Thursday November 17, 2016 Vol. 4, No. 37
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Princeville makes plans for new school tax revenue By BILL KNIGHT
PRINCEVILLE – The Board of Education at its Nov. 8 meeting approved a resolution declaring the intention to issue Working Cash Fund Bonds for the purpose of increasing the District’s Working Cash Fund. The Board also discussed how to use the County Facility Sales Tax that voters approved Nov. 8. The 1/2 percent increase in sales taxes on qualified purchases is estimated to generate about $240,000 annually for the For The Weekly Post
District, and the plan is to use half of the new revenue to lower property taxes. Superintendent Shannon Duling said that should drop the tax rate by about 13 cents. Duling said the district plans to use the other half of the new tax revenues to finance work on the bus lane and parking issues at the grade school, the track, and parking at the Junior Senior High School “Working Cash bonds would not affect the District’s current debt limits as they are not included in the overall long-term
debt category and do not impact the District’s bonding capacity,” Duling said. “Working Cash bonds would likely provide lower interest rates than other types of financing. “Paying back the bonds would require no property tax increase as the bond payments would be made using revenue from the County Facility Sales Tax,” he continued. “Issuing Working Cash bonds would likely lower the payback period (due to the lower interest rates), saving the District and taxpayers more money.”
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Elmwood fire district eyeing new firehouse
VETERANS DAY 2016
Actions of Vets louder than words
While chatting at halftime of Farmington’s final football game of 2016, Dave Giagnoni voiced a common lament. “I wish more people would attend Veterans Day ceremonies,” he said. Giagnoni, that gifted recorder of all things Farmington, had one day earlier snapped pictures at a Veterans Day service that drew a much smaller crowd than the playoff football Jeff game. LAMPE So it goes, unfortunately. Services on work days tend to create conflicts with other commitments (as I can attest). Often there is a quiet sameness to many Veterans memorial services that fails to excite like a football game.
In other action, the Board approved a Request for Proposals for HVAC work at the Junior/Senior High School for a cost not to exceed $10,420. The District’s cost will be $2,920, Duling said. Also, the District plans to order two door-monitoring stations, one for the daycare room at the Grade School and the daycare room in the basement of the Unit Office/Pre-K/Daycare Facility. “At Princeville Grade School and the Unit Office, there is no one to buzz open
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ELMWOOD – Trustees from the Elmwood Rural Fire Protection District (ERFPD) on Monday unanimously approved a 2016 tax levy that equalizes taxes between rural and city residents by cutting taxes within the city limits and raising them in the district outside town. The vote occurred after a 15-minute public hearing and before a regular meeting that discussed a proposed firehouse that would accommodate the fire department and B.Y.E. Ambulance. The tax adjustment was necessary after voters in March authorized ERFPD Trustees Jay McKinty, Thomas Shissler and Dave Wagner to annex the City into the District. “The City no longer has the authority to levy taxes for fire protection,” said attorney Bob Potts, who represents the ERFPD and the City. “Now there’ll be one blanket levy for the City and the District, spread evenly – at the same rate. And there’ll be one contract with the fire department and one contract for B.Y.E. For The Weekly Post
The late Wilson Reinhart of Brimfield signed his name on this Japanese flag that is displayed in a war museum at The Villages, a central Florida retirement community. Photo by Richard Coon.
None of which are valid excuses for failing to recognize the contributions of veterans. But there’s another factor at work here, it seems to me. Call it the case of the quiet veteran. Some veterans say little about their service because they don’t want to relive the horrors they experienced. Others are quiet because they never witnessed those horrors firsthand and feel, wrongly, as if they don’t measure up to societal expectations of “war he-
roes.” My grandfather, Elwood, made little mention of World War II memories until the last few years of his life. I remember asking him, as a kid, “Do you have any cool war stories, grandpa?” I had seen heroics on TV and in films and expected he would paint a similar picture. I was wrong. Grandpa’s exact words escape me, but they went along the Continued on Page 10
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PRINCEVILLE: New grade school access plan Continued from Page 1
the secured entrance doors after 4 p.m., when parents come to pick up their children from the daycare/aftercare programs,” Duling said. “The new units will cost $1,846.16 (which includes installation) and allow staff in these rooms to buzz people in the building after normal business hours.” In other news, • the Parent Teacher Organization Raised $3,105 in its Walk-a-thon; • Parents, churches and volunteers are organizing a backpack food pro-
gram for families in need. The administration announced the idea, and teachers suggested nine families who could benefit from the effort, which organizes bags of nonperishable food for students to take home and eat when school meal programs are unavailable; • Princeville has committed to host the Central Illinois Valley – Illinois Association of School Boards’ semiannual Regional Dinner and Workshop on March 22, 2018, when school board members from the area will receive training, food
and student entertainment; • at the Board’s December Board Meeting, members plan to consider the next Tax Levy, which should keep the District’s rate steady, Duling said; and • in personnel, Sarah Giddings resigned as a special education aide, and the Board approved hiring Amy Dial as Junior High special education aide, hiring Eric Kraft as Freshman Boys basketball coach, and increasing the Transportation Director’s salary to $47,500 as of Nov. 1.
FIRE HOUSE: Possible location out of town Continued from Page 1
“We have to do it now or you won’t have any money when contracts come due,” Potts told Trustees. The tax levy ordinance provides for a total levy of $221,000: $93,000 for B.Y.E. and $128,000 for fire protection. The fire protection budget includes line items for the purchase of real estate, engineering, surveying, architect fees and related costs of a proposed firehouse. “The budget accounts for all of the administrative expenses, like feasibility studies and preliminary costs of a possible new firehouse,” Potts said.
A new firehouse was discussed during the regular meeting, where representatives of River City Construction presented tentative site and building plans. Topographical and other survey work has been completed at a location just outside the western city boundaries on Illinois Route 8, said River City, which was selected over about a dozen contractors who sent proposals, Shissler said. Trustees also have been in discussions with Maurer Stutz and First Midstate Investment Bank for engineering and bonding services for the proposed project, which may need
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voter approval to proceed. Current plans call for a structure of almost 15,000 square feet, with 3 ambulance bays, 2 fire truck bays and 2 drive-through fire truck bays, plus offices, a classroom, living quarters, 2 kitchens and separate facilities for fire fighters and B.Y.E. Peggy Gibson from B.Y.E. and Elmwood Fire Chief Chad Jordan sug-
gested changes – such as reducing the building to an area between 13,000 and 14,000 square feet – that may be incorporated before the next ERFPD meeting Dec. 12. At that time, Trustees hope to consider a Guaranteed Maximum Price from River City. –“River City is going to start pricing stuff now,” Shissler said.
Correction
In an article in the Nov. 10, 2016, issue of The Weekly Post, incorrect vote totals were listed in the race for Peoria’s 10th Judicial Circuit position. Democrat Jodi Hoos prevailed over Republican Tim Cusack, 10,999 to 9,621. The newspaper erred.
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Of mysteries solved, long pants & Twain
Rambling through central Illinois, pondering how many ink-stained wretches will give me the business for writing two columns in one edition, a long-time newspaper no-no. uuu Part of the mystery of the latest unexpected Elmwood tombstone has been solved thanks to Melissa Morris, the city clerk who is also a savvy Internet snoop. Morris’s research indicates that the headJeff stone found beLAMPE hind Daley Insurance last week was almost certainly made for Thomas G. Mathews, a New Jersey native who lived throughout Illinois and served in the 2nd regiment Illinois light artillery company in the Civil War. He eventually reached the rank of Quartermaster Sergeant, all of which is spelled out on the stone found by crews boring for fiber optic cables. Records show Mathews died Sept. 8, 1907, in Cook County and was to be buried Sept. 10 in the Elmwood Cemetery and Mausoleum in Cook County. Why a stone with his name is here in town is less clear. Anecdotal accounts say it was not uncommon for castoff stones from the Bourgoin Monument Company to wind up around town. Perhaps there was some flaw in Mathews’ monument that caused it to be scrapped.
