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Billtown schools criticized, praised in meeting

84-year-oldready to walk700-mile quest

Forsythias painting landscape yellow

Elmwoodnative wasbroadcastpioneer PRINCEVILLE – A long journey starts

with a single step, it’s said, and 84-year-old Dean Troutman’s first step in a 700-mile walk to raise funds for a park in hislate wife’s memory starts Tuesday (April21).

Years after Troutman bought more thanfive acresof land toset up apark forPrincevillein memoryof his wife,Dorothy (Peggy) Troutman, he’ll be rec-ognized in a short ceremony at 9:15 a.m.in Troutman Park, and then set off about9:30 a.m.

He hopes to average nine miles a day inhis journey and finish in about 75 days,all the while collecting pledges and dona-tions to supplement the $300,000 he’spersonally contributed and an additional$65,000 raised in the community.

The park has a Little League baseballdiamond, a football/soccer field, walkingtrail, picnic pavilions and aconcession/restroom facility, but stillneeds a playground; activity stationsalong the walking trail; water fountains;scoreboards, bleachers and encloseddugouts for the athletic fields; blacktopfor the parking lot; and landscaping.

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By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – Ninety-threeyears ago this week, an Elm-wood native launched one ofChicago’sfirst radiostations andstarted a longcareer inbroadcastingthat still res-onates overthe airwaves.

WilliamHedges wasborn on June 21, 1895, the sonof LeRoy and Ida Hedges inElmwood. At the age of five,he and his family moved toColorado where he grew upbefore returning to the Mid-west to work for Armour CarLines and attend the Universityof Chicago, where he becamethe campus correspondent forthe Chicago Daily News in1914. Hedges joined the U.S.Army Air Corps and continuedto report for the Daily News.He earned a commission as a


WILLIAMSFIELD – Mon-day’s school board meetingwasn’t a circus; it was civil.

Despite buzz around townpredicting a chaotic confronta-tion between Williamsfield Dis-trict 210’s Board of Educationand administration on the oneside, and teachers, parents andvirtually everyone else on theother, 77 minutes of publiccomment from 43 speakersabout tensions tied to an ongo-ing disagreement over teacher

evaluations featured calm ob-jections to the management ofSuperintendent Tim Farquerand Principal Zack Binder.

However, for the first timesince the controversial resigna-tion of teacher Ann Banks thiswinter, there also was praise –for Farquer and Binder as wellas for teachers and the directionthe school is going.

Late Tuesday afternoon, anapparent breakthrough oc-curred, as the school board andthe Williamsfield Education As-sociation (WEA) labor union is-

sued a joint statement:“The Williamsfield Education

Association and WilliamsfieldBoard of Education have agreedto work toward an amicable so-lution to address all grievancesby June 30th.”

Board President Janet Col-lopy and WEA President Kent

Rigg signed the statement.That followed the meeting

Monday, when about 100 peo-ple gathered in the gymnasium,where the meeting had beenmoved to accommodate an ex-pected overflow crowd. A smallgroup of teachers sat in the frontrow wearing blue t-shirts of theunion, and most took turns withbrief comments asserting theirtalents and stating their con-cerns.

Some said the District’s“summative” evaluation planwas not being used to gauge the

program, but to measure indi-viduals’ development – to pun-ish rather than help employees.That threatens staff, some said.

“I just don't like seeing myco-workers cry,” said secondgrade teacher Connie Krans.

The WEA filed two griev-ances about evaluations beingconducted without appropriatenotification. Those weren’t re-solved at the District level, sothey’ll be considered by a neu-tral arbitrator. Another griev-ance was filed April 1 alleging

By RON DIETERFor The Weekly Post

If you haven’t noticed thebrilliant yellow colorsplashed all over the land-scape this spring, you don’tget out much.

Forsythia bushes haveburst into golden glory

everywhere. This past win-ter was kind to forsythiaflower buds and even manyold varieties are in fullbloom.

The recent dark cloudydays were brightened by thevibrant golden blossoms offorsythias in hedges, parks

and yards.The ancestors of our for-

sythias are natives to Chinaand Korea and the gardenforms were introduced inAmerica in the early 1900s.The shrub was named tohonor William Forsyth, a

German-Bliss Equipment ofPrinceville celebrated its 75thyear in business last week-end with a free pancake andsausage breakfast for thecommunity. Pictured above(from left to right) are: PeoriaCounty Board member BrianElsasser, Princeville MayorSid Stahl, John Bliss, stateSen. Darin LaHood, stateRep. David Leitch, ChuckGerman and Greg German.Photos by Collin Fairfield.

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Hedges

“I just don’t like seeing

my co-workers cry.”– Connie Krans

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BILLTOWN: Some praise administratorsthat some evaluations areimproperly relying onsubjective criteria; it re-mains at the local level.

“Evaluation should beused as a growth tool, nota disciplinary tool,” saidRigg, who’s taught herefor eight years and servedas WEA president forthree.

Science teacher LoriSecrist elaborated.

“There’s stress in thebuilding for everyone,”she said “I hope we canwork together and fix it.”

Another scienceteacher, Sandra Boucher,agreed, saying, “I am verysaddened and concernedabout the breakdown ofcommunication. My hopeis that we as a group cancome together and findour way back.”

Some speakers ex-pressed concern with thecosts of arbitration in timeand money, and othersspoke out in support ofthe administration, butthroughout, there was no“circus” feeling.

Board President JanetCollopy didn’t preside asa “ring-master,” but leteveryone speak.

Speakers occasionallywere impassioned, andwhen a woman kept talk-ing after her two minuteswere up, a man tried toshout her down, but hisoutburst was mostly ig-nored.

There were a handful ofrhetorical “acrobatics” byteachers and members ofother unions who compli-

mented management. Andthere were a few “high-wire” acts of a sort, asLimestone School District310 teachers Tara Stoutand Abby Tyra made ap-pearances to comment onthe honesty and fairnessof Binder and Farquer,with whom they’dworked there.

“I could not imaginetwo better people to workfor,” Tyra said. “You haveno idea how lucky youare.”

Ashley Little presentedthe board with a petitionsigned by 129 residentssupporting the administra-tion, representing almosthalf the number of house-holds in Williamsfield.

Parent and VillageBoard member JoleneTucker praised the admin-istration for being “proac-tive, not reactive.

“There’s been improve-ment in the last fewyears,” Tucker said.

Billtown parent ShelleyAdams also said she sup-

ported the administration,but she also scoldedeveryone involved withnot resolving the disagree-ment.

“I’m not ‘against’ any-one,” Adams said. But“I’m furious. I’m extraor-dinarily pleased with thedirection the school isheaded. It’s unfortunatethere’s so much negativityin what was such a prom-ising year.”

Williamsfield graduateand resident Becky Dou-bet challenged administra-tors and teachers alike towork together.

“I firmly believe ‘If it’snot broke, don’t fix it,’but everything needs rou-tine maintenance,” shesaid. “The bottom line:Be adults. Be profession-als.”

During the regularmeeting, Binder’s Princi-pal’s report was a reflec-tion on this, his first year,when there has been aneffort to change the cul-ture and climate, he said.

“I’m not against ourteachers,” Binder said.“I’m for our teachers –and I’m mostly for ourstudents.

“Change can be diffi-cult and can create anxi-ety,” he conceded. “Notall of our teachers are re-sisting change. There isexcellent instruction

going on in this building.There are so many won-derful things happeningin our building.”

