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By BILL KNIGHT stances. regardless of the present’s biases “I read a lot,” he says. “I par - For The Weekly Post “Today, the label ‘fake news’ and inequities. ticipated in the FFA (I did OK in BRIMFIELD – Brimfield na - is hurled at credible media insti - “But it also shows how we can soil-judging competitions) and tive Fred Carroll shows a sense tutions for the purpose of parti - avoid today’s sterile, both-sides- performed in high school plays. I of curiosity in examining a seri - san politicking as readily as it is do-this political coverage by followed sports, but my most no - ous topic in his new book, and a used to identify propaganda in - tempering objectivity with a table athletic accomplishments personal sense of humor in a hol - tended to subvert American moral perspective that seeks to included getting picked off first iday visit home. democracy,” says Carroll, a 1989 uphold America’s highest ideals base and double-dribbling so “Race News: Black Journalists graduate of Brimfield High of equality for all, regardless of blatantly that the referee swal - and the Fight for Racial Justice” School. “Such attacks typically partisan objections,” he adds. lowed his whistle. is a history that bridges the time - aim to narrow the parameters of Reflecting on the background “The first time I remember less and timely, and though the acceptable journalistic discourse that led to his most recent work, looking forward to school was chronicle took eight years to be - concerning politics. ‘Race News’ Carroll, the 46-year-old son of when we studied the European come a fresh, readable book, illustrates the limits of the doc - Fred and Brenda Carroll, offers a explorers in Mr. Davis’s 5th some of the past it recounts trine of objectivity, which often self-deprecating assessment of grade class at Brimfield Grade seems close to present circum - serves to reinforce the status quo, his youth. Continued on Page 10 TIME TO SHOVEL Brimfield hires Removing snow Juchems as is the responsibility new principal

of residents and By TERRY TOWERY For The Weekly Post BRIMFIELD – The Brimfield School Board business owners hired a new grade school principal and said goodbye to a longtime board member at its By BILL KNIGHT Some saw a notice by Dec. 20 regular meeting. For The Weekly Post the City of Peoria remind - The board voted unanimously to hire Jason After the Christmas ing residents to clean up, Juchems as grade school principal, replacing Eve snowfall and the fol - and maybe they scoffed. Jeannie Blane, who is retiring lowup storm last Friday, “Sidewalks and drive - at the end of the current municipal, township, ways … are the responsi - school year. Juchems, 34, of county and state road bility of residents and Pekin, currently serves as as - crews were busy plowing property owners,” accord - sistant principal at Farming - roads and streets while ing to Scott Reeise, Direc - ton Grade School. Prior to most of the rest of us tor of Public Works for the that, he taught fifth grade for stayed warm inside. City of Peoria, whose or - eight years for the Pekin But… dinance says, “All com - School District. Public workers don’t mercial property owners Juchems will take over for Juchems shovel your sidewalks, including public and pri - Residents are responsible for snow removal in most of Blane following the end of the current school much less your driveways vate schools, hospitals and Illinois. year. or parking lots. churches must remove than six inches, and within wheelchairs and strollers. The board also accepted the resignation of If they must, you’ll be snow from sidewalks on 36 hours after six or more “Noncompliance could re - Scott Bauer, a nine-year school board member. charged. the public right of way ad - inches of snow accumu - sult in a civil penalty of Bauer is moving his family to Arizona to care So, by law, get busy – or jacent to their business lates. Snow must be re - $50 for sidewalks less for his parents, board President Dan Heinz said. get an enterprising neigh - within 24 hours after the moved from the sidewalk than 200 feet in length, or “I’ve been honored to serve on this board,” borhood kid – to clear a snow stops falling, when to a minimum of four feet $100 for sidewalks longer Bauer said. “I’ve grown a lot and watched this path for pedestrians. accumulations are less wide to accommodate Continued on Page 2 district grow a lot, too.” Continued on Page 2

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Continued from Page 1 of any building or lot of land within “In the event snow and ice on a than 200 feet,” Reeise added. “The the city fronting or abutting on a sidewalk has become so hard that it City may remove the snow or ice paved sidewalk – whether as cannot be removed without likeli - on private property when the owner owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or hood of damage to the sidewalk, fails to comply within the desig - otherwise – shall remove and clear the person charged with its removal nated time period, and charge the away, or cause to be removed and shall, within the time mentioned cost to the owner.” cleared away, snow and ice from a above, cause enough sand, cinders Residents of Farmington, path from so much of a sidewalk as or other abrasive to be put on the Princeville, etc. may laugh at “the is in front or abuts on said building sidewalk to make travel thereon big city” and its burdensome fool - or lot of land.” reasonably safe; and shall then, as Also, “snow and ice shall be so soon thereafter as weather permits, ishness. removed from sidewalks in all cause a path on said sidewalk of at But small towns with sidewalks business districts within the city by least 6 feet in width to be thor - have people who use wheelchairs 24 hours after cessation of any fall oughly cleaned.” and strollers, too – not to mention of snow, sleet or freezing rain,” the If businesses, churches, residents, residents who want or need to walk law continues. “The path required etc. can’t or won’t abide by the law, for exercise or to get to work. to be cleared in the business district Mayor Bryan Davis is authorized to And they have local ordinances shall be 6 feet in width, or the have sidewalks cleared upon re - that require cooperation by resi - whole width of the sidewalk, quest, but the enterprise or person dents and businesses. whichever is smaller.” whose sidewalk is cleared must For example, Elmwood’s Snow Elmwood’s ordinance isn’t un - then reimburse the city for its costs. Removal ordinance clearly states, reasonable in exceptional circum - BILL KNIGHT can be reached at “Every person in charge or control stances. [email protected] BRIMFIELD: Board has 45 days to replace Bauer

Continued from Page 1 ried and the father of two Blane has been an educa - Brimfield Invitational Heinz thanked Bauer for young children. He is a tor since 1977, teaching Chess Tournament. Su - his time on the board, graduate of Bradley Uni - at Pleasant Valley for 17 perintendent Robert specifically alluding to versity. In addition to his years before coming to Richardson said 15 teams his “leadership and hard education work, he has Brimfield. comprising 287 individ - work” when the new high worked as a zookeeper In other business, the ual players participated in school was being built. and education intern at board: the Dec. 2 tournament. Bauer’s resignation is Wildlife Prairie State • Unanimously ap - • Recognized nine high effective immediately. Park in Peoria. proved a new four-year school students who were The board has 45 days to He served as the 2005 contract with the district’s named Illinois State appoint a temporary and 2008 president of the two crossing guards, Dale Scholars. The students are board member to fill the Central Illinois Herpeto - Sollenberger and Tera chosen from across the remaining 13 months of logical Society, and has Reeves. Their old con - state for their outstanding Bauer’s term, Heinz said. kept reptiles and amphib - tract expired in June, and academic achievement. New Grade School ians for several years. In the new one will be Brimfield’s State Scholars Principal Juchems is mar - 2011, he published a 96- retroactive to Aug. 18. are: Michael Adlington, page manual entitled, Each guard works two Ellie Graham, Emily Mc - “Poison Dart Frogs: A shifts per day and re - Cauley, Alyssa Roll, Eliz - INTR ODUCING Guide to Care and Breed - ceived $9.62 per shift. abeth Treadway, Katelyn ing.” The new contract allows Golemon, Samuel Juchems is a member of for raises of 30 cents per Hedrick, Natalie Meyer SCHOOL SPIRIT the Pekin Library Board. shift for this year and and Jaden Stafford. “I am an educator and a next, and a 20-cent raise • Hired Tyler Harr as ACC OUNT S zookeeper,” Juchems in 2019-20. musical director, and ac - joked after the meeting. • Heard the Brimfield cepted the resignation of Prince ville S ta te Bank is pr oud “As far as the grade High School chess team Jenni Johnson as junior school goes, my plan is to took first place in the varsity coach. to support the Prince ville continue to put the chil - dren first at Brimfield and Brim el d C ommunities! Grade School, as Mrs. Blane has done. I am hon - ored and looking forward to serving here.” Blane has been with the district since 1994, when Ingle she was hired in as fifth- Heating • Cooling • Geothermal and sixth-grade language Sales • Service • Installation arts teacher. She was named principal in 2011. 309-639-2400

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First, a correction to a recent col - nois: Democratic gubernatorial can - into Lucifer, who must be smote umn about how “The Old South didate J.B. Pritzker will use his end - down, all other factors be damned? sticks it to Illinois.” Alert reader and less millions to blot out the chances And will Pritzker be able to make CPA Jay Grimes of Bourbonnais of a handful of opponents, including Rauner a clone of Trump, even (just north of Kankakee) reports that Christopher Kennedy of the famous though he isn’t. Nevertheless, expect the final federal tax bill imposes a political family. ads that morph Rauner’s face into total $10,000 limit on deductions Gov. Bruce Rauner is being chal - Trump’s. from our state (income) and local lenged by state Rep. Jeanne Ives of Savvy political pundit Rich Miller (property) taxes paid. Wheaton. A West Point graduate, says for Rauner to win, the governor I had written that the deduction Ives makes an impressive first ap - will have to run the most negative limit applied only pearance. campaign in the history of the world; to property taxes, The representative hopes to garner well, maybe not quite so negative as which I think was the significant support of Christian Caesar’s death at the hands of Brutus the case in an ear - conservatives who feel betrayed by and his co-conspirators. lier draft. But I Rauner, who signed a bill to provide The composition of the Illinois was wrong in state funding for abortions. I predict legislature: Present gerrymandering print. Ives will garner 40 percent of the tilts toward the Democrats. Add that The effect of vote in a losing cause, yet embar - to what appears to be a typical swing this apparent last- Jim rassing to Rauner. to the party out of the presidency in minute change is NOWLAN November general elections: Al - an off-year election. Thus, no way to ensure that though I am not a fan of Rauner, I go can the GOP win a majority in either most middle-income folks in Illinois way out on a limb to predict he will the state House or Senate. will not pay any more federal in - defeat Pritzker in a tight race. My The state budget for 2019 (fiscal come taxes as a result of this political expert buddies all disagree, year begins July 1, 2018): Even with $10,000 limit. But wealthy folks, saying Rauner hasn’t done anything the tax increase that brought the indi - often the entrepreneurs and job-cre - and has little political base left to vidual income tax back to almost 5 ators, will generally pay more fed - support him. percent, the revenue generated is ex - eral taxes as a result. The questions are these: Will pected to be a billion or two less than Now to my forecasts: Rauner be able to use his endless the spending rate of the present March primary elections in Illi - Tax Relief: Promillioins toe mosrp h mMike aMaddigean , promConitisnueed osn P akge e6 pt “The impossible became the in - keep more of their hard-earned pay - playing field when competing evitable.” Ronald Reagan made this checks, incentivizes businesses of all around the globe. That is why Cater - statement at the 1985 tax bill signing sizes to stay in the U.S. and hire pillar, State Farm, John Deere, the ceremony. While a monumental mo - more workers. Illinois Farm Bureau, the Chamber ment, it was over 30 years ago. The My colleagues and I delivered on of Commerce, the National Federa - world has changed, and America’s a transparent, regular order process tion of Independent Business economy needs to be revitalized. to reform our broken tax code, mak - (NFIB), and every other major em - Too many individuals are living ing it simpler and fairer. After multi - ployer in our district and the sur - paycheck to paycheck and not saving ple blueprints, legislative drafts, and rounding area is in full support of enough for retire - committee hearings, the House and our tax bill. ment. Newly- Senate worked diligently to negotiate Lastly, and importantly for the married couples differences and produce the final 18th district, our bill maintains the are putting off bill. Historic Tax Credit, tax-exempt sta - buying a home. Our tax bill doubles both the stan - tus of Private Activity Bonds, the Parents are strug - dard deduction and the child tax teacher deduction for school sup - gling to send credit for families, preserves the plies, student deductions for higher their kids to col - child and dependent care tax credit, education costs, and keeps univer - lege and worry Darin and maintains the adoption tax sity employees’ tuition benefits tax- that they will not LaHOOD credit. It preserves the mortgage in - free. end up better off terest deduction, provides relief for We’ve all seen the news reports than they were. We live in the great - medical expenses, and retains popu - that the stock market is rising. But est country in the world, but need to lar retirement saving mechanisms we need to ensure that this boom is change our economic policy to help like 401Ks. For the single parent of felt not only on Wall Street, but also the middle class and get the econ - one child earning $41,000, those on Main Street. Tax reform is not the omy thriving again. savings would be more than $1,300. silver bullet to all problems, but get - This is why Republicans are fol - For a family of four making the me - ting our economy healthy again will lowing through on our promise to dian income of $73,000, the savings make it easier for middle class change the status quo. We need a tax would be $2,059. Americans who work hard and play code that allows low and middle Our bill also puts small, medium, by the rules to succeed. class individuals and families to and large-sized businesses on a level This bill achieves those goals.