uuu All these folks talking about moving to Canada after the election make me laugh. To those soon-to-be expatriates: 1. Good riddance; 2. If you are leaving for the beer, I understand; 3. Please take Tom Brady with you to the CFL, or to a hungry grizzly; 4. Leave all your shorts in the U.S. Among my favorite memories as a high schooler are hot summer days spent with friends, standing along the rail at Fort Erie Race Track (which is in Canada), working a Daily Racing Form like a whip as my nag finished out of the money. In all that time, I never saw a single Canuck wearing shorts. Not even the girls with long legs. ... One stalwart patriot who is not leaving the red, white and blue any time soon is The Mayor of Oak Hill, who apparently won in his imaginary bid for reelection. Actually, Hizzoner said he turned down a job as Secretary of the Interior under Presidentelect Trump because he still had unfinished work at the Oak Hill Arboretum. The Mayor still fancies that Oak Hill will one day be the Branson of Illinois. uuu Well, I must be one of the worstdressed newspaper publishers in history. How else to respond to a day of catcalls and shock on Monday when I wore a suit and tie to work. Sheesh. Folks acted like I wear camo and blue jeans most of the time. ... The natty attire was no accident, though. For some reason,
H. Wayne Wilson of Peoria’s WTVP and the long-running feature “At Issue” included yours truly in a panel discussion on weekly newspapers (along with respected newspaper veterans Jim Nowlan of Toulon and Wendy Martin of Havana). The message of the latest show, which I agree with, is that weekly newspapers still provide a real service to their readers and appear to have a better future than daily papers. The show will air today (Nov. 17) at 8:30 p.m. on WTVP and will repeat through Sunday on a variety of channels I’ve never heard of in marginal time slots. ... Speaking of which, that show is the last chance you’ll have to see me in a suit until a visitation once again necessitates respect. ... Parting shot: While researching Martin’s publications, I came across a Facebook post from her Mason County Democrat that is too perfect not to reprint here. It seems that while working for a Missouri newspaper, Mark Twain received a letter from a reader who had found a spider in his paper. The reader wondered if this was good or bad luck. “Finding a spider in your paper,” Twain replied, “is neither good luck nor bad. The spider was merely looking over our paper to see which merchant was not advertising so that he could go to that store, spin his web across the door, and lead a life of undisturbed peace ever afterward.” Contact Jeff Lampe at 231-6040 or jeff@wklypost.com
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GUEST VOICES
Here’s an Electoral College suggestion
Just like in 2000 (and three times previously in presidential history), the popular vote-getter did NOT win the election this year. Even though Hillary Clinton got a FEW more popular votes, she was stomped in the Electoral College. If you’re not sure how this thing works: each state gets a number of Electors based mostly on population: number of Senators plus number of representatives Randy (Illinois, for inFRITZ stance, gets 20 for its 18 House members and two Senators). Each political party nominates “safe” Electors (a reward for Party loyalty) during their summer state conventions in presidential election years. Those Electors are who are actually elected in this “popular election.” These electors cast votes in December, which officially elects the president. (The certainty that Trump won is based on popular votes electing Electors. While it has happened that an Elector has cast a stray vote, it is quite rare. But Trump’s election, for now, is not official.) Some states require electors to vote as the popular election results determine, others do not. Some believe these laws are unconstitutional, although it’s never been tested. Why this mess? Our framers (authors of the Constitution) were wary of open, popular voting so put this device between “the people” and their leaders. (Until 1913, Senators were chosen by state legislatures, leaving only the House as directly elected by the people.)
There is no Constitutional mechanism for how Electors get their job in a state. Originally, state legislatures chose them. The rise of political parties made a change to popular voting possible, and by 1828 many states allowed a popular vote to elect that state’s party’s Electors. So, for the fifth time in American history, a candidate without a plurality of popular votes won the election. As in 2000 there is a hue and cry for some change to the Electoral College. Most popular among these proposals is direct election of a president, by the people. While I’m no fan of the College, as presently formulated, I caution against a direct popular vote. What if, for instance, 10,000 people got votes in a presidential election (and all would count), and the person with the most votes got, say, 17 percent of the total. How would you solve this situation? An additional election among the top 3 – a “run-off election?” (More campaigning.) Let that highest vote-getter have the job? Adopt some sort of mechanism to make it more difficult to qualify to be on the ballot? Another proposal is called “Direct Popular Election with Instant Runoff Voting.” Each voter would get more than one choice for president and would rank them. Say each voter got three votes for three candidates. They would rank those votes as to their first, second, and third prerogative. If their first candidate didn’t win, their vote would go to their second choice, and so on. The problem with it, where it exists (Ireland, I think?), is that few vote for more than one candidate. The problem remains. Here is a modest proposal, directly from my fevered, feeble
brain: by Constitutional amendment, multiply the number of Electoral votes (EV) a state gets by 10; eliminate the people who do the Electoral voting and all that other arcane, before-modern-transportation-and-communication stuff; and split those votes, by percentage, among those getting enough popular votes to achieve at least one EV. Illinois would go from 20 to 200 EVs. Let’s use the 2016 results from Illinois as an example. Clinton got 55.4 percent of the vote, Trump 39.4, Johnson 3.8. That would translate into 111 Electoral votes for Clinton, 79 for Trump and 9 votes for Johnson (total U.S. votes would be 5,380). The two parties would HATE this because it would cause them to lose power. So they would, for once, work together to defeat such a proposal. Additionally, it should be made easier for other candidates and political parties to get on the ballot (another idea the current Parties would hate). Currently, in Illinois, a candidate for president must accumulate 25,000 signatures to appear on the ballot. That requires gargantuan effort and hordes of qualified people asking for signatures. There needs to be some threshold, but nothing so difficult. I call that provision in current Illinois law the “Billionaires Only Need Apply” rule. You gotta be rich to even consider this (i.e. H. Ross Perot in 1992). BUT: in 2000, the outrage over Al Gore losing even with a majority of popular votes died quickly. NO action was seriously taken. I fear the same will happen again in 2016. We’ll yell about it for a while and nothing will change. It takes too much effort and our memories are too short.
through October and even made a foray into November. They all smiled and nodded and even made a small toast to the thought, a rare sign of enthusiasm for one of my conjectures. But I don’t think any of us thought it could happen. It is Nov. 12 and the late morning is bathed in warm sunshine, the temperature is so comfortable it almost demands I leave my keyboard and head outside, and the prognosti-
cators are saying it may be like this for another week. I find myself smiling and thanking God and his surrogate Mother Nature for going far beyond what I and many others had hoped would be the case as the end of summer approached. I am told we will be joined in celebration of our good fortune by a second night with a super-size moon; I will make a point to step out, look up and welcome it to my small but heartfelt celebration.
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Yates City board OK’s Otto Baum sewer bid By BILL KNIGHT
YATES CITY – The Village Board on Nov. 9 approved a bid from the Otto Baum construction company of Morton to work on the sewer system at a cost of $11,865. The project probably won’t start until next year, according to Village Clerk Lyn Suits. In other action, the Board considered employee evaluations and OK’d raises of 50 cents an hour for five part-time police officers and For The Weekly Post
four village employees, 25 cents an hour for a fifth village staffer, and $1 an hour for Police Chief Randy Benson. In other news, ongoing deliberations continued about a proposed ordinance allowing permitted drivers to use golf carts, All-Terrain Vehicles, etc. on local streets. G & G Services of Yates City discussed handle vehicle inspections if the Board eventually approves the law. G & G said it will consider an offer of $15 per vehicle for that work.
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Teen ticketed, 2 injured after car ends up in pond
ELMWOOD – Kylee Strand, 19, of Brimfield on Nov. 8 was ticketed for speeding after the vehicle she was driving southbound on Maher Road ran the stop sign at Illinois Route 8 and drove into a pond, police said. She and one of two passengers, 20-year-old Dakota Stokes, were injured, and B.Y.E. Ambulance transported them to OSF St. Francis Medical Center.
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• Jordan Rahn, 24, of Brimfield was ticketed for disobeying a stop sign on Nov. 10, when the 2014 Jeep Compass she was driving eastbound on Clay Street struck a 2005 Dodge Dakota driven northbound
on Jefferson Street by Danny Gunter, 59, of Elmwood, police said. No injuries were reported. • Angela Staub, 47, of Edwards on Nov. 9 was arrested for retail theft of less than $300, and transported to the Peoria County Jail. • Derek Devine, 31, of Elmwood on Nov. 9 was arrested by Elmwood police on two counts of domestic battery and one count of theft of less than $500, and transported to the Peoria County Jail • Ralph Peters, 75, of Elmwood on Nov. 8 reported a theft of a red 1994 Jeep Wrangler, according to the Peoria Sheriff’s Office. • Jeffrey Jones, 43, of Brimfield on Nov. 10 reported criminal defacement to a 2013 Honda Pilot in a Wildlife Prairie Park parking lot. • Randy Cusack, 49, of Brimfield was injured on Nov. 11 when the 2011 Chevrolet Silverado he was driving on Roseland Lane near Illi-
The Board will continue discussions in December. Also, the long-time discussion with Salem Township on responsibility for Knox Road 2300 E continued, and Salem Road Commissioner Dave Mahr will convey to the Township Board ideas from the Village to possible resolve the issue next month, Suits said. Lastly, Benson reported local police had 13 reports, 9 traffic stops, 2 citations, and 8 warnings issued in October.
nois Route 8 flipped over. B.Y.E. Ambulance transported him to OSF St. Francis Medical Center. • Juan Dominguez, 24, of Edwards on Nov. 12 was arrested for Driving Under the Influence and operating an uninsured vehicle, and transported to the Peoria County Jail
Deer accidents
• Nov. 10: Matthew Stambaugh of Bartonville near the intersection of Interstate 474 and Illinois Route 6 in Kickapoo Township. • Nov. 11: David Demmin of Brimfield on U.S. Route 150 near Thousand Dollar Road in Jubilee Township. • Nov. 12: Duane Kness of Laura on U.S. Route 24 in Timber Township.
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Farmington moves to address water costs
FARMINGTON – The City Council on Nov. 7 approved a resolution of a notice of the sale of property pertaining to the city’s water system, a move to gather more information to address anticipated problems in Farmington’s water towers, reverse-osmosis facility and related infrastructure. The Council reserves the right to reject any bids to sell the water system, and the City continues to meet with companies on costs if the City retains ownership and must make needed improvements. An invitation of bids for the system is expected to be published in the next three weeks, according to City Administrator Rollen Wright, who said the City has been in discussion with Aqua Illinois of Kankakee and Illinois-American water companies on the bids, which are due in January The action passed 5-1, with Alderman Ryan Lambert opposing.
