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Volunteers stepped up to continue Strawberry Fest

Petersenincentivesuncertain

By MICHELLE SHERMANFor The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON – The future ofan ordinance that would grant Pe-tersen Health Care incentives tolocate its new assisted living facil-ity in Farmington is uncertain.

A motion to reconsider the con-troversial measure at a later datefailed forlack of a sec-ond whenput beforethe Farming-ton CityCouncil onMonday.

A previous vote on the ordi-nance, which would grant thecompany $270,000 in Tax Incre-ment Financing funds over sevenyears, waive a nearly $30,000building permit fee and exemptthe city from any action thatmight occur should Petersen notpay its employees prevailingwages, failed 3-2 on May 18.

That vote was determined ille-

Laura hostingrevived towngarage sale

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

LAURA – The multi-familygarage sale here Saturday won’t bein a garage, which is good consid-ering organizers expect the Mill-brook Township Center to bepacked with tables selling new andused items as varied as clothing,baked goods, toys and TVs.

“We’ll fill the gym up,” saysConnie Plumer, who’s helping re-vive the community sale after ahiatus of almost a decade.

“People will be surprised whatpeople have to sell,” she adds.

Although the township centerhosts activities ranging from auc-tions to crafts shows in the springand Christmas, it’s been a whilesince households got together tooffer the ultimate “recycling” pro-gram for new and gently used ma-terial.

“We haven’t had one in eight orten years,” says Plumer, 57, whowas approached by the late MonaWilcoxen and township officialKaren Megan about reviving the

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ELMWOOD – Despite initial re-luctance to take over the long-run-ning Strawberry Festival afterorganizers Denise Hotz, Diane Laddand Pat McGuire stepped down in2014, people volunteered to ensurethe June 6 event would take place –and continue.

“No one wanted to ‘take over’,”said Strawberry Festival co-chairAmy Davis, who’s also president ofthe Elmwood Development Associa-tion (EDA), “but once we startedholding meetings, it brought peopletogether and everyone really steppedup.”

The key was delegating dutiesamong the committee of eight and

other townspeople, Davis added.“When we said certain things

needed doing, everyone was willingto take on specific tasks,” she said.“It became a lot less daunting.”

Davis also credited the foundingmembers of the Elmwood Associa-tion of Commerce for their workbuilding the festival over the past 26years.

The combined results should be

evident when the event returns thisSaturday, and when the familiarstrawberry treats featured for yearsat the big food tent will be aug-mented by dozens more vendors, shesaid.

“At last count, we have about 90people,” Davis said. “There’ll be alot of new booths, mostly actualcrafters.”

The festival – which functions aspart of the EDA, but with independ-ent funding – may be under “newmanagement,” Davis said, but theold features are returning, from allmanner of strawberry dishes to abouncy house for kids and a 6-10a.m. pancake breakfast at the Elm-wood Fire Dept.

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A growing, green classroom

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Ava Alford took the lead this year on a hydroponics program at Williamsfield HighSchool. Photo by Cheryl Harlow.

Strawberry delicacies of all sorts will be on saleSaturday in Elmwood during the 27th annualStrawberry Festival, held at Central Park fromthe 6 a.m. start of a pancake breakfast to 6 p.m.

Strawberry Festival• The food tent is open from 10

a.m. to 4 p.m., but there is also apancake breakfast at the ElmwoodFire Dept. from 6- 10 a.m.and vendor booths areopen until 6 p.m.

By CHERYL HARLOWFor The Weekly Post

WILLIAMSFIELD – You might say thatAva Alford has a green thumb. TheWilliamsfield High School senior hastaken the lead on the new hydroponics pro-gram at Williamsfield High School.

Hydroponics is the process of growingplants in sand, gravel or liquid with addednutrients but without soil.

The project started last January, when

Kent Rigg’s ag class toured the ChicagoAgriculture Science High School and sawthat school’s hydroponics program. Alfordwas determined to somehow start a similarprogram in Williamsfield and Rigg was infull agreement.

The two did some research and receiveda $1,600 Illinois grant to buy two hydro-ponic units. A second grant came from theF.F.A.’s Food for All program. These

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There have been someslight cutbacks in expen-ditures, she conceded.

“It’ll be pretty much thesame – all the favoritesare coming back,” Davissaid. “But we are being alittle more cautious withthe spending.”

That will be most no-ticeable with the enter-tainment, she added.

“Entertainment is veryexpensive, so we decidedto start [it] later and endearlier,” she said. “Rightnow, we want to be self-sustaining and make surewe’ll be back next yearand so on.

“A couple years downthe road, we hope to beable to start giving [funds]back to the community,too.”

The entertainmentlineup this year featuresseveral familiar faces, in-cluding Amanda Mines at10:30 a.m., Cathy

Reynolds at 11, theRainbo Cloggers at 12:45p.m., 7 West Band at 1:15and the Heartland Clog-gers at 3:30. Tasji Bach-man will sing at 11:45a.m. and the Central Illi-nois Banjo Club com-pletes the stage showsstarting at 4 p.m.

Also back this year isthe Car Show, whichopens with registration at8 a.m. and ends withawards at 2:30 p.m.

Volunteer groups willagain run the food boothsthroughout the show.

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Many Thanks to the new volunteercommittee working on this year’s

Strawberry Festival! After 26 years of sponsoring the

event we appreciate them “Stepping in” to continue this popular Elmwood tradition! We hope you have a great day!

Elmwood Association of Commerce

popular sale.“I used to do similar sales in

Lafayette for years,” says Plumer,whose family operates West JerseyExpress trucking in Toulon. “It can befun.”

She’s counting on out-of-town trav-elers and passing traffic for Saturday’sevent, she says.

“A lot of people travel [IllinoisRoute] 78,” Plumer says, “and thiswill be worth the drive – like Christ-mas in June.”

Besides knick-knacks, bath articlesand DVDs, she mentions familiesplanning to sell lamps, kitchen itemssuch as a microwave oven, and Tup-perware.

And the sale is family-friendly, addsPlumer, who’s bringing her daughter.

“There’s a playground outside, sowe’re encouraging the whole family tocome and enjoy,” she says.

The sale is scheduled to last from 8

a.m. until 5 p.m. at the center, which isa few blocks east of Route 78 on WestCedar Street.


Connie Plumer this Saturday is helpingrevive a town garage sale in Laura aftermore than eight years. Photo by BillKnight

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THE WEEK AHEAD

This Week’s Eventss Open House – Come see the com-

pleted addition to the Brimfield PublicLibrary today (June 4) from 10 a.m.- 7p.m. Refreshments served.

s NAMI Meeting – NAMI Mental Ill-ness Monthly Educational Meeting istoday (June 4) from 7-8:30 p.m. at ICCNorth, Maple Hall, Room 106. Topic is“Ask the Professionals” panel.

s Free Bread – Free bread is availableat Elmwood Methodist Church Friday(June 5) at 10 a.m.

s Art Show – IllinoisArt League 55 annualSpring Membershipshow is Friday (June 5)from 12-5 p.m. with acritique and receptionfrom 7-9 p.m. The sec-ond show is on Saturday (June 6) from 9a.m.- 4 p.m.

s St. Jude Race – The Brimfield St.Jude 2-mile race is at 7 p.m. on Friday(June 5). Check-in starts at 5:30 p.m. atthe Brimfield Football field. Entry fee is$20 per person, $25 on race day.

s Free Fishing – Illinois Free FishingDays promotion is Friday (June 5)through Monday (June 8). No fishing li-cense required.

s Book Babies – Come enjoy songs,rhymes, stories, and playtime with your0-3 year old at Brimfield Public Libraryon Tuesday (June 9) from 10:30-11 a.m.

s Art Show – Submit your art work be-tween Wednesday (June 10) and June 17to LME Library for the annual HeritageDays Art Show in Princeville. Show runsJune 19 to July 11.

s Farmer’s Market – A Farmer’s Mar-ket will be held in Elmwood during themonths of June-September on Fridays

from 4:30-6 p.m. at Central Park.

Future Eventss Family Bingo – Family Bingo will

be held June 11 at 6 p.m. at Morrisonand Mary Wiley Library. Registration re-quired. Call (309) 742-2431.

s Bus Trip – Peoria Evening GardenClub annual bus trip June 13 in Wiscon-sin at Northwind Perennial Farm andPesche’s Greenhouse in Illinois at Red-

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s Blood Drive – Ablood drive will be heldat the Princeville United

Methodist Church on June 15 from 12-6p.m.

s Well Sealing – The Knox CountySoil and Water Conservation District willbe hosting a well-sealing demonstrationon June 15 at 9 a.m. at Moffit Farm lo-cated at 1040 Knox HWY 17, Gilson.

s Sing Along – All ages are invited toenjoy “Frozen” inspired crafts andsnacks while singing along with“Frozen” on June 16 from 1-2 p.m. Noregistration required.

s Craft Time – Ladies 18 and older areinvited to make Gazing Balls at Morri-son and Mary Wiley Library in Elm-wood on June 18 at 6:30 p.m.Registration required. Call (309) 742-2431.

s Art Show – Annual Princeville Her-itage Days sponsored by the PCA will beJune 18-21. Enjoy the food tent, carni-val, Sports Boosters 5K race and talentshow.

