicothe, 1-0, to reach thefinals.

Also Saturday, Elmwood lost toAvon-Abingdon, 2-1, in the Class2A semifinals at LaHarpe.Golf results – Williamsfield has

been improving its team scoresthis golf season and on Sept. 17fired a 208 at Oak Run GolfCourse to place second behindIllini Bluffs (192). Brian Brownshot a 45 to lead Billtown andMatt Brown was at 51.

Chase Rask fired a 47 to leadthe Bombers on Sept. 16 as Bill-town (211 strokes) was again sec-ond behind Annawan-Wethersfield (207) but ahead of ateam it had lost to earlier thisyear, Elmwood (216).

Rask was medalist, BrianBrown shot 49, Matt Brown wasat 56 and Donnie Zimmerman

shot 59.For Elmwood, Jean Claude

Keefer carded a 50, Gabe Inskeepshot 51, Dean Burwell had a 53and Andrew Draher shot 62.

Then on Monday at MapleLane Country Club, Farmingtontopped Elmwood, 174-210. JakeRuchotze shot 42 to lead Farm-ington and Keefer fired a 39 forElmwood, while Burwell was at46, Draher 55 and MarshallShissler shot 57.New lights – The Billtown

Booster Club, Williamsfield Sum-mer Baseball Association andWilliamsfield Schools are work-ing together to raise money to re-place the lighting system on themain ball diamond.

This diamond is used by teamsranging from 3-year-old t-ball tohigh school softball. There aregames on this field every night inthe summer and several night dur-ing the spring and fall seasons.

The current lighting system isover 40 years old and is in needof replacement.

The group hopes to raiseenough money by April 2016 toreplace the entire lighting system.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS

PEORIA COUNTY

ESTATE OF GLADYS D. MATTHEW } NO. 15-P-251Deceased. }

CLAIM NOTICE

Notice is given of the death of GLADYS D. MATTHEW. Letters of Of-fice were issued on July 29, 2015, to SHARON K. SHANKLIN as Inde-pendent Executor whose attorney is TRYGVE T. MEADE, BEAL LAWOFFICE, LTD., 3106 N. Main Street, P.O. Box 400, Canton, Illinois 61520.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk ofCourt, Peoria County Courthouse, 324 Main Street, Peoria, Illinois61602, on or before the 17th day of March, 2016, which is a date six (6)months from the date of the first publication of this Claim Notice or three(3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of this notice to creditorsas provided for by Statute, whichever is later. Any claim not filed withinthis period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must bemailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within ten(10) days after it has been filed.

DATED this 11th day of September, 2015.

Name: Trygve T. MeadeBEAL LAW OFFICE, LTD.Attorney for Independent Co-Executors

Address: 3106 N. Main Street, P.O. Box 400Canton, IL 61520

Phone: (309) 647-6301

The Swami Sez...Rain confounds computerI think all the rain on

Friday messed up TheSwami’s computers. A 6-4record last week is theworst performance to datefor The Swami.

That bringsthe seasonrecord to 32-8.An 80 percentprediction rateis not satisfac-tory. The SPIshave been up-dated with thescores from lastweek.

SPI1. Stark County 33.42. Annawan-Weth 23.93. United 20.34. Elmwood-Brim. 19.35. Princeville 14.76. Farmington 8.47. Rushville-Industry 6.68. Mid-County 4.99. Knoxville 2.910. Abingdon-Avon 1.611. South Fulton -0.112. Mercer Country -0.913. Peoria Heights -2.014. Ridgewood -5.515. Lewistown -7.716. North Fulton -10.917. West Prairie -11.818. West Central -27.519. Havana -31.320. River Valley -38.3

Here are picks for Fridaybased on the sometimes-all-knowing SPI numbers.