The idea first came up at the Council last month, when discussion centered on alternatives inasmuch as the City cannot afford to meet necessary improvements. “The investment could be $3 million to $4 million,” Wright told The Weekly Post. “The City has not done [its] diligence on infrastructure. We’ve done some water mains, but we also have hydrants dating to 1897. Looking at that [expenditure] with 1,000 users would mean we’d have to look at billing. We still owe $2.7 million on the reverse-osmosis facility.” The City also is talking with companies to gather information on what’s needed, Wright added. “We’re gathering all the information we can to explain to the public what’s going on,” he said. “We have an obligation to investigate both inhouse and other options.” Although selling the water system would relieve Farmington of a huge
financial burden, it has a down side, too, Wright said. “If we sell it we’d be at the mercy of a private company,” he said. “I have a problem with sending profits to a private company that’s not local.” In other news, • the Council OK’d a $1,600 bid from the Maurer-Stutz engineering firm of Peoria for surveying in anticipation of expanding Oak Ridge Cemetery in consultation with the Cemetery Board, which told the Council that besides a limited amount of space for future burial plots, the mausoleum needs repairs to its roof and walls. • Also, the Council approved a $329,497 tax levy, and • approved bonuses of $50, $100 and $350 to workers, based on seniority, on a 4-3 vote, with Aldermen Lambert, Matthew Ulm and June Whitmer opposed, and Mayor Kent Kowal casting the deciding vote.
Princeville amends liquor code By BILL KNIGHT
PRINCEVILLE – The Village Board on Nov. 8 approved amending liquorcode classifications, in part to accommodate a summer request from Nick Lennox on behalf of the Fast Stop convenience store on East Main Street, which wants to expand into a beer and wine café with a sandwich counter and four gaming machines. The amendment passed 4-3 after Village President Sid Stahl broke a 3-3 tie. The amendment had been defeated 24 in September. In other news, the Board For The Weekly Post
• unanimously OK’d a zoning variance for the Lillie M. Evans Library District to permit a two-foot increase in height in its building project; • approved a redevelopment agreement with the Oltman insurance agency on West Main Street to spend $800 out of Tax Increment Financing funds for sidewalk and related improvements; and • appointed City Treasurer Sue Hofer to serve as interim Clerk until a new Clerk is appointed. Mary Ann Mercer resigned effective Nov. 1. Petitions to run for the position at the April elections are due next month.
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Tax rates could fall in 2016 Farmington levy By BILL KNIGHT
FARMINGTON – School tax rates for property owners in Farmington Central School District 265 will fall under a tentative levy approved by the Board of Education on Monday. That change is tied to factors ranging from rising assessed valuations and Peoria County voters last week approving a School Facilities Sales Tax increase, to the District’s strong fiscal condition. The tax rate this year is 5.1827, and the proposed rate is 5.0970, despite increased revenues. The 2015 tax levy generated $7,547,042 and the 2016 measure would bring in $7,606,532. However, the Equalized Assessed Valuation (EAV) in the counties District 265 serves went up, meaning property worth more pays more. County estimates show Peoria’s EAV to go up 3.4 percent, Knox’s up 5.78 percent, and Fulton up 1.5 For The Weekly Post
percent. Superintendent John Asplund estimates that an additional $180,000 also could come to Farmington from Peoria County’s School Facilities Sales Tax allotments from students living in Peoria County. Illinois schools must file Certificates of Levy next month, and final tax rates and allocations are set in the spring. The District “is very healthy financially,” said CPA Jason Hohulin from Gorenz and Associates, which this year did the District’s audit for the first time. “We have no [critical] findings. We don’t see that very often.” Audit highlights were a $12 million Cash Balance, up $1 million from last year; a $45.7 million Fund Equity; and overall operating funds showing revenues increasing 4.57 percent while expenditures were held to a 1.87 percent increase. “You guys have done really well in managing salaries and benefits,” Hohulin said.
The audit determined that District 265 achieved the Illinois State Board of Education’s highest financial profile, “Recognition,” with a perfect score of 4.0, compared to a 3.65 last year. “We do a lot of districts in Illinois, and we don’t see that many,” Hohulin added. In other news, • Asplund announced the Board’s Insurance Committee is interviewing four finalists to decide on a new broker for District coverage, and the Board will consider the committee’s recommendation at the Dec. 12 Board meeting; • in personnel, Deb Barton resigned as student facilitator, Maria Strubhar was granted a short-term leave; and contract adjustments were made for Maria Fletcher and Sue Arbogast to ensure the District is in compliance with new overtime rules; and • the Board scheduled the 2017 graduation for 2 p.m. May 21.
Farmington planning to add disc golf course By JEFF LAMPE
FARMINGTON – After approval from the Farmington Township Park Board, disc golf can become a reality at Farmington Township Park. Fund-raising has already started for an 18-hole course that could open as early as next spring if all goes as planned, according to Patrick O’Brian of Farmington. O’Brian is a part of a committee that staged a trial run at the park earlier this fall. Not only was the event a success – drawing 40 participants from as far away as Champaign – the gathering raised $1,000 toward the $14,000 total needed to build the park. That will pay for baskets, concrete pads for tees and baskets and a welcome kiosk describing the course, which will be west of the pavilion and main parking lot. O’Brian said course layout will be done by Johnny Harrison, who he called “the Godfather of disc golf in Weekly Post Staff Writer
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Voter turnout up from 2014, not ’12 or ’08 By BILL KNIGHT
More voters cast ballots Nov. 8 than the non-presidential election in 2014, but the percentage of registered voters who turned out last week was below 2008 in Fulton, Knox and Peoria Counties. This year’s Fulton County turnout was 60.77 percent, according to County Clerk Jim Nelson, substantially higher than 2014’s 43.92 percent. “But that was the statewide race – the governor down,” he said. Similarly, Knox County’s turnout was 66.69 percent Nov. 8, County Clerk Scott Erickson said, greater For The Weekly Post
than 2014’s 51.05 percent but far lower than 2012’s 71.27 percent. “The interesting thing is that the spread in percentages from 2012 to 2016 is bigger than the spread of actual votes cast,” Erickson said. “There were 235 fewer votes this year than in 2012. An increase in the number of registered voters in 2016 led to this percentage drop.” Voting early and by mail were up, clerks said. Knox had about 11 percent casting ballots before Election day, compared to 8.9 percent in 2012. In Peoria County, the turnout was 67.67 percent, “but that number will
increase with more votes by mail and provisional ballots,” said Thomas Bride of the Peoria County Board of Election Commissioners. “The overall total vote count is already higher than 2012 but will not surpass 2008,” he added. “The turnout percentage will be lower but that is because of the number of registered voters is higher than both 2008 and 2012. The turnout in 2014 was 46.18 percent.” Final results, including breakdowns by precinct, won’t be released until all results are official, after canvassing work late this month.
BRIEFS Elmwood grad among Black Hawk awardees
KEWANEE – Brooke Parrish of Elmwood was part of the Black Hawk College Horse Judging Team that won first place and third place at the 50th Anniversary AllAmerican Quarter Horse Congress in Columbus, Ohio. The collegiate and youth divisions award individual and team high-point awards in halter, performance and oral reasons categories, as well as overall awards. Scores are determined based on the accuracy of contestants’ placings as compared to the placings of a panel of approved judges. Parrish was on the Black Hawk sophomore Team A that came in first place overall. She was first overall and in performance.
Peoria County changes building permit fees
PEORIA – The Peoria County Board adopted an amendment to the Building Permit Fee Schedule at the Nov. 10 board meeting. The changes will go into effect Jan. 1, 2017. Fee changes were made to permits for swimming pools, demolition, re-inspection, and telecommunications and wind energy structures. A new technology fee was also added at $45 per permit. The changes were recommended to the board after taking into consideration the results of two out-
A small group gathered at Reed Park in Farmington on Veterans Day to honor local veterans. Photo by Dave Giagnoni.
side, third-party studies. The technology fee will assist the department in modernizing its permit method, ultimately allowing for easier access to information and documentation. Please contact the Peoria County Planning and Zoning Department at (309) 672-6915 with questions.
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GALESBURG – The Galesburg Civic Art Center is pleased to host a shared exhibition of work by Chris Dokolasa of Galesburg and Suzanne Stewart of Dahinda in the Joanne R. Goudie Gallery through Saturday, Dec. 31. Stewart is a local artist who has lived in Dahinda with her husband Gary for 23 years. Stewart is a 2001 magna cum laude graduate of Knox College and an art educator at Brimfield High School.
