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THE STATE OF THE PARKS

By BILL KNIGHT and JEFF LAMPEFor The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON – An Elmwood manwith a troubled past was shot in the legSunday afternoon after assaulting aFarmington police officer, and he nowfaces attempted murder charges.

Less than two weeks before his nextstatus hearing on a 2015 domestic bat-tery charge, 21-year-old Austin Fosterwas shot about 3:30 p.m. on Sundayafter a fight with officer JenniferParkinson, 42, who was responding toan alleged domestic battery emergency.

Foster, of Elmwood, was shot in theupper thigh, sources say, after he at-

tacked Parkinson, a 12-year veteran of theFarmington policeforce who has been afull-time officer since2009.

A 911 call about theincident was receivedat 3:14 p.m., and offi-cers from Farmington

and the Fulton County Sheriff’s De-partment responded.

“A Farmington Police Departmentofficer located the suspected vehicleand initiated a traffic stop on ParkRoad, approximately 1/4 mile west ofLightfoot Road,” said Illinois State Po-lice Master Sgt. David Roll. “The offi-cer ordered a male suspect out of thevehicle. Shortly thereafter, the malesuspect charged the officer and beganstriking the officer in the head.

“The suspect continued to fight withthe officer and took the officer to theground. While on top of the officer, thesuspect continued to strike the officer

in the head and face.” The struggle continued until Parkin-

son was able to use her firearm to fireone round, striking the suspect in theupper leg/groin area. The gunshot in-jury apparently was a through-and-through wound, sources said, and notlife-threatening.

Foster was Life-Flighted to a Peoriamedical center, where Parkinson alsowas transported for treatment of severebruising and an evaluation for a possi-ble concussion, according to police.

Man shot in Farmington after assaulting officer

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – The three-storybrick structure that has anchored thesoutheast corner of the square herefor decades went on sale last week,and long-time owner Julie Hautersaid she has faith the community willsee this landmark back in service.

“It’s been servingElmwood throughthe years,” she says,“and it’s servedwell. And now it’stime for it to servethe communityagain.”

A few inquirieshave been made since a red sign wentup, she said.

“Maybe someone from anothertown will come and buy it,” she says.“I came from another town, Pekin.When I came over to look at it, Iknew before I saw the inside that Iwas going to buy it. The Lord pro-vided.

“I decided I don’t want to be tieddown and staying in one spot now,”

Elm Havenbuilding onthe market

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By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

WILLIAMSFIELD – Members of arelatively new group of park enthusiastshere are looking to the past for inspira-tion for one of several new projectsplanned.

Work starts this weekend at Doubet-Benjamin Park inWilliamsfield tocreate a three-holeminiature golf“course.” The newcourse harkensback to the 1920s,according to An-drew Fritz. It was

then that Ralph Norman operated aminiature golf course in downtownWilliamsfield.

“It cost 5 cents to play back in TheDepression,” Fritz said.

A building from Norman’s course hasbeen restored by Williamsfield FFA vol-

unteers and was moved to Doubet-Ben-jamin Park. Fritz said holes on thecourse will be designed to showcasescenes that are evocative of the area.

That’s one of several improvementsmembers of the Williamsfield Parks As-sociation (WPA) have outlined for Dou-bet-Benjamin Park, a 30-acre expanselocated on the north end of town withina short walk of Williamsfield schools.Donated to Williamsfield in the 1990s,the park is maintained by the village.

“Volunteers have always handled cap-ital improvements,” Fritz said. “Slowlybut surely we’ve built up a pavilion anda gazebo and trees and plant beds and awalking-biking trail.”

WPA started work last year withresurfacing of the half-mile trail throughthe park.

“Volunteers did the work in one workday,” Fritz said.

While hiking or biking, there’s plenty

Mini-golf a highlight ofWilliamsfieldpark plans

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Doubet-Benjamin Park offers nearly 30 acres of rolling grass and plantings, a hik-ing-biking trail, playground equipment, a pavilion and benches on the north end ofWilliamsfield. Photo by Jeff Lampe.

Our ParksThis is the

second story ina series onparks in localcommunities.

InsideBrimfieldconsidersKress Corpexpansion2.

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WILLIAMSFIELD: Park is ‘outdoor classroom’of plant life to see in the park.Fritz – a landscaper by trade – saidplans call for eventual developmentof an arboretum.

“It’s essentially an outdoor class-room with trees of every type withscientific and common names sopeople can see what they look like,”Fritz said.

Work is also underway to revampmemorial plantings in the parks torequire less upkeep.

Another major project beingplanned is for installation of newplayground equipment in 2017.

“With our FFA alumni group, wewill see about building Williams-field-specific playground equip-ment, a farm scene that will go inwell with our Ag Days festival inthe fall,” Fritz said. “We’re workingwith the school and the PAT group,which will also be putting up someequipment.”

Currently the park offers olderswingsets, a wooden playset andsome other equipment.

Fritz said plans are also in theworks to restore a sand volleyballcourt in the park.

The impetus for these changescame in part thanks to an ongoingMAPPING project, Fritz said. TheWPA brings together various groupsthat have worked on park-relatedprojects in town, Fritz said, includ-ing veterans, people who put upChristmas lights, FFA and others.

“People seem to be excited aboutit,” he said. “Our group is incrediblythankful for all the volunteers whohave helped us with projects.”

Fritz himself is very excited aboutthe miniature golf course, whoseconstruction should start later thismonth as concrete is poured. Pres-ent plans call for three holes, withpossible expansion if warranted.

One hole will include various ele-

vation changes and force golfers toputt between morel mushrooms.Another will require golfers to puttacross an iron railroad bridge – sim-ilar to the bridge that crosses theSpoon River into Dahinda – beforebanking through a basketball hoopto reach the hole. Finally, one holewill involve a red barn.

Among the putters golfers can useare several oak-handled modelsfrom the old Norman course.

Williamsfield has two other parks,also maintained by the village.

Veterans Park is located down-town and includes a bandstand, pic-nic tables and various monumentsfor veterans of foreign wars.

“We’ve got some projects we’rethinking of for there,” Fritz said.

Lions Park is a grassy expanse lo-cated north of Laura State Bank in aresidential neighborhood.Next week: A look at the parks of

Princeville.

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WIND DAMAGE

A Rumbold & Kuhn, Inc. grain storage facility located three miles east of Princeville suffered damage from lastSaturday’s high winds. Photo by Collin Fairfield.

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THE WEEK AHEAD

This Week’s Eventss Adult Coloring –Adults welcome to

Morrison and Mary Wiley Library inElmwood for a coloring night today(April 7) at 6:30 p.m.Coffee, tea and hotchocolate available.

s NAMI Meeting –NAMI Mental HealthPresentation is today(April 7) from 7-8:30p.m. at ICC North,Poplar Hall Rm. 129. Topic is the dis-ease model of addiction, presenter isDr. Kirk Moberg.

s Free Bread – Free bread availableat Elmwood Methodist Church Friday(April 8) at 10:30 a.m.

s Fiber Guild – Bishop Hill FiberGuild meeting is Saturday (April 9) at10 a.m. at Criative Threads in Chilli-cothe. Dallas Ann Prentice will presenta program on needle tasting.

s 3D Printing – Measure and makeusing autodesk 123D (3D printer) Sat-urday (April 9) from 10-11:30 a.m. atBrimfield Public Library. Ages 12 andup welcome.

s Craft Show – Spring Craft and Ven-dor Show at Notre Dame High Schoolin Peoria is Saturday (April 9) from 9a.m.- 3 p.m.

s Shed Contest – Elm-wood InsuranceAgency Shed AntlerContest is now untilApril 15. $25 firstplace. Top three entriesscored. Free t-shirt foreach entry. This year’s

sheds only. s Spring Story – Williamsfield Public

Library Spring Story Hour is now untilMay 4 on Wednesdays from 9:30-10:30 a.m. and 1-2 p.m. Registrationrequired. Forms available at WLPD.

