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Carrier Route PresortThursdayAugust 28, 2014Vol. 2, No. 27

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

WILLIAMSFIELD – TheWilliamsfield Fire ProtectionDistrict and its ambulance pro-gram face a $90,000 fine andrevocation of its license to op-erate for not meeting require-ments concerning oxygentanks, according to the IllinoisDepartment of Public Health(IDPH). The agency notifiedthe services on Aug. 4, givingthem 21 days to respond.

The IDPH also seeks to re-

voke licenses held by EMTs TyLandon and Jamie Klein (alsoWilliamsfield’s Fire Chief) andambulance coordinator andfounder Janet Collopy.

The state claims that theWFPD, starting in 2005, in-stalled an air-tank system forfirefighters’ use that was roomair (21 percent oxygen). ItsEMS vehicles are required tocarry “medical grade” tanks of100 percent oxygen.

However, the State alleges,the program instead used tanks

filled with room air – exceptfor its Oak Run vehicle, whichcarried the required medical-grade, 100-percent oxygen-filled tanks.

Since different fittings pre-vent transferring contents be-tween room-air tanks and100-percent oxygen tanks, ac-

cording to IDPH, unnamedpersonnel apparently fabricatedan adapter to fill the medical-grade tanks with room air in-stead of the mandated100-percent oxygen, theagency charges.

The origin of the complaintapparently didn’t come frompatients or their families. In-stead, according to the IDPH,the EMS System brought thematter to the State’s attention.

OSF St. Mary Medical Cen-ter is the EMS System’s Re-

source Hospital for Williams-field. Melissa Stokes, OSF St.Mary’s EMS System Coordina-tor, declined to comment.

A confidential note may be atthe root of the allegations aboutthe tank usage, which one per-son close to the situation char-acterized as “unintentional.”

IDPH attorney JonathanGunn in an email obtained byThe Weekly Post said, “It isdifficult to conceive how a sys-tem comprised of a high pres-

Brimfield OKsdonation ofgrassy lot

By TERRY BIBOFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – A donated lot will comein, despite concerns from Brimfield UnitSchool District 309 Superintendent JoeBlessman and three board members.

A Booster Club bylaws change was leftout, pending more discussion of the pro-posal to have coaches ensure more volun-teers.

And the idea of barriers around the play-ground leaves the school board itself on thefence after its regular August meeting, eventhough there have been unusual incidents inthe news of late.

219 Clinton In May, Anita Cotter had offered a lot ad-

joining school property for $20,000 – orfree, if the district would keep it green,maintain a fence and designate it in someway for her father, Willard Hasselbacher.

Blessman said he’d initially been enthusi-astic about the gift, but later worried itmight curtail options for the future. Boardmember Constance Johnson agreed, sayingshe appreciates the offer, “but if we own it,it could be anything.” Other board membersfelt the stipulations may not be ideal, butcould be workable.

Ultimately, the board voted 4-3 to ap-prove the donation. Johnson, Maribeth Duraand David Harmon voted against. MarkHoerr, Dan Heinz, Scott Bauer and John

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Inside• The Elmwood School Boardis happy to see an increase inattendance. See Page 7

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PRINCEVILLE HERITAGE MUSEUM

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Serving Brimfield, Dahinda, Edwards, Elmwood, Farmington, Kickapoo, Laura, Oak Hill, Williamsfield and Yates City

State seeks revocation, fine from Billtown EMS

Princevillemuseum ahidden gem

By CHERYL HARLOWFor The Weekly Post

PRINCEVILLE – Nestled againstwheat fields and a subdivision on theeast side of Princeville is an oftenoverlooked gem, the Princeville Her-itage Museum and Akron TownhouseSchool.

The museum is 30,000 square feetspread between three different build-ings displaying antique agriculturalequipment, steam-powered threshersand local artifacts. There is also a ge-nealogy library located within themuseum, which is a great resourcefor researchinglocal family his-tories.

ThePrinceville Her-itage Museum’sgrand openingwas in 1999 andcame as the re-sult of a public-privatepartnership between the Village ofPrinceville, the Princeville Civic As-sociation, the Historical Associationof Princeville and area businessesand individuals.

Current Director Julie Delbridgesaid the museum is funded by mem-

bership fees anddonations. Adultannual member-ship is $20,youth annualmembership is$5, familymembership is$50, and adultlifetime mem-bership is $200.

Forms are available at the museumWebsite, www.princevilleheritage-musuem.com.

There is no fee to visit the museum,but a donation is suggested.

“We want to show kids that historyhappened in their own hometown,”Delbridge said. “We plan to hostmore programs and hopefully getmore people to come out. We wantpeople to be aware that we’re outhere and have lots to offer.”

The main building of the museumhouses a log-cabin exhibit, a localmilitary and past war exhibit, a nos-talgic Princeville schools exhibit, andantique toy and lamp exhibit, a ge-nealogy library and a large confer-ence room that is available for rent.

Delbridge said the room is oftenrented for family reunions, class re-unions and work trainings. There is a

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A display in the Princeville Heritage Museum features this nostalgic schoolsexhibit. Outside, prairie flowers surround the one-room Akron TownhouseSchool. Photos by Cheryl Harlow.

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FARMINGTON – Getready to enjoy a Taste ofItaly in central Illinoisthis Saturday as theFarmington Chamber ofCommerce hosts its an-nual Italian Fest at JacobsPark.

In addition to a biscuitsand gravy breakfast at theFarmington Odd Fellowsstarting at 8 a.m., authen-

tic Italian cuisine will beserved from morninguntil dark.

Opening ceremoniesare at noon with livemusic starting at 12:30p.m. with “Nut andHoney,” followed byTanner Picton at 2, “Lon-don has Fallen” from 3-4and “Alter Ego” from 8to midnight.

There’s also aspaghetti-eating contestat 4 p.m., 50/50 draw-ings, a merchants’ rafflestarting at 4:30 and theFarmington Firemen andMoose Lodge beer tentopen from noon to mid-night.

New this year are $7wrist bands for inflatablerides from M&K Parties,

a petting zoo, a kids ac-tivity corner, an 18-gamebackyard challenge andthe Children’s Hospital ofIllinois Mobile BicycleSafety Van.

Parking is free andpeople are encouraged tobring lawnchairs. Shuttleservice is available to thepark. Call (309) 245-2441 or 397-3540.

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This Week’s Eventss Farmers Market – Fresh produce and

bakery goods on sale at a farmer’s mar-ket today (Aug. 28) from 4-7 p.m. atBrimfield Public Library.

s Sign Language – Learn Sign Lan-guage today (Aug. 28) at 6:30 p.m. atMorrison and Mary Wiley Library, Elm-wood. Email [email protected] to reg-ister. Those attendingpark on Althea Street.

s Free Bread – Breadavailable every Friday,10 a.m. at ElmwoodMethodist Church.

s Book Babies –Reading session Tues-day (Sept. 2) 10:30 to 11 a.m. BrimfieldLibrary for children ages 0 to 3.

Future Eventss Ag Festival – Williamsfield FFA has

its annual Ag Festival Sept. 7 at Doubet-Benjamin Park in the northwest cornerof town. Event includes kid’s games,free pancake breakfast and a pie-cooking

contest.s Pancake Breakfast –An all-you-can-

eat pancake and sausage breakfast is setfor Saturday, Sept. 6 from 7 to 10 a.m. atUnited Methodist Church, Elmwood.Proceeds go to “Homes for Heroes” forthe home in Elmwood, IL. Free will do-nation. Call (309) 742-7221.

s MOPS Meeting – Mothers ofPreschoolers invited to meet Sept. 8 at

Brimfield EvangelicalChurch, 9 -11 a.m. Call(309) 712-4570. s Trivia Tuesday – Test

your trivia knowledgeSept. 9 at KickapooCreek Winery. Doorsopen at 6 p.m. Top 3

teams receive prizes.s Craft Night – Make a pillow at FamilyCraft Night, Sept. 11 at 6 p.m. Morrisonand Mary Wiley Library, Elmwood.Please call (309) 742-2431 to register.

s Story Time – Story time for ages 3-6Sept. 13, 10:30 to 11 a.m. at BrimfieldLibrary. Enjoy stories, songs, and helpprepare children to read.

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Carrier Route Pres

or

Thursday

July 24, 2014

Vol. 2, No. 22

By BILL KNIGHT

For The Weekly Post

Some area township

and mu-

nicipal officials are t

rying to

comply with state la

w on pro-

viding a lot of past p

ublic

records to a Chicago

land Re-

publican with connec

tions to

Tea Party groups wh

ile coping

with a lack of staff o

r the type

of material requested

.

In a Freedom of Info

rmation

(FOI) request, Adam

Andrze-

jewski wants to see

all expen-

diture records going

back to

2008.“Two wee

ks ago we sent

7,000 Freedom of In

formation

Act requests to ever

y unit of

government in the s

tate,” said

Andrzejewski when c

ontacted

by The Weekly Post

. “We want

six years of line-by-l

ine check-

book spending.”

His Website,

openthebooks.com, h

as years

of salary and pension

details,

said Andrzejewski, w

ho previ-

ously sued Republica

n Comp-

troller Judy Baar To

pinka to

release 17 years of c

heckbook

spending. The group

has 12

years of financial re

cords from

the City of Chicago

, he added.

“The cataloging is g

oing to

take a while, but my

team al-

ready has received 4

,000 pro-

ductions, about 200

million

lines of information

,” he said.

Illinois’ Freedom of

Informa-

tion Act (FOIA) is a

statute that

provides the public

the right to

access government d

ocuments

and records. Its prem

ise is that

citizens have the righ

t to know

what the governmen

t is doing.

Public bodies must r

espond to

a FOIA request with

in five

business days after r

eceiving

the request, and they

must pro

vide at no charge th

e first 50

pages of black and w

hite, lette

or legal-sized photo

copies. Ad

ditional pages can co

st no mor

than 15 cents a page

; for color

copies or abnormal-

size copies

Continued on Page 7

Farmington

council denies

permit for

storage units

By MICHELLE SHER

MAN

For The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON – The Fa

rmington Cit

Council on Monday (Ju

ly 21) denied a

special use permit t

hat would have

brought a self-stora

ge facility to a resi-

dential neighborhoo

d.