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lines of, “War is not all that exciting.” Years later I learned he saw little if any combat experience. That no doubt was part of my grandfather’s reticence. The stories he eventually shared were of bad food, missing his family and trading trinkets with Russian soldiers –not inspirational, maybe, but tales I was still glad to hear. Only this week I learned – thanks to a school project involving
my son and father – that grandpa decided on his own to leave a newborn son and wife to enlist. His job with the Manhattan Project – working on the atomic bomb in Ames, Iowa – could have kept him out of the service. Yet he felt compelled to enlist, a decision that did not sit well with grandma, judging by the first few letters they exchanged. Not that he ever told me any of that. That reminds me of the story that accompanies the picture on the front page. The photo of a framed Japanese flag surrounded by signed names was sent to us by Richard and Nancy Coon, Elmwood ex-patriates now living in a central Florida community called The Villages. The flag hangs in a museum in the community
that is filled with donated war memorabilia. While perusing the display, the Coons were excited to find a familiar name around the red circle: that of Wilson Reinhart of Brimfield. A plaque alongside states the flag was captured on Iwo Jima. A logical assumption, then, is that Wilson Reinhart might have been part of that capture. The first time I mentioned this to Pat Ori, Reinhart’s daughter, she had no good answer for her dad’s name being on the flag. “Dad never really said much about the war,” she said, echoing a line I’ve heard repeatedly from the children and grandchildren of veterans. After our first conversation, Ori spoke with sib-
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Williamsfield tax levy to increase By JEFF LAMPE
WILLIAMSFIELD – School tax rates for property owners in Williamsfield will increase by 4.19 percent under a tentative levy reviewed by the Board of Education on Monday. The tax rate would increase to $4.35 from $4.30 under the terms of a levy that the Board will vote on at its Dec. 12 meeting. “It just reflects increases in costs,” Superintendent Tim Farquer said of the proposed change. “There’s no doubt in my mind we’ll still have the lowest rate in the area.” The 2015 tax levy raised $3,415,286 and the 2016 levy would generate $3,558.386. “And that represents a very conservative Equalized Assessed Valuation Weekly Post Staff Writer
(EAV),” Farquer said. He is assuming a 3 percent increase in EAV, though the increase was 5.5 percent last year and County estimates peg the likely Knox County EAV increase at 5.78 percent. The Board also approved switching its annual district liability insurance policy to Denise Jacobus and Kuhl Insurance of Morton from Jeremy Eagle and Porter-Hay Insurance of Galesburg, a move that would save the district 34 percent compared to last year. Kuhl’s bid of $54,477 was the lowest by three insurers who submitted a bid by the deadline, Farquer said. After submitting an initial bid, Rick Brown of Williamsfield submitted a lower bid that was received after the due date, Farquer said. For
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Big bucks dropping in impressive fashion By JEFF LAMPE
For the first time in several years, archery deer hunters are smiling. Not all of them, of course. But after several lean years, some big bucks appear to be back in central Illinois. In the past week, shooters of all sorts have found their way into the beds of pickups. Through Sunday, Nov. 13, Illinois archery deer hunters had shot a preliminary total of 39,370 deer, compared to 38,076 for the same period in 2015. During the past week, rutting action has been pronounced, with bucks chasing does and bowhunters reaping the benefit of the daytime activity. Harvest the past week was 69 percent bucks, boosting the overall season totals to 56 percent bucks. The top five archery counties are Pike (1,562), Fulton (1,116), Adams (936), Jefferson (894), and JoDaviess (807). Among the bowhunters to find success was Ralph Phillips of Elmwood, who shot a nice 9pointer in Knox County on Sunday. Phillips said he shot his buck at around 9 a.m., which has been a prime time for deer activity of late. “I think all this rutting activity is going to keep on right through shotgun season,” Phillips said. That would be good news for shotgun hunters, who get their first shot at whitetails Friday (Nov. 18) through Sunday (Nov. 20). Hunting hours are onehalf hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset. Permits are still available online for some counties, so you still have a chance to buy a Weekly Post Staff Writer
tag. And here’s a reminder to participants in the youth deer hunt: your tag is valid for the first firearm season. The second shotgun season will be Dec. 1-4.
Here’s another reminder that Jubilee College State Park is closed to most users during all three firearm deer hunting seasons, starting this Friday through Sunday. The only people allowed in the park during the gun deer seasons are those with site-specific hunting permits. So if you want to walk your dog or stretch your legs, you’ll have to go somewhere else this weekend. The same is true for the second gun season Dec. 1-4 and the muzzleloader season Dec. 9-11. • Duck details – Did I really say some new ducks had showed up in the Illinois River Valley? Not many made the trip south, judging by the shortlived bump in hunting success for waterfowlers. Unseasonably warm temperatures and mild winds have not helped hunters. Fairly typical of this waterfowl season for me was a hunt last Friday, one day before Canada geese were back in season. That day, geese landed in my decoys on three separate occasions. Of course, none of them returned Saturday or Sunday once they were fair game again. • Jubilee closed –
Youngsters interested in hunting pheasants are invited to participate in a free hunt Nov. 26-27 on the Gilles Family Farms near Princeville. Hunts are divided into two-hour blocks from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. Pheasants Forever will provide each youngster • Pheasant hunt –
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Bowhunter Rich Rushing of Elmwood shot this Peoria County 11-point buck on Saturday, Nov. 12.
Bowhunter Matt Hanley of Kickapoo shot this Peoria County buck Saturday evening. The buck had an inside spread of 21 inches.
who participates with two pheasants to be hunted on these days. Each group will take five kids with their parent or guardian to the field to hunt their birds. Youngsters 10 years old through high school age can attend, but they must have passed a hunter safety class. Committee members: for these events are Ted Gilles and Mike Aldrich. Those interested are asked to reserve a time by calling Aldrich at (309) 3852127 or (309) 229-4090. Or email him at maldrich64@hotmail.com.
• Et cetera – Resident hunters can apply for the first lottery for 2017 Illinois Spring Wild Turkey Season permits online. Application deadline is Dec. 1. • Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows deer hunters shot 96,131 deer during the opening weekend of the fall firearms deer season Nov. 12-13. Of the 96,131 deer harvested, 55,753 were antlered bucks. Last year hunters checked 93,896 deer during the opening firearm weekend.
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Elmwood tax levy to keep budget steady By BILL KNIGHT
ELMWOOD – Under a tax levy unanimously passed by the City Council on Tuesday, Elmwood plans to generate $60,000 for General Corporate Purposes and $174,850 for special purposes. The $234,850 total raised through taxation doesn’t include funds raised through other sources, such as state income tax or water receipts. “All in all, it’s about the same level as the year before,” said City Attorney Bob Potts. A breakdown of the For The Weekly Post
special funds shows $7,700 for auditing, $21,500 for parks, $7,150 for the Municipal Band, $35,900 for police, $600 for Civil Defense services, $2,800 for school crossing guards, $5,200 for Public Benefits, $24,000 for Streets & Bridges, $39,300 for retirement contributions, and $30,700 for several insurance policies. Mayor J.D. Hulslander and Alderman Jared Howerton were absent. The Council also unanimously approved hiring local contractor Dave Hall to replace retiring Build-
ing Inspector John Kunski, who’s leaving this week. Legal counsel recommended hiring someone as a part-time employee, and Hall accepted the City’s terms of $50 per hour with a 1/2hour minimum to conduct residential building inspections and plan reviews. Hall will pursue certification, underwritten by the City, within 12 months. Commercial inspections and reviews of commercial drawing will be handled by an employee of Maurer Stutz engineering, who also will do inspections for any projects Hall and his Elmwood Construction Co. undertake. In other news, • the Council unanimously approved an
amendment to the City Code prohibiting street parking on both sides of Maple Avenue between Magnolia Street and Chestnut Drive; • City Clerk Melissa Morris reminded people that storm-repair companies making door-to-door appeals are required to have solicitors permits, and even if they do, they may not be legitimate; • Christmas lights are planned to go up on the gazebo and the business district this week, and the new holiday banners should be up before Thanksgiving; • Aldermen decided to hold one meeting next month, on Dec. 12, and • discussion or action on garbage pickup for the City was tabled until that meeting.
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ELMWOOD – Sandra “Sandy” J. Strappe, 76, of Peoria, formerly of Elmwood, passed away at 10:11 a.m., on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria. She was born on Aug. 18, 1940, to Thomas and Fern (Brockelhurst) Barnabee, in Canton. Sandy married James Strappe on Oct. 10, 1959, at St. Matthew’s Catholic Church Strappe in Farmington. He preceded her in death on Aug. 23, 1999. Surviving are two children, Jean Anne (Larry) Dikeman, of Colorado Springs, and Karen (Don) Ramp, of Elmwood; one brother, Bob Barnabee; and one grandchild, Justin Strappe. She is preceded in death by one son, Tom Strappe; one brother, David Barnabee; and one grandchild, Dakota Ramp. Sandy was a housewife for many years that allowed her to be a room mother for all her kids’ school parties. When she lived in Bellevue, she taught piano lessons. She then
worked at Peoria Airport and later as a Real Estate Appraiser. Sandy was also a past member of the Peoria Motorcycle Club Auxiliary. She enjoyed gardening, boating, water skiing, canoeing, camping, and loved entertaining for her family and Bunco group. A Funeral Mass will be held at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Elmwood on Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, at 11 a.m., with a one-hour visitation prior to the service. A two-hour visitation will also be held the night before from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, at the church. Burial will follow the service at Calvary Cemetery in rural Brimfield. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Richard Owens Hospice Center or to the Dakota Ramp Memorial Fund. To leave online condolences, visit oaks-hinesfuneralhome.com Oaks-Hines Funeral Home in Elmwood is in charge of arrangements.
