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Billtown schools criticized, praised in meeting By BILL KNIGHT
WILLIAMSFIELD – Monday’s school board meeting wasn’t a circus; it was civil. Despite buzz around town predicting a chaotic confrontation between Williamsfield District 210’s Board of Education and administration on the one side, and teachers, parents and virtually everyone else on the other, 77 minutes of public comment from 43 speakers about tensions tied to an ongoing disagreement over teacher For The Weekly Post
evaluations featured calm objections to the management of Superintendent Tim Farquer and Principal Zack Binder. However, for the first time since the controversial resignation of teacher Ann Banks this winter, there also was praise – for Farquer and Binder as well as for teachers and the direction the school is going. Late Tuesday afternoon, an apparent breakthrough occurred, as the school board and the Williamsfield Education Association (WEA) labor union is-
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“I just don’t like seeing my co-workers cry.” – Connie Krans sued a joint statement: “The Williamsfield Education Association and Williamsfield Board of Education have agreed to work toward an amicable solution to address all grievances by June 30th.” Board President Janet Collopy and WEA President Kent
Rigg signed the statement. That followed the meeting Monday, when about 100 people gathered in the gymnasium, where the meeting had been moved to accommodate an expected overflow crowd. A small group of teachers sat in the front row wearing blue t-shirts of the union, and most took turns with brief comments asserting their talents and stating their concerns. Some said the District’s “summative” evaluation plan was not being used to gauge the
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German-Bliss Equipment of Princeville celebrated its 75th year in business last weekend with a free pancake and sausage breakfast for the community. Pictured above (from left to right) are: Peoria County Board member Brian Elsasser, Princeville Mayor Sid Stahl, John Bliss, state Sen. Darin LaHood, state Rep. David Leitch, Chuck German and Greg German. Photos by Collin Fairfield.
Forsythias painting landscape yellow By RON DIETER
If you haven’t noticed the brilliant yellow color splashed all over the landscape this spring, you don’t get out much. Forsythia bushes have burst into golden glory For The Weekly Post
everywhere. This past winter was kind to forsythia flower buds and even many old varieties are in full bloom. The recent dark cloudy days were brightened by the vibrant golden blossoms of forsythias in hedges, parks
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84-year-old ready to walk 700-mile quest
CELEBRATING 75 YEARS
By BILL KNIGHT
ELMWOOD – Ninety-three years ago this week, an Elmwood native launched one of Chicago’s first radio stations and started a long career in broadcasting that still resonates over the airwaves. Hedges William Hedges was born on June 21, 1895, the son of LeRoy and Ida Hedges in Elmwood. At the age of five, he and his family moved to Colorado where he grew up before returning to the Midwest to work for Armour Car Lines and attend the University of Chicago, where he became the campus correspondent for the Chicago Daily News in 1914. Hedges joined the U.S. Army Air Corps and continued to report for the Daily News. He earned a commission as a
program, but to measure individuals’ development – to punish rather than help employees. That threatens staff, some said. “I just don't like seeing my co-workers cry,” said second grade teacher Connie Krans. The WEA filed two grievances about evaluations being conducted without appropriate notification. Those weren’t resolved at the District level, so they’ll be considered by a neutral arbitrator. Another grievance was filed April 1 alleging
and yards. The ancestors of our forsythias are natives to China and Korea and the garden forms were introduced in America in the early 1900s. The shrub was named to honor William Forsyth, a Continued on Page 7
PRINCEVILLE – A long journey starts with a single step, it’s said, and 84-yearold Dean Troutman’s first step in a 700mile walk to raise funds for a park in his late wife’s memory starts Tuesday (April 21). Years after Troutman bought more than five acres of land to set up a park for Princeville in memory of his wife, Dorothy (Peggy) Troutman, he’ll be recognized in a short ceremony at 9:15 a.m. in Troutman Park, and then set off about 9:30 a.m. He hopes to average nine miles a day in his journey and finish in about 75 days, all the while collecting pledges and donations to supplement the $300,000 he’s personally contributed and an additional $65,000 raised in the community. The park has a Little League baseball diamond, a football/soccer field, walking trail, picnic pavilions and a concession/restroom facility, but still needs a playground; activity stations along the walking trail; water fountains; scoreboards, bleachers and enclosed dugouts for the athletic fields; blacktop for the parking lot; and landscaping. Continued on Page 3
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that some evaluations are improperly relying on subjective criteria; it remains at the local level. “Evaluation should be used as a growth tool, not a disciplinary tool,” said Rigg, who’s taught here for eight years and served as WEA president for three. Science teacher Lori Secrist elaborated. “There’s stress in the building for everyone,” she said “I hope we can work together and fix it.” Another science teacher, Sandra Boucher, agreed, saying, “I am very saddened and concerned about the breakdown of communication. My hope is that we as a group can come together and find our way back.” Some speakers expressed concern with the costs of arbitration in time and money, and others spoke out in support of the administration, but throughout, there was no “circus” feeling. Board President Janet Collopy didn’t preside as a “ring-master,” but let everyone speak. Speakers occasionally were impassioned, and when a woman kept talking after her two minutes were up, a man tried to shout her down, but his outburst was mostly ignored. There were a handful of rhetorical “acrobatics” by teachers and members of other unions who compli-
The Williamsfield Board of Eduction on Monday heard criticism and praise from teachers (in blue t-shirts), parents and members of the community. Photo by Bill Knight.
mented management. And there were a few “highwire” acts of a sort, as Limestone School District 310 teachers Tara Stout and Abby Tyra made appearances to comment on the honesty and fairness of Binder and Farquer, with whom they’d worked there. “I could not imagine two better people to work for,” Tyra said. “You have no idea how lucky you are.” Ashley Little presented the board with a petition signed by 129 residents supporting the administration, representing almost half the number of households in Williamsfield. Parent and Village Board member Jolene Tucker praised the administration for being “proactive, not reactive. “There’s been improvement in the last few years,” Tucker said. Billtown parent Shelley Adams also said she sup-
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ported the administration, but she also scolded everyone involved with not resolving the disagreement. “I’m not ‘against’ anyone,” Adams said. But “I’m furious. I’m extraordinarily pleased with the direction the school is headed. It’s unfortunate there’s so much negativity in what was such a promising year.” Williamsfield graduate and resident Becky Doubet challenged administrators and teachers alike to work together. “I firmly believe ‘If it’s not broke, don’t fix it,’ but everything needs routine maintenance,” she said. “The bottom line: Be adults. Be professionals.” During the regular meeting, Binder’s Principal’s report was a reflection on this, his first year, when there has been an effort to change the culture and climate, he said. “I’m not against our teachers,” Binder said. “I’m for our teachers – and I’m mostly for our students. “Change can be difficult and can create anxiety,” he conceded. “Not all of our teachers are resisting change. There is excellent instruction
going on in this building. There are so many wonderful things happening in our building.” The current, three-year agreement between the WEA and District 210 expires August 15, and contract talks are expected to start soon. Action taken during the regular meeting included the board unanimously approving: • issuing $415,000 in bonds for fund substantial roof and drainage repairs, ultimately to be paid off with Knox County School Facilities sales tax revenues, so property taxes won’t be affected; • curriculum that will include 16 Fine Arts courses; • the 2015-16 school calendar, which provides for classes to start Aug. 18 and run through May 24, with 10 emergency days, and the elimination of teachers’ half-day inservice days in favor of full-day in-service/teacher institute days; • the first read of an update to Board policy on bullying that would conform to state law if passed at the next Board meeting May 11; and • accepting the resignation of JV softball coach Megan Foglesong.
