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The Weekly Post“We Cover The News of West-Central Illinois With A Passion”

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

Troutman to end 700-mile walk at Sunday event

FEMA grant could eliminate 15 Edwards homes

Fireworks shows thisweekend

By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

Crowds figure to be even largerthan usual this weekend for theFourth of July, thanks to a friendlycalendar that places the holiday ona Saturday.

And folks looking for fun waysto spend the weekend should haveplenty to choose from in TheWeekly Post area.

One big evening show startsaround 9 p.m. Saturday in Elm-wood, when area communitieswill come together for the annualFourth of July fireworks show atElmwood’s Sweetwater Park.Rain date is Sunday.

The show is courtesy of theElmwood-Yates City-FarmingtonFireworks Association, whicheach year solicits donations to payfor the show. This year the groupraised just over $7,000 accordingto Les Atwood, president of theassociation.

“Thanks to all those who do-nated, without you the show couldnot go on,” Atwood said.

A concession stand near Dia-mond 5 at Sweetwater Park willalso be open from 6:30-9:30 p.m.and will serve food and drinks.

Another big fireworks display is

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

EDWARDS – Sandbags stoodstacked east of the parking lot atthe Edwards Tap recently, wheremidday showers peppered the en-trance and owner Connie Downardprepped burgers at the grill.

Preparation can be key, but localresidents aren’t sure how to pre-pare for the removal of 15 homesdamaged in 2013 flooding here.

“I haven’t heard a word,” saidDownard, who’s owned the tavern

for 15 years. “Flooding here is afact of life. You move to Edwards,you know you’re going to getflooded.”

Any future moves, however, maybe away from the portion of Ed-wards along Deer Lick Creek byIllinois Route 8 at Kickapoo-Ed-wards Road.

The U.S. Department of Home-land Security’s Federal EmergencyManagement Agency (FEMA) re-cently authorized releasing about$2.3 million to Peoria County

under the Hazard Mitigation GrantProgram to help pay for three-fourths of the costs of buying anddemolishing 35 homes.

One grant, for $805,791, will beused to acquire and raze 15 resi-dential structures in the Deer LickCreek floodplain by Edwards. Asecond grant for will be used tobuy and demolish 20 residentialstructures and elevate one structurein the Kickapoo and Dry RunCreek floodplains in Peoria.

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PRINCEVILLE – Dean Troutman isscheduled to return homeon Sunday, after passingthrough Hanna City andKickapoo in the finallegs of his 700-milewalk across Illinois toraise funds for a park inhis late wife’s memory.

The 84-year-old Trout-man started his trek onApril 21 and walked asfar as Benton in south-central Franklin

County. He averaged over 10 miles a day,walking 17 miles on his longest leg.

Family and organizers from the not-for-profit Troutman’s Trek: A Committee forTroutman Park said food will be servedfrom 3-6 p.m. at Troutman Park, wherehe’s expected to arrive about 4 p.m.

In 2011, Troutman bought more thanfive acres of land to set up the Princevillepark in memory of his wife, Dorothy(Peggy) Troutman. The park currently hasa Little League ball field, a football/soccerfield, walking trail, picnic pavilions and a

concession/restroom facility.Contributions for park improvements

such as playground equipment, waterfountains, scoreboards and bleachers forthe athletic fields and landscaping are stillbeing accepted.

To donate, write Troutman’s Trek – ACommittee for Troutman Park, P.O. Box524, Princeville, IL 61559; call (309) 678-0736; email [email protected]; orvisit www.troutmanstrek.com or the Face-book page www.facebook.com/trout-manstrek. Continued on Page 2

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Scenes like this from the spring of 2013 could be athing of the past if grant funds are used to buy and de-molish 15 homes in Edwards.

The late Brimfield High School art teacher Bernadine Tucker painted this mural on the sideof Sherman’s Pharmacy in Brimfield in 1977 with the help of students Laurie Arnold, CathyArnold and Jo Ann Foster. Photo by Jeff Lampe.

Brimfieldmural a lasting gift

By CHERYL HARLOWFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – BernadineTucker has left a lastinglegacy here.

Her gift to the town is themural on the wall of theSherman’s Pharmacy build-ing in downtown Brimfield.

Tucker was the art teacherat Brimfield High School in1977 when she drew inspi-ration from a two-storymural that she saw on theoutside of a building duringher travels in Central Illi-

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FIREWORKS: Reed Park event planned over Spoon Lakeat Oak Run.

The Oak Run SocialCommittee is also hold-ing a children’s parade at10 a.m. at the BrentwoodParking Lot. Youngsters

in the Oak Run commu-nity are encouraged todecorate their bikes,strollers and scooters andjoin in the parade.

There’s also a daytimecelebration scheduled onJuly 4 in Farmington.

Events start at 10:30 a.m.with a parade sponsoredby the Masonic LodgeNo. 192. Prizes will beawarded for float, kid’sbicycle and antique car.

Following the paradefrom 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. atReed Park there will befood, inflatables, localmusical entertainment,face painting, BarnyardDiscoveries, a 50/50 raf-fle, a dunk tank and more.

To enter the paradeshould contact Matt Ulmat (309) 224-0020.

Peoria has two fire-works shows: the GlenOak Independence DayCelebration Friday (July3) at Glen Oak Park atdusk and Saturday’s RedWhite & Boom show atdusk on the Riverfront.

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“The Hazard Mitiga-tion Grant Program en-ables communities toimplement critical miti-gation measures to re-duce the risk of loss oflife and property,” saidFEMA Region V Admin-istrator Andrew Ve-lasquez III. “The projectsfunded by this programwill lessen the financialimpact on individuals andcommunities when futureflooding occurs in thisarea.”

Peoria County’s De-partment of Planning andZoning director MattWahl told The WeeklyPost that the County’swaiting on state approvalbefore anything can bedone.

“We are awaiting thecontracts for the IllinoisRiver and Edwards proj-ects from IEMA [the Illi-nois EmergencyManagement Agency],”Wahl said. “We also haveto secure match moneythrough the global matchfund through IEMA. All

properties have been pre-approved for acquisitionby the state and will belisted in previously men-tioned contract(s).”

Peoria County mustfund one-quarter of theproject, which comes to$268,597 for Edwardsand $503,012 for the DryRun Creek area.

“These grants are greatnews for these PeoriaCounty residents whocan now avoid futureheartache and propertylosses from flooding,”said James K. Joseph, di-rector of the IllinoisEmergency ManagementAgency. “Peoria County

has long been a leader inreducing flood risk by re-moving homes fromflood-prone areas, whichhas greatly reduced thecounty’s vulnerability toflooding.”

Downard said she’s notcounting on anything –except the kindness ofcustomers and neighbors.

“Two years ago a lot ofpeople helped us,” shesaid. “We had so manypeople – more than twodozen at a time – help usclean up and bring in bigfans to dry out. We wereonly closed two weeks.

“We’re ready for any-thing”

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Edwards Tap owner Connie Downard readies burgersfor lunch as Edwards faces losing 15 local homes dam-aged in 2013 floods. Photo by Bill Knight.

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This Week’s Eventss Free Bread – Free Bread is available

at the Elmwood Methodist Church onFriday (July 3) at 10 a.m.

s Bible Study – Bible Study at theUnion Church in Brimfield is Tuesday(July 7) at 6:30 p.m.

s Juggling Show – All ages invited toexperience Troy Roark’s Glow-In-The-Dark Juggling show at Brimfield PublicLibrary Tuesday (July 7) at 1 p.m. Noregistration necessary.

s Farm Tours – Tours of Gilles Farmsnear Princeville are Tuesday (July 7) at 9a.m. and 6 p.m. orThursday (July 9) at 9a.m. and 6 p.m. Comesee native grasses,prairie plants and warmseason grasses. Reser-vations required. Call(309) 671-7040 Ext. 3.

s Senior Citizen Luncheon – A SeniorCitizen Luncheon will be held at theUnion Church in Brimfield on Tuesday(July 7) at 12 p.m .

s Farmer’s Market – BrimfieldFarmer’s Market is Thursday (July 9)from 4-7 p.m. at Brimfield Public Li-brary. Continues every Thursday there-after. Call (309) 446-9575.

Future Eventss Family BINGO – Family BINGO is

Thursday (July 9) at 6 p.m. at Morrisonand Mary Wiley Library in Elmwood.Registration required. Call (309) 742-2431.

s Make Ice Cream – Make your ownice cream at Morrison and Mary WileyLibrary on July 11 from 9-11 a.m.

s Drum Performance – All ages in-vited to watch a performance by Pulse ofPeoria Drumline July 15 at 10:30 a.m. atBrimfield Public Library.

s Ladies Crafts – Ladies Craft Time isJuly 16 at 6:30 p.m. at Morrison andMary Wiley Library. Ladies 18 and olderare invited to join. Registration required.Call (309) 742-2431.

s Tractor Drive – A Tractor Drivestarts at 9 a.m. on July 24 at Wheels O’Time in Dunlap. Participants will ride toPrinceville Heritage Museum. If youplan to participate call (309) 253-4842.

s Historical Meeting – All ages invitedto Brimfield Public Library for an inter-active tap program by Peoria Ballet’sTaylor Walper on July 24 at 10:30 a.m.