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Sarah, Lauren, Audrey, Gavin and Hayden Updyke, all of Brimfield; two sisters, Judy (Frank) Bailey of Jacksonville, Fla., and Paula (Jerry) Norman of Pekin; and one brother, Don (Doris) Ziegler of Concord, Ga. Vicki is preceded in death by her parents. Vicki was raised in Victoria, later moved to Toulon and graduated from Toulon High School in 1964. She was a homemaker for many years, raising her and Tom’s four children. She obtained her Associates Degree in Nursing from Illinois Central College, working as an LPN for Proctor Hospital and later the Illinois Eye Center, from which she retired in 1999. She had a love for cooking and worked at Elm Haven in Elmwood, preparing meals for the residents. She also worked for Dr. Dawson assisting him with his chiropractic office in Elmwood. Vicki enjoyed gardening, crocheting, knitting, animals and especially her cats, as she was a former breeder of Persians. Her greatest love in life was her grandchildren and watching them participate in all of their various activities. She was of the Lutheran faith and was a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Peoria. A visitation was held Nov. 13, 2016, and the funeral service was Nov. 14. Cremation followed the services and Vicki’s ashes will be buried at a later date. Memorial Contributions may be made to the Brimfield Athletic Booster Club or Brimfield Youth Baseball Association. Condolences may be left for Vicki’s family on her tribute wall at www.haskellhott.com.
Jerry W. Gawthorp
PRINCEVILLE – Jerry W. Gawthorp, 84, of Princeville, formerly of Clinton, died Nov. 12, 2016, at Unity Point Methodist Hospital, Peoria with his family by his side. Jerry was born March 7, 1932, in Scott County Missouri, the son of Harold and Marie (Blattel) Gawthorp.
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He married Carolynn Bowling Aug. 23, 1968, in Clinton. She survives him along with daughters Rachel Gawthorp (Mark), Rebecca (Chris) Rock, Princeville and grandchildren, Marcus and Paige Rock, Princeville. Two sisters survive, Beatrice Simmons, Germantown Hills, and Betty (Bob) Cowles, Green Valley Ariz., as well as many nieces and nephews. Jerry resided in Clinton most of his life. He retired from the DeWitt County Sheriff’s Department as Jail Administrator. He was a member of the First Christian Church, Clinton and a member and Past Master of DeWitt Lodge 84, AF & AM and dual member of Princeville Lodge 360 AF & AM. He served 18 years on the Clinton Library Board and eight years on the Clinton Unit District #15 School Board. Jerry enjoyed reading, history, genealogy research and mostly delighted in being with his family. Cremation Rites were accorded and a private Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Memorials may be made to: Unity Point Methodist Proctor Foundation, Attn: Methodist College of Nursing Scholarship, 120 N.E. Glen Oak Ave., Suite 101, Peoria, IL 61603.
Oral Elda Hollar
FARMINGTON – Oral Elda Hollar, 89, of Bradford, grandmother of a Farmington woman, died Nov. 8 at OSF Richard L. Owens Hospice Home in Peoria. Survivors include daughter Beverly of Princeton; son Dean (Debbie) of Trivoli; grandchildren Rachel (Will) Kenney of Farmington, Daniel Clark and Rebecca Cork, both of Princeton, and Kyle (Beth) Hollar of Bartonville; and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services were Nov. 14 at Boyd’s Grove United Methodist Church in Bradford, with burial at Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Kewanee. Condolences may be left online at legacy.com
Karen Hoops
FARMINGTON – Karen Hoops, 69, of Farmington died Nov. 1 at Graham Hospital in Canton.
Born May 19, 1947, in Peoria County to Paul and Reva Dare Starcevich, she married Boyce Hoops, who died earlier this year. She was also preceded in death by her parents and brother, Thomas Samuels. She is survived by children Tammy (John) Copeland, Tracy Strohmaier, Todd (Judy) Strohmaier; numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren; stepsons Monty (Corey) Hoops, David Hoops and nephew Willie Samuels. Per her wishes, cremation was accorded and no services will be held. Memorial donations may be made to her daughter, Tammy to assist with arrangements. Condolences may be left online at www.csmico.com.
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LAURA – Robert L. Whittaker, 78, of Kewanee, a Laura native died Nov. 5, 2016, at Kewanee Care in Kewanee. Robert was born Dec. 21, 1937, in Laura, to Robert E. and E. Hazel (Roark) Whittaker. Surviving are three brothers, Arthur (Rosie) of Toulon, Eldon of Milwaukee, Wis., and Paul Whittaker of Osceola. Funeral services were Nov. 9 at Haskell-Hott Funeral Home in Toulon, with burial at Evergreen Memory Gardens in Kewanee. Condolences may be left online at www.haskellhott.com.
Robert E. Wright
DAHINDA – Robert E. Wright, 74, of Dahinda, died Nov. 8 at his home. Survivors include his wife, Sandra (Collopy) Wright of Dahinda; sons Brett (Mindy) Wright of Knoxville, Brian (Angel) Wright of Knoxville, and Josh (Crystal) Wright of Morton; daughter Jackie (Gary Walker) Weidenhamer of Knoxville; nine grandchildren; two sisters; one brother ; three stepsisters and two stepbrothers. Funeral services were Nov. 12 at Hurd-Hendricks Funeral Home in Knoxville, with interment at Williamsfield Cemetery. Condolences may be left online at hurd-hendricksfuneralhome.com.
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Pastor Leonard Thomas 135 S. Galena St., Brimfield (309) 446-9310 Sun. Worship: 9 am Sun. School: 9 am Thurs. Bible Study: 7 pm
Union Church at Brimfield United Church of Christ
The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod “Preaching Christ Crucified” “Liturgical & Reverential” Pastor Michael Liese 204 W. Clay St., Brimfield (309) 446-3233 Sun. Divine Service: 10 am
Pastor Stephen Barch 105 W. Clay Street, Brimfield (309) 446-3811 brimfieldunionchurch.org Sunday Worship: 9 am Tuesday Bible Study: 6:30 pm First Sunday each month is Communion Sunday (gluten free communion offered)
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Dahinda United Methodist Church 1739 Victoria Street, PO Box 14, Dahinda IL 61428 Church phone: 309-639-2768
EDWARDS 7422 N. Heinz Ln., Edwards (309) 692-1755 bethanycentral.org Sun. Worship 8:15 & 11 am Wednesday Awana: 6:15 pm
Christ Alive! Community Church Pastor Lance Zaerr 9320 W US Hwy 150, Edwards (309) 231-8272 christalivecc.com Sun. School: 9:15 am Worship: 10:30 am
ELMWOOD Crossroads Assembly of God Pastor Tim Cavallo 615 E. Ash St., Elmwood (309) 830-4259 crossroadselmwood.org Wed. Worship: 7 pm Sun. Worship: 10:30 am
Elmwood Baptist Church
Pastor Dennis Fitzgerald 701 W. Dearborn St., Elmwood (309) 742-7631, 742-7911 Sun. School: 9:30 am Sun Worship: 10:30 am, 6 pm Wed. Prayer Meeting: 7 pm
(309) 742-7221 elmwoodumc.org Sun. Worship: 9 am, 10:30 am Youth Sun. School: 9 am Adult Sun. School: 8 am
First Presbyterian Church of Elmwood
First Presbyterian Church of Farmington
Reverend Marla B. Bauler 201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood (309) 742-2631 firstpresbyterianofelmwood.org Sun. Worship: 10:30 am Sun. School: 9:30 am
Reverend Dr. Linda Philabaun 83 N. Cone Street, Farmington (309) 245-2914 firstpresfarmington.com Sunday School: 9:30 am Fellowship: 10:30 am Worship: 11:00 am
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church Father Paul Stiene 802 W. Main St., Elmwood (309) 742-4921 Sat. Confession: 3:45 p.m. Sat. Mass: 4:30 p.m. Sun. Mass: 10 am Tues. Rosary: 8:15 am
United Methodist Church of Elmwood Pastor Bradley F. Watkins II 821 W. Main St., Elmwood
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New Hope Fellowship Assembly of God Pastor Tom Wright 1102 N. Illinois Route 78 Farmington (309) 245-2957 Sun. Worship: 10 am Wed. Worship: 7 pm
PRINCEVILLE Princeville United Methodist Church Pastor Ken Dees
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WILLIAMSFIELD St. James Catholic Church Father John Verrier Legion Road Knox Road 1450 N Williamsfield (309) 446-3275 stjameswilliamsfield.org Sun. Confession: 7:30-8 am Sun. Mass: 8 am (8:30 am in the summer)
YATES CITY Faith United Presbyterian Church Reverend Marla B. Bauler 107 W. Bishop St., Yates City (309) 358-1170 Worship: 9 am Sun. School: 10:15 am Thurs. Choir: 7 pm
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Farmington’s historic season got sidetracked in Monticello on Saturday. All good things must come to an end. The Swami is down to covering one football team for his loyal readers. I know that depression is starting to set in for most of you. Pretty soon you can go back to thumbing through the paper to see who got arrested. Maybe The The Swami can find SWAMI another sport to cover to keep things interesting. Junior high boys basketball is the only thing that is remotely as
exciting as high school football. And the only reason is because The Swami has witnessed the winning tradition of Coach Jim Valla at Elmwood. The man is a legend. All he does is notch win after win and collect state trophies. Beyond impressive. But The Swami might be a little biased and just pick Elmwood to win every game. At least I’m honest and let you know the deal up front, unlike CNN, Fox News, CBS, NBC, etc. who try to pass themselves off as balanced, credible news sources. Please. The mainstream media is gross. Unless they want to hire me for big bucks ... at which point I can overlook their shortcomings. That’s what The Swami sez and I’m sticking to it.
