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School board races lone contested votes on April ballot By BILL KNIGHT

Election Day is several weeks away, but we at The Weekly Post are giving readers an early look at candidates who have filed required petitions for contests in our circulation area, according to County Clerk offices in Peoria, Knox and Fulton counties. Illinois’ consolidated election is April 7, with races including municipal, township, school, park, library and community college positions. For The Weekly Post

Scientist had ties to Elmwood

The State Board of Elections has scheduled polls to be open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. that day. Several races have new faces running for office, but only two have challengers to incumbents: the Elmwood and Farmington school board elections. Watch future editions of The Weekly Post for more information. Weekly Post-Area Candidates FULTON COUNTY City of Farmington

For Alderman - Ward 1 (Vote For One) □ Kimberly Gilstrap For Alderman - Ward 2 (Vote for one) □ Ryan Lambert For Alderman - Ward 3 (Vote for one) □ June Whitmer Farmington Township Park District For Park District Commissioner (Vote for not more than two) □ Timothy W. Haley □ John M. Black Farmington Public Library District For Library Trustee (Vote for not more than four) □ Linda Schultz □ Myrna C. Klatt □ Diana K. Tuttle

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Williamsfield may increase water rates WILLIAMSFIELD – More than 250 water customers here could see a small increase in their water bills starting May 1 under a proposal discussed by the Village Board on Monday. The minimum monthly rate for water, garbage, sewer and recycling would increase $3.25 to $42.75 if the Board approves it as part of its new budget, to be considered at its April 6 meeting. The additional revenue would be earmarked to repay $76,000 the VilInside lage borrowed as The city of its share of a Farmington is state-mandated close to launchupgrade to its ing its new Webwater system. site. Page 10. Williamsfield is receiving a $229,000 grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Development for the work required by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. The grant will be administered by the Western Illinois Regional Council. In other budget-related news, the Village’s financial report shows $190,000 in revenues and $182,000 in expenditures in the General Fund; $160,000 in water receipts and $157,000 in related expenses; and $17,800 in Motor Fuel Tax receipts. “It’s better than expected or close to For The Weekly Post

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KNOX COUNTY Village of Williamsfield For Village President for an unexpired two-year term (Vote for one) □ Michael O. Gray

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ELMWOOD – An award-winning scientist whose breakthroughs saved countless lives in World War II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars and untold air passengers and people who live near nuclear power plants attributed much of his success to his wife, a one-time Elmwood woman. George Rankine Irwin was born 108 years ago last week in El Paso, Texas, but grew up in the Springfield area before attending Knox Irwin College. At Knox Irwin earned a degree in English in 1930 and met Georgia Boynton Shearer, who also graduated that year with a degree in Latin. Irwin then studied physics for a year and went to graduate school at the University of Illinois, where he researched lithium isotopes to earn a Ph.D. in 1937. Georgia was the daughter of Joseph and Sarah Shearer – whose roots were in the Maquon

Farmington Central CUSD # 265 For members of the Board of Education to serve a full four-year term (Vote for four) □ Ronald Zessin □ Kay Faralli □ Todd C. Guidi □ Dakota Horn □ Patrick Kelly Threw

Basketball will be replaced by hunting, fishing and outdoors-related items this weekend in the Elmwood Schools during the sixth annual Elmwood All Outdoors Show this Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Photos by Walt Avery.

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Outdoor-related vendors return to Elmwood show By JEFF LAMPE

ELMWOOD – Skunks, bald eagles, live deer, dogs and enough hunting and fishing products to fill a semi trailer will turn the Elmwood Schools into an oasis of sorts for outdoors enthusiasts. This weekend marks the sixth annual Elmwood All Outdoors Show, an event designed to break the grip of cabin fever for hunters For The Weekly Post

and anglers and to raise money for Elmwood athletic programs and athletes. The show has helped

generate more than $125,000 for Elmwood athletes and athletic programs since its inception. As with past shows, the event will feature a wide variety of vendors selling hunting and fishing products and outdoors-related artworks, fishing guides, lodges and much more. “From the weather forecast it looks like this could be the best weekend Continued on Page 2

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in months to get out and do something,” said Brad Crisco, an Elmwood teacher and assistant football coach who is the new show organizer. “It’s going to be a nice chance to get out of the house and visit with friends and vendors, maybe plan your summer vacation, eat some good food, support local athletic teams and shake off the winter blahs.” In addition to several familiar vendors, there will be new faces in the lineup of more than 100 booths. Highlights include a few new lure makers, new fishing charters, an ATV dealer and other new vendors, Crisco said. Crisco and a committee help organize the annual event, the proceeds from which go directly to athletic programs and to scholarships for athletes. As in previous years, the community will not only have opportunities to buy hunting, fishing and outdoors gear, but also to compete in a big buck contest, to hear experts on various issues and to take part in related activities. The big-buck contest offers door prizes to 1 in 10 entries and plaques for the top-scoring deer. Bucks can be dropped off to be measured from 5-8 p.m. Thursday or Friday (March 5-6), or 9 a.m.noon on Saturday. Deer will then be on display at the show, with awards handed out Sunday. The cost is $10, which is

Instead of fans in the stands, big bucks dominate the bleachers in the Elmwood High School gymnasium during the Elmwood All Outdoors Show, held this Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days

good for a two-day show pass. Antlers do not have to be mounted or measured. Entries can be picked up Sunday after 3 p.m. Speakers and topics are listed in the box at right The Department of Natural Resources also will be on hand to sell licenses and field questions. The show always attracts people of all ages, in part because admission is free for ages 13 and under and just $5 for adults. The chance to see live deer and wild animals from Wildlife Prairie Park is a draw for youngsters. So is a youth archery range, back this year with an improved area, according to Crisco. High school athletes volunteer to work at the show to earn money for their teams. Seniors can also win college scholarships based on the number of shifts they have worked over the years.

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Seminar Schedule SATURDAY, March 7 11 - Darrel Sydney, bear hunting 11:30 - Matt Cheever, wild game cooking 12:30 - Steve Welch, crappie 2 - DNR fisheries biologists Wayne Herndon, Rob Hilsabeck and Ken Russell 2 - Cory Jones, wild game cooking 3:30 - Jay Wade, retriever training SUNDAY, March 8 10 - Paul Center, local fishing 11 - Sydney, bear hunting 12:30 - Welch, crappie fishing 2 - Jonn Graham, smallmouth bass 2 - Cory Jones, wild game cooking NOTE: Seminars in auditorium; wild game cooking demonstrations in the cafeteria.

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THE WEEK AHEAD HOT PICKS This Week!

s Youth Dance – The Dancin’ for Dakota (Ramp) Junior High dance is Saturday (March 7) from 7-9 p.m. at Elmwood’s Maple Lane Country Club. Cost $10 for food, drinks,prizes. Proceeds benefit St. Jude. s Vendor Show – More than 25 craft and direct sale vendors at the First Presbyterian Church of Elmwood for a show Saturday (March 7) from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. s Senior Luncheon – Union Church of Brimfield has a senior luncheon open to the public on March 10 and on the second Tuesday of each month at noon. Cost $4. Call (309) 446-3811.

This Week’s Events

s Chess Night – All skill levels welcome to play chess Tuesdays at Farmington Public Library, 6-7:30 p.m.

s Disaster Workshop – Peoria County's Public Information Officer Jenny Fulton will present “Let's Talk Disasters,” a free s School Carnival – Inflatables, games, public workshop today (March 5) from food and prizes highlight the 2015 6-8 p.m. at ICC’s North Campus. Candy Land Carnival March 13 from s NAMI Event – A child psychiatrist 4:30-7:3- p.m. at the Williamsfield will speak at the monthly meeting for the Schools. Armbands cost $10 for access Tri-County chapter of the National Alto more than 20 inflatables, games, acliance on Mental Illitivities. Public invited to ness tonight (March 5) Publicize Your Event this fund-raiser for the from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Williamsfield Parent Call us at (309) 741-9790 and Teacher OrganizaICCA North campus in or email information about tion. Peoria, Cedar Hall, your upcoming event to s School Carnival – The martha@wklypost.com. Room 134. Call (309) Elmwood Elementary 691-5830. School Carnival is March 14 from 4-7 s Fish Fries – St. Patrick’s Church in p.m. in the Elementary School gym. To Elmwood has fish/shrimp fries Fridays volunteer call Anne Hollis at (309) 219in Lent (March 6, 13, 20, 27). Hours 5899. 4:30-6:30 p.m. s Craft Event – Make an Easter basket s Free Bread – Free bread is available March 14 between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Friday (March 6) at 10 a.m. at Elmwood Mary and Morrison Wiley Library in Elmwood. Craft will take 20 minutes. Methodist Church. s Cemetery Walk – The first meeting s Blood Drives – Blood drives will be for the Elmwood Cemetery Walk is held Friday (March 6) at Princeville March 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Morrison High School, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and and Mary Wiley Library. March 10 at Elmwood High School, 10 s Quilt Show – Cabin Quilters’ quilt a.m. to 6 p.m. To make an appointment, show Saturday, March 21, 9 a.m. to 3 visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800p.m. at Alpha Park Library in Bar733-2767. tonville. Free admission. Door prizes. s Cancer Benefit – A benefit for Dave s Donate Blood – A blood drive will be “Flea” Linder is Saturday (March 7) at 2 held March 23 at Brimfield High School, p.m. at Wopper’s in Elmwood. Food, entertainment, pool tournament, 50-50 raf- 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. To make an appointment, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1fle and silent auction. Call (305) 800-733-2767. 351-2698 or 224-0781.

