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Carrier Route PresortThursdayMarch 5, 2015Vol. 3, No. 2

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

Election Day is several weeks away,but we at The Weekly Post are givingreaders an early look at candidateswho have filed required petitions forcontests in our circulation area, ac-cording to County Clerk offices inPeoria, Knox and Fulton counties.

Illinois’ consolidated election isApril 7, with races including munici-pal, township, school, park, library andcommunity college positions.

The State Board of Elections hasscheduled polls to be open 6 a.m. to 7p.m. that day.

Several races have new faces run-ning for office, but only two have chal-lengers to incumbents: the Elmwoodand Farmington school board elec-tions.

Watch future editions of The WeeklyPost for more information.

Weekly Post-Area CandidatesFULTON COUNTYCity of Farmington

For Alderman - Ward 1(Vote For One) □ Kimberly Gilstrap

For Alderman - Ward 2(Vote for one) □ Ryan Lambert

For Alderman - Ward 3(Vote for one) □ June Whitmer

Farmington Township Park DistrictFor Park District Commissioner(Vote for not more than two)

□ Timothy W. Haley □ John M. BlackFarmington Public Library District

For Library Trustee(Vote for not more than four)

□ Linda Schultz □ Myrna C. Klatt□ Diana K. Tuttle

Farmington Central CUSD # 265For members of the Board of Education

to serve a full four-year term(Vote for four)

□ Ronald Zessin □ Kay Faralli □ Todd C. Guidi □ Dakota Horn

□ Patrick Kelly Threw

KNOX COUNTYVillage of WilliamsfieldFor Village President

for an unexpired two-year term(Vote for one) □ Michael O. Gray

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

School board races lone contested votes on April ballot

Williamsfieldmay increasewater rates


WILLIAMSFIELD – More than 250water customers here could see a smallincrease in their water bills startingMay 1 under a proposal discussed bythe Village Board on Monday.

The minimum monthly rate for water,garbage, sewer and recycling would in-crease $3.25 to $42.75 if the Board ap-proves it as part of its new budget, to beconsidered at its April 6 meeting.

The additional revenue would be ear-marked to repay$76,000 the Vil-lage borrowed asits share of astate-mandatedupgrade to itswater system.

Williamsfieldis receiving a$229,000 grant from the Illinois De-partment of Commerce and Commu-nity Development for the work requiredby the Illinois Environmental Protec-tion Agency. The grant will be adminis-tered by the Western Illinois RegionalCouncil.

In other budget-related news, the Vil-lage’s financial report shows $190,000in revenues and $182,000 in expendi-tures in the General Fund; $160,000 inwater receipts and $157,000 in relatedexpenses; and $17,800 in Motor FuelTax receipts.

“It’s better than expected or close to

Scientisthad ties toElmwood


ELMWOOD – An award-win-ning scientist whose break-throughs saved countless lives inWorld War II and the Koreanand Vietnam Wars and untold airpassengers and people who livenear nuclear power plants attrib-uted much of his success to hiswife, a one-time Elmwoodwoman.

George Rank-ine Irwin wasborn 108 yearsago last week inEl Paso, Texas,but grew up inthe Springfieldarea before at-tending KnoxCollege. At

Knox Irwin earned a degree inEnglish in 1930 and met GeorgiaBoynton Shearer, who also grad-uated that year with a degree inLatin.

Irwin then studied physics fora year and went to graduateschool at the University of Illi-nois, where he researchedlithium isotopes to earn a Ph.D.in 1937.

Georgia was the daughter ofJoseph and Sarah Shearer –whose roots were in the Maquon

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Enjoy the outdoors insideOutdoor-related vendors return to Elmwood show

By JEFF LAMPEFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – Skunks,bald eagles, live deer,dogs and enough huntingand fishing products to filla semi trailer will turn theElmwood Schools into anoasis of sorts for outdoorsenthusiasts.

This weekend marks thesixth annual Elmwood AllOutdoors Show, an eventdesigned to break the gripof cabin fever for hunters

and anglers and to raisemoney for Elmwood ath-letic programs and ath-letes.

The show has helped

generate more than$125,000 for Elmwoodathletes and athletic pro-grams since its inception.

As with past shows, theevent will feature a widevariety of vendors sellinghunting and fishing prod-ucts and outdoors-relatedartworks, fishing guides,lodges and much more.

“From the weather fore-cast it looks like thiscould be the best weekend

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Farmington isclose to launch-ing its new Web-site. 0.

Basketball will be replaced by hunting, fishing and outdoors-related items thisweekend in the Elmwood Schools during the sixth annual Elmwood All OutdoorsShow this Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Photos by Walt Avery.

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in months to get out and do some-thing,” said Brad Crisco, an Elm-wood teacher and assistant footballcoach who is the new show organ-izer. “It’s going to be a nice chanceto get out of the house and visitwith friends and vendors, maybeplan your summer vacation, eatsome good food, support local ath-letic teams and shake off the winterblahs.”

In addition to several familiarvendors, there will be new faces inthe lineup of more than 100booths. Highlights include a fewnew lure makers, new fishing char-ters, an ATV dealer and other newvendors, Crisco said.

Crisco and a committee help or-ganize the annual event, the pro-ceeds from which go directly toathletic programs and to scholar-ships for athletes.

As in previous years, the com-munity will not only have opportu-nities to buy hunting, fishing andoutdoors gear, but also to competein a big buck contest, to hear ex-perts on various issues and to takepart in related activities.

The big-buck contest offers doorprizes to 1 in 10 entries andplaques for the top-scoring deer.Bucks can be dropped off to bemeasured from 5-8 p.m. Thursdayor Friday (March 5-6), or 9 a.m.-noon on Saturday.

Deer will then be on display atthe show, with awards handed outSunday. The cost is $10, which is

good for a two-day show pass.Antlers do not have to be mountedor measured. Entries can be pickedup Sunday after 3 p.m.

Speakers and topics are listed inthe box at right

The Department of Natural Re-sources also will be on hand to selllicenses and field questions.

The show always attracts peopleof all ages, in part because admis-sion is free for ages 13 and underand just $5 for adults.

The chance to see live deer andwild animals from Wildlife PrairiePark is a draw for youngsters. So isa youth archery range, back thisyear with an improved area, ac-cording to Crisco.

High school athletes volunteer towork at the show to earn moneyfor their teams.

Seniors can also win collegescholarships based on the numberof shifts they have worked over theyears.

Seminar ScheduleSATURDAY, March 7

11 - Darrel Sydney, bear hunting11:30 - Matt Cheever, wild game cooking

12:30 - Steve Welch, crappie2 - DNR fisheries biologists Wayne Herndon, Rob Hilsabeck and Ken Russell

2 - Cory Jones, wild game cooking3:30 - Jay Wade, retriever training

SUNDAY, March 810 - Paul Center, local fishing11 - Sydney, bear hunting12:30 - Welch, crappie fishing2 - Jonn Graham, smallmouth bass2 - Cory Jones, wild game cookingNOTE: Seminars in auditorium; wild

game cooking demonstrations in thecafeteria.

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Instead of fans in the stands, big bucks dominate the bleachers in theElmwood High School gymnasium during the Elmwood All OutdoorsShow, held this Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days

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THE WEEK AHEAD

This Week’s Eventss Disaster Workshop – Peoria County's

Public Information Officer Jenny Fultonwill present “Let's Talk Disasters,” a freepublic workshop today (March 5) from6-8 p.m. at ICC’s North Campus.

s NAMI Event – A child psychiatristwill speak at the monthly meeting for theTri-County chapter of the National Al-liance on Mental Illi-ness tonight (March 5)from 7-8:30 p.m. at theICCA North campus inPeoria, Cedar Hall,Room 134. Call (309)691-5830.

s Fish Fries – St. Patrick’s Church inElmwood has fish/shrimp fries Fridaysin Lent (March 6, 13, 20, 27). Hours4:30-6:30 p.m.

s Free Bread – Free bread is availableFriday (March 6) at 10 a.m. at ElmwoodMethodist Church.

s Blood Drives – Blood drives will beheld Friday (March 6) at PrincevilleHigh School, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. andMarch 10 at Elmwood High School, 10a.m. to 6 p.m. To make an appointment,visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-733-2767.

s Cancer Benefit – A benefit for Dave“Flea” Linder is Saturday (March 7) at 2p.m. at Wopper’s in Elmwood. Food, en-tertainment, pool tournament, 50-50 raf-fle and silent auction. Call (305)351-2698 or 224-0781.

s Chess Night – All skill levels wel-come to play chess Tuesdays at Farm-ington Public Library, 6-7:30 p.m.