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NOTE: Charges are merely an accusa - MikeFinancial Cecil Advisor tended, and on Dec. 15 it received a Wopper’s in Elmwood. tion. All suspects are presumed innocent counterfeit $20 bill, which Farming - • Bradley Stevens, 57, of Trivoli until proven guilty in a court of law. 3430 W Willow Knolls Dr. New Year partying earns ton Police Chief Chris Darsham for - on Dec. 26 was arrested by the Peo - Peoria, IL 61614 warded to the U.S. Secret Service. ria County Sheriff’s Office for vio - Office 309-693-3019 area intruder an arrest • Jeffrey E. Lee, 46, of Farmington lating an Order of Protection held by l on Dec. 16 was arrested by Fulton Cel 309-357-1001 an Elmwood woman. Police accused [email protected] BRIMFIELD – A St. Louis man County Sheriff’s office for violating Stevens of attempting to contact her www.edwardjones.com who told police he’d been drinking an Order of Protection. for a few hours New Year’s Eve at • Farmington police on Dec. 16 ar - from the County Jail, where he was Jimmy’s Bar in Peoria and was en rested Randy Moore, 30, of Wataga incarcerated on a July case, accord - route to stay with friends in Elm - and Joseph Vopat, 28, of Roseville ing to County records. In a second wood apparently became disoriented for illegal transportation of alcohol episode Dec. 28, police say he re - and entered a residence in the 18000 after a traffic stop. Moore also was cruited a third party to attempt to block of W. Southport Road (Illinois cited for speeding. reach the woman, and he was once Route 8), according to the Peoria • Angela Bays, 48, of Brimfield on more arrested and returned to the Sheriff’s Office. Dec. 18 was arrested for Driving County Jail. George Norris, 26, about 2 a.m. Under the Influence and ticketed for • A 17-year-old Brimfield boy on Jan. 1 entered the home’s unlocked improper lane usage and transported Dec. 26 was arrested for Driving door and was confused, police said. to the Peoria County Jail, where she He told residents and a responding posted bond. Her first appearance Under the Influence after he was re - deputy that he thought he was home, was scheduled for Jan. 23, but after ported to be driving southbound in but added that he didn’t know where she didn’t appear for a Dec. 21 re - the northbound lanes of Illinois he was. view hearing, the court also sched - Route 29 near Rome. He also was He was arrested for Driving Under uled a Feb. 9 bond forfeiture hearing. ticketed for reckless driving and re - the Influence and criminal trespass - • The Peoria Sheriff’s Office on leased to the custody of his parents. ing to a residence. Dec. 18 received a report of a theft • Charette Harper, 49, of Farming - The 2007 Pontiac he’d left in front of an entire mailbox and address of the house was towed, and he was ton on Dec. 29 was arrested on an numbers stolen from a residence in outstanding Fulton County Failure transported to the Peoria County Jail. the 11000 block of N. Evans Mill Farmington man charged To Appear warrant on a resisting-ar - Road in Princeville. with endangering child • Cusack Auto in rural Edwards on rest case, and posted bond in Farm - Dec. 20 reported the theft of more ington. FARMINGTON – Farmington Po - than $2,000 in various tools, car bat - • Kailey Monari, 18, of Elmwood lice on Dec. 27 arrested Shawn An - teries, air-conditioning units, and on Dec. 29 was arrested for domestic derson, 40, of Farmington and starters or alternators. Police are battery, aggravated assault and ob - FRED’S SHOE REPAIR, INC. charged him with endangering the seeking persons of interest. structing an officer. life and health of a child after Canton The Fine Art of Shoe Repair • Cody Harper, 26, of Farmington • Raymond Maritano, 46, of Brim - EXPERT REPAIR OF ALL KINDS police found an 11-year-old child left on Dec. 21 was arrested for an out - • Add protective soles for slip resistance in a car, according to Farmington Po - field on Dec. 30 was arrested by • Get zippers replaced/repaired in coats. standing Fulton County warrant for Elmwood police for having no valid lice Chief Chris Darsham. attempting to flee and elude police, • Get your shoes weatherproofed for The state’s Department of Chil - driver’s license and operating an the winter season! and he posted bond and was released dren and Family Services was sum - uninsured vehicle, and a passenger M-F 8-5:30, Sat 8-4 from custody. On Jan. 2, Harper was www.fredsshoerepair.com moned and sought to take four also booked into the Peoria County in the 2008 Saturn Astra he was driv - children into protective custody from Jail on a Failure To Appear warrant. ing, Tiffany Nichols, 28, of Brim - 3033 N. University, Peoria, IL • (309) 686-4115 the home. However, one youth – a • A resident of Oak Hill Cemetery field, was issued an ordinance 15-year-old girl – was disruptive and Road on Dec. 21 reported the at - citation for possession of drug para - refused to go. tempted burglary or theft of a vehi - phernalia. The car was impounded. She was arrested for aggravated cle, which he interrupted, causing a Deer accidents battery to a police officer, and resist - 2002 maroon Chevrolet TrailBlazer ing and obstructing a peace officer, to flee the scene. Later, officers from • Dec. 13: Donna Ladd of Dahinda and taken to the Mary Davis Deten - the Putnam County Sheriff’s Depart - near the intersection of Oak Run tion Home in Galesburg. ment in Hennepin contacted the Peo - Drive and Sherwood Camp Road in Anderson was transported to the ria County Sheriff’s Office that two Persifer Township. Fulton County Jail in Lewistown. Police reports suspects were there, and after inter - • Dec. 21: Brian Lista of Edwards rogating them, 22-year-old Devonte in the 12300 block of Illinois Route • The Bank of Farmington two Williams of Granville was arrested 91 in Radnor Township. weeks ago had to contact police for for burglary to a motor vehicle and two different incidents. 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Continued from Page 5 Illinois is budgeting $8 billion (a continue to build the base, but more budget year. quarter of the whole general funds slowly. This while paying obliga - Neither Rauner nor the Dems can budget) this year – and for decades tions in part on a pay-as-you-go afford another budget impasse; the to come – beyond what would be basis, as Social Security pays. public won’t stand for it, and both needed if our pensions had been ade - This could free up to $2 billion a sides would be blamed. So, expect quately funded over decades past. year for investment in education and the politicos to enact a budget by As I have said ad nauseam, this is universities or in tax relief, that is, kicking the deficit can down the the albatross that hangs around our once the $16 billion current deficit is FOR ALL YOUR FENCING NEEDS ! road. collective neck. paid off. More on this in the future. The courts provide little wiggle There is, unfortunately, no trust ROBERT M. S MITH FREE ESTIMATES A couple of my political expert S&S FENCING Pool Fencing buddies think, in contrast, that no room to adjust the pension guarantee between Gov. Rauner and Democ - Hi-Tensile Power Fence Systems Dog Runs • Kennels • Yards budget will be enacted in the regular in the Illinois Constitution. rats in the legislature, so I fear an - 610241 7S.- M7A8IN 68 Farm Fence • Polyvinyl Fence spring session. Says one: “I don’t I have written that Illinois could other year of acrimony and CANTON , IL PVC Fencing change its pension funding model. dysfunction. Whoever becomes gov - Privacy Fence think that there will be a budget for Courts the next fiscal year barring some The present model calls for amassing ernor in November will have huge No-Maintenance Fence court intervention that forces it. a huge pension asset base, which mess to start to clean up – and all Colossians 3:23 Madigan will make Rauner crawl to base itself would never be utilized. during the bicentennial year of a get one.” Another approach would be to once-proud state. WE BUY SCRAP METAL! CURRENT PRICES: (NOTE: All Prices Subject to Change Without Notice) • Aluminum cans ...... $0.45 • Shredder material .... $80 per nt • Unprepared Iron ..... $100 per nt, $110 per nt (over 1000 pounds) • Prepared Iron ...... $150 per nt, $160 per nt (over 1000 pounds) Located on Illinois Route 78, 1.5 miles south of Canton • Hours: Mon-Fri 8 am - 4 p.m. • (309) 668-3217 • hitchcockscrapyard.com