Patrick O’Brian req

uested a special use

permit to locate two

steel self-storage

buildings on his Vin

e Street property. H

a

the permit been gra

nted, there would h

av

been room for 28 sto

rage units in the

buildings.

“I have the benefit o

f looking outside

every day ... I can g

uarantee that the

property will be kept

in great condition,”

O’Brian told the Pl

anning Commission

during a public mee

ting held Monday to

discuss the matter. “

We will have garbag

pickup twice a week

so there won’t be

any chance of any d

ebris being strung

throughout the neigh

borhood.”

He added that a gat

e would be con-

structed around the

structures and a sm

al

amount of addition

al lighting could be

in

stalled.But it was

not the potential fo

r trash ac

cumulation that con

cerned residents wh

o

attended the meetin

g.

“I have five kids. M

y number one prior

ity is their safety,” s

aid Vine Street resi-

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K UNDERWAY

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Local governments

dealing with huge F

OI request

Workstartsat oldschoolBy MICHE

LLE SHERMAN

For The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON – The

owner of the Old Sc

hool

Center in Farmingto

n is

working to make the

burned building secu

re de-

spite an ongoing poli

ce

and fire investigatio

n.

Dan Meister was told by

the Farmington polic

e and

fire departments that

he

can begin clearing d

ebris

from the complex, w

hich

caught fire in the ear

ly

morning hours of M

ay 15,

in preparation for m

aking

repairs.“Right no

w, we need to

get a game plan on

certain

areas,” Meister said

.

The old portion of th

e

building sustained th

e

most damage and w

ill

need to be entirely re

built.

In planning for the f

u-

ture, Meister says he needs

to figure out “how d

o we

tie that in to the part

that

does not have to be t

orn

down. That makes it

a bit

difficult.”The cause

of the fire, as

well as the death of E

m-

manuel Cervantes, 3

5, of

West Lafayette, Ind., a

re

still under investigat

ion.

Cervantes’s body w

as

found under a pile o

f de-

bris on the third floo

r on

May 29.Toxicolog

y reports

showed no sign of dr

ugs or

alcohol in his system

. The

official cause of his

death

was smoke inhalatio

n.

While Meister has no

solid plans on how t

o

move forward with c

on-

struction on the Old

School Center, he an

d a

crew currently are re

mov-

ing windows and ere

cting

temporary construct

ion

fencing in an effort

to se-

cure the building.

“I’m completely ov

er-

whelmed with the s

upport

the community as th

ey

grieve with me on th

is,” he

said. “We’re trying to end

this strong.”

For the Good of Ill

inois

The organization For The

Good of Illinois, founded by

Adam Andrzejewski (left), is

seeking “to post online every

dime taxed and spent by every

unit of government.”

Work is ongoing to remove debris

and secure the Old School C

enter in Farmington,

which caught fire on M

ay 15. But owner Dan

Meister said he still doe

s not have a

firm plan for the future of

the damaged building.

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ThursdayAugust 7, 2014Vol. 2, No. 24

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly PostBRIMFIELD – Ronnie Mc-Dowell is so familiar to Brim-field audiences he’s almost anOld Settler himself.Headlining the Old Settlers’

Days several times, the 64-year-old country singer is re-turning to the stage Saturdayfor 6 and 9 p.m. sets in Brim-field, where he’s almost aswell-known as Elvis, youmight say.McDowell’s string of hit

records started with his 1977tribute to Elvis, “The King IsGone,” co-written withLee Morgan,which sold 5million

copies forScorpioRecords.Now liv-ing in theNashvillearea, the Portland, Tenn., native

had a dramatic rise in the

music industry. After beingmentored by country & west-ern stalwart Conway Twitty –with whom he did a duet onTwitty’s 1958 standard “It’sOnly Make Believe” – Mc-Dowell recorded for the Epic

and Curb companies, and he’sproduced more than 30 Top-40hits.

Besides the 1986, Top-10duet with Twitty, McDowellhas teamed up with Jerry LeeLewis for a rocking duet thatMcDowell wrote, “You’re

Never Too Old To Rock N’Roll.” But his own numbers arethe most memorable: “I LoveYou, I Love You, I Love You”;“Older Women”; “Personally”;“Wandering Eyes”; “You’reGonna Ruin My Bad Reputa-

tion”; “You Made A WantedMan Of Me”; “All Tied Up”;“In A New York Minute” and“Watchin’ Girls Go By.”Although McDowell is the

headliner, Brimfield’s Old Set-tlers’ Days offers even more.First held in 1869 – and once

drawing about 7,000 visitors toBrimfield for ballgames, bal-loon ascensions and band con-certs – 21st century activitiesrange from carnival rides andan arts & crafts fair to a paradeand food and beer tents.The festival opens at 5:30today (Aug. 7), 5 p.m. on Fri-

day (Aug 8) and then Saturday(Aug. 9) at 6:30 a.m. withbreakfast at the American Le-

gion. Also Saturday, the paradeis at 1 p.m.Continued on Page 2Elba Salemdismissesfirefighter

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly PostYATES CITY – Twenty years ago this

week, Steve Frakes’ 12-year-old daughterdied after a year of aid and support fromthe Elba Salem volunteer fire departmentand other first responders, which inspiredFrakes to pay them back by volunteering,too. “I owed a debt to the community,”Frakes says. This week, Frakeshas been removed fromthe Elba Salem FireProtection District ros-ter.

Melissa Frakes had aheart disorder requiringa defibrillator and sev-eral trips to hospitals,and Frakes said local firefighters, BYEAmbulance and neighbors were alwayshelpful.

“Even her visitation showed communityencouragement,” he says. “There were 400

or 500 people there.”Thirteen men attended July 29’s specialmeeting of the Elba Salem Fire ProtectionDistrict (ESFPD), and its Board of Trustees

took 10 minutes to discuss and dismissFrakes.

Recalling recent fire and rescue calls,Trustee Gregory Wessel said the commu-

Inside• Coverage ofElmwood andFarmingtoncity councilmeetings.See Page 14

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Dog death has owners worried about ‘lepto’

Ronnie returning to headline Old Settler’s Days

By TERRY BIBOFor The Weekly PostELMWOOD – One night was

cheerful chaos at Jody Dunbar’shouse. Her Scottish terriers, half-sib-lings with the same father, were yip-ping and chasing each other andgenerally tearing through the place.

She barely caught a teetering lampas it was about to crash off the table.

“They play like bear cubs,” the 61-year-old Dunbar says.The next morning was another

story. Her 13-month-old Scotty, Brody,

threw up as soon as he got to thekitchen. Immediately, Dunbar knewthis was something more than the lat-est mess. There was no grass or foodin the dog’s vomit, just bile. Brodythrew up three or more times. Hispuppy pep vanished. Dunbar already had an appointment

at Brown Animal Clinic a few dayslater. Brody was weak and lethargic,and Dr. Suzanne Harshbarger was

concerned about his rapid deteriora-tion. Bloodwork confirmed somethingwas seriously wrong. Despite injec-tions and IVs and brief rallies, thepup’s health continued to fail.

“This went on for two weeks,”Dunbar says. “I have never felt sophysically and emotionally exhaustedin my life.”

She waited one last weekend, alter-nately hopeful and hopeless. On Mon-day, June 9, Brody could barely hold

Local runnersassist recordSt. Jude eventBy JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff WriterArea runners chipped in nearly

$100,000 out of a record $4.1 mil-lion raised for St. Jude last weekendduring the 33rd annual St. Juderuns.

In all there were 35 runs fromlocal communities to Peoria, as wellas a group of 2,200 runners whomade a 465-mile trek from Mem-phis to Peoria’s Civic Center.Local efforts included an estab-

lished run from Elmwood and sec-ond-year fund-raisers from theKickapoo-Brimfield area and from Runners from the Kickapoo-Brimfield to Peoria Run near the finish of last

Saturday’s St. Jude’s run into Peoria. The Kickapoo-Brimfield group raised

$38,000. Photo by Collin Fairfield.

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ELMWOOD – The Elmwood FallFestival this year is marking the 50thanniversary of Roald Dahls’ children’sbook “Charlie and the Chocolate Fac-tory” by using the theme “A World ofPure Imagination.”

Starting Thursday (Sept. 4), the Cen-tral Park festival site will feature BodenAmusement rides, a food tent, live

music including the West MacQueenStreet Band (7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5), arun/walk (8 a.m Saturday, Sept. 6), aparade (12:30 p.m. Saturday), and aspecial screening of 1971’s “WillyWonka and the Chocolate Factory,”starring Gene Wilder, at the Palace The-ater at 4:30 Saturday afternoon.

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We have endured the start ofmedia-directed campaign jargon,and it is obviousthis year’s hypewill be no moreintelligible thanthe last on-slaught.

But I may beable to reducesome of the timewe all spendwondering what it all means.

Save any time you are temptedto spend deliberating policies thatpurport to help education.

Party affiliation has no bearing– none of the promises ever cometo fruition.

Education is the easiest targetfor candidates who want us to be-lieve they are the champions ofwhat is good for our kids.

The problem lies not in theirdubious intent, but in the fact thatalmost no one (I say almost be-cause there may be someone outthere who is the exception) hasany idea if what is proposed willactually have an impact when andif it becomes policy.

Few people have my back-ground in education – I was ateacher, an administrator and aboard of education member.

I have not understood the bene-fits of any plans proposed overthe last 30 years.

But I have watched people be-lieve the problems can be solvedby money provided from the lot-tery earmarked for education onlyto find the total dollars nevermatched the projection and nomeasurable gain was realizedfrom what did reach the educationfunds.

That is simply the most obviousculprit.

So join me as I watch the newsand the ads and try to make an in-formed decision, and as I “deepsix” any suggestion any politicianmakes that he or she is the friendof education.

