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Carrier Route PresortThursdayOct. 22, 2015Vol. 3, No. 33

The Weekly Post“We Cover The News of West-Central Illinois With A Passion”

Serving the fine communities of Brimfield, Dahinda, Duncan, Edwards, Elmwood, Farmington, Kickapoo, Laura, Monica, Oak Hill, Princeville, Williamsfield and Yates City

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Discounting the Illinois CommerceCommission staff recommendation fora route along Interstate 74, administra-tive law judges have authorizedAmeren to build the Spoon RiverTransmission Line along “Route B,”which runs north from Kickapoo Town-ship toward Princeville, then west nearWilliamsfield en route to Galesburg.

The “action by the ICC is welcomenews for Illinois,” said MaureenBorkowski, chairman and president ofAmeren Transmission Company of Illi-

nois. “This project will benefit thestate's economy, create jobs and pro-vide Illinois electricity customersgreater access to lower-cost energy andelectricity from renewable sources,such as wind energy. It also will im-prove transmission system reliability inand around the project area.”

The new 345,000-volt electric trans-mission line using single-shaft steelpoles is planned from an expandedFargo substation on U.S. Route 150 inKickapoo Township to a new substationon Galesburg’s east side, a distance of46 miles. Construction on the $150 mil-

lion project is scheduled to start nextyear to go online in 2018.

Despite Ameren’s reaction, others aresurprised at the decision.

“I think this is the first time they’vegone against the utility and the staff,”said attorney Laura Harmon, seniorcounsel for the Illinois Farm Bureau.“We’re not sure all the evidence theyneeded went into the record. Amerendidn’t testify as to how much [land]they can use. They could go 75 feet intoproperty owners’ land [and] they maynot have the authority to go into proper-ties unless people agree to it.

“The approval hasn’t granted eminentdomain,” she continued “We had ameeting months ago explaining the [in-tervening] process, and now we’ll haveanother meeting – after Ameren sendsout notices to property owners abouteasements. We’ll be back out doingthat. The standard easement [agree-ment] is somewhat one-sided for thecompany, so we want people to knowwhat they can do. We want to makesure people are protected. Easementsare not a one-time thing; easements areforever.”


EDWARDS – The Ed-wards Democrat who ran un-successfully for the PeoriaCounty Board from the 16thDistrict encompassing Brim-field, Elmwood, Jubilee.Rosefield, and parts of Kick-apoo, Rad-nor andTrivolitownshipshas filed alibel suitagainst thecurrent andformerCongress-men fromthe area.

Dick Burns, 68, lost to in-cumbent Republican BradHarding last year, with 44percent of the vote to Hard-ing’s 56 percent, and hislawsuit says a letter signedby then-U.S. Rep. AaronSchock and state Sen. DarinLaHood and sent to areahouseholds was defamatoryand hurt Burns’ reputation


WILLIAMSFIELD – Afterlistening to months of criti-cism from a handful of peoplespeaking during the PublicComment portion of schoolboard meetings, the Board ofEducation has extended Su-perintendent Tim Farquer’scontract for five years.

In a 5-2 vote – conducted inexecutive session of a regularmeeting after The WeeklyPost’s deadline on Oct. 13 –the board essentially gave Far-quer a vote of confidence, al-though the terms keep the paythe lowest in The Weekly Postarea.

Because some school dis-tricts don’t post compensationinformation on their websites,the most recent data availablefor all five districts is from theIllinois State Board of Educa-tion.

That shows Williamsfield’spay for its superintendent asthe lowest in the area.

However, those figures arefrom 2012, when districts in

Elmwood’ssenior classfloat wasvoted best atlast Friday’sHomecomingparade.Each classwas as-signed a hol-iday as thetheme for itsfloat. Theseniors gotto focus onHalloween.Photo by JeffLampe.

Williams-field’s sopho-more classfloat (Tech-nology Dis-trict) won atlast Satur-day’s paradedue to the in-corporation ofthe theme(HungerGames), theHomecomingvolleyballgame and thecharacters onthe float.Photo byKathy Wight.

BilltownextendsFarquer’s contract

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LIBEL: Letter may be more than mudslingingand business by accusing him ofimproprieties.

“Dick Burns has been banned bythe Illinois State Fair from showinghogs because he has been caughtseriously cheating to win contestswith large prizes,” said the two-page letter signed by Schock andLaHood.

Since the letter was publicly dis-tributed the week before the No-vember election, Burns “has beenquestioned by neighbors aboutbeing banned from the Illinois StateFair for cheating, and has been con-fronted by persons at the IllinoisState Fair and questioned as towhether he has the right to sit as ajudge when he had been ‘kicked outof the State Fair’,” the suit says.

Although the letter was “an overtattempt to manipulate the election,”the suit charges, it may have gonebeyond political mudslinging, ac-cording to an area legal scholar.

“Let’s assume the accusation re-garding banning, hogs and cheatingis false and recognize that it appearsto hit Burns in the wallet as well ashis feelings,” said Deckle McLean,a retired journalism educator who’spublished dozens of articles oncommunications law, in particulardefamation and privacy.

“In the context of the PeoriaCounty Board race, Burns, as a can-didate, looks like a public figure,”he continued. “Rules governingdefamation lawsuits would callupon him to demonstrate the accu-

sation was actually malicious – ac-tual malice being a legal standardmeaning a high degree of fault in-cluding reckless disregard for thetruth. Burns’ suit might have sometraction if the accusation amountsto reckless disregard – and it lookslike it might be that bad.

“Of course, once a dispute getsinto court, anything can happen,”McLean added, “... something thedefendants as well as the plaintiffmight keep in mind.”

Burns’ attorney, Peoria lawyerChristopher Ryan, in the suit saidthe statements make “factual alle-gations which are false in their en-tirety. [They] cannot becharacterized as opinions, hyper-bole, or loose or figurative lan-guage, cannot reasonably besubjected to an innocent construc-tion [and] they imply not only thepotential of criminal conduct butalso impropriety in Mr. Burns’ pro-fessional integrity in agriculture aswell as in his professional reputa-tion as a judge for cattle shows.”

Burns is a breeder and shower ofAngus cattle who “does not now,nor has he ever, shown hogs at the

Illinois State Fair,” according to thecomplaint. Further, the suit says,Burns – who for years has judgedshows in Kansas, Wisconsin andother states – is not banned for any-thing and never cheated at the Illi-nois State Fair, much less for “largeprizes,” which aren’t given out atthe fair.

The five-page suit says Schockand LaHood acted “either with mal-ice knowing they [the statements]were false, or in reckless disregardof whether they were false or not.”

Reached by The Weekly Post,Burns declined to comment exceptto say, “It affected my profession.”

Schock and LaHood also havedeclined to comment. Schock is theex-Congressman who resigned inMarch after questions arose aboutspending irregularities. LaHood is aformer state Senator for the 37thDistrict, in The Weekly Post area,who was elected in September tofill Schock’s term.

A similar incident occurred in2012 when a scurrilous letter accus-ing state Sen. Dave Koehler ofbeing a left-wing extremist wasmailed above Schock’s name.

Koehler was re-elected with 54percent of the vote.

In Burns’ October filing againstSchock, LaHood and also the Peo-ria County Republican CentralCommittee, which reportedly paidfor printing, Burns asks for a trialby a jury of six and seeks damages.

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This Week’s Eventss Free Bread – Free bread is available

at Elmwood Methodist Church Friday(Oct. 23) at 10 a.m.

s Chili Cook Off – FSB Elmwood Em-ployee Chili Cook Off is Friday (Oct.23) from 2-4:30 p.m. All customers wel-come to judge.

s Halloween Luncheon – Halloweencard party and luncheonis Monday (Oct. 26) athistoric Peoria Women’sClub, 301 NE Madison.Soup, salad and dessertserved. Tickets $10.Reservations must be inby Friday (Oct. 23) bycalling (309) 427-1180.Open to public. Doors open at 10 a.m.Lunch served at 11:30 a.m.

s Hog Roast –Annual Princeville FFAHog Roast and Labor Auction is Satur-day (Oct. 24) at Princeville Heritage Mu-seum. Dinner from 4-8 p.m. LaborAuction begins at 7 p.m. Cost is free-will donation. Carry outs available. Call(309) 385-1916.

s Turkey Supper – WilliamsfieldUnited Methodist Church Annual TurkeySupper is Saturday (Oct. 24) from 4:30-7p.m. For carry outs, call (309) 639-2389after 3 p.m. Adults $10, children 10 andunder $6.

s Chili Supper – Trivoli VolunteerFiremen’s 51st Chili Supper is Saturday(Oct. 24) from 4-8 p.m. at Trivoli FireStation. All you can eat chili, hot dogs,BBQ and pies. Donation adults $5.

s Halloween Concert – Paul Hamiltonwill be performing on Saturday (Oct. 24)at Stockdale Theater in Abingdon-AvonHigh School. Concert features 50s and60s music, candy and prizes for best cos-tume. Show starts at 7 p.m. General ad-

mission $10, children under 12 are free.Call (309) 465-9216.

s Book Club – Brimfield Book Clubmeeting Monday (Oct. 26) from 1-2:30p.m. at Brimfield Public Library in thestudy room. New members welcome.

s Lego Club – Lego club for kids ingrades K-5 is Monday (Oct. 26) from 6-7 p.m. at Brimfield Public Library.

s Book Reading – All local women ofall denominations in-vited to DahindaMethodist Church onMonday (Oct. 26) from6:30-8 p.m. for a studybased on the book “Liv-ing Beyond Yourself”.Contact Gwen Huls at

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Future Eventss Halloween Event – United Methodist

Church of Farmington has its Third An-nual Halloween Events on Oct. 28 from5-7 p.m. Children and Families invitedto trick or treat at decorated doors andplay games. Come dressed in costume orcome as you are. Call (309) 219-2781with questions.

s Pancake Breakfast – DouglasMethodist Ladies Annual SpooktacularPancake/Sausage Breakfast is Oct. 31, 7-10 a.m. at Douglas Methodist Church.Free will offering. All you can eat.

s Hot dog Dinner – Hot dogs, chiliand fixins provided to Trick or Treatersand residents of Princeville at AkronPrinceville Firehouse from 4:30-6:30p.m. on Oct. 31. Call (309) 385-1916.

s Halloween Bash – Yates City Hal-loween Bash for Kids is Oct. 31 from4:30-7 p.m. at Harvest Home Park.Food, scavenger hunt, trunk or treatprizes. Halloween costume contest judg-ing at 6 p.m.

