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Elmwood grocery store reopens By JEFF LAMPE
ELMWOOD – After weeks of cleaning, stocking and planning, Bean’s Family Market opened here last Saturday to steady crowds. Customers who visited the Elmwood business located at 105 S. Rose St. were treated to a brighter, cleaner store with fresh produce and more products on the shelves – even though delivery of a few last-minute items had not yet occurred. Weekly Post Staff Writer
Those shelves will be full soon said store manager Christina Bean, whose life has been a whirlwind of late. She did not get final approval on a liquor license until two days before the store opened. The scramble to stock coolers after the license was approved is fairly typical of recent weeks for the Bean family. Even so, Bean – who has a background of working in retail – said running a grocery store has long been a dream of hers. She got her chance when the former own-
ers of Elmwood Foods sold out in May. Bean and her husband, Aaron Bean, closed on the sale May 26. In the weeks since, they’ve spent plenty of time cleaning and remodeling the store. “We have a 45-yard dumpster that was crushed and dumped three times,” said Christina Bean, who manages the store. “And we’re still hauling out stuff.” Some of that “stuff” was unpleasant, such as the cartons of Continued on Page 2
Bean’s Family Market owner Christina Bean is excited to offer fresh produce at the Elmwood grocery store, which opened on Saturday. Photo by Jeff Lampe.
Streetscape
SCHOOL GETS NEW LIFE
Farmington readying IDOT application
Great-great granddaughter renovates Gibbs’ School
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By BILL KNIGHT
ELMWOOD – About two miles outside of town, a single-story building stands within a wooded lot, framed by a grassy gravel drive, old wood fence posts, wild roses and a rusted well pump. From the outside, it could be one of the 100-plus one-room schoolhouses common in Peoria County in the 19th and 20th centuries, with silence broken only by crickets and cardinals in the mornings and lighting bugs and owls at night – and maybe the wind whispering giggles from 1,600-some pupils taught at Gibbs School between 1855 and 1950. Names of those schooled in its 20x30foot classroom, according to a remembrance by Lois (Miles) Keyser in holdings at the Morrison and Mary Wiley Library here, include LaFollette and Sollenberger, Strappe and Shoff, Proctor and Pack, Miles and Mills, and many more
FARMINGTON – Residents have about three weeks to comment on the city’s proposed Streetscape plan to renovate the business district, as material received will be reviewed and addressed after July 30 to include in a package to the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), officials said June 28 at a public meeting on the project that attracted more than 50 people.. The Streetscape concept will improve sidewalks and curbs and add Americans with Disabilities Act access, add ornamental lighting, fill existing vaults under some businesses’ sidewalks, and address drainage at the intersection of Fort and Main Streets under IDOT’s Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program (ITEP). It’s planned for East Fort Street from Main past East and Cherry Streets to and including Cone Street. “There are a lot of hoops,” said Keith Plavec from the Peoria civil engineering firm Maurer-Stutz. “Having Phase I and Phase II done will help our chances. “The application’s success will depend on who else is applying, and how far
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Above: The schoolhouse’s original pine floors were restored. Right: This is the oldest known photo of Gibbs School, which was built in 1855 and served students until 1950.
who sat on benches or desks, played “Auntie Over” and gathered walnuts from beneath nearby trees, snacked on sorghum or cider, and tended the hot stove and chalk boards. The inside, however, has been transformed into a modern cottage. “My grandmother, who played a great part in raising me, spoke so much about Peoria, Elmwood and the relatives there
that I grew up knowing them without ever having seen them,” says Kim Nyquist Elder, the 73-year-old great-great granddaughter of Justus Gibbs, who built the Continued on Page 10
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chocolate milk dated 2008 that were found in a cooler. But some of the “stuff” was interesting, as in the scale and grocery cart that date back to the days when Bob Howard was running Bob’s Red Fox at the same location. “There’s history in here,” Bean said, pointing to the scale and then to a customer service counter that is made from a piece of blue spruce from Southport Cemetery near Oak Hill. There’s also more light, thanks to new lights from H&H Industries in Elmwood, and working air conditioners, installed by Standard Heating and
Cooling. Shelves are also stocked by a new supplier, that being SpartanNash of Lima, Ohio, which sells the Our Family line. “They’re all about fresh produce and fresh meat,” Bean said. “They service produce for Haddad’s in Peoria, as an example.” Bean is happy to offer four levels of pricing for many products, which allows her to compete with local discount stores. “And we have fresh produce and meat, which they don’t,” she said. Beyond the new is much that has been remodeled or repainted. And much of that work was done by volunteers, Bean said.
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“I can’t say enough about everybody who has come forward to help,” Bean said. “Without them and their help, we’d still be unloading garbage.” Instead, she is now planning for features like a “Wall of Deals” and showcasing produce from local vendors. “We’re trying to keep this as local as possible,”
Bean said. Store hours will be 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days a week. The store plans an official grand opening this Saturday (July 8) with a cook-out from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. courtesy of Eckrich meats. Free smoked sausage and Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs will be served.
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THE WEEK AHEAD HOT PICKS This Week!
s Farmers Market – Vendors gather in Elmwood’s Central Park Friday (July 7) 4-6:30 p.m. Markets every Friday through September. s Science Session – Absolute Science Friday (July 7), 2-3 p.m., at Brimfield Public Library. All ages welcome. s Farm Tours – Gilles Family Farm Tours July 11 and 13, at 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. See native plants, blooming flowers, wildlife in their habitat, all while riding on the comfort of hayracks fitted with bus seats and railings. Call (309) 671-7040, Ext. 3 or email Karla.Smith@il.nacdnet.net.
