Thursday June 11, 2015 Vol. 3, No. 16
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By BILL KNIGHT
BRIMFIELD – Ex-Fire Chief Jamie Bennett on Sunday was arrested by the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office, charged with theft, deceptive practices and credit card fraud, and booked into the Peoria County Jail. The charges stem from allegations Bennett “might have been stealing taxpayer money for personal gain,” according to police reports. Specifically, officials with the Brimfield Community Fire Protection District (BCFPD) claim that Bennett charged Bennett thousands of dollars of fuel for his personal vehicles to the BCFPD credit card, and kept hundreds of dollars from checks intended to go to BCFPD, police said. Bennett, 39, resigned May 4 and 10 days later BCFPD trustees appointed Bob Forney as interim chief. Trustees Ralph Peters, Merle Turner and Jerry Weaver all declined to comment, but BCFPD attorney Rick Johnson said there had been concerns about Bennett’s management. Asked about suspicions that funds were mishandled, Bennett last month told The Weekly Post, “Those are news to me.” BCFPD officials provided police documents they said showed numerous fuel charges from outside the area, and they told police Bennett had not been authorized to use the fire department’s credit card for personal use. Interviews and other evidence For The Weekly Post
Ideal weather draws crowds to Strawberry Festival One day. That’s what separated Elmwood’s 27th annual Strawberry Festival from overwhelming success to enormous storm-related headaches. So it goes for spring festivals in Illinois. When the sun shines and Mother Nature cooperates, as it did Saturday, crowds come out in force. In addition to plenty of hungry festival-goers, the car show attracted 108 entrants – many of whom awoke Saturday morning, checked the weather and decided to drive to Elmwood. Had the event been Sunday, when storms whipped through the area, the antique car count would barely have broke double digits. Crowds were so good that the food tent ran out of nearly every sort of food. But from the perspective of an event organizer, it’s better to leave crowds hungry for more than to be stuck with 77 strawberry pies.
Elmwood’s junior high school project delayed By BILL KNIGHT
ELMWOOD – Elmwood District 322 plans a “gift” of a remodeled Junior High School, but it may become a Christmas present, as the Board of Education at an emergency meeting on Sunday unanimously voted to severe its contract with its construction manager and essentially start over. The $1.5 million project slated to be done before students return to school in August now won’t be finished until December. Groundbreaking for the project took place last month, but after a meeting last week with representatives of the District’s construction management company, Performance Services, Inc. of Schaumburg, Superintendent Chad Wagner and Board For The Weekly Post
“The company we hired has failed to honor the agreements that were signed in good faith and we needed to move quickly to correct that situation.” – Chad Wagner, Superintendent members Mark Davis and Val Ramirez became dissatisfied with progress. Their concerns – including an unrealistic schedule, the failure to order steel and hundreds of thousands of dollars of cost
overruns – were shared with staff and the Board, which considered a few options before voting to dismiss Performance Services and re-bid the work. Scheduled to be completed by Aug. 10, the project includes remodeling the former library, replacing temporary walls to make separate, larger classrooms, and incorporating technology upgrades. Also, an addition of 2,700 square feet will accommodate the highest projected enrollment in future years. The project also includes a new, secure entrance for the junior high and high school. “The Board, the administration, and even members of the community continuously asked if the project could be done on time and the answer from the company was always a confident and resounding yes,” Wagner said. “The reality of the situContinued on Page 2
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JR. HIGH: December finish date?
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Continued from Page 1 ation is that the company we hired has failed to honor the agreements that were signed in good faith and we needed to move quickly to correct that situation.” The Board in March unanimously OK’d the $156,000 contract with Performance Services, Inc., but no payments have been made. Monitoring the project, Wagner and Board members discovered the company had not provided its architect, Demonica Kemper Architects, with appropriate construction schedules or cost estimates for different phases of the project. James Kemper of Demonica Kemper said a reasonable timeline will be one week for an architectural estimate, three weeks for mechanicalelectrical-plumbing plans, four weeks to let and open bids, two weeks to mobilize, and four weeks
While site preparation is ready for Elmwood’s Junior High School renovation, work never got started and the project will now be rebid. Photo by Jeff Lampe.
of construction. The new schedule will require some disruption of classrooms, so the Board authorized Wagner to pursue arranging for several temporary, modular classrooms, which could cost about $50,000. Trailers are a likely alternative. “Too much energy and passion have gone into this to not realize the final vision of the Board and the community,” Wagner said. “Everyone deserves to see the realization of what the community en-
gagement process produced and what the Board and administration have worked so hard to realize. “This is going to take some understanding and patience on the part of all involved,” he conceded, “but we refuse to let our students, staff and our community suffer because the company failed to deliver what it promised.” The Junior High project is the first phase in the master plan to improve the entire Elmwood District 322 campus.
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from nearby gas stations seem to confirm that Bennett had used the BCFPD credit card dozens of times in the last year for vehicles that weren’t the fire department’s, police said. An internal investigation also found that checks from the Akron-Princeville fire department and others totaling
$2,475 weren’t deposited but cashed, officials told police. Further, an unpaid invoice in Bennett’s name for $2,770 worth of bracelets, koozies and carabiners was presented to police as an unauthorized purchase. Bennett didn’t respond to a Weekly Post request for comment.
You and Any of Your Friends are Invited to a Community-Wide Picnic in Central Park Hosted by the Elmwood Churches Sunday, June 14th at 1:00pm There will be food, music, games and fellowship Meat will be provided Bring a dish to share, table service and a drink
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THE WEEK AHEAD HOT PICKS This Week!
s Family BINGO – Family Bingo will be held today (June 11) at 6 p.m. at Morrison and Mary Wiley Library. Registration required. Call (309) 742-2431.
s Kid’s Run – A Kid’s Run and Obstacle Course is Saturday (June 14) from 1-3 p.m. for ages 2-15 at Brimfield High School Track. Money raised benefits St. Jude.
s Blood Drive – A blood drive will be held at the
Princeville United Methodist Church on Monday (June 15) from 12-6 p.m.