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Rambling through central Illinoispondering how to get out of the of-fice for the next two months.

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coach Toby Vallas has said morethan once enters my mind when Ihear people discuss what to do nextwith their lives. In his first incarna-tion as a footballcoach atKnoxville, Vallaswas a run-first,play-it-close-to-the-vest kind ofcoach. Sincecoming to Farm-ington, his teamshave been any-thing but pre-dictable, racking up more big playsin a game than many teams put upin a season. “I decided if I evercoached again I was going to be afast-strike guy on offense. That’swhat I always wanted to do.”There’s a life message in theresomewhere. No, not all coachesshould pass and we should not stopbeing reliable people and go wild.But all of us make decisions in life.

The easy choice is always the 3-yard handoff. That’s often the rightcall. Now and then, though, the bet-ter option is a risky 42-yard bomb.More often than not, that pass fallsincomplete. But when you hit it,mmm, what a thing of beauty.

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$58.3 million in income last year.No doubt that has some folks furi-ous. I also see where he and wifepaid $15.2 million in federal taxes,donated $3.3 million to charity anddoled out $2.8 million in Illinoistaxes. I know it’s popular to dislikerich people, and the nickle-dimerpart of me agrees that too few aremaking too much in this society.But it also seems that if we had a lotmore people making Rauner moneyand paying Rauner taxes in Illinois,we’d be better off as a state. ...Speaking of Illinois’ woes, MikeCecil of Farmington said the thingwhich will probably force Spring-field to put together a budget is aninability to pay Lottery winners. Hewas only half joking. Hey, fundingeducation is one thing, but you bet-ter not deny a lottoholic their hard-

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“The old timers always said,‘Make wine in September, sample itin November and it’s ready to drinkby Christmas.” So sez The Mayor ofOak Hill, who paid a visit to the of-fice Monday to tell all about hisnew Vinometer. A nifty little device,the Vinometer tells alcohol contentin home brews. The Mayor’s bestvintage is at 11 percent and shouldbe primo by ice-fishing season. ...Incidentally, Sarah’s Friendly Spiritsin Elmwood will soon be selling vi-nometers for any aspiring vintners.... Yes, it snowed in western NewYork already. We should be so luckyhere. ... Parting shot: With a kid inhigh school now, this was the firstyear I really paid close attention tothe comings and goings of Home-coming, an event I never got to ex-perience back east. Maybe I’mgetting old and sappy, but I reallyenjoyed the float building, the pa-rade, the kids dressed up ... all of itmade me eager to see what the kidswill create next year.

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I got it all figured out: I’m goingto rob a bank.

I’ve been thinking about this for along time. I’ll go get my red plasticsquirt gun, fill itto the brim withwater, and headfor a bank. I’llmake sure I takeit instead of areal-looking gun,just in case thebank has anarmed guard whomight shoot me ifit looked like I had a real gun .

Now I figure that if I’m success-ful, I’m going to net a couple thou-sand dollars, maybe more. Even$800 would solve most of my finan-cial problems, catch me up on mostof my bills, put a muffler on my car,and maybe get those grouchy oldmeanies from Ameren and Media-com to quit calling me, and threat-ening me with disconnection.

If I get caught, I still win. They’ll put me in jail, which

means I won’t have to worry aboutrent anymore. My electricity will be

paid for (even though Gov. Goofballand our equally goofy legislatorscan’t come up with a budget, I’mguessing that Ameren isn’t threaten-ing to shut off electricity to prisonsor the Capitol).

So will my cable TV and Internet.I won’t have to worry about doctorvisits or prescription medicines any-more because they state will be niceenough to provide those.

I’ll be warm in the winter, cool inthe summer, get a daily shower andshave and I’ll have three hot mealsprovided for me daily.

They’ll even let me go outsideand play in the yard at least once aday.

My family will be allowed to visitme and since I won’t exactly beconsidered a liability to escape, I’llprobably be allowed to mingle withthem rather than to be separatedfrom them by a window and have totalk to them on a phone like you seeon TV.

I won’t have a car, so I won’thave to worry about insurance for it.My car has been paid off for a longtime, but I still have to carry insur-

ance, and they charge me an armand a leg even though I drive lessthan 500 miles a month.

Forget saving 15 percent on mycar insurance; I’ll be saving 100percent!

And I’m guessing my meagermonthly benefit from Social Secu-rity will continue to be put in mybank account and mount up so thatwhen I eventually die, my kids willhave a way to pay for my final ex-penses.

Of course, I’m joking about allthis (I can just see someone callingthe police and tell them that I’mplotting to rob a bank). But isn’t it ashame that we treat our prisonersbetter than we treat our elderly ordisabled?

Before my sister passed away acouple years ago, she had been inthe hospital. She wasn’t goodenough to go home yet, but her in-surance company (she had workedfor the State of Illinois prior to get-ting permanently disabled while onthe job) said that she’d spent enoughtime in the hospital to be cured.

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Our K-12 libraries at FarmingtonCentral were once much like whathas been in other schools. Silencewas golden, card catalogues weretyped out on typewriters and neatlyfiled, freedom for students wasvery limited and the general envi-ronment was notvery inviting.

When ateacher wantedto go to the li-brary, a generalmoan would al-ways flowthrough theclass.

PrincipalMissy Ryba said the entire processwas almost robotic at the Elemen-tary levels, stating: “Before our li-brary was transformed into aresearch center, the experience forK-5 students was primarily aboutthe process. Students entered singlefile for their weekly visit, checkedin books, browsed for new books,maybe they had a book read aloud,then lined up to leave with one ortwo new books.”

This did not fit the vision of Su-perintendent Dr. John Asplund,who said, “Librarians must now en-gage their students in meaningfulconversations about source balanc-ing and filtering, whereas 20th cen-tury librarians and libraries weremore likely to be the gatekeepers ofinformation.”

Changes were needed.Before the change, we realized

that everything was dusty and just,quite frankly, unorganized. It wastime to get out of a fixed mindset ofwhat everyone thought a libraryshould be and make it into some-thing hopefully everyone wouldenjoy.

Five students helped with thetransformation. We removed thecirculation desk, took out 12 tables,removed old shelving and clearedthe walls.

In talking with the administra-tion, Assistant Principal Brad Huletsuggested our environment be“somewhere comfortable, some-where to go as an outlet where thepressures of school or the pressuresat home can be let go – even if forjust five minutes – and the studentscan collect themselves in an envi-ronment that speaks to them as ageneration.”

With that in mind, we painted thewalls bright red, turquoise and blueto accent a wall mural that one ofour talented students, JosieMitzelfelt, was working on for hersenior capstone project.

Once the walls were perfect, weset out to make an inviting and edu-cational space. We had a spareroom across the hall that we con-verted into a Collaboration Roomwith desktop computers removedfrom the library; we orderedcouches, leather chairs, posters,

frames, lamps and designated aspace for our art program to displayceramics and paintings.

I was lucky to be awarded a grantfrom State Farm for 25 laptops. Wepurchased a big-screen TV withApple TV and chrome capabilities.An iPad lab was housed in the re-search center with 20 iPads, a Cri-cut and di-cut machines werepurchased for student use, and adigital camera and Wi-Fi printerwere added as well. These itemswould be of great service not onlyto the students but the staff as well.

Now the room was fresh andmodern – almost a Barnes andNoble vibe. Yet something wasmissing. How would I bring stu-dents into the library?

On the first day of school I havenever been more overwhelmed thanby the number of students thatcame to see the new area. I believeout of our nearly 450 students inour high school, I saw 99 percent ofthem. Music was playing, art wasdisplayed, laptops were out, iPadswere ready and the new TV was onESPN; there was something foreveryone.

I was proud of the work that weaccomplished and was anxious tosee if I would increase attendancein the Research Center and if mybooks would have a larger circula-tion. It was a resounding success.

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Fiery crash injures threeDAHINDA – A Dahinda man es-

caped injury but two infants and athird passenger in another vehiclewere injured about noon on Oct. 16in a fiery two-vehicle accident onIllinois Route 167 near Knox High-way 12, according to the KnoxCounty Sheriff’s Department.

A 2007 Chevrolet Suburbandriven by Carl Schalber, 74, ofDahinda was turning west ontoRoute 167 when a 2001 Chevypickup driven eastbound on 167 byRebecca Muckey, 27 of Victoriastruck the Suburban, police said.

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• Robert Haines, 51, of Elmwoodon Oct. 3 was ticketed for failure toyield after his 2002 Pontiac struck a2007 Dodge driven by Markus Fer-rell of Davenport in congested traf-fic on Illinois Route 116 inFarmington.

• Marty Barber, 55, of Williams-field on Oct. 11 was injured in amotorcycle accident at Gale Streetand Illinois Route 180 and trans-ported by B.Y.E. Ambulance toOSF St. Mary Medical Center inGalesburg. Officers from the KnoxCounty Sheriff’s and WilliamsfieldPolice Departments responded.

• Firefighters from Brimfield,Elba-Salem, Elmwood and Logan-Trivoli fire districts on Oct. 16 allresponded to an afternoonfield/timber fire south of TiberCreek Road near Dog Town Lane.

• Mark Gilles, 24, of Edwards onOct. 17 was ticketed for speeding,operating a motorcycle on onewheel and fleeing police.

• Ronald Zimmerman, 70, ofDahinda on Oct. 17 was ticketedfor improper backing after the 2012Chevrolet 2500 he was driving col-lided with a 2009 Chevrolet Impaladriven by John Scott, 58, ofMaquon on Illinois Route 97 atCounty Road 17, reported the KnoxCounty Sheriff’s Department.

• James Cronin, 49, of Princevilleon Oct. 17 was arrested for drivingon a revoked license and failing to

notify police of an accident andalso was held for another agency,and he was transported to the Peo-ria County Jail.

• Jasmine Bohannon, 27, ofPrinceville on Oct. 18 was ticketedfor driving on a suspended license.

