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Confusion results from flood meeting By BILL KNIGHT
EDWARDS – Edwards residents were worried after meetings with County Board member Brad Harding (R-Dist. 16), who mentioned the possibilities of the government tearing down a levee, elevating structures or closing the town, but local and federal officials say that those claims were exaggerated. “He said the county might tear down the levee, or FEMA might force us from our homes, or we might have to put our houses on stilts or something,” said Edwards resident Carrie Frazer, who attended Friday’s meeting. “He said that one of those things was ‘probably going to happen.’ He definitely gave the impression that For The Weekly Post
Edwards was done.” Other Edwards townspeople were shocked or angered at the picture Harding painted for them. Earlier last month, Harding said, “If FEMA [the Federal Emergency Management Agency] is involved, our understanding is they’re going to have to elevate many of their homes and businesses here – elevate it so the flood 10 years from now doesn’t affect them. The other option is to actually shut the town down. “They are not going to want to help these people ever again,” Harding said. “So if these people choose to stay here in Edwards, they need to realize that we are living in a totally different environment down the road for that next flood.”
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However, the County has no jurisdiction on condemning the privately owned levee – which was breached by April flooding south of Ill. Route 8 but was not actually damaged at Edwards, where water just came over its top. Further, any attempt to address the levee would probably require an unlikely attempt to seize the property through eminent domain and possibly involve the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Conservation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. “The County of Peoria does not have the authority to require or mandate the removal of the private levee in question in Edwards,” said Assistant County Administrator Scott Sorrel. “AnyContinued on Page 6
Strawberry pizzas are among the most popular food items at Elmwood’s annual Strawberry Festival, held Saturday. Photo by Amy Davis.
Strawberry Fest changing venue By JEFF LAMPE
ELMWOOD – For the first time in its 25-year history, the Elmwood Strawberry Festival will be held at Elmwood High School. Organizers made that decision late Tuesday afternoon when faced with a grim weekend weather forecast. “We’ve got too much money invested to risk it,” said Pat McGuire, who along with Greg and Denise Hotz and Diana Ladd has helped run all 25 of the festivals. “The last forecast I heard was we were supposed to have one-half to one inch on Saturday.” Rain like that is not good news for an outdoor festival. So the move will be made, with craft booths setting up in the grade school multi-purpose rooms and in Entertainment hallways as needed. Food Learn more will be sold and served in the about the bands cafeteria. Entertainment will playing at Elmwood’s Strawberry be in the auditorium. Festival. Page 2. Beyond those myriad changes, much will remain the same. For instance, strawberry pizza will still be a drawing card according to McGuire. “That’s the No. 1 thing. But people really like all of it,” McGuire said. “Everybody has their choice. Some like the crafts. Some like the car show. And we have a lot of pretty good entertainment this year.” Providing something for everyone in a family atmosphere has been the secret to success for the Strawberry Fest, which runs from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m. New this year will be a Dancing Dogs demonstration put on by dogs and trainers from the Peoria Obedience Training Club. Also new is Brown’s Oakridge Zoo from Smithfield, which will showcase Weekly Post Staff Writer
WE REMEMBER: Memorial Day services around the area included a gathering in Elmwood Cemetery (above) and speeches at the Elmwood’s Central Park. Among the crowd was Keith Morse, a gunner on a bomber during World War II (right). Photos by Amy Davis. Below left, Pastor Michael Liese of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Brimfield addresses dozens of onlookers at Brimfield's Roll of Honor monument. Behind him is Lois Hamilton, commander of Brimfield American Legion Post 452. Photo by Bill Knight.
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NOTICE The Animal Control Committee, and The Elmwood Police Dept. Are posting the following excerpts of ordinances for your benefit.
3-1-3 INJURY TO PROPERTY (A) Unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any person owning or possessing a dog or cat to go upon any sidewalk, parkway, or private lands or premises without the permission of the owner of such premises and break, bruise, tear up, crush or injure any lawn, flower bed, plant, shrub, tree or garden in any manner whatsoever, or to defecate thereon. (B) Waste Products Accumulation. It shall be unlawful for any person to cause or permit a dog or cat to be on property, public or private, not owned or possessed by such person unless such person has in his immediate possession an appropriate device for scooping excrement and an appropriate depository for the transmission of excrement to a receptacle located upon property owned or possessed by such person. This Section shall not apply to a person who is visually or physically handicapped. 3-2-3 INNOCULATION TO BE PERFORMED BY LICENSED VETERINARIAN; ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE. The innoculation of dogs required by Section 3-2-2-(A) shall be performed by a veterinarian duly licensed to practice his profession in this State. Upon performing such innoculation, such veterinarian shall issue to the owner or keeper a certificate showing such fact and shall also deliver to the owner or keeper a metallic or other suitable tag to be attached to the collar or harness of the dog, which tag shall also certify to the fact of the innoculation against rabies. 3-2-7 RESTRAINT OF DOGS. The owner or keeper of a dog shall keep the dog under restraint at all times and shall not permit such dog to be at large, off the premises of the property of the owner or keeper, unless the dog is under complete control as defined in Section 3-1-2. (See 65 ILCS Sec. 5/11-20.9) 3-1-2 “LEASH” means a cord, rope, strap, or chain which shall be securely fastened to the collar or harness of a dog or other animal and shall be of sufficient strength to keep such dog or other animal under control. (See 65 ILCS Sec. 5/2.14) 28-1-7 ANIMALS No person shall: (A) Bring any dangerous animal into any municipal park; or (B) Permit any dog to be in any park unless such dog is on a leash;
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STRAWBERRIES: Food the drawing card Continued from Page 1
a variety of wild animals. Through all the weather problems – even a tornado – the festival has survived thanks to work by numerous volunteers. The event started after local strawberry growers Mark and Terry Bedwell mentioned the idea to Joe McGuire. From there Pat McGuire brought it to the Elmwood Association of Commerce. “We had people tell us it wouldn’t fly and wouldn’t work. That made us more determined than
ever,” she said. “And we were successful the very first year.” Food is a centerpiece of the festival and this year is no different. The Elmwood Fire Dept. will still hold its pancake and sausage breakfast from 6-10 a.m. at the firehouse. From there the crowd migrates to the high school cafeteria, open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. While the Bedwells no longer grow strawberries, there will be fresh berries on hand from a grower in the Galesburg area. The 50+ craft booths on hand
will be set up from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. In addition to the crafters, memorabilia from the past 25 years of festivals will be on hand. That includes two cookbooks, scrapbooks from the Strawberry Festival pageants (no longer held), various specialty license plates and 25 different years of t-shirts. Among those shirts are a rare few from the first show, which McGuire’s daughters Karen Mottaz and Angie Colyott baked in an oven on cookie sheets to get the paint to set up properly.
