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Pioneer, author founded first Elmwood newspaper By BILL KNIGHT
ELMWOOD – One of Illinois’ earliest newspapermen also wrote a book about the state’s pioneer years, and became somewhat famous and very influential in central Illinois before dying in an insane asylum and being buried in Elmwood. John Regan was born 196 years ago this week in Ayrshire, Scotland, the home of poet Robert Burns. In 1842, the 24For The Weekly Post
year-old school teacher left Europe for America, traveling to New Orleans and St. Louis, Burlington, Iowa, and the Regan Mormon colony in Nauvoo, where he met Latter-Day-Saints prophet Joseph Smith, but disliked what he saw. After a short stay, Regan and
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his small family moved across the prairies to central Illinois. He remarked that “the voyage [was] ... like a strange dream; but here, in the depths of the unsubdued wilderness, surely is reality. The brown squirrel scampers up the tree, looking at us over his shoulder as he goes, and chattering among the branches – the woodpecker taps upon the decayed limb – the bluebird flits from tree to tree ... but still there is the feeling of solitude and loneliness gushing
into the heart from every object around.” Regan happened upon Spoon River and followed it southward where he bought 40 acres west of Ellisville near a nowvanished village named Virgil. There he built a log cabin, farmed, taught school and kept detailed notes. Regan, his wife Elizabeth, and their four children in 1847 returned to Scotland to let Regan write and publish “The Emigrant’s Guide to The West-
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ern States of America,” which came out sometime in the next few years, with an expanded edition in 1852 (Elmwood’s Morrison and Mary Wiley Library has a copy). Possibly inspired by Charles Dickens’ rather negative 1842 assessment, “American Notes for General Circulation,” Regan’s book was a narrative account not only of moving to early Illinois, but also of pioneers’ lives on the frontier. It Continued on Page 10
Farmington OKs bonds for solar plan
By CHERYL HARLOW
KICKAPOO – Since not everybody can come to the books, Brimfield Public Library has brought the books to the people. Last spring Brimfield Public Library joined a growing national trend by starting a Little Free Library in Kickapoo. Library director, Patty Smith used a repurposed library drop box – painted in lively colors – as a new source for books. “Since our main library is on the western edge of our library district, I latched on Smith to the idea of little libraries when it was discussed at our rural director’s monthly library group. “Not everybody can come to the building, so we go to them with the Little Library.” In its most basic form, a little free library is a box full of books where anyone may stop by and pick up a book (or two) and bring back a book to share. In 2009, Todd Bol of Hudson, Wis. built a model for a one-room schoolhouse as a tribute to his
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FARMINGTON – The Farmington Community Unit School District 265 Board of Education on Monday (Sept. 9) voted unanimously to issue $800,000 of working cash bonds to help pay for a solar panel project. In August, the board approved entering into a $2 million contract with Farnsworth Group Inc. to construct a 2,600-module solar array on the roof of the building. Once completed, the array is estimated to provide one-third of the district’s annual electricity. The remaining $1.15 million of the project will be paid through a grant from the Illinois Clean Energy Group. “This resolution wraps up the issue and is the final say on the bonds,” said David Pistorius of First Midstate. Pistorius said the bonds have been sold at a rate of 3.46 percent, lower than the original estimate of 3.75 percent. The district has maintained its AA bond rating. “A lot of folks the last two years have been downgraded,” Pistorius said. “You’re doing well financially.” For The Weekly Post
A student makes an unlucky draw from her carton of boiled and raw eggs after failing to answer a question in the Ag Quiz Bowl. Photo by Joanie Stiers.
Ag Day crowd grows in Billtown By JOANIE STIERS
WILLIAMSFIELD – Rubber ducks raced as contestants rapidly pumped hydrants. The stories from a 100-year-old featured speaker sparked laughter in the main tent. And by the end of the day, ragged hay bales evidenced the popularity of the bale climb. These represented just some of the prominent acFor The Weekly Post
tivities that attracted a crowd at Ag Day on Sunday at Doubet-Benjamin Park in Williamsfield. The community service event, organized by Williamsfield’s FFA and 4-H families, featured more than 20 free activities. New this year, attendees enjoyed apple peeling, cow pie bingo, an archery game, balloon herding and a village history display.
Scenic wagon rides, duck races, and displays of antique and modern farm equipment returned this year to attract all ages. Meanwhile, kids also enjoyed chances to drive youth-sized John Deere Gators, tractors and trucks to complete chores. Nearby, they raced on pedal tractors and attempted to lasso “steers” Continued on Page 9
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BRIMFIELD: Helps bring books to the people mother, a former school teacher who loved reading. He filled it with books and put it on a post in his front yard. His friends and neighbors loved it and the idea quickly spread throughout the state and then the country. By January 2014, the total number of registered Little Free Libraries in the world was estimated to be nearly 15,000 with thousands more being built. Brimfield’s Little Free Library works on the honor system with instructions on the door to “take a book and leave a book.” There are two large clear bins with doors on the sides that slide in to the bottom of the drop box. One bin is filled with books, magazines and DVDs for adults, and the other is filled with items for kids. All items are donated by the public. Staff from Brimfield Public Library check on the Little Library and add new items at least once a month. Smith added, “If people in the neighborhood want something specific, they can call the library and ask for it to be added.” Smith’s goal is to add several more little libraries to other communities on the outskirts of the li-
brary district, such as Berkshire Estates and Park Bridge Estates. She is looking for volunteers who want to get involved with bringing a little library to their neighborhood or community. “Generally in a neighborhood people take ownership and want to help take care of it,” Smith said. “If somebody in our library district would like one in their neighborhood, we are open to it.” The Kickapoo Little Library is located on Coolidge Street, one block south of the Ju- Landon Kline, 7, of Kickapoo makes use of the bilee Junction lawn or- Little Library in town stocked by the Brimfield nament store. Dr. Rob Public Library. Photo by Cheryl Harlow. Kelch, who lives least half a dozen people use it in nearby, volunteered to be the stew- the last month. We are slowly getard of the library by keeping an eye ting the word out.” on it and mowing around it each Smith has also been trying to get week. “It’s a bus stop there, so the word out on Facebook and the there are lots of moms and kids in library website. For more informathe area each day,” Kelch said. tion call the library at (309) 446“We’ve donated books that we 9575 or contact Smith at don’t use anymore, and I’ve seen at psmith@brimfieldlibrary.org.
KICKAPOO — A search party discovered a body believed to be that of a missing 47-year-old man on Tuesday afternoon in a cornfield near Kickapoo. The body found at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the 7200 block of North
Kickapoo-Edwards Road behind the Shell station, is believed to be that of Carl Ray Mathis, who was last seen in Edwards on Aug. 18. Peoria County Coroner Johnna Ingersoll told the Peoria Journal Star the body was in an advanced
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Rambling through central Illinois, thankful some folks still volunteer their time. uuu Betsy Kimbrell and Diane Morton of Farmington missed their calling. They should have been private detectives. Or spies. For the second time in three years, the Jeff pair found the LAMPE Grand Pomodoro well before Farmington’s Italian Fest (behind a drain spout near the city municipal building). Finding the tomato again proves they have real sleuth skills, not to mention an extra $500 apiece. ... Does anybody else look up the spelling of “tomato” and “potato” to make sure they don’t become the next Dan Quayle? ... Subway is closer to reality in Elmwood, with plans moving forward for the restaurant chain to move into the first floor of the new Whitney building. uuu The amount of work folks donated this summer to pull off another enjoyable series of festivals in our communities is impressive, commendable and a little daunting. The long hours it takes is one big reason why finding volunteers to run the annual events is so difficult. Consider that Elmwood’s Strawberry Festival still has no leadership for next year and many other local events struggle to find replacements for organizers ready to pass the torch. But the past weekend in Williamsfield and
Elmwood surely proved the value of the work. The sense of community shared at the Fall Fest and Billtown’s Ag Day are a big part of who we are and why we live here. And I had to smile when my 6year-old woke Sunday morning, after a full day of eating, riding and spending, and said, “Dad, I can’t wait until the next Fall Festival.” ... Elmwood’s effort to build a home for a military hero got a $1,600 boost Saturday at a fund-raising breakfast. But more is needed. Look for red cans in local businesses and dig deep. uuu Talk of festivals turns naturally to the Mayor of Oak Hill, who is known to show up in the oddest places in the oddest ways. Consider the picture above, showing the Mayor riding in a cart behind a donkey while wearing a sombrero during the 1967 Brimfield Old Settler’s Day parade (some things are too fantastic to make up). Any wonder he is a recurring character? The youngster in the cart with the Mayor is Kickapoo Mike Hanley. ...