Future Eventss Family BINGO – Family BINGO is

April 14 from 6-6:45 p.m. at Morrisonand Mary Wiley Library in Elmwood.Registration required. Call (309) 742-2431.

s Bible Study –All moms invited to ashort term Bible study on April 14 atUnited Methodist Church in Elmwood.Childcare provided.

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Rambling through central Illinoispondering poetry.

uuuThe office door opened a few

months ago and in walked Jim andGail Coffman, eager to learn aboutinvesting in thePalace Theatre.Turns out theCoffmans, wholive in Maquon,have attendedmovies at ThePalace for nearly20 years. “We gosee movies evenif we don’t reallyknow about them,” Gail said. So itseemed natural the couple joined agroup of 39 investors who boughtthe movie house in January to keepthe Elmwood icon open. Now theCoffmans are part of a group invit-ing you to attend a Grand OpeningSaturday (April 9) at 7 p.m. In addi-tion to a showing of the wildly suc-cessful Disney film “Zootopia,”plans call for free pictures on the redcarpet, free animal crackers and var-ious giveaways. The hope is draw-ings will be reminiscent ofyesteryear, when a former ownerEddie Hahn would pick a young-ster – to the cries of “Eddie, Eddie,Eddie” – to pick a name in an on-going prize giveaway. With morethan $400 in prizes to be raffled Sat-urday, there should be plenty of ex-citement. So bring your kids – if notSaturday then some other day.

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uuuThe easiest way to avoid criticism

is to do nothing. The easiest way toinvite criticism is to cut down a tree.That’s the backdrop for discussingSouthport Cemetery, the PeoriaCounty resting place of variousDriskells, Pulsiphers, Shapleys andothers. The small cemetery is man-aged by Elmwood Township and sfour-person cemetery board, a groupthat gets a free meal now and thenas thanks for its regular meetings.This winter, the board decided to cutdown some trees around the ceme-tery. That all trees would be cutdown was not clear to all boardmembers, though it is now. Andwhile some board members mayfeel that action was needed, that’snot a unanimous view. Townshipsupervisor Kathy Shoop, who is alsoa cemetery board member, said shewas not aware all the trees would becut down. She agreed with criticswho say the site now looks barren.“It will not stay that way,” Shoopsaid. “I don’t know how long it willtake to come up with a landscapingplan, but we are working on one.”Included in the plan will be theplanting of some trees, fencingaround the cemetery and likely agravel driveway to provide betteraccess. Stay tuned

uuuWhile in Williamsfield Tuesday,

in between snow drops, I visited the

new library and was pleased to see atable set up for National PoetryMonth. Surprised is more accurate,but still pleased, since one of thebooks on the table included CarlSandburg’s wonderful elegy to“Happiness.” Programs directorTamra Smith informed me that ear-lier that same day, students fromWilliamsfield had been in the build-ing to read poetry, including “Caseyat the Bat.” “We do whatever ittakes to keep them interested,”Smith said. The library-school inter-action happens on a regular basis.What a great idea. ... Parting shot:When I left the warmth of the brightbuilding, I spotted a red fox in anearby field, hunting. You may bepleased to learn the woodcock beinghunted by the fox flew off un-harmed. Myself, I was rooting forthe fox. A warm meal sure takes theedge off a cold day. Contact Jeff Lampe at 231-6040 or

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Lone Fox DancingBy RUSKIN BOND

As I walked home last nightI saw a lone fox dancingIn the cold moonlight.

I stood and watched. ThenTook the low road, knowingThe night was his by right.

Sometimes, when words ring true,I'm like a lone fox dancing

In the morning dew.

The other night, I dared to repeatmyself in front of my 11-year-olddaughter.

“Dad, yousound like a bro-ken record,” shechastised me.

Wait a second. She’s only 11.How would sheknow about bro-ken records? How would sheknow about records at all?

I’ll admit that I have an extensivecollection of 45s that I’ve accumu-lated over the years. It was once my

goal to collect every single 45 thatever made the Top 40 from 1957through about 1988 (when they quitproducing them). I have about halfof those 9,000 records spread outover three different storage areas.

But in the 11 years my daughterhas been on this Earth, I have neverowned a record player. To myknowledge, she has never seen norheard a record being played.

“You sound like a broken record”is just one of those phrases that hasoutlived technology and remains apart of our “figures of speech.”

She must have heard some oldperson (like me) use it when she re-

peated something.It got me to thinking about other

things that have outlived technol-ogy. The other day, I called a com-pany and was greeted with theubiquitous computer. It greeted me,told me that I could “dial” myparty’s extension during any part ofthe message, and then went on togive me other options.

“Dial?” When’s the last time youeven SAW a phone that had a dialon it? You remember those (I’mtalking to other old fogies like me);it was a round disc with holes in itnext to numbers. You put your fin-

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GUEST VOICES


Like a broken record. Really? A what?

JonGALLAGHER

To the Editor:On Monday, April 11, the

Williamsfield School Board maydecide to obtain bids for a newSTEM center and office consolida-tion project. There might be a betteroption that wouldallow students agreater educational op-portunity and maintainthe financial integrityof the District, espe-cially with the uncer-tainty of the upcomingState’s educational funding budget.

If the current life science room ismoved to the adjacent science room,this creates a new space for theSTEM center. By doing it in thismanner, there is no need for a veryexpensive and complex office con-solidation project.

A recent $100,000 donation fromthe Norman Foundation could easilyfund this option. Thus the Districtcould have its cake and eat it too.

Please speak to your board mem-bers and/or come to the meeting toexpress your thoughts.

– Bruce & Mary Bush, Dahinda

Vocational educationon track for successTo the Editor:

There was a time when nearly allhigh schools offered courses in vo-cational education: auto mechanics,wood shop, welding, agriculture,and home economics (FACS), all of

which are valid courses of study inwhich well-trained students couldreasonably expect to find employ-ment following high school.

Unfortunately, those vocationalcourses became known as a place to

put students who haddifficulty “making it”in other courses in-tended for more aca-demically inclinedstudents. Seats in shopclass were filled withstudents who often

struggled academically.As money tightened and a college

degree was considered a necessity,more focus and money was placedon college-prep courses, leaving thestudents who would benefit fromvocational education with nothingsuited to their skill sets or even theirdesired career path.

Students who successfully pursuevocational training spend signifi-cantly less than four years of theircertification after high school andtend to enter the work force withwell-paying jobs with benefits.

It’s time to stop judging highschools by the number of collegeadmissions they create and look atwhether or not our schools are pro-viding education options for jobsavailable in the work force today.Please speak to your board memberand/or come to the meeting to ex-press your thoughts on redirectingoffice consolidation monies towardupdating vocational education for

your children.– Judd & Margie Glow, Oak Run

Exciting opportunity,but at what cost?To the Editor:

Creating a STEM Center atWilliamsfield is an exciting oppor-tunity, and now there is a $100,000donation making it even more excit-ing! But, do we need to move andconsolidate our offices to createspace for a STEM Center? No.

The cost of a very complicated of-fice consolidation exceeds $400,000.During the recent school tour, therewere other options offered, but mosthave fallen on deaf ears.

How about taking a year to planout the details of a long-term vision,weighing several options, compar-ing costs of each option, and thenstarting next summer? Our state’sinability to balance a budget willlikely result in a property tax freeze.This will have long-lasting negativefinancial effects on Williamsfield.Spending reserves on non-essentialbuilding projects like the office con-solidation may not leave us with acushion for any “rainy days” ahead.