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Rambling through central Illinois pondering colorful water towers. uuu Word to the wise: While the bridge east of Brimfield on Brimfield-Jubilee Road is open, you will still want to slow down when crossing the new structure. The bridge still has a tendency to send fast-driving folks airborne as they cross. ... The picture at right shows five generations of the Benson family, gathered for the Feb. 20 birthday of Donald BenJeff son. Also pictured are (left to LAMPE right) Todd Benson of Gilson, Donald Benson, Colton Benson (on lap) and Jerry Benson of Williamsfield. Michael Benson of Farmington is in the back row, standing. Happy birthday Donald! ... In case you missed it, veteran Brimfield hoops official Curtis Sherman offered his pearls of wisdom as a television commentator during the recent girls state basketball tournament. ... After two weeks without a crossword puzzle, we fielded one call from a concerned crossworder worried the puzzle was gone forever. Nope. Sharpen your pencils. The puzzle is back this week on Page 8. uuu First, my sympathies to the fam-

ily of Al Zuccarini. Second, if there was ever a wake to attend, it was probably his. One thing about Big Al, 57, he knew how to throw a party. ... Speaking of Big Al, Brimfield electrician Phil Molleck got to wire Zuccarini’s new night club a few years ago when that legendary establishment changed venues. Molleck said it was an eye-opening experience. ... While on the subject of eye openers, I had a sip of The Mayor of Oak Hill’s dandelion wine Monday night and flew home over the ice. uuu While Elmwood native and former Andersen Consulting honcho George Shaheen was on the cover of Forbes magazine once, nephew Gordon Inskeep has his uncle beat in terms of being a cover boy.

Inskeep recently appeared on the front of our “Heartland Outdoors” magazine (holding a bass as shown below left). But that was actually his second stint as a model for a cover. Inskeep was also featured on the front of the March 15, 1998 issue of “National Hog Farmer” magazine, which he said was a real hot seller. ... Parting shot: Brimfield is planning to trap its red foxes which reportedly have become a nuisance. That’s an avoidable shame. The real culprits are not the foxes, but do-gooders. If folks would just leave the foxes alone and stop feeding them, they would likely remain wild and wary of humans. Plus, they help keep down the feral cat population.

I know many wonderful people who are habitually late. They often will say as they arrive, almost proudly, “I’m always late.” Their inability to be on time for gatherings does not diminish my affection for them, but it does lead me to wonder why it would be more difficult for Mit them to plan BERES their time so they could arrive close to the appointed hour. Sure, we all encounter that phone call as we walk out the door, which presents a situation that requires our time right then and makes us some minutes late. That I understand. But those who

are perpetually late do so by choice. Whether one agreed with what he said or not, Gov. Bruce Rauner presented a stark contrast to President Obama in a non-political area when he started his budget speech within three minutes of the designated time. Our President seems to enjoy making people wait. When asked why punctuality was so important to him, President George W. Bush replied, “Late is rude.” To that I add, “What makes me so special that someone should have to keep dinner warm until I get there?” My brother and his family lived in Chicago, and because Lou was habitually late, they were late when they came to Thanksgiving

dinner in Elmwood. After dinner the third time, he and I were enjoying scotch and cigars on our patio (it was a lovely, balmy day) and I said, “Lou, this is the last time we wait until you arrive to eat. Get here when you wish, but expect to sit down to a table of people who have missed you but began eating when we said we would.” I not only loved my brother, I hero-worshipped him. But enough was enough. I made a resolution for this year and forever a couple of months ago to look for the silver lining in all that happens – I now tolerate lateness and am thankful people arrive safe and well. But the party starts on time.

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GUEST VOICES

Observations on silly hospital rules

I just put in another week’s worth of rest and relaxation at a local hospital, trying to bring my respiratory problems back under control, and leaving me scratching my head (among other parts of my body that shall remain nameless) about some of the rules and regJon ulations that I got GALLAGHER to observe from a prone position. The respiratory problems that I’ve had in the past, mainly COPD, were under control until last month, when I fell and broke my arm. At night, I sleep with a complicated attachment latched onto my nose which helps out with my sleep apnea and works as a ventilator to get rid of some of the bad CO2 that my lungs aren’t strong enough to expel on their own. It’s called a BiPaP machine and looks similar to a CPaP which many area residents use to combat sleep apnea. The problem was, since I broke my arm, I needed to sleep somewhere other than my bed since it was hard to get in and out of bed given the fact that I only have one arm.

Fortunately for me, I have a love seat that reclines, so my nightly attempt at beauty sleep was uninterrupted (while failing miserably at the beauty part). I didn’t bother to move the BiPaP machine into the front room where I was sleeping. Bad mistake. The few nights I allowed it to go unused made the CO2 build up to dangerously high levels, so I got to go let the pros handle it at the hospital. I won’t make the mistake of not using the machine again. Meanwhile, I got to observe some silly rules. After a week’s stay, my fingernails were starting to resemble Wolverine’s, so I asked for some fingernail clippers to trim them. You might have thought that I had asked for a machete or a .44 Magnum for the job. It seems that they can’t give me fingernail clippers; I might cut myself. I can understand if the hospital refused to let the nurses clip my nails, but they wouldn’t provide me with clippers either. In fact, they didn’t even want my family members bringing clippers in for me to use. Same reason: I might cut myself. I asked the nurses if they had anything in their closet that might

be able to stop the bleeding if bleeding of any sort might occur. For example, if the IV on my arm got ripped out accidentally, would they be able to stop its bleeding? They assured me they could. I then asked if they still had a room on another floor with very bright lights and very sharp objects used explicitly to cut off things no longer needed, like arms or legs or kidneys. Again, they assured me that they had a very good operating room, in fact, more than one. But I couldn’t have fingernail clippers. I didn’t realize that the FAA had taken over policymaking for hospitals as well as for what’s allowed on planes. There were other silly rules and regulations, too but I guess I’ve always been used to them. Things like: • They can’t tell you the name of the guy in the next bed because it might invade his privacy, but writing his complete medical history on a white-board on his wall along with doctors’ names, next-of-kin, and similar information isn’t. (The board also has his name on it.) • You have to jump through hoops and turn cartwheels to prove Continued on Page 7

Sharing fond memories of a fine neighbor To the Editor: In rural Knox County, the term “neighbor” could be used to describe someone who lives several miles away from your residence, depending on the scarcity of nearby houses. Growing up, my neighbors (the late Dick and Jane Johnson of Gilson) lived just shy of a mile away, but the kindness and generosity they brought to the area made it seem like they lived right next to us. As a child, every year I looked forward to Dick and Jane’s Halloween Party that they hosted for the “neighborhood” kids. Jane would be wearing her black pointed witch’s hat, while Dick

would sport the always stylish, rainbow-colored clown wig. Prepared treats and candy were certainly in order, as well as a few stories. As I grew up and gained skill at hunting and fishing, I learned Dick was an accomplished outdoorsman as well. His appetite for all wild game was enormous: catfish, deer, rabbit and even groundhog were all delicacies to him. With his wife in declining health and his spare time even sparser, I did my best to provide Dick with the taste of wild game. The reaction he gave upon receiving a few cleaned rabbits or fish fillets was pure graciousness.

