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Peoria County taxes buck trend by remaining static By BILL KNIGHT
The good news for Peoria County property owners is that real-estate tax rates haven’t increased in more than six years. The bad news is that prices have. That means that the County must continue to cut spending or services they’re legally obligated to fulfill, from keeping For The Weekly Post
records and prosecuting crimes to protecting public safety and maintaining programs the County administers, from elections to the health department. The County Board is advocating cutting more staff and juggling budget line-items instead of seriously addressing the need for more revenue to pay higher prices, according to an internal document distrib-
uted to Board members and administration. Already, there’s been a 9.6percent reduction in full-time employees since 2009, from 424 to 383, with the County Clerk and Recorder of Deeds losing 7 workers, Court administration losing 9 and the Sheriff losing 15. And in the County budget structure, Risk Management
fees – which annually set aside funds to pay legal fees to protect the County against lawsuits – have been shifted from its own separate line item into the General Fund, says the seven-page “Budget Information Report” prepared by the office of County Clerk Steve Sonnemaker. The report recommends restoring Risk Management
Progress made on Farmington disc golf course
By BILL KNIGHT
ELMWOOD – River City Construction on Jan. 26 presented a Guaranteed Maximum Price of $6,051,143 for District 322’s Phase II building project at a special meeting of the Board of Education. The board also heard at the meeting that the first bid package was scheduled to go out this week for return on Feb. 16. Three days before, the Board had unanimously approved $7.2 million in Inside bonds to fund the • Several new canproject, for which didates have turned construction costs in their names as alone were anticicandidates for uppated to be $6.1 coming local elecmillion. tions. Page 10. The Board in November discussed cost-saving moves through Value Engineering, and approved about $650,000 in savings from initial estimates. The savings were through adjustments, such as rearranging the auditorium to accommodate it within the entry/commons addition, modifying some façade and cosmetic facing surfaces, switching beam For The Weekly Post
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hills, timber and is already well taken care of.” The timing is right, too, he adds. “Disc golf is the fastestgrowing sport,” Howard says. “It’s doubled in the last 10 years.” The Professional Disc Golf Association (PDGA)
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Elmwood max Phase II cost $6.05 million
DISC GOLF FUND RAISER
FARMINGTON – With goals of raising $14,000 and starting construction in the next few months, a disc golf course committee in Farmington is stepping up activity. Proposed as an 18-hole course on the west side of Township Park on the south side of town, the project is organizing by a local committee that wants to provide another activity for teens, increase use of a public park, and attract tourists. “Township Park is ideal,” says John Howard, the Farmington Public Library Director who’s spearheading the effort in cooperation with the Farmington Township Park Board. “The area we’re looking at has some
and its $776,400 to where its use is clearly noted instead of having it absorbed by the General Fund, which is how dayto-day operations are paid for. “I’d say the Board didn’t care,” Sonnemaker said about the report’s data. “And the Risk Management in particular is a problem, because the County gets sued a lot, and
Plans are already set for a possible disc golf course to be constructed for in Farmington’s Township Park once volunteers can raise $14,000.
says the sport has grown 12 percent annually for 10 years, and the number of courses has grown from about 2,000 a decade ago to more than 5,500 now. Area disc golf courses include Big Creek Park in Canton, Bradley Park in
Peoria, plus courses in Morton, Pekin and Washington. Regardless of course, disc golf is somewhat familiar. Like regular golf, players using plastic discs (derived from Wham-O’s Continued on Page 6
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TAXES: Stable taxes rare in populous counties Continued from Page 1
there’s no cap on raising that levy if they wanted to.” Most surprising, perhaps, is that since 2009, Peoria County is the only county of Illinois’ 20 most populous counties to not raise property tax rates. Those 20 counties on average raised property tax rates 24.91 percent, the report shows, from McLean’s 1.27 percent to McHenry’s 50.64 percent. Over the last 30 years, Peoria County’s tax rate has ranged from a high of 1.18830 in 1987 to 0.79957 in 2011 – and it hasn’t changed from its current 0.80500 for more than four years. Likewise, 15 Peoria communities over the same time frame had to raise property tax rates to cope with rising prices or other demands. Glasford dropped its tax rate 2.14 percent, but the average for 14 other municipalities including Brimfield, Elmwood and Princeville was a tax-rate hike of 24.48 percent – including Kingston Mines, which since 2008
has increased its rate 14.73 percent but one year, 2009, increased its rate 31 percent, the report says. Of course, very few people like paying any taxes – property, income or sales – but Peoria’s property tax rate is lower than the state’s. Several online sources peg the Peoria County property tax at about $3,920 a year for a home valued at $176,000. Statewide, Illinois owners of that same property value pay $3,965. Fulton and Knox Counties pay less – about $3,409 in Fulton and about $3,465 in Knox – and the average U.S. property tax bill for that value of a home is $2,131, according to smartasset.com, a personal finance web site founded by Princeton University graduate Michael Carvin and supported by institutions such as New York Life and TransAmerica. Smartasset explains that its financial models are based on the median home value of a county and therefore are very general estimates, so the
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numbers could be affected by assessed values in some districts, where school, emergency responders, parks and other line items also are funded through property taxes. In Peoria County, the issue isn’t partisan, but it is political, elected officials say. Besides Sonnemaker, a Democrat, County Sheriff Mike McCoy, a Republican, is unhappy with the Board’s unwillingness to ade-
quately fund what elected officials see as real needs. “I told them, ‘Name one elected official who lost an election because they voted to raise taxes when it was necessary’,” McCoy said. “They couldn’t. “We could all go out and explain why it’s needed, and voters would understand. People aren’t stupid.”
