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Newspapers’ message to Springfield: Unacceptable
That sad state of affairs in Illinois politics prompted the editorial board at the Springfield State Journal-Register to print the following editorial seeking action. We have joined more than 65 other Illinois newspapers in printing similar editorials. uuu Unacceptable. That one word perfectly sums up the pain, dysfunction and instability Capitol politicians have inflicted on Illinois by their failure to provide a permanent balanced state budget for two years. As the state’s credit ratings have been repeatedly downgraded, as residents sought greener pastures elsewhere, as
community colleges and universities have been gutted, as businesses closed up shop and as social service agencies turned away the most vulnerable residents … elected officials have failed to do their job and show political courage to make the necessary painful decisions. Who they blame is determined by whether a D or R follows their name. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner is to blame. No, it’s Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan. Don’t forget the decades of politicians who made terrible financial decisions based on what would get them re-elected, not what was fiscally prudent.
Cell tower plan nixed for school
The finger-pointing has gone on for far too long. The state’s fiscal problems have created a crisis throughout Illinois – except in the state Capitol. Maybe the dome deflects the misery that permeates the rest of Illinois. But it can no longer shield elected officials from accepting the blame each member of the House and Senate, and the governor, bears for the atrocious state of the state. The stack of unpaid bills tops $14 billion. The 2016 fiscal year ended last June with a budgetary deficit of $9.6 billion; we shudder to think of what it will be at the end of next month. The five state-
funded pension systems are short about $130 billion. Each new financial report paints an even bleaker picture. Every sign of progress has been marred by partisan politics. A budget was approved Tuesday by the Senate – with no Republican support. Even if the House concurs, Rauner likely will veto a measure only supported by Democrats. A bipartisan compromise is needed. The lack of a budget has not directly inconvenienced most residents, so it has been easy to ignore. But the impasse affects us all. In order for the state to pay off unpaid bills, shore up the pension systems and eliminate its deficit, it would Continued on Page 2
Princeville eyes sewer overhaul
1955 BEL AIR
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By BILL KNIGHT
BRIMFIELD – A proposal by U.S. Cellular to place a 250-feettall cell tower near Brimfield High School on school property has been withdrawn, the Brimfield School Board heard Wednesday. Julie Shebek of American Land Acquisition on behalf of U. S. Cellular informed Brimfield Superintendent Robert Richardson recently that the tower likely cannot be constructed on school property due to potential complex zoning issues. The Village Board had heard Shebek’s proposal at its regular meeting earlier this month and while not voting on the issue, indicated that current village zoning ordinances would have to be changed to accommodate the tower. No structure taller than the 175-feet-tall water tower is al-
PRINCEVILLE – The Village may have to replace a major part of its sewer system, after hearing from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, according to Village President Jeff Troutman. Public Works SuInside perinten• Disease-resistant, dent Chad Knock Out Gardner at roses the Village make life Board’s easier for rose growers. May 16 Page 13 meeting reported that the IEPA is asking Princeville to conduct a feasibility study on the sewer system in the next few months, but there’s no exact timetable, Troutman said. “IEPA’s been easy to work with,” Troutman said. “They just
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Jerry Huffman poses with the 1955 Chevy Bel Air he restored – one of several older vehicles he has brought back to life. Photo by Bill Knight.
Collector reminisces about cars By BILL KNIGHT
FARMINGTON – Asked how he came to collect vintage Chevrolets, Jerry Huffman smiles and shrugs and says, “I don’t know. It kinda gets in your blood, I guess.” Looking over Chevelles, a Camaro, Chevy II SuperFor The Weekly Post
sport and more, a visitor thinks Huffman’s heart must pump oil and gas as much as blood. Huffman, 79, adds that one of his Supersports “isn’t done. I’m waiting for the rest of it.” But a fine, two-door hardtop 1955 Chevy Bel Air
looks like it’s ready to cruise Fort Street on some sultry summer night. Showing off his cars like they’re his kids, Huffman flashes a little pride in his handiwork – and the skills he built up over the decades. “I’ve been collecting cars Continued on Page 8
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UNACCEPTABLE: Cost per citizen $12,000 Continued from Page 1
cost every Illinoisan roughly $12,000 each. Here’s how you calculate your share of the bill: • If every one of the state’s 12.8 million residents kicked in $1,094, we could pay off the $14 billion in unpaid bills. • The unfunded pension liability is an estimated $130 billion, due over the next 30 years. To ensure today that it will be solvent, each resident would need to contribute $10,156. • Don’t forget the $9.6 billion structural budget deficit at the end of fiscal year 2016; add in $750 more per person. The ugly truth is, we are all going to pay for it somehow. And because politicians have abdicated their most basic duty for two years, the necessary cuts will be deeper and tax hikes will be higher than they should be. Are you seething yet? Good. Now get informed on issues, and encourage others to do the same. There’s a reason millions get spent on relentlessly nasty political ads – they work. They sway the casual voter who doesn’t care enough to dig
Let the politicians know you are fed up
If you don’t depend on the state for health care, social services or for business, it can be easy to ignore the budget impasse. But it’s reached the point where that cannot continue: The gridlock will endure unless residents become engaged in the political process. Contact the governor, House and Senate leaders and your local representatives. Reach out to any and all politicians to express your frustration. • Gov. Bruce Rauner – Office of the Governor; 207 State House; Springfield, IL 62706; (217) 782-0244; governor@state.il.us • House Speaker Michael Madigan –
for facts, or they leave others too disgusted to participate. Elections shouldn’t be decided by who can throw the most cash at attack ads. It’s up to all of us to keep that from being the determinant. Next, get involved. Pick up your phone and call your state representative, senator and the governor’s office. Share your anger that the significant issues that need attention – school funding reform, creating a thriving economy and building public universities into centers of innovation, to name a few — have been ignored.
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300 Capitol Building; Springfield, IL 62706; (217) 782-5350; mmadigan@housedem.state.il.us • Senate President John Cullerton – Senator 6th District; 327 Capitol Building; Springfield, IL 62706; (217) 7822728; john@senatorcullerton.com • Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno – Senator 41st District; 309G Capitol Building; Springfield, IL 62706; (217) 782-9407; christine@senatorradogno.com • House Minority Leader Jim Durkin – 316 Capitol Building; Springfield, IL 62706; (217) 782-0494; Durkin@ILHouseGOP.org
A year ago we declared “Enough.” The day after, the governor and lawmakers passed a six-month stopgap spending plan that did not provide lasting stability. That’s not good enough. It’s time to demand that
Governor Rauner and our lawmakers do what is right. It’s time for the budget to come first. To not do so will cement their legacy with one word that encapsulates the sorry condition of our state. Unacceptable.
CARLOCK – Traffic was backed up on Eastbound Interstate 74 Tuesday morning after Paul S. Smith, 33, of Brimfield shot himself in the head following a high-speed chase with authorities. Smith had reportedly fled from police in Peoria County and traveled into
Tazewell County before pulling to the side of the Interstate near Carlock just after 10 a.m. and taking his own life, according to police reports. Smith, of 5220 Vonachen Drive, had threatened to kill himself, his ex-wife and his parents in recent days, police reports said.
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THE WEEK AHEAD HOT PICKS This Week!
s Manna Meal – Sit down meal today (May 25) at noon at Elmwood United Methodist Church, 821 W. Main. Cost $4. Bring your own table service. Free entertainment. s Book Signing – Yates City graduate and author Randy Sollenberger will give a reading and sign books Saturday (May 27) at 10 a.m. at Salem Township Library in Yates City. s Museum Breakfast – Elmwood Historical Society has a continental breakfast at Lorado Taft Museum on May 29 starting at 8 a.m.