Local singer among festival entertainers By BILL KNIGHT
ELMWOOD – Local singer Ashley Bean (pictured below) caps off a Strawberry Festival entertainment lineup that offers decades of Illinois talent. Though they may not be household names, the headlining music acts for Saturday’s 25th annual event are experienced in various venues and have several recordings to their credit. Lamar Harris, billed as a “oneman band,” plays a lot of country music. In more than a dozen years entertaining at Las Vegas’ Westward Ho casino, the Hanna City resident – once dubbed “the hat man” – has also fine-tuned his impersonations, some helped with his use of hats. He’s scheduled to play a 60minute set at 10 a.m. From 12:30-2 p.m., Scott Wattles & the Blue Suede Crew are set to perform, combining one set that’s a tribute to early rock’ n’ For The Weekly Post
roll by the likes of Bill Haley and Del Shannon and ‘60s classics by artists including Roy Orbison and the Beach Boys, and a second set devoted to Wattles’ Elvis tribute, drawing on “the King’s” 1970sera Vegas show. Wattles and the group are based in Mattoon and have several Illinois appearances booked this summer and fall. The Matt Barber Experience, based in Groveland, will play from 3:30-4:30 p.m., two days after performing at the Soldiers and Sailors Reunion in nearby Cuba. Described as a “classic crooner… a cross between Barry Manilow and Michael Buble,” Barber is a soloist who showcases easy listening and jazz standards from the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s. His most recent album is titled “Love Notes from Paradise,” and he’s also scheduled to play the Heart of Illinois Fair July 14 and Maquon’s 107th Annual Homecoming Cele-
bration Aug. 10. Another act on Strawberry Festival’s stage (at the Elmwood High School auditorium) will be Chris Krause from 5-7 p.m. Billed as a “Nashville artist,” Krause is a Granite City country and gospel musician described as reminiscent of Randy Travis and Trace Adkins. He’s played Branson and the Grand Ole Opry, been honored by the North American Country Music Association, and – since his debut album in 2006 (“No Pain, No Gain”) – has released two other records, including his 2011 gospel set, “God’s Whispers.” And the last act on Strawberry Festival’s stage from 7-9 p.m. will be Ashley Bean and The Rapscallions. Elmwood resident Bean has been playing guitar and singing since she turned 10. Her album “My Kind of Ride” is scheduled for a July 23 release by Tate Music. Bean wrote all 10 songs on the album. Bean also played at the 2012 Elmwood Fall Festival and said her music has been compared to Joan Jett, Evanescence and Alice in Chains.
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THE WEEK AHEAD HOT PICKS This Week!
s Sailing Cashews – Barb McKown is organizing a St. Jude Fundraiser Saturday at the American Legion Hall in Brimfield. Dinner starts at 6 p.m. and the band Sailing Cashews plays at 7 p.m. Cost is $10 for dinner and $10 at the door for the band. s Fine Arts Fest – Canton Main Street will host its first Art on Main Fine Arts Festival in Jones Park in downtown Canton Saturday and Sunday. The event features 22 exhibitors. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Call (309) 357-5153 or (309) 647-2677.