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After 126 years at its location onOlive Street, St. James CatholicChurch movedacross Williams-field on Tuesdayto a new locationon the east sideof town, next toLadd’s FoodMart off IllinoisRoute 180.Crews fromAmeren andFarmington’s Balagna House Mov-ing, Inc. temporarily moved powerlines and rolled the structurethrough village streets. Father JohnVerrier then used holy water tobless the new location. ... Moregood news out of Billtown isreestablishment of the Williams-field Parks Association, which An-drew Fritz says is setting work daysand recruiting volunteers to helpwith park projects. ... Steve Hubermade me laugh while discussingscience projects completed by mymiddle son’s class. I had little ideaabout the project, which was inten-tional. “I’ve had some wonderfulprojects parents did for their kids,”Huber said. “This year I triedsomething different so the kids didmore of the work at school.” Greatidea. Let’s hope Huber passed thatwisdom on, as he is heading intoretirement and leaves a void in thejunior high science department inElmwood. Thankfully, Huber willstill be coaching cross country.

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A few months ago I was talkingto a pretentious woman from acrossthe river who insisted on sharingwhat she liked most about Elm-wood. “I love all the strawberryfarms,” she said. It occurred to meto say I preferred our local gorilla

ranches, just to see her response.Obviously, there are no gorillasranches around Elmwood (thoughsomebody needs to tell Dick Taylorat City Hall they would be a bonafide tourist attraction). Unfortu-nately, there are no strawberryfarms, either. Even so, the 27th an-nual Strawberry Festival marcheson Saturday to the great gastronom-ical pleasure of many. My eatingorder is: 1. Strawberry shortcake, 2.Strawberry pizza, 3. Pancakes withstrawberries. Thanks to a newgroup of organizers for making allthat fine food available once again.... The local festival season startedlast weekend when the competitivebarbecue circuit arrived in Brim-field for Smoke on the Prairie. Lukeand Andrea DeRenzy of Elmwoodtook fourth place for brisket againsta field from across the Midwest.

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is the focus of an Elmwood Devel-opment Association meeting nextThursday (June 11) at 7 p.m. at theFirst Presbyterian Church of Elm-wood. A representative from theChillicothe Optimist Club will beon hand to discuss how that grouppurchased their town’s theater andwas able to pay off loans, to offermovies and to keep open the doorsto a town asset. “We are hopeful anindividual will purchase the theater

and this meeting would be good forprospective buyers, as well, be-cause they will hear how profitablethe theater can be,” Amy Davis ofthe EDA said. “If an individualdoes not buy it, we are educatingourselves on what can be done.” Asif that’s not reason enough to at-tend, snacks will be served. ...Though I’ve heard arguments to thecontrary, I have no doubt ThePalace can be a viable, money-making business into the future.

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If you are an existing runner you need to call toget signed up on line ASAP.

As summer is upon us, so is Lit-tle League baseball season. Mydaughter plays softball, so I get togo watch her playat least once aweek, and itlooks like she ishaving a lot morefun than I hadwhen I was herage.

The kidsaround my neigh-borhood had al-ways played baseball, but before(and for that matter, after) organ-ized games with teams, uniformsand stuff, we played with plasticballs and bat.

The balls were half solid withholes cut in the other half (perhapsdesigned that way to ruin both thearms of pitchers and the swings ofbatters for life). The bats were long,yellow things that, if left in the suntoo long, would warp, making hit-ting next to impossible unless youwent to the plate with your eyescrossed.

Sandlots echoed with familiarphrases such as “Invisible man onfirst!” or “Pitcher’s hand; you’reout!” as kids invented ways tomake up for phantom players who

had yet to discover our pickupgame.

Trees, bushes or shrubs, andwayfaring pieces of paper served asour bases, though we wore outpatches of grass around “secondbase.”

We had our share of arguments,but it must have been fun becausewe would quit playing when it gottoo dark to see the ball and be backon the field the next morning.

Then came some adults with theidea that we should play organizedbaseball with hardballs and woodenbats. I’m not sure exactly HOW theteams were chosen for our four- tosix-team league, but I’ve got a sus-picion.

It seems that if your parent wasone of the people in charge of theleague, you went onto one team,and if your parents were not busi-ness owners or professionals, yougot put into a different pool of play-ers.

The result was simple: One teamwas made up of “all stars” and theother five teams had varying de-grees of talent. Usually there wasone team that was almost competi-tive, and three or four that werecompletely useless.

I always wound up on one of the

teams that was useless.Those teams usually had two or

three players who could sometimescatch and throw the ball, and some-times there were those who couldhit as well.

I remember my second year (Ithink I was in 5th grade) when Iwas one of the two pitchers. Thismeant we had two players whocould throw the ball from thepitcher’s rubber to the plate. Thiswas somewhat of an accomplish-ment.

When I wasn’t pitching, I playedthird base, because the third base-man needed a strong arm to throwacross the diamond. When Ipitched, the other pitcher playedthird base for the same reason.

It would have been a solid strat-egy if we would have had a firstbaseman who could catch the ball,but those people were all on the all-star team.

The biggest member of the teamwas always the catcher. I’m notsure why other than it gave thepitcher someone large to aim at.

Our catcher that year was good,but some teams had kids who werejust overweight and had about asmuch interest in catching as they

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GUEST VOICES


Memories of Little League days gone by

JonGALLAGHER

To the Editor:There have been encouraging

signs on Capitol Hill of late thatCongress’s long slide into irrele-vance may be slow-ing.

Recent agreementson Medicare reim-bursements, on Iran,No Child Left Be-hind, Pacific tradeand other issues ledto a chorus of relieved approvalboth in Washington and in thepress. Just as important, the amend-ment process – at least in the Sen-ate – is once again functioning asit’s supposed to.

But let’s not go overboard. Majorchallenges lie ahead, chief amongthem how Congress handles thebudget. If Congress finds that itlikes feeling productive, then I’ve

got suggestions for turning thesefirst, tentative steps into realprogress.

First, it needs to remember ourfounders placed Con-gress first in the consti-tutional firmament. Ithas been far too timid.

Second, Congressneeds to return to goodprocess. Returning inboth houses to the so-

called “regular order” of committeehearings and amendments woulddo wonders for restoring trans-parency, encouraging fact-findingand finding agreement.

Third, members need to under-stand their conduct has a direct im-pact on Americans’ trust inCongress. Too many have a con-stricted view of what it means toserve. They understand their re-

sponsibility to represent their con-stituents, but apparently feel littleor no responsibility to get legisla-tion enacted into law or to make thecountry work. This fails the ulti-mate test of the legislative process,which is to find remedies to the na-tion’s challenges.

Finally, Congress should heed thelesson of these past few months andre-energize its commitment to ne-gotiation and compromise. Skillfullegislators know how to honor theirfirmly held principles while stillfinding common ground.

The progress we’ve seen of lateon Capitol Hill is proof that theselegislators exist. May their ranksincrease.

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FARMINGTON – Farmingtonpolice on May 26 arrested JamesA. Gorman, 55, of O’Fallon, forfelony theft and financial ex-ploitation of the elderly.

In 2012, Gorman sold a light-ning rod system to an 86-year-oldFarmington woman. He would re-turn to her house every six monthsto do “maintenance,” charging$600 to $700 for his work.

He then would go to a localbank and cash the check.

Farmington police are encour-aging anyone with a similar expe-rience to contact their local police.Man cited for DUI afterPrinceville-Jubilee crash

PRINCEVILLE – Twenty-one-year-old Bradley Schreiner ofPrinceville was northbound onPrinceville-Jubilee Road about3:30 a.m. on May 28 when he lost

control of the 2006 Nissan he wasdriving as he passed another vehi-cle, he told police. The Nissanrolled over and Schreiner was outof the vehicle when police arrived.

Schreiner was arrested on twoDUI counts and also ticketed forimproper lane usage, and trans-ported to the Peoria County Jail.Injured motorist ticketed for DUI

BRIMFIELD – Police respond-ing to an accident near the inter-section of Maher and BrimfieldRoads on May 25 ended up ticket-ing a 56-year-old Princevillewoman for Driving Under the In-fluence, according to the PeoriaCounty Sheriff’s Office.

Brenda Schockey was injuredand required transport by BYEAmbulance to OSF St. FrancisMedical Center in Peoria.

Shockey also was ticketed forfailure to reduce speed to avoid anaccident and driving an uninsuredvehicle, police said.Farmington trucker ticketed in collision

FARMINGTON – StevenHaines, 54, of Farmington about2:30 p.m. May 26 was cited forspeeding after the 1995 Kenworthtruck he was driving on IllinoisRoute 116 crashed into the rear ofa 2015 Toyota driven by MichaelEdlen, 70, of Galesburg.