This Week’s Events
s Readers Group – Readers’ Book
s Band concert – The Elmwood Municipal Band will play Sunday (July 9) at 7:30 p.m. at Central Park. Concerts continue every Sunday through Aug. 6. s Fort Night – Family Fort Night is July 12, 6:30-7:30 p.m., at Brimfield Public Library. All ages welcome.
Group for Adults (18 and older) meets today (July 6) at 6:30 p.m. Topic this month is “The Underground Railroad” by Colson Whitehead. s Art Exhibit – The Illinois Art League’s 57th annual July all-member Future Events exhibit runs through July 31 at Peoria s Family BINGO – Bingo held at 6 Public Library, 107 p.m. on July 13 at MorriN.E. Monroe St. Open& Mary Wiley LiPublicize Your Event son ing reception July 7, 2brary in Elmwood. Call us at (309) 741-9790 4 p.m. s Poetry Slam – Teens’ or email information about s Free Bread – Free Night Out poetry slam your upcoming event to July 13 at 7 p.m. at Morbread available at Elmnews@wklypost.com. rison & Mary Wiley Liwood Methodist brary in Elmwood. Church every Friday s Juggling Show – Juggling Jeff per(including July 7), 10:30 a.m. forms July 14, 10-11 a.m. at Brimfield Free bread available Tuesdays (inPublic Library. All ages welcome. cluding July 11) at Harrison Hall in s Bee Seminar – Free seminar by MasBrimfield at 10 a.m. (309) 696-4542. ter Gardener Bill Baker on The Life and s Saturday Movie – Elmwood’s MorriTimes of Bees is July 15 at 10 a.m. at the son & Mary Wiley Library will show Illinois Central College Horticulture “Tangled” on July 8 at 10 a.m. Popcorn Building, East Peoria. Open to the public. and water served. s Movie Night – “Sing” shown July s Yoga – Yoga classes Mondays at Brimfield Public Library (including July 19, 5:15-7 p.m. at Brimfield Public Library. All ages welcome. 10) from 6-7 p.m.
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Who can we believe in politics?
As I walked recently on a country road past Herb Rucker’s place, Herb came out to chat. Politics was on his mind. “Jim, what in the world am I to believe, and who should I believe?” I didn’t know if “fake news” was on Herb’s mind though there was a good chance as 75 percent of folks in my Stark County voted for Trump. Then this past week, I had lunch Jim with three friends NOWLAN who are active in the nearby Bureau County Tea Party. Two of the three told me, in effect, they didn’t believe any news that was critical of President Trump. Their trust in the media was about nil. Worrisome. It is important that in a democracy we have a decent level of trust in the information we get about the world around us. Life is, after all, about information, literally. Yet we witness personally only the tiniest slice of what goes on in the world around us. From what others tell us, we build the pictures in our heads of our version of reality. There has always been conflict between the media and the objects of their attention. Revered though crusty Founding Father and second President John Adams jailed publishers and writers in the 1790s for criticizing him and his Administration. This, notwithstanding the freedom of the press proviso in the new Constitution. Newspapers and magazines in the 19th Century were often virulently partisan. In Illinois today, I think of
the Mason County Democrat, Bureau County Republican and Quincy Herald-Whig, descendants of an era in which, for example, Democrat newspapers portrayed Abraham Lincoln as a baboon and worse. In the 20th Century, Col. Robert McCormick’s Chicago Tribune fed readers a daily diet of pro-GOP information, on both the editorial page and in “the news hole” pages. Radio in the 1930s had ideological commentators like Father Coughlin and populist Louisiana governor/senator (at the same time) Huey P. Long. Propaganda and “fake news” are not new. By the 1950s, most people read one or more daily newspapers, often a “national” newspaper like the New York Times or Wall Street Journal, plus the local daily. These papers offered a relatively few prominent, generally highly literate, columnists who provided readers a range of perspectives, e.g. Walter Lippmann, liberal, and David Lawrence, conservative. About that time, radio and TV offered respected, not consciously partisan, voices like Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite. The level of trust in the media was fairly high, or so I recall. By the late 1980s, however, Rush Limbaugh took to the airwaves and initiated what my friend and former Chicago Tribune reporter Tim Jones calls “complaint-driven opinion.” Limbaugh found that having a “devil” out there to blame-and-attack generated big ratings from listeners who wanted a simple view of the world. Shortly thereafter, newspapers began their precipitous decline. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, newspaper employment
dropped from 455,000 in 1990 to 174,000 this year. Today there are more jobs in internet publishing than at papers. Even though Illinois state government spending represents a bigger slice of our income (from 8 percent in 1970 to 11 percent or so today), the Capitol pressroom has dropped in the same period from 30 reporters to a number you can count on the fingers of one hand plus maybe a couple of digits on the other. Offsetting the decline in print has been the development of a tower of babel on cable TV and digital platforms. Readers can pick their own partisan and ideological favorites, and stick with them, as they often do, to the exclusion of other perspectives. This scares me. Inside the echo chambers of our chosen reality, opinions harden, and we become less tolerant of other perspectives. So, whom should my friend Herb Rucker believe? Rather than “believe,” Herb should be skeptical, not cynical, of all the information emanating from the Tower of Babel. He should get out of his comfort zone regularly. And he should inform himself by reading the news sections of a major newspaper like the Wall Street Journal, New York Times or Chicago Tribune—and of course of this newspaper! Young graduates from journalism schools are today better-trained than ever. They know how to gather and report on events as fairly as humanly possible; in addition, they are trained in how to understand statistics and generate informative graphics. The responsibility of citizenship imposes a heavy burden. It’s up to you, Herb.
