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State mistake to cost area thousands By BILL KNIGHT
The Illinois Department of Revenue on April 19 said it overpaid taxing districts statewide by $168 million mistakenly allocated from corporate Personal Property Replacement Tax funds. In The Weekly Post circulation area, $134,300.10 was paid in error, said IDOR. “It’s BS,” said Kickapoo Road Commissioner Dan Kelch, whose budget was overpaid $746.31, according to the state. “One question I have: Are they For The Weekly Post
Nobody was seriously injured following this place crash Saturday near the intersection of Shissler and Bell School Roads in Peoria County. Photo by Larry Coon.
overpaying other vendors?” Most amounts are relatively small – in the hundreds of dollars – but some districts face big repayments. In The Weekly Post area, amounts the state says it overpaid local government bodies range from $136.94 to Yates City and $185.94 to Brimfield’s Sanitary District to $27,767.24 to Farmington Central C.U.S.D. 265 and $33,971.63 to Princeville C.U.S.D. 326. (See box, Page 12.) “I think this [shows] the state doesn’t know how to handle their money,” said
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Brimfield inks new school administrator By TERRY BIBO
BRIMFIELD – Robert Richardson wants to get acquainted. Technically, Richardson doesn’t become the next superintendent/high school principal for Brimfield Community Unit School District 309 until July 1. But he wants to meet teachers, students, parents and staff even before this school year ends. Given the base in Richardson place, he thinks the key to future success will be relationships. “Everyone has done an exceptional job,” he said in an interview with The Weekly Post Monday. “There’s a rigorous commitment; they’re doing a lot of great things. My goal will be to continue to do those things and continually add to them.” He will get a chance to meet community members on May 2 in the high school gymnasium at a meet-and-greet For The Weekly Post
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ELMWOOD – A Brimfield man and his son walked away from a Saturday afternoon plane crash near Bell School and Shissler Roads north of here. Everett Brandt, 50, of Brimfield, and his 11-year-old son Jayden were in a Cessna 172B about 1 p.m. April 23 when the aircraft lost power after leaving the TriCounty Airport west of Yates City, according to the Peoria Sheriff’s Office. It crash-landed in a farm field owned by Kathie Hagen, and came to rest on its top. Brimfield firefighters and B.Y.E. Ambulance responded to the scene, and the Brandts were transported to OSF St. Francis Medical Center to be checked out, police said. Everett, who was piloting the single-engine plane, had a cut to his head, according to police. Brimfield firefighters disconnected the plane’s battery and stopped a fuel leak before Dave Shipley from Tri-County Airport arrived to retrieve the aircraft so the Federal Aviation Administration could investigate.
Sid Stahl, Village president at Princeville, which may owe $3,324.14, the state says. IDOR, which said it discovered the mistake after it implemented a new general ledger system, referred its findings to the state’s Auditor General for verification Personal Property Replacement Taxes (PPRT) are revenues collected by the state and returned to local governments to replace money that was lost by taxing districts when their powers to impose
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Work is scheduled to start in late June on rebuilding the foundation of Yates City’s gazebo, which was built in 1905. Photo by Jeff Lampe.
Gazebo project set to start
Some time at the end of June, Balagna House Moving of Farmington YATES CITY – The money is will lift the gazebo and tear out the lined up to make sure the Yates City old, crumbling foundation. gazebo will stand another After that, Dave Hall of 111 years or so. Thanks to a Elmwood will lay a new Our Parks block coordinated grassroots foundation. Once This is the fund-raising effort, organizHall is done, and the fifth story in a ers of the Save The Gazebo gazebo is lowered, leveled series on parks fund gathered more than and anchored, work will in local $17,000 for work on the begin on the structure itcommunities. historic structure. Continued on Page 2 By JEFF LAMPE
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self. “We’re going to replace the 4x4s that hold the ceiling up,” said Jim Ralston, a member of the gazebo committee. “There may also be repairs to boards on the side and then we’ll scrape and repaint.” Plans also call for concrete work around the gazebo and the installation of memorial pavers. All that is possible thanks to a variety of fund-raisers, including last week’s sausage and pan-
Harvest Home park in Yates City has two ball diamonds, two pavilions, two sets of playground equipment, a basketball court and a quarter-mile paved trail.
cake breakfast, which netted close to $1,300. Another big fund-raiser was a chicken and noodles dinner at Faith United Presbyterian Church that
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netted nearly $4,000 thanks in part to a matching donation by Modern Woodmen of America. “The committee is very appreciative of everything that has been done,” Ralston said. “People realized this is a landmark for Yates City that was worth saving.” As encouraged as Ralston is by efforts to restore the gazebo, he’s not so thrilled with what’s been happening – or not happening – at Yates City’s Harvest Home Park. The park is run by the ElbaSalem Park District, of which Ralston is a member A quiet gem of a park on the south side of town, Harvest Home features two pavilions, two sets of playground equipment, a quarter-mile paved trail, a basketball court, two ball diamonds with nice
dugouts and backstops, a Burlington Northern caboose and the old Yates City depot, which doubles as a concession stand. “And we painted the pavilion last year, which really spruced it up. But (the park) doesn’t get much use at all,” Ralston said. “We don’t exactly know what to do there.” Ball diamonds are seldom used, Ralston said, as Yates City no longer fields summer teams. And Ralston said vandals have created problems by damaging bathrooms and attempting break-ins. “We used to have a lot of teams back in the 1960s and 70s when we had the school here. We always had enough kids to field teams,” Ralston said. “You lose a lot when you lose a school.” Next week: A look at the parks of Brimfield.
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s Fine Arts – Brimfield’s Fine Arts night is today (April 28) from 5:30-8 p.m. at Brimfield High School. Attendees can view a student art gallery and vote on favorite works while enjoying hors d’oeuvres made by the culinary art students. Band will perform at 6 p.m. s Manna Meal – Manna Meal is Monday (May 2) at noon at Elmwood Methodist Church. $4 per person, food, entertainment and fellowship. Carryouts available. Continues the last Thursday of each month.