As for finding the Mayor, we are suspending that contest after printing this picture. Nothing could top this one. In place of Find The Mayor we hope to come up with a new way to give away my wife’s money. Suggestions are welcome. uuu Parting shot: “Kids were better behaved in the old days.” I hear that often from people with conveniently short memories. So I had to laugh while reading news of 71 years ago in Elmwood (in the TriCounty News): “Elmwood youngsters have continued with their destruction of property in the past few weeks. It has become a serious business and it is up to the parents to see that it is stopped.” ... The same story gave details of a broad daylight bank robbery of Laura State Bank 81 years ago and of Elmer Dooley, who was in Oak Hill at the Camp Grounds 121 years ago and accidentally shot himself in the calf while showing off a revolver. Ahh, the good old days. Contact Jeff Lampe at 231-6040 or jeff@wklypost.com
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One man keeps getting caught in Catch 22s About 50 years ago, Joseph Heller introduced a phrase into the English language that we all know and have experienced at one time or another. The phrase, of course, is “Catch 22,” from his novel of the same name. In his book, soldiers were exempt from going on bombing runs during Jon World War II if GALLAGHER they could prove they were insane. The problem is, only an insane person would WANT to go on a bombing run, so if a soldier tried to prove he was insane, it actually proved that he was sane for not wanting to go. It’s a vicious circle. Let’s take a look at that in real life: You walk into a pitch-black room. There’s a light switch that
could solve the problem. However, you can’t see the light switch because it’s dark. And it’s dark because you can’t see the light switch. I got to thinking about this a while back when I misplaced by wallet. It contained my credit cards and my debit card. I was afraid that it might fall into dishonest hands, so I needed to call the card companies to report it so they could cancel the current card and reissue a new one. The card companies, in their infinite wisdom, were nice enough to give me a toll-free number so I could call and report the lost or stolen card. They printed it right there on the back of the card. The card that was missing. Oh, sure, I was probably supposed to write it down somewhere, but honestly, who does that? No doubt there was a similar toll-free number on my bill some-
where … if I could find a bill. While searching for an old bill, I managed to find my wallet, which meant I didn’t have to find a bill anymore, thank goodness. The other night I experienced another Catch 22 situation. I wear glasses for reading and others for close-up work. Usually I keep several pair of reading glasses on hand because of my habit of misplacing them. They’re usually cheap, a whole buck at the Dollar Tree in Canton, but sometimes I pick up a more expensive pair that may last longer. I was down to my last pair. All the others had either broken or been sucked up into that Phantom Zone that inhabits my apartment and makes things disappear without a trace. I was trying to take good care of this pair since I was ready to do some serious cross
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To the Editor: Despite these last few months of hot and lazy days, it’s been hard not to notice a cold political wind blowing through the country. The magazine Foreign Affairs captured it with its latest cover, a mockup of a travel poster featuring a crumbling U.S. Capitol with the tagline, “See America: Land of Decay and Dysfunction.” Americans are clearly uneasy. In early August, an NBC-Wall St. Journal poll reported that a full three-quarters of those surveyed lacked confidence that the next generation would be better off — the most pessimistic results in the history of the poll. This is a ground-shaking turnabout. Since well before I began my political career in the early 1960s, the keystone of our politics was an unflagging optimism that as Americans we could face headon the task of improving our own
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‘Huffing’ cited in accident with injury
EDWARDS – Police suspect that inhaling from CO2 canisters contributed to a crash on Ill. Route 8 near Koerner Road about 10:30 a.m. Sept. 4, when driver Noah Shideman was injured, transported by AMT Ambulance to OSF St. Francis Medical Center, and arrested for Driving Under the Influence. Shideman, 22, of Elmwood, also was ticketed for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and operating an uninsured vehicle. Shideman’s vehicle apparently ran off the road and overturned, according to reports, and bystanders had to cut Shideman’s seatbelt to extricate him from the vehicle. Police said they recovered 77 canisters of the Whip-It! Brand CO2 cartridges plus two empty canisters.
Man arrested after fleeing from police
ELMWOOD – Alex Cusack, 26, of Brimfield, was arrested for resisting/obstructing police on Sept. 6 after fleeing officers investigating suspicious activity across the street from the Fall Festival, according to reports. Elmwood police approached Cusack to ask him about an apparent exchange of something they witnessed, and officers requested he
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take his hands out of his pockets. He ran away and officers pursued him on foot, apprehending him a few blocks away, police said. Police issued local ordinance violations for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia and impounded the 1993 Ford Tempo he’d been driving.
Sheriff’s office seeking man for possible battery
BRIMFIELD – The Peoria County Sheriff’s office said it’s seeking a man in connection with an incident early Sept. 7, when a child called 9-1-1 about her mother being injured in an argument with the man. A 35-year-old woman was being treated by BYE Ambulance personnel when police arrived at the residence in the 200 block of W. Knoxville here. The man had left the scene and she was not fully cooperative, but two children present, an 11-yearold girl and a 14-year-old girl, described the confrontation, according to reports. Police reported the incident to the state Department of Children and Family Services.
Mailbox damaged by shotgun blast
ELMWOOD – A resident in the 3300 block of North Dog Town Lane on Sept. 1 reported damage to a mailbox, which apparently was shot by a shotgun blast at close range, police said. The Peoria County Sheriff’s De-
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Outboard boat motor reported as stolen
BRIMFIELD – A man in the 100 block of West Clinton Street here on Sept. 7 reported the theft of a 1985 Yamaha 8-horsepower outboard motor from a jon boat on his property, according to reports. The motor is worth about $1,300, he told police.
Deer accident
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• Jamison Grubb, 38, of Princeville, on Sept. 1 was arrested for domestic battery and resisting/obstructing an officer, and transported to the Peoria County Jail. • Sherry Sherman, 55, of Yates City, on Sept. 2 was arrested for Driving Under the Influence, operating an uninsured vehicle, failure to reduce speed, and improper lane usage, and transported to the Peoria County Jail.
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stitching. As I put on the glasses, an earpiece popped off. A teensy-tiny screw went skittering across my kitchen table. This was going to be an easy fix; the screw had just come out. I searched my junk drawer for something I had purchased especially for this occasion: an eyeglass repair kit. This kit contained an assortment of small screwdrivers and some small screws. I paid a small fortune for this kit – about a buck and a half – and it
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tween a rock and hard spot. Or in a dark room with a hidden light switch. I continued to sit at the kitchen table, contemplating the irony of the situation and formulating the structure for this column. All was not lost. I decided to take the opportunity to write down the tollfree numbers from the back of my credit and debit cards. Wow! That’s REALLY small print! I also made a note to buy another dozen pair of glasses on my next trip to Canton.
