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Carrier Route PresortThursdaySeptember 4, 2014

Vol. 2, No. 28

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

More than $6 million wouldbe lost to the five school dis-tricts in The Weekly Post areaunder GOP gubernatorial can-didate Bruce Rauner’s proposalto dump a temporary state in-come tax increase, according toPaul Vallas, Democratic candi-date for Lieutenant Governor.

Statewide, Rauner’s planwould cost public schools $3.7billion a year and lead to tensof thousands of teacher layoffs,

Vallas said.The reduction would leave

school districts faced with cut-ting educational services andextracurricular activities, in-creasing class sizes, laying offteachers and raising local taxes,according to Vallas’ school-dis-trict breakdown of cuts that hesaid would be required underRauner’s “Jobs and Growth”agenda. That would roll backGov. Pat Quinn’s temporarytax hike from 5 percent to itspre-2011 level of 3 percent this

January if the Republican iselected.

Rauner spokesman MikeSchrimpf said the suburbanChicago candidate would makeeducation a priority. Schrimpfadded that despite the tempo-rary tax hike, Quinn cut educa-tion spending by $500 millionduring his five years in office.

Indeed, since the start of theGreat Recession in 2008, Illi-nois state support for elemen-tary and secondary educationhas declined about $700 mil-

lion overall, ac-cording to theIllinois StateBoard of Edu-cation. How-ever, Statespending hasincreased overthe last twoyears.

“If the Farmington CentralSchool District saw its Staterevenues decrease by $2.9 mil-lion, we could not possibly cutour way out of that kind of

deficit, nor could we raiseenough local funds to offset thereduction,” said SuperintendentJohn Asplund of FarmingtonDistrict 205. “To put this sce-nario into perspective, wewould have to raise our aggre-gate property tax rate by $2.10.That would mean that a home-owner with a home that carriedan assessed value of $150,000would see their property taxbill increase by $1,050 peryear.

Brimfieldboard talksteamwork

Attemptedabductionin Elmwood

By TERRY BIBOFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – Fees and treesand park board trustees – the vil-lage board has plenty to ponder.

They took little direct action dur-ing a 39-minute regular meetingTuesday night. But the BrimfieldBoard of Trustees inched forwardon a couple items and heard abouta new initiative which could helpeconomic development.

Peoria County Assistant Admin-istrator for Economic DevelopmentMark Rothert stopped by to offerinformation about a new “rural col-laboration concept.” Brimfield wasasked to join Elmwood, HannaCity, Chillicothe and other smallertowns to pool resources and ideas.

“Grants are a great example,”Rothert said. “If we apply as a col-lective that is, I would think, moreeffective.”

With back-up from Elmwoodeconomic development coordinatorChris Zimmerman, Rothert ex-plained the economic advantages ofteamwork.

There have been a couple ofmeetings to network and shareideas, which may expand later.Eventually there could be a system


ELMWOOD – Two cross coun-try runners were separately ac-costed by a man they said tried toabduct them about 4:30 p.m. lastFriday (Aug. 29), according to po-lice.

Both girls – a 17-year-old Elm-wood girl and a 16-year-old Brim-field girl – described the attackeras in his 60s, unshaven, with shortwhite hair and glasses, driving anolder white van with no windows.

The girls were running throughElmwood as part of a regular crosscountry practice. The 17-year-oldwas approached as she ran near theintersection of Sharon and KnoxStreet, where the man asked if shewould like a ride. When she de-clined, he attempted to grab herright arm, but she escaped, runningfrom the scene between houses inthe neighborhood.

The van fled east on SharonStreet.

A few minutes later, the samevan pulled up to the 16-year-old,running near the intersection ofMain and Morgan Streets and alsoasked if she would like a ride. Shealso declined, and then the man or-dered her into his vehicle.

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Ending income tax increase could impact schools

Youngsters line up for a chance to enter the OSF Life Flight helicopter last Saturday atElmwood’s Sweetwater Park during an event put on by the Elmwood and Yates Cityfire departments. Kids also toured fire trucks, police cars and ambulances and learnedabout fire safety. Photo by Jeff Lampe.

By MICHELLE SHERMANFor The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON – TheFarmington community soonwill have a spacious new li-brary that will be accessibleto all residents.

If all plans continue onschedule, says FarmingtonArea Public Library DirectorBarbara Love, the century-old Carnegie building onFort Street will be decom-

missioned on Oct. 3. Thenew building, located at 411N. Lightfoot Road, shouldopen on Nov. 1.

“We’ve loved the 100-year-old Carnegie building,”she said, but “the buildingthat we're in now is nothandicapped-accessible.These wonderful old build-ings just had a lot of steps.”

The process to a new

building simultaneously hasbeen lengthy and quick,Love added.

Some failed referendumsthroughout the past decadeheld up the funding piece ofthe $2.5-million project. Once the library wasawarded a $1.6-million Illi-nois Public Library Con-struction Act Grant, a$700,000 bond referendum

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ELMWOOD – Sinceit’s founding in 1864,Farmers State Bank hasbeen a fixture in the Elm-wood community. Thisyear, the bank celebratesits sesquicentennial an-niversary with an openhouse on Friday, Sept. 26from 2-5 p.m. in thelobby located at 104 EastMain Street in downtownElmwood.

The bank’s boardmembers would like tocordially invite all cus-

tomers past, present, andfuture to join the celebra-tion. Rep. Aaron Shock(R-Peoria), Sen. MarkKirk and Sen. DickDurbin, the ElmwoodCity Council and Elm-wood Mayor J.D. Huls-lander have been invited.