Future Eventss School Carnival – Inflatables, games,

food and prizes highlight the 2015Candy Land Carnival March 13 from4:30-7:3- p.m. at the WilliamsfieldSchools. Armbands cost $10 for accessto more than 20 inflatables, games, ac-

tivities. Public invited tothis fund-raiser for theWilliamsfield Parentand Teacher Organiza-tion.s School Carnival – The

Elmwood ElementarySchool Carnival is March 14 from 4-7p.m. in the Elementary School gym. Tovolunteer call Anne Hollis at (309) 219-5899.

s Craft Event – Make an Easter basketMarch 14 between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. atMary and Morrison Wiley Library inElmwood. Craft will take 20 minutes.

s Cemetery Walk – The first meetingfor the Elmwood Cemetery Walk isMarch 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Morrisonand Mary Wiley Library.

s Quilt Show – Cabin Quilters’ quiltshow Saturday, March 21, 9 a.m. to 3p.m. at Alpha Park Library in Bar-tonville. Free admission. Door prizes.

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Rambling through central Illinoispondering colorful water towers.

uuuWord to the wise: While the

bridge east of Brimfield on Brim-field-Jubilee Road is open, you willstill want to slow down whencrossing the new structure. Thebridge still has a tendency to sendfast-driving folks airborne as theycross. ... The pic-ture at rightshows five gen-erations of theBenson family,gathered for theFeb. 20 birthdayof Donald Ben-son. Also pic-tured are (left toright) Todd Ben-son of Gilson, Donald Benson,Colton Benson (on lap) and JerryBenson of Williamsfield. MichaelBenson of Farmington is in theback row, standing. Happy birthdayDonald! ... In case you missed it,veteran Brimfield hoops officialCurtis Sherman offered his pearls ofwisdom as a television commenta-tor during the recent girls state bas-ketball tournament. ... After twoweeks without a crossword puzzle,we fielded one call from a con-cerned crossworder worried thepuzzle was gone forever. Nope.Sharpen your pencils. The puzzle isback this week on Page 8.

uuuFirst, my sympathies to the fam-

ily of Al Zuccarini. Second, if therewas ever a wake to attend, it wasprobably his. One thing about BigAl, 57, he knew how to throw aparty. ... Speaking of Big Al, Brim-field electrician Phil Mol-leck got to wireZuccarini’s new nightclub a few years agowhen that legendary es-tablishment changedvenues. Molleck said itwas an eye-opening ex-perience. ... While on thesubject of eye openers, Ihad a sip of The Mayor ofOak Hill’s dandelion wine Mondaynight and flew home over the ice.

uuuWhile Elmwood native and for-

mer Andersen Consulting honchoGeorge Shaheen was on the coverof Forbes magazine once, nephewGordon Inskeep has his uncle beatin terms of being a cover boy.

Inskeep recently appeared on thefront of our “Heartland Outdoors”magazine (holding a bass as shownbelow left). But that was actuallyhis second stint as a model for acover. Inskeep was also featured on

the front of the March15, 1998 issue of “Na-tional Hog Farmer” mag-azine, which he said wasa real hot seller. ... Part-ing shot: Brimfield isplanning to trap its redfoxes which reportedlyhave become a nuisance.That’s an avoidable

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I know many wonderful peoplewho are habitually late. Theyoften will say as they arrive, al-most proudly, “I’m always late.”

Their inability to be on time forgatherings doesnot diminish myaffection forthem, but itdoes lead me towonder why itwould be moredifficult forthem to plantheir time sothey could ar-rive close to the appointed hour.

Sure, we all encounter thatphone call as we walk out thedoor, which presents a situationthat requires our time right thenand makes us some minutes late.That I understand. But those who

are perpetually late do so bychoice.

Whether one agreed with whathe said or not, Gov. Bruce Raunerpresented a stark contrast to Presi-dent Obama in a non-political areawhen he started his budget speechwithin three minutes of the desig-nated time.

Our President seems to enjoymaking people wait.

When asked why punctualitywas so important to him, Presi-dent George W. Bush replied,“Late is rude.”

To that I add, “What makes meso special that someone shouldhave to keep dinner warm until Iget there?”

My brother and his family livedin Chicago, and because Lou washabitually late, they were latewhen they came to Thanksgiving

dinner in Elmwood. After dinner the third time, he

and I were enjoying scotch and ci-gars on our patio (it was a lovely,balmy day) and I said, “Lou, thisis the last time we wait until youarrive to eat. Get here when youwish, but expect to sit down to atable of people who have missedyou but began eating when wesaid we would.”

I not only loved my brother, Ihero-worshipped him. But enoughwas enough.

I made a resolution for this yearand forever a couple of monthsago to look for the silver lining inall that happens – I now toleratelateness and am thankful peoplearrive safe and well.

But the party starts on time.

Be late if you must, the party is on time

MitBERES

I just put in another week’s worthof rest and relaxation at a local hos-pital, trying to bring my respiratoryproblems back under control, andleaving mescratching myhead (amongother parts of mybody that shallremain nameless)about some ofthe rules and reg-ulations that I gotto observe from aprone position.

The respiratory problems thatI’ve had in the past, mainly COPD,were under control until last month,when I fell and broke my arm. Atnight, I sleep with a complicated at-tachment latched onto my nosewhich helps out with my sleepapnea and works as a ventilator toget rid of some of the bad CO2 thatmy lungs aren’t strong enough toexpel on their own.

It’s called a BiPaP machine andlooks similar to a CPaP whichmany area residents use to combatsleep apnea. The problem was,since I broke my arm, I needed tosleep somewhere other than my bedsince it was hard to get in and outof bed given the fact that I onlyhave one arm.

Fortunately for me, I have a loveseat that reclines, so my nightly at-tempt at beauty sleep was uninter-rupted (while failing miserably atthe beauty part). I didn’t bother tomove the BiPaP machine into thefront room where I was sleeping.

Bad mistake. The few nights I al-lowed it to go unused made theCO2 build up to dangerously highlevels, so I got to go let the proshandle it at the hospital.

I won’t make the mistake of notusing the machine again.

Meanwhile, I got to observesome silly rules. After a week’sstay, my fingernails were starting toresemble Wolverine’s, so I askedfor some fingernail clippers to trimthem. You might have thought thatI had asked for a machete or a .44Magnum for the job.

It seems that they can’t give mefingernail clippers; I might cut my-self.

I can understand if the hospitalrefused to let the nurses clip mynails, but they wouldn’t provide mewith clippers either. In fact, theydidn’t even want my family mem-bers bringing clippers in for me touse. Same reason: I might cut my-self.

I asked the nurses if they hadanything in their closet that might

be able to stop the bleeding ifbleeding of any sort might occur.

For example, if the IV on my armgot ripped out accidentally, wouldthey be able to stop its bleeding?They assured me they could.

I then asked if they still had aroom on another floor with verybright lights and very sharp objectsused explicitly to cut off things nolonger needed, like arms or legs orkidneys. Again, they assured methat they had a very good operatingroom, in fact, more than one.

But I couldn’t have fingernailclippers.

I didn’t realize that the FAA hadtaken over policymaking for hospi-tals as well as for what’s allowedon planes.

There were other silly rules andregulations, too but I guess I’ve al-ways been used to them. Thingslike:

• They can’t tell you the name ofthe guy in the next bed because itmight invade his privacy, but writ-ing his complete medical history ona white-board on his wall alongwith doctors’ names, next-of-kin,and similar information isn’t. (Theboard also has his name on it.)

• You have to jump throughhoops and turn cartwheels to prove

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To the Editor:In rural Knox County, the term

“neighbor” could be used to de-scribe someone who lives severalmiles away from your residence,depending on the scarcity ofnearby houses. Growing up, myneighbors (the lateDick and Jane John-son of Gilson) livedjust shy of a mileaway, but the kind-ness and generositythey brought to thearea made it seem like they livedright next to us.

As a child, every year I lookedforward to Dick and Jane’s Hal-loween Party that they hosted forthe “neighborhood” kids. Janewould be wearing her blackpointed witch’s hat, while Dick

would sport the always stylish,rainbow-colored clown wig. Pre-pared treats and candy were cer-tainly in order, as well as a fewstories.

As I grew up and gained skill athunting and fishing, I learned

Dick was an accom-plished outdoorsmanas well. His appetitefor all wild game wasenormous: catfish,deer, rabbit and evengroundhog were all

delicacies to him. With his wife in declining

health and his spare time evensparser, I did my best to provideDick with the taste of wild game.The reaction he gave upon receiv-ing a few cleaned rabbits or fishfillets was pure graciousness.

After I entered the work force Iwas lucky enough to purchase ahouse down the road from Dickand Jane, but shortly thereafterJane passed.

From time to time I would stopby to visit with neighbor Dick.After greeting me with a firmhandshake, we would talk politics,neighborhood gossip, and thegood ol’ days. Sometimes wemight even have a few brews.

I’m going to miss those visits.He always told my family howlucky he was to have such greatneighbors, but the fact is we werethe lucky ones to have him as aneighbor. Dick will be greatlymissed by family, friends andneighbors.

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EDWARDS – Reid’s Mobil sta-tion in Edwards on Feb. 27 re-ported an early-morning burglarythat damaged an entrance and tookmore than $200, according to thePeoria County Sheriff’s Office.

Burglars apparently gained entryby breaking a west-side door andaccessed a cash box inside.