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By The Weekly Post STEWART’S FAMILY what garden tasks they Fulton, Mason, Peoria, and occasional general cate - RESTAURANT A 2018 garden calendar should be doing at different Tazewell counties. gory gives other types of designed specifically for Tuesday-Sunday 6 am-2 pm times of the year,” Ferree Tips each month are cat - garden tips. Illinois gardeners is now Closed Monday New this year are hyper - available. said. “I used information egorized into three or four from various educational sections. Home tips give links to information on var - • Full Menu Rhonda Ferree, Horticul - • Breakfast All Day sources and created lists indoor plant and activity ious topics in the monthly ture Educator with Univer - • We Can Accommodate 18925309-362-2408 West Farmington Rd. tips. sity of Illinois Extension, that are appropriate for gar - advice. Yard tips cover Large Groups Trivoli, IL created the calendar, which deners in the four counties lawns, woody ornamentals, February features the • Home Style Cooking provides garden tips for that I serve.” and fruits. Garden tips in - Peoria Master Gardeners each month. Ferree currently provides clude flowers, vegetables, providing gardening infor - “People often ask me horticulture education in and small fruits. And, the mation at the Spring Home Show held at the Peoria Recent Peoria/Knox/Fulton County Real Estate Transactions Civic Center Feb. 23-25. Date Address Amount Grantor/grantee June shows Tazewell Nov. 1 6802 N. Water Oak Dr., Edwards $300,000 Brockland/ Kirkham Nov. 3 6817 N. Ironwood Dr., Edwards $265,500 Ramani/Spears County Master Gardeners Nov. 3 320 W. Calhoun St., Brimfield $90,000 Household Finance/Catton having fun while they Nov. 3 209 N. Rebecca Ave., Princeville $250,000 Dallinger/Stone / Nov. 6 406 E. Main St., Princeville $67,500 Rynearson/Bays teach about gardening dur - Nov. 7 328 S. Cottage Grove, Princeville $90,000 Maguire/Venegas ing their annual Plant Nov. 8 215 E. Main St., Yates City $89,900 Guyer/Stobaugh Bingo Event. Next year’s Nov. 8 106 N. Marietta, Yates City $60,000 GDS, LLC/Malott Nov. 8 8026 N. McIntyre Rd., Brimfield $299,000 Rynearson/Jansky event is June 7 at a new Nov. 10 20024 W. Tucker Rd., Brimfield $412,800 Harmon/Stabler venue in East Peoria. Nov. 13 11627 W. Jubilee College, Brimfield $140,000 Komp/Snyder The calendar is available Nov. 13 522 E. Prospect, Farmington $95,000 Barrett/Nickel Nov. 13 8319 N. Blackbridge Rd., Edwards $181,000 Craig & Rennels/Craig for as a free pdf-format Nov. 14 387 Knox Rd. 2250 E, Yates City $54,600 Gast.Ripka download at web.exten - Nov. 14 204 W. Williams St., Yates City $80,000 Skaggs/Watznauer sion.illinois.edu/fmpt. Nov. 14 1347 Knox Hwy. 15, Dahinda $120,000 Morris/Nichols Nov. 16 134 N. Main St., Farmington $74,900 Withham/Sanford Nov. 20 11804 W. Kevin Ct., Brimfield $289,000 Rogy/Hayden SUPER “Our Nov. 20 405 N. Grace St., Brimfield $90,000 McKown & Hupprich/McKown CROSSWORD Family Nov. 20 492 Idlewhile Dr., Farmington $151,000 Baxter/Sudol Brought to Nov. 21 1452 Lakeview Rd. N, Dahinda $57,000 Walker/Vanunnik Serving Nov. 22 103 E. James St., Yates City $85,000 Ralston/Streitmatter you by... Your Nov. 22 7002 N. Ironwood Dr., Edwards $215,000 Cashatt/Meneses Bert L. Haskell, Jr. - Owner/Funeral Director • Eric Ham - Funeral Director Family” Nov. 22 525 E. Vine St., Farmington $96,000 Overcash/Rose (309) 385-4414 • haskellhott.com Nov. 27 W. Brimfield-Jubilee Rd., Princeville $737,500 Desis Farm LLC/ Cakers Acres LLC Nov. 27 17014 W. B’field-Jubilee, Brimfield $130,000 Richardson/Ludolph ANSWERS ON PAGE 14 Nov. 27 17006 W. B’field-Jubilee, Brimfield $130,000 Richardson/Ludolph Nov. 27 17014 W. B’field-Jubilee, Brimfield $130,000 Richardson/Ludolph Nov. 27 5524 W. Brookmere St., Edwards $170,000 Kunowski/Cartus Financial Nov. 27 5524 W. Brookmere St., Edwards $170,000 Cartus Financial/Eisenbarth Nov. 27 1452 Knox Rd. 2000 E, Dahinda $83,000 Pender/Tomlinson Nov. 27 133 N. Elmwood, Farmington $122,000 Kersh/Goodlow Nov. 28 356 E. Vine St., Farmington $105,000 Petty/Hoffman Nov. 28 6303 W. Crosswynd Ct., Edwards $60,000 Nettle Creek Corp./ Webb Nov. 29 W. Legion Hall Rd., Princeville $150,000 Clark/Lippert Nov. 29 8216 W. Parks School, Princeville $175,000 Schooley/Wagenbach Nov. 29 7917 W. Parks School, Princeville $50,000 Filip/Goode Nov. 30 318 N. Pine, Williamsfield $56,500 McDougall/Boyd Nov. 30 6120 N. Kilkenny Dr., Edwards $279,900 Phillips/Smith & Murphy Nov. 30 330 S. Edwards Ave., Princeville $108,000 Ely/Royer Nov. 30 12409 W. Parks School, Princeville $121,300 Ely/Ely Nov. 30 12409 W. Parks School, Princeville $135,000 Ely/Ely NOTE: Listings reflects minimum of $40,000 for sale of residence, but not for land. SOURCE - Counties.

We Cover The News of West-Central Illinois With A Passion THE WEEKLY POST • Thursday, January 4, 2018 www.wklypost.com Page 8 Farmington discusses bows and gaming

By BILL KNIGHT younger than 16 must be supervised Farmington and $9,244.84 in For The Weekly Post by adults; and archers must apply for Princeville, where the Village Board FARMINGTON – The City Coun - a permit, which if granted includes a in 2016 passed a similar measure 4-3. cil on Tuesday took key steps to yearly check of their shooting area by The proposed change – to be con - enact local laws providing regula - local police. sidered at the Jan. 15 council meeting tions on using crossbows and other The City will not charge for the ap - – will require a $700 annual fee and archery equipment, and on using a plication or inspection. limits such local licenses to three. new liquor-license classification to The language resulted from re - In other action, the Council unani - permit video gaming at retailers other search by City Administrator Rollen mously approved an ordinance than taverns. Wright and Alderman Terry Dicks, adopting a policy prohibiting sexual An initial draft of an ordinance on and may also include backstop di - harassment. The measure was based “firing/discharging of a bow” was mensions and details on the length of on model language from the Illinois discussed and referred to Police ranges to targets, after Alderman Municipal League, with additional Chief Chris Darsham and City Attor - Leslye Smith and Connor suggested provisions inserted by Connor that ney Bill Connor for additional input. the additions. mandate investigations of allegations. The proposal is a compromise be - “We’ll try to get this passed next In other news: tween leaving bows unregulated and month,” said Mayor Kent Kowal. • Darsham, recently elected presi - potentially dangerous for neighbors Also discussed was a new Class G dent of the Fulton County Chiefs As - in errant arrows’ “flight paths” on the classification for liquor licenses to let sociation, announced that Sgt. James one hand, and banning their use out - retailers that are not taverns offer Wireman will be leaving the force right on the other. video-gaming to customers under Jan. 13, and the council agreed that The proposed ordinance prohibits state law, which requires such busi - he should proceed with steps to fill their use on public grounds but not nesses offer liquor for consumption that vacancy; and on private property as long as users on the premises and have separate • Farmington police in December know how to properly use bows, rooms for age-eligible patrons. completed 16 reports, made 40 traffic compound bows, crossbows, etc.; use Wright last month shared statistics stops, handled 2 crashes, dealt with 3 must be aimed at a target on land of a from the Illinois Gaming Board, crimes against people, handled 9 or - property owner or tenant, and the tar - which reported municipality shares dinance violations and made 1 arrest. get must be able to stop an arrows; a of video-gaming taxes through No - BILL KNIGHT can be reached at backstop must be used; users vember of 2017 were $21,115.61 in [email protected] Princeville considering business law class

By BILL KNIGHT contract, sales and secured- feedback they got from as this year’s Illinois State For The Weekly Post transactions law as it re - scheduled interactions with Scholars Tecca Hoerr, PRINCEVILLE – The lates to business staff, ranging from appre - Haley Holt, Allison Kieser, Board of Education at its situations.” ciation of the new Junior Joselyn Knobloch, Paul Dec. 19 meeting started The timing is right, Dul - High collaboration area to Oelkers, Isabelle Perkins, discussing the possibility ing said. questions about the Sum - Creighton Schock, Tagen of adding another dual- “We’re just now build - mit Learning Pilot; Steidinger and Taylor credit course in coopera - ing our schedule for next • Duling recommended Sutherland; tion with Illinois Central year,” he said. “We hope to submitting a grant request • the Board approved College and local attorney have it approved by Febru - to expand Bright Futures Brian Wonders as High Jennie Cordis Boswell. ary.” since there has been a School girls’ track coach; Dual-credit courses per - Last year, 37 Princeville waiting list for the last two and mit students to earn high seniors took one or more years; • the Board of Education school and college credit dual-credit courses, ac - • Grade School Principal will host the Joint Board by taking a single class. cording to the Illinois State Julie Bayliss updated the meeting with the Village “We think there’d be in - Board of Education’s Illi - Board on a new state man - and the Lillie M. Evans Li - terest,” said Superintend - nois Report Card. date to teach cursive writ - brary on Jan. 18. ent Shannon Duling. “We In other news: ing next year; BILL KNIGHT can be reached have kids interested in the • social worker Felicia • the Board recognized at [email protected] legal profession – or in Collins summarized her business – and this would activities, which include give them a little experi - counseling, evaluations ence and maybe let them and case studies for Spe - figure out what they want cial Education, researching to do.” appropriate SEL (Social The school board will and Emotional Learning) discuss a course descrip - programs, and helping stu - tion based on existing ICC dents and parents identify offerings. Its introductory behavioral concerns; course “emphasizes forma - • Board members ex - tion and application of plained some of the teacher

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We Cover The News of West-Central Illinois With A Passion www.wklypost.com THE WEEKLY POST • Thursday, January 4, 2018 Peoria County’s proposal for Page 9 solar regs passes first hurdles

By BILL KNIGHT mitted as a special use in either agricul - For The Weekly Post tural or industrial zoning districts; solar An update to Peoria County zoning collectors “shall be designed and located codes to regulate solar farms in December to avoid glare or reflection toward any in - was unanimously approved by the Zoning habited buildings or adjacent parcels, Board of Appeals Dec. 14 and well-re - lighting shall be limited to the extend re - ceived by the Land Use Committee four quired for security and safety purposes days later. and to meet government requirements”; a Before taking action, committee mem - High Voltage sign shall be posted; and co - bers requested more details about one ordination with local fire districts, the Illi - part, according to Andrew Braun, senior nois Department of Natural Resources, planner with County Planning & Zoning. and the Federal Aviation Administration “They had a 40-minute discussion and would be required. needed additional information on the fee The proposal also includes provisions structure,” Braun said. “They should be for decommissioning sites once they’re able to meet before the full County shut down, requiring a plan to restore the Board’s Jan. 11 meeting.” land, and for owners to prove financial re - Scott Novack, senior developer for Cy - sources to complete decommissioning. press Creek Renewables, which has been “Many counties across the state have in touch with dozens of area property been implementing regulations or ordi - owners, says that’s all good news. nances at varying paces,” Novack said. “I “Cypress Creek was pleased to see the think I speak for the development indus - progress, and a January 2018 time frame try when I say it’s beneficial to have de - for ordinance passage would be very rea - fined regulations and we're glad Peoria sonable,” Novack said. County is getting closer to having just The ordinance would require solar-en - that.” ergy generation facilities to be set back at Already operating in eight states and least 75 feet from the nearest principal developing solar farms in seven others, residence and secured with a 6-foot fence, according to Novack, Cypress Creek aims but need not comply with landscaping re - to generate 200 megawatts of electricity quirements mandated for other improve - in Illinois by 2019. ments – just as mobile home and Solar farms in this area could each pro - developments designated as part of a duce 2-20 megawatts of electricity, said Rural Community Conservation District Novack, who added that a 20-megawatt are exempted. solar farm would need about 200 acres, Private ground-mounted solar-energy he said. Cypress Creek may offer $800 equipment would be a “permitted acces - per acre annually in a lease and/or ease - sory use in any zoning district,” the pro - ment for about 20 years. posal says, requiring a building permit. BILL KNIGHT can be reached at ADVERTISE! Call (309) 741-9790! Such a solar-energy facility would be per - [email protected]

We Cover The News of West-Central Illinois With A Passion THE WEEKLY POST • Thursday, January 4, 2018 www.wklypost.com Page 10 AUTHOR: History was his ‘favorite subject’