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Superintendents say funding reform needed under any Illinois governor By BILL KNIGHT
Regardless of who is elected Illinois governor in November’s election, changes in how the state’s public schools are funded are needed, according to the five superintendents of schools in The Weekly Post area. According to Democrat Paul Vallas, candidate for Lieutenant Governor, local school districts together could lose more than $6 million under Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner’s “Jobs and Growth” agenda, which would not extend a temporary state income tax increase. Not so, says Mike Schrimpf, a spokesman for Rauner, who said his candidate would make education a priority and who criticized Vallas’ data as “from a fantasyland, designed to set up a TV ad.” Bantering aside, changes are needed, local school officials say. Besides local taxes, funding options should include changes by the General Assembly, according to Brimfield District 309 Superintendent Joe Blessman, Elmwood District 322 Superintendent Chad Wagner, Farmington District 205 Superintendent John Asplund, Princeville District 326 Superintendent Shannon Duling and Williamsfield District 210 Superintendent Tim Farquer. Williamsfield’s Farquer tried to be realistic and optimistic. “The state doesn’t have any money,” Farquer said. “Schools are going to continue getting less and less. How much less For The Weekly Post
is the only question. November’s election, as well as a potential Illinois Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of ‘pension reform,’ will go a long way in determining Illinois’ approach to funding schools and their timeline for balancing the state budget. “Our goal at Williamsfield is to get to a point where everyone has a basic understanding of how school finance works,” Farquer said. “We want to ensure everyone has open access to our financial numbers/reports. We want to ensure everyone has the motivation/ability to cast informed votes at the ballot box when crucial decisions must be made. “To spur meaningful school finance reform in the short term, the best thing we can do is accurately determine what our communities value most,” Farquer added. “Does the community value small class sizes in elementary classrooms or short bus rides? “Does the community value offering upperlevel high school classes on-site or online?” “Which extra-curricular activities do the communities value most? “In the next few years, all of our local school districts will have to make tough decisions with regards to services and local tax rates.” Asplund said Illinoisans should re-frame the dilemma. “I would re-focus the problem and discuss the plight of property-poor districts versus propertyrich districts,” Asplund said. “The vast majority of property-poor school
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districts lie outside the collar counties surrounding Chicago. These districts must be actively engaging their local representatives to demand a more equitable funding system for public schools in Illinois. “While property-rich districts often complain that they pay higher property taxes already, it is a misleading argument. Property-rich residents are taxed at a much lower rate of their overall home value compared to residents in property-poor districts. “This means that property-rich residents are able to keep more disposable income for their own use, whereas propertypoor residents – who already struggle to pay for everyday necessities – are taxed at a higher rate on their property values, which results in even less disposable income. “State officials often speak the refrain that they are afraid to change the funding formula because it will create ‘winners and losers’ regarding school districts who will see state support rise or fall,” Asplund continued. “To that, we should all reply that for the last 40 years (the current funding formula was adopted in the mid-1970s), the state has clearly chosen winners and losers, and over two generations of children have borne the brunt of this inequity.” Princeville’s Duling said one option was the “penny tax” to help schools, which was approved in Knox and Fulton Counties but defeated in Peoria County. “We will continue to work with legislative
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Farmington council accepts Casey Road By MICHELLE SHERMAN
FARMINGTON – Following the Aug. 18 denial of a resolution to accept Casey Road as a city street, the Farmington City Council changed its opinion and on Monday (Sept. 9) voted to approve the proposal. At the Aug. 4 meeting, Ward One Alderman Matt Ulm expressed concern over the composition of the road, constructed by private developers Ken Balagna and David Arrenholz. Ward Two Alderman Jeff Vogel also questioned the quality of the street, and Ward Three Alderman June Whitmer said she would have liked to see the road curbed and guttered. City Manager Rollen Wright on Aug. 18 presented the council with copies of accepted ordinances from 2006 and 2007 showing that previous councils had approved both the composition of Casey Road and For The Weekly Post
that they agreed Balagna and Arrenholz would construct the road without curbs and gutters. At Monday’s meeting, the council was presented with a report from a recent meeting of the streets, sidewalks and garbage committee showing that the developers had provided information regarding the road’s composition. Following a review of that information, the council voted to accept Casey Road as a city street. In addition, the council voted to make Casey Road a stop street, and instructed Wright to communicate with the Illinois Department of Transportation to place a stop sign where it intersects with Illinois Route 78. “Where the city side streets empty out onto a state route, all those signs are actually property of the Illinois Department of Transportation,” Wright said. “Had this (Casey Road) emptied out onto another city street that was not a state
route, we would be responsible for putting up a stop sign. “If I put up a stop sign there ... they’ll (IDOT) come and take it down.” Wright said he already has been in contact with IDOT about the sign and they just need written confirmation that the council passed the ordinance. He expects the sign to be put up within the next week. Wright also informed the council that the technology classes offered through Spoon River College filled to capacity within two days of the beginning of registration. The college is evaluating offering more classes in the near future. In other business the council: • Approved releasing roughly $103,000 to pay for previously approved road repavement projects. • Donated $250 to Camp Big Sky for an upcoming Veterans Day event.
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The bonds will be paid back over a seven-year period. Currently, taxpayers are levied a rate of $1.07 per $100 of equalized assessed valuation for working cash by the district. This new bond raises the tax rate to just shy of $1.09 per $100 of EAV, under the original projections of $1.11 per $100 of EAV.
The better interest rate First Midstate was able to secure will save taxpayers around $18,000 in interest over the term of the bonds. Work is expected to begin on the array, which will feature 300watt panels and will not require any major structural changes to the school's roof, Oct. 6 or 13. Provided everything goes to
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plan, said Steve Smith of Farnsworth Group, “our goal is to complete this project in 2014.” In other business the board: • Put the English/language arts curriculum for grades 6-12 and writing curriculum for kindergarten through fifth grade on first reading. • Approved school improvement goals for the 2014-15 school year.
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A bale climb became a favorite part of the day for area kids at last Sunday’s Ag Day event in Williamsfield. Photo by Joanie Stiers.
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from a barrel horse. Throughout the day, youth and adults alike witnessed the marvel of hands-free tractor driving with GPS guidance. Ag Day kicked off with a free pancake breakfast provided by the Williamsfield Area Development Corporation and a local-made maple syrup demonstration by the Alford family. Afterward, area residents filled the main tent for a communitywide worship service that included a blessing of the seed, soil and water. Participating churches included the St. James Catholic Church, Williamsfield United Methodist Church and Dahinda United Methodist Church. A parade of antique tractors followed. The day’s scheduled presentations included 4-H project demonstrations, stories from 100-year-old Myrtice Coe and a session in memory of community volunteer Ralph Norman. By mid-afternoon, more than 10 teams challenged
themselves in the Ag Olympics. The day closed with laughter and smiles at the Ag Quiz Bowl, in which young teams competed to make opponents take an egg on the head. A beautiful 2015 wall calendar, entitled “Local Landscapes,” debuted at Ag Day. The calendar includes Williamsfield-Dahinda area photos taken by local photographers. It is now available for $10 at the Williamsfield School office, Laura State Bank and StevensCampbell Insurance Agency in Williamsfield. Fruit pie contest winners included Wendy Doubet, winning both first and second place, and Vicki Quick, third place. Ag Day, the area’s newest festival, is organized by the Williamsfield FFA Alumni & Friends, Williamsfield FFA Chapter and Williamsfield Town & Country 4-H Club. The groups plan for the event to return next year on the Sunday after Labor Day.