Research red pine longevity before planting
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FARM MANAGEMENT & FARM REAL ESTATE On July 1, Farm Care was acquired by Mark Rhea. Mark has the same qualifications as Gene and plans to continue the same services as Gene has for the last 22 years. Gene will still be involved for a while. The office location and phone number remain the same. Please stop in and say hello to Mark.
To the Editor: Regarding Ron Dieter’s “Two valuable pines for landscape,” readers should be aware that red pines in our area are susceptible to being infected with certain insects that will eventually kill
some trees. My wife and I live on a property south of Hanna City that was once a Christmas tree farm, and we are blessed to have several mature white and red pines on our prop-
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erty. The white pines are doing very well, but many of the red pines are sickly and several have died during the 26 years we’ve lived here. It would be prudent for one to research red pine longevity before investing in planting them. – Karl Stach, Hanna City
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Last defendant in crash gets reduced sentence By BILL KNIGHT
ELMWOOD – Judge Kevin Lyons on June 28 changed his own conviction of James Kosner in connection with Kosner’s role in the 2015 accident that claimed the life of Josh Fuller and the aftermath involving five men later indicted on various charges. Lyons in a bench trial in April convicted Kosner, 23, of Peoria on two felony counts of obstrucFor The Weekly Post
tion of justice, but last week changed his mind, acquitting him on one count of obstruction and changing the second to a misdemeanor charge of attempt to obstruct justice. Citing a previous trial, conviction and sentence before Judge Albert Purham, Lyons sentenced Kosner to two years’ probation, court fees and 120 days in jail, but the incarceration is held in remission during the probation. If Kosner successfully
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completes the two-year probation, he won’t have to serve any jail time. Kosner also must complete 1,000 hours of public service in Peoria County in the next 18 months – 750 hours in the first year, Lyons ordered. Lyons referred to other defendants involved in the fatal crash, especially Dillon Nolan – the 23-yearold Hanna City driver of the truck in which Fuller was a passenger when it wrecked on McClellan Road in rural Elmwood, where 22-year-old Fuller died – and Cotyjo Milliman, 22, of Elmwood, who helped move Fuller’s body to a Farmington residence. Nolan was sentenced to a prison term of 5½ to 9 years after pleading guilty to leaving the scene of an accident involving a death
and to aggravated Driving Under the Influence. A jury convicted Milliman of attempt to obstruct justice and Purham sentenced him to 90 days in the Peoria County Jail and two years’ probation. Kosner was less culpable than Milliman, said Lyons, who contrasted his role with Milliman, who “was up to his neck” in the incident. Besides Milliman and Nolan, others indicted were Michael Wilson, 22, of Farmington and William Zamaro, 29, of Farmington. Wilson in May of 2016 was convicted and sentenced to 180 days in the Peoria County Jail and 30 months’ probation, and Zamaro in August of 2016 had his case transferred to Drug Court, where he had other cases pending.
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FARMINGTON – City police in the last 10 days have arrested 15 juveniles tied to five incidents, referring them to Fulton County Juvenile Probation in Lewistown, according to Police Chief Carl Powell: • three girls, ages 12, 13 and 14, were arrested for criminal damage to property for vandalism June 4 at Jacobs Park and June 19 at the JFL field; • three 12-year-old boys on June 25 were arrested and charged with retail theft at Casey’s and Circle K; • on June 26, a 13-year-old Hanna City boy and a 14-year-old Yates City girl were arrested in connection with the theft of a bicycle; • a 13-year-old Farmington boy was arrested for retail theft for shoplifting at Circle K; and • six youngsters – two girls, 11 and 14, and four boys, ages 12, 13, 14 and 15 – were arrested at 11:25 p.m. June 29 for violating curfew.
Gilles Road right-of-way dispute settled
KICKAPOO – Judge James Mack
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on June 27 ordered the dismissal of Kickapoo Township’s action against farmer Roger Windish after both parties entered a motion to dismiss “with prejudice, in bar of action, costs paid, cause of action satisfied.” Kickapoo Road Commissioner Dan Kelch said, “We have and did retain our right of way, compensation and agreement to never farm on our right of way on both sides of Gilles [Road] again.” In a settlement, the parties agreed that Kickapoo Township’s right of way on Gilles Road will be 18 feet from the edge of the road, Windish’s lawyer Mark Walton said.
