Thursday Dec. 17, 2015 Vol. 3, No. 41
The Weekly Post
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“We Cover The News of West-Central Illinois With A Passion” Serving the fine communities of Brimfield, Dahinda, Duncan, Edwards, Elmwood, Farmington, Kickapoo, Laura, Monica, Oak Hill, Princeville, Williamsfield and Yates City
New state test no walk in the PARCC By BILL KNIGHT
The state’s new test replacing the Illinois Standards Achievement Tests (ISAT) and Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) had students in grades 3-8 and high schoolers in algebra 2 and English 3 last spring take exams to measure critical-thinking skills. Based on Common Core standards, the PartFor The Weekly Post
Investors organizing for Palace purchase
nership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) exam summarizes student proficiencies in English/Language Arts and Mathematics. While these results may initially seem lower than what schools and parents expect, the PARCC assessment was designed to set new goals for students using higher expectations
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Local schools PARCC scores Illinois released the first report of the new Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) tests, which reset the Illinois State Board of Education’s system for determining student proficiencies. School Overall Met Exceed Brimfield 47.3 42.2 5.1 Elmwood 47.3 43.8 3.5 Farmington 22.5 21.4 1.1 51.2 47.6 3.6 Princeville Williamsfield 34.2 29.7 4.5 State of Illinois 33.0 28.6 4.4
EBW event generates big profit By CHERYL HARLOW
In an era when service groups across the area are struggling to recruit members, the Elmwood Business Women’s Association is thriving. Proof of that came again in late November when the 40-year-old group organized a purse auction that generated a profit of $6,077.37, including a matching donation of $2,500 from Modern Woodmen of America. Funds raised will be used to meet the mission of the group, whose purpose is to provide scholarships to Elmwood High School seniors. The group currently has 29 members, meets once a month and is open to any woman who is currently employed or has been in the past. “We are delighted to have a lot of new young members who are dynamite and really get things going,” said Pat McGuire, a charter EBW member. “We do lots For The Weekly Post
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HOT CORNER IN PRINCEVILLE
By JEFF LAMPE
ELMWOOD – A group of local investors may soon be making a bid to purchase the Palace Theatre. Rick LeHew is leading a steering committee of Elmwood residents who have put together a for-profit S Corporation with an intention of buying the Palace Theatre if no other buyer emerges at a Jan. 11 foreclosure auction at the Peoria County Courthouse. Farmers State Bank of Elmwood has foreclosed on the theater. After that announcement, LeHew said he approached Palace Theatre owner Vern Reynolds this summer in hopes of negotiating a private deal. “I thought it would be a shame to lose the theater,” said LeHew. “But I was being told the price that had to be paid plus other conditions of the sale that were not agreeable. “(Reynolds) says nobody came to the plate. I came to the plate but didn’t swing at a ball in the dirt. There was not much
aligned to Illinois Learning Standards. Lower proficiency scores don’t mean schools aren’t performing or that students are learning less. “We must remember that these results cannot and should not be compared to prior scores,” said State Superintendent of Education Tony Smith. “The PARCC test not only aligns to higher standards and asks
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Princeville Mayor Sid Stahl was on hand to cut a ribbon recently for the grand opening of a new home for the Princeville Community Bank (above). Photo by Collin Fairfield. The new bank location at the corner of Main and Santa Fe in Princeville has previously housed a laundromat, pizza place and gas station. The picture at right of Pullens 66 Service Station on the same location is from August of 1958. From left to right are: Wilbur Pullen (owner), Mick Dallinger, Don Slane, Don Dallinger, Loy Sloan and John Bush.They are standing around the Bouton Funeral Home hearse. The picture below right is from an undated Homecoming parade passing the corner. Photos courtesy of the Princeville Heritage Museum.
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