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By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

Each of five area school dis-tricts evaluated in the state’s newschool Report Card can legiti-mately find positives and nega-tives.

On the positive side: Brim-field has a high graduation rateand low incidence of studentmobility (transfers in and out ofschool) and efficient operationalspending; Elmwood has thehighest score for college readi-ness, and improved its mathscores; Farmington improved inboth reading and math and hadthe area’s lowest per-pupil in-structional spending; Princevilleimproved its reading score by 10percent; and Williamsfield hasthe smallest class size andspending that seems high but re-mains lower than the state aver-

age.The school Report Card is an

annual Illinois State Board ofEducation (ISBE) instrument is-sued since 1986 that’s intendedto offer a glimpse of Districts’situations.

“Illinois’ award-winning Re-port Card is a model for otherstates to provide in-depth, mean-ingful data about school learningenvironments in an easily acces-sible format,” said State Super-intendent of Education TonySmith, Ph.D.

A school comparison doesn’timply competition between Dis-tricts but an indication of differ-ent circumstances’ successes andchallenges. After all, very fewfamilies opt to attend publicschools outside their geographicdistricts. And learning is the

most vital statistic.Of course, learning is difficult

to gauge, as shown by the strug-gle to have a test that measuresacademic achievement.

The new school Report Carddoesn’t yet include results fromthe first PARCC (Partnership forAssessment of Readiness forCollege and Careers) test, whichreplaced the Illinois Standards

Achievement test (ISAT). How-ever, the Report Card notes“academic growth” in readingand math. There, Farmingtonimproved from 2013 in bothareas, and the other four hadmixed results, although mostshowed “positive growth” andall seem better than the nationalbenchmark as evaluated by theNational Assessment of Educa-

tional Programs. That shows that American stu-

dents between Grades 4 and 12tested at 36 to 38 percent at orabove proficient in reading and26 to 40 percent at or above pro-ficient in math.

Brimfield showed positivegrowth in reading and math andimproved from 2013 in math;


WILLIAMSFIELD – The Williams-field teacher who quit in January aftershe said she was given a choice be-tween resigning or being investigatedfor improprieties has filed suit againstWilliamsfield SchoolDistrict 210 and itsBoard of Educationas well as a MiddleSchool cheerleadingcoach.

The lawsuit byAnn Banks, a formerBilltown Englishteacher, allegesbreach of contractand defamation.

Banks claims she was defamed in aSept. 18 social-media exchange writtenby cheerleading coach Amanda Secrist,and that the District violated terms ofthe agreement she, the District and theWilliamsfield Education Associationlabor union signed when she took anadministrative leave and resigned.

State schools report card shows growth, challenges

Ex-Billtownteacher Banksfiles lawsuit

By TERRY BIBOFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – As long asthey follow village commands,a new animal grooming/board-ing business can “stay” at 124W. Knoxville.

Every seat was claimed at theVillage Board of Trustees meet-ing Monday night, mostly todiscuss a special use permit forJeff Wagoner and Barb McK-own. The brother/sister part-ners’ new business would be ona property which is zoned forcommercial use, but the border-ing properties are currently inresidential use.

Potential neighbors voicedconcerns the business wouldn’tmeet zoning code, although theZoning Board of Appeals hadrecommended board approval,and Village Attorney Rick John-son had agreed.

“You get the most control be-cause it is a special use,” John-

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CHRISTMAS IN PRINCEVILLE

Aubrey Hopkins and hermother, Kelsie Hopkins, weresmiling during a visit withSanta at EB Buildings & Lum-ber last Saturday duringPrinceville’s Holiday Home-coming. A gingerbread housecontest also attracted entrieslike the one at left during theannual Princeville event – oneof several Christmas eventsheld in area towns last week-end. Photos by Collin Fairfield.

School report card a snapshot of School Districts’ situationsSchool (Enrollment) Class FTE1 Mobility2 Grad. College Instruction4 Operation Academic

Size Teachers Rate Ready3 Growth5

Brimfield (714) 21 46 6% 97% 62% $4,903 $8,650 101/110Elmwood (693) 18 48 19% 91% 68% $6,297 $9,087 102/108Farmington (1,438) 18 93 13% 92% 43% $4,154 $8,782 101/98Princeville (772) 17 55 7% 92% 46% $5,721 $9,087 100/114Williamsfield (297) 12 25 10% 74% 23% $7,379 $12,674 97/97State of Illinois - - 12% 86% 46% $7,419 $12,521 99/1031 Full Time Equivalent Teachers 2 Transfers in and out 3 Those scoring at least 21 on the ACT exam4 Average expense per pupil 5 Numbers are for Reading/Math, with 100 signifying no growth

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BANKS: Seeks damages, demands jury by trialBanks didn’t respond to

a request for a comment.Williamsfield Superin-

tendent Tim Farquer said,“Unfortunately, we are re-stricted from commentingon pending litigation. Wecontinue to remain fo-

cused on the growth of ourstudents, our staff, and ourcommunity.”

Filed in the 9th CircuitCourt in Knox County, thesuit alleges Secrist de-famed Banks “by indicat-ing Banks resigned fromthe school because she had

sexual relations with a stu-dent and was told it wasbeing investigated.”

The District, the suitsays, “allowed and sanc-tioned Secrist’s disparag-ing comments.”

On Jan. 12, Banksagreed in a documentsigned by her and repre-sentatives of the schoolboard and the union toleave then, although shewas paid through June atan annual salary of morethan $60,000.

In a “non-disparage-ment” section of the agree-ment, she and the Boardagreed to take no action

“which is intended ... toinduce another to causeharm to each other.”

However, Banks alsoagreed in that agreementto “forever dischargeBoard, ... individual mem-bers of Board, ... its em-ployees .. from any and allmatters of action ... thatmay have or has arisen outof the employment, work,or employment relation-ship of Banks and District,... whether known or un-known.”

Banks is seeking com-pensatory and punitivedamages plus costs, anddemands a trial by jury.

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BRIMFIELD: Seven conditions for businessson said. “You can put conditions onit. If they don’t live up to it, you canrevoke it.”

There are seven conditions: Wag-oner and McKown must own theproperty. There can be no more than10 animals boarded or held. Animalsonly can be let out one at a time, ona leash, and a fence will be erectedwithin six months of opening. Adrain system will be installed. Out-side waste from animals will be re-moved at once and taken from theproperty daily. The owners will ad-dress noise concerns. And the spe-cial use will not transfer with thesale of the building.

Wagoner offered a letter from thestate fire marshall in response toconcerns about environmental haz-ards at the property, which had beena gas station and laundromat.

“If I were your lawyer, I’d haveyou get an engineer to check it out,”Johnson said.

Much of the discussion revolvedaround fencing. Wagoner said ani-mals would not be loose in the yard,but he would like the extra securityin case one slips a leash. With audi-ence input, the board debated pri-vacy vs. chain-link fencing.

“You tell me,” Wagoner said,more than once.

Removing hair and waste daily

should address allergy concerns, ac-cording to Wagoner and McKown,who promised to address noise andodor issues that may arise. Theboard approved unanimously, withthose conditions.

“We’re going to be neighbors,”Wagoner said.