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Kilbride speak on “Money in Judicial Elections” at League of Women Voters’ dinner meeting April 21, 5:30 p.m. at Lariat Steakhouse, 2232 W. Glen Ave., Peoria. Cost $40 per person or $300 for a table of 8. Call (309) 253-9594. s Superhero Day – Superhero day at Lille M. Evans Library, Princeville Tuesday (April 21) from 3:15-4:45 p.m. Find your Superhero identity and abilities. K5th graders welcome. s Free Movie – Teens invited to watch “If I Stay” April 23 from 3:30- 5:30 p.m. at the Brimfield Public Library. Popcorn provided. Open to ages 13-8.
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His route will take him as far as Benton, in south-central Franklin County, and in the Weekly Post area through Brimfield, Elmwood and Farmington early, then Hanna City and Kickapoo in its finals days. Meanwhile, the nonprofit organization established to maintain Troutman Park will benefit from a dodgeball tournament at Princeville High School this Satur-
day (April 18) and a 5K Run/Walk with a craft fair, bags tournament, music and more at the park Saturday, May 16. To donate or learn more, write Troutman’s Trek A Committee for Troutman Park, P.O. Box 524, Princeville, IL 61559; email troutmanpark@yahoo.com; or visit the web site www.troutmanstrek.com or the Facebook page www.facebook.com/trou tmanstrek.
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Rambling through central Illinois pondering how to avoid work for any remaining sunny spring days. uuu The fur is going to fly over plans for Jubilee College State Park. Word is the Department of Natural Resources plans to shut down indefinitely all horse and mountain bike trails at the Jeff site due to a lack LAMPE of staff. That’s a shame, because Jubilee is a tremendous trail resource for many users. But continued DNR budget cuts make it difficult for staff to keep trails open. Watch for an in-depth story on this issue next week. ... Now’s the time to hire a private detective to trail Louise Bradbury of Elmwood. Asparagus is up and edible says Fred Lantz, who based his report on a cultivated patch in his yard. Bradbury, meanwhile, has the GPS coordinates to about 70 asparagus hotspots in the area. uuu When last we checked in with Elmwood police chief Aaron Bean’s bird patrol, he was attempting to catch a great-horned owl in a bat-
ting cage at Sweetwater Park. That caper ended easily enough early one summer morning, as Bean and I chased the owl out of the netted cage. But this week’s call topped that one. “Jeff, there’s a black duck in front of the Palace Theatre with an injured foot.� Naturally, I was intrigued. But by the time we arrived, the “black duck� – actually an American coot – had been whisked off to the Bean household. From there “Cooter� was escorted to a wildlife rehabber. What a coot was doing on Main Street in Elmwood is mystifying. These clumsy birds typically inhabit wetlands and marshes. Was he lured in by the shiny new Streetscape? We’ll never know, unless Vern Reynolds can pry the answer out of Cooter. uuu Because another amazing twist in the coot story is that theater owner Reynolds singlehandedly chased down and caught the injured coot after others failed. Reynolds must have a little Doctor Doolittle in him, because he said he was able to talk
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Marching to beat of a different drummer
Last year, I went to a parade where my high school band was one of the marching bands entered. I was shocked to see a small band with fewer than 30 kids marching down the street. It wasn’t long after that I covered a football game down in Abingdon. Avon Jon had just consolidated with Abing- GALLAGHER don, so I figured that their band was probably a good size. They had seven members. And that included the band director, who was playing the saxophone! Back in the 1970s, band was a lot more popular, I guess. Our high school had about 400 kids and our marching band numbered just shy of 100. When we marched down the street, there was no problem hearing us.
Our band director, Charlie Knapp, was one of my favorite teachers, but he thought we were superhuman if we joined the band. He had several requirements for marching in any parade or performance. First, all music had to be memorized. He said that if we were marching, we wouldn’t be able to read music from a lyre attached to our instruments anyway, and he was right. I was in the drum line, so memorizing music was easy for me, but the horns and woodwinds had a little tougher row to hoe. Of course, Charlie was right; by memorizing the music, we could concentrate more on the marching, and because of that, we had straight rank and file lines rather than the snaky lines some bands had. Second, we had to be in shape. We practiced marching for at least a half hour every day during band period. During football season, we would practice the halftime show.