God’s mighty power. Pre-K is July 18 from 9-11 a.m. K-6 is July 19-23 from s Farmer’s Market – A Farmer’s Mar6:30-8:30 p.m. Call (309) 742-7221. ket will be held in Elmwood during the s Heritage Days – Annual Princeville months of June-September on Fridays Heritage Days sponsored by the PCA from 4:30-6 p.m. at Central Park, startwill be June 18-21. Enjoy the food tent, ing this Friday (June 12). s Free Bread – Free bread is available carnival, Sports Boosters 5K race, and Talent show. at the Elmwood Methodist Church Fris Gospel Concert – The Midwest Food day (June 12) at 10 a.m. Bank is sponsoring a benefit gospel cons Bus Trip – Peoria Evening Garden cert featuring the Club annual bus trip is Saturday (June 13) in Publicize Your Event Collingsworth family on June 19 at 7 p.m. at Wisconsin at Northwind Call us at (309) 741-9790 Bethany Baptist Church Perennial Farm and or email information about in Edwards. Tickets are your upcoming event to Pesche’s Greenhouse in $20. Call (309) 243Illinois at Redbud Creek news@wklypost.com. 5446. Farm. Cost $67. Contact s Make It/Take It – Firecracker Hat Corinna at (309) 657-4229 or email her at cswalker64@gmail.com Make It/ Take It will be held June 20 s Well Sealing – The Knox County from 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. at Morrison and Soil and Water Conservation District Mary Wiley Library in Elmwood. Chilwill be hosting a well-sealing demondren are invited to stop in any time the stration on Monday (June 15) at 9 a.m. at library is open. Moffit Farm located at 1040 Knox Hwy. s Life Fest – Whitney’s Walk Life 17, Gilson. Fest is June 20 at Farmington Moose s Sing Along – All ages are invited to Lodge from 6 p.m. -12 p.m. Live aucenjoy “Frozen” inspired crafts and tion, raffles, 50/50, all you can eat snacks while singing along with “Frozen” June 16 at Brimfield Public Li- spaghetti dinner and more. All proceeds go to Whitney’s Walk. brary from 1-2 p.m. No registration. s Vacation Bible School – The Union Church of Brimfield will have a VBS on s Craft Time – Ladies 18 and older are June 22-26 from 6-8 p.m. each evening invited to make Gazing Balls at Morrifor ages 3-grade 6. Open House for son and Mary Wiley Library in Elmfriends and family will be June 26 at 8 wood on June 18 at 6:30 p.m. p.m. Call (309) 446-3811. Registration required. Call (309) 742s Family Dance – A father/daughter and 2431. mother/son dance will be held June 28 s Church Camp – Join the Elmwood from 2-4 p.m. at St. Mary’s School of Methodist Church for Bible stories, Kickapoo. RSVP required. Call (309) games, music and snacks based on 691-3015. “Everest” conquering challenges with
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Rambling through central Illinois pondering folks who sit back, do nothing to help but waste their abundant free time by criticizing volunteers who run community events. Here’s a tip: If you aren’t willing to help, shut up. uuu Speaking of festivals, Saturday’s 13th annual My Place St. Jude Benefit looks like another good one. No doubt there will be many coveted auction items. Interestingly enough, a source Jeff has told us that LAMPE one valuable auction item has been kept hidden in storage to keep public interest (and bidding) to a minimum. But I got to see the special creation and, let me tell you, the kid’s playhouse pictured above right is worth every bit of $6,000. Probably more. This barn-wood beauty is built to last. So bid early and often! Remember, it’s for a great cause. ... And there’s still time to donate to the benefit, which last year raised an amazing $106,621. Call Jody McKinty or Sharon Coykendall at (309) 358-2003. uuu Classifieds in The Weekly Post get the job done. How do I know? I’ve been selling and giving stuff since we started this nutty venture.
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Sometimes I wonder how I survived into adulthood. Sometimes I wonder how ANY of us survived past our 12th or 13th birthday. As a child, I had a strange perception how the world worked. I remember as a kindergartener, Jon figuring out how GALLAGHER a record player worked. For those who have no idea what a record player is, it’s a machine that plays music when a round black disc, larger than a CD, is placed on a spinning platter, and an arm is then placed over the disc as it spins. This produces music or whatever is recorded on the disc. To a kindergartener in the 1960s, this was magic. I reasoned that in order to produce sound, the speakers must contain miniature versions of humans who somehow figured out what record was being played, and then
performed the song, right there in the speaker box. It was the only explanation I could come up with. This, of course, left me with several questions. Did we import new talent each time a new artist came out or were the miniature humans contained in the speakers able to imitate everyone else in the world? What did the little people, who had to be about three inches tall, eat? How many of them lived in the speakers? Did they sleep until one of us big people played a record? Did they get mad if we woke them just to hear “Jailhouse Rock?” Did they play games when not singing? After formulating all these questions, I wondered if we really had a three-inch tall Elvis living in our speakers and, if we did, if he would like to come out and play. Now I knew what I was doing. I was tearing the speakers apart trying to free the little people so they could play with me. Unfortunately, I didn’t have the vocabulary to explain my actions to my big brother, 13 years older than me, why I was
destroying his new stereo system by hammering open his speakers. For some reason, he let me live. They say TV doesn’t influence children today. Well, that must have changed somewhere along the line because it certainly influenced our thinking 50 years ago! I have a friend who’s a little older than me who was taken with TV’s “The Adventures of Superman.” Each week, George Reeves (who kept an apartment in nearby Galesburg so he could frequently visit his mother who lived there) would don his blue suit and red cape to fly across our screens (in glorious black and white), fighting for “truth, justice and the American Way.” My friend reasoned it must be the cape that allowed Superman to fly. Given this, he grabbed a dish towel from the kitchen, safety pinned it to his shoulders, and headed to the barnyard of the family farm. He climbed the windmill and jumped off, planning to fly back to the
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Rauner’s distasteful scheme bad for Illinois To the Editor: Politicians promising tax cuts are as American as apple pie, but few support cutting workers’ wages. Yet that is exactly the secret ingredient of Gov. Bruce Rauner “unjust desserts.” Tucked inside Rauner’s propertytax freeze bill is elimination of a law that protects construction workers’ wages. The Prevailing Wage Act sets a locally controlled floor for construction pay on public-funded projects. Contractors can pay more than the law requires, but not less. By advocating elimination of prevailing wage coverage, Gov. Rauner and supporters want to enact massive pay cuts for tens of thousands of construction workers – both union and non-union. Rauner and prevailing wage opponents have thrown around halfbaked statistics to generate support.