Continued from Page 1 School,” he continues. “The jour - neys of men like Hernando de Soto and Samuel de Champlain amazed Brimfield na - me. History was my favorite subject tive Fred Eric Donath after that.” 12127 W. Farmington Rd. Carroll dis - After earning an Associate’s de - Hanna City, IL 61536 cusses his 309-884-5033 gree at Illinois Central College, a new history ShelterInsurance.com Bachelor’s in history from Northern book, “Race Illinois University, a Master’s in News: Black American studies and a Doctorate in Journalists LLC history from the College of William and the Fight and Mary, Carroll went in to journal - for Racial ism for a decade, working for a Justice.” newspaper chain based in Elmhurst had read. My research took me to li - press’s contentious relationship with • Residential/Commercial • Custom Built Homes and dailies in Gastonia, N.C., and braries in Chicago, Durham, N.C., the alternative black press – partisan • Renovations/Additions • Roo+ng/Garages Newport News, Va. Louisville, New York City, Oberlin, publications shaped by activists who • Retaining Walls & Fencing • Decks/Pavilions “I initially started to study black Ohio, and Washington, D.C.” promoted political views they be - • Light Excavation & Final Grading history to become a better journal - ist,” Carroll says. “When I was a re - The results are fascinating. lieved were neglected by the ‘main - porter in the South, I often found that Historical roots are shown to have stream’ black press. Examples 309-208-3469 African Americans of the Civil led to more recent events, from include Marcus Garvey’s Negro Bob Koelling-Owner Rights generation would hesitate or back-to-Africa ideas in the early World and the Black Panther Party’s [email protected] refuse to speak to me even if they 20th century to the church-based The Black Panther [tabloid newspa - Blackhawk-BMC.com knew me to be an honest journalist. Civil Rights movement in the 1950s per]. That ‘surprise’ ultimately be - General Contractor • Commercial/Residential They might trust me, but they did and ’60s to more assertive Black came the book’s central narrative.” not trust the local newspaper as an Power efforts and contemporary During wartime, black publica - institution. Such interactions made protests against excessive force tions rose to the challenges. Despite me realize how little I really knew against black Americans. financial resources limiting the as - about race and racism in America.” Names maybe only vaguely re - signment of black reporters to Eu - Leaving newspapers to pursue called from textbooks become flesh- rope (where military credentials teaching, Carroll – who’s taught at and-blood characters here, people were hard to get anyway), a few cor - Norfolk State, Elizabeth City State, with passion and differences, al - respondents covered World War I; and Duquesne universities, and now liances and rivalries. poet and novelist Langston Hughes 24001 W. Farmington Road, at Kennesaw State University – For example, the Niagara Move - was among those who covered the Farmington, IL 61531 threw himself into the project. ment was organized in 1905 by Spanish Civil War; and four top “Scholars have written many inter - W.E.B. Du Bois, who’d edit the pub - African-American papers sent jour - esting and ground-breaking books on lication Crisis. The militant Du Bois, nalists into combat zones during the black press,” he says. “Those the Atlanta University professor who World War II. books, though, tended to focus on pressed for integration and equality, A decade later, the book recalls, the lives of individual publishers or competed against the more concilia - black papers led coverage of now-fa - examine the federal government’s tory Booker T. Washington, the miliar figures: the Rev. Martin Your new home for surveillance of black journalists. As leader of Alabama’s Tuskegee Insti - Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, H. Rap a former reporter, I was more inter - tute who pushed for patience and Brown, Eldridge Cleaver and TACO T UESDAY S ested in how journalists’ ideas black education. Stokely Carmichael. Ground Beef T acos $1.25 shaped news coverage. So rather A few years later, a terrible race While the black press generally than studying a particular newspa - riot in Springfield led to the forma - kept up with shifting strategies, Pulled Pork, Brisket per, I attempted to explain how tion of the National Association for change confused the mainstream or Chicken T acos $1.75 newswriting across the industry the Advancement of Colored People press, recalled Carmichael, head of Taco Bowls $7 shifted over time. I came at the topic (NAACP), and a century ago, a vi - the Student Nonviolent Coordinating choice of meat with an intentionally holistic ap - cious race riot in East St. Louis uni - Committee, which had started push - 221 E. Main St . proach.” fied many African-American editors ing Black Power. Knoxville The research was demanding, he to ask President Woodrow Wilson to Whether understanding advocates 309 -388-0020 notes. intervene, but he didn’t. Two years of Black Power or Black Lives Mat - 11a-9p Sun-Thurs “On one hand, the leading historic later, similar attacks on blacks in ter, editorializing for non-controver - 11a-10p Fri & Sat black newspapers, such as the Chicago caused city leaders to in - sial issues such as education, or SA TURDA YS & Chicago Defender, are now available stead ask the black press to soften its covering the culture, the African- BIG BREAKFAST BUFFET SUNDA YS 8-11 on electronic databases. You just stance. American press in the 21st century need to find the nearest library that There are surprises here, too. reaches about 20 million readers provides access,” he says. “With “When I started the project, I ex - each week through about 200 black keyword searches, I was able to tar - pected to focus almost exclusively newspapers, according to the Na - get topics and terms in a quicker, on national and regional commercial tional Newspaper Publishers Associ - more sophisticated manner across newspapers – profit-oriented busi - ation. more newspapers than scanning rolls nesses that sought to reach the Published by the University of Illi - of microfilm would ever allow. On largest possible readership with ob - nois Press, the 264-page trade paper - the other hand, finding internal jective news written from a black back is available at booksellers newsroom communications was far perspective,” Carroll says. “I think I including Barnes & Noble and Ama - more difficult. And I needed those made my most significant contribu - zon.com. documents to understand the journal - tion to the study of black journalism BILL KNIGHT can be reached at istic decisions behind the articles I by exploring the commercial black [email protected].

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Page 12 THE WEEKLY POST • Thursday, January 4, 2018 www.wklypost.com The quiet capital: The story of Kaskaskia

By ISAAC SMITH building – in Of The Southern Illinoisan 1703, the Jesuits On July 4, 1778, the bell rang and built a chapel. the battered people of Kaskaskia Not long after, a gathered. They found themselves small population under new rule. George Rogers Clark of native peoples explained that the revolutionary gov - and 12 French ernment was not interested in chang - settlers called ing their faith, but wanted to give the place home. them liberty. By 1718, and The once British-occupied territory several church had been liber - buildings later, ated by Clark, the chapel be - who was fight - came a parish, ing for the Con - the Immaculate tinental Army. Conception The shrine for The Liberty Bell of the West sits in what About four Church. is left of Kaskaskia, Illinois’ first state capital. Photo by decades later, Lyons said the Isaac Smith. this small settle - population grew, ment flanked by and, in 1725, Kaskaskia was incorpo - found them in the Revolutionary the Mississippi rated by the French. She said War. River would be the home to Illinois’ Kaskaskia’s location on the Missis - Lyons said after the war ended, first capital. sippi River made it ideal for shipping Kaskaskia was part of several differ - There is a lot to Kaskaskia’s the agricultural goods being pro - ent territories. First it was part of the story – a lot that wouldn’t be gleaned duced in the region, but most valu - Virginia Commonwealth after the by a visit to the sparse island on what able perhaps were the furs being Treaty of 1783. Then it was in the would seem to be the Missouri side trapped and sent to the garment trade Northwest Territory until it was part of the Mississippi River. Emily in Europe. She said the once-bustling of the Indiana Territory in 1800. Fi - Lyons, curator for the Randolph community was known as the Ver - nally, in 1809, Kaskaskia was part of County Archives and Museum, said sailles of the West. the Illinois Territory. she has spent the last 20 years work - In fact, the Liberty Bell of the West When President James Monroe ing to preserve the county’s history. was gifted to the Kaskaskia’s Immac - signed off on Illinois being admitted Lyons said her family can be ulate Conception in 1741 in recogni - as the 21st state in 1818, Kaskaskia traced in a direct line back to settlers tion of its importance. The bell still was chosen as its first capital. who came to what was then the sits among the scattered historic This didn’t last long. Within a Kaskaskia peninsula in the 1700s. buildings left on the island. few months, Vandalia, which was Lyons said the peninsula became an Lyons said before being incorpo - not even populated at the time, was island after years of deforestation rated, the king of France had sent a chosen as the state’s new capital as along the Mississippi, as well as soil military detachment to build what many favored its more central loca - erosion, created a perfect storm in would be Fort De Chartres. tion. April 1818 when an ice pack at a After the French and Indian War Kaskaskia Island now is home to bend in the river finally caused what ended, in 1765, Britain took the fort. an almost startling quiet. Fewer was left of the remaining ties to the Lyons said because of poor condi - than 100 people call the island mainland to gave way. tions there, the British moved to home, with miles (in some cases) Lyons said Kaskaskia began as one Kaskaskia, which is where Clark between houses. BRIEFS

Billtown nears takeover pervision of lenders, guiding all new Students were given a savings of ‘nuisance’ property commercial business development scorecard as a way to seek out mis - efforts and ac - used or wasted energy around their WILLIAMSFIELD – The Village tively calling on homes. Points were awarded based has moved to take over ownership loan prospects and on the current energy conservation of an Olive Street property previ - existing clients. measures in place, such as the use of ously determined to be an “un - He replaces Jan more efficient lighting, door and sightly, nuisance property,” Kepple, who has window insulation, and cleaning and according to Village Clerk Tory announced her re - replacing furnace filters. The class - Courson. tirement as of room that accumulated the most The Village was in court earlier March 31, 2018. points on their scorecards were de - Schlink Tuesday to foreclose on the prop - A lifelong Peo - clared the “winners” of the challenge erty, on which the Village had a ria resident, Schlink brings over 28 and earned a pizza party. lien to pay for public workers to years of banking experience to F&M “The kids were really energized by clean and maintain its appearance. Bank, 20 of which involved com - the Ameren Illinois presentation,” In other business, a water-pipe mercial lending. German said. “They accepted the break has been temporarily ad - Schlink lives in Peoria with his challenge to practice good energy dressed by a minor fix until spring, wife, Deirdre, 2-year-old daughter, conservation habits in the classroom when workers will need to dig by Roisin (Rosie), and three dogs. He and with their families at home.” hand because of other utility lines also has two grown daughters, Annie Local students make nearby, Courson said. and Sarah. Bradley Dean’s list The Board also passed its first or - Ameren recognizes dinance of 2018, adopting a policy Elmwood fourth graders The following area students prohibiting sexual harassment, earned a spot on the Dean’s list for which was required by state to take ELMWOOD – Fourth grade stu - the fall at Bradley University. effect this month. dents in Tami German’s Elmwood Brimfield – Alexa A. Burek, Ben - – Bill Knight Elementary School class are being jamin A. Delaney, Jessica J. Goble Schlink joins F&M Bank recognized by Ameren Illinois for and Luke I. Vigue; as Peoria Mkt. President their efforts to reduce and conserve Dahinda – Travis D. Smith; energy at home. The students were Edwards – Thomas C. Bowers, PEORIA – Thomas Schlink has participants in the Energy Smart Belal Kherallah, and Katelyn M. been hired as Peoria Market Presi - Classroom Challenge, an Ameren Major; dent for F&M Bank, according to Illinois initiative to facilitate envi - Elmwood – Trenton A. Scotti and Doug Sanders, President and CEO of ronmental stewardship among youth Payton E. Teel; F&M Bank. and broaden their knowledge of en - Hanna City – Ashley B. Beck; Schlink will report to Sanders and ergy efficiency practices. Princeville – Molly K. Ely, will be responsible for all banking Students were challenged to think Mitchell W. Janssen, Alexander J. activities of the Peoria marketplace about how they use energy and small Pullen, Abby E. Rhoads and Re - with a special focus on managing changes they could make to be more becca D. Schindler; commercial activities including: su - energy efficient. Trivoli – Mary K. Bausman.

