Volume 39 Number 52 Thursday, December 27, 2018 32 Pages | 75¢ Prosecutors respond to Chris Coleman’s call for a new trial By Travis Lott Prosecutors have finally responded to a petition for post conviction relief filed by Chris Coleman in April of this year. Monroe County State’s Attorney Chris Hitzemann and appellate prosecutor Charles Zalar filed a mo- tion to dismiss the peti- tion on the grounds that evidence cited in Coleman’s petition did not fundamen- tally change the case. Chris Coleman The truck that caused the fire was pulled out of the building. Coleman was convicted in 2011 of murdering his wife ‘What a person tells Sheri and sons Garret, 11, and Gavin, 9, in 2009. a television program He is serving concurrent Fire damages Nobbe building life sentences. or newspaper may A storage building on the Reitz said the fire started their braces were burned, Coleman’s petition in April be different than William Nobbe farm imple- in a service truck that was and the truck was a total contended that the jury ment business at the Steel- parked inside the building. loss. convicted him based on what the juror is eville tee was damaged by He said Nobbe people told “But the building is prob- evidence that was deemed fire during the late hours him the truck had not been ably not a total loss,” Reitz by the court to be inadmis- prepared to state of Thursday, December 20. used that day but had been said. “There was a side-by- sible. under oath’ Steeleville Fire Chief Rich used the previous day. side in there and some oth- The jury was given sex- Reitz said the alarm came in Equipment was used to er equipment. The side-by- ually explicit photos ex- ­—Prosecutor Hitzemann at 11:45 p.m. drag the truck out of the side did not sustain much changed by Coleman and “Smoke was coming out of building, but not before damage.” mistress Tara Lintz, an to convict, and that when the eaves when we arrived,” about half of the building Firemen were on the scene affair that prosecutors ar- all contentions of error said Reitz. “The building sits sustained damage, accord- for about two hours. Ches- gued was Coleman’s motive were considered, Coleman just northwest of the main ing to Reitz. ter was called in for use of to murder his family. received a fundamentally building.” Reitz said three trusses and its tanker. The photos were permit- fair trial. ted as evidence, but they Hitzemann also argued in were ordered to be cen- his motion that the state- sored before given to the ments made by jurors in a Bievenue wins the big jackpot jury. “48 Hours” segment and to When the jury received the Republic Times news- It wasn’t as big as the the photos, thumbnails on paper, where the juror previous drawing, but the the back of the images were mentioned the thumbnail Steeleville American Le- not censored and contained images being the turning gion’s Queen of Hearts time stamps that did not point, were not adequate game had another big win- match the timeline given in substitutes for sworn af- ner December 20. court by the defense. fidavits and thus were not The jackpot did not go A juror later stated that grounds for a further hear- to $1.5 million like it did seeing these time stamps ing. in April of this year, but was the turning point for “What a person tells a $928,612 is still a lot of mon- the jury in its decision to television program or ey. convict. newspaper may be dif- The latest winner is Mar- Hitzemann’s and Zalar’s ferent than what the ju- vin Bievenue of Ellis Grove. motion to dismiss argues ror is prepared to state His ticket was drawn, and that the function of a post under oath,” the motion he picked card No. 30, conviction petition is “not states. which was the Queen of to relitigate the guilt of the Coleman will be afford- Hearts. accused, but to review er- ed an opportunity to He was not in attendance, rors of constitutional mag- respond to the prosecu- so he gets half the pot, nitude that were not and tion’s motion before it is $464,556, before taxes. From left are drawing coordinator Bruce Fiene, Marvin could not have been raised ruled on by a judge. He Bievenue works at Gil- Bievenue and Harry Rahlfs of the Legion. on direct appeal.” has until January 18 to ster-Mary Lee but was not According to the prosecu- file that response. at work that night. He was said when he picked up his Bievenue said he has been tors’ motion, in Coleman’s Coleman’s father Ron of reached at his home and check at the Legion post last playing the Queen of Hearts 2014 appeal, the court Chester said this week, “We told the good news. Saturday. “I was really sur- game at Steeleville pretty found that evidence submit- know Chris is innocent. The “I was pretty excited,” he prised.” Continued on Page 5____ ted at trial was sufficient truth will come out.” Donnie Krull looks back on his police career cial Agent Melvin Brown Retiring from full-time detective job taught Krull the funda- mentals of spotting fields. By Travis Lott that he was considering, In doing this, Krull has Donnie Krull has a great but Sheriff Ben Picou flown a wide variety of deal to reflect on from his didn’t want to lose Krull’s aircraft. 