They know realizing these savings would require slashing construction wages by more than 40 percent. But effects of a prevailing wage repeal would go well beyond that. The “think tanks” Rauner cites presume lower-paid workers will be as productive as better-paid counterparts. Economics professors who have studied prevailing wage disagree. States that eliminated construction worker wage protections saw cost overruns triple because it took longer to build their roads and schools with lowerpaid (and less skilled) help. They got what they paid for. We need to invest in Illinois’ infrastructure, but do we want to sit in work zones any longer than necessary? Construction skills are entirely portable. Eliminating wage protections will encourage Illinois’ skilled workers to go where they can be paid according to their abilities.
Repealing prevailing wage, conversely, will attract low-wage contractors from other states to underbid Illinois contractors. The University of Illinois found states that eliminated prevailing wage laws saw a nearly 10 percent increase in out-of-state contractors that won project awards. As Rauner has stated, if the prevailing wage is eliminated “wages would also still be subject to ... the Illinois minimum wage.” That is exactly the destination to which the wages of highly-skilled Illinois construction workers will be headed if he has his way. Regardless, eliminating Prevailing Wage Act coverage will result in less money in workers’ pockets and, therefore, less money put into cash registers of stores and restaurants on Main Street, Illinois; something that should leave a bitter taste in the mouths of Illinoisans. – Sean Stott Director of Governmental Affairs Laborers’ International Union
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ELMWOOD – A passenger in a 2001 GMC truck pulled over for running a stop sign on June 5 was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to Elmwood police. Eric Lennon, 20, of Creve Coeur, was riding in a vehicle driven by 27-year-old Brandon McDaniel of Peoria when police said they stopped the truck after it didn’t come to a complete stop at the intersection of Main and Magnolia Streets. A police dog alerted on the vehicle, where marijuana was discovered, according to reports. Lennon was issued an ordinance violation and McDaniel cited for disobeying a stop sign.
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WILLIAMSFIELD – Brian Kurth, 26, of Earlham, Iowa, on May 30 reported a possible paint ball striking the windshield of his semi- tractor-trailer rig as he was eastbound on Interstate 74 as he
was approaching the Knox Highway 18 bridge, according to police. He was not injured, and the truck wasn’t damaged. The Knox County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident.
Motorist ticketed in Route 90 crash
PRINCEVILLE – Daniel Wolfe of Princeville was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident after the 2001 Honda Civic he was driving eastbound on Illinois Route 90 rear-ended a 1996 Ford F150 driven by Jon Burgess of Princeville, the Peoria Sheriff’s Office reported. There were no injuries, police said.
Police reports
• Christine Hamilton of Princeville on June 1 was ticketed for disobeying a stop sign after the southbound 2003 Ford Taurus she was driving on Duncan Road west of here collided with a 2005 Toyota Siena driven by Ronald Dicter of Brimfield on Illinois Route 90. • Edward Eden, 62, of Brimfield on June 1 was arrested on a theft charge and transported to the Peoria County Jail.
• Michael Bridgeman, 62, of Yates City on June 2 was arrested for driving on a revoked license and transported to the Peoria County Jail. • William Zamaro, 27, of Farmington on June 4 was arrested for possession of a hypodermic needle and unlawful possession of a controlled substance and transported to the Peoria County Jail. • Daniel Heinz, 26, of Brimfield on June 6 was arrested on three counts of for Driving Under the Influence and transported to the Peoria County Jail.
Deer accidents
• May 30 – Kari Tavares of Kewanee on Interstate 74 near Kickapoo-Edwards Road in Kickapoo Township. • June 2 – John Chapman of Davenport on Interstate 74 near mile marker 63 in Elba Township. • June 3 – Jeff Ringenberg of Princeville on Grange Hall Road near Evans Mill Road in Radnor Township. • June 5 – Cierra Carlyle of Peoria on Illinois Route 8 near Heinz Lane in Kickapoo Township. • June 8 – Dennis Seidel of Elmwood on North Texas Road near Illinois Route 8 in Rosefield Township.