Williamsfield has built part of ourreputation on financial stability andthis is only one of many aspects thatmakes us great! The next boardmeeting is Monday, April 11, at7:30 p.m. in the superintendent’s of-fice.

– Debbie Newell, Williamsfield

Williamsfield board should reconsider plan

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NOTE: Charges are merely an accusa-tion. All suspects are presumed innocentuntil proven guilty in a court of law.

Wilson found guilty infatal crash case

PEORIA – A Farmington manlast Tuesday (March 29) was con-victed of obstructing justice byJudge Albert Purham in a two-daybench trial.

Michael Wilson, 21, faces up tothree years in prison and a fine of upto $25,000 for the Class 4 felony.His sentencing hearing is scheduledfor 1 p.m. on May 12.

The case stems from a fatal crashand its aftermath a year ago when atruck driven by 22-year-old DillonNolan of Hanna City crashed onMcClellan Road in rural Elmwood.The passenger in Nolan’s vehicle,22-year-old Joshua Fuller of Trivoli,was killed.

However, the wreck wasn’t re-ported to authorities until the nextmorning, when Fuller was pro-nounced dead.

Nolan – who on Feb. 16 pleadedguilty to leaving the scene of an ac-

cident involving a death and to ag-gravated Driving Under the Influ-ence – agreed he called friends whotowed his truck from the scene andtook him and Fuller to Farmington.

Police and prosecutors accusedWilson and three others – JamesKosner, 22, of Peoria; Cotyjo Milli-man, 21, of Elmwood; and WilliamZamaro, 28, of Farmington – of pro-viding false information aboutFuller’s medical condition, or abouthow they came into possession ofNolan’s truck.

Last week, prosecutors arguedthat Fuller “died very rapidly,” ac-cording to Dr. John Denton, theforensic pathologist who conductedFuller’s autopsy. He said Fuller’s“extensive, numerous injuries”would have rendered him paralyzedand unable to walk or talk, contra-dicting accounts police were told.

Nolan is scheduled to be sen-tenced April 14. Zamaro has anApril 15 hearing on a motion tohave the County pay for an expertwitness to examine evidence. Milli-man has a scheduling conferenceMay 27 and a June 6 trial date; Kos-

ner is to go on trial July 5.

Police reports• Janice Driesnack, 59, of Kick-

apoo on March 28 reported a dam-aged mailbox in the 6000 block ofNorth Kramm Road and police areinvestigating the incident as crimi-nal damage to property.

• Henry Peters, 84, of Brimfieldon March 30 reported that morethan $300 worth of diesel fuel hadbeen stolen from property in the12000 block of N. Jackson Road.

• Amanda Cole, 25, of Princevilleon March 31 was arrested for filingfalse information and transported tothe Peoria County Jail.

• Paul S. Smith, 32, of Brimfieldon April 1 was arrested on chargesincluding domestic battery, aggra-vated assault and possession of afirearm without a valid FOI cardand transported to the PeoriaCounty Jail.

Deer accident• March 28 – Russell Clark of

Peoria on Brimfield-Jubilee Roadnear Savage Road in JubileeTownship.

PUBLIC RECORD

GALLAGHER: Carbon copy me an email, pleaseger in the hole, and spun the dial ’tilyou hit a stopper. Even little kidshad play phones that did this.

But, for about the last 30 years orso, we’ve been punching the num-ber on a keypad on our phones. Di-aling a phone went out the windowwhen Reagan was president.

It’s the same thing with the win-dows – in your car. You probably“roll down” your window wheneveryou go through a drive-through. Butif you have a car made this century,you probably LOWER or RAISEyour window because it’s electronic.

Back during my Fred Flintstonedays, there was a crank attached towindows that allowed you to loweror raise them. If you wanted tolower the passenger’s window (tofeed the dinosaurs, I guess), you ei-ther had to have someone sitting inthe passenger seat who could do it,or you had to reach across the frontseat and crank it yourself.

Not only has the phrase “rolldown your window” survived tech-nology, so has the universal hand

signal of cranking an imaginarywindow crank to get someone tolower their window so you can talkto them. After all, you’d look prettysilly pressing an air button. Whileyou were standing there jabbing theair with your index finger, the per-son you were trying to communi-cate with was probably “dialing” thepolice to report a weirdo.

But then, the police would proba-bly think the person making the callwas the weird one, so they’d justhang up on them.

Wait, what?Who hangs up a phone anymore?

That’s from the days when we had aphone on the wall and it had thiswide, fork-like thing that held thereceiver. It’s where you wouldHANG the receiver, thus the name. No one hangs up anymore: they justpush a button to disconnect.

There is one phrase we still useand will continue to use as long asthere’s email: Carbon Copy.

You’ve probably seen it on youremail program when you’re writingan email. Right under the space

where you type in the recipient’s ad-dress is a “CC,” and it stands forCarbon Copy.

That dates back to the day whenwe had to take a black piece ofpaper that was sticky on one side,and slide it between two sheets ofpaper on which we’d type. Whenthe keys on the typewriter (do Ineed to explain this, too?) struck thepaper, leaving a letter, the strikewould be hard enough to makesome black sticky stuff on the “car-bon” paper come off on the othersheet of paper. You could use smallsheets of carbon paper in receiptbooks as well.

That is, unless you put the carbonpaper in backwards, in which caseyou were left with an original with amirror image on the backside of theoriginal. In typing class in highschool, you could tell which stu-dents had put the paper in wrongfrom the amount of swearing thatwas coming from them.

I could go on and on, but alas, I’djust end up sounding like a brokenrecord.

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Parkinson was releasedand Foster is in custodyin Fulton County Jail inLewistown, facingcharges of attemptedmurder, aggravated bat-tery to a police officerand domestic battery.Bond has been set at$750,000.

Foster pleaded guiltyto a January 2015 do-mestic battery chargeand has had frequenthearings to review hisstatus, according to Peo-ria County records.

Foster had a previousscuffle with a police offi-cer in Elmwood twoyears ago after an inci-

dent at Elmwood FamilyPractice. In that case hewas physically restrainedand taken into custodyby former Elmwood offi-cer Dave Boland. Nocharges were filed at thattime.

Foster attended Elm-wood schools, but didnot complete his school-ing there after a physicalaltercation while he wasin junior high.

In regards to Sunday’scase, an investigation byISP Zone 4 Investiga-tions and the FarmingtonPolice Department con-tinues.

Peoria County Sher-iff’s deputies, IllinoisState Police and FultonCounty Emergency Serv-ices personnel also re-sponded to the scene.

Park Road was closedto traffic between MainStreet and LightfootRoad for a few hourswhile the crime scenewas processed.

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ELM HAVEN: Uses include hotel, hospitalshe adds, noting her grownchildren are scatteredacross the nation.

The building has been asilent sentinel on Elm-wood’s square for over acentury. It was built byJohn Vance for $7,000 onthe site of a lumberyard in1912 after dozens of resi-dents saw a need for a “areal hotel” between Gales-burg and Peoria.

That was a time whenpassenger trains made reg-ular stops in Elmwood andtravelers came to hear AmiSevern, porter for the Elm-wood Hotel (and later, theElmwood Inn), heraldtheir arrival and usherthem a few blocks north.

Early owners includedAdolph Strufe and GeorgeWycoff. Wycoff sold it in1943 to Gerald Patterson,who converted it to a hos-pital. Soon, Drs. AlvinClark and David Morton,plus physicians fromBrimfield, Farmington,Trivoli and Williamsfield,admitted patients there.