No registration neces-sary. s Whitney’s Walk –

Whitney’s Walk for Lifeis July 25 at Jubilee Col-lege State Park in Brim-field. Registration for5K is $25 for adults and

$15 for children. s Prairie Tour – Jubilee Prairie Dawgs

will lead an easy walking tour of prairiesin bloom north of Jubilee College StatePark from 9-11 a.m on July 25. Meet at9 a.m. at the observatory on BrimfieldJubilee Road. Call (309) 868-9180.

s Historical Meeting – Elmwood His-torical Society meeting is at 7 p.m. onJuly 28 at the museum.

s Hunter Safety Class – Pheasant For-ever and Quail Forever will hold aHunter Safety Class at St. Mary’s of thewoods in Princeville on July 30 and 31from 5-10 p.m. both nights. There is nocharge for the class. Parents and kids 10years old through seniors in high schoolwelcome. Call (309) 385-2127.

s Golf Outing – Fore the Kids first golfouting sponsored by St. Jude Children’sHospital is August 22 at Oak Run GolfCourse. Shotgun start at 8 a.m. Scrambletournament registration opens at 7 a.m.

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Do you know what the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is? Ifyou answered yes, you’re wrong.If you’re verymuch into na-tional politicsyou may knowabout parts of itthat have beenleaked, but it’smostly a secret,and likely to re-main so. A se-cret trade deal.

We’re not talking national secu-rity here, it’s a trade deal with 11nations around the Pacific Rim,including six we already have

“trade deals” with. Notice I’m notcalling it a “free trade” deal be-cause it isn’t. Tariffs (taxes on im-ports) in and around thesecountries are already pretty lowso there’s not much that can bedone about lowering them.

The heart of this deal appears tobe “protectionism,” but not likeyou think. This is protection for“intellectual property,” which in-cludes copyrights (books, maga-zines, newspapers), and patents(inventions like machines, soft-ware, and pharmaceuticals).

First, it extends those owner-ship rights for much longer peri-ods of time. Think Disney, suing

someone for using one of itscopyrighted characters – saySnow White (1937) – over its usewithout permission (which theydo all the time).

Second, it allows corporationsto sue the U.S. (and/or other na-tions in the TPP) overpatent/copyright infringement, iftheir protections last longer thanours, or a signatory allows freeuse of foreign intellectual prop-erty that is still protected by othernations.

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First to some good news. Wehave “formalized” rules for thefirst WeeklyPost Big TomatoContest. Thanksto garden writerRon Dieter forcoming up withthis idea, I think.The rules aresimple. We aregoing to awardreally coolprize(s) – some combination ofcash, gift certificates and maybeeven merchandise – to theperson(s) who weigh-in the heavi-est tomatoes entered in our contest.Entries will be accepted throughnoon on Sept. 11. We may offerthree prizes if there is enough in-terest. We will only weigh toma-toes weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3p.m. (except on Thursdays whenwe close at noon and the occa-sional Friday when we all sleepin). We will take your picture withyour tomato. The contest is open toanyone. So if your cousin Earl in

California has a 25-pound ’materand you can get it here, bring it on.... Yes, in response to concernsfrom several readers, we plan to x-ray any entry from The Mayor ofOak Hill to make sure he didn’t“spice” his tomato with a railroadspike (that’s a trick the boys inBrowning taught me when enteringwild turkeys into big gobbler con-tests). ... What do we expect for thewinning weight? Likely over 2pounds. So get fertilizing! At leastso far, Mother Nature has providedmore than enough water.

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Now to the bad news. This is agood time to start locking your cardoors if you live in Elmwood anddidn’t already do that. For the pastfew weeks there have been numer-ous reports of doors being openedby would-be burglars late at night.The suspicion is a few youngstersare out pilfering change. But twobroken vehicle windows over theweekend brought this issue to theforefront in town. With that inmind, Elmwood police chief AaronBean said he would advise citizensto lock their car doors. And yes,Bean and his staff are actively try-

ing to catch the culprits in the act.Any tips would be appreciated. ...As for those folks who are break-ing windows or entering vehicles,Bean recalled that a similar out-break a few years ago earned theculprit jail time. That seems like abig risk for pocket change.

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I have a friend who was regis-tered as a sex offender.

He didn’t even know it!A few years

ago, I workedwith a guy (we’llcall him May-nard) in a Gales-burg store. TheInternet was rela-tively new andone of the thingsyou could do withit was to check onsex offenders who might live inyour neighborhood. My girlfriendis the one who alerted me to thefact that I was working next to a“pervert.”

She pulled up the site on mycomputer that showed the mugshots of registered sex offendersnearby, and there was Maynard’sface staring back at me. He lookeda little different than he did atwork; his eyes were half closed, his

mouth was crooked, and he lookedlike he was going to have a heck ofa headache when he woke up thenext morning.

Maynard was a nice guy. He hada girlfriend and they had a son to-gether, but they didn’t live together.He worked hard, was never late forwork, never missed work, and wasa favorite among customers. He didlike to go out and party on week-ends, but I attributed that to hisyouth and lack of bills. (He’d inher-ited his house and had no rent ormortgage payment).

Asking someone if they really area pervert is never easy, but I gath-ered up my courage and asked himabout it. He told me he didn’t knowanything about being a registeredsex offender but promised to lookinto it.

That’s when he got the shock ofhis life.

It seems that a couple years be-fore, Maynard had thrown a party

at his house and there was lots ofbeer. Everyone at the party wasdrunk and loud, but they werekeeping themselves inside May-nard’s house. The police werecalled a couple of times, but madeno arrests. They just told thepartiers to turn down the music.

As the night wore on, some ofthe party spilled out into Maynard’syard. The neighbor who’d com-plained to police called again, butwhen police arrived, they foundnothing out of the ordinary. Themusic coming from inside thehouse wasn’t audible outside thehouse, and people on Maynard’slawn were just talking, albeit inlarge groups. Maynard estimatesthere were as many as 50 people atthe party.

Maynard went outside after thepolice left, but he’d had a little toomuch to drink and started yelling atthe neighbor to mind her own busi-

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Jubilee College State Park stuck in middleTo the Editor:

Jubilee College State Park, thegem of the Midwest, is againcaught in the middle.

According to Rep.David Leitch’s office,the Illinois Depart-ment of Natural Re-sources recently hadtwo recommendationsfor the position of sitesuperintendent, but the AmericanFederation of State, County &Municipal Employees, (AF-SCME) would not approve eitherof them.

This position of site superin-tendent has been vacant for almostthree years. Now that IDNR isrecommending people for the job,we have AFSCME not approvingthem. While these “games” arebeing played, the neglect of Ju-bilee continues.

AFSCME is also hindering theefforts of many that want to vol-unteer at state parks. We cannotbring in our own equipment tomow the trails at Jubilee.

Why?

Because that’s the job of parkpersonnel. What park personnel?We have one full-time workercovering 3,200 acres at Jubilee.

There should beat least one more, asite superintendent,but AFSCME won’tapprove the IDNRrecommendations.This is totally a three-

ring circus. In years past, Jubilee’s Eques-

trian Campground would bepacked on the weekends withcampers and day-use riders. Holi-day weekends would be evenbusier.

What fun. Today, attendance has really

dropped because of the lack ofmaintenance. It’s really a shame.

Maybe AFSCME should startthinking about the good of thepeople and not about how to filltheir pockets. I would love to seeIDNR and AFSCME working to-gether to change union policy inregards to volunteers and whatthey can do.

We volunteers are a natural re-source that needs to be tapped intofor free. Let’s face it, the State ofIllinois is not going to be seeingthe black in a budget for a longtime, and our parks need all thehelp they can get.

Letting volunteers help will be awin-win situation for everyone.Attendance and camping will goup generating more revenue forthe parks.

I’m sure there are quite a fewunion members and former ones(me included) who use these parksin Illinois

Jubilee Riders has been the re-cipient of many grants for JubileeCollege State Park. We got a$15,000 grant for a new well, a$4,000 grant for a trackmaster thatrepairs rutted trails (which hasn’tbeen used for three years becauseof the park’s lack of personnel)and generous amounts for mark-ing the trails and making a map.

We are very proud of our Ju-bilee and want to take care of it.

– Jerry LutkerPresident, Jubilee Riders

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GALLAGHER: Too much partying led to troubleness. As an exclamation point to hisinsults, he unzipped his pants andwhizzed on her flowerbed separat-ing their properties.