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house. He didn’t fly. In fact, he bit off a small piece of his tongue when he crash-landed. At least he didn’t try the bulletsbouncing-off-the-chest thing. I wasn’t silly enough to try flying, but that’s probably because Superman was off the air by the time I was old enough to watch TV. I do remember going to the zoo once and being really honked off. None of the animals could talk. Touché Turtle could talk. Lippy the Lion could talk. So could Hardy Har-Har, Yogi Bear and Magilla Gorilla. All the animals at the zoo could do was pace back and forth and look honked off because they were in cages. As I bawled all the way home because the animals hadn’t uttered a word, I seem to recall my dad say-
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ing something about watching too much TV. In our town we had a hardware store and they had a display that featured two wooden sewing-machine spools. They were glued together, end to end. A sign above the display that sold glue offered $100 to anyone who could pull the spools apart. To a six-year-old, a C-note was a LOT of money. (In fact, back then, when minimum wage was just a buck an hour, this represented two and a half weeks worth of wages for an adult). I was determined to pull these suckers apart. Every day for a few weeks, I’d peddle my bike to the store, attempt to pull them apart, and then head back home, vowing to get stronger. Once or twice, I convinced myself they had budged and that tomorrow
would be the day. Clerks at the hardware store saw this as cheap entertainment on a daily basis. Then I remembered something I’d seen on TV. I collected coins I’d found at home and before my trip to the hardware store, I stopped by the grocery store located right beside of it and bough the largest can of spinach my meager pocket change would allow. I took it home, opened the can, and ate the contents. Raw. Because that’s how Popeye did it. It wasn’t just awful; it was God Awful. And the spools didn’t pull apart. Later I reasoned that was because I wasted the energy given to me by the spinach on the bike ride. But that was only after I recovered from a giant-sized stomach ache.
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B.Y.E. calls up 10% last year; assets still above $828,000 By BILL KNIGHT
ELMWOOD – BYE Ambulance Service had a 10-percent increase in emergency calls last year, according to a report from manager David Maher, who added that the not-for-profit organization is in good shape financially and expects no significant expenditures this year. B.Y.E.’s annual meeting was Tuesday, June 2. The breakdown of BYE responses over the previous 12 months showed an increase from 484 to 533, with 214 to Brimfield, 157 in Elmwood, 36 in rural Elmwood, and 103 to the Yates City area – plus 23 to Williamsfield, where BYE assisted first-responders after Williamsfield’s local ambulance was temporarily suspended by the state. Most of BYE’s revenues come from four taxing bodies: Brimfield Fire Protection District, Elba-Salem Township Protection District (the Yates City area), the City of Elmwood, and the Elmwood Rural Fire Protection District. Together, they contribute more than $274,000 to the service, about the same as the previous year. The new B.Y.E. contract is about the same as last year, with Brimfield Fire Protection District contributing $132,168, Elba-Salem Fire Protection District $62,000, the City of Elmwood $55,760, and Elmwood Rural Fire Protection District $25,970. For The Weekly Post
Maher said he anticipates B.Y.E. possibly purchasing two cardiac monitors this year (although the equipment hasn’t been ordered), no vehicle upgrades are projected, and a proposed building on South Knox Street remains in the planning stages after B.Y.E. sold one of it Hawthorn Street buildings and land to Ag-Land FS. Meanwhile, BYE’s annual federal tax returns from over the last dozen years show the tax-exempt corporation has reported total assets of more than $800,000 for the last two years. The most recent federal tax Form 990, filed Oct. 20, 2014, for the Fiscal Year ending May 31, 2014 showed assets 158.6 percent higher than when B.Y.E. started receiving taxpayer support in 2003. Below is BYE’s annual reported income or loss (revenue less expenses) and accumulated assets, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
Year Ending 5/31/2014 5/31/2013 5/31/2012 5/31/2011 5/31/2010 5/31/2009 5/31/2008 5/31/2007 5/31/2006 5/31/2005 5/31/2004 5/31/2003
Income (or <loss>) <loss of $107> $71,836 <loss of $15,409> $171,177 $118,645 $123,751 $22,460 <loss of $13,426> $25,402 $19,145 <loss of $19,657> $46,366
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Small-town movie theaters can rebound By BILL KNIGHT
ELMWOOD – Theaters in rural areas may have struggled in recent years, but there are also success stories around the country, including Chillicothe, where the Optimist Club bought the Town Theater from Vern Reynolds for more than $250,000 in 2009. But successful revivals require community commitment as well as ticket-buyers – plus savvy management, openness to different business models, and a willingness to see the positives and potentials for individuals and communities alike. “Some kind of organization is necessary,” said Rusty Richards, chair of the Town Theater board. “You need a work committee, some people to take over and run with it. It’s too much for one or two people. “We have 60-some members, and probably 25 or so super-committed, a few with time on their hands, able to help.” The Elmwood Development Association is convening a community meeting concerning the Palace Theater tonight (June 11) at 7 at the First Presbyterian Church, where a representative of the Optimist Club will discuss their experience. Richards said working with about 30 youth groups encourages attendance, and group leaders tend to For The Weekly Post
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“People want to live where there are theaters. For the same reason that every successful city center, mall and downtown worked to attract and keep a movie theater, small towns stand to lose a foundation that has kept them connected to the world.” Challenges had been the decadesold competition from TV, which now includes video-on-demand, and the film industry’s conversion to digital-only projection systems, which the Palace accomplished this year, with a loan from the City of Elmwood. In response, rural areas have used several business models, ranging from groups of private investors to subscription options, and even non-profit companies. Non-profits, like many arts organizations, can seek grants. A subscription effort can feature memberships offering discounts and benefits like unlimited admissions for a $20 monthly fee. “We have a preferred-customer program where people get free refills and so on, and we have special events, like ‘Late night date night,’ where it’s two-for-one admission, and older movies sometimes – like we’ll show ‘The Mask of Zorro’ Saturday for [Chillicothe’s] ZorroFest,” Richards said. “We’ll do stuff like the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy Continued on Page 9
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volunteer. However, rallying help has ups and downs, he warned. “The first year was easy, but it’s gotten harder,” Richards said. “You lose some momentum, I guess.” Built in 1913, Elmwood’s Palace Theater faces foreclosure by its lender, Farmers State Bank (FSB). Owner Vern Reynolds reportedly is asking $315,000 for the theater, and FSB is demanding he pay $155,130.35 and $12,776.11 for another loan in default. The City of Elmwood also has an agreement with Reynolds tied to a state government-backed loan to Reynolds of $138,363. Reynolds agreed to operate for five years from the 2011 date of the pact, after which the loan would be forgiven in its entirety. If the Palace is sold or closes, however, the agreement stipulates that the entire sum is then due to the City of Elmwood. So, if Reynolds sells the Palace, $167,906.46 could be due to FSB and $138,363 due to Elmwood for a total of $306,269.46. Elsewhere, small towns have revived theaters, from Stafford, Kan. (pop. 1,000) to Coos Bay, Ore. (pop. 16,000). “I think of the millions of dreams and careers that have taken flight in a movie theater,” said Michael Hurley, who owns the Colonial Theater in Belfast, Maine (pop. 6,600).