The facility added twowings in 1949, expandingto 20,000 square feet, andadded nursing-home serv-ices in the 1950s, whenDrs. Lee Hammond andHarry Ores also practiced

medicine there. It becamea sheltered-care residencein the 1960s. Hauterbought the facility in 1986

Hauter remembers thatshe’s had 65 different ten-ants since then, with theaverage stay about sevenyears. One time, she had14 at once, served 24/7 byfive employees.

The building’s transitionhas been a long time com-ing. Hauter says shestarted realizing she’d liketo spend more time visit-ing relatives, so as tenantsmoved out, she didn’t re-place them. And when the2010 tornado damagedmuch of the business dis-trict, Elm Haven wasspared and the Whitney &Potts law firm became oneof her last tenants, staying14 months while its officeswere repaired.

Now, the 104-year-oldbuilding is in remarkablygood condition, with 20apartments plus a diningarea, a library room,kitchens and other meetingareas, as well as a workingelevator, wheelchair acces-sibility, a courtyard andgarden.

John Kunski, Elm-wood’s building inspector,says he’s examined thestructure and was sur-

prised at how good a con-dition it’s in.

“It’s an impressivebuilding,” he says. “Anddepending on how thebuilding would be used,and the percentage of re-modeling someone mightwant to do, it could beused as-is, without newalarm or sprinkler systems.It’s really been kept up.”

Indeed, Hauter upgradedtwo heating systems in re-cent years, when she madeimprovements rangingfrom the roof to tuck-pointing exterior walls.

The building is listedwith Peoria commercialreal estate companyJoseph & Camper for$399,000, more than 20percent lower than a list-ing a few years ago.

Elmwood EconomicDevelopment Officer DickTaylor said Elm Havensite is zoned C-1 (Neigh-borhood Commercial) andis in the community’s En-terprise Zone, which con-tinues through this year,and the downtown’s TaxIncrement Financing dis-trict.


The Elm Haven building in downtown Elmwood is pic-tured in 1918 (above) and today.

When Elm Haven wasthe Elmwood Inn and wit-nessed between 5,000 and10,000 people crowd Cen-tral Park for the dedicationof Lorado Taft’s sculpture“The Pioneers” on May27, 1928, the facility was16 years old. Here’s whathappened in a few land-mark years after that:1912. The year it was

built was also the year theTitanic sunk and the Re-publican Party’s combat-ive presidential candidatesended up splintering theGOP. Theodore Roo-sevelt’s delegates were

barred from the nationalconvention and he ran forthe Progressive “BullMoose” Party. 1943. The year Gerald

Patterson bought the hoteland converted it to a hos-pital, Gen. Dwight D.Eisenhower was namedSupreme Commander ofAllied forces in Europeduring World War II. 1949.When the facility

was expanded with twonew wings, President Tru-man proposed a follow-upto FDR’s “New Deal”called the “Fair Deal.” 1958.As the hospital

welcomed Drs. Lee Ham-mond and Harry Ores, thecountry had its first suc-cessful launch of a satel-lite (“Explorer”).1976. The hospital be-

came a sheltered-care fa-cility the year the nationcelebrated its Bicenten-nial.1986. The year Julie

Hauter bought the formernursing home to convert itto senior apartments, thespace shuttle Challengerexploded and the ChicagoBears beat the New Eng-land Patriots in SuperBowl XX.

Elm Haven history through the years

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Animal shelter holdingshoe collection drive

HANNA CITY – Stray AnimalMidway Shelter (SAMS) is con-ducting a shoe collection drivethrough May 31 to raise funds forits no-kill animal shelter.

SAMS will earn funds based onthe number of pairs collected asFunds2Orgs will purchase all of thedonated goods. Money raised willbenefit homeless animals in centralIllinois. Anyone can help by donat-

ing gently worn, used or new shoes.“We’re excited about our shoe

drive,” said Connie Davis, Exec.Director. “We know that most peo-ple have extra shoes in their closetsthey can donate to us and help thoseless fortunate become self-suffi-cient.”

Those who wish to donate shoescan take them to the following busi-nesses and organizations: DunlapVeterinary Clinic (both locations),Wild Birds Unlimited in Peoria,Brown Veterinary Peoria and Elm-

wood, Elmwood Elementary Schooland Every Little Thing in Elmwood.Art League will meet

The Illinois Art League has ameeting for members, guests andanyone wanting to learn about thegroup on April 19 at Peoria HeightsPublic Library from 5:30 to 6:30p.m. Topics will include an introduc-tion of board members and volun-teers who will chair upcomingevents and an overview of pastevents. Comments are welcome.

Townships hold annual meetings TuesdayBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

At a time and statewhere Democrats and Re-publicans alike have beenunable to balance budgetsfor a generation, townshipgovernment continues tobalance budgets as theyplan for Fiscal Year 2016.

Townships in TheWeekly Post area havemostly finalized appropri-ations plans for the nextyear as Gov. BruceRauner targets them forelimination and as he andthe General Assemblyhave failed to agree on astate budget that’s ninemonths overdue.

In Illinois’ 102 coun-ties, 85 use townships to

address three main duties:assessing property fortaxing purposes, develop-ing and maintaining roadsthat aren’t municipal,county, state or federal,and providing general as-sistance to the needy noteligible for other govern-ment aid.

Township officials willgather Tuesday (April 12)for state-required annualmeetings, and most willconsider plans for thecoming year.

Most plan spendinglevels comparable to thisyear, with a few excep-tions. Elba and Millbrookappropriations each aremore than 7 percenthigher, and Jubilee finish-

ing the Thousand DollarRoad project contributedto its leading four town-ships with sizable de-creases: Jubilee is down

40 percent, Farmington is9 percent lower, Salem’sis 5.9 percent lower, andRosefield’s declines by2.2 percent.

Area townships’ proposed budgetappropriations for FY 2016

Township TOWN ROAD TOTALBrimfield $145,260 $236,550 $381,810Elba $109,020 $160,200 $269,220Elmwood $507,372 $307,600 $814,972Farmington $202.600 $94,200 $296,800Jubilee $618,789 $134,750 $753,539Kickapoo $496,100 $1,392,300 $1,888,400Millbrook $241,800 $322,329 $564,129Princeville $307,018 $240,660 $547,678Radnor1 * * *Rosefield $268,600 $368,625 $637,225Salem $252,819 $340,700 $593,519Truro2 * $294,819 *1 Radnor Township considers all appropriations in June 2 Truro Township considers Town appropriations in May

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March 2016 Peoria County Real Estate TransactionsDate Address Amount Grantor/grantee3/1 211 E. Spring St., Princeville $69,900 Wilson/Potter 3/3 15818 N. Feucht Rd., Princeville $174,000 Woolridge/Camp 3/3 6309 W. Clairemont Ct., Edwards $410,000 Legend Homes/Maganti & Murali3/4 20628 W. Claybaugh Rd., Elmwood $170,500 Doubet/Estes 3/7 600 N. Fairgrounds Way, Elmwood $236,000 McFall/McCormick 3/7 805 W. Main St., Elmwood $83,000 Watts/Jones 3/8 24110 W. Moore Rd., Williamsfield $416,666 Cole & Anderson/Doubet 3/11 8720 W. Streitmatter Rd., Princeville $147,000 Reading & Custis/Schick 3/14 6821 N. Dog Town Ln, Elmwood $305,000 Reeder/Stuckel 3/14 203 W. Main St., Elmwood $56,000 Ekena/Behrll3/17 N. White Fir Dr, Edwards $289,900 RLK Assoc./Brenkman 3/17 7033 N. White Fir Dr, Edwards $289,000 Gardner/Fitchpatrick 3/18 6223 W. Diversey Ct., Edwards $389,900 Armstrong Builders/Tate3/18 15908 W. Parks School Rd., Brimfield $148,750 Harmon/Shane 3/18 15628 W. Parks School Rd., Princeville $148,750 Harmon/Shane3/18 6206 W. Diversey Ct., Edwards $280,000 Moreira/Khan 3/22 8612 W. Willows Edge Ct., Edwards $300,000 Hasselberg & Fleming/Fleming3/22 9418 W. Grimm Ln, Edwards $145,000 Wineland/Edwards 3/22 5900 N. Smith Rd., Edwards $150,000 Egley/Strahm 3/22 5900 N. Smith Rd., Edwards $537,000 Egley/Strahm 3/22 8721 W. Schmitt Ln., Edwards $355,000 Colwell/Huang 3/28 6911 N. Water Oak Dr., Edwards $474,900 Armstrong Builders/Lupien 3/28 6800 N. Buckeye Dr., Edwards $272,000 Lippens/Smith

NOTE: Listings reflects minimum of $40,000 for sale of residence, but not for land.