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To the Residents of Peoria County’s 16th District: On November 4th, your ballot will give you the opportunity to vote for a candidate to represent the 16th District on the Peoria County Board. I am running for that seat and would appreciate your support. I am a 40-year resident of the community, having moved here after using the GI Bill to graduate from the University of Illinois. I am a farmer, a cattleman, and a Marine, and I know that western Peoria County is a great place to live. As our representative of the 16th District, I will be your advocate. I will make decisions that make sense to our community and will listen to you to help make those decisions. In the coming weeks, I will be visiting local cafes for coffee – to meet you and your neighbors to hear what topics are on your mind … and I may have a few of my own, too! I’ll be sharing future meeting locations and special events on my website (Burns4Board.com), on Twitter (Follow me!) and on my Facebook page (Like me!) If you would like a telephone conversation, please call me directly at 208-9049. I look forward to meeting you, earning your vote, and representing Peoria County’s 16th District. Regards, Richard L. Burns Candidate, 16th District Peoria County Board Endorsed B y: Doug Oberhelman, CEO, Caterpillar Jerry Brady, Peoria County State’s Attorney Sheriff Mike McCoy, Peoria County
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was subtitled “Backwoods and Prairies.” “It is a first-person narrative-descriptive account of the frontier region in which the author settled,” recalls literary historian John Hallwas, a Western Illinois University professor emeritus. “The ‘Emigrant’s Guide’ may well be the finest book of that kind to come out of the Midwest.” It “is a truly remarkable book – beautiful in its description of the wilderness and small-town landscape, colorful in its presentation of western characters, accurate in its recreation of frontier speech, incomparable among volumes of early Midwestern sketches for its thorough reflection of the author’s character, and significant as a presentation of the emigrant’s’ experience as cultural myth,” Hallwas continues. “His autobiographical chapters likewise record life in western Illinois with such detail and thoroughness that no other book of sketches from the mid-nineteenth century Midwest compares with ‘The Emi-
grant’s Guide’ in this respect.” In a pleasant writing style, Regan outlines an Illinois thunderstorm: “After the hail, the rain poured down in absolute torrents,” he wrote, “the lightning glared, the thunders bellowed, crackled, ripped, and rattled, and reverberated along the level prairie in fearful grandeur.” Besides outlining preparations for and challenges of coming to America, Regan describes communities – including Peoria and Quincy – and shows respect for everyday Americans. “The American soil seems favorable to the growth of original characters,” he wrote, adding how he admires the American pioneer who “has brought order and beauty out of the howling wilderness; built cities, towns and villages, as if by magic; erected piers, wharfs and harbors; constructed thousands of miles of railways and canals; built fleets unsurpassed by those of any other country; navigated to their sources his unprecedented river; sunk
John Regan poses by a printing press with three of his children.
mines, nursed manufacturers, educated the whole body of the people; and now exhibits to the world the noble spectacle of an intelligent, self-governing nation.” The book is “one of the most significant literary achievements of the early Midwest,” Hallwas said. Around 1853, the Regans returned to America to permanently settle near Knoxville, where Regan taught school, started a book bindery on the southeast corner of the town square, and won first prize for oil painting at the Knox County Fair. Then he bought the Knoxville Journal newspaper in 1855. Known as an abolitionist, Regan promised to maintain the newspaper’s liberal Republican antislavery politics.
Announcing the sale of the newspaper, owner John S. Winter that March wrote, “Regan is an able and ready writer, and possesses in an eminent degree the qualifications necessary for publication of a good and desirable paper,” adding, “Regan desires us to state that the Journal will be continued as a strictly neutral paper.” However, Regan didn’t stay neutral, instead becoming a staunch supporter of the Democratic Party and U.S. Sen. Stephen Douglas, a political foe of Abraham Lincoln. That ended up hurting his business. “In his book-binding days, no louder abolitionist nor greater preacher for liberty lived than honest John Regan,” remarked one letter-writer in an 1856 Galesburg Free Press. “What a change. Those who bribed him are gloating with a hellish, fiend-like grin over their prize ... They have snatched a brilliant jewel from the crown of the Republican Party.”
The Journal, circulation 1,600, stopped publishing in the spring of 1857, “borne down under the credit system,” according to an area history from 1880. Elmwood, founded in 1854, showed “promise of becoming a prominent town,” the history continued, and on Jan. 6, 1858, Regan started Elmwood’s first newspaper, the weekly Observer. During its tenure, the Observer printed a 150-copy Maquon edition called the Maquon Times and a 200-copy Yates City edition called the Western Watchman. They were published through May of 1859, when Regan left newspapering for a few years, serving some time in the Union Army during the Civil War. His Observer resumed in July of 1866 and published for a couple of years until a competitor, the Chronicle, bought it and shut it down. The Chronicle folded in the winter of 1873, when Elmwood was without any newspaper, but the following spring, Regan returned with the Maquon Times and a new sheet, the Messenger, building up a healthy business of 720 subscribers, and fighting off several competing newspapers. Regan continued to write and edit the papers for more than 13 years, until failing health forced him to retire in 1890.
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Three years later, he entered the Illinois Central Hospital for the Insane at Jacksonville, where he died on May 5. (Such end-of-life hospitalizations weren’t unusual for the time. Records from that time from Iowa’s Hospital for the Insane, for example, listed more than 1,400 patients with conditions ranging from senile dementia, “disease of the brain” and “injuries of the head” to “business anxieties,” “political excitement” and “novel-reading.”) Regan is buried in Elmwood Township Cemetery on North Magnolia, where his modest gravestone notes military service with Company H of the 83rd Illinois Infantry during the Civil War. But his epitaph may have been written 40 years before, when he recorded his reaction to west-central Illinois: “Before us lay one vast plain of verdue and flowers, without house or home, or anything to break in upon the uniformity of the scene, except the shadow of a passing cloud,” his book recalls. “To the right and left long points of timber, like capes and headlands, stretched in the blue distance – the light breeze of the morning brushing along the young grass and blue and pink flowers – the strong sunlight pouring down everywhere – and the singular silence which pervaded the scene – produced a striking effect upon the mind. “My feelings, indeed, were of the most elated and enraptured description. I had heard of Eden and Elysium. Was it possible their beauties could surpass these?”
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A family enjoys a ride on the merry-go-round at the Elmwood Fall Festival last weekend. Photo by Bill Knight.
This year's Fall Festival in Elmwood had a Willy Wonka theme and several locals dressed up as characters from the familiar story. From left to right are: Alana Barrett, Kate Spafford, Noah Hollis, Bobby Davis, Andrew Marincic, Jack Trone and Brett Morse. Photo by Amy Davis.
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New idea for Elmwood downtown corner lot proposed By BILL KNIGHT
ELMWOOD – The first steps in moving toward a new building at Main and Magnolia Streets here were taken at the City Council meeting Tuesday night, when Dr. Jessica Dean of Associates in Dentistry presented preliminary plans for a new facility there. A previous development including a Subway restaurant and a commerFor The Weekly Post
cial space with secondfloor apartments expired as developer Katie Kim withdrew from the project, which the Council had extended multiple times. The new idea is a brick building with canopies and an entrance facing diagonally toward the intersection. Preliminary plans call for the Magnolia Street frontage to be 72 feet and Main Street 42 feet, accommodating ex-
amination rooms as well as a lab, offices and other amenities not available at the firm’s current location on Rose Street. Although the building would be 21 feet tall, comparable to other businesses on the square, it would not have a finished second story. Dr. Dean said the company is working with an architect and is looking for an investor to help finance the building, which
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she hopes can be constructed in 2016. Aldermen unanimously approved the general idea, but suggested conferring with the owners of Bees and Blooms and Daley Insurance concerning parking and traffic flow across their easement to connect to the city-owned lot at the corner of Lilac and Evergreen. Also, occasional congestion due to Post Office delivery trucks and asnd other vehicles could af-
fect entrance and exit patterns. The consensus was for Dean and Associates in Dentistry to proceed, to meet with Streetscape’s Terra Engineering, to reach an understanding on traffic needs and to prepare a detailed package for the Zoning Board of Appeals to consider any Special Use or Variance proposals. The Council also: • Approved a new contract with the Elmwood Fire Department back-
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dated to July 1 that calls for the City to contribute $68,408 and the Elmwood Rural Fire Protection District $47,000 to the fire department; • Voted to accept sealed bids to sell a 2004 Chevrolet Impala police car; • Heard concerns that some Post Office patrons may need parking-space striping or other accommodations to ensure access to the new steps, which the City will investigate.
