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Ministerial Alliance aids the needy
Members of Elmwood’s Church Charitable Fund Ministerial Alliance accept a check for $810 from Gene Gibson (blue shirt) of the Elmwood Kiwanis. Ministers in the group are, left to right, Marla Bauler of the First Presbyterian Church of Elmwood, Bradley Watkins of the United Methodist Church of Elmwood and Tim Cavallo of Crossroads Assembly of God.
Cavallo is one of three local ministers – joining Marla Bauler from the First Presbyterian Church and Bradley Watkins from the United Methodist Church – in the Ministerial Alliance. Cavallo said the group relies on donations from the Kiwanis and funding from other local groups and individuals to be able to pay out $2,500 to $3,000 per year to needy members of the community.
“You can’t do something like this in every community, because churches don’t cooperate like this in the big cities,” Cavallo said. Actually, the three combined services the churches hold each year – on Good Friday, Easter and Thanksgiving – are also good times to raise money, Cavallo said. “When we get together we always Continued on Page 2
Latest Rosefield drama ends quietly ROSEFIELD – A special, three-man panel on Thursday (Jan. 5) unanimously overruled Brimfield resident Monty Schaffer’s objections to the Townships’ Republican and Democratic caucuses on Dec. 6, citing a lack of evidence, intent or authority. Also, pronouncing
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FARMINGTON – The Board of Education on Monday heard that the state of Illinois finally sent a long-delayed Transportation payment. And though the District was owed the money, it almost seemed like a windfall, according to Superintendent John Asplund. “We got $178,000 from the State,” he said. “It’s great to get that because we really weren’t sure we would ever get it – it’s last June’s payment, and we received it in December. “On the other hand, we’re still owed $571,000 [from the State],” he added. In another financial matter tied to Transportation, the Board continues to discuss a proposal from Illinois Central Inside School Bus to • Elmwood Council renew the service OK’s garbage deal, at a 6-percent inwaiting for G & O crease, but it’s fiDisposal approval. nalizing a Page 7. counter-proposal to offer the company to consider at the Board’s Feb. 13 meeting. In other business, the Board approved requesting a waiver from the Illinois State Board of Education’s rule that Districts offering summer-school classes also provide lunches. Farmington will offer a modified summer term, but the class schedule is 8:30-11:30 a.m., so the District expects to not be held to the obligation. In other news: • the Board OK’d personnel moves including a retirement incentive for custodian Richard Schmidt, who intends to retire in July 2018; adding Junior High newspaper assistant duties to teacher Carrie Black and Junior High yearbook assistant duties to Julie Springer; and approving Ashley DeMay for split duties including For The Weekly Post
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CHURCHES HELPING OTHERS
ELMWOOD – Sometimes a pancake, pork chop or slab of cheese can pay the rent. At least they can in Elmwood, where donations from groups like the Elmwood Kiwanis are a key to success for the Church Charitable Fund Ministerial Alliance. The group with a long name has a long list of people it has helped over the years in and around Elmwood, whether by paying rent, utility bills, grocery bills, doctor bills or even funding the purchase of fuel for a car. Recently, the ministers gathered to receive a check from Elmwood Kiwanis from their sale of cheese prior to the holidays. Kiwanis also plans to make donations following its February pancake breakfast and from the sale of pork chops during the Strawberry Festival and Fall Festival. “You can’t say enough about what the Kiwanis do,” Crossroads Assembly of God pastor Tim Cavallo said. “God bless them.”
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three people ineligible to participate wouldn’t change the outcomes of the caucuses, they added. The panel decided there was no evidence of fraud, improper behavior by parties’ caucus officials, a candidate’s attendance being required, or any lies or misstatements. Also, there were filing discrepancies in
Schaffer’s formal objection, and the Township lacks the authority to rule on what “qualified” means or to penalize anyone’s alleged conduct, they said. Schaffer was defeated in a race for Republicans’ candidate for Supervisor for the April 4, 2017, election. Incumbent Mike Windish was Continued on Page 9
Monty Schaffer of Brimfield speaks at a recent Rosefield Township hearing.
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