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Voters face a few unique wrinkles in April 4 election By BILL KNIGHT
Besides the basics, voters in the general consolidated election on Tuesday (April 4) will face a few special circumstances. In addition to races for public office (See box of all races and candidates in contested, Page 17), there will be new polling places for a couple of area precincts, two referendums in certain areas, a few certified write-in candidates, some races with geographic limitations on candidates’ eligibility and a handful of positions that have no candidates. First, voters in Peoria County Jubilee precinct 2 and Logan precinct 1 are diFor The Weekly Post
rected to different polling places due to public library]. It’s unclear how they debudget reasons. Jubilee 2 will move from cided who goes where. Everyone got a the Jubilee Township Hall to Kickapoo card in the mail, but we expect a number Township Hall, 10025 W. will not have read it and Route 150, in Kickapoo, will go to wrong place and Inside and Logan 1 will move then not know where to go • Reader letters on the from the Logan Township when it is not open. Since election. Page 7 building to the Hanna City we don't understand how • Candidate’s wife calls United Methodist Church, Sheriff about signs. Page 9 they decided who goes 12208 W. Farmington Rd. • A look at the local ballots. where we can't put up a in Hanna City. sign telling them where to Page 17 “All from Jubilee Towngo.” ship previously voted at Jubilee Township The Board of Election Commissioners building,” said Jubilee Township Supervi- sent new voter registration cards to afsor Steve Garnett. “Now some vote in fected registered, but to double-check Kickapoo and some in Brimfield [at the where to vote, go to the election commis-
WINDISH-WAGNER CENTENNIAL FARM
Honoring 100 years as family farm
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Three veteran local leaders stepping down By BILL KNIGHT
Area communities next month will lose three local leaders who chose not to run for re-election, but despite communities losing years of institutional knowledge, no “brain drain” is foreseen, all three say. Stepping down are Yates Inside City Village President Kenny • Elmwood Gibson, 67; Elmwood Mayor picks colors for J.D. Hulslander, 38; and ongoing school Princeville Village President renovation. Sid Stahl, 74. Page 12 Before serving, the leaders say they were recruited or encouraged, or felt obligated to serve. ‘I was approached and was appointed,” says Gibson. “That was around 2000.” Stahl says he was encouraged to get more involved by a former employer. “When I was working at Princeville Canning Company, I was in charge of several projects that required permits from the Village,” says Stahl, who’s served on the Village Board since 1971. “I attended a couple of Village Board meetings, and the Village Board was very cooperative in helpFor The Weekly Post
By KAY WINDISH WAGNER
ELMWOOD – Early one morning in February, the doorbell rang. As I answered the door, our postal delivery person handed me a large cardboard package from the Illinois Department of Agriculture. My husband Bill and I had eagerly awaited the arrival of this package, for it contained information that our farm had achieved Centennial Farm status by remaining in the same family of lineal descendants 100 years or more. Enclosed inside was a sign bearing the logo of a Centennial Farm. The Windish/Wagner farm was printed also on the sign, which will be displayed sometime soon on our property. The story of our centennial farm began in 1912 when my great grandfather, Fred Windish, purchased a par-
sion’s interactive locator map, “Where to Vote in Peoria County” online at www.peoriaelections.org/where-to-vote. Referendums Next, a referendum is on Knox County ballots asking voters to approve a new Knox County levy of up to 0.15 percent to provide community mental health facilities and services. Also, in areas served by B.Y.E. Ambulance, the Elmwood Rural Fire District will ask voters to OK the Elmwood Rural Fire Protection District issuing bonds of $1,800,000 to buy land and build and equip a new ambulance building.
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Kay Windish Wagner and her husband Bill Wagner hold up the Centennial Farm sign they received recently from the Illinois Department of Agriculture.
cel of land from Albert Threw. The land lies in Section 29, Elmwood Township. As funds became available, Fred bought adjacent land to complete the farm as it is today, 216 acres. The Windish family story is as follows from sources written by family members. Fred was born to Christian and Barbara Windish in Indiana, the
youngest of 10 children. Christian had immigrated to America and settled in Indiana from Germany at an early age. Young Fred left Indiana and found farm work near Minier, where he met Lena Gerth, my great grandmother. I feel inclined to share her story with you because of the misfortunes Continued on Page 18
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