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her Dad. Mark loved to help those around him, often plowing his neighbor’s driveways after snowfalls, and made many items for the St. Jude Auction at Jubilee Park. Mark’s family would like to express their deepest gratitude to the many friends and family members who helped out during his fight with cancer. We feel very blessed to be surrounded by so many people that love Mark. A memorial service will be held on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at the Elmwood United Methodist Church in Elmwood. Pastor Brad Watkins will officiate. Visitation will be on Thursday, Sept. 11 from 5-8 p.m. at HaskellHott Funeral Homes in Princeville. Cremation will be accorded and a burial of his ashes will be held in La Harpe, IL on Sept. 27 at 10:30 a.m. Masonic Last Rites will be conducted by the La Harpe Lodge during the graveside service. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to an education fund set up for his children at Princeville State Bank. Condolences may be sent to the family via www.haskellhott.com.
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YATES CITY – Virginia Lee Capitani, 92, of Scottsdale, Ariz., formerly of Yates City, died on Sept. 1, 2014.
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PEORIA – Dale L. Ham, 84, of Peoria, father of an Elmwood man, died on Sept. 3, 2014, at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria. Surviving are three sons, Robert (Yvonne) Ham of Elmwood, Michael (Cristene) Ham of Secor, and Stephen “Jeff” (Cheryl) Ham of Peoria; nine grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were Sept. 8 at Haskell-Hott Funeral Homes in Toulon. Burial will be in Toulon Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family via www.haskellhott.com.
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WILLIAMSFIELD – Doris Hart, 85, Williamsfield, died on Sept. 5 at Unity Point Methodist Peoria. She was born Nov. 6, 1928, in Knox County, the daughter of Earl and Berniece Marie (Robinson) Tucker. She married William S. Hart on Nov. 7, 1946, in Knoxville. He preceded her in death Dec. 6, 1989. She is survived by four sons, Terry (Martha) Hart of Liberty, Mo., Danny (Janet) Hart of Brimfield, and David “Speed” (Renee) Hart and Kelly (Debbie) Hart, both of Williamsfield; 10 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and one sister. FOR ANSWERS SEE PAGE 17
Doris graduated from Williamsfield High School in 1946. She was a member of Williamsfield United Methodist Church. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Friday (Sept. 12) at the Williamsield United Methodist Church. The Rev. Barry Reed, her great nephew, will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the services at the church. Burial will be in Williamsfield Cemetery. Condolences may be made via www.ruxfuneralhome.com.
Carol Norman
PRINCEVILLE – Carol A. Norman, 71, of Princeville, sister of a Dahinda man, died on Aug. 29 at
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LARGE 3-DAY ESTATE AUCTION OF REAL ESTATE - GLASSWARE PERSONAL PROPERTY - ANTIQUES - GUNS Real Estate Sells on Friday, Sept. 19 at 5:30 pm at 103 S Jefferson St., Abingdon, IL Abingdon Pottery, Glassware & Collectibles sells on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 9:30 am at Old High School Gym on the East Side of Rt. 41 (south end of town) Costume Jewelry, Guns, Household, Antiques, & Garage Items sells on Sunday Sept. 21 at 10:00 am at the Fall Festival Building on the East Side of Rt. 41 (north end of town) Auctioneers Notes: Both the HS Gym & the Fall Festival Building will be open from 9-Noon on Friday morning to view the items for sale. Auctions are much larger than they appear. These are clean sales with excellent merchandise. There will be two rings running on Sat. & Sun.
Estate of Greta M. Morris Co-Executors: Patricia Pedigo & Nancy Sparks Attorney: Brian A. Peterson with Simpson Peterson Lawyers
Auctioneer Dan Boyer – License No. 440000668 – Mobile: 309/252-1193 Auctioneer Albert Vaughn – License No. 440000544 Food Stand; Restroom; Not responsible for accidents, theft, vandalism, errors or omissions. Terms of non real estate: Cash or approved check payable on the day of the Auction.
ECF fund-raiser dinner scheduled for Oct. 11
ELMWOOD – The Elmwood Community Foundation will hold its third annual dinner Oct. 11 at the First Presbyterian Church of Elmwood, 200 Evergreen St. Among the highlights will be remarks by Strawberry Festival founders Pat McGuire, Denise Hotz and Diane Ladd. One or more Elmwood natives will also be honored during the course of the dinner. The meal will be provided by Barrack’s Cater Inn. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and dinner is at 6. Tickets are $30 per person. Send checks to ECF, PO Box 131, Elmwood, IL 61529.
Professor to speak on Common Core Sept. 20
PEORIA – Dr. Duke Pesta, Prof. of English, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh will speak on Common Core Saturday, Sept. 20, at 1 p.m. at Peoria’s Gateway Building, 200 NE Water St. in Peoria.
Pesta’s presentation will cover the current state of Common Core and will include new science and history standards. Pesta will also discuss the efforts of individual states to eliminate Common Core. This is a free event sponsored by The Illinois Citizens for Better Education.
Red Cross debuts new Blood Donor App
The American Red Cross is launching a first-of-its kind Blood Donor App today that puts the power to save lives in the palm of your hand. The Blood Donor App allows users to schedule blood donations, track their total donations, earn rewards and invite friends to join them on a lifesaving team. The free Blood Donor App can be found in app stores by searching for American Red Cross, visiting redcross.org/apps or redcrossblood.org/bloodapp, or by texting BLOODAPP to 90999 for a direct link to download. Message and data rates for texting may apply.
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Mixed media art exhibit coming to Galesburg
GALESBURG – The Galesburg Civic Art Center is proud to present an exhibition of mixed media works and paintings by Joyce and Jeffrey Gelick of Rolling Meadows, Illinois. This exhibition will be on display from Friday (Sept. 12) to Oct. 11. An opening reception will take place on Friday (Sept. 12) from 6-8 p.m. Admission is free and the public is welcome. Joyce and Jeffrey Gelick work in the medium of collage and drawing and have been exhibiting works throughout the U.S. and at the Siena Art Institute in Siena, Italy. The Galesburg Civic Art Center is open Tuesdays through Fridays, 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. For more information, please contact the Galesburg Civic Art Center at 114 E. Main St., Galesburg, IL 61401, (309) 342-7415 or e-mail info@galesburgarts.org.