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After I entered the work force I was lucky enough to purchase a house down the road from Dick and Jane, but shortly thereafter Jane passed. From time to time I would stop by to visit with neighbor Dick. After greeting me with a firm handshake, we would talk politics, neighborhood gossip, and the good ol’ days. Sometimes we might even have a few brews. I’m going to miss those visits. He always told my family how lucky he was to have such great neighbors, but the fact is we were the lucky ones to have him as a neighbor. Dick will be greatly missed by family, friends and neighbors. – Michael Dwane Gibbs, Gilson

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Edwards Mobil Station burglarized in early a.m.

EDWARDS – Reid’s Mobil station in Edwards on Feb. 27 reported an early-morning burglary that damaged an entrance and took more than $200, according to the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office. Burglars apparently gained entry by breaking a west-side door and accessed a cash box inside. Witnesses reported seeing two men in the early-morning hours, and police are continuing to investigate, according to reports.

Knox Co. police seeking late-model Hyundai

DAHINDA – Police are asking for information about a white Hyundai, model year 2001-2006, they suspect of involvement in a roadside accident that caused considerable damage to fencing in the

1400 block of Knox Highway 12. James Gunther, 74, of Dahinda reported the fence damage Feb. 19. Police collected evidence from the scene and are accepting information in care of Knox County Area Crime Stoppers at (309) 3440044 or toll-free (888) 266-0044. Anonymous tips also can be texted by typing GALESBURG and the message/tip and sending it to 274637 (CRIMES on most cell phones). The tipster can text STOP to 274637 to cancel the tip and text HELP to 274637 for assistance. Message & Data rates may apply.

Woman injured in rollover accident

ELMWOOD – Eulail Huffcutt, 55, of Elmwood was injured on Feb. 25 after she lost control of her eastbound car on Illinois Route 8, where it overturned and came to rest in a ditch, police said. She was transported to UnityPoint Health-Methodist in Peoria.

Two injured in wreck on icy Taylor Road

EDWARDS – Amey Fink, 77, of Glasford and Michael Fink, 58, also of Glasford were transported to UnityPoint Health-Methodist in Peoria about 8:30 a.m. on Feb. 26 after she lost control on a snowcovered area of Taylor Road. Her car left the road, struck a fence and overturned onto a frozen lake, according to police.

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• Feb. 23 – Dax Feuchter of Dunlap on Grange Hall Road near Pauli Road in Radnor Township. • Feb. 24 – Linda Geier of Fairview on Cottonwood Road near Townhouse Road. • Feb. 24 – Meredith Eubank of Elmwood on Cameron Lane near Rothlisburger Road in Hollis Township. • Feb. 25 – Charlotte Creel of Peoria on Koerner Road near Parkside Circle in Kickapoo Township.

Brimfield board talks streets, red foxes By TERRY BIBO

BRIMFIELD – It was pretty much a streets sweep at Monday’s Village Board of Trustees meeting. Board members addressed safety on village thoroughfares at least three different ways. Among other things, they learned you can’t keep a good man down – or the fox population, apparently. For starters, when it heard that newly-hired crossing guard Barb Shipley was leaving, the board accepted newly-retired crossing guard Dale Sollenberger’s offer to return. “Interestingly enough, the gentleman we had the nice retirement party for would like to return,” said president Dan Fishel. After 14 years in which he’d become renowned for his attention to duty, Sollenberger reluctantly turned in his stop sign last fall. The 77-year-old former firefighter had needed to care for his ailing wife. Board members recognized him with cake and gifts in November. His wife now receives care at a nursing home, enabling Sollenberger to get back on the job. For The Weekly Post

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Elmwood council objects to cutbacks, will paint tower orange By BILL KNIGHT

ELMWOOD – Loyalty was on display several times during Tuesday’s City Council meeting, as Aldermen voted to show the school colors by painting the west-side water tower orange and black. Loyalty to local constituents over state interests came up, as did loyalty to fair play in how ward boundaries are set. The City last week sent a letter to Gov. Bruce Rauner and area lawmakers objecting to Rauner’s severe spendingcut proposal affecting local government. “A 50 percent cut in the municipal share of income taxes would result in a reduction of $103,801.50,” said Elmwood’s letter, which stressed that local For The Weekly Post

governments balanced their budgets while the state put off required pension payments and spent beyond its limits. State Reps. Dave Leitch (R-73rd Dist.) and Mike Unes (R-91st Dist.) responded with some sympathy. “I share your concerns,” Leitch said Unes reassured Elmwood, “The governor’s FY 16 budget blueprint is a starting point.” Concerning the City’s Wards, the Council asked attorney Stephanie Schmieg to draft a plan to redistrict boundaries to reflect changing population patterns. Under an idea from a Council committee, Ward 1 would expand from 574 to 715 registered voters by adding blocks bordered by Main,

Laurel, Ash and Magnolia Streets; Ward 2 would grow from 670 to 730 voters by adding a west side area south of Main from Knox to the city limits; and Ward 3 would decrease from 853 to 652 . “The committee just wants to keep it as balanced as possible,” said Alderman Bryan Davis, “and Ward 3 is growing and will catch up.” Economic Development director Dick Taylor reported the Economic Development Association is considering establishing a summer Farmers Market, a Cemetery Walk and a Cruise-In. Taylor also mentioned the City will send notices to property owners violating the Property Maintenance Code. Also, a straw poll of Aldermen sup-

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the budget,” said Village President Michael Gray. Along with next year’s budget, the Board next month will consider a proposal from the re-established local park board, which has listed goals for the Village’s three parks ranging from a larger pavilion, a renovated bandstand and plant-bed memorials to new playground equipment, a bird sanctuary and an arboretum. The park board has 10 to 16 residents involved with brainstorming and planning, said Andrew Fritz, one of the volunteers. In other business, Gray said the Illinois Department of Transportation

has notified the Village that it plans to widen and improve Illinois Route 180 between Victoria and U.S. Route 150 this summer. Also: • the Board unanimously approved renewing its franchise agreement with Mediacom for 15 years; • the Board unanimously OK’d spending up to $500 to remodel the Village Hall to accommodate a police department office securing confidential records; • the Board recognized part-time police officer Thanh Nguyen for 14 years of service; and • Village Clerk Mary Rice said March 14 is the date set for electronic and paint recycling.

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you’re well enough to go home, then they’re required to wheel you out in a wheelchair, rather than letting you walk. We’ve all known for a long time that it’s not the doctors who decide if you’re well enough to go home; it’s the insurance companies. If the insurer and its lawyers decide that you’ve had enough time in the hospital to convalesce, then you must go. This happened as long as 25 years ago when the hospital decided that my

dad was too healthy to die in the hospital so they sent him to a nursing home (in an ambulance) where he passed away three days later. I made it through the week by keeping one thing in mind: When I get home, I can go back to my own set of silly rules, none of which include nail clippers, razors or safety scissors. Unless, of course, you mean actually using those things is silly.

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ports language to let licensed drivers use golf carts and Utility Vehicles (UTV) within Elmwood. Suggestions were to model a program on similar laws in Chillicothe, Lacon and Washburn, where golf carts and UTVs (but not AllTerrain Vehicles) must have brakes, rear-view mirrors, Slow-Moving Vehicle signs, headlights, tail lights, brake lights and turn signals, and pay a $50 fee. In other business, the Council • is seeking costs to buy a 20-foot storage container to replace the 40-foot container behind Sarah’s True Value and for moving it closer to the building, and • approved an ordinance revising the law for vacancies in the office of city clerk to have it conform to state statute.

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area but later lived in Elmwood and Knoxville, records show. Joseph was a banker who eventually became president of a Moline bank. Now remembered as “the father of fracture mechanics,” Irwin went on to research ballistics and penetration force, brittle fracture (gauging the durability of steel

armor), and specialties later used in aircraft applications and in construction and safety at nuclear power plant cooling towers.. Working at the Naval Research Laboratory for 30 years, Irwin observed the “stress intensity factor” that led to the development of nonmetallic armor used by the military.