If we had a parade coming up, we’d march up and down the side streets of Knoxville. When I was a freshman, all the bands in the area were still marching with Sousa marches or patriotic music. Charlie changed all that with the Labor Day parade in Galesburg. We had two songs memorized plus the drum cadence, and we were about to rock Galesburg like no other band before. We stepped off and after the initial drum cadence, instead of launching into a Sousa march, we started belting out “Down by the Lazy River,” a current hit song by the Osmond Brothers. (Granted, the Osmonds weren’t exactly rock ’n’ roll, but it was current and jaws dropped on both sides of the street.) Another drum cadence and then we pulled out the big gun: “Joy to the World,” by Three Dog Night (“Jeremiah was a bullfrog”). Now people on both sides of the street
A variety of controversies have seriously eroded public trust in American agriculture: genetically modified crops (GMOs), agricultural chemicals and concentrated animals feeding operations (CAFOs), or factory farms. Nowhere are public concerns and controversies about agriculture more prominent than for CAFOs. CAFOs actually are far more like factories than farms. Nine states have banned the use of gestation crates in CAFOs, which continuously confine breeding hogs in spaces so small they can’t turn around. In Illinois, [Associate Professor] Peter Goldsmith of the University of Illinois [Food & Agribusiness Management program] has completed research examining the public legitimacy of factory farms. He wrote: “As animal production sites grow larger they create more problems and the intense controversy surrounding CAFOs incites strong local public participation.” He found people in Illinois who participate in public hearings consistently indicate they have no confidence in laws regulating CAFOs or government officials who are supposed to enforce CAFO regulations. Goldsmith said 70 percent of
the individuals opposed the proposed facilities. The Illinois livestock industry recently ran paid advertisements proclaiming the economic benefit of consuming Illinois meat and dairy products. These ads were part of an ongoing multimillion-dollar campaign, an attempt to stem the tide of growing public concern about industrial agriculture. Americans are being challenged to separate truth from fallacy in deciding what kind of agriculture and food system they want, or are willing to tolerate. In spite of persistent claims to the contrary, public concerns about industrial agriculture are confirmed in reams of credible scientific studies. For example, a two-year study of industrial farm animal production commissioned by the Pew Charitable Trust concluded, “The current industrial farm animal production (IFAP) system often poses unacceptable risks to public health, the environment and the welfare of the animals themselves.” Pew’s commissioners also said, “The negative effects of the IFAP system are too great and the scientific evidence is too strong to ignore. Significant changes must be implemented and must start now.” The public health risks of factory farms are real. MRSA [Methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus],
which is cultured in and spread by CAFOs, kills more than 20,000 people per year in the United States – more than AIDS. The air and drinking water of people in rural areas is being polluted by chemical and biological wastes from industrial agriculture. The corporate propaganda campaign is trying to convince people that industrial farmers are no different from traditional family farms. In truth, in virtually every important respect, industrial farming operations are very different from traditional family farms. On traditional family farms, the family and farm are inseparable, and both are inseparable from their community. Traditionally, farmers manage a diversity of farm enterprises, including crops and livestock to mimic the mutually beneficial relationships among the diverse elements of healthy living ecosystems. Wastes from some enterprises become productive inputs for others. Industrial farmers may have a legal right to continue polluting streams with chemical and biological wastes and destroying their neighbors’ health and quality life, while producing unsafe and unhealthy foods. That does not mean they have a moral right to do so.
Dr. Ikerd is a Professor Emeritus in Agricultural & Applied Economics at the University of Missouri.
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ELMWOOD – About 11 p.m. on April 10, Elmwood police pulled over a vehicle for speeding. When police did a walkaround with the department’s dog, the canine showed signs of the presence of marijuana, and a search was conducted. After finding drug paraphernalia and a plastic bag of what seemed to be pot, Elmwood police issued local-ordinance citations for possession of less than 2.5 grams of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia to Shawn Larkin, 32, of Canton.
Abingdon man wrecks borrowed truck
2:45 p.m., police reached Bob Tannock, who said he’d just been told of the wreck himself by Stillson, who was at home in Abingdon. Interviewing Stillson there, police were told Stillson borrowed the truck to remove trees from his property and on the way to Elmwood about 10:30 that morning ran off the road, crashed through a fence and struck several trees. Afterward, he was taken home by a driver who’d been following him to Elmwood and waited until shortly after 2:30 p.m. to report the mishap. He was arrested and released with a Notice To Appear on May 13.
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driving while his license was suspended. He was transported to the Knox County Jail.
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• Jessica Mattson, 29, of Farmington, on April 4 was arrested for Failure To Appear and transported to the Fulton County Jail. • Melissa Byrd, 26, Farmington, on April 8 was arrested for Failure To Appear and transported to the Fulton County Jail. • Crystal Buley, 25, of Trivoli on April 9 was arrested on three counts of burglary, unlawful possession of a controlled substance, distributing a controlled substance, receiving/possessing stolen property and endangering the life of a child, and transported to the Peoria County Jail. • Daniel Kinney, 18, of Elmwood, on April 12 was arrested to hold for the Illinois Department of Corrections for violating parole by possessing a firearm, and he was transported to the Peoria County Jail.
ELMWOOD – Kim Stillson, 61, of Abingdon on April 7 was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident after the 2001 Ford truck he’d borrowed from Tannock Electric was found crashed off Knox Highway 20 near Maquon, according to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office. After being contacted about
WILLIAMSFIELD – Knox County Sheriff’s deputies on April 6 pulled over a 2000 Ford van for speeding on U.S. Route 150 south of Williamsfield and discovered that motorist Kurt Doolittle, 62, of Alstead, N.H., was driving with expired insurance and a suspended license. Doolittle was ticketed for speeding and also arrested for operating an uninsured vehicle and
• April 12 – April 12 – Laura McCaulley of Bettendorf, Iowa, on Interstate 74 near mile marker 66 in Elba Township.
The Peoria Sheriff’s Department released its monthly Crime Statistics Report for March for the seven Peoria County townships in The Weekly Post’s circulation area: Brimfield city and township together had 2 drug arrests, 1 theft, 1 Driving Under the Influence charge, 2 accidents with no injuries, 2 fatal accidents and 7 traffic tickets.
Elmwood city and township together had 1 DUI, 1 accident with an injury, 1 accident without an injury and 4 traffic tickets. Jubilee had 1 accident with an injury, 2 accidents without an injury and 1 traffic ticket. Kickapoo had 2 thefts, 1 incident of vandalism/ criminal damage to property, 7 accidents without an injury and 6 traffic tickets.
Millbrook had 1 criminal sexual assault and 6 traffic tickets. Radnor had 1 assault, 1 battery, 1 domestic battery, 1 theft, 1 incident of vandalism/ criminal damage to property, 1 accident without an injury and 3 traffic tickets issued. Rosefield had 2 accidents without injuries and 3 traffic tickets.
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FORSYTHIA: Prune in spring Continued from Page 1
botanist and a founder of the Royal Horticulture Society. Forsythias are valued by gardeners for their very early spring flowers. The shrub generally will grow to about 8 feet high and 10 feet wide, although size will vary with variety and conditions. You often see it planted up close to a house but it is best used in a border or mass planting. Forsythia has both upright and arching canes and is not the easiest shrub to keep looking good. The winter silhouette is not the most attractive, even if pruned correctly. Like nearly all spring flowering shrubs, forsythia flower buds form during the summer for next spring’s show, so they are best pruned right after the flowers fade. Plants that are sheared in the summer or pruned late in the season will not flower to full potential. The flower power of forsythia is dependent upon winter conditions. Flower buds of old varieties are killed when
temperatures drop a little below zero. Often you will see forsythias with flowers only below the snowline where the buds were protected from killing temperatures. Some of the new varieties available today have been bred to have more winter stamina. North Dakota State University introduced Forsythia “Meadowlark” several years ago with flower buds cold hardy to 35 degrees below zero. It has good summer foliage color of dark green which often turns a golden yellow in the fall. Other good varieties include “Northern Gold,” “Northern Sun,” “New Hampshire Gold” and “Happy Centennial,” a dwarf variety growing only 2 or 3 feet tall. If it’s good flowering you want, steer clear of older varieties such as “Lynwood Gold” and “Spring Glory,” which won't reliably bloom around here after a cold winter. If a forsythia is not labeled with a variety name, chances are it is not one of the better varieties and won’t be much to write home about.