• Dillon Dawson, 21, of Edwardson Oct. 18 was arrested for DrivingUnder the Influence, failing to no-tify police of an accident and ob-structing justice, and he wastransported to Peoria County Jail.

• Ray Delbridge, 41, ofPrinceville on Oct. 18 was arrestedfor criminal trespassing, operatingan uninsured vehicle, driving on asuspended license, and operating anATV on the road, and transportedto the Peoria County Jail.

• Keith Siegel, 29, of Princevilleon Oct. 18 was arrested for drivingon a suspended license and trans-ported to the Peoria County Jail.Deer Accidents

• Oct. 8: Cleary Cafferty ofPrinceville on U.S. Route 150 nearKnox Road 1900 E in Truro Town-ship

• Oct. 10: Christina Walker ofBrimfield on Illinois Route 8 nearCottonwood Road in KickapooTownship.

• Oct. 14: Patricia Colgan ofWyoming on Illinois Route 91 nearStreitmatter Road in PrincevilleTownship.

• Oct. 18: Karen Simpson of Ed-wards on U.S. Route 150 nearHeinz Lane in Kickapoo Township.Marriage licenseJean Michel Elsasser of Princevilleand Karalea Marie Thames of Mor-ton.

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GALLAGHER: Jail better than a nursing home?It’s amazing how those folks at

some insurance companies suddenlyknow more than doctors. Maybethey went to med school at night orsomething.

Anyway, her only choice was tocheck into a nursing home.

I visited her there just the day be-fore her fatal heart attack. She hatedit. She was basically confined to herroom unless one of the nurseswould fill her portable oxygen tankso she could go somewhere on her

power chair. She said that she usu-ally had to make several requests.

When she did get to leave herroom, she had to constantly worryabout the few possessions she wasallowed to bring with her. Other res-idents could come and go in herroom as they pleased, and she hadseveral small items come up miss-ing in the couple of weeks thatshe’d been there.

“At least in prison, they let yououtside an hour a day, and the otherinmates respect your stuff,” she

lamented.The nursing home was taking her

entire monthly allowance from So-cial Security. Her two sons had topay the rent and electricity on herapartment out of their own pocketsif they wanted her to have a spot togo back to when she got better.

“I should’ve robbed a bank,” shesaid several times during our lastconversation.

I’m beginning to believe she wasright.


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JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOISPEORIA COUNTY

FARMERS STATE BANK, an Illinois )Banking Corporation, )

Plaintiff, )vs. ) CASE NO.: 15-CH-21

)ANDREW G. HAINES and JENNIFER )ANNE PIZINGER HAINES, )UNKNOWN OWNERS and )NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, )

Defendants. )

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclo-sure entered in the above entitled cause on July 8, 2015, the Sheriff ofPeoria County, Illinois, will on November 11, 2015, at the hour of 1:00o’clock P.M. in Room 203, Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois,sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgagedreal estate:

Lot Numbered Ten (10) in RICHWOODS PARK, part of theNorth Half (N 2) of the Northwest Quarter (NW 3) of SectionTwenty-one (21), Township Nine (9) North, Range Eight (8)East, of the Fourth Principal Meridian, according to the platthereof recorded October 4, 1957 in Plat Book “W”, page 76, asDocument Number 598345; situate, lying and being in theCounty of Peoria and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as 5302 North Sherbrook Lane, Peoria, Illi-nois 61614

P.I.N.: 14-21-101-012

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence.

Sale terms: 10 percent down on the day of the sale by certified funds,balance within 24 hours by certified funds. No refunds.

The judgment amount was $84,527.01.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Kerry R. Cordis at Plaintiff’s attorney, 129 North Wal-nut Street, P.O. Box 445, Princeville, Illinois 61559; Phone:309.385.4616.

Dated: October 15, 2015

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TRACT 1RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE LOCATED AT 109 WEST STREET,MAQUON, IL 61458 and legally described as follows: Lot NumberedThree (3) in Block Numbered Three (3) in the ORIGINAL TOWN (NOWVILLAGE) OF MAQUON, situated in the County of Knox and State of Illi-nois; PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: This is a two bedroom 1-1/2 story housewith a closed in porch including a 16’ X 28’ detached garage.

TRACT 2IMPROVED COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE LOCATED AT 104 MAINSTREET, MAQUON, IL 61458 and legally described as follows: LotsNumbered One (1) and Four (4) in Block Numbered Three (3) in the Vil-lage of Maquon, Knox County, Illinois; EXCEPTING THEREFROM 0.021acre thereof conveyed to the People of the State of Illinois, Departmentof Transportation, by Warranty Deed recorded in the Office of the KnoxCounty Illinois Recorder on April 17, 2014 as Document No.:1017412; PROPERTY DESCRIPTION: This 73’ X 48’ Metal Building includes Two14’ Sliding Doors, Two Roll Up Doors-One 10’ and One 12’, One Walk inDoor

TERMS ON REAL ESTATE: 10% of the high bid price is required downon the day of sale, at which time the successful bidders will sign a pur-chase agreement. The balance of the purchase price shall be due within30 days, and deed possession will be given upon final payment. The realestate taxes will be prorated through the date of closing. Earnest de-posits are non-refundable and the purchase contract is not contingentupon financing and buyer and/or lender inspections. Seller reserves theright to refuse any or all bids. Any announcements made on sale dayshall supersede any previously advertised terms. Properties sell in "asis" condition with no warranties of any kind.

Real Estate to sell at 9:30 a.m. To View the Property please call 309-252-1193

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Seller: Dolores (Mrs. Alan) Austin EstateExecutor: John B. Austin

Attorney for Estate: Robert L. Potts, Esq., Whitney & Potts, LtdElmwood, IL 61529 Ph: (309) 742-3611

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BILLTOWN: New contract through June 30, 2021Brimfield, Elmwood and Williamsfield had differentsuperintendents.

Williamsfield’s superintendentthat year was Mary Bush, whosebase salary was considerablyhigher than Farquer’s current pay,which is $96,900, according to theDistrict’s website.

Farquer’s new contract will ex-pire June 30, 2021, and providesfor a $113,957 base salary, with2.5-percent increases annually. The agreement did notincrease benefits, such as retirement and health insur-

ance.“I will remain the lowest paid superintendent in the

area [but] by a less considerablemargin,” Farquer said.

Williamsfield resident DebbieNewell, who’s made several com-ments during board meetings aboutissues ranging from teacherturnover to which foreign languageto offer, last week expressed con-cern about teacher qualification, butsaid it wasn’t personal.

“Mr. Farquer has a lot of good ideas and I have al-ways liked him as a person,” she said.


Superintendent PaySchool Base 2014-15

Pay enrollmentBrimfield $143,226 673Elmwood $127,581 652Farmington $140,612 1,337Princeville $125,000 727Williamsfield $118,512 271


PRINCEVILLE – Anew discount retailercould be ahead forPrinceville, as the Vil-lage Board at its Tues-day meetingunanimously approvedthe Stoecker Subdivi-sion.

The small acreagenorth of town on SantaFe Trail across fromTroutman Park will bedivided into three plots,according to DennisStoecker, with onewhere his E.C. HarmsMetal Fabricators fac-tory is and a plot on thenorth side where a chainretailer is conductingsite-preparation work.

The third plot will re-main farmland.

Absent from the meet-ing were Village Presi-dent Sid Stahl, TrusteesDennis Canton andTeresa Gilroy, MunicipalCode Officer Dan Sulli-van, Superintendent of

Public Works ChadGardner, and Julie Del-bridge from thePrinceville Civic Associ-ation.

Trustee Dave Suther-land presided over themeeting.

In other news,• 2016 golf cart stick-

ers are available at Vil-lage Hall. The fee is $25for those who had onethis year, and $30 fornew users.

After December 31,stickers will be $25 forall. For details, go onlineto princeville.org/ordi-nances; and

• Trustee Jeff Trout-man reported thatPrinceville’s Pool Com-mittee is making life-guard applicationsavailable for workingnext summer in order toencourage applicationsfrom college studentswho may be home visit-ing in the next fewmonths.

Applications are avail-able at the Village Halland also online atprinceville.org.

New retailer couldlocate in Princeville

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ELMWOOD – Taxesand assessments you ex-pect as discussions atcity council meetings.But movie projectors?

Those were the hottesttopics Tuesday when theElmwood City Councilmet and passed its annualtax levy ordinance for2015 by a 5-0 vote.

The total levy of$337,600 represents anincrease of just under 5percent, according to cityattorney Bob Potts. Thatis the result of expectedincreased property valueassessments, Potts said.

Elmwood’s equalizedassessed evaluation(EAV) for 2014 is up27.1 percent for the TIFdistrict, spurring an over-all increase of 7.05 per-cent for the city. Previous

increases in the TIF were8.5 percent in 2013 and4.6 percent in 2013.

EAV outside the TIFdistrict is up 4.12 per-cent, the first increase inthree years after declinesof 0.9 percent in 2013and 1.7 percent in 2012.

While higher assessedvalues boost the city’stax levy, they might notnecessarily be goodnews, according to Al-derman Bryan Davis.

“I have a lot of interestin finding a way to lowerproperty taxes in thistown,” said Davis, whonoted he has been ap-proached by new resi-dents who were unhappywith city tax rates.

Davis said Elmwood’stax rate is third highest inPeoria County behindPeoria and Princeville.

“I understand we have

more services, but inturn, we need to plan forthe future,” Davis said.

In other action, Mayor J.D. Hulslanderhas signed an affidavitlisting Elmwood as aparty in mortgage fore-closure proceedingsagainst Reynolds The-atres. The city is owedabout $17,000 for a loanused to purchase a digitalprojector for the PalaceTheater.

Lien holder FarmersState Bank has filed forsummary judgement onthe foreclosure and ahearing is set for nextweek. The city seeks ac-cess to the property to re-move the projector if thetheater is sold.

Finally, Davis said citystaff plan to pick up anew leaf vacuum anyday. The city ordered theleaf vac earlier this year,but the manufacturer’spreparation of the ma-chine took longer thananticipated.

“We expected this inmid-September,” Davissaid.

Once the machine ar-rives and staff becomefamiliar with its use, leafcollection will start. Butthat will not be until nextweek at the earliest, soresidents are asked to notstart raking leaves intothe streets.