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s Memorial Day – Memorial Day
gram, “Reading by Design” starts May 31 and each Wednesday at 2 p.m. through June 28. Sponsored by the Bank of Yates City. s Summer Reading – Registration for summer reading at Alpha Park Library starts June 1 at 1 p.m. through July 29. Call (309) 697-3822, Ext. 13.
events are scheduled for local communities on Monday (May 29). • In Williamsfield, a program at the American Legion Hall starts at 11 a.m., followed by an 11:45 salute at Veterans Park, a noon salute at Williamsfield Cemetery and a Roll Call of the Dead Future Events and a 12:45 potluck at the Legion Hall. s Fishing Benefit – Fishing for St. • In Elmwood, a service starts at 9:30 Jude event June 4, 1-4 a.m. at Central Park. p.m. at Brimfield Com• Farmington’s service is at 10 a.m. at Publicize Your Event munity Park. Fishing, inflatables, games, raffles, Call us at (309) 741-9790 Reed Park. Guest silent auction, concesor email information about speaker is Larry “The sions and more. your upcoming event to Flagman” Eckhardt. s My Place Benefit – Farmington American news@wklypost.com. The 15th annual My Legion Post 140 will Place St. Jude Benefit Run is June 10 in also conduct a service at Oak Ridge Cemetery. Yates City. To make donations, call • A service will be held at Yates City (309) 358-2003. Cemetery at 11:30 a.m. thanks to Farms Gardening Trip – Peoria Evening ington Legion Post 140. Garden Club annual bus trip to Sunrise s Free Bread – Free bread available Nursery, The Fields on Caton Farm and at Elmwood Methodist Church every Hornbakers, June 17. Seating limited. Friday (including May 26) from 10-11 Call (309) 657-4229. a.m. s Europe Trip – Former Elmwood Also available every Tuesday (inteacher Lynette Welch is planning a cluding May 30) at Harrison Hall in second alumni trip to Europe in the Brimfield at 10 a.m. (309) 696-4542. summer of 2018. Visit the Elmwood alumni Facebook page or email s Summer Reading – Salem Townlwelch58@hotmail.com. ship Library’s summer reading pro-
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Tough times for job-seeking teenagers
Earlier this year, an idea came to me: I would hire a bunch of kids to deliver The Weekly Post instead of bankrolling the post office. The plan was a throwback to my childhood, when every kid in the neighborhood delivered papers. I have vivid, fond memories of those days and I really believe delivering a daily paper taught me more than my Jeff time in school. LAMPE We had to be dependable, or be fired. We had to speak with adults, some of whom were angry ... some crazy. We dealt with setbacks and bad weather. We made change without a calculator. And we found creative ways to beat the boredom of waiting for papers to arrive. Recreating that in central Illinois on a weekly basis seemed like a good idea to me. But there was a problem. My insurance company did not like the plan. Not just one insurance company. Seems nobody wants to insure a business that pays several 13- to 15-year-olds to walk and ride around town to deliver papers. At first, that hesitance made sense.
You know, things aren’t what they used to be. The world is a By HEID ERDRICH scary place. Etc. Etc. Only I’m not sure that’s true. I think the She couldn't help but sting my finger, world has always been scary. clinging a moment before I flung her Seems to me we are just more to the ground. Her gold is true, not afraid of risk and lawsuits. the trick I’m ashamed to say, that inevening light plays on my roses. cludes me. At this time, The She curls into herself, stinger twitching, Weekly Post can’t afford the gilt wings folded. Her whole life just risks associated with hiring a few weeks, youngsters to deliver our paper. and my pain subsided in a moment. That’s a shame, because the In the cold, she hardly had her wits to same thing has happened in buzz. many industries. Job opportuniNo warning from either of us: ties for teens are limited, particshe sleeping in the richness of those ularly in small towns. There petals, aren’t many options beyond then the hand, my hand, cupping the babysitting or slinging fast food bloom at a restaurant – most of which in devastating force, crushing the are in Peoria or Galesburg and petals for the scent. require a driver’s license and And she mortally threatened, wholly transportation. unaware But learning how to work is that I do this daily, alone with the critically important. And persongold last light, ally, I’d rather have my children in what seems to me an act of love. excel at work over athletics – another impediment to summer newspaper carriers, I’m going to foljobs for teens. low the example of others and hire a Fortunately, there are employers few youngsters to help in the office. who stick out their neck to hire sum- It’s the least I can do to repay all the mer help. I mention this because lessons I learned growing up. there’s a few ambitious kids still Any chance you can do the same? knocking on doors seeking work. Contact Jeff Lampe at 231-6040 or So while I can’t hire a cadre of
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No budget in Illinois? Throw the Bums Out
If there is no comprehensive fullyear state budget by the May 31 end of legislative session in Springfield, I am seriously considering creation of an Illinois political action committee to be called “Throw the Bums Out.” The stated purpose would be to defeat all state legislators, of both parties, as well as Gov. Bruce Rauner. For three years, the governor and lawmakers have blatantly failed in Jim their constituNOWLAN tional responsibility to adopt an annual state budget, the fundamental task of any government, or business, for that matter. As a result, the horrendous pile of unpaid bills and wreckage in higher education and elsewhere have piled onto our state’s near-laughingstock reputation across the nation for corruption and government dysfunction. This is how the parlous situation has come about: After election in 2014, several students of state politics recommended to Republican Gov.-elect Rauner that he could deal with entrenched Democrat Speaker of the House Michael Madigan in addressing the state’s problems, as each needed the other to get anything done. Instead, Rauner determined it was more important to destroy Madigan and his near-dictatorial power once and for all, which is a legitimate political objective. The Rauner strategy: Withhold support for a state budget until Madigan and Democrats agreed to his business-friendly reform ideas. Madigan would ultimately have to cave, the thinking went, because lack
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of a budget would hurt low-income and vulnerable populations important to many Democratic lawmakers. If Madigan refused, ultimately a number of Democratic House members would defect in order to see the services to their people restored. The strategy obviously hasn’t worked. Thus the stalemate. By now, all parties involved are embarrassed, but unwilling to be the first to concede anything, which would be a sign of grave political weakness. But the situation is now intolerable, unforgivable. Action (or lack of action in this case) should have consequences. Their failure should be punished, not rewarded. So, I am dead serious about my Throw the Bums Out (TTBO) initiative. I am not naïve about what I propose. Years ago, I ran political campaigns for U.S. Senate and presidential campaigns for a living, and was successful, if I do say so. For example, the Washington Post book on the 1980 presidential election called my efforts that year, which took little known Illinois congressman John B. Anderson into the thick of that year’s race, “brilliant.” This year, a couple of buddies and I created a political action committee to elect candidates to the board of our troubled public community college and oust the board president. It was a piece of cake. We raised money, created the Facebook page, advertised in print and on the Internet, flooded newspapers in the 9county district with letters to the editor, even did some door-to-door. We elected our candidates and ejected the board president by a twoto-one margin. The TTBO campaign would be
about two orders of magnitude greater than the college effort, yet cut from the same cloth. My point is this. With a creative, well-designed campaign plan, TTBO might just captivate the imagination of an angry electorate, snowball, and make a big difference. What a marvelous, constructive grassroots celebration of democracy during our great state’s bicentennial. There are a number of excellent legislators, many are friends of mine. But it’s too complicated to pick and choose, and all are complicit in the failure. The big challenge would be in knocking off Speaker Mike Madigan, who operates from a true rotten borough (district drawn by him to be impregnable), though the demographics are changing on him. But it can be done. Gov. Bruce Rauner has demanded term limits. We can fulfill his demand this coming year, at the ballot box. This would be better than the blunt instrument of a constitutional amendment, which in any case wouldn’t affect any of the present crew that has failed us so miserably. I can envision campaign buttons right now: simple brilliant red TTBO letters on a white background. Perfect, because nobody would know the acronym, at first anyway. “What does that stand for?” people would ask you. You would tell them, and eight out of ten, I’d bet, would ask you how they could get a button. Gad, but I am having serious fun just thinking about this. The Springfield crowd had better enact a budget by May 31—for their own sake. If you think my idea has merit, let me know at jnowlan3@gmail.com. Responses will serve as a test of interest. TTBO.