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Rambling through central Illinois pondering the magic of migrations. uuu A man can waste a lot of shotgun shells pass shooting at snow geese. For the past few weeks, the white birds have been a hot topic in the area, passing over in huge flocks at all times of day. More than once I’ve heard the comment, “There were so many, all you’d have to do is shoot in the air to hit one.� Well, my latest testing proves that’s not Jeff accurate. There are not millions LAMPE of snow geese because they spend their lives flying in range of shotguns. Quite the opposite. They have a maddening skill for staying enticingly just out of range. If I was a conspiracy theory nut, I’d say they were released into the wild by Remington and Winchester to boost ammo sales. ... News of Caterpillar Inc. moving its headquarters to Chicago hit like a sucker punch Tuesday. It is scary to think how much of an impact that decision may mean to us all. And I say central Illinois is already missing departed CEO Doug Oberhelman. uuu Our new president has people stirred up. Even in Oak Hill. “Old Trumpy has more people involved in
government than any president before him,� said The Mayor of Oak Hill during a recent visit. “But I can’t figure out why they’re so upset. All he’s doing is what he said he was going to do during the election.� Hizzoner has a point. People are accustomed to politicians making election promises that they never follow up on. Seeing the opposite is stunning. uuu Speaking of politics, an emailer took us to task recently, writing: “I notice that every week you run some lame, idiotic anti-Trump cartoon on your editorial page.� I take offense to that, since some of the cartoons were pretty funny. Still, the claim shocked me, since during the election we tried to alternate which candidate we ridiculed. In an effort to determine the real facts, I reviewed a year’s worth of our editorial cartoons to tally how many times a person, entity or political party was cast in a negative light. While Donald Trump did win our unpopular vote 19-15 over Hillary Clinton, four of those cartoons ran since he was elected president. Perhaps the emailer does not realize this, but editorial cartoonists are satirists, paid to make fun of politicians. The president is the No. 1 target. So my advice to the emailer is to develop thicker skin, soon, or be ready for a painful four years. And please check your facts before
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spreading “fake news.� uuu Parting shot: Long hours have been spent in Elmwood over the past year trying to hammer out a deal for a new, multi-purpose firehouse and ambulance facility. Until a few weeks ago, the Elmwood Rural Fire Protection District apparently had a deal done for such a building, which would have housed all emergency staff on the western edge of Elmwood. But now the proposed $1.8 million building will be limited to B.Y.E Ambulance, if taxpayers agree. Word is the Elmwood Fire Department has hopes of building a new firehouse near their current facility without using taxpayer money. B.Y.E. originally pursued a similar thought process for its building, until the reality of costs hit home. ERFPD trustees came up with a good solution that would have accommodated both emergency services – but would have required the volunteer firemen giving up some control. Ultimately, firemen balked at losing control. Time will tell whether that was a wise choice. My fear is the best chance for a new firehouse is now gone and that putting up a building on their own will hurt Elmwood Fire financially and will limit the independent group’s ability to replace trucks as needed in the future. Contact Jeff Lampe at 231-6040 or jeff@wklypost.com
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ELMWOOD: School sells two homes for $6 Continued from Page 1
types and piping, revising HVAC plans and changing the design of three elements of proposed clerestory – the part of buildings’ interior that rises above adjacent rooftops, permitting daylight and/or fresh air to enter through small windows. “Some of these ideas may still happen since we’ll include them [in bids] as alternates,” architect James Kemper of Demonica Kemper Architects (DKA) of Peoria and Chicago had said. “It’ll depend on cost. We’ll have to see what [bid] prices come in.” The lower Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) was achieved mainly by scaling back excavation plans and how to resurface the expanded parking lot, and site utilities, said project manager Dan Hopper of River City, the Construction Manager at Risk for Phase II. He said River City conferred with DKA, engineers and subcontractors based on possible revisions from the preliminary plans and budget. “We came up with ways to keep the cost down where you need it to get to the [preferred] budget,” Hopper said. “We took into account the new building, the existing building and infrastructure to keep what you expected coming into the process [and] keep the end goal in sight.” Other cuts were in metal wall panels, horizontal fire doors and painting, all of which were needed to make up for increases sought elsewhere, such as plumbing needs, electrical and technology. The possibility of change orders remains for “unforeseen situations,” Hopper said, such as un-
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known mechanical requirements or the presence of asbestos, however, “we have a 5-percent contingency fund [of $288,150, and] unused contingency funds will return to the District.” In related business, two Districtowned properties that received no bids at initial offerings of $10,000 for 310 N. Althea St. or $5,000 for 301 Campus Ct., nor bids for “atwill” offerings, were sold. The board unanimously approved two sales: Developer and former District 322 teacher and coach Tom Meyers’ offer of $5 for the Althea Street property, and school board member and Senior Director of Field Services for the Chicago District Golf Association Rick Lehew’s offer of $1 for the Campus Court property. Lehew and Board Secretary Bill Frietsch were absent. Meyers and Lehew will be responsible for removing those structures and preparing the lots for Phase II. “They’re doing a great service for the District and community,” said Superintendent Chad Wagner.
“They’ll clear buildings, which previous boards and administrations decided to acquire that land for [future] parking space. “This will save the District $35,000 to $40,000 in demolition costs, and at new locations the houses will continue to be part of the community and on the tax rolls.” Meyers tentatively will have the two-story Althea house moved in September, and Lehew could move the single-story house next year. That will allow the District to maintain its offices during much of the construction. In other news, • the Board unanimously reaffirmed its original contract with River City Construction, drafted in November based on American Institute of Architects guidelines, providing for a 3.25 percent commission; • testing for lead in the schools’ water is planned for this spring, with details coming this month; and • Ken Harm was hired as second-shift custodian.