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You know thekind of column... lofty opinionsfrom old white guys like me aboutwhat is best for America and howkids are bad and the country isheaded to heck in a handbasket.No, that is not a veiled reference

to Mit Beres or Randy Fritz – just ajudgement on most editorials.

But life keeps getting in the wayof my attempts at high-mindedwords. There I was the othernight, pondering big thoughts inthe wee hours, when the phoneboinged. Elmwood Police ChiefAaron Bean was calling.

He needed help. Somehow, agreat horned owl got trapped in-side the batting cage at Sweetwa-ter Park. Bean spent 15 minuteschasing the bird around and bothowl and cop had become tired.

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Robin Williams’ death seemed tobe a shock to everyone. Here wassomeone with an immense talent,not only to make people laugh, butto bring tears to their eyes withnothing morethan a facial ex-pression. He wasrenowned as acomic genius,but those whosaw his perform-ances in dra-matic roles wereaware of his seri-ous side as well.(His performance in 2002’s “OneHour Photo” still gives me thecreeps.)

He proved to us all that he wasone of the world’s greatest actorsjust this past month. We saw theWorld’s Funniest Human, a highlysuccessful film star who had every-thing – a mansion, a family,money, awards, fans, you name it.

As it turns out, it was anotherrole he was playing in real life. Be-hind the funnyman was a sad, de-pressed and broken man whosedemons seized him and kept himon an emotional rollercoaster filledwith addictions and depression.

Although almost all of us werein one way or another affected byhis humor, whether you enjoyed itor not, few could pierce the veil ofcomedy that he erected. So manyother actors and comedians wereinfluenced by his unique brand ofhumor that we’ll never be able toescape the impact. Whether it washis breakout role on TV’s “Morkand Mindy” or an interview onLeno or Letterman, or a characterhe created for a movie, Williamsmanaged to touch us in some way.

Who would have guessed that hewas being torn apart by depres-sion? Who could imagine that theonly solution he could find wouldbe to end his own life?

When I heard his death was asuspected suicide, the SmokeyRobinson song “Tears of a Clown”came to mind:

Now if there’s a smile on my faceIt’s only there trying to fool thepublic.

But when it comes down to fool-ing you,Now, honey that's quite a differ-

ent subject.But don't let my glad expressionGive you the wrong impression’Cause really I'm sad. Oh, I'm

sadder than sad….Like a clown I appear to be glad,

ooh, yeah.Well, they're some sad things

known to manBut ain't too much sadder thanThe tears of a clown when

there's no one around.Pictures of a smiling Williams

accompany almost every article. Inretrospect, it’s almost easy to seethe sadness in his eyes. Alas, hind-sight is always 20/20.

For the past month, people havebeen dumping buckets of ice waterover their heads to bring awarenessto ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease. Iwould have thought losing some-one like Robin Williams mighthave brought some attention to de-pression, but I’ve read very littleon it while Youtube seems to befilling up with cold, soaking wetpeople.

Depression isn’t just being un-happy. Depression is a conditionthat takes over people’s lives, giv-ing them the impression that noth-ing can ever change and that theyare worthless.

There are many websites dedi-cated to the diagnosis and treat-ments. I couldn’t do justice to ithere, but I encourage you toGoogle “recognizing depression in

others” for a more complete list.I have known at least a half

dozen people who ended their ownlives. They’ve ranged anywherefrom a 16-year-old boy tired ofeveryone at school making fun ofhis weight and his refusal to“party,” to a young wife andmother who didn’t believe in di-vorce, yet wanted to free her hus-band so he could carry on an affair.

There was a man whose wifecaught him in an affair, and a yearlater, his mistress, a church-goingwoman who couldn’t handle thewhispers of their small town. Afriend’s father, a farmer whosefarm was close to bankruptcy,ended his life before the bankstook away the only life he knew.

In each case, as with RobinWilliams, a common thread runsthroughout: “I had no idea!”And, maybe worse: “I wonderwhat I could have done to help?”

Learn to recognize the symptomsof the disease in those around you.In many cases, help can take theform of nothing more than youbeing willing to listen.

There’s nothing we can do tobring back Robin Williams. Hisdeath was a waste of immense tal-ent, but it doesn’t have to be.

If his death can remind us thatthere are those around us who arehurting and could use either a help-ing hand or a shoulder to cry on,then it didn’t have to be in vain.

Be there for someone and maybeyou’ll never have to utter thephrase, “I had no idea!”

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No danger in schoollockdown at Elmwood

ELMWOOD – Elmwood SchoolDistrict on Aug. 19 twice lockeddown its buildings, but one wastied to a bank alarm inadvertentlytriggered, and the second was aprecautionary measure.

“There never was a threat any-where,” said Elmwood police offi-cer Dave Boland.

The possibility of dangerstemmed from a report Elmwoodpolice received about a Peoria manso angry about a friend of his step-son’s that he remarked to his wifethat he intended to drive to Elm-wood and attack him. Local policecontacted City of Peoria police,who intercepted the man en route.

Meanwhile, Elmwood PoliceChief Aaron Bean notified theschool, triggering the lockdown.

Each lockdown was less than ahalf hour, said Elmwood Superin-tendent Chad Wagner, who praisedschool employees.No charges in verbal as-sault at tavern

BRIMFIELD – A 41-year-oldElmwood man called police on Au-gust 23 after a 35-year-old YatesCity man allegedly threatened himin a Brimfield tavern, according toreports. The Peoria County Sher-iff’s Office documented the inci-

dent but the Elmwood man de-clined to press assault charges.

Several rural Kickapoomailboxes damaged

KICKAPOO – Sometime aftermidnight on August 24, severalmailboxes in Kickapoo and onKickapoo-Edwards Road weredamaged, possibly with a baseballbat, police said. The Peoria CountySheriff’s Office is investigating thecriminal damage to property.

Stolen trailer foundone day later

DAHINDA – A 64-year-old manfrom Dahinda on August 20 re-ported the theft of a red 1999 Kirkstrailer from his property, but it wasrecovered the following day in the2300 block of Knox Road 1700 E,police said.

The Knox County Sheriff’s Of-fice is investigating a suspiciousvehicle in the neighborhood on theday the trailer went missing.

Princeville woman victim of apparent scam

PRINCEVILLE – A 78-year-oldPrinceville woman reported beingapparently defrauded on Aug. 20,when callers claiming to be her in-jured grandson and his attorney de-manded $6,000 on a prepaid debitcard, police said.

The Peoria County Sheriff’s Of-fice gathered evidence and is pur-

suing a deceptive practices charge.

Police reports• Richard Sarnes, 36, of

Williamsfield on Aug. 16 was de-tained by police who warned himabout trespassing, and then he wasarrested on an outstanding warrantfrom Peoria County, according toreports. Sarnes was transported tothe Knox County Jail.

• Chuck Kirk, 50, of Farmingtonon Aug. 19 was arrested for FailureTo Appear and transported to thePeoria County Jail.

• Shane Elder, 40, of Princevilleon Aug. 20 was arrested and heldfor another agency, and was trans-ported to Peoria County Jail.

• James Arbogast, 56, of Brim-field on Aug. 22 was arrested forDriving Under the Influence andtransported to Peoria County Jail.

• Juan Rios-Garcia, 35, of Dun-lap, on Aug. 22 was ticketed forDriving Under the Influence from astop on Princeville-Jubilee Road,and taken to Peoria County Jail.Corrections

• In last issue’s article about Peo-ria County EMA change, a tran-scription error was made in a quoteby Brimfield Fire Chief JamesBennett. It should have read, “TheCounty is required to have an EMA... the City of Peoria is not...” Weregret the error.

• A news story about the YatesCity board last week misidentifiedLee Lopeman. We regret the error.

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By MICHELLE SHERMANFor The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON –Farmington area resi-dents soon will be able tolearn about technologyfor free thanks to a newprogram offered throughSpoon River College.

For the last severalyears, the college has re-ceived a “Bridging theDigital Divide” grantfrom the Illinois Depart-ment of Commerce andEconomic Opportunity,said Carol Davis, SRCvice president of commu-nity outreach.

The college received atotal of $63,800 and alsowill fund similar opportu-nities at SRC’s four otherlocations.

Opening a classroom inFarmington was writteninto this year’s grant.

“We’re trying to helpeducate people so theycan improve their lives orimprove their chances toget a job,” Davis said.

As SRC’s outreach

program has evolvedthanks to the grant, Davissays employers have toldher that they have manypositions available buttheir applicants are not aswell-versed in the basictechnologies that theyneed.

The three-hour first se-mester courses will beginSeptember 25 and willfocus on Microsoft Of-fice programs. Thanks tothe grant monies, allcourses will be offeredfor free.

Farmington residentsshould receive a flier inthis month's water billoutlining the programand how they can regis-ter. Davis received thefirst registration for theFarmington location onTuesday.

Work is underway toget the Farmington class-room up and running. The Farmington Munici-pal Building, 322 E. FortSt., will house the out-reach location.

The building, formerlyChapman School, cur-rently is used for city of-fices.

Davis says there willbe eight Internet-accessi-ble computer stations, sixof them for student use.Farmington CommunityUnit School District 265also has offered to assistthe outreach program.Similar classes are of-fered at the college’sCanton, Rushville, Ha-vana and Macomb sitesshould the dates andtimes of the Farmingtonclasses not work forthose interested in thecourse.

Following the first se-mester, the program willbe evaluated for its im-pact on the communityand participation levels.

“This is a partnershipbetween education, busi-ness and the city,” Davissaid. “These are the samehigh-quality classes thatpeople would normallypay $35 to $40 for.”

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EMS: Oxygen tanks had room airsure air compressor and multiple largetanks, plumbing and special electricalservice costing thousands of dollarscould be purchased, installed, main-tained and utilized without the trustees’knowledge.”

The State further says it notifiedWFPD of the improper tank usage inMarch of this year, and the IDPH saysWilliamsfield’s tanks were tested inApril, when all of them were found tocontain 21-percent-oxygen room air. The local EMS System then ordered theambulance out of service, IDPH says.