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after 1967 taught at Lehigh University, the University of Maryland at College Park and his alma mater. “I had the opportunity to take a course from him when he visited the University of Illinois for a semester in the late ’60s,” recalled Alten “Skip” Grandt, a former Yates City man now teaching engineering at Purdue University. “Dr. Irwin was a very nice gentleman and well-respected by all who knew him.” Through Irwin’s work, he received dozens of awards, from Knox’s Alumni Achievement Award and the Navy’s Distinguished Civilian Service Award to the Grande Medaille Award from the French Metallurgical Society of France and membership in the prestigious British Royal Society. Becoming a specialist in a unique field of engineering, Irwin was active in helping create the armor used extensively in wartime, and in dynamic fracturing, which heavily influenced design and construction of building materials and structures. On the occasion of his 90th birthday celebration by a group of engineers – who together compiled a 570-page tribute book to him -- Irwin was modest and deferred to Georgia. “Marrying a daughter of a bank president is one way of improving one’s personal assets,” he quipped. George and Georgia were married 65 years when Irwin died in 1998. Georgia passed away in 2002. They’re survived by four children, 10 grand children and 8 greatgrandchildren, and are both buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield.

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For Village Trustee (Vote for not more than 3) □ Trudy E. Self □ Connie L. Wight □ Jolene Tucker For Village Trustee for an unexpired two-year term (Vote for one) □ James D. Folger Village of Yates City For Village President for an unexpired two-year term (Vote for one) □ Kenneth D. Gibson For Village Trustee (Vote for not more than 3) □ Thomas D. Kinzer □ Ryan D. Brewer □ James Boyd Bewley Elba-Salem Park District For Park Commissioner (Vote for not more than 3) No candidate Salem Township Public Library District For Library Trustee (Vote for one) □ Carol S. Sartin □ Write-in Williamsfield Public Library District For Library Trustee (Vote for not more than two) □ Eric Bell □ Kelly Goodin Elmwood CUSD # 322 For members of the Board of Education to serve a full four-year term (Vote for four) □ Tom Conklin □ Dean Cantu □ Claude W. Keefer □ Teresa L. Osmulski □ Katherine Christine "Chrissy" Jacobson □ Val Ramirez Farmington Central CUSD # 265 For members of the Board of Education to serve a full four-year term (Vote for four) □ Ronald Zessin □ Kay Faralli □ Todd C. Guidi □ Dakota Horn □ Patrick Kelly Threw Williamsfield CUSD # 210 For members of the Board of Education to serve a full four-year term (Vote for three) □ Teresa Stewart □ Vicki L. Massie □ Robert J. Rask PEORIA COUNTY Village of Brimfield For Village Trustee (Vote for not more than 3) □ Joe Arbogast □ Brian D. Porter □ Write-In City of Elmwood For Alderman Ward I

(Vote for one) □ Bryan S. Davis For Alderman Ward II (Vote for one) □ Write-In For Alderman Ward III (Vote for one) □ Robert S. Paige Village of Princeville For Village Clerk (Unexpired Two-Year Term) (Vote for one) □ Write-In For Village Trustee (Vote for not more than 3) □ David Sutherland □ Everett Gene Koller □ Teresa F. Gilroy For Village Trustee (Unexpired Two-Year Term) (Vote for one) □ Randy Haley Brimfield Public Library District For Library Trustee (Vote for not more than two) □ Shirley M. Sollenberger Elmwood Twp. Public Library District For Library Trustee (Vote for not more than four) □ Write-Ins Farmington Area Public Library District For Library Board Trustee (Vote for not more than four) □ Linda Schultz □ Myrna C. Klatt □ Diana K. Tuttle Lillie M. Evans Library District (Princeville) For Library Board Trustee (Vote for not more than four) □ Gayle L. Johnson-Brackett □ Ellen Cluskey For Library Board Trustee (Unexpired Two-Year Term) (Vote for one) No Candidate Williamsfield Public Library District For Library Trustee (Vote for not more than two) □ Eric Bell □ Kelly Goodin Williamsfield Community Unit School District # 210 For members of the Board of Education to serve a full four-year term (Vote for three) □ Teresa Stewart □ Vicki L. Massie □ Robert J. Rask Farmington Central CUSD # 265 For members of the Board of Education to serve a full four-year term (Vote for four) □ Ronald Zessin □ Kay Faralli □ Todd C. Guidi □ Dakota Horn □ Patrick Kelly Threw Brimfield CUSD # 309 For members of the Board of Education to serve a full four-year term

(Vote for three) □ Maribeth E. Dura □ Scott Bauer □ Mark S. Hoerr Elmwood Community Unit School District # 322 For members of the Board of Education to serve a full four-year term (Vote for four) □ Tom Conklin □ Dean Cantu □ Claude W. Keefer □ Teresa L. Osmulski □ Katherine Christine "Chrissy" Jacobson □ Val Ramirez Princeville Community Unit School District # 326 For members of the Board of Education to serve a full four-year term (Vote for four) □ Darin Cowser □ Susan L. Hefler □ Darwin Stahl □ Write-in

Write-Ins Fulton, Knox and Peoria County Clerk offices all reported several people who have filed Declarations of Intent to be write-in candidates. They are: Paul Dye for Brimfield Village Board; Adam Rue for Elmwood City Council Ward II; Stephanie Colgan, Tom Herman, Kim DeSplinter and Monica Lampe for Elmwood Township Public Library District; Mary Ann Mercer for Princeville Village Clerk; and Doug Passmore for Yates City’s Salem Library Trustee. Important dates: March 10 – Last day for any member of the U.S. Service, spouse and dependents to make application for an absentee ballot and the last day for the election authority to mail such ballot (not less than 10 days before the election). Last day for any nonresident civilian and any citizen of the U.S. temporarily residing outside the U.S. to make application for an absentee ballot and the last day for the election authority to mail an official ballot containing federal offices only. March 13 – Last day for the election authority to receive an application for an absentee ballot from any registered voter within the confines of the U.S. and for the election authority to mail such ballot. March 15 – Last day for grace period registration and grace period voting in the office of the election authority.

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ELMWOOD – Elmwood Baptist Church will hold is 40th annual Faith Promise Missions event Friday to Sunday (March 6-8). Guest missionaries include Mike and Jennifer Fiocchi from Albania, Kerry and Terri Psinas of Independent Gospel Missions and James Mielke, who will present his Alaska Pastoral Internship. Klinton Richerson, youth pastor from First Baptist Church in Rochelle, leads the music each night. The event starts with a banquet at 5:30 p.m. Friday, followed by a 7 p.m. service and presentations by Fiocchi and Psinas. Saturday’s service starts at 6 p.m. Mielke will speak Sunday during the 9:30 a.m. Sunday School and the 10:30 a.m. worship service, which is followed by a noon fellowship dinner.

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CANTON – Graham Hospital has been recognized as one of the 100 SafeCare Hospitals among hospitals with under 100 beds for

overall best processes of care, best outcomes of care and best efficacy of care. The 2014 SafeCare Hospitals award is given to organizations for best overall performance. This distinction identifies the country’s best healthcare institutions (among 3,500 acute care, non-federal hospitals) based on criteria of the Affordable Care Act. Only the 100 hospitals under 100 beds with the highest scores made the list. Out of the 100 hospitals chosen nationally, Graham is one of four within Illinois.

Underground Railroad program at Princeville

PRINCEVILLE – Owen Muelder will present the program, “Abolitionism and the Underground Railroad in Illinois” on Tuesday (March 10) at 6:30 p.m. at the Princeville Heritage Museum, 325 N Ostrom Avenue. This is the second in the Lillie M. Evans Library District’s Created Equal series. Muelder is author of “The Underground Railroad in Western Illinois” and the Director of the Galesburg Colony Under-

ground Railroad Freedom Center at Knox College. He will discuss the anti-slavery movement nationally and regionally. Also, on Wednesday (March 11) at 2 p.m. there will be a video presentation entitled, “Ulysses S. Grant: A President Committed to Civil Rights.” All programs are free.

Et cetera

Area students who received degrees from Bradley University on Dec. 20, 2014 included: Jody Lynn Miles of Brimfield, Master of Business Administration; Nicholas Hanlon and Adam Windish, Bachelor of Science, Summa Cum Laude; Nicole Garrabrant of Edwards, Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude; and Graham Flinn of Elmwood, B.S., Magna Cum Laude. ... Kennedy Oltman of Princeville earned Dean’s List honors for the fall 2014 semester at Maryville University in St. Louis. ... The Galesburg Civic Art Center will exhibit “Wreckage of the Heart: An Exhibition of Works by PanBambina” in the BLICK Gallery through March 13.