This Week’s Events
s Poetry reading – George Tanner will read poetry at Morrison & Mary Wiley Library in Elmwood today at 6:30 p.m. No registration required. s Peoria SWCD sales – The Peoria County Soil and Water Conservation District is taking orders for 16 varieties of prairie plants. To make an order or to receive order forms call (309) 6717040, Ext. 3 or visit peoriacountyswcd.tripod.com. All plugs are being sold for $2 each. The order deadline is Friday and pickup will be June 14. s Doughnut sale – On Saturday morning, boys and girls age 8-14 and supporters of area youth volleyball will be selling Krispy Kreme doughnuts at Strawberry Festival in Elmwood and at Sherman’s Pharmacy in Brimfield to raise money for the program. Sales start in Elmwood at 7 a.m., and at Sherman’s at 7:30 a.m. s BYE meeting – The public is invited to attend the annual meeting of BYE Ambulance Service on June 4 at 7 p.m. at its main building at 108 E. Hawthorne St. in Elmwood. s Historical tours – Celebrate the world travels of Miss Jean Morron at Pettengill-Morron Historical Home Museum, 1212 Moss Avenue in Peoria. The museum is open Sunday from 1-4 p.m. and again July 7, Aug. 4 and Sept. 1. Tours cost $7 for adults and $3 for children. Contact the Peoria Historical Society at (309) 674-1921. s Video Gamers Contest – Salem Township Library in Yates City has a Video Gamers Contest June 3 through July 31 during library hours for ages 59 and 10-15. Prizes will be awarded. Inquire at the front desk. s Special meeting – The Elmwood School Board has a special meeting Wednesday, June 5, at 8 a.m. at the District Office. s Summer Reading – Salem Town-
ship Library in Yates City has two summer reading programs. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” for ages 10-13 is June 4, 11, 18 and 25 at 2 p.m. “We The People” for ages 5-9 is June 5, 12, 19 and 26 at 2 p.m. Call (309) 358-1678
Future Events
s Summer reading – Elmwood’s Morrison and Mary Wiley Library summer reading program starts June 7 with a program “Tails Through Time” by Wildlife Prairie Park from 10:3011:15 a.m. at the library. The rest of the sessions start June 10 and run through June. Call (309) 742-2431. s St. Jude Benefit – The 11th annual My Place St. Jude Benefit Run event is June 8 in Yates City. The allday event starts with breakfast from 710:30 a.m. and a 5K run/walk at 7. The rest of the day includes carnival games, a benefit ride, a tractor drive, a bags tournament, a benefit auction and plenty of food. Donations welcome. Call Jody or Sharon at (309) 358-2003. s Fiber guild – The Bishop Hill Fiber Guild will meet Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 10 a.m. at the Methodist Church in West Jersey, Illinois. All persons interested in fiber (spinners, knitters, crocheters, basket makers, beaders, weavers, etc.) are welcome to attend. Call Char Rickey at (309) 4727085 or email spinwool7@aol.com. s Mayflower Pilgrims – Don and Carolyn Dean, direct line descendents of Miles Standish and John Howland, will tell the story of their forefathers’ voyage on the Mayflower on June 9 at the Old Knoxville Courthouse on the public square in Knoxville. Doors open at 2 p.m. A program follows at 2:30. Interested children are welcome. s Elmwood St. Jude Run – Anyone interested in running the Elmwood to Peoria St. Jude Run in the first week of August can contact Lynn Tannock at (309) 303-2411.
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Illinois Central College will also be represented at the Elmwood Strawberry Festival on June 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and at Princeville Heritage Days, June 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Rambling through west-central Illinois appreciating the freedoms we have and the folks who have protected those freedoms. uuu Life is good here at TWP headquarters. In the past few days we’ve been invited to the Ulm Family Chicken Plucking Festival outside Yates City and the F.R.O.G. fest in Dahinda. UnforJeff tunately we had LAMPE to miss the chicken pluck last Saturday at the Ulm farm, located across the hard road west of the old Starr Hatchery (a landmark that figures in every other Elmwood directional conversation). The big pluck is on the calendar for next year, though. By then chickens should be legal in every town in the TWP area. uuu As for F.R.O.G. Fest 2013, that comes this August in Dahinda and
we will make that one. Reader Dayna Davis emailed to let us know that, “Dahinda does mean in its native language (whatever that is) Bullfrog, and in regards to the Frogfest there is one held annually by the Dahinda United Methodist Church. Fully Rely On God and it takes place in August with an allday event.” The event includes frog legs on the menu and a frogjumping contest. Count me in. ... I know what you are thinking: the Mayor of Oak Hill would be a natural at a ny FROG fest. Just ask to hear his frog call. Very convincing. Alas, The Mayor said he’s busy with his new job running the Oak Hill Botanical Gardens. In true Illinois politician form, Hizzoner hopes for a government grant to bankroll the gardens. uuu Alan Stufflebeam is obviously a much-appreciated man in Brimfield. Consider that Brimfield’s senior class recently opted to give up its class trip and all the money raised over the past four years to a fund benefiting former math
teacher Stufflebeam, who suffered a severe stroke in March of 2012 and has been unable to return to work. The school board also voted to give him a one-time $40,000 bonus. Here’s hoping the extra funds help. ... Kudos to Dave Jordan and his family for 40 years at Jordan’s Mobil and an enjoyable open house last Saturday. Good luck to Chad Jordan in keeping things running for the next 40 years. uuu Call me a cynic, but whenever I see somebody walk out of the lawyer’s office across the street I figure they must be getting divorced. ... Yes, this is a 12-pager. The Black Crowes are in town! Look for 16 next week. ... St. Mary’s School in Kickapoo deserves credit for helping with the recent benefit to help Edwards flood victims. ... Parting shot: Elmwood residents still have time to tidy up their homes before Saturday’s Strawberry Festival. Contact Jeff Lampe at 231-6040 or jeff@wklypost.com