“It’s hard to imagineElmwood without Farm-ers State Bank,” saidMayor Hulslander. “Notonly is it a strong busi-ness offering bankingservices for hundreds

customers, but also astrong supporter of somany organizations in-cluding the Elmwood Ed-ucational Foundation,Elmwood DevelopmentAssociation, the school’sBoosters and Parents’Clubs, Elmwood Busi-ness Women, and ourFall and Strawberry Fes-tivals. When you talkabout being woven intothe fabric of a commu-nity – Farmers StateBank is the example.”

Farmers State Bank isthe third CBAI-recog-nized community bank inthe state of Illinois to cel-ebrate its 150th anniver-sary and one of twobanks in downstate Illi-nois to be distinguishedas a Minority OwnedBank by the MinorityBank Deposit Program ofthe United States Depart-ment of Treasury (one often in all of Illinois).

Pam Paige of Elmwoodis the bank owner.

Farmers State Bank celebrates 150th Sept. 26

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THE WEEK AHEAD

This Week’s Eventss Free Bread – Bread available every

Friday, 10 a.m. at Elmwood MethodistChurch.

s Book Club – Meets Sept. 8 at Farm-ington Public Library at6:30 p.m.

s MOPS Meeting –Mothers of Preschoolersinvited to meet Sept. 8at Brimfield Evangeli-cal Church, 9 -11 a.m.Call (309) 712-4570.

s Trivia Test – Test your trivia knowl-edge Sept. 9 at Kickapoo Creek Winery.Doors open at 6. Free to play. Top 3teams win prizes.

s Film Club –Young Film Critics’Club meets Sept. 10 from 3:15 to 5:15p.m. at Brimfield Library. Watch Mup-

pets Most Wanted. Watch the movie,learn about filmmaking, and write re-views. For grades 2 to 6.

s Craft Night – Make a pillow at Fam-ily Craft Night, Sept. 11 at 6 p.m. Morri-son and Mary Wiley Library, Elmwood.

Please call (309) 742-2431 to register.Future Eventss Cruise-In – Bring

your antique cars andtractors to the Bank ofYates City on Sept. 14

from 4-6 p.m. for the sixth annualCruise-In. Call (309) 358-1415.

s Blood Drives – Sept. 15 from 1 to 7p.m. at Elmwood United MethodistChurch and Sep. 22 from 3 to 7 p.m. atFaith United Presbyterian Church inYates City.

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ELMWOOD – There’s no record of achocolate factory ever operating inElmwood, but the 50th anniversary ofthe publication of Roald Dahl’s “Char-lie and the Chocolate Factory” was agood enough reason to have “A Worldof Imagination” as the theme for thisweek’s Fall Festival here.

But Elmwood also has a lot more, in-cluding a free screening of “WillyWonka & the Chocolate Factory” at thePalace Theater at 4:30 p.m. Saturday,thanks to owner Vern Reynolds.

The movie, Golden Ticket competi-tion, and the festival parade’s promised“Oompa Loompa” characters are a fewreminders of the book and its author.

Dahl was a British writer who was adecorated fighter pilot in World War II,after which he specialized in fictionwith surprise endings and unsentimentalchildren’s books, also including “TheFantastic Mr. Fox” and “James and the

Giant Peach,” with dark humor andeven dreadful violence at times. That’spart of what makes “Charlie and theChocolate Factory” among the Top 10books every kid should read, accordingto “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling.

Besides the “Chocolate Factory,” theFall Festival has favorite features andspecial entertainment. Highlights:Thursday: Musician Tanner Picton

from Canton performs 7:30-10 p.m.Friday: The Elmwood FFA Steer

Show and Sale is at 5 p.m. at Sweetwa-ter Park

West MacQueen Street Band returnsto Elmwood to play from 7-10 p.m.Saturday: The parade is at 12:30 p.m.Elmwood native Ashley Bean will

rock ‘n’ roll at 5 on stage.Central Illinois country band Spring

Creek Station will play at 7 on stage …… plus rides, food, and more. Visit

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Of doves, rides and a sobering scareRambling through central Illi-

nois already tired of coaches notreporting scores ... but thankfulfor those who do.

uuuDove season

opened Mondayto considerableshooting and toan almost uni-form responsefrom non-hunt-ing folks. “Youare shooting theBird of Peace,”they say, as if adove is somehow superior to aduck or crow. Well, for the record,the prolific Bird of Peace tastesbetter than most other birds andhas maintained a steady popula-tion despite continued huntingpressure. ... We planned on having

a full outdoors report to discussdoves and other critters this issuebut our penny-pinching publishermade a mistake by accepting toomany ads and cutting pages. Wewill be back to 20 pages nextissue. Sorry this one is so tight.

uuuThe annual Fall Festival is com-

ing to Elmwood and brings a cer-tain sense of melancholy to ourhousehold. Seems like just yester-day the oldest boys were tooscared to ride the rides withoutdad at their side. Now, aside fromgreenbacks, they could care lessabout any parental assistance. ...Which great philosopher was firstto say, “They grow up too fast?”Socrates? Or the Mayor of OakHill? ... Speaking of the Fall Festi-val, there’s another free showingof “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate

Factory” Saturday at 4:30 p.m. atthe Palace Theatre. Quick, name acreepier “kids movie.”

uuuMucho kudos to Jon Gallagher

for his last column on RobinWilliams, which touched a nervewith many readers. ... We addedPrinceville to our masthead thisweek and will continue to rampup coverage of that community. ...Parting Shot: Hearing that somecreep tried to abduct two girls lastweek (one in front of my house)scares the heck out of me. But italso serves as a great reminder totell kids they should never get in avehicle with a stranger. Yes, welive in wonderful communities.Sadly, bad things can still happenin wonderful communities.