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Local shops, taverns, restauraunts open. s BINGO night – Farmington Moose bingo night is Monday (May 2) at 6:30 p.m. Continues every Monday after. s Spring Story – Williamsfield Public Library Spring Story Hour is now until May 4 on Wednesdays from 9:3010:30 a.m. and 1-2 p.m. Registration required. Forms available at WPLD.
s Free Bread – Free bread available at Elmwood Methodist Church Friday (April 29) at 10:30 a.m. s Band Performance – BlueTown will play at Princeville VFW on Friday (April 29) from 8:30 p.m.- 12:30 a.m. s Band Concert – Local junior high and high school bands will play at the Future Events Peoria County Courthouse Plaza this spring • April 29 – Princeville, 11 a.m.; s Adult Coloring – Adult Coloring • May 5 – Farmington Jr./Sr. High night at Morrison and Mary Wiley LiSchool, 10 a.m.; • May 12 – St. Mary’s brary May 5 at 6:30 p.m. School of Kickapoo, s Shopping Event – 11 a.m. Mother’s Day on Main Publicize Your Event in Elmwood is May 7 s School Play – St. Call us at (309) 741-9790 Mary’s School of from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. or email information about Kickapoo students Vendors and special baryour upcoming event to will perform the Lion gains. news@wklypost.com. King on Friday (April s Mushroom Contest – 29) at 7 p.m. and SatElmwood Insurance urday (April 30) at 6:30 p.m. Call Agency 10th annual mushroom contest (309) 691-3015. is now through May 22. Heaviest morel s Garden Club – Oak Run Garden wins $25. Bring in mushrooms to win. Club annual plant and garage sales is Call (309) 742-2141. Saturday (April 30). Plant sale is 8 s Blood Drive – Red Cross Blood a.m.-noon. at Brentwood Community Drive is May 13 from 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. at Brimfield High School. Call 1 (800) Center. Garage sales are 8 a.m.-3 p.m. 733-2767. Maps available at plant sale and POA s Clean Up – Williamsfield clean up office. Call (309) 879-2374. s Makers Club – Brimfield Public Li- day is May 13. s Tea Party – Tea party at Morrison brary young makers club is Monday and Mary Wiley Library in Elmwood on (May 2) from 3-4:30 p.m. Theme is May 14 at 10:30 a.m. marshmallow engineering, grades 3-6 s Craft Night – Ladies craft night is welcome. Register at (309) 446-9575. May 19 at 6:30 p.m. at Morrison and s Cruise In – Elmwood Cruise In is Mary Wiley Library in Elmwood. Call Saturday (April 30) from 5-8 p.m. at (309) 742-2431 to register. Must be 18. central park in downtown Elmwood.
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Of missing kids, Prince, Irish poets & hawgin’
Rambling through central Illinois pondering my late-night friends: words on a page. uuu Over the past few weeks, we’ve been running a series on parks. Along the way, I’ve noticed a disturbing trend. There aren’t many kids in the parks. Sure I see parents with young ones, trying desperately to make the hours pass. Yes, there are organized activities with adults telling kids what to do. But kids on their own, just playing? Not so much. Where are they? How can weeds choke out ball diamonds? Jeff How can basketLAMPE ball courts sit empty? And you know my real worry – that the same will be true when school ends. uuu Well, I finally found value in Facebook. Prince died, which is obviously sad. I’ll never forget playing “Darling Nicki” backwards on the turntable to hear Prince sing “The Lord is coming soon.” More to the point, the tributes that flowed after his death were wonderful. I agree with some crony who said people are not mourning Prince so much as
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WARNING: The sound you hear while reading this is normal, but a bit scary. It’s just your arteries hardening and your joints seizing up. This column is guaranteed to make you feel Jon old. GALLAGHER It all started a few weeks ago, back before the new “Star Wars” movie came out. My youngest daughter, who had just turned 11, was over and we were talking about the new movie. I was explaining how the first movie was Episode 4, and how Episodes 5 and 6 were the second and third movies while Episode 1 came fourth, followed by Episode 2 and 3, which were numbers five and six. Somehow, even though I wasn’t a
math major, I understood all that. (Maybe that’s WHY I wasn’t a math major.) The point was that the movie that was coming out, “The Force Awakens,” was Episode 7, as well as being the seventh movie in the franchise. That is, unless you count all those cartoons, which I don’t, because those took place between some of the other movies, and my head is starting to hurt, so we’re going to just leave it at that. The whole point of all this is that I discovered Caroline had never seen the first “Star Wars,” which is the one that got all this craziness started. She knew of the characters, Luke and Princess Leia, R2D2 and 3CPO, Obi-Wan and Darth Vader, but she didn’t know how they all fit together. I decided right then and there that she wasn’t going to learn any younger, so I told her to go to my video shelves, and bring me the
original “Star Wars” trilogy that was still in the box. As I hooked up the DVD player to the TV in the living room, she opened the box. In a quiet voice, she said, “Dad ...What’s this?” in a tone usually reserved for finding unpleasant surprises. I turned around and she was holding up a VHS tape. “Oh!” I said. “I thought I had it on DVD.” No problem. I started hooking up the VHS player instead. “No,” she said in amazement. “What IS this?” It suddenly occurred to me that my 11-year-old didn’t know what a VHS tape was. Now she’s seen VHS tapes before; her mother used to work at Blockbuster way back when. When she was a little girl, I practically wore out a VHS machine playing videos for her. But she didn’t remember that. She
Although I was only seven years old at the time, I still remember Christmas of 1945 quite well. When I woke up on Christmas Day, I raced to the living room, hoping Santa had found room for one more bicycle in his sleigh. For those too young to know or too old to remember, electric trains and bicycles were atop the list of desirKarl able Christmas TAYLOR gifts for young boys 70 years ago. Apparently I had behaved well enough, because in front of the tree was a red Schwinn two-wheeler. Since the weather was unseasonably mild that day, I left the rest of my presents unopened for a time, while Dad helped me take my new gift down the front steps to the street. From there, I took off on my bike and rode around the block, not once, but dozens of times until Mom came out on the porch and waved me down. “It’s time to leave for Galesburg.”
When we returned from Christmas dinner with relatives, it was too dark to ride so I jumped on my bike the next day. I loved that Schwinn and rode it after school for weeks; so much that I had to strap a pillow on the seat for obvious reasons. During the course of the next week, with the temperature becoming more seasonable, I developed a cough which became progressively worse. Mom gave me Smith Brothers cough drops and discouraged me from riding for a while. On the following Sunday, however, I made just one trip around the block. I was out of breath, which was not unusual, but I continued to gasp for air, which was unusual. As I climbed the front stairs, I used the hand rail to pull myself up as best I could, finally opening the door and yelling for help. I was scared. Both Mom and Dad came running. Someone tried verifying where our family doctor was that Sunday afternoon – at his home or office. Silly question. “Yes,” his nurse answered, “he has office hours this afternoon.” It took Dad less than five minutes to reach the physician’s waiting
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KICKAPOO – Fifty-eight-yearold Robert Rinkin of Princeville on April 16 was cited for failing to reduce speed to avoid an accident. The citation came after the 2007 International semi-tractor trailer rig Rinkin was driving struck the rear of a 2011 Mazda driven by Aubrey Leuthold, 25, of Dunlap near the intersection of U.S. Route 150 and Heinz Lane, according to the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office. AMT transported Leuthold to UnityPoint Methodist Medical Center.