Edlen had slowed to turn ontoEden Road where the wreck oc-curred, police said.One injured in Oak Runjet ski mishap

DAHINDA – A 19-year-oldDahinda man was injured about4:30 p.m. May 25 when he fellfrom a jet ski at Oak Run and dis-located his shoulder, according tothe Knox County Sheriff’s Office.

Derek Baum was transported by

first responders to OSF St. Mary’sMedical Center in Galesburg.

Injured driver ticketedafter Bell School crash

ELMWOOD – Shelby Harris,23, of Canton was ticketed forspeeding and improper lane usageafter the 1999 Pontiac she was driv-ing southbound on Bell SchoolRoad near Shissler Road about 8a.m. May 30 left the road androlled over, according to the PeoriaCounty Sheriff’s Office.

Harris told police she apparentlyfell asleep at the wheel.

She had lacerations and a possi-ble neck injury, police said, andwas taken to Graham Hospital inCanton. She has a July 6 court date.

Police reports• Cole Stoddard, 20, of Brim-

field on May 26 was ticketed forreckless driving, and on May 28was arrested for criminal damageto property and transported to thePeoria County Jail.

• Ashley Harper, 26, of Farm-ington on May 28 was arrested forfailure to appear and transportedto the Peoria County Jail to holdfor another agency.

Deer accidents• May 25: Daniel Powers of Elm-

wood on Interstate 74 near MaherRoad in Brimfield Township.

• May 26: Heidi Vannest ofKnoxville on Interstate 74 nearmile marker 66 in Elba Township.

• May 31: Jennifer Eastep ofFranklin, Tenn., on Interstate 74near Heinz Lane.

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and John S. Miller III of Peoria• Halee Hammitt of Edwards

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Seasons rarely lasted the entiresummer. Because one team alwayshad the best players, there wasnever any doubt as to who wasgoing to win and get the trophy(back then, not everyone got tro-phies – just one for the winningteam’s sponsor to display).

It was no fun to get slaughteredby the all-stars and since there wasno “mercy rule”; you played untilthe game was over.

I remember the night we playedthe all-stars. I pitched that gameand allowed 24 runs in the first in-ning. I’m not exaggerating.

We had three outfielders who

couldn’t catch the ball if you under-handed it to them. Two of them ranaround the outfield playing tagrather than paying attention to thegame. In fact – and again, I’m notkidding – one kid just walked offthe field and went home with hisparents. We didn’t even know it ’tilit was his turn to bat.

The all-stars knew that if they hitthe ball, they were on base. Theyalso discovered that if the ball wentinto the outfield, which is wasbound to do, they could circle thebases because no one knew how tothrow it back. Heck, most of thetime the outfielders didn’t even re-alize it’d been hit to them.

I discovered early that the only

way to get out of the inning was tostrike out the batters. I don’t knowhow many pitches I threw that in-ning, but I think most everyone bat-ted at least three, maybe four times.

Needless to say, it wasn’t fun.I wouldn’t know until a few

years later, when talking to some ofthe all-stars, that they weren’t hav-ing fun either. They wanted to com-pete, not slaughter. Turns out theywere jealous of the rest of theleague because there was no prede-termined outcome when we played.

I’m anxious to get back down tothe diamonds this year and watchmy daughter play. I’ll do my best tomake sure she’s having fun, if noth-ing else.


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BRIEFSAlleged meth lab operators still in jail

WILLIAMSFIELD – Two peo-ple accused of operating a meth labhere remain locked up at the KnoxCounty Jail, facing four chargesand hefty bails in connection with ahouse fire and arrest May 20.

Richard L. Boynton, 50, andPenny J. Hendricks, 42, were ap-prehended when police respondedto an early-morning house fire at121 N. Chestnut St., owned by 85-year-old Joyce Stodgel, accordingto the Knox County Sheriff’s of-fice.

Stodgel said a carbon monoxidedetector awakened her and shecalled 911.

While fighting the basement fire,authorities noticed meth manufac-turing materials and arrested Boyn-ton and Hendricks.

Both are charged with possessionof methamphetamine, and threecharges tied to its manufacture.The court set Boynton’s bail at$250,000 and Hendrickson’s at$100,000, according to the sheriff’soffice.

Knox officials said the meth labwas the cause of the fire.

Stodgel wasn’t charged.Elmwood band seasonstarts Sunday evening

ELMWOOD – Recognized asthe longest continuously perform-ing community band in the state,the Elmwood Municipal Bandstarts its series of summer concertsat Central Park Sunday (June 7) at7:30 p.m.

Performances from the gazebo inthe square are scheduled to con-tinue for 10 weeks.

The band rehearses eachWednesday from 7-8:30 p.m. Dur-ing the Junior High constructionproject, rehearsals take place in anelementary school classroom, banddirector Erich Weiger said.

For details, go to the ElmwoodMunicipal Band Facebook Page.Gospel concert benefitin Edwards on June 19

EDWARDS – The MidwestFood Bank will sponsor a benefitgospel concert featuring the

Collingsworth Family on Friday,June 19,at 7:00 p.m. at Bethany Baptist Church, 7411 North HeinzLane, in Edwards.

Tickets are $20 and are availableat Midwest Food Bank, 9005 NorthIndustrial Road, Peoria; MidwestFood Bank, Bloomington; andBethany Baptist Church. Checkscan be mailed to Midwest FoodBank, 9005 N. Industrial Road,Peoria, Il, 61614. Or go online towww.midwestfoodbank.org.

Children 15 and under are admit-ted for free when accompanied by apaid adult. Proceeds from the con-cert will benefit the Midwest FoodBank, a private and independentfood bank in Peoria that serves 240food pantries and soup kitchens in32 counties, Missouri and Iowa.

Midwest Food Bank providesfood to almost 150,00 people each month at no cost to the foodpantries and soup kitchens. Peoria County road workbids being let

Sealed proposals for PeoriaCounty work including spray-patching various roads in Mill-brook Township and seal-coatingsome roads in Rosefield Town-ship are being accepted until 9a.m. Tuesday (June 9).

Bids will be accepted by theLand Use and InfrastructureCommittee of the Peoria CountyBoard in care of the PeoriaCounty Highway Department,6915 W. Plank Rd. in Peoria, afterwhich bids will be publiclyopened and read for the specificwork sought, according to CountyHighway Engineer Amy BeneckeMcLaren.

Proposal forms are available atthat office. No bidding proposalswill be issued Monday (June 8)after 4 p.m. Download forms atwww.peoriacounty.org/county-Highway/letting.

The lowest responsible bid isaccepted for construction, saidMcLaren, who noted that afterbid-opening, the County Trans-portation Committee reviews let-ting and passes the project, whichthen goes to the County Board,which can review and pass proj-ect as let.

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GALVA – More than 200 stu-dents applied for degrees and cer-tificates for the 2014-15 academicyear at Black Hawk College EastCampus and the May 22 Com-mencement honored several areastudents.

Graduating Summa Cum Laudewas Savannah Speckhart ofPrinceville. Other area graduateswere Briana Lenzi of Brimfield;Athens DeMartini of Laura; Kath-leen Reay, Kristi Smith, SavannahSpeckhart, all of Princeville; andJared Ekstrand of Williamsfield.Dean’s List honorees

Several Local students werenamed to the 2015 Dean’s List.

At Bradley University:• Brimfield – Alexa A. Burek,

Claire E. Crandell, Taylor M. Fales,Kaela N. Giles, Heath L. Moore,Kaitlin S. Paternoga and JenniferK. Volk;

• Dahinda – Travis D. Smith;• Edwards – Nathaniel C. Col-

well, Austin M. Heubi, Kyle J.Schaub, Stephanie N. Swahlstedt,Mary C. Voss and Alexander H.Weck;

• Elmwood – Bryce D. Egan,Destiny T. Jackson, Braden D. Stre-itmatter and Brianna J. Streitmatter;

• Farmington – Cameron R.Horn, Michelle L. Rathman andJessica N. Settles;

• Princeville – Raeleen E. Hart-Rhoads, Kyle Haste, Arin M.Heinz, Michael L. Holder, KaitlynnA. Holshouser, Haley M. Meeksand Blake A. Momenteller.

At Western Illinois Universitythey include:

• Brimfield – Leah Dean, TabethaDungan, Luke Golemon, KathrynKellstadt and Ryan Kreiter;

• Edwards – Ashley Wetherill;• Elmwood – Kaselyn Hart, Ryan

Herridge, Michael Hoffman andGabriela Montoya;

• Princeville – Janelle Hohenberyand Hannah Morrissey;

• Trivoli – Jessica Marie Abeland Kevin Eastman.

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Billtown streets, sidewalks to be repairedBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

WILLIAMSFIELD –The Village Board onMonday unanimouslyvoted to spend $25,000in Motor Fuel Tax fundsto seal coat several cityblocks and to proceedwith plans to repair sec-tions of sidewalks.

Andrew Logsdon ofthe Galesburg engineer-ing firm of Bruner,Cooper & Zuck ex-plained the street proj-ect, which will work onportions of CottonwoodCourt, Legion Road,Norman Drive, PineStreet and Scheeler Av-enue.