Witnesses reported seeing twomen in the early-morning hours,and police are continuing to inves-tigate, according to reports.Knox Co. police seekinglate-model Hyundai

DAHINDA – Police are askingfor information about a whiteHyundai, model year 2001-2006,they suspect of involvement in aroadside accident that caused con-siderable damage to fencing in the

1400 block of Knox Highway 12.James Gunther, 74, of Dahinda

reported the fence damage Feb. 19.Police collected evidence from

the scene and are accepting infor-mation in care of Knox CountyArea Crime Stoppers at (309) 344-0044 or toll-free (888) 266-0044.

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ELMWOOD – Eulail Huffcutt,55, of Elmwood was injured onFeb. 25 after she lost control of hereastbound car on Illinois Route 8,where it overturned and came torest in a ditch, police said.

She was transported to Unity-Point Health-Methodist in Peoria.

Two injured in wreck onicy Taylor Road

EDWARDS – Amey Fink, 77, ofGlasford and Michael Fink, 58,also of Glasford were transportedto UnityPoint Health-Methodist inPeoria about 8:30 a.m. on Feb. 26after she lost control on a snow-covered area of Taylor Road.

Her car left the road, struck afence and overturned onto a frozenlake, according to police.Deer accidents

• Feb. 23 – Dax Feuchter of Dun-lap on Grange Hall Road near PauliRoad in Radnor Township.

• Feb. 24 – Linda Geier ofFairview on Cottonwood Roadnear Townhouse Road.

• Feb. 24 – Meredith Eubank ofElmwood on Cameron Lane nearRothlisburger Road in HollisTownship.

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Brimfield board talks streets, red foxesBy TERRY BIBOFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – It was prettymuch a streets sweep at Monday’sVillage Board of Trustees meeting.

Board members addressed safetyon village thoroughfares at leastthree different ways. Among otherthings, they learned you can’t keepa good man down – or the fox pop-ulation, apparently.

For starters, when it heard thatnewly-hired crossing guard BarbShipley was leaving, the board ac-cepted newly-retired crossing guardDale Sollenberger’s offer to return.

“Interestingly enough, the gentle-man we had the nice retirementparty for would like to return,” saidpresident Dan Fishel.

After 14 years in which he’d be-come renowned for his attention toduty, Sollenberger reluctantlyturned in his stop sign last fall. The77-year-old former firefighter hadneeded to care for his ailing wife.Board members recognized himwith cake and gifts in November.

His wife now receives care at anursing home, enabling Sollen-berger to get back on the job.

“Do we need a refund?” boardmembers joked.

Street safety took a more seriousturn when board members dis-cussed an incident where a youngboy was hit by a car recently. Theboy was crossing Galena Street tothe Brimfield library after schoolwhen he was hit. No tickets wereissued. It appears neither party wasat fault.

“It wasn’t a severe injury, butdefinitely he was hurt,” said VillageClerk Holly Johnson. She said thelibrary has the accident on video-tape. “He was very lucky. It wasvery scary to see.”

While there haven’t been manysimilar problems at that intersec-tion, board members want to in-crease awareness. Trustee AllisonPorter suggested a Facebook post.Trustee Brian Porter said he’d seena large plastic turtle with a flag at alocal retailer which might commu-nicate the need for caution. If the li-brary is interested in such a sign,board members approved up to$250 for its purchase.

Addressing potential damage tothe highway, they also approved up

to $9,200 to investigate a waterleak near U.S. Route 150.

“The best option seems to be bor-ing two lines under 150,” said Su-perintendent of Public WorksKevin Challacombe.

And they approved, with a cou-ple of raised eyebrows, a $300 pay-ment to Rick Peters for removingred foxes which have plagued thearea for months.

“I’ve been assured he’s been try-ing to aggressively remove them,”Fishel said.

In other business: A proposed or-dinance change was tabled for athird time, until April 6, whileFishel and Brian Porter address thewording. The ordinance would re-quire a license, but no fee, andallow such businesses in a C-1 zon-ing district. Currently, massagefalls under “adult use,” which re-quires a license and $500 fee, andrestricts locating near schools,churches and parks.

In the interim, Hamby Massage,127 N. Galena, can operate withtemporary approval.

Terry Bibo can be reached at [email protected].

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the budget,” said VillagePresident Michael Gray.

Along with next year’sbudget, the Board nextmonth will consider aproposal from the re-es-tablished local parkboard, which has listedgoals for the Village’sthree parks ranging froma larger pavilion, a reno-vated bandstand andplant-bed memorials tonew playground equip-ment, a bird sanctuaryand an arboretum.

The park board has 10to 16 residents involvedwith brainstorming andplanning, said AndrewFritz, one of the volun-teers.

In other business, Graysaid the Illinois Depart-ment of Transportation

has notified the Villagethat it plans to widen andimprove Illinois Route180 between Victoria andU.S. Route 150 this sum-mer. Also:

• the Board unani-mously approved renew-ing its franchiseagreement with Media-com for 15 years;

• the Board unani-mously OK’d spendingup to $500 to remodel theVillage Hall to accommo-date a police departmentoffice securing confiden-tial records;

• the Board recognizedpart-time police officerThanh Nguyen for 14years of service; and

• Village Clerk MaryRice said March 14 is thedate set for electronic andpaint recycling.

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Elmwood council objects to cutbacks, will paint tower orangeBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – Loyalty was on dis-play several times during Tuesday’s CityCouncil meeting, as Aldermen voted toshow the school colors by painting thewest-side water tower orange and black.

Loyalty to local constituents over stateinterests came up, as did loyalty to fairplay in how ward boundaries are set.

The City last week sent a letter toGov. Bruce Rauner and area lawmakersobjecting to Rauner’s severe spending-cut proposal affecting local government.

“A 50 percent cut in the municipalshare of income taxes would result in areduction of $103,801.50,” said Elm-wood’s letter, which stressed that local

governments balanced their budgetswhile the state put off required pensionpayments and spent beyond its limits.

State Reps. Dave Leitch (R-73rdDist.) and Mike Unes (R-91st Dist.) re-sponded with some sympathy.

“I share your concerns,” Leitch saidUnes reassured Elmwood, “The gov-

ernor’s FY 16 budget blueprint is a start-ing point.”

Concerning the City’s Wards, theCouncil asked attorney StephanieSchmieg to draft a plan to redistrictboundaries to reflect changing popula-tion patterns. Under an idea from aCouncil committee, Ward 1 would ex-pand from 574 to 715 registered votersby adding blocks bordered by Main,

Laurel, Ash and Magnolia Streets; Ward2 would grow from 670 to 730 voters byadding a west side area south of Mainfrom Knox to the city limits; and Ward 3would decrease from 853 to 652 .

“The committee just wants to keep itas balanced as possible,” said AldermanBryan Davis, “and Ward 3 is growingand will catch up.”

Economic Development director DickTaylor reported the Economic Develop-ment Association is considering estab-lishing a summer Farmers Market, aCemetery Walk and a Cruise-In.

Taylor also mentioned the City willsend notices to property owners violat-ing the Property Maintenance Code.

Also, a straw poll of Aldermen sup-

ports language to let licensed drivers usegolf carts and Utility Vehicles (UTV)within Elmwood. Suggestions were tomodel a program on similar laws inChillicothe, Lacon and Washburn,where golf carts and UTVs (but not All-Terrain Vehicles) must have brakes,rear-view mirrors, Slow-Moving Vehiclesigns, headlights, tail lights, brake lightsand turn signals, and pay a $50 fee.

In other business, the Council• is seeking costs to buy a 20-foot

storage container to replace the 40-footcontainer behind Sarah’s True Value andfor moving it closer to the building, and

• approved an ordinance revising thelaw for vacancies in the office of cityclerk to have it conform to state statute.



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area but later lived inElmwood and Knoxville,records show. Josephwas a banker who even-tually became presidentof a Moline bank.

Now remembered as“the father of fracturemechanics,” Irwin wenton to research ballisticsand penetration force,brittle fracture (gaugingthe durability of steel

armor), and specialtieslater used in aircraft ap-plications and in con-struction and safety atnuclear power plantcooling towers..

Working at the NavalResearch Laboratory for30 years, Irwin observedthe “stress intensity fac-tor” that led to the devel-opment of nonmetallicarmor used by the mili-tary.

Through his illustriouscareer, he collaboratedwithscien-tistsfromHar-vard,theMassa-chusettsInstituteof Technology and otherresearch centers, and

after 1967 taught atLehigh University, theUniversity of Marylandat College Park and hisalma mater.

“I had the opportunityto take a course fromhim when he visited theUniversity of Illinois fora semester in the late’60s,” recalled Alten“Skip” Grandt, a formerYates City man nowteaching engineering atPurdue University. “Dr.Irwin was a very nicegentleman and well-re-spected by all who knewhim.”

Through Irwin’s work,he received dozens ofawards, from Knox’sAlumni AchievementAward and the Navy’sDistinguished CivilianService Award to theGrande Medaille Awardfrom the French Metal-lurgical Society ofFrance and membershipin the prestigious BritishRoyal Society.