In other business, the board re-newed a professional service agree-ment with Good Energy and reducedfees for properties which have expe-rienced water leaks. Board PresidentDan Fishel noted this is the secondtime fees have been reduced forEagle Family Medicine and Sher-man’s Pharmacy and relief will notbe granted again.


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THE WEEK AHEAD

This Week’s Eventss Senior Citizens –A senior citizens

breakfast will be held at Elmwood HighSchool today (Dec. 10)at 8 a.m.

s Craft Show – Fam-ily bingo is today(Dec. 10) at 6 p.m. atMorrison and MaryWiley Library in Elm-wood. To register, call(309) 742-2431.

s Free Bread – Free bread at Elm-wood Methodist Church Friday (Nov.11) at 10 a.m.

s Musical Night – Edelstein Commu-nity Church “Come with JoyfulHearts” music program is Saturday(Dec. 12). Light supper from 4:30-5:30p.m., music program at 6 p.m. Featur-ing Pat Ward and the Hott quartet.

s Kids Club – Wonder Kids Club atBrimfield Public Library is Monday(Dec. 14) from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Kids inpreschool-second grade invited tomake glow-in-the-dark experiments.

s Book Club – Princeville LME Li-brary book club coffee chat is Monday(Dec. 14) at 3 p.m. in the Turner Room.Books of the past year will be discussed

and selections for 2016. s Teen Movies – Watch a movie at

Brimfield Public Library on Wednesday(Dec. 16) from 3:30-5 p.m. Popcorn

served, bring your owndrinks. s Holiday Story – Holi-

day story hour at Farm-ington Public Library isWednesday (Dec. 16)from 11-11:45 a.m. forages 3-5. Call (309) 245-

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Future Eventss Ladies Craft – Ladies craft night will

be held at Morrison and Mary Wiley Li-brary in Elmwood on Dec. 17 at 6:30p.m. Ladies 18 and older invited. Regis-tration required. Call (309) 742-2431.

s Christmas Craft – Christmas MakeIt/Take It is Dec. 19 from 9 a.m.- 1 p.m.at Morrison and Mary Wiley Library. Noregistration required.

s Scrapbooker’s Workshop –Princeville LME Library Scrapbooker’sWorkshop is Dec 19. from 10 a.m.-12p.m.

s Lego Club – Kids in kindergartenthrough fifth grade are invited to Brim-field Public Library for a Holiday CheerLego Build on Dec. 21 from 6-7 p.m.

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s Cookie Walk – Union Church in Brimfield cookiewalk is Saturday (Dec. 12) from 8:30-11 a.m. Cookiesand candy sold for $8 per pound.

s Christmas Music – Williamsfield-Dahinda UMCcombined choir will perform bells and narration inChristmas at the Nativity on Sunday (Dec. 13) at 2p.m. at Williamsfield Methodist Church.

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Quotable – “The Beatles set the rules. And the rules were: now just because we have long hair

doesn't mean that we're rebellious.” – Davy JonesIllinois Press Association Member

Rambling through central Illinoispondering why young men feel theneed to grow long hair when theyleave home.

uuuGreat news! Illinois is no longer

the worst state in the U.S. So says24/7 Wall Street, which now listsIllinois 49th on its list of worst-runstates, ahead of New Mexico. Whyis Illinois rankedso low? Whilecollecting morethan $3,000 percapita in stateand local taxeseach year (one ofthe highest ratesin the nation), wehave one of thesmallest rainyday funds, carry debt that is morethan three-fourths of our annual rev-enue, have only enough assets tocover 39 percent of our pension ob-ligations and have the worst creditrating from S&P and Moody’s.Sigh. ... Need more good news?Iowa ranked third in the same sur-vey (North Dakota was No. 1).

uuuBest report from the second shot-

gun deer season had nothing to dowith antlers. Carl Anderson of Kick-apoo sent in an email and video de-tailing what he thinks was amountain lion encountered while heand his grandson Zach Thrall werehunting at the Big 25 Sportsmen’sClub near Victoria. While it’s toughto tell from the footage, Anderson is“80 percent sure” the critter he saw

and heard was a lion. “Zach didsome research at home tonight andfound cougar sounds on You Tubethat sound exactly like what weheard. While our video is not thebest quality, we believe that with itand the sound comparison ... that wedid in fact see one. It was awe-some.” Anderson is curious if any inthe area have similar sightings.

uuuJake Ward of Trivoli needs help,

fast. Ward, 27, is in Stage Five renalfailure and has just 13 percent kid-ney function. His wife. Brittany, hadhoped to donate her kidney butlearned recenetly she can’t help.The problems are taking a toll onWard’s family, which includes threeyoung children. To raise money tohelp offset mounting bills, friendshave started a Go Fund Me page atwww.gofundme.com/hy7eud6k. ...In case you wondered about thisweek’s cartoon, I lost track of whowas owed what politically. It seemsno Republicans, Democrats or folksfrom Billtown have paid me offlately. ... A report in England’s DailyMail newspaper had deceasedsinger Scott Weiland, formerly ofStone Temple Pilots, partying in“Elmwood, Illinois” days prior tohis recent death while wearing anorange stocking cap. Was Weilandhere for the Christmas Walk? Deerhunting? Nope. Turns out he was inElgin. ... Getting called by the littleguy to come home from work be-cause he misses Dad never gets old.

uuuOnce upon a time, I had long hair.

Now it makes me nervous, excepton women. So attending last Fri-day’s White Out assembly put on bythe Elmwood basketball teamsbrought great joy. The concept issimple: Raise money for St. Jude inpart thanks to kids volunteering toget their heads shaved, coaches get-ting duct-taped to the wall and otherhijinks. While coaches EmilyRoberts and Kyle Anderson weregood sports for being taped to thewall, the best sport was freshmanhoopster RickyHightower, whosedark locks cov-ered the floor inElmwood’s gymafter the shaving.His hair was solong coaches atfirst thought theymight have to en-list the services ofMick Crouch, Elmwood’s famedsheep shearer. ... The good news, inaddition to White Out raising over$7,500, is that Hightower hasplayed much better since he wasshorn, proving there is no truth tothe myth of Samson. ... College-agemales should take note of the previ-ous sentence. Why is it all these col-lege kids are coming home with hairlonger than the girls? Hmm, seems Ionce heard the same question frommy father. ... Parting $hot: No, wedo not accept payoffs. Proof? Weran a story this issue about our vangetting totaled.Contact Jeff Lampe at 231-6040 or

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I’ve been very fortunate when itcomes to good memories of Christ-mas. My parents were never therichest family in town, but the loveand sharing thatwas always foundin our homemade us feel thatway. In fact, Ifound out later inlife, that Momand Dad oftenskipped a meal ortwo just to makesure Santa wasable to make an appearance while Islept on Christmas Eve.

Kids at school would brag abouttheir bounty after we returned afterthe Christmas break. One kid in par-ticular bragged about how instead ofhanging a stocking by the fireplace,he and his siblings set out clothesbaskets, which they found filled onChristmas morning.

He probably doesn’t remember asingle thing that was in any clothesbasket from any year, but I remem-ber gifts that Santa brought for mebecause he always did his best, andthe gifts were always special.

Certain Christmases stand out tome and the memories are as clear

and bright as a snow-covered lawnon Christmas Eve. In 1965, Santabrought a drum set. It was a cheaptoy, but it got me started playing thedrums, something I continued to dothroughout high school.