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TROJANS: Kick return in second half hurt Continued from Page 20
verse halted a 14-0 run by E-B in the second quarter that had put the host team up 21-13 thanks to touchdown runs by Wyatt of 62, 4 and 6 yards. “That was a big deal,” E-B coach Todd Hollis said of the return. “That kid is legitimate. Layne is really good and that kid is really good.” Reed did not play opening week against Farmington because he did not have enough practices after undergoing an evaluation of his heart. Friday he made a big difference on both sides of the ball, Hollis said. “We didn’t win the battle up front, it was more of a stalemate,” Hollis said. “But the speed they had behind that is what caused the issues. And (Reed) was around the
ball all night.” Even so, E-B was in this one until Michael Houlihan had the ball knocked out of his hand as time expired. “We kept using one word all week (to prepare for Elmwood) and that was ‘physical’. We knew they would be a very physical football team,” A-W coach Brandon Johnston said. “Overall I think we did.” In addition to Wyatt’s three scores, E-B got an 85-yard kick return for a touchdown from Kyle Totton to tie the score midway through the fourth quarter. “From a fan’s perspective this had to be a heckuva game to watch,” Hollis said. A-W’s game-winner came on an 18-yard quarterback keeper by Tanner Litton. The visitors also scored
on a 72-yard reception by Connor Fountain. “With the speed they have on the field, they are going to make you pay if you make mistakes,” Hollis said. Hollis said the loss will provide fodder for improvement in practice, particularly on kick return coverage and on combatting teams that get low to disrupt the blocking scheme up front. “You’re asking a lot of big guys to fall down up front and usually what we find is when teams try that they wear out,” Hollis said. “They did it all game. They had a good gameplan and we’re well-prepared. But good will come of this for us.” Next up for E-B is a Friday trip to Knoxville (1-1). TWP pick: E-B 35-14
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AREA CHURCHES BRIMFIELD St. Paul’s Lutheran Church The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod “Liturgical & Reverential” Pastor Michael Liese 204 W. Clay St., Brimfield (309) 446-3233 Summer Schedule Sun. Divine Service: 10 am 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
EDWARDS Christ Alive! Community Church Pastor Lance Zaerr 9320 W US Hwy 150, Edwards (309) 231-8272 www.christalivecc.com Sun. School: 9:15 am Worship: 10:30 am
ELMWOOD Crossroads Assembly of God Pastor Tim Cavallo
615 E. Ash St., Elmwood (309) 830-4259 www.crossroadselmwood.org Wed. Worship: 7 pm Sun. Worship: 10:30 am Elmwood Baptist Church Pastor Dennis Fitzgerald 701 W. Dearborn St. Elmwood (309) 742-7631, 742-7911 Sun. School: 9:30 am Sun Worship: 10:30 am, 6 pm Wed. Prayer Meeting: 7 pm First Presbyterian Church of Elmwood Reverend Marla B. Bauler 201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood (309) 742-2631 firstpresbyterianofelmwood.org Sun. Worship: 10:30 am Sun. School: 9:30 am St. Patrick’s Catholic Church Father Paul Stiene 802 W. Main St., Elmwood (309) 742-4921 Sat. Confession: 3:45 pm Sat. Mass: 4:30 pm Sun. Mass: 10 am Tues. Rosary: 8:15 am United Methodist Church of Elmwood Pastor Bradley F. Watkins II 821 W. Main St., Elmwood
(309) 742-7221 www.elmwoodumc.org Sun. Worship: 9 am, 10:30 am Youth Sun. School: 9 am Adult Sun. School: 8 am
FARMINGTON First Presbyterian Church of Farmington Reverend Chris Deacon 83 N. Cone Street, Farmington (309) 245-2914 www.firstpresfarmington.com Sunday School: 9:30 am Fellowship: 10:30 am Worship: 11:00 am New Hope Fellowship Assembly of God Pastor Tom Wright 1102 N. Illinois Route 78 Farmington, IL (309) 245-2957 Sun. Worship: 10 a.m. Wed. Worship: 7 p.m.
YATES CITY Faith United Presbyterian Church Rev. Chris Deacon 107 W. Bishop St. Yates City, IL 61572 (309) 358-1170 Worship: 9 am Sun. School: 10:15 am Thurs. Choir: 7 pm
PRINCES: showdown with Mercer Continued from Page 20
for a 35-0 halftime lead. Janssen finished 6-for11 for 127 yards and also ran for 80 yards and two scores on seven carries. Luke Cokel (25 yards) and Zach Harrison (24 yards) ran for scores in the fourth quarter to complete the rout. “That was the first time in a game situation where we really stuck with the passing game and the spread offense,” Carruthers said. “It was good to get that under our belt to see what we need to work on and get the kids some confidence going into week three against Mercer County.” The Princes also played well on defense, holding Peoria Heights to 46 total yards. Carruthers praised the play of linebackers Marshall Martin, Remmert and Simmons and defensive ends Tim Hefler and Michael Sheets. “They are two of the top ends in the conference,” he said. “We’re really looking forward to Friday (a 7 p.m. home game against Mercer County) to see how well we stack up. That will tell us a lot about the team.” TWP pick: Mercer County 24-14
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Do you remember Valerie Munoz Russell a Brimfield Exchange Student at Brimfield High in 1992? Val and her family will visit her host family, Lowell and Marilyn Coe, 618 W. Clinton Street in Brimfield from September 14 – 20th. An open house will be held at the Coe’s home on September 20th from 1:00 pm until whenever. Sandwiches and etc. will be served at 3:00. There will be games such as bags, bocce ball, jarts, badminton, and a sand box for the little ones. Come and enjoy an afternoon with Val, her husband, and sons ages 9 & 4. Val is an English Professor at a University in Santiago, Chile. She received her Masters Degree in Scotland four years ago. If you cannot make it to the open house call 446-3017 and come see her before she leaves. Krista Tate (check out her Facebook page) and Mike Mienders, thanks for helping with Val’s visit.
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Princeville third at Wethersfield invite
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Princeville placed third Saturday at the Wethersfield Invite in Kewanee, finishing 3-1 overall and ending with a 21-18, 2119 victory over Prophetstown. The Princes also defeated Wethersfield White (21-19, 13-21, 16-14) and Mercer County (18-21, 21-9, 15-13) Gardner and lost to champion Wethersfield Green (21-6, 21-19). Brooke Gardner made the eight-player all-tourney team for Princeville, as did Bree Bozsoki of Farmington. Farmington (2-4) went 1-2 at Kewanee, downing Rock Island Alleman (2422, 21-16) behind 4 kills from Paige Pasley, 11 assists from Maicee Ralston, 7 aces from Pasley and 5 digs from Brianna Rutledge and McKenzie Skaggs. The Lady Farmers lost to Wethersfield Green (21-11, 19-21, 15-
Thank You! Brimfield Athletic Boosters
On behalf of all of the student-athletes and coaching staff at Brimfield High School, we would like to thank the Brimfield Athletic Booster Club for their generous annual donation of $20,000!
Thank you to all of the parents that volunteered their time and efforts to make our grade school and high school programs the best they can be. Athletes and coaches in boys & girls golf, cross-country, cheerleading, poms, boys & girls basketball, softball, baseball, track & field, and volleyball thank you for your selfless service in supporting us! Some of More Than70 Purchases Include: Portable AED ● Softball Scoreboard Controls Gatorade Hydration Kit ● First Aid Courtside Bags Team Pizza Parties & Banquets ● Summer League Fees Athletic Trainer ● Volleyball standards ● Cheer Apparel Senior Night Flowers & Cakes/All Sports ● Golf Apparel Banners ● Letters & Awards ● Jr High baseball shirts Catchers Equipment ● Track Megaphone, spikes, equipment Softball Visors & Apparel ● Dance/Poms outfits Jr High State Awards & Paperweights ● Pink Night Apparel Basketball Shooting Shirts
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Alissa Bauer prepares to set a ball to Brimfield-Elmwood volleyball teammate Shayla McCormick. Photo by Collin Fairfield.