We Cover The News of West-Central Illinois With A Passion www.wklypost.com THE WEEKLY POST • Thursday, January 4, 2018 Page 13 OUTDOORS ... email your pictures to [email protected] Ice fishing diehards get their wish in 2018 By JEFF LAMPE Weekly Post Staff Writer While many are grum - bling about the recent frigid weather conditions, there is one group of out - doors enthusiasts smiling at the cold. Those are diehard ice fishermen, a group whose hobby depends entirely on the fickle whims of Mother Nature. Some years, ice fishing season lasts for a month or more – some years for just a few weeks. Some years, there’s not enough ice to fish safely. Based on conditions so far and the long-term Chris Rock of Princeville caught this Cody Stabler of Dahinda shot this weather forecast, ice 6-pound bass while ice fishing in Peo - Knox County buck during the first looks to be here through ria County in late December. shotgun season. mid-January, at least. Anglers have already a flotation device you can Lantz has been hitting the wild turkeys in the 2018 been reporting decent throw to someone in case hard water hard and re - spring season. This period catches and abundant ice of rescue. Finally, never ports good catches of is open to all first-time ap - of 4-7 inches. But beware: go out alone. bluegill up to 10 inches. plicants, those who were snow serves as an insula - On to the fun part. Closer to Princeville, unsuccessful in the initial tor and has slowed the de - Catching fish that taste Chris Rock has landed lottery and non-residents. velopment of ice. delicious in a fairly mini - nice bass, including one Consider the case of an malistic fishing situation specimen that weighed 6 angler at Lake Storey that doesn’t require a pounds and hit on a tiny whose pickup broke fancy boat or hundreds of jig and waxworm. But he Your Future through the ice near the lures. Unfortunately this too laments the relative east boat ramp Wednes - year, early ice met with lack of ice. Star ts Here day evening. extreme cold weather, “As cold as it’s been, As always, proceed which has made for hit- you think we’d have 8 Apply for our with caution. Drill test and-miss fishing. Many inches of ice all over and holes from the shoreline expect things will pick up we don’t,” Rock said. to check ice thickness. It’s once temperatures warm There have been few re - ELECTRICAL wise to bring along ice starting Sunday. ports of crappie biting, Apprentice Program picks, 50 feet of rope and Near Elmwood, Fred however. And at least one report of a winter kill has Before it’ s too late! already been turned in by Sav e a pond owner who drilled Applications will a hole and discovered The dead fish floating. “I think the IBEW -NECA training be accepted , Deer season – Archery program is rst-class, because I Date! really felt prepared after I graduated 9 a. m. to 1 p.m., deer season runs through to go out and do a good job. Plus, Jan. 14 and the second the union denately looks after its Mon. thru Sat . Soil Health Solutions - Cover Crop Objectives - Nutrient Mgt That W orks members when it comes to safety Can one day & $20 change your bottom line? You bet! Hear local late-winter season is Jan. and working conditions, pay scale, Jan. 8th thru Jan. 13th farmers and resource experts tell HOW & WHY it works. Address 12-14. Hunters report retirement plans, health benets, nutrient issues on YOUR farm. Invest in and protect your SOIL! herds of deer in standing and other important issues.” Program Details: 5 Y ear Lunch is on us--WOW! beans – a tip worth re - Systematic Prog ram of Learning January 23rd, ‘18 January 24th, ‘18 January 25th, ‘18 membering while prepar - -JA TC Graduate • 8000 Hours of On-the-job training Kankakee, IL Olney , IL Peoria, IL ing food plots next year. • 9 00 Hours of R elated Stud y Turkey permits – Illinois Register online at www .ccswcd.com --with just a click! Your $20 fee includes lunch. CCA credits applied for--watch the website! This 5th annual event is coordinated by hunters have until the close of business on Jan. Illinois Department of Agriculture, Illinois NRCS, American Farmland Trust, Illinois Stew - 4313 S. Entec Drive ardship Alliance, and local Soil & W ater Conservation Districts. Don’t miss the meeting 11 to apply for the second Bartonville, IL 61607 near you. Get registered online today or call 217-352-3536 #1 16 to reserve your spot! lottery for permits to hunt 309-673-0393 www .wcipowerpros.com

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Roberta A. Groeper This Week’s Obituaries ham Lincoln Memorial Hospital. He was born on Oct. 18, 1929, in BRIMFIELD – Roberta A. • V. Charlene Beecher, 91, Farmington Groeper, 76, of rural Brimfield, • Judith Bitner, 74, Farmington Kilbourne, Ill., the son of Alvin and passed away at 2:51 a.m. Monday, • Phyllis Daniels, 83, Farmington Bessie (Williamson) Huber. He Dec. 25, 2017, at UnityPoint • Barbara Emken, 77, Princeville married Rose Mary Giehl in Port Health-Proctor in Peoria. • Richard J. Emken, 84, Yates City Hueneme, Calif., on June 26, 1952. • Arthur W. Gillinsky, 91, Brimfield Roberta was born Nov. 22, 1941, She survives. • Roberta Groeper, 76, Brimfield Also surviving are six children, in Peoria, the • Dorothy Hasselbacher, 90, Elmwood daughter of • Marvin ‘Bud’ Huber, 88, Elmwood Patti Strader of Easton, Stephen Ernest H. and • Carla A Jenkins, 46, Edwards (Eileen) Huber of Elmwood, Jim Hazel B. (Jones) • Joni Johnson, 55, Farmington (Lori) Huber of Sherman, Cathy 1.80 Schoenbein. She • Isaac ‘Lee’ Miles, Elmwood (John) Scarcliff of Canton, Bill • John G. Morlock, 90, Princeville met the love of (Debbie) Huber of LeRoy and • Michael J. Sasso, 81, Princeville Karen (Rob) Leinweber of Easton. her life Sept. 19, • Betty Shelton, 87, Elmwood 1959 and mar - • Georgia L. Shores, 82, Dahinda Bud is also survived by nine grand - ried Jack • Nancy Skaggs, 71, Farmington children, two great-grandchildren Groeper on Sept. • R. Wayne Slone 82, Elmwood and five siblings, Marilyn Seacrist 17, 1961, at the Groeper • Marian Bell Stanford, 93, Farmington of Creve Coeur, Lyle Huber of Ha - • Irma Tucker, 85, Princeville Ontario Congregational Church in vana, Leland (Ilse) Huber of Co - • Pauline E. Untz, 85, Elmwood Oneida. He preceded her in death lumbia, S.C., George (Nancy) Aug. 29, 2016. We print basic obituaries for free. Huber of Huntley, Ill., and Larry Longer obituaries cost $1 per inch; $5 (Sandy) Huber of Huntley. Surviving are one daughter, per picture. Call (309) 741-9790. Robin (Robert) Forney of Brim - He was preceded in death by his field; three sons, Ron and Roy parents and two brothers, Robert Groeper both of Brimfield, and Dec. 22, 1947, in Brimfield. He Huber and Donald Huber. Russell (Teresa) Groeper of Laura; preceded her in death on May 16, Bud was in the U.S. Navy eight grandchildren, Zachery, Jacob 1988. Seabees and proudly served his (Sara), Jordan (Emily), and Isaac She is also preceded in death by country. He was a member of the Forney, and Kyli (Mike) Whittle, her parents, six sisters and three Holy Family Catholic Church in Dalton, Caleb and Kassidy brothers. Surviving are numerous Lincoln. He was an avid Chicago Groeper; three great-grandchildren, nieces and Cubs fan and enjoyed gardening, Dean, Addison and Emma and sev - nephews. hunting and fishing. He loved farm - eral nieces and nephews. Dorothy was a ing and worked for the Mason She was also preceded in death resident of Elm - County FS for 27 years. by her brother, E. Roger Schoen - wood from Janu - Funeral services were Dec. 30, bein and one daughter, Rhonda Kay ary 1995 until 2017, at Hurley Funeral Home in Groeper. moving to Sny - Mason City. Burial was in the Eas - Roberta enjoyed crocheting win - der Village in ton Cemetery. ter scarves, hot pads and baking Metamora, Memorial contributions may be coffee cakes, giving as many as 30 March 24, 2015. made to Easton Park District. to 40 for Christmas gifts every Dorothy was a Hasselbacher Condolences may be left online at homemaker and www.hurleyfh.com. year. She was a member of the Peo - Isaac ‘Lee’ Miles ria County Farm Bureau and Grace enjoyed gardening, farm life and Presbyterian Church in Peoria. being outdoors. She spent her spare ELMWOOD – A Celebration of A funeral service was Dec. 29, time reading and working puzzles. Life for Isaac Lee Miles will be held 2017 at Haskell-Hott Funeral Cremation rites have been ac - Saturday, Jan. 6, starting at 3 p.m. at Homes in Princeville. Burial was to corded. Graveside services and bur - Elmwood’s Crossroads Assembly of be in Brimfield Township Ceme - ial of ashes were held Dec. 30, God, 615 E. Ash St. tery. 2017, at Brimfield Township A memorial service will be held Memorial contributions may be Cemetery. starting at 3:30 made to BYE Ambulance or Brim - In lieu of flowers, memorials p.m. Pastor Tom field Fire Department. may be sent to Snyder Village Wright will offici -                 Condolences may be left for “Residents in Need Fund”, 1200 E ate. Roberta’s family on her tribute wall Partridge St., Metamora, IL, 61548. Private burial at www.haskellhott.com. To leave online condolences, will be held at a    Dorothy Hasselbacher please visit www.oakshinesfuneral -                                  later date. home.com Donations may                                 ELMWOOD – Dorothy Hassel - Oak-Hines Funeral Home in bacher, 90, of Metamora, passed be made to: Au - Miles Elmwood is in charge of arrange - rora House Foun -               away at 4:30 p.m., on Dec. 20, ments.               2017. Marvin ‘Bud’ Huber dation 2646 W. 18th Street              She was born Nov. 17, 1927, in Weslaco, Texas 78596.             Jubilee Township, Peoria County, ELMWOOD – Marvin “Bud” “I know that my Redeemer lives, """"""" #####!#!#!#!#!  Paul Huber, 88, of Easton passed and that in the end he will stand Donna Brewer, Local Representative (309) 742-4661 to William and Bertha Fussner. She married Everett Hasselbacher, on away Dec. 26, 2017, at the Abra - upon the earth. PUZZLE ANSWERS