The current, three-yearagreement between theWEA and District 210 ex-pires August 15, and con-tract talks are expected tostart soon.

Action taken during theregular meeting includedthe board unanimouslyapproving:

• issuing $415,000 inbonds for fund substantialroof and drainage repairs,ultimately to be paid offwith Knox CountySchool Facilities sales taxrevenues, so propertytaxes won’t be affected;

• curriculum that willinclude 16 Fine Artscourses;

• the 2015-16 schoolcalendar, which providesfor classes to start Aug.18 and run through May24, with 10 emergencydays, and the eliminationof teachers’ half-day in-service days in favor offull-day in-service/teacherinstitute days;

• the first read of an up-date to Board policy onbullying that would con-form to state law if passedat the next Board meetingMay 11; and

• accepting the resigna-tion of JV softball coachMegan Foglesong.

The Williamsfield Board of Eduction on Monday heard criticism and praise fromteachers (in blue t-shirts), parents and members of the community. Photo by BillKnight.

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THE WEEK AHEAD

This Week’s Eventss Chicken Dinner – Harvest Home Fes-

tival fundraiser dinner today (April 16) atYates City Community Center. Dinner $9,served 4:30-7 p.m. Dine in, carry out.

s Soup Supper – St. James Church inWilliamsfield Soup Supper and silentauction today (April 16), 4:30-6:30 p.m.Proceeds help move and renovate church.

s Business Workshop – Social Net-working Workshop for Business pre-sented by Tommy Finch,Web ServicesInc. today (April 16) 7:30-9 a.m. at Farm-ington Public Library. Breakfast served.

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

s Money Program – Money Smart KidsRead Program of Money Smart weeksponsored by CountryFinancial Saturday(April 18) at 10 a.m. atFarmington Library.Kids 3 and up are wel-come.

s Blood Drive – BloodDrive April 18, 7-11a.m. at St. Mary’s of Kickapoo.

s Italy Dinner – Italian-American Soci-ety of Peoria hosts a Taste of Italy Dinnerat Knights of Columbus Hall on RadnorRoad, Peoria on Sunday (April 19) from12:30-4 p.m. $10 for adult meal and $5for children under 12. Funds support theSociety’s annual scholarship program anddonations to local charities.

s Outdoor Expo – Home and OutdoorExpo Sunday (April 19), 11 a.m.- 3 p.m.Live auction 1 p.m. Located at Big RacksSteak House, 1920 N. Main, Canton.

s Blood Drive – Blood Drive April 20from 1- 6 p.m. at Princeville BaptistChurch, 235 W. Douglas St., Princeville.

s Election Talk – Public invited to hearIllinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas

Kilbride speak on “Money in JudicialElections” at League of Women Voters’dinner meeting April 21, 5:30 p.m. at Lar-iat Steakhouse, 2232 W. Glen Ave., Peo-ria. Cost $40 per person or $300 for atable of 8. Call (309) 253-9594.

s Superhero Day – Superhero day atLille M. Evans Library, Princeville Tues-day (April 21) from 3:15-4:45 p.m. Findyour Superhero identity and abilities. K-5th graders welcome.

s Free Movie – Teens invited to watch“If I Stay” April 23 from 3:30- 5:30 p.m.at the Brimfield Public Library. Popcornprovided. Open to ages 13-8.

Future Eventss Scrapbooker’s Workshop – Scrap-

booker’s Workshop April 25 and May 3 at10 a.m. at Princeville Public Library, 207

Walnut St., Bring currentproject to finish, swappapers, trade tips andshare ideas. Refresh-ments. Bring a lunch. s Alumni Banquet –

Elmwood’s 80th annualAlumni Banquet is April

25 at 6:30 p.m. in the Grade School gym.s Plant Sale – Oak Run Garden Club

Annual Plant & Sale Garage Sales May 2.Plant Sale 8 a.m.-12 p.m. at BrentwoodCommunity Center. Garage Sales 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Hwy 150 to County 15 or 12north. Call Barb at (309) 879-2120.

s St. Jude Fishing –Annual Fishing forSt. Jude family fun day May 3 from 1-4p.m. at Brimfield Community Park. Con-tact [email protected].

s Bus Trip – Peoria Evening GardenClub annual bus trip Saturday (June 13)in Wisconsin at Northwind PerennialFarm and Pesche’s Greenhouse in Illinoisat Redbud Creek Farm. Cost $67.CallCorinna at (309) 657-4229 [email protected].

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s Karaoke & DJ – Princeville V.F.W. karaoke and DJis Saturday (April 18) at 115 E. Main St., Princeville.

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His route will take himas far as Benton, insouth-central FranklinCounty, and in theWeekly Post areathrough Brimfield, Elm-wood and Farmingtonearly, then Hanna Cityand Kickapoo in its fi-nals days.

Meanwhile, the non-profit organization estab-lished to maintainTroutman Park will ben-efit from a dodgeballtournament at PrincevilleHigh School this Satur-

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Dean Troutman, 84, isshown with his late wife,Peggy, in a picture fortheir 50th wedding an-niversary. Troutmanstarts a 700-mile walkTuesday to raise moneyfor a park dedicated inhis wife’s memory

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The fur is going to fly over plansfor Jubilee College State Park.Word is the De-partment of Nat-ural Resourcesplans to shutdown indefi-nitely all horseand mountainbike trails at thesite due to a lackof staff. That’s ashame, becauseJubilee is a tremendous trail re-source for many users. But contin-ued DNR budget cuts make itdifficult for staff to keep trailsopen. Watch for an in-depth storyon this issue next week. ... Now’sthe time to hire a private detectiveto trail Louise Bradbury of Elm-wood. Asparagus is up and ediblesays Fred Lantz, who based his re-port on a cultivated patch in hisyard. Bradbury, meanwhile, has theGPS coordinates to about 70 as-paragus hotspots in the area.

uuuWhen last we checked in with

Elmwood police chief Aaron Bean’sbird patrol, he was attempting tocatch a great-horned owl in a bat-

ting cage at Sweetwater Park. Thatcaper ended easily enough earlyone summer morning, as Bean andI chased the owl out of the nettedcage. But this week’s call toppedthat one. “Jeff, there’s a black duckin front of the Palace Theatre withan injured foot.” Naturally, I wasintrigued. But by the time we ar-rived, the “black duck” – actuallyan American coot – had beenwhisked off to the Bean household.From there “Cooter” was escortedto a wildlife rehabber. What a cootwas doing on Main Street in Elm-wood is mystifying. These clumsybirds typically inhabit wetlands andmarshes. Was he lured in by theshiny new Streetscape? We’ll neverknow, unless Vern Reynolds can prythe answer out of Cooter.

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Last year, I went to a paradewhere my high school band wasone of the marching bands entered.I was shocked to see a small bandwith fewer than30 kids marchingdown the street.

It wasn’t longafter that I cov-ered a footballgame down inAbingdon. Avonhad just consoli-dated with Abing-don, so I figuredthat their band was probably a goodsize.

They had seven members. Andthat included the band director, whowas playing the saxophone!

Back in the 1970s, band was a lotmore popular, I guess. Our highschool had about 400 kids and ourmarching band numbered just shyof 100. When we marched downthe street, there was no problemhearing us.

Our band director, CharlieKnapp, was one of my favoriteteachers, but he thought we weresuperhuman if we joined the band.He had several requirements formarching in any parade or perform-ance.