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PRINCEVILLE – Two motorists were injured and hospitalized on May 18 after a 2015 Hyundai crossed the center line on Ill. Route 40 and collided with a semi-tractor trailer rig, according to the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office. Dawn Whitehead, 47, of Speer was driving the Hyundai northbound about 6:30 a.m. when she apparently fell asleep, she later told police. Her car drifted into the path of a 2006 International truck driven southbound by Richard Jaquess, 65, of Washington, and the car hit the side of the semi. Jaquess lost control of the truck, which ended up in a corn field on the east side of the highway. Whitehead was trapped in the car until Akron Princeville fire fighters freed her. She was transported by Life Flight helicopter to OSF St. Francis Medical Center. Jaquess also was transported to OSF St. Francis Medical Center, by Akron Princeville first responders. Illinois State Police also responded. Billy Jo’s Towing removed both vehicles from the scene.
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ROSEFIELD – A lawsuit about jurisdiction over the right of way in the 14000 block of West Rockhill Road in Rosefield Township was “settled” this winter, according to Judge Katherine Gorman, but a brief 9 a.m. hearing on May 18 showed that a final resolution remains incomplete. Max and Olivia Hutchison, Alex Cusack, and Mark and Megan Vicary last June took Rosefield Township Road Commissioner Matt Windish and three co-workers to court about what constitutes the public right of way on Rockhill. The Township subsequently offered to change the 66-foot right of way to 40 feet, and the plaintiffs agreed, according to their attorney, Christopher Ryan. The Township also agreed to legally vacate 26 feet of the roadway – the original 66 feet less the new 40-foot right of way – so adjacent
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Princeville makes cuts, seeks bus drivers By BILL KNIGHT
PRINCEVILLE – The Board of Education on May 16 approved an amended budget to address a shortfall of about $224,000 in expected state funding. Five line items were adjusted – Special Education private facility tuition was cut $4,000; Special Education funding for special services was decreased $59,000; Special Education personnel was trimmed $23,000; Transportation (regular and vocational) was cut $68,000; and Transportation for Special Education was reduced $70,000. In other discussion, 2nd grade teachers Anne Boch and Becky Gardner appealed to the Board to keep primary-school class sizes Weekly Post Staff Writer
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manageable. Pending enrollments are smaller and tentative plans call for fewer sections, meaning more students per class. During a public-comment period at the April 26 board meeting, parents also expressed concerns with projected Kindergarten class sizes and advocated for a third section to maintain teacher-pupil ratio. In other action, the Board • approved a $1,954 door controller and $5,472 for cameras for the Junior-Senior High School, but tabled the purchase of $4,393 in bus-garage cameras because of the deficit budget. (“We will consider the bus garage in the next fiscal year,” said Superintendent Shannon Duling.); • continued to discuss the District’s shortage of bus drivers, and
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asked Transportation Director Michelle Boland for a proposal to meet transportation needs; • accepted resignations by Anne Krolicki (Student Council) and Kierra Morgan (Cheer adviser) and OK’d hiring Marcella “Carolyn” Cox as part-time cafeteria worker; • approved a Media Development Course for the 2017-2018 School Year, offering credit for independent-study work; and • Princeville Grade School Principal Julie Bayless reported that the St. Jude “Laps for Life” fund raiser generated $3,657 – 18.5 percent of it from one student, Sadie Menold. BILL KNIGHT can be reached at
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want to get something started.” If there’s a problem, it’s that there’s no money set aside for the study, much less such a major project, Troutman said. “We didn’t budget for it,” he said. “We found out two weeks after the budget was done [and] it looks like quite a bit of money – $1 million, easy.” The scope of needed work could be substantial, too, Troutman said. “It affects the whole west side of town,” he said. “It could mean a complete renovation of the whole [sewer] system. IEPA is offering assistance when they can.” In other business, Trustee Adam Geiger, after being sworn in for a new term, discussed the need for a different culvert in the Brockway Hills development, and the Board approved the Galesburg engineering firm of Bruner, Cooper and Zuck to study the area and make recommendations. In other news: • Trustee Everett Koller, whose term expires in 2019, resigned, and the Board will con-
sider a replacement no later than the first meeting in July, Troutman said; • the Board OK’d naming a street off Edwards Street Heinz Drive for Dan Heinz, who’s developing four single-family dwellings there; • Trustees voted to donate $1,300 to the Princeville Civic Association for portable toilets – $300 more than previous years; and • the Board approved closing streets the week before Heritage Days, June 22-25.
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lowed village limits, according to current ordinances. A change would have been required to allow the cell company to proceed. “It looks like it’s not happening,” Richardson told the school board on May 17. The school board then tabled the issue indefinitely without further comment. “There has been no vote on the issue, even by the zoning board,” said Village Board President Dan Fishel. “But I would say the mood of the board was leaning away from (allowing the tower within) village limits.” Also at Wednesday’s school board meeting, it was learned that retesting had occurred in various locations through the high school that contained mold in January. “We checked all of the same locations,” Richardson said. “And we got all normal readings.”
One new area was found to have some minor mold growth, he said. “A restroom off of the kitchen has some growth, and we are currently working on that.” The restroom is for kitchen employees and is not used by students, he said. “In all, it was a good report,” he told the board. “All of the minor issues found can be easily addressed.” In other business, the board: • is considering a request from Clint McKown, president of the Brimfield High School Alumni Association, to convert all of the old group photographs of various graduating classes into a digital format. The old photos have been in storage for years and the group shots are no longer taken. McKown said the photos could be placed on the internet for graduated students who live elsewhere to see and download.
• approved an out-of-state trip to Six Flags in St. Louis for all high school chorus participants. The trip will be a one-day excursion on May 30. The students will cover all costs. • approved registration fees for the upcoming 2017-18 school year. All fees remain the same except for lunch fees, which will increase by 10 cents. K-4 lunch fees will be $2.60 per week, grades 5-12 will be $2.85, and adult fees $3. • heard that 90 drug screenings were conducted randomly at the high school during the past school year. There were seven positives in all, Richardson said. Two positive results were for prescription drugs later determined to legal, three for nicotine and two for marijuana. All students successfully served detentions, he said.
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about 50 years,” he says. “Most of my adult life.” Retired since 1984 from his family’s Chevy/Buick dealership on the north side of town, Huffman remembers the attractions and temptations cars offered. “I worked there as a kid, in parts, in the shop,” he says. “I sold cars. I did it all. All my buddies were going to work at Caterpillar, but I just liked cars.” His first car was a beaut, he recalls.