“We’ll be going all

around the new library,which will open thissummer,” said Village President Michael Gray.

Knox County will dothe work through an in-tergovernmental agree-ment, and it’s expectedto be finished in August.

The sidewalk workwill include sections bythe funeral home andphoto studio, Gray said.

In other constructionnews, bids for the state-assisted project on thewater system went outMonday (June 1), andare scheduled to beopened on July 23,Logsdon said.

Addressing upgradesrecommended by the

Illinois EnvironmentalProtection Agency, theproject received a$229,000 grant from thestate’s Community De-velopment AssistanceProgram, and will be ad-ministered by the West-ern Illinois RegionalCouncil.

Williamsfield is obli-gated for about $76,000of the cost.

In other business, theBoard briefly went intoexecutive session andemerged to approve ToriCourson as VillageClerk.

The position had beenVillage Clerk/Treasurerand was elected, but theboard made it two ap-pointed positions to con-form to state law, andincumbent Mary Ricewill remain as VillageTreasurer.

The Board also:• Voted to annex Luke

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• Set June 13 as the“Tour of Gardens” from3-5:30 p.m.;

• Scheduled June 19 asClean-Up Day (whenmaterials must be curb-

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• Heard concernsabout some fire hydrantspossibly needing main-tenance (noticed afterthe fire department re-cently flushed out thesystem);

• Passed the PrevailingWage ordinance, whichrequires taxpayer-fundedconstruction projects topay the County’s pre-vailing wage (for in-stance, the IllinoisDepartment of Laborlists Knox carpenters’prevailing wage in Juneas $30.38/hour, andhighway laborers’ at$26.06/hour); and

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grants of $2,400 was usedto purchase a third hydro-ponic system and to starta community garden atthe school. The commu-nity garden is planted andmaintained by studentsand free vegetables andherbs are there for anyonein the community whowants to come pick them.

Herbs grown in the hy-droponic system at thegreenhouse, as well as alarge crop of “soon to beripe” tomatoes, are allused in Williamsfield’sschool cafeteria.

“My students have hadthe satisfaction of grow-ing their own food andfood for their fellowclassmates,” Rigg said. “Ithas allowed my studentsto monitor the growth ofplants from seed to har-vest. They have been ableto see how we mightsomeday feed the worldby growing in confinedspaces or areas wheregrowing conditions maynot be favorable.”

Alford, who graduatedlast month, used an inde-pendent study to run thehydroponic systems. Thatinfluenced her decision toattend Blackhawk Collegenext fall with a major inhorticulture.

“This program has beengreat because I got tolearn about somethingthat interested me, and Ialso learned as I taughtothers,” Alford said. “Ithas brightened my daysand increased my love forthe field and helped medecide my college major.”

Alford estimates sheand her fellow studentsspent approximately 10hours a week checkingpH and water levels daily,

as well as planting, prun-ing and harvesting.

“I simply love being outin the greenhouse andlearning more about it,”Alford said.

A total of 65 students inseven classes participatedin the hydroponics pro-gram since February,Rigg said.

“Ava and her fellowstudents have learned tomeasure and monitor Phiand water levels and havemastered pruning tech-niques,” he said. “It hasbeen a positive and en-riching experience forthem.”

Rigg said his studentsare proud of the workthey have accomplished,but are concerned aboutthe program’s future dueto potential cuts of up to$1.8 million dollars instate funding.

“Our program has beenso successful and pro-duced such positive re-sults that we hope to notonly to continue it, but toexpand it,” Rigg said.“We just hope and praythat the funding comesthrough next year.”

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Kent Rigg, left, and AvaAlford initiated Williams-field’s hydroponic pro-gram. Photo by CherylHarlow.

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gal because Ward 2 Alderman RyanLambert, who owns property in theTIF district, registered a vote whenhe should have abstained.

Lambert has turned in the paper-work to remove his property fromthe TIF district so he can vote onmatters related to it, but thatprocess could take a few weeks.

“There’s a lot of raw nervesabout this and I want to make surewe get this thing right,” said MayorKenn Stufflebeam.

Ward 1 Alderman Matt Ulm,who vehemently opposed both theprevailing wage exemption and thewaiver of the building permit dur-ing the previous vote, wonderedwhether the council could place re-strictions on the follow-up vote.

“I think he (Lambert) should beentitled to a vote,” he said. “Weneed a full council and a mayor ...because of the heated issues thatare surrounding this.”

Stufflebeam said if that stipula-tion is placed on a vote, it maynever occur.

Members of the audience tookissue with the ability of councilmembers to remove property fromthe TIF. The year-old TIF has beena source of confusion for many tax-payers this year, as their tax billslook a bit different than in the past.

“If you guys can get out of it, I’dlike to get out of it,” said ToniHolmes, who serves as assessor.

Stufflebeam said he would lookinto whether other elected officials

could remove their properties.The process of receiving TIF

funds for projects also came intoquestion, with Holmes saying shehad been led to believe one personmade all the decisions regardingthe distribution of the funds.

Tempers already were a bit highafter complaints earlier in the meet-ing that nothing has been done toimprove Dimmit Park and that cer-tain parts of town are looked downupon.

“That is not at all true,” Stuffle-beam said. “It’s not about who youare. This is Farmington and we’regoing to get past the petty bicker-ing.”

In other business the council:• Accepted the resignation of

Kenny Anderson from the planningcommission.

• Learned the city received a$37,015 insurance settlement for a2014 fire at the reverse osmosisplant.

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Farmington dignitaries and officials from Petersen Health Care were onhand to break ground for a new nursing home facility being built in Farm-ington. Photos by Dave Giagnoni.



Elmwood approves more bidsfor Junior High renovation

Habitat for Heroes groundbreakingELMWOOD – Area residents are in-

vited to the groundbreaking for Habitatfor Humanity’s second area “Habitat forHeroes” home, scheduled for Saturdaymorning (June 6) at 502 S. Locust.

Elmwood’s military family is U.S.Army Staff Sgt. Patricia Hightower, anElmwood native.

The groundbreaking will be at 10a.m. with former Congressman andTransportation Secretary Ray LaHoodas Master Sponsor.

Sponsors include Wayne LitwillerExcavating; Bruce Ekhoff Builders;Tannock Electric; Tim Maness & SonsAmusement; G&D Disposal; Steve,Donna & David Neal; Standard Heating& Cooling; Forever Me Photography;

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Habitat says material still needed in-cludes drywall and finisher, appliances,cabinets, counter tops, nails, paint, softlumber, trusses, plywood, windows,screws, inside doors, outside doors anda deck or patio.

Call Habitat for Humanity of theGreater Peoria Area at (309) 676-6729or Elmwood Military Build coordinatorGerri Pettit at (309) 251-7006.


ELMWOOD – More than $400,000in bids for masonry, flooring and generalcontracting were unanimously approvedby the Board of Education at its regularmeeting on May 27.

With added language specifying theapproval is “based on an accurate analy-sis of all three general trades bids byconstruction manager PerformanceServices,” the bids were tentativelyawarded to Otto Baum of Morton($18,135 for masonry work), TSI Com-mercial Floor Covering of Champaign($49,393 for flooring), and D. JosephConstruction of Peoria ($344,600 forgenerate trades work).

Board member Val Ramirez voicedconcern with the large spread betweenthree bidders for general trades labor.There was a 31 percent difference be-tween D. Joseph and the highest bidder.

“I’m OK if our construction manageris confident with that number,” Ramirezsaid. “We’re leaning pretty heavily onour construction manager.”

Related work to address asbestosabatement also was awarded at a priceof about $22,000.

In other action, the Board unani-mously approved the installation of anirrigation system for the football field,which will be completed at no cost tothe District or school activity funds.Coach Todd Hollis said football parentsand other donations for material, laborand installation will fund the project,which will be completed this summer.

Also, Superintendent Chad Wagnerreported the Illinois State Board of Edu-cation’s annual audit and scoring of theDistrict’s special education and relatedservices, known as the State Perform-ance Plan (SPP) was a perfect 4.0.

“We passed with flying colors,” hesaid, “across the board.”

In other news:• The Elmwood Elementary Parents’

Club has set Aug. 22 for its 17th annual2015 Golf Fore Education fund raiser,which raised more than $17,000 lastyear. Besides an 18-hole round of golf,the event will feature a steak dinner, aDJ, a silent auction and a raffle, includ-ing a new $5,000 cash raffle. For detailscontact Rachel Potts at (309) 573-3444or [email protected] or ErinMagee at (309) 738-9938 or [email protected];

• Elementary School Principal TonyFrost reported that the 4th grade thisyear collected about 11 tons of materialin connection with the District’s recy-cling program; and

• The Board tentatively OK’d sendingBoard Members to the 2015 Joint An-nual Conference of the Illinois Associa-tion of School Boards, IllinoisAssociation of School Administratorsand Illinois Association of School Busi-ness Officials Nov. 20-22 at the HyattRegency Chicago and Sheraton ChicagoHotel and Towers. The District last yearspent about $5,500 for five Members’registration, parking and rooms, a 40percent reduction from previous confer-ence expenditures.