I remember getting my first pairof roller skates in 1973 and havingto wait a few days for the GrandRoller Rink to open so I could trythem out.

I have special memories, perhapseven more so, of my own childrenopening extra-special gifts onChristmas morning. I had alwaysbeen told that it is “better to givethan receive,” and I don’t think I re-ally understood that sentiment untilI had kids of my own.

I did get a good start on under-standing it a few years before I hadkids of my own, however, and itwas a very powerful message.

It was 1979. It was three years be-fore I’d get married and five yearsbefore my first child would arrive. Iwas making my living at the time asa professional magician, travellingthrough the state, doing magicshows for groups.

I had been hired by the GalesburgJaycees to perform for their annualChristmas party. This party is spe-

cial in that each JC would invite an“adopted” child to the party. Theadopted children came from theless-fortunate in Galesburg, andthey usually lived in one of thehousing projects. Each child wastreated to pizza (at that time, a rela-tively rare treat), ice cream, and agift depending on their gender. They also got entertained by a reallive magician: me!

Please realize that I was just apunk kid myself. I’d only been per-forming shows for a few years, andI hadn’t learned how to controlrowdy kids at a show yet. Thisgroup of kids was one of the row-dier groups I’d ever done and withno microphone, I spent a better partof the night yelling, or trying to yell,over the top of the din they created.

I was sort of like trying to drownout a jackhammer with a jack-in-the-box. Therefore, I was concernedwith just one thing: get the showover so I could collect my checkand be on my merry little way.

I was slamming my equipmentinto my packing trunk haphazardly.I’d straighten it out later, but fornow, getting out of there and backso some sort of peace and quiet was

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Bidding a fond adieu to a much-kneaded friend To the Editor:

Please join me in remembering agreat icon of the entertainment com-munity. The Pillsbury Doughboydied yesterday of a yeast infectionand trauma complications from re-peated pokes in the belly.

He was 71.Doughboy, is survived by his

wife, Play Dough, 3 children, JohnDough, Jane Dough and DoseyDough. Plus they had one in theoven. He is also sur-vived by his elderly fa-ther, Pop Tart.

Doughboy wasburied in a lightlygreased coffin. Dozensof celebrities turnedout to pay their re-spects, including Mrs. Butterworth,Hungry Jack, the California Raisins,Betty Crocker, the Hostess Twinkiesand Captain Crunch.

Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogyand lovingly described Doughboy as

a man who never knew how muchhe was kneaded. The funeral washeld at 3:50 for about 20 minutes.

– John Tanney, Princeville

Be thankful for all thatsmall towns can offer

I don’t usually reflect much on theabundant amenities of where I live.Generally I take the open spaces,fresh air, breathtaking sunsets and a

myriad of other thingsfor granted.

But a recent “RuralHousewives” article re-minded me of themany benefits thatsmall town and ruralliving provide. There

are obvious things like beautifullandscapes, bright stars at night,friendly people, knowing yourneighbors and so on.

Then there’s the less obvious, littlethings that are unique to smalltowns. Some are little things like

tabs, charge accounts and acceptingchecks. Most stores and cafes insmall towns still honor these.

Bartering is another viable pay-ment option. Speaking of bartering,just the other day I traded home-raised beef (raised in my backyard)for farm-fresh eggs. And I can’tcount the times my husband hasbaled someone’s hay, gathered cattlefor others, fixed a neighbor’s fenceor loaned equipment in exchange foranother service or critter.

Recently after baling hay for aneighbor, we received a pony aspayment! While I can’t say for sure,since I don’t reside in a city, Ihighly doubt an animal is an ac-ceptable form of payment there.

So during this time of thanks,instead of focusing on what oursmall towns may lack, why not bethankful for all the wonderfulthings a small town can provide?

– Elisha Smith, Lyons, Neb.Center for Rural Affairs

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Toulon motorist injuredon Route 180

WILLIAMSFIELD – DannonWheeler, 34, of Toulon on Nov. 26was injured when her 1999 FordExplorer was northbound on Illi-nois Route 180 when it left theroad, striking a tree on the westside of the highway in the 1600block, according to the KnoxCounty Sheriff’s Office.

BYE Ambulance transported herto OSF St. Francis Medical Cen-ter, reports said.Oak Run resident reports harassment

DAHINDA – Knox CountySheriff’s deputies responded to anharassment complaint on Dec. 4,when Eric Rose, 33, of Oak Runreported a white SUV with threewhite males harassing him outsidehis home, according to reports.

Rose also told responding offi-cers the vehicle and its unknownoccupants have harassed him be-fore, and his phone stops workingwhen they’re present.

Rose previously reported hisphone and a social-media accountbeing hacked, and that someneighbors were bothering him.Weekly Post van totaledin rollover accident

YATES CITY – Snowy condi-tions contributed to a rollover ac-cident on the afternoon of Dec. 2for a delivery van owned byLampe Publications LLC.

Driver Patrick Sullivan of Elm-wood was unhurt in the one-vehi-cle accident, which resulted in the2004 Chevy Van being towedfrom a farm field on Knox CountyRoad 2300 E.

The vehicle was totaled in theaccident.

A Knox County sheriff, B.Y.E.Ambulance Service and Elba-Salem Fire Department all re-sponded.Princeville driver hurt in1-car collision

PRINCEVILLE – Julie Ed-wards, 49, of Princeville was in-jured when the vehicle she was

driving northbound on DuncanRoad left the road and struck apower pole at a railroad crossing,according to the Peoria CountySheriff’s Office.

Edwards told police she hadswerved to miss a deer.

The Akron-Princeville Fire De-partment transported her to Unity-Point Methodist Medical Center,police said.Peoria County crimedata out for November

The Peoria Sheriff’s Departmentreleased its monthly Crime Statis-tics Report for November for theeight Peoria County townships inThe Weekly Post’s circulationarea:

• Brimfield city and townshiptogether had 1 drug arrest, 2thefts, 1 vandalism/criminal dam-age to property, 1 accident with noinjuries, and 1 traffic ticket.

• Elmwood city and townshiptogether had 1 assault, 1 residen-tial burglary, 1 Driving Under theInfluence, 7 accidents without in-juries, and 5 traffic tickets.

• Jubilee Township had 1 theft, 2accidents without an injury and 1traffic ticket.

• Kickapoo had 1 burglary of anon-residence, 2 thefts, 1 identitytheft, 1 auto theft, 4vandalism/criminal damage toproperty reports, 2 accidents withinjuries, 8 accidents without in-juries, and 1 traffic ticket.

• Millbrook had 4 DrivingUnder the Influence charges, and4 traffic tickets.

• Princeville city and townshiptogether had 3 burglaries of amotor vehicle, 1 criminal sexualassault, 1 domestic battery, 2thefts, 1 accident with an injury,and 1 accident without injuries.

• Radnor had 1 battery, 1 theft, 1identity theft, 1 vandalism/crimi-nal damage to property, 1 accidentwith an injury, 6 accidents withoutinjuries, 2 fatal accidents, and 2traffic tickets.

• Rosefield had no incidents re-ported.Police Reports

• FARMINGTON – AustinVogel, 19, of Farmington on Dec.5 turned off Court Street ontoNorth 2nd Street when the 2003

Pontiac Grand Am he was drivingstruck a parked car, police said.