“It was a ’65 Chevelle Supersport,” he says. “I bought it brand-new; I’d ordered it after I went to a class in Detroit and they were talking about it. It was a 4-speed, with a 396-cubic-inch engine. I raced it for years.” It came in just three colors: red, yellow or black, with a four-speaker stereo AM/FM sound system, mag wheels and bucket seats – his has the originals. “It was kind of a test car,” he says. “Pontiac was outselling us, so they brought this out to compete. “I sold it in ’69 but got it back,” he says, laughing. “One of my buddies who worked at Cat stopped me one time and said, ‘Hey, didn’t you own this car? It’s in Spring Bay. You want to buy it back?’ But the guy there wanted $3,500 and I didn’t have all the money. So I went to the bank and borrowed $1,000 – my wife about divorced me! – and got it back in 1978.” It was literally a rare commodity, Huffman says. “They only made 200
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of them,” he says, “and I guess there are just 76 of them left, so it’s pretty collectible.” Working on a windshield wiper in his shop – outside is an old street sign that says “Chevy Circle” – Huffman is no longer a race driver. Instead, he’s a builder of sorts, he says.
“I restore them,” Huffman says, a twinkle in his eye. “It’s almost like making something out of nothing. I’ve bought some real basket cases and put them back together. It’s fun; it really is.”
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FARMINGTON – The Farmington Central High School Science Olympiad was honored with the Nambu Award on May 8 after winning the Scrambler event at the Illinois State Science Olympiad tournament. The award was given by Mitsukuni Baba, Executive Director of the Japan America Society of Chicago at the Farmington School Board Meeting. Students Ben Johnson and Jackson McCollough who won first place with their Scrambler in 2015 were present to receive medals and certificates. Jeff Weyers and Trish Fields, science teachers and Science Olympiad coaches accepted a plaque, a check for $2,000 to be used for the science program and a personal message from the Nobel Prize winner Yoichiro Nambu. One event is chosen each year from the 23 Science Olympiad events to use as the basis for giving the award. As juniors in 2015, Johnson and McCollough had an excellent Science Olympiad year claiming first in Scrambler, first in Bungee Drop, second in Air Trajectory, and second in Bridge Building out of 23 small high school teams at the competition. Rosie Roberts was also present to receive a team medal. The Science Olympiad team is composed of 15 members, who must qualify together to go to the State competition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Farmington Science Olympiad team has qualified to go to state competition 26 out of 27 years.
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DAHINDA – Aqua Illinois (Aqua) has announced today its plans for $4.2 million of infrastructure improvements in 2017 for its eastern central region, which covers parts of Vermillion and Knox counties in Illinois. Among the larger main replacement projects this year is an $82,000 project in Persifer Township in Knox County. The work will be for the replacement of aged hydrants in the Oak Run development located on Spoon Lake.
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year with practice on May 31 at 7 p.m. in the junior high school hallway. Musicians are asked to park on the west side of the school along Morgan Street. The band is under the direction of Erich Weiger and will hold its first performance Sunday, June 4, at 7:30 p.m. Concerts will continue every Sunday through Aug. 6.
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WASHINGTON – Elmwood Elementary sixth graders Breanna German and Lucas Johnson were among a group of 575 individuals from 91 central Illinois schools to be honored on May 1 during a recognition banquet and breakfast in Washington. The event was sponsored by the Central Illinois Valley Region of the Illinois Principal’s Association and featured WEEK News 25 Anchor Caitlyn Knute as keynote speaker.
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ELMWOOD – The Board of Education on Monday discussed expanding the track’s high-jump area by about 10 feet and decided to explore the feasibility before the scheduled re-surfacing of the entire track is done. Board member Rick LeHew suggested the additional renovation, and though some reservations were expressed about the extent of work necessary, the consensus was for Building Committee chair Mark Davis to investigate the cost and time involved with Track Surfaces Co., the Elburn, Ill., firm that’s resurfacing the existing facility, plus asphalt companies. “We should look into it,” said Superintendent Chad Wagner, who noted other coaches have told him the area could be expanded. However, Wagner added, “I don’t want the schedule to be affected.” LeHew agreed, saying, “I don’t Weekly Post Staff Writer
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want to back up the schedule whatsoever.” Track Surfaces’ Aaron Pankoke will be contacted about a timetable and other details. In other business, Counselor Janelle Meyers reported on the 102 scholarships awarded to high school seniors who collectively received $78,415 in assistance from local sources. Besides the Ekstrand Trust, which for years has underwritten scholarships and this year funded 32 of them, 16 area organizations and families contributed. Elmwood Business Women, the Elmwood Educational Foundation, the Dan Harlan Memorial Scholarship and the Peoria County Farm Bureau Foundation all donated more than $1,000 each for 43 individual scholarships. “The generosity of this community continues to amaze me,” Meyers said. In other news, the Board:
• approved four new hires – Allison Borland (Junior High Special Education teacher), Jenni Davis (Elementary teacher), Stacey Goff (Elementary Special Education teacher), and Laura Turpin (High School Spanish teacher) – at salaries set by the union contract; • OK’d Athletic Director Chuck Vermillion assuming new duties as assistant girls basketball coach at compensation set under stipend language of the union contract; and • approved an employment agreement for Meyers as Counselor and Junior High Athletic Director. Meyers, who’s worked at Elmwood for 16 years, was the only certified employee or administrator without a contract, so it merely formalized her employment at the same salary and advances as other staff, Wagner said. BILL KNIGHT can be reached at bill.knight@hotmail.com.
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lege rooms to explain the history of when Jubilee College was started as a “College in the Wilderness” by Bishop Philander Chase, the first Episcopal Bishop of Illinois in 1840. The College served as a seminary for young men preparing for the Episcopal priesthood, but it also was a preparatory school for boys and girls from 1840 to 1862. The Jubilee Butterfly Garden will also be open for tours as well with Master Gardeners and Master Naturalists from Peoria County present to talk about the host and nectar plants that are essential to “butterfly gardening.” It is hoped there will be butterflies in the garden to share also. Visitors may also enjoy meandering through the Jubilee Churchyard Cemetery, which is adjacent to the butterfly garden. Many well-known early settlers to the BrimfieldKickapoo area from the 1840’s are buried there, including Bishop Chase, his wife and children and Dr. Samuel Chase, who was the head teacher of the College. The public is cordially invited to attend and admission is free.