In mid-stream, the police pulledup again and illuminated Maynardwith their spotlight – caught withhis pants down, so to speak, May-nard was arrested, taken to the copshop, charged with public urina-tion, and bonded out on his own re-cognizance. Friends returned himto his party, which he immediatelydisbanded.

When it came time to go to court,Maynard saw no reason to hire alawyer and try to get out of thecharge since the cops had caught inthe act. He said that the State’s At-torney and judge both laughedwhen he told them what happened,

giving him a “good-natured” hardtime.

Maynard pleaded guilty and wassentenced to a hefty fine and proba-tion, and told not to have any moreparties that involved vast quantitiesof alcohol or peeing on flowers.

Maynard never knew that publicurination came under a heading of“indecent exposure,” and therefore,was a sex crime – one for which heneeded to register.

The State’s Attorney evidentlydidn’t know that either because noone had ever made a big deal out ofit. Maynard said that when he con-tacted folks in the prosecutor’s of-fice, they were surprised that hehad been listed as a sex offender.

The problem? Getting it erased. Since Maynard had pleaded guilty,it was cut-and-dried. There was

nothing he could do to remove itfrom his record.

He had to hire an attorney and,the last I knew, he’d spent thou-sands of dollars and more than ayear trying to – as his attorney putit – “un-ring a bell.”

I’d lost track of Maynard for al-most 20 years. When I recently at-tended my daughter’s graduationfrom Carl Sandburg College, I raninto Maynard, whose son was alsograduating. He said he’d marriedhis girlfriend he’d been seeing wayback when, was working full-timeat a decent job, and was no longeron the sex offender’s list.

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sidiaries, are presently suing Aus-tralia over packaging restrictionsthe nation put on cigarettes. (Aus-tralia allows cigarettes to be soldonly in packages with particularlydisgusting pictures of diseasedlungs [for instance] on them and asmall label identifying the ciga-rette brand.)

A corporation is suing a nationover its restrictions on advertisinga deadly product! They, the cor-poration, are suing a sovereignnation over what the corporationviews as a hindrance of its “right”to sell its (dangerous) product,thus hurting sales.

Under the TPP, corporationscan sue over anything they viewas an infringement on their rightto make money.

This could be about taxes orregulations. Cases are decided notby judges – certainly not Ameri-can judges – but teams oflawyers.

Sorry to keep repeating but I re-ally want this to sink in. Think ofit: China could sue us for not al-lowing toys in that were paintedwith lead-based paint or dog foodthat contained melamine (both ofwhich actually happened).

But those are only the provi-sions that have been leaked. Pres-ident Obama, much to mychagrin, is pushing this deal andasking for “fast-track” authorityto get it done.

This authority, rarely used inthe past, will allow the presidentand his trade advisers to negotiateand put into effect “deals” that re-

main secret. There are several ironies. Here

are but a few:1. The Senate has failed, time

and again, to ratify (approve andmake into law for the U.S.) theUniversal Convention on theRights of the Child (by UNICEF)because doing so would, in thewords of Daniel Inhofe of Okla-homa, be a step toward “surren-dering our sovereignty.” Yet he’shotly in favor of the TPP.

Which one does more to surren-der sovereignty, Senator? By theway: just about the only otherworld nation that has not ratifiedthe Convention is Somalia.

2. A president elected twice be-cause of his appeals to “ordinarypeople” is very much in favor ofthis pro-corporate, anti-citizenmeasure. Why? There is onlyspeculation because it makes nosense.

He pressured Democrats inCongress hard to get the authorityhe needs while opposition to theTPP is mainly from them. Hismain support is among Republi-cans.

3. Congressmen may view theentire bill, but only in a particularroom in the Capitol where theymay not make copies, take pic-tures, or even take notes. Democ-racy in action.

4. The big prize in this deal be-longs to pharmaceutical compa-nies, who can now extend theirpatents overseas and for longerperiods of time.

A drug that fights Hepatitis C

costs $1,000 in India and $84,000in the U.S. These are the samecompanies that Obama struckdeals with prior to the creation ofthe Affordable Care Act so thosecompanies would “get on board”with the health care bill. Is thispayback?

(Those same companies havenow consolidated the manufac-ture of generics, in many casesraising their prices close to thoseof the previously-patented pre-scriptions.)

5. This “deal” fails to provideprovisions to negotiate foreigncurrency exchange rates. Thiscritical provision, if it existed,would help ease our trade deficitby lowering the value of our cur-rency.

Many get rattled over a “lowerdollar” compared with other cur-rencies, but it’s about the onlyway our goods can be competitivein foreign markets.

Leaving this out ensures contin-uing trade difficulty exporting ourproducts throughout the PacificRim, where low labor rates al-ready make competition tough.

I see lots of stories about Con-gress being “bought” by corpo-rate interests. It is stuff like thisthat makes me believe it.

How did we get here, and howdo we get back to some sem-blance of democracy?

Wish I knew.


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Motorcycle crash claimsPrinceville man

PRINCEVILLE – A Princevilleman about 2 p.m. Sunday died as aresult of injuries sustained after themotorcycle he was riding ran offthe road, crossed an intersection, hita stop sign and crashed into aguardrail east of here, police said.

Daniel R. Potter, 38, was pro-nounced dead at the scene, near theintersection of Illinois Routes 90and 91, according to police reports.

Police said Potter was north-bound on a 2012 Harley Davidsonmotorcycle when the accident oc-curred. Police said Potter’s motor-cycle narrowly missed anothervehicle before striking theguardrail.

The intersection was closed untilabout 4:30 p.m. while authoritiesinvestigated.

There were two other motorcyclefatalities in Peoria County: Mortonresidents William McMurtry, 51,and his wife, Kimberly, 46, died onIllinois Route 29 near East CedarHills Drive Saturday afternoon.McMurtry was driving a Harley-Davidson when the rear tire blewout.

Vehicles damaged inlate-night incidents

ELMWOOD – Two vehicleswere damaged late June 26 by un-known vandals, and local police arecontinuing to investigate the inci-dents.

A 2004 GMC Yukon parked inthe 300 block of West Fremont hada rear passenger window broken,and a 2002 Ford Explorer parked inthe 300 block of West Main had itsdriver-side window smashed.

Nothing seemed to be missingfrom either vehicle, police said.

Police investigatingDogtown Lane wreck

ELMWOOD – The PeoriaCounty Sheriff’s Office is still in-vestigating a June 18 accident onDogtown Lane, where a NorthPekin man went off the road, struckan embankment and overturned.

Chad Puckett, 30, was driving a2000 GMC Sierra truck eastboundon Dogtown Lane near North Triv-oli Road at 3:15 that morning whenthe accident occurred, police said.Knox County policeseeking info on driver

YATES CITY – Shelley Cassel,45, of Yates City about 9 p.m. onJune 22 was driving westbound onKnox Road 50N when an east-bound silver Buick sedan struck her2000 Chrysler Grand Caravan, ac-cording to the Knox County Sher-iff’s Office.

Cassel pulled over but the Buickleft the scene.

Police are seeking informationabout the Buick and its driver.

Police reports• Timothy Colgan, 51, of

Princeville on June 18 was arrestedfor Driving Under the Influenceand transported to the PeoriaCounty Jail.

• Stephanie Kendle, 33, of Lauraon June 21 was arrested for DrivingUnder the Influence and trans-ported to the Peoria County Jail.

• Andrew Harrison, 23, ofPrinceville on June 25 was arrestedfor Failure to Appear and trans-ported to the Peoria County Jail tohold for another agency.

• Zachary Tyler, 20, ofPrinceville on June 27 was arrested

for criminal damage to property,criminal trespassing and unlawfulpossession of a controlled sub-stance and transported to the PeoriaCounty Jail.

• Cody Bishop, 24, of Edwardson June 28 was arrested for aggra-vated domestic battery and resistinga peace officer and transported tothe Peoria County Jail.

Deer accidents• June 9 – Terry Kuykendall of

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• June 10 – Rik Whitley of Farm-ington on Cedar Hills Drive nearIvy Lake Road in Medina Town-ship.

• June 14 – Linda Doubet ofElmwood on Illinois Route 29 nearCrew Lane in Chillicothe Town-ship.

• June 19 – Sandra Davis-Hahnof Elmwood on Illinois Route 78near Graham Chapel Road in Elm-wood Township.

• June 20 – Richard Silvest ofPrinceville on Truitt Road nearBlue Ridge Road in Hallock Town-ship.

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By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – Elm-wood District 322 shouldsave about $36,000 frominitial estimates forportable classrooms afternew Board memberClaude Keefer and SchoolCounselor Janelle Meyers

worked together to betteruse existing space duringconstruction of the $1.6million junior high schooladdition.

Work will go out for bidon Tuesday (July 7) aftera re-boot of the projectfollowing the District’s re-moval of its Schaumburgconstruction firm.