Elmwood teen treated for drug overdose
ELMWOOD – A 15-year-old Elmwood boy on April 20 was transported by B.Y.E. ambulance to UnityPoint Methodist Medical Center after ingesting medications prescribed to a parent, according to the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office. The youth, who told police he’d taken the medicine to get intoxicated, was stabilized and put on dialysis to eliminate the drugs from his system, police said. Doses of Adderal, Lithium, Oxybuten and Zanax were apparently missing, according to reports. Police reported the incident to the state Department of Children and Family Services.
Two injured in collision on Parks School Road
PRINCEVILLE – Two motorists were injured on April 16 when a vehicle driven by 16-year-old Zachary Johnson of Princeville westbound on Parks School Road failed to stop at the intersection with Princeville-Jubilee Road and struck a 2004 GMC Sierra driven by Troy Schlueter, 37, of Princeville, police said. Schlueter was transported from
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Ex-Fire Chief Bennett has case continued
BRIMFIELD – The former Fire Chief at the Brimfield Community Fire Protection District accused of theft in June had his case continued to May 26, according to an order signed April 21 by Judge Albert Purham. James Bennett, 40, allegedly charged thousands of dollars of fuel for his personal use to the fire department credit card and kept hundreds of dollars from checks intended for the department, prosecutors say. Bennett resigned in May 2015 and pleaded not guilty, according to court documents.
Dispute continues over right-of-way
KICKAPOO – A lawsuit filed by the Kickapoo Township Road District against Roger Windish for allegedly farming into the Township’s right-of-way is continuing, with Judge Katherine Gorman ordering all written discovery material to be completed by May 3, when a case management conference is scheduled.
Judge orders motion in insurance suit
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• Farmington police on April 22 arrested Danielle Rickard, 22, of Farmington for battery, issued her a Notice To Appear, and released her. • Christian Wolf, 18, of Yates City on April 22 was stopped and subsequently ticketed for possession of marijuana. He was issued a Notice To Appear and released. • Charles Moats, 22, of Yates City on April 23 was stopped by Farmington police and ticketed for driving while his license was suspended and for having no insurance. • Elmwood police on April 15 stopped Joseph Downing, 23, of Creve Coeur and issued two ordinance violations, for possession of synthetic marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, and fines of $300 for each violation were paid.. • James Cronin, 49, of Princeville on April 19 was arrested to hold for another agency and transported to the Peoria County Jail.
Deer accidents
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was too young. All she remembered was DVDs. Wow. I gave her a quick history lesson, then put the tape in and hit “play.” I fast forwarded through trailers, which led to a question about why we had to watch them. She was really missing that “main menu” page that she’s come to know so well. We finished the movie with no big problems; a movie is a movie (even though the picture did jump a little when we paused for bathroom breaks). The movie ended and the tape began to rewind. “Dad! What’s that sound?” It seems my old VHS player is a lot like me: it makes some rather unpleasant sounds when forced to work hard or move fast. It was the perfect lesson, if not for her, for me. Technology is moving so quickly I never dreamed I’d have to explain a VHS tape to someone.
Just for the heck of it, I went to my desk and grabbed a floppy disk. I asked her if she knew what it was. No clue. She must have thought we old people were barbaric using such a primitive media form with such small capacity. I would have showed her how slow it was, except none of my computers have a disk drive. I guess I’m saving the old disks in case a museum calls and needs some for display purposes. It hasn’t been that long that video tapes, floppy disks, and for that matter, Instamatic cameras were new things. Now, they’re all obsolete, replaced by DVDs, flash drives and point-and-shoot cameras. I started working for Circuit City in Peoria in 2002. I remember on Black Friday we had a Personal Desk Assistant (a PDA), which was the hottest thing on the market, selling for an unheard of $30 (providing
you were willing to fight – literally fight – others who were lined up to snag one). They were cool things that electronically stored names, phone numbers, email addresses plus had a calendar feature to help remind you of birthdays, anniversaries and other upcoming important events. Before Circuit City went out of business in 2008, you couldn’t buy a PDA anywhere. You didn’t need to. All they did plus a lot more is included in your cell phone. My parents no doubt felt the same way when they first witnessed color TV or a washing machine without a wringer. I just never thought I’d be in the same position. Especially since those old school things that are so obsolete didn’t even exist 20 years ago. Pardon me while I go fetch my bottle of Ben Gay. I’ve got plenty on hand in case you need it, too.