The IDPH has proposed a plan to cor-rect the situation and also a settlementagreement in the dispute, but theWFPD’s lawyer, Chicago attorney Ed-ward Bruno, has not agreed. The IDPHsuggests the WFPD admit all allega-tions and that the conduct violated thelaw, but WFPD lawyers say that’s notonly “unacceptable,’ but “untrue.”

The fine is a total of $9,000 per yearfor the entire time the alleged infractionis to have occurred – 10 years, from

2005-2014.Williamsfield’s ambulance service as-

sists about 100 patients a year.According to the office of State Rep.

David Leitch (R-Peoria), rural areaswith populations of fewer than 10,000people may apply for some exemptions.

A legislative colleague, State Rep.Don Moffitt (R-Gilson), added, “Weneed to improve EMS, especially inrural areas.”

A long-time advocate for EMS, Mof-fitt sponsored two laws Gov. Pat Quinnsigned this month. House Bill 4523 al-lows rural ambulance providers to beupgraded to the highest EMT license ofany person staffing that ambulance, in-cluding Registered Nurses. It takes ef-fect Jan. 1. HB 5828 allows firefighterstrained as paramedics to use those skillsin their roles as firefighters; it took ef-fect immediately. Leitch co-sponsoredboth measures.

On behalf of WIlliamsfield’s fire dis-trict, Bruno requested a hearing, and apre-hearing conference is scheduled forOct.1.

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Moon voted for it.Boosting Boosters

Several members of theBrimfield AthleticBooster Club came to theboard meeting looking formore help. They said thesame small group of peo-ple are doing most of thework at the concessionstand. Rather than quit,which they’ve consid-ered, they’d like to havecoaches line up volun-teers. From their perspec-tive, most coaches don’tunderstand how eachyear’s $20,000 fromBoosters benefits them –and a more direct say inthe distribution mightmake the link clear.

“We’re trying to get thecoaches to motivate theparents to do it,” saidFaith Streitmatter.

In mulling how to in-crease participation, theBoosters also learnedthere may be repercus-sions on how the bills arepaid. The funds gothrough the district, so thedistrict is responsible. Al-though the sports seasonshave begun, board mem-bers asked Boosters ifthey could hold on whilemore information issought. Athletic Directors

Chad Jones and JimBlane are expected to at-tend the Sept. 17 boardmeeting.

“We can function for amonth,” Booster BrendaSnyder said.

Playground Fence?After the furor created

when a 6-year-old boywas approached by a 55-year-old Iowa man at thePekin Hardee’s, Heinzwondered if Brimfield’splayground needs a fence.He noted the village isjust off Interstate-74 andthe Iowa man could justas easily have stoppedhere.

“With goofballs run-ning around doing whatthey’re doing, it’s betterto be proactive than reac-tive,” said Heinz.

Board president Har-mon said fencing aroundthe school has been pro-posed before. He prefersthe space remain openrather than give theschools a prison-like ap-pearance. After all, hepointed out, there have al-ways been perverts andthe realistic threat to chil-dren is low.

“In a hundred years,nobody’s been hurt,” Har-mon said. “In a hundredyears, nobody’s been ab-

ducted. ... I don’t likefences.”

Bauer suggested thediscussion resume whenthe board has more infor-mation about the optionsand costs of a fence.

“I think we should doour due diligence,” hesaid.

Common CoreDiscussion will con-

tinue about the timeneeded for professionaldevelopment as new stan-dards are implementedthroughout the schools.Monica Carnall-Freaner,president of the Brimfield

Education Association,updated the board aboutthe complexity of thechanges to come. Shesaid it will take years toadjust, and teachers needregularly-scheduled timeto adapt their classes.

“We are shifting somuch content, as well asrigor, to the lowergrades,” she said.

Harmon suggested thematter be referred to theadministration for a pro-posal since the changesare long-range. TERRY BIBO can be reached at

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Last fall during a verbal spar-ring session with Jim Crane, agifted verbal antagonist if everthere was one, I was informed justhow dumb I had been to pickElmwood-Brimfield to “kill”Farmington in a football game.

My prediction: 23-13 E-B. Ac-tual score, 16-14 Farmington.

To me 23-13 is no “killing” butCrane took it to heart. Which isone reason I ameager for Fridayto arrive.

Folks careabout prep foot-ball. They take itto heart. So do I.

That said, weget it wrongsometimes (andhere’s hopingthat trend starts this week).

Our goal in picking games issimply to cover football with apassion matching that of the fans.So please don’t take selectionspersonally and feel free to tell mehow dumb I am. Just get in linebehind Crane.

uuuSo what are my predictions? I

think we can go 3-for-3 with allthree area teams in the playoffs.

Overall: Elmwood-Brimfield 8-1, Princeville 6-3, Farmington 5-4.

Opener: Sorry, not a great start:Mercer County 24, E-B 18A-W 22, Farmington 7Princeville 17, Lewistown 12(Last year 9-2).

uuuAmong my favorite moments in

a prep game is that instant when abody breaks free from the scrum,eliciting a roar you can hear allover town on an otherwise quietFriday night. That’s why I plan tokeep my eyes on E-B senior run-ning back Layne Wyatt (and why

opponents should also).Wyatt doesn’t look overly im-

pressive off the field, but he’s agamebreaker who will likely leadthis area in touchdowns after rack-ing up 17 last fall.

“They talk about vision incoaching circles and how youcan’t teach that, and he has that.He has the feel for when to cutback or when to bounce it out-side,” E-B Coach Todd Hollissaid. “And some kids see it, butthey can’t get there. He has theburst necessary to squeak throughthat little hole.”

uuuMust-see games? Sept. 5 – Annawan-Wethersfield

at E-B (Trojans haven’t started 0-2 in a long time);

Sept. 19 – Knoxville at Farm-ington (Toby Vallas reunites withold school);

Sept. 26 – West Central atPrinceville (must-win);

Oct. 10 – E-B at Farmington(prediction will make Crane mad);

Oct. 17 – Princeville at Mid-County (another must-win);

Oct. 31 – Let’s hope there arethree must-see playoff games!

uuuThere’s a perception parents are

turning away from football due toinjuries. Maybe some are, but arecent poll shows the opposite.

That annual survey by the Na-tional Federation of State HighSchool showed football participa-tion in high schools actually in-creased in 2013-14 for the firsttime in five years.

An additional 6,607 boys partici-pated in 11-player football in 2013-14, pushing the total to 1,093,234.Another 1,715 girls participated in11-player football last year, an in-crease of 184.

“With the precautions that are inplace nationwide to address con-cussions in all high school sports,including football, we have main-tained that the risk of injury is aslow as it ever has been,” said BobGardner, NFHS executive director.

uuuFellow sports scribe Les

Winkeler made an interesting ob-servation recently after typing inrosters for a few dozen southernIllinois prep football teams.

“I don’t know what’s in thewater, or what kids are eating thesedays, but they are a lot bigger thanwhen I graduated from high schoolin 1972.

“Back in the 1970s and early 80scoaches would brag if they hadfive kids that weighed 200 poundsor more. Guys that weighed 180pounds were considered solid line-men.

“Don’t know exactly when thathas changed, but ... Harrisburg’sline averaged about 260 poundswhen the Bulldogs won the statechampionship in 2000.”

As if proving that theory, E-B’soffensive line this year will aver-age 241 pounds on opening day.Those are big boys!

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Memories of Farmington past Facing a Kewanee Wethersfield team in the foot-ball opener is not new for Farmington, which startsthe 2014 season Friday at Annawan-Wethersfield. The 1945 Farmers team (pictured above) drubbedWethersfield 26-0 to open an unbeaten season. Thatteam was also the first in an amazing six-year runthat saw coach Walter Grebe direct four unbeatenteams and go 52-2-2 overall. One other similarity between the teams is that the1945 roster shows Fred Balagna while the 2014 ros-ter features Max Balagna.

E-B coop creating controversy Success breeds resentment in the world of foot-ball. Lately that has been true of the cooperativeagreement between Elmwood and Brimfield, whichis prompting some in the Prairieland Conference to

suggest the two schools should splitand field their own teams (which

would create the need for hel-mets like this one).

The stated cause for thesuggestion is that Beard-

stown is leaving thePrairieland next season, meaning

the league will be one short of the six-school IHSArequirement. But no question part of the reason is also that E-B’s turnout has grown steadily in recent years to arecord level of 80 boys this fall. Thankfully, so farcoaches and administrators at Brimfield and Elm-wood have shown no interest in ending the coop.

Mercer County loaded again Due to scheduling changes this season, folks inFarmington, Elmwood and Brimfield are paying alot more attention to the footballpowerhouse from Aledo – theMercer County Golden Eagles. Mercer County was Class2A champion in 2012,reached the semis last year and has gone 36-3 in thepast three seasons. Back from last year’s 11-2 teamare seven starters on offense and three on defense. Worth noting is that Mercer County has won 14straight home games by an average of 33 points pergame.

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By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

FARMINGTON – There’s an over-whelming sense of newness in theFarmington football program – start-ing with head coach Toby Vallas andcarrying right through a roster thathas transitioned from a veteran, sen-ior-laden squad to a younger, less-ex-perienced group.

With the exception of senior MaxBalagna, there are no players suitingup opening day who saw significanttime on last year’s 10-2 playoff team.

“We’re going to see how theyreact, but I think this is a group thatis going to get better every week,”Vallas said.

Two keys on offense are 6-foot-4junior quarterback Steven Gilstrapand 5-7 Balagna. Gilstrap played just10 snaps last season but fits in wellwith the new scheme, Vallas said.

“We run a ton of option and he’s aburner,” Vallas said. “He can run,which is a great thing for us.”

Taking some pressure off Gilstrapwill be Balagna, a stocky but shiftyback who rushed for nearly 500yards last season. The challenge forBalagna this fall is transitioning tofeatured back.

“He’s never carried the ball awhole bunch. He was a wingbacklast year and he’ll be more of a focalpoint this year, so it’s a different rolefor him,” Vallas said. “But I have all

the confidence in the world in Max.”Sophomore Gavin Garcia and jun-

ior Reid Berry will also share carriesuntil junior Cody Jepson returnsfrom injury, likely in the third orfourth game.