28 years at the Randolph investigative abilities. Krull said that when he County sheriff’s office. “Ben Picou gave me my and Brown flew together, Though he has been a chance,” Krull said. it wasn’t a matter of if they major contributor—often Krull went to SIUC in would find something, it the key figure—to investi- 1986 and studied law en- was who would find it first. gations throughout south- forcement and zoology. His specializing in drug ern Illinois that have led He received a bachelor’s investigations led him to to thousands of arrests degree in administration be tapped for instructional and hundreds of prison of justice in 1991. While services. He trained be- sentences, he hasn’t talked in school, he also received tween 800 and 1,000 local much about it. his pilot’s license. and state police and Drug “You let your actions Krull said that, being Enforcement Administra- show what you do,” Krull an outdoorsman, his focus tion students. said. was always on conserva- However, toward the mid- Krull has held every pos- tion. dle of his career, the drug sible rank at the sheriff’s Through a college in- game changed. department, from deputy, ternship, Krull was linked “The crime wasn’t what it to detective and chief dep- with Carl Holland of the Il- is now,” Krull said. “There uty. linois Department of Con- was always a tie between Krull officially retired servation, later renamed property crime and drugs. from the sheriff’s depart- Department of Natural The increase in property ment December 17, but he Resources. The two had Donnie Krull crime came when crack continues to work on a met before, as Holland cocaine became prevalent.” part-time basis with newly had checked on him a few department April 30, 1992 drug enforcement and in- The crack problem gave hired detective Ryan Cof- times while Krull was run- and full-time December 1. vestigations. way to a more difficult prob- fey to make the transition ning trap lines and hunt- Prior to this, Krull served In the 1990s, the pre- lem to control—methamphet- smoother. Coffey has been ing during his youth. as a reserve deputy for Pi- dominant drugs were can- amine. Meth has permeated Chester police chief. When Krull started an cou before going to the po- nabis and cocaine. every community in south- Krull held the first de- internship, Holland took lice academy, where he fin- With his pilot’s license, ern Illinois, devastating the tective position in Ran- him under his wing and ished top of his class. Krull said he specialized lives of many young and old dolph County history. The mentored him. It was at the sheriff’s in locating cannabis fields alike. job was created for him Through Holland, Krull department that Krull’s by aircraft as an observ- Krull said meth is related in March of 1998. He had met Picou. Krull was hired career blossomed, and he er with the Illinois State a job offer in Collinsville part-time at the sheriff’s found he had a knack for Police. State Police Spe- Continued on Page 5____

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The logs caught fire of Pinckneyville was re- The house was owned and the equipment was ported on fire at about 1 by Justin Kellerman. damaged from the pow- a.m. The fire was reported er surge that followed Pinckneyville Fire by a neighbor. the incident. Music Lessons Nobbe fire BERKLEE COLLEGE This is the interior of the building that was damaged by fire December 20 at the Wm. Nobbe farm equipment dealership in Steeleville. The photo OF MUSIC ALUMNI shows the damaged roof trusses in a storage building on the property. PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTOR With More Than Local police incidents 25 Years Of Jordan A. Christo- for failure to appear dolph County warrant pher, 29, of Red Bud in court on a criminal for deceptive practice. Experience was arrested December trespass to land war- She posted bond. Has Openings 18 by Red Bud police rant. He posted bond. **** **** on a Randolph County Kelsey R. Thomas, For Students warrant for theft. He Austin R. 