First to the BlowoutGames. A monkey couldpick these games correctly.They won’t be close.Princeville at West CentralPrinceville 48-6

West Prairie at Elmwood-Brimfield

Elmwood-B 48-12Havana-Midwest Central

at FarmingtonFarmington 42-6River Valley at KnoxvilleKnoxville 40-0The next level of games

are not blowouts, but thesegames will have clear fa-

vorites.Mid-County at RidgewoodMid-County comes off a

heartbreaking loss to Mer-cer County. They had the

game won Friday,but the finish waspostponed until Sat-urday due toweather. Mercermade better adjust-ments overnight andwon the conclusionon Saturday. Lookfor Mid- County tobounce back.

Mid-County 40-21North Fulton at

Rushville-IndustryRushville-Industry 35-14Peoria Heights-Quest

at LewistownThe Swami has to give

credit to the Peoria Heightsco-op. They have surpassedeveryone’s expectationsthis year. Huge win overSouth Fulton last week.

PH-Q 38-12These should be good

games.Stark County at Mercer County

These two powerhouseprograms have been at thetop of the LTC for a longtime. They know eachother well and usually haveoutstanding games. Merceris a little down this year,and Stark County will havetoo much offense.

SC 35-20Annawan-Wethersfield

at UnitedGame of the week.

United will look to run itdown their throat, and A-Wshould have successthrough the air. It will prob-ably come down to the lastpossession.

A-W 21-20Abingdon-Avonat South Fulton

The Tornadoes powerrunning game will makethe difference.

A-A 27-26

TheSWAMI

CROSS COUNTRY: EB’s McCauley sixth overallE-B coach Gregg Meyers said he

was most pleased with the way hisrunners kept gaining ground onothers in the varsity race, which in-cluded 204 participants.

“Matt was running with (HunterCobbley) from El-Paso all race andhe outkicked him and Derek movedup from ninth at the mile to sev-enth,” he said. “I thought all ourkids did a good job moving upthrough the race.”

“It was a little slick and sloppyand there are a lot of hairpin turnson that course, so times were a littleslower.”

Carter Hintz placed 65th in18:41.9 to lead Farmington andJarod Baker was top runner forPrinceville at 112th in 19:52.5.

In girls action, Emily McCauleyof E-B was sixth overall in 19:46.2and Cassie Karn was 26th in21:29.6.

Lindsay Cash led Farmington

(85th in 23:29.8).Elsewhere – Earlier in the week,

Princeville’s boys and girls weresecond ro El Paso-Gridley at athree-team meet.

On the boys side, Baker ledPrinceville in ninth with a time of20:27.

In girls action, Headley wasfourth in 24:46, Schupbach wasfifth in 24:49, G Bowermasterwas sixth in 24:49 and Delwichewas seventh (25:02).




FOOTBALL:Princes rely onstingy defensethan 33 yards.

The longest was a 65-yard run bySam Marincic and the others were a43-yard pass from Austin Sims toKoby White, a 33-yard run by CoryHart and another 2-yarder by Hart.

“I think they showed a lot of ma-turity,” coach Todd Hollis said of histeam. “They went out and got downto business.”

White and Sims hooked up oncemore for a score in the second quar-ter and Marincic tacked on a 2-yardscore to clear the way for secondteamers to get in before halftime.

E-B wound up rolling to its 11thstraight win over Havana (0-4, 0-2),with the only slowdown on the nighta 30-minute delay for lightning. TheTrojans averaged 7.7 yards per carryand went 5-for-8 passing for 112yards.

“Every junior and senior playedand a number of sophomores got toat least step on the field for specialteams,” Hollis said. “Special teamswere really good and our kickoffteam was excellent.”

Linebacker Colton Fales led E-Bwith eight tackles and had a 53-yardinterception return for a touchdown.

Princeville 20, Ridgewood 6PRINCEVILLE – A sloppy field

can sometimes serve as an equalizerand that seemed to be the case Fri-day for the Princes.

Not that anybody is complainingafter Princeville (4-0, 2-0 LincolnTrail Conference) remained un-beaten and slogged to its first 4-0start in seven seasons.

“It was a mess out there,”Princeville coach Jon Carrutherssaid.

The Princes took an early lead ona 5-yard run by Logan Green andthen made one of its few miscues ofthe game on kick coverage, asRidgewood (1-3, 0-2) ran it backdeep into Princeville territory.