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Knock Out roses make gardening easier By RON DIETER
Gardeners have been cultivating roses for more than five thousand years, captivated by their beautiful flowers and intoxicating fragrance. But growing roses has always been a challenge, especially in the last century. Rose breeders, in their quest for new colors, more and larger flowers, and repeat bloom lost sight of fragrance and disease resistance, resulting in plants susceptible to serious diseases, especially black spot and powdery mildew. Rose enthusiasts resorted to routine spray applications of fungicides if they wanted their roses to survive. Then along came Will Radler, an amateur rose breeder from Milwaukee. He wanted roses to be easy to grow and truly disease resistant. He began a breeding program in his basement in 1974, crossing roses and growing them in his backyard, testing them for disease resistance. In 1989 he turned over a promising specimen to a wholesale nursery, Star Roses, for evaluation. They trialed the rose for several years, and found it was truly revolutionary. Not only was it immune to the most devastating diseases, but it also was covered with pinkish-red flowers almost continuously all season without the need to dead-head faded blooms. Star Roses obtained a plant patent and introduced Will’s rose with the name Knock Out in 2000. Radler receives a royalty on every Knock Out rose sold and that first year he received a royalty check for $60,000. The Knock Out rose became a hit with homeowners and landscapers. They For The Weekly Post
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have purchased nearly 100 million Knock Out roses and put away their sprayers. Because the Knock Out rose is so attractive and easy to grow, landscapers use them in mass plantings in commercial landscapes, such as shopping centers, parks, and corporate campuses. Homeowners have followed suit, planting groups of Knock Outs in gardens and yards. Few landscape shrubs have the colorful long-season visual impact of Knock Out roses. More than 130 years before Knock Outs were introduced, another rose, the multiflora rose, was brought to the United States as rootstock for ornamental roses. Multiflora rose is a multi-stemmed shrub with long arching canes. It quickly grows into dense impenetrable thickets. In the 1930s, the U.S. Soil Conservation Service promoted multiflora rose for erosion control and as a “living fence” for livestock. Well, like some other government promotions (kudzu comes to mind), we all know that was not a good idea. Multiflora rose escaped into the wild, be-
coming a persistent pest in pastures, woodlands and fencerows. Today it is considered a noxious weed in many states (but not Illinois). So how does multiflora rose enter a story about Knock Out roses? Well, there is a little mite, an Eriophyid mite, that lives on roses, including multiflora rose. It is too small to see without a lens and is carried on the winds from multiflora roses to the roses in the garden. Much like a deer tick transmits lyme disease, the Eriophyid mite transmits a virus which causes Rose Rosette Disease (RRD). This virus is the chink in the armor of Knock Out roses. RRD infects roses, distorting their growth and weakening the plant. The damage appears much like herbicide injury. No ornamental rose is resistant, not even Knock Out. There is no cure and every part of the plant is affected. The whole bush, including the roots, must be destroyed. RRD is a threat to all ornamental roses. However, Knock Outs and other shrub roses are often planted in large groups, making it easy for mites to move (or be moved) from
plant to plant by winds, lawn mowers, pruners and pant legs. RRD is not common as yet in most areas. There’s a fair chance you will never encounter RRD but it is becoming more prevalent as host plant populations grow. There is no cure for RRD and miticides available to homeowners are not effective against Eriophyid mites. Prevention is the best defense. Eradicate nearby multiflora rose bushes, being careful to stay away from your own roses until you've disinfected clippers and shears, washed up, and changed clothes. Completely remove any infected roses from your garden being careful not to contaminate healthy bushes nearby. Don’t plant another rose in the same location. Knock Out roses are still the rose of choice for disease resistance and flower power. And I’m confident that Will Radler is busy in his basement working to repair the chink in the armor.
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PRINCEVILLE – JoAnn Mae Johnson Aimone, 85, of Peoria, grandmother of a Princeville woman, died May 20 at UnityPoint HealthMethodist in Peoria. Survivors include son Joseph Anthony Aimone II of Pekin; grandchildren Jessica Janine (Clint) Martin of Princeville and Joseph James (Audrey) Aimone of Pekin; four greatgrandchildren; son-in-law Claude Blackburn of Aledo, Texas; five nephews; three nieces; and several cousins.
This Week’s Obituaries • JoAnn Aimone, 85, Princeville • Harriette M. Duffy, 98, Williamsfield • Douglas Hunter, 53, Yates City • Wayne Ott, 81, Dahinda • Martha Plattner, 89, Elmwood • Carol Scherler, 71, Elmwood • Marilou Sutherland, 83, Yates City
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Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. today (May 25) at Henderson Funeral Home & Crematory, 2131 Velde Drive, Pekin, with her ashes inurned with her husband Dr. Joseph (Joe) Anthony Aimone’s at St. Paul's Lutheran Church Columbarium in Hackensack, Minn. Condolences may be left online at www.hendersonfuneralcare.com.
Harriette M. Duffy
WILLIAMSFIELD – Harriette M. Duffy, 98, of Galesburg, formerly of the Williamsfield area, died May 19 at Marigold Rehab and Health Care Center in Galesburg. Harriette was born June 13, 1918, in Victoria, the daughter of Frank and Mabrun (Rice) Peterson. She married William E. Duffy on Dec. 3, 1939, in Burlington, Iowa, and he preceded her in death in July 1984. Survivors include sons William E. (Donna) Duffy Jr. of Viola and Cecil (Mary) Duffy of Galva; six grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; 7 great-great grandchildren; and a special nephew, Tim Connors. Harriette graduated from Victoria High School in 1937. She operated the Victoria Hotel Café for many years. She was a member of Victoria United Methodist Church and O.A.K.S. in Galesburg. Cremation was accorded and no services are planned at this time. Inurnment will be in Victoria Cemetery at a later date. Condolences may be left at
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YATES CITY – Douglas M. Hunter, 53, of Germantown Hills, father of a Yates City woman and brother of a Farmington woman, died May 13 at home. He was born on Sept. 30, 1963, in Peoria, to Walter and Patricia Atkinson Hunter. He married Brenda K. Brashers on Sept.12, 1987, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Peoria. Brenda survives, along with their two daughters, Krista (Josh) Ralston of Yates City, and Ashley (Edmund) Gilgenbach of Cedarburg, Wisc.; his mother, Patricia Driscoll of Peoria; 2 grandchildren, Isla and Dash Gilgenbach; two brothers, George Hunter of Pekin, and Timothy Hunter of Peoria; four sisters, Monica (John) Yard of Farmington, Alicia (Dave) Killam of Eureka, Angela (Scott) Hart of Morton, and Candy Hunter-Heisel of Glasford; and many nieces and nephews. A celebration of life was May 20 at Riverside Community Church; cremation rites were accorded. Condolences may be left online at www.deitersfuneralhome.com.
Wayne W. ‘Barney’ Ott
DAHINDA – Wayne “Barney” Ott, 81, Dahinda, passed away at 8:50 a.m. Sunday, May 21, 2017, at Seminary Manor in Galesburg. Graveside service will be at 2:30 p.m. today (May 25), at Williamsfield Cemetery. Rev. Jennifer Seder will officiate. There will be no visitation. Ott was born Jan. 8, 1936, in Dahinda, the son of William and Mildred (Morgan) Ott. He married Reta Ann Mackie on June 29, 1956, in Williamsfield and she preceded him in death on Nov. 3, 2009. Survivors include his three sons, Martie (Tina) Ott, Mark (Susan) Ott and Michael (Madolyn) Ott, all of
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OBITUARIES Williamsfield; six grandchildren, Abigail (John) Gruber, Alexander (Kelsey), Samantha, Austin, Brayden and Gionna; three great-grandchildren, Rylee, McLean and Eloise; and his sister, Peggy (Mike) Shepard of Lakeland, Florida. He was also preceded in death by his parents. Barney graduated from Williamsfield High School in 1954. He was a self-employed farmer all his life. He was an avid Billtown Bombers fan and enjoyed following the sporting events of his children and grandchildren. Memorials may be directed to the Williamsfield FFA Alumni. Rux Funeral Home in Williamsfield is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be left online at ruxfuneralhome.com.
Martha Plattner
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Marilou Sutherland
YATES CITY – Marilou Sutherland, 83, of Peoria, who grew up in
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GARAGE SALES Garage Sale 14016 W. Southport Rd. Brimfield (3 miles east of Oak Hill or 3.5 miles west of Edwards) Thursday, May 25 - 8am - 4pm Friday, May 26 - 8-am - 5pm Saturday, May 27 - 8am - Noon Two convertible cribs, full size bed, 2 dressers, night stand, coffee table, end table, wooden table, lamps, bedding, full and twin comforters, Keurig, 8x10 rug, Longaberger baskets, jewelry, decorative pillows, candles, golf bag and clubs, rotisserie, dishes, glassware, pictures, toys,
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NOTICE OF ORDINANCE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Library Trustees of the Lillie M. Evans Library District, pursuant to "An Act regulating wages of laborers, mechanics and other workers employed in any public works by the state, county, city or any public body or any political subdivision or by anyone under contract for public works", approved June 26,1941, as amended, has determined on, and as effective from, May 11, 2017 that the general prevailing rate of wages in this locality for laborers, mechanics and other workers engaged in the construction of public works coming under the jurisdiction of the Library District is the same as determined by the Department of Labor of the State of Illinois for Peoria County as of July 2015. A copy of the full resolution and the Department of labor determination is available for inspection by any interested party in the main office of the Library District at 207 North Walnut Avenue, Princeville, Illinois, and to any employer or association of employers and any person or association of employees who have filed, or file their names and addresses, requesting copies of the same. Lillie M. Evans Library District By: Deb Givens Secretary of the Board of Trustees
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FOR SALE • LOT: Lot for sale in Brimfield, 421 N. Alma Ct., close to both schools. $25,000. (309) 4463487. • HAY: First cutting alfalfa/ grass horse hay for sale. $4/bale. No rain and kept dry. About 250 bales left. Call or text John at (309) 645-6218.