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“And after my skin has been de - Wayne served as a trustee of the Donald (Bertha) Bitner of Belle - stroyed, yet in my flesh I will see Eureka College, past president of vue. God.” the Elmwood Community Unit Per her wishes, cremation was – Job 19:25-26 School District, an elder for the accorded and no services will be R. Wayne Slone Elmwood First Presbyterian held. ELMWOOD – R. Wayne Slone, Church and a member of the Elm - Condolences may be left online at wood Township Library board. csmico.com. 82, of Elmwood, died on Dec. 26, Phyllis Marie Daniels 2017, in St. Paul, Minn. A funeral service of Death and He was born on Resurrection was held Jan. 3, 2018, FARMINGTON – Phyllis Marie July 29, 1935, in at the First Presbyterian Church in Daniels, 83, of Farmington died Fulton County to Elmwood. Dec.17 at OSF Saint Francis Med - Clyde and Mar - Memorials may be made to the ical Center in Peoria. jorie (Baty) Elmwood First Presbyterian Surviving are children Patricia Slone. Church, 201 West Evergreen Street, Delatorre of Farmington and San - Wayne married Elmwood, IL, 61529. dra (Bruce) Meade of Tennessee; M. Diane Butter - To leave online condolences, grandchildren Jeff Meade, Jeremey field on Oct. 21, Slone please visit www.oakshinesfuneral - (Angela) Meade, Jason (Kristen) 1956, at the First home.com Daniels, Justin Daniels, and Bran - Presbyterian Church in Elmwood. Oaks-Hines Funeral Home in don Delatorre; brother David Long; She preceded him in death on June Elmwood is in charge of arrange - sister Marilou Zink; and several 30, 2016, after over 59 years of ments. nieces and nephews. marriage. V. Charlene Beecher Cremations rites were accorded He is survived by one daughter, FARMINGTON – V. Charlene and burial of ashes at Foster Ceme - Pamela (David) Serdar; one son, Beecher, 91, of Farmington died tery will be held at a later date. Mark Slone; two grandchildren, Dec. 21 at Farmington Country Condolences may be left online at Adam Serdar and Brenna (Jesse) Manor. www.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com. Danko; one great-granddaughter, Barbara Emken Survivors include children Allen Mackenzie Danko; and his special (Rebecca) Beecher of Hanna City, PRINCEVILLE. Barbara (Bald - friend, Trudy Cline. Jeanne (Gary) Hurst of Trivoli, win) Emken, 77, a long-time resi - Wayne was a fighter pilot who Janet (the late Louis) Hecox of dent of the Brimfield-Princeville Dawson served from 1955 to 1975 in the Air Farmington and Joyce (Mark) area, died Dec. 30 at her residence Force and Air National Guard, re - Chiropractic Mehaffey of Houston, Texas, 10 following a long illness. tiring as a Lt. Colonel and grandchildren; 18 great-grandchil - Born on May 10, 1940, to Harold Squadron Commander of the 169th • Neck and back pain dren; and sister Ruth Crawford of and Hazel (Burns) Baldwin, she Guard Unit, in Peoria. • Extremity complaints married Edward Emken on May 9, Wayne joined CILCO in 1958 as Georgia 1964. He survives. • Blue Cross, Medicare Provider an apprentice lineman and held var - Services were Dec. 28 at Ander - She is also survived by her two ious positions related to sales and son-Sedgwick Funeral Home in sons, Bruce (Jeneva) Emken of 309-742-8921 operations until he was appointed Farmington, with burial at Newport Beach, Calif., and Charles 116 N. Magnolia St. • Elmwood, IL commercial activities manager in Smithville Cemetery in Smithville. (Rachel) Emken of Spring Grove, 1974. He was the manager of rates Condolences may be left online at Ill.; four grandsons, Vaughn, Carter, and regulatory affairs in 1981, Vice www.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com Judith Bitner Zachary, Joshua. Her brother, President in 1983, Senior Vice Robert Baldwin of Lebanon, Tenn.; President in 1986 and President and FARMINGTON – Judith E. Bit - and one niece and one nephew also CEO in 1988. He became Chair - ner, 74, of Trivoli, mother of Farm - survive her. man in 1991, before retiring in ington residents, died Dec. 27 at Her parents preceded her in 1995 with over 37 years of service. UnityPoint Health Methodist in death. He was a director of the Edison Peoria. Condolences may be left online Electric Institute, the Heartland Survivors include her husband, at www.haskellhott.com. Partnership and the Agriculture Re - David W. Bitner; son Terry Betty Shelton search and Development Corpora - (Christina) Bitner and daughter tion. He served as a past board Debra (David) Bohanan, both of ELMWOOD – Betty Shelton, 87, member and chairman of the Proc - Farmington; four grandchildren; six of Kingman, Ariz., died on Dec. 28, 2017. tor Hospital board. great-grandchildren; brother David ADVERTISE! Same low rates for 2018 He also served as a director of (Sherrie) Passmore of Hasting, Oaks-Hines Funeral Home in Elm - University Bank and Jefferson wood is in charge of services. Call (309) 741-9790! Mich.; sister-in-law Vicki Passmore More Obituaries Page 16 Bank of Peoria. of Lewistown and brother-in-law AREA CHURCHES BRIMFIELD Brimfield United (309) 692-1755 Elmwood Baptist Church Youth Sun. School: 9 am WILLIAMSFIELD St. Joseph Methodist Church bethanycentral.org Pastor Dennis Fitzgerald Adult Sun. School: 8 am St. James Catholic Church Pastor David Mustain Sun. Worship 8:15 & 11 am 701 W. Dearborn St., Elmwood Catholic Church Father John Verrier 135 S. Galena St., Brimfield Wednesday Awana: 6:15 pm (309) 742-7631, 742-7911 FARMINGTON Father John Verrier 314 W. Clay, Brimfield (309) 446-9310 Christ Alive! Sun. School: 9:30 am First Presbyterian Church Legion Road Knox Road 1450 N (309) 446-3275 Sun. Worship: 9 am Community Church Sun Worship: 10:30 am, 6 pm of Farmington Williamsfield stjosephbrimfield.org Sun. School: 9 am Pastor Lance Zaerr Wed. Prayer Meeting: 7 pm Reverend Dr. Linda Philabaun (309) 446-3275 Sat. Confession: 3:30-4:45 pm Thurs. Bible Study: 7 pm 9320 W US Hwy 150, Edwards First Presbyterian Church 83 N. Cone Street, Farmington stjameswilliamsfield.org Sat. Mass: 5 pm Union Church at Brimfield (309) 231-8272 of Elmwood (309) 245-2914 Sun. Confession: 7:30-8 am Sun. Mass: 10:30 am (10 am in United Church of Christ christalivecc.com Reverend Marla B. Bauler firstpresfarmington.com Sun. Mass: 8 am (8:30 am in the summer) Pastor Stephen Barch Sun. School: 9:15 am 201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood Sunday School: 9:30 am the summer) Daily Mass: Tues.-Fri. 8 am 105 W. Clay Street, Brimfield Worship: 10:30 am (309) 742-2631 Fellowship: 10:30 am Williamsfield United St. Paul’s (309) 446-3811 St. Mary’s Catholic Church firstpresbyterianofelmwood.org Worship: 11:00 am Methodist Church Lutheran Church brimfieldunionchurch.org Father Joseph Dondanville Sun. Worship: 10:30 am New Hope Fellowship Pastor Jennifer Lynn Bradford The Lutheran Church - Sunday Worship: 9 am 9910 W. Knox St., Edwards Sun. School: 9:30 am Assembly of God Seder Missouri Synod Tuesday Bible Study: 6:30 pm (309) 691-2030 St. Patrick’s Pastor Tom Wright 430 N.. Chicago Ave. “Preaching Christ Crucified” First Sunday each month is stmaryskickapoo.org Catholic Church 1102 N. Illinois Route 78 Williamsfield “Liturgical & Reverential” Communion Sunday (gluten Sat. Confession: 3-3:45 pm Father Joseph Dondanville Farmington (309) 639-2389 Pastor Michael Liese free communion offered) Sat. Mass: 4 pm 802 W. Main St., Elmwood (309) 231-8076 Sun. School 9:30 am 204 W. Clay St., Brimfield DAHINDA Sun Masses: 7 & 11:00 am (309) 742-4921 Sun. Worship: 10 am Hospitality (coffee & finger (309) 446-3233 Dahinda United Methodist Mon. Mass: 5:30 pm Sat. Mass: 5:30 pm Wed. Worship: 7 pm foods) 10:30 am Sun. Divine Service: 10 am Church Daily Masses: Wed-Fri. 8 am Sun. Mass: 9 am Sun. Worship 11 am Brimfield E-Free Church 1739 Victoria Street, PO Box Tues. Mass: 8 am PRINCEVILLE YATES CITY Pastor Donald Blasing 14, Dahinda IL 61428 ELMWOOD Tues. Confession: After mass Princeville United Faith United 11724 Maher Road Church phone: 309-639-2768 Crossroads Assembly of God United Methodist Church Methodist Church Presbyterian Church Brimfield, IL 61517 Email: williamsfielddahin - Pastor Tim Cavallo of Elmwood Pastor Zach Waldis Reverend Marla B. Bauler (309) 446-3571 [email protected] 615 E. Ash St., Elmwood Pastor David Pyell 420 E. Woertz, Princeville 107 W. Bishop St., Yates City brimfieldefree.org Sunday services: 9:30 am (309) 830-4259 821 W. Main St., Elmwood (309) 385-4487 (309) 358-1170 Worship: 10:30 am EDWARDS crossroadselmwood.org (309) 742-7221 [email protected] Worship: 9 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Bethany Baptist Church Wed. Worship: 7 pm elmwoodumc.org Sun. Worship: 9 am Sun. School: 10:15 am AWANA: Wed. 6:15 pm, ages 3-12 7422 N. Heinz Ln., Edwards Sun. Worship: 10:30 am Sun. Worship: 9 am, 10:30 am Sunday School: 10:15 am Thurs. Choir: 7 pm