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I don’t know how many people have been up and about before I make my rapid stroll almost daily (I don’t walk in the rain or when it is snowing or icy). I do know I am likely to see a young man exercising his dog “Blue” and two sisters and two young ladies who jog by and one young lady I Mit usually pass BERES twice because our routes have her heading west when I am heading east and vice versa. I am fortunate enough to be greeted by the rest when they see me, but I am sure still others have
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light, and it will be September before we reach the point where darkness again encroaches on our morning time, and I once again become “Blinky,” a name I gained from the young lady joggers because of the flashing vest I wear when it’s dark. The shower upon my return to our home will become more of a necessity as the days get warmer, but that’s fine: The mornings are warm, we are surrounded with the sounds of birds and the beauty and smell of the spring and summer flowers and grass and leaves, and it is easy to believe my world is pretty terrific as I enjoy that unusual, early-morning mixture of calm quiet and pleasant, heartfelt camaraderie
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GUEST VOICES
Fore! Golf just not the game for me I’m not much of a golf fan. I never saw any sense in hitting a little white ball and then chasing it yourself. If I hit a ball, I fully expect someone else with a glove to chase it for me. In golf, you have to walk (or in some cases, ride) after it yourself. In golf, after you reach the ball, instead of picking it up, putting it in your pocket and Jon being satisfied GALLAGHER with yourself, you hit it again! The whole object is to whack the ball really hard, make it go as far as you can without losing it, then tap it into a little hole at the end. Do this 18 times, and you’ve played a round of golf. There’s just one thing: Whoever hits it the least amount of times, wins. How dumb is that? In almost every other sport on Earth, the winner is whoever scores the most points. If we’d have applied that least amount rule to my high school football team, we’d have been undefeated (our drum major had more yards rushing than the entire team). Golf has other rules that don’t make a lot of sense either. If you hit the ball “out of bounds,” they make you add another “stroke” to your score. You can go and try to find your ball, (usually “out of bounds” means into a replica of a tropical rainforest), but even if you find it, they penalize you. Usually, if you look hard enough, you can find your ball … and others, too. It’s hard enough to hit that dumb little ball straight, but most golf courses try to make things more challenging along the way. I’m not talking about windmills with blades that you have to
avoid, or clown noses that you need to knock your ball into. Oh, no. Golf course put these silly litter boxes and little ponds out in the middle of their courses. The litter boxes are filled with sand and if your ball lands in there, it’s harder than heck to hit it out without spraying half the countryside with a sand shower. If the ball goes in one of those little ponds, they sink and you get to take one of those penalty things again. I suggested once that the little ponds have plexiglass shields, sort of like a sneeze guard at a buffet. That way, if the ball was headed for the pond, they’d hit that and bounce back. My suggestion was met with a look usually reserved for people who claim they were abducted by UFOs. If you hit the ball and it’s headed toward a group of people, you’re supposed to yell, “fore!” I’m not sure why you don’t yell, “Two!” or “Five!” or some other number. It would even make more sense to yell “Duck!” but then someone who was about to get whacked in the head with a flying golf ball would probably think you were just yelling about one of the ducks swimming on the pond with no plexiglass shields. Or they might think you were yelling another word that sort of sounds like duck that you hear quite a bit on the golf course. Then there’s putting. After all that hard work of hitting the ball a long way without going in the sand, the woods, or the water, you get to this thing they call “the green.” This is usually a large roundish patch of grass that, for some reason that probably involves spray paint, is a lot greener than all the other grass around. Once your ball is on this patch of real estate, your job is to tap the ball gently so that it goes in a little
hole. That sounds simple enough, but most courses seem to have trained moles or something that live in that holes and prevent tapped balls from going into it. Sure, the management of golf courses nationwide deny this, but I know. Also, when the people you’re playing with are putting, you have to be really quiet so they can “concentrate.” This is especially true when it comes to professional golf. If you’re standing around watching a professional putt, and you breathe the wrong way, large men will come over and extract you from the throng of spectators and take you away. If you’ve ever seen a high school basketball game, this makes absolutely no sense. In a high school basketball game, the game can be on the line with a few seconds remaining and some poor 15-year-old kid at the freethrow line with the weight of the world on his back and nobody is quiet. Fans – especially those from the opposing school – will be making noise, yelling, waving foam fingers, waving real fingers, and generally making complete fools out of themselves in an effort to distract the player shooting the free throw. And that’s way more important than some silly putt, even at the Master’s tournament. Having said all that, I will admit that I played golf. Once. That was enough. Like I said, chasing the little ball myself, battling snakes and sticky bushes in the woods, playing in the sand and ponds, and all the other rules was enough for me. I shot an 89. Which I thought was pretty darn good. But the other three guys I played with said it was too dark to play the second hole.