Becoming a specialistin a unique field of engi-neering, Irwin was activein helping create thearmor used extensivelyin wartime, and in dy-namic fracturing, whichheavily influenced de-sign and construction ofbuilding materials andstructures.

On the occasion of his90th birthday celebrationby a group of engineers– who together compileda 570-page tribute bookto him -- Irwin was mod-est and deferred to Geor-gia.

“Marrying a daughterof a bank president isone way of improvingone’s personal assets,”he quipped.

George and Georgiawere married 65 yearswhen Irwin died in 1998.Georgia passed away in2002.

They’re survived byfour children, 10 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren, and areboth buried in OakRidge Cemetery inSpringfield.

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BALLOT: Elmwood board contestedFor Village Trustee

(Vote for not more than 3)□ Trudy E. Self □ Connie L. Wight□ Jolene Tucker

For Village Trustee for anunexpired two-year term

(Vote for one) □ James D. Folger

Village of Yates CityFor Village President for anunexpired two-year term

(Vote for one) □ Kenneth D. GibsonFor Village Trustee

(Vote for not more than 3)□ Thomas D. Kinzer□ Ryan D. Brewer

□ James Boyd BewleyElba-Salem Park DistrictFor Park Commissioner(Vote for not more than 3)

No candidateSalem Township

Public Library DistrictFor Library Trustee

(Vote for one)□ Carol S. Sartin□ Write-in

Williamsfield Public LibraryDistrict

For Library Trustee(Vote for not more than two)

□ Eric Bell□ Kelly Goodin

Elmwood CUSD # 322For members of the Board ofEducation to serve a full

four-year term(Vote for four)□ Tom Conklin□ Dean Cantu

□ Claude W. Keefer□ Teresa L. Osmulski□ Katherine Christine"Chrissy" Jacobson□ Val Ramirez

Farmington Central CUSD # 265

For members of the Board ofEducation to serve a full

four-year term(Vote for four)□ Ronald Zessin□ Kay Faralli□ Todd C. Guidi□ Dakota Horn

□ Patrick Kelly ThrewWilliamsfield CUSD # 210


four-year term(Vote for three)□ Teresa Stewart□ Vicki L. Massie□ Robert J. Rask

PEORIA COUNTYVillage of BrimfieldFor Village Trustee

(Vote for not more than 3)□ Joe Arbogast□ Brian D. Porter□ Write-In

City of ElmwoodFor Alderman Ward I

(Vote for one) □ Bryan S. Davis

For Alderman Ward II(Vote for one) □ Write-InFor Alderman Ward III

(Vote for one) □ Robert S. Paige

Village of PrincevilleFor Village Clerk

(Unexpired Two-Year Term)(Vote for one) □ Write-In

For Village Trustee(Vote for not more than 3)□ David Sutherland□ Everett Gene Koller□ Teresa F. GilroyFor Village Trustee

(Unexpired Two-Year Term)(Vote for one) □ Randy HaleyBrimfield Public Library District

For Library Trustee(Vote for not more than two)□ Shirley M. Sollenberger

Elmwood Twp. Public Library DistrictFor Library Trustee

(Vote for not more than four)□ Write-Ins

Farmington Area Public Library District

For Library Board Trustee(Vote for not more than four)

□ Linda Schultz□ Myrna C. Klatt□ Diana K. Tuttle

Lillie M. Evans Library District (Princeville)

For Library Board Trustee(Vote for not more than four)□ Gayle L. Johnson-Brackett

□ Ellen CluskeyFor Library Board Trustee(Unexpired Two-Year Term)

(Vote for one)No Candidate

Williamsfield Public LibraryDistrict

For Library Trustee(Vote for not more than two)

□ Eric Bell□ Kelly Goodin

Williamsfield CommunityUnit School District # 210


four-year term(Vote for three)□ Teresa Stewart□ Vicki L. Massie□ Robert J. Rask

Farmington Central CUSD # 265


four-year term(Vote for four)□ Ronald Zessin□ Kay Faralli□ Todd C. Guidi□ Dakota Horn

□ Patrick Kelly ThrewBrimfield CUSD # 309


four-year term

(Vote for three)□ Maribeth E. Dura□ Scott Bauer□ Mark S. Hoerr

Elmwood Community UnitSchool District # 322


four-year term(Vote for four)□ Tom Conklin□ Dean Cantu

□ Claude W. Keefer□ Teresa L. Osmulski□ Katherine Christine"Chrissy" Jacobson□ Val Ramirez

Princeville Community UnitSchool District # 326


four-year term(Vote for four)□ Darin Cowser□ Susan L. Hefler□ Darwin Stahl□ Write-in

Write-InsFulton, Knox and Peoria

County Clerk offices all re-ported several people whohave filed Declarations of In-tent to be write-in candidates. They are:

Paul Dye for Brimfield Vil-lage Board;

Adam Rue for Elmwood CityCouncil Ward II;

Stephanie Colgan, Tom Her-man, Kim DeSplinter andMonica Lampe for ElmwoodTownship Public Library Dis-trict;

Mary Ann Mercer forPrinceville Village Clerk; and

Doug Passmore for YatesCity’s Salem Library Trustee.

Important dates:March 10 – Last day for any

member of the U.S. Service,spouse and dependents tomake application for an absen-tee ballot and the last day forthe election authority to mailsuch ballot (not less than 10days before the election). Lastday for any nonresident civil-ian and any citizen of the U.S.temporarily residing outsidethe U.S. to make applicationfor an absentee ballot and thelast day for the election au-thority to mail an official ballotcontaining federal offices only.

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March 15 – Last day forgrace period registration andgrace period voting in the of-fice of the election authority.




BRIEFSMissionary conference at Elmwood Baptist Church

ELMWOOD – Elmwood BaptistChurch will hold is 40th annualFaith Promise Missions event Fri-day to Sunday (March 6-8).

Guest missionaries include Mikeand Jennifer Fiocchi from Albania,Kerry and Terri Psinas of Inde-pendent Gospel Missions andJames Mielke, who will present hisAlaska Pastoral Internship. KlintonRicherson, youth pastor from FirstBaptist Church in Rochelle, leadsthe music each night.

The event starts with a banquet at5:30 p.m. Friday, followed by a 7p.m. service and presentations byFiocchi and Psinas. Saturday’sservice starts at 6 p.m. Mielke willspeak Sunday during the 9:30 a.m.Sunday School and the 10:30 a.m.worship service, which is followedby a noon fellowship dinner.Graham Hospital one of100 SafeCare Hospitals

CANTON – Graham Hospitalhas been recognized as one of the100 SafeCare Hospitals amonghospitals with under 100 beds for

overall best processes of care, bestoutcomes of care and best efficacyof care.

The 2014 SafeCare Hospitalsaward is given to organizations forbest overall performance. This dis-tinction identifies the country’s besthealthcare institutions (among3,500 acute care, non-federal hospi-tals) based on criteria of the Afford-able Care Act.

Only the 100 hospitals under 100beds with the highest scores madethe list. Out of the 100 hospitalschosen nationally, Graham is oneof four within Illinois.Underground Railroadprogram at Princeville

PRINCEVILLE – Owen Muelderwill present the program, “Aboli-tionism and the Underground Rail-road in Illinois” on Tuesday (March10) at 6:30 p.m. at the PrincevilleHeritage Museum, 325 N OstromAvenue.

This is the second in the Lillie M.Evans Library District’s CreatedEqual series. Muelder is author of“The Underground Railroad inWestern Illinois” and the Directorof the Galesburg Colony Under-

ground Railroad Freedom Center atKnox College.

He will discuss the anti-slaverymovement nationally and region-ally.

Also, on Wednesday (March 11)at 2 p.m. there will be a video pres-entation entitled, “Ulysses S. Grant:A President Committed to CivilRights.” All programs are free.Et cetera

Area students who received de-grees from Bradley University onDec. 20, 2014 included: Jody LynnMiles of Brimfield, Master of Busi-ness Administration; Nicholas Han-lon and Adam Windish, Bachelor ofScience, Summa Cum Laude;Nicole Garrabrant of Edwards,Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude;and Graham Flinn of Elmwood,B.S., Magna Cum Laude. ...Kennedy Oltman of Princevilleearned Dean’s List honors for thefall 2014 semester at MaryvilleUniversity in St. Louis. ... TheGalesburg Civic Art Center will ex-hibit “Wreckage of the Heart: AnExhibition of Works by PanBam-bina” in the BLICK Gallerythrough March 13.

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FARMINGTON – The City of Farm-ington’s official Web page still is in theplanning stages, though officials be-lieve a working version should beready this spring.

The Farmington Betterment Associa-tion, which is handling the design, has“shifted gears,” said Mayor KennStufflebeam at the city council meet-ing on Monday (March 2).

Ward Two Alderman Leslye Tuttlewas named council liaison on the proj-ect, and she will give the council up-dates on the site’s progress.