Elmwood. The EDA is a local organization that supports local businesses and works to bring people to the Elmwood community. “The farmer’s market gives the community an opportunity to buy fresh locally grown produce,” EDA president Amy Davis said. “It also will bring people to our business district.” “Right now we have four vendors who have reserved spaces for this Friday. We’d really love it if more people would sign up to be vendors.” The cost to be a vendor is $25 for the entire season and any homemade item is acceptable. However,
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all vendor items must conform to the Illinois Retail Food Store Sanitation code and have certification from the Peoria County Health Department. Many downtown Elmwood businesses will stay open until 6:30 p.m. on Fridays for people’s shopping convenience, Davis said. “It’s not too late; you can sign up anytime in the season,” she said. “Our dream is to one day have the whole park full of vendors on farmers market day.” For more information: check out the Elmwood Farmers Market page on Facebook or the city of Elmwood website. Or call (309) 7423711 or (309) 231-0594. Community Unit School District 265’s superintendent wants its Board of Education seriously to consider bringing student transportation inhouse. During a discussion of the amended 2014-2015 budget Monday night, Superintendent John Asplund addressed an estimated $413,539 shortfall in the transportation fund. District 265 just entered into a new contract with Illinois Central School Bus Company for next school year at a more than $100,000 increase over the previous year. Asplund sees the district handling transportation of its own students as the most viable way to cut expenses. Asplund wants the transportation committee to take the next six months to see if the option is viable. Due to the district’s large area, 30 buses and 27 drivers would be required to make it even workable.
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or ‘Star Wars’.” The Town also generates some funds from onscreen ads. The City of Chillicothe helped the Optimists with a $50,000 grant and other financial assistance, Richards said, recognizing that the theater benefits Chillicothe’s business district and local residents, especially local youth groups, who’ve received some $40,000 from the Optimist Club in the last five years. “Why go spend $6, $7,
$8 on a ticket anywhere when you could go here and spend it, and part of your ticket price goes back to help youth groups in town?” Optimist treasurer Irv Latta has said. “You get family entertainment, and then your club gets a check at the end of the year.” The Town Theater is open six days a week, with two shows on Fridays and Saturdays. The Town charges $5 for matinees and $6 for evening shows, and often has discounts, Richards said.
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“And our concession prices are low – and there’s ‘Free Popcorn Tuesday’,” he added. For Chillicothe, the Town Theater is an attraction for locals, and a destination for visitors. “It’s helped our downtown; it brings people down there,” Richards said. Of course, populations are different, with Chillicothe having more than 8,300 residents (2010 Census). But areas within 20 miles of Elmwood’s Palace total about 17,000 people, not including Kickapoo Township (7,100 inhabitants), which is close to Peoria theaters, or Canton (with 15,700, though it no longer has a cinema since Reynolds closed the Garden Theater there). And the Palace, which is in Elmwood’s existing Enterprise Zone and the business district’s Tax-Increment Financing area, doesn’t need the renovation the Town Theater required when the Optimist Club bought it. “I’ve been to Elmwood’s theater, and it’s in a lot better shape than ours was,” Richards said. “We basically gutted the whole thing here; it was almost a 100-percent cosmetic change.” Small-town theaters
also can feature art or independent films and classic movies, and host band concerts, theatrical productions and special events. The Town is also available to rent, charging $125 and offering concessions, waiving the fee if more than 50 people attend, Richards said. For films, theaters typically split admission receipts with movie companies but keep concession revenue. Scheduling films is a challenge, Richards said, because there are limited numbers of movies that usually go to bigger markets first. “That’s the most difficult part,” he said. “Sometimes we don’t get a new release until the third week. On the other hand, that means it’s less you have to pay.” Apart from the financial side, rural-area theaters serve a social function, according to Marci Penner, director of the Kansas Sampler Foundation. “Sure, people can watch things on Netflix or HBO or whatever, but people – especially in rural areas – want to go out and be around other people,” she said.
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LaHood praises Elmwood at groundbreaking
Ray LaHood (center) was in Elmwood Saturday for a groundbreaking of Elmwood’s Habitat for Heroes home along with local coordinators Georgia Stevens (left) and Gerri Pettit (right). Photo by Bill Knight.