Instead of needing fourtemporary classrooms thisfall, the District plans torearrange classrooms topermit two short-termclassrooms to suffice.

The District will leaseone modular unit contain-ing two classroom spacesfor six months fromActon Mobile of Chicagoat a cost of $1,055 permonth. Additional costsincluding delivery, setup,knockdown, etc. make thetotal charge $20,743,which will part of theproject budget.

Other costs such aselectrical and fire-alarmexpense will be covered

separately by the District.Other options were con-

sidered, ranging from twomodular units at a cost of$56,322 to holding classesin the District office, con-cession building andweight room.

“It’s not ideal, but itmakes the most sensegiven our time con-straints,” said Boardmember Dean Cantu.

The portable class-rooms are expected to beinstalled in August.

Meanwhile, the Districtwill hold a pre-bid meet-ing at 10 a.m. July 16,open bids at 1 p.m. July28, have Demonica Kem-per Architects validatebids through July 30, andhave the Board of Educa-tion consider bids at itsJuly 30 meeting.

The revised scheduleshould allow contractorsto finish work this winter,between Jan. 4 and Feb. 4,depending on alternate-bid possibilities.

In other business,• Superintendent Chad

Wagner said after inputfrom auditors, the FiscalYear 2015 end-of-the-yearprojections seem betterthan had been anticipated.“State payments weremade,” he said, “but westill need to be vigilant.”

• The Board held a briefpublic hearing and thenapproved permanentlytransferring $15,900 ofoperating funds to buy aFord Focus from DavisFord of Canton for Dri-ver’s Education.

• The Board approvedthe District’s insurancepolicy from Unland for2015, raising coveragefrom $8 million to $10million, at about the samecost since the District hadsaved money on workerscompensation.

• The Board namedTucker Blum and JoshFreeman volunteer base-ball coaches for the JuniorHigh.

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Cool!nois.Tucker approached the schoolboard with her idea and received an en-thusiastic go ahead.

She took a photograph of downtownBrimfield from 1909 and painstakinglyrecreated it on the Sherman’s Pharmacybuilding. Her helpers were three localteen girls who were students in her artclass.

Laurie Arnold, Cathy Arnold and JoAnn Foster worked on the mural byfilling in the wall that Tucker meticu-lously blocked out.

According to Laurie Arnold Weber,now a married mother of two in Secor,“She was thebrains behindeverything.Mrs. Tuckerblocked thewhole thing outand would tellus girls what,when and howto do it.”

Weber wenton to add, “Idid most of thehigh work upon the scaffold-ing because theother two girlswere a bitscared of heights.”

Weber fondly recalled well-knownBrimfield resident Steve Howell com-ing by each day and giving the scaf-folding a gentle shake to say hello.

“It scared me because the scaffoldingwould move a tiny bit, but it was hisway of getting my attention way upthere,” Weber said. “Mrs. Tucker hadus use a dry brush technique and sepiatones to make the mural look antique.” Weber went on to say that she is happythat the mural is being maintained, “Igive Shermans a lot of credit for mak-ing sure it’s maintained and helping usstore paint and scaffolding back in1977.”

Current building owner and localpharmacist, Curt Sherman said he isproud to have the mural on the side ofhis building.

“At one time we were having troublewith graffiti on that wall, so when Mrs.Tucker approached us about the mural,we were glad to agree. We also thoughtthat if the local kids participated in the

mural, then they would be much lesslikely to deface it.”

Sherman has been careful to maintainthe mural. In 2001, an art class touchedup the mural with the help of 26 stu-dents who helped repaint areas that hadfaded out.

“For the town it’s been a source ofpride. It was a school project, so thekids took ownership of it,” Shermansaid. “We have had no more troublewith graffiti.”

Instead, plans are in the works togive the mural another update, Sher-man said.

“We are actively looking and think-ing about call-ing the schoolfor a touch-upagain. The sunblazes on thatside of thebuilding and itwears downthe paint.”

Thanks tothe carefulstewardship ofthe Shermans,the muralshould last tobe enjoyed formany years tocome.

Nora Champlin, Bernadine Tucker’sdaughter, shared that her mother passedaway in 2004 at the age of 83. Cham-plin recalled that her mother went to alocal historian in 1977, Henrietta Mem-ler, whose family owned the ShermanBuilding in earlier part of the century.

Tucker chose a photograph fromamong Memler’s collection thatshowed a street view of Brimfield thatincluded Memler’s General Store.Tucker even added the three Memlergirls standing out in from of the storewhen she planned out the mural.

“The Village Hall has the originalphotograph on display of the 1909street view and the Brimfield HistoricalSociety has many similar photographson display at the library,” Champlinsaid.

“I am proud of what my mother ac-complished for the town. I think it’smade the downtown look nicer. A lot ofpeople comment on it when visitingour town and it definitely adds to thetown’s appeal.”

MURAL: Based on photographof downtown Brimfield in 1909




By RON DIETERFor The Weekly Post

There’s no doubt the most valu-able plants in anyone’s landscapeare the mature trees. Large statelytrees add thousands of dollars tothe value of a property. A home-owner can purchase a young treein a container for $20 or have amore developed tree with a fourinch diameter trunk installed for$500 or more.

But a large stately tree severaldecades old is irreplaceable, un-less you’re Bill Gates. Yet oftenthe same homeowner who care-fully plants and tends a young treein his yard ignores, or worse yet,improperly prunes his maturetrees.

I am always amazed when de-velopers take a tract of land, clearoff all the trees and shrubs, buildhomes, and then (maybe) plant afew new trees here and there.Then out of guilt, I suspect, theyname the new streets after treesthey obliterated.

Other developers buy a woodedarea and build new homes amongthe trees. The homes quickly sellto folks who love the trees and thesense of permanence and shelterthey provide.

Within a few years, however,some trees begin to decline anddie because tractors and bulldoz-ers compacted the root zone dur-ing construction. Trenchers andtiling machines ripped through theroot systems while installing sew-ers and utility cables.

It is almost always the most val-ued trees, those closest to thehome, that are lost.

A tree is its own worst enemy.When we mistreat a small shrub

or perennial it dies right away,giving us an opportunity to learnfrom the experience. But a treegrows in slow motion and willstruggle for years to survive an in-jury.

A tree that has been topped, forexample, may live for 10 or 15years before it must be removedfor safety reasons. If a tree diedsoon after injury, we wouldquickly figure out the connection.

All trees can withstand somestress, but when many traumasand injuries occur, it becomesmore than the tree can take.

So what can we do to help ourold neighborhood companions,the stately oaks and majesticmaples?

Most of the time we should justleave them alone. Unless a limb orbranch is broken, most shade treesare best left to grow naturally.Keep lawn mowers and stringtrimmers away from tree trunks.By scarring and cutting throughthe protective bark, these two ma-chines kill more trees than any in-sect or disease.

Before you prune a damaged

tree, take a little time to learn howto make the cuts correctly. It isvery easy to do even more dam-age by improperly sawing awaybroken branches and limbs. Thelocal library and the extension of-fice can help you find good adviceon tree pruning.

Brochures on tree care are avail-able from the International Soci-ety of Arboriculture, Box 3129,Champaign, IL 61826. You canvisit their website atwww.ag.uiuc.edu/isa.

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tending grade school fund-raisingevents that featured secret bagscontaining stuff on which peoplebid – the contents were unknown,so the bidders had no idea whatthey were buy-ing.

The key as-sumption wasthere would begood stuff in thebags becausethey were madeby good people.“Trust me.”

However, inorder to find out what was in thebag, you had to buy it.

The Illinois Corn Growers As-sociation and the Illinois SoybeanAssociation, organizations I be-long to, have spent a lot of timeand farmers’ money encouragingsimilar behavior on secret legisla-tion recently passed by the U.S.Congress.

The legislation is the Trans-Pa-cific Partnership, a formal agree-ment between the United Statesand a smorgasbord of other coun-tries, including Brunei, NewZealand and Peru.

For the general public to findout what is in the legislation, Con-

gress needed to pass it (or buy thebag, like those school fund rais-ers). The Illinois Corn GrowersAssociation has pointed fingers atCongressmen opposing the legis-lation as “Democrats and somefar-right Republicans.”

What about people, of anyparty, who prefer to know whatthey are supporting?

The Trans-Pacific Partnership isa pact the U.S. government hasbeen negotiating for years. Thetext of the accord is not availableto the general public. For reasonsunderstandable to the lobbyistsand negotiators involved, theydon’t want people to know what isin the agreement.

To reveal the contents to thepublic would open up criticismand second-guessing from people,such as you, I or Illinois farmers,who have, in the lobbyists’ eyes,no understanding of complicatedinternational negotiations.

So, we must trust the negotia-tors and lobbyists to do goodthings.

