Thursday December 15, 2016 Vol. 4, No. 41
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Raymond “Buzzy” Delbridge get a piece of apple cake from Don Stahl at Princeville’s Senior Meals program. Photo by Bill Knight.
Coordinated by Neighborhood House in Peoria, the “Nutrition Service” is supported by the state Department on Aging, fund raisers and donated foods. It also operates in Chillicothe and Glasford, plus five communities east of the Illinois River. “It’s well organized,” Robinson says, “and they enjoy every meal they
get.” It’s no wonder, with a menu that tries to offer variety as well as nutrition. Last Friday it was ham & beans, with cauliflower, homemade corn bread and more. This month has seen lemon-pepper chicken, beef ravioli, pork chops and chicken tacos; last Continued on Page 2
Books make good Xmas gifts for gardeners I’m treading on thin ice here because I’m no literary genius, as readers of this column already know. However, I have come across two books over the past few years which I enjoyed and I want to tell you about them. Neither book is a glossy “coffee table” books with pretty pictures of English gardens, but if you are a gardener, you’ll enjoy reading them. If you don’t garden, but need another gift idea
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Area townships on Dec. 6 held politicalparty caucuses to nominate candidates for the April 4, 2017, election, and the results are below. Caucus chairs must file with Township Clerks before next Thursday (Dec. 19) a Certificate of Nomination, which includes a Statement of Candidacy and a receipt for a Statement of Economic Interest that candidates are required to file with County Clerks. Also, Township Clerks must file a Inside Certification of Bal• The Farmington lot with the County School Board renews Clerk or Board of its insurance policy Election Commiswith Kiesewetter Insioners before Jan. surance. Page 7. 26, 2017. Besides candidates listed, some independent candidates may come forward in the weeks ahead: BRIMFIELD – Republicans: Tom Coyle, Highway Commissioner; Annette Doughty and Rob Scherler, both Trustees. Democrats: Tony Karl, Supervisor; Mary Sloan, Clerk; Richard Carroll and Gus Schaub, both Trustees; Carroll Carroll, Tax Collector. ELBA – Republicans: Roger Newell, Supervisor; Roland Ekstrand, Road Commissioner; Philip Goedeke, Clerk; Mike Lafollette, Julie Newell, David Lynn and Lora Ramp, all Trustees. No Democratic caucus was held. ELMWOOD – Republicans: Steve Conklin, Supervisor; Dave Wagner, Road Commissioner; Diana Hall, Clerk; Gene Gibson, Mark Kemper and Dale Slagel, all Trustees. Democrats: Bill Atwood, Road Commissioner; Jim Grimm and Donnie Meehan, both Trustees. (No one was nominated for Assessor.) FARMINGTON – Democrats: Debbie Neal, For The Weekly Post
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PRINCEVILLE – There’s room for more at the Princeville Senior Meals Program, which serves hearty lunches most Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at the Princeville Heritage Museum here, says Karen Robinson of Brimfield. And she wouldn’t mind getting busier, despite already coordinating things after driving school bus routes for Brimfield schools. “From kids to seniors, I’m involved,” she says, laughing. Robinson, who also delivers Meals on Wheels Tuesdays and Thursdays, gets here about 8:30 a.m. to set up and works until 1 p.m., but enjoys the company almost as much as her regulars. The program has been at the museum since the building opened about 15 years ago, says Museum Director Julie Delbridge, who said before that it took place at the Legion Hall.
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for a garden nut, I think either of these books would be a good bet. For more than 20 years I attended the annual convention of the Perennial Plant Association and listened to lectures and presentations about flowers and gardens. Nearly all the speakers talked about new, exciting varieties or techniques of garden design. Caring for plants and gardens, once planted, is usually given short shrift, or just mentioned in passing. A few times, however, landscape de-
signer and gardener Tracy DiSabatoAust gave presentations specifically about garden maintenance, soil preparation, plant pruning and dividing, deadheading – all the little details that make a perennial border beautiful. In her work designing, installing and maintaining gardens for her clients, she began to document techniques that worked. She put these ideas together in a book, “The Well-Tended Perennial Garden,” from Timber Press. Think of it as an operator’s manual for the perennial garden. In plain English, she explains proper soil preparaContinued on Page 2
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