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trademarked Frisbee) to compete to finish a course with the lowest number of throws, and instead of holes they aim for targets that are chains and buckets on poles. Players generally use special discs that are smaller and heavier for greater control, accuracy and speed, so players typically have Drivers, Mid-range discs and Putters. Besides being increasingly popular, disc golf is inexpensive, Howard says, with specialty discs about $15, courses not costly to build or maintain and few fees since courses are usually at public parks. Tournaments also are increasing in popularity with prize totals often topping $100,000, attracting players who travel for miles to compete. But local youngsters are the first
target, says Howard, a 50 year old with two boys and three girls, including three teens. “Disc golf is especially popular for teen-age boys,” he says, “and it can stay with you. I first played in the early 2000s at McNaughton Park in Pekin. I was hooked immediately.” Farmington’s committee of 6 to 8 people that meet on the project includes businessman Patrick O’Brian and teacher Paige Burkland An October tournament here raised about $1,000, said Howard, who added that the committee is seeking private donations. “We’re in full fund-raising mode right now,” he says. Besides donations and benefits, the committee is looking for local sponsors.
People looking to experience disc golf in Farmington can get a taste in about two months, if the park board approves a date. “We’re hoping to have another fund-raising tournament on April 1, sponsored by [disc golf retailer] Plastic Addicts of Pekin, with temporary baskets,” he says. “It’ll also be a sort of preview and a test. If we see something with our plan [on Page 1], we can go back to the drawing board. “The goal is to start building this spring,” he says. “We want it to be recreational but challenging, and challenging but not frustrating.” People interested in “chipping in” to the course can call O’Brian at (309) 224-6009 or go online to www.gofundme.com/farmingtondisc-golf-course.
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Elmwood man arrested by Bartonville police
ELMWOOD – Austin McIntyre, 18, of Elmwood on Jan. 25 was arrested by Bartonville police after they were summoned to a business there, according to reports. Charged with assault, resistance to an officer, disorderly conduct and two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, McIntyre was taken into custody at the Peoria County Jail.
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RADNOR – Megan Boswell, 36, of Kewanee was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident after the 2006 Pontiac she was driving southbound on Pauli Road col-
pended. • Matthew Jones, 35, of Princeville on Jan. 25 was arrested for home invasion, domestic battery, and criminal damage to property. • Robert Ritter of Brimfield on Jan. 27 reported the possible theft of a Glock handgun valued at $500.
lided with a 2006 Chrysler headed eastbound on Grange Hall Road. The Chrysler was driven by Amanda Ista, 35 of Brimfield. No injuries were reported. Dunlap Fire responded to the accident.
Police reports
• A 38-year-old Farmington man is reportedly under investigation for suspicion of child pornography stemming from a report from Caterpillar’s Mossville plant, where a Dell computer was seized, but no charges have been filed at press time. • Gregory L. Melville, 60, of Farmington on Jan. 21 was arrested by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department for Driving Under the Influence. • Jesse R. Davis, age not reported, of Farmington on Jan. 22 was ticketed for driving while license sus-
Deer accidents
• Jan. 21: Jeffrey Hertz of Galva on Illinois Route 78 near Lorance Road in Millbrook Township. • Jan. 22: Duane Rutledge of Peoria on Koerner Road near Padua Lane in Kickapoo Township. • Jan. 23: Shelli Clelland of Brimfield near the intersection of Brimfield-Jubilee and Savage Roads in Jubilee Township. • Jan. 26: Deborah Fulton of Hanna City near the intersection of Southport and Eden Roads in Rosefield Township.
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Local counties release list of candidates By BILL KNIGHT
In addition to Township caucus choices and petitions filed by people seeking school board seats (which The Weekly Post reported Dec. 15 and Dec. 22, respectively), County Clerks from Fulton, Knox and Peoria this week verified the Certification of Ballots for candidates for municipalities in our area, plus a few additional names and boards, for the Feb. 28 Primary and the April Consolidated Elections. Fulton and Knox county names are certified; Peoria’s are uncertified. Municipalities’ filings are: BRIMFIELD – Danny Fishel for Brimfield President; Allison Porter, Michael Meinders and Kevin Gilles, all for Trustee. ELMWOOD – Bryan Davis for Mayor, Melissa Morris for Clerk, Dean Warner for Treasurer, and Walt Avery, Kent Stevens, Andrew Almasi and Amy Davis, all for Aldermen. There are four open positions, one an unexpired term in Ward 2 for which Almasi is running. FARMINGTON – Kent Kowal for Mayor, Nancy Reed for Clerk, Matthew Ulm, Leslye Smith and Terry Dicks, all for Aldermen. PRINCEVILLE – Jeffrey Troutman for Princeville President, Randy Haley, Steven Snyder, Adam Geiger and Andrew Ehnle, all four running for three Trustee seats. For The Weekly Post
Trustee. No candidates are listed for two additional four-year terms, nor for one two-year unexpired term. Changes in Township ballots since the stories about the December Township caucuses and school board petition period are:
Richard Linthicum isn’t on Peoria County’s ballot list, but once Linthicum’s voter registration is updated, he will be added, according to the Peoria Election Commission. Six candidates are running for four open four-year terms, and two for one two-year unexpired term. ELMWOOD – Trustee Dale Slagel, who passed away, is not on the County’s list, which added Wyatt McCoy as an Independent candidate for Trustee. No candidate is listed for Township Assessor.* FARMINGTON – The Farmington Township paperwork filed with Fulton County did not list a candidate for Township Assessor for the April election.* JUBILEE – Democrats BRIMFIELD CUSD 309 –
added are Charles DePalma for Highway Commissioner, running against Republican Tom Heinz, and Dan Bowers and Stephen Gilles, both for Trustees. PRINCEVILLE – Republican Darrell Fuchs’ name doesn’t yet appear on the ballot for Trustee, but Marjorie Dubois was added as running for Trustee, and Mary Debord is running for Collector. ROSEFIELD – Mark Vicary is running for Highway Commissioner as an Independent against incumbent Matt Windish. SALEM – Terry Grandt is running as an Independent for Trustee, and David Mahr is running as an Independent for Highway Commissioner. TRURO – Macklin Johnson is running as an Independent for Highway Commissioner against incumbent Ed Lewis. Also, four voting districts will have additional public bodies to vote for: ELMWOOD Township Public Library has three candidates: Pam Paige, Harold Jehle and Doug Whitney, with Dale Runyon not seeking another
term.
