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April 6 Ballot Features Some Contested Elections by JEFF LAMPE Ents, Are David Courson, David Kevin Windish ****************ECRWSS***** PRSRT. STD. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Elmwood, Illinois Permit No. 13 Thursday Carrier Route Presort March 18, 2021 The Weekly Post RURAL BOXHOLDER Vol. 9, No. 4 LOCAL P.O. BOXHOLDER Hot news tip? “We Cover The News of West-Central Illinois With A Passion” Want to advertise? Serving the fine communities of Brimfield, Dahinda, Douglas, Duncan, Edwards, Elmore, Elmwood, FREE! Call (309) 741-9790 Compliments of Farmington, Kickapoo, Laura, Monica, Oak Hill, Princeville, Williamsfield and Yates City Our Fine Advertisers! April 6 ballot features some contested elections By JEFF LAMPE ents, are David Courson, David Kevin Windish. race for three four-year terms as For The Weekly Post Ramsay, Brandon Butler and Another contested race is in Village Trustees, Thomas D. Early Voting While there are no major na- John “JD” Hulslander. Yates City, though you wouldn’t Kinzer and Matthew M. Ehens Early voting is underway in tional positions to decide in the Elmwood Township also has Peoria, Knox and Fulton know it from the ballot. Both are on the ballot, while Ron upcoming April 6 consolidated contested positions. Running counties. Details, Page 9. incumbent Leslie Gavelys and Smith is a write-in candidate. election, the ballots for Knox, for Elmwood Township Super- Ken B. Vallas are running to be In the contested race for Fulton and Peoria counties visors are Republican Connie Village President, but both are Five candidates are vying for Salem Township Highway show a fair number of contested Davis and Independent Tammy write-in candidates. Commissioner, Independent three seats on the Board of Edu- races. J. McCoy. Five candidates are Actually, Yates City has sev- Blake Clark is on the ballot cation for the Elmwood School Among those is the Elmwood running for four seats as Elm- eral write-ins. In the contested while John Woodcock is a District #322. Running for a mayoral race, which features wood Township Trustees: Dem- race for two seats for a two-year write-in. four candidates whose signs ocrats William L. Atwood and four-year position are incum- term for Village Trustee, Seth Farmington has a contested have been showing up in town Robert E. Shoop and Republi- bent Mark Davis, Kathleen Lekies is an Independent on the race for Alderman in Ward 3 be- with increasing frequency. Run- cans Gene Gibson, Wyatt “Katie” Vaughan, Thomas M. ballot. David Mahr and George tween Independents David ning for mayor, all as Independ- McCoy and Brian Windish. Maier, Brett W. Powers and M. Murphy are write-ins. In the Continued on Page 8 PLAN AHEAD FOR TROPHY TOMATOES Farmington Start your ’maters! council OKs Plant tomatoes by April 1, enjoy all year By RON DIETER really no advantage one way cop vehicle For The Weekly Post or the other. By JEFF LAMPE The first of April is fast ap- Second, he claims you can For The Weekly Post proaching and that’s an im- make up for lost time if you FARMINGTON – Against a backdrop portant date if you plan to haven’t started your seeds in a of persistent conversation regarding a grow your own tomato and timely manner. I can’t argue new City of Farmington building, the pepper plants from seed. It’s with that. City Council on Monday voted on a few six weeks from May 15, the For his third reason, he says items on a relatively light action agenda. average frost-free date for you’ll get instant satisfaction. The council voted unanimously to ap- these parts, and the very earli- Just buy his plants, stick ‘em prove two purchases est you should set these plants in the ground and you’re by the Farmington out in the garden. done. While that may be true, Police Department. Inside There’s a huge commercial what about the gratifying ex- The first was for a • Princeville grower who supplies vege- perience of starting the seeds new squad vehicle School Board table plants to major chains of your favorite tomatoes and not to exceed ponders remote learning changes. like Lowes and Home Depot. nurturing them along to be- $53,099. That was Page 13. He thinks you should buy his come healthy young plants? I the price estimate plants instead of growing can attest to how gratifying While you may not save lots of money by starting your own tomatoes, the process can be gratifying – and tasty. provided by Police your own and on his website that task can be. It seems to Chief Chris Darsham for a 2021 Dodge he lists five reasons why. me, if you want instant satis- of a need or want,” whereas isfying and gratifying experi- Durango, fully equipped with equipment gratification is an act “pleas- ence of starting seeds myself. First, he says, you get a faction, just buy a can of to- and police department striping. ing to the mind or heart.” So, Fourth, he suggests your head start. Well, that’s true matoes. They’re peeled, Darsham also provided a $48,959 esti- I’ll grant that setting out garden starts out stronger be- only if you don’t get your cooked and ready to eat. mate for a fully equipped 2021 Dodge seeds started on time. All Webster’s dictionary says store-bought plants may be cause his plants are grown in Ram 1500 pickup. The council gave things being equal, there’s satisfaction is the “fulfillment satisfying, but I prefer the sat- Continued on Page 2 Continued on Page 7 Page 2 THE WEEKLY POST • March 18, 2021 www.illinoisweeklies.com TOMATOES: Plenty of reasons to start your own Continued from Page 1 in a timely manner will thousands of tomato varie- above the soil in the flats. ideal conditions. And be- yield fruit no later than ties but only a couple hun- There’s no need to buy ex- cause they’re profes- commercially produced dred offered as plants. pensive plant lights. Regu- sionally grown, they’re less plants. In fact, I’d be will- Many heirloom varieties lar warm white fluorescent likely to be attacked by cut- ing to bet that plants started are only available as seeds. bulbs have done the trick worms or other problems. at home will yield sooner A third reason to start for us for many years. Win- Well, I contend that plants than plants subjected to your own is to get earlier dow sill light is not subjected to the stresses of chain store conditions. yields. I contend properly enough. Besides, it’s too cold and poor watering at Now let’s consider start- started plants at home will cold there. the chain store are no ing your own tomatoes and yield earlier than store- The second most impor- match for well-tended peppers from seed. bought plants. I’ve seen tant condition is tempera- homegrown plants. And do First, we’ve already es- racks of tomato and pepper ture. For most vegetable you really believe the hun- tablished that it can be fun plants sitting outside on seeds, the warmth radiating gry cutworms in your gar- and rewarding. It’s a great chain store lots on chilly from the bulbs will be suf- den will show a preference project to enjoy with your nights. I’ve also seen those ficient. Once the seeds for homegrown plants? kids or grandkids. plants begging for water. have germinated and begun Finally, he claims harvest Second, you can grow Research shows these envi- to grow, the temperature time comes sooner. Sorry. varieties that are not avail- ronmental stresses will must be reduced to prevent Homegrown plants started able as plants. There are delay flowering and fruit the plants from stretching. set. This can best be done by Two conditions are most moving the plants outside important to growing during the day. Outdoors strong young plants. The they will get plenty of light first is plenty of light. At yet stay cool. Young plants our place we hang two stretch and become spindly four-foot fluorescent light for two reasons – low light fixtures side by side above and high temperatures. four 12 x 20-inch flats set Buy plants or grow your perpendicular to the lights. own – it’s your choice. The bulbs must be no Sooner or later you’ll have more than eight inches a nice crop. New Round Up feature for checking accounts! 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