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Elmwood council adjusting permit feesBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – Homeownersmaking minor alterations or build-ing an attached deck will see reliefunder new building fees tentativelyapproved by the City Council onTuesday. The council also OK’d aMotor Fuel Tax maintenance pro-gram and a 2015-16 contract withBYE Ambulance.

Aldermen unanimously voted todirect the City’s attorney to draftlanguage adjusting fees for buildingpermits and for the Zoning Board ofAppeals, intending to make smallhome improvements cheaper andto cover expenses associated withengineering consultation costs.

The action would eliminate a$500 fee for an attached deck andmake it the same as a free-standingdeck: $250. It also would create anew $75 fee for “minor” alterationsneeding just one inspection. Cur-rently, any alternation costs $250.

Other building permit fee changeswould include raising the alterationfee for electrical, plumbing and

HVAC from $55 to $75 and in-creasing the fee for front-yardfences from $50 to $55.

The only changes to zoning feeswould be an increase for a variancerequest from $265 to $400 and anincrease for a special use requestfrom $690 to $890.

A Motor Fuel Tax-funded mainte-nance program was unanimouslyapproved. The plan calls for spend-ing $29,400 on asphalt and salt,$19,900 on seal coating, $5,500 onspray patching and $1,250 on re-lated engineering. The program to-tals more than $56,000.

The Council also passed with nodebate a new contract with BYEAmbulance calling for the City’scontribution of $55,760, virtuallyunchanged from last year.

Also unchanged were other com-munities’ contributions, accordingto the BYE agreement: BrimfieldFire Protection District: $132,168;Elba-Salem Fire Protection District:$62,000; and Elmwood Rural FireProtection District: $25,970.

In other action, the Council:

• Unanimously approved an inter-governmental agreement withFarmington to buy oil for Elm-wood’s spray-patching machine;

• Unanimously OK’d the annualrenewal of the Prevailing Wage Or-dinance, which governs wages con-tractors or subcontractors must payon public-works projects. The Illi-nois Department of Labor lists Peo-ria County carpenters’ prevailinghourly wage in June as $30.38,electricians $34.82, highway labor-ers’ at $29.16; plumbers’ at $34.52;and truck drivers’ at $33;

• Authorized the purchase of 106-foot park benches without back-rests to be placed throughout thebusiness district at a cost of lessthan $300 each;

• Heard Police Chief AaronBean’s summary, which reported 80incidents, 29 reports, 21 warnings,12 stops, 7 tickets and 5 arrests; and

• Discussed continuing to explorethe purchase of a new leaf-vacuumpiece of equipment for the street de-partment, which could cost morethan $50,000.

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Norman G. FordFARMINGTON – Norman G.

Ford, 95, of Farmington died at10:50 a.m. on Wednesday, May27, 2015, at Country Comfort inElmwood.

He was born on July 30, 1919,in rural Oak Hill to George andEffie (Ries) Ford.He married AliceLouise Jones onMarch 28, 1945,in Peoria. Shepreceded him indeath on Septem-ber 17, 2000.

He is survivedby three children,Jeanie (Herb)Stufflebeam of Staunton, Bonnie(Jim) Northrup of Elmwood, andRev. Gary (Claire) Ford of Pekin;10 grandchildren; and sevengreat-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by hisparents; one brother, Harold Ford;and one grandson, Jeffrey FordStufflebeam.

Norman was a veteran of theUnited States Marine Corps, serv-ing his country in the South Pa-cific during WWII. He worked forCaterpillar as a tool grinder, retir-ing in 1980, after 37 years of serv-ice.

He was a member of the Inde-pendent Order of Odd Fellowsand the Farmington American Le-gion Post No. 140, where he was apast Commander. He was a mem-ber of the Farmington UnitedMethodist Church.

Funeral services were to be heldat 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June3, 2015, at the Farmington UnitedMethodist Church, where visita-tion is to be held from 9:30 a.m.until the time of services. Burial,with military honors, will be atYates City Cemetery.

Oaks-Hines Funeral Home inElmwood is in charge of arrange-ments.

In lieu of flowers, memorialsmay be made to the FarmingtonYWCA Lunch with Friends, 111N. Ave. A, Canton, IL 61520 or toFarmington Rescue 1100, 49 N.Cone St., Farmington, IL 61531.

Online condolences may beposted at www.oakshinesfuneral-home.com.

Ted MorseYATES CITY – Ted R. Morse

64, of Yates City passed away Sun-day, May 24,2015 at 3 p.m. atthe OSF St. Fran-cis Medical Cen-ter in Peoria.

Ted was bornNov. 24, 1950 inGalesburg, theson of Theodoreand Irene(Emken) Morse.He married Georgia McMaster onSept. 12, 1969 in Maquon. Ted’sgreatest love was his family. Hemade it a point to be highly in-volved with his son’s high schoolactivities, and he later cherishedfishing with his grandchildren.

He was a 20-year member of theElba-Salem Fire Department. Tedwas also active with the Yates CityMasonic Lodge where he served atone time as a Master Mason.

He is survived by his lovingwife, Georgia Morse of Yates City;son, Brett (and Amanda) Morse ofElmwood,; two grandchildren,Beckett and Lyla Morse,; onebrother; Randy (and Brenda)Morse of Scott City, Mo.; and onesister, Denise (and Bart) Wernickof Bellevue, Neb. Ted is also sur-vived by several nieces andnephews.

He was preceded in death by oneson; Daniel Morse, parents;Theodore and Irene Morse, andone nephew; Joshua Morse.

A graveside memorial servicewas held May 31, 2015 at theYates City Cemetery.

Memorial donations can be leftto the Elba-Salem Fire Depart-ment. The Hurd-Hendricks Funeral

Home and Crematory in Knoxvilleis assisting the family.

Online condolences can be sentthrough www.hurd-hendricksfu-neralhome.com

Doyle AllenBRIMFIELD – Doyle F. Allen,

80, of Hanna City, father of aBrimfield man, died May 22 at theOSF Richard L. Owens HospiceHome in Peoria.

Survivors include son David(Janet) Allen of Brimfield; sevengrandchildren; five great-grand-children; and five sisters.

Funeral services are scheduledfor 11 a.m. today (Thursday, June4) at the Davison-Fulton Bar-tonville Chapel, with the Rev. BobDeBolt officiating.

Burial with military funeral hon-ors will follow at Penn RidgeCemetery, near Trivoli. Visitationwill be two hours prior to the serv-ice, from 9 to 11 a.m.

Condolences may be left atwww.Davison-Fulton-Bartonvil-leChapel.com.

Betty Coon BRIMFIELD – A memorial

service/celebration of life forBetty Harlan Coon, who died inDecember, is scheduled for 2-3p.m. Saturday (June 6) at the OakHill Cemetery.

Coon, 71, a resident of Pullman,Wash., since 1971 and formerly ofBrimfield, died Dec. 17, 2014, atHoly Family Hospital in Spokane,Wash.

A Brimfield native, she was agraduate (and class valedictorian)of Brimfield High School and theUniversity of Illinois and Urbana-Champaign.

She married David L. Coon onAug. 25, 1962, in Brimfield. Hesurvives, along with daughter Lara(Dr. David) Anderson of CollegeStation, Texas; two grandchildren;sisters Kay Habil of Eddyville,Ky., and Janet Harlan of Scotts-dale, Ariz.; brother Charles Harlanof Mobile, Ala.; and 20 nieces andnephews.

Friends, especially former class-mates, are invited to attend thememorial.

Condolences may be left atLegacy.com.

This Week’s Obituaries• Doyle Allen, 80, Brimfield• Betty Coon, 71, Brimfield• Ed Driscoll, 79, Farmington• Norman Ford, 95, Farmington• James Kriegshauser, 94, Ed-wards• Clay Menold, three weeks,Princeville• Ted Morse, 64, Yates City• Alan Vaughn, 24, Brimfield• F. Wayne Webb Jr., 82,Princeville

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

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

Sun. Divine Service: 10 amBrimfield E-Free ChurchPastor Donald Blasing11724 Maher RoadBrimfield, IL 61517(309) 446-3571

www.brimfieldefree.orgWorship: 10:30 am

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

ages 3-12

Brimfield UnitedMethodist Church

Pastor Leonard Thomas135 S. Galena St., Brimfield

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

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

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

Sunday Worship: 9 amTuesday Bible Fun Night: 6 pm

EDWARDSBethany Baptist Church7422 N. Heinz Ln., Edwards

(309) 692-1755www.bethanycentral.org

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

Christ Alive! Community ChurchPastor Lance Zaerr

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

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

ELMWOODCrossroads Assembly of God

Pastor Tim Cavallo615 E. Ash St., Elmwood

(309) 830-4259www.crossroadselmwood.org

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

Elmwood Baptist Church

Pastor Dennis Fitzgerald701 W. Dearborn St., Elmwood(309) 742-7631, 742-7911 Sun. School: 9:30 am

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

of ElmwoodReverend Marla B. Bauler201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood

(309) 742-2631firstpresbyterianofelmwood.orgSun. Worship: 10:30 amSun. School: 9:30 am

St. Patrick’sCatholic ChurchFather Paul Stiene

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

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

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

United Methodist Church of Elmwood

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

(309) 742-7221www.elmwoodumc.org

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

FARMINGTONFirst Presbyterian Church

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

(309) 245-2914www.firstpresfarmington.comSunday School: 9:30 amFellowship: 10:30 am

Worship: 11:00 amNew Hope FellowshipAssembly of GodPastor Tom Wright

1102 N. Illinois Route 78Farmington

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

YATES CITYFaith United

Presbyterian ChurchReverend Marla B. Bauler

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

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

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Ed DriscollFARMINGTON – Edward “Ed”

Driscoll, 79, of Peoria, father of aFarmington woman, died May 24at his home.