One of the main things that needs tobe determined is who will be updatingthe contents of the page and how big ajob that should be.

“We’re closer than we were,”Stufflebeam said of the site.

In other business the council:• Approved a three-year contract

with Ted Neuendorf to manage the re-verse osmosis plant.

• Voted to rescind a bid from Mar-

shall Threw to purchase a property at606 W. Fort St. for $3,500. The coun-cil then voted to approve a bid for thesame property from Randy and KimMarinich for $3,000.

• Donated $1,000 from video gam-ing permits to the proposed Farming-ton Summer Festival.

• Donated $1,000 to the FarmingtonAcademic Foundation to endow a col-lege scholarship for a Farmington stu-dent.

• Learned that bids for marbleworks,pressure washing, tuck pointing andthe construction of a maintenance shedat the cemetery will be sought.

• There will be a meeting of theparks and recreation committee at 6:15p.m. Monday (March 9) to discussplans for a community garden, thebathrooms at Jacobs Park and the ten-nis courts at Dimmett Park.

• Learned that Police Chief CarlPowell was elected the president of theFulton County Police Chiefs Associa-tion.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGCONCERNING THE INTENT OFTHE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF

COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 210,KNOX, PEORIA AND STARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS

TO SELL $1,050,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS(ALTERNATE REVENUE SOURCE)

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Community Unit SchoolDistrict Number 210, Knox, Peoria and Stark Counties, Illinois (the“District”), will hold a public hearing on the 9th day of March, 2015, at7:30 o’clock P.M. The hearing will be held at the District Office Boardof Education Room, 325 West Kentucky Avenue, Williamsfield, Illinois.The purpose of the hearing will be to receive public comments on theproposal to sell bonds of the District in the amount of $1,050,000 forthe purpose of improving the sites of and altering, repairing and equip-ping the existing school buildings and facilities of the District, includ-ing, but not limited to, driveway and parking lot improvements androof repairs.

By order of the President of the Board of Education of Community UnitSchool District Number 210, Knox, Peoria and Stark Counties, Illinois.

DATED the 9th day of February, 2015.

Vicki MassieSecretary, Board of Education, Community Unit School District Number 210, Knox, Peoria and Stark Counties, Illinois

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NOTICE OF CLAIM DATE

Notice is given to creditors of the death of SARAH L. BOWKER.Letters of Office were issued to EUGENE N. JORDAN, 1020Manypenny Avenue, Bayfield, Wisconsin 54814, as Executor,whose attorney is THE CORDIS LAW OFFICE, LLC, Attorneys atLaw, 129 North Walnut Avenue, P. O. Box 445, Princeville, Illi-nois 61559.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk's Office,Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or with the representa-tive, or both, on or before the 19th day of August, 2015 or if mail-ing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required bySec. 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice.Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of aclaim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by theclaimant to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10)days after it has been filed.

DATED, February 13, A.D. 2015.

EUGENE N. JORDAN, Executor of the Estate of SARAH L. BOWKER, Deceased.

The Cordis Law Office, LLC Attorneys for Executor 129 North Walnut Avenue BY: (S) Daniel M. CordisP. O. Box 445 Attorney for EstatePrinceville, IL 6l559309/385-46l6

NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to "An Act in relation to

the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct ortransaction of Business in the State," as amended, that acertification was filed by the undersigned with the CountyClerk of Peoria County on February 10, 2015, under the As-sumed Name of Jubilee Junction with the business locatedat 10020 W. Route 150, Kickapoo, IL 61528. The true nameand residence address of the owner is: Bryon Hasty, 9806W. Route 150, Kickapoo, IL 61528

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NOTICE OF LETTINGFOR CEMETERY MOWING CONTRACT

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the Trustees of the ELM-WOOD TOWNSHIP CEMETERY BOARD are accepting sealed bids formowing, cleaning and maintaining the ELMWOOD, LEHIGH, andSOUTHPORT CEMETERY grounds including all undeveloped land insuch Cemeteries, for the period commencing on April 1, 2015 andconcluding on March 31, 2018. The contractor shall furnish all equip-ment, labor and fuel necessary to mow and maintain the cemeteries,shall carry Liability and Workers Compensation Insurance and shall beresponsible for removing all waste and debris from the cemeteries.The bids shall be submitted for all cemeteries for the entire term of thecontract. The Bid Form and a copy of the Contract, which the success-ful bidder will be required to enter into, may be obtained by contactingGlenn Moody, at 211 West Butternut Street, Box 304, Elmwood, Illi-nois 61529, Telephone No. 742-4971 or 219-4970.

Anyone interested in submitting a bid for such Contract shall sub-mit his or her written, sealed bid on or before 12:00 O’Clock Noon,Friday March 13, 2015, to GLENN MOODY, Elmwood Township Ceme-tery Board Trustee, 211 West Butternut Street, Box 304, Elmwood, Illi-nois 61529.

The sealed bids will be opened at a Public Bid opening and thecontents will be announced at a Public Meeting of the Cemetery BoardTrustees to be held at 9:00 O’Clock A.M., on Tuesday March 17, 2015at the MASONIC HALL,112 North Magnolia Street, Elmwood, Illinois,61529. The Trustees reserve the right to reject any and all bids.

DATED this 23rd day of February, 2015

ROBERT CAFFERTY, Clerk of the Board of Elmwood Township

Cemetery Trustees.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGON PRINCEVILLE TOWNSHIP BUDGET

NOTICE is hereby given that a tentative Budget and Appropria tionOrdinance for the Township of PRINCEVILLE, in the County of Peoria,State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2015 and endingMarch 31, 2016, will be on file and conveniently available to public in-spection from 9:00 O'Clock A. M. to 5:00 O'Clock P. M. weekdays, atthe home of MARLYS ELY, Prince ville Town Clerk, who resides at16609 Mendenhall Road, Princeville, Illinois, from and after the 13thday of March, 2015.

NOTICE is further hereby given that a PUBLIC HEARING on saidBudget and Appropriation Ordinance will be held at 6:30 O'Clock P. M.,the 14th day of April, 2015, in the PRINCEVILLE TOWNSHIP BUILD -ING, located in Monica, Princeville Township, Peoria County, Illi nois,and that final action on this Ordinance will be taken by the Board ofTown Trustees at the meeting to be held following the Hearing.

DATED this 18th day of February, 2015.

MARLYS ELY,Princeville Township Clerk.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGON PRINCEVILLE TOWNSHIP ROAD DISTRICT BUDGETNOTICE is hereby given that a tentative Budget and Appropria tion

Ordinance for Road Purposes of the Township of PRIN CEVILLE, in theCounty of Peoria, State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning April 1,2015 and ending March 31, 2016, will be on file and convenientlyavailable to public inspection from 9:00 O'Clock A. M. to 5:00 O'ClockP. M., weekdays, at the Home of MARLYS ELY, Princeville Town Clerk,who resides at 16609 Mendenhall Road, Princeville, Illinois, from andafter the 13th day of March, 2015.

NOTICE is further hereby given that a PUBLIC HEARING on saidBudget and Appropriation Ordinance will be held at 6:15 O'Clock P. M.,the 14th day of April, 2015, in the PRINCEVILLE TOWNSHIP BUILD -ING, located in Monica, Princeville Township, Peoria County, Illi nois,and that final action on this Ordi nance will be taken by the Board ofTown Trustees at the Public Hearing.

DATED this 18th day of February, 2015.MARLYS ELY,Princeville Township Clerk.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGON JUBILEE TOWNSHIP ROAD DISTRICT BUDGETNOTICE is hereby given that a tentative Budget and Appropria tion

Ordinance for Road Purposes of the Township of JUBILEE, in theCounty of Peoria, State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning April 1,2015 and ending March 31, 2016, will be on file and con venientlyavailable to public inspection, from 9:00 O'Clock A. M. to 5:00 O'ClockP. M., weekdays, at the Home of ROBIN A. FORNEY, Jubilee TownClerk, who resides at 15903 W. Brimfield Jubilee Rd., Brim field, Illi-nois, from and after the 12th day of March, 2015.

NOTICE is further hereby given that a PUBLIC HEARING on saidBudget and Appropriation Ordinance will be held at 7:30 O'Clock P. M.,the 13th day of April, 2015, in the JUBILEE TOWNSHIP HALL, lo catedat 12807 N. Princeville-Jubilee Road in Jubilee Township, PeoriaCounty, Illinois, and that final action on this Ordina nce will be taken bythe Board of Town Trustees at the Public Hearing.

DATED this 17th day of February, 2015.ROBIN A. FORNEY,Jubilee Township Clerk

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGON ELMWOOD TOWNSHIP ROAD DISTRICT BUDGETNOTICE is hereby given that a tentative Budget and Appropria tion

Ordinance for Road Purposes of the Township of ELMWOOD, in theCounty of Peoria, State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginn ing April 1,2015 and ending March 31, 2016, will be on file and con venientlyavailable to public inspection from 9:00 O'Clock A. M. to 5:00 O'ClockP. M. weekdays, at the ELMWOOD TOWNSHIP HALL, located at 111West Main Street, in Elmwood, Illinois, the 13th day of March, 2015.