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September 2015 Peoria Co. Real Estate TransactionsDate Address Amount Grantor/grantee9/3 20802 W. Maple St., Laura $80,000 Orwig / Vance 9/4 708 W. Dearborn St., Elmwood $93,000 Dooley / Davis 9/8 N. Keeler St., Laura $80,000 Reicheneker / Reicheneker 9/8 206 S. Monroe St., Brimfield $110,000 Pacey / Emerick 9/9 10107 W. Route 150, Edwards $141,000 Kingdon / Alvey 9/9 6110 W. Clairemont Ct., Edwards $298,500 Ironwood Homes Inc. / Rayani9/10 503 W. Main St., Princeville $55,000 Daniels / Gardner9/10 503 W. Main St., Princeville $62,000 Gardner / Fulk9/11 15803 N. Elliott Rd., Princeville $259,900 Gilkeson / Cropin9/17 115 W. Main St., Elmwood $75,000 Kersh-Howard / Lampe 9/17 106 W. Southgate Dr., Elmwood $210,000 Paige / Inskeep 9/18 604 S. Walnut Ave., Princeville $215,000 Menold / Conrad9/21 19224 N. Route 78, Laura $58,000 Siefferman / Gaa9/21 518 W. Main St., Princeville $89,500 Vicary / Schurter 9/22 350 S. Santa Fe Ave., Princeville $47,248 Federal Nat. Mortgage Assn./ Herrmann 9/23 506 N. Morgan St., Elmwood $85,000 Hulslander / McElroy 9/24 10814 N. College Ct., Brimfield $189,000 Glover / Obergfel9/25 617 N. Magnolia St., Elmwood $65,000 Hurst / Shoop 9/25 208 N. Warren St., Brimfield $138,000 Passe / Maher9/28 9619 N. Princeville-Jubilee Rd., Brimfield $267,000 McNamara / Cagwin9/29 1521 N. Town Ave., Princeville $420,000 Stubbs / Debord 9/30 8720 W. Streitmatter Rd., Princeville $145,000 Reading / Streitmatter

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Toddler open gym returns toElmwood Community Center

ELMWOOD – A toddler open gymwill again be held at the ElmwoodTownship Community Center on Fri-days when school is in session from 9-11 a.m.

The open gym is available to childrenfrom 0 to school age.

Cost is $2 for the first child and $1 foreach additional child. Community cen-ter members are admitted for free.Trap shoot, youth huntsscheduled at Gilles Farms

PRINCEVILLE – Pheasants Foreverand the Gilles Family are sponsoringtrap shoots and youth pheasant hunts.

Trap shoots are Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 atthe Gilles Farm, located on Maher Roadnorth of Illinois Route 90. Guns andshells are provided.

Shooting Saturday is from 9-11 a.m.,11 a.m. to 1 p.m., 1-2:15 p.m. and 2:15-3:30. Sunday hours are 8-9:30 a.m.,9:30-11:30, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and1:30-3.

The annual youth pheasant hunt isNov. 28-29. Times each day are 8-10a.m., 10-noon, 12-2 p.m. and 2-4 p.m.Youngsters age 10 and over who havepassed a hunter safety class are wel-come. Pheasants Forever provides twopheasants per youth. Hunts are ingroups of five with dogs and handlers.

To reserve times, call Mike Aldrich at(309) 385-2127 or 229-4090 or [email protected].

Paid family or group hunts are avail-able in December or January. Call TedGilles at (309) 645-5739 or 446-3625.Health Department urgesprotection against the flu

PEORIA – The Peoria City/County

Health Department is rallying the com-munity this flu season to help protectagainst influenza. Businesses, schools,the faith community, and individuals areall encouraged to make protectionagainst seasonal flu a priority.

The message is simple: Get your fluvaccine – it’s available throughout thecommunity.

“With our flu season typically runningNovember through May, October is ac-tually a great time for the community tostart promoting flu vaccination to helpprotect against seasonal influenza,” saidJean Bellisario, Director of InfectiousDisease at the Peoria City/CountyHealth Department.

This year, the Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention is recommend-ing everyone 6 months of age and olderget a flu vaccine. The flu is a contagiousrespiratory illness caused by the in-fluenza virus. Many people who get theflu recover in 1-2 weeks, but some de-velop serious and potentially life-threat-ening medical complications.

Organizations can get flu informationfor distribution by calling the PeoriaCity/County Health Department at (309)679-6603 or www.pcchd.org. O’Brian off county board

FARMINGTON – Local entrepreneurPatrick O’Brian resigned from the Ful-ton County board earlier this fall tospend more time overseeing his variousbusinesses.

A Farmington resident, O’Brian ownsthe former American Legion building inFarmington that now houses six busi-nesses: Oldfield Bookkeeping, Stay andPuff Vapor Lounge, A&L Appliance,O’Brian’s Parkside Deli and Diner andWhiskey Dixie’s.

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The Springfield attorney repre-senting Citizens Against Route B(CARB) throughout the proceed-ings also was surprised.

“The route along I-74 was therecommendation of Ameren, and itwas also the recommendation ofthe ICC’s own staff,” said R. KurtWilke. “The I-74 route would havebeen over five miles shorter andcost over $5 million less thanRoute B. Route B will require 50percent more cropland for the re-quired transmission line easement(619 acres vs. 410 acres).

“The I-74 route [also] was pre-ferred by both the Illinois Depart-ment of Natural Resources and the

Illinois Historic PreservationAgency,” Wilke continued. “Therewas evidence submitted againstthe selection of the I-74 corridor,such as visual impacts, but wethought the evidence substantiallyfavored the selection of the I-74route.”

The ICC determination concedesthat Route B will be longer, moredifficult and more expensive, but itgave greater weight to other criteria.

The judges’ order says “the mostvisual impact [would occur] if it isplaced on Route A [so] visual im-pact criterion favors the adoptionof Route B. Route B, without anymodifications, impacts the leastamount of forest [with] the least

environmental impact.“The number of necessary ease-

ment acres is greater for Route B,”the order concedes. “The impacton farming acres, however, favorsRoute B because of the necessaryplacement of the structures. RouteB affects the fewest residenceswithin 300-500 feet of the center-line.”

In an earlier filing with the ICC,Ameren commented, “Any routingdecision inherently involves trade-offs between competing interests.Few routes will satisfy everyone.”

CARB activist Dick Heinz cer-tainly isn’t satisfied, telling TheWeekly Post, “I’d really like toknow why they picked it.”

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PRINCEVILLE – School con-struction progress “is coming upquickly,” Brian Faulkner from P. J.Hoerr told the Board of Educationat its meeting on Oct. 13, when theproject update reported masonrywork, exterior walls, the roof deckand poured floors to be finished inthe next week or so.

“We’ll be done with steel by theend of the week (Oct. 23) and theroofing will be starting Oct. 26,”said Faulkner, who estimated roof-ing work will take two weeks forthe classrooms and three weeks forthe gymnasium and addition.

“It’s all about getting the wallsup, the roofing on and get it closedin [before cold weather],” he said.

An extra expense for asbestos re-moval was unexpected and costly.

“Charges for asbestos monitoringwere much higher than we antici-pated,” said Superintendent Shan-non Duling. “The contract to do theasbestos abatement work wasawarded to M&O [Insulation Co. ofPeoria] for $81,200 (removing as-bestos). Ideal [Environmental Engi-neering of Bloomington] charged usover $67,000 to ‘design and moni-tor’ the project. We were estimatingtheir charges would be less than$20,000.”

In other financial news, Duling’sfinancial report summarized anaudit by Gorenz and Associatesshowing improvements in unen-cumbered equity (up $900,000) and

the Education Fund (which receivedmore revenue than projected, as itspent less than planned).

However, insufficient state fund-ing caused considerable shortfalls inthe Transportation Fund, and theoverall financial profile remains in“financial review,” the second levelof the state’s four-tier scale. The Illi-nois State Board of Education says199 of 860 districts are in review.

“We improved, but our long-termdebt [due to the building project]and not receiving what the state wassupposed to get us meant we didn’timprove enough to rise in rank,”said Duling, who said General StateAid and other state funding was$220,000 less than anticipated.

“Some are saying we’ll get 8 per-cent less than we thought, and oth-ers think the last two payments areat risk,” he said.

In other business, the Board ap-proved moving to a trimester sys-tem for Kindergarten through 2ndgrade this year, and discussions in-dicated the change for grades 3-5

for the 2017-2018 school year.“It will likely take 3rd through

5th grades a couple of years to de-velop common assessments and de-velop standards-based report cards,”Duling said. “Our K-2 teachershave been working on developingand implementing a new standards-based report card for this year.

“One of their biggest concernswas having enough instructionaltime to adequately access their stu-dents’ skills and provide evidenceof student achievement. They wereconcerned that if they needed to ac-cess all skills covered each quarter,they would lose instructional timedue to all of the assessments. Theyrecommended moving to a trimesterto give them more time to ade-quately teach and assess expectedskills.”

Also, after an executive session,the Board approved filling three ex-tracurricular positions: ElizabethCowser as cheerleading coach; BillPhelps for Academic Challenge;and Marisa Bonomo as an aide.

Princeville school building progressing Roofingwork shouldstart soonon theschool con-structionproject inPrinceville.Photo byCollin Fair-field.



By RON DIETERFor The Weekly Post

Fall is here and it’s time to thinkSpring. Now is the time to plantspring-flowering bulbs. Plantednow, bulbs will immediately beginto set root and, as cold temperaturesset in, they will develop a kind ofanti-freeze to protect themselvesfrom the cold.

Most bulbs can be planted rightup until late fall.

Our garden soil is hard as rockright now due to the long dry spellwe’re having. But several years agoI purchased a bulb planting augerthat fits my rechargeable drill. Ifind it much easier to use in theseconditions than a spade or bulbplanter.

The most common bulbs plantedin the garden are daffodils andtulips. But it’s the “other” bulbsthat can make such a big differencein the spring garden. I’m going tomention a few of my favorites here.

Like daffodils, and unlike mosttulips, these bulbs will naturalizeeasily in most garden soils. Thatmeans they will happily establishthemselves and multiply, treatingyou to an annual color display formany years with little effort onyour part.