Police reports
• William Crotts, 65, of Laura on June 27 was arrested for criminal sexual assault and transported to Peoria County Jail, where he remained until posting $500 bond on June 30. No other information was available from the Sheriff’s Office. • Terry Lansford, 43, of Yates City on June 27 was arrested for Failure to Appear on a Fulton County matter, and was transported to Peoria County Jail, where he posted bond on June 29. • Nathan Williams, 34, of Edwards on June 27 was arrested for Failure to Appear, and he was transported to
PUBLIC AUCTION OF GUNS, OUTDOOR, TOOLS AND MORE PUBLIC GUN AND AMMO AUCTION
The following will be sold on location at 1740 Rock Island Ave. in Galesburg, IL 61489 (turn north onto Rock Island Ave. off of Fremont St. and continue to sale site), on
The following nice collection of guns, ammo and etc. will held at the Williamsfield American Legion located at 222 N State Rt. 180 in Williamsfield, IL. (The Legion is located right off of Rt. 180 on the NE edge of town), on
WEDNESDAY, JULY 12TH, 2017 AT 4:00 P.M. GUNS: Winchester model 12 ga. pump w/rib and mod. choke #405076Winchester model 12 pump full #1422010-Winchester model 12 pump full #408148-Mossberg model 935 semi auto w/3.5” chamber, vent rib and 8 separate chokes-Kayhan by Mossberg superpose double 20 ga. and 12 ga. vent ribs-Stevens model 77 pump 20 ga.-Stevens model 770 pump 12 ga.-930 Mossberg 12 ga. w/28” shotgun barrel and 26” rifled barrel-Single shot Jet 22 w/rifle (410 and 20 ga. barrels)-boxes of shells, casings and brass, 22 Jet cal. and Jet brass-powder scalesRCBS Lackmeiller-loading supplies-Mec reloader-shell and Lyman diesProper FOID card and ID is required. Guns will be held and background checks conducted. OUTDOOR AND TOOLS: 40H Johnson motor-110 HP Mercury motor15 H Evinrude motor-2 ton motor jack-5 HP yard machine snow blower48” JD riding lawn mower-JD 200 mower for parts-nice Craftsman rear tine tiller-Poulan, Homelite and Remington chain saws-2 good rotary lawn mowers-hyd. and floor jacks-Craftsman roller tool cabinet, tool boxes, wrenches, new lighter work bench, router, saws-all, 12v power saws and other tools-power tools of all types-power miter saw, bench drill press, routers, sanders, brake line and alignment tools, tool sets, sockets, ratchets, etc.-elect. meat slicer and meat saw-Harley Davidson gas tank-motorcycle carburetors-White Wing trap thrower (ft. oper.)-old tools, lawn and garden tools-Pro Force generator (needs work)-left handed fishing reels-finder-patio set-much more. COLLECTIBLES AND HOUSEHOLD: Old never opened Camel and other cigarettes-old Harley full bear cans-1888 Wild Man West, Campfire Girls, Students History of IL, some Indian and other old books-couple Steel and other pennies-prim. cabinet base-dvds, cds, books and misc. household-misc. appliances-table and chairs and more. RON VANCE - SELLER FOLGER’S AUCTION SERVICE, INC. - WILLIAMSFIELD, IL (JIM FOLGER AND JIM GIBBS-AUCTIONEERS) Ph. 309-879-2373 or 309-368-6314 Email: cat.2009@hotmail.com LIKE US ON FACEBOOK • For upcoming auctions and more, visit our site at www.folgerauction.com • Terms are cash, check, or credit card. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS.
SUNDAY, JULY 9TH, 2017 AT 12:00 NOON NOTE: The following guns will be sold in the order of the catalog. A valid FOID card is required. Guns will be held and a background checked preformed. Valid FOID is required for ammo purchase also. Guns may be viewed the morning of the sale. Doors will open at 9 a.m. for viewing. 1. Ruger Blackhawk Super 44 mag pistol #88-19762 w/case 2. High Standard Olympic 22 semi auto 22 short #414377 (like new) 3. Colt Series 80 45 cal. pistol #2772316 4. Dan Wesson 357 revolver#119280 5. Bauer 25 cal. semi auto stainless #1096705 6. Stoeger Arms Llama 45 cal. semi auto #555785 7. Beretta semi auto 92 FS 9mm #BER187364Z 8. Ruger New model single six 22 revolver#264-55888 9. Ruger 22 long semi auto Mark 111 target pistol (never fired) #27355634 10. Beretta 45 semi auto w/laser sight #PK18641 11. Ruger 10-22 semi auto w/Bushnell scope (orig. 25 rd. clip-dot scope)-#825-14271 12. Crossman V300 lever action BB pistol #121744 13. Crossman 302 pellet pistol 14. Savage model 83 22 bolt action w/Banner scope ##1056859 15. H R single shot 12 ga. slug gun w/banner scope #HX305028 16. Remington 700 bolt action 375 HH mag. w/banner scope #B6688315 17. Remington 700 bolt action 308 WIN cal. w/Banner scope #G6438988 18. Winchester model 70 223 cal. bolt action SPORTE VARMINT w/Tasco scope #G1990671 19. Winchester bolt action 458 cal. w/Banner scope-WIN mag. #G61268 20. H.R. single shot 410 Partner #250659 21. Ruger American 300 WIN mag. bolt action w/muzzle break #695-45694
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Peoria County Jail, where he was released on bond that day. • Adam Schelske, 21, of Brimfield on June 29 was arrested by Peoria police and transported to the Peoria County Jail, on a charge of criminal damage to property. • A 48-year-old Princeville man was victimized by an unknown thief who fraudulently used his company debit card in Pekin and Morton, according to the Morton Community Bank, police said. The card was used 13 times June 29 and 30 for purchases totaling more than $1,200. • Farmington police on June 30 arrested Christina Brown, 21, of Maquon for felony theft associated with several incidents at Circle K, where she was employed. About $460 in merchandise was involved over a couple of weeks, police said. • Elmwood police on June 30 made a traffic stop of a Peoria motorist driving on Main Street, where he was ticketed for driving with no valid driver’s license and speeding. • Chris Darsham on Monday was sworn in as Deputy Chief by the Farmington City Council, which approved hiring him to replace Chief Carl Powell next month. Darsham and Powell will work together until Aug. 10, when Powell will retire.