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ELMWOOD – The ceremonial groundbreaking for Elmwood’s Habitat for Heroes home at 502 S. Locust was a “very momentous occasion,” said former Congressman and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who appeared as Master Sponsor for Saturday’s event. “Elmwood is a community that cares,” LaHood added. “You’re a welcoming group, which speaks so well of this community.” The family to benefit from the project is U.S. For The Weekly Post
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Williamsfield board OKs budget adjustment By BILL KNIGHT
WILLIAMSFIELD – The Board of Education on Monday unanimously authorized an amended budget for Fiscal Year 2015, but the action is a transfer of existing funds rather than an increase in spending. “Our total expenditures won’t exceed the overall amount [previously] predicted,” said District 210 Superintendent Tim Farquer. “In fact, depending on state revenue, we may end up with more days of cash on hand than we’d anticipated. “I anticipate our overall expenses for the year to come [will be] less than projected. That said, I expect revenues to come in less as well.” Citing the state budget stalemate in Springfield, Farquer said the adFor The Weekly Post
ministration has several options. The Board OK’d adjusting eight line items for FY15 – including IMRF (Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund) contributions, interscholastic/sports supplies to technology supplies – to approve $192,525 more than budgeted. In planned spending this summer, building projects such as roof work, a refurbished gymnasium floor and HVAC (heating, ventilating, and air conditioning) will total about $418,000, but almost all of that will be covered by Knox County’s School Facility [penny] Tax. Also, the Board unanimously OK’d buying a Cottonwood Court lot on the village’s north side for about $8,000 for a Building and Trades house project next year.
In other action, • Farquer reported the District bought five desktop computers with federal grant money, plans to buy five more after July 1 with next year’s federal grant, and will buy five others with District funds to have 15 units for business classes. Also, some of next year’s Rural Education Achievement Program money will purchase five iMacs for the art classroom, and District funds will buy enough Chromebooks so the school will complete its one-toone computer access for all grades. • Construction of Williamsfield Library is tentatively to be finished by the end of the month. The library will probably open in late August or early September and have a grand opening during Homecoming.
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FARMINGTON – Earl Raymond Snider, 85, of Farmington, died at 2:45 p.m., Friday June 5, 2015 at his residence. He was born in Oak Hill on Sept. 15, 1929 to Ace Cole and Maggie (Fail) Snider. He married Frances Turner. She preceded him in death on Aug.10, 1978. Surviving are five children: Jackie (Jose Juan) Contrevas of Goshon, Ind., Snider Donna (Daniel) Johnson of Farmington, Earl Snider Jr. of Elmwood, Nancy (Gerald) Shriber of Dahinda, and Debbie (Josh) Rynearson of Oak Hill; three brothers, Ray (Billie) Snider of Toulon, Lee Snider of Canton, and Joe Snider of Canton; and 20 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two children: Janice Marie Snider and Karen Hart; one brother, Jack Snider; and two sisters, Wilda “Boots” Baskas and Evelyn Smith; and one grandson, Jason Cusack. Earl worked for the railroad and was a lineman for West Central Utility. He loved fishing, hunting and was a dedicated Chicago Cub fan. Most of all, he was a loving father. Cremation rites have been accorded. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. on Friday (June 12), 2015, at the United Methodist Church in Brimfield. Oaks-Hines Funeral Home in Elmwood is in charge of arrangements. Burial will follow at Combs Cemetery in rural Edwards. Memorials may be made to the family. Online condolences may be posted at www.oakshinesfuneralhome.com.
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YATES CITY – Kenneth E. “Mouse” Burgess, 69, of rural Gilson, a Brimfield native with relatives in Farmington and Yates
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City, died May 30 at UnityPoint Health-Methodist in Peoria. The son of Donald and Vernice Burcham Burgess in Brimfield, he graduated from Yates City High School in 1964. Survivors include his life, Arvella “Gay” Vancil Allen; son Larry (Cheri) Allen of Farmington, sister Donna (Richard) Grubb of Yates City; sister-in-law Dianne Burgess of Yates City; and nephew Rodney (Kristin) Grubb of Farmington. Graveside services were June 7 at the Yates City Cemetery. Condolences may be left at hurd-hendricksfuneralhome.com.
Norma Burkitt
EDWARDS – Norma J. Burkitt, 65, of Peoria, mother of an Edwards man and a Farmington woman, died May 29 at her residence. Survivors include son Joseph (Karen) Burkitt of Edwards; and two daughters, Teri Burkitt of Farmington and Molly (Jon) Badham of Naples, Fla. A funeral Mass was held on June 5 at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, with burial in Resurrection Cemetery. Condolences may be left at www.wrightandsalmon.com.
Ronald Camp
ELMWOOD – Ronald L. “Sonny” Camp, 85, of Elmwood died June 4 at Heartland Health Care Center in Canton. Born April 1, 1930, in Williamsfield to Marion and Florence (Kauffman) Camp, he married Marjorie Harkness on Oct. 20, 1950, in Elmwood. She survives. Also surviving are four children, Ronald D. (Shelley) Camp of Prescott Valley, Ariz., Gary W. (Karen) Camp of Flint, Texas, Rick (Jo) Camp of Elmwood and Dennis (Heidi) Camp of Bullard, Texas; 10
grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Lavonne (Robert) Rushing of Elmwood. Funeral services were June 8 at the Elmwood United Methodist Church, with burial at Elmwood Township Cemetery. Condolences may be left at www.oakshinesfuneralhome.com.
Evelyn Knight
FARMINGTON – Evelyn B. Knight, 95, of Hanna City, formerly of Farmington, died June 3 at Kountry View Retirement Home in Hanna City. Survivors include her daughter, Mary (Larry) Ulm of Farmington; four grandchildren, Tracy (Wes) Smith of Wilmington, Jason (Gina) Ulm of Deer Park, Texas, Jay (Steffanie) Ulm of Farmington, and Christopher Moore of Port Orchard, Wash.; seven great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Services were June 9 at Anderson-Sedgwick Funeral Home in Farmington with burial in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Farmington. Condolences may be left at www.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com.