NOTICE is further hereby given that a PUBLIC HEARING on saidBudget and Appropriation Ordinance will be held at 5:45 O'Clock P. M.,the 14th day of April, 2015, at the ELMWOOD TOWNSHIP HALL, andthat final action on this Ordinance will be taken by the Board of Town-ship Trustees at the Public Hearing.

DATED this 17th day of February, 2015.DIANA HALL,Elmwood Township Clerk.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGON ELMWOOD TOWNSHIP BUDGET

NOTICE is hereby given that a tentative Budget and Appropria tionOrdinance for the Township of ELMWOOD, in the County of Peoria,State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2015 and endingMarch 31, 2016, will be on file and conveniently available to public in-spection from 9:00 O'Clock A. M. to 5:00 O'Clock P. M. weekdays, atthe ELMWOOD TOWNSHIP HALL, located at 111 West Main Street, inElmwood, Illinois, from and after the 13th day of March, 2015.

NOTICE is further hereby given that a PUBLIC HEARING on saidBudget and Appropriation Ordinance will be held at 5:30 O'Clock P. M.,the 14th day of April, 2015, at the ELMWOOD TOWNSHIP HALL andthat final action on this Ordinance will be taken by the Board of TownTrustees at the meeting to be held following the Hearing.

DATED this 17th day of February, 2015.DIANA HALL,Elmwood Township Clerk.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGON MILLBROOK TOWNSHIP ROAD DISTRICT BUDGETNOTICE is hereby given that a tentative Budget and Appropria tion

Ordinance for Road Purposes of the Township of MILLBROOK, in theCounty of Peoria, State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning April 1,2015 and ending March 31, 2016, will be on file and convenientlyavailable to public inspection from 9:00 O'Clock A. M. to 5:00 O'ClockP. M. weekdays, at the home of BOBBIE PHILBEE, Millbrook TownshipClerk, located at 21512 North Wash ington Street, in Laura, Illinois,from and after the 13th day of March, 2015.

NOTICE is further hereby given that a PUBLIC HEARING on saidBudget and Appropriation Ordinance will be held at 7:00 O'Clock P. M.,the 14th day of April, 2015, at the MILLBROOK COMMUNITY CENTER,in Laura, Illinois, and that final action on this Ordi nance will be takenby the Board of Town Trustees at the Public Hearing.

DATED this 16th day of February, 2015.BOBBIE PHILBEE, Millbrook Township Clerk.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGON JUBILEE TOWNSHIP BUDGET

NOTICE is hereby given that a tentative Budget and Appropria tionOrdinance for the Township of JUBILEE, in the County of Peoria, Stateof Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2015 and ending March31, 2016, will be on file and conveniently available to public inspectionfrom 9:00 O'Clock A. M. to 5:00 O'Clock P. M. weekdays, at the Homeof ROBIN A. FORNEY, Jubilee Township Clerk, who resides at 15903W. Brimfield Jubilee Rd., Brimfield, Jubilee Township, Peoria County,Illinois, from and after the 12th day of March, 2015.

NOTICE is further hereby given that a PUBLIC HEARING on saidBudget and Appropriation Ordinance will be held at 7:45 O'Clock P. M.,the 13th day of April, 2015, at the JUBILEE TOWNSHIP HALL, lo catedat 12807 N. Princeville-Jubilee Road in Jubilee Township, PeoriaCounty, Illinois, and that final action on this Ordinance will be taken bythe Board of Town Trustees at the meeting to be held fol lowing theHearing.

DATED this 17th day of February, 2015.ROBIN A. FORNEY,Jubilee Township Clerk

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGON MILLBROOK TOWNSHIP BUDGET

NOTICE is hereby given that a tentative Budget and Appropria tionOrdinance for the Township of MILLBROOK, in the County of Peoria,State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2015 and endingMarch 31, 2016, will be on file and conveniently available to public in-spection from 9:00 O'Clock A. M. to 5:00 O'Clock P. M. weekdays, atthe home of BOBBIE PHILBEE, Millbrook Township Clerk, who residesat 21512 North Washington Street, Laura, Illinois, from and after the13th day of March, 2015.

NOTICE is further hereby given that a PUBLIC HEARING onsaid Budget and Appropriation Ordinance will be held at 7:15 O'ClockP. M., the 14th day of April, 2015, at the MILLBROOK COMMUNITYCENTER, located in Laura, Illinois, and that final action on this Ordi-nance will be taken by the Board of Town Trustees at the meeting to beheld following the Hearing.

DATED this 16th day of February, 2015.BOBBIE PHILBEE, Millbrook Township Clerk.



John J. BaurerPRINCEVILLE – John J. Bau-

rer, 87, of Peoria, brother of twoPrinceville men, died on Feb. 24 atthe Apostolic Christian Home Sky-line in Peoria.

Survivors include brothers Art(Joy) Baurer and Ed (Carol) Bau-rer, both of Princeville.

Funeral services were Feb. 27 atthe Apostolic Christian Church inPeoria, with burial in Swan LakeMemorial Gardens in Peoria withmilitary honors.

Condolences may be left atwww.woolsey-wilton.comMarjorie Dean BrowningWILLIAMSFIELD – Marjorie

Dean Browning, 90, of Galva,grandmother of a Williamsfieldman, died on Feb. 20 in Galva.

Survivors include her husband,John J. Browning, of Macomb; andgrandson Jeff Stiers and wifeJoanie of Williamsfield.

Her funeral was Feb. 26 at theWorthington Funeral Home inRushville, with interment in theRushville City Cemetery.

Condolences may be left atwww.worthingtonfh.com.M. Maxine Rendleman Fritz

WILLIAMSFIELD – M. MaxineRendleman Fritz, 93, of Cameron,mother of a Williamsfield man,died March 1.

Survivors include son RandyFritz (wife Janet Collopy) ofWilliamsfield and Christine FritzYoungquist (husband Steve) ofCameron; four grandchildren; andthree sisters.

Visitation will be at 1 p.m.Thursday (March 5) at Hinchliff-Pearson-West Galesburg Chapelfollowed immediately by a cele-bration of life.

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

Kenneth GlenzinskiPRINCEVILLE – Kenneth E.

Glenzinski, 71, of Morton, fatherof a Princeville man, died on Feb.26 at OSF Saint Francis MedicalCenter in Peoria.

Surviving are his wife, LoriGlenzinski of Morton; two sons,Deken (Tina) Glenzinski ofPrinceville and Derek (Shelley)Glenzinski of Downers Grove; andone stepdaughter, Ashleigh Trine

of East Peoria; three grandchil-dren; four stepgrandchildren; fivebrothers; and two sisters-in-law.

Visitation was March 2 atKnapp-Johnson Funeral Home andCremation Center in Morton, withburial of the cremated remains inthe Hirstein Cemetery in Morton ata later date.

Condolences may be left atwww.knappjohnson.com.

Mildred JamesEDWARDS – Mildred E. James,

96, of Peoria, formerly of Ed-wards, died on Feb. 21 at LutheranHillside Village.

Survivors include three grand-daughters, Debbie (Robert)Millinger-Jones of Peoria, Christy(Doug) Purvis-Wilkins of Peoriaand Lori (Craig) Grinnell of Speer;nine great-grandchildren; and threegreat-great-grandchildren.

A funeral was held Feb. 26 at thechapel in Swan Lake Memory Gar-dens, with burial following.

Condolences may be left atwww.haskellhott.com.

Richard JohnsonWILLIAMSFIELD – Richard E.

“Dick” Johnson, 90, of Gilson, fa-ther of a Williamsfield man, diedFeb. 24 at Seminary Manor inGalesburg.

Survivors include sons NormanL. (the late Janice) of Williamsfieldand Richard E. (Carline) ofMaquon.

A visitation was held Feb. 27 atWatson-Thomas Funeral Homeand Crematory in Galesburg, withgraveside services in Aledo Ceme-tery.

Condolences may be left at

www.watsonthomas.com. Elmer McIntosh

FARMINGTON – Elmer F.“Mac” McIntosh, 89, of Peoria, fa-ther of a Farmington woman, diedon Feb. 26 at Sharon Healthcare inPeoria.

Surviving are three daughters,Cathy (Gary) Howell of Farming-ton, Patricia (Ken) Mellendorf ofMetamora, and Linda (Jim) Deatonof Washington; one son, Terry(Ruth) McIntosh of Pekin; onestepson, Gilbert Mooberry Jr. ofWashington; and his special friend,Wanda Zurkamer of Lincoln.

Cremation will be accorded andthe family will have a privategraveside service.

Condolences may be left atcsmico.com.Shirley Hegwood MurrayPRINCEVILLE – Shirley Mur-

ray, 75, of Plano, Texas, sister of aPrinceville woman, died on Feb.16 with her family at her side.

A Wyoming native, Murray’ssurvivors include her husband,Keith Murray and a sister, Mary(Ray) Kitterman of Princeville.