First, all music had to be memo-rized. He said that if we weremarching, we wouldn’t be able toread music from a lyre attached toour instruments anyway, and hewas right. I was in the drum line, somemorizing music was easy forme, but the horns and woodwindshad a little tougher row to hoe.

Of course, Charlie was right; bymemorizing the music, we couldconcentrate more on the marching,and because of that, we had straightrank and file lines rather than thesnaky lines some bands had.

Second, we had to be in shape.We practiced marching for at leasta half hour every day during bandperiod. During football season, wewould practice the halftime show.

If we had a parade coming up,we’d march up and down the sidestreets of Knoxville.

When I was a freshman, all thebands in the area were still march-ing with Sousa marches or patrioticmusic. Charlie changed all thatwith the Labor Day parade inGalesburg. We had two songsmemorized plus the drum cadence,and we were about to rock Gales-burg like no other band before.

We stepped off and after the ini-tial drum cadence, instead oflaunching into a Sousa march, westarted belting out “Down by theLazy River,” a current hit song bythe Osmond Brothers. (Granted, theOsmonds weren’t exactly rock ’n’roll, but it was current and jawsdropped on both sides of the street.)

Another drum cadence and thenwe pulled out the big gun: “Joy tothe World,” by Three Dog Night(“Jeremiah was a bullfrog”). Nowpeople on both sides of the street

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Marching to beat of a different drummer

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By DR. JOHN IKERD(Excerpted from remarks made to the an-

nual meeting of Illinois Citizens for CleanAir and Water April 11 in Elmwood)

A variety of controversies haveseriously eroded public trust inAmerican agriculture: geneticallymodified crops (GMOs), agricul-tural chemicals and concentratedanimals feeding operations(CAFOs), or factory farms.

Nowhere are public concerns andcontroversies about agriculturemore prominent than for CAFOs.CAFOs actually are far more likefactories than farms. Nine stateshave banned the use of gestationcrates in CAFOs, which continu-ously confine breeding hogs inspaces so small they can’t turnaround.

In Illinois, [Associate Professor]Peter Goldsmith of the Universityof Illinois [Food & AgribusinessManagement program] has com-pleted research examining the pub-lic legitimacy of factory farms. Hewrote: “As animal production sitesgrow larger they create more prob-lems and the intense controversysurrounding CAFOs incites stronglocal public participation.”

He found people in Illinois whoparticipate in public hearings con-sistently indicate they have no con-fidence in laws regulating CAFOsor government officials who aresupposed to enforce CAFO regula-tions. Goldsmith said 70 percent of

the individuals opposed the pro-posed facilities.

The Illinois livestock industry re-cently ran paid advertisements pro-claiming the economic benefit ofconsuming Illinois meat and dairyproducts. These ads were part of anongoing multimillion-dollar cam-paign, an attempt to stem the tide ofgrowing public concern about in-dustrial agriculture.

Americans are being challengedto separate truth from fallacy in de-ciding what kind of agriculture andfood system they want, or are will-ing to tolerate. In spite of persistentclaims to the contrary, public con-cerns about industrial agricultureare confirmed in reams of crediblescientific studies.

For example, a two-year study ofindustrial farm animal productioncommissioned by the Pew Charita-ble Trust concluded, “The currentindustrial farm animal production(IFAP) system often poses unac-ceptable risks to public health, theenvironment and the welfare of theanimals themselves.”

Pew’s commissioners also said,“The negative effects of the IFAPsystem are too great and the scien-tific evidence is too strong to ig-nore. Significant changes must beimplemented and must start now.”

The public health risks of factoryfarms are real. MRSA [Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus],

which is cultured in and spread byCAFOs, kills more than 20,000people per year in the United States– more than AIDS.

The air and drinking water ofpeople in rural areas is being pol-luted by chemical and biologicalwastes from industrial agriculture.

The corporate propaganda cam-paign is trying to convince peoplethat industrial farmers are no differ-ent from traditional family farms.In truth, in virtually every impor-tant respect, industrial farming op-erations are very different fromtraditional family farms.

On traditional family farms, thefamily and farm are inseparable,and both are inseparable from theircommunity. Traditionally, farmersmanage a diversity of farm enter-prises, including crops and live-stock to mimic the mutuallybeneficial relationships among thediverse elements of healthy livingecosystems. Wastes from some en-terprises become productive inputsfor others.

Industrial farmers may have alegal right to continue pollutingstreams with chemical and biologi-cal wastes and destroying theirneighbors’ health and quality life,while producing unsafe and un-healthy foods. That does not meanthey have a moral right to do so. Dr. Ikerd is a Professor Emeritus in

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ELMWOOD – About 11 p.m.on April 10, Elmwood policepulled over a vehicle for speeding.When police did a walkaroundwith the department’s dog, the ca-nine showed signs of the presenceof marijuana, and a search wasconducted.

After finding drug paraphernaliaand a plastic bag of what seemedto be pot, Elmwood police issuedlocal-ordinance citations for pos-session of less than 2.5 grams ofmarijuana and possession of drugparaphernalia to Shawn Larkin,32, of Canton.Abingdon man wrecksborrowed truck

ELMWOOD – Kim Stillson,61, of Abingdon on April 7 wasarrested for leaving the scene ofan accident and failure to reducespeed to avoid an accident afterthe 2001 Ford truck he’d bor-rowed from Tannock Electric wasfound crashed off Knox Highway20 near Maquon, according to theKnox County Sheriff’s Office.

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2:45 p.m., police reached BobTannock, who said he’d just beentold of the wreck himself by Still-son, who was at home in Abing-don.

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Afterward, he was taken homeby a driver who’d been followinghim to Elmwood and waited untilshortly after 2:30 p.m. to reportthe mishap.

He was arrested and releasedwith a Notice To Appear on May13.Knox County cops busterrant driver

WILLIAMSFIELD – KnoxCounty Sheriff’s deputies on April6 pulled over a 2000 Ford van forspeeding on U.S. Route 150 southof Williamsfield and discoveredthat motorist Kurt Doolittle, 62, ofAlstead, N.H., was driving withexpired insurance and a sus-pended license.

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• Melissa Byrd, 26, Farmington,on April 8 was arrested for FailureTo Appear and transported to theFulton County Jail.

• Crystal Buley, 25, of Trivolion April 9 was arrested on threecounts of burglary, unlawful pos-session of a controlled substance,distributing a controlled sub-stance, receiving/possessingstolen property and endangeringthe life of a child, and transportedto the Peoria County Jail.

• Daniel Kinney, 18, of Elm-wood, on April 12 was arrested tohold for the Illinois Department ofCorrections for violating paroleby possessing a firearm, and hewas transported to the PeoriaCounty Jail.

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were dancing.Eventually, the Sousaphones (wrap-

around tubas) and the trombones (whichof course led the band behind the high-stepping drum major) learned how towave back and forth in time with themusic and we had a rockin’ band!

Our halftime shows for football gamesweren’t quite up to the quality of OhioState University (check out their march-ing band on YouTube!), but we alwaysmarched down the field and formed theletter K before playing the Knoxvilleschool song. Then, we’d form the firstletter of the opposing school, turn to-ward their bleachers on the opposite sideof the field, and play their school song.

Nothing like good sportsmanship.By the time I was a junior, we were

getting invitations from all over tomarch in parades. I remember oneweekend we did the Monmouth PrimeBeef Festival parade followed by a pa-rade in Canton.