“After the long kickoff return theyconverted on fourth down on a playour safety bit on,” Carruthers said of

a 20-yard Ridgewood TD pass.Any worries were erased later in

the quarter when Tristin Jenkins hitNoah Bauman for a 48-yard score.

“Tristan did throw a nice pass onthat one,” Carruthers said. “It wasprobably 30 yards in the air. I proba-bly should have gone to the passmore.”

Instead, he was content to slam theball inside to Green, who racked up130 yards on 18 carries behind themassive Princes offensive line.

“He’s only about 5-foot-8 and run-ning behind those big linemen, Idon’t think they see him very well,”Carruthers said. “He’s not going tooutrun a lot of people, but he’s got aquick first step and he’s shifty.”

Defensively, Princeville limitedRidgewood to 80 yards of total of-fense, 1.3 yards per rushing attemptand just the one early score.

Senior Marshall Martin led thePrinces with 10 tackles and JesseFeucht added nine.

“I was probably overly conserva-tive, but I didn’t want to turn the ballover,” Carruthers said. “As well asour defense is playing, I felt prettyconfident we could play conserva-tive. And we did have a lot of guysaround the ball all night.”

Princeville gets one last tune upFriday against winless West Centralbefore facing a grueling last fourgames against teams that are a com-bined 13-3.

Mid-County 21Mercer County 8

ONEIDA – A rain delay did notappear to help Mid-County (2-2, 0-2LTC).

With Mid-County leading 21-8against Mercer County on Friday,play was suspended and bumped toSaturday afternoon.

That seemed to favor MercerCounty (2-2, 1-1), which scoredtwice once play resumed. The game-winner came with 19 seconds leftafter the Golden Eagles moved 40yards in less than a minute.

Garrett Wight led Mid-Countywith 191 yards on 27 carries. JackCraig added 80 on 13 attempts.

Stark County 21Annawan-Wethersfield 14

ANNAWAN – After falling be-hind 14-0 in the first half, StarkCounty (4-0, 2-0 Lincoln Trail)stormed back to down Annawan-Wethersfield (3-1, 1-1) in a marqueeLincoln Trail matchup bumped toSaturday due to wet weather.

Ranked No. 4 in Class 1A, StarkCounty had 326 yards of offense andgot 159 rushing yards from ChaseJohnston. The key, though, was JohnGroter completing 14 of 18 passesfor 147 yards and three touchdowns,two of which went to LoganKnobloch – including the game-win-ning 38-yarder in the third quarter.

A-W was ranked fifth in Class 2Acoming into the game.


Quarterback Tristin Jenkins fights off a tackler in Princeville’s win on Friday.Jenkins ran for 52 yards and a 42-yard touchdown and passed for another78 yards. Photo by Collin Fairfield.

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Elmwood-B 28 14 6 7 – 55Havana 7 0 0 0 – 7

Scoring SummaryFirst Quarter

EB - Hart 33 run (Hedrick kick)EB - White 43 pass from Sims (Whiterun)EB - Hart 2 run (kick failed)H - Dunker 15 pass from Foutch(Costa kick)EB - Marincic 65 run (Hedrick kick)

Second QuarterEB - White 12 pass from Sims(Hedrick kick)EB - Marincic 2 run (Hedrick kick)

Third QuarterEB - Fales 53 interception return (kickfailed)

Fourth QuarterEB - Golemon 33 run (Hedrick kick)

Team StatisticsEB H

First downs 13 9Rushes 30 52Rush yds 231 90Yds per carry 7.7 1.7Pass Att 8 6Pass Comp 5 3Had Intercepted 0 1Pass yds 112 42

Individual StatisticsRushing - EB: Hart 4-42, Marincic4-82, Golemon 3-42, Gerontes 4-3,Harkness 2-12, Fales 1-4, Sims 3-15,McQuellon 2-2, Metz 5-20, Bunting2-9.Passing - EB: Sims 4-6-0-102,Bunting 1-2-0-11.