One of the most versatile bulbs inthe spring garden is grape hyacinth,or Muscari. They bloom for sev-eral weeks and make beautifulcolor companions to daffodils,tulips and early perennials.

A particular grape hyacinth, Mus-cari armeniacum ‘Christmas Pearl,”is especially nice because it bloomsearlier and longer than other vari-eties. It has 6- to 8-inch spikes cov-ered with grape-like, long-lasting,soft violet-blue flowers. It forceseasily to bring a little spring to asunny window and has a delightfulfragrance, reminiscent of grapes.

Because the foliage lasts a longtime and new leaves appears againin the fall, I use grape hyacinthas a marker bulb and plant a few ineach of my other bulb plantings.Seeing the Muscari foliage, Ican easily locate dormant bulbbeds.

One of the prettiest white-flower-ing bulbs is Summer Snowflake(Leucojum aestivum). The flowersare pendulous, scalloped, purewhite bells. The tip of each petal is

marked with a green dot. Thevariety ‘Gravetye Giant’ looks likea giant Lily-of-the Valley, nearlytwo feet tall. Summer snowflake isbeautiful when planted with peren-nial geranium, tiarella, lamium, andajuga.

Another bell-shaped flower isHyacinthoides ‘Excelsio,’ or Span-ish bluebells. The lovely bell-shaped flowers are held on 8- to12-inch stems and are a deep violetblue. This bulb is shade and mois-ture tolerant but also seems happyin full sun. Spanish bluebells arefragrant and a great naturalizer. Usethem to add some interest to hostabeds or combine them with ferns.

One more little bell flower iscalled Silver Bells, or Ornithogalumnutans. Each flower stem carriesthree to twelve, 6-petaled, silver,green and white bells. A great natu-ralizer, this bulb re-seeds easily inshady areas. The flowers combinebeautifully with bleeding hearts,Siberian iris and peonies.

Although most spring floweringbulbs do not like “wet feet,” Camas-sia is an exception. It thrives indamp soils and even tolerates heavyclay soil. Also called Quamash, orWild Hyacinth, this bulb producestall spikes covered with star-likeflowers. The variety, ‘Semiplena’has three-foot spikes of creamywhite semi-double flowers bloom-ing in late spring and early summer.It makes a nice partner for peonies,

Uncommon bulbs create special interest

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Sweet Williams and Siber-ian iris.

A flower sure to attractthe attention of visitors toyour garden is Nec-taroscordum siculum ssp.bulgaricum.

This plant used to benamed Allium bulgar-icum, but taxonomists(botanists who classifyand name plants) thoughtthat was too easy to sayand spell. Let’s use one ofthe common names – Si-cilian Honey Lily orMediterranean bells.

Each bulb produces onelarge baseball-sizedflower made up of manygreenish white, bell-

shaped florets tinged withplum and pink. The flowerstem approaches three feetand the blossom is superbas a cut flower. Use thisbulb to add an exotictouch to the late springgarden and get the neigh-bors talking.

Don’t be put off by theunusual names or the ex-otic nature of the lesser-known bulbs.

Like tulips and daf-fodils, these bulbs are acinch to plant and grow,even if your thumb hasnot even a tinge ofgreen.

Once planted they willprovide years of color andenjoyment.

Continued from Page 12BULBS: Enjoy for years


KICKAPOO – Kick-apoo Township on Mon-day started discussing itslevy, which is a 5-percentincrease for Fiscal Year2017, re-scheduling itsNovember meeting to ac-commodate public noticerequirement for trustees toconsider it, and starteddiscussion on a new pavil-ion for the ballpark.

The levy request for theTownship totals $184,690,which includes $158,690for the Town Fund and$8,000 for General Assis-tance. The separate Road& Bridge levy totals$682,420, which includes$75,620 for the Road &Bridge Fund, the Spe-cial/Permanent R&BFund of $498,000, and$64,800 for Equipment.

The Township boardwill consider the proposedlevy at its Nov. 23 meet-ing.

In other business, theTownship addressed a no-tification from the PeoriaState’s Attorney’s Officethat a case of improperdisposal of tires on Town-ship roads was resolved

last week. A Novemberjury trial for LouisHoward, 57, of Peoria,was cancelled and JudgeJohn Vespa sentencedHoward to one year’s pro-bation and $802 in finesand court costs, accordingto public records.

Meanwhile, preliminarysketches for a new build-ing at the ballpark on U.S.Route 150 were pre-sented, showing an ex-panded structure withlarger restrooms, a kitchenand public area facing theball fields, plus a store-room and a roofed patio.

The pavilion would be14 feet longer than thecurrent facility, whichwould have to be razedfor the project.

No estimates are avail-able yet, said TownshipSupervisor Karl Koy.

“Before we considerthis, we’ll be seeking pub-lic input before getting es-timates or planning thefunding,” he said.

In other news, RoadCommissioner Dan Kelchreported that crews finish-ing sweeping Townshipstreets and is orderingroad salt for the winter for

$75 a ton.Elsewhere:

BrimfieldBrimfield Township on

Oct. 13 discussed a lackof expected revenue fromPeoria County from theTownship’s share of traf-fic-ticket citations, andgeneral housekeeping –literally.

“We discussed havingour office cleaned everymonth,” said SupervisorTony Karl, and “the boardunanimously agreed, es-pecially with the bugproblem we have.”

As to the Township’snot receiving its share ofcitation proceeds, theCounty was contacted andonly said that tickets havea box officers shouldcheck showing the town-ship or municipalitywhere tickets are issued.

FarmingtonFarmington trustees on

Oct. 12 heard that roadcrews had finished thesummer’s second round ofmowing township right-of-way, and that HighwayCommissioner Paul Bal-agna reported that theTownship’s supply of roadsalt for this winter was de-

livered Sept. 22.In other business, Su-

pervisor Debra Neal re-minded trustees that, withDaylight Savings Timeending Nov. 1, monthlymeetings are scheduledfor 6 p.m. starting in No-vember.

JubileeThe dirt work on the

road itself on ThousandDollar Road is complete,Trustees discussed at theirOctober meeting.

The “rock on the roadshould be complete thisweek,” said SupervisorSteve Garnett. “Ditch andshoulder work will con-tinue for several weeks.We don’t know if comple-tion of the other work willallow seeding (the laststep) to be done this fall.”

The Township paid thefirst of about $260,000 inThousand Dollar Roadbills, he said, but mostbills are yet to come.

RosefieldAt the Township’s

meeting on Oct. 14, RoadCommissioner MattWindish reported com-pleting mowing on Town-ship roads, according toClerk Marty May.

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OBITUARIESMarjorie A. Bell

DAHINDA – Marjorie A. Bell,84, of Galesburg, mother of aDahinda woman, died Oct. 15 atHeartland Health Care Center.

Survivors include children Lisa(Curt) Anderson of Dahinda, Kurt(Kristi) Bell of Sheboygan, Wis.,Connie Rainey of Ankeny, Iowa,and Cathy (Jeff) Markley of Gales-burg; nine grandchildren; and sisterJean Kann Huevelman.

Graveside services are scheduledfor 12:30 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 24) inSt. Joseph Cemetery in Galesburg.

Condolences may be left online atwww.h-p-w.com.

Dane DiltsFARMINGTON – Dane E. Dilts,

90, of Farmington died Oct. 11 atHeartland Healthcare Center inCanton.

He was born on Feb. 17, 1925, inFiatt, to Wesley and Ollivine (Rock)Dilts. He married Barbara J. Blag-den on July 31, 1949, in Canton,and she preceded him in death.

Services were Oct. 16 at Murphy-Sedgwick Memorial Home in Can-ton, with burial at OakridgeCemetery in Farmington.

Condolences may be left online atwww.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com.

Walter Feeser Jr.PRINCEVILLE – Walter Feeser

Jr., 71, of Peoria Heights, brother ofa Princeville woman, died Oct. 12 atUnityPoint Health-Proctor in Peo-ria.

Survivors include his wife,Tamara (Minter) Feeser; daughterAmy Jane Feeser of Peoria Heights;sisters Mary J. Engelbrecht ofPrinceville and Edna J. McMullenof Hanna City; and many nieces andnephews.

Funeral services were Oct. 17 atThe Wilton Mortuary in Peoria.Cremation rites will be accordedfollowing services.

Condolences may be left online atwww.thewiltonmortuary.com.

Flora GebhardtELMWOOD – Flora Ellen Geb-

hardt, 83, of Pekin, an Elmwood na-tive, died Oct. 11 at Mardell Manorin Pekin.

Born June 26, 1932, in Elmwoodto Samuel O. and Bessie I. (Meeker)Kastner, she married Donald LouisGebhardt on Aug. 26, 1951, in Man-ito. He died Aug. 16, 2005.

Her funeral was Oct. 15 at Pre-ston-Hanley Funeral Homes & Cre-matory in Pekin. Private burial willbe in Lakeview Cemetery in Pekin.

Condolences may be left online atwww.preston-hanley.com.

Wallace GroomPRINCEVILLE – Wallace

“Wally” Denton Groom, 79, ofHenry, father of a Princeville man,died Oct. 14 at the OSF Richard L.Owens Hospice in Peoria.

Survivors include his wife, JeriSue Groom; their three children,Tim Groom of Princeville, GaylaGroom of Guatemala and GregGroom (Julie) of Henry; and 17grandchildren.

Funeral services were Oct. 17 atCalvert & Johnson Memorial Homein Henry, with graveside services atJubilee Churchyard Cemetery inBrimfield.

Condolences may be left online atwww.legacy.com.

Michael JonesBRIMFIELD – Michael L. Jones,

68, of Peoria,brother of a Brim-field man and aKickapoo woman,died Oct. 14 atUnityPointHealth-Proctor.

Michael wasborn on Dec. 17,1946, to the lateCharles H. andDoris L. (Pillischafske) Jones. Hemarried Rose M. Kelly on March14, 1975, in Peoria. She precededhim in death on Sept. 10, 2009.

He is survived by one son, Joe(Amanda) Hendrix of Normal; three

grandchildren, Ben, Sam and Char-lotte Hendrix; three brothers, Dave(Joann) Jones of Brimfield, Jack(Carol) Jones of Bellevue, and Vir-gil (Debbie) Jones of Creve Coeur;and one sister, Vicki (Martin)Gensler of Kickapoo.