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ABDUCTION: Students used good judgmentShe refused and contin-

ued running, fleeingnorth on Morgan to theschool.

In a message to parentssent the next evening(Aug. 30), ElmwoodSchool SuperintendentChad Wagner reassured

[parents and praised thegirls.

“Student safety is a toppriority of the Elmwoodstaff and administration,”he said. “These ladieswere able to use intelli-gent decision making toget themselves out of apossibly dangerous situa-

tion.“Our administration

has been communicatingwith the Elmwood PoliceDepartment in order topursue not only this indi-vidual, but to ensure thatwe equip our studentswith the necessary skillsand training should an

event like this take placeagain,” he added.

“There will be informa-tional seminars held in ajoint effort with law en-forcement officials toteach our children how toidentify, respond and pre-vent incidents such asthese in the future.”

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ELMWOOD – A local man in-jured in an Aug. 25 head-on crashon Illinois Route 8 is in seriouscondition, upgraded from criticalafter the collision near the intersec-tion with McIntyre Road.

Bruce Phelps, 75, was driving hisyellow 1929 Ford C Cab west-bound on Route 8 about 4 p.m. thatMonday when an eastbound 2008Ford Ranger driven by Allen Brun-son Jr., 30, of 1903 Elizabeth St. inPeoria struck Phelps’ vehicle andknocked it onto its side, accordingto the Peoria County Sheriff’s Of-fice.

Brunson told police he’d takenhis eyes off the road while lookingat the computer in his truck, ownedby USIC Locating Service, basedin Indianapolis, Ind., and the C Cabhad unexpectedly stopped in frontof him, police said.

However, a witness said Brunsonhad crossed the center line and alsodrove onto the shoulder before thewreck, and the Ford Ranger struckthe C Cab head-on, not from be-hind, according to reports.

Thomas Phelps, 47, a passengerin the C Cab, was extricated fromthe overturned vehicle by the Brim-field Fire Department and trans-ported by BYE Ambulance to OSFSt. Francis Medical Center.

Bruce Phelps was flown by Life-Flight helicopter to St. Francis.

Brunson, who declined medicaltreatment at the scene, was chargedwith improper lane usage, failure toreduce speed to avoid an accident,and two counts of Driving Underthe Influence, and booked into thePeoria County Jail.

Brunson was fined for traffictickets in 2008 and 2007, includinga DUI charge for which he served14 days in jail and a year’s proba-tion, which ended on May 16,2009.No injuries in house fire

YATES CITY – An early after-noon house fire at 2041 IllinoisRoute 8 west of Yates City on Aug.21 damaged the southwest cornerof the residence, which also sus-tained smoke damage throughout,according to the Knox CountySheriff’s Office, which made its re-port available Aug. 26.

No one was present and no oneinjured, according to reports, whichnoted that a Bank of Farmingtonemployee told police the propertywas in foreclosure.

The State Fire Marshall’s Officeis investigating the blaze. DUI charged after carends up on railroad track

EDWARDS – Lynsy Clark, 28,of Hanna City about midnight onAug. 26 was charged with DrivingUnder the Influence after policewere called to Powdermill Road at

Kickapoo-Edwards Road, whereher 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt wasparked on the BNSF railroadtracks, police said.

Clark told responding officersthat she’d missed a turn and cameto rest on the train tracks.

She was arrested and transportedto the Peoria County Jail, and hercar was impounded.Deer accident

• Aug. 20 – Maresca Picelli ofPrinceville on the Princeville-Ju-bilee Road near Parks School Roadin Princeville Township.Police reports

• Jerimay Keel, 26, of Elmwoodon Aug. 27 was arrested for domes-tic battery and disorderly conductand transported to the PeoriaCounty Jail.

• Edward Eden, 61, of Brimfield,on Aug. 28 was arrested for theftand transported to the PeoriaCounty Jail.

• Stephanie Kendle, 32, of Lauraon Sept. 1 was arrested for DrivingUnder the Influence and endanger-ing the life or health of a child andtransported to the Peoria CountyJail.

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Here is an artist’s rendition of the new Farmington Public Library, which is ex-pected to be open by Nov. 1.

passed in November2012 and planning beganin earnest.

The new buildingbroke ground on Sept.28, 2013.

Bishop Brothers Inc. ofPeoria was awarded theconstruction contract, andMark Misselhorn ofApace Design was theproject architect.

Featuring lots of win-dows and a large mainroom, the new facility is9,300 square feet and willhouse the library’s25,000-plus volume col-lection.

The Carnegie buildingis 3,000 square feet.

A drive-up book dropand service window foritems being held also willbe available.

“You don’t have to getout of the car” to returnor receive books, Lovesaid.

A 50-seat meetingroom and study roomwill be open to the pub-lic, something the currentbuilding does not have,Love said. There alsowill be areas dedicated tolocal history and youngadults.

Love said the plan isfor the library to close forjust one month before

opening the new location,but unforeseen circum-stances could delay theopening.

“Right now, they (thebuilders) assure me thatwe’re on track,” she said.

While the Farmingtonlibrary is closed, patronscan use their Farmingtoncards at any area library. Item holds still can beplaced using Farmingtonlibrary accounts, but theymust be delivered andpicked up at a different li-brary.

Outdoor drop boxes atthe Carnegie building andat the Hanna City Park

District will be availablefor materials return.

Love says the plan is toput the current facility upfor sale, in the hopes that“somebody will love it asmuch as we have.”