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LEGAL NOTICE Princeville CUSD #326 is seeking bids for bakery, dairy and fuel for the 2017-2018 school year. Bid specifications may be obtained by contacting the Unit Office at 909 N. Town Avenue, Princeville IL 61559. Sealed bids are due to the Unit Office on or before Monday, June 26, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. Sealed bids should be marked as such and directed to Shannon Duling, Superintendent. Bids will be opened and read at 12:00 p.m. on June 26, 2017 in the Unit Office. The Board of Education reserves the right to reject all bids.
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of 10:07.81 – good for 10th fastest in the Class 1A seedings. The other sure thing for E-B of late has been senior Jackson Harkness, who won both throwing events at sectional. The burly senior won shot put with a throw of 52 feet, 8 inches that was fourth-best out of sectionals. His winning discus toss of 157-11 is the third-farthest heading into state behind last year’s state champion Devin Jones of DuQuoin (169-06) and Ty Kinkelaar of Effingham St. Anthony (165-06). Harkness said he was glad to throw shot put first, since qualifying in that event took pressure off him in the discus. Last year, Harkness scratched three times at the sectional and did not make state in discus. “That was just me throwing too hard,” Harkness said. “This time I was more relaxed.” Harkness and Meyers agree the goal for state is throws of 170 or better in the discus and 57-58 feet in the shot put. Harkness made strides toward that Monday in the Journal Star Honor Roll Meet, sweeping the throwing events with tosses of 164-
11.5 in the discus and 53 in the shot. E-B’s other qualifier is senior hurdler Hayden Golemon, who won the 300-intermediate hurdles in 39.67. Golemon’s time was the fastest of any sectional runner – with the next closest competitor being sectional runnerup Farmington junior Judd Anderson (39.81). Golemon was fourth in the 300 hurdles last year with a time of 39.83. Last year’s Class 1A state champ in the 300 hurdles was Bret Dennis, who is now competing in Class 2A for Peru St. Bede and won his sectional race in (39.97). Both other runners who finished ahead of Golemon have graduated, making him one of the race favorites, with juniors A.J. Christensen of Forreston (39.94) and Riley Baker of St. Joseph-Ogden (39.95) also contenders. If Harkness, Golemon, Hoffmann and the 4x800 relay perform at a high level for the Trojans this weekend, there’s a chance the team could win a trophy, Meyers said. “Usually if you’re around 30 or 35 points, you’ve got a chance at a trophy,” Meyers said.
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Elmwood’s last track trophy was second place in 1922. Farmington tied for sixth at Taylor Ridge and sent two athletes to state. Junior Judd Anderson is also a repeat qualifier in the 110-meter high hurdles after placing second at the sectional in 16.18. And senior Jonah Cecil was fourth in the 1,600 but ran a personal best time of 4:37.61 to beat the qualifying standard and to earn his trip to Charleston. Princeville’s lone state qualifier was senior Scott Snedden, who is making the trip to Charleston for the second year in a row after placing second in the 200 (23.15). Prelims for Class 1A are Thursday. Finals are Saturday. Girls state meet – Area relays had a tough day in Thursday’s prelims, with no teams advancing. But several area athletes did compete in Saturday’s finals. ElmwoodBrimfield sophomore Zofia LeHew was 12th in the Class 1A high jump after clearing 4 feet, 11 inches. In the 3,200, freshman Sorin Hilsabeck of Princeville was 27th (12:50.86) and sophomore Alexa Perrow of E-B was 28th (12:51.62).
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Princeville senior Natalie Cokel comes home to score Monday in the Lady Princes 8-7 win over Putnam County in their Class 1A regional title game. Photo by Collin Fairfield.
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the sixth. Natalie Cokel was 2-for-2 with two triples for Princeville, while Caitlin Pullen and Jessica DeVries (2-for-2) each hit home runs. Pullen drove in a game-high three RBIs and DeVries was 2-for-2 with two walks and two runs scored. Princeville hitters put the ball in play throughout the game, striking out only one time. Pitcher Haley Holt turned in another solid performance inside the circle with six strikeouts, two walks, seven hits and four earned runs. Next up for Princeville is Class 1A sectional play at Illini Bluffs High School, where the Lady Princes are scheduled to play today (May 25) at 4:30 p.m. against the winner of the Spoon River Valley Regional. That game between Abingdon-Avon and Spoon River Valley was to be played Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Louisville Slugger Complex in Peoria. The sectional title game is scheduled for 11 a.m. on Saturday (May 27). Brimfield-Elmwood Brimfield-Elmwood’s season ended at 22-5 with a 7-4, extra-inning regional championship loss to Orion on Monday at home. A two-run single by Orion’s Ann Smdenski ignited a four-run top of the eighth that was too much for the Lady Indians. B-E had its chances down the stretch, loading the bases in the bottom of the seventh before failing to plate a run.
Overall B-E stranded 12 runners during the contest. “We had plenty of chances to score, but just couldn’t capitalize,” BrimfieldElmwood coach Kurt Juerjens said. The Lady Indians did score one in the first and answered the Lady Chargers with two in the fifth, and then one in the eighth. But Orion’s big eighth couldn’t be overcome. Hannah Yemm, Gracie Scherler, and Montana Ledbetter each drove in a run for the Lady Indians, while Grace LaFollett had a 2-for-4 hitting line. In seven innings, Ledbetter walked seven and gave up nine hits, while striking out 10. Alyssa Roll relieved Ledbetter in the eighth to get three outs. “Montana and Alyssa did well pitching in dealing with terrible weather conditions,” Juerjens said. Farmington Earlier this week, the Lady Farmers (17-9) got to play one inning of their regional title game against Midwest Central in Canton. The good news is, Farmington grabbed a 1-0. The bad news is the game was twice postponed by rain and rescheduled for Wednesday at the Louisville Slugger Complex in Peoria. Game time is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. according to the IHSA. ROWVA-Williamsfield ROWVA-Williamsfield was defeated by North Fulton 12-0 in the North Fulton Regional semi finals last Tuesday to finish its season at 6-17.
AREA CHURCHES BRIMFIELD St. Joseph Catholic Church Father John Verrier 314 W. Clay, Brimfield (309) 446-3275 stjosephbrimfield.org Sat. Confession: 3:30-4:45 pm Sat. Mass: 5 pm Sun. Mass: 10:30 am (10 am in the summer) 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 brimfieldefree.org Worship: 10:30 am
Sunday School: 9:30 am AWANA: Wed. 6:15 pm, 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 Pastor Stephen Barch 105 W. Clay Street, Brimfield (309) 446-3811 brimfieldunionchurch.org Sunday Worship: 9 am Tuesday Bible Study: 6:30 pm First Sunday each month is Communion Sunday (gluten free communion offered)
DAHINDA Dahinda United Methodist Church 1739 Victoria Street, PO Box 14, Dahinda IL 61428 Church phone: 309-639-2768 Email: williamsfielddahindaumc@yahoo.com
Sunday services: 9:30 am
EDWARDS Bethany Baptist Church 7422 N. Heinz Ln., Edwards (309) 692-1755 bethanycentral.org Sun. Worship 8:15 & 11 am Wednesday Awana: 6:15 pm
Christ Alive! Community Church Pastor Lance Zaerr 9320 W US Hwy 150, Edwards (309) 231-8272 christalivecc.com Sun. School: 9:15 am Worship: 10:30 am
St. Mary’s Catholic Church Father Joseph Dondanville 9910 W. Knox St., Edwards (309) 691-2030 stmaryskickapoo.org Sat. Confession: 4-4:45 p.m. Sat. Mass: 5 p.m. Sun Masses: 6:30, 8:00 & 10:30 a.m. Mon. Mass: 5:30 p.m. Daily Masses: Tues.-Fri. 8 a.m.