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“Edna, these capsules will help with the temperature. Take him home and put him to bed. As soon as I finish at the office, I’ll be over again tonight to check on him.” Almost all afternoon, I lay in bed, my temperature rising slowly but steadily from just a little over 100 to 101degrees. “Mom, I’m roasting. I need a glass of cold water.” Later, she put a thermometer under my tongue: 103 degrees. “I’m still hot.” After she opened some windows, the room cooled quickly since the temperature outside was well below zero. I dozed off. When I felt someone putting a thermometer under my tongue, I woke. Dr. Morton was sitting beside me in my bedroom, looking at the thermometer. He glanced first at Mom and then at Dad. “It’s 105. I’m going to try a couple of drugs developed during the war for our soldiers. Sulfa comes only in pill form, but penicillin can
be administered by a shot in your arm or a spray in your throat.” As a seven-year-old, I was capable of taking pills, but I was scared to death of shots. I chose the spray. “I think that these new drugs and bed rest will do the trick.” He closed his case, and said, “Edna, check his temperature at midnight. If it doesn’t go below 105, call me at home.” Picking up his case, he headed out the door. Monday night, after making early morning hospital calls in Peoria and seeing office patients in the afternoon, Dr. Morton returned to my home. Without saying much, he looked down my throat and checked my temperature. “It’s better but not what I was expecting.” On the way out of the house, he stepped into the kitchen where Mom was washing dishes. “Edna, call my office tomorrow morning first thing and let me know his temperature.” That night, I woke in a cold
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Spring blooms in the woodland garden By RON DIETER
The woodland garden at our place is coming into full bloom now and it looks pretty good, if I do say so myself. Brunnera, Pulmonaria, bleeding hearts, bluebells, woodland poppies, snowflakes, and daffodils are all strutting their stuff. Brunnera macrophylla in bloom can easily be mistaken for common forget-me-nots, Myosotis sylvatica. The flowers are almost identical and bright blue. The common name for Brunnera macropylla is Siberian bugloss, but I have never in 35 years in the nursery business heard anyone use that name. Brunnera forms neat mounds of heart-shaped leaves of dark green. In spring, tiny five-petaled flowers of intense blue with yellow centers hover above the plant. For The Weekly Post
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in loose clusters. Once established, bluebells easily seed out, forming colonies in shady woodlands. After flowering and setting seed, the plants go dormant until the following spring. There is a beautiful stand of Virginia bluebells blanketing the entire front yard of a farmhouse on the north side of Grange Hall Road, about a half mile east of the Kickapoo sand quarry. I look forward to seeing it each spring. Pulmonaria saccharata, or lungwort, is another perennial that produces blue trumpet-shaped flowers. Like bluebells, the flowers of Pulmonaria open from pink buds. Depending on the variety, the somewhat hairy leaves can be dark green with spots of silver or almost pure silver. There are also whiteflowered and raspberryflowered cultivars. Lung-
wort easily seeds out but is not invasive. It requires moist soils to grow well. A fine companion to the blue and pink flowered perennials is summer snowflake, Leucojum aestivum, a spring-flowering bulb. Summer snowflakes bloom not in summer, but in mid- to late-spring, after the flowers of spring snowflake, Leucojum vernum, have passed. The flowers of summer snowflakes look to me like little inverted teacups. The pure white flowers have six petals, each decorated at the tip with a little green dot. They are held above the daffodil-like foliage in clusters of four or five atop tall stems. The long stems can be cut for elegant tabletop bouquets. Summer snowflakes aren’t very particular about where they are planted. We have them in full sun and in shade, in dry soil as well as damp creekside areas. Deer don’t consider them a delicacy, which is a big plus. Some garden designers are reluctant to use yellow-flowered plants in the spring garden because it demands the eye’s attention at the expense of milder spring pinks and blues. We don’t hold that view and have planted wood poppies, Stylophorum diphyllum, to provide some bright yellow. Wood poppy, or celandine poppy, blooms with two-inch, bright yellow four-petaled flowers with tufted yellow centers. Other gardeners may cringe at the thought of someone planting wood poppies in the garden because they seed out so readily as to be considered a weed. But in our garden, we find them relatively easy to handle. These plants all have attractive foliage and are reliable, long blooming and deer tolerant.
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session from 5-6 p.m. Richardson, 45, has been the principal of Taylorville Senior High School in Taylorville for the past six years. His three daughters are in college and/or married. Richardson and his wife, Jennifer, 46, will be scouting for their own place here soon, but he doesn’t exactly foresee an empty nest. “My wife and I take the position we have 750 new children at Brimfield,” he said. This will be the first time Richardson assumes the role of superintendent. He credits his current superintendent, Dr. Gregory Fuerstenau, with encouraging and developing him in a new leadership role.
“The higher you go, the more lives you can affect, hopefully for the positive,” Richardson said. “This is a small district, but they have a lot of great things going on. Their curriculum is rigorous and the academic performance is very high.” A native of the eastcentral Illinois town of Hindsboro, Richardson said he has learned to appreciate the small-town experience he anticipates in Brimfield. “I grew up in a small town of 400 people and when I was a teenager, I didn’t like everyone knowing my business,” he said. “Now that I am grown up, I love and respect the closeness you can have in a small-town community.”
School trustees held special meetings on March 21, 22, 23, 24, and April 5 and 6. Virtually all of those meetings were spent in executive session — a rough total of 16 hours. The regular meeting on April 20 was much the same, with the board concluding its reports and consent agenda by 7:16 p.m., then going into executive session until 9:19 p.m. Trustees approved 2016-17 non-certified staff, extra curricular sponsors and coaches, as well as Richardson’s contract, before adjourning without comment at 9:23 p.m. Under the terms of Richardson’s contract, he will be paid $101,500 for the first year of the three-year agreement, with options to adjust his salary upward in later years. BUSD will pay his required contribution to the Teacher’s Retirement System, up to 9.4 percent of salary. Not counting legal school holidays, he will receive 15 vacation days, up to 12 days of sick leave and two personal days Current Superintendent/Principal Joe Blessman opted to take a three-year contract at Orion rather than the one-year, $116,639 contract he was given in Brimfield. Multiple school board meetings were spent in lengthy executive sessions to arrive at that contract.
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Elmwood foundation has funds for youth jobs
ELMWOOD – For the second year, the Elmwood Community Foundation (ECF) is offering funds to local non-profits to provide employment for youth in Elmwood during the summer months. Last year two students worked at the Morrison and Mary Wiley Library. Support for this effort came from donations for this purpose at the ECF Annual Dinner in October of 2015.
Anyone wishing to contribute this year should send contributions to Dale Runyon at 307 Main Street, Elmwood IL 61529. All contributions are tax deductible. Any non-profit in Elmwood seeking funds for summer youth workers should send a letter to ECP president Tony Hart at 105 W. Ash St., Elmwood IL 61529 no later than May 15. Please explain the duties of the students who must be from Elm-
wood, who attend or attended the Elmwood schools and who must range in age from 16-21. Funds will flow from the ECF to the non-profits who will be responsible for selecting the students, monitoring their work, determining the amount of compensation and paying them. For further information, contact Karl Taylor at (309) 444-4154 or 253-4751.
Farmers urged to stay safe around electricity
Farming is dangerous. In fact, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lists farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers in the top 10 civilian occupations with high fatal work injury rates. “One of the hazards faced by farm workers is contact with electrical equipment. Safe Electricity encourages farmers to keep safety top of mind this planting season. “One critical part of safety around electricity is awareness,” said Kyla Kruse, communications director of the Safe Electricity program. “It’s important to remember that farm machinery is vulner-
able to hitting power lines because of its large size, height, and extensions. ” In equipment with autoguidance systems, less focus is needed on steering, which may lead some drivers to think that they do not need to be as aware of navigation issues. However, even while using a GPS with automatic steering, farm workers need to keep safety in mind and stay focused on surroundings. One consideration is to keep equipment at least 10 feet from lines – at all times, in all directions. And lower extensions to the lowest setting when moving loads.