By TERRY BIBOFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – KressCorporation and CrossCreek Farms want to ex-pand grain handling facili-ties here – and villagetrustees opened the door.

“All we’re approvingtonight is an applicationfor that process to begin,”board president DanFishel said at Mondaynight’s meeting.

Cross Creek Farms hasgrain bins on its property,just north of Kress Corp.

Both businesses arehelmed by Rita Kress.

“It’s really pretty sim-ple,” said Kress attorneyFrank Ierulli. “Kress andCross Creek Farms are inBrimfield. As we’re ex-panding, it only madesense to us to stay withinthe village of Brimfield.”

Attorney Bill Atkins hasbeen working with Ierulliand gave board memberssome background. Thetwo parcels would becombined, and fenced asone property with indus-trial zoning. Building per-mits have been obtainedand some concrete hasbeen poured, but Atkinssaid the details are stillbeing determined. Heasked board members tovoice any questions orconcerns.

“They understand thisisn’t something that’s one-

size-fits-all,” Atkins said. As examples of such

details, Village ClerkHolly Johnson said set-backs must be checkedand the sanitary districtmust be included as a partof the annexation.

Village Attorney RickJohnson said there will betwo public hearings be-fore the deal is complete.The zoning board willmeet April 26; the villageboard officially addressesthe issue May 2.

“You’ll still be fully in-formed. We’ll have all theinformation here,” Fisheltold board members. “Itshould be a smoothprocess, but let’s makesure all our ducks are in arow.”

Trustee Paul Dye al-ready scoped potential ad-vantages.

“I’m guessing property

tax money and all thatgood stuff goes with it?”Dye said.

Fishel said yes. So Dyemoved to approve the ap-plication which starts theprocess. Board membersOK’d it unanimously.

In other business, theboard:

• Approved a requestfrom Burnzee’s to allowoutside music and a beergarden on July 2.

• Heard that planningcommissioner WalterKirkland will move out ofstate and Fishel is seekinga replacement.

• Authorized bidding forsealcoating. “The countyno longer sealcoats, aftermany years of great coop-erative effort,” Fishel said.“So we need a bidprocess.” Terry Bibo can be reached at

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By RON DIETERFor The Weekly Post

Starting your own garden seeds isa very enjoyable pastime if you havethe space, time and equipment to doit correctly. You won’t save money,at least not in the short run. Trays(flats), lights, seed and soil-less mixare a significant investment. But it issatisfying and rewarding to sow tinyseeds and watch them grow intostrong, healthy plants.

Seed racks appear in grocerystores right after New Year’s Dayand many beginning “seeders” thinkthat’s the time to start seeds. Andthat is the most common mistake –starting seeds way too soon.

For most common annuals andvegetable plants, early April is agood time to get started. Marigold,petunia, tomato and pepper seedsstarted now will grow into plantsjust right for setting out in the gardenin mid-May.

A proper growing medium is criti-cal to get seeds started with a mini-mum of disease problems. Never usesoil from your yard or bagged top-soil (sometimes labeled as “pottingsoil.”) Some seed starting kits evencontain “potting soil.” Don’t use it ifit contains actual soil. Instead, use agood soil-less mix made of peatmoss and vermiculite.

To get seedlings growing sturdyand strong, it is important to controllight, moisture and heat. Providinggood lighting for seedlings is fairlyeasy. For less than $20 you can buya two-bulb, four-foot fluorescentlight fixture. Don’t waste money on“grow-lite” bulbs. Plain cool, whitefluorescent tubes do quite nicely forless than a fourth of the cost.

The fixture needs to be about sixinches above the flat. At that height,the light is strong enough that seed-lings won’t stretch and grow flimsy.

The fixture will also contributeneeded heat to the growing area. Youcan easily put two flats end-to-endunder the fixture and provide ade-quate light. Lights should be turnedon at least 12 hours a day.

What about placing flats in asunny window? Not a good idea.The light will not be strong enoughand even sunny windows are coldand drafty in early spring, especiallyat night. You have much more con-trol using artificial light and keepingseedlings away from drafts.

Now let’s consider moisture. Thegrowing medium should always bemoist, but not saturated. Seedlingsmust never dry out. Using a plasticcover over the flat helps conservemoisture. Some seed-starting kits in-clude a plastic cover that snaps ontothe flat. They work well. A plasticdry cleaner bag works, too, if youprop it over the seedlings.

A spray bottle is a good way toadd moisture without blasting seed-lings out of the flat. You can alsoplace the flat in a shallow pan filledwith water for a minute or so. Usequality water warmed to room tem-perature. Never use softened wateror water high in salt concentration,especially on impatiens or salvia.

Temperature is the most difficultfactor to control and is where mosthome gardeners have problems. Ifthe temperature is too high, seed-lings grow too rapidly and begin tostretch and fall over. When there is

too little heat, they don’t grow at alland often die.

A soil thermometer is a good in-vestment for seed growers, but evena common room thermometer nearthe flat will suffice. Keep the soiltemperature between 70 and 80 de-grees for germination.

If your light fixture doesn’t pro-vide enough heat, find a warmerspot in the house. Some folks findthe top of the refrigerator or near thefurnace is a nice warm spot. If allelse fails, heating mats are available.Never use an electric blanket, for ob-vious reasons.

Once the young plants emerge,they need cooler temperatures andbright light or they will stretch andbecome weak and useless. Mosthomes are too dark and too warm foradolescent plants. Commercialgrowers move young plants from thegermination chamber to a green-house where the light is bright andtemperatures are cool.

Homeowners don’t have that lux-ury. Some folks move flats outdoorsto a protected location during theday and move them to the garage orporch at night to protect from frosts.

For cold-sensitive plants liketomatoes and peppers, it’s better tobe behind schedule rather thanahead. We don’t set tomatoes intothe garden until mid-May at the ear-liest. Peppers absolutely hate coldnights and we don’t set them outuntil Memorial Day.

Start your own garden seeds indoors now

Cabbage seedlings grow indoors, eagerly awaiting their chance to beplanted outside later this spring. Photo by Ron Dieter.


PRINCEVILLE – Displays anddemonstrations of antique equip-ment, along with the last day of Col-lectors Week will be featured from10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday atPrinceville’s Heritage Museum.

“Our 30,000 square-foot museumhas a large collection of antique agri-culture equipment from the area,”said museum director Julie Del-

bridge. “We are very excited toshow off a few ‘new’ items.”

A Mandt wagon and a secondwagon from around 1900, plusmany other new smaller items willbe exhibited, she said..

“There is also a collection of Peo-ria Pottery items on display thisweekend, along with a display of Al-addin Lamps,” she said.