Why two Illinois commoditygroups would support legislationthat can’t be viewed by theirmembers is a mystery. Would ei-ther of these groups support, un-seen, a new Farm Bill drafted by

the Office of Management andBudget, the Environmental Pro-tection Agency and the AudubonSociety?

I sincerely doubt it. But the twocommodity groups say to theirmembers – “Trust me.” And I say,“Thanks but show me.” Or at leastgive me a peek.

The Trans-Pacific Partnershiptreaty will, most likely, becomelaw in the near future. When welearn of the items hidden in the se-cret bag, keep in mind the supportof the Illinois Soybean Associa-tion and the Illinois Corn Grow-ers.

I suspect there will be a lot ofitems in the secret treaty that Illi-nois farmers will not like.

Unfortunately, there are no hu-morous comments in the column’sfinal paragraph. This is seriousstuff that, as a result of the lobby-ing by Illinois commodity groups,we will learn about only after weare forced to buy the bag. Bill Bailey formerly was the Chief

Economist for the U.S. Senate Committeeon Agriculture, Food and Nutrition. Healso has served as Deputy-Under Secre-tary of Agriculture at the U.S. Departmentof Agriculture.

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By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

Hot July weather maynot agree with everyone,but for prairie flowersthe steamy summer is atime to shine.

With that in mind, twolocal groups are offeringtours of nearby prairierestorations.

The first tours will benext week at Gilles Fam-ily Farms nearPrinceville. Here youcan tour an expanse ofprairie flowers, nativegrasses and warm-seasongrasses that have beencarefully restored by Tedand Ron Gilles and otherfamily members alongthe Spoon River.

Gilles Farm Tours will

be Tuesday, July 7, at 9a.m. and 6 p.m. andThursday, July 9, at 9a.m. and 6 p.m.

You will be led bytractor and wagon by theGilles Brothers on their700-acre farm.

Reservations are re-quired so please callKarla Smith at (309) 671-

7040, Ext. 3 or [email protected].

Later in the month onSaturday, July 25, the Ju-bilee Prairie Dawgs willlead an easy walking tourof prairies in bloom in thefar north of Jubilee CollegeState Park.

These are also restoredprairies that Prairie Dawgsmembers have worked todevelop.

In addition to help iden-tifying plants, an Audubonrepresentative will inter-pret birds seen and heardalong the way and an ento-mologist will interpret but-terflies and other prairieinsects.

Children are welcomeand all participants are en-couraged to dress for a

walk through tall grass –meaning long pants are agood idea. Bug spray willbe provided.

Those interested areasked to meet at 9 a.m. atthe observatory on Brim-field-Jubilee Road, 2.5miles west of Princeville-Jubilee Road. Look forsigns.

Complimentary refresh-ments will be served at 9a.m. After a short talk, thetour will last until about 11a.m.

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ELMWOOD – Back from ElSalvador, Tricia Hightower wasjoined by sons Derek, Kody andRicky and dozens of volunteers onJune 26 when they raised the firstwall in Habitat for Humanity’s“Habitat for Heroes” house onSouth Locust Street in Elmwood.

More than 500 people have vol-unteered so far, according toHabitat for Humanity of GreaterPeoria director LeAnneSchmidgall, who added that in itsthird week of construction, theproject has reached $50,000 inmaterials and $51,000 in labor.

The local steering committee ofBobbi Millinger, Gerri Pettit andGeorgia Stevens also organizedrefreshments for those gathered.Brimfield board OK’s two-year bus contract

BRIMFIELD – Brimfield Com-munity Unit School District 309 ap-proved a two-year contract for busservice at its June 19 meeting.

BUSD 309 agreed to pay Hassel-bacher Bus Company $259,254 forbase mileage of 89,287 miles dur-ing the 2015-2016 school year. Thatincreases 3 percent to $267,032, for91,966 miles in 2016-2017.

Above the base contract, the rateis $82.95 per day for 50 miles orless and $1.25 per mile for everymile afterward. Drivers will be paid$9 per hour, or no less than mini-mum wage, for wait time and $11per hour for drive time. If the con-tract is extended past the 2016-2017school year, the rate for basemileage increases by 3 percent.

Weather delays work onFarmington TWP road

FARMINGTON – FarmingtonTownship Highway Commis-sioner Paul Balagna at theTrustees’ regular monthly meetingJune 8 reported that recent rain-falls have made it difficult to keepup with the scheduled mainte-nance of township roads.

Crews are grading roads asweather permits, but some spotsremain rough until there’s a breakin the storms.

Meanwhile, Ace in the Hole ofWashburn finished spray patching

all township blacktops, and graveland other work is underway onPleasant Hill Road.

In other business, excessive ruston a Ford tandem truck causeddamage to the vehicle, which is atKoenig Body & Equipment inWest Peoria waiting for an insur-ance adjuster’s feedback prior torepairs.Billtown school boardmakes personnel moves

WILLIAMSFIELD – The schoolboard recently approved hiringHaley Smith as a part-time summermaintenance worker and OK’d re-tirement agreements with teachersBecky Blankenship and BrendaBridson.

The District will pay $145,000 tothe Teachers Retirement System forthe District’s and Bridson’s EarlyRetirement Option, and will pay$67,000 to TRS to buy lost years ofservice for Boucher. Both will keephealth benefits for three years. TheDistrict plans to fill each position.

Paper records insideFarmington capsule

FARMINGTON – Paper recordswere the main items discovered in-side a 90-year-old time capsule dis-covered by Dan Meister duringdemolition of part of the old Farm-ington High School building.

Meister and Dave Giagnoni, di-rector of the Farmington HistoricalMuseum, opened the capsule duringFarmington Summer Fest.

Inside were mostly paper recordsof the 1925 building project, includ-ing a Dec. 22, 1924, ballot from thereferendum where voters OK’d theschool’s construction; the originalMarch 31, 1925, resolution ap-proved a $129,000 bond to con-struct the school; lists of localchurches, lodges, businesses andgovernmental bodies, faded photos,a dime; and copies of three Farm-

ington newspapers. Materials from the small metal

box, which was inside the build-ing’s cornerstone, will be displayedin the museum, 144 E. Fort St.

In other news, because no onewon the “Find the Farmer” contest,organizers donated the $1,000 prizemoney to Danielle and Mike Nel-son’s nonprofit “Hearts for Adi”group, which raises funds for OSFChildren’s Hospital’s Neonatal andPediatric Intensive Care Units.

German-American Volksfest is Sunday

PEORIA – The Peoria German-American Society will hold its an-nual Volksfest Sunday (July 5) atHickory Grove Park from noon to 8p.m. Admission and parking arefree for the family event. HickoryGrove Park, 12403 Hickory GroveRd., Dunlap is just north of Peoria.

In addition to live entertainment,a Classic Car and MotorcycleCruis’n runs from noon to 5 p.m.,featuring cars, trucks and motorcy-cles made prior to 1990. Entry isfree and earns the entrant a passgood for one beverage or sandwich.

Food to be served will includesmoked pork chops, bratwurst, Hei-delburgers, sauerkraut, German po-tato salad and more. German anddomestic beer are available, alongwith soft drinks and desserts.

Et ceteraPRINCEVILLE – Peoria County

4H Textile Judging will be heldnext Thursday (July 9) at thePrinceville Heritage Museum. Indi-vidual conference judging starts at 9a.m. State fair finalist selection andawards will start about 10:30 a.m.

According to Suzanne Gill, themajority of 4Hers who attend arefrom Brimfield, Elmwood andPrinceville, from the Jubilee Patri-ots, Edelstein Eager Beavers, Elm-wood All Stars and Laura Winners4H clubs.

Tricia Hightowerreturned from ElSalvador to helporganizers and vol-unteers raise a wallon the Habitat forHeroes house sheand her family willeventually inhabitin Elmwood. Photoby Bill Knight.

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Antique tractor display at Wheels O’Time DUNLAP – Wheels O’ Time Mu-

seum has a new display for July inthe Early Ford V8 show room featur-ing antique Ford and Ford poweredtractors.

Tractors on display include: 19318N with only 125 original hours; re-stored Ford 8N; 1932 Thieman kittractor, featured in Vintage TractorDigest; 1932 Schramm; FordsonTractor

Other tractors at Wheels O’ TimeMuseum are John Deere, IH, Cater-pillar, Best and Holt.

In addition to the special displayfor the month of July more tractorswill be at museum for a few dayslater in the month. The Central Illi-nois Farm Heritage Tractor Club willdisplay tractors at the Heart of Illi-nois Fair July 10-19.

Some of the tractors from the Her-itage Tractor Club will relocate to

Wheels O’ Time Museum for an out-door display July 19-24. They will beavailable to view during the hoursthe museum is open Wednesday-Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Admission is$6.50 adults, $3.50 ages 3-11.

The museum has other antiquefarm implements and many ongoingdisplays in four buildings.