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personal property taxes on corporations, partnerships, and other business entities was abolished in the 1970 Constitution. Corporations, partnerships, trusts and public utilities pay these taxes; corporations pay a 2.5 percent tax on income, partnerships and trusts 1.5 percent, and public utilities 0.8 percent. About 6,500 districts could be affected by the misallocation that began in 2014. In 2014, the total amount of PPRT distributed to taxing districts was $1.37 billion, and in 2015 the amount was $1.43 billion. “It’s kind of frustrating,” Stahl said. “When we’re told there was money coming, we figured there was money due us [so] we didn’t question it.” “We are certainly sensitive to the impact recouping these funds will have on some of our taxing districts,” said IDOR director Connie Beard. “We will be working with the impacted taxing districts to establish a plan to recapture the funds over an extended period of time.” It’s unclear whether the state will ask for repayments over a matter of months or another option, such as reducing future payments. “It looks like they screwed us one time; they might screw us again,” said Kelch, in Kickapoo. “Our budget’s set – unlike the state. Will we have to re-do our budgets with those costs to us? We ought to make the state wait, too.” Rollen Wright, administrator at Farmington, which the state says it overpaid $2,006.66, seemed to shrug, saying, “It’s the state. “It’s not that big a deal for us,” he continued, “– not like if I was a school district.” Indeed, IDOR’s claim is viewed by educators as an unexpected and unwelcome addition to mounting bad financial news. “I am much more concerned with the lack of an educational budget for next year,” commented Shannon Duling, Superintendent of Princeville school district 322. “With our limited reserves and needs of the district, if there is not a budget before school starts, we will have some very difficult decisions to make. “The district is very reliant on General State Aid (GSA) and without it we will not be able to make it through next year without using almost all of our reserves. Once our reserves are gone, we will be completely reliant on state funding – which hasn’t paid their full share in years. Without our reserves, we will be looking at even more significant cuts, which will impact our kids! “Then, they are talking about instituting a property-tax freeze,” Duling continued. “As a taxpayer, this sounds like a great idea – and few would argue that we are too reliant on our local property tax
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Area Overpayment Totals Area taxing districts affected by the state’s claim of an overpayment of funds: FULTON COUNTY Farmington City 2,006.66 Farmington Central CUSD 265 27,767.24 Farmington Fire Prot. Dist. 384.50 Farmington Park Dist. 334.76 Farmington Sanit. Dist. 705.11 Farmington Township 1,059.21 Farmington T’ship Road & Bridge 1,059.21 County total 33,316.69 KNOX COUNTY Elba-Salem Fire Prot. Dist. 355.56 Elba Township 276.89 Elba T’ship Road & Bridge 329.55 Salem Township 770.04 Salem Township Road & Bridge 1,080.74 Truro Township 659.11 Truro Township Road & Bridge 904.05 641.31 Williamsfield Fire Prot. Dist. Williamsfield Sanit. Dist. 292.09 Williamsfield Village 279.81 Yates City Village 136.94 County total 14,683.52 PEORIA COUNTY Akron Princeville Fire Prot. Dist. 973.79 Brimfield CUSD 309 13,000.74 Brimfield Fire Prot. Dist. 386.68 Brimfield San Dist 185.94 Brimfield Township 296.56 Brimfield T’ship Road & Bridge 444.23 Brimfield Village 689.51 Elmwood City 851.31 Elmwood CUSD 322 22,091.28 Elmwood Rural Fire Prot. Dist. 233.81 Elmwood Township 954.12 Elmwood T’ship Road & Bridge 1,030.59 Jubilee Township 236.42 Jubilee T’ship Road & Bridge 202.61 Kickapoo Township 539.64 Kickapoo T’ship Road & Bridge 746.31 Millbrook Township 563.37 Millbrook T’ship Road & Bridge 784.59 Princeville CUSD 326 33,971.63 Princeville Township 1,087.40 Princeville T’ship Road & Bridge 1,364.21 Princeville Village 3,324.14 Radnor Township 275.34 Radnor T’ship Road & Bridge 676.58 Rosefield Township 611.24 Rosefield T’ship Road & Bridge 777.85 County total 86,299.89 Total for Weekly Post area 134,300.10 SOURCE: Illinois Department of Revenue
revenue. However, this is the only significant revenue source our district can count on, as the state keeps cutting state funding. Without an annual increase in our property-tax revenue, we will not be able to keep up with the increasing costs. “As if that is not enough,” he added, “the legislative leaders are still looking at a pension cost shift to school districts, without a revenue source to pay for the extra costs. So we are looking at a possible tax freeze, no budget for next year ([and] no GSA), and a possible pension cost shift? Yeah, we are concerned with paying back almost $34,000 in overpaid PPRT funds, but I am much more concerned with the total lack of common sense and compromise that is currently being demonstrated by ‘our’ government in Springfield.”
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Elmwood school board opts to stand pat with latchkey program By BILL KNIGHT
ELMWOOD – The Board of Education on Monday did not act upon a recommendation to enter into a contract with the Evanston-based Right At School K-8 after-school program, but Superintendent Chad Wagner did act on the growing concern with state funding. After listening to a few objections to the proposed change, the Board closed the meeting to deliberate, and Wagner later announced it had taken no action so it’s “no longer a consideration for the 2016-17 school year. “The administration will work together with current staff to improve current services to allow for the possibility of increased student capacity, professional development for staff, and a structured curriculum,” Wagner continued. During public comment, three employees of Elmwood’s current latchkey program – manager Cheryl Whitehurst and two part-time high schoolers – and five parents whose children are enrolled there opposed the change. Some complained of higher fees for families with more than one child, but others volunteered to pay more, donate or hold fund raisers. Comments included preferring the consistency of current latchkey; disappointment the Board doesn’t have better communications concerning changes; opposing education for students who’ve already spent the day in class; and – citing internet reviews – Right At School staff turnover at some schools. Also appearing was Julie Lyon, Right At School’s director of school partnerships, who acknowledged turnover in a For The Weekly Post
few locations, adding that happened years ago. “You can always find negative comments online,” she said. “But if you really look, the positives far outweigh the negatives. “You have a wonderful program, but we feel we could offer more,” she continued, “– trained staff, a curriculum and physical education that’s fun, and experiential learning. We survey families [where we operate] and give kids a chance to get involved in things like robotics and other activities.” At other area communities, Right At School offers longer hours, room for more students, and an educational component not available at Elmwood’s latchkey program, which has about 32 students and a waiting list to enroll. Dunlap Superintendent Lisa Parker praised Right At School, saying that “they offer a wide variety of learning opportunities for students.” Although Right At School is more than babysitting, safe child care is important, too, Parker added. Alternatives of a different sort were addressed when Wagner summarized the District’s financial situation in the face of a state funding crisis. As he mentioned last month – and other area superintendents have echoed – Elmwood faces unpleasant options if no state budget is approved, state funding continues to fall short of the state’s own foundation level of $6,119 per student and lawmakers limit property-tax revenues and shift pension obligations to districts with no revenue to meet them. “This board – this community – is
going to have to make a decision,” he said, listing choices ranging from cutting staff, cutting extracurricular activities, holding classes four days a week, or closing the school. “The state’s prorated its payments to Elmwood since 2010,” he said, “losing about $740,000 – money the District is entitled to. And now the state may not send its last two payments for this year, so we could lose another $126,955.62. The state may not get a budget [done] until after the November election.” About one-fourth of Elmwood’s district budget relies on state funding, he added, and with $2.1 million in reserves, the schools can only operate for about four months before depleting resources. In other news:
• The gymnasium floor needs $11,125 of work done. • Elmwood had 100-percent participation in the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) tests, Janelle Meyers reported. • The Board approved sports medicine/athletic training coverage for 201617 athletic seasons from Midwest Orthopaedic Center in Peoria and Pekin. • The Board OK’d continuing its sports co-op with Brimfield High School for football and track. • Board member Mark Davis reported the Building Committee has met with architects regarding Phase II of the building plan and will schedule a public meeting to explain ideas and get community feedback.