The Monmouth parade was 11 longblocks long down East Broadway. It wasfull of small hills that don’t look likemuch in a car, but looked like the RockyMountains when marching. We had abig bass drum that was about six feettall, sitting in its own little wagon andpulled by some unfortunate freshman. Itwas played by two people, one per side.

I thought several times during the hillclimbs that we were going to lose thefreshman. Either he was going to get runover by a huge drum or he was going tohave a heart attack pulling it up one ofthe hills. Eventually, one of the peoplepounding on it had to help push and pull

to keep it in line.By the time we got to the square

where it ended, we were dead-tired, butnot too tired to go ride some rides out atthe fairgrounds. Little did we knowwhat was waiting for us early the nextmorning.

I have to confess that I have no ideawhy we were parading in Canton. It wassome sort of festival and the paraderoute took us through a series of twistsand turns through a residential area be-fore hitting the business district. Wecontinued to wind our way through thetown for more than a mile. (As a matterof fact, I think some of our band mem-bers may still be down in Canton, stillmarching.)

Some of the bands that were inviteddidn’t make it to the end. They poopedout and would disband wherever theystopped. We finished, but most of us hadto be scraped off the ground to get usback on the bus.

Homecoming was another specialtime for the band. Of course, we had aparade, but what most people didn’tknow was that we started the parade onthe third floor of the old high school. Weassembled the band in the hall, thenafter the obligatory drum cadence,launched into the school song.

As we marched down the stairs andhalls, each classroom full of studentswould follow along behind, sort of likethe pied piper.

It was loud.I’m sorry that kids today will never

get to experience any of that, but I’mthankful that I did.

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Farmington school eyes budget gapBy MICHELLE SHERMAN

For The Weekly Post

The Farmington CommunityUnit School District 265 faces a$1.1 million budget shortfall as aresult of larger-than-expected cutsto aid from the state of Illinois.District 265 is supposed to receive$4.1 million in general state aid an-nually, said Superintendent JohnAsplund at a meeting of the District265 Board of Education on Mon-day (April 13).

General state aid comprises themonies promised to each schooldistrict by the state to cover the costof educating children. The amounteach district receives in total isbased upon enrollment and theamount a district’s surrounding areacontributes in local taxes.

The foundation level, “theamount of money the state shouldpay per child to be able to educateeach child,” Asplund said, had beenincreasing annually until 2011,when that number stayed flat. It hasremained flat ever since.

A flat foundation level meansthat the amount of money each dis-trict is set to receive from the statenever goes up, regardless of in-creases in prices or an expansion ofprograms and services a district isrequired, by law, to provide.

Not only has the state kept thefoundation level flat for four years,but lawmakers also have only beenpaying districts a portion of thefoundation level each year, leavingdistricts to make up the differencewith property taxes.

For this year, districts were ex-pected to receive only 89 percent ofthe mandated foundation level perpupil.

In District 265, that means mak-

ing up a more than $452,000 gapwith local taxes.

While that number is bad enoughfor the district to try and cover, As-plund said, Illinois school districtsrecently received word to expect afurther 2.25 percent decrease togeneral state aid. This cut is an ef-fort by the state to cover a massivebudget deficit across state pro-grams.

That increased cut means another$82,000 lost by District 265 for atotal void of $535,378 that needs tobe paid for by taxpayers.

As if that amount weren’t badenough, Asplund told the board thatthe district’s transportation fund isset to receive less than one-third ofits annual disbursements to thetransportation fund.

“Our school district ... is large,geographically speaking,” he said.

The district manages 24 regularbus routes and utilizes 30 buses ona daily basis. The annual cost ofsuch a large transportation depart-ment is “roughly $1.2 million,” As-plund said.

The state of Illinois is supposedto cover more than $893,000 of that$1.2 million figure. Instead, it onlypromises 72 percent of that, or$541,000.

Lawmakers only have approvedthe payment of $408,000 of District265’s transportation costs, or lessthan half of the amount owed.However, districts cannot receiveany money from the state unless ithas been processed by the Comp-troller’s office. That office only hasprocessed $275,000 of District265’s transportation costs, leavingthe district to scramble to pick upthe rest of the tab.

To show what making up such a

shortfall in local taxes would mean,Asplund said that, should taxpayershave to cover the entirety of the$1.1 million gap, property taxeswould increase 87 cents per $100of Equalized Assessed Valuation.

On an average $150,000 home,that would mean an added $435 inproperty taxes annually, a numbermany families would struggle topay.

“In real terms, that’s not doable,”Asplund said, “but that’s the stressthat we’re under right now.”

Despite the proposed disparity inbudget numbers, District 265 is in abetter position than many districts,he said, because the board hasmade pre-emptive cuts and has notadded as many programs as itwould have liked.

An amended budget will bebrought before the board in May.

In other business the board:• Approved a one-year contract

for data processing services withIzzy Blythe for $12,500. The com-pany will help teachers and admin-istrators track student growth usingstatistical measures.

• Learned that district-widestaffing will stay relatively flat forthe 2015-16 school year.

• Approved the 2016-17 schoolcalendar.

• Approved membership in theIllinois Elementary School Associ-ation for junior high sports and ac-tivities for next school year.

• Discussed possibly changingthe date of the 2016 high schoolgraduation due to a 10-day differ-ence between the end of school andthe projected graduation date.

• Set a special meeting to seatnew board members for April 29 at7 p.m.

Local bands to play at Peoria CourthousePEORIA – Farmington Central

School District is the first areaschool that will play in this year’s30th annual Gerald M. BrookhartArts in Education Spring Celebra-tion at the Peoria County Court-house Plaza.

Bands from around the area willplay every weekday from April 20through May 22 from 11 a.m. to1:30 p.m. The schedule is subject tochange without notice.

Farmington will play on Wednes-day, April 22. Here is a schedule forother local bands:

• April 27 – Elmwood CUSD322;

• May 1 – Brimfield High School;• May 6 – Princeville CUSD 326;• May 15 – Kickapoo St. Mary’s;• May 20 – Brimfield Grade

School.When concerts began in 1986,

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County schools were showcased inone single week. This spring morethan 10,000 students from nearly100 schools will perform. Studentsfrom public and private schools,grades preK-12, will participate.

This year’s celebration includesseven central Illinois counties: Peo-ria, Tazewell, Woodford, Marshall,Fulton, Henry, and McLean. For aschedule, visit www.springcelebra-tion.org or call (309) 672-6906.

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YATES CITY – The Yates CityVillage Board of Trustees approveddonations to two local organiza-tions at its meeting Wednesday,April 8.

The board voted to give $300 tothe committee overseeing the an-nual Fourth of July fireworks showcomprised of residents from Farm-ington, Elmwood and Yates City.Members also voted to give $100to the Farmington CommunityHigh School band for new uni-forms.

In other business, the board ap-proved 500 gallons of spray patch-ing and white crush chip to fillholes in roads around the village.

A clean-up day with the villageand Salem Township will be themorning of April 25.

– Michelle ShermanElmwood school zoningrequest OK’d by board

ELMWOOD – The ZoningBoard of Appeals on Monday ap-proved a request by ElmwoodC.U.S.D. 322 for a variance to thesetback requirement from a localstreet for its Junior High Schoolrenovation.

Because the school isn’t a resi-dence, the required setback wouldhave been 50 feet.

The Board OK’d a setback of 17feet from Morgan Street.

The District is issuing $1.5 mil-

lion in Funding Bonds for the proj-ect, designed by Demonica KemperArchitects.