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Peoria, Knox declared disaster areas By BILL KNIGHT
Peoria and Knox counties were among other counties recently added to those in the federal disaster declaration tied to April flooding, so residents will be able to seek help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The declaration won’t affect people with damaged homes if they have flood insurance, which should take care of them. However, many people who don’t live in flood plains sustained losses because of backed-up storm sewers, etc. Dick Gifford from FEMA’s Public Affairs office suggested affected people contact FEMA even if they aren’t sure they qualify for assistance. “Don’t prejudge,” he said. “Let us come out and view the damage For The Weekly Post
and see if you qualify for assistance. You might be surprised.” Individuals affected by the flooding can register by phoning toll-free (800) 621-3362 or going online at www.fema.gov. They’ll be asked to provide information about income, housing needs, damages and insurance (so they should contact their insurance agent beforehand). Applicants will be given ninedigit case numbers, and within days should have a FEMA inspector call to arrange a visit to get details about disaster-related damages for FEMA’s Individuals and Households Program. Also, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) could also send individuals a loan application after they register for help. FEMA’s temporary housing assistance and grants for transportation
and other expenses don’t require individuals to apply for an SBA loan. However, applicants must complete an SBA loan application to be eligible for assistance covering personal property, vehicle repair/ replacement and moving/storage expenses. SBA low-interest disaster loans are available to renters, homeowners, business owners and nonprofit organizations that suffered losses due to the flooding. Homeowners may be eligible to borrow up to $200,000 for real-estate repairs; both homeowners and renters can borrow up to $40,000 for replacement of flood-damaged personal property; and business owners may apply for up to $2 million for losses not fully covered by insurance.
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one making any statements stating the County of Peoria is going to do that does not speak for the County and speaks without any knowledge of the facts.” FEMA official Greg Hughes told The Weekly Post, “It’s way too early to draw any conclusions like that. First, people aren’t being forced to relocate or accept a buyout. That’s totally up to
homeowners. If someone comes to the conclusion that that’s what they want to do because of cost or whatever, that’s different. As far as buyouts, people have to request to the County, then the state, and that could take years. “This is really run by the states. FEMA’s role is to help pay for it.” Matt Wahl, Peoria County’s Director of Planning & Zoning, nationally recognized for flood-plain management, said, “We only condemn a property if there’s an imminent danger of collapse. We’re working with residents to help them work through the whole process. The important thing is not to panic.” By Sunday night, Harding sought to clarify his remarks. “We had a discussion regarding the damage to the levee and the fact that it is a private structure and we cannot force
repair,” said Harding, whose district boundaries are Elmwood, Logan, Rosefield and Trivoli Townships. The “future of that levee is uncertain. [I] just wanted to inform Edwards folks of all potential issues. No one is forcing people from their homes.” However, he added, “My understanding is Edwards folks may see three potential options: Do nothing with FEMA or IEMA [the Illinois Emergency Management Agency] and attempt repair of their property; accept possible federal and/or state repair assistance and possibly have to raise their homes above flood level, which could mean elevating structures 10 to 15 feet above ground level; [or] accept a potential FEMA buyout proposal and relocate. It is important we discuss and prepare for any and all potential options ahead of time if possible.”
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“Maybe he was trying to soften the blow of what might happen,” said Darrell Harper of Edwards. “But they’re not going to relocate the town.” Connie Downard of Edwards Tap, which was inspected and has been operating for three weeks, said, “He scared people.” “The meeting 10 days ago seemed well-received and folks appreciated the updates,” Harding said. “Some were not so happy at this latest meeting [Friday]. My sense is many folks are tired after a month of dealing with the flood and anxious to know what to do.” Knowing may be the key word, according to County Board chair Tom O’Neill (D-Dist. 17). “Sometimes we have board members that open their mouth and do not know what they are talking about,” O’Neill said.
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Elmwood gathers multigenerational data By BILL KNIGHT
The feedback is in for Elmwood’s Multigenerational Planning, now the funding and focus will develop. Set up months ago to encourage and promote activities that all generations of local residents see as missing or in need of strengthening, the effort resulted in a glimpse of activities that promise participation, from sports and cooking to arts and crafts. The committee recommends moving from gathering information to gathering resources to implement what the public seems to want. The Steering Committee this spring distributed an Elmwood Community Activities survey for people of all ages by emailing it to more than 80 local organizations and businesses to turn over to members and employees, and having students fill it out during computer classes at school. Completed surveys were collected at drop boxes at City Hall, Elmwood Community Bank, Farmers State Bank, Jordan's Mobil, and Morrison & Mary Wiley Library. A total of 270 responses were compiled, with 251 identifying their age groups; 185 were youth and 65 adults. The fact that threefourths of the survey’s final responses were from youth is helpful, says its coordinator. “In the planning process we have been absent of youth participants, so much of what has been put out has been established by adults,” said Ashley S.C. Walls, a graduate student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign For The Weekly Post
ICC seeks input on college courses
Starting at this weekend’s Elmwood Strawberry Festival, Illinois Central College is reaching out to area residents to gauge public interest in ICC offering college courses in Brimfield, Elmwood, Farmington and Princeville. The community college also has scheduled meetings in all four communities, where college representatives will gather community input on ICC’s role there, share information about degree and certificate completion programs, and announce the fall schedule for classes in the area.
who led the community group tackling the idea. “Overall it was good to have that amount of youth input since they were not part of the steering committee.” Sports leagues was the top overall activity sought, and the various sports mentioned by survey respondents included basketball, dodge ball, soccer, kickball, volleyball and lacrosse. For respondents self-identifying as adults, an offering of fitness classes was the top activity they wanted. Other classes listed by the community were computer-oriented (spreadsheets, word processing, even programming robots), dance (hip-hop, ballet), fitness (yoga, weight-lifting), art (painting, pottery) and photography/digital media (outdoor/nature photography, basic picture-taking).