To learn more, visit www.wheelso-time.org.

Also, a “Tractor Drive” will start at9 a.m. on Friday, July 24, leavingWheels O’ Time Museum and goingon back roads to the Princeville Her-itage Museum (about 15 miles).

The Princeville museum is the lo-cation for the Central Illinois FarmHeritage Tractor Club Summer Trac-tor Show, which runs July 24-25 andfeaturing various John Deere Trac-tors.

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Kathleen BobellCANTON – Kathleen Ruth Bo-

bell, 73, of Canton passed away at6:10 pm Friday, June 26, 2015 atthe Graham Hospital in Canton.

She was born on Sept. 2, 1941 toRobert and Gertrude (Lorton)Wiles. Kathleenmarried Leo R.Bobell on August21, 1960 in Can-ton at WesleyUnited MethodistChurch. He sur-vives along witha son Dr. RobertC. (Carla) Bobellof Canton, and 2grandsons; Westin and Nathan. Shewas preceded in death by her par-ents and a brother Robert.

Kathleen was a Member of Wes-ley United Methodist Church, Job’sDaughters, Den mother for CubScouts Pack 99, and Graham Hos-pital Service League. She workedat Gallagher-Reeder InsuranceAgency and Nagle Accounting &Tax Services as a secretary. Shestarted and owned her own busi-ness, Kathy’s Bridal from 1989-2008.

Kathy enjoyed making youngwomen look beautiful in their promor wedding gowns and wouldspend hours upon hours often stay-ing up most of the night sewing andaltering their dresses to perfection.She absolutely loved what she wasdoing and her passion was reflectedin her products and services sheprovided to her customers whosometimes drove for many miles tocome see Kathy.

She also enjoyed spending timewith her family especially her 2grandsons whom she adored.

Kathy’s legacy will be her eversacrificial giving of herself and herunconditional love. It was oftennoted that you never left Kathy’shouse empty handed.Services will be 11 a.m. today(Thursday, July 2) at Murphy-Sedgwick Memorial Home in Can-ton with Pastor Brandon Theobaldofficiating. Visitation was to befrom 5-7 p.m. Wednesday (July 1)at the Funeral Home. Burial willfollow in White Chapel MemoryGardens in Canton.

Memorials can be made to

Alzheimer’s Association or SpoonRiver College Foundation.

To view Kathleen’s DVD or tomake online condolences go towww.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com

Silas CochranELMWOOD –

Silas A. “Si”Cochran, 93, wentto be with hisLord and Saviorat 3:27 p.m. onFriday, June 26,2015, surroundedby his family athis home.

He was bornMay 1, 1922, in Parma, Mo. toOscar R. and Clara Belle (Hon)Cochran. He married Lorene An-derson on June 27, 1942, inMalden, Mo. She preceded him indeath on April 18, 2013.

He is survived by six children,Becky (Chuck) Heaton of Peoria,Barb (Mike) Lubitz of Peoria, Fran(Jim) Ferry of Maquon, LarryCochran of Ashville, NC, Sheryl(George) Snider of Tucson, AZ,and Ron (Candy) Cochran of Elm-wood; one sister, Catherine Shelbyof West Frankfort; 12 grandchil-dren; 23 great-grandchildren; threegreat-great-grandchildren; andmany nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by hisparents; two brothers, Carl and PaulCochran; and three sisters, MaryCrafton, Lena Crafton, and RubyCochran.

Si was a veteran of the U.S.Army, serving his country in theChina Burma India Theater duringWorld War II, where he wasawarded the Victory Medal andBronze Star. He worked on theSpecial Attachment Floor as a LineInspector for Caterpillar, retiring in1982.

He lived to work, and spent hisretirement working various jobs,but his true passion was farmingand tending to his garden. He en-joyed sharing his produce with hisfamily and neighbors.

Si was a devoted St. Louis Cardi-nals fan his entire life. He trulylived a life of love, and was a greatexample to his children and grand-children. He never met a strangerand left a lasting impression withall he met.

Si was a member of the Elm-wood VFW; a member of BethelBible Church in Edwards for over50 years; and most recently at-tended Hilltop Fellowship Churchon Farmington Road. A true be-liever, follower, and disciple ofJesus Christ; in Si’s own words,“Glory be to God!”

Funeral services will be held at11 a.m. on Friday (July 3, 2015) atOaks-Hines Funeral Home in Elm-wood, where visitation will be heldone hour prior to services. Burial,with military honors, will be atElmwood Township Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorialsmay be made to the Peoria RescueMission or to OSF Hospice.

To view Si’s tribute video, or toleave condolences, please visitwww.oakshinesfuneralhome.com.

Patricia BowenFARMINGTON – Patricia “Pat”

B. Bowen, 92, of Hanna City, for-merly of Farmington, died June 17at her home.

She is survived by her husband,Harold “Tuffy” Bowen; their chil-dren, Patti (Jim) Reiland of Mont-gomery, and Jim (Barbara) Bowenand Susie (Dennis) Riekena ofHanna City; 6 grandchildren and 13great-grandchildren.

There was a funeral Mass at St.Matthew’s Catholic Church inFarmington June 20, with burial atResurrection Mausoleum in Peoria.

Condolences may be left atwww.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com.

This Week’s Obituaries• Kathleen Bobell, 73, Canton• Patricia Bowen, 92, Farmington• Nellie Cassano, 96, Edwards• Silas Cochran, 93, Elmwood• Duane Coe, 51, Dahinda• Gary Davis, 81, Kickapoo• Gary Fincham, 73, Elmwood• Gilbert Fleisher, 95, Farmington• Larry Fleisher, 79, Yates City• John Gagliardo, Jr., 89, Farming-ton• John Hrvatin, 98, Farmington• Jacqueline Kroepel, 91, Farming-ton• Marian Meyer, 80, Edwards• Larry Miller, 57, Farmington• Jane Myrna, 79, Kickapoo• Carolyn Wagnaar, 70, Edwards• Deborah Westall, 64, Elmwood• Patricia Yager, 75, Princeville

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Gary FinchamELMWOOD – Gary R. Fincham,

73, of Elmwood died on Sunday,June 14, 2015, at Paradise ValleyHospital in Phoenix, Arizona.

He was born Nov. 7, 1941, inChicago, to Roderic and Kathryn(Garber) Fincham.He married PattyRunyon on Oct.14, 1967, in Elm-wood. She sur-vives.

Also survivingis his mother, ofFarmington; twosons, Stephen ofPhoenix, Arizonaand Jeffrey of St. Louis, Mo.; onesister, Sandra Babich of Dalton,Ga.; and two grandsons, Bryce andDylan Fincham.

He was preceded in death by hisfather.

Gary was a veteran of the UnitedStates Navy. He worked as a clientservice representative for 35 years,retiring in 2003 from McKesson inCharlotte, N.C.

Gary was a proud supporter andvolunteer at Camp Big Sky, wherehe enjoyed working with thecampers. He was an avid St. LouisCardinals and Chicago Bears fan. Gary was a member and past Com-mander of the Elmwood AmericanLegion and a lifetime-member andpast Commander of the ElmwoodVFW. He attended ElmwoodUnited Methodist Church.

Cremation rites were accorded. Amemorial service, celebratingGary’s life, was held June 27, 2015,at Elmwood United MethodistChurch, with Rev. Brad Watkins of-ficiating. Burial, with military hon-ors, was at Elmwood TownshipCemetery.

Oaks-Hines Funeral Home inElmwood handled arrangements.

Memorials may be made to CampBig Sky.

To leave online condolences,please visit www.oakshinesfuneral-home.com.

Deborah WestallELMWOOD – Deborah J. West-

all, 64, of Elmwood, passed away at7:50 am, Thursday, June 25, 2015,at her residence.

She was born on Aug. 24, 1950 inPeoria to Paul and Bernice (Belew)Westall. Her father preceded her indeath.

She is survivedby her mother,one brother, Den-nis (Monica)Westall of Gales-burg, one nieceDennise (Robert)Turner of Peoria,one nephew ScottEckman of Texas,one great nephew Matthew Westalland a special family friend John“Mr. John” Robertson.

Debbie retired from the ProctorEndowment Home in Peoria work-ing as an LPN. She enjoyed travel-ing.

Funeral services were Monday,June 29, 2015, at the Oaks-HinesFuneral Home in Elmwood.

Burial was to be at the ElmwoodTownship Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to theBYE Ambulance or to the family.

Leave online condolences atwww.oakshinesfuneralhome.com.

Nellie CassanoEDWARDS – Nellie A. Cassano,

96, of Edwards died June 15 at Uni-tyPoint Health-Proctor in Peoria.

Survivors include son, Barry Cas-sano of Edwards.

A funeral Mass was June 20 atHoly Family Catholic Church inPeoria, with entombment at Resur-rection Mausoleum, where the U.S.Navy performed military honors.