Farmington police ticketedVogel for failure to reduce speedto avoid an accident and DrivingUnder the Influence and issuedhim a Notice To Appear.

• Zakkary Scherer, 24, of Farm-ington on Nov. 30 was arrested forFailure to Appear and transportedto the Peoria County Jail.

• Jerimay Keel, 27, of Elmwoodon Dec. 1 was arrested for DrivingUnder the Influence and trans-ported to the Peoria County Jail.

• Anthony Fett, 37, of Farming-ton on Dec. 2 was arrested for do-mestic battery and transported tothe Fulton County Jail.

• Craig Severine, 22, of Farm-ington on Dec. 2 was arrested forretail theft and issued a Notice toAppear.

• Allen Moore, 32, of Princevilleon Dec. 3 was arrested on a KnoxCounty warrant and transported tothe Peoria County Jail to hold foranother agency.

• Austin Baker, 20, of Smithfieldon Dec. 6 was arrested for disor-derly conduct and transported tothe Fulton County Jail.

Deer Accidents• Nov. 29 – Justin Strappe of

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• Dec. 1 – Abram Courtney ofGalesburg on Interstate 74 nearmile marker 67 in Elba Township.

• Dec. 3 – James Sponsler ofPrinceville near Cedar Hills Driveand Bland Road in PrincevilleTownship.

• Dec. 5 – Clarence Christopherof Trivoli near Cottonwood andTownhouse Roads in RosefieldTownship.

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GALLAGHER: Nicest doll everthe only thing on mymind.

As I picked up my trunkto leave, a little girl cameup to me. Her name wasAnnie (I remember thisbecause we ended up giv-ing our first-born daughterAnne as a middle namebecause of this little girl).

I guessed her to be 5 or6 years old, but I reallydidn’t have any referencepoints to go from since Ididn’t have any kids.

She wasn’t like theother kids. The otherswere wild-eyed whirl-winds of pure chaos. Hereyes were bright and twin-kling. She was holding aboxed doll that she’d beengiven as a gift.

There wasn’t anythingspecial about this doll. Itdidn’t walk or talk. Itsarms and legs moved intoposeable positions, but itseyes didn’t even closewhen you laid it on itsback. It was just a cheap,generic doll that theJaycees had picked up fornext to nothing.

“See my doll, Mr. Ma-gician?” she asked, hold-ing it out for me toinspect. “Isn’t she pretty?”

I could tell somehowfrom the tone of her voicethat she’d probably nevergotten a gift as nice asthis. This run-of-the-mill,

ordinary doll was a treas-ure to her.

I crouched down so Icould pretend to look at it.I still wasn’t really inter-ested in it.

Annie set the doll down,and threw her armsaround my neck.

“Mr. Magician, it’s thenicest doll in the wholeworld!” Then I got a kiss.

And then she pulled outthe big club so she couldhammer the next linehome.

“Mr. Magician, I loveyou! Thank you for com-ing tonight!”

I’d never had a little kidtell me that they loved me.I’d never gotten a hug anda kiss from a little kid ei-ther.

That’s the moment thatI learned what that oldsaying about being better

to give than receivemeant. She didn’t com-plain because it wasn’tbetter; Annie was morethan thankful for what shehad received.

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BRIMFIELD –Landowners along thestate-approved route forAmeren’s new transmis-sion line between Peoriaand Galesburg are aboutto face proposals to let theutility use part of theirproperty, but initial dis-cussions are just startingpoints, according to theFarm Bureau.

“We want to educateyou on the process,” saidattorney Laura Harmon,senior counsel for the Illi-nois Farm Bureau, speak-ing to a group of morethan 50 people Wednes-day at the American Le-gion hall here.

“This is the next step soyou know what to ex-pect,” she said.

The new 345,000-voltSpoon River Transmis-sion Line using single-shaft steel poles isplanned from an ex-panded Fargo substationon U.S. Route 150 inKickapoo Township northtoward Princeville, thenwest near Williamsfielden route to a new substa-tion on Galesburg’s eastside, a distance of 46miles. Construction on the$150 million project isscheduled to start nextyear to be online in 2018.

Landowners alreadyhave received copies ofthe Agricultural Impact

Mitigation Agreement(AIMA), but that’s anagreement between thestate Department of Agri-culture and Ameren, Har-mon said.

“That’s not specific toyour farmland,” she said.“These are minimumstandards – on construc-tion, compaction, brokentiles and so on. It’s a floor,not a ceiling.”

Soon, Ameren landagents are expected tomake contact to begin ne-gotiations for easements.

“Their standard ease-ment is one-sided,” Har-mon said. “It doesn’taddress farm landowners’concerns.”

Of some 50 points inAmeren’s standard ease-ment agreement, there areabout 35 exceptions thatland agents are authorizedto change, and Harmonstrongly suggested revis-ing it and adding protec-tions tailored to individualcircumstances.

“They’re going to try toget consent forms[signed],” she said. Forexample, “they have theright to survey, but notcore boring or invasiveactivities. They know bet-ter, but you have to callthem on it.”

Harmon recommendedincorporating parts ofAIMA into individualagreements to make such

protections enforceable.She also suggested addingindemnification protec-tions, language to recoverattorney fees to enforcethe agreement, clarifica-tions on what’s a tempo-rary easement and what’sa permanent easement,and limitations.

Also, she noted, com-pany appraisals may notalways reflect what alandowner considers fairmarket value since ap-praisers work for Ameren.

“Get your own certifiedappraiser, especially forvalue apart from crops,such as walnut trees,”Harmon said.

Also, it can be wise forlandowners to have an aginspector on site duringconstruction authorized tohalt work if necessary.

“You’re going to wantto get pretty specific” inthe easement, she said.

Harmon also was askedabout situations where atenant operates a farm foran absentee landlord andoptions should the line in-

terfere with GPS or othertechnologies, and she rec-ommended getting prop-erty owners’ authorizationto bargain on their behalfand to note in any agree-ment that Ameren wouldbe responsible for opera-tions adversely affectedby the power line.

Ameren could eventu-ally be granted eminentdomain by the IllinoisCommerce Commission,which would let the utilityuse land in the public in-terest if a Circuit Courtagrees. Before the stategrants eminent domain,utilities must documentthe number of contactswith landowners, offers ofcomparable compensa-tion, attempts to addressowners’ concerns, andhow additional negotia-tions might not be fruitful.

“They’re one of themost difficult companiesto negotiate with,” shesaid. “You can end upwith an easement you canlive with – that you canfarm with.”

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Billtown village ‘in good shape’By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

WILLIAMSFIELD –Hours after the state senateapproved restoring MotorFuel Tax, video-gamingand other payments to mu-nicipalities, the Williams-field Village Board onMonday welcomed theforthcoming revenues asmore good news.

“We’re in good shape,”said Village PresidentMichael Gray, reportingGeneral Fund balances of$134,000 in revenue and$127,000 in expenses.

Looking at waterworksfinancials, Gray reported$107,000 in receipts aftergrant-related expenseswere deducted, and net ex-penses of $92,000.

“We’re on track,” headded.

Looking to remain ontrack, the Board in a roll-call vote unanimously ap-proved a 5-percentincrease in the tax levy,which the Board initiallyOK’d by consensus lastmonth. That will mean theVillage’s certified rate willbe 0.4241 from real estatetaxes.