FARMINGTON Public Library has four candidates: Marette Plumer, John Martin, Candy Johnson and Lesa Fuller, with Cheryl Clardy not seeking another term. MILLBROOK Center Board has three candidates: William Dubois, Renee Britt and Teresa Joyce. SALEM Township Library District has four candidates running for different slots: Charissa Kennelly, Mary Payton, Bryan Reynolds and Louise Siegel. Finally, Knox County’s ballot has a Public Question for voters to weigh in on: “Shall the County of Knox levy an annual tax of not to exceed .15 percent for the purpose of providing community mental health facilities and services for the person with a developmental disability or a substance abuse disorder?” NOTE: * Incumbent Elmwood Assessor Steve Davis and incumbent Farmington Assessor Toni Holmes didn’t maintain their qualifications and cannot be on the ballot, officials said.
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Residents of Fulton County who plan to pursue higher education during the 2017-2018 academic year are encouraged to apply for a $500 scholarship to be awarded by the office of Sheriff Jeff Standard of the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department. Awarded as part of the Illinois Sheriffs’ Association – which plans to distribute $54,500 in college scholarships throughout the State of Illinois to students – the scholarships are to be applied to tuition, books and fees only. The student must be enrolled full-time at a certified institution of higher learning within the State of Illinois. There are no restrictions on any applicants concerning race, age, creed, color, sex or national origin. Applications are now available at the sheriff’s office (268 W. Washington Ave., P.O. Box 269, Lewistown, IL 61542), or on ISA’s website (www.ilsheriff.org) Students must complete the application; answer the essay question, and return all documentation to the Fulton County Sheriff’s office by March 15, 2017. (It must be postmarked by this date.) For more information, please contact the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department (309) 547-2277.
The Farmington Historical Society and Museum posted this picture of Petrini and Posey’s on its Facebook page last summer. Work is being done to restore the vacant building at 60 E. Fort, including the soda fountain, which is in Chicago being repaired. “It has been promised by June 1,” said Dave Giagnoni of the historical society. The hope is to open the store again sometime this year with the original floor, the marble back bar and several other familiar features. “We gutted everything else and have put in new walls,” Giagnoni said. “We plan to put a tin ceiling up and subway tiles around the walls. It should look quite similar.” There is also a two-bedroom apartment upstairs and Giagnoni said the hope is to get a proprietor to run the business once restoration is complete.
participating local businesses from 1-3 p.m. Participants start and finish at Crawford’s Home Furnishings. Cost to play is a donation of at least $1. Participants can go to each business, sample a chocolate treat and count the hearts in each location. Cards will be punched at each stop. A winner will be drawn for $100 and a heart filled with chocolates. Proceeds benefit the American Heart Association.
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Is it time to sell some soybeans? By DEBRA LEVEY LARSON
URBANA – Soybean prices last week increased dramatically on reduced production estimates for the United States and increased uncertainty in the prospects for South American soybean production. Old-crop soybean cash bid prices in central Illinois ended the week at about $10.40. New-crop cash bid prices for harvest U of I Extension
in central Illinois range between $9.90 and $9.94 According to University of Illinois agricultural economist Todd Hubbs, the 2016-17 marketing year for soybeans, has a striking resemblance to 2015-16 marketing-year expectations at this time last year. Despite the positive price outcome in 2016, a prudent soybean marketing plan for this year may possess some
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selling of 2017 soybeans in this price rally. “Currently, soybean production estimates for the United States in 2016 of 4.307 billion bushels is down 1 percent from the November forecast of 4.36 billion bushels but is still a record level of production,” Hubbs says. Dec. 1 soybean stocks of 2.895 billion bushels came in 40 million bushels below trade expectations. The stocks estimate for the first quarter of the marketing year indicates a disappearance of 1.61 billion bushels. First quarter 2016-17 marketing-year estimates of exports and crush came in at 932.5 million bushels and 484.9 million bushels respectively. Hubbs says both numbers indicated substantial increases. At this time last year, expectations for an increase in the number of acres planted in soybeans during 2016 and a potential record South American crop set up a scenario of significant downside risk for prices through the marketing year. The USDA forecasted ending stocks of U.S. soybeans at 440 million bushels on Jan. 12, 2016. U.S. exports were forecast to be 153 million bushels less than the previous marketing year. Brazilian and Argentinian production ended up 136 million bushels smaller than expected in the January forecast and the substantial increase in planted acres did not materialize. Continued on Page 11
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Elmwood Fire pulls out of agreement By JEFF LAMPE
ELMWOOD – The Elmwood Rural Fire Protection District (ERFPD) is still pursuing plans for an emergency services building on the west edge of town even though one of its main tenants is no longer interested. ERFPD trustees had been working for more than a year with representatives from B.Y.E. Ambulance Service and the Elmwood Fire Department to plan for a building. In addition to paying architect and attorney fees, ERFPD picked River City Construction as contractor for a structure that was at first proposed to be 15,000 square feet with three ambulance bays, two fire truck bays and two pullthrough fire truck bays. The structure would also have housed offices, classrooms, living quarters, two kitchens and separate facilities for fire fighters and B.Y.E. employees. But members of Elmwood Fire in early January voted against the plan, apparently to pursue construction of their own Weekly Post Staff Writer
fire house. That was an about face from earlier dealings. “We sure tried to keep them in the deal, but we wish them well,” said Dave Wagner, ERFPD president. A referendum last March annexing the City of Elmwood into the ERFPD was one of several steps in the process toward making a new building a reality. At the time, Elmwood’s City Council and Elmwood Fire backed the plan. Absent Elmwood Fire, the ERFPD is moving forward and recently approved an ordinance to submit a proposition to voters at the consolidated election on April 4 on whether the District shall issue fire protection bonds in the amount of $1.8 million to acquire and improve land and build and equip a new ambulance building to lease to BYE Ambulance Service. The District will hold an informational open house March 19 and March 26 to discuss the project and building design with the public.