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FARMINGTON – Elizabeth M. Balcom, 97, of Farmington, died April 20 at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria. She was born on May 17, 1918, in Redwood, NY, a daughter of Karl and Bessie Marsaw Felder. She married Virgil Balcom on January 11, 1949, in Youngstown, NY, he preceded her in death, and she is also preceded in death by her parents and two brothers. Surviving are two daughters, Eleanor Chudoba of Farmington and Marie (Larry) LaRue of Redwood, N.Y.; 5 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. A memorial service was held April 25 at the Farmington Baptist Church in Farmington. Burial will be at a later date in Redwood Cemetery in Redwood, N.Y. Condolences may be left online atwww.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com
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PRINCEVILLE – Edwin E. Baurer, 80, of Princeville died April 20 at Apostolic Christian Skylines in Peoria. Survivors include his wife Carol (Knoblauch) Baurer; daughters Cynthia (Roland) Stuckey of Ft. Wayne, Ind., Renee (Steve) Schlipf of Gridley and Jill (Shannon) Stahl of Madison, Wis.; son Phil (Linda) Baurer of Tremont; 11 grandchildren; brother Arthur (Joy) Baurer of Princeville; and sister Helen Hoffmann of Roanoke. Funeral services were April 23 at the Apostolic Christian Church of Princeville. Condolences may be left online at www.haskellhott.com.
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FARMINGTON – Donald A. Eckhoff, 84, of Farmington died April 18 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria.
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Donald was born Oct. 8, 1931, in Princeton. He was the son of Arthur J. and Minnie (Peterson) Eckhoff. He married Wilma V. Long on Feb. 14, 1970, in Peoria. She preceded him in death on Dec. 30, 2000. Survivors include daughter Mickey Carr of Galesburg; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; sister Martha Oltman of Florida; eight nieces; and one nephew. Per Donald's wishes, cremation rites were accorded. A private family burial will be held at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Farmington at a later date. Condolences may be left online at www.watsonthomas.com.
Cherry C. Hanson
WILLIAMSFIELD – Cherry C. Hanson, 83, of rural Gilson, a Williamsfield native, April 17 at the Knox County Nursing Home in Knoxville. Cherry was born Oct. 28, 1932, in rural Williamsfield, the daughter of Carl and Eva Dosset Buck. She married Raymond Meece, then married Marvin Melvin Jr., then married Rollie E. Hanson, her husband of 42 years, on March 15, 1974, in Knoxville. Surviving is her husband Rollie
Hanson of rural Gilson; daughters Becky (Doug) McBride of Knoxville and Kathy (Dave) Cole of Oneida; 8 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; 1 great-greatgrandson; and several nieces and nephews. Per her wishes, cremation rites were accorded and there will be no services. A register book will be available at Hurd-Hendricks Funeral Home and Crematory in Knoxville for friends to sign. Condolences may be left online at hurd-hendricksfuneralhome.com.
Mary Lee Macklin
FARMINGTON – Mary Lee (Jones) Macklin, 75, aunt of a Farmington woman, died April 6 in Riverside, Calif.. Survivors include her husband of 56 years, Edwin; son David (Rebecca) Macklin; 5 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; niece Ann (Rick) Goggil of Farmington; nephew William (Pam) Larson of Peoria; and sister-in-law Corda Macklin (Dwight) Jones of Peoria. A memorial service will be held at Magnolia Church in Riverside, Calif., at 11 a.m. Friday, May 6.
Donald Weller Jr.
FARMINGTON – Donald L. Weller Jr., 61, of Peoria, brother of a Farmington man, died April 21 at the UnityPoint Methodist Medical Center in Peoria. Survivors include brothers Mike Weller of Farmington, Kenneth Weller Sr. of Peoria, and David Weller of East Peoria; and sisters Terry Watkins of Canton, Paula Munns, Sandra Walck and Vicki Cardwell all of Peoria, Rhonda Neltner of East Peoria and Linda Gonzalez of Washington. Cremation rites were accorded. A celebration of life service will be held from 1-4 p.m. Sunday (May 1) at the Eagles Club, 1704 S. East Lane in Peoria.
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AREA CHURCHES BRIMFIELD St. Joseph Catholic Church Father John Verrier 314 W. Clay, Brimfield (309) 446-3275 www.stjosephbrimfield.org Sat. Confession: 3:30-4:45 pm Sat. Mass: 5 pm Sun. Mass: 10:30 am Daily Mass: Tues.-Fri. 8 am
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod “Preaching Christ Crucified” “Liturgical & Reverential” Pastor Michael Liese 204 W. Clay St., Brimfield (309) 446-3233 Sun. Divine Service: 10 am
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
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
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EDWARDS 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
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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
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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
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Brimfield-Elmwood Brimfield-Elmwood (6-12) routed Midland 16-1 on Monday to snap a three-game losing streak. Caileb Johnson and Tyler Bunting had three hits apiece for the Indians and each doubled. Jack Bowers hit a home run and drove in four runs as B-E rapped out a total of 12 hits. On the mound, Tyler Short scattered six hits in five innings and fanned three for the victory. On Saturday, B-E dropped a 7-1 game to A-Town despite nine hits and Johnson’s 4-for-4 showing at the plate. Last Wednesday, the Indians out-
hit Annawan-Wethersfield, 11-5, but lost, 10-7, thanks to six unearned runs. Sam Hedrick had three hits, Brayton Metz tripled and Austin Sims and Kyle Doubet each had two hits. Princeville After hitting .500 last week the Princes (9-12) dropped three of four, including a doubleheader loss to Ridgewood on Tuesday (6-5 and 3-0). Princeville also dropped a pair to Mercer County on Friday (3-1 and 11-1). The lone win was a wild, 29-14 affair against Stark County that produced some crazy hitting lines. Austin Brodine, who last week signed a letter of intent to play at
Knox College, went 5-for-6 with six RBIs, Justin Janssen was 3-for6 with a homer and four RBIs and Evan Bultemeier drove in four. ROWVA-Williamsfield The Cougars (5-11) snapped a drought with a 4-1 win over Annawan-Wethersfield on Tuesday. Jason Clark, Garrett Wight and Charlie Gibbons had two hits apiece to support winning pitcher Zac Smith, who scattered five hits and fanned five in a complete game win. Smith also drove in two runs with a double. On Monday, the Cougars fell to Delavan 8-4. R-W also dropped a doubleheader to Ridgewood on Saturday, falling 10-6 and 6-3.