Survivors include his wife, Pa-tricia A. Atkinson-Hunter; theirchildren, Monica (John) Yard ofFarmington, George Hunter ofPekin, Douglas (Brenda) Hunterof Germantown Hills, Alicia(David) Killam of Eureka, CandyHunter-Heisel of Glasford, Angela(Scott) Hart of Morton and Timo-thy Hunter of Peoria; 20 grand-children; 19 great-grandchildren;one sister, Catherine (Jim) Burley;seven sisters-in-law; and numer-ous nieces and nephews.

A funeral Mass was May 29 atSt. Ann Catholic Church in Peo-ria, with burial at St. JosephCemetery in West Peoria.

Condolences may be left atwww.Davison-Fulton.com.

James Kriegshauser EDWARDS – James E.

Kriegshauser, 94, of Peoria, fatherof an Edwards woman, died May28 at Bickford Cottage in Peoria.

Survivors include his wife of 70years, Florence M. Rogers; onedaughter, Debra (Mike) Crismoreof Edwards; one son, Ronald (LeeAnn) Kriegshauser of Peoria;daughter-in-law, MaxineKriegshauser of Hugo, Minn.; sixgrandchildren; eight great-grand-children; and three step-grandchil-dren.

A funeral Mass was May 30 atHoly Family Catholic Church,

with entombment in ResurrectionMausoleum.

Condolences may be left atwww.wrightandsalmon.com.

Clay MenoldPRINCEVILLE – Clay Michael

Menold, three weeks old, died onMay 25 at OSF Saint FrancisMedical Center in Peoria.

Clay was born May 7, 2015, inPeoria, the son of Ryan and ShariMartin Menold.

Surviving are his parents ofPrinceville; sister, Ayla Menold;brother, Gage Menold; and grand-parents, Mike and Sharon Menoldof Princeville and Steve and VickiMartin of Goodfield.

Private family services wereplanned, with burial in ApostolicChristian Church Cemetery inPrinceville.

Condolences for the family maybe left at www.haskellhott.com.

Alan VaughnBRIMFIELD – Alan James

Kennith Vaughn, 24, of Pekin,stepbrother of men from Brim-field and Elmwood, died May 29,at his home.

Survivors include his motherand stepfather, Wendy and KevinMcCready of East Peoria; father,Keith Vaughn of Pekin; maternalgrandparents, James and EdithTaylor of Pekin; paternal grand-parents, Kennith and BeverlyVaughn of East Peoria; three sis-ters, Jennifer Stout, ShelbyVaughn and Shayla Vaughn, all ofPekin; two stepbrothers, Kyle(Baeleigh) McCready of Elm-

wood and Tyler McCready ofBrimfield; two nieces; fournephews; and several aunts, un-cles and cousins.

His visitation was scheduled for4-7 p.m. Wednesday (June 3) atPreston-Hanley Funeral Homes &Crematory in Pekin. There will beno services and cremation will beaccorded following the visitation.

To express condolences online,visit www.preston-hanley.com.

Condolences may be left atwww.RemmertFuneralHome.com.

F. Wayne Webb Jr. PRINCEVILLE – F. Wayne

Webb Jr., 82, of Lowpoint,brother-in-law of a Princevilleman, died May 25 at his home.

Survivors include his wife, JoanE. Bennington; four sons, Daniel(Dawn) Webb of Mahomet, Darrin(Luanne) Webb of Topeka, Kan.,Markus (Amy) Webb of Ma-homet, and Jerrod Webb of Peo-ria; five grandchildren; a sister,Jayne Forbis of Kewanee; abrother-in-law, Dale (Pauline)Bennington of Princeville; andsister-in-law, Carol (Jeff) Knightof Mahomet.

A memorial service was May 30at Washburn United MethodistChurch, with burial of ashes inBethel Cemetery in Lowpoint,where military rites were ac-corded.

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Princeville seeking art works for Heritage DaysPRINCEVILLE –Are you an

artist interested in sharing your tal-ent with the public? Join us at theLillie M. Evans Library for thePrinceville Heritage Days ArtShow.

This juried show is open to allages and eligible works may in-clude: photography, watercolor,oil, pen & ink, pencil, acrylic,sculpture, pastels, mixed media,collage, printmaking, etc. Pleaselimit entries to five per person. En-tries must be original and pro-duced within the past two years.

Art work drop off will be:• Wednesday, June 10 9 a.m.-8

p.m.

• Thursday, June 11, 9 a.m.-5p.m.

• Friday, June 12, 9 a.m.-5p.m.• Saturday, June 13, 9 a.m.-1

p.m.• Monday, June 15, 9 a.m.-8p.m.• Tuesday, June 16, 9 a.m.-5p.m.• Wednesday, June 17, 9 a.m.-8

p.m.No late entries will be accepted.Forms are available in the li-

brary or online at http://lmeli-brary.org. To learn more, call (309)385-4540

Artwork will be hung and juriedon Thursday, June 18.

The Art Show will be open tothe public during Princeville Her-

itage Days on June 19 from 9amuntil 6pm and on Saturday, June20th from 9am until 6pm.

In addition, starting June 22, theArt Show will be on display dur-ing the LME Library’s regularhours through July 11. Libraryhours are Mondays and Wednes-days 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; Tuesdays,Thursdays and Fridays 9 a.m.-5p.m.; and Saturdays 9 a.m.-1p.m.

Art submissions should bepicked up July 13-18.

Individuals who drop off art-work must pick it up or sign a re-lease form for a third party to pickup.



Brimfield village board tables discussion of water, sewer ratesBy TERRY BIBOFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – For the moment,water is tabled.

But the issue of a 5 percent rate in-crease will resurface at the BrimfieldBoard of Trustees amidst the state’s seaof red ink and fear of more predictabledisasters.

“We still have to have money for re-pairs,” board president Dan Fishel toldhike-hesitant trustees at Monday’s meet-

ing. “We’ll table it until next month ifthat’s what you want to do.”

A potential increase was suggested byvillage attorney Rick Johnson during theMay 19 budget hearing. At $238,620,the amount of money budgeted for thewater fund is about a third of the total$737,520 for the village.

“You haven’t discussed raising yoursewer and water rates for years,” John-son said then.

According to Village Clerk Holly

Johnson, the rate has been the samesince 2011. Meanwhile, expenses haveincreased, Fishel noted. And the statemay withhold more funds normallypassed on to the village in order to dealwith its own financial woes.

“They took half of our MFT (motorfuel tax) in March, and they could again,to plug a hole,” she said, as an example.

Debt for the water and sewer systemhas been repaid and there is more than$140,000 in savings for those uses. Yetone major repair to the aging water tankcould drain that reserve.

“We’d could be at zero dollars therepretty quickly,” Fishel said.

Currently, water sales generate morethan $170,000 a year. Quick calculationsby board members indicate a 5 percentincrease translates to roughly $8,700 inadditional income and adds $3.50 to the

average $60 water bill. “We have the option of doing noth-

ing,” Fishel said. “I’d rather be proac-tive and slowly increase as needed.”

Newly-elected trustee Paul Dye saidhe would like to compare Brimfield’swater rates with those in nearby com-munities. Allison Porter suggestedtabling the issue for more consideration.

The budget hearing will be held alongwith the regular July 6 meeting. Anyonewho’d like to see the budget can visitthe village office.

“We’ll have a copy available for view-ing,” Holly Johnson said.

In other business, the board approvedno parking signs along Madison Streetto accommodate the fire department and$1,500 to clean well membranes.

TERRY BIBO can be reached [email protected].

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Gilles’ retirement bittersweetBy KASEY SIMMONS

For The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – Todayis a bittersweet one in thecareer of Lonye (Berkley)Gilles. After 27 years ofserviceto theBrim-fieldSchoolDistrict,Gillesworkedher lastdaytoday (June 4) and was tobe honored during theTeacher’s Institute

Gilles served most re-cently as health care man-ager and said it is the livesof children which en-gaged her in serving theschool district.