Barbara J. Sullivan
DAHINDA – Barbara J. Sullivan, 61, of Oak Run, died June 1. A memorial funeral Mass was June 5 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Sheffield, with private inurement in St. Patrick’s Catholic Cemetery in Sheffield. Condolences may be left at www.stackhousemoore.com.
Larry Yard
FARMINGTON – Larry L. Yard, 74, of Arcadia, Fla., formerly of Peoria and brother of a Farmington man, died May 26 at Tidewell Hospice House in Arcadia, Fla. Survivors include brother John Yard (Monica) of Farmington and sisters, Patty (Pipper) Langenberg of Norwood and Colleen (Chuck) Bush of Eureka. Larry will be interred at Lutheran Cemetery, 914 S. Pleasant St., Peoria. Graveside services were June 4. Obituary Policy: We print basic obituaries for free. Longer obituaries cost $1 per column inch and $5 per picture. Call 309-741-9790.
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Farmington board discusses ‘personal devices’ By MICHELLE SHERMAN
FARMINGTON – A policy to integrate students’ personal technology into the classroom needs more work before it is made official, the Farmington Community Unit School District 265 Board of Education decided on Monday. Among changes to bring the student handbook up to date with legal changes was a new section addressing the use of personal devices for instructional purposes. Students at the elementary and junior high school levels would be required to keep devices in lockers or backpacks and turned off unless an instructor gave permission to utilize them. High school students could use devices in hallways, cafeterias and resource centers, as well as in the classroom with permission. Board members, however, did not feel the policy goes far enough toward setting out specific guidelines. Kay Faralli felt that the policy itself needed to define that devices be used only for instructional use, and that she doesn’t want to see “stuFor The Weekly Post
district to monitor what sites are being accessed. However, the system is not perfect, he said. Giving kids the opportunity to prove they can use their own devices responsibly in the classroom was advocated by District 265 Activities Director Eric Matthews. “It’s just like anything now. If you have those kids that abuse it, then you pull them aside and you address it,” he said. In other business the board: • Approved the annual prevailing wage resolution. • Approved $140,121 for district package insurance renewal. That is an $11,490 increase over last year due to the addition of cyber liability insurance, an increase in worker’s compensation insurance and the cost of insuring the district’s new solar panel array. • Discussed offering a tuition waiver to allow the children of district employees to attend Farmington schools. The board is further investigating similar policies at other school districts before deciding whether to proceed with creating a policy for Farmington.
dents pressuring teachers to allow” non-instructional use. Access to sites such as Facebook and Netflix was chief in the mind of Kelly Threw, who recently saw three games downloaded onto a district-owned iPad. He felt there need to be more strict controls over the devices and the sites students can access to help teach them control with technology. “Facebook has this connotation of being just a gossip tool and it’s not,” said Board President Dakota Horn. Horn said that, beginning next year, students will receive instruction in social media with a goal of helping navigate the digital landscape responsibly and using those sites as professionals. Though there currently are no plans to wholesale block specific sites, Superintendent John Asplund said that responsibility for ensuring that students are properly utilizing the network is up to teachers and administrators. New wireless access points require that students log into the student network using individual student ID numbers, allowing the
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liable B-E catcher Ryleigh Keith – hurrying the throw to get the speedster McFeron – sailed the ball into centerfield. Without breaking stride, McFeron barely beat Hannah Baysingar’s throw to the plate. “Unfortunately, McFeron was a speedster, or we could’ve kept playing,” B-E ace pitcher Morgan Florey said. “I hate to lose even more than winning, but getting to the state championship game and battling as we did was amazing, especially since we weren’t even picked to win our regional. It was a season to remember for our team, school, and community,.” In spite of more contact at-bats by the Lady Indians than the Hornettes’ (who racked up 20 whiffs against Florey), BE just couldn’t hit the ball
hard enough or to the walks, an epic pitcher-vs.- ily, friends, and younger open spots off pitcher hitter confrontation took the softball players attending will be at Maci Ingram (32-2) of place with Florey and the will be memories for the Nashville (39-2) – which Hornettes’ Jordi Harre. rest of our lives,” senior March 7thon&a 8th Huber said. also won state in 2012. won Florey finally “Nashville is funda- We have strikeout, but only after That wasineven more We’re mentally sound. Ingram’s truethe on big Sunday when the lots ofHarre new continued to foul artFlorey offerings in a metaloff gym next pitches had good moveplayBrimfield-Elmwood the ment,” Juerjens said. to show 12-pitch at bat. ers to were celebrated in the you! The bottom of the sixth Brimfield Nuts!gym and then “Our young ladies fought so hard. Morgan had her came very close to a enjoyed fire truck rides starting towith make items usual dominant stuff, butWe’re Nashville score a Spring through both towns. so stop in our store to see us! we just couldn’t get that one-out double, but it was Evansville-bound senrun across.” again Florey strikeouts ior pitcher Florey said, Florey did pitch that kept the Hornettes “I’m really proud because through some jitters in the from stinging. we got two steps closer 35 N. Main St. • Farmington • 309-224-2352 bottom of the first inning The next two innings than the last year and we starmetalart.com or after yielding a walk and produced no signs of broke history again.” starmetalart hitting a batter. But as has scoring. Lady Indians’ B-E fell to Rock Island so often been the case this second baseman Abby Alleman 10-5 in last season, she got out of the Frietsch reached first on a year’s DeKalb Supersecjam with strikeouts. swinging bunt single in tional. For most of the next 10 the top of the ninth, but • Season stats – Florey innings a pattern of soft was left there after three came into the final two contact outs by the Lady fly ball outs. In the botgames of the tournament Indians – who actually tom of the 10th, Florey hitting .517 with 16 home did not have a baserunner yielded a leadoff single, runs and on the mound for the first 7.2 innings – but then whiffed the next had 378 strikeouts in and Floreys’ strikeouts three, and seemed to be 153.2 innings with only dominated this finale at picking up more steam. 28 walks issued and an East Peoria’s EastSide B-E had hope in the 0.36 ERA. Centre. 11th after Hannah Huber Prior to the final two Following a Nashville hit a one-out single. But games, Ledbetter was the leadoff single in its half she moved no closer to next top hitter at .393 of the fourth, then a bunt home due to the pitching (and led the Lady Indians pop-up, Keith threw out and defense that was the with 17 doubles) while Deidra Holzhauer on a signature of this classic Allison Pillman was at steal attempt that was championship matchup. .368, Kennedy Dura at very big in keeping the Morgan Ledbetter had .343 and Baysingar and contest scoreless. the only other hit for B-E, Keith were both at .301. In Nashville’s half of a hard-hit single. Florey led with 45 runs the fifth, with two on “Being able to play in batted in and Dura was from two rare Florey the state games with fam- tops with 38 runs.