PEORIA COUNTY REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AUCTION OF 5.5 ACRES AND HOME The following very nice property and personal items will be sold on location at 8812 W Schmitt Ln. Edwards, IL 61528. Take Rt. 150 east from Kickapoo, IL 1 mile, then turn S. on Gilles Rd. approx. 1.5 miles to Schmitt Ln., then follow the blacktop road around curve to the right to sale site, on
SUNDAY, AUGUST 13TH, 2017 AT 12:00 NOON (PROPERTY SELLS FIRST) REAL ESTATE: This desirable property consists of just over 5 acres, a nice ranch style home and a 2.5 stall unattached garage w/another 1 stall garage built on. The house has a nice kitchen w/bay window and a dining area to the side. Nice cupboards and an over the stove microwave improve the kitchen area. The upper floor also has a nice living room with fireplace, 2 good sized bedrooms and a full bath. The basement is finished w/large family room and fireplace, an optional bedroom/office, a bathroom and utility room. The basement has a walk out porch area to the back yard. The roof is new last year. Gutters, windows and siding are all in very good shape. The house has a new water softener, 200 amp. electric service, good plumbing and furnace w/central air. The basement has always been dry. A private 50 ft. drilled well is extremely efficient. The shaded lane leads to the mowed and very well maintained property. A lg. cement pad is poured in front of the 3.5 stalls of garage space. A nice front and side porch, beautiful trees and 1000 gallon LP tank also improve this property. This is an ideal location and just minutes from Peoria, IL. AN OPEN HOUSE WILL BE FROM 4:30 TO 6:30 ON THURSDAY JULY 13TH. Contact the auction service for possible additional viewing times. Terms are 10% down the day of sale, with closing in 30 days. A contract will be signed and binding day of sale. See pictures and full ad online at www.folgerauction.com. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK. NOTE: Watch for the full ad to follow week of sale or see online. The ad contains a very nice 2003 Tahoe LT (loaded with trailer package), a JD 455 rider 60” mower w/access., like new Troy- Bilt front tine tiller, antiques, local adv., nice furniture, appliances and much more. JEANNETTE SHYNK – SELLER FOLGER’S AUCTION SERVICE, INC. - WILLIAMSFIELD, IL Ph. 309-368-6314 OR 309-879-2373 • Email: cat.2009@hotmail.com Terms: cash, check or credit card. Number system used. Lunch served. ATTORNEY FOR SELLER - BILL KELLY - PH. 309-674-4565
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“We first applied in 2015,” he said. “Then, we got a $300,000 line of credit for what was then a $1.2 million Streetscape. When it’s all said, we figured we can make 10 annual payments and TIF [Tax Increment Financing] would be used. “That all got us to this point, when we’re completing Phase I and II,” he added. Maurer-Stutz’ lead design engineer, Jeff Spiller, said Phase I is the
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Railroad work will close Peoria County roads
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planning stage and Phase II the design stage. “Engineering work overlaps both,” Spiller said. The formal application period to IDOT is Oct. 3-Dec. 3, and applicants will be notified next Spring, said Kowal, who added that if it’s approved he hopes it could get underway next summer.
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schoolhouse. “In about 1999, when I first visited Jane (Gibbs) Kuck, my second-cousin once removed, I fell in love with Elmwood. It was as though I had come home.” Elder, a retired English teacher from northern California, started the renovation in 2014. “I wanted to preserve this little piece of local history and family history,” Elder says. “From the beginning I wanted to maintain the integrity of the building and a sense of what it had once been. Like all such projects, however, this one became much more.” Initially, the idea was to modernize the kitchen, paint the walls, move the bathroom and pull up old carpeting and linoleum. It soon required removing walls down to the studs, installing new plumbing and heating, repairing the septic system and well, and adding a bedroom. Kuck was one of the last pupils there; Irma Eckhoff was the last teacher. “I have tried to retain a sense of the building’s past while working hard to
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make it a little house that could stand for another 150 years,” Elder says. Indeed, the chimney, added around 1900, is still there, windows are original, and Elder plans to display items discovered during construction: old squarehead nails, the top to a school desk, a tin drinking cup and an old metal reflector lamp. Neighbor Frannie Stafford gave Elder some old books with “Gibbs School” stamped inside. “I think it’s neat that now – 170 years after Justus and Bettie Gibbs began their life here – their fourth-generation descendants have
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A pioneer settler in the area, Justus Gibbs was born in upstate New York and in 1836, at the age of 24, he moved to Illinois in a one-horse wagon. He located in Trivoli Township, then relocated to Elmwood the next year, eventually buying land on Tiber Creek Road for $1 an acre. He married Bettie Smith in 1838 and they had 12 children, according to the “Historical Encyclopedia of Gibbs Illinois and History of Peoria County” (1902). In 1850 Gibbs built a house made of stone quarried along Dog Town Lane. It still stands. A few years later he donated a parcel on the eastern edge of his property for what became Gibbs School. Gibbs was Elmwood Township’s first Supervisor and was a Justice of the Peace and Road Commissioner. He died in 1901 at the age of 89.
pieces of the farm they built,” she says. The project became much more challenging than originally anticipated, she concedes. “When we opened up walls and ceiling, we saw the need for insulation and new wiring,” she says. “And so it went, on and on and on. When we peeled
off the vinyl siding, we saw that the original clapboard, which I had hoped to save, was rotting, so we’re replacing with new clapboard, and new paint. “There’s still the acre to deal with. Gradually, we’re clearing out a lot of brush and some trees. I want to put in a little orchard and Continued on Page 11
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roses along the road and some flowers and evergreenery around the house. “There has been an orchard there in the past,” she adds, “and there are old stories of the children picking apples from the neighboring farms.” It may not have “taken a village,” but it’s certainly involved a family. “I was fortunate to have [Kuck’s daughter] Sherida and [her husband] Tom Houlihan living just one
mile down the road, on the site of the original Gibbs log cabin,” Elder says. “Tom, assisted by his nephew Daryl Kenney, has done almost all of the work on the house. We just made it up as we went along, dealing with the bizarre issues of such an old structure. There were others who worked on the house, too – some of them just because they loved what was going on. This project has been a labor of love as much for Sherida and Tom
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and Daryl as it has for me, and I could never have undertaken this project without them.” Elder also may not have undertaken the project without inspiration from the Gibbs clan and its own history. She read family letters – more than 1,000 – passed down through four generations. Spending two years transcribing them and binding them together with photographs of the people who wrote them, Elder, Sherida and Jane’s husband Joe gave them to the Illi-
nois and Lincoln Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. With interior work done, the focus is now on the exterior in hopes of finishing this summer. “It’s truly a second home for me, a place where I feel at home, where I relax with family and the friends I’m making here, a place where I write,” Elder says. “I’m writing a book based on those old family letters: ‘The Stone House Letters’.’”