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were dancing. Eventually, the Sousaphones (wraparound tubas) and the trombones (which of course led the band behind the highstepping drum major) learned how to wave back and forth in time with the music and we had a rockin’ band! Our halftime shows for football games weren’t quite up to the quality of Ohio State University (check out their marching band on YouTube!), but we always marched down the field and formed the letter K before playing the Knoxville school song. Then, we’d form the first letter of the opposing school, turn toward their bleachers on the opposite side of the field, and play their school song. Nothing like good sportsmanship. By the time I was a junior, we were getting invitations from all over to march in parades. I remember one weekend we did the Monmouth Prime Beef Festival parade followed by a parade in Canton. The Monmouth parade was 11 long blocks long down East Broadway. It was full of small hills that don’t look like much in a car, but looked like the Rocky Mountains when marching. We had a big bass drum that was about six feet tall, sitting in its own little wagon and pulled by some unfortunate freshman. It was played by two people, one per side. I thought several times during the hill climbs that we were going to lose the freshman. Either he was going to get run over by a huge drum or he was going to have a heart attack pulling it up one of the hills. Eventually, one of the people pounding on it had to help push and pull
to keep it in line. By the time we got to the square where it ended, we were dead-tired, but not too tired to go ride some rides out at the fairgrounds. Little did we know what was waiting for us early the next morning. I have to confess that I have no idea why we were parading in Canton. It was some sort of festival and the parade route took us through a series of twists and turns through a residential area before hitting the business district. We continued to wind our way through the town for more than a mile. (As a matter of fact, I think some of our band members may still be down in Canton, still marching.) Some of the bands that were invited didn’t make it to the end. They pooped out and would disband wherever they stopped. We finished, but most of us had to be scraped off the ground to get us back on the bus. Homecoming was another special time for the band. Of course, we had a parade, but what most people didn’t know was that we started the parade on the third floor of the old high school. We assembled the band in the hall, then after the obligatory drum cadence, launched into the school song. As we marched down the stairs and halls, each classroom full of students would follow along behind, sort of like the pied piper. It was loud. I’m sorry that kids today will never get to experience any of that, but I’m thankful that I did.
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Farmington school eyes budget gap By MICHELLE SHERMAN
The Farmington Community Unit School District 265 faces a $1.1 million budget shortfall as a result of larger-than-expected cuts to aid from the state of Illinois. District 265 is supposed to receive $4.1 million in general state aid annually, said Superintendent John Asplund at a meeting of the District 265 Board of Education on Monday (April 13). General state aid comprises the monies promised to each school district by the state to cover the cost of educating children. The amount each district receives in total is based upon enrollment and the amount a district’s surrounding area contributes in local taxes. The foundation level, “the amount of money the state should pay per child to be able to educate each child,” Asplund said, had been increasing annually until 2011, when that number stayed flat. It has remained flat ever since. A flat foundation level means that the amount of money each district is set to receive from the state never goes up, regardless of increases in prices or an expansion of programs and services a district is required, by law, to provide. Not only has the state kept the foundation level flat for four years, but lawmakers also have only been paying districts a portion of the foundation level each year, leaving districts to make up the difference with property taxes. For this year, districts were expected to receive only 89 percent of the mandated foundation level per pupil. In District 265, that means makFor The Weekly Post
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shortfall in local taxes would mean, Asplund said that, should taxpayers have to cover the entirety of the $1.1 million gap, property taxes would increase 87 cents per $100 of Equalized Assessed Valuation. On an average $150,000 home, that would mean an added $435 in property taxes annually, a number many families would struggle to pay. “In real terms, that’s not doable,” Asplund said, “but that’s the stress that we’re under right now.” Despite the proposed disparity in budget numbers, District 265 is in a better position than many districts, he said, because the board has made pre-emptive cuts and has not added as many programs as it would have liked. An amended budget will be brought before the board in May. In other business the board: • Approved a one-year contract for data processing services with Izzy Blythe for $12,500. The company will help teachers and administrators track student growth using statistical measures. • Learned that district-wide staffing will stay relatively flat for the 2015-16 school year. • Approved the 2016-17 school calendar. • Approved membership in the Illinois Elementary School Association for junior high sports and activities for next school year. • Discussed possibly changing the date of the 2016 high school graduation due to a 10-day difference between the end of school and the projected graduation date. • Set a special meeting to seat new board members for April 29 at 7 p.m.
Local bands to play at Peoria Courthouse PEORIA – Farmington Central School District is the first area school that will play in this year’s 30th annual Gerald M. Brookhart Arts in Education Spring Celebration at the Peoria County Courthouse Plaza. Bands from around the area will play every weekday from April 20 through May 22 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The schedule is subject to change without notice.
Farmington will play on Wednesday, April 22. Here is a schedule for other local bands: • April 27 – Elmwood CUSD 322; • May 1 – Brimfield High School; • May 6 – Princeville CUSD 326; • May 15 – Kickapoo St. Mary’s; • May 20 – Brimfield Grade School. When concerts began in 1986, 1,000 students from 12 Peoria
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County schools were showcased in one single week. This spring more than 10,000 students from nearly 100 schools will perform. Students from public and private schools, grades preK-12, will participate. This year’s celebration includes seven central Illinois counties: Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford, Marshall, Fulton, Henry, and McLean. For a schedule, visit www.springcelebration.org or call (309) 672-6906.
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YATES CITY – The Yates City Village Board of Trustees approved donations to two local organizations at its meeting Wednesday, April 8. The board voted to give $300 to the committee overseeing the annual Fourth of July fireworks show comprised of residents from Farmington, Elmwood and Yates City. Members also voted to give $100 to the Farmington Community High School band for new uniforms. In other business, the board approved 500 gallons of spray patching and white crush chip to fill holes in roads around the village. A clean-up day with the village and Salem Township will be the morning of April 25. – Michelle Sherman
Elmwood school zoning request OK’d by board ELMWOOD – The Zoning Board of Appeals on Monday approved a request by Elmwood C.U.S.D. 322 for a variance to the setback requirement from a local street for its Junior High School renovation. Because the school isn’t a residence, the required setback would have been 50 feet. The Board OK’d a setback of 17 feet from Morgan Street. The District is issuing $1.5 mil-
lion in Funding Bonds for the project, designed by Demonica Kemper Architects. Bids have been posted for any interested contractors so the bid can be opened next Thursday (April 23). Groundbreaking is tentatively planned for May 4, with completion Aug. 10.