A celebration of her life was heldon Feb. 25 at the First UnitedMethodist Church in Plano, Texas.

Condolences may be left atwww.legacy.com.

Kevin PotterPRINCEVILLE – Kevin S. Pot-

ter, 50, of Bloomington, formerlyof Princeville, died on Feb. 25 atOSF St. Joseph Medical Center inBloomington.

Survivors include his children,Danielle (Kyle Dreher) Potter andJoey (Tiffany McClaskey) Potter,both of Princeville; five grandchil-dren; brothers Terry (Maria) Potterof Dunlap, Gary (Lori) Potter ofChillicothe, Mike (Beauford) Pot-ter of Speer and Jeff (Brenda) Pot-ter of Princeville; stepmother,Linda Potter of Knoxville; andstepsisters, Rebecca (Josh) Goodellof Edwards and Mary (Mark) Der-ham of Knoxville.

Cremation has been accordedand a celebration of life will beheld at 2 p.m. Saturday (March 7)at the Dunlap American Legion.

Condolences may be left atwww.haskellhott.com.

OBITUARIES

This Week’s Obituaries• John J. Baurer, 87, Princeville• Marjorie Dean Browning, 90,Williamsfield• M. Maxine Rendleman Fritz, 93,Williamsfield• Kenneth Glenzinski, 71,Princeville• Mildred James, 96, Edwards• Richard ‘Dick’ Johnson, 90,Gilson• Elmer McIntosh, 89, Farmington• Shirley Hegwood Murray, 75,Princeville• Kevin Potter, 50, Princeville• Johnny Schoonover, 74, Farm-ington

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FARMINGTON -Johnny MarvinSchoonover, 74, brotherof a Farmington woman,died on March 1 atRichard Owens HospiceCenter in Peoria.

Survivors include sis-ters Connie (Jim) Vallaof Farmington, ShelvaSchoonover of Ply-mouth, and RebeccaDavison of Kansas City,Mo.; and five brothers,all from Colchester:Stanley (Judy)Schoonover, RonaldSchoonover, RussellSchoonover, VirgilSchoonover, and Terry(Joyce) Schoonover.

Funeral services will

be 6:30 p.m. Friday(March 6) at Jones Mor-tuary in Colchester withthe Rev. Nate McCarter.Visitation with the fam-ily will be 4:30-6:30p.m.

Friday at the funeralhome. Cremation riteswill follow the servicesand the cremains will beinterred privately at St.Mary’s Cemetery in Col-mar.

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BRIMFIELDSt. Paul’s

Lutheran ChurchThe Lutheran Church -

Missouri Synod“Liturgical & Reverential”Pastor Michael Liese

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

Sun. Divine Service: 10 amSun. School: 8:45 amBible Class: 8:45 am

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 ChristPastor Stephen Barch

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

Sunday Worship: 9 amTuesday Bible Fun Night: 6 pm

EDWARDSBethany Baptist Church

7422 N. Heinz Ln., Edwards(309) 692-1755

www.bethanycentral.orgSat. 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 amElmwood 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 pmFirst Presbyterian Church

of ElmwoodReverend Marla B. Bauler

201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood(309) 742-2631

firstpresbyterianofelmwood.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 amUnited Methodist Church

of ElmwoodPastor 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 pmYATES 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

AREA CHURCHES

SECTIONALS: Brimfield faces matchup with 27-1 Springfield teamwhittled the lead down to single digits,Brimfield responded with a big basketor clutch free throws. And as is often thecase, the Indians 1-3-1 zone came upbig, making it difficult for A-Town toscore down the stretch.

“I was pleased with our team’s com-posure,” Brimfield coach Scott Carlsonsaid. “Our defense was big when wewere struggling to score” in the finalquarter.

White finished with 8 points for theIndians, who advance to a Friday sec-

tional final at Lewistown at 7 p.m.Brimfield will play the winner ofWednesday’s semifinal between Grig-gsville-Perry and Springfield Lutheran.

Lutheran (29-1) was ranked third inthe final Associated Press poll and is ledby senior Pierson Wofford. Lutheran’slone loss was in overtime to Dwight, 44-42, in late February.

Prior to that Lutheran had been rankedNo. 1 in Class 1A for most of the sea-son.

Then again, Brimfield (which droppedout of the statewide rankings in the final

poll but was first in the category of AlsoReceiving Votes) has already defeatedthe No. 2 team in Class 1A, PeoriaChristian, in the regionals.At Lanark, Williamsfield (23-12) made

a 2 1/2-hour drive to suffer through a61-40 defeat at the hands of FreeportAquin (25-6) in the Class 1A LanarkEastland sectional semifinals.

Garrett Wight led Billtown with 19points, but the Bombers struggled toscore after an even first quarter.

“They were a pretty good ballclub,very athletic, pretty well coached, good

offensively and defensively and cameoff the bench with three or four people,”coach Bob Anderson said. “We had ahard time scoring against them and hada hard time keeping them off the offen-sive boards. We were forced to pressureand trap and they answered that prettywell.

“But we told the kids after it was allsaid and done, ‘Get your heads up. No-body would have thought you’d accom-plish what you did winning 23 gamesand a regional tournament. This groupof kids had a very fine year.”


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CANTON – Thirteen playersand two coaches are on the rosterfor the 10th annual Kiwanis Clubof Canton All-Star Girls and BoysHigh School Basketball games.

Players were nominated bycoaches from among 25 highschools and co-ops. Selection cri-teria includes statistics as well asacademic performance and leader-ship abilities.

Brimfield coach Scott Carlsonwill direct a boys North Team thatincludes Carson Cuevas and NateWallace of Brimfield, Jack McK-inty of Elmwood, MattWilliamson of Farmington andTyler Jones of Williamsfield. Mc-Cabe Coulter of Elmwood is analternate.

Farmington’s Jimmy Jordan willcoach the girls South Team, whichincludes his own players Hannah

Jostes and Paige Pasley and alter-nate Kenzie Skaggs.

Four area girls are on the NorthTeam: Ryleigh Keith of Brimfield,Ashley Perryman and Abby Fri-etsch of Elmwood and alternateShyann Jones of Elmwood.

Games will be played March 28at Alice Ingersoll Gym in Canton.The girls game starts at 6 p.m. andthe boys game begins at 8.

Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 forstudents age 6 through highschool. To learn more, call LanceMoring at (815) 541-2303.JH volleyball – Seventh grade

girls volleyball teams started re-gional action this week.

Farmington (13-8) won its 7-3Aregional, 25-11, 25-21, over Ha-vana on Monday. The Lady Farm-ers advance to sectional playMonday at Farmington at 6 p.m.

In 7-2A, Princeville and Brim-field met Tuesday to earn a berthin Thursday’s final of the PeoriaSt. Vincent de Paul Regional.

No. 3 seed Elmwood upset No.2 seed Bartonville Monroe onTuesday, 25-20, 25-21, to reachFriday’s 6 p.m. final of the Lewis-town Regional against top-seedLewistown Central.

Eighth graders start next week.Et cetera – The IHSA board has

approved a unified bass fishingstate finals that will include prepanglers and Special Olympics an-glers at the same event May 15-16on Carlyle Lake. Eight boats ofSpecial Olympians will fish forstate final medallions. ... SteveHerridge is Elmwood’s new bassfishing coach. Email area sports information to

[email protected].

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As part of a fast-pacedgame, and the Farmers’Eric Higgs went in for animpressive hanging-in-the-air reverse layup earlyin the second.

However, the Titanswent on a stealing andlayup spree in the next3:45 of the second for a26-17 advantage.

Swearingen answeredwith a three ball at 3:46,but M-R’s pressure re-sulted in a 35-20 marginwith 1:40 remaining.

Farmington foughtback with a 7-2 run, butone of the Titans’ bigmen, James Rogers,scored on an offensive re-bound at the buzzer for a39-27 halftime lead.

In the first three min-utes of the third periodM-R’s size took over fora 46-29 advantage thatseemed to have the teamcoasting for the rest of thematchup.

Swearingen and BlakeMattson treys kept thegame close as the thirdquarter ended at 53-37.

Exactly three minutesinto the final quarter theFarmers clawed back towithin 10 at 55-45 on aMatt Williamson triple.

Despite losing Swearin-gen to fouls in the fourth,the Farmers were within61-54 with 1:29 remain-ing. And with M-R hav-ing earned a label as anotoriously poor foulshooting team, an epiccomeback was possible.

But on this night the Ti-tans did sink the neces-sary free throws for a68-56 regional champi-onship.

Farmington was led inscoring by Swearingen’s

17 and Higgs’ 14 points.The Farmers got to the

Knoxville Regionalchampionship game witha 64-34 trouncing ofMonmouth United.Higgs, who warmed upwith 14 out of 15 in thethree-point contest ledFarmington in the victory.

“Along with very help-ful fan support I was for-tunate to have playerswho really cared abouthow they played thegame as a team and hadfun doing it, especially inthe last month of the sea-son,” said coach JeffOtto.