She added that she andher staff are planningsome special activitiesfor the final week in theold building, though theschedule isn’t finalizedyet.

“We really want to in-vite people to visit theCarnegie again to re-member,” she said, “tohave the good memo-ries.”

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TAX CUT: Local school staff could be cut“In order to reduce our

budget by $2.9 million ...we would need to reduceour staff by 64 full-timepositions. We currentlyemploy approximately130 full-time people,”Asplund said.

Nevertheless, Vallas –the former head of schooldistricts in Chicago,Philadelphia and NewOrleans – said, cutting in-come tax back to 3 per-cent, which Rauner sayshe would achieve overfour years, would leavean $8 billion hole in theState budget.

In Princeville, District326 SuperintendentShannon Duling saiddrastic measures wouldbe needed.

“If we were to see an-other cut of $1.3 million,we would need to con-sider considerable cuts inboth staff and programs,”Duling said. “Without anincrease in revenue tooffset another reductionof $1.3 million, wewould likely decimate allof our reserves in lessthan two years.”

Brimfield District 309Superintendent JoeBlessman agreed.

“Any additional cutswould mean cutting peo-ple or programs,” he said.“We cannot continue to

cut funding while at thesame time have more re-quirements put upon us.Common Core trainingand curriculum, RTI [Re-sponse to Intervention],Rising Star, CPR [car-diopulmonary resuscita-tion] requirements mayall be good ideas, butthese programs do notcome without trainingand cost.”

The impact in Elm-wood would be substan-tial, and District 322Superintendent ChadWagner said it wouldmean stepping up whatthe administration andboard are doing already:watching every penny.

“In tough economictimes such as these, it isimportant to continue toanalyze the budget, lineitem by line item, to en-sure that funds are ex-pended meaningfully,”Wagner said. “Decreas-ing the amount of moneyspent in a district requirescontinuous analysis ofprogram effectivenesspaired with staffingneeds.”

Williamsfield reliesless heavily on statefunding than mostschools, said Superin-tendent Tim Farquer.

“Many times two setsof ‘numbers’ are releasedand people are forced tochoose who, if anyone,they can trust,” he said.“That scenario is beingplayed out right now inour gubernatorial elec-

tion. Whose numbers doyou trust?

“We are different fromour friends in the area inthat we don’t rely muchon state funding,” Far-quer continued. “Only 10percent of our annualrevenue comes from thestate.

“This equates to ap-proximately $350,000from all state sources.The state could literallycut our funding in halfand we should still beable to operate in theblack without cutting

services or increasinglocal property taxes.

“We are also unique inthat we tax below ourvoter-approved rate,” headded. “That is extremelyrare. [So] we have theflexibility to raise localrevenue without a refer-endum.

“All of this positions usvery well to weather theupcoming storm.”

NEXT WEEK: Localschool superintendentsagree change is neededno matter who wins asgovernor.

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Continued from Page 1 Area schools’ revenue sourcesSchool % Local % State % FederalBrimfield 73.9 21.7 4.5Elmwood 64.7 31.4 4.0Farmington 54.3 39.2 6.5Princeville 64.4 31.9 3.7 Williamsfield 87.3 9.8 2.9

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in place to weight theneeds of the various com-munities, Rothert said.

“We want to make surethe first hog to the troughdoesn’t get the most,”Zimmerman said.

Board members agreedthey’d like more informa-tion about both the col-laborative effort and thepossibility of an enter-prise zone, which couldoffer incentives such asreduced taxes and fees.Two enterprise zone ap-plications may be madelater this year, one urban

and one rural.“Since you were left

out 30 years ago, wewanted to make sureyou’re not left out now,”Rothert said.

In other business: • Trustee Mike Mein-

ders checked into the po-tential advantages andcosts of moving five treesinto town. The pin oaksand bur oaks were offeredto trustee Allison Porterlast month.

“They’re good-sizeright now. I’d say 25 feettall,” Meinders said.

A representative ofGreen View Nursery toldhim it would take aboutan hour and a half to

move each tree – andtrees that size would cost$400, plus moving costs.Board members indicatedthis was worth pursuingand Meinders will checkpotential prices withHoerr Nursery, as well.

• Trustees also indi-cated they’d like more in-formation about estab-lishing a park board. At-torney Rick Johnson sug-gested they check into theway it has been handledin other small communi-ties.

Fishel said getting aboard in place early nextyear would be fine.

TERRY BIBO can be reached [email protected].

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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

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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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Local governments

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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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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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Fencing will be movedcloser to buildings on thenorth side of the streetduring the Fall Festivalparade Saturday, accord-ing to administrator ChrisZimmerman, who saidorange barricades wouldremain for traffic safety.

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Peoria County PublicTransportation) servicenow has an increasedavailability to a larger ge-ographical area in ruralPeoria County. Due to arecent restructuring of itsfederally mandated serv-ice area, CountyLink hasmore available hours toservice rural customers.

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Prior to remapping thePekin and Peoria area,most of CountyLink’shours were taken up bylarger communities. Nowthat CityLink andCityLift have taken overservice in those areas,CountyLink can betterserve Peoria County.

CountyLink servicemust begin or end in therural part of the county,and is available in the

following communities:Brimfield, Edelstein, Ed-wards, Elmwood, Glas-ford, Hanna City,Kickapoo, KingstonMines, Laura, Mapleton,Oak Hill, Orchard Mines,Princeville, Smithville,Trivoli and Tuscarora.Service is also availablein limited geographicalareas of Bartonville,Chillicothe, Dunlap,Mossville and Rome.