Free hot dogs will be handed out

to visitors from 11 a.m.- 1 p.m., andthe Akron Townhouse School willalso be open for viewing, she said.

Saturday is the final day of theFirst Annual Collectors Week, whichstarted Monday, featuring vintageand antique items.

This is the second year for the mu-seum’s Spring Open House. There isno admission charge, but Delbridgesaid donations are welcome.

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OBITUARIESCharles Kellstadt

BRIMFIELD – Charles Franklin“Charlie” Kellstadt, 79, passedaway Friday, April 1, 2016 at 9:55am at UnityPoint Health-Proctor inPeoria.

Born Jan. 22, 1937 to Phillip andDorothy (Welch) Kellstadt, Charliewas then raised by his mother andstep-father, George Tennery.

Residing in the Brimfield areahis entire life, he graduated vale-dictorian from Brimfield HighSchool in 1955. He then attendedBradley University, graduating in1959. After college he served sixyears in the United States ArmyReserves.

On Oct. 15, 1960, in their homechurch, the Union Church of Brim-field, he married Shirley White,who was first attracted to him byhis fancy car. Survivors include hiswife Shirley of 56 years; sonsChuck (Cindy) of Brimfield, Allan(Melissa) of Lebanon, Ind., andSteve (Tina) of Brimfield; 8 grand-children, Ashlee, Terra, Tim,Brian, Eric, Kathy, Skylar, Crystal-lynn; and nine great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by hisson Tim and grandson Jacob.

Charlie was employed for 17years at Keystone Steel & Wire asan accountant. He then went towork for StreitmatterImplement/Klein Equipment for19 years, a career he truly enjoyeddue to his co-workers and servinghis customers. He also held jobs atBrimfield Motor, Hiram Walkerand Auto Zone.

Time spent on his family farmwas treasured “piddling around”the barn lot on his gator and tend-ing to livestock, assisted in thepassenger seat by his miniatureCollies. Throughout the years, hereceived great pleasure in drivinghis grandchildren and great-grand-children around the farm, and in

the local Old Settlers’ Parades. In lieu of flowers the family re-

quests memorials be made to theBrimfield School Dream Scholar-ship Fund or the Brimfield FireDepartment.

Funeral services were Tuesday,April 5, 2016, at Haskell-Hott Fu-neral Homes in Princeville. Burialwas in Brimfield Cemetery.

Expressions of condolences maybe left for Charlie’s family atwww.haskellhott.com.Annette Joy StreitmatterPRINCEVILLE – Annette Joy

Streitmatter, 49, of Chillicothe,formerly of Brimfield, passedaway on Sunday, March 27, 2016.

She was born August 23, 1966 toFloran and Twylla (Stoller) Streit-matter. Surviving are her parentsof Brimfield; two brothers, Wayne(Deyona) Streitmatter of Brim-field, and Kent Streitmatter ofElmwood; two sisters, Crystal J.Streitmatter of Edwards and Kathy(Bob) Zimmerman of Elmwood;four nieces and five nephews. Also surviving is her grandmother,Clara Huber of Eureka, and manyaunts, uncles and cousins. Shewas preceded in death by an infantsister.

Annette graduated from Brim-field High School in 1984 and

from Illinois Central College in1986. She was presently workingat Community Workshop & Train-ing Center in Peoria. She enjoyedanimals, painting ceramics andbaking. She will be missed by herfamily and friends.

A funeral service for family, ex-tended family, and close friendswas Friday, April 1, 2016, atHaskell-Hott Funeral Homes inPrinceville.

Burial was to be in the ApostolicChristian Church Cemetery inPrinceville.

In lieu of flowers, memorial con-tributions may be made to theCommunity Workshop & TrainingCenter in Peoria; Heartland PrivateSchool in Wyoming or ApostolicChristian Timber Ridge, Morton.

Condolences for Annette’s fam-ily may be left on her tribute wallat www.haskellhott.com.

Wayne ArnoldPRINCEVILLE – Wayne E.

“Pinky” Arnold, 93, of Chillicothe,a long-time teacher at Princeville,died March 25 at HeartlandHealth Care Center in Henry.

A teacher at Princeville schoolsfor 25 years, Arnold’s survivors in-clude sons Gene (Vera) Arnold ofOswego and Chuck (Pam) Arnoldof Mechanicsburg, Pa.; daughter,Martha “Martee” (Tony) Lew ofChillicothe; 12 grandchildren; 7great-grandchildren; sister BettyNewman of Chillicothe; and twosisters-in-law, Ann Arnold of NewBaltimore, Mich., and BarbaraArnold of Chillicothe.

Funeral services were April 2 atthe Chillicothe First UnitedMethodist Church.

Condolences may be left online at www.weberhurdfuneralhome.com.

This Week’s Obituaries• Wayne Arnold, 93, Princeville• Janet Martin-Joos, 83,Princeville• Charles Kellstadt, 79, Brimfield• Russell Meinke, 77, Edwards• William Pheiffer, 64, Princeville• C. Kent Rose, 48, Dahinda• Robert Silman, 85, Brimfield• Annette Joy Streitmatter, 49,PrincevilleWe print basic obituaries for free.

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BRIMFIELDSt. Joseph

Catholic ChurchFather John Verrier

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

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

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

Daily Mass: Tues.-Fri. 8 amSt. Paul’s

Lutheran ChurchThe Lutheran Church -

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

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

Sun. Divine Service: 10 amBrimfield E-Free Church

Pastor Donald Blasing11724 Maher Road

Brimfield, IL 61517(309) 446-3571

www.brimfieldefree.orgWorship: 10:30 am

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

ages 3-12Brimfield UnitedMethodist Church

Pastor Leonard Thomas135 S. Galena St., Brimfield

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

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

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

Sunday Worship: 9 amTuesday Bible Study: 6:30 pmFirst Sunday each month isCommunion Sunday (gluten

free communion offered)EDWARDS

Bethany Baptist Church7422 N. Heinz Ln., Edwards

(309) 692-1755www.bethanycentral.org

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

Christ Alive! Community ChurchPastor Lance Zaerr

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

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

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OBITUARIES

Janet Martin-JoosPRINCEVILLE – Janet Martin-

Joos, 83, of Peoria, formerly ofPrinceville, died March 30.

Survivors include children, Deb-orah (Erik) Givens, Michael (Julie)Martin, and Nancy (Fred) Witzig;11 grandchildren: one great-grand-son; stepchildren and stepgrand-children, sisters Mary of Chicago,Phyllis of Arizona; brother Dale ofChicago; and numerous nieces andnephews.

Funeral services were April 4 atApostolic Christian Church inPrinceville, with burial at Apos-tolic Christian Church Cemetery.

Condolences may be left online at wwww.haskellhott.com.

Russell MeinkeEDWARDS – Russell E. “Russ”

Meinke, 77, of Peoria, father of anEdwards man, died April 2 at OSFSt. Francis Medical Center in Peo-ria.

Survivors include his wife, Doris(Knotts) Meinke; children Larry(Karen) Meinke of Edwards, SueCagnina of Shirley, Mass., Jackie(Doug) Habel of Gainesville, Va., ,and Jennie (Chris) Murfin of Dun-lap; eight grandchildren; twogreat-granddaughters; sisters Dolly(Kurt) Wagner of California andLarryette (Kevin) O’Brien ofWashington; and brothers Larry(Michele) Barnhouse of California

and Robert (Vienna) Ashley ofCalifornia.

Cremation rites were accorded.A memorial visitation will be 3-5p.m., Sunday (April 10) at theDavison-Fulton Woodland Chapelin Peoria, and a celebration ofRuss's life will be at 11 a.m. Mon-day at Northwest United MethodistChurch in Peoria. Military riteswill be performed following theservices at church.