Elmwood agent attends educational conference
ELMWOOD – Janice Nash of Elmwood Insurance Agency, Inc. was among those awarded a certificate April 7 for successfully completing a Pekin Insurance educational conference on Ethics in America’s InsurNash ance Industry. Pekin Insurance offers a yearly series of conferences covering many facets of the insurance industry. Conferences are designed to enhance the professional ability of an agent to better serve the needs of clients.
Peoria garden club plans trip to Wisconsin
PEORIA – The Peoria Evening Garden Club will have its annual bus trip on Saturday, June 13. The group will be going to Wisconsin to Northwind Perennial Farm, Pesche’s Greenhouse and in
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New art display starts at Galesburg Art Center
GALESBURG – The Galesburg Civic Art Center will display Essential Forms and Meditations: Works by Felix Vigil and Chad Ellison in the Joanne R. Goudie Gallery. These works will be on display from Friday (April 17) through Saturday, May 16. An opening reception is Friday from 57 p.m. Admission is free. and the public is welcome. “Though Felix Vigil is from the Jicarilla Apache Reservation in Dulce, N.M., and Chad Ellison from Galesburg, admittedly two very different places, it was important to be able to bring their work together,” says Tuesday Ҫetin, Executive Director, “Both artists explore the human condition and ancient themes in a contemporary way, and how each of their work compliments the other is exciting.” Galesburg Civic Art Center hours are Tuesday to Friday, 10:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. and Saturday 10:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Call (309) 342-7415 or visit www.galesburgarts.org.
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FARMINGTON – Robert E. Danz, 78, of Farmington, died on April 4 at the Richard L. Owens Hospice Home, Peoria. He was born Jan. 29, 1937, in Farmington, to Fred and Dorothy (Ludwig) Danz. Robert married Carol Evans on Sept. 1, 1956, in Farmington. She survives along with their three children, Jeff Danz and JoEllen (Jason) Bitner, both of Farmington, and Shani Wolmeldorff of Pekin; eight grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; and sister, Sherry (Paul) George of Port Orange, Fla. He worked for Caterpillar Inc., retiring as an inspection analyst. Later he worked as a Farmington school bus driver and also worked at Country Wide TV. He was a member of the Farmington First Baptist Church, the Farmington Moose Lodge, the Farmington Odd Fellows, and the Peoria County Farm Bureau. Robert coached youth sports and was active in the Farmington Booster Club. He also enjoyed fishing and hunting. Services were April 11, at Anderson-Sedgwick Funeral Home, Farmington, with burial in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Farmington. Condolences may be left at www.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com.
Judy Gollnitz
FARMINGTON – Judy K. Gollnitz, 75, of Chillicothe, formerly of Farmington, died on April 8 at Heritage Health Care Center in Chillicothe. She is survived by her husband, Richard Gollnitz; a daughter, Susan K. (Cord) Crisler of Germantown Hills; a grandson, Nicolo L. Crisler of Germantown Hills; a sister, Marjori (Larry) Jennings of Fuquay Varina, N.C.; and a brother, Mikal (Diane) Fleisher of New London, Iowa. Funeral services were April 14 at Weber-Hurd Funeral Home in Chillicothe, with interment at Chillicothe City Cemetery. Condolences may be left at www.hurdfamilyfunerals.com.
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This Week’s Obituaries • Robert Danz, 78, Farmington • Judy Gollnitz, 75, Farmington • David Hanks, 86, Yates City • Phillip Ruhl, 83, Dahinda • Eleanor Sniff, 94, Princeville • Ardis Snyder, 88, Princeville
Hanks, 86, of Yates City, died on April 7 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. He was born Feb. 1, 1929, in St. Louis, Mo., to Kenneth and Mabel (Carl) Hanks. He married Helen Mason on Sept. 11, 1954, in East St. Louis. They divorced in 1971. She survives, along with four children, Nancy Hanks of Yates City, Penny Hanks of Peoria, David Hanks of Algonquin, and Kenneth (Susan) Hanks of Brimfield; five grandchildren, Stacy, Derek, Nathan, Zach and Ryan; one great-grandson, Brady; and one sister, Nancy Ahl of Mount Pleasant, S.C. He was a U.S. Navy veteran. Funeral services were April 10 at the Davison-Fulton Bartonville Chapel, with burial in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Cemetery in Brimfield. Condolences may be left at www.Davison-FultonBartonvilleChapel.com.
Phillip Neil Ruhl
DAHINDA – Phillip Neil Ruhl, 83, Galesburg, father of a Dahinda woman, died on April 6 at OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg. Survivors include his wife Alta (Piper) Ruhl; son, Neil Ruhl of rural Knoxville; three daughters, Kathy (and Tim) Stenson of Galesburg, Robin (and Bill) McNamara of Ridge Crest, California, and Jane (and Jeff) Frazier of Dahinda; a brother, Glenn (and Martha) Ruhl of St. Louis, Missouri; three sisters, Marion Pickett, Leta Glasscock and Jo Anne Roellig, all of Hannibal Missouri; 17 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Stan Ruhl; a brother, Richard Ruhl and his parents. Cremation was accorded. A memorial service was April 13 at the Oaks Community Church in rural
Dahinda. Condolences may be left at www.h-p-w.com.
Eleanor Sniff
PRINCEVILLE – Eleanor E. “Ellie” Sniff, 94, of Chillicothe, formerly Princeville, died on April 6 at Heritage Health Therapy & Senior Care in Chillicothe. She married Martin R. “Ralph” Sniff on Aug. 3, 1942, in Salinas, Calif. He preceded her in death on March 24, 2001. Surviving are four sons, Jack (Connie) Sniff of Somerset, Ky., and Ronald (Shirley) Sniff, Michael Sniff and James (Laura) Sniff, all of Chillicothe; 11 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren. A funeral service was held on April 10 at Prospect United Methodist Church in Dunlap, with burial in Prospect Cemetery in Dunlap. Condolences may be left at www.haskellhott.com.
Ardis Snyder
PRINCEVILLE – Ardis Arlene Snyder, 88, of Kewanee, formerly of Princeville, died on April 11 at Hammond-Henry Hospital in Geneseo. She married Kenneth Milo Snyder on May 18, 1946, in Peoria. He preceded her in death, as well as her parents; an infant sister, Lavonna Bawn; and a half sister, Blanche Bawn. Surviving are her seven children; 12 grandchildren; six greatgrandchildren; and three sisters. She enjoyed singing, yodeling, reading and writing. She was very proud that a news article she wrote for the Kewanee Star Courier was distributed nationally by the Associated Press. A funeral service was held on April 14 at Haskell-Hott Funeral Homes in Wyoming. Burial will be in Neponset Cemetery. Condolences may be left at www.haskellhott.com.