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Clyde Breweur Sr.FARMINGTON – Clyde D.

Breweur, Sr., 60, of Farmington,died Aug. 29 at OSF St. FrancisMedical Center in Peoria.

A Celebration of Life was sched-uled from 5-7 p.m. today (Sept. 4)at the Anderson-Sedgwick FuneralHome in Farmington. Cremationrites will be accorded.

Condolences may be made atwww.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com.

Alfred DonsbachPRINCEVILLE – Alfred G. Dons-

bach, 90, of Bradford, formerly ofPrinceville, died Aug. 26 at Court-yard Estates of Bradford.

Funeral services were Aug. 30 atHaskell-Hott Funeral Homes inPrinceville, with burial in St. Maryof the Woods Cemetery inPrinceville.

Condolences may be made to thefamily via www.haskellhott.com.

Patricia GibsonBRIMFIELD – Patricia A. Gibson,

63, of Hanna City, sister andmother of area residents, died Aug.26 at her home.

She is survived by her husband,Kevin Gibson; her mother, Imo-gene Perry of Hanna City; daugh-ter, Jeannie Lynn Peacock ofPrinceville; son, Christopher JamesPeacock of Hanna City; and step-son, Eric Michael Gibson of Mas-sachusetts; five brothers and onesister, David “Buddy” (Donna)Perry of Brimfield, Don (Carol)Perry of Elmwood, Bob Perry ofHanna City, Joyce (Jack) Williamsof Trivoli, Mike (Brenda) Perry ofHanna City and Rick (Cherie)Perry of Toulon; and seven grand-children.

Private graveside services willbe held at Parkview Cemetery.

Online condolences may bemade at www.davison-fulton.com.

Thomas KautzkyPRINCEVILLE – Thomas W.

Kautzky, 56, of Princeville diedAug. 30 at his residence.

Cremation has been accorded. Acelebration of life will be at a laterdate. Haskell-Hott Funeral Homesis in charge of arrangements.

David PhillipsELMWOOD – David Melvin

Phillips, 66, of Davenport, Iowa,formerly of Elmwood, died Aug.30 at Manor Care in Davenport.

Funeral services are 11 a.m.today (Sept. 4) at Oaks-Hines Fu-neral Home in Elmwood with theRev. Dennis Fitzgerald officiating.There will be no visitation. Burial,with military honors, will be inElmwood Township Cemetery.

Leave condolences at www.oak-shinesfuneralhome.com.

Mary ReamsYATES CITY – Mary Reams, 70,

of Marion, Iowa, formerly of YatesCity, died Aug. 28 at NorthbrookManor Care Center.

Surviving are her husband, Paulof Marion, Iowa; sons, David ofMinneapolis, Minn., and Michaelof Portland, Ore.; three grandchil-dren; and two sisters, BerniceClark of Canton, and Martha(Allen) Skelton of Benton.

A memorial service was sched-uled for Sept. 3 at Cedar MemorialChapel of Memories in CedarRapids, Iowa. Inurnment will be atCedar Memorial Park Cemetery.

Leave condolences atwww.cedarmemorial.com.

Glenn Stieglitz FARMINGTON – Glenn A.

Stieglitz, 79, of Morton, father of aFarmington man, died Aug. 25 athis home.

Surviving are his wife, WilmaBluhm Stieglitz of Morton; threechildren, Glenn (Kris) Stieglitz Jr.of Farmington and Jennifer Birkeyand Bill (Sally) Stieglitz, both ofMorton; eight grandchildren; 18

great-grandchildren; and one sister.Services were Aug. 28 at Grace

Church in Morton, with burial inthe Morton Apostolic ChristianChurch Cemetery.

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Marjorie ThorneFARMINGTON – Marjorie M.

Thorne, 91, of Victoria, sister of aFarmington man, died Aug. 23 atSeminary Manor in Galesburg.

Marjorie is survived by twobrothers, Gerald (and Carolyn)Haist of Farmington, and Paul (andCharlene) Haist of East Peoria; twosisters, Ruth Ford and MaryKeefaver, both of Canton; threechildren; six grandchildren; 13great-grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; and five step-great-grandchildren.

Cremation rites were accorded,and private graveside services heldat Victoria Cemetery in Victoria.

Offer condolences at www.hurd-hendricksfuneralhome.com.

Lois WilsonPRINCEVILLE – Lois E. Talbert

Robbins Wilson, 102, of Wyoming,mother of Princeville residents,died Aug. 28 at Seminary Manor inGalesburg.

Surviving are her children,Homer (Sue) Robbins ofPrinceville, Mary Jane (Leonard)Tilson of Princeville, Bonita(Gene) Brailey of Old Hickory,Tenn., Judy (Mike) Fesler ofDanville, Iowa, and Stephen(Maria) Robbins of Miami, Fla.; astepson; 22 grandchildren; 43great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were plannedfor Sept. 2 at Haskell-Hott FuneralHomes in Wyoming, with burial inToulon Cemetery.

Condolences may be sent to thefamily via www.haskellhott.com.

Obituary Policy: We print basicobituaries for free. Longer obituariescost $1 per column inch and $5 perpicture. If you are a family membersubmitting an obituary, we will have toconfirm the death with a funeral homeor cremation service. Forms are avail-able at The Weekly Post, 115 W. MainSt.; Elmwood, IL. Or call 309-741-9790.