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Survivors include son Robert (Rachel) Lundholm of Dunlap; daughter Susan Martens of Princeton; stepson Allan French of Clarksville, Tenn.; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services were July 1 at Our Savior Presbyterian Church in Argo, Iowa, with burial at Salem Lutheran Cemetery in Princeton, Ill. Condolences may be left online at Legacy.com.
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AREA CHURCHES BRIMFIELD St. Joseph Catholic Church Father John Verrier 314 W. Clay, Brimfield (309) 446-3275 stjosephbrimfield.org Sat. Confession: 3:30-4:45 pm Sat. Mass: 5 pm Sun. Mass: 10:30 am (10 am in the summer) Daily Mass: Tues.-Fri. 8 am
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod “Preaching Christ Crucified” “Liturgical & Reverential” Pastor Michael Liese 204 W. Clay St., Brimfield (309) 446-3233 Sun. Divine Service: 10 am
Brimfield E-Free Church Pastor Donald Blasing 11724 Maher Road Brimfield, IL 61517 (309) 446-3571 brimfieldefree.org Worship: 10:30 am
Sunday School: 9:30 am AWANA: Wed. 6:15 pm, ages 3-12
Brimfield United Methodist Church Pastor Leonard Thomas 135 S. Galena St., Brimfield (309) 446-9310 Sun. Worship: 9 am Sun. School: 9 am Thurs. Bible Study: 7 pm
Union Church at Brimfield United Church of Christ Pastor Stephen Barch 105 W. Clay Street, Brimfield (309) 446-3811 brimfieldunionchurch.org Sunday Worship: 9 am Tuesday Bible Study: 6:30 pm First Sunday each month is Communion Sunday (gluten free communion offered)
DAHINDA Dahinda United Methodist Church 1739 Victoria Street, PO Box 14, Dahinda IL 61428 Church phone: 309-639-2768 Email: williamsfielddahindaumc@yahoo.com
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EDWARDS Bethany Baptist Church 7422 N. Heinz Ln., Edwards (309) 692-1755 bethanycentral.org Sun. Worship 8:15 & 11 am Wednesday Awana: 6:15 pm
Christ Alive! Community Church Pastor Lance Zaerr 9320 W US Hwy 150, Edwards (309) 231-8272 christalivecc.com Sun. School: 9:15 am Worship: 10:30 am
St. Mary’s Catholic Church Father Joseph Dondanville 9910 W. Knox St., Edwards (309) 691-2030 stmaryskickapoo.org Sat. Confession: 3-3:45 pm Sat. Mass: 4 pm Sun Masses: 7 & 11:00 am Mon. Mass: 5:30 pm Daily Masses: Wed-Fri. 8 am
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Elmwood Baptist Church Pastor Dennis Fitzgerald 701 W. Dearborn St., Elmwood (309) 742-7631, 742-7911 Sun. School: 9:30 am Sun Worship: 10:30 am, 6 pm Wed. Prayer Meeting: 7 pm
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United Methodist Church of Elmwood Pastor Bradley F. Watkins II 821 W. Main St., Elmwood (309) 742-7221 elmwoodumc.org Sun. Worship: 9 am, 10:30 am Youth Sun. School: 9 am Adult Sun. School: 8 am
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WILLIAMSFIELD FARMINGTON First Presbyterian Church of Farmington
Reverend Marla B. Bauler 201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood (309) 742-2631 firstpresbyterianofelmwood.org Sun. Worship: 10:30 am Sun. School: 9:30 am
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YATES CITY Faith United Presbyterian Church Reverend Marla B. Bauler 107 W. Bishop St., Yates City (309) 358-1170 Worship: 9 am Sun. School: 10:15 am Thurs. Choir: 7 pm
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NOTICE OF CLAIM DATE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS, PEORIA COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of ) PAULINE A. GRUNER, Deceased ) No. 17 P 253 Notice is given to creditors of the death of PAULINE A. GRUNER on May 14, 2017. Letters of Office were issued by the Court to ROBERT SHAW, 1212 North Santa Fe Avenue, Chillicothe, Illinois, as Executor, whose attorney of record is KERRY R. CORDIS, Attorney at Law, 129 North Walnut Avenue, P. O. Box 445, Princeville, Illinois 61559. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk's Office, Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or with the representative, or both, on or before the 22nd day of December, 2017 or if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Sec. 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Every claim filed must be in writing and state sufficient information to notify the representative of the nature of the claim or other relief sought. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. Dated June 14, 2017. ROBERT SHAW, Executor of the Estate of PAULINE A. GRUNER, Deceased Kerry R. Cordis The Cordis Law Office, LLC Attorney for Executor 129 North Walnut Avenue P. O. Box 445 Princeville, IL 61559 309/385-4616
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON ELMWOOD RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BUDGET NOTICE is hereby given that a tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the ELMWOOD RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT of Peoria and Knox Counties, Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017 and ending June 30, 2018, will be on file and conveniently available to public inspection weekdays from and after the 6th day of July, 2017, between the hours of 9:00 A. M. and 4:00 P.M. at the ELMWOOD TOWNSHIP HALL, by contacting David Wagner, President of the Board of Trustees, at (309) 231-3774. NOTICE is further hereby given that a PUBLIC HEARING on said Budget and Appropriation Ordinance will be held at 2:00 O'Clock P.M., Monday, the 7th day of August, 2017 in the ELMWOOD TOWNSHIP HALL, located at 111 West Main Street, in Elmwood, Illinois, and that final hearing and action on this Ordinance will be thereafter taken at a meeting of the Trustees of the ELMWOOD RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT. DATED this 5th day of June, 2017. THOMAS J. SHISSLER, Secretary, Elmwood Rural Fire Protection District