Condolences may be left online at www.Davison-Fulton.com.

William PheifferPRINCEVILLE – William G.

“Cork” Pheiffer, 64, of Princeville,died March 27 in Wyoming.

Survivors include his wife,Coleen (McGinn) Pheiffer; hismother, Gertrude Pheiffer of Mon-mouth; daughters Jobie (Pete)Thurin of South Bend, Ind., Na-talie Conway of Overland Park,Kan., and Maureen (Tyler) Knightof Cedar Rapids, Iowa; son Ryan(Amy) Pheiffer of Chillicothe; 11grandchildren; and brothers Don(Terry) Pheiffer and Barry (Cindy)Pheiffer both of Wyoming.

Cremation has been accordedand a celebration of Cork’s lifewill be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sat-urday (April 9) at Haskell-Hott Fu-neral Homes in Princeville.

Condolences may be left online at www.haskellhott.com.

C. Kent RoseDAHINDA – C. Kent Rose, 48,

Knoxville, uncle of a Dahinda man,died March 28 at OSF St. MaryMedical Center in Galesburg.

Survivors include daughtersSamantha Rose and Sumer Rose,both of Knoxville; his mother, Patri-cia Rose of Knoxville; brothersMichael (Nina) Rose of Oquawkaand Patrick Rose of Dallas, Texas;nephew Eric Rose of Dahinda, fivenieces; and two great-nieces.Funeral services were April 1 atHurd-Hendricks Funeral Home inKnoxville, with burial at theKnoxville Cemetery.

Condolences may be left online at hurd-hendricksfuneralhome.com.

Robert SilmanBRIMFIELD – Robert "Bob"

Warren Silman, 85, of Charlotte,N.C., formerly of Brimfield, diedMarch 29.

He is survived by childrenThomas (Suzanne) Silman, Allison(Mike) Neumann, Peter (Michelle)Silman and Edward (Alma) Sil-man; nine grandchildren; numer-ous foster kids; one niece; twonephews and many special lovingfriends.

Memorial services are pendingand will be held in Brimfield.

Condolences may be left online at www.raymerfh.com.

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WILLIAMSFIELD –The Village Board onMonday approved mak-ing a repair that willdraw down much of thebalance from the stategrant to upgrade its watersystem and also approvedspending plans for thenext Fiscal Year.

Andy Logsdon fromBruner, Cooper & Zuckengineering in Galesburgreported that the grantadministered by the

Western Illinois RegionalCouncil has a balance ofabout $12,000, and thatan unexpected flaw couldbe addressed before thefunding expires in June,and the Board unani-mously OK’d contractingwith G.A. Rich & Sonsfrom Deer Creek to re-pair about 10 feet of acorroded undergroundpipe and connectingelbow.

“This may be the lastof the money from the

water grant,” said VillagePresident Mick Gray.“And we had to waituntil spring to get itdone.”

Logsdon said the workwill probably take a fewdays and necessitate awater shutoff during therepairs.

The Board also unani-mously approved an ad-justed 2016-17 Villagebudget, which breaksdown to balanced budg-ets of $232,850 for theGeneral Fund, $16,500for Motor Fuel Tax proj-ects and $12,015 in De-preciation; a Water Fundof $192,992 in revenuesand $192,625 in expendi-tures; $31,210 in rev-enues and $28,593 inexpenditures for theWater Bond & Interest;$76,500 in revenues and$71,400 in Operations;and $8,301 in revenuesand $11,265 in expendi-tures for parks.

In other news,• Trustee Jolene Tucker

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• Village Clerk ToriCourson requested Boardapproval for Williams-field Bible School’s 5Kwalk/run May 21, with atheme of “Boot Camp”and proceeds earmarkedfor the Honor Flight ofthe Quad Cities program,and the Board approvedit;

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OF ILLINOIS, PEORIA COUNTY

In Re ESTATE OF )MARVIN E. HAMMAN, ) No. 16-P-127Deceased )

NOTICE is given to creditors of the death of MARVIN E. HAMMAN, onFebruary 26, 2016. Letters of Office were issued by the above entitledCourt to RICHARD E. HAMMAN, of 241 West Edgewood Street, Mor-ton, Illinois 61550, and ANNE G. PATTERSON, of 23707 East AutumnRoad, Farmington, Illinois 61531, as Executors, whose attor neys ofrecord are WHITNEY & POTTS, LTD., 118 West Main Street, P. O. Box368, Elmwood, Illinois, 61529-0368. Claims against the Estate may befiled in the Circuit Clerk's Of fice, Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illi-nois, or with the repre senta tives or both on or before the 14th day of Oc-tober, 2016 or if maili ng or delivery of a Notice from the representativesis required by Sec. 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated inthat Notice. Every claim filed must be in writing and state sufficient infor-mation to notify the representative of the nature of the claim or other re-lief sought. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred.Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered by theclaim ant to the representatives and to the attorney within ten (10) daysafter it has been filed and shall file with the Court, proof of any requiredmailing or delivery of copies.

DATED this 24th day of March, 2016.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Board of Education of Princeville Com-munity Unit School District #326 in the County of Peoria, State of Illinois,that an amended tentative FY16 budget for said School District will be onfile and conveniently available to public inspection at Princeville SchoolDistrict Unit Office, 909 N. Town Avenue, Princeville, Illinois from andafter 12:00 noon on the 8th day of April, 2016.

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And on offense, running backAl Martin rushed for 2,014 yardsand had 274 yards and five touch-downs in Week 8 as Princevilletopped Wyoming 38-28 to clinchthe Blackhawk title. Ingle saidquarterback Dave Dell was also avery accurate passer.

“I’d love to know his passingpercentage that year,” Ingle said.“We seldom ever passed, butwhen we did, they were usuallywide open.”

Ironically, Ingle said the lastgame of the year against BudaWestern was the toughest, as thePrinces had already clinched theleague crown. But after a tightfirst two quarters, Bruna ralliedthe troops to a 34-20 win.

“At halftime when we went in,coach said, ‘You boys know whatyou have to do to win this game.’And he left,” Ingle said. “We allkind of sat around and looked ateach other.”

Then they figured out what todo, making big plays in the sec-ond half as Princeville finished itslast unbeaten campaign. The fol-lowing year the IHSA institutedthe football playoffs andPrinceville went 8-2. Then in1975-76, the Princes were 12-1,losing only in the title game.

Was that squad better than the1973 squad? You can bet that willbe an eternal conversation starterin Princeville.

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TRACK: Harkness strongsophomores back from a4x100 state qualifyingrelay: Jordan Peckham,Payton Peckham andHaley Huls. Jordan Peck-ham also reached state inthe 100 and anchored aseventh-place 4x400 relay.

“Jordan is the top girlsathlete in the area in myopinion,” coach Toby Val-las said.

Relay support shouldcome from freshmen AddiPeckham and Sarah Litch-field.

Top throwers are sopho-mores Megan Gilstrap andMorgan Powel

Elmwood-BrimfieldJunior Jackson Harkness

headlines a deep throwingcrew for E-B, havingtopped the school recordin the shotput last year at50 1/4. Not far back,though, was senior BradNovak (48-0).

Harkness threw 139-9 indiscus in this year’s firstmeet.

Also back is seniorDevin Jones, who cleared6-3 in the high jump lastyear, 300 hurdles statequalifier Hayden Golemonand mile state qualifierMatt Osmulski.

“Matt is good enough toqualify this year in thehalf-mile and the two-mile, so it depends wherewe put him and what hewants to do,” E-B coachGregg Meyers said.“We’ve also got a bunchof younger guys who canhelp. Really, the only thingwe don’t have a lot ofdepth in is in the sprints.”