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Second Lieutenant and after World War I returned to the Daily News as a full-time reporter at a time when his colleagues included Galesburg native and newspaperman/poet Carl Sandburg and future screenwriter Ben Hecht. In 1922, legendary Daily News editor Henry Justin Smith promoted Hedges to radio editor, a position that led Hedges to realize decades before media conglomerates that the newspaper could also be a force in broadcasting. “Within a few weeks I
went to Walter Strong; who was then business manager of the News and who was later publisher, and propounded the question as to why we should devote so much space to someone else’s station and not try to get one of our own,” Hedges said. “He liked the idea and it was decided that the new station should become the joint venture of the Daily News and the Fair department store.” It went on the air as WGU on April 13, 1922, and soon upgraded its transmitter to become a
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“clear channel” station heard all over the Midwest and eastern United States. When it did, it had new call letters picked out by then-Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover: WMAQ, which the station started referring to as “We Must Answer Questions.” One of the founders and president of the National Association of Broadcasters, in 1923, Hedges became WMAQ president in 1929, after which he also led an effort to operate an experimental television station from WMAQ.
The Daily News bought out the Fair department store (which eventually was sold to Kresge’s, then Montgomery Ward’s), and moved the operation to the LaSalle Hotel. WMAQ operated until 2000, when it was sold to CBS and became WSCR “The Score.” But in the early 1930s, it was a powerhouse – and so was Hedges. After NBC bought WMAQ from the Daily News in 1931, the Elmwood native in 1932-33 managed it plus two other NBC owned-and-operated stations in Chicago, WLW and WENR. Later that year, Hedge ran NBC’s Pittsburgh station, KDKA, and the next year moved to New York to manage all of the network’s owned-and-operated stations nationally. After a year’s hiatus as vice president of the Crosley Radio Corp., running that company’s Cincinnati stations, WSAI and WLW, Hedges returned to NBC as vice president for stations relations and traffic in 1937. He served in that capacity until 1945, when he became NBC’s vice president for planning and development. Along the way, Hedges edited the book “Credit Craft and the Modern Office” and wrote articles for publications including Careers in Advertising, Education on the Air, and Radio and its Future. In 1959 Hedges became head of NBC’s Political Broadcasting Unit, and the following year supervised coverage of the 1960 Democratic and Republican political conventions. He retired in 1961. Hedges’ career included serving on the Board of Directors for Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) and Associated Music Publishers. After his death on Jan. 19, 1978, the Library of American Broadcasting at the University of Maryland called Hedges “one of the primary architects of American broadcasting.”
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Brimfield-Elmwood softball wins four straight By PHIL JOHNSON
Brimfield-Elmwood softball got back on the winning track this week by routing three opponents. Since a 1-0 loss to Illini Bluffs on April 7, the Lady Indians (13-2-1) outscored four foes 50-7 with three shutouts. On Tuesday, Morgan Florey was nearly perfect in a 10-0 victory over West Prairie. In addition to belting two home runs in three at-bats – one a grand slam – Florey drove in five runs and struck out six batters in two innings on the mound. That was in relief of Morgan Ledbetter, who allowed just one hit in her three innings and struck out three but also walked five. Hannah Baysingar was 2-for-3 with two runs in the win. On Monday, B-E won 18-7 over Knoxville, behind five RBI from Florey and two each from Hannah Huber (who tripled) and Ledbetter. In a 9-0 win over South Fulton on Friday, Kennedy Dura banged out four hits. Baysingar drove in two, and Ryleigh Keith came back from an illness to collect a hit. Senior Kendra Gorham pitched six scoreless innings, fanning nine to win. “Freshman Alyssa Roll was impressive in her first high school pitching appearance in the final inning,” coach Kurt Juerjens said. Saturday’s 13-0 win over Havana was aided by Floreys’ 13 whiffs of For The Weekly Post
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Lady Duck hitters. She also added a long ball as part of her three hit batting attack. Baysingar and Allison Pillman collected three hits each. Princeville The Lady Princes (14-4) are coming off a streak of nine games in eight days and have won 12 straight since losing to Brimfield-Elmwood back on March 30. The Lady Princes topped Stark County 15-5 on Monday after sweeping a doubleheader against Mercer County on Saturday. In game one vs. Mercer, Jordan Kraft struck out eight in five frames with Holt finishing off the 5-0 victory. Chelsea Gardner had a tworun round tripper. The busy and week concluded with a 5-4 win in the nightcap, led by more strong pitching again from Lane who whiffed seven. Natalie Cokel and Chelsea Gardner each batted 2 for four, and Hite was 2 for 3. Earlier in the week, an extra-inning affair Wednesday ended with a 10-3 win over Putnam County after a huge, seven-run top of the ninth inning for the Lady Princes. The pitching in the overtime game was very well handled by Paige Lane, Kraft and Haley Holt. “Maddie Hite and Brooke Gardner each laid down suicide bunt squeezes in the ninth to disrupt our opponents’ defense,” said coach Chad Gardner. The busy week continued on
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Thursday with another matchup versus A-W. Princeville again prevailed 9-2. Lane pitched eight strikeouts. Brooke Gardner went 3 for 4. Chelsea Gardner and Paige Lane were 2 for 4. An 11-1 win on Friday over ROWVA-Williamsfield kept the week going in an upward direction. Once again Lane pitched to the tune of eight strikeouts, while Brooke Gardner clouted a three-run blast. “We just finished successfully playing nine games in eight days, so we’re looking forward to a few days off for rest and to nurse several injuries,” said coach Chad Farmington The very young Lady Farmers were set back by very good Illini Bluffs and Deer Creek Mackinaw teams by 7-0 and 7-4 scores, respectively, on Tuesday and Thursday. Farmington then bounced back to handily defeat Richwoods by a 12-3 count to go 3-5 thus far. ROWVA-Williamsfield After a tough week, the Wildcats (7-8) got the bats loose in a 26-15 win over Peoria Central on Monday. R-W had 28 hits and 27 singles and got 3 RBI days from Amy Newell, Marie Marshall and Sydey Godsil and 4 RBI from Alivia Alford, who hit the lone double. Prior to that had come a loss to red-hot Princeville (11-1) and two losses in a doubleheader with West Central (13-0 and 10-5).
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DuBois Road project to start this summer By BILL KNIGHT
ROSEFIELD – A twophase, $70,000 renovation to DuBois Road is set to start this summer, made more critical with motorists traveling on it to avoid delays on Illinois Route 8, where the Illinois Department of Transportation has a highway project disrupting traffic through the fall. Increased traffic from growing developments in the area – from multivehicle residences and school buses to garbage trucks and builders’ heavy equipment – have made it difficult to keep up with resulting damage, Trustees said on Wednesday (April 8). Road Commissioner Matt Windish said a half mile of surface will be milled for seal-coating this fall. The entire project will For The Weekly Post
finish next year, when 2016 revenues become available. Residents “will notice improvements,” Windish said. “It’ll be smoother – but dirtier” until the seal-coating is complete. In other action, • Trustees unanimously approved the Road District budget of $383,425 after a brief public hearing before the regular meeting, when the Town budget of $268,600 also was unanimously OK’d; • Supervisor Mike Windish proposed transferring $1,000 from the Town Fund to the Town Insurance Fund, which was unanimously approved; and • Mike Windish reported work on applying pea gravel, patching trouble spots and addressing a tile problem in Oak Hill.