Farmington Website debut near By MICHELLE SHERMAN

FARMINGTON – The City of Farmington’s official Web page still is in the planning stages, though officials believe a working version should be ready this spring. The Farmington Betterment Association, which is handling the design, has “shifted gears,” said Mayor Kenn Stufflebeam at the city council meeting on Monday (March 2). Ward Two Alderman Leslye Tuttle was named council liaison on the project, and she will give the council updates on the site’s progress. One of the main things that needs to be determined is who will be updating the contents of the page and how big a job that should be. “We’re closer than we were,” Stufflebeam said of the site. In other business the council: • Approved a three-year contract with Ted Neuendorf to manage the reverse osmosis plant. • Voted to rescind a bid from MarFor The Weekly Post

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shall Threw to purchase a property at 606 W. Fort St. for $3,500. The council then voted to approve a bid for the same property from Randy and Kim Marinich for $3,000. • Donated $1,000 from video gaming permits to the proposed Farmington Summer Festival. • Donated $1,000 to the Farmington Academic Foundation to endow a college scholarship for a Farmington student. • Learned that bids for marbleworks, pressure washing, tuck pointing and the construction of a maintenance shed at the cemetery will be sought. • There will be a meeting of the parks and recreation committee at 6:15 p.m. Monday (March 9) to discuss plans for a community garden, the bathrooms at Jacobs Park and the tennis courts at Dimmett Park. • Learned that Police Chief Carl Powell was elected the president of the Fulton County Police Chiefs Association.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON ELMWOOD TOWNSHIP BUDGET NOTICE is hereby given that a tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the Township of ELMWOOD, in the County of Peoria, State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2015 and ending March 31, 2016, will be on file and conveniently available to public inspection from 9:00 O'Clock A. M. to 5:00 O'Clock P. M. weekdays, at the ELMWOOD TOWNSHIP HALL, located at 111 West Main Street, in Elmwood, Illinois, from and after the 13th day of March, 2015. NOTICE is further hereby given that a PUBLIC HEARING on said Budget and Appropriation Ordinance will be held at 5:30 O'Clock P. M., the 14th day of April, 2015, at the ELMWOOD TOWNSHIP HALL and that final action on this Ordinance will be taken by the Board of Town Trustees at the meeting to be held following the Hearing. DATED this 17th day of February, 2015. DIANA HALL, Elmwood Township Clerk.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PRINCEVILLE TOWNSHIP ROAD DISTRICT BUDGET NOTICE is hereby given that a tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for Road Purposes of the Township of PRINCEVILLE, in the County of Peoria, State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2015 and ending March 31, 2016, will be on file and conveniently available to public inspection from 9:00 O'Clock A. M. to 5:00 O'Clock P. M., weekdays, at the Home of MARLYS ELY, Princeville Town Clerk, who resides at 16609 Mendenhall Road, Princeville, Illinois, from and after the 13th day of March, 2015. NOTICE is further hereby given that a PUBLIC HEARING on said Budget and Appropriation Ordinance will be held at 6:15 O'Clock P. M., the 14th day of April, 2015, in the PRINCEVILLE TOWNSHIP BUILDING, located in Monica, Princeville Township, Peoria County, Illinois, and that final action on this Ordinance will be taken by the Board of Town Trustees at the Public Hearing. DATED this 18th day of February, 2015. MARLYS ELY, Princeville Township Clerk.

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NOTICE is hereby given that a tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the Township of MILLBROOK, in the County of Peoria, State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2015 and ending March 31, 2016, will be on file and conveniently available to public inspection from 9:00 O'Clock A. M. to 5:00 O'Clock P. M. weekdays, at the home of BOBBIE PHILBEE, Millbrook Township Clerk, who resides at 21512 North Washington Street, Laura, Illinois, from and after the 13th day of March, 2015. NOTICE is further hereby given that a PUBLIC HEARING on said Budget and Appropriation Ordinance will be held at 7:15 O'Clock P. M., the 14th day of April, 2015, at the MILLBROOK COMMUNITY CENTER, located in Laura, Illinois, and that final action on this Ordinance will be taken by the Board of Town Trustees at the meeting to be held following the Hearing. DATED this 16th day of February, 2015. BOBBIE PHILBEE, Millbrook Township Clerk.

NOTICE is hereby given that a tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the Township of JUBILEE, in the County of Peoria, State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2015 and ending March 31, 2016, will be on file and conveniently available to public inspection from 9:00 O'Clock A. M. to 5:00 O'Clock P. M. weekdays, at the Home of ROBIN A. FORNEY, Jubilee Township Clerk, who resides at 15903 W. Brimfield Jubilee Rd., Brimfield, Jubilee Township, Peoria County, Illinois, from and after the 12th day of March, 2015. NOTICE is further hereby given that a PUBLIC HEARING on said Budget and Appropriation Ordinance will be held at 7:45 O'Clock P. M., the 13th day of April, 2015, at the JUBILEE TOWNSHIP HALL, located at 12807 N. Princeville-Jubilee Road in Jubilee Township, Peoria County, Illinois, and that final action on this Ordinance will be taken by the Board of Town Trustees at the meeting to be held following the Hearing. DATED this 17th day of February, 2015. ROBIN A. FORNEY, Jubilee Township Clerk

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NOTICE is hereby given that a tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for Road Purposes of the Township of MILLBROOK, in the County of Peoria, State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2015 and ending March 31, 2016, will be on file and conveniently available to public inspection from 9:00 O'Clock A. M. to 5:00 O'Clock P. M. weekdays, at the home of BOBBIE PHILBEE, Millbrook Township Clerk, located at 21512 North Washington Street, in Laura, Illinois, from and after the 13th day of March, 2015. NOTICE is further hereby given that a PUBLIC HEARING on said Budget and Appropriation Ordinance will be held at 7:00 O'Clock P. M., the 14th day of April, 2015, at the MILLBROOK COMMUNITY CENTER, in Laura, Illinois, and that final action on this Ordinance will be taken by the Board of Town Trustees at the Public Hearing. DATED this 16th day of February, 2015. BOBBIE PHILBEE, Millbrook Township Clerk.

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NOTICE is hereby given that a tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for Road Purposes of the Township of ELMWOOD, in the County of Peoria, State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2015 and ending March 31, 2016, will be on file and conveniently available to public inspection from 9:00 O'Clock A. M. to 5:00 O'Clock P. M. weekdays, at the ELMWOOD TOWNSHIP HALL, located at 111 West Main Street, in Elmwood, Illinois, the 13th day of March, 2015. NOTICE is further hereby given that a PUBLIC HEARING on said Budget and Appropriation Ordinance will be held at 5:45 O'Clock P. M., the 14th day of April, 2015, at the ELMWOOD TOWNSHIP HALL, and that final action on this Ordinance will be taken by the Board of Township Trustees at the Public Hearing.

CONCERNING THE INTENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 210, KNOX, PEORIA AND STARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS TO SELL $1,050,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS (ALTERNATE REVENUE SOURCE)

DATED this 17th day of February, 2015. DIANA HALL, Elmwood Township Clerk.

NOTICE OF LETTING FOR CEMETERY MOWING CONTRACT PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the Trustees of the ELMWOOD TOWNSHIP CEMETERY BOARD are accepting sealed bids for mowing, cleaning and maintaining the ELMWOOD, LEHIGH, and SOUTHPORT CEMETERY grounds including all undeveloped land in such Cemeteries, for the period commencing on April 1, 2015 and concluding on March 31, 2018. The contractor shall furnish all equipment, labor and fuel necessary to mow and maintain the cemeteries, shall carry Liability and Workers Compensation Insurance and shall be responsible for removing all waste and debris from the cemeteries. The bids shall be submitted for all cemeteries for the entire term of the contract. The Bid Form and a copy of the Contract, which the successful bidder will be required to enter into, may be obtained by contacting Glenn Moody, at 211 West Butternut Street, Box 304, Elmwood, Illinois 61529, Telephone No. 742-4971 or 219-4970. Anyone interested in submitting a bid for such Contract shall submit his or her written, sealed bid on or before 12:00 O’Clock Noon, Friday March 13, 2015, to GLENN MOODY, Elmwood Township Cemetery Board Trustee, 211 West Butternut Street, Box 304, Elmwood, Illinois 61529. The sealed bids will be opened at a Public Bid opening and the contents will be announced at a Public Meeting of the Cemetery Board Trustees to be held at 9:00 O’Clock A.M., on Tuesday March 17, 2015 at the MASONIC HALL,112 North Magnolia Street, Elmwood, Illinois, 61529. The Trustees reserve the right to reject any and all bids. DATED this 23rd day of February, 2015

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PRINCEVILLE TOWNSHIP BUDGET NOTICE is hereby given that a tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the Township of PRINCEVILLE, in the County of Peoria, State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2015 and ending March 31, 2016, will be on file and conveniently available to public inspection from 9:00 O'Clock A. M. to 5:00 O'Clock P. M. weekdays, at the home of MARLYS ELY, Princeville Town Clerk, who resides at 16609 Mendenhall Road, Princeville, Illinois, from and after the 13th day of March, 2015. NOTICE is further hereby given that a PUBLIC HEARING on said Budget and Appropriation Ordinance will be held at 6:30 O'Clock P. M., the 14th day of April, 2015, in the PRINCEVILLE TOWNSHIP BUILDING, located in Monica, Princeville Township, Peoria County, Illinois, and that final action on this Ordinance will be taken by the Board of Town Trustees at the meeting to be held following the Hearing. DATED this 18th day of February, 2015. MARLYS ELY, Princeville Township Clerk.