“We want to keep prop-erty taxes low,” Gray said.

Afterward, Gray re-viewed the Board’s 2015

achievements such as fi-nalizing a state grant forwater tower work, whichincluded painting it insideand out and installing anew generator (which isexpected to arrive on Fri-day); arranging for an up-grade to Illinois Route180; getting undergroundfuel tanks removed fromthe shuttered T-Mart busi-ness; and helping withlocal campaigns to relo-cate a military helicopterto the American Legionand to improve the Cald-well Cottage historic site.

“This is all in addition tothe mowing, police protec-tion, sidewalks and streetand so on,” Gray said. “I’dlike the Board to come tothe January meeting withgoals for next year.”

In other news:• the police department

has a new non-emergencyphone number with voice-mail: (309) 639-2303, and

notes that if people needpolice for a complaint orreport when no Williams-field officer is on duty,they should call the KnoxCounty Sheriff’s Office’snon-emergency number –(309) 343-9151;

• the Board noted an in-creasing number of peopleusing the park after it’sclosed, and Police ChiefJames Robertson said twoordinance violations wererecently issued for posses-sion of drug paraphernalia;

• the Board usuallymeets the first Monday ofeach month, but becauseof holidays rescheduledtwo meeting dates in 2016to July 11 and Sept. 12;and

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Elmwood also showedpositive growth in bothareas and improved inmath; Farmington showedpositive growth in readingand negative growth inmath, although both areasimproved from 2013;Princeville was positive inreading and math and im-proved its 2013 mathscore; and Williamsfieldshowed negative growthin both reading and mathand fell slightly in mathfrom 2013.

PARCC results are ex-pected soon.

“Our students are pro-gressing very well in bothreading and math since2013,” said FarmingtonSuperintendent John As-plund. “We have devel-oped a system toaccelerate our advancedstudents and to remediateour students who needmore assistance in math.”

Brimfield Superintend-ent Joe Blessman said,“Our average ACT in2013 was 21.6 and in 2014it was 22.1. It is difficult tocompare one year to thenext due to the fact that weare testing different stu-dents. An outlier or twofrom one year to the nextcan skew your scores

when you are dealing withsuch a small population.”

In Williamsfield, Super-intendent Tim Farquersaid,“Student achievementis the most important partof the report. We are with-holding analysis untilachievement data is final-ized and included.”

Perhaps predicting reac-tion to PARCC scoreswhen they’re revealed, allof the Superintendentswere cautious about whatpeople should expect.

“In regards to analyzingthe recently implementedPARCC tests, it is going totake some time for thestate and school districts tocome up with accuratebase-line measurementsthat depict the perform-ance level of our stu-dents,” said ElmwoodSuperintendent ChadWagner.

In Princeville, Superin-tendent Shannon Dulingwas realistic and cautious.

“With the new assess-ment, all scores havedropped,” Duling said.“We were expecting lowerscores based on the newassessment and the up-dates we have been receiv-ing from ISBE. With all ofthe issues in the imple-mentation of PARCC, aswell as this being the firsttime our students havetaken the assessment, weare not going to put a lotof emphasis in the scores.

We will review the data,along with other moreconsistent data sources, tohelp us make curriculumadjustments.”

An often overlookedstatistic, student mobilitycan point to challenges.

“We have a growingitinerant population,” As-plund said. “Our studentmobility (students leavingand enrolling during theyear) has gone up. Everytime a student moves, thatstudent loses, on average,at least four months ofprogress in their educa-tion. This creates signifi-cant problems for thosestudents who move threeor more times each year.”

Regardless of the areameasured, educators areadjusting.

“Our teachers have beenworking hard with our Re-sponse to Intervention(RTI) and our classroomrigor,” said Blessman, inBrimfield. “Our curricu-lum committee has metseveral times to evaluateour curriculum, and we arecontinually looking atways to improve.”

Duling expressed simi-lar thoughts.

“We will continue toevaluate our current prac-tices and course offer-ings,” he said. “Our staffhas worked hard to makethe transition over to thenew state standards and,with time, we feel our

modifications to instruc-tional programming willcontinue to produce alearning environmentwhere all students experi-ence success and reachtheir full academic and so-cial potential.”

Overall, Wagner waspleased with Elmwood’smarks.

“The 2014-15 IllinoisReport Card for ElmwoodDistrict 322 showed an in-crease in Total Enrollmentwith 693 students,” hesaid. “Our graduation rateincreased to 91 percent in2014-15. Our instructionaland operational per pupilexpenditures continue tobe below state averages,indicating that the qualityeducation offered to ourkids is done in a fiscallyconscientious manner.”

Likewise, Asplund ap-preciates Farmington’sReport Card results, espe-cially in larger contexts.

“Our tax rate has beengoing down for the pastfive years,” Asplund said.“We have worked to keepour students fees as low aspossible.

“If the state continues tounderfund public schools,a greater burden will needto be shifted to propertytax payers or we will needto reduce our program-ming for students.”



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Christmas gift ideas for the gardenerBy RON DIETERFor The Weekly Post

If the current mild weather is theresult of global warming, I’ll take it.Nonetheless it is difficult for me toget into the Christmas shoppingmood when instead of seeing mybreath, I break out in a sweat as Iwork outdoors. But the calendarmoves on regardless of the weather,and Christmas is only two weeksaway.

Shopping for the gardeners onyour list is fun and easy if you are agardener, but if playing in the soilisn't your idea of a good time, youmay need some help selecting anitem to dazzle the gardener in yourlife. I have a few suggestions.

Classic terra cotta pots have comea long way from the old “flowerpot” style and now appear in a widearray of shapes and designs, all rela-tively inexpensive. Using acrylicpaints, you can decorate and person-alize a terra cotta clay pot to create aunique gift for a special friend orrelative.

Make the pot a “gift basket” byfilling it with garden-related itemssuch as gloves, hand creams, planttags, trowels and a bottle of wine(grapes grow in gardens, don'tthey?).

My wife Donna has a favoritehand trowel that is permanently at-tached to her hand in springtime.It’s the Wilcox All Pro No. 251s.She uses it constantly for plantingand digging. It is a stainless steelone-piece construction, with straight

sides, a sharp point, and a soft rub-ber handle grip. This trowel willnever break and the handle willnever fall off. Although it comes inseveral sizes, she uses the No. 251smost times.

Later in the season, she prefersher stainless steel soil knife, the AMLeonard Company’s #4752, forweeding, transplanting, dividing andcutting back perennials and grasses.The heavy gauge, six-inch blade isserrated on one edge for cuttingthrough tough roots and dividingclumps of daylilies, hostas and such.The trowel and the soil knife arepriced about $20 each.

There are a couple of pricier itemsgardeners would love to have. Oneis the Felco No. 2 pruners, made inSwitzerland. You’ll find these prun-ing shears in the back pockets ofmost professional landscapers andgardeners. They have a replaceablecutting blade and forged alloy han-dles with rubber grips. They cut cor-rectly by shearing rather thansmashing.

A gardener will affectionatelyrefer to these lifetime tools as “myFelcos.” Most competing compa-nies make shears that “look” like aFelco, so be careful when you shop.Several models are made by Felco,but the No. 2 is the gold standard. Itcosts about $45. We’ve had ours formore than 25 years now.