OBITUARIES

This Week’s Obituaries• Clyde D. Breweur Sr., 60,Farmington• Alfred Donsbach, 90, Brad-ford• Patricia Gibson, 63, HannaCity• Thomas Kautzky, 56,Princeville• David Phillips, 66, Elmwood• Mary Reams, 70, Marion,Iowa• Glenn Stieglitz, 79, Morton• Marjorie Thorne, 91, Victo-ria• Lois Wilson, 102, Wyoming

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BRIMFIELDSt. Paul’s

Lutheran ChurchThe Lutheran Church –

Missouri Synod“Liturgical & Reverential”

Pastor Michael Liese204 W. Clay St., Brimfield

(309) 446-3233Summer Schedule

Sun. Divine Service: 10 am

Brimfield UnitedMethodist Church

Pastor Leonard Thomas135 S. Galena St., Brimfield

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

Thurs. Bible Study: 7 pm

EDWARDSChrist 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 amElmwood Baptist ChurchPastor Dennis Fitzgerald

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

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

of ElmwoodReverend Marla B. Bauler

201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood(309) 742-2631

firstpresbyterianofelmwood.orgSun. Worship: 10:30 amSun. School: 9:30 am

St. Patrick’sCatholic ChurchFather Paul Stiene

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

Sat. Confession: 3:45 pmSat. Mass: 4:30 pmSun. 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 Chris Deacon

83 N. Cone Street, Farmington309-245-2914

www.firstpresfarmington.comSunday School: 9:30 amFellowship: 10:30 amWorship: 11:00 amYATES CITYFaith United

Presbyterian ChurchRev. Chris Deacon107 W. Bishop St.Yates City, IL 61572(309) 358-1170Worship: 9 am

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

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BRIEFSArt festival set for Saturdayin downtown Galesburg

GALESBURG – The 28th an-nual Art in the Park fine arts andfine crafts fair is Saturday (Sept. 6)in Standish Park Arboretum indowntown Galesburg from 9 a.m.to 4 p.m.

The one-day juried art fair spot-lights artist booths featuring paint-ing, drawing, sculpture,photography, pottery, prints, jew-elry, mixed media, fiber art, metalwork and glass. Admission is free.

The 2014 Emerging Artists Tentwill feature works created by areajunior high, senior high and col-lege students with prizes awardedby the juror for Best of Show, first

Place, and three Juror’s Choice.The festival also includes art,

live music, food vendors and fam-ily-friendly free art activities hap-pening under the shady trees inStandish Park.

Music will be provided by theRootabaga Jammers, Frank F. Sid-ney’s Western Bandit Volunteers,and Emerging Artist Bands: SinThetic and East Side Ambush.

Susan Twomey, director of theBuchanan Center for the Arts inMonmouth, Illinois, will be the2014 Juror awarding $700 in cashprizes for Best of Show, first Place2-Dimensional, first Place 3-Di-mensional, first Place Fine Craft,and four Juror’s Choice.

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7415.Well-sealing demo Friday outside Yates City

YATES CITY – The KnoxCounty Soil and Water Conserva-tion District will be hosting a wellsealing demonstration Friday(Sept. 5) at 10 a.m. at the MottazFarm outside Yates City at approx-imately 2090 Knox Road 300N(Salem Township, Section 16).

An estimated 400,000 privatewater wells in Illinois providedrinking water to approximately1.3 million people. Of these wells,state agencies estimate that thereare at least 100,000 that are im-properly abandoned.

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Football is still kingamong U.S. pep sports.

Among the top 10 boyssports, baseball registeredthe largest gain in partici-pation last year with an

additional 7,838 partici-pants, followed by foot-ball and soccer (6,437). The top 10 boys sports re-mained unchanged: foot-ball, outdoor track and

field, basketball, baseball,soccer, wrestling, crosscountry, tennis, golf andswimming and diving.

Golf scoresWilliamsfield (193)

was second andPrinceville (220) wasthird last Wednesday atLaurel Greens in a matchwon by Mercer Countywith 167 strokes.Princeville’s Saturdaymatch was called off.Coaches, help us!

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In an article on crosscountry last issue, CassieKarn was incorrectlyidentified as a junior. Sheis a sophomore and hertime at the 2013 statemeet was 19:49. We re-gret the errors.

Football still top high school sport for boys

FARMERS:QB Gilstrapplayed well

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PRINCES:Line strongContinued from Page 16

And the Farmers sur-prise spread offense – aconsiderable departurefrom last year and fromVallas’ Knoxvillesquads – clicked nicelyunder first-year quarter-back Steven Gilstrap.

Gilstrap was 13 of 22for 163 yards and ran fortwo touchdowns.

“I thought he playedgreat,” Vallas said. “Nowhe has to do it again.”

That will be no easytask, as the Farmers playhost to Mercer County(0-1), still smarting froma 28-0 loss in the openerto Elmwood-Brimfield.

“We’re looking at aMercer County team thatElmwood made reallymad,” Vallas said.“Thanks to Todd Hollisand his team for wakingthem up.”

TWP pick: MercerCounty 28-8

Steady rain led Carruthersto scrap the shotgun.

“We were almost pleas-antly surprised at howwell our line run-blocked,” Carruthers said.“They are going to makeus a lot better being ableto run and pass the ball.”

Senior QB MitchellJanssen was 7-for-13 for76 yards and one scoreand Princeville got rush-ing TDs from John Rem-mert and Zach Simmons.

“We’re pretty deep inthe skill positions,” Car-ruthers said.

On Friday the Princestravel to Peoria Heights,which lost its opener atRidgewood, 33-0.

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E-B: Next foe A-W similar to Mercer Co. “We could tell they were getting

gassed and starting to cramp up.”Not so E-B, which got a stand-

out effort from hard-hitting juniorlinebacker Colton Fales, who had18 tackles.