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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Board of Education of Princeville Community Unit School District #326 in the County of Peoria, State of Illinois, that an amended tentative FY16 budget for said School District will be on file and conveniently available to public inspection at Princeville School District Unit Office, 909 N. Town Avenue, Princeville, Illinois from and after 12:00 noon on the 8th day of April, 2016. NOTICE IS FURTHER HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing on said amended budget will be held at 6:15 p.m. on the 24th day of May 2016, at the Princeville Community Unit School District Office. DATED this 19th day of April, 2016. Darin Cowser, President Board of Education
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS, PEORIA COUNTY IN PROBATE In THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ) 16-P-163 JOSEPH A. BELLO, DECEASED ) CLAIM DAY NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of the death of JOSEPH A. BELLO. Letters of office were issued on April 18, 2016, to JOANNE I. FLATT of 10007 Bell Tower Ct., Louisville, KY 40299; and KATHLENE BELLO, of 19230 E. Rt. 116, Farmington, IL 61531, as Independent Co-Executors, whose attorney of record is Froehling, Weber & Schell, LLP (RONALD WEBER), 167 West Elm Street, Canton, Illinois 61520, Phone #309/647-6317, Fax #309/647-6350. Administration of this estate will be without court supervision, unless an interested party requests supervised administration pursuant to a petition filed under 755 ILCS 5/28-4. Claims must be filed on or before October 29, 2016 (being a date not less than six (6) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of this notice to creditors, whichever is later), and any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Claims may be filed with the representative of this estate or in the Office of the Circuit Clerk, Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois 61602, or both. If filed with the court, the claimant within ten (10) days after filing his or her claim with the court: (1) shall cause a copy of the claim to be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney of record, unless the representative or the attorney has in writing either consented to the allowance of the claim or waived mailing or delivery of the copies, and (2) shall file with the court proof of any required mailing or delivery of copies. Dated this 21st day of April, 2016. JOANNE I. FLATT and KATHLENE BELLO, as Independent Co-Executors of the Estate of JOSEPH A. BELLO, deceased By: /S/ RONALD WEBER Ronald Weber, their attorney RONALD WEBER Froehling, Weber & Schell, LLP Attorneys for Estate 167 West Elm Street, Canton, IL 61520 Phone: 309/647-6317 Fax: 309/647-6350 E-Mail: rweber@fwslawyers.com
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS, PEORIA COUNTY IN PROBATE In THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ) 16-P-161 DELTA J. STONE DECEASED ) CLAIM DAY NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of the death of DELTA J. STONE. Letters of Office were issued on April 18, 2016, to BRENDA K. GRUBB, 702 N. Pekin Ln., Hanna City, IL 61536, as Independent Executor, whose attorney of record is Froehling, Weber & Schell, LLP (NANCY A. SCHELL), 165 East Fort Street, Farmington, Illinois 61531, Phone #309/245-2474, Fax #309/245-2475. Administration of this estate will be without court supervision, unless an interested party requests supervised administration pursuant to a petition filed under 755 ILCS 5/28-4. Claims must be filed on or before October 30, 2016 (being a date not less than six (6) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of this notice to creditors, whichever is later), and any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Claims may be filed with the representative of this estate or in the Office of the Circuit Clerk, Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois 61602, or both. If filed with the court, the claimant within ten (10) days after filing his or her claim with the court: (1) shall cause a copy of the claim to be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney of record, unless the representative or the attorney has in writing either consented to the allowance of the claim or waived mailing or delivery of the copies, and (2) shall file with the court proof of any required mailing or delivery of copies. Dated this 18th day of April, 2016. BRENDA K. GRUBB, Executor By: /S/ NANCY A. SCHELL Nancy A. Schell, Attorney Froehling, Weber & Schell, LLP Attorneys for Estate 165 East Fort Street Farmington, IL 61531 Phone: 309/245-2474 E-Mail: nschell@fwslawyers.com
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NOTICE is given to creditors of the death of JOHN E. HOVENDEN on March 27, 2016. Letters of Office were issued by the above entitled Court to HAZEL MARIE MURRAY, of 2350 Mars Avenue, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88012-7749, as Executor, whose attorneys of record are WHITNEY & POTTS, LTD., 118 West Main Street, P. O. Box 368, Elmwood, Illinois, 61529-0368. 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 28th day of October, 2016, 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. Every claim filed must be in writing and state sufficient information to notify the representative of the nature of the claim or other relief sought. 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 and shall file with the Court, proof of any required mailing or delivery of copies. DATED this 5th day of April, 2016. HAZEL MARIE MURRAY, Executor of the Estate of JOHN E. HOVENDEN, Deceased. WHITNEY & POTTS, LTD. Attorneys for the Executors 118 West Main Street P. O. Box 368 Elmwood, Illinois 61529-0368 Telephone: (309) 742-3611
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case and competed well but couldn’t quite get it done in the scoring department. A 5-0 setback to East Peoria was preceded by a 2-0 final deficit to Metamora, in which Alli Sprague struck out seven, walked only two, and gave up five hits. Grace Behrens had a 2-for-3 hitting line. “We had six hits, but we couldn’t string them together enough to push across runs,” Coach Jeni Fauser said. “ Alli pitched a very solid game.” Farmington beat Monmouth-Roseville, 4-1, last Tuesday at home. Sprague and Emily Buster each contributed two baggers as part of the team’s sevenhit attack. Ilsa Strough’s six strikeout and no-walk pitching performance was also a key. ROWVA-Williamsfield Monday’s 10-9 ICAC loss at Delavan for ROWVA-Williamsfield was the result of double digit errors from the Lady Cougars (3-12). Pitchers Marissa Miller (two innings, one earned run), Madison Stewart (4.2 innings, one earned run) and Tina Foglesong (2-for4 with two RBIs) couldn’t get the team through. The only two games ROWVA-Williamsfield got in last week were in a Saturday doubleheader at Alpha against Ridgewood, coming up short in both, 15-5 and 10-2.