Courtney Forney, ElmwoodFor Elmwood senior Spirit Squad cheerleader

and Pom dancer Courtney Forney, the adrenalinethat she and her teammates acquire as they leavethe field or floor after a successful performance isher favorite part of participating on these teams.That especially happened when Courtney and theElmwood Poms completed their competition inIDTA State and brought home a second-place tro-phy. Forney has been with theabove two teams in all of herfour years at Elmwood HighSchool.

From a very young ageCourtney liked to dance and towatch other dancers work to-gether. She was very happy tohave the cheer and dance op-portunities as she entered highschool at EHS. Courtneys’ parents Troy and CindyForney have supported her, as well as her coach,Emily Roberts. She also believes her teammateshave been significant in motivating her, as well aseach other.

The 1980s classic “Footloose” is Courtney’s fa-vorite flick of all time. Not surprisingly, it’s amovie about … dancing! However, dancing isn’ther only thing. She has been a four-year FFAmember. Courtney is also in the EHS Key Cluband loves the subjects of art and photography.After graduation she plans on attending IllinoisCentral College to study Ag Science. Courtneywill miss friends and teachers after graduation.

“Practice makes perfect,” she advises toyounger aspiring cheerleaders and dancers.

By practicing for perfect, those young dancerscould also come off the field or floor full of adren-aline from a very successful performance – thekind Courtney Forney has experienced!

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REGIONALS: Williamsfield rallied for victoryonly two losses on the season. Inthe process, an attendee in thecrowd wondered aloud if Cuevasever misses, as he had just scoredon a transition layup.

While he does occasionally miss,on this night and many others hescored very often and in crucial sit-uations.

“Carson got to us early. He defi-nitely set a tone,” Elmwood coachJosh Fugitt said.

The Trojan’s Isaiah Groeper didquickly answer with a three balljust before the end of the period todraw Elmwood within 19-13.

After the first three minutes ofthe second quarter Elmwoodseemed to have some answers forCuevas and the Indians by workingto a 19-19 tie. But Brimfield wenton a 10-run into halftime as the In-dians’ White drained a shot withfour seconds remaining for a 29-19margin going into the locker rooms.

“To get that run right before thehalf was huge,” Carlson said.

Cuevas was back at it at the be-ginning of the second half to ex-pand the lead to 31-19.

Groeper helped Elmwood battleback in the second half with a rarefour-point play, followed by a stealand a basket to make it 49-41 at the4:41 mark. But from there the Indi-ans took care of the ball and camethrough on free throws.

Groeper scored more than half ofthe Trojans’ total with 27, whileWallace (11) and Jace Swietek (10)joined Cuevas with 23, in doublefigures for the Indians.

“We knew Groeper would be bigfor Elmwood. We worked at keep-ing him out of the lane, and we didwell at shutting down their otherplayers,” Carlson said.

At KewaneeAfter his team gave up 102

points to Brimfield in a loss earlierthis season, veteran coach Bob An-derson said he, “went back to thedrawing board.”

“I felt like I had let this teamdown,” Anderson said.

Evidently he and his squad foundsome answers in an exciting weekthat saw Williamsfield (23-11) rackup a regional title in its final seasonas the Billtown Bombers. Next yearcomes a coop with ROWVA.

The regional crown was the fifthof his career for Anderson, whoseteam pulled off an epic upset ofRidgewood (26-3), the 10th-ranked

team in Class 1A.Williamsfield broke out of the

gate fast with a 14-1 advantage, butas so often against a strong oppo-nent, those leads don’t last. By firstquarter’s end Billtown’s marginwas cut down to 21-17.

By halftime the Bombers had re-built the lead to 45-34, the rollercoaster continued with a smaller55-50 advantage at the end of pe-riod three.

“I was very proud of our team inthat every time Ridgewood cameback during the game, we re-sponded with clutch plays of ourown,” Anderson said.

In what could’ve been a season-ending blow, Ridgewood went upby three at the two-minute mark ofthe game. But Williamsfield re-sponded again with a score, a steal

and score, and finally two game-winning free throws made by EthenHunt at the six-second mark for the68-66 final.

Tyler Jones led Billtown with 23points.

That was the second straight dif-ficult game for Billtown, whichtopped Princeville (17-11) in thesemis, 59-48.

“Williamsfield made crucial ad-justments in the second half, and itmade a positive difference forthem,” said coach Jeff Kratzer,whose team lost just four times inthe new year – twice to Ridgewoodand twice to Billtown.

“I was proud of our guys whocompeted hard in every game downto the very end. Next year we re-turn two high scorers for us, NickKraft and Brendan Streitmatter, andI look forward to us again compet-ing hard all the way,” Kratzer said.

At KnoxvilleTo win a regional title and move

on to the sectionals, Farmington(14-15) was challenged with a verysizable order last Friday. Mon-mouth-Roseville had history on itsside to the tune of seven regional ti-tles in the last nine years.

True to form, Roseville this yearis once again solid – big and strongunder the basket with quickness infull-court man pressure.

And while a constantly valianteffort was made by coach JeffOtto’s team, it wasn’t enough.

Despite two early fouls on TreySwearingen, Farmington was closeat the end of the first quarter, downonly 17-15. It was the second quar-ter that would eventually end theFarmers’ dream of moving on.


Ethen Hunt blocks a shot againstRidgewood in the regional final.Photo by Stephanie DeWitt.

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Carson Cuevas scored a game-high 25 points against Peoria Christian inthe regional title game. Photo by Monte Kenney – Brimfield Sports Shots.



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Williamsfield, Brimfield boys win regionalsBy JEFF LAMPE

and PHIL JOHNSONFor The Weekly Post

As is so often the case, regional weekwas full of surprises for area boys basket-ball teams.

In our area, none was bigger thanWilliamsfield’s unexpected championshipwin at Kewanee Wethersfield over 10th-ranked Ridgewood, 68-66.

But Brimfield’s 63-53 upset of top-seedand No. 2 ranked Peoria Christian cer-tainly also qualified as a mild surprise,even though the Indians had been in theClass 1A top 10 for much of the seasonand were seeded second.

Here’s a rundown on what was an ex-citing week of regional action.

At Peoria ChristianNate Wallace stood in the corner, open,

eyeing a wide-open 3-pointer with thegame going awry. Big man Brad Novakhad fouled out. A big Brimfield lead overPeoria Christian had dwindled to twopoints. Carson Cuevas was hampered byleg cramps.

And quite frankly, Wallace had beenslumping of late. In fact, Coach ScottCarlson said he was almost “hesitant” asWallace squared up, jumped and releaseda 3-ball.

No matter. The Brimfield seniorswished home one of the biggest shots ofhis career with 1:22 left for a 56-51 lead

to help propel the Indians’ victory. Wal-lace went on to hit 5-of-6 free throws in the final minute and Cuevas hit twomore to help seal Brimfield’s fifth re-gional in the past six seasons.

Prior to Wallace’s heroics, Brimfieldhad relied largely on Cuevas, who rainedin 25 points and outplayed a highlytouted PC roster.

“He showed why he’s one of the bestplayers in the area,” Carlson said.

Really, the entire Brimfield rosterstepped up in this game. Novak was

strong inside, Ryan Smith provided ballhandling and grit after Koby White wassidelined with an ankle injury and JaceSwietek scored 9 points and had threesteals against a turnover-prone PeoriaChristian team.

In the semifinals, Brimfield ran itsrecord to 3-1 vs. rival Elmwood with a61-43 victory.

Brimfield jumped to a 19-10 lead afterone quarter agains the Elmwood teamthat had handed the Indians one of their

Brimfield wins,Billtown falls in sectionals

While Brimfield ousted a familiaropponent in sectional play Tuesday,Williamsfield ran into an imposingnew foe that ended its season.At Lewistown, Brimfield (30-2)

kept its composure, hit free throwsand played good defense to oustAbingdon-Avon (17-13) in theClass 1A semifinals, 52-43.

Carson Cuevas led Brimfieldwith 23 points and hit four straightfree throws down the stretch as theIndians held off A-Town. The Tor-nadoes were called for three inten-tional fouls and one technical in aphysical game that also saw Brim-field’s Brad Novak whistled for anintentional foul.

Brimfield led by as much as 39-24 on a Koby White 3-pointer latein the third quarter but was neverable to shake A-Town, which got agame-high 24 points from seniorZach Glisan.

Even so, every time A-TownContinued on Page 13Continued on Page 15

Williamsfield players celebrate a 68-66 regional title win over Ridgewood. Photo byCollin Fairfield

Tyler Jones makes a steal on the way tothe first of his game-high 23 points forWilliamsfield in the regional final. Photoby Collin Fairfield.

Nate Wallace was all smiles after scoring18 points in a regional final win overPeoria Christian. Photo by Monte Ken-ney – Brimfield Sports Shots.

Brimfield players celebrate a 63-53 regional title win over Peoria Christian. Photoby Monte Kenney – Brimfield Sports Shots.

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