Respiratory infections on rise for Peoria dogs
PEORIA – Peoria County’s Animal Protection Services (PCAPS) Director Lauren Malmberg warns that the Greater Peoria area is experiencing a substantial increase of infectious respiratory disease in dogs. This disease, CIRD, is more commonly known as kennel cough. In addition, the Canine Influenza Virus (CIV) has been diagnosed in 89 dogs in the Chicago area. These diseases are highly contagious and all dogs are at risk when exposed; even those that exhibit no sign of illness may be carriers. PCAPS, in conjunction with the Peoria County Veterinary Medical Association, advises dog own-
ers be aware of changes in their dog’s health, and encourages dog owners to contact a veterinarian immediately if the dog shows any of the following symptoms: • Persistent cough • Discharge from nose or eyes • Loss of appetite • Lethargic behavior • Vomiting • Fever • Trouble breathing. Dog owners whose dog is coughing or displaying other signs of respiratory disease should not participate in activities or take the dog to a location where other dogs may be exposed to the virus. For more information and advice, contact a veterinarian.
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The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod “Liturgical & Reverential” Pastor Michael Liese 204 W. Clay St., Brimfield (309) 446-3233 Sun. Divine Service: 10 am Sun. School: 8:45 am Bible Class: 8:45 am
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Brimfield E-Free Church Pastor Donald Blasing 11724 Maher Road Brimfield, IL 61517 (309) 446-3571 www.brimfieldefree.org Worship: 10:30 am Sunday School: 9:30 am AWANA - Wed. 6:15 pm, for ages 3-12
Pastor Dennis Fitzgerald 701 W. Dearborn St., Elmwood (309) 742-7631, 742-7911 Sun. School: 9:30 am Sun Worship: 10:30 am, 6 pm Wed. Prayer Meeting: 7 pm
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Reverend Marla B. Bauler 201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood (309) 742-2631 firstpresbyterianofelmwood.org Sun. Worship: 10:30 am Sun. School: 9:30 am
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
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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
United Methodist Church of Elmwood Pastor Bradley F. Watkins II 821 W. Main St., Elmwood (309) 742-7221 www.elmwoodumc.org
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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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often. They go to the batting cage on their own,” said coach Delbridge. In last week’s games, offense from Janssen, Mikey Sheets and Bedwell and pieced-together pitching from the likes of Down and Cole Hartley got the team through its extra-inning challenge against Annawan, especially a three-pitch save from Hartley in the ninth inning of the win. Brodine led a very powerful offensive attack in Friday’s trouncing of R-W with seven RBI which included three doubles. Down went 3for-3 with two RBI. Janssen was 2-for-3 with 3 RBI and Simmons was 4-for-4 with 2 RBI in the hit parade. Kielion got the pitching win, while Zach Harrison finished it off with two shutout innings. In the Mercer County opener, Princeville ace pitcher Janssen threw a complete game shutout with 11 strikeouts, yielding only two walks and two hits. Simmons’ home run and Down’s two RBI were the bulk of the offense. Crose added a 2for-2 showing to the offense. The nightcap made for a second harder-thanusual effort for Princeville, as Hartley went the distance scattering seven hits with only one walk and six Ks. Simmons homered again and Down drove in two, while Crose and Janssen each added an RBI and Cokel had two hits in the very balanced attack. Brimfield-Elmwood The Indians (9-7) got to step back and regroup this past week after a hectic previous week. A Saturday doubleheader versus Prairieland foe Farmington was the total of their games, and it seemed the team made good adjustments in the week of practice by taking both games 5-1 and
10-0. Both teams had their aces going in the opener, Carson Cuevas for Brimfield and Nate Monroe for the Farmers, and both pitched very well. Cuevas recorded 12 strikeouts, surrendered one hit, and walked just one. The Indians burned the base paths with nine total stolen bases, including three from Jace Swietek, two from Kyle Totton, and two from Brett Gilles. A two-run long ball by Michael Houlihan and two RBI from Jake Roberts were also huge in the five-run offensive output. Lefty Brad Demmin got the pitching win in game two, with Tucker Blum finishing it off by throwing only five pitches in the final inning. Demmin gave up only one hit to go with six whiffs. He had just one road bump, three straight walks with two outs in the third inning, but recovered in a big way for the strong final results. The game ended with a “top 10 type of play,” as Brett Gilles backhanded a ground ball just inside the foul line, threw across the diamond and the ball picked in the dirt by Demmin, who had taken over at first. Roberts, Houlihan, and Brett Gilles continued their big hitting in the nightcap, with Gilles having five total on the day. “We’re still working hard to make progress in practice and games. We’re excited about our upcoming competition, as it will help towards that progress,” said Brimfield coach Brandon Porter. ROWVA-Williamsfield The season is still a work-in-progress for RW, as 14-0 and 17-7 decisions were dropped to Princeville and Kewanee, respectively. “We simply need to throw more strikes and play better defense,” said ROWVA-Williamsfield coach John Clark.
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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Kelcie Eminian, Elmwood
Four-year Spirit Squad and Pom performer Kelcie Eminian joined the Elmwood School District just before the start of her freshman year. At that time, EHS senior Keli Totton advised her to join spirit squad and poms because it would help her meet friends, be a teammate and to have fun. All of those things happened, including the thrill of being part of an Illinois state second-place pom team in her senior year. Her parents, Dave and Debbie Eminian, and EHS Dance coach Emily Roberts have been her most significant mentors. Kelcie has been around sports her entire life, as her Dad (aka “Cleve”) has been the Peoria Journal Star’s Peoria Rivermen correspondent for years. Along with the “Rivs” she follows the NHLs’ St Louis Blues and Boston Bruins. She also roots for the St Louis Cardinals. Her favorite all-time movie is also in the sports category, “A League of Their Own” about womens’ pro baseball during the World War II years. Kelcie’s favorite school subject is English because she enjoys writing and is also encouraged in that subject by her teacher Lori Caulkins. She is a member of the EHS National Honor Society, Elmwood Excellence and Art Club. She’s also very busy with her job at the popular Culvers Restaurant in Peoria. St. Ambrose University in the Quad Cities is in her future, where she may study journalism or communications. “Work hard and have fun,” Kelcie advises to spirit squadders and poms of the future. Kelcie Eminian is glad she came to Elmwood to do just that! – Phil Johnson Sponsored by Elmwood Insurance Agency, Inc.