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U.S. exports ended the marketing year 245 million bushels higher than projected in January 2016. Soybean cash prices reflected these events as the monthly average price for central Illinois increased from $8.64 in the first seven months of the mar-
keting year to $10.26 in the last five months. Currently, the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report forecasts soybean crush and exports for the United States at 1.93 and 2.05 billion bushels respectively. At 420 million bushels,
the ending stocks forecast is the largest since the 2006-07 marketing year. Projections of the U.S. 2016-17 marketing-year average price place it in a range of $9 to $10, which puts current harvest cash bids in the upper end. “Many market observers believe a dramatic increase in soybean acreage will materialize in 2017,” Hubbs says. Forecasts by the USDA of Argentine soybean production currently sit at 2.09 billion bushels for the 2017 crop year. The Brazilian soybean production forecast increased by 73.48 million bushels over the December forecast. Although similar to last marketing year, the possibility of a strong downward price movement through 2017 is substantial, Hubbs says.
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OBITUARIES Eugene Johnson
YATES CITY – Eugene C. “Swede� Johnson, 83, of Frostproof, Fla., formerly of Yates City, passed away at 5:10 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 at Community Hospice Anne & Donald McGraw Center for Caring in Jacksonville, Fla. He was born on July 16, 1933, in Peoria to Lester and Berniece (Honts) Johnson. He married Rose Marlene Dunham Johnson on July 4, 1954, in Avon. She survives. Also surviving is one daughter, Valerie Heineman of Jacksonville, Fla.; two grandchildren, Craig Joseph (Meagan) Heineman of Jacksonville, Fla., and Kyle Scott Heineman of Dallas, Texas; and one great-grandchild, Elijah Heineman. Swede worked as a researcher in the Tech Center at Caterpillar Mossville Plant, and proudly served his country as a United States Navy Veteran. Graveside services and burial will be at 2 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 2) at Yates City Cemetery; where military honors will be conducted by the United States Navy. Rev. Kevin VanTine will officiate. A visitation will be from 1-2 p.m. on Thursday (Feb. 2) at Anderson-Sedgwick Funeral Home in Farmington. Memorials can be made to B.Y.E. Ambulance Service or Donor’s Choice. Condolences may be left online at www.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com.
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PRINCEVILLE – Philip Nordgren Johnson, 81, of Princeville passed away peacefully at Apostolic Christian Restmor in Morton on Jan. 27, 2017, after a long battle with Alzheimer's. He was born on Jan. 9, 1936, in Kewanee, the son of Joel A. and Mabel (Magnuson) Johnson. Johnson Phil attended Wyoming High School before graduating from pharmacy school at Drake University (Des Moines,
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Iowa) in 1958. That same year he married his high school sweetheart, Sayra (Foster) on July 27, 1958. They resided in Wyoming, Ill., for one year before moving to Princeville where they lived for the next 54 years until relocating to Morton in 2014. Phil owned and operated Foster & Son Drugstore in Princeville, where he spent a career devoted to the service of that wonderful community. He was a member of many local civic and national organizations, including Kiwanis, Lion’s Club, Princeville Lodge #360 A.F. & A.M., Scottish Rite Bodies, Mohammad Shrine Temple, Central Illinois Pharmaceutical Association, Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, Princeville United Methodist church, and served on the Board of Directors of the Princeville Medical Center. He was a sports enthusiast and was a fan of the Bears and White Sox (and not of the Cubs). He was especially fond of tennis, which he played whenever he could find a willing partner. He also loved to take photographs of people – forcing family to pose for weekly Sunday pictures – and of local students at athletic and musical performances, which he would then give to their mothers when they came to his store. He also had an affinity for music, often whistling or harmonizing to background melodies. Phil sang in the church choir for many years and all that knew him would attest that he always had a song in his heart. Philip was a selfless man, a wonderful and devoted husband, and an involved and proud father. He developed strong and lifelong friend-
ships with high school and college classmates and later with neighbors and other community members. He so enjoyed being “a man about town,� and you could not pass him on the street without receiving a greeting and a smile. He will be sadly missed but happily remembered by family, friends and even casual acquaintances. Phil is survived by his wife, Sayra, and three children, Justin (Alissa) Johnson of Harrington Park, N.J., Whitney (Mark) Pfeifer of Morton, and Adrienne (Scott) Martens of Naperville, his eight grandchildren, Hannah, Jillian and Ally Johnson, Kylie, Jacqueline and John Pfeifer, and Meredith and Luke Martens, and by his brother, Pete (Carol) Johnson of Wyoming, Ill. Cremation has been accorded and a funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017, at Princeville United Methodist Church. Rev. Zach Waldis will officiate. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 at Princeville United Methodist Church. Inurnment will be in Princeville Cemetery, followed by a reception at the church. Haskell-Hott Funeral Homes in Princeville is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to his church, the Akron-Princeville Ambulance Service or Fire Department. The family wishes to thank everyone for your love, prayers and support all throughout Phil’s illness and especially the staff at Apostolic Christian Restmor, whose tender care and devotion helped ease his journey. Condolences may be left for Philip’s family on his tribute wall at www.haskellhott.com.