Another bad snap gave E-B theball at Mercer County’s 40. Sevenplays later Wyatt scored on a 4-yard run. He added another 6-yardTD in the fourth quarter and also

had an interception.“They are a very sound team,”

Mercer County coach Nat Zunkeltold the Aledo Times Record. “Wereally beat ourselves tonight.”

Next up for E-B is a 7 p.m.home game Friday vs. LincolnTrail power Annawan-Wethers-field, which topped Farmington42-21 last week and has made theplayoffs all six seasons as a co-op.

“They are kind of a carbon copy

(of Mercer County) in terms offormations,” Hollis said. “Theyrun the ball more and the quarter-back is more athletic. And they arecertainly smaller up front.”

A-W QB Tanner Litton ran for57 yards and a score and passedfor 102 and another TD and soph-omore Jaxon Ince replaced injuredrunning back Bo VanOpdorp toscore twice and rack up 92 yards.

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Elmwood-Brimfield 28Mercer County 0

E-B 0 0 21 7 – 28Mercer Co. 0 0 0 0 – 0

Scoring SummaryThird Quarter

E-B - Wyatt 10 run (Rolling kick)E-B - McCoy 1 run (kick failed)E-B - Wyatt 4 run (Wyatt run)

Fourth QuarterE-B - Wyatt 6 run (Rolling kick)

Team StatisticsE-B MC

Rushes 65 40Rush yds 286 125Yds per carry 4.4 3.1Pass Att 5 30Pass Comp 1 12Had Intercepted 0 1Pass yds 14 137

Individual StatisticsRushing - E-B: Wyatt 26-139,

D.McCoy 26-97, Sollenberger 8-30,Hart 4-19, Houlihan 1-1. MC: Van-Winkle 12-59.Passing - E-B: Houlihan 1-5-0 14.

MC: Wood 12-30-1 137.Receiving - E-B: Totton 1-14. MC:

VanWinkle 3-47Tackles - E-B: Fales 18, Bowers 7,

Sollenberger 7, Johnson 6, Wyatt 5,D.McCoy 5, Passie 4, Wilbur 4, Totton3, Stephens 2.

Princeville 35Lewistown 26

Lewistown 12 0 0 14 – 26Princeville 7 7 7 14 – 35

Scoring SummaryFirst Quarter

P - Remmert 3 run (Janssen kick)L - Kruzan 50 int. return (kick

failed)L - Kruzan 13 run (kick failed)

Second QuarterP - Thole 33 pass from Janssen

(Janssen kick)Third Quarter

P - Green 8 run (Janssen kick)

Fourth QuarterL - Miller 31 run (conversion good)P - Green 71 run (Janssen kick)P - Simmons 2 run (Janssen kick)L - Parrish pass from Hardesty

(conversion failed) Team Statistics

Lew PrinFirst Downs 10 17Rushes 34 45Rush yds 185 321Yds per carry 5.4 7.1Pass Att 13 9Pass Comp 7 4Had Intercepted 1 1Pass yds 76 75

Individual StatisticsRushing - P: Green 14-149, Sim-

mons 16-89, Janssen 9-64, Remmert4-9.Passing - P: Janssen 4-9-1 75Receiving - P: Sheets 3-42, Thole 1-

33.Tackles - P: Martin 12, Hefler 10,

Simmons 8, Thole 7.

Annawan-Weth. 42Farmington 21

Farmington 6 6 9 0 – 21Annawan-Weth. 14 7 14 7 – 42

Scoring SummaryFirst Quarter

A-W - Litton 4 run (Bryan kick)F - Gilstrap 6 run (pass failed)A-W - Pillen 7 run (Bryan kick)

Second QuarterA-W - Pillen 5 pass from Litton

(Bryan kick)F - Gilstrap 7 run (pass failed)

Third QuarterF - Balagna safetyF - Balagna 16 run (Berry kick)A-W - Ince 4 run (Bryan kick)A-W - Ince 1 run (Bryan kick)

Fourth QuarterA-W - Litton 1 run (Bryan kick)

Team StatisticsFarm A-W

Rushes 19 - Rush yds 114 -Yds per carry 6.0 -Pass Att 23 11Pass Comp 14 6Pass yds 164 102

Individual StatisticsRushing - Farm: Balagna 10-39,

Gilstrap 6-62, Garcia 3-13. Passing - Farm: Gilstrap 13-22-1 163,

Hayden 1-1-0 1. Receiving - Farm: Fruendt 6-94,

Lozier 2-27, Berry 3-23, Tran 1-18,Balagna 1-1.Tackles - Farm: Garcia 11, Cecil 7,

Kiesewetter 6, Geber 6, Lozier 4, Set-tles 3, Balagna 3, Evans 3, Hursey 3.

Prairieland BlueOverall ConfW L W L

Beardstown 1 0 0 0Elmwood-B 1 0 0 0Havana 1 0 0 0West Prairie 1 0 0 0Farmington 0 1 0 0Knoxville 0 1 0 0

Last FridayElmwood-Brimfield 28, Mercer Co. 0Annawan-Weth. 42, Farmington 21Stark County 48, Knoxville 0Havana 45, Rushville-Industry 42Beardstown 47, South Fulton 14West Prairie 19, West Central 6

This FridayA-W at E-B, 7 p.m.Mercer Co. at Farmington, 7 p.m.Rushville at Beardstown, 7 p.m.South Fulton at Havana, 7 p.m.Mid-County at Knoxville, 7 p.m.

United at West Prairie, 7 p.m.