If you want to give a unique giftto a gardener, or for that matter, to anon-gardener, you can’t go wrongwith a hose. Unique? Certainly. For

one thing, it’s a pretty safe bet theywon’t get a garden hose from any-body else for Christmas.

Having been in the garden andnursery business for more than 35years, Donna and I have been drag-ging garden hoses around for nearlyhalf our lives, like the chains ofJacob Marley.

This summer we bought a Flexillabrand garden hose after readingabout it in a garden magazine. It isvery lightweight and unbelievablyflexible, regardless of temperature.It is just as pliable at 10 degrees as itis at 90.

The marketing hype says Flexillahoses won’t kink. Not true. Ourskinks, but only occasionally and thekink comes out with just a shake orquick twist. Unlike most hoses, theFlexilla doesn’t remember a kink.Other hoses tend to kink repeatedlyin the same spot. Very aggravating.

Flexilla isn’t cheap – our 100-footer cost about $70. Not only that,it’s ugly – a florescent lime green(what were they thinking?).

I suspect they will introduce col-ors more subtle and earth-tonedafter we’ve all bought the margaritaversion.

Of course, a gift certificate from afavorite nursery makes a nice pres-ent. Most gardeners are alwayslooking for a special plant or shrub.A gift certificate allows them to se-lect the plant they want when thetime is right for planting. But I stilllike the hose idea.

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CANCELLATIONThe Mandatory Vendor Conference for Jubilee College S.P. scheduledfor December 9, 2015 has been cancelled and rescheduled for Janu-ary 25, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. The conference remains a mandatorymeeting. It will be held at the site office at Jubilee College S.P., lo-cated at 13921 West Route 150, Brimfield IL 61517.

Bids and supporting documents are due by 2:00 p.m., February 9,2016 to: Department of Natural Resources, Attn: Ann Fletcher, OneNatural Resources Way, Springfield IL 62702. Bids will be opened atthat time. Public may attend the bid opening. The farm lease shall beawarded to the responsive, responsible, qualified bidder with thehighest price.

The State of Illinois, Department of Natural Resources, shall not un-lawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin,age or handicap in admission to, or treatment or employment in, pro-grams or activities.

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PRINCEVILLE – TheVillage Board on Monday(Dec. 7) unanimously ap-proved an ordinance totake part in another PeoriaCounty Rural EnterpriseZone application to theState of Illinois.

The Illinois Departmentof Commerce and Eco-nomic Opportunity is ac-cepting a second round ofapplications through theend of this month.

A similar proposal wasrejected this year, but Peo-ria County AssistantCounty Administrator forEconomic DevelopmentMark Rothert said this ef-fort may have a betterchance for acceptance.

Chillicothe, Elmwoodand Hanna City wouldalso participate.

If approved and enactedin January 2017, the En-

terprise Zone would waivebuilding, zoning and otherfees for projects developedwithin the area, and abateproperty taxes for fiveyears for commercial, in-dustrial or manufacturingdevelopments in the zone.

In other action, theBoard voted to vacate partof the Right of Way onCraig Street in the AtenAcres subdivision.

“This allows the Num-ber 11 lot to be larger,”said Board President SidStahl. “Now it will berecorded at the Countyand we’ll be set.”

The Board on Nov. 17approved enlarging thesize of the lot to make itmore suitable for a sizableresidence.

The subdivision is inPrinceville’s Tax Incre-ment Financing TIF-3area.

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OBITUARIESLawrence Blackmore

FARMINGTON – Lawrence A.Blackmore, 51, of Farmington diedDecember 7 at his residence.

Survivors include childrenBrandy (Ryan) Blackmore Driskillof Bartonville and Lawrence L.Blackmore of East Peoria; twograndchildren; girlfriend ValerieWilliams of Farmington; motherNancy Blackmore of Peoria; andsiblings Jack (Kathy) BlackmoreJr. of Farmington and Janet (HarryChip) Fulton of Bartonville.

There will be a celebration oflife from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday(Dec. 12) at the Shot Spot in Bar-tonville.

Condolences may be left online atwww.deitersfuneralhome.com.Anna Mae ChamberlainELMWOOD – Anna Mae Cham-

berlain, 85, of Naples, Fla., sister ofan Elmwood woman and formerlyof Peoria, died Nov. 21, at VitasHospice in Naples.

Survivors include sisters Chloe(Jay) Marten of Elmwood and Patri-cia Price of Chillicothe; brothersJames (Dolores) Grubaugh of Mo-line and Fred (Dolores) Grubaughof Orlando, Fla.; and four children,all of Naples.

Funeral services were Dec. 5 at

Davison-Fulton Woolsey GlasfordChapel, with burial at LancasterCemetery, near Glasford.

Condolences may be left online atlegacy.com.

Janice GillamWILLIAMSFIELD – Janice M.

Gillam, 68, of Williamsfield diedDec. 6 at the Knox County Nurs-ing Home in Knoxville.

Survivors include her husband,Larry Gillam Sr.; son Larry(Fawna) Gillam Jr. of Morton;daughter Heather Gillam (NateFox) of Williamsfield; five grand-children; and sisters Carolyn(David) Conover of Wyoming, andGeraldine Bourgault of Florida.

Funeral services will be held at10 a.m. Saturday (Dec. 12) at the

Williamsfield United MethodistChurch, with burial at Williams-field Cemetery.

Condolences may be left online atwww.ruxfuneralhome.com.

Gerald G. WetterowWILLIAMSFIELD – Gerald G.

“Yogi” Wetterow, 76, Galva, for-merly of Williamsfield, died Dec. 4at OSF St. Francis Medical Centerin Peoria.

Born in Williamsfield, the son ofGlenn S. and M. Bernadine(Howard) Wetterow, he marriedBarbara Ann Lancaster in 1974 inVictoria. She preceded him in death.

Survivors include brothersGeorge (Diane) Wetterow of Peoria,Robert (Shelly) Wetterow of Gales-burg, Calvin (Sally) Wetterow ofLondon Mills, Ed Wetterow ofMonmouth, and E. Bruce Wetterowof Knoxville; sisters Glenda Hollisof Monmouth, Patricia Clewell,Lorene Simpson, Mary Wetterow,Doris Wetterow and Andrea JeanWetterow, all of Galesburg, andDiana McCoy of Victoria; and sev-eral nieces and nephews.

His funeral was Dec. 9 at Rux Fu-neral Home in Galva. Cremationwill be accorded after the funeral.

Condolences may be left online atwww.ruxfuneralhome.com.

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ELMWOOD – The City Councilon Dec. 3 planned for the future inseveral ways, from agreeing to oncemore partner with the County andother communities in a new Enter-prise Zone application to preparingpre-annexation agreements, fromstarting arrangements to sell theSenior Citizens Building to monitor-ing spending with little real estatetaxes the rest of the fiscal year.

“About 97 percent of the real es-tate taxes have come in [for the fis-cal year],” Treasurer Harold Jehlesaid. “That means we’ll have to berelying on sales taxes and incometaxes as our main sources ofmonthly revenue.”