Besides an information table at Strawberry Festival from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., ICC will be at Princeville Heritage Days (June 22) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and host meetings from 6-7 p.m. at the following dates and places: • Tuesday (June 4), Elmwood High School, 301 W. Butternut St. • Thursday (June 6), Brimfield High School, 323 E. Clinton St. • June 11, Farmington High School, 310 Lightfoot Rd. • June 25, Princeville High School, 302 Cordis Ave.
The most-frequently suggested teachers of such classes included Elmwood coach and P.E. teacher Jim Valla and Elmwood computer instructor Kelly Goodin. The next step is to seek funding and coordination with existing community groups. “There are specific funds that have been looked at and we recently had a meeting with a variety of stakeholders to discuss what that looks like,” added Walls, co-owner of SydneyMalcome, a Chicago consulting firm serving start-up businesses. “That will be an ongoing process,” she continued. “For example, [we could be] partnering with community organizations such as the Community Center that already have the infrastructure for an activity. [That] will not require any money.”
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NOTICE The City of Elmwood and The Elmwood Police Dept. 3-1-12 FEEDING OF WILD ANIMALS PROHIBITED.
Remind Citizens of the following ordinance...
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to feed or in any manner provide an attractant to any wild animal. (B) It shall be unlawful for any person to leave, store or maintain any attractant in a manner, area or location accessible to wild animals. (C) Nothing in this Section shall apply to the feeding of songbirds and other backyard birds and squirrels, or to the legal owner of a wild animal which wild animal is kept in compliance with state and local laws.
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Jubilee considers funding, large and small By BILL KNIGHT
Finding funding for the future and for now, for needs large and small, were addressed at a May 13 meeting of the Jubilee Township trustees. The ongoing inter-governmental agreement between Jubilee and Peoria County was discussed and approved, for example. The cooperative contract ensures that the township will be better able to meet government mandates, according to Township Supervisor Stephen Garnett. “The inter-governmental pact was OK’d,” Garnett said. “The consequences of not approving it would be to lose county funds for the federally mandated sign improvement program.” Addressed by other area government bodies, that program For The Weekly Post
stems from the Federal Highway Administration’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, which sets the national standards for signs, markers, and signals on public roads. MUTCD requires signs to be illuminated or reflective, which almost all signs are; however, the “retroreflective” sheeting degrades with time and no longer reflects. Agencies have until next June to set up an assessment program for the maintenance of signs’ retroreflectivity, although “it is up to each agency to decide when the replacement occurs,” the highway administration notes. Jubilee Township last month approved its Road District budget for 2013-14 at $718,100. Assessing signs throughout the township’s 36.3 square miles may be daunting, but ensuring the ap-
pearance of the 1.6-acre Jubilee Town Square plot also needed attention. “The township did approve care of Jubilee Town Square property,” Garnett said. “Robert Forney is contracted to mow the area at the town hall and his estimate is an additional $35 per mow to mow at the town square.” Meanwhile, there was no word on the title insurance yet, it was reported at the annual meeting. The small piece of property had been in dispute for years. The township prevailed over the state at the circuit and appellate levels that the township, not the state, owns the small parcel near Jubilee College State Park. Jubilee’s Township Budget & Appropriation Ordinance was approved for $134,550.
OBITUARIES
Irene Buck
DAHINDA – Irene Buck, 93, of Dahinda, died on May 21 at OSF St. Mary Medical in Galesburg. Funeral services were planned for Saturday, May 25, at the Williamsfield United Methodist Church, with burial in Williamsfield Cemetery. Condolences may be made at www.ruxfuneralhome.com.
Frank Cernich
FARMINGTON – Frank Cernich, 84, of Farmington, father of an Elmwood woman, died May 24 at Graham Hospital emergency room in Canton. He’s survived by his wife Betty; three daughters, Helen “Babe” (Paul) Untz of Elmwood, Anne (Chuck) Widener of Lewistown, and Audrey (Aaron) Reed of Farmington; nine grandchildren;
and 20 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were scheduled for Wednesday, May 29, at 10 a.m. at Anderson-Sedgwick Funeral Home in Farmington, with burial in Oakridge Cemetery in Farmington. To view Frank’s memorial DVD or to submit condolences, go to www.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com.
V. Elaine Sharpe
PEORIA – V. Elaine Sharpe, 86, of West Scenic Drive, Peoria, mother of a Yates City woman, died on May 22 at Farmington Country Manor in Farmington. She is survived by two daughters, Bobette (Bill) Emerick of Yates City and Lynette (Bryce) Bachman of Danvers; one son, Kent (Darlene) Montag of Eureka; 11 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and 3 great-great-grand-
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ELMWOOD – Richard Johnson, 33, of Farmington about 9 p.m. May 24 was ticketed by Elmwood Police for driving a motorcycle without lights and operating an uninsured vehicle. Police also warned Johnson for
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• Irene Buck, 93, Dahinda • Frank Cernich, 84, Farmington • V. Elaine Sharpe, 86, Peoria
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BRIMFIELD – Matt Hutchison, 39, of Brimfield about noon on May 19 and again about 5:30 p.m. May 22 reported the theft of scrap
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• Failure to appear – Gene Venzon III, 44, of Elmwood on May 23 was arrested by Peoria County Sheriff’s officers and booked on a charge of failure to appear. • DUI – Terry Stein, 44, of Laura on May 27 was arrested by Peoria County Sheriff’s police and booked for Driving Under the Influence.