NOTICE is hereby given that a tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for Road Purposes of the Township of JUBILEE, in the County of Peoria, State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2015 and ending March 31, 2016, will be on file and conveniently available to public inspection, from 9:00 O'Clock A. M. to 5:00 O'Clock P. M., weekdays, at the Home of ROBIN A. FORNEY, Jubilee Town Clerk, who resides at 15903 W. Brimfield Jubilee Rd., Brimfield, Illinois, from and after the 12th day of March, 2015. NOTICE is further hereby given that a PUBLIC HEARING on said Budget and Appropriation Ordinance will be held at 7:30 O'Clock P. M., the 13th day of April, 2015, in the JUBILEE TOWNSHIP HALL, located at 12807 N. Princeville-Jubilee Road in Jubilee Township, Peoria County, Illinois, and that final action on this Ordinance will be taken by the Board of Town Trustees at the Public Hearing. DATED this 17th day of February, 2015. ROBIN A. FORNEY, Jubilee Township Clerk

ROBERT CAFFERTY, Clerk of the Board of Elmwood Township Cemetery Trustees.

NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to "An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State," as amended, that a certification was filed by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Peoria County on February 10, 2015, under the Assumed Name of Jubilee Junction with the business located at 10020 W. Route 150, Kickapoo, IL 61528. The true name and residence address of the owner is: Bryon Hasty, 9806 W. Route 150, Kickapoo, IL 61528

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PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Community Unit School District Number 210, Knox, Peoria and Stark Counties, Illinois (the “District”), will hold a public hearing on the 9th day of March, 2015, at 7:30 o’clock P.M. The hearing will be held at the District Office Board of Education Room, 325 West Kentucky Avenue, Williamsfield, Illinois. The purpose of the hearing will be to receive public comments on the proposal to sell bonds of the District in the amount of $1,050,000 for the purpose of improving the sites of and altering, repairing and equipping the existing school buildings and facilities of the District, including, but not limited to, driveway and parking lot improvements and roof repairs. By order of the President of the Board of Education of Community Unit School District Number 210, Knox, Peoria and Stark Counties, Illinois. DATED the 9th day of February, 2015. Vicki Massie Secretary, Board of Education, Community Unit School District Number 210, Knox, Peoria and Stark Counties, Illinois

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS , PEORIA COUNTY, in Probate In the Matter of the Estate of SARAH L. BOWKER, Deceased.

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NOTICE OF CLAIM DATE Notice is given to creditors of the death of SARAH L. BOWKER. Letters of Office were issued to EUGENE N. JORDAN, 1020 Manypenny Avenue, Bayfield, Wisconsin 54814, as Executor, whose attorney is THE CORDIS LAW OFFICE, LLC, Attorneys at Law, 129 North Walnut Avenue, P. O. Box 445, Princeville, Illinois 61559. 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 19th day of August, 2015 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. 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. DATED, February 13, A.D. 2015. EUGENE N. JORDAN, Executor of the Estate of SARAH L. BOWKER, Deceased. The Cordis Law Office, LLC Attorneys for Executor 129 North Walnut Avenue P. O. Box 445 Princeville, IL 6l559 309/385-46l6

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PRINCEVILLE – John J. Baurer, 87, of Peoria, brother of two Princeville men, died on Feb. 24 at the Apostolic Christian Home Skyline in Peoria. Survivors include brothers Art (Joy) Baurer and Ed (Carol) Baurer, both of Princeville. Funeral services were Feb. 27 at the Apostolic Christian Church in Peoria, with burial in Swan Lake Memorial Gardens in Peoria with military honors. Condolences may be left at www.woolsey-wilton.com

Marjorie Dean Browning

WILLIAMSFIELD – Marjorie Dean Browning, 90, of Galva, grandmother of a Williamsfield man, died on Feb. 20 in Galva. Survivors include her husband, John J. Browning, of Macomb; and grandson Jeff Stiers and wife Joanie of Williamsfield. Her funeral was Feb. 26 at the Worthington Funeral Home in Rushville, with interment in the Rushville City Cemetery. Condolences may be left at www.worthingtonfh.com.

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WILLIAMSFIELD – M. Maxine Rendleman Fritz, 93, of Cameron, mother of a Williamsfield man, died March 1. Survivors include son Randy Fritz (wife Janet Collopy) of Williamsfield and Christine Fritz Youngquist (husband Steve) of Cameron; four grandchildren; and three sisters. Visitation will be at 1 p.m. Thursday (March 5) at HinchliffPearson-West Galesburg Chapel followed immediately by a celebration of life. Condolences may be left at www.h-p-w.com.

Kenneth Glenzinski

PRINCEVILLE – Kenneth E. Glenzinski, 71, of Morton, father of a Princeville man, died on Feb. 26 at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Surviving are his wife, Lori Glenzinski of Morton; two sons, Deken (Tina) Glenzinski of Princeville and Derek (Shelley) Glenzinski of Downers Grove; and one stepdaughter, Ashleigh Trine

This Week’s Obituaries • John J. Baurer, 87, Princeville • Marjorie Dean Browning, 90, Williamsfield • M. Maxine Rendleman Fritz, 93, Williamsfield • Kenneth Glenzinski, 71, Princeville • Mildred James, 96, Edwards • Richard ‘Dick’ Johnson, 90, Gilson • Elmer McIntosh, 89, Farmington • Shirley Hegwood Murray, 75, Princeville • Kevin Potter, 50, Princeville • Johnny Schoonover, 74, Farmington

of East Peoria; three grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; five brothers; and two sisters-in-law. Visitation was March 2 at Knapp-Johnson Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Morton, with burial of the cremated remains in the Hirstein Cemetery in Morton at a later date. Condolences may be left at www.knappjohnson.com.

Mildred James

EDWARDS – Mildred E. James, 96, of Peoria, formerly of Edwards, died on Feb. 21 at Lutheran Hillside Village. Survivors include three granddaughters, Debbie (Robert) Millinger-Jones of Peoria, Christy (Doug) Purvis-Wilkins of Peoria and Lori (Craig) Grinnell of Speer; nine great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. A funeral was held Feb. 26 at the chapel in Swan Lake Memory Gardens, with burial following. Condolences may be left at www.haskellhott.com.

Richard Johnson

WILLIAMSFIELD – Richard E. “Dick” Johnson, 90, of Gilson, father of a Williamsfield man, died Feb. 24 at Seminary Manor in Galesburg. Survivors include sons Norman L. (the late Janice) of Williamsfield and Richard E. (Carline) of Maquon. A visitation was held Feb. 27 at Watson-Thomas Funeral Home and Crematory in Galesburg, with graveside services in Aledo Cemetery. Condolences may be left at

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Elmer McIntosh

FARMINGTON – Elmer F. “Mac” McIntosh, 89, of Peoria, father of a Farmington woman, died on Feb. 26 at Sharon Healthcare in Peoria. Surviving are three daughters, Cathy (Gary) Howell of Farmington, Patricia (Ken) Mellendorf of Metamora, and Linda (Jim) Deaton of Washington; one son, Terry (Ruth) McIntosh of Pekin; one stepson, Gilbert Mooberry Jr. of Washington; and his special friend, Wanda Zurkamer of Lincoln. Cremation will be accorded and the family will have a private graveside service. Condolences may be left at csmico.com.