ELMWOOD Crossroads Assembly of God
Pastor Tim Cavallo 615 E. Ash St., Elmwood (309) 830-4259 crossroadselmwood.org Wed. Worship: 7 pm Sun. Worship: 10:30 am
Elmwood Baptist Church Pastor Dennis Fitzgerald 701 W. Dearborn St., Elmwood (309) 742-7631, 742-7911 Sun. School: 9:30 am Sun Worship: 10:30 am, 6 pm Wed. Prayer Meeting: 7 pm
First Presbyterian Church of Elmwood
Tues. Rosary: 8:15 am
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United Methodist Church of Elmwood
Princeville United Methodist Church
Pastor Bradley F. Watkins II 821 W. Main St., Elmwood (309) 742-7221 elmwoodumc.org Sun. Worship: 9 am, 10:30 am Youth Sun. School: 9 am Adult Sun. School: 8 am
Pastor Zach Waldis 420 E. Woertz, Princeville (309) 385-4487 princevilleumc@mediacombb.net Sun. Worship: 9 am Sunday School: 10:15 am
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St. James Catholic Church
First Presbyterian Church of Farmington
WILLIAMSFIELD Father John Verrier Legion Road Knox Road 1450 N Williamsfield (309) 446-3275 stjameswilliamsfield.org Sun. Confession: 7:30-8 am Sun. Mass: 8 am (8:30 am in the summer)
Reverend Marla B. Bauler 201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood (309) 742-2631 firstpresbyterianofelmwood.org Sun. Worship: 10:30 am Sun. School: 9:30 am
Reverend Dr. Linda Philabaun 83 N. Cone Street, Farmington (309) 245-2914 firstpresfarmington.com Sunday School: 9:30 am Fellowship: 10:30 am Worship: 11:00 am
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
New Hope Fellowship Assembly of God
Faith United Presbyterian Church
Father Paul Stiene 802 W. Main St., Elmwood (309) 742-4921 Sat. Confession: 3:45 p.m. Sat. Mass: 4:30 p.m. Sun. Mass: 10 am
Pastor Tom Wright 1102 N. Illinois Route 78 Farmington (309) 231-8076 Sun. Worship: 10 am Wed. Worship: 7 pm
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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Two more likely state record fish caught
Terry Livingston Sr. hoists a likely Illinois state record tiger muskie, caught on May 9 at Three Oaks Recreation Area in Crystal Lake. The fish was 50.25 inches long and weighed 36 pounds, 4 ounces. DNA tests were done to confirm the fish is a tiger muskie.
By JEFF LAMPE
The year of the record fish in Illinois shows no signs of slowing. In the past few weeks, two more Illinois records appear to have fallen, following records set already for whitefish, burbot and hybrid crappie. On May 9, Terry Livingston Sr., 69, of Morris caught what appears likely to be a state record tiger muskie. His fish came out of Three Oak Recreation Area in Crystal Lake, measured 50.25 inches and weighed 36 pounds, 4 ounces. He and friend Tom Dolan were fishing for bass when they saw the muskie hit a shad. Livingston then caught the muskie on a Rooster Tail. If DNA testing confirms the fish is a tiger muskie – a cross between a northern pike and a muskie – then Livingston’s fish will easily outdistance the current state record of 313 caught Aug. 4, 2004, in Will County. “But I don’t lose either way,’’ Livingston said. ‘‘I will be happy, and my buddy will be happy. Either way, I have a fish of a lifetime.’’ The other likely record was caught much closer to home at the Emiquon Preserve near Havana. It was there Dan Norris caught a 3.3pound brown bullhead he weighed at Presleys Outdoors in Bartonville. The current Illinois record brown bullhead is a 2-pound, 10.4-ounce fish caught April 25, 1993 out of Weldon Springs in DeWitt County. Leave wildlife alone – When people come in contact with young wildlife, they may jump to the conclusion that the animal is orphaned Weekly Post Staff Writer
Dan Norris caught this likely 3.3pound state record brown bullhead at the Emiquon Preserve in May. Photo courtesy PRESLEYS OUTDOORS.
and in need of assistance. Generally, that is not the case. Young animals are often left alone while their parents are away searching for food. Do not touch or remove the young animal unless you are absolutely sure it is an orphan or severely injured. Many species return to their young near dusk and dawn. A young animal that looks well-fed with bright eyes and clean fur or feathers is probably not orphaned. Deer tags – Resident and non-resi-
Though not a record, John Lacey of Farmington caught this 10-pound hybrid striper on a Mepps spinner and 6-pound test line in a Fulton County strip mine lake on May 3.
dent deer hunters can apply for the second lottery drawing for 2017 Illinois firearm deer and muzzleloaderonly deer permits. The deadline to apply for the second lottery is June 30. To learn more, visit the IDNR website at www.dnr.illinois.gov/hunting/Pages/ DeerHunting.aspx. Et cetera – Illinois Free Fishing Days are scheduled for June 16-19.
Kenney 7th in IESA 7-AA pole vault Princeville has committed to play defensive back next year for the MacMurray College football team, where he will join Farmington’s John Turney, a defensive line who committed earlier this spring. Coaches honored – Maribeth Dura of Brimfield and John Gross of Princeville were among a list of Girls Basketball Coaches of the Year selected by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association.
EAST PEORIA – Matt Kenney of Farmington placed seventh in the Class 7-AA pole vault Saturday at the IESA state meet at the Eastside Centre. Kenney cleared 8 feet, 6 inches and was the lone area athlete to earn a medal in the AA meet. College commits – Farmington senior Jonah Cecil has committed to run across country at Illinois Central College next year. Greg Urbanc of By Weekly Post Staff Reports
Trap shoots – The Illinois River Valley chapter of Pheasants Forever will have trap shoots every Monday in June at the Chillicothe Sportsman’s Club from 6-7 p.m. and 78 p.m. Pheasants Forever will supply two boxes of shells each night. Shooters must pay for their clay birds, $3 per box of shells. To sign up or to learn more, contact Mike Aldrich at (309) 385-2127 or maldrich64@hotmail.com.
4th Annual Brimfield St. Jude 2-Mile Race Brimfield, Illinois FRIDAY, JUNE 2nd, 2017 - 7 p.m. Entry Fee: $20 per person, $25 race day AWARDS: Trophies to top three male and female finishers. Medals to all participants COURSE: Paved accurate out & back course that starts & finishes on N. Jackson St. (Brimfield High School) REFRESHMENTS: Refreshments Available CHECK-IN: 5:30 p.m.to 6:45 p.m. at the Brimfield football field PACKET PICKUP: 5-8 p.m. on Thursday, June 1st at Jim’s Shurfine Grocery Store in Brimfield RACE CONTACT: Barb R. McKown 309-231-1435 RACE PROCEEDS: St. Jude Memphis to Peoria Run
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Princeville baseball players are all smiles while hoisting a regional championship plaque Monday in the rain. Princeville defeated AlWood, 14-7 to reach the Class 1A sectionals. Photo by Collin Fairfield.