Receiving - EB: White 2-55, Hart 1-37, Grothaus 1-11, H.Hedrick 1-11.Tackles - EB: Fales 8, Wilbur 5, Hart 5,Harkness 5, Harlow 4, D.Novak 4.

Princeville 20Ridgewood 6

Ridgewood 6 0 0 0 – 6Princeville 13 0 0 7 – 20

Scoring SummaryFirst Quarter

P - Green 5 run (kick failed)R - Smith 20 pass from Greenman(conversion failed)P - Bauman 48 pass from Jenkins(conversion failed)

Fourth QuarterP - Jenkins 42 run (Snedden kick)

Team StatisticsR P

Rushes 29 42Rush yds 39 226Yds per carry 1.3 5.4Pass Att 14 4Pass Comp 6 3Had Intercepted 1 0Pass yds 41 78

Individual StatisticsRushing - P: Green 18-130, Rem-mert 10-26, Jenkins 13-52, Bauman1-18.Passing - P: Jenkins 3-4-0-78.

Receiving - P: Bauman 2-48, Thole 1-30.Tackles - P: Martin 10, Feucht 9, Thole8, Bultemeier 4, Stein 4, Delbridge 3,Duttlinger 3, Streitmatter 3, VanLaning-ham 3.

Farmington 12Knoxville 8

Farmington 0 6 6 0 – 12Knoxville 0 0 0 8 – 8

Scoring SummarySecond Quarter

F - Gilstrap 54 run (run failed)Third Quarter

F - Jepson 26 pass from Gilstrap(pass failed)

Fourth QuarterK - Moore 3 run (Benefiel run)

Team StatisticsF K

First Downs 7 16Rushes 26 63Rush yds 180 165Yds per carry 6.9 2.6Pass Att 8 7Pass Comp 3 2Had Intercepted 1 1Pass yds 47 33

Individual StatisticsRushing - F: Gilstrap 11-98, Jepson8-50, Garcia 2-8. K - Sandoval 24-84,Benefiel 14-64,Moore 7-28, Houston18-(minus-11) Passing - F: Gilstrap 3-12-1-47. K -Houston 2-7-1-33.Receiving - F: Jepson 1-26, Anderson2-19. K - Engebretson 2-33.Tackles: F: Alvarez 11, Cecil 11, Mar-

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Prairieland BlueOverall ConfW L W L

Elmwood-B 3 1 2 0Farmington 2 2 2 0West Prairie 2 2 2 0Knoxville 1 3 0 2Havana 0 4 0 2River Valley 0 4 0 2

Last FridayElmwood-Brimfield 55, Havana 7Farmington 12, Knoxville 8West Prairie 24, River Valley 0

This FridayE-B vs. West Prairie, 7 pmFarmington vs. Havana, 7 pmKnoxville vs. River Valley, 7 pm

Lincoln TrailOverall ConfW L W L

Stark County 4 0 2 0Princeville 4 0 2 0United 4 0 2 0Annawan-Weth. 3 1 1 1Mercer County 2 2 1 1Mid-County 2 2 0 2Ridgewood 1 3 0 2West Central 0 4 0 2

Last FridayPrinceville 20, Ridgewood 6Stark County 21, Annawan-Weth 14Mercer County 24, Mid-County 21United 55, West Central 13

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Princeville VB wins own tournamentBy PHIL JOHNSONFor The Weekly Post

A good season got even better forPrinceville as coach Shan Waid’steam took first in their tournamenton Saturday with a championshipwin over conference rival StarkCounty, 25-16 and 25-18.

“Despite playing three previousand grueling matches earlier in theday, we played our strongest matchin the final win over Stark County,”Waid said.

Lady Princes players ClaireBerchtold and Brooke Gardnerwere selected to the all-tournamentteam.

Gardner and Anna Schupbachhad nine kills while Lucy Waidadded eight. They got a hand fromBerchtold, who racked up an amaz-ing 31 assists. Gardner, Waid andSchupbach each had one ace.