Bids have been posted for any in-terested contractors so the bid canbe opened next Thursday (April23).

Groundbreaking is tentativelyplanned for May 4, with comple-tion Aug. 10.Elmwood agent attendseducational conference

ELMWOOD – Janice Nash ofElmwood Insurance Agency, Inc.was among thoseawarded a certifi-cate April 7 forsuccessfully com-pleting a PekinInsurance educa-tional conferenceon Ethics inAmerica’s Insur-ance Industry.

Pekin Insuranceoffers a yearly series of conferencescovering many facets of the insur-ance industry. Conferences are de-signed to enhance the professionalability of an agent to better servethe needs of clients.Peoria garden clubplans trip to Wisconsin

PEORIA – The Peoria EveningGarden Club will have its annualbus trip on Saturday, June 13.

The group will be going to Wis-consin to Northwind PerennialFarm, Pesche’s Greenhouse and in

Illinois to Redbud Creek Farm. The cost is $67 and includes

lunch. There will be plenty of roomon the bus for your purchases.

For the complete itinerary, pleasecontact Corinna [email protected] or call(309) 657-4229.

New art display starts atGalesburg Art Center

GALESBURG – The GalesburgCivic Art Center will display Es-sential Forms and Meditations:Works by Felix Vigil and Chad El-lison in the Joanne R. GoudieGallery. These works will be ondisplay from Friday (April 17)through Saturday, May 16. Anopening reception is Friday from 5-7 p.m. Admission is free.and the public is welcome.

“Though Felix Vigil is from theJicarilla Apache Reservation inDulce, N.M., and Chad Ellisonfrom Galesburg, admittedly twovery different places, it was impor-tant to be able to bring their worktogether,” says Tuesday Ҫetin, Ex-ecutive Director, “Both artists ex-plore the human condition andancient themes in a contemporaryway, and how each of their workcompliments the other is exciting.”

Galesburg Civic Art Center hoursare Tuesday to Friday, 10:30 a.m. -4:30 p.m. and Saturday 10:30 a.m.- 3:00 p.m. Call (309) 342-7415 orvisit www.galesburgarts.org.

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Robert DanzFARMINGTON – Robert E.

Danz, 78, of Farmington, died onApril 4 at the Richard L. OwensHospice Home, Peoria.

He was born Jan. 29, 1937, inFarmington, to Fred and Dorothy(Ludwig) Danz. Robert marriedCarol Evans on Sept. 1, 1956, inFarmington.

She survives along with theirthree children, Jeff Danz andJoEllen (Jason) Bitner, both ofFarmington, and Shani Wolmel-dorff of Pekin; eight grandchil-dren, two great-grandchildren;and sister, Sherry (Paul) Georgeof Port Orange, Fla.

He worked for Caterpillar Inc.,retiring as an inspection analyst.Later he worked as a Farmingtonschool bus driver and also workedat Country Wide TV.

He was a member of the Farm-ington First Baptist Church, theFarmington Moose Lodge, theFarmington Odd Fellows, and thePeoria County Farm Bureau.

Robert coached youth sportsand was active in the FarmingtonBooster Club. He also enjoyedfishing and hunting.

Services were April 11, at An-derson-Sedgwick Funeral Home,Farmington, with burial in OakRidge Cemetery, Farmington.

Condolences may be left atwww.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com.

Judy Gollnitz FARMINGTON – Judy K.

Gollnitz, 75, of Chillicothe, for-merly of Farmington, died onApril 8 at Heritage Health CareCenter in Chillicothe.

She is survived by her husband,Richard Gollnitz; a daughter,Susan K. (Cord) Crisler of Ger-mantown Hills; a grandson, Ni-colo L. Crisler of GermantownHills; a sister, Marjori (Larry) Jen-nings of Fuquay Varina, N.C.; anda brother, Mikal (Diane) Fleisherof New London, Iowa.

Funeral services were April 14at Weber-Hurd Funeral Home inChillicothe, with interment atChillicothe City Cemetery.

Condolences may be left atwww.hurdfamilyfunerals.com.

David C. HanksYATES CITY – David C.

Hanks, 86, of Yates City, died onApril 7 at OSF St. Francis Med-ical Center in Peoria.

He was born Feb. 1, 1929, in St.Louis, Mo., to Kenneth and Mabel(Carl) Hanks. He married HelenMason on Sept. 11, 1954, in EastSt. Louis. They divorced in 1971.

She survives, along with fourchildren, Nancy Hanks of YatesCity, Penny Hanks of Peoria,David Hanks of Algonquin, andKenneth (Susan) Hanks of Brim-field; five grandchildren, Stacy,Derek, Nathan, Zach and Ryan;one great-grandson, Brady; andone sister, Nancy Ahl of MountPleasant, S.C.

He was a U.S. Navy veteran.Funeral services were April 10

at the Davison-Fulton BartonvilleChapel, with burial in St. Paul’sLutheran Church Cemetery inBrimfield.

Condolences may be left atwww.Davison-FultonBartonvil-leChapel.com.

Phillip Neil RuhlDAHINDA – Phillip Neil Ruhl,

83, Galesburg, father of a Dahindawoman, died on April 6 at OSF St.Mary Medical Center in Gales-burg.

Survivors include his wife Alta(Piper) Ruhl; son, Neil Ruhl ofrural Knoxville; three daughters,Kathy (and Tim) Stenson ofGalesburg, Robin (and Bill) Mc-Namara of Ridge Crest, Califor-nia, and Jane (and Jeff) Frazier ofDahinda; a brother, Glenn (andMartha) Ruhl of St. Louis, Mis-souri; three sisters, Marion Pick-ett, Leta Glasscock and Jo AnneRoellig, all of Hannibal Missouri;17 grandchildren and 10 greatgrandchildren. He was precededin death by a son, Stan Ruhl; abrother, Richard Ruhl and his par-ents.

Cremation was accorded. A me-morial service was April 13 at theOaks Community Church in rural

Dahinda.Condolences may be left at

www.h-p-w.com.Eleanor Sniff

PRINCEVILLE – Eleanor E.“Ellie” Sniff, 94, of Chillicothe,formerly Princeville, died on April6 at Heritage Health Therapy &Senior Care in Chillicothe.

She married Martin R. “Ralph”Sniff on Aug. 3, 1942, in Salinas,Calif. He preceded her in death onMarch 24, 2001.

Surviving are four sons, Jack(Connie) Sniff of Somerset, Ky.,and Ronald (Shirley) Sniff,Michael Sniff and James (Laura)Sniff, all of Chillicothe; 11 grand-children; 13 great-grandchildren;and nine great-great-grandchil-dren.

A funeral service was held onApril 10 at Prospect UnitedMethodist Church in Dunlap, withburial in Prospect Cemetery inDunlap.

Condolences may be left atwww.haskellhott.com.

Ardis SnyderPRINCEVILLE – Ardis Arlene

Snyder, 88, of Kewanee, formerlyof Princeville, died on April 11 atHammond-Henry Hospital inGeneseo.

She married Kenneth Milo Sny-der on May 18, 1946, in Peoria.He preceded her in death, as wellas her parents; an infant sister,Lavonna Bawn; and a half sister,Blanche Bawn.

Surviving are her seven chil-dren; 12 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and three sisters.

She enjoyed singing, yodeling,reading and writing. She was veryproud that a news article shewrote for the Kewanee StarCourier was distributed nationallyby the Associated Press.