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Webster 50th Wedding Anniversary
NOTICE The Elmwood Street Dept. and The Elmwood Police Dept.
Frank Webster and Mary Ruth (Dikeman) Webster of 2385 IL Rt. #8 Elmwood will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house on June 9 at the First Presbyterian Church in Elmwood from 1-4 p.m. Frank and Mary were married June 9, 1963 at the First Presbyterian Church in Elmwood. Their parents were Don and Pauline Webster of Laura and Glenn and Ruth Dikeman of Elmwood. They have 3 children: Cynthia (John) Alcaraz of Hanna City, Andrea Brush, and Brent Webster, both of Elmwood. They were blessed with 7 grandchildren: Mitchell and Matthew Webster (Elmwood), Kyle, Katelynne, and Cory Alcaraz (Hanna City), Allison Brush (Elmwood), and Shannon Brush, who passed away on October 4, 2009.
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(A) It shall be unlawful to deposit any material on any street which may be harmful to the pavement thereof, or any waste material, or any grass clippings, or to cause a lawn mower to blow grass clippings onto a street or any other articles such as glass which may cause injury to any person, animal or property. (B) No person shall place or cause to be placed or erected on any public ground, or in any public street, alley or sidewalk in the City, any debris, materials, or obstruction, except as may be permitted by this Code. (C) It shall be the duty of the Police Department to exercise a vigilant supervision over such places and to notify any person found making such deposit or responsible for same to remove the offending matter at once. (See ILCS Sec 5/11-80-3)
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Elmwood municipal band starts June 8
ELMWOOD – The Elmwood Municipal Band is one of the longest continuously performing community bands in Illinois, having formed in 1860, and the first rehearsal for its 10week 2013 season is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday (June 5) in the Elmwood High School Auditorium, according to its new director, Elmwood schools’
band director Erich Weiger. The band’s first concert will be at 8 p.m. Sunday, June 9 at the gazebo in Elmwood’s Central Park. “We don't have a set roster,” Weiger said, “more of a ‘whoever shows up’ kind of attitude. We are always looking for new personnel who want to play.” The band usually has more than 40 area musicians taking part. To participate, contact Weiger at eweiger@elmwood322.com or go to the Facebook’s “Elm-
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Lorado Taft fountain event in Bloomington
BLOOMINGTON – A celebration of Lorado Taft’s Trotter Fountain Sculpture will be held Saturday from 12:30-3:30 p.m. at Withers Park, Washington and East Streets in Bloomington. The afternoon will feature food, costumes, door prizes,
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College graduations
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Monson, RN, of Yates City, who earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and graduated Cum Laude, and Tasha Simpson of Brimfield, who also earned a BSN. James Enloe of Elmwood on May 11 graduated from Eureka College with a bachelor’s degree, Magna Cum Laude. Andrea Gallagher of Edwards in February earned a diploma from Midstate College after its winter term.
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Doubet not giving up a single hit. All five runs were unearned. But the Wildcats rallied with three runs in the fifth and then added three more in the bottom of the seventh to win. The capper came as Doubet (who was 2-for-3 with three RBIs in the game) blooped a single to score Jeffries and Parker Wight for the walk-off win. “He hit almost .500 for us this season,” Sams noted of Doubet. “He’s made a lot of these allstar teams as a pitcher, but he could have also made them as outfielder.” Junior Tyler Doubet (6-2) pitched two innings in relief of his older brother to get the win against IB. Just one day later Tyler Doubet was the winner in an 8-0 complete game victory over Lexington. The younger Doubet allowed just one hit and fanned nine. He got support at the plate from his brother (3-for-3 with two runs), Smith (2-for-4,
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Williamsfield-Galva baseball players hoist a Class 1A Sectional plaque after topping Lexington 8-0 last Saturday. Below right, fans Laura Hunt, Grace Powell, and Gina O'Dell got dressed up for the supersectional. Photos by Kathy Wight.