Headley grand slam boosts Princes to title By JEFF LAMPE
PRINCEVILLE – Griffin Headley’s grand slam gave Princeville the lift it needed Monday in a 14-7 win over AlWood in a Class 1A regional title game. Princeville (16-12) trailed 3-0 after three innings before scoring twice in the fourth and then getting Headley’s grand slam in the fifth. The Princes went on to score five more times in the sixth and three in the seventh to outslug AlWood. “We were down 3-2 in the top of the fifth and the IHSA had told us (given the weather) that we only needed to play five innings for an official game. And we were the away team,” Princeville coach Chris Delbridge said. “We didn’t want to go into the bottom of the fifth behind. That grand slam was huge for us and it took the wind out of their sails, too.” That was not all for Headley, who went 3-for-4 with six RBIs, scored twice and had two doubles to go with his home run. “If there was ever a kid that needed the night like that it was him,” said Delbridge, who enjoyed his first win over AlWood in six years as head coach. “This is a kid that over the last two or three weeks had struggled and his confidence had dropped.” Peyton Elwell (.343) and Justin Janssen (.349) had two hits apiece for the Princes, while Jack Wagner (.333) scored three times and Jack Arnett, Matthew Butterfield (.330) and Brady Miller scored twice each. All that run-scoring made a winner of starter Miller (4-3), who combined with Daniel Murk and Kirkland Herold to handle the day’s pitching duties. The regional title is the Princes’ sixth and the first since the 2014-15 team also won a sectional. The Princes had advanced to the title game on May 18 with a 5-1 win over Henry-Senachwine. Princeville scored twice in the first and again in the third to take control and pitchers Elwell and Herold did the rest. Elwell did not allow a hit in five innings and struck out four Henry batters, while Herold allowed one hit in his two innings of relief. Wagner drove in three runs for Weekly Post Staff Writer
Sectional Baseball
Princeville is the last area team standing in the IHSA baseball sectionals. The Princes were scheduled to face Class 1A Tremont Regional Winner Tremont Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Illinois Wesleyan Sectional. Tremont topped Farmer City Blue Ridge 7-3 on Monday in a game that went 4.5 innings but was ruled as official. The sectional title game is Saturday (May 27) at 11 a.m.
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Princeville, while Arnett was 2-for-3 and Butterfield scored twice. Brimfield-Elmwood Brimfield-Elmwood ran into a hot pitcher Monday in an 8-0 loss to Deer Creek-Mackinaw (18-7) in the title game of the Class 2A Wethersfield Regional. J.D. Deany struck out 12 and allowed five hits in seven innings against Dee-Mack, one of two top seeds in the Farmington Sectional. Senior Zach Brandt was 2-for-3 with two doubles for the Indians (1513). Sam Hedrick, Caileb Johnson and Jimmy Houlihan also had hits for the Indians. Dee-Mack broke open a tight 1-0 game with seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. B-E had reached the title game at Wethersfield on May 18 thanks to a game-winning single by Houlihan with one out in the bottom of the seventh. Houlihan’s hit plated Tyler Wessels with the winning run in a 65 victory over regional host Wethersfield-Annawan. Wessels had reached on a leadoff double and – after a walk to Caileb Johnson – went to third on a walk by Ethan Jehle. Wessels, Ashton Johnson, Caileb Johnson and Brandt had two hits apiece for the Indians, who outhit Wethersfield, 11-6. Indians pitchers, however, yielded seven walks in the game. Tyler
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Baysingar (5-0) got the win in relief, pitching 4.2 scoreless innings of two-hit, four-strikeout ball. ROWVA-Williamsfield ROWVA-Williamsfield’s hot batters were quieted for a change Saturday in the Class 1A regional finals at Abingdon. Playing the host Abingdon-Avon Tornadoes (14-10), R-W fell 8-1 on Saturday. Jason Clark and Tucker Sams both went 2-for-4 for the Cougars and Charlie Gibbons and Jack Craig also had base hits. But A-Town pitcher Nolan Struhs scattered the hits and allowed just two walks in 4.1 innings to stay out of trouble. R-W (10-16) had advanced to the Class 1A regional final with a 14-7 win over Astoria on May 17. Trailing 7-5 after five innings, R-W erupted for nine runs in the top of the sixth. The Cougars pounded 13 hits, including a home run by Gunner Johnston, who was 3-for-4 with three RBIs and scored three runs. R-W also got doubles by Tucker Sams (1-for-4), Jason Clark (2-for-5) and Ryan Swanson (2-for-3) and two hits from Jack Craig. Gibbons got the win, allowing two hits in two innings. Farmington After rolling through its first Class 2A regional game at Wethersfield, Farmington (11-12) dropped a 10-9 decision to Deer CreekMackinaw (17-7) in the semifinals on May 17. The Farmers led 9-0 after their half of the fifth inning, but yielded six runs in the bottom of the fifth and Dee-Mack then scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to come away with the victory. Jarod DePriest was 2-for-3 with three RBIs for Farmington and Nick Johnson also had two hits. The Farmers had crushed Kewanee on May 15 in their postseason opener, 15-0.
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E-B track sends 7 to state
Princeville softball players celebrate winning their fifth straight regional Monday night. Photo by Collin Fairfield.
By JEFF LAMPE
It should come as no surprise that Elmwood-Brimfield is sending a strong contingent of distance runners to the boys state track meet. Many of the same runners who have fueled the Trojans’ recent cross country success had strong showings on May 18 at the Class 1A Taylor Ridge Sectional. While E-B was unable to get past Mercer County for a team title, the Trojans sent seven athletes to Charleston this week in six events – many heading in with lofty seedings based on sectional results. Junior Cooper Hoffmann made state in three events, winning the 800 in a career best 2:03.13, placing second in the 1,600 (4:34.83) – 9th fastest time heading into the state meet – and running the anchor leg on E-B’s potent 4x800 relay. Weekly Post Staff Writer
Elmwood-Brimfield senior Hayden Golemon, shown here earlier this spring, is seeded first in the 300 hurdles race heading into the Class 1A state tournament. Prelims are today (May 25) and finals are Saturday. Photo by Jeff Lampe.
That relay won at Taylor Ridge in 8:21.04 and also consists of senior Derek McCoy, sophomore Griff Inskeep and senior Alex Hermann. The quartet posted the thirdfastest time in sectionals behind only Illini West (8:14.99) and Sterling Newman Central Catholic (8:18.39). But those seedings can be very deceptive, E-B coach Gregg Meyers said. “There are people who just run
teams (at sectional) to qualify and that all can change,” he said, noting one squad which ran close to an 8:30 at sectional had earlier in the year run 8:00 with a different quartet. “Where you are seeded in that event and in most of the distance events doesn’t matter.” Rounding out the distance crew was junior Trevor Dunkel, who won the 3,200 at sectional in a time Continued on Page 16
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Princeville girls win SB regional By PHIL JOHNSON
The Princeville girls softball team obviously has a knack for postseason play. Princeville (22-8) won its own Class 1A regional on a misty Monday, overcoming Putnam County 87 with yet another double-digit hitting attack. That is the fifth straight regional title for Princeville, and the sixth in the past seven seasons. “We played well enough to win. We had some mental mistakes and a baserunning mishap but chipped away and got the win,” Princeville coach Chad Gardner said. The Lady Princes kept the pressure on their opponents with one run in the first, one in the third, one in the fourth, two in the fifth and three runs in For The Weekly Post
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