Condolences may be left atwww.thewiltonmortuary.com.

Duane CoeDAHINDA – Duane A. Coe, 51,

of Dahinda died June 17 at home.Survivors include his wife,

Michele Meyer Coe; his parents, O.Lowell and Marilyn (Johnson) Coeof Brimfield; sons Dustin Coe ofBrimfield and Brock Coe ofWilliamsfield; a stepson, CodyMeyer of Owatonna, Minn.; and hisbrother, Jim (Dawn) Coe of Orion.

Condolences may be left atwww.ruxfuneralhome.com.

Gary DavisKICKAPOO – Jerry Lee “Jake”

Davis, 81, of Bartonville, father ofan Kickapoo woman, died June 23at Bickford Cottages in Peoria.

Survivors include his daughter,Leann (Ken) Scovil of Kickapoo.Funeral services were June 27 atBartonville United MethodistChurch, with burial in St. Patrick’sCemetery in Kickapoo.


Gilbert FleisherFARMINGTON – Gilbert G.

Fleisher, 95, formerly of Farming-ton, died June 27 at the ChristianBuehler Home in Peoria.

Survivors include his brother,Wayne Fleisher of Elmwood.

Cremation was accorded. Agraveside service will be held at 1p.m. July 11 at Oak Ridge Ceme-tery, Farmington.


Larry Fleisher YATES CITY – Larry D.

Fleisher, 79, of Yates City died June17 at his home.

Survivors include his wife,Cheryl (Windish) Fleisher; six chil-dren, including Michele (Curtis)Price, Cindi (Stuart) Marcotte andJeffrey Fleisher, all of Yates City.

Condolences may be left atwww.oakshinesfuneralhome.com.

John Gagliardo, Jr.FARMINGTON – John C.

Gagliardo Jr., 89, of Farmingtondied June 14 at Farmington CountryManor.

He is survived by two children,Mark Gagliardo of Farmington andJohn Gagliardo of St. Louis; and sis-ter Joy Ann Steiner of Peoria.

Condolences may be left atwww.oakshinesfuneralhome.com.

John Hrvatin FARMINGTON – A funeral

Mass for John Hrvatin, 98, of West

Peoria, formerly of Farmington,who died June 7 at OSF Saint Fran-cis Medical Center in Peoria, wasJune 20 at St. Anthony’s CatholicChurch in Bartonville.


Jacqueline KroepelFARMINGTON – Jacqueline P.

Kroepel, 91, of Farmington diedJune 23 at Farmington CountryManor.

Survivors include daughter, Lau-rel Leadley of Yates City; son DavidKroepel of Hanna City; six grand-children; and six great-grandchil-dren.


Marian MeyerEDWARDS – Marian R. Meyer,

80, of Peoria, mother of an Edwardswoman, died June 24 at OSFRichard L. Owens Hospice Home.

Survivors include her husband,Wayne Meyer; four daughters,Diane (Rusty) Russell of Edwards;10 grandchildren; 1 great-grand-child; and brother Jerome Menke.

Condolences may be left atwww.wrightandsalmon.com

Larry MillerFARMINGTON – Larry W.

“Oink” Miller, 57, of Mapleton, sonof a Farmington man, died June 20at his residence.

Survivors include wife, Deanna(Shafer) Miller; father, Larry Millerof Farmington; and mother, Ida(Willard) Crall of Glasford.

Cremation rites were accorded.Condolences may be left at

www.davisonfwoolsey.comJane Myrna

KICKAPOO – Jane Myrna, 79,of Peoria, mother of a Kickapoowoman and sister of three Kickapoowomen, died June 14 at the familysummer cottage in Chillicothe.

Survivors include daughter, Linda(Curt) Christensen of Kickapoo;and sisters Jude (Bob) Carman,Barb (Charlie) Ludolph and Pat(Tim) Beckman, all of Kickapoo.

Condolences may be left atwww.wrightandsalmon.com

Carolyn WagnaarEDWARDS – Carolyn L. Wag-

naar, 70, of Morton, sister of anEdwards man, died June 15 atApostolic Christian Restmor inMorton.

She is survived by five brothers,including Ken (Sally) Maubach ofEdwards; two sisters; four chil-dren; 10 grandchildren; and fourgreat-grandchildren.

Condolences may be left atwww.knappjohnson.com

Patricia YagerPRINCEVILLE – Services for

Patricia Ann Hountz Yager, 75, ofPeoria, formerly of Princeville,who died March 25 at UnityPointHealth-Proctor in Peoria, wereJune 20 at St. Mary of the WoodsCemetery in Princeville.

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BRIMFIELDSt. Paul’s

Lutheran ChurchThe Lutheran Church -

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

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

Sun. Divine Service: 10 amBrimfield E-Free ChurchPastor Donald Blasing11724 Maher 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 Study: 6:30 pmFirst Sunday each month isCommunion Sunday (glutenfree communion offered)

EDWARDSBethany Baptist Church7422 N. Heinz Ln., Edwards

(309) 692-1755www.bethanycentral.org

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

Christ Alive! Community ChurchPastor Lance Zaerr

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

www.christalivecc.comSun. School: 9:15 amWorship: 10:30 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 ChurchPastor Dennis Fitzgerald

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

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

of ElmwoodReverend Marla B. Bauler201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood

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

St. Patrick’sCatholic ChurchFather Paul Stiene

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

Sat. Confession: 3:45 p.m.

Sat. Mass: 4:30 p.m.Sun. Mass: 10 am

Tues. Rosary: 8:15 amUnited Methodist Church

of ElmwoodPastor Bradley F. Watkins II821 W. Main St., Elmwood

(309) 742-7221www.elmwoodumc.org

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

FARMINGTONFirst Presbyterian Church

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

(309) 245-2914www.firstpresfarmington.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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When are cell phones legal in vehicles? and other legal queriesHere are answers to

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ciation.Question: Under whatcircumstances can anIllinois driver use ahand-held cell phonewithout breaking the

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And, starting in 2016,boating safety courseswill be mandatory foryounger motorboat oper-ators. A valid boatingsafety certificate will berequired for those bornafter Jan. 1, 1998, beforethey can operate a mo-torboat with a 10 horse-power or above engine.

Q: Is it legal for thefamily of a nursing homeresident to place a videoor audio monitoring de-

vice in their room?A: A bill passed the

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A: Personal bank-ruptcy stays on yourcredit report for 10years. While you may beable to qualify for creditduring that time, theterms may be undesir-able.

Q: Must an organiza-tion require employees toreceive vaccinations formeasles, mumps andrubella?

A: A complex set of

laws govern what em-ployers must considerbefore making decisionsrelated to personalhealth.

State law does not re-quire hospitals or similarhealth care institutions toensure that employeeshave received the shotsfor measles, mumps andrubella.

Yet, hospitals must gethealth assessments fromemployees, includingtheir immunization sta-tus. Employers must alsobe mindful of anti-dis-crimination laws whichprohibit them from re-quiring vaccinationsbased on religious ormedical grounds. For more information,

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NOTICE OF WILLIAMSFIELD FIRE PROTECTIONDISTRICT PREVAILING WAGE ORDINANCE

TAKE NOTICE that Williamsfield Fire Protection District, Knox andPeoria Counties, Illinois, pursuant to “An Act regulating wages of labor-ers, mechanics, and other workmen employed in any public works bythe State, county, city, or public body of any political subdivision or byanyone under contract for public works, (820 ILCS 130/0.01, et seq.)has determined on, and as effective from June 1, 2015, that the generalprevailing rate of wages in this locality for laborers, mechanics, andother workmen engaged in the construction of public works comingunder the jurisdiction of Williamsfield Fire Protection District is thesame as determined by the Illinois Department of Labor for Knox andPeoria Counties as of June 1, 2015. A copy of the full Ordinances andthe Department of Labor determination is available for inspection byany interested party at the office of the District at 200 E. Gale, Williams-field, Illinois, and to any employer or association of employers and anyperson or association of employees who have filed, or file their namesand addresses, requesting copies of the same.

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NOTICE OF TRURO TOWNSHIP PREVAILING WAGE ORDINANCE

TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Trustees of Truro Township andof the Truro Township Road District, Knox County, Illinois, pursuant to“An Act regulating wages of laborers, mechanics, and other workmenemployed in any public works by the State, county, city, or public bodyof any political subdivision or by anyone under contract for publicworks, (820 ILCS 130/0.01, et seq.) has determined on, and as effec-tive from June 1, 2015, that the general prevailing rate of wages in thislocality for laborers, mechanics, and other workmen engaged in theconstruction of public works coming under the jurisdiction of Townshipof Truro is the same as determined by the Illinois Department of Laborfor Knox County as of June 1, 2015. A copy of the full Ordinances andthe Department of Labor determination is available for inspection byany interested party at the Williamsfield Village Hall, the regular meet-ing place of the Township Board of Trustees, and to any employer orassociation of employers and any person or association of employeeswho have filed, or file their names and addresses, requesting copies ofthe same.