Michael was an Army veteran andworked as a laborer for PeoriaBlacktop.

He liked online gambling and en-joyed spending time with his family,especially his grandchildren.

He was an avid hunter and mem-ber of Ducks Unlimited.

A funeral service was Oct. 20 atWright & Salmon Mortuary, withburial at St. Joseph Cemetery.

Condolences may be left online atwww.wrightandsalmon.com.

Mildred MaguirePRINCEVILLE – Mildred Lu-

cille Maguire, 93, of Alton, grand-mother of a Princeville man, diedOct. 8 at Eunice Smith NursingHome in Alton.

Survivors include son Roy(Cathie) Maguire of Edelstein;grandchildren Marcus (Heather)Maguire of Princeville, Megan(Chris) Horan of Peoria, Sarah(Derek) Dunnagan of Atlanta, Ga.,and Darci Dunnagan of Chicago;and a great-grandchild, DakodaMaguire of Princeville.

Funeral services were Oct. 17 atElm Street Presbyterian Church inAlton, with burial at Oak GroveCemetery in Jerseyville.

Condolences may be left online atwww.gentfuneralhome. com.

Edna MarshallPRINCEVILLE – Edna Martin,

76, of Princeville died Oct. 11 at herresidence.

Survivors include five daughters,Kathleen Martin and Sheryl Martin,both of Princeville, Linda Drake ofTremont, Audrey (Glen) Braker ofSpeer, and Cynthia Martin of Speer;four sons, Edwin (Gladys) Martin ofDunlap, Timothy (Rebecca) Martinof Eureka and Joseph Martin andJames Martin, both of Peoria; and20 grandchildren.

Edna was a member of the Apos-tolic Christian Church inPrinceville, where a funeral servicewas held Oct. 15, with burial atApostolic Christian Church Ceme-tery in Princeville.

Condolences may be left online atwww.haskellhott.com.

This Week’s Obituaries• Marjorie Bell, 84, Dahinda• Dane Dilts, 90, Farmington• Walter Feeser, 71, Princeville• Flora Gebhardt, 83, Elmwood• Wallace Groom, 79, Princeville• Michael Jones, 68, Brimfield• Mildred Maguire, 93, Princeville• Edna Marshall, 76, Princeville• Darren Phillips, 20, Farmington• Marcie Pillman, 43, Brimfield• Fred Schultz, 84, Williamsfield• Mary Lou Toth, 96, Elmwood

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BRIMFIELDSt. Joseph

Catholic ChurchFather John Verrier

314 W. Clay, Brimfield(309) 446-3275

www.stjosephbrimfield.orgSat. Confession: 3:30-4:45 pm

Sat. Mass: 5 pmSun. Mass: 10:30 am

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 ChurchPastor Donald Blasing11724 Maher Road

Brimfield, IL 61517(309) 446-3571

www.brimfieldefree.orgWorship: 10:30 am

Sunday School: 9:30 amAWANA - Wed. 6:15 pm, for

ages 3-12

Brimfield UnitedMethodist Church

Pastor Leonard Thomas135 S. Galena St., Brimfield

(309) 446-9310Sun. Worship: 9 amSun. School: 9 am

Thurs. Bible Study: 7 pm

Union Church at BrimfieldUnited Church of Christ

Pastor Stephen Barch105 W. Clay Street, Brimfield

(309) 446-3811Sunday Worship: 9 am

Tuesday Bible Study: 6:30 pmFirst Sunday each month isCommunion Sunday (gluten

free communion offered)EDWARDS

Bethany Baptist Church7422 N. Heinz Ln., Edwards

(309) 692-1755www.bethanycentral.org

Sat. Evening Worship: 6 pmSun. Worship 8:15 & 11 amWednesday Awana: 6:15 pm

Christ Alive! Community ChurchPastor Lance Zaerr

9320 W US Hwy 150, Edwards(309) 231-8272

www.christalivecc.comSun. School: 9:15 amWorship: 10:30 am

ELMWOODCrossroads Assembly of God

Pastor Tim Cavallo615 E. Ash St., Elmwood

(309) 830-4259www.crossroadselmwood.org

Wed. Worship: 7 pm

Sun. Worship: 10:30 am

Elmwood Baptist ChurchPastor Dennis Fitzgerald

701 W. Dearborn St., Elmwood(309) 742-7631, 742-7911

Sun. School: 9:30 amSun Worship: 10:30 am, 6 pmWed. Prayer Meeting: 7 pm

First Presbyterian Churchof Elmwood

Reverend Marla B. Bauler201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood

(309) 742-2631firstpresbyterianofelmwood.org

Sun. Worship: 10:30 amSun. School: 9:30 am

St. Patrick’sCatholic ChurchFather Paul Stiene

802 W. Main St., Elmwood(309) 742-4921

Sat. Confession: 3:45 p.m.Sat. Mass: 4:30 p.m.

Sun. Mass: 10 amTues. Rosary: 8:15 am

United Methodist Church of Elmwood

Pastor Bradley F. Watkins II821 W. Main St., Elmwood

(309) 742-7221www.elmwoodumc.org

Sun. Worship: 9 am, 10:30 amYouth Sun. School: 9 amAdult Sun. School: 8 am

FARMINGTONFirst Presbyterian Church

of FarmingtonReverend Dr. Linda Philabaun83 N. Cone Street, Farmington

(309) 245-2914www.firstpresfarmington.com

Sunday School: 9:30 amFellowship: 10:30 amWorship: 11:00 am

New Hope FellowshipAssembly of GodPastor Tom Wright

1102 N. Illinois Route 78Farmington

(309) 245-2957Sun. Worship: 10 amWed. Worship: 7 pm

PRINCEVILLEPrinceville UnitedMethodist ChurchPastor Ken Dees

420 E. Woertz, Princeville(309) 385-4487

[email protected]. Worship: 9 am

Sunday School: 10:15 am

YATES CITYFaith United

Presbyterian ChurchReverend Marla B. Bauler

107 W. Bishop St., Yates City(309) 358-1170Worship: 9 am

Sun. School: 10:15 amThurs. Choir: 7 pm

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Class Darren C. Phillips, 20, of Ha-vana, son of a Farmington womanand brother of a Farmington man,died Oct. 2, 2015, in Cambridge,England.

Born Dec. 5, 1994, in MountPleasant, Texas, to Michael andMandi (Litwiller) Phillips, he is sur-vived by his mother, Mandi Phillipsand stepfather, Sean Sutherland ofFarmington; father, Michael Phillipsof Hughes Springs, Texas; brothersTravis Sutherland of Farmingtonand Nicholas Phillips of HughesSprings, Texas; and sister PaigePhillips of Hughes Springs, Texas.

Funeral services were Oct. 17,with burial at Laurel Hill Cemeteryin Havana.

Condolences may be left online atwww.hurleyfh.com.

Marcie PillmanBRIMFIELD – Marcie J. Pillman,

43, of Brimfield passed away unex-pectedly Sunday, Oct. 18, in theUnityPoint Health-Methodist emer-gency room.

Marcie was born on Nov. 1, 1971,in Peoria to Joseph C. and Betty L.(Ivey) Heinz. She married RichardPillman, on Aug. 21, 1993, at St.Mary Catholic Church in Kickapoo.

He survives.She is also survived by her par-

ents of Kickapoo; children, AllisonN. and Parker J. Pillman, both ofBrimfield; her sister, Ann (Michael)Brix of Kickapoo; and her brother,Peter (Johanna) Heinz of Mansfield.

She was preceded in death by hergrandparents, Richard and MarianneIvey and Delmar and Jen Heinz.

Marcie graduated from DunlapHigh School and earned an associ-ate degree from Illinois Central Col-lege.

She was a member of St. Mary’sCatholic Church in Kickapoo, Kick-apoo Youth Baseball Board, Brim-field Booster Club and KickapooSportsman’s Club. She was treas-urer for the St. Jude Brimfield/Kick-apoo Run.

A funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m.Friday, Oct. 23, at St. Mary CatholicChurch in Kickapoo. Father JosephDondanville will officiate. Visita-tion will be from 4-8 p.m. Thursday,Oct. 22, at the St. Mary Parish Hall.An additional visitation will be onehour prior to the Mass at the church.Burial will be in St. Patrick Ceme-tery in Kickapoo.


Fred R. SchultzWILLIAMSFIELD – Fred R.

Shultz, 84, Williamsfield, died Oct.12 at Rosewood Care Center inGalesburg.

Survivors include three daughters,Susan Shultz of Williamsfield,Debra German (Roger Underwood)of Galesburg, and Amy (Jeff) Marasof Grayslake; and four grandchil-dren.

Cremation has been accorded anda memorial service will be at 11a.m. Friday (Oct. 23) at Rux FuneralHome in Williamsfield. Intermentwill be in Williamsfield Cemetery,where military rites will be ac-corded by the Williamsfield Ameri-can Legion.

Condolences may be left online atwww.ruxfuneralhome.com.

Mary Lou TrothELMWOOD – Mary Lou Troth,

96, of Peoria, formerly of the Elm-wood area, died Oct. 15 at theBuehler Home.

Mary Lou was born on July 8,1919, in rural Elmwood to the lateJoseph and Edna (Bierderbeck)Reed. She married Frank N. Trothon Oct. 18, 1941, in Peoria. He pre-ceded her in death in 2004 in SanDiego, Calif.

Cremation rites have been ac-corded and burial of ashes will be inBrimfield City Cemetery at a laterdate.


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JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOISPEORIA COUNTY

FARMERS STATE BANK, an Illinois )Banking Corporation, )

Plaintiff, )vs. ) CASE NO.: 15-CH-21

)ANDREW G. HAINES and JENNIFER )ANNE PIZINGER HAINES, )UNKNOWN OWNERS and )NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, )

Defendants. )

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PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclo-sure entered in the above entitled cause on July 8, 2015, the Sheriff ofPeoria County, Illinois, will on November 11, 2015, at the hour of 1:00o’clock P.M. in Room 203, Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois,sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgagedreal estate:

Lot Numbered Ten (10) in RICHWOODS PARK, part of theNorth Half (N 2) of the Northwest Quarter (NW 3) of SectionTwenty-one (21), Township Nine (9) North, Range Eight (8)East, of the Fourth Principal Meridian, according to the platthereof recorded October 4, 1957 in Plat Book “W”, page 76, asDocument Number 598345; situate, lying and being in theCounty of Peoria and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as 5302 North Sherbrook Lane, Peoria, Illi-nois 61614

P.I.N.: 14-21-101-012

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VOLLEYBALL: Lady Princes top seed at Varnawasn’t enough for F-C, asBrooke Gardner and LucyWaid combined for threekills for a 12-6 advantage.