Five months into the fiscal year,the City’s budget is mostly on tar-get, Jehle said, with projections forsales taxes slightly behind forecasts,but income taxes slightly ahead ofpredicted revenues. Elmwood re-

ceives about $20,000 a month fromincome and sale taxes.

Relinquishing small amounts ofrevenue could occur if the state ap-proves a Rural Peoria EnterpriseZone, which the County is packag-ing in a second attempt after thestate rejected an earlier proposal. IfOK’d, the new Enterprise Zonewould go into effect in January2017 and required participating mu-nicipalities – Chillicothe, Elmwood,Hanna City and Princeville – towaive building, permit and zoningfees for projects developed withinthe Enterprise Zone, and also abateproperty taxes for five years forcommercial, industrial or manufac-turing projects.

After a presentation by MarkRothert, Peoria County’s AssistantCounty Administrator for EconomicDevelopment, the Council unani-mously passed an ordinance estab-lishing the Enterprise Zone andapproving an InterGovernmental

Agreement with other jurisdictions.Jurisdiction – at least future

boundaries – were discussed withcity attorney Bob Potts, who ex-plained that two landowners had ap-proached the City about thepossibility of entering into a pre-an-nexation agreement with Elmwoodfor their properties, which are notyet contiguous with Elmwood’s citylimits. The Council asked Potts andZoning Administrator Dick Taylorto return next month with a proposalfor such an agreement, which couldbring such properties within Elm-wood’s zoning regulations but notrequire Elmwood to provide policeprotection, water, etc., until annexa-tion proper.

As to the Senior Citizens Center,in the 200 block of South MagnoliaStreet, the Council is interested inselling the building, and the Veter-ans of Foreign Wars may be inter-ested in leasing or purchasing it.

Elmwood plans ahead with Enterprise Zone

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BRIMFIELDSt. Joseph

Catholic ChurchFather John Verrier314 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 amSt. Paul’s

Lutheran ChurchThe Lutheran Church -

Missouri Synod“Preaching Christ Crucified”“Liturgical & Reverential”Pastor Michael Liese

204 W. Clay St., Brimfield(309) 446-3233

Sun. Divine Service: 10 amBrimfield 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 3-12Brimfield UnitedMethodist Church

Pastor Leonard Thomas135 S. Galena St., Brimfield

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

Thurs. Bible Study: 7 pmUnion Church at BrimfieldUnited Church of ChristPastor Stephen Barch

105 W. Clay Street, Brimfield(309) 446-3811

Sunday Worship: 9 amTuesday Bible Study: 6:30 pmFirst Sunday each month isCommunion Sunday (glutenfree communion offered)

EDWARDSBethany 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 amELMWOOD

Crossroads Assembly of GodPastor Tim Cavallo

615 E. Ash St., Elmwood(309) 830-4259

www.crossroadselmwood.orgWed. 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 am

Sun Worship: 10:30 am, 6 pmWed. Prayer Meeting: 7 pmFirst Presbyterian Church

of ElmwoodReverend Marla B. Bauler201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood

(309) 742-2631firstpresbyterianofelmwood.orgSun. 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 am

Tues. 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 amFARMINGTON

First Presbyterian Churchof Farmington

Reverend Dr. Linda Philabaun83 N. Cone Street, Farmington

(309) 245-2914www.firstpresfarmington.comSunday 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 pmPRINCEVILLE

Princeville UnitedMethodist ChurchPastor Ken Dees

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

[email protected]

Sun. Worship: 9 amSunday 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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Farm Bureau survey shows concern for 2016By RACHEL TORBERT

For The Weekly Post

CHICAGO – Consider-ing the current farm econ-omy, 66 percent of IllinoisFarm Bureau (IFB) mem-bers surveyed prior to theorganization’s AnnualMeeting feel less opti-mistic about the farm

economy in the comingyear compared to 2015.The answer was in re-sponse to an email surveyof 327 IFB members reg-istered with IFB’s Legisla-tive Action Center.

“For the second year ina row, IFB members saidthey feel less optimistic

about the coming year,and it’s no surprise as towhy,” said Richard Gue-bert, Jr., president of theIllinois Farm Bureau.“Over the last year, com-modity prices have stayedbelow break-even levels.Input costs like cash rent,crop protection and seed

have not receded to followthe drop in commodityprices.”

As a result of concernsover the farm economy,84 percent of respondentssaid they plan to reduceinputs or expenses in2016. When asked specifi-cally how they would doso, 91 percent of respon-dents plan to delay imple-ment purchases over thecoming year, while 45percent said they woulddelay or cut back onchemicals and fertilizer.

Additionally, 38 percentsaid they would negotiatelower cash rent; 37 per-cent would buy less ex-pensive seed; 24 percentwould incorporate newtechnology; 11 percentwould choose a lowerlevel of crop insurancecoverage; and 9 percentwould give up a portion ofrented ground for 2016.

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ELMWOOD:Appraisalat $13,500Continued from Page 12However, an appraisal

by Glassey & Glassey ofPekin set the value of the1,176 square-foot build-ing at $13,500. The Citymay be limited to sellingthe property for 80 per-cent of its Fair MarketValue or making it avail-able through a sealed-bidprocess, so the Councilasked city attorneyStephanie Schmieg todraft an option to proceed.

In other news,• Taylor reported that

changes to the nuisanceordinances should beready for consideration inJanuary, and

• Taylor and City staffare working on a studycorrelating sales-tax datawith calendar activitiesand special events.



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BOYS: Farmington wins Tip-Off Tournamentton Thanksgiving Tourna-ment.

Brimfield hosts Havanaon Saturday while theCougars are at Midland onSaturday

Here’s a look at howother teams fared.

ElmwoodThe Trojans (4-3) came

within a hair of beatingDelavan on Saturday, oneday after players had theirheads shaved for charity.

Elmwood led by threepoints late in the fourthquarter before junior Isa-iah Groeper fouled outand Delavan won in over-time, 59-53.

Groeper led with 23points, Vince Lenzi added13 and Jake Robertsadded 8. In a correctionfrom last week, Robertswas all-tournament at theWethersfield Thanksgiv-ing tournament, not fresh-man Jacob Brown.

“We have played well instretches in all our losses,it’s just that youth and in-experience keep us frombeing consistent for an en-tire game,” Elmwoodcoach Josh Fugitt said.“And foul trouble iskilling us.”

Groeper played withthree fouls for part of thefirst half against Delavan.

Elmwood travels toRushville Friday and thento Princeville on Saturday.

FarmingtonFarmington won the

Tip-Off Tournament atBushnell with a 79-54 vic-tory over the host teamlast Saturday. TreySwearingen had six 3-pointers and 26 points tolead Farmington (5-1).

Last Friday, the Farmersused a strong second halfto upend Abingdon-Avon,50-40. Farmingtonoutscored the home team

34-20 in the final half asSwearingen led the waywith 21 points and CalebGilstrap added 10.

Farmington is homeagainst Peoria Christian ina much-awaited show-down Friday night. GuardEric Higgs is back practic-ing but will not play.

PrincevilleThe Princes (3-3) have

won two straight, includ-ing Tuesday’s 68-21 winover Lowpoint-Washburn.Brendan Streitmatter had21 points on 6-for-7shooting from outside the3-point arc and Nick Kraftadded 11 points.

More goods news is thatthe team is at full strengthafter Marshall Martin wascleared to return earlierthan expected.