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Freida Braden
ELMWOOD – Freida Louise Braden, 84, of Lewistown, stepmother of an Elmwood woman, died Jan. 22 at her home. Survivors include children David (Kay) McClelland of Le Roy, Marilyn (Keith) Aden of Avon, Deborah (Ron) Carpenter of Lewistown; stepchildren Jackie (Roger) Waggoner of Elmwood, Bill (Ruth) Braden of Lewistown, and Dorothy (Don) Herriford of Lewistown; 24 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren and 32
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OBITUARIES great-great-grandchildren. A memorial service was Jan. 25 at the Illinois Street Christian Church in Lewistown, with burial at Mt. Sterling City Cemetery. Condolences may be left online at www.henrylange.com.
H. Lee Fritz
PRINCEVILLE – H. Lee Fritz, 93, of Chillicothe, father of a Princeville man, died Jan. 25 at Evergreen Senior Living in Chillicothe. Survivors include his wife, Hazel (Potter) Fritz; sons Larry (Linda) Fritz of Princeville and Steve (Terry) Fritz of Wyoming; daughter Dorita (Don) Down of Wyoming; 7 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and four brothers-in-law. Funeral services were Jan. 30 at Haskell-Hott Funeral Homes, with burial at Wyoming Cemetery. Condolences may be left online at www.haskellhott.com.
Larry W. Fuller
EDWARDS – Larry W. Fuller, 60, of Edwards passed away Jan. 29 at his home. He is survived by his siblings, Brenda Miller of Bellevue, James (Beth) Fuller of Edwards and Karen (Marty) Stenger and Theresa (Mike) Carroll, both of Brimfield. Cremation rites have been accorded by Deiters Funeral Home & Crematory in East Peoria. Condolences may be left online at www.deitersfuneralhome.com.
Robert W. Hanerhoff Sr.
EDWARDS – Robert “Bob” W. Hanerhoff, 87, of Peoria, father of an Edwards woman, died Jan. 22 at Heights Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Peoria Heights. Survivors include his wife, Nancy (Cowen) Hanerhoff; of Peoria; Shirley Hanerhoff of Marquette Heights; daughter Janice (Rick) Lambie of Edwards, sons Robert W.
(Cheryl) Hanerhoff Jr. of Gardner, Kan., John A. (Kelly) Hanerhoff of Olathe, Kan., and James A. (Brenda) Hanerhoff of Moline; three step-daughters; 9 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; 10 step-grandchildren; 5 step-great grandchildren; one half brother and one half sister. Funeral services were Jan. 28 at Henderson Funeral Home & Crematory in Pekin, with burial at Parkview Cemetery in Peoria. Condolences may be left online at www.hendersonfuneralcare.com.
Cemetery in Spring Bay. Condolences may be left online at www.masonfuneralhomes.com. FARMINGTON – Pamela S. Rathbun, 66, of West Peoria, sister of a Farmington man, died Jan. 24 at her home. Survivors include her husband, Joseph Rathbun; 2 sons; 2 daughters; 10 grandchildren; 5 greatgrandchildren; brothers Robert (Sharon) Caughey of Farmington and John (Bonnie) Caughey of Bartonville; and sister Joyce Kammerer of Peoria. Funeral services were Jan. 30 at Davison-Fulton Bartonville Chapel, with burial at Lutheran Cemetery. Condolences may be left online at davison-fultonbartonvillechapel.com.