CLASS 2A Deer Creek-Mackinaw at Annawan-Wethersfield
A-W forced six turnovers last week and scored on some long plays to come away with the win against Fulton. This is the second year in a row that A-W has made it into the Final 4. They face a tough Dee-Mack team that beat perennial powerhouse Sterling Newman. DeeMack features a potent, threeheaded rushing attack. A-W has scored early in their playoff games to get teams out of their normal offensive play calling. Dee-Mack has a stingy defense though. Couple that with a cold and windy Saturday and the edge goes to the Chiefs. Dee-Mack 4235.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON December 6, 2016, A CAUCUS OF THE Republican PARTY IN Laura, IL of Millbrook Township, Peoria COUNTY, ILLINOIS WILL BE HELD AT Millbrook Community Center COMMENCING AT 7:00 O’CLOCK PM FOR THE PURPOSE OF NOMINATING CANDIDATES FOR THE FOLLOWING OFFICES: SUPERVISOR CLERK FOUR TRUSTEES ROAD COMMISSIONER TAX COLLECTOR
ROSEFIELD TOWNSHIP PUBLIC NOTICE Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2016 TOWN FUND Cash Receipts Property taxes $104,341, state replacement taxes $6,280, interest $630. Transfers $2,000. Total cash receipts $113,251. Cash Disbursements Howard, Habecker & Morris $6,542, Country Financial $5,050, Tom Missen $3,200, Transfers Out $32,000. Compensation under $25,000 (D. Kuntz, L. Schaub, K. Beecher, D. Maue, J. Zinser, M. May, M. Windish, M. Windish) -$26,799, cash disbursements under $2,500: $22,426. Total cash disbursements $96,017. Town Balance March 31, 2015 $102,192 Cash Receipts 97,339 Cash Disbursements (85,629)
Relief Fund $46,579 6,958 (2,309)
Non-Major Funds TOTAL $6,959 $155,730 8,954 113,251 (8,079) (96,017)
Balance March 31, 2016 $113,902
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ROAD & BRIDGE DISTRICT Cash Receipts Property taxes $150,316, state replacement taxes $7,726, transfers in $30,000, miscellaneous $24. Total cash receipts $188,066. Cash Disbursements Ace in the Hole $64,841, N.E. Finch $25,537, Forney Well Service $12,386, AKW Excavating $12,187, Otto Max $8,610, Pavement Maintenance $8,493, River Stone Group $6,551, Country Financial $6,346, Blunier Equipment $5,300, Agland FS $5,111, Neff Co. $5,000, Riley Auto Parts $4,485, Doug Schaub $4,133, Plaza Tire $2,845. Compensation under $25,000 (J. Forney, M. Perham, W. LaFollette, J. Gunter, I. Husemann, R. LaFollett, T. Martin, K. Windish) $9,058, cash disbursement under $2,500: $20,168. Total cash disbursements $201,051. Road & Bridge
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Special Road Joint Road & & Bridge Fund Bridge Fund
Balance March 31, 2015 Cash Receipts Cash Disbursements
$56,771 74,991 (103,456)
$41,306 68,189 (85,375)
$84,025 17,342 (6,724)
Balance March 31, 2015
$28,306
$24,120
$94,643
Building & Equip. Fund
Non-Major Funds
Total
Balance March 31, 2015 Cash Receipts Cash Disbursements
$22,604 22,077 -
$16,670 5,467 (5,496)
$221,376 188,066 (201,051)
Balance March 31, 2015
$44,681
$16,641
$208,391
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NOTICE OF CAUCUS NOTICE OF INTENTION OF COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 326 PEORIA, MARSHALL AND STARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS TO ISSUE $2,000,000 WORKING CASH FUND BONDS PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on the 8th day of November, 2016, the Board of Education (the “Board”) of Community Unit School District Number 326, Peoria, Marshall and Stark Counties, Illinois (the “District”), adopted a resolution declaring its intention and determination to issue bonds in the aggregate amount of $2,000,000 for the purpose of increasing the Working Cash Fund of the District, and it is the intention of the Board to avail of the provisions of Article 20 of the School Code of the State of Illinois, and all laws amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, and to issue said bonds for the purpose of increasing said Working Cash Fund. Said Working Cash Fund is to be maintained in accordance with the provisions of said Article and shall be used for the purpose of enabling the District to have in its treasury at all time sufficient money to meet demands thereon for expenditures for corporate purposes. A petition may be filed with the Secretary of the Board (the “Secretary”) within thirty (30) days after the date of publication of this notice, signed by not less than 270 voters of the District, said number of voters being equal to ten percent (10%) of the registered voters of the District, requesting that the proposition to issue said bonds as authorized by the provisions of said Article 20 be submitted to the voters of the District. If such petition is filed with the Secretary within thirty (30) days after the date of publication of this notice, an election on the proposition to issue said bonds shall be held on the 4th day of April, 2017. The Circuit Court may declare that an emergency referendum should be held prior to said election date pursuant to the provisions of Section 2A 1.4 of the Election Code of the State of Illinois, as amended. If no such petition is filed within said thirty (30) day period, then the District shall thereafter be authorized to issue said bonds for the purpose hereinabove provided. By order of the Board of Education of Community Unit School District Number 326, Peoria, Marshall and Stark Counties, Illinois. DATED this 8th day of November, 2016. Susan Hefler Secretary, Board of Education, Community Unit School District Number 326, Peoria, Marshall and Stark Counties, Illinois Darin Cowser President, Board of Education, Community Unit School District Number 326, Peoria, Marshall and Stark Counties, Illinois
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CLAIM NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS, PEORIA COUNTY In Re ESTATE OF ) MARILYN JO CALLISTER ) No. 16-P-459 Deceased ) NOTICE is given to creditors of the death of MARILYN JO CALLISTER on September 22, 2016. Letters of Office were issued by the above entitled Court to WAYNE K. CALLISTER, of 21716 West Tucker Road, Elmwood, Illinois 61529, as Executor, whose attorneys of record are WHITNEY & POTTS, LTD., 118 West Main Street, P. O. Box 368, Elmwood, Illinois, 61529-0368. Claims against the Estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk's Office, Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or with the representative or both on or before the 12th day of May, 2017, or if mailing or delivery of a Notice from the representative is required by Sec. 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that Notice. Every claim filed must be in writing and state sufficient information to notify the representative of the nature of the claim or other relief sought. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed and shall file with the Court, proof of any required mailing or delivery of copies. DATED this 20th day of October, 2016. WAYNE K. CALLISTER, Executor of the Estate of MARILYN JO CALLISTER, Deceased. WHITNEY & POTTS, LTD. Attorneys for the Executors 118 West Main Street P. O. Box 368 Elmwood, Illinois 61529-0368 Telephone: (309) 742-3611
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TRIVIA TEST By Fifi Rodriguez 1. TELEVISION: The company of Dunder Mifflin was the location of which television comedy series? 2. GEOGRAPHY: In which U.S. state is Lake Shasta located? 3. MOVIES: What World War II miniseries’ title came from a phrase in Shakespeare’s “Henry V”? 4. INVENTIONS: What was the 20thcentury bathysphere used for? 5. MUSIC: What Beatles’ song contains the lyric, “La la how the life goes on”? 6. BUSINESS: At what convenience store can you buy a Big Gulp? 7. FAMOUS QUOTATIONS: What 19thcentury Dutch painter once said, “I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process”? 8. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: When did Apple release the first Macintosh computer? 9. U.S. STATES: What is the state of Alaska’s nickname? 10. SCIENCE: What is absolute zero in Celsius?
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ALL SPORTS ROUNDUP
Local players tabbed for Prairieland FB, VB all-conference teams
Football players from Farmington and Elmwood-Brimfield dominated allconference selections for the Prairieland Blue division. First to offense, where local teams had five unanimous first-team picks: Farmington – senior quarterback Dylan Hayden, senior center Tanner Crowe, junior tackle Threal Anderson and senior wide receiver Eric Higgs; E-B – senior tackle Colton Milliman. Other Farmington offensive honorees were: First team – guard Dylan Kenney; Second team – junior wide receiver Judd Anderson, junior tight end Ethan Kenney, junior running back Evan Marion and junior kicker Nick Johnson; Honorable mention – sophomore tackle Jarod DePriest. Other E-B offensive honorees were: First team – senior guard Darren
Novak, junior tight end Vince Lenzi, senior running backs Jackson Harkness and Sam Marincic, senior kicker Hank Hedrick; Second team – senior center Evan Asbell, senior guard Cort Baysingar, senior tackle Carter Baysingar; Honorable mention – senior running back Tucker Teubel. On defense, seven locals were unanimous first-teamers: E-B – lineman Novak, senior defensive end Isaiah Groeper, outside linebacker Teubel, inside linebacker Harkness, defensive back Marincic; Farmington – junior defensive end Jack Fletcher, senior outside linebacker Jonah Cecil. Other Farmington defensive honorees were: First team – lineman DePriest, inside linebacker Marion, senior defensive back Jake Settles; Second team – senior inside linebacker Gavin Garcia;
Honorable mention – senior defensive end John Turney, senior defensive back Caleb Gilstrap. Other E-B defensive honorees were: First team – junior defensive back Sam Hedrick; Second team – outside linebacker Hank Hedrick, senior defensive back Bradley Grothaus; Honorable mention – lineman Milliman, senior inside linebacker Matthew Jordan. Lincoln Trail Conference postseason football honorees will be announced once Annawan-Wethersfield is no longer playing. • Volleyball – Brimfield-Elmwood senior Rachel Jacobson and Farmington junior Haley Huls were named to the Prairieland volleyball all-conference first team. Named to the second team were a trio of B-E athletes: juniors Ellie Graham
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and Holly Stratton and senior Alannah Chaney. Third-teamers included senior Meghan Wherley and junior Morgan Powell of Farmington and senior Nicole Thurman of Brimfield-Elmwood. • Junior high – Hard though it may be to believe, the seventh grade girls basketball postseason starts this Saturday. Brimfield is top seed at the 7-2A Peoria St. Philomena Regional, while Princeville is seeded second and Elmwood is third and opens Saturday at 11:30 a.m. against Pleasant Valley. in 73A, Farmington is top seed at Washington Central and opens play Monday (Nov. 21) at 4:30 p.m. against Washington Beverly Manor. Eighth-grade pairings will be out next week.