After F-C came backwith three unansweredscores, Waid took overwith blocks and kills towiden the lead.

In the third game,Flanagan-Cornell startedfast, but the Lady Princesfought back with killsfrom Tasha Martin andAnna Schupbach to beginto wear down their oppo-nents. The Lady Princeseventually moved ahead13-10 with a RebeccaSpurgeon block and kill.

F-C rebounded withthree unanswered pointsto tie it 13-13. On a longvolley, Spurgeon had ablock and kill combina-tion for Princeville.

The 16-14 and champi-onship win then camewith a Bridget Talley ace.

Earlier in the dayPrinceville swept SouthFulton 20-14, 20-11,Rockridge 20-1, 20-8, and

Knoxville 20-10, 20-16.Princeville (23-6) was

not as sharp Mondayagainst United, losing 25-22, 25-18.

“United played flaw-less, and we seemed a bitslow afoot,” Princevillecoach Shan Waid said.“We’ll re-group in prac-tice for the next weekand will be ready to go forregionals next week.”

Princeville is top seed inthe Class 1A Varna Mid-land sub-sectional and onTuesday (Oct. 27) facesthe winner between Henryand Midland at 6 p.m.

Last Thursday,Princeville was at Wood-hull-Ridgewood and re-turned with a 25-6,25-16match victory. Waid hadeight aces. Martin blockedtwo, while Katie Del-wiche and Lacey Givensled the team in digs.

The Lady Princes wonat home over LincolnTrail foe Galva last Tues-day, 25-19, 25-14.

Claire Berchtold contin-ued her season of huge

scoring contributions with28 assists. Waid servedthree aces and blockedtwo. Gardner was scoringleader with 13 kills.

Brimfield-ElmwoodBrimfield-Elmwood has

hit a rough patch in theirfinal games of the regularseason, losing four of sixto currently stand at 18-9.

At Brimfield’s invitetournament on Saturday,the team won their firstcontest, but then fell in thenext three.

But the Lady Indians

will look ahead to playBushnell-Prairie City-Avon today (Oct. 22),then head into regional ac-tion.

No. 6 seed Brimfield isat the Class 2A Farming-ton sub-sectional vs. No.11 seed Farmington Mon-day (Oct. 26) at 7 p.m.

On Monday, North Ful-ton survived the Lady In-dians in an extended game29-27, then completed asweep with a 25-19 win.

Despite the loss, ShaylaMcCormick had six kills,and Jillian Wahlfield dugten. Jessica Link servedfour aces and had six as-sists, while Micah Barrettand Alannah Chaney eachdefended with two blocks.

B-E was victorious overICAC rival Delavan lastThursday in a 25-12, 25-23 home sweep. RachelJacobson led the scoringwith 10 kills. Jessica Linkwas key for the Lady Indi-ans scoring with 11 as-sists, and Jillian Wahlfieldcame up with nine digs.

Defense came fromMorgan Ledbetter andAlannah Chaney’s oneblock each.

ElsewhereIn Class 1A, Williams-

field meets ROWVAMonday (Oct. 26) at theWethersfield sub-sectionalat 6.

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Tasha Martin (left) and Jessica Devries go up for a blockduring the Brimfield Invitational last Saturday. Photo byCollin Fairfield.

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FOOTBALL: Injuries hurting Farmington defensethe Farmers rallied late. Farmington(5-3) scored twice in the final fiveminutes to become playoff eligibleheading into Friday’s clash atRushville-Industry (6-2).

Isaiah Alvarez recovered a fumblemidway through the fourth quarterand backup Cade Lansford ran infrom 15 yards out to put Farmingtonahead with 5:30 left. Steven Gilstrapthen scored with 1:39 left on a 3-yard run.

Those tallies made up for anotherdifficult defensive game for Farm-ington, which gave up 321 yards toPeoria Heights (4-4) and 156 yardsand three scores to Geno Hess.

“We’ve got too many guys out ondefense right now. It’s killing us,”Farmington coach Toby Vallas said.“But they played at the right time.We were down four or five guys butthey stepped up when they had to.”

Farmington got 147 rushing yardsand an interception from Cody Jep-son as the Farmers racked up 350yards on 47 carries. But Jepson ag-gravated an injury and is out for therest of the season.

“He’s the heartbeat of our team,”Vallas said. “I’ve never had a kidthat brought as much heart and emo-tion to a team as he does.”

Elmwood-Brimfield 56Abingdon-Avon 20

ELMWOOD – Midway throughthe second quarter, with the score14-14 and Abingdon rattling off bigplays, Trojans fans braced for an-other shootout.

And why not? Hadn’t they justwitnessed a near-historic scoringoutput one week earlier in a 77-64home win over Farmington?

Not this time. After yielding the

early scores, E-B (7-1) tightened upits defense and relied on the hardrunning of junior Jackson Harkness.

With leading runner Sam Marincicsidelined for the game, Harknessrumbled for 136 yards and scores of1 and 20 yards. E-B got 150 yards

and four scores from five other run-ners, including two TDs fromMatthew Gerontes.

Harkness’s best came on the driveafter Abingdon (3-5) pulled to within29-20 on a 14-yard pass from quar-terback Bo Glaser to Brett Fordyce.On the pass, Glaser was rocked byE-B linebacker Colton Fales.

E-B then marched 51 yards andHarkness delivered some licks of hisown on a 20-yard score with 4:39left in the third.

That seemed to tame the Torna-does, as E-B scored three more timesto close the game, one tally a 31-yard interception return by safetyKoby White.

“The defense was swarming,which was nice to see,” E-B coachTodd Hollis said. “You definitelydidn’t feel the offense was strugglingand our special teams were amaz-ing.”

In particular, Hollis praised kickoffcoverage and punt returns.


Elmwood-Brimfield 56 Abingdon-Avon 20

Abingdon-Avon 8 6 6 0 – 20Elmwood-B 7 22 14 13 – 56

Scoring SummaryFirst Quarter

EB - Gerontes 3 run (Hedrick kick)A - Fordyce 2 run (Milan run)

Second QuarterEB - Golemon 11 run (Hedrick kick)A - Fordyce 7 run (run failed)EB - Harkness 1 run (Lenzi pass fromSims)EB - Gerontes 16 run (Hedrick kick)

Third QuarterA - Fordyce 14 pass from Glaser (passfailed)EB - Harkness 20 run (Harkness run)EB - Hart 5 run (kick failed)

Fourth QuarterEB - White 31 interception return(Hedrick kick)EB - McQuellon 1 run (kick failed)

Team StatisticsA EB

Rushes-Yds 40-77 44-286Yds per carry 1.9 6.5Pass Att 12 11Pass Comp 7 4Had Intercepted 1 0Pass yds 128 33

Individual StatisticsRushing - EB: Harkness 14-136,

Gerontes 7-50, Fales 3-9, Hart 2-11,McQuellon 2-11, Sims 3-14, Brandt 1-5.Passing - EB: Sims 4-11-0-33.Receiving - EB: White 2-22, Golemon

1-(minus-9), Harkness 1-11. Tackles: EB: Fales 11, Husemann 9,

Harkness 8, Milliman 7, Hart 6, Wilbur6, Novak 6.

Farmington 49, Peoria Hts. 40Peoria Heights 6 22 6 6 – 40Farmington 6 14 8 21 – 49


PH - Hess 7 yard run (kick failed)F - Jepson 2 yard run (run failed)

Second QuarterPH - Hess 44 run (kick)PH - Wallace 55 pass from Begner(conversion)F - Gilstrap 32 run (conversion)PH - Begner 4 run (kick)F - Higgs 37 pass from Gilstrap (con-version failed)

Third QuarterPH - Hess 8 run (conversion failed)F - Anderson 15 pass from Gilstrap(conversion)

Fourth QuarterF - Gilstrap 10 run (conversion)PH - Hess 2 run (conversion failed)F - Lansford 15 run (Johnson kick)F - Gilstrap 3 run (conversion failed)

Team StatisticsPH F

First downs 9 22Rushes-Yds 32-165 47-350Yds per carry 5.2 7.5Pass Att 27 18Pass Comp 19 13Had Intercepted 2 2Pass yds 156 136

Individual StatisticsRushing - F: Jepson 20-147, Gilstrap

19-118, Lansford 8-85.Passing - F: Gilstrap 13-18-2-136Receiving - F: Higgs 1-37, Anderson

4-57, Berry 4-28, Hursey 3-24.Tackles: F: Jepson 10, Hayden 7, Al-

varez 6, Lansford 5, Cecil 5

Mid-County 34, Princeville 14Mid-County 7 7 13 7 – 34Princeville 0 7 7 0 – 14


MC - Wight 3 run (Eklund kick)Second Quarter

MC - Wight 43 run (Eklund kick)P - Green 11 run (Snedden kick)

Third QuarterMC - Wight 50 run (kick failed)P - Green 3 run (Snedden kick)MC - Wight 3 run (Eklund kick)

Fourth QuarterMC - Roberts 8 run (Eklund kick)

Team StatisticsMC P

First downs 14 17Rushes-Yds 46-312 44-192Yds per carry 6.8 4.4Pass Att 5 7Pass Comp 3 3Had Intercepted 0 1Pass yds 35 47

Individual StatisticsRushing - MC: Wight 21-220, Craig 5-

11, Woodside 7-37, Roberts 13-44. P:Green 29-149, Jenkins 6-(minus-7),Remmert 6-39, Saal 1-0, Bauman 2-11.Passing - MC: Roberts 3-5-0-35. P:

Jenkins 3-6-1-47, Janssen 0-1-0-0.Receiving - MC: Smith 1-24, Kelly 2-

11. P: Thole 2-36, Kraft 1-11. Tackles - Martin 14, Feucht 12.

Prairieland BlueOverall ConfW L W L

Elmwood-B 7 1 5 0Farmington 5 3 4 1Knoxville 4 3 3 2West Prairie 2 6 2 3Havana 1 7 1 4River Valley 0 8 0 5

Last WeekElmwood-Brim. 56, A-Town 20Farmington 49, Peoria Heights 40Lewistown 42, Havana 20Knoxville 43, South Fulton 0Rushville-Ind. 43, West Prairie 0North Fulton 1, River Valley 0 (forf.)