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onds however possible. This time of year, with temperatures warming and sectionals (May 20) and the state meet not that far off, everything on the track is about improving. E-B coach Gregg Meyers said the work is important for Golemon, who “has a chance to be in the finals and place” at the state meet, May 27 in Charleston. Golemon also won in the 110 hurdles on Monday, finishing in a seasonbest time of 15.89. His two wins helped the E-B boys win the invitational with 111 points, ahead of Tremont (102) and Illini Bluffs (85). Other boys winners for Elmwood on Monday were Cooper Hoffmann in the 800 in a time of 2:07.78; the 4x800 relay of Hoffmann, Alex Hermann, Griff Inskeep and Matt Osmulski (8:54.34);
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Elmwood-Brimfield junior Jackson Harkness won the discus on Monday with a throw of 139-02. Photo by Jeff Lampe.
and Jackson Harkness in the discus (139-02). Next up for the Trojans is the Eurka Invite on Friday. On the girls side, Elmwood-Brimfield placed second overall with 92 points, while Eureka dominated with 193 points. Anna Roberts won the discus with a throw of 8109. Coach Marcy Brugger
also praised her 4x400 relay for its second-place time of 4:41 (Zofia LeHew, Regan McFall, Olivia Harlow and Sadie Rumbold) and noted LeHew was second in the high jump after clearing 5-0. • At Farmington, the girls had a fine showing in the Fulton County meet on Monday. Megan
Gilstrap was champion in shotput and Jordan Peckham won the 100. But the really dominant showing was in the relays, where the Lady Farmers won the 4x100, the 4x200 and the 4x400 thanks to the same quartet of Sarah Litchfield, Haley Huls, Payton Peckham and Jordan Peckham. The 4x400 was a new Fulton County invite record of 4:13.21 but was only this group’s thirdbest time of the season. “We are really doing well right now,” coach Toby Vallas said. Farmington’s boys were second last Friday in the Tuffy Bowen Invitational with 97 points to finish behind AnnawanWethersfield (185). Jonah Cecil won the 1,600 in 4:49.51, Judd Anderson took first in the 300 hurdles (42.08) and the 4x800 relay also won in 9:02.29. The girls placed third at that meet and won the 4x100 (52.25), 4x400 (4:12.68). Litchfield won the pole vault clearing 86, Powell won the discus with a throw of 82-2 and Jordan Peckham won the 100 (13.01) and the 400 (1:02.40).
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Farmington rolls past N. Fulton, now 13-9 By JEFF LAMPE Farmington scored 11 runs in the final three innings to claim an 11-1 win over North Fulton on Saturday. Dylan Hayden pitched a complete game for the Farmers (13-9), scattering five hits and fanning six. That broke a two-game losing streak for Farmington. Hayden got plenty of hitting support in the late innings, led by Jake Johnson (3for-3), Caleb Hayden Gilstrap (2-for-2) and Jake Settles (2for-4, 2 RBIs). Just for good measure, Hayden rapped out a double and drove in two runs. One day earlier on Friday, the Farmers fell to Canton, 8-6, after leading 6-2 through four innings. Weekly Post Staff Writer
Trey Swearingen and Gilstrap had two hits apiece for the Farmers, who managed eight hits overall and stole four bases. Errors and walks hurt the Farmington effort, though, as Gilstrap pitched a complete game and yielded just three earned runs, but did walk five. Last Wednesday, the Farmers dropped an 87 game to MonmouthRoseville in the bottom of the 10th inning after scoring in the top half of the inning. Jake Johnson got on base four times in the game for Farmington and doubled in the eighth. Swearingen was 3-for-5 and drove in two runs while Gilstrap and Hayden also had two hits apiece and Dakota Traver belted a douContinued on Page 17
Princeville softball keeps rolling to 18-1 By PHIL JOHNSON
How dominant has Princeville softball been in the past few weeks? Consider the Lady Princes have outscored foes 84-0 in their last seven games and are 18-1 overall with 17 straight wins. The latest wins were 11-0 and 8-0 shutouts over Ridgewood on Tuesday. In the 8-0 win, Paige Lane allowed one hit and fanned nine batters in seven innings and Brooke Gardner was 3for-4 with a double and Maddie Hite drove in two runs for the Lady Princes. Gardner’s grand slam home For The Weekly Post
run highlighted a nine-hit outing in the 11-0 win and Haley Hold allowed two hits in five innings and struck out eight. Princeville had thrashed Deer Creek Mackinaw on Monday, 10-0, in five innings. A balanced hitting attack in this game saw Gardner multi-hit performances from Caitlin Pullen, Nichole Roberts, Hite and Natalie Cokel. Lane notched another pitchContinued on Page 18
Hayden Golemon of Elmwood-Brimfield (above) won the 110 and 300 hurdles Monday at the Elmwood Invitational while Emily Green of Princeville (below right) swept the girls hurdle races. Photos by Jeff Lampe.
Fine-tuning on the track E-B hurdler Golemon hoping changes shave seconds By JEFF LAMPE ELMWOOD – He’s already got one of the fastest times in the area for the 300-meter hurdles. But after Monday’s latest win in that event at the Elmwood Invitational, ElmwoodBrimfield junior Hayden Golemon was already making plans for a change. “I really creamed the first hurdle. It just about stopped my momentum,” Golemon said. “So I’m going to be switching my legs on the starting blocks.” Golemon’s problem is a good one. He’s coming out of the blocks too fast and hitting the first hurdle. “I’m stronger than last year,” he said. Unfortunately, his competition is not. A state qualifier in the 300 hurdles last year, Golemon is still hoping to reach his fast time of 40.72 from last season when he reached the state Weekly Post Staff Writer
finals. He ran 42.68 on Monday and his best so far this year is 41.76, Golemon said. But he isn’t being pushed as he was last year, when ROWVA runner John O’Connor dogged him every race. “I just haven’t had the competition this year,” Golemon said. “I’m at the first hurdle before anyone else.” So improvement will have to
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come from within until possibly the sectionals. That’s why, instead of putting his right foot forward at the start, Golemon will put his left foot forward. In a race like hurdles, adjustments like that are critical, since they impact when and how a runner approaches each jump. The goal, of course, is to shave seconds or tenths of secContinued on Page 19