PRINCEVILLE – Roger D. Jacobus Jr., 89, of Peoria, brother of a Princeville man, died Jan. 25 at UnityPoint Health-Proctor in Peoria. Surviving are his children, Craig (Dee) Jacobus of Nashville, Tenn., Carol Bielenberg of Peoria, and Mark (Kathy) Jacobus of ChatGregory L. Volkert tanooga, Tenn.; 6 grandchildren; 11 EDWARDS – Gregory L. Volkert, great-grandchildren; brothers John 56, of Edwards died Jan. 22 at the (Rose) Jacobus of Hagerstown, OSF Richard L. Owens Hospice Md., and Barry (Sue) Jacobus of Home in Peoria. Princeville; and sister-in-law Jackie Survivors include his wife, Lora Jacobus of Akron, Ohio. (Schumacher) Volkert; daughters Services were Jan. 30 at Wilton REPAIRS ON ALL AUTOS AND DIESELS Emma Kathryn and Sara Elizabeth; Mortuary in Peoria, with burial at three brother and Brakes, A/C,two sisters. Parkview Cemetery in Peoria. DECEMBER Funeral were Jan. 28 at Condolences may be left online at Tune Ups,services Tire Repair, SPECIAL Northwoods Community Church, www.thewiltonmortuary.com. 5 QT. OIL CHANGE Wheel Bearings with burial at the Apostolic Christian Christina Arlene Leason We are ainfair shop, Cemetery Roanoke. BRIMFIELD – Christina Arlene with fair prices Condolences may be left online at synthetic oil) and honest repairs. Leason, 84, of(not Bayview Gardens, a www.haskellhott.com. Brimfield native, died at Prices! Check outJan. our23 Great We sell Worley Darryl Aperion Care of Toluca in Toluca. Monday thru Friday new & used PRINCEVILLE – Darryl Worley, Surviving are her8:00 children, Paulpm. am - 4:30 tires for auto & (Linda) Leason ofSaturday Glasford,8:00-12:00 Jacque- 56, of Princeville implementdied Jan. 6 at 24015 W. Farmington Rd (Rt. 116) Swedish American Medical Center line (Dale) Scogin of Peoria, Geralin Belvidere. dine (Bob) Galli of Sparland, and 309-245-2525 No Appointment Necessary Survivors include his son, Teresa (Jon) Symmonds of Peoria Heights; 17 grandchildren; 25 great- Cameron Worley and two sisters. A memorial service will take grandchildren; and four siblings. place in April in Unionville, Mo. Funeral services were Jan. 28 at Condolences may be left online at Mason Funeral Home Metamora www.AndersonFCS.com. Chapel, with burial at Spring Bay
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p.m. versus the winner of the Feb. 6 Galva-Midland matchup. The winner plays for a regional title Feb 9 at 7 p.m. Elmwood After a strong first quarter, Elmwood (19-9) struggled with mistakes in the homecourt loss to Brimfield. Rachel Jacobson scored 13 points for Elmwood. Allie Meyers had 11 points. The Lady Trojans took a trip to Astoria last Thursday for a Prairieland contest against South Fulton and earned a 47-38 win. Meyers had 17 points and six rebounds. Grace LaFollett was huge in the game with 15 points, nine steals and five assists. “Grace [LaFollett] played with a ton of energy at both ends of the floor and scored 12 of her 15 points in the second half,” coach Gregg Meyers said. “Rachel [Jacobson] and Regan [McFall] each had two big three pointers at crucial times to also help us win.” The Lady Trojans are at Lewistown today (Feb. 2), then finish the regular season at home on Saturday against Farmington. Elmwood is a No. 3 seed as regional play begins Feb. 8 at Brimfield at 7:30 p.m. against the AlWood-ROWVA winner. Wednesday’s winner plays for a sectional ticket on Thursday at 7 p.m. Farmington Farmington’s long late night Monday trip to Prairieland rival
Rushville was rewarded with a big 50-22 victory that put the team at 15-10 on the season. Morgan Powell was the scoring leader with 18, and Payton Peckham added seven. “It was a good defensive effort. I’m very pleased with how well we’ve guarded teams as of late,” Farmington coach Jim Noonan said. The Lady Farmers stomped North Fulton last Thursday, 59-27, in a Prairieland game at home. The hosts were dominant throughout the contest, starting with an 18-5 first quarter and a 35-11 halftime score. Sarah Wherley had an 18-point night, followed by 12 from Powell and 10 from Megan Gilstrap. “I’ve been very happy with our defense all season, “ coach Noonan said. “Our players have bought into it. It definitely keeps us competitive in the majority of our games.” Next up for Farmington is a Prairieland matchup at Elmwood on Saturday, followed by regional play Tuesday (Feb. 7) at Illini Bluffs at 7:30 p.m. vs. Tremont. The regional title game is Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. “Finishing regular season play against Elmwood should help us going into regional play. They’re good and very similar to Tremont,” Noonan said. “And, of course, we’ll have our hands full with Tremont. We won a close one with them, by two points, earlier in the season.” Princeville Princeville (26-4) scored a 64-32 Lincoln Trail victory over Monmouth United at home on Monday.
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The visitors gave the Lady Princes all they could handle for the first half of the contest, playing exactly even at 21-21 at halftime. But the hosts came out of the locker room roaring with a 16-4 third and 23-7 fourth for the big difference. Lucy Waid had 17 points. Marisa Horton-Meza was also in double figures with 14. Princeville hosted formidable non-conference opponent Peoria Christian last Thursday and got a 54-46 win with solid team defense, a 20-11 second quarter, and holding off the visitors at the ending. Key offense came from Karlen Sandall’s 17 points, Horton-Meza’s 15 and Waid’s 10. “Peoria Christian has good team quickness. They came at us strong in the fourth quarter,” Princeville coach John Gross said. “With timeouts and regaining our poise, we got through it for the win.” The Lady Princes recovered from the Lincoln Trail Tournament last Wednesday with a 69-31 thrashing of Ridgewood on the road. Waid led the way with 19 points, while Horton-Meza and Brinlee Bauman were at 15 and 12 respectively. “We’re completely healthy and playing very well right now,” coach Gross said. Regional play for Princeville begins at Bushnell on Feb. 8 vs. the West Central-North Fulton winner from earlier in the week. A win puts Princeville in the regional final Feb. 9 at 7 p.m.