In those infrequent moments whenhe is called on to pass, Gilstrap willlook to 6-3 senior tight end ColtonEvans or Balagna, Vallas said.

Up front is where the newness iseven more evident. Of six likely can-didates for starting spots, two did notplay last season (5-10 SpencerKiesewetter and 5-9 Cody Fernan-des), one was a running back (NickJanes), one is a sophomore (5-11,205-pound Tanner Crow) and onlytwo had some experience (juniorJake Geber and 6-foot senior JacobWoerner).

The 5-10, 240-pound tackle Geberfigures to anchor both lines and is thebiggest member of a front five thatwill average under 200 pounds.

“We’re not super big up front andwe lack depth on the offensive line,”Vallas said. “But they’ve worked

hard at it and I think they’re going tocontinue to get better.”

Joining Geber up front on defenseare Kiesewetter and Evans. Janes an-chors a linebacking corps that willinclude Balagna, Garcia and Berry.

“Right now I would say our per-sonnel fits a little better defensively,”Vallas said.

In the defensive backfield, 6-4 sen-ior Josh Lozier and 6-3 senior CalebFruendt tower over their backfieldmates in size and experience. Alsoexpected to see time as DBs are jun-ior Jacob Hursey, sophomores JakeSettles and Dylan Hayden and fresh-man Cade Lancsford.

“This is almost like the last time I(started as head coach at Knoxville).It’s very similar. Fresh faces. Guyswho haven’t done it and the shock ofa new system,” said Vallas, who was46-44 at Knoxville and made theplayoffs his last three seasons.

“These guys have responded thesame way and it worked out lasttime, so I think it will work out thesame way this time.”

Newness pervades Farmington football

FARMINGTON FARMERS

FARMINGTONFARMERS

Coach: Toby VallasEnrollment: 408 (Class 2A)

Last year: 10-2, lost in quarterfinals

SCHEDULEAug. 29 at Annawan-Wethersfield 7:00Sept. 5 vs. Mercer County 7:00Sept. 12 at Beardstown 7:00Sept. 19 vs. Knoxville 7:00Sept. 26 at Havana 7:00Oct. 3 vs. West Prairie 7:00Oct. 10 vs. Elmwood-Brimfield 7:00Oct. 17 at Peoria Heights 7:00Oct. 24 vs. Rushville 7:00

VARSITY ROSTER10 Josh Lozier 6-4 180 Sr WR22 Max Balagna 5-7 180 Sr RB/LB27 Caleb Fruendt 6-3 190 Sr WR39 Cody Martinez 6-1 210 Sr RB52 Spencer Kiesewetter 5-10 200 Sr OL54 Cody Fernandes 5-9 162 Sr OL57 Brody Isbell 5-9 170 Sr OL58 Nick Janes 6-0 200 Sr OL72 Austin Enser 6-1 210 Sr OL77 Jacob Woerner 6-0 170 Sr OL82 Colton Evans 6-3 220 Sr TE/DE2 Reid Berry 6-3 190 Jr TE5 Cody Jepson 5-10 180 Jr RB6 Steven Gilstrap 6-4 170 Jr QB15 Kyle Welker 5-7 160 Jr RB23 Jacob Hursey 5-10 155 Jr RB53 Isaiah Alvarez 5-8 205 Jr OL78 Jake Geber 5-10 240 Jr OL3 Gavin Garcia 5-8 170 Jr RB4 Gage Meyer 5-5 130 So WR13 Dylan Hayden 5-9 150 So QB/DB14 Jake Settles 5-11 165 So TE/DB28 Henry Tran 5-10 146 So WR30 Jonah Cecil 5-9 144 So WR49 Matt Rose 5-5 170 So OL50 Nick Martinez 6-0 245 So OL55 Cole Lenzen 5-9 216 So OL59 Tanner Crowe 5-11 205 So OL61 Noah Lane 5-9 170 So OL67 Casey Largent 5-11 210 So OL68 David Herr 5-8 170 So OL75 John Tunney 6-6 254 So OL 8 Cade Lancsford 5-8 150 Fr RB9 Ethen Kenney 5-7 130 Fr WR18 Jack Fletcher 5-10 146 Fr QB

Assistant Coaches: Joe Stokowski (defensivecoordinator), Nick Hoffmann (offensive/defensiveline) and Zach Lozier (defensive line).

PLAYOFF HISTORYFarmington has 14 playoff appearances, with

last year’s 10-2 quarterfinal showing the school’sbest. Nine playoff berths came under Dan Dillard(1984-2000) and four were under Casey Martin(2006-2014), who compiled a 44-35 record be-fore retiring last year after eight seasons.

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ELMWOOD-BRIMFIELDTROJANS

Coach: Todd HollisEnrollment: 402 (Class 2A)

Last year: 9-2, lost in second roundSCHEDULE

Aug. 29 at Mercer County 7:30Sept. 5 vs. Annawan-Wethersfield 7:00Sept. 12 at Knoxville 7:00Sept. 19 vs. Havana (Homecoming) 7:00Sept. 26 at Bushnell-Prairie City 7:00Oct. 3 vs. Beardstown 7:00Oct. 10 at Farmington 7:00Oct. 17 at Abingdon 7:00Oct. 24 vs. Peoria Heights 7:00

VARSITY ROSTER3 Jack McKinty 6-2 170 Sr QB/DB5 Donovan McCoy 5-10 175 Sr RB/LB7 Kyle Totton 6-0 155 Sr TE/DB8 Michael Houlihan 5-10 170 Sr QB/DB20 Layne Wyatt 5-8 165 Sr RB/DB21 Ben Adkins 6-0 155 Sr TE/DB23 Jacob Sollenberger 5-9 180 Sr RB/LB34 Tom Bowers 5-7 145 Sr RB/DB52 Brock Asbell 6-0 225 Sr C/LB53 Nick McCoy 5-8 215 Sr OL/LB54 Brian Gilles 6-1 225 Sr LG/LB55 Cameron Passie 6-2 270 Sr OL/DL66 Andrew Jordan 6-3 275 Sr RT/DE88 Jake Johnson 6-2 175 Sr TE/CB90 Brad Demmin 6-0 185 Sr TE/LB92 Zach Roling 6-0 145 Sr TE/LB97 Seth Stephens 5-8 140 Sr TE/DB12 Austin Sims 6-1 165 Jr QB/DB32 Cory Hart 5-9 150 Jr RB/LB33 Dillon Warner 5-8 145 Jr RB/DB35 Tyler McQuellon 5-10 175 Jr RB/LB38 Matthew Gerontes 5-8 155 Jr RB/DB44 Ian Huseman 5-9 155 Jr RB/DB47 Colton Fales 5-8 195 Jr RB/LB58 Pat Lawrence 5-10 250 Jr OL/DL62 Jared Roberts 6-0 190 Jr OL/DE72 Brad Novak 6-7 280 Jr LT/DL77 Sean Wilbur 6-0 200 Jr RG/DL79 Austin Miller 6-0 235 Jr OL/DL82 Bob Hall 5-9 155 Jr TE/LB84 Jake Harlow 6-1 155 Jr TE/DE89 Koby White 5-10 140 Jr TE/DB42 Sam Marincic 5-10 140 So RB/DB43 Isaiah Groeper 6-3 195 So RB/DE45 Jackson Harkness 5-9 200 So RB/LB60 Colton Milliman 6-2 230 So OL/DL64 Evan Asbell 6-1 245 So OL/DL65 Matthew Jordan 6-0 165 So OL/LB67 Carter Baysingar 6-1 205 So OL/DL75 Darren Novak 6-3 195 So OL/DL78 Cort Baysingar 5-11 245 So OL/DLAssistant Coaches: Brad Crisco, Mike Dutton,

Brandon Butler, Brandon Porter, Zach Polen andMike Walker.

PLAYOFF HISTORYElmwood has 13 playoff appearances and was

a Class 3A quarterfinalist in 2004. The Trojans’first three 1A playoff berths came under Bob Cur-ran and the last 10 have been under Todd Hollis,who is 92-58 in 15 seasons.

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Elmwood-Brimfield running back Layne Wyatt eluded plenty of tackles last year en route to 1,860 yards rushingand 17 touchdowns. He has come big stronger, bulkier and faster this season according to coaches.


ELMWOOD – Todd Hollis re-members years past when he wouldpore over rosters and marvel at thesizes of opposing players.

This season other coaches will dothe same when they peruse the Elm-wood-Brimfield lineup. That’s onebig benefit of having 80 players outfor football.

With a starting offensive line thataverages 6-foot-2 and 241 pounds(including bookend 275+-poundtackles Brad Novak and Andrew Jor-dan), the Trojans have the size.

“This is the biggest team we’vehad,” said Hollis, who is entering his16th season at E-B where he is 92-58and has nearly half the football winsin school history.

Better yet, the Trojans are also ex-perienced on offense, with nine of 11starters back.

“Our offensive line, with all thoseguys back, they’re playing so fastand the communication is so good,”Hollis said. “That kind of stuff onlyhappens through experience.”

The main change for E-B is atquarterback, where senior MichaelHoulihan is moving over from tightend. Though Houlihan may not haveclassic runnning or throwing form,Hollis is impressed with his results.

“He throws it well and he puts itwhere it needs to be,” Hollis said.“He’ll make a mistake once. And

then he’s going to be hard on him-self, file that away and he won’tmake the same mistake again.”

Most of the time, Houlihan will besticking the ball in the stomach of re-turning senior running backs LayneWyatt, Donovan McCoy and JacobSollenberger.

That trio combined for 2,893 rush-ing yards last year, with 1,860 fromWyatt. The 5-8 Wyatt has added bulkthis season but also picked up “somemore wiggle in his hips” accordingto coach Brad Crisco.

“He’s gotten bigger and faster,which is nice,” Hollis agreed.