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we finally figured her out late, especially in staying off the high pitches,” Dura said. In the first six innings B-E made contact, but didn’t hit the ball hard. Along with Storako’s good control, that meant the Lady Indians had no real threat to cross the plate until the last inning. For Florey and the Lady Indians’ defense, the only frame that came close to providing a scare was in the fifth when a Florey error on the leadoff hitter was followed by a bunt down the third base line. That almost set up a second-and-third, no-out situation, but fortunately for Brimfield, the ball
trickled foul. Florey then got an easy pop-up and went back to strikeout mode, fanning two straight. Bishop Mac managed just two other singles. “They were catching on to that changeup,” Florey said. “I stuck with the heat and the riseball.” After the four-run B-E outburst, Florey, who was almost always ahead in the count struck out the side. “Their pitcher was tough, but I more than had confidence in Mo getting us through as she has so many times,” Keith said. “Working with Ryleigh behind the plate is huge for me every game. We communicate to get the job done with just a look to each other,” Florey said.
Clockwise from above: Morgan Florey pitches in the semifinals. • Florey celebrates with Kennedy Dura after the win. • Abby Frietsch slaps down a bunt in the title game. • Team members greet well-wishers in Elmwood. • The team’s six seniors pose with the trophy (left to right, Hannah Huber, Frietsch, Kendra Gorham, Hannah Baysingar, Ryleigh Keith and Florey). • Morgan Ledbetter and Allison Pillman are deep in discussion during the championship game. Photos by Collin Fairfield, except ‘Six Seniors’ by Eileen Huber.
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Brimfield-Elmwood softball earns 2nd place Four-run seventh decides semifinal
Lady Indians lose finale, 1-0 in 11
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By PHIL JOHNSON
EAST PEORIA – Brimfield-Elmwood punched its ticket to the Class 2A state championship softball game at East Peoria’s EastSide Centre last Friday by outlasting Kankakee Bishop McNamara with four runs in the top of the seventh. That late scoring outburst, coupled with Morgan Florey’s 17-strikeout performance, sealed a 4-0 victory for the Lady Indians. Lady Irish pitcher Alex Storako, except for strikeouts, matched Florey in being run stingy until B-E wore her down. “Some infield hitting and two big RBI singles, along with Morgan’s strikeout pitching, worked really well for us,” coach Kurt Juerjens said. The Lady Indians breakthrough came in the seventh on a Ryleigh Keith leadoff single, followed by a hard hit ball by Allison Pillman that
EAST PEORIA – In one of the most employed sports cliches, “It’s a shame a team had to lose this game.” For awhile Saturday, it seemed as if the Illinois Class 2A softball state championship game – a classic 11-inning battle of third-ranked Nashville vs. seventhranked BrimfieldElmwood – would never produce a winner or a loser. But it was the Hornettes’ speedy Mackenzie McFeron who finally kept the Lady Indians (32-6-1) from claiming a first state softball title in Nashville’s 1-0 win. “It stings a little bit,” B-E coach Kurt Juerjens said. “We had a wonderful season.” Trying every possible way to get on, McFeron led off the bottom of the 11th inning with a bunt single. Two pitches later on a McFeron steal attempt, very reFor The Weekly Post
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(Above) Brimfield-Elmwood softball players celebrate Friday’s 4-0 semifinal win over Kankakee Bishop McNamara. From left to right are: Ryleigh Keith, Allison Pillman, Hannah Baysingar, Morgan Florey, Abby Frietsch and Hannah Huber. (Left) Kendra Gorham leads off second. (Right) Smiles were harder to come by on Saturday after a 1-0 loss in 11 innings in the title game that meant the Lady Indians had to settle for a second-place and a runner-up trophy. Photos by Collin Fairfield.
Bishop McNamara couldn’t handle. Hannah Baysingar followed with a bunt single that loaded the bases with no outs. Storako bore down for two straight strikeouts and a 1-2 count on Kendra Gorham. But Gorham, on the next pitch, took the outside offering to right field for a two-run single. “I’ve felt confident at the plate re-
cently, even down two strikes,” Gorham said. “It was probably one of the most nerve-wracking moments of my life. I was looking for that fastball on the outside corner.” Following a free pass to Florey, Kennedy Dura lined a two-run single to center. “Their pitcher was very good, but Continued on Page 15
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