Bridget Talley contributed 12digs and Waid added four blocks tothe victory.

Princeville’s three victories to getto the championship were overManual, Brimfield and Williams-field.

Earlier in the week Princevilleswept West Central 25-10 and 25-21 with Gardner recording eightkills and Berchtold assisting on 17scores. Waid defended with twoblocks.

A Lady Prince sweep also tookplace over Peoria Heights (25-10,25-19) with Sydney Ladd helpingwith four aces. With the week’swork, the team stands at 11-4 onthe season.

“We’re getting to where we wantto be,” Waid said. “I knew we hadthe necessary skills and physicalcapabilities. Now the teamworkand mental toughness are gettingthere.”

Also named to the all-tournamentteam was Marisa Horton-Meza ofPrinceville.

Brimfield-ElmwoodMonday’s 25-14, 25-22 sweep of

Farmington put the Lady Indians at10-4 on the season.

Morgan Ledbetter blocked five.Rachel Jacobson had eight kills andJessica Link served four aces to goalong with nine assists and sevendigs. Nicole Thurman was also sig-nificant to the victory with 10 as-sists.

At the Princeville Tournament -/E took third place and Micah Bar-rett and Link made the all-tournament team.

After defeating Williamsfield ,theLady Indians fell to the LadyPrinces 13-20, 20-17 and 10-15. A20-13 and 20-11 sweep of PeoriaHeights earned third place.

B-E also knocked off Heights ina Prairieland Conference matchearlier in the week 25-15, 25-6. Al-lanah Chaney had a big match withsix kills. Rushville-Industry wasanother Lady Indian victim (25-18,25-23). Jacobson killed five withseven digs while Link aced threeand had two blocks. Barrett alsoblocked two and Thurman had 10assists.

FarmingtonThe Lady Farmers (5-10) fell to

Prairieland foe B-E on Monday,with Meghan Wherley getting fivekills and two blocks, while PaytonPeckham dug out seven. The teamhad a busy Saturday at Canton inthe Fulton County Tournamentwhere Maicee Ralston and Wherleywere named all-tournament.

Farmington won a three-gamematch over the hosts 20-25, 25-18,and 15-10. Wherley killed 10 withRalston assisting six Lady Farmerkills. Megan Gilstrap had six acesin the victory.

A close loss to Lewistown fol-lowed (25-22, 20-25,10-15). De-spite the setback, Wherley hadeight blocks, and Allie Spraguecame up with 12 digs.

The Lady Farmers bounced backto handle South Fulton in a sweep25-12, 25-19. Gilstrap had fourkills and two blocks. Peckhamcontributed nine digs, and Ralstonhad three aces with 11 assists.

In the final match, Abbey Brownhad 11 digs in a loss to North Ful-ton (25-21, 23-25, 7-15).

WilliamsfieldThe Lady Bombers took fifth

place at the Princeville Tournamentwith a 2-2 record as Emilee Fur-long was named all-tournament.

The day began with a 20-13 andtough 23-21 loss to ICAC Confer-ence rival Brimfield. A 20-11 and20-8 sweep over Manual followed,then Billtown fell to Princeville 20-18 and 20-5.

Fifth place was secured with a20-16,21-19 win over Princeville’sjunior varsity.

ABOVE: Bridget Talley returns a serve for the Princeville volleyball teamlast Saturday. BELOW: Emilee Furlong of Williamsfield waits on a ballwhile Haley Smith (77) looks on. Photos by Collin Fairfield.

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Fun in the mud: Trojans, Farmers, Princes all winBy JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

KNOXVILLE – With its post-season hopes on the line last Fri-day, Farmington slogged throughthe mud to victory in the first ofseveral must-win games.

Despite playing on a wet,muddy fieldthat slowedthe passing at-tack of Farm-ington (2-2,2-0PrairielandBlue), theFarmers wereable to gener-ate justenough offense and plenty ofsolid defense to top Knoxville(1-3, 0-2), 12-8.

With the win, the Farmerskeep alive hopes for aPrairieland Blue conference title,likely to be decided in an Oct. 9home game against Elmwood-Brimfield.