Overall it just seems like E-B isgetting bigger everywhere. That’strue even at cornerback, where theTrojans will line up 6-foot Kyle Tot-ton and 6-2 Jake Johnson, a linemanlast year whose footwork has im-pressed coaches.

Those two join returning startersWyatt and Tommy “Honey Badger”Bowers in the defensive backfield.

Four other senior starters return ondefense: 5-8, 215-pound NickMcCoy and 6-2, 270-pound senior

Cameron Passie at tackle and Gillesand Sollenberger at linebacker.

An area to watch is defensive end,where Wilbur, Donovan McCoy andhigh-motor senior Seth Stephens willcombine to replace last year’s wreck-ing crew of Mark Marlott and MattHanley.

Junior Colton Fales should alsomove into a starting linebacker spotfor the Trojans.

One big difference for E-B is theschedule, which has been dramati-cally upgraded by adding MercerCounty and Annawan-Wethersfieldin the first two weeks. That creates asituation when the Trojans couldwind up with a less impressiverecord by season’s end – but possiblya better team and certainly a betterplayoff point count.

“It could be a big swing as far asplayoff points from what we’ve hadin the past,” Hollis said. “You addMercer County and Annawan andyou might be adding 16 points.”

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PRINCEVILLEPRINCES

Coach: Jon CarruthersEnrollment: 237 (Class 1A)

Last year: 3-6SCHEDULE

Aug. 29 vs. Lewistown 7:00Sept. 5 at Peoria Heights 7:00Sept. 12 vs. Mercer County 7:00Sept. 20 at Ridgewood 1:30Sept. 26 vs. West Central 7:00Oct. 3 at Monmouth United 7:00Oct. 10 vs. Annawan-Wethersfield 7:00Oct. 17 at Mid-County 7:00Oct. 24 vs. Stark County 7:00

VARSITY ROSTER1 Zach Simmons Sr RB/LB4 Zach Harrison Sr RB/LB7 Mitchell Janssen Sr QB/LB18 Thomas Smith Sr SE/DB34 Luke Cokel Sr RB/DB51 Jeff Waters Sr C/DT70 Tim Hefler Sr G/DE86 Michael Sheets Sr TE/LB88 Jordan Ray Sr SE/DE89 Hunter Nauman Sr TE/DE8 Tristin Jenkins Jr RB/LB9 Austin VanLaningham Jr RB/DB12 Logan Green Jr RB/LB13 Matt Thole Jr TE/LB14 Blake Streitmatter Jr RB/DB21 Mason Harlan Jr WR/DB26 John Remmert Jr RB/LB52 Jesse Feucht Jr G/NG55 Marshall Martin Jr G/LB58 Terry Stein Jr C/DT59 Weston Bridson Jr G/NG60 Stone Eads Jr T/DT64 Jacob Tracy Jr T/DT65 Brett Delbridge Jr C/DT68 Evan Bultemeier Jr T/DT3 Matt Saal So RB/LB5 Scott Snedden So RB/LB11 Noah Bauman So QB/DB20 Marcus Rock So RB/LB30 Greg Urbanc So WR/DB32 Keegan Conrad So SE/DE33 Trey Call So SE/DB35 Andrew Herrmann So TE/DE41 Alejandro Lopez So SE/DB53 Dylan Baird So T/DL54 Zach Johnson So T/DL56 Cole Gehrig So G/DT57 Jack Wagner So T/DE62 Daniel Merk So G/DT66 Trevor Bottenberg So T/DT75 Chase Leighton So T/DE77 Caleb Saylor So T/DTAssistant Coaches: Nate Rice, Nate Wineinger,

Matt Russell and Chris Bergschneider.PLAYOFF HISTORY

Princeville has a rich postseason record, high-lighted by a second-place Class 1A finish in 1975and 17 playoff berths. Of those, eight came underTom Bruna, two under Bryan Kinnikin, six underRollin Arnett and one under Jon Carruthers.

Princes finally have depth, experience

Watch for a full-page layout of the Princeville team photo, schedule and statistics later this fall in The Weekly Post.Papers are available each week at the following Princeville businesses: Casey’s Economy Builders, Country Feedand Supplies and Princeville State Bank. Photos by Collin Fairfield.


PRINCEVILLE – Football fans inPrinceville have been waiting onthis season for years.

Veterans back. Good numbers.Plenty of juniors and seniors. Lead-ers. Skill players. Size. For achange, all the elements are there.

So why is coach Jon Carruthers sokeyed up heading into Friday’s sea-son opener against Lewistown? Be-cause success in this first game isone key to Princeville ending a two-season playoff drought.

“This is a must-win,” said Car-ruthers, reflecting on the rest of aheavyweight schedule that includestraditional powers Mercer County,Annawan-Wethersfield and StarkCounty.

But for the first time in three sea-sons, the Princes have a teamprimed to shine in must-wins.

“Overall this is a class of juniorsand seniors we’ve had circled forsome time,” Carruthers said. “Theywere always the future. And the fu-ture is now.”

First to the offense, where seniorquarterback Mitchell Janssen isback for a third season running theoffense. Last year the 6-1, 200-pounder hit 56 of 115 passes for 627yards, even though he really didn’tcut loose until the last two games.

“Last year Mitchell was beggingme and begging me to throw and Ifinally said, ‘Let’s try,’” Carruthers

said.The end results were good enough

that Carruthers hopes to be “50-50”on offense this year between pass-ing and running.

Likely targets include three-yearstarter at tight end Michael Sheets, a6-5 athlete who caught 18 passes for227 yards last year, and two-yearstarter at split end Tom Smith (14for 144 and three TDs).

“Mitchell would like to throw itevery down,” Carruthers said,laughing. “He has really grown intothis offense. We’ve been aroundeach other so much we kind ofknow what the other is thinking.”

That said, there’s no doubt thePrinces will still run plenty. Janssenracked up 342 yards and four scoreson 65 carries last year and has sev-eral experienced backs.

Senior Zach Simmons movedfrom guard to running back towardthe end of last season and is ex-pected to see plenty of carries. Full-back John Remmert will also totethe pigskin after racking up 227yards last season, as will wingbackLuke Cokel (24 carries for 302

yards). As important as the backs is a big,

deep group of linemen – Carruthers’biggest ever.

“It’s nice to have big boys fi-nally,” he said, listing: three-yearstarter Tim Hefler; 6-1, 250-poundjunior tackle Terry Stein; 6-2, 280-pound junior tackle Jacob Tracy;junior Marshall Martin; senior cen-ter Jeff Waters; 6-foot, 245-poundStone Eads; and 6-foot, 255-poundBrett Delbridge, who has been side-lined with a concussion.

As excited as Carruthers is abouthis offense, he’s even more opti-mistic about a defense that returnsseven part-time starters.

Anchors are Janssen and Martin atlinebacker, a deep D-line of Sheets,Hefler, Waters, Eads and Delbridgeplus defensive backs Matt Thole,Simmons and Tristin Jenkins.

“Our defense is really going to beexciting,” Carruthers said. “I thinkthey are the heart and soul of theteam.

“Week one is going to be huge forus. It’s going to be a playoff atmos-phere, I foresee.”

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small kitchen adjacent to the conferenceroom where volunteers with thePrinceville Senior Meals Program getmeals ready to deliver three days aweek.

Adjacent to the main building are twolarge machine sheds full of antique trac-tors and farm equipment.

At the end ofevery July the mu-seum hosts TheHeritage Harvest,which featuresthreshing and cornshelling demon-strations, an an-tique tractorparade hosted bythe Central IllinoisFarm HeritageTractor Club andmore.

This spring themuseum wasproud to display anationally traveling exhibit, “Lincoln:The Constitution and the Civil War.”

“It was one of our best attended ex-hibits to date with over 1300 visitorscoming to see it in April and May,” Del-bridge said.

Upcoming events include a programon Tuesday, Oct. 14 at 6:30 p.m. featur-ing Art Allen, whose deceased wifeNancy wrote the book, “Zeal to EducateWomen.” The book is bout the three Pe-ters sisters of Princeville who did char-ity work in China in the late 1800s.

The Peters sisters championed change

in China regarding the education ofwomen at a time when most Americanwomen did not receive formal educa-tion beyond eighth grade.

The Akron Townhouse School, a1900 one-room schoolhouse, has been abig draw for school field trips and tours,Delbridge said. School children fromPrinceville, Brimfield, Stark County

and Dunlap havetaken field trips tovisit the museumand the school-house.

While there, stu-dents can experi-ence what it mighthave been like toattend a one-roomcountry school. Toadd flavor, retiredlocal teachers run atwo-hour class-room experience inthe schoolhouse.

Field trips can bescheduled for either mornings or after-noons.

Delbridge said she enjoys doing oldvs. new demonstrations with visitingschool children. She compares objectsfrom the past (telephones, irons, recordsetc.) with current objects.

“Many people take family pictures atthe schoolhouse because it is so pictur-esque,” Delbridge said.

The museum is open Mondays,Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. as well as by appointment.Call (309) 385-1916.

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Elmwood board agrees on good startBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – Thegood news shared at theBoard of Education’sMonday meeting was aswelcome as the freshstart, clean desks, andsmiling faces of studentsreturning for the 2014-15school year.

“It’s been a phenome-nal start,” said Superin-tendent Chad Wagner.

Beginning the newyear with an enrollmentof about 1.5 percenthigher than last year wasparticularly well-re-ceived. The District’shigh point was in 2007-2008, when its enroll-ment was 688, notcounting dozens of pre-KBright Futures kids.

But by last year, thetotal enrollment hadfallen to 640. Since Aver-age Daily Attendance is afactor on funding assis-

tance from the State,numbers matter.

“I hope we hit rockbottom [last year],” saidBoard president TomConklin.

Last year’s low wasdown 4.6 percent fromthe 2007-2008 year. Oneindication of optimism isthe growth this year ofthe Bright Futures pro-gram, which went from16 last year to 34, with awaiting list now.

“People are realizingwhat a great place thisis,” Wagner said.

Students are rising tothe occasion, too, saidCounselor Janelle Mey-ers, who reported on ris-ing participation indemanding courseworksuch as advanced mathe-matics classes.