8) and Prophetstown (2112, 21-19). Pasley also had 7 kills last Thursday for Farmington in a loss to Peoria Christian (2225, 25-22, 25-15). Elsewhere, BrimfieldElmwood (3-5) topped Beardstown on Tuesday, 25-13, 25-22. Morgan Florey, Shayla McCormick and Jessica Link all had 3 kills while Alannah Chaney led with 4 aces and Florey had 11 digs. Brimfield also downed Midwest Central last Thursday, 22-25, 25-14, 25-23. McCormick had 5 kills to lead Brimfield, which also got 4 kills from Morgan Ledbetter. Florey had five aces and Alissa Bauer led with 10 assists, while Link added 8. Florey and Payton Teel led in digs with 12 apiece. Williamsfield won its first two matches against Ridgewod and Peoria Heights (25-15, 25-17).
Golf scores
Brady Kreiter’s 40 led Brimfield to a 190-202 win over Peoria Central at Newman Golf Course last week. Ryan Smith shot a 44 for the Indians and Izzy Ott had a 50.
In other action, Ian Armbruster’s 45 led Elmwood last Wednesday in a match at Maple Lane Country Club. North Fulton (173) was the winner – thanks in part to medalist Lexi Peterson’s 41 – followed by Elmwood (192) and MidCounty (210). Jean Claude Keefer shot 47, Gabe Inskeep carded a 49 and Jake Roberts had a 51 for the Trojans. Tim Lynn shot a 7over-par 43 last Thursday as Williamsfield fell to Henry-Senachwine 186193 at Oak Run Golf Course. Zac Smith shot 47, Tyler Jones was at 50 and Easton Beard shot 53 for the Bombers. Lynn shot 8-over-par 46 to lead Williamsfield Monday at Oak Run in a 170-193 loss to Ridgewood. Jones shot 47 and Ethen Hunt a 48.
Jr. high regionals
Junior high girls softball teams were scheduled to start regional play Wednesday. Brimfield is the No. 1 seed at the Oak Grove West Class A Regional and is scheduled to play a Saturday semifinal at
10:30 at Limestone High School against the winner between No. 4 seed Princeville and No. 5 seed Elmwood. Those two were set to play Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Princeville. Williamsfield is the No. 6 seed in the regional and was to play Bartonville Monroe Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Limestone High School. The title game is Monday at 4 p.m. at Limestone. Farmington is seeded third at the Illini Bluffs Class AA Regional and was to play Dunlap Valley Wednesday at 4:15 at home. Junior high baseball regionals start Sept. 16. Williamsfield is at Class 1A Bartonville Monroe. In Class 2A, Elmwood and Brimfield are at Illini Bluffs and Princeville is at Mossville. Farmington is at Pekin Edison in Class 3A.
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Class 1A race and a full slate of state title contenders in a field expected to reach 50 teams. Class 1A girls run at 9 a.m. and boys are set for 9:40 Saturday. On Saturday the E-B girls were fourth at Canton and were paced by 14th-place finisher Kendra Gorham (21:34), No. 17 Nicole Collins (21:57), No. 20 Emily McCauley (22:06) and No. 29 Natalie Meyer (22:48). The girls also showed marked improvement from Tuesday’s run at Detweiller. Gorham was 11th there in 21:45, followed by Hannelore Book (22:59), Meyer (23:13), Cassie Karn (23:22) and Collins (23:39).
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Elmwood-Brimfield’s Kelly Hoffmann improved by 12 seconds from Tuesday to Saturday. Photo by Collin Fairfield.
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FARMERS: Long passes
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after Mercer County scored on a long pass and short run and Farmington added a 2-yard TD run by quarterback Steven Gilstrap. Early in the third quarter, after a long delay for lightning, Farmington suffered a jolt as Mercer County came up with a clutch interception to take over at the Farmers 25yard line. “Their kid made a great play on the interception. He dove and cut across our kids and really gambled,” Vallas said. “If we catch it we get a huge gain.” Instead, the Golden Eagles went in to score for a 20-6 lead. Farmington got one more score in the fourth quarter on a 2-yard pass from Gilstrap to Jacob Hursey. “Overall defensively we made a huge improvement,” Vallas said. “Of-
Nate Herridge, Elmwood
It’s actually not uncommon for an athlete to switch from one sport to another sport. Early in his prep career, current Elmwood High School Senior Nate Herridge was moving away from baseball to distance running. Disappointed but honest Brimfield baseball coach Steve Paxson advised Nate that if he focused on running he should strive to be the best harrier he could be. That is exactly what happened as Herridge helped lead E-B cross country to a state championship in 2013 by finishing 22nd and medaling. In addition, Nate placed 14th in the 2014 2-mile run at the state track meet. Nathan has been the recipient of a lot of encouragement in his athletic endeavors. That includes his parents (both teachers) Steve and Chris Herridge. He also is quick to mention sister Kelsey, a recent graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, and brother Ryan, who is studying to be a teacher at Western Illinois University. Also included in Nate’s appreciation are all the coaches through his athletic career. He is a Bears and Cubs fan, and thinks Johnny “Football” Manzel is a pretty cool college/pro athlete. Nate is undecided at this time on college for next fall and whether or not to run, but he sure is glad he decided to be a running E-B Trojan. – Phil Johnson Sponsored by Elmwood Insurance Agency, Inc. Annawan-Wethersfield 35 Elmwood-Brimfield 28 7 6 8 14 – 35 Annawan-W Elmwood-Brim 0 21 0 7 – 28 Scoring Summary First Quarter A-W - Reed 11 run (Bryan kick) First Quarter E-B - Wyatt 62 run (Roling kick) A-W - Litton 2 run (kick blocked) E-B - Wyatt 4 run (Roling kick) E-B - Wyatt 6 run (Roling kick) Third Quarter A-W - Reed 76 kickoff return (Litton run) Fourth Quarter A-W - Fountain 72 pass from Litton (Bryan kick) E-B - Totton 85 kick return (Roling kick) A-W - Litton 18 run (Bryan kick) Team Statistics A-W E-B 12 17 First Downs Rushes 30 51 214 227 Rush yds Yds per carry 7.1 4.5 Pass Att 8 16 Pass Comp 7 6 Had Intercepted 0 0 Pass yds 124 75 Individual Statistics Rushing - E-B: Wyatt 25-195, D. McCoy 21-48, Houlihan 3-(minus19), Sollenberger 2-3. Passing - E-B: Houlihan 6-15-0 75, Wyatt 0-1-0 0. Receiving - E-B: Wyatt 3-47, Totton 2-19, Demmin 1-9. Tackles - E-B: N.McCoy 7, Bowers 7, Gilles 7, Wyatt 5, Fales 4, Johnson 4,
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fensively I think we did a better job of running the ball and were able to hit a lot of deep (passes).” Caleb Fruendt caught four passes for 121 yards and Josh Lozier caught a 35-yarder. Overall Gilstrap was 15-for-29 for 212 yards and three interceptions. “We took a lot more shots deep this game,” Vallas said. Farmington again played seven sophomores and freshman for a good portion of the game and benefited from the return of senior Cody Jepson from injury. Jepson had five tackles. Vallas also praised Colton Evans, Cody Fernandez and Lozier from his defense. Next up is a trip to Beardstown (0-2) for a 7 p.m. game. “We just want to execute and keep getting better,” Vallas said. TWP pick: Farmington 34-6
son 6, Remmert 6, Janssen 6.