A funeral service was held onApril 14 at Haskell-Hott FuneralHomes in Wyoming. Burial willbe in Neponset Cemetery.

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This Week’s Obituaries• Robert Danz, 78, Farmington• Judy Gollnitz, 75, Farmington• David Hanks, 86, Yates City• Phillip Ruhl, 83, Dahinda• Eleanor Sniff, 94, Princeville• Ardis Snyder, 88, Princeville

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HEDGES: An ‘architect’ of U.S. broadcastingSecond Lieutenant andafter World War I returnedto the Daily News as afull-time reporter at a timewhen his colleagues in-cluded Galesburg nativeand newspaperman/poetCarl Sandburg and futurescreenwriter Ben Hecht.

In 1922, legendaryDaily News editor HenryJustin Smith promotedHedges to radio editor, aposition that led Hedgesto realize decades beforemedia conglomerates thatthe newspaper could alsobe a force in broadcasting.

“Within a few weeks I

went to Walter Strong;who was then businessmanager of the News andwho was later publisher,and propounded the ques-tion as to why we shoulddevote so much space tosomeone else’s stationand not try to get one ofour own,” Hedges said.“He liked the idea and itwas decided that the newstation should become thejoint venture of the DailyNews and the Fair depart-ment store.”

It went on the air asWGU on April 13, 1922,and soon upgraded itstransmitter to become a

“clear channel” stationheard all over the Mid-west and eastern UnitedStates. When it did, it hadnew call letters picked outby then-Commerce Secre-tary Herbert Hoover:WMAQ, which the sta-tion started referring to as“We Must Answer Ques-tions.”

One of the founders andpresident of the NationalAssociation of Broadcast-ers, in 1923, Hedges be-came WMAQ presidentin 1929, after which healso led an effort to oper-ate an experimental televi-sion station from WMAQ.

The Daily News boughtout the Fair departmentstore (which eventuallywas sold to Kresge’s, thenMontgomery Ward’s), andmoved the operation tothe LaSalle Hotel.

WMAQ operated until2000, when it was sold toCBS and became WSCR“The Score.”

But in the early 1930s,it was a powerhouse – andso was Hedges. AfterNBC bought WMAQfrom the Daily News in1931, the Elmwood nativein 1932-33 managed itplus two other NBCowned-and-operated sta-tions in Chicago, WLWand WENR. Later thatyear, Hedge ran NBC’sPittsburgh station,KDKA, and the next yearmoved to New York tomanage all of the net-work’s owned-and-oper-ated stations nationally.

After a year’s hiatus asvice president of theCrosley Radio Corp., run-ning that company’sCincinnati stations, WSAIand WLW, Hedges re-turned to NBC as vicepresident for stations rela-tions and traffic in 1937.He served in that capacityuntil 1945, when he be-came NBC’s vice presi-dent for planning anddevelopment.

Along the way, Hedgesedited the book “CreditCraft and the Modern Of-fice” and wrote articlesfor publications includingCareers in Advertising,Education on the Air, andRadio and its Future.

In 1959 Hedges becamehead of NBC’s PoliticalBroadcasting Unit, andthe following year super-vised coverage of the1960 Democratic and Re-publican political conven-tions. He retired in 1961.

Hedges’ career includedserving on the Board ofDirectors for BroadcastMusic, Inc. (BMI) andAssociated Music Pub-lishers.

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By PHIL JOHNSONFor The Weekly Post

Brimfield-Elmwood softball gotback on the winning track this weekby routing three opponents.

Since a 1-0 loss to Illini Bluffs onApril 7, the Lady Indians (13-2-1)outscored four foes 50-7 with threeshutouts.

On Tuesday, Morgan Florey wasnearly perfect in a 10-0 victory overWest Prairie.

In addition to belting two homeruns in three at-bats – one a grandslam – Florey drove in five runs andstruck out six batters in two inningson the mound.

That was in relief of Morgan Led-better, who allowed just one hit inher three innings and struck outthree but also walked five.

Hannah Baysingar was 2-for-3with two runs in the win.

On Monday, B-E won 18-7 overKnoxville, behind five RBI fromFlorey and two each from HannahHuber (who tripled) and Ledbetter.

In a 9-0 win over South Fulton onFriday, Kennedy Dura banged outfour hits. Baysingar drove in two,and Ryleigh Keith came back froman illness to collect a hit. SeniorKendra Gorham pitched six score-less innings, fanning nine to win.

“Freshman Alyssa Roll was im-pressive in her first high schoolpitching appearance in the final in-ning,” coach Kurt Juerjens said.

Saturday’s 13-0 win over Havanawas aided by Floreys’ 13 whiffs of

Lady Duck hitters. She also added along ball as part of her three hit bat-ting attack.

Baysingar and Allison Pillmancollected three hits each.

PrincevilleThe Lady Princes (14-4) are com-

ing off a streak of nine games ineight days and have won 12 straightsince losing to Brimfield-Elmwoodback on March 30.

The Lady Princes topped StarkCounty 15-5 on Monday aftersweeping a doubleheader againstMercer County on Saturday.

In game one vs. Mercer, JordanKraft struck out eight in five frameswith Holt finishing off the 5-0 vic-tory. Chelsea Gardner had a two-run round tripper. The busy andweek concluded with a 5-4 win inthe nightcap, led by more strongpitching again from Lane whowhiffed seven. Natalie Cokel andChelsea Gardner each batted 2 forfour, and Hite was 2 for 3.

Earlier in the week, an extra-in-ning affair Wednesday ended with a10-3 win over Putnam County aftera huge, seven-run top of the ninthinning for the Lady Princes. Thepitching in the overtime game wasvery well handled by Paige Lane,Kraft and Haley Holt.

“Maddie Hite and Brooke Gard-ner each laid down suicide buntsqueezes in the ninth to disrupt ouropponents’ defense,” said coachChad Gardner.

The busy week continued on

Thursday with another matchupversus A-W. Princeville again pre-vailed 9-2. Lane pitched eightstrikeouts. Brooke Gardner went 3for 4. Chelsea Gardner and PaigeLane were 2 for 4.

An 11-1 win on Friday overROWVA-Williamsfield kept theweek going in an upward direction.Once again Lane pitched to the tuneof eight strikeouts, while BrookeGardner clouted a three-run blast.

“We just finished successfullyplaying nine games in eight days, sowe’re looking forward to a fewdays off for rest and to nurse severalinjuries,” said coach Chad

FarmingtonThe very young Lady Farmers

were set back by very good IlliniBluffs and Deer Creek Mackinawteams by 7-0 and 7-4 scores, re-spectively, on Tuesday and Thurs-day.

Farmington then bounced back tohandily defeat Richwoods by a 12-3count to go 3-5 thus far.

ROWVA-WilliamsfieldAfter a tough week, the Wildcats

(7-8) got the bats loose in a 26-15win over Peoria Central on Mon-day. R-W had 28 hits and 27 singlesand got 3 RBI days from AmyNewell, Marie Marshall and SydeyGodsil and 4 RBI from Alivia Al-ford, who hit the lone double.

Prior to that had come a loss tored-hot Princeville (11-1) and twolosses in a doubleheader with WestCentral (13-0 and 10-5).

Brimfield-Elmwood softball wins four straight

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PEORIA – PeoriaCounty’s Animal Protec-tion Services (PCAPS)Director Lauren Malm-berg warns that theGreater Peoria area is ex-periencing a substantialincrease of infectious res-piratory disease in dogs.This disease, CIRD, ismore commonly knownas kennel cough.