“It’s good to see stu-dents challenging them-selves,” she said, citing17 students in a

trigonometry course, and28 in a pre-calculuscourse. “It’s all good.”

Also good was a tenta-tive budget being fine-tuned by Wagner andBusiness Manager SherrySwindler. A June draftprojected a deficit ofabout $575,000, but byapplying what Wagnerdescribed as a more “fru-gal” approach, some$100,000 was trimmed,so the proposed 2014-15budget will have a deficitof about $470,000.

A public hearing on thebudget is scheduled forthe next Board of Educa-tion meeting, on Sept. 22.

“Things are runningsmooth,” reported HighSchool Principal StanMatheny. “We haveabout 19 new students [atthe high school], and sev-eral of them have saidhow different we are thantheir old schools.”

Wagner agreed, re-sponding to Board Secre-tary Bill Frietsch’squestion about howthings seem to him afterWeek 1.

“Since I’m Superin-tendent and not superin-tendent and principal, Iexpected some differ-ence,” he said. ‘But it’sfour or five times busierthan I thought it would be– and I like it like that.Plus, the community hasbeen fabulous.”

In other business,• the Board unani-

mously approved, withmembers Dean Cantuand Rick LeHew absent,transferring $6,867.57from the Working Cashfund to the Fire Preven-tion & Safety Fund tocover the balance of thesecurity project. Morethan $180,000 in fundingcame in before the end ofthe last Fiscal Year, butexpenditures are comingout of this year. The pro-ject replaced key lockswith a key-fob accesssystem;

• Elementary SchoolPrincipal Tony Frost re-ported last Saturday’sParents Club fund-raisinggolf outing was “the bestattended we’ve had”;

• New Technology Co-ordinator Caleb Waddellhas been well-receivedby faculty and adminis-trators. A new Website isan early indication of hiswork; and

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Linda KnightELMWOOD – Linda G. Knight,

66, of Elmwood passed away at10:07 p.m. at OSF St. FrancisMedical Center in Peoria on Sun-day, Aug. 17, 2014.

Linda was born on Dec. 5, 1947,in Peoria, to Mary Leona Cisel.She was raised by her grandpar-ents, Joseph and Mary Daisy Cisel,and lived her adult life with herAunt Liz Cisel, all whom precededher in death.

She was an employee of theElmwood CUSD No. 322, lastworking in the cafeteria. She was amember of the VFW Auxiliary andattended the Elmwood UnitedMethodist Church.

Cremation has been accordedand a graveside burial of ashes willbe held at a later date in ElmwoodCemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial con-tributions may be made to a fundset up in Linda’s name at Farmer’sState Bank in Elmwood to assistwith funeral expenses.

Haskell-Hott Funeral Homes inPrinceville is in charge of arrange-ments. Condolences may be left inLinda’s honor at www.haskell-hott.com.

Elizabeth BirgamPRINCEVILLE – Elizabeth L.

“Betty” Scherler Birgam, 91, ofPrinceville died Aug.19 at her resi-dence.

Betty is survived by her twodaughters, Cindy S. (Joe) Brone ofPrinceville and Jody L. (Roger)Wilkerson of Washington; one son,Robert K. (Carol) Scherler of Elm-wood; six grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; one brother, Charles(Ellora) Edwards of Elmwood; andher “honorary” daughters andgrandchildren.

Funeral services were Aug. 23 atDavison-Fulton Woolsey-WiltonFuneral Home in Peoria, with bur-ial in Swan Lake Memory Gar-dens.

Leave online condolences atwww.woolsey-wilton.com.

Clifford FoxBRIMFIELD – Clifford Roger Fox,

95, of Peoria, father of daughters inBrimfield and Edwards, died Aug.21 at Proctor Place.

He is survived by two daughters,Lynda (Pat) Friede of Brimfieldand Denise (Dan) Counsil of Ed-wards; four grandchildren; andeight great-grandchildren.

A funeral Mass was scheduledfor Aug. 27 at Holy FamilyCatholic Church in Peoria. En-tombment will be in ResurrectionMausoleum.

Leave online condolences atwww.wrightandsalmon.com.

Barbara (Teel) JohnsonBRIMFIELD – Barbara Joan

(Teel) Johnson, 79, sister of aBrimfield man, died Aug. 20 at theKnox County Nursing Home inKnoxville.

She is survived by her husbandof nearly 60 years, Howard John-son of Knoxville; two sons, Jeff(Laurie) of Knoxville and Bruce(Andrea) of Freeport; one brother,Ronald (Helen) Teel of Brimfield;four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and soon-to-be-bornSofia Johnson of Milwaukee.

She was preceded in death byher parents and a granddaughter,Haley Johnson.

A celebration of life was heldAug. 23 at Grace Lutheran Churchin Knoxville. Cremation rites havebeen accorded with private familyburial of ashes at Knoxville Ceme-tery.

Leave online condolences atwww.hurd-hendricksfuneralhome.com.

Raymond E. PrestonWILLIAMSFIELD – Raymond

Eller Preston, 89, died Aug. 17 athis home in rural Williamsfield.

Cremation rites will be accorded.Hurd-Hendricks Funeral Home,Knoxville, is assisting the family.

Lester MartinPRINCEVILLE – Lester Martin,

88, of Eureka, brother of aPrinceville woman, died Aug. 23 inEl Paso

He’s survived by his wife, RuthSchmidgall Martin; three sisters,Loretta Rumbold of Princevilleand Verna Hartter and Helen Wie-gand, both of Eureka; two brothers,Nelson (Mary Ellen) Martin of Eu-reka and Harvey (Sharon) Martinof Metamora; children Donna(Tim) Carr and Alan (Sharon) Mar-tin, both of El Paso, Larry (Deb-bie) Martin of Flanagan and Becki(Dean) Martin of Eureka; 19grandchildren; and 28 great-grand-children.

Funeral services were plannedfor Aug.27 at the Eureka Apostolic

Christian Church, with burial inthe Apostolic Christian Cemeteryin Roanoke.

Leave online condolences atwww.ruestmanharrisfuneralhome.com.

Grace RennerFARMINGTON – Grace Anita

(Hull) Renner, 89, of Hanna City,formerly of Farmington, died Aug.22 at UnityPoint Health-Methodistin Peoria.

Grace was a member of theFarmington United MethodistChurch, Farmington Tri-CountySenior Center, and the AmericanLegion Auxiliary, and managedGrace's Daycare in her home inFarmington.

Services were Aug. 25 at theFarmington United MethodistChurch, with burial in SheffieldCemetery.

Leave online condolences atwww.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com.

Ronald Rynearson Sr.EDWARDS – Ronald L. “Reggie”

Rynearson Sr., 68, of Edwards diedon August 22 at OSF St. FrancisMedical Center in Peoria.

Surviving are six children, Jacob(Mandy Engel) Rynearson andRonald Rynearson Jr., both of Ed-wards, Karen Parks of Elmwood,Tammy Myles of Chicago, PamelaRynearson of Seattle, Wash., andRena Wright of Peoria; 13 grand-children; and 3 great-grandchil-dren.

Graveside services were plannedfor Aug. 26 at Combs Cemetery,near Edwards.

Leave online condolences atwww.oakshinesfuneralhome.com.

Robert D. TolfTRIVOLI – Robert D. Tolf, 90, of

Peoria, formerly of Trivoli, diedAug. 22 at the Proctor EndowmentHome in Peoria.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday(Aug. 29) at Anderson-SedgwickFuneral Home in Farmington,where visitation will be one hourprior to services. Burial will followin Trivoli Cemetery in Trivoli.

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This Week’s Obituaries• Elizabeth Birgam, 91,Princeville• Clifford Fox, 95, Peoria• Barbara Johnson, 79,Knoxville• Linda Knight, 66, Elmwood• Lester Martin, 88, Eureka• Raymond E. Preston, 89,Williamsfield• Grace Renner, 89, HannaCity• Ronald Rynearson Sr., 68,Edwards• Robert D. Tolf, 90, Peoria

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WILLIAMSFIELD –Tractors and free, farm-related family fun willtake over Williamsfield’sbiggest park for Ag Dayon Sunday, Sept. 7.

The event celebratesthe area’s heritage and fu-ture in agriculture and be-gins at 8 a.m. with a freepancake breakfast atDoubet-Benjamin Park atthe northwest corner oftown.

Activities continuewith a worship service inthe park at 9:30 a.m. Aparade of antique tractorswill drive the streets ofWilliamsfield at 10:30a.m. and end at the parkwhere activities willbegin.

The popular FarmChore Course returns andallows kids to drive bat-tery-powered tractors andtrucks through a course tocomplete chores.

Meanwhile, the eventincludes more than 20free scheduled events andactivities, such as a baleclimb, duck races, cowpie bingo, archery game,balloon herding andapple-peeling stationsthat appeal to all ages.

The big tent featureshourly events, including acentury presentation bylocal 100-year-old farmwoman Myrtice Coe andan informational sessionabout the late Ralph Nor-man.

Afternoon entertain-ment includes the AgOlympics and the returnof an egg-smashing hit,the Ag Quiz Bowl.

Local bakers are in-vited to enter homemadefruit pies in the pie con-test. Entries must arriveby 12:30 p.m., and thewinner earns a hand-made rolling pin made byFFA Members

New this year, localFFA and 4-H groups willdebut their first-ever cal-endar for sale. The 2015calendar includes local,

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from last year and 10 ofthem have their top four(runners) back,” E-Bcoach Gregg Meyerssaid. “Some have six orseven back. So there’s alot of strong teams.”

But there’s no questionE-B is right there. Pre-season polls all tab E-BNo. 1 and DyeStatIl.comwrites, “It is hard todeny that Elmwood-Brimfield is the team tobeat this season as six oflast year’s state team re-turns.”

That includes seniorNate Herridge and juniorMatt Osmulski, a com-petitive duo who tradedoff the No. 1 runner po-sition last fall right upuntil the state meet.

In that race Herridgeplaced 22nd in 15:40 toearn all-state honors andfinish five spots ahead of

Osmulski, whose timewas 15:44.