SANDRA WILKE Township ClerkTruro Township & District ClerkTruro Township Road District

LEGAL NOTICE

Sealed proposals will be received at the Millbrook Township Center, P.O.Box 22, Laura, IL until 7:30 PM July 14th, 2015 and at that time pub-licly opened and read for the Millbrook Road District.

Non-M. - F. –T - 1: Aggregate hauling from various locations, one (1) ormore tons, F.O.B.

Proposals shall be submitted on forms furnished by the road districtcommissioner and shall be enclosed in an envelope endorsed accord-ingly.

Bidder shall comply with the prevailing wage rates established by theU.S. Dept. of Labor, and the Equal Opportunity requirements.

The right is reserved to reject any and all proposals and waive techni-calities.

Bobbie PhilbeeMillbrook Township Clerk

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Williamsfield church moved to new homeAt left is the interior of Saint James Catholic Church. At right is the church readied to move to a new location. Thepicture below right is of the church in 1889.

By STU HICKERSONFor The Weekly Post

WILLIAMSFIELD – On June 2,Saint James Catholic Church inWilliamsfield left its 126-year-oldlocation and was moved to a newsite off of Illinois Route 180 east ofLadd’s food mart.

The church now sits on a parcelof land donated by Ann and JoeMurdock. The church was movedby Balagna House Moving Inc. ofFarmington.

During the move, the buildingwas followed by many people ofthe congregation and led by itspriest, Father John Verrier. Enroute, Ameren Illinois linemencarefully removed power linesoverhead. This disabled power forthe village for a short time.

When the church arrived at itsnew site, Father Verrier offered

prayers of blessing and sprinkledholy water around the foundation.The group ended theceremony withsinging “TheChurch’s One Foun-dation.” The groupthen went to the Le-gion Hall for lunch.

A few days later,the church wasplaced on its newfoundation. Construc-tion work will bedone by Rich Goodinthroughout the summer and is an-ticipated to be done in October.

The church will be extended andwidened. The new site and con-struction will add space for churchservices, parking space and bath-room facilities, which have neverbeen available.

Saint James Church was built in1889 at 111 South Olive St., just

north of the traintracks. In 1889, thatwas the central placein town. But after126 years, the loca-tion became domi-nated by nearbygrain bins and was aless optimal place toworship due to lim-ited parking and noroom for expansion.

Given a growingparish and a large summertimeguest crowd from Oak Run, it wasnecessary to expand.

Church pictures can be seen atwww.SaintJames.myevent.com.Donations for preservation of thishistoric building can also be madeat this site.



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A trio of local ball play-ers recently earned all-state honors.

Brimfield-Elmwood aceMorgan Florey was oneof 13 first-team picks forthe Illinois Coaches Asso-ciation’s Class 2A all-statesoftball team.

Princeville softballcoach Chad Gardner alsoearned a Class 1A Sec-tional Coach of the Yearaward.

In baseball, Brimfield-Elmwood’s CarsonCuevas was named as aninfielder on the 21-playerClass 2A team picked bythe Illinois High SchoolBaseball Coaches Associ-ation.

Princeville seniorpitcher Mitchell Janssenwas one of 21 named all-state in Class 1A.Pro golfer – Travis Kre-

iter, 24, of Brimfield hasstarted a new career as aprofessional golfer.

Kreiter is a successfulamateur who won a Class1A state title in 2008 andis a former Peoria City

champion.Kreiter made his profes-

sional debut June 22 at theIllinois Open qualifier atBloomington CountryClub. He shot a round of78 and missed advancingby one stroke.

Kreiter also plans toplay in the Greater CedarRapids Open this summerand in the Waterloo Open.

Kreiter told Bo Ryan ofthe Peoria Journal Star, “ifplaying doesn’t work out,I want to work in the golfindustry.”IHSA changes – Postsea-

son changes in team-bracketed sports and alimit on football practicecontact were approved bythe Illinois High SchoolAssociation Board of Di-rectors at a recent meet-ing.

Beginning in 2015-16,team-bracketed sports ofbaseball, basketball, soc-cer, softball and volleyballin Class 1A and 2A willbe assigned to two sub-sectionals (as opposed tofour regionals) that feedinto a sectional site.

Each sub-sectional willbe seeded and the top twoseeds will be sent to dif-ferent regional sites.

In the football playoffs,classes 1A-6A will beseeded in two geographicbrackets 1-16, eliminatingthe previous mileagecomponent that wouldchange the bracket to

quadrants if certain travelmileage distances wereexceeded.

Limits were also placedon the number of hoursand days each week that afootball team is allowedto have live contact dur-ing full-pad practices.When practicing twotimes on a single day inthe preseason, only onepractice can contain livecontact in full pads.

During the season,teams will be limited tothree days of live full con-tact per week, with a totalof 90 minutes of live fullcontact to be used overthe course of those threedays.Classifications – New

IHSA enrollment classifi-cations for 2015-16 hadlittle impact on localteams.

Brimfield will remain inClass 2A for volleyball,baseball and softball, willbe Class 1A in boys golfand boys and girls basket-ball and will compete inClass A for girls golf.

Elmwood will be inClass 1A in all sports, aswill Princeville.

Farmington is in 2A forvolleyball, boys and girlsbasketball, baseball andsoftball. The Farmerscompete in Class 1A forother sports.

Williamsfield would bein Class 2A for softballand baseball – provided a

coop with ROWVA con-tinues.

Billtown is 1A in allother sports.

Elsewhere, the PeoriaChristian boys and girlsbasketball teams move upto Class 2A after being 1Afor the 2014-15 season. In2014-15, the cutoff to be a1A basketball team was282. PCS had 281 stu-dents. This year PeoriaChristian boasts an enroll-ment of 277, which putsthe school two studentsover the 1A hoops cutoff,which is 275.

Also, Canton’s crosscountry team was bumpedup from 1A to 2A. ... IlliniBluffs will have five pro-grams – volleyball, boysand girls basketball, base-ball and softball – allmove from 1A to 2A. ...Peoria Heights volleyballdrops a class from 2A to1A.Et cetera –Abingdon-

Avon quarterback ZachGlisan was 4-for-6 for 69yards and two touch-downs to help the Westclaim a 26-20 victory inthe 41st-annual ShrineAll-Star Football game atTucci Stadium at IllinoisWesleyan University.

Glisan is headed toWestern Illinois as an out-side linebacker.Email information to

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Scenes of SummerSummer is more than swimming. It’s also sunflower seeds, stealing second, swinging

for the fences, staring down the pitcher and savoring that most American of pastimes –baseball, or softball for the young ladies. The pictures above are from games played inPrinceville and Elmwood. Is there a Major Leaguer in the bunch? Who knows? Whocares? More important, by far, is the answer to the eternal summer ball question: Are wegoing for ice cream after the game?

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By JEFF LAMPEFor The Weekly Post

PEORIA – Area base-ball teams were well rep-resented by players onthe roster and play on thefield during the 24th an-nual McDonald’s All-Star game.

The 21-man Northteam included 14 playersfrom The Weekly Postarea – several of whomplayed key roles in an 8-2 victory at Dozer Parkin downtown Peoria.

After spending a sea-son in opposing dugouts,the players looked com-fortable playing togetheron the same field.

Ethen Hunt ofROWVA-Williamsfieldwent 2-for-3 in the gamewith three RBI, includ-ing a sacrifice fly thatdrove in Brimfield’s Car-son Cuevas with thegame’s first run.

Brett Down ofPrinceville was also 2-for-3 in the game while

Mitchell Janssen ofPrinceville had an RBIsingle and Jake Settles ofFarmington belted anRBI-double.

Janssen was one ofthree local players to

pitch for the North team,fanning five batters inthe first two innings.Garrett Wight ofROWVA-Williamsfieldalso pitched and Cuevasgot the win.

LITTLE LEAGUE HEATS UP

Dakota Rodgers of Princeville (above) takes her turn at catcher in a photo byCollin Fairfield, while Matthew Glenn of Elmwood delivers a pitch against Farm-ington in a photo by Jeff Lampe.

Garrett Wight of ROWVA-Williamsfield was one ofthree local pitchers who threw for the North All-Starteam at the 24th annual McDonald’s All-Star game inPeoria. Photo by Collin Fairfield.

Summer ballwinding up

A summer of youth baseball andsoftball will draw to a close in July.But before families can head out forvacation, there are still rainouts tomake up and tournaments to play,many of which will be contested theweekend of July 11-12.

Inside are various shots of teamsand players from Princeville, Elm-wood and Farmington.

More photos, Page 19

Local players shinePropel all-star baseball team to victory

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