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BASKETBALL BEGINS 2016-17 GIRLS BASKETBALL BRIMFIELD November: 18 - vs Wethersfield at Brimfield Tourney 8 pm; Nov. 19 - vs Midwest Central, Brimfield Tourney; Nov. 21 - vs Tremont, Brimfield Tourney 5 pm; Nov. 25 - vs Princeville, Brimfield Tourney 4:30 pm; Nov. 26 - vs Illini West, Brimfield Tourney 4 pm; Nov. 28 - at Peoria Heights 6 pm; December: 1 - vs Bushnell-PC 6 pm; Dec. 5 - vs North Fulton 6 pm; Dec. 8 - at Midwest Central 6 pm; Dec. 10-17 - at Knoxville-Abingdon Tourney TBA; Dec. 27-30 - at State Farm Classic; January: 5 - at A-Town 6 pm; Jan. 7 - vs Rushville 11 am; Jan. 9 - vs Farmington 6 pm; Jan. 19 - vs Lewistown 6 pm; Jan. 21 - at South Fulton noon; Jan. 23 - vs Havana 6 pm; Jan. 26 - at RoanokeBenson 6 pm; Jan. 30 - at Elmwood 6 pm; February: 1 - vs Knoxville 6 pm; Feb. 2 - vs Illini Bluffs 6 pm.
ELMWOOD November: 15 - vs Rockridge at Ridgewood Tourney 7:30 pm; Nov. 16 - vs. United at Ridgewood 7:30 pm; Nov. 18 - vs Knoxville at Ridgewood 7:30 pm; Nov. 19 - vs TBA at Ridgewood TBA; Nov. 29 - at Midwest Central 6 pm; December: 1 - vs ROWVA 6 pm; Dec. 8 - at Bushnell-PC 6 pm; Dec. 10-15 - at KnoxvilleAbingdon Tourney TBA ; Dec. 19 - at Rushville 6 pm; Dec. 26-28 - at Princeville Tourney TBA; January: 2 - at West Prairie 6 pm; Jan. 5 - vs Havana 6 pm; Jan. 7 - at Alwood 5 pm; Jan. 10 - vs Illni Bluffs 6 pm; Jan. 12 - vs Peoria Heights 6 pm; Jan. 16 - vs Knoxville 6 pm; Jan. 19 - at North Fulton 6 pm; Jan. 23 - at Abingdon 6 pm; Jan. 26 - at South Fulton 6 pm; Jan. 30 - vs Brimfield 6 pm February: 2 - at Lewiston 6 pm; Feb. 4 - vs Farmington 4 pm.
FARMINGTON November: 15 - vs Canton at Ingersoll; Nov. 16 vs Lewistown at Ingersoll 6 pm; Nov. 17 - vs. N. Fulton at Ingersoll; Nov. 19 - TBA at Ingersoll; Nov. 28 - vs A-Town 7:30 pm December: 1 - at Ridgewood 7:30 pm; Dec. 5 at Knoxville 7:30 pm; Dec. 8 - vs Peoria Heights 7:30 pm; Dec. 10-17 at Knoxville/Abingdon Tourney TBA; Dec. 19 - vs Havana 7:30 pm; Dec. 26 at Beardstown Tourney TBA; January: 7 - vs Tremont 12:30 pm; Jan. 9 - at Brimfield 7:30 pm; Jan. 12 - vs Bushnell-PC 7:30 pm; Jan. 16 - at South Fulton 7:30 pm; Jan. 19 vs Midwest Central 7:30 pm; Jan. 21 - at Lewiston 12:30 pm; Jan. 23 - vs West Prairie 7:30 pm; Jan. 26 - vs North Fulton 7:30 pm; Jan. 30 - at Rushville 7:30 pm February: 1 - vs Rockridge 7:30 pm; Feb. 4 - at Elmwood 5:30 pm
PRINCEVILLE November: 18 - vs Illini West at Brimfield Tourney 6:30 pm, Nov. 19 - vs Tremont at Brimfield 6:30 pm, Nov. 22 - vs. Wethersfield at Brimfield 5 pm; Nov. 25 - at Brimfield 4:30 pm, Nov. 26 vs MWC at Brimfield 1 pm; Nov. 30 - vs ROWVA; December: 5 - at Mercer Co.; Dec. 7 - at ROWVA; Dec. 8 - vs Tremont; Dec. 12 - Midland; Dec. 19 - vs Illini Bluffs; Dec. 26-28 - Princeville Tourney TBA January: 4 - at Wethersfield; Jan. 5 - vs Peoria Heights; Jan. 9 - vs Annawan; Jan.11 - at Stark County; Jan. 12-21 - at LTC Conference Tourney TBA; Jan. 23 - vs Galva; Jan. 25 - at Ridgewood; Jan. 26 - vs Peoria Christian; Jan. 30 - vs United February: 1 - vs West Central.
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come. Here’s a look at area teams heading into this season. Brimfield Longtime junior high coach Maribeth Dura takes over for Blane after years of success with seventh and eighth grade teams. A new crop of players will also assume a significant amount of playing time, as four starters have graduated from last year’s 28-7 sectional championship squad. That includes Kennedy Dura, now at Eureka College. But that’s not the only loss. Last season’s team leading rebounder, Shayla McCormick is in the Lincoln Christian College program and Kenzie Schlipf (9 ppg) and playmaker Chloe Bowe have also moved on. In their absence, Dura senior guard Nicole Thurman looks to be the team leader as she returns with a 9.0 points per game average. Senior Izzy Ott returns key playing time to the team, while seniors Saige Jacobus and Alexis Asbell look to be in the mix. Returning sophomores Camryn Swietek at post, Kamryn Cuevas at forward and Delaney Smith at guard come back after contributing significant minutes during last year’s state run. Sophomore guard Mallory Meinke should also be involved. Junior post Brianna Murphy and freshmen guards Sydney Hartwig will be looking for varsity experience. “Our scoring should have good balance this year. We’ll be aggressive and show different sets on defense,” Dura said. “ We will play physical, and our girls definitely know how to play the game.” Dura definitely knows the younger players well, having coached many of the sophomores on this squad to a 26-2 record and a second-place finish in Class 2A in eighth grade and to a Class 2A state title in seventh grade. Cuevas scored 13 points to lead Brimfield in a 32-31 season-opening loss to Princeville. Thurman had seven points and three assists. Elmwood Elmwood returns three starters from a 16-15 team that gave Brimfield all it
Marisa Horton-Meza had six points in a 32-31 season-opening win over Brimfield. Photo by Collin Fairfield
could handle in the postseason. Honorable mention all-stater and unanimous all-conference post player senior Allie Meyers returns a 14.2 scoring average and 11.3 rebounding average. Senior Rachel Jacobson (8.1 ppg, 6.5 rpg) will be playing close to the basket with Meyers to make a formidable duo. Meyers Senior guard Regan McFall brings a 6.9 scoring average and 3.1 rebounding average back to the fold and junior Grace LaFollett will start at point guard after averagings 4.9 ppg and 2.2 assists per game last year. “We return three very good seniors who should supply very good leadership and experience and a good mix of juniors and sophomores that should help supply a very balanced attack,” coach Gregg Meyers said. “The key will be how hard they work and improve throughout the season. The team has the potential to be the best girls basketball team Elmwood has ever had.” Junior K Hampton will likely start early, but beyond that, “We’re looking for who will step up, play good defense and not turn the ball over,” coach Meyers said. Farmington Farmington hired 10-year veteran Monmouth United boys coach Jim Noonan to guide a girls team that finished 12-18 last year. Noonan’s Lady Farmers got out of the gate with a 32-21 win over South Fulton in the Fulton County Tournament. Defense was the key, as
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the Farmers held their opponents to just four points in the third quarter. Megan Gilstrap was scoring leader for Farmington with eight, while Abbey Brown, Julia DePriest and Morgan Powell each came up with five. “I was very pleased with our energy on the defensive end. For us to be successful, our identity needs to be that of a scrappy defensive team,” Noonan said. “Our bests strengths are depth and athleticism. We’d like to establish a winning culture that will last for years.” Noonan inherits some solid experience in top returning scorers, senior Brown (10 ppg) and juniors Gilstrap (9.5 ppg) and Powell (6.5 ppg). Seniors DePriest and Hannah Streitmatter also return playing time experience while Haley Huls, Michaela Uryasz and Payton Peckham are juniors who have logged plenty of varsity floor time. Noonan said Lady Farmer newcomers include sophomores Sarah Wherley, Macie Sprague and Breanna Richards , and junior Emily Buster. Princeville Princeville got off to a good start Monday versus non-conference rival Brimfield, winning 32-31 behind 11 points from Karlin Sandall, eight from Caitlin Pullen, seven from Lucy Waid and six from Marisa Horton-Meza. Rebounding was big for the victors in a 30-23 advantage. Princeville improved steadily last season to finish 19-12 and end the year in a narrow regional title game loss. Key players lost to graduation were Paige Lane and Breana Bauman, but the Lady Princes return a very formidable group of nine players. Waid will again start at center, with Jessica DeVries returning at forward and Horton-Meza able to play a full season at the off-guard spot. Pullen figures to start at point guard and will be joined in the backcourt by Chloe Lane. Haley Holt will contribute at the post. There are nine varsity players, including Sandall, Melissa Martin and Brinle Bauman, who can play at any position on the floor. “I expect all nine of our players to be in the rotation in our games. We have complete depth,” coach John Gross said. “We expect to continue to improve and be very competitive with our experience. We had a good summer and we’re ready to go.”