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The Trojans followed that with a 52-27 win over Knoxville Friday and then Tuesday won 64-46 at home against South Fulton – which beat Farmington this year. Against Knoxville, Vince Lenzi had 18 points (despite needing two stitches after taking a head to the cheek), Jacob Brown added 11 and Jehle had 10. Lenzi had 19 against South Fulton and Brown added 17 for a potent inside-outside combo. One negative for Elmwood was a diagnosis of back problems for sophomore guard Charlie McKinty, who is out for the season. “We’ve been playing for a month with him at about half speed,” Fugitt said. “We need some other guys to step up and be ready to play.” Lewistown visits Elmwood on Friday. Brimfield A 14-5 first-quarter deficit proved too much for Brimfield (11-12) last Friday in a 58-56 loss at BushnellPrairie City. The Indians shot just 52 percent from the free throw line. “We missed a lot of free throws down the stretch,” coach Scott Carlson said. Darren Novak had 10 points and 13 rebounds against Bushnell after leading Brimfield with 9 points and
10 rebounds against Illini Bluffs last Tuesday. “He’s been rebounding well for us and guarding well,” Carlson said of Novak. Novak was strong again Tuesday, scoring 12 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in a 48-29 win at West Prairie. Next up is a Wednesday makeup at South Fulton and then a home game with Delavan on Friday. Allstater Carson Cuevas will be honored in a ceremony prior to the game after being named to the Brimfield Hall of Champions. Farmington Farmington (18-4) rolled past Rushville-Industry on Tuesday, 8339, behind 24 points from Eric Higgs, 18 from Jake Uryasz and 12 from Judd Anderson. Farmington has a test Friday against top-ranked Peoria Quest in a 7:30 p.m. matchup at Woodruff. Princeville Princeville (8-13) wishes it could play Kewanee Wethersfield more often. Last Friday at the Lincoln Trail Conference tournament, the Princes upset Wethersfield, 48-45, after a 14-4 run in the fourth quarter. That’s Princeville’s second win over the Geese this year. “They’d be undefeated if they
played us every game,” Wethersfield coach Jeff Parsons said. Noah Bauman led Princeville with 14 points and the team got big 3-point shots from Jack Arnett and two key free throws from Justin Janssen with 13.6 seconds left. Princeville was without top defender Adam Snedden and used a 23 zone defense, which gave Wethersfield problems. Snedden, Bauman and Arnett were all out Tuesday, but the Princes topped Monmouth United 49-29 to finish 2-2 in LTC tourney pool play. The Princes had dropped their first two LTC games, falling to Mercer County last Thursday and on Saturday to West Central (3629). Bauman had 22 against West Central, but Princeville managed just 10 points in the first half. Princeville plays Saturday at Toulon, with time and opponent to be determined. ROWVA-Williamsfield The Cougars (6-18) lost to Ridgewood 85-62 on Tuesday in LTC tournament pool play. Saturday at the LTC, Tucker Sams scored a game-high 16 points as RW topped Stark County 46-44 and Jacob Varner knocked down a shot at the buzzer to lift the Cougars over the Rebels.
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Saturday at Wenona Fieldcrest for a 10 a.m. matchup against the winner of Monticello (17-7) vs. Downs TriValley (20-3). • 8th grade hoops – One local 8th grade boys basketball team will play for a regional title today. In 8-3A, Farmington will face top-seed Monmouth-Roseville at Avon in a 6 p.m. game. Farmington defeated Mercer County on Monday, 50-20, while M-R topped ATown, 39-26. In 8-2A at the Peoria Heights Regional, Princeville lost to Peoria St.
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REGIONAL CHAMPIONS
Top Elmwood in postseason tuneup By PHIL JOHNSON
ELMWOOD – Clutch free throw shooting and pressure defense resulted in a Brimfield 37-30 ICAC and Prairieland win over Elmwood on the road Monday night and evened the season series with the Lady Trojans. After trailing 9-0 in the first quarter, the Lady Indians (19-9) held the hosts to just three points in the second quarter for a tie at 16 at the half. A total of 47 turnovers by the two teams made for a sloppy game, but 13-for-14 Brimfield team free throw shooting in the fourth quarter helped to secure the victory. Camryn Swietek had 12 points and six rebounds, while Nicole Thurman was in double figures with 10 points, and Kamryn Cuevas added nine. “Our defense in the second half helped to force turnovers and also helped us to be in position to rebound and keep the ball out of [Allie] Meyers’ hands,” Brimfield coach Maribeth Dura said. The Lady Indians traveled to Roanoke-Benson last Thursday for For The Weekly Post
Members of the Farmington 7-2A regional championship team include: Front row (left to right) Dillon Hood, Zach Austin, Jeremy Schlueter and Riley Embry; Back row (l to r) Coach Roy Swearingen, Jon Dunlap, Chris Haggard, Austin Utt, Ethan Evans, Corbin Rutledge and Assistant Coach Tim Frank. Details, Page 15.
Elmwood boys get signature win By JEFF LAMPE
Until recently, basketball season has been fairly predictable for the Elmwood boys team. They won games they were supposed to win and lost games where victory would have meant an upset. That was true ntil last Tuesday, when Elmwood (15-9) finally broke Weekly Post Staff Writer
through with “a good win” in a 40-38 victory over visiting A-Town. “That’s one of the more impressive teams around,” coach Josh Fugitt said. “They run about four or five offenses and run them well and I thought we did a good job of recognizing what offense they were running and responding on de-
fense.” That it took a last-second shot by Ethan Jehle only made the end result more exciting – and memorable. “The Jehle family likes that play, because (older brother Nick Jehle) hit a buzzer beater his sophomore year at Peoria Heights on the exact same play,” coach Josh Fugitt said. Continued on Page 15
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non conference action and were very defensive in a 38-26 win. With a 26-12 halftime lead and a 9-8 third quarter, a meager threepoint final period wasn’t a problem as the Lady Rockets were held to just six in that fourth quarter. Swietek led with 11 and Cuevas had eight. Brimfield was topped by Bloomington Central Catholic 59-44 at the neutral site of Eureka College last Tuesday. Cuevas had 15 points for Brimfield, followed by an eight- point output from Mallory Meinke. The Lady Indians regular season concludes Thursday with ICAC play at home versus Illini Bluffs. A No. 2 seed, Brimfield will compete in regional play on their home floor beginning Feb. 8 at 6 Continued on Page 14