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Overall Conf W L W L 1 1 0 0 Elmwood-B 1 1 0 0 Knoxville West Prairie 1 1 0 0 Beardstown 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 Farmington 0 2 0 0 Havana Last Friday A-W 35, Elmwood-Brimfield 28 Mercer Co. 32, Farmington 12 Rushville 29, Beardstown 6 South Fulton 46, Havana 20 Knoxville 20, Mid-County 19 United 27, West Prairie 0 This Friday E-B at Knoxville, 7 p.m. Farmington at Beardstown, 7 p.m. Havana vs. West Prairie, 7 p.m.
Overall Conf W L W L 0 0 Annawan-Weth. 2 0 2 0 0 0 Princeville Ridgewood 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Stark County Mercer Co. 1 1 0 0 Mid-County 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 United West Central 0 2 0 0 Last Friday Princeville 55, Peoria Heights 0 Abingdon-Avon 53, West Central 8 Ridgewood 24, North Fulton 19 Stark County 33, Lewistown 13 This Friday Stark County at Mid-County, 7 p.m. Mercer County at Princeville, 7 p.m. West Central at Annawan-W, 7 p.m. Ridgewood at United, 7 p.m.
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P - Janssen 45 run (Janssen kick)
Princeville 55 Peoria Heights 0 Princeville 21 14 7 13 – 55 Peoria Heights 0 0 0 0 – 0 Scoring Summary First Quarter P - Remmert 12 pass from Janssen (Janssen kick) P - Simmons 18 pass from Janssen (Janssen kick) P - Remmert 30 fumble return (Janssen kick) Second Quarter P - Remmert 61 pass from Janssen (Janssen kick) P - Janssen 14 run (Janssen kick) Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter P - Cokel 25 run (Janssen kick) P - Harrison 24 run (kick failed) Team Statistics PH Prin First Downs 5 9 Rush yds 24 205 Pass Att 16 11 Pass Comp 10 6 Had Intercepted 2 1 Pass yds 18 108 Individual Statistics Rushing - P: Janssen 7-80, Harrison 5-42, Cokel 3-24. Passing - P: Janssen 6-11-1 127. Receiving - P: Remmert 2-73, Simmons 2-25, Smith 1-21, Sheets 1-8. Tackles - P: Martin 12, Hefler 9, Brid-
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Scoring Summary First Quarter M C - Russell 34 pass from Wood (conversion failed) F - Gilstrap 2 run (kick failed) M C - Murphy 2 run (conversion failed) Third Quarter M C - Van Winkle 2 run (conversion failed) Fourth Quarter M C - VanderHeyden 35 run (conversion failed) F - Hursey 2 pass from Gilstrap (conversion failed) M C - Van Winkle 53 run (kick failed) Team Statistics MC Farm Rushes 28 96 Rush yds Yds per carry 3.4 Pass Att 29 Pass Comp 15 Had intercepted 3 Pass yds 212 Individual Statistics Rushing - Farm: Balagna 21-86, Gilstrap 7-10 Passing - Farm: Gilstrap 15-29-3 212. Receiving - Farm: Fruendt 4-121, Lozier 3-41, Balagna 3-14, Hursey 218, Berry 2-9, Jepson 1-9. Tackles - Farm: Janes 6, Geber 5, Jepson 5, Kiesewetter 5, Balagna 4, Cecil 3, Lozier 3, Lansford 3, Hursey 3.
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Elmwood-Brimfield cross country starts strong By JEFF LAMPE
Two meets a season does not make. But they can give some indication of what is to come. And based on its first two meets, the Elmwood-Brimfield boys cross country team looks to be making its usual progression toward postseason success. If anything, the defending state champions might even be a bit ahead of the normal pace. E-B was second Saturday in the varsity race at the Canton Invitational with 108 points, one spot behind Limestone Weekly Post Staff Writer
Princes pass to 55-0 win over Heights
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(57). Matt Osmulski and Nate Herridge posted the same time of 16:51 in the race to place sixth and seventh, respectively. Kelly Hoffmann was 12th for the Trojans in 17:06. That time was slightly better than the 17:08 posted by
Derek McCoy in winning the froshsoph race, which E-B won easily with five of the top eight finishers. While a few of those younger runners could have swung the varsity race to EB, winning in September is not what the Trojans program is all about. “This gives the frosh-soph guys a chance to run in front and to get a little confidence,” E-B coach Gregg Meyers said. “And everybody in the varsity race ran faster Saturday. It was cooler, but it’s a tougher course. So to show improvement is a good deal.” E-B also ran last Tuesday at De-
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tweiller Park in Peoria and placed second to fifth-ranked class 2A squadMetamora, 30-38. Herridge was fifth in that race in 16:59, Osmulski was sixth in 17:07, Hoffmann was seventh in 17:18 and McCoy was ninth in 17:26. “I was pretty pleased with the effort all-around,” Meyers said of his team, which has been ranked No. 1 in Class 1A so far this season. A better test comes Saturday in the First to the Finish Invitational gala at Detweiller, which features 10 races, possibly as many as 600 runners in the Continued on Page 18
A-W scheme, speed seals Trojans’ loss
By JEFF LAMPE
By JEFF LAMPE
PEORIA – On opening night, Princeville was a power running team. On the season’s second night in a 55-0 route of Peoria Heights, the Princes showed they can also be a spread-themout passing team. The end result is the first 2-0 start for coach Jon Carruthers and a wealth of options on offense. “(Peoria Heights) was pretty much focused on taking away our run. They were jamming the middle and taking away what we wanted to do,” Carruthers said. “We started off and went three Simmons and out our first offensive series. Then we decided to spread things out and see how we could do throwing the ball. We did pretty well.” Senior quarterback Mitchell Janssen quickly passed for two touchdowns in the first quarter – a 12-yarder to John Remmert and an 18-yarder to Zach Simmons – and after a 30-yard fumble return for a score by Remmert, the rout was on. Remmert also caught a 61-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter and Janssen tacked on one of his two TD runs
ELMWOOD – The Elmwood-Brimfield running attack often appears to be an endless succession of dives into a melee of linemen. In fact, those handoffs up the middle are carefully orchestrated for backs to find creases created by big linemen. Yes, there is method to the mosh. But not last Friday. Not against an AnnawanWethersfield defensive line that stayed low to counteract E-B’s big line in an upset 35-28 victory. With its linemen diving low on play after play, A-W (2-0) disrupted the favored Trojans (1-1) by plugging creases and leaving little room to run inside. Fullback Donovan McCoy tried 21 times but gained only 48 yards and speedy back Layne Wyatt had 195 yards on 25 carries – most outside the tackles. On the other side of the ball, A-W got a standout performance from elusive junior James Reed, who was making his varsity debut this year. Reed ran for 136 yards on the ground, had 19 on a pass reception and added another 120 on returns – the most significant a 76-yard kick return for touchdown to start the third quarter. Reed’s return on a well-planned re-
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Senior Max Balagna tries to break a tackle against Mercer County last Friday in a 32-12 loss. Balagna ran for 86 yards. Photo by Crystal Prahl.
Farmington falls to Mercer Co. By JEFF LAMPE
FARMINGTON – For the second week in a row against a favored foe, Farmington showed grit. And while Friday’s 32-12 loss to Mercer County drops the Farmers to 0-2 overall, there’s a sense better days are coming. At least there will be if the Farmers continue to play with the pluck they showed in the first two games. Weekly Post Staff Writer
Against a Mercer County team still stinging from an opening loss to Elmwood-Brimfield, the Farmers were within 26-12 in the fourth quarter. “I thought our kids rose to the occasion and played them pretty tough,” coach Toby Vallas said. “Defensively we did a nice job on the run against them early and made them one-dimensional for a lot of the game.” At halftime the score was just 12-6 Continued on Page 19
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