Shirley Hegwood Murray

PRINCEVILLE – Shirley Murray, 75, of Plano, Texas, sister of a Princeville woman, died on Feb. 16 with her family at her side. A Wyoming native, Murray’s survivors include her husband, Keith Murray and a sister, Mary (Ray) Kitterman of Princeville. A celebration of her life was held on Feb. 25 at the First United Methodist Church in Plano, Texas. Condolences may be left at www.legacy.com.

Kevin Potter

PRINCEVILLE – Kevin S. Potter, 50, of Bloomington, formerly of Princeville, died on Feb. 25 at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington. Survivors include his children, Danielle (Kyle Dreher) Potter and Joey (Tiffany McClaskey) Potter, both of Princeville; five grandchildren; brothers Terry (Maria) Potter of Dunlap, Gary (Lori) Potter of Chillicothe, Mike (Beauford) Potter of Speer and Jeff (Brenda) Potter of Princeville; stepmother, Linda Potter of Knoxville; and stepsisters, Rebecca (Josh) Goodell of Edwards and Mary (Mark) Derham of Knoxville. Cremation has been accorded and a celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday (March 7) at the Dunlap American Legion. Condolences may be left at www.haskellhott.com. More Obituaries, Page 13

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1. ASTRONOMY: What former planet in our solar system was downgraded to a “dwarf planet” in 2006? 2. GEOGRAPHY: Where was Shakespeare’s Globe Theater located? 3. LITERATURE: What was the name of the character in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” who had a donkey’s head as a result of a spell? 4. TELEVISION: What was the name of the agent played by Efrem Zimbalist Jr. on “The F.B.I.” series? 5. LANGUAGE: What five-letter word contains five personal pronouns? 6. MYTHOLOGY: Who was the Greek goddess of the moon? 7. RELIGION: What is the first of the seven sacraments in Christian theology? 8. MOVIES: What was the home planet of Luke Skywalker in “Star Wars”? 9. GEOGRAPHY: Where are the Faroe Islands located? 10. HISTORY: What type of gun was used to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln?

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whittled the lead down to single digits, Brimfield responded with a big basket or clutch free throws. And as is often the case, the Indians 1-3-1 zone came up big, making it difficult for A-Town to score down the stretch. “I was pleased with our team’s composure,” Brimfield coach Scott Carlson said. “Our defense was big when we were struggling to score” in the final quarter. White finished with 8 points for the Indians, who advance to a Friday sec-

tional final at Lewistown at 7 p.m. Brimfield will play the winner of Wednesday’s semifinal between Griggsville-Perry and Springfield Lutheran. Lutheran (29-1) was ranked third in the final Associated Press poll and is led by senior Pierson Wofford. Lutheran’s lone loss was in overtime to Dwight, 4442, in late February. Prior to that Lutheran had been ranked No. 1 in Class 1A for most of the season. Then again, Brimfield (which dropped out of the statewide rankings in the final

FARMINGTON Johnny Marvin Schoonover, 74, brother of a Farmington woman, died on March 1 at Richard Owens Hospice Center in Peoria. Survivors include sisters Connie (Jim) Valla of Farmington, Shelva Schoonover of Plymouth, and Rebecca Davison of Kansas City, Mo.; and five brothers, all from Colchester: Stanley (Judy) Schoonover, Ronald Schoonover, Russell Schoonover, Virgil Schoonover, and Terry (Joyce) Schoonover. Funeral services will

(March 6) at Jones Mortuary in Colchester with the Rev. Nate McCarter. Visitation with the family will be 4:30-6:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Cremation rites will follow the services and the cremains will be interred privately at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Colmar. Condolences may be expressed to the family at jonesmortuaryfh.com

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offensively and defensively and came off the bench with three or four people,” coach Bob Anderson said. “We had a hard time scoring against them and had a hard time keeping them off the offensive boards. We were forced to pressure and trap and they answered that pretty well. “But we told the kids after it was all said and done, ‘Get your heads up. Nobody would have thought you’d accomplish what you did winning 23 games and a regional tournament. This group of kids had a very fine year.”

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poll but was first in the category of Also Receiving Votes) has already defeated the No. 2 team in Class 1A, Peoria Christian, in the regionals. At Lanark, Williamsfield (23-12) made a 2 1/2-hour drive to suffer through a 61-40 defeat at the hands of Freeport Aquin (25-6) in the Class 1A Lanark Eastland sectional semifinals. Garrett Wight led Billtown with 19 points, but the Bombers struggled to score after an even first quarter. “They were a pretty good ballclub, very athletic, pretty well coached, good

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Bethany Baptist Church 7422 N. Heinz Ln., Edwards (309) 692-1755 www.bethanycentral.org Sat. Evening Worship: 6 pm 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 www.christalivecc.com Sun. School: 9:15 am Worship: 10:30 am

Brimfield United Methodist Church 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 Pastor Stephen Barch 105 W. Clay Street, Brimfield (309) 446-3811 Sunday Worship: 9 am Tuesday Bible Fun Night: 6 pm

ELMWOOD Crossroads Assembly of God Pastor Tim Cavallo 615 E. Ash St., Elmwood (309) 830-4259 www.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

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Sun. School: 9:30 am Sun Worship: 10:30 am, 6 pm Wed. Prayer Meeting: 7 pm First Presbyterian Church of Elmwood Reverend Marla B. Bauler 201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood (309) 742-2631 firstpresbyterianofelmwood.org Sun. Worship: 10:30 am Sun. School: 9:30 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 (309) 742-7221 www.elmwoodumc.org Sun. Worship: 9 am, 10:30 am Youth Sun. School: 9 am Adult Sun. School: 8 am

FARMINGTON First Presbyterian Church of Farmington Reverend Dr. Linda Philabaun 83 N. Cone Street, Farmington (309) 245-2914 www.firstpresfarmington.com Sunday School: 9:30 am Fellowship: 10:30 am Worship: 11:00 am 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

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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Jostes and Paige Pasley and alternate Kenzie Skaggs. Four area girls are on the North Team: Ryleigh Keith of Brimfield, Ashley Perryman and Abby Frietsch of Elmwood and alternate Shyann Jones of Elmwood. Games will be played March 28 at Alice Ingersoll Gym in Canton. The girls game starts at 6 p.m. and the boys game begins at 8. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for students age 6 through high school. To learn more, call Lance Moring at (815) 541-2303. JH volleyball – Seventh grade girls volleyball teams started regional action this week. Farmington (13-8) won its 7-3A regional, 25-11, 25-21, over Havana on Monday. The Lady Farmers advance to sectional play Monday at Farmington at 6 p.m.

In 7-2A, Princeville and Brimfield met Tuesday to earn a berth in Thursday’s final of the Peoria St. Vincent de Paul Regional. No. 3 seed Elmwood upset No. 2 seed Bartonville Monroe on Tuesday, 25-20, 25-21, to reach Friday’s 6 p.m. final of the Lewistown Regional against top-seed Lewistown Central. Eighth graders start next week. Et cetera – The IHSA board has approved a unified bass fishing state finals that will include prep anglers and Special Olympics anglers at the same event May 15-16 on Carlyle Lake. Eight boats of Special Olympians will fish for state final medallions. ... Steve Herridge is Elmwood’s new bass fishing coach. Email area sports information to jeff@wklypost.com.

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As part of a fast-paced game, and the Farmers’ Eric Higgs went in for an impressive hanging-inthe-air reverse layup early in the second. However, the Titans went on a stealing and layup spree in the next 3:45 of the second for a 26-17 advantage. Swearingen answered with a three ball at 3:46, but M-R’s pressure resulted in a 35-20 margin with 1:40 remaining. Farmington fought back with a 7-2 run, but one of the Titans’ big men, James Rogers, scored on an offensive rebound at the buzzer for a 39-27 halftime lead. In the first three minutes of the third period M-R’s size took over for a 46-29 advantage that seemed to have the team coasting for the rest of the matchup. Swearingen and Blake Mattson treys kept the game close as the third quarter ended at 53-37. Exactly three minutes into the final quarter the Farmers clawed back to within 10 at 55-45 on a Matt Williamson triple. Despite losing Swearingen to fouls in the fourth, the Farmers were within 61-54 with 1:29 remaining. And with M-R having earned a label as a notoriously poor foul shooting team, an epic comeback was possible. But on this night the Titans did sink the necessary free throws for a 68-56 regional championship. Farmington was led in scoring by Swearingen’s

17 and Higgs’ 14 points. The Farmers got to the Knoxville Regional championship game with a 64-34 trouncing of Monmouth United. Higgs, who warmed up with 14 out of 15 in the three-point contest led Farmington in the victory.