In addition, the CanineInfluenza Virus (CIV) hasbeen diagnosed in 89dogs in the Chicago area.These diseases are highlycontagious and all dogsare at risk when exposed;even those that exhibit nosign of illness may becarriers.

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CLAIM NOTICEIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

OF ILLINOIS, PEORIA COUNTY

In Re ESTATE OF )PAUL A. HEINZ, ) No. 15-P-150Deceased. )

NOTICE is given to creditors of the death of PAUL A. HEINZ, on Febru-ary 12, 2015. Letters of Office were issued by the above entitled Courtto GREGORY W. HEINZ, of 6506 North Smith Road, Edwards, Illinois61528, ANGELA M. HEINZ MIAZGA, of 21498 Settlers Pond Drive,Frankfort, Illinois 60423, and THERESA A. HEINZ PRESTON, of 310Hopkins Street, Bartonville, Illinois 61607, as Executors, whose at-torneys of record are WHITNEY & POTTS, LTD., 118 West MainStreet, P. O. Box 368, Elmwood, Illinois, 61529-0368. Claimsagainst the Estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk's Of fice, PeoriaCounty Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or with the repre senta tives or bothon or before the 23rd day of October, 2015 or if maili ng or delivery ofa Notice from the representatives is required by Sec. 18-3 of the Pro-bate Act of 1975, the date stated in that Notice. Every claim filed mustbe in writing and state sufficient information to notify the representa-tive of the nature of the claim or other relief sought. Any claim notfiled on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with theClerk must be mailed or delivered by the claim ant to the representa-tives and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed andshall file with the Court, proof of any required mailing or delivery ofcopies.

DATED this 31st day of March, 2015.

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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 E-Free ChurchPastor Donald Blasing11724 Maher RoadBrimfield, IL 61517(309) 446-3571

www.brimfieldefree.orgWorship: 10:30 am

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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

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Sunday Worship: 9 amTuesday Bible Fun Night: 6 pm

EDWARDSBethany Baptist Church7422 N. Heinz Ln., Edwards

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

Christ Alive! Community ChurchPastor Lance Zaerr

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ELMWOODCrossroads Assembly of God

Pastor Tim Cavallo615 E. Ash St., Elmwood

(309) 830-4259www.crossroadselmwood.org

Wed. Worship: 7 pmSun. Worship: 10:30 am

Elmwood Baptist ChurchPastor Dennis Fitzgerald

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

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

First Presbyterian Churchof Elmwood

Reverend Marla B. Bauler201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood

(309) 742-2631firstpresbyterianofelmwood.org

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

St. Patrick’sCatholic ChurchFather Paul Stiene

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

Sat. Confession: 3:45 p.m.Sat. Mass: 4:30 p.m.Sun. Mass: 10 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 am

FARMINGTONFirst Presbyterian Church

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

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

New Hope FellowshipAssembly of GodPastor Tom Wright

1102 N. Illinois Route 78Farmington

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

YATES CITYFaith United

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

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AREA CHURCHESDuBois Road projectto start this summer


ROSEFIELD – A two-phase, $70,000 renova-tion to DuBois Road isset to start this summer,made more critical withmotorists traveling on itto avoid delays on Illi-nois Route 8, where theIllinois Department ofTransportation has ahighway project disrupt-ing traffic through thefall.

Increased traffic fromgrowing developmentsin the area – from multi-vehicle residences andschool buses to garbagetrucks and builders’heavy equipment – havemade it difficult to keepup with resulting dam-age, Trustees said onWednesday (April 8).

Road CommissionerMatt Windish said a halfmile of surface will bemilled for seal-coatingthis fall.

The entire project will

finish next year, when2016 revenues becomeavailable.

Residents “will noticeimprovements,” Windishsaid. “It’ll be smoother –but dirtier” until theseal-coating is complete.

In other action,• Trustees unani-

mously approved theRoad District budget of$383,425 after a briefpublic hearing before theregular meeting, whenthe Town budget of$268,600 also was unan-imously OK’d;

• Supervisor MikeWindish proposed trans-ferring $1,000 from theTown Fund to the TownInsurance Fund, whichwas unanimously ap-proved; and

• Mike Windish re-ported work on applyingpea gravel, patchingtrouble spots and ad-dressing a tile problemin Oak Hill.



BASEBALL: Simmonsslams pair of homers

Bass anglers still re-port good fishing inlocal strip mines, withcatches of 15-21 bassmore common now.Chatterbaits and jigs aretwo top lure choices.

Crappie action has notbeen as good as ex-pected. Coaches hired: The

Williamsfield Board ofEducation on Mondaynight approved rehiringthe following coachesfor next year:

• Darrin Peterson, 8thgrade basketball

• Sam Secrist, 7thgrade basketball

• Lori Secrist, 8thgrade volleyball

• Tyson Hart, 7th

grade volleyball• Kelly Brooks-Vau-

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Bass still biting, butcrappie have slowed

Kelcie Eminian, ElmwoodFour-year Spirit Squad and Pom performer

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Her parents, Dave and Deb-bie Eminian, and EHS Dancecoach Emily Roberts havebeen her most significant men-tors. Kelcie has been aroundsports her entire life, as herDad (aka “Cleve”) has beenthe Peoria Journal Star’s Peoria Rivermen corre-spondent for years. Along with the “Rivs” she fol-lows the NHLs’ St Louis Blues and BostonBruins. She also roots for the St Louis Cardinals.

Her favorite all-time movie is also in the sportscategory, “A League of Their Own” about wom-ens’ pro baseball during the World War II years.Kelcie’s favorite school subject is English becauseshe enjoys writing and is also encouraged in thatsubject by her teacher Lori Caulkins. She is amember of the EHS National Honor Society, Elm-wood Excellence and Art Club. She’s also verybusy with her job at the popular Culvers Restau-rant in Peoria.

St. Ambrose University in the Quad Cities is inher future, where she may study journalism orcommunications.

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In last week’s games,offense from Janssen,Mikey Sheets and Bed-well and pieced-togetherpitching from the likes ofDown and Cole Hartleygot the team through itsextra-inning challengeagainst Annawan, espe-cially a three-pitch savefrom Hartley in the ninthinning of the win.

Brodine led a verypowerful offensive attackin Friday’s trouncing ofR-W with seven RBIwhich included threedoubles. Down went 3-for-3 with two RBI.Janssen was 2-for-3 with3 RBI and Simmons was4-for-4 with 2 RBI in thehit parade.

Kielion got the pitch-ing win, while Zach Har-rison finished it off withtwo shutout innings.

In the Mercer Countyopener, Princeville acepitcher Janssen threw acomplete game shutoutwith 11 strikeouts, yield-ing only two walks andtwo hits.

Simmons’ home runand Down’s two RBIwere the bulk of the of-fense. Crose added a 2-for-2 showing to theoffense.

The nightcap made fora second harder-than-usual effort forPrinceville, as Hartleywent the distance scatter-ing seven hits with onlyone walk and six Ks.

Simmons homeredagain and Down drove intwo, while Crose andJanssen each added anRBI and Cokel had twohits in the very balancedattack.

Brimfield-ElmwoodThe Indians (9-7) got to

step back and regroupthis past week after a hec-tic previous week.