But the top two can’trest on their laurels thisfall, as they will bepushed by senior KellyHoffmann and sopho-more Derek McCoy.

“I’m hoping if thingsgo well that the top fourwill all have a chance tobe all-staters,” Meyerssaid. “And the top fourhas been flip-floppingfrom race to race.

“If we can get a fifthor sixth in the top 40then we’ll be good.”

Candidates for the lat-ter include sophomoresJohn Barratt and KelbyBarnewolt and freshmenAlex Herrmann andCooper Hoffmann. Theyounger Hoffmann wasall-state in eighth gradeto help his team win itsstate title, as well.

The key for Elmwood

is putting in miles topeak in time for state andMeyers said Herridge,Osmulski, Kelly Hoff-mann and McCoy all dida good job this summer.

On the girls side, E-Breturns several key run-ners from last year’s15th place state finisher.

Heading the pack issenior Kendra Gorham,who was 92nd at statelast year (19:43).

At this point in thepractice schedule, coachHayley Davis said herNo. 2 runner is seniorHannelore Book and therest of the top six in-cludes junior Sara Rose-crans, junior NicoleCollins (who did not fin-ish last season) andfreshmen Emily Mc-Cauley and NatalieMeyer.

Junior Cassie Carn didwell at state last year,placing 98th (19:43) andshould also contributealong with sophomoerAllie Meyers.

“They’re more posi-tive this year,” Davissaid. “I have a verygood, solid seven that Ican rely on. So I’m hop-ing to do better and Ithink they want it more

than last year.”Both E-B teams open

Sept. 3 at DetweillerPark against Metamoraand Peoria Notre Damefor a 4:30 p.m. meet fol-lowed by the Canton In-vite on Sept. 6 at 9:30a.m.

FarmingtonSeniors Amber

Campen and MaggieCecil head up what isotherwise a fairly inexpe-rienced squad.

“We are very youngand eager to see im-provement,” Coach JimHardesty said. “The kidshave put in a lot of milesto prepare for the seasonand are excited to com-pete.”

Farmington will hostthe Prairieland Confer-ence meet Sept. 30 andregionals on Oct. 25.

Hardesty said the girlssquad is aiming to ad-vance out of the regionalfor the second year in arow.

PrincevilleJeremy Melick is the

head coach for thePrinces and his teamopens its season on Sept.3 at Monmouth for the4:30 p.m. Prime BeefRun.



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VOLLEYBALL: P-ville coach Garretts resigns

Brimfield’s golf teamwon its Monday (Aug.25) match at KewaneeDunes with a score of190 to top Orion (193)and Annawan-Wethers-field (226).

Freshman Brady Kre-iter earned his firstmedalist honor aftershooting 20 and Brim-field senior Ryan Smithwas second with a 42.Volleyball rankings

Farmington wasranked second in theJournal Star small-schoolrankings ahead of No. 3Princeville and No. 6Brimfield-Elmwood.Concussion training

High school coachesand athletic directors nowmust take a concussiontraining course under alaw signed by Gov. PatQuinn.

On Monday, the Illi-nois High School Associ-ation set a deadline ofSept. 15 for fall coachesin 2014. Thereafter thedeadline will be to com-plete a course by the firstallowable practice date

for each sports season.Quinn says the idea is

to reduce and preventconcussions among ath-letes.

IHSA director MartyHickman says the onlinecourse takes a few hoursto complete and must betaken every two years.Coaches, help us!

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231-6040 to learn more.More prep players

The number of partici-pants in high schoolsports increased for the25th consecutive year in2013-14 with a recordtotal of almost 7.8 mil-lion, according to an an-nual survey conducted bythe National Federationof State High School As-sociations (NFHS).

Brimfield wins in golf; Farmington VB rated 2nd

been second-team all-PrairielandConference the past two seasons.

Pasley will get hitting supportfrom senior outside hitter BriannaRutledge once Rutledge returnsfrom a bout with mono. Rutledgemoved from the middle last yearand Jensen said “moving her into anew position should just increaseher productivity.”

Another outside hitter Jensensaid should “surprise people” thisfall is 5-7 senior McKenzie Sk-aggs, who is moving from theright side to the left side.

“She’s got a lot of athletic abil-ity,” Jensen said.

Along with the hitters, Jensenhas a veteran setter in 5-10 AllyxCamp. “She’s a great server andshe’s definitely ready to take overthe setting for us,” Jensen said.

Here’s a look at other area teamshoping for extended runs oncepostseason play starts Oct. 27.

Brimfield-ElmwoodDespite losing 12 seniors from a

squad that reached the regionalfinal (losing to Stark County),coach Troy Tilly is still optimistic.

In his second season as headcoach, Tilly said he is more com-fortable at the helm and seesplenty he likes in a varsity rosterthat includes five seniors six jun-iors and two sophomores.

Newcomer Morgan Florey madean impact in softball and will alsohelp as an outside hitter in volley-ball. According to Tilly, the sameis true of Payton Teel, a senior out-side hitter who ran cross countrylast fall but returned to volleyball.

“Our approach will probablycome more from the outside thanfrom the middle like last season,”Tilly said.

Two of his primary middle hit-ters figure to be juniors MorganLedbetter and junior Shayla Mc-Comick, who he said “can jumpout of the gym.”

“Our strength is our front-rowattack,” Tilly said. “We’ve gotsome big hitters and good blockersand then we’ve got senior leader-ship at the setter position, which isbig as far as court awareness.”

Setting those hitters up in Brim-field’s 6-2 offense will be seniorAlissa Bauer and junior JessicaLink.

Tilly will be assisted this year byhis wife, Betsy Tilly, a former all-conference player at Peoria NotreDame who played collegiately atMonmouth College.

PrincevilleThe Princes reached the regional

final last year before falling toRoanoke-Benson, but must replaceconsiderable firepower from thatteam – in addition to veterancoach Kathy Garretts.

Garretts submitted her resigna-tion last Friday for medical rea-sons and the head coachingposition was posted Monday –leaving precious little time for anew coach to step into the roleGarretts had served for 15 seasons.

But the former coach has not leftthe cupboard bare.

“Offensively I think they aregoing to be really good. They’vegot a lot of pretty well-roundedhitters,” Garretts said. “We’re just

a very young team.”The roster includes four seniors,

seven juniors, two sophomoresand one freshman. Of those, eightplayers have varsity experience in-cluding outside hitters JordanKraft and Alexis Kelton, defensivespecialist Kara Kessling and setterLibby Dwyer.

Other key returnees are AnnaSchupbach, Bridgett Talley andBrooke Gardner.

“They work very well togetherand get along great,” Garretts said.“I think they’ll be pretty good.”

The Princes last postseason titlecame in 2011, when the team wonits third straight regional.

WilliamsfieldWith juniors Taylor Dorthey,

Maddison Stewart and EmileeFurlong players all standing over6-1, coach Tyson Hart’s squadmight have the best height in Bill-town. He plans to use the trio onhis front line.

“So far we have no set spots forthem up front,” he said.

Back to direct the offense is set-ter Kimberly Campbell, one oftwo seniors this year. The other isdefensive specialist Amy Newell.

“Those two will be big leadersfor us,” Hart said.

Billtown’s 13-15 mark includedan ICAC Conference title, whichserves as incentive in a programthat has 19 girls.

“Last year kind of jump-startedthe girls to work hard and to do aswell as the group before them,”Hart said.

Billtown opens today (Aug 28)at Ridgewood.


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E-B favored for eighth title


Friday night meanssomething again. Atleast it does for prepfootball fans, who gettheir first real install-ment of fun this Friday.

The nine-week Illinoisseason kicksoff this weekand the threearea teamshead into theseason in dif-ferent posi-tions.

Farmingtonhas an inexpe-rienced teamand a newcoach wholooks to rebuild after aschool record 10-2 sea-son in 2013.

Princeville has a solidgroup of juniors and sen-iors for a change andcoach Jon Carruthers ishoping that translatesinto a return to the play-offs after a two-year ab-sence for the Princes.

And Elmwood-Brim-field has a record 80players out and severalkey returnees from yetanother playoff team.Even so, the Trojanscould wind up with aless impressive recordthis year and still be a

better teamcome playofftime – thatthanks to astiffer schedule.

Most notablefor E-B is theaddition of Mer-cer County –the Trojansopening-dayfoe. Game timefor that road

contest is 7:30 p.m.Farmington travels to

Kewanee to meet An-nawan-Wethersfield –another new foe for boththe Farmers and Trojans.Game time is 7 p.m.

Only Princeville ishome for the opener,kicking off againstLewistown at 7 p.m.


With only one runner gone fromlast season’s Class 1A state cham-pion team and several promisingyoungsters coming into the pro-gram, the temptation is to labelElmwood-Brimfield a heavy fa-vorite for the boys state crosscountry title.

To do so, of course, ignores the

fact the Trojans won last year bythe slimmest of margins (sixpoints) and only after an agoniz-ing wait.

So there’s no such thing as aheavy favorite, not with Win-nebago, Tolono Unity, RockfordChristian and St. Joseph-Ogdenalso returning plenty of runners.

“You look at the top 12 teams


There are precious few vol-leyball banners hanging in thegym at Farmington HighSchool. No regional titles atall, according to the IllinoisHigh School Association.

This year’s Farmers teamhopes to change that.

As prep volleyball seasongets underway this week,Farmington welcomes backthe area’s most experiencedgroup, with seven seniors re-turning from last year’s 11-18regional semifinalist.

“I expect good things,” sec-ond-year head coach CassieJensen said. “These guys defi-nitely want it and most ofthem have played on the var-sity since they were freshmenor sophomores.”

That includes 6-foot-1 sen-ior middle hitter Paige Pasley,who lead the team in kills andblocks last season and has Continued on Page 18

Farmervolleyballset to win

Senior Nate Herridge (far left) and junior Matt Osmulksi (far right) aretwo reasons Elmwood-Brimfield cross country is the preseason favoriteto defend its Class 1A state title. Photo by Jeff Lampe.

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