Lincoln TrailOverall ConfW L W L

Annawan-Weth. 1 0 0 0Mid-County 1 0 0 0Princeville 1 0 0 0Ridgewood 1 0 0 0Stark County 1 0 0 0Mercer Co. 0 1 0 0West Central 0 1 0 0United 0 1 0 0

Last FridayPrinceville 35, Lewistown 26Ridgewood 33, Peoria Heights 0A-Town 50, United 22Mid-County 46, North Fulton 23

This FridayPrinceville at Peoria Heights, 7 p.m.West Central at Abingdon, 7 p.m.Ridgewood at North Fulton, 7 p.m.Stark County at Lewistown, 7 p.m.



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Elmwood-Brimfield stuns Mercer Co., 28-0

Princeville outlasts Lewistown

By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

Local volleyball teams started slowlylast week as the season opened.

Brimfield-Elmwood (1-5) lost itsopener to West Prairie 25-7, 25-15 andthen went 1-3 at the Eureka Invita-tional last weekend, defeating PeoriaChristian (25-21, 25-18) and losing toMidland (25-17, 25-18), Eureka (25-16, 25-17) and Havana (25-23, 25-19).

“Not the way I wanted the tourna-ment to go, but I did try some differentlineups,” said B-E coach Troy Tillysaid, whose squad fell to Havana 25-21and 25-16 on Tuesday. “Everybody onthe team got some opportunity to playand I’m happy with how our benchplayed.”

Farmington (0-2) also juggled line-ups in losses to North Fulton (25-23,25-19) on Monday and Illini Bluffs(22-25, 25-17, 25-17) on Tuesday. TheFarmers were without Brianna Rut-ledge and setter Allyx Camp, whoshould return soon.

Princeville dropped its opener toChillicothe IVC under interim coachShan Waid. Athletic director JeffKratzer said the Princes’ head coachingposition should be filled today or Fri-day (Sept. 5). Long-time coach KathyGarretts resigned for medical reasons.


KEWANEE – Trailing 21-6 in the firsthalf against a traditionally strong An-nawan-Wethersfield football team couldhave signaled a time for Farmington topack its bags last Friday.

Instead, the inexperienced Farmers bat-tled back to tie early in the third quarteron a 16-yard run by senior Max Balagna.

And while Farmingtoneventually faded in a 42-21 loss, new coach TobyVallas saw plenty to beencouraged about.

“We got a little fa-tigued at the end, but thekids played hard. I feltlike there was a lot ofpositive,” Vallas said.

For one thing, Farm-ington (0-1) played or started seven fresh-men or sophomores who helped support agroup of juniors and seniors playing var-sity minutes for the first time.

“I’m a big believer in playing a lot ofkids and keeping kids fresh,” Vallas said.“We turned the ball over and gave upsome big plays at inopportune times, butthe mistakes we made early were not get-ting lined up correctly or other first-gamemistakes.”


PRINCEVILLE – Four plays intolast Friday’s game, Princeville wasstaring at a deficit and wonderingwhat had happened.

Over the last few seasons, an earlyinterception return for a touchdowncould have defined the game. Not thisyear. Not with a veteran group eagerto bring the Princes back to re-spectability.

Instead of wilting, Princeville ral-lied and took control in the secondhalf of a lightning-delayed 35-26 winover Lewistown.

“It’s nice to see the senior leader-ship we had,” Coach Jon Carrutherssaid. “After the first pick-six theycould have hung their heads and beendown, but none of them did.”

Aside from that early mistake, thePrinceville offense was impressive.Hard-running junior Logan Greenhad 149 yards and two scores – mostbetween the tackles – as the Princesracked up 321 rushing yards.

That was even more impressive be-cause Princeville had come into theseason planning to run plenty ofspread offense out of a shotgun.


ALEDO – Talk about this gamestarted a few years ago, as soon asword came out the Prairieland Confer-ence would play some Lincoln Trailteams. Ever since, the question hasbeen: “How will the Trojans measureup against Mercer County?”

The answer came last Friday in sur-prisingly emphatic fashion, as Elm-wood-Brimfield shut out the GoldenEagles 28-0 in a game delayed onehour due to lightning.

Ranked No. 5 in Class 3A, E-B (1-0)

played a nearly error-free game andhanded Mercer County – ranked No. 2in Class 2A – its first home-openingloss since that co-op was formed.Heading into last Friday the GoldenEagles had won 14 straight home

games by an average 33 points pergame.

E-B coach Todd Hollis said the vic-tory ranks as one of the top two in his16-year tenure, with the other a victoryover then-second-ranked MonmouthYorkwood in 2003.

After a scoreless first half, the Tro-jans drove 46 yards to take the lead ona 10-yard run by Lane Wyatt. Then,after the defense held Mercer County,E-B got the ball back at the hometeam’s 4-yard line after one of severalbad snaps. Donovan McCoy scoredtwo plays later on a 1-yard run to put

the visitors up 13-0.“The second half, if you’re a double-

wing guy it was a thing of completebeauty,” Hollis said. “But if you’re afan that likes watching the NFL, it wasthe ugliest thing ever.”

Sweep right. Sweep left. Hollis saidhe almost called a pass once, but wasshot down by his assistants. And therewas no need to throw, as E-B’s big linewore down Mercer County.

“You watch what our plays are sup-posed to look like and it was textbook,”Hollis said. “We put on a clinic interms of blocking.

Slow start forarea VB teams

Farmers fall,but look tobuild on effort

Senior quarterback Mitchell Janssen runs against Lewistown in last Fri-day’s 35-26 victory. Janssen ran for 64 yards and passed for 75 more andone touchdown. Photo by Collin Fairfield.

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