Thursday July 30, 2015 Vol. 3, No. 21
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Junior high project draws five bidders
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CRUISE-IN SEASON IS HERE
Summer prime time for hot cars
By BILL KNIGHT
ELMWOOD – The school district’s Junior High building project is a step closer to being back on track, as five companies filed bids opened Tuesday for the Board of Education to consider at its 6 p.m. meeting on Thursday (July 30). “Having five bidders turn up for the bid meeting is a very positive development,” said District Superintendent Chad Wagner. In alphabetical order, the firms and their base bids were: • CAD Construction (Tremont): $1,380,000 • D. Joseph Construction (Peoria): $1,198,000 • JohnCo Construction (MackiInside naw): $1,402,000 • No hearing set • Laverdiere yet for Farmington Construction (Maofficer. Page 2. comb): • Salem Township, $1,342,600 library reach agree• Mangieri Comment. Page 11. panies (Peoria): $1,241,950 Bidders also proposed prices for six alternates, which will be factored in to the board decision, Wagner said. All bidders except for Laverdiere also submitted lists of subcontractors they’d use. The original estimate for this part of the project – which includes a new addition for two new classrooms and an interior remodel of existing Junior High space – was $1.25 million. The project schedule is structured to have work completed between Jan. 4 and Feb. 4, depending on alternate-bid possibilities. The District plans to rearrange classroom schedules and lease two portable classrooms during construction. Wagner and Demonica Kemper Architects are validating bids before Thursday’s meeting. In other planned business, the school board this week will consider a bid from Lozier Oil of Farmington for fuel and a bid from Heart Technologies of East Peoria for wireless infrastructure.
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By JEFF LAMPE
Hot, sunny weather obviously agrees with car buffs. How else to explain the steady rumble of cruise-ins being held in local towns? Last Friday dozens of antique cars from the Central Illinois Cruisers Car Club lined the square in downtown Elmwood. Elmwood has another cruise-in scheduled for Friday, Aug. 21. Before then, Brimfield’s Super Cruise In for Diabetes will be held this Saturday (Aug. 1), and promises to bring an even larger turnout of unique and antique cars to the main drag in town. The ninth annual Brimfield charity car show opens with a bags tournament at 3 p.m. and cruise-in and family events from 4-8 p.m. “I would hope for 200 cars I guess. We’ve had some from Bloomington-Normal, from Springfield and in the past all the way from Iowa,” organizer Joe Arbogast said. “We give away two awards, the Weekly Post Staff Writer
More than 100 people turned out last Friday to look over dozens of cars from the Central Illinois Cruisers Car Club along Main, Magnolia and Rose Streets in Elmwood. Cars included restored Fords and Chevys, plus sports cars: a Cobra, an MG, Thunderbirds and a Triumph. Photos by Bill Knight.
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Real horse power shown at Summer Harvest By BILL KNIGHT
PRINCEVILLE – Old and antique tractors and other farm implements filled the acres around the Princeville Heritage Museum here Saturday, but a non-mechanized feature from the past was drawing some people’s attention. And affection. Jenna, a 14-year-old, 1,800-pound Clydesdale stood at the southwest For The Weekly Post
edge of the area, somehow seeming regal, chummy and strong. Nearby, guys in bib overalls helped with demonstrations of threshing and corn shelling, cloggers were clacking and spectators sampled Lions Club sandwiches and lemon shakeups. In a small portable pen, Jenna batted her big brown eyes, huffed some and towered over a few girls reaching to pet her muzzle.
“They’re strong. They can pull a lot of weight,” says Alan Knobloch, who with wife Mary Ann runs Alamar Acres about a mile and a half northeast of town. “They were first bred in Scotland, bred to haul wagons around town,” he continues. “They weren’t for the field.” Clydesdales are one of the world’s Continued on Page 11