This FridayElmwood-Brim. at S. Fulton, 7 pmFarmington at Rushville-Ind., 7 pmN. Fulton at Havana, 7 pmKnoxville at A-Town, 7 pmLewistown at West Prairie, 7 pmPeoria Heights 1, River Valley 9, forf

Lincoln TrailOverall ConfW L W L

Stark County 8 0 6 0Annawan-Weth. 7 1 5 1United 6 2 4 2Mid-County 5 3 3 3Princeville 5 3 3 3Mercer County 4 4 3 3Ridgewood 1 7 0 6West Central 0 8 0 6

Last WeekMid-County 34, Princeville 14Stark County 49, United 7Annawan-W. 42, Ridgewood 6Mercer Co. 67, West Central 8

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Farmington coach Toby Vallashas no doubt where his team isheaded next week: To the playoffs,the Class 3A playoffs.

“There’s no way us or Elmwoodare in 2A, I’d bet my life on it,”Vallas said. “There’s just too manyteams in 1A that have high pointtotals already.”

If Vallas is right, E-B (7-1) willalso play in Class 3A, based on itslarger enrollment.

Trojans coach Todd Hollis saidthere’s still hope for a 2A berth,noting the 3A field is stacked.

Win or lose Friday, Princeville(5-3) should make the postseason

and play in Class 1A. Mid-County(5-3) likely needs a win Friday toreach the postseason, as it willlikely finish with 37 points – belowthe cutoff in all but one of the pastsix seasons.

New this year, teams will beseeded 1-16 in two brackets, whichare based on geography. Seeding isbased on: 1. wins, 2. wins by foes,3. wins by defeated foes.

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The Swami Sez ... Playoff time is nearThis is the last week of

the regular season. Hardto believe the endis near. It goes byso quickly.

Some teamswill extend theirseason and com-pete in the play-offs. Others willturn in their gearand get ready forbasketball. TheSwami doesn’t cover bas-ketball. You’ll have to relyon your own knowledgefor that. Silly commoners.

A 9-1 record last weekbrings the season total to65-15 (81.25 percent). Iknow, I am good.

Elmwood-Brimfield at South Fulton

The Trojans are headedto the playoffs and couldsneak into 2A. That would

help their chances. Post-season preparation starts

with a tuneup. E-B 48-6.Farmington at

Rushville-IndustryFarmington has

to win this gameto get into theplayoffs. Not soRushville, thePrairieland Blackchampion. The

Farmers win, 34-28.Princeville at Stark County

Things don’t get easierfor the Princes. Theyshould have enough play-off points to make it inwith five wins, but it willbe close. This gamewon’t, as Stark Countywill cap a perfect regularseason en route to anotherdeep run into the playoffs.SC 42-8.

Knoxville at AbingdonThis is always a tough

rivalry game. The BlueBullets are playoff boundafter this win, 37-20.Lewistown at West Prairie

Lewistown has im-proved dramatically andshould win, 28-13.United at Mercer CountyUnited is in the play-

offs. Mercer faces a must-win. United is better, but Iam going against the SPIsto pick Mercer, 28-26.Annawan-Wethersfield

at Mid-CountyMid-County pulled out

a surprise last week atPrinceville. The Cougarsmust win to get into theplayoffs, but I don’t see ithappening against the Ti-tans. A-W 34-16.

Not Playoff Bound• Ridgewood 42, West

Central 17• North Fulton 38, Ha-

vana 8• Peoria Heights-Quest

1, River Valley 0 (forfeit).

TheSWAMI

SPI1. Stark County 38.72. Annawan-Weth 32.33. Elmwood-Brim. 25.04. United 14.25. Farmington 11.76. Princeville 11.07. Knoxville 9.78. Rushville-Industry 6.09. Mid-County 5.910. Mercer Country 3.011. Peoria Heights 2.412. Abingdon-Avon -1.013. Ridgewood -3.314. Lewistown -5.315. South Fulton -8.016. West Prairie -15.617. North Fulton -16.318. Havana -27.619. West Central -34.720. River Valley -48.2

PEORIA – Elmwood-Brimfield’s boys crosscountry team placed fourthlast Saturday at the PatriotInvite at Detweiller Parkin a preview of the Nov. 7Class 1A state meet.

Top-ranked TolonoUnity won with a score of41, No. 3 St. Joseph-Ogden was second (118points), No. 6 Robinsonwas third (208), No. 5 E-Bwas fourth (219) and tiedwith No. 7 El Paso-Grid-ley, advancing due to abetter finish by sixth run-ner Logan Whitney.

No. 4 Monticello, whichhad nipped E-B last week-end in Amboy, was sixthat 221 but was missing itstop runner. Back a bit wasNo. 2 Shelbyville (ninth at278 points).

Andrew Warnes ofUnity won in 14:44.6 andhad three teammates placeahead of E-B’s best, seniorMatt Osmulski, who was20th in 15:34.7.

“With five guys under15:30, (Unity) has a real

good shot at being thefastest (Class 1A) teamever,” E-B coach GreggMeyers said.

Junior Derek McCoywas 23rd for E-B in15:40.7 and sophomoreCooper Hoffmann ran38th in 16:06.5. Sopho-more Trevor Dunkel was72nd in 16:32.8 and KelbyBarnewolt was 73rd in16:34.3. Worth noting isthat E-B did not wearspikes – others did – andhad practiced intenselyleading up to the race.

“There was a little bit of‘Show me what you’vegot’ going on out there,”said Meyers, who waitsfor the state meet to dothat.

“We ran pretty well,some guys were 10-15seconds slow,” he said.“But we haven’t spiked upand that could gain us 25to 30 seconds per man.”

Emily McCauley was30th in the girls race tolead Elmwood-Brimfieldin 19:16.9. Lindsay Cash

ran 126th in21:45.8 to leadFarmington.

Next up is Sat-urday’s regionalcompetition: E-Band Farmingtonare at Eureka,Princeville is atSeneca.College XC –Maranatha

Baptist University juniorKimberly Richerson ofElmwood was named theAssociation of Division IIIIndependents women’scross country Runner ofthe Week in September.

Richerson finished 9that the MBU/Sabercat In-vite. The junior finished in27:09.1 in the 6k race tolead the Sabercats to athird-place team finish.Junior high – Elm-

wood’s junior high boyscross country team placedsixth to lead area teamscompeting in the IESAClass 1A state meet lastSaturday in Normal.

Seventh-grader EliStevenson was 29th in

11:22.9 to leadElmwood.

Princeville’sboys placed 10th,led by seventh-grader Cole Daily,who was 43rd in11:38.9.

Princeville’sgirls were eighth

and led by eighth-graderSorin Hilsabeck (35th in12:51.1). Elmwood’s girlsplaced 13th, led by sixth-grader Annie Herman(66th in 13:15.7).Et cetera – Former E-B

football players Brandonand Nick McCormick playfor Crown College Satur-day at noon vs. Eurekaagainst ex-teammatesChris Koll and Billy Beanand Farmington’s JakeJepson and Macae Skaggs.

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Mid-County outruns PrincevilleCougars, Farmers keep playoff hopes alive

By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

PRINCEVILLE – Everyoneknew Garrett Wight was goingto get the ball last Friday. Thatdidn’t make it any easier to stopMid-County’s senior back, whoracked up 225 yards and fourscores in 21 carries in a 34-14Cougars win over Princeville.

“He’s put together well and isa lot more physical than I hadanticipated,” Princeville coachJon Carruthers said. “And theirquarterback is quick and reallycomplements the Wight kid.”

The victory kept alive playoffhopes for Mid-County (5-3, 3-3Lincoln Trail), which likelyneeds a win Friday vs. An-nawan-Wethersfield to reach thepostseason.

Wight scored on a 3-yard runin the first quarter to open a 7-0lead, then ripped off another 43-yard score in the second as Mid-County got a 14-0 lead.

Princeville (5-3, 3-3) battledback behind its own star back,as Logan Green (149 yardsrushing) scored the first of twoTDs to cut the lead to 14-7.

But Wight took the first play

of the third quarter 50 yards fora touchdown and hit paydirtagain late in the third on a 3-yard plunge on fourth and goal.

Princeville was hurt again byinjuries, as Noah Bauman wentout on the second play of thegame with a concussion, endinga two-QB backfield that Car-ruthers thought had potential.

Princeville has lost three in arow but still has a good shot at asecond straight playoff berththanks to an impressive total ofwins by its opponents.

Farmington 49Peoria Heights 40

FARMINGTON – Playing inits second straight wild game,

BRIMFIELD TOURNEY

By PHIL JOHNSONFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – With thepostseason just days away,Princeville’s volleyball teamproved it is ready for tourna-ment play last Saturday.

The Lady Princes won theBrimfield Invitational tourna-

ment after three excitinggames against Flanagan-Cor-nell in the championshipmatch: 15-20, 20-12, 16-14.

In game two, the LadyPrinces got off to a 6-2 startand then went up 8-3 to forcea timeout. A short break


Princeville wins tourney

Members of Princeville’s volleyball team are all smiles after win-ning the Brimfield Invitational. Picture are, Back row (left to right)Sydney Ladd, Sydney Tyre, Sydney Torbel, Lucy Waid, RebeccaSpurgeon, Tasha Martin and Coach Shan Waid; Middle row (l tor) Jessica DeVries, Lacey Givens, Anna Schupbach, BrookeGardner and Claire Gardner; Front Row (l to r) Bridget Talley andKatie Delwiche. Photo by Collin Fairfield. Dylan Hayden celebrates after a fourth-quarter fumble recovery by

Isaiah Alvarez. Farmington converted the turnover into a touchdownin a 49-40 win over Peoria Heights-Quest. Photo by Monte Kenneyof Farmington Sport Shots.


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