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR THE JUBILEE TOWNSHIP ROAD DISTRICT SALT STORAGE BUILDING The Township of JUBILEE Road District (herein called "Owner") will receive sealed bids for the JUBILEE Township Road District Salt Storage Building, to be located at 12807 North PrincevilleJubilee Road, Princeville, Illinois 61559, in JUBILEE Township, Peoria County, Illinois, until 5:00 P.M., Wednesday, July 19, 2017, by mailing or delivering said bids to Tom Heinz, Highway Commissioner, JUBILEE Township Road District, 11606 Fussner Road, Brimfield, Illinois 61517. Bid Packets can be obtained by contacting Tom Heinz by telephone at 309-243-5741. The bids will be opened and read aloud at a Public Bid Opening to be held at the JUBILEE Township Hall, 12807 North PrincevilleJubilee Road, Princeville, Illinois 61559, in JUBILEE Township, Peoria County, Illinois, at 10:00 A.M. on the 20th day of July, 2017. The Contract Documents, including plans and specifications which provide for the payment of Prevailing Wages and furnishing a Performance Bond are on file, and may be examined or obtained at the office of the Supervisor as above set forth. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of Thirty (30) days after the opening of the bids. No bid bond will be required; however, the successful bidder, upon his failure or refusal to execute and deliver the Contract, bond and other documents required within Ten (10) days after he has received notice of the acceptance of his bid, shall pay to Owner, as liquidated damages for such failure or refusal, an amount equal to Ten Percent (10%) of his bid plus reasonable attorneys' fees incurred for collecting such damages. The Highway Commissioner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive technicalities. The Township of JUBILEE, in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that the Contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, will be awarded to the lowest, responsible bidder without discrimination on the grounds of race, color or National origin. DATED this 28th day of June, 2017. Robin Forney, JUBILEE Township Clerk
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NOTICE OF ORDINANCE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Library Trustees of the Brimfield Public Library District, pursuant to "An Act regulating wages of laborers, mechanics and other workers employed in any public works by the state, county, city or any public body or any political subdivision or by anyone under contract for public works", approved June 26, 1941, as amended, has determined on, and as effective from, June 1, 2017 that the general prevailing rate of wages in this locality for laborers, mechanics and other workers engaged in the construction of public works coming under the jurisdiction of the Library District, is the same as determined by the Department of Labor of the State of Illinois for Peoria County as of June 5, 2017 and monthly thereafter. A copy of the full resolution and the Department of Labor determination is available for inspection by any interested party in the main office of the Library District at 111 S. Galena St., Brimfield, Illinois, and to any employer or association of employers and any person or association of employees who have filed, or file their names and addresses, requesting copies of the same. Brimfield Public Library District By: Charles W. Barton Secretary, Pro-Tem Board of Trustees
NOTICE OF CLAIM DATE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS, PEORIA COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of LUTHER ALBERT MANSFIELD, Deceased
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Notice is given to creditors of the death of LUTHER ALBERT MANSFIELD on June 2, 2017. Letters of Office were issued by the Court to JOSEPH K. KAPPES, 12301 W. Downing Place, Brimfield, Illinois, as Executor, whose attorney of record is KERRY R. CORDIS, Attorney at Law, 129 North Walnut Avenue, P. O. Box 445, Princeville, Illinois 61559. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk's Office, Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or with the representative, or both, on or before the 22nd day of December, 2017 or if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Sec. 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Every claim filed must be in writing and state sufficient information to notify the representative of the nature of the claim or other relief sought. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. Dated June 13, 2017. JOSEPH K. KAPPES, Executor of the Estate of LUTHER ALBERT MANSFIELD, Deceased Kerry R. Cordis The Cordis Law Office, LLC Attorney for Executor 129 North Walnut Avenue P. O. Box 445 Princeville, IL 61559 309/385-4616
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City of Farmington DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS NOW HIRING The City of Farmington is seeking a qualified candidate to fill an immediate full-time opening with the Department of Public Works. This hands-on position involves maintenance and repair duties for our streets, water, waste-water, parks, cemetery, and vehicle maintenance departments. The successful applicant shall demonstrate a strong mechanical background, a positive work ethic, the ability to work with others, the ability to work unsupervised and the ability to work with the public and have the desire and drive to learn new trades. Prior Public Works or similar work experience preferred but not required. Successful applicants must already hold or must obtain an Illinois CDL and pass D.O.T. Physical. These full-time positions include a starting salary of $15.50 per hour, health insurance, paid holidays, and IMRF Retirement. Cover Letters & Resumes will be accepted until noon July 14, 2017, either via hand delivery to the Office of the City Administrator via e-mail to: rwright@cityoffarmingtonil.com or via mail to: City of Farmington 322 E. Fort St. Room 101 Farmington, IL 61531 Attn: Public Works Positions The City of Farmington is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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... Princeville was without three starters last week at Jacksonville, as they were busy with baseball elsewhere. But freshman-to-be Cole Daily shows a lot of promise already at the varsity level. ... In Brimfield, a broken leg has sidelined Reece Teubel, who is expected to be out 4-6 months. “He may be able to get out there as the season starts,” said coach Scott Carlson, who said his team has been up and down, but shows stronger guard