After having spent 12years as a stay-at-home-mom to daughters Aarynand Ryan and son Jesse,Gilles decided it was timeto join the workforce.

Initially she credits hermother, a nurse, as inspira-tion for entering the nurs-ing field. Later herchildren guided her towork with school children.And she had support fromhusband and high-schoolsweetheart, Dennis.

“Being a parent taught

me many of the traits Ineeded to work withschool children,” saidGilles, who was born andraised in Brimfield.

Asked about changes ineducation, her response issimilar to other recentlyretired colleagues.

“I’d say testing. Thereis so much emphasis onstate testing, and thePARCC tests this yearwere brutal,” Gilles said.“Introducing CommonCore had a big impact oneducation, as well.”

Not being in the class-room doesn’t mean Gilleshasn’t seen the challengefor teachers and studentsalike.

“I tried to add a littlefun to the mix of fear andworry over PARCC test-ing this year by makingthe teachers ‘stress- re-ducing kits’ which werelittle bags containingchocolate, tea bags, gum,snacks, and other good-ies,” she said. “I boughtthe students bookmarkswith suggestions for re-ducing test anxiety andpassed out smarties toclasses taking the tests.”

When it comes to ad-

vice, she said, “Stick to-gether and support oneanother,” adding she con-siders Brimfield co-work-ers a second family. “Myyears at Brimfield haverewarded me with friend-ships that will last mylifetime.”

Those who knowGilles – notorious forkeeping busy duringbreaks from school –won’t be surprised tolearn her retirement plansare busy.

“I have a very long to-do list,” she said.

Overll, though, her re-tirement plans are simple.

“I am looking forwardto more family time. Any-one who knows meknows that our dogs andchickens are a big part ofmy life, and they aregoing to love having mehome all day. I have be-come one of those crazychicken ladies, and willnow have even more timeto post chicken videos onFacebook,” she said. “My favorite place in thewhole wide world ishome, and my view of theworld is right out my win-dow.”

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CLAIM NOTICEIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

OF ILLINOIS, PEORIA COUNTY

In Re ESTATE OF )BRUCE J. HOWARD, ) No. 15-P-233Deceased. )

NOTICE is given to creditors of the death of BRUCE J. HOWARD, on May2, 2015. Letters of Office were issued by the above entitled Court toLINDA S. KERSH, of 585 East Fulton Street, Farmington, Illinois 61531,and LAWRENCE WAYNE KERSH, of 585 East Fulton Street, Farmington,Illinois 61531, as Executors, whose attor neys of record are WHITNEY &POTTS, LTD., 118 West Main Street, P. O. Box 368, Elmwood, Illinois,61529-0368. Claims against the Estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk'sOf fice, Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or with the repre senta -tives or both on or before the 4th day of December, 2015 or if maili ng ordelivery of a Notice from the representatives is required by Sec. 18-3 ofthe Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that Notice. Every claim filedmust be in writing and state sufficient information to notify the representa-tive of the nature of the claim or other relief sought. Any claim not filedon or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerkmust be mailed or delivered by the claim ant to the representatives and tothe attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed and shall file withthe Court, proof of any required mailing or delivery of copies.

DATED this 18th day of May, 2015.

LINDA S. KERSH and LAWRENCE WAYNE KERSH, Executors of the Estate of BRUCE J. HOWARD, Deceased.

WHITNEY & POTTS, LTD.Attorneys for the Executors118 West Main StreetP. O. Box 368Elmwood, Illinois 61529-0368Telephone: (309) 742-3611Attorney No. 398Firm No. 675

STATE OF ILLINOISIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

PEORIA COUNTYIN RE: THE NAME CHANGE OF, )BONNIE MARIE MOYE, ) Case No: 15-MR-269

Petitioner ) LEGAL NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby given that on the 29th day of June, 2015 at10:30 a.m. in courtroom 203 of the Peoria County Courthouse, 324Main Street, Peoria, Illinois, I will have my petition heard for thechange of my name from BONNIE MARIE MOYE to that of BONNIEMARIE SIEBERT pursuant to the statute in such case made and pro-vided.

Dated: May 22, 2015.

BONNIE MARIE MOYE, PetitionerBy: William R. Kelly, Her Attorney

WILLIAM R. KELLYAttorney for Petitioner4801 N. Prospect Rd.Peoria Heights, IL 61616Telephone: (309) 685-9001

Tucker Blum, ElmwoodSenior workhorse pitcher Tucker “ Tuck” Blum

rounds out another great class of student athletesat Elmwood High School. Tuck remembers play-ing catch with his dad Kenny Blum in the back-yard at a very young age. He liked throwing theball, so he stayed with it. Tucker came to realize,through his dad and mom,Shauna, that hard work andpatience would be needed tosucceed as a pitcher. Baseballisn’t an easy game. Therewould be good days and not-so-good days.

Brimfield-Elmwood coachBrandon Porter saw potentialand results of Tucker’s hard work by displayingconfidence in his pitcher in his early high schoolyears. It paid off for Tuck, Porter and the Indians’team as he won as a starter, held leads and savedwins in late innings by his junior season. One savecame versus Peoria Notre Dame last season whenhe stifled six slugging Irish hitters to close out abig win.

Rewards for Tuck’s hard work came in the formof ICAC and Prairieland All Conference recogni-tion. In addition, he will pitch and study physicaleducation at Carl Sandburg Junior College thisfall.

Tucker’s only major flaw is that he is a Cubs’fan! He also supports other Chicago teams – theBulls and Bears and roots for U of I football andbasketball. His favorite movie is “Ferris Bueller’sDay Off,” and ESPN Sports Center is what hemost likes to view on the tube. History is what hemost likes in the classroom. Tucker also partici-pates in the EHS Key Club. Away from school-work and pitching, he likes to spend time with hisfamily and friends, and watch movies.

“Something I’ll miss from this community ishow Elmwood and Brimfield have worked to-gether to succeed and get kids to participate insports,” he said in a very astute manner.

Along with playing baseball, Tucker also playedfor the Trojans football team. He gave back toEJHS pitchers last fall in a very effective way. Asone can read, Tucker Blum, the final EHS Athleteof the Week for 2014-2015, has an awesome storyto tell and to read, like all our other awesome stu-dent athletes.

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Princeville falls just short of Final 4By PHIL JOHNSON

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CHAMPAIGN – Twosingles, one error and an-other day of rest forMitchell Janssen was allthat stopped Princeville’sbaseball team fromreaching the Class 1AFinal Four.

Tied 5-5 with OkawValley heading into thebottom of the seventh in-ning Tuesday in theChampaign Supersec-tional, the Princes (26-5)yielded a winning run toend an inspiring season.

Down 5-1 after four,Princeville rallied to tieas Brett Down and Bran-don Crose each had twohits and scored three ofthe Princes runs. ZachSimmons added a double,one run scored and threeRBI and Princeville alsogot hits from Austin Bro-dine, Michael Sheets,T.K. Kielion and LukeCokel.

But ace hurler Janssen,who had tossed a com-plete game no-hitter inMonday’s sectional win,could not pitch Tuesday.That left the duties to acommittee of Down,Cole Hartley and Kielion.

One day earlier, thePrinces had continued aterrific 2015 run with a 3-0 Illinois Wesleyan Sec-tional championship winover Abingdon-Avon.

Janssen put up an im-pressive no-hit perform-ance that included 12strikeouts. Janssen alsodrove in two of the threePrinces’ runs with a basehit in the opening frame.

“Mitch is always most

focused and seems tohave his best stuff versusthe toughest opponents,and we were all helpedwith an outstanding run-ning catch in centerfieldby Luke Cokel,”Princeville coach ChrisDelbridge said.

Down had two hits andscored twice, while Sim-mons added two hits inthe Princeville offensiveeffort.

To get to the sectionalfinal, the Princes also gota Janssen shutout in a 4-0win over Ilini Bluffs inthe semifinals.

Janssen scattered fourhits while ringing up 14strikeouts.

IB ace Chet Merritpitched weel, but thePrinces capitalized onthree opponent errors.T.K. Kielion also con-nected for two triples thathelped get in two of thePrinceville runs.

Brimfield-ElmwoodThe Indians’ season

ended at the MonmouthSectional semifinals in asetback to a very solidIllini West team, 3-2.

Jake Roberts’ two-runhome run in the fourth in-ning was B-E’s offense,

while Carson Cuevaspitched a complete gameand allowed just two hitsand fanned four.

Sectional championIllini West scored one ineach of the first, third,and sixth to overcome theIndians. West employed acombination of pitchersAlex Rhodes and ColtonMellinger, somethingthey’ve done throughoutthe season in key games,to hold B-E to three hits.

“Jake struck out in the

first, then adjusted to hitthe home run in thefourth. Carson pitchedgreat all season,” B-Ecoach Brandon Portersaid. “It was a tough loss.Our team battledthroughout the season.”

Cuevas led the team inhitting with a .364 aver-age, while Roberts wasthe RBI man with 34.Senior Tucker Blum wasthe pitching wins leaderwith a 5-1 mark in theteam’s 21-14 season.