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Richard J. Emken John G. Morlock Knoxville, and Ronald (Tiny) Shores YATES CITY – Richard “Dick” J. PEORIA – John G. “Jack” Mor - of Virginia; 18 grandchildren; 30 Emken, 84, of Knoxville, brother of lock, 90, of Peoria, passed away on great-grandchildren; and 1 great- a Yates City man and an Elmwood Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017 at Unity - great-grandchild due in February. woman, died Dec. 28 at the Knox Point Health - Methodist in Peoria. Inurnment will be in the Knoxville County Nursing Home in Knoxville. Jack was born on March 2, 1927 Cemetery in Knoxville. Dick was born Feb. 26, 1933, in in Peoria, the son of Gordon Lester Condolences may be left online at hurd-hendricksfuneralhomes.com. Salem Township, son of Phillip and and Josephine Audrey (Wiseman) Nancy ‘Noni’ Skaggs Pearl (Stewart) Emken. He married Morlock. He married Janet Graves Shirley I. Archdean on May 8, 1954, on April 23, 1977, in Peoria; she sur - FARMINGTON - Nancy "Noni" in Galesburg. She survives. vives. He previously was married to Skaggs, 71, of Hanna City, mother of Also surviving are daughters Gladys Wieland, the mother of his a Farmington man, died Dec. 29 at Pamela (Richard) Inness of Gales - children. her residence. Bonded & Insured burg, Michele (Steve) Johnson of Also surviving are three children, Survivors include children Ryan Acworth, Ga., and Elaine (Ron) Debra Bukovi of Hollywood, Fla., (Carla) Skaggs of Farmington, LEHMAN PLUMBING, INC. Thomas of Galesburg; 7 grandchil - Gregory Morlock and wife, Joan, of Denise (Jack) Strube-Pieper of Can - Residential • Small Commercial • Service dren; 10 great-grandchildren; brother Mt. Pleasant, S.C., and Julie Ed - ton, Jeffrey (Jamie) Skaggs of Triv - David (Claudia) Emken of Yates wards and husband, John, of oli, and Toby (Dawn) Skaggs of FREE ESTIMATES City and sister Betty (Russell) Princeville; four grandchildren; and Hanna City; brother Tom Thompson Cell: 309-303-5799 Watkins of Elmwood. three great-grandchildren. of Bellevue; 11 grandchildren, Randy Lehman Office: 309-685-0883 A memorial service was Jan. 2 at He was preceded in death by his Lacey, Alex, Corey, Jessee, Victoria, or 309-446-3496 the Hurd-Hendricks Funeral Home infant daughter, Linda; son, Mark; Kyle, Macae, McKenzie, Seth, Zach Licensed Plumber & Crematory in Knoxville. Inurn - sister, Arlene Gassen; brother, and Kamrie; and 3 great-grandchil - Fax: 309-446-9401 ment will be at the Fairview Ceme - Richard Morlock; and son-in-law, dren. tery in Fairview at a later date. Gene Bukovi. Funeral services were Jan. 2 at Condolences may be left online at At the age of 17, Jack joined the Oaks-Hines Funeral Home in Can - hurd-hendricksfuneralhome.com. U.S. Navy and served aboard the ton. Cremation rites were accorded. Arthur W. Gilinsky USS LSC(L)(3)-50 as a cook and Condolences may be left online at baker during World War II. He left www.oakshinesfuneralhome.com. BRIMFIELD – Arthur William Marian Bell Stanford Gilinsky, 91, of Peoria, father of a the Navy to work for his father at Brimfield woman, died Dec. 25 at National Oil Company in Peoria. FARMINGTON – Marian Mae Cornerstone Healthcare in Peoria He then enlisted in the U.S. Ma - Bell Stanford, 93, of Farmington, Heights. rine Corps and served during the Ko - died Dec. 27 at Courtyard Estates in Art is survived by his children, rean Conflict. Following his Farmington. Nancy (Jay) Grimm of Brimfield discharge, he worked for auto dealer - Surviving are daughters Artha and Jim (Pam) Gilinsky of Peoria; 8 ships and moved to Dallas, Texas, (Chuck) Bell Siebel of The Villages, grandchildren; and 16 great-grand - where he became an auto salesman. Fla., Paula (Doug) Bell Ternet of children. He later worked at Graves Motor McKinney, Texas, and Patricia Bell A funeral Mass was Jan. 3 at St. Company in Princeville for 25 years. of Elgin; sons Thomas (Chris) Bell Bernard’s Catholic Church, with bur - He Purchased Graves Motor Co. in of Mapleton and Arthur (Jane) Bell ial at St. Mary’s Cemetery in West 1983 and became the owner and op - Jr. of Peoria; step-daughters Linda Peoria. erator of Jack Morlock Chevrolet in (Allen) Bailey and Pamela (Denny) Condolences may be left online at Princeville until 1988. Greiner, both of Creve Coeur; 10 www.wrightandsalmon.com. His funeral service was Dec. 27, grandchildren; 12 great-grandchil - Carla A. Jenkins 2017 at Princeville United Methodist dren; and sister Betty (Bob) VanNat - Church. Private burial was in Swan tan of Pekin. EDWARDS – Carla A. Jenkins, Lake Memory Gardens in Peoria. 46, of Edwards died Dec. 21 at the Funeral services were Jan. 3 at Condolences may be left online at Preston-Hanley Funeral Homes & OSF Richard L. Owens Hospice www.haskellhott.com. Home in Peoria. Michael J. Sasso Crematory in Pekin, with burial at She is survived by her father, Au - Mason City Cemetery. gust Ponzel, of Peoria; children PRINCEVILLE – Michael J. Condolences may be left online at www.preston-hanley.com. B&K Repair, Inc. Emily (Dallas) Boswell, Austen, Al - Sasso, 81, of Crawfordsville, Ind., Irma Tucker Bob & Karen Settles, Owners lison and Alexis Jenkins, all of Ed - husband of a former Princeville resi - wards. dent, died Dec. 18. PRINCEVILLE – Irma Tucker, Funeral services were Dec. 27 at Surviving are his wife, Mary 85, of Princeville died Dec. 28 at her 309-245-4005 St. Paul Lutheran Church in Brim - Sheila (Harmon) Sasso, formerly of home. 200 S. Main St. field, with interment at Oak Hill Princeville; children Douglas M. Irma is survived by sisters Willie (Cindy) Sasso of Laguna Hills, Farmington, IL 61531 Cemetery in Oak Hill. Stahl of Toulon and Virginia Schnei - Condolences may be left online at Calif., Karen Eugenia Sasso of Aliso der of Princeville; children Carol Monday-Friday 8 am-5 p.m. www.ClaryFunerals.com. Viejo, Calif., and Sheila Marie Sasso Diefendorf of Farmington, Debbie Saturday 8 am-Noon Joni Johnson of Scottsdale, Ariz.; his “buddy,” (Donald) Gaught of Peoria, Lori Kato; and numerous Harmon rela - FARMINGTON – Joni Marie Maskil of Wisconsin, Randy (Liz) tives in the Peoria area. Johnson, 55, of Canton, daughter of Tucker of Mendota, Richard Tucker Funeral services were Dec. 28 at a Farmington woman, died Dec. 28 of Chillicothe, and Sheri Tucker of Fred C. Dames Funeral Home in at her residence. Princeville; 6 grandchildren; and 10 Brimfield Mini Storage Joliet, to St. Paul the Apostle Born June 20, 1962, in Peoria to great grandchildren;. 8’ x10’ and 10’ x 24’ Catholic Church in Joliet, where a 309-303-8703 Dale and Patricia (Stear) Adkins, she A celebration of life service will Mass of Christian Burial was held. size units available is survived by her mother of Farm - be 4-6 p.m. Jan. 8 at the Brandywine 309-446-3565 Enshrinement followed at Resurrec - 24/7 Access - Secure ington; her lifetime partner David Crossing Clubhouse in Peoria. tion Cemetery in Romeoville. brimfieldministorage.com Johnson, children Andy Kingsley of Online condolences may be made Condolences may be left online at Pekin, Patricia (Matt Parish) Kings - at csmico.com. fredcdames.com. Pauline E. Untz ley of Hanna City, Shelby Johnson Georgia L. Shores of Canton, and McKenzi (Clayton ELMWOOD – Pauline E. Untz, McDermet) Johnson of Canton; DAHINDA – Georgia L. Shores, 85, of Hanna City, mother of an brothers Dale (Patty) Adkins of 82, of Knoxville, a Dahinda native, Elmwood man, died Dec. 19 at her Farmington and John (Helen) Ad - died Dec. 28 at the Knox County residence. kins of West Peoria; sister Rhonda Nursing Home in Knoxville. Survivors include her husband, (Mark) Dawson of Farmington and Born May 2, 1935, in Dahinda, the Robert W. Untz; son Paul (Helen) eight grandchildren: Emilie, Madi - daughter of Lloyd and Laura E. (Ott) Untz of Elmwood; daughter-in-law, son, Jorden, Gavin, Jarren, Journey, Howard, she graduated from Cheryl Untz; three grandchildren; Onna and Osker. Williamsfield High School in 1953. nine great-grandchildren; sister Funeral services were Jan. 3 at the Surviving are children Claudia Eileen Rusk. Oaks-Hines Funeral Home in Can - Oakley of Galesburg, Gene (Paula) Services were Dec. 23 at Ander - ton with burial at Oak Ridge Ceme - Shores of Knoxville, Mike Shores of son-Sedgwick Funeral Home in tery in Farmington. Knoxville, Steven Shores of Altona, Farmington, with burial at Oak Condolences may be left online at Laura (Arnie) Carlson of Little York, Ridge Cemetery in Farmington. www.oakshinesfuneralhome.com. Richard (Shirley) Shores of Online condolences may be made

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Continued from Page 20 fourth. Sabres took the extra pe - home versus Abingdon- Kamryn Cuevas double riod 9-4. Avon. Rockford Lutheran in the Elmwood afternoon and 60-55 to doubled for 21 points and Meinke was the scoring Champaign St. Thomas 12 rebounds. Mallory leader for the Lady Indi - Elmwood (8-10) fin - More in overtime in the Meinke scored 14 in the ans with 17. She was fol - ished competing in the morning. effort. lowed by 14 from Cuevas Princeville Holiday Tour - The Lady Indians bat - Brimfield fought back and nine each by Haley nament last Thursday tled back from a first-pe - and forth with St. Thomas Wallace and Delaney with a 55-39 setback to riod deficit to a 22-20 More in the morning, up Smith, who also pulled Galva. The Lady Trojans halftime lead, followed two after one, down two down 11 rebounds. stayed strong in the first by a 34-32 lead after at half and down six after Brimfield also fell to half down just 28-23, but three, but couldn’t over - the third. An 18-12 fourth Bloomington Central a 16-4 third period deficit come a strong 16-11 took the contest to the Catholic, 56-44, last proved to be too much. Rockford Lutheran overtime, but the Lady Thursday in tournament Grace LaFollett was the play. The Lady Indians leading scorer with 15. were up 25-19 at the in - Montana Ledbetter was termission, but BCC also in double digits scor - came up with a 37 point ing 12. second half for the differ - “Overall, we didn’t ence. play as well as we had Wallace scored 15 hoped. It was nice to get points for Brimfield in the two wins, but we still effort. Meinke con - have some things to im - Princeville guard Caitlin Pullen has raised her scoring tributed , while Smith had average to 9.6 points per game after a solid showing prove upon,” Elmwood 10 points to go along with in the Princeville Holiday Tournament. Photo by Collin coach Marcy Brugger six rebounds. Fairfield. said. “It will be nice to The Lady Indians play get some more practicing spectively. LaFollett had Elmwood fell to Bush - NEW PRICE! in the State Farm Classic in to be able to do so.” seven points, while nell-Prairie City in its • 512 N. Sixth St., Chillicothe - $114,500 began last Wednesday At this point in the sea - Paysley Carver and first game at Princeville with a 56-39 win over El LISTINGS son, Ledbetter leads the LeHew each added six. last Tuesday, 52-31. A • 3670 Allentown Road, Pekin, $239,000 Paso-Gridley. team in scoring at 9.2 The Lady Trojans did strong first-half lead of Brimfield survived a • Lot 62 Autumn Trail, Brimfield - PAM points per game. Shelby not allow the Lady Patri - 28-13 by BPC was way two-point second quarter $43,000 EAVER ots more than four points too much for the Lady W with a 23-7 third. Meinke Glover and Zofia LeHew • 3526 W. Mary Knoll, Peoria - $107,000 369-9268 in any quarter. Herman Trojans to overcome. and Wallace each regis - are both over 5 ppg. Tay - Hanna City lor Herman leads in re - paced Elmwood in scor - Ledbetter scored nine for PENDING Office tered 16 points for the • 322 N. Trivoli Rd., Trivoli bounding at 5.9 rebounds ing with 13. LeHew got Elmwood, followed by Managing Broker, Lady Indians and Cuevas GRI, AHS per game, and LaFollett seven, followed by five for Lehew and • 693 E. Court St., Farmington scored 14 and grabbed Glover at six and Carver Carver, while Glover had eight rebounds in the win. leads in steals and deflec - tions. with five. four. [email protected] Brimfield’s next game The Lady Trojans were The Lady Trojans travel is Thursday (Jan. 4) at Elmwood completed a good day in the bested in a tough matchup to Havana Thursday (Jan. Princeville Tournament by tournament host 4) for Prairieland Confer - Princeville last Tuesday ence play. last Wednesday with a 48- Farmington 32 win over Midland. A afternoon 66-33, while yielding 38 points in the 20-10 halftime advantage, Farmington (12-3) had first half, then scoring and a 38-24 third period a long layoff since mid- only 10 in the second lead helped to provide the December but will get half. Glover and Ledbet - solid final advantage. back to game competi - ter each scored 10, while Herman and Ledbetter tion Saturday (Jan. 6) Herman got eight, and were both in double digit with a non-conference LeHew had six. scoring with 11 and 10 re - trip to Tremont.