A Saturday double-header versus Prairielandfoe Farmington was thetotal of their games, and itseemed the team madegood adjustments in theweek of practice by tak-ing both games 5-1 and

10-0. Both teams had their

aces going in the opener,Carson Cuevas for Brim-field and Nate Monroefor the Farmers, and bothpitched very well. Cuevasrecorded 12 strikeouts,surrendered one hit, andwalked just one.

The Indians burned thebase paths with nine totalstolen bases, includingthree from Jace Swietek,two from Kyle Totton,and two from BrettGilles. A two-run longball by Michael Houlihanand two RBI from JakeRoberts were also huge inthe five-run offensiveoutput.

Lefty Brad Demmingot the pitching win ingame two, with TuckerBlum finishing it off bythrowing only fivepitches in the final inning.

Demmin gave up onlyone hit to go with sixwhiffs. He had just oneroad bump, three straightwalks with two outs inthe third inning, but re-covered in a big way forthe strong final results.

The game ended with a“top 10 type of play,” asBrett Gilles backhanded aground ball just inside thefoul line, threw across thediamond and the ballpicked in the dirt byDemmin, who had takenover at first.

Roberts, Houlihan, andBrett Gilles continuedtheir big hitting in thenightcap, with Gilles hav-ing five total on the day.

“We’re still workinghard to make progress inpractice and games.We’re excited about ourupcoming competition,as it will help towardsthat progress,” said Brim-field coach BrandonPorter.ROWVA-WilliamsfieldThe season is still a

work-in-progress for R-W, as 14-0 and 17-7 deci-sions were dropped toPrinceville and Kewanee,respectively.

“We simply need tothrow more strikes andplay better defense,” saidROWVA-Williamsfieldcoach John Clark.


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TRACK: Elmwood hosts ICAC

Elmwood-Brimfield’s Hayden Golemon (right) placed second in the 110 hurdlesand won the 300 hurdles Tuesday night in the ICAC Conference Meet at Elm-wood. Also pictured from E-B is Sam Marincic (left). Photo by Jeff Lampe.

Along with her pole-vault successCampen won the 300-meter hurdles.More team points came from two morerelay events, second in the 4x400(Campen, Skaggs, Allyx Camp andJordan Peckham) and first in the 4x200(Peckham, Peckham, Huls, and Sk-aggs).

The boys placed third thanks in partto triple jumpers performing impres-sively. Junior Cody Jepson placed sec-ond in the meet with a leap of 38 feet,3 inches while sophomore RashanGrier-Bain jumped 35-3.

Senior Josh Lozier finished secondin the pole vault with a 10-feet, 3-inchperformance. Senior Max Balagna,juniors Steven Gilstrap and Jepson,and sophomore Gavin Garcia made upthe second place 4x100 meter relay.Freshman Judd Anderson finishedfourth in the 110 hurdles at 18.35.

Sophomore Jonah Cecil was the dis-tance standout with a 10:48 run in the3200 meter competition, good for sec-ond place.

Balagna sprinted to an 11.8 second-place run in the 100 meters.

Relays continued to be strong for theteam with a first place 4x200, whichfeatured Balagna, Lozier, Garcia, andJepson. The 4x400 resulted in a firstplace finish for the Farmers. The teamconsisted of Balagna, Lozier, Garciaand Gilstrap.

Anderson kept up his hurdle successin the 300-meter run with a 43.66 sec-

ond place performance. Gilstrapplaced third in the 400 meter run at54.41 seconds.

Elmwood-BrimfieldElmwood-Brimfield had a busy start

to the week, running at the LewistownFrosh-Soph Invite on Monday andthen playing host to the five-teamICAC Conference Meet on Tuesday.

In the ICAC, the E-B boys placedsecond to ROWVA-Williamsfield,132-80, and the girls were third behindDelavan and Illini Bluffs.

Highlights for E-B included JennaMusgrave’s win in the shotput (with athrow of 28 feet, 11 inches) and sec-ond-place in the discus (70-3). Izzy Ottwas the triple jump winner (31-6) andE-B also won with its 4x800 relay.

On the boys side, Jackson Harknesswon in discus for E-B (131-1), MattOsmulski won in the 3,200 (10:17.90)and Hayden Golemon won the 300hurdles (42.78) and was second in the110 hurdles (17.39).

PrincevilleThe Lady Princes were at Peoria

Heights last Tuesday vs. the hosts,Lowpoint-Washburn and North Fulton.

Highlights came from senior DellDuttlinger, who achieved a personalbest in the discus throw.

Senior JaNae Knobloch bested herall-time 3200 meter run by an 20 sec-onds, and freshman Kate Snyder dis-played much to look forward to withvery good sprints in the 100 and 200meters.


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Farmers trackfinishes well inMacomb meet

Perfect PrincesPrinceville baseballruns mark to 15-0


The winning ways continued forPrinceville baseball in the past week, asthe Princes won six in a row to run theirrecord to 15-0 overall.

But the margins are growing closerfor Princeville, which won 4-3 on Tues-day against Stark County thanks to an

RBI single by ZachSimmons, who cappeda big week at the plateby driving in T.K.Kielion for the win.

Brett Down got thewin in relief and hadtwo hits along withLuke Cokel and AustinBrodine.

Down also got thewin in relief on Monday in a 9-6 victoryover Peoria Christian, and was 2-for-4at the plate with 4 RBIs. Kielion was 3-for-3 with three runs scored.

Princeville beat Annawan-Wethers-field on Thursday, 10-7, in extra in-nings, topped ROWVA-Williamsfield14-0 on Friday, and then handled Mer-cer County 4-0 and 5-2 in a Saturdaydouble bill.

Down leads a base stealing attack

with 14 steals, followed by BrandonCrose with 12, Tanner Bedwell with 11,Mitchell Janssen’s 9 and Luke Cokel’s8.

In addition to running well,Princeville has just 15 errors in 13games – a very good rate at the highschool level for a .956 fielding average.Coach Chris Delbridge’s up-the-middleplayers – made up mostly of seniors –have been starting since their freshman

season, which include Simmons, Down,Crose, and Cokel.

“We have some basic goals that we’refocused on and are carrying throughwith them so far. The atmosphere is thatof having baseball being fun. We havebeen constantly playing as a team ,picking each other up,” Delbridge said.

“Our players just plain love to playthe game. They hang around together

Princeville senior pitcher Mitchell Janssen, shown here throwing last week, hashelped the Princes out to a 15-0 start this season. He got a save Monday againstPeoria Christian after fanning 11 in a win on Saturday. Photo by Collin Fairfield

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MACOMB – Farmington camehome from the Les Calhoun meet lastFriday feeling good.

The Lady Farmers succeeded to asecond-place finish in the 10-teamLes Calhoun meet at Macomb HighSchool, gaining 103 points, onlybeing surpassed by the 110 pointsscored by Monmouth-Roseville.

Farmington’s boys team placedthird overall.

For the girls, senior Amber Campenwon the pole vault competition with a9-foot, 6-inch jump that set a meetrecord. This event was completelydominated by Farmington, as fresh-man Jocelyn Taylor finished secondat 8 feet, 6 inches and senior Court-ney Workman took third (7-0).

The 4x800 relay team of PaytonPeckham, Haley Huls, Jordan Peck-ham and Cali Fletcher ran to a sec-ond- place finish in the crowded field.Payton Peckham was runner-up in the200-meter dash, while Kenzie Skaggsbrought home second in both the longjump and 100 meter sprint.

DownTwo wins

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