“Along with very helpful fan support I was fortunate to have players who really cared about how they played the game as a team and had fun doing it, especially in the last month of the season,” said coach Jeff Otto.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Courtney Forney, Elmwood

For Elmwood senior Spirit Squad cheerleader and Pom dancer Courtney Forney, the adrenaline that she and her teammates acquire as they leave the field or floor after a successful performance is her favorite part of participating on these teams. That especially happened when Courtney and the Elmwood Poms completed their competition in IDTA State and brought home a second-place trophy. Forney has been with the above two teams in all of her four years at Elmwood High School. From a very young age Courtney liked to dance and to watch other dancers work together. She was very happy to have the cheer and dance opportunities as she entered high school at EHS. Courtneys’ parents Troy and Cindy Forney have supported her, as well as her coach, Emily Roberts. She also believes her teammates have been significant in motivating her, as well as each other. The 1980s classic “Footloose” is Courtney’s favorite flick of all time. Not surprisingly, it’s a movie about … dancing! However, dancing isn’t her only thing. She has been a four-year FFA member. Courtney is also in the EHS Key Club and loves the subjects of art and photography. After graduation she plans on attending Illinois Central College to study Ag Science. Courtney will miss friends and teachers after graduation. “Practice makes perfect,” she advises to younger aspiring cheerleaders and dancers. By practicing for perfect, those young dancers could also come off the field or floor full of adrenaline from a very successful performance – the kind Courtney Forney has experienced! – Phil Johnson

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only two losses on the season. In the process, an attendee in the crowd wondered aloud if Cuevas ever misses, as he had just scored on a transition layup. While he does occasionally miss, on this night and many others he scored very often and in crucial situations. “Carson got to us early. He definitely set a tone,” Elmwood coach Josh Fugitt said. The Trojan’s Isaiah Groeper did quickly answer with a three ball just before the end of the period to draw Elmwood within 19-13. After the first three minutes of the second quarter Elmwood seemed to have some answers for Cuevas and the Indians by working to a 19-19 tie. But Brimfield went on a 10-run into halftime as the Indians’ White drained a shot with four seconds remaining for a 29-19 margin going into the locker rooms. “To get that run right before the half was huge,” Carlson said. Cuevas was back at it at the beginning of the second half to expand the lead to 31-19. Groeper helped Elmwood battle back in the second half with a rare four-point play, followed by a steal and a basket to make it 49-41 at the 4:41 mark. But from there the Indians took care of the ball and came through on free throws. Groeper scored more than half of the Trojans’ total with 27, while Wallace (11) and Jace Swietek (10) joined Cuevas with 23, in double figures for the Indians. “We knew Groeper would be big for Elmwood. We worked at keeping him out of the lane, and we did well at shutting down their other players,” Carlson said. At Kewanee After his team gave up 102 points to Brimfield in a loss earlier this season, veteran coach Bob Anderson said he, “went back to the drawing board.” “I felt like I had let this team down,” Anderson said. Evidently he and his squad found some answers in an exciting week that saw Williamsfield (23-11) rack up a regional title in its final season as the Billtown Bombers. Next year comes a coop with ROWVA. The regional crown was the fifth of his career for Anderson, whose team pulled off an epic upset of Ridgewood (26-3), the 10th-ranked

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team in Class 1A. Williamsfield broke out of the gate fast with a 14-1 advantage, but as so often against a strong opponent, those leads don’t last. By first quarter’s end Billtown’s margin was cut down to 21-17. By halftime the Bombers had rebuilt the lead to 45-34, the roller coaster continued with a smaller 55-50 advantage at the end of period three. “I was very proud of our team in that every time Ridgewood came back during the game, we responded with clutch plays of our own,” Anderson said. In what could’ve been a seasonending blow, Ridgewood went up by three at the two-minute mark of the game. But Williamsfield responded again with a score, a steal

and score, and finally two gamewinning free throws made by Ethen Hunt at the six-second mark for the 68-66 final. Tyler Jones led Billtown with 23 points. That was the second straight difficult game for Billtown, which topped Princeville (17-11) in the semis, 59-48. “Williamsfield made crucial adjustments in the second half, and it made a positive difference for them,” said coach Jeff Kratzer, whose team lost just four times in the new year – twice to Ridgewood and twice to Billtown. “I was proud of our guys who competed hard in every game down to the very end. Next year we return two high scorers for us, Nick Kraft and Brendan Streitmatter, and I look forward to us again competing hard all the way,” Kratzer said. At Knoxville To win a regional title and move on to the sectionals, Farmington (14-15) was challenged with a very sizable order last Friday. Monmouth-Roseville had history on its side to the tune of seven regional titles in the last nine years. True to form, Roseville this year is once again solid – big and strong under the basket with quickness in full-court man pressure. And while a constantly valiant effort was made by coach Jeff Otto’s team, it wasn’t enough. Despite two early fouls on Trey Swearingen, Farmington was close at the end of the first quarter, down only 17-15. It was the second quarter that would eventually end the Farmers’ dream of moving on. Continued on Page 14

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Williamsfield, Brimfield boys win regionals By JEFF LAMPE and PHIL JOHNSON

As is so often the case, regional week was full of surprises for area boys basketball teams. In our area, none was bigger than Williamsfield’s unexpected championship win at Kewanee Wethersfield over 10thranked Ridgewood, 68-66. But Brimfield’s 63-53 upset of top-seed and No. 2 ranked Peoria Christian certainly also qualified as a mild surprise, even though the Indians had been in the Class 1A top 10 for much of the season and were seeded second. Here’s a rundown on what was an exciting week of regional action. At Peoria Christian Nate Wallace stood in the corner, open, eyeing a wide-open 3-pointer with the game going awry. Big man Brad Novak had fouled out. A big Brimfield lead over Peoria Christian had dwindled to two points. Carson Cuevas was hampered by leg cramps. And quite frankly, Wallace had been slumping of late. In fact, Coach Scott Carlson said he was almost “hesitant” as Wallace squared up, jumped and released a 3-ball. No matter. The Brimfield senior swished home one of the biggest shots of his career with 1:22 left for a 56-51 lead

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Tyler Jones makes a steal on the way to the first of his game-high 23 points for Williamsfield in the regional final. Photo by Collin Fairfield.

to help propel the Indians’ victory. Wallace went on to hit 5-of-6 free throws in the final minute and Cuevas hit two more to help seal Brimfield’s fifth regional in the past six seasons. Prior to Wallace’s heroics, Brimfield had relied largely on Cuevas, who rained in 25 points and outplayed a highly touted PC roster. “He showed why he’s one of the best players in the area,” Carlson said. Really, the entire Brimfield roster stepped up in this game. Novak was

Nate Wallace was all smiles after scoring 18 points in a regional final win over Peoria Christian. Photo by Monte Kenney – Brimfield Sports Shots.

strong inside, Ryan Smith provided ball handling and grit after Koby White was sidelined with an ankle injury and Jace Swietek scored 9 points and had three steals against a turnover-prone Peoria Christian team. In the semifinals, Brimfield ran its record to 3-1 vs. rival Elmwood with a 61-43 victory. Brimfield jumped to a 19-10 lead after one quarter agains the Elmwood team that had handed the Indians one of their Continued on Page 15

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While Brimfield ousted a familiar opponent in sectional play Tuesday, Williamsfield ran into an imposing new foe that ended its season. At Lewistown, Brimfield (30-2) kept its composure, hit free throws and played good defense to oust Abingdon-Avon (17-13) in the Class 1A semifinals, 52-43. Carson Cuevas led Brimfield with 23 points and hit four straight free throws down the stretch as the Indians held off A-Town. The Tornadoes were called for three intentional fouls and one technical in a physical game that also saw Brimfield’s Brad Novak whistled for an intentional foul. Brimfield led by as much as 3924 on a Koby White 3-pointer late in the third quarter but was never able to shake A-Town, which got a game-high 24 points from senior Zach Glisan. Even so, every time A-Town Continued on Page 13