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Continued from Page 20 on that rating in a semifinal with lost to Elmwood, 63-33. At home. play two tough teams on Saturday,” Galva. But after a few rushed shots, And two weeks later, in the opener Farmington coach Jeff Otto said. “I some missed free throws and a last- of the Princeville tournament? The was happy with the way our kids re - second shot by Galva’s Mason Princes were within a few shots of sponded.” Kaiser, Brimfield found itself in pulling an upset of Elmwood in a Farmington downed Monmouth overtime. 59-53 loss in the first round. Roseville (59-54) and Macomb (50- Prior to Kaiser’s shot, Brimfield From there Princeville went on to 42) to place fifth. Jarod DePriest had missed the front end of a one- win its next two games to claim the scored 17 points and Nick Johnson and-one. Galva went on to score the consolation championship. added 13 to upend Monmouth Ro - final 11 points in overtime for a 56- “We feel like our defense is where 45 win. seville and Johnson went for 21 and it needs to be. That’s one thing Jake Uryasz had 19 against Ma - “It felt like that was a game we we’ve really worked hard on in prac - comb. had and kind of let slip away,” Brim - tice,” coach Jeff Kratzer said. “We’re Johnson missed the loss to A- field coach Scott Carlson said. holding people to where we have a Town (9-3) to attend his brother’s “Down the stretch we maybe rushed wedding and his absence did not some shots and had a couple chance to win. Now it’s just finding help the Farmers – who struggled turnovers and missed some free a way to win with these guys.” mightily to score despite forcing 24 throws. Then they hit a big shot at That includes a younger lineup, as turnovers. the end and had the momentum freshman Cole Daily and sophomore “They shot 70 percent in the first going in and we couldn’t hit any - Cody Thole have been keys to the Elmwood’s Vince Lenzi attracts plenty of attention quarter. When they weren’t turning it thing.” Princes’ recent resurgence. Daily (12 from Princeville’s Justin Janssen and Talon Smith. Photo by Collin Fairfield. over, they were making shots,” Otto That seemed to carry over to the ppg) and Talon Smith (12 ppg) are said of A-Town. “And we could not third-place game, when the Indians leading the scoring load for buy a basket.” fell to Elmwood, 44-23. Princeville, while Thole has been a The Farmers topped A-Town 61- “I thought our defense was real defensive spark (and was the main 40 on Dec. 1. But the Tornadoes good,” Carlson said. “We were a lit - defender in a box-and-one on Elm - have been hot since, winning seven tle quicker on defense and got to wood’s Brown). straight before falling to West Han - some guys better. We just didn’t Smith had 21 points against Elm - cock in the Macomb title game, 45- shoot at well at all. From the field wood, while Daily had 16 points in a 33. we shot in the 20s and in the teens win over North Fulton (58-27) and Farmington opened tourney play from the 3.” Smith (15) and Daily (12) also led a with a convincing 52-25 win over Reece Teubel led Brimfield with 53-36 victory over Henry. Rockridge, as DePriest (11), Uryasz eight points vs. Elmwood. In the Next up for Princeville is a Tues - tourney opener, Teubel (team-high (11) and Johnson (10) were all in day (Jan. 9) road trip to Mercer double figures. 12 points per game average) and County. “If you told me at the beginning of Parker Pillman (11 ppg) paced Brim - ROWVA-Williamsfield the season that I’d be sitting here field with 15 points apiece in an 83- RE AL ESTATE AUCTIO N While other teams spent their post- Locat ion: Du nla p A merican L egion after Christmas break with a 13-1 15 win over Lowpoint-Washburn. record I’d be pretty happy about “Parker may be our most valuable holiday time in tournaments, R-W mo n., j an. 1 5, 2 018 • 2 :30 p m that,” Otto said. player so far,” Carlson said. (7-5) spent its time practicing. Property location: 9 912 n. V oorhees R d., E dwards Farmington is at Havana Friday Brimfield is at North Fulton on The Cougars’ last game was a 56- TR ACK 1: Approximately 3 2 a cres w ith h ouse & o utbuilding (Jan. 5) and then has a key Friday (Jan. 5) and then plays host to 43 win over Knoxville back on Dec. PID 0 8-31-1 52-009 Prairieland Conference home game the ICAC Tournament starting on 22. In that game, Austin Batterson TR ACK 2: Appproximately 8 1 a cres P ID 0 8-31-200-002, 0 8- 31-1 52-008 Tuesday (Jan. 9) vs. Bushnell-Prairie Monday (Jan. 8). led R-W with 18 points, Isaac Cordle Princeville not E: 1% b uyer p remium w ill b e a dded t o p urchase p rice. City. added 15 points and Tucker Sams Brimfield own ER : ko EnER f amil y t Rust & ma tt ko EnER iii How far have the Princes (6-8) chipped in 12 for the Cougars. sEll ER s a tto RnEy: micha El j. hon Egg ER 309-565-7172 Seeded second at Princeville, the come in the past few weeks? Well R-W is at Elmwood on Friday For c omplete a uction l isting, t erms & p ictures, g o t o: Indians (9-5) were poised to deliver consider that on Dec. 9, Princeville (Jan. 5). www .calkaufmanauction.com o R auctionzi P.com #28362 Pairings set for Jan. 8-15 ICAC tournament foR qu Estions cont act auction EER :

By The Weekly Post Saturday, Jan. 13 Brimfield KAUFMAN Wednesday, Jan. 10 BRIMFIELD – Pairings are set 2:00 - Delavan vs. Illini Bluffs AUCTI ON S ER VI CE for the 2018 ICAC Tournament to 1264 Richland Rd. • lacon, il 61540 • 309-696-9019 5:00 - Elmwood vs. North Fulton 3:30 - North Fulton vs. R-W be held at Brimfield High School 6:30 - Illini Bluffs vs. R-W 5:00 - Elmwood vs Brimfield Jan. 8-15. Here is the schedule. 8:00 - Brimfield vs. Delavan Monday, Jan. 15 Monday, Jan. 8 Friday, Jan. 12 5:00 - North Fulton vs. Illini Bluffs 5:00 - R-W vs. Delavan 4:00 - North Fulton vs. Delavan 6:30 - Delavan vs. Elmwood 6:30 - Illini Bluffs vs. Elmwood 5:30 - Elmwood vs. R-W 8:00 - ROWVA-Williamsfield vs. 8:00 Brimfield vs. North Fulton 7:00 - Brimfield vs. Illini Bluffs REMEMBER WHEN

Members of the 1968-69 Western Illinois Univer - sity team pause for a picture while boarding a flight to San Francisco on Dec. 13, 1968. WIU went 0-2 on the road trip, losing at Pacific and Nevada. Three area residents are in the photograph. John Tanney of Princeville is fourth from the left in the front row. To his immedi - ate right is Terry “T-Bone” Farquer of Williamsfield. Earn Extra Money! To the immediate right of Sell your extra stuff with Farquer in the front row is Bob Anderson of Classified Ads Williamsfield, who aver - in The Weekly Post! aged 17 points per game that season and ranks as Classifieds are just $5 the fourth-leading scorer for the first 20 words. in WIU history. Photo Call Shelly at (309) 741-9790 courtesy of John Tanney.

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By JEFF LAMPE Weekly Post Staff Writer While no area boys teams ended up with a tourna - ment championship over the holidays, most teams at least entered the New Year with reason for optimism. That includes Elmwood, a third-place finisher at the Princeville Holiday Tournament, and Farmington, which placed fifth at Macomb. Elmwood One year ago, Elmwood (9-4) fell to DePue in the Princeville’s girls team poses after winning the Princeville Holiday Tournament. Pictured are – Front row (left to Princeville championship game, 45-37. While this year’s right): Melissa Martin, Chloe Lane, Caitlin Pullen, Marisa Horton-Meza, Emma Lane and Libby Martin. Back row rematch came in the semifinals – due in large part to du - (l to r): coach John Gross, Jordan Gehrig, Morissa Martin, Taylor Baird, Lucy Waid, Ashleigh Brawley, Brinlee bious seeding – and again ended up as a loss, coach Josh Bauman, Peyton Kraft and assistant coach Ken Baker. Photo by Collin Fairfield. Fugitt saw improvement this time in a 44-41 defeat. “I felt like we were in a little more control than last Princeville girls win own tournament year,” Fugitt said. “I was pretty happy with what we were doing defensively. Despite a few bad possessions By PHIL JOHNSON followed closely by Waid’s 22. that won it for them, we held a pretty good team to 44 For The Weekly Post Bauman scored seven, and Horton- points. We just have to be Princeville (15-2) finished a Meza got six. better offensively.” sweep of the Princeville Holiday Princeville began play in its tour - Those few possessions in - Tournament last Thursday with a nament last Tuesday with a 73-25 cluded a 3-pointer with 22 50-33 victory over Bushnell Prairie crushing of Peoria Heights by get - seconds left by Eddie City. The Lady Spartans made a ting out to a 22-6 first-quarter lead Moreno, whose late shot temporary comeback with a 15-6 and a 28-5 third quarter advantage. offset 12-point outings by third quarter to take a 33-32 lead, Pullen continued her strong scoring Trojans guards Jacob Brown but the Lady Princes shut out BPC pace with 21. Waid kept scoring in and Charlie McKinty. 18-0 in the fourth. double digits at 15, while Horton- “If that shot misses, we Marisa Horton-Meza was the Meza got eight, and Emma Lane get to hold for the last shot,” leading scorer for Princeville with and Taylor Baird had six each. Fugitt said. 16 points. Lucy Waid followed Back on Dec. 21, the Lady Defense was again key closely with 14, and Brinlee Bau - Princes crushed Peoria Christian for Elmwood in the third- man finished with 11. 62-35 on the road in a non-confer - place game against Brim - Jacob Brown had 12 “On offense, we’ve been shoot - ence matchup. A 19-6 first-period field, a team the Trojans points in each of Elm - ing better and scoring with very lead and 39-16 halftime advantage handled one week earlier, wood’s final two games good balance, but sometimes our Brinlee Bauman had several good more than put the game away. 62-25. While the Elmwood at Princeville. Photo by defense comes out flat,” Princeville games for Princeville en route to a Three players scored in double offense was not clicking as Collin Fairfield. tournament championship last coach John Gross said. “The next digits, with Pullen getting 14, Hor - well, defense was still week. Photo by Collin Fairfield. two weeks will be big for us, as we ton-Meza 13 and Waid 10. strong in a 44-23 victory. play very strong conference compe - 59-25 at its tournament last On the season to this point, Waid Brown (12 points), Vince Lenzi (11) and McKinty (10) tition of Annawan, Stark County, Wednesday morning, jumping averages 13.8 points per game, fol - led Elmwood, which held Brimfield to 11 first-half points. and Wethersfield. Right after that, ahead 33-14 at the half and increas - lowed by Horton-Meza at 10.3 ppg, In the first game at Princeville, Elmwood struggled those same teams will be around ing it to 52-18 after three. Pullen’s and Pullen at 9.6. Waid is the re - against a box-and-one defense by the hosts that limited again in the Lincoln Trail Tourna - 21 led the hosts in scoring. Bauman bounding leader with 10 per game, Brown to 3 points. Lenzi helped make up the difference ment.” and Waid were in double digits and Bauman averages 8.6 rpg. Hor - with 24 points in a 59-53 victory over the Princes. McK - The Lady Princes continued to with 12 and 10 respectively. ton-Meza leads in assists with 41 inty, in his second game back from a collarbone injury, roll in their holiday tournament last The Lady Princes downed total. had 14. Wednesday afternoon with a 62-35 Weekly Post area rival Elmwood Princeville got back in action Next up for Elmwood is a home game Friday (Jan. 5) Thursday (Jan. 4) with a trip to vs. ROWVA-Williamsfield. victory over Galva. A 23-point first 66-36 in their second contest of Farmington quarter and a yielding of just 12 their tournament last Tuesday. A Peoria Heights for non-conference action. Playing for fifth was not what No. 2 seed Farmington points total in the second half were 25-10 first quarter lead helped as Brimfield big factors in the win. the Lady Trojans made inroads expected heading to Macomb. But after a 40-33 upset Horton-Meza was the scoring with a 16-10 second period, but the Brimfield (13-6) played twice loss to Abingdon-Avon on Friday, the Farmers (13-1) re - leader with 18. Caitlin Pullen fol - hosts easily sealed the game by last Friday at the State Farm Clas - bounded with two wins on Saturday to show their mettle. lowed with 17 and Bauman added outscoring Elmwood 20-5 in the sic in Bloomington and came away “What I’m most happy about was the way we bounced 15. third. with two very close losses, 48-45 to back from a tough loss on Friday night to come back and Princeville easily beat Midland Pullen finished with 23 points, Continued on Page 18 Continued on Page 19

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