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Members of the Princeville baseball team pose with their 2015 sectional trophy.Photo by Shelly Brodine.



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BRIMFIELD – Brim-field High School has an-nounced that LanarkEastland High School willbe joining the field of the2015 Brimfield TurkeyTournament on the boysside of the brackets.

Eastland replaces RockIsland Alleman and joinsa field that includes Brim-field, Midwest Central,Tremont and Princeville.

The boys tournamentbegins Nov. 23.

The girls side will re-main the same with Brim-

field, Kewanee, Prince-ville, Wethersfield, St.Bede and Leroy. The girlsside of the tournament be-gins Nov. 20.Hoops rule – The rule

prohibiting excessive con-tact in high school basket-ball has been expanded toinclude all ball-handlerson the court, include postplayers.

This revision was rec-ommended by the Na-tional Federation of StateHigh School Associations(NFHS) Basketball Rules

Committee at its April 20-22 meeting in Indianapo-lis. Both changes weresubsequently approved bythe NFHS Board of Di-rectors.

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4x200 meter relay,which placed fourth in atime of 1:30.73 – secondfastest in Farmers his-tory.

The relay was made upof seniors Max Balagnaand Josh Lozier, juniorSteven Gilstrap andsophomore Eric Higgs.

“I feel good for ourseniors Josh and Max.They got to finish theircareers as all-state ath-letes,” Hardesty said.“They peaked at theright time too. Theybought into the trainingand it paid off.”

The only faster 4x200relay for Farmingtonwas the 2000 quartet ofDustin Palley, JustinEasley, Ryan Smith andRyan Moll, which wasthird in Class A in1:31.05 but had a fastertime during that season,Hardesty said.

The Elmwood-Brim-field track team alsobrought home two all-state performances:ninth-place runs by sen-ior Nate Herridge andsophomore HaydenGolemon.

Herridge won in theslow heat of the 3,200-meter run and, despiterunning by himself,managed to post a timeof 9:55.23 that boosted

him past several in thefast heat.

“To be in the slow heatand to sneak in and beatthe other guys is kind ofhard to do,” E-B coachGregg Meyers said.“You’re basically justrunning against time andtrying to beat the otherguys.”

Herridge had been bat-tling a cold on Thursday,which was a factor in hisleg of the 4x800 E-Brelay. Ranked secondcoming in, the Trojansdid not advance to Satur-day’s finals.

“We just kind of gotoff to a slow start andnever picked it up fromthere,” Meyers said.

The opposite was true

for Golemon, who ran avery good qualifyingrace in the 300-meter in-termediate hurdles.

Golemon’s time of40.84 was his best andwas the eighth-fastestand boosted him intoSaturday’s final on thenine-lap Eastern IllinoisUniversity track. Gole-mon ran 41.92 in thatrace to earn his ninth-place medal.

“He didn’t run quite aswell as he had in quali-fying, but for a sopho-more to get down thereand qualify for the finalsis a good deal,” Meyerssaid.

Fellow sophomoreJackson Harkness justmissed reaching the fi-

nals in shot put, placing13th in prelims with atoss of 49-04.25.

Elmwood-Brimfield sophomore Hayden Golemon (second from left) placed ninth lastSaturday in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles at Class 1A state in a time of 41.92.

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SOFTBALL: Florey fanned 34 in sectional wins“I just wanted to put the

ball in play,” Pillman said.Her single scored

Kendra Gorham (whoreached on a hard-hit ball)and Kennedy Dura (whohad a bunt single).

For insurance, Gorhamadded an RBI double inthe fourth that platedBaysingar.

“I really felt comfort-able at the plate and I’mseeing the ball reallywell,” said Gorham, whohad the game’s two hard-est hits.

“It was nice to workwith a three-run lead,”said Florey, who creditedcatcher Ryleigh Keithwith calling a good game.

Last Friday, B-Ereached the Elite Eight bywinning the KnoxvilleSectional over Rockridge,4-0. The Lady Indiansdowned Beardstown 2-0in the sectional semis.

Florey whiffed 17Rockridge batters, al-lowed just one hit, andgave only two free passes.For the cause, she added atwo-run home run.

Baysingar drove in arun and Morgan Ledbetterhad two hits.

“Morgan was dominantin the circle. Our defensemade the plays we hadto,” Juerjens said.

In the Beardstown win,Florey also delivered ashutdown performance,giving up just one hit andstriking out 17 with nowalks.

With solid defense andRBIs from Ledbetter andHannah Huber, B-Eavenged an early seasonloss to Beardstown.

“Morgan (Ledbetter)and Hannah (Huber’s)hitting efforts were big,”Juerjens said.

PrincevillePrinceville (29-8) gave

Sterling NewmanCatholic all it could han-

dle in the Class 1ADeKalb Supersectionalbefore errors led to a 5-2defeat in 11 innings.

That final did little totake away from a seasonthat saw regional and sec-tional titles.

Jordan Kraft tossed 14strikeouts in the supersec-tional, allowed, just oneearned run, three hits andjust two walks.

Nicole Roberts had twoPrinceville hits and Na-talie Cokel walked twice.

“Jordan really battled.The whole team did. Itwas a tough loss to take,but the girls made it awonderful season,” coachChad Gardner said.

To reach the EliteEight, the Lady Princescrushed Marquette Acad-emy 11-0 and Galva 9-1

to win the sectional theyhosted.

In the sectional champi-onship victory over Mar-quette, nine runs crossedthe plate in the first in-ning with the help of RBIhits from Brooke Gard-ner, Jessica Devries,Chloe Lane, Cokel andRoberts.

Kraft allowed just threehits and fanned three.

In the win over Galva,Princeville scored five inthe first three innings,then four in the fifth. Theteam capitalized on aGalva error with threeruns in that mix. BrookeGardner also had twodoubles in the victory.

Kraft pitched and al-lowed no earned runs,two hits and two walks,while striking out six.


Members of the Princeville softball team pose with their 2015 Class 1A sectionaltrophy. Photo by Collin Fairfield.

Ryleigh Keith and Abby Frietsch hoist a sectional plaque (left) and KendraGorham hustles to third base for Brimfield-Elmwood. Photos by Collin Fairfield.

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Lady Indians to state!Florey fans 20 as B-E softball earns Final 4

By PHIL JOHNSONand JEFF LAMPE

For The Weekly Post

EAST PEORIA – One batter madecontact Tuesday against Morgan Florey.

One batter from a “well-regarded hit-ting team,” according to Brimfield-Elm-wood coach Kurt Juerjens.

One batter with a berth to the FinalFour on the line.

Aside from that one groundout, andone walk, Florey was utterly dominant.The senior pitcher struck out 20 Stillman

Valley bat-ters in a 3-0no-hitter thatboosted theLady Indi-ans to Fri-day’s Class

2A semifinals.B-E (31-5) will play Kankakee Bishop

McNamara (13-7-1) Friday at 3 p.m. inEast Peoria’s EastSide Centre. St.Joseph-Ogden and Nashville play in the5:30 semifinal.

Winners play at 5:30 p.m. for a statetitle; semifinal losers meet at 3 p.m. forthird place.

“We knew Stillman Valley was a re-ally good hitting team, and that justshows how strong Florey) was,” Juerjens

said.The hard-throwing senior got all the

support she needed in the third inning ona two-out, two-strike, two-run single thatAllison Pillman threaded between short-stop and third base.

Farmington had five boys take home fourth-place medals Saturday at the Class 1Astate track meet at Eastern Illinois University. From left to right are Josh Lozier, EricHiggs, Steven Gilstrap, Max Balagna and Colton Evans. Photo by Jim Hardesty.

Continued on Page 19

Princeville falls• Okaw Valley scores

one in the seventh to nipthe Princeville baseballteam, 6-5. Page 17.

Morgan Florey and Morgan Ledbettercelebrate Tuesday’s final pitch. Photo byCollin Fairfield.

Two fourths for FarmingtonBy JEFF LAMPE

Weekly Post Staff Writer

CHARLESTON – The goal in trackand field is always to peak at the righttime. Farmington did that perfectly atlast week’s Class 1A state meet, claim-ing two fourth-place finishes in theprocess – one expected, one not.

First to the surprise. Coming into themeet, senior Colton Evans had the 21stbest discus throw in the field. So muchfor seedings.

Heading to state, his best throw was145 feet. First, he topped that at lastweek’s Peoria Journal Star Honor Rollmeet with a 151-foot effort.

He followed that last Friday at

O’Brien Stadium with a toss of 155-10that advanced him to Saturday’s finals.

Then Evans really unleased, rippingthrows of 160 and 162-3 to placefourth in Class 1A and to record thesecond-longest throw in school history.

“I was very happy for him. He camein ranked 21st and got fourth. Obvi-ously, he peaked at the right time,”Farmington coach Jim Hardesty said.“You’ve got a senior who had experi-ence at state last year under his belt, sohe could handle the moment. And heworked hard and the hard work paidoff for him.”

The same was true of Farmington’sContinued on Page 18

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