play. ... Williamsfield has a better record in its summer league than the Indians and “sure looks better for next year,” according to coach Bob Anderson. The return of Bret Woodside from a knee injury will be a key for Billtown, though he has missed much of the summer with a hip injury. uuu Elmwood is investigating ending its co-op with Brimfield in baseball and softball. Early indications are the Trojans will have enough players to field varsity and junior varsity baseball teams (at least for now) and might have enough players for a softball program. Some argue the teams would not be as competitive as those fielded by Brimfield-Elmwood, which has enjoyed considerable success in softball of late. Others say the point of a co-op is not to make a stronger team, but merely to be certain you can field a team in the face of lacking numbers. If you have enough players, they say, there’s no need to co-op. I agree with the latter argument, though fi-
nancial considerations are worth noting. And Elmwood’s facilities at Sweetwater Park are very inadequate – unless the IHSA starts mandating wooden backstops. ... Parting shot: As for ending the E-B co-op in football, as some have pondered, that makes no sense for either school. For that matter, there’s no need for Brimfield to strike out on its own in cross country and track – unless there is a sudden surge of Indians runners who want to compete in red and white instead of orange and black.
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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the following individual is indebted to Brimfield Mini Storage for past due rent; David Lesones, Occupant, Unit #103, & Unit #104. Sale or disposal of all contents of said units may take place on or after July 14, 2017 pursuant to ILCS 770 95/1 through ILCS 770 95/7.10. Sale or disposal of contents is subject to cancellation in the event of a settlement between the owner and obligated occupant. By: Steve Smith, Owner, Brimfield Mini Storage, 11619 N. Maher Road, Brimfield, IL 61517, (309) 303-8703
PUBLICATION NOTICE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Trustees of Truro Township, Knox County, Illinois, pursuant to “An Act regulating wages of laborers, mechanics, and other workmen employed in any public works by the State, county, city, or public body of any political subdivision or by anyone under contract for public works, (820 ILCS 130/0.01, et seq.) has determined on, and as effective from June 5, 2017, that the general prevailing rate of wages in this locality for laborers, mechanics, and other workmen engaged in the construction of public works coming under the jurisdiction of Township of Truro is the same as determined by the Illinois Department of Labor for Knox County as of June 5, 2017. A copy of the full Ordinances and the Department of Labor determination is available for inspection by any interested party at the Williamsfield Village Hall, the regular meeting place of the Township Board of Trustees, and to any employer or association of employers and any person or association of employees who have filed, or file their names and addresses, requesting copies of the same. SANDRA WILKE Township Clerk Truro Township & District Clerk Truro Township Road District
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PUBLICATION NOTICE TAKE NOTICE that Williamsfield Fire Protection District, Knox and Peoria Counties, Illinois, pursuant to “An Act regulating wages of laborers, mechanics, and other workmen employed in any public works by the State, county, city, or public body of any political subdivision or by anyone under contract for public works, (820 ILCS 130/0.01, et seq.) has determined on, and as effective from June 5, 2017, that the general prevailing rate of wages in this locality for laborers, mechanics, and other workmen engaged in the construction of public works coming under the jurisdiction of Williamsfield Fire Protection District is the same as determined by the Illinois Department of Labor for Knox and Peoria Counties as of June 5, 2017. A copy of the full Ordinance and the Department of Labor determination is available for inspection by any interested party at the office of the District at 200 E. Gale, Williamsfield, Illinois, and to any employer or association of employers and any person or association of employees who have filed, or file their names and addresses, requesting copies of the same. TY O. LANDON, SECRETARY, Board of Trustees, Williamsfield Fire Protection District
PUBLIC NOTICE The regular scheduled Princeville Township meeting for July 11, 2017 at 5 pm has been voted on and approved to be changed to July 18, 2017 at 5 pm at same meeting place, Princeville Township Building, 14321 Southern St. Princeville IL. Summer Rice
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Summer hoops Elmwood, Farmington boys strong in summer
Summer youth softball and baseball seasons are drawing to a close as tournament time approaches. Here are scenes from play in the Princeville leagues this summer. Photos by Collin Fairfield.
the likes of Annawan and Duchesne of Rambling through central Illinois St. Charles, Mo., and losing only to a gyms, pondering a hot basketball game loaded Winnebago team in the on a cold winter day to come. finale. “We beat teams that had uuu players that were bigger and Teams that lose say summer faster and stronger than we are, basketball doesn’t matter. Teams which is a positive,” said coach that win say it’s an indication of Josh Fugitt, whose team also what’s to come this winter. I reached the semifinals at Montend to favor the latter version, mouth. ... Farmington has also which is why the Farmington vs. Elmwood boys game this year Jeff been strong, winning its shootout, going 2-2 vs. larger should be another good one. The LAMPE schools at Normal West and finteams battled to a tie in the sumishing 6-1 at Monmouth – losmer and both have been impresing only to powerful Quincy Notre Dame sive overall. Elmwood reached the title (which downed Elmwood in the semis). game in one of two Jacksonville Shootout tournaments last week, beating Continued on Page 15
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