On the girls side, coachMarcy Brugger said shehas a competitive group of15 girls.

In their lone meet, high-lights were freshmanZofia LeHew’s high jumpof 5-1 and the 4x800 relayof junior Allie Meyers,sophomore Emily Mc-Cauley and freshmenOlivia Harlow and SadieRumbold.

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Princeville rolled to twoblowouts on Monday and Tuesdayto improve its overall softballrecord to 7-1.

On Tuesday, Princeville clubbedGalva 18-3 as Brooke Gardner,Maddie Hite, Madison Roe, CaitlinPullen and Haley Holt all had threehits in a 22-hit onslaught.

On Monday, the Lady Princestraveled to Lowpoint-Washburnfor a 20-0 trouncing of the hostteam. An 11-run output in the topof the first sent L-W reeling, asBrooke Gardner started the attackwith an RBI single. Jessica De-Vries matched that and Roe stolehome. Several batters later, Pullencleared the bases with a three-rundouble.

“We came out swinging in thefirst inning,” Coach Chad Gardnersaid.

Paige Lane tossed two innings ofno-hit and five-strikeout work inthe circle, while Holt got some in-

nings by surrendering just one hitand striking out five in her threeinnings.

Last Thursday Princeville cameout on top of a good Dunlap team8-5 at home. Lane pitched a com-plete game, fanned 13 and walkedonly one while scattering nine hits.She also added a solo home runwith two RBIs.

Jessica DeVries added threeRBIs with a 2-for-3 hitting line.

The Lady Princes continued toanswer Dunlap scores with two inthe first to the Lady Eagles’ one,three in the third to Dunlap’s two,then with two insurance runs in thesixth. The Lady Princes also over-came committing four errors.

Brimfield-ElmwoodBrimfield-Elmwood topped Illini

Bluffs 10-4 on Tuesday to improveto 4-1 overall. Morgan Ledbetterpitched 5.1 innings for the win andwas 2-for-3 at the plate with atriple. Shelby Glover scored threetimes as a courtesy runner andKennedy Dura added two runs.

FarmingtonFarmington went to 1-3 in the

past week with three setbacks totwo big schools and a perennialpower in the blustery weatherwe’ve all been experiencing.

Canton topped the Lady Farmers7-3 on Friday at Canton, with AlliSprague taking the pitching lossand Emily Buster picking up twoRBIs with a double.

Saturday’s 10-3 loss at Lime-stone did have two good hittingperformances from the team inGrace Behrens connecting with adouble and two RBI, and MaciSprague going 2-for-3 with a dou-ble.

On Monday the team traveled toGlasford and fell 6-1 to IlliniBluffs. Carly Behrens drove in theFarmington score with a single.

“We battled to 1-1 with themthrough five until some IB hits anda couple of our errors resulted in afive run sixth,” coach Jeni Fausersaid.

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Despite chilly weatherof late, ROWVA-Williamsfield (3-2) haswon two straight baseballgames.

The Cougars toppedWest Central 19-4 onTuesday and outlastedNorth Fulton, 3-2, lastWednesday.

Senior Garrett Wightpitched his way to bothwins.

Hits were plentifulagainst West Central, asCharlie Gibbons led witha 4-for-4 showing and fiveRBIs.

Brimfield-ElmwoodBrimfield-Elmwood (3-

7) split its last two games,

losing 7-1 to Illini Bluffson Tuesday and defeatingMonmouth United 10-5last Wednesday.

Caileb Johnson andTyler Baysingar eachrapped out three hitsagainst United whileAustin Sims, JimmyHoulihan and Jack Bow-ers each had two hits.

FarmingtonFarmington (9-4) won

its last two games, toppingPeoria Heights 4-2 onTuesday and Havana 12-2last Wednesday.

Cade Lansford was 2-for-3 with a home runagainst Peoria Heightsand Dakota Traver addedtwo hits in support ofpitcher Dylan Hayden.

Hayden scattered five hitsin a complete game show-ing, walking three andstriking out two.

Trey Swearingen (walk)and Jacob Ruchotzke(double) scored in thefifth inning to provide thewinning runs on a pair ofPeoria Heights miscues.

Against Havana,Swearingen, Blake Matt-son and Tanner Croweracked up three hitsapiece. Crowe had a homerun and drove in six runswhile Mattson homeredand had two doubles.Caleb Gilstrap tossed a

two-hit complete game. Princeville

Princeville (4-6) hasgone 1-2 in the past weekwith losses to Galva onTuesday (12-1) and PeoriaHeights last Friday (5-4)and a win over Bushnell-Prairie City on Monday(6-5).

Jack Wagner was 3-for-3 against Bushnell whileAustin Brodine (double),Matthew Butterfield andDaniel Murk had two hits.Noah Bauman got the winin relief.

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The Farmington boys are expected tobe area leaders on the track this spring

With 30 athletes out, coach Jim Hard-esty has depth. But he also has talent, asevidenced by advancing eight boys to theindoor state championships.

Senior sprinter Steven Gilstrap wassecond in the indoor 400 race in 52.08and is expected to anchor another springof solid Farmers relays.

The 4x400 was sixth indoor in 3:39 andincludes Gilstrap, junior Eric Higgs andsophomores Judd Anderson and JackFletcher.

Farmington’s 4x800 was 10th indoorsin 8:59 and includes senior RashannGrier-Bain, junior Jonah Cecil, sopho-more Carter Hintz and freshman AndrewCation.

“If we stay healthy we should have afine squad capable of scoring in everyevent,” Hardesty said. “We are deep inthe throwing events but mostly a youngersquad. And in pole vault we are youngbut very talented.”

At the lone outdoor meet so far, Farm-ington topped Elmwood 80-75 and had19 personal bests in the process.

On the girls side, Farmington has threeContinued on Page 18

While Max Balagna (right) has graduated, senior Steven Gilstrap is back and sprint-ing strong for the Farmington track team so far this season. Photo by Gave Giagnoni.


PRINCEVILLE – There have beenPrinceville football teams with morevictories. But no Princes team sincethem has accomplished what the 1973squad pulled off: ending the season un-beaten.

One of three unbeaten teams inschool history (join-ing the 1960-61 and1961-62 teamsunder coach RobertJohns), the 1973edition of thePrinces will be hon-ored Saturday withinduction to theGreater PeoriaSports Hall ofFame.

Princeville will berepresented by atleast 12 players anda crowd of up to 45at the induction banquet Saturday at thePeoria Civic Center ballroom. Alsobeing honored are a variety of Peoria-area teams and individuals.

For players on that 1973 team likeRandy Ingle of Princeville, the cere-mony has triggered fond memories of agolden era of Princes football under

heralded coach Tom Bruna, who was157-70 in 24 seasons and had the foot-ball field named in his honor.

Bruna’s 1973 team won the Black-hawk Conference with a perfect 9-0record, averaged 36.3 points per gamewhile allowing 13.3 and outscored foesby an average of more than three touch-downs per game. Their success came

one season beforethe Illinois HighSchool Associationadopted a footballplayoff system.

Ingle, a seniorguard on that 1973team, said it was aspecial group thatincluded just threetwo-way players.

“We were fortu-nate, we had ath-letes,” he said.“During our bas-ketball season, we

went undefeated in the conference.Baseball was the same way. Unbeatenin conference games.”

But it was in football where the groupshined brightest. Defensively, thePrinces limited five foes to one touch-down or less.

Farmington boys are on track

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1973 Princes honoredPeoria Hall of Fame tabs unbeaten team

Former Princeville football coach TomBruna directed the 1973 team that fin-ished 9-0 one year prior to the IHSA’screation of a playoff system.

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