Princeville is at IlliniBluffs Friday and playshost to Elmwood on Sat-urday.


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MOSSVILLE – Thetop-seeded Princevilleeighth grade girls basket-ball team won an IESAClass 8-2A regional lastThursday (Dec. 3) overSparland Midland, 33-3.

Princeville (18-1) wasslated to return to actionWednesday (Dec. 9) vs.Colfax Ridegeview (21-2)in a sectional at Colfax.

The winner of that gameplays Saturday (Dec. 12)at 11:30 a.m. at ClintonJunior High School in thefirst round of state.

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Blane said Brimfield isoutscoring foes, 60-33.

ElmwoodElmwood moved to 5-1

with a 50-34 victory atOneida against ROWVAlast Thursday. The differ-ence was a 19-8 secondquarter. Elmwood’sstrength around the basket

was again on display asAllie Meyers struck for 24points, followed by ninefrom Morgan Ledbetterand eight by Rachel Ja-cobson.

After this Thursday’sPrairieland contest athome versus BushnellPrairie City, the Lady Tro-jans will be much busier

in tournaments atKnoxville-Abingdon, thenat Princeville just afterChristmas.

FarmingtonFarmington gamely bat-

tled a taller and muchmore experiencedKnoxville team Mondayfor almost three quartersuntil a 10-0 Lady BlueBullets run led to a 58-37Prairieland loss for 3-5Farmington.

Hannah Streitmatterwas the Farmington scor-ing leader with 12, andMorgan Powell andAbbey Brown had eighteach.

In the first half the LadyFarmers stayed close,with Brown facilitatingthe offense and Powelland Julia DePriest eachhitting a big three, it wasclose at the half, 31-24 infavor of Knoxville.

“Julia and Morgan werevery key coming off thebench for us,” Farmingtoncoach Jimmy Jordan said.

The Lady Farmersshowed progress with a42-30 Saturday home winover Ridgewood. Brownled with 15 points andMegan Gilstrap had 11.

Canton temporarily setback the progress of theyoung Farmers last weekwith a 73-32 Canton win.

PrincevillePrinceville’s progress

was slowed Monday atWest Central in a 45-41loss for the 4-4 team. Halfof the Lady Princes’points came from LucyWaid’s 11 and Jessica De-Vries’ 10.

“West Central was ef-fective on keying their de-fense on Waid and BreanaBauman. We stayed closeall the way, but just could-n’t get the baskets weneeded,” coach JohnGross said.

The Lady Princes beatROWVA 57-27 last week.Bauman was high scorerwith 18.

GIRLS: Trojans top ROWVA, now 5-1Continued from Page 16

Ronee Sharp, ElmwoodRonee Sharp was a member of the Spirit Squad

throughout this past year’s football season. She saidthat she has really enjoyed Spirit Squad even thoughit, “takes a lot of time, dedica-tion, and hard work.” Roneecredited Spirit Squad with help-ing her to become more a moresocial and confident person.She also said, “[Being on SpiritSquad] forced me to schedulemy time so that I can get mywork done while still havingtime for practice.”

She singled out her friendAlaina Clark as one of her team members on whichshe most relies saying, “... she supports me con-stantly and helps me learn the routines morequickly.”

She also mentioned that she relies on her family tosupport her. “My mom and dad and grandparents,Papa Bill and Grandma Judy, are always so support-ive.” She mentioned in particular her grandmotherwho, “makes me tea and lets me vent about my frus-trations.”

Outside of her commitment to Spirit Squad, Roneealso spends her time singing in choir and workingwith the little kids in latchkey. When she leaves Elm-wood High School she already knows that she willmiss. “Mrs. Lynch because she is so nice and helpfuland makes me feel at ease when I have questions,”Ronee said. “She is my role-model in life.”

Ronee plans to attend Methodist College to be-come a nurse.

– Erik Davis

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Members of the Elmwood varsity boys basketball team are: Back Row (leftto right) Asst. Coach Kyle Anderson, Jake Roberts, Isaiah Groeper, ColtonGorham, Vince Lenzi, Johnny Keefer, Riley McFall, Coach Josh Fugitt. FrontRow (l to r) Manager Sam Kepple, Ethan Jehle, Matt Osmulski, JacobBrown, Jake Harlow, Charlie McKinty, Tyler Short and Kyle Strait.

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Brimfield wins unbeaten battleBy JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

WILLIAMSFIELD – TheBrimfield boys basketballteam won a battle of unbeat-ens Tuesday night, toppingROWVA-Williamsfield, 62-36.

Ahead by just three pointsat halftime, Brimfield (7-0)took control in the final twoquarters.

“We defended better, gotbetter defensive transition andrebounded better,” coachScott Carlson said.

Phelan Kelly led the Indi-ans with 20 points while JaceSwietek scored 15, 6-foot-8center Brad Novak added 13rebounds and Koby Whitedished out 10 assists.

Zach Smith was top scorerfor the Cougars (6-1) with 12points.

Brimfield had remainedperfect by topping Knoxville,57-37, last Friday in a physi-cal contest that saw Novak sitfor one stretch while assistantcoach Kevin Kreiter tended toa messy cut on his face.

“(Novak is) starting tomake his layups and the guysare more confident throwing

it in to him,” Carlson said.“Last year it took him quite abit longer to get to this stage.”

Novak had 17 points and10 rebounds against the BlueBullets and guard Kellyadded 21 points.

“I don’t know why, butthey always seem to come up

with a good guard to givethem a double-barreled at-tack,” Knoxville coach MarkSimpson said.

ROWVA-Williamsfield hadremained perfect lastWednesday with a win overDelavan, winners of the Can-

Brimfield girls roll to 10-0By PHIL JOHNSON

For The Weekly Post

Brimfield improved to 10-0 onMonday at North Fulton in what’sbeen their usual manner this sea-son, racing to a 45-16 halftime leadand ending with a 77-44 triumph.

The team was led in scoring with19 points from Kennedy Dura, 16from Kenzie Schlipf and 11 fromNicole Thurman.

Last Saturday, the Lady Indianscontinued their winning ways in anafternoon matinee at home with a50-16 rout of Deer Creek Macki-naw. A 9-1 opening period an a 17-4 advantage coming out of thelocker room from the halftimebreak were easily all that was nec-

essary for the victory. Schlipf led with 12 points and

was followed by Dura (11) andShayla McCormick (9). Dura wasthe rebound leader with seven.

A 62-32 thrashing of BushnellPrairie City last Thursday was basi-cally clinched in an 18-4 secondquarter for the Lady Indians. Duraled Brimfield’s domination with 28points, followed by Schlipf’s 12and McCormick’s 11.

After a Thursday matchup thisweek against Midwest Central,Brimfield will face strong competi-tion in tournament play atKnoxville, followed by the StateFarm Classic in Bloomington.

Jadyn Ginther cuts some of the hair of Elmwood freshmanRicky Hightower as part of the basketball program’s WhiteOut, which raised more than $7,500 for St. Jude. See Page4 to see Hightower after his haircut. Photo by Jeff Lampe.


Elmwood sen-ior MorganLedbetter andher parents,Bruce and Joy,smile while shesigns a letter ofintent to attendCulver-Stock-ton College,where she willreceive ascholarship toplay softball.

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