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by quarterback Dylan Hayden. After the Farmington defense forced a punt, Dawson was there again on the Farmers’ next drive to make an even more impressive one-handed interception on a pass intended for Eric Higgs – the wideout Dawson guarded most of the day. “He’s our best cover corner and we had him on Higgs. But the thing with Farmington is, all their receivers are good,” Monticello coach Cully Welter said. “So we put (Dawson) on Higgs, but he did a nice job of reading the quarterback and breaking on the ball.” Even after Dawson’s second interception, the Farmington defense came up big by stopping Monticello, which finished with just 10 first downs on the day – same as the Farmers. But on the first play of the next drive, another wheel fell off the Farmington bandwagon when Nathan Harman intercepted a pass across the middle. Harman ran 9 yards to the end zone for a 14-3 lead with 8:19 left in the second quarter. The last two wheels were busted when the ensuing three Farmington drives ended in two interceptions and a punt. “They made us look slow. We’ve done that to people all year but they were ultra fast,” Vallas said. “Their speed defensively gave us issues.” The turnovers helped Monticello finally crack the Farmers defense, as the Sages scored on a 1-yard run by quarterback Caleb Hanson and a 14-yard cutback run by top wideout – 6-foot-3, 220-pound senior Isiah Florey. Down 28-3 after Florey’s run, Farmington fumbled the kickoff. Monticello needed just one play to score on a 28-yard pass from Hanson to elusive Nathan Graham. “That was a very good game that kind of turned sour for them,” Welter said. “Otherwise, at that
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Seniors on the Farmington football team hoist a plaque awarded for reaching the Class 3A quarterfinals. Coach Toby Vallas credited this group of seniors with, “changing the program.” Photo by Dave Giagnoni.
Kicker Nick Johnson boots a 26yard field goal to give Farmington its only lead last Saturday. Photo by Dave Giagnoni.
point it was anybody’s opportunity.” One week earlier against Elmwood-Brimfield, the Farmers had headed into intermission trailing. This time, inspiration was not enough to change the outcome. Farmington’s pass game did not really recover until late in the fourth quarter, when Hayden found Higgs for two scores in the final 6:08 – with a running clock in effect. In a record-setting season sure to earn him all-state honors, Hayden
finished 12-of-26 with the four interceptions and 103 yards. For the season, Hayden finished 169-of-254 (66.5 percent) for 3,403 passing yards and 42 touchdowns. Higgs was top receiver with 59 catches for 1,261 yards and 14 TDs. “We have not faced a passing team all year long and that was a concern. We were hoping the fact we run similar styles of offense would help our kids because we see it in practice all the time,” Welter said. “I thought out kids did a good job of breaking on the ball and forcing some important turnovers.” The final ended a historic season for Farmington, which had never before reached the quarterfinals or started 11-0. That was not lost on Vallas. “I don’t like to compare teams, but as far as I’m concerned that’s the greatest group I’ve been around,” he said. “The seniors set the tone in the weight room and changed our culture in our school. “All I heard all year is, ‘To get in 3A you’d be lucky to win a game.’ We came out here and acted like we belonged.”
SCOREBOARD CLASS 3A PLAYOFFS Quarterfinals Monticello 48 Farmington 17 Farmington Monticello
3 0 0 14 - 17 7 27 7 7 - 48 First Quarter F - Johnson 26 yard field goal M - Florey 69 yard pass from Hanson (Singleton kick) Second Quarter M - Harmon 9 interception return (Singleton kick) M - Hanson 1 yard run (Singleton kick) M - Florey 16 yard run (Singleton kick) M - Graham 28 yard pass from Hanson (kick failed) Third Quarter M - Lieb 4 yard run (Singleton kick)
Fourth Quarter M - Snyder 9 yard run (Singleton kick) F - Higgs 16 yard pass from Hayden (Johnson kick) F - Higgs 9 yard pass from Hayden (Johnson kick) Team Statistics F M First downs 10 10 Rushes-Yds 22-58 30-123 Yds per carry 2.6 4.1 Comp-Att-Int 13-27-4 10-18-0 Passing yds 140 215 Fumbles-lost 2-2 1-1 Punts-avg 4-28.0 3-33.0 Penalties-yds 5-80 8-119 Individual Statistics Rushing - F: Marion 7-27, Hayden 11-31, Higgs 2-11, Anderson 1-
(minus-11). M: Lieb 10-28, Bundy 220, Hanson 10-23, Florey 1-16, Dawson 1-6, Snyder 2-12, Brown 4-8. Passing - F: Hayden 12-26-4, 103, Anderson 1-10, 34. M: Hanson 10-180, 215. Receiving - F: Higgs 8-96, Anderson 3-23, Uryasz 1-6, Kenney 1-2. M: Florey 3-122, Graham 3-58, Thomas 1-9, Bundy 1-(minus-5). Tackles - F: Garcia 11, Cecil 10, Marion 7, Turney 7, DePriest 5, Anderson 4, Smith 3, Kenney 3. M: Harman 13, Reedy 7, Austin 7.
CLASS 3A PLAYOFFS Quarterfinals Saturday, Nov. 12 • Game 25 - Elmhurst Immaculate Conception 48, Wilmington 14
• Game 26 - Monticello 48, Farmington 17. • Game 27 - Carlinville 32, Newtown 21 • Game 28 - Virden North Mac 49, Tolono Unity 42 (2 OT)
Semifinals Saturday, Nov. 19 • Game 29 - Elmhurst Immaculate Conception (12-0) at Monticello (12-0), TBA • Game 30 - Carlinville (11-1) at Virden North Mac (11-1), TBA
Championship • Winner Game 29 vs. Winner Game 30 at Champaign (Memorial Stadium), Friday, Nov. 25, 4 pm
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Turnovers hurt Farmers Historic season ends at Monticello By JEFF LAMPE
MONTICELLO – They will play the highlight video of this Farmington football season for many years to come, rewinding often through the big catches, passes and hits. But 12 minutes of Saturday’s Class 3A quarterfinal playoff game at Monticello will best be forgotten forever. Five turnovers in that stretch – on six possessions – completely changed what had started as a competitive contest. Monticello (12-0) used those Farmington turnovers to outscore the visitors 27-0 in the second quarter en route to a 48-17 victory in front of a crowd of 2,212, nearly all of whom were wearing purple (since both teams sport purple and gold colors). Monticello advances to face Elmhurst Immaculate Conception in a Class 3A semifinal – the sixth for the Sages, who have never before reached a title game. “I know it sounds crazy, but I think it could have gone either way early on had we caught some momentum,” Farmington coach Toby Vallas said. “But we didn’t. We had a couple things go wrong and it snowballed and the wheels came off real fast.” Farmington (11-1) was down just 73 – actually scoring first with a Nick Weekly Post Staff Writer
Girls season underway By PHIL JOHNSON
There will be no more sweater vests in Brimfield ... at least not on the girls basketball sidelines. That familiar piece of attire is one thing that will be missing from Brimfield’s bench this winter after the retirement of longtime girls hoops coach Jim Blane. Blane, 61, spent 17 seasons as head coach of the Lady Indians. During that time he compiled a 414-108 record, won nine regionals and three sectionals and coached Brimfield to fourth place in Class 1A in 2009.
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Camryn Swietek of Brimfield and Lucy Waid of Princeville battle for a rebound last season. Both players return to help lead their teams as the season opens. Photo by Collin Fairfield.
How Brimfield performs in a post-Blane era is one of several storylines to watch as another girls basketball season tips off. There’s also a new coach in Farmington, high hopes in Elmwood and
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Monticello cornerback Johnny Dawson somehow intercepted this ball while covering Eric Higgs (9) in Saturday’s Class 3A playoff game. Photo by Dave Giagnoni.
Johnson 26-yard field goal – and had driven to the Monticello 30-yard line when the first wheel fell off. Wideout Ethan Kenney ran a double-move route that against most opponents this season would have resulted in a touchdown. Problem was, Monticello junior cornerback Johnny Dawson never bit on the first move. Or the second. Instead, he was in position to intercept the pass Continued on Page 19