Several big plays by StevenGilstrap proved the difference inthis contest, at least offensively.Gilstrap, who led all rusherswith 98 yards, scored first on a54-yard touchdown run.

“It was a quarterback trap. Hefakes it to (Cody) Jepson and

runs a trap,” Coach Toby Vallassaid. “They bit down on Jepsonand he made a great cut on it.”

Gilstrap then made twostraight big plays on the Farmersother score. The first was onthird down at the Knoxville 26-yard line. An errant snap sentGilstrap scrambling.

But instead of merely fallingon the ball and taking a sack thatwould have moved the Farmersout of scoring position, Gilstrappicked the ball up and threw in-complete at a receiver’s feet.

“Big play. Big play,” Vallassaid. “After that we called time-out, drew up a play they thoughwould work and, sure enough,Jepson made a great cut andSteven made a great throw righton the numbers.”

The resulting 26-yard scoreput Farmington up 12-0. Fromthere the undersized Farmersheld on thanks to a defense thatgobbled up four Knoxvilleturnovers and limited the BlueBullets to a 3-yard scoring runby Lance Moore with 10:46 re-maining.

“The whole defense playedgreat,” Vallas said. “To hold(Knoxville quarterback) TylerHouston to minus-11 yards tells

you something.”Despite a size advantage in the

trenches, Knoxville managed165 yards on 63 carries.

Vallas singled out junior line-backer Jonah Cecil, who tiedsenior Isaiah Alvarez for theteam lead with 11 tackles.

“Jonah had the game of his

life, which I hope becomes rou-tine,” Vallas said.Elmwood 55, Havana 7HAVANA – Game time was

moved up due to inclementweather. The Trojans’ equipmenttrailer was involved in an acci-dent, causing players andcoaches to scramble on the way

to Havana.The pre-game routine was

changed completely.And yet Elmwood-Brimfield

(3-1, 2-0) never missed a beat,rolling to a 28-7 lead over thewinless Ducks in the first quarterwith three scores going for more

Despite a wet field that slowed its passing attack, Farmington topped host Knoxville 12-8 last Friday tokeep alive hopes for a Prairieland Blue title and playoff berth. Photo by Monte Kenney of FarmingtonSports Shots.

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E-B harriers dominate meetBy JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

BUDA – In a performance thatunderscored the depth of thisyear’s Elmwood-Brimfield crosscountry team, the Trojans wonboth the varsity and junior varsityraces at the Bureau Valley Invite.

Senior Matt Osmulski wasfourth in 16:37.2 and junior team-mate Derek McCoy was seventh(16:56.6) as E-B won with 126points, outpacing state-rankedteams El Paso-Gridley (130),Sterling Newman CentralCatholic (155) and Eureka (158).

E-B also had five of the topeight in the frosh-soph race, ledby winner Cooper Hoffmann in14:30.9, for a 2.5-mile course.The frosh-soph team score of 22was not far off a perfect 15.

While Hoffmann has typically

been a top-five runner for theTrojans varsity, E-B got solidruns in his absence from KelbyBarnewolt (30th in 17:53), DrewLueschow (43rd in 18:14.3) andColton Gorham (18:35.6).

BRIMFIELD ON TO STATE

Brimfield’s junior high softball team celebrates winning a Class A sectional Saturday. Frontrow: Annie Maher, Kiera Walker, Haley Grothaus, Jadynn McKown, Cadance Wilson, Lau-ren Troxell, Jaclyn Fabry, Jenna Doering and Payton Staser. Second row: Maddie Hessing,Olivia Catton, Marisa Unes, Mary Burns, Sarah Updyke, Emma Lister, Carleigh Comerford,Haley Wallace, Olivia Gilles and Sarah Cramer. Back row: Coaches Steve Updyke, AngieWallace, Kurt Juerjens and Allison Pillman. Not pictured: Jada Hill. See story, Page 17.

Matt Osmulski placed fourth Sat-urday in Bureau Valley.

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