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Bass still biting, but crappie have slowed Bass anglers still report good fishing in local strip mines, with catches of 15-21 bass more common now. Chatterbaits and jigs are two top lure choices. Crappie action has not been as good as expected. Coaches hired: The Williamsfield Board of Education on Monday night approved rehiring the following coaches for next year: • Darrin Peterson, 8th grade basketball • Sam Secrist, 7th grade basketball • Lori Secrist, 8th grade volleyball • Tyson Hart, 7th
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Elmwood-Brimfield’s Hayden Golemon (right) placed second in the 110 hurdles and won the 300 hurdles Tuesday night in the ICAC Conference Meet at Elmwood. Also pictured from E-B is Sam Marincic (left). Photo by Jeff Lampe.
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Along with her pole-vault success Campen won the 300-meter hurdles. More team points came from two more relay events, second in the 4x400 (Campen, Skaggs, Allyx Camp and Jordan Peckham) and first in the 4x200 (Peckham, Peckham, Huls, and Skaggs). The boys placed third thanks in part to triple jumpers performing impressively. Junior Cody Jepson placed second in the meet with a leap of 38 feet, 3 inches while sophomore Rashan Grier-Bain jumped 35-3. Senior Josh Lozier finished second in the pole vault with a 10-feet, 3-inch performance. Senior Max Balagna, juniors Steven Gilstrap and Jepson, and sophomore Gavin Garcia made up the second place 4x100 meter relay. Freshman Judd Anderson finished fourth in the 110 hurdles at 18.35. Sophomore Jonah Cecil was the distance standout with a 10:48 run in the 3200 meter competition, good for second place. Balagna sprinted to an 11.8 secondplace run in the 100 meters. Relays continued to be strong for the team with a first place 4x200, which featured Balagna, Lozier, Garcia, and Jepson. The 4x400 resulted in a first place finish for the Farmers. The team consisted of Balagna, Lozier, Garcia and Gilstrap. Anderson kept up his hurdle success in the 300-meter run with a 43.66 sec-
ond place performance. Gilstrap placed third in the 400 meter run at 54.41 seconds. Elmwood-Brimfield Elmwood-Brimfield had a busy start to the week, running at the Lewistown Frosh-Soph Invite on Monday and then playing host to the five-team ICAC Conference Meet on Tuesday. In the ICAC, the E-B boys placed second to ROWVA-Williamsfield, 132-80, and the girls were third behind Delavan and Illini Bluffs. Highlights for E-B included Jenna Musgrave’s win in the shotput (with a throw of 28 feet, 11 inches) and second-place in the discus (70-3). Izzy Ott was the triple jump winner (31-6) and E-B also won with its 4x800 relay. On the boys side, Jackson Harkness won in discus for E-B (131-1), Matt Osmulski won in the 3,200 (10:17.90) and Hayden Golemon won the 300 hurdles (42.78) and was second in the 110 hurdles (17.39). Princeville The Lady Princes were at Peoria Heights last Tuesday vs. the hosts, Lowpoint-Washburn and North Fulton. Highlights came from senior Dell Duttlinger, who achieved a personal best in the discus throw. Senior JaNae Knobloch bested her all-time 3200 meter run by an 20 seconds, and freshman Kate Snyder displayed much to look forward to with very good sprints in the 100 and 200 meters.
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THANK YOU to all the ticket sellers, volunteers, people that donated silent auction items, and to all the people on our Booster Team! COACHES ONLY DRAWING: Congrats to Jim Blane who won $500 for the BHS Girls Basketball Activity Fund!
ELECTIONS The Brimfield Athletic Booster Club will hold elections for officer positions for the 2015-16 school year! These elections will be held at the Brimfield Grade School cafeteria during the MAY BABC general meeting on Monday, May 4th at 6 pm. If you have questions, please contact the Boosters by emailing babc309@gmail.com Wendy Fowler, President Brenda Snyder, Vice President
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Farmers track finishes well in Macomb meet
Princeville baseball runs mark to 15-0 By PHIL JOHNSON
The winning ways continued for Princeville baseball in the past week, as the Princes won six in a row to run their record to 15-0 overall. But the margins are growing closer for Princeville, which won 4-3 on Tuesday against Stark County thanks to an RBI single by Zach Simmons, who capped a big week at the plate by driving in T.K. Kielion for the win. Brett Down got the win in relief and had two hits along with Luke Cokel and Austin Down Brodine. Two wins Down also got the win in relief on Monday in a 9-6 victory over Peoria Christian, and was 2-for-4 at the plate with 4 RBIs. Kielion was 3for-3 with three runs scored. Princeville beat Annawan-Wethersfield on Thursday, 10-7, in extra innings, topped ROWVA-Williamsfield 14-0 on Friday, and then handled Mercer County 4-0 and 5-2 in a Saturday double bill. Down leads a base stealing attack
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MACOMB – Farmington came home from the Les Calhoun meet last Friday feeling good. The Lady Farmers succeeded to a second-place finish in the 10-team Les Calhoun meet at Macomb High School, gaining 103 points, only being surpassed by the 110 points scored by Monmouth-Roseville. Farmington’s boys team placed third overall. For the girls, senior Amber Campen won the pole vault competition with a 9-foot, 6-inch jump that set a meet record. This event was completely dominated by Farmington, as freshman Jocelyn Taylor finished second at 8 feet, 6 inches and senior Courtney Workman took third (7-0). The 4x800 relay team of Payton Peckham, Haley Huls, Jordan Peckham and Cali Fletcher ran to a second- place finish in the crowded field. Payton Peckham was runner-up in the 200-meter dash, while Kenzie Skaggs brought home second in both the long jump and 100 meter sprint. For The Weekly Post
Princeville senior pitcher Mitchell Janssen, shown here throwing last week, has helped the Princes out to a 15-0 start this season. He got a save Monday against Peoria Christian after fanning 11 in a win on Saturday. Photo by Collin Fairfield
with 14 steals, followed by Brandon Crose with 12, Tanner Bedwell with 11, Mitchell Janssen’s 9 and Luke Cokel’s 8. In addition to running well, Princeville has just 15 errors in 13 games – a very good rate at the high school level for a .956 fielding average. Coach Chris Delbridge’s up-the-middle players – made up mostly of seniors – have been starting since their freshman
season, which include Simmons, Down, Crose, and Cokel. “We have some basic goals that we’re focused on and are carrying through with them so far. The atmosphere is that of having baseball being fun. We have been constantly playing as a team , picking each other up,” Delbridge said. “Our players just plain love to play the game. They hang around together Continued on Page 14
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