two RBIs) and Tyler Jones, Wight, Collin Landis and Donovan Benson who all added hits. “Between those two pitchers, in five postseason games (Salt Fork’s two runs) were the first two earned runs,” Charlie Sams said. “If that doesn’t tell you something about those two boys I don’t know what else will.” For James Doubet, being one of the final eight teams still alive in Class 1A was very satis-
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Jake Soehn, Elmwood
For all you current elementary and future high school athletes out there, Elmwood High School small forward and all conference cager Jake Soehn has some very sound advice: “You’re never good enough not to practice.” On this note, Jake is a big fan of Chicago Bulls always-all-out guard Nate Robinson. He emulates Robinson, who plays prepared, and as if every play is the last he’ll ever play. Much of Jake’s love of the hoop game was helped by EHS Coach Josh Fugit and his parents John and Carole. He enjoys the pace of the game, shooting, and rebounding. As were team members, the student body, and this community, Jake’s biggest thrill was the team’s basketball regional championship – the first in Elmwood history. History is Jake’s favorite school subject because he finds learning about the past to be very interesting. Besides basketball, Jake has been in student council, Key Club and a class officer. Jake’s plans for this fall are to attend Western Illinois to study law enforcement. His hard wok for the team resulted in some big awards this past season, including special mention IBCA all-state, selection to play in the Canton Kiwanis All Star game, being named as a participant in the Prairieland All Star game, named to the Journal Star All Area team, and honored on the aforementioned Prairie and ICAC All Conference teams. For future EHS athletes, these team victories and individual honors earned by Jake Soehn did not happen by not practicing! – Phil Johnson
fying. “I have so much pride in being a part of the first regional and sectional wins ever for both schools,” James Doubet said. “I just think it was an incredible season. Me and Logan, we’re glad to be a part of history.” Sams agreed and credited the Williamsfield and Galva communities with great support. As an example, boosters from both schools and several local businesses chipped in to rent a charter bus for the team’s Monday trip to Champaign. And fans met at 7:30 a.m. in Galva to escort the bus out of
town. “Our community really came together and supported the kids,” Sams said. “To end up in the final eight in state, I don’t know if any of us saw that coming. But to be able to play at the U of I is an experience the kids won’t ever forget.” And James Doubet said the run of success might not be over for the Wildcats. “I think next year, looking at everyone they’ve got back, they’re going to be OK,” he said. “And I have a lot of faith in (brother Tyler Doubet). He’s going to be even better.”
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Adkins and Reicheneker was part of the E-B 4x800 relay that placed second at last year’s state meet in 8:04.14. However, this season saw consistently cold, wet weather that affected their time. “Everyone suffered. There were not that many meets because of the rain,” E-B Coach Gregg Meyers said. Senior Noah Isbell also ran for Elmwood last Saturday, placing 29th in the 3,200 in a time of 10:08.83. “I was happy for Noah. It’s a great accomplishment,” Meyers said.
As a team, E-B wound up 64th overall. Sterling Newman Central Catholic won the Class 1A team competition with 41 points and Monmouth-Roseville was second with 31.
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Williamsfield baseball ‘super’ By JEFF LAMPE
Postseason baseball often comes down to a near-miss here and there. So it was for WilliamsfieldGalva on Monday afternoon in Champaign. Playing in a Class 1A Supersectional at the University of Illinois, W-G (15-8) came oh so close to a trip to the state baseball tournament before falling 2-0 to Sidell Salt Fork. “We played well, they just played a little better,” W-G coach Charlie Sams said. “They caught the advantage of a couple bloop hits and we didn’t. And we squared up on some balls, but we hit them right at people.” Aside from the first inning – when Salt Fork managed four singles (including two bloop hits) and scored two runs off Wildcats ace pitcher James Doubet (6-2) – the game was a draw. “I didn’t know if was going to be a turf field. I figured it would just be grass. I was pretty excited to play on a turf field and I kind of had some jitters in the first inning,” Doubet said. “I didn’t really hit my spots correctly and they hit the ball.” He settled down thereafter and finished with nine strikeouts. W-G Weekly Post Staff Writer
Elmwood-Brimfield’s 4x800 relay placed sixth last Saturday at the Class 1A state meet in Charleston. From left to right are: Collin Reicheneker, Ben Adkins, Jake Osmulski and Ian Armstrong. Photo by Terri Osmulski.
Elmwood-Brimfield 4x800 relay sixth By GABBIE SLOAN
CHARLESTON – Track season has finally come to a close for Elmwood-Brimfield. The ending was not exactly what runners had hoped for, but was still good enough to bring home some hardware. The big news for E-B was the 4x800 relay team, composed of sophomores Ben Adkins and Ian Armbruster, junior Collin Reicheneker and senior Jake Osmulski. Kelly Hoffman was an alternate. The quartet placed sixth in Class 1A last Saturday morning, running a season-fast time of 8:12.18. That earned the E-B runners medallions for the second year in a row. St. Thomas More of Champaign won the relay in 7:57.96. “All in all it was a great year and in the end we still were the sixth team in the state, which is a great accomplishment,” said Osmulski, who along with Weekly Post Staff Writer
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Tyler Doubet, Parker Wight and David Jeffries celebrate after Jeffries and Wight score the tying and go-ahead runs in the bottom of the seventh inning of Williamsfield-Galva’s sectional semifinal win over Illini Bluffs last Friday. Photo by Kathy Wight.
had its big chance in the fourth, when leadoff hitters David Jeffries and James Sams singled with nobody out. Cleanup hitter Logan Smith then ripped a ball – right at the Salt Fork shortstop who started a game-changing double play. “Logan Smith hit a ball as hard as you’re going to see any Major Leaguer hit one,” Sams said. “If that ball gets through, I have no doubt we would have put together a big inning. Looking back on it,
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that was probably the ballgame.” While Doubet did not allow another run for Salt Fork, W-G was unable to score off junior Cole Taylor. The loss took nothing away from a dizzying week for W-G, which needed an epic rally last Friday to stay alive. Playing Illini Bluffs in the semifinals of the Illinois Wesleyan Sectional, the Wildcats fell behind 5-0 heading into the fifth inning – despite Continued on Page 11