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The following is the the lab report came back released him to the latest list of court dis- negative. This is her Tennessee authorities positions submitted first felony plea, and on a warrant for his by Randolph County we are hopeful this pending charge in Ten- State’s Attorney Jer- time in jail before re- nessee,” said Walker. emy Walker. hab will clean her out. “We hope they will im- Ayla Jones Casey Vance pose an adequate sen- Ayla M. Jones, 26, of Casey L. Vance, 31, tence, and the taxpay- Sparta pleaded guilty of Marissa pleaded ers of Illinois will not December 3 to crimi- guilty December 3 to have to bear his cost of nal trespass to a resi- enhanced retail theft. incarceration.” dence. She was sentenced to Misty Thompson The matter has been two years in prison. Misty D. Thompson, set for a sentencing Vance admitted 36, of Ellis Grove was hearing January 10. to shoplifting from found not guilty of Jones admitted to Walmart in Sparta May possession of metham- entering the Sparta 17 after having a previ- phetamine, following residence of her par- ous conviction for the a bench trial December ents July 23, knowing same offense. 5 before Judge Gene someone was present. David Chapin Gross. Jones was original- David L. Chapin, 38, “The methampheta- ly charged with the of Chester pleaded mine was located in residential burglary. guilty December 3 to the trunk of a vehicle She previously lived enhanced domestic bat- Thompson was driv- in the home. tery. ing,” said Walker. “How- “However, the par- He was sentenced to ever, it was not her ents say she was not two years of probation, vehicle. A passenger welcome there any- with conditions to seek had meth on him and more, and Ayla alleg- counseling and stay pleaded guilty to it but edly went over and away from the victim, was not willing to help took some things,” as well as 266 days in assist us in this case. said Walker. “Based the Randolph County Thompson had no prior on the fact Jones did Jail. record, so I did not have previously live at the Chapin admitted to any leverage to facili- residence, her par- punching his girlfriend tate a plea.” ents were the victims, October 25, after hav- Mildred Murphy and she was continu- ing a previous convic- Mildred M. Murphy, ously incarcerated as tion for the same of- 36, of Tilden pleaded a result of this inci- fense. guilty December 10 to dent from July until “He had a felony do- failure to register as a the time of the plea, mestic in 2015, and one sex offender we felt a reduction in could argue he needed She was sentenced to the charge was appro- to take a trip to prison seven days in jail and priate. this time,” said Walker. placed on conditional “We will be pursu- “However, I could not discharge for one year. ing a prison sentence reach the victim to get Murphy admitted to when we return to her input.” not registering annu- court, as Jones has Therashia Ernsting ally in July as required prior felony convic- Therashia E. Ernst- as a sex offender. tions and was on pa- ing, 38, of Ava was sen- “Murphy was not at a role at the time of this tenced December 3 to new address. She sim- incident.” five days in jail for ply did not come in and Tamra Krantz driving under the influ- register as required at Tamra L. Krantz, ence of alcohol. least once a year for sex 33, of Chester pleaded She was previously offenders,” said Walker. guilty December 3 to convicted of DUI fol- “This is now her sec- unlawful possession of lowing a jury trial in ond violation for not methamphetamine. October. complying with the sex She was sentenced to “My main objective offender registration probation, with a con- was to get a conviction requirements.” dition to remain in the and revoke the driving William Reese Randolph County Jail privileges of the de- William A. Reese, until a bed becomes fendant, which we did,” 41, homeless, pleaded available at a residen- said Walker. guilty December 10 to tial drug treatment fa- Jonathon Dunn attempted burglary. cility. Jonathon B. Dunn, 33, He was sentenced to Krantz admitted to of Du Quoin pleaded time served in jail and possessing fewer than guilty December 3 to placed on probation. five grams of meth, forgery. Reese admitted to at- located during an Au- The matter has been tempting to enter a gust 14 traffic stop in set for a sentencing vehicle in Baldwin Oc- Chester. hearing February 21. tober 13 with the intent “Unfortunately, Krantz Dunn admitted to at- to commit theft. had been building her tempting to pass a fake/ “Reese never made it way onto felony proba- counterfeit $100 bill in into the vehicle. Howev- tion over the last year Chester October 23. er, he was seen trying or so,” said Walker. “We He is from Tennessee to open the door and actually had a case this and had previous con- enter the vehicle before summer on her, which victions. being chased off,” said we had to dismiss when “For that reason, we Walker. Sharp’s fond memories of Christmas in Chester Lives in New York City; loves Chester

Professor James Franklin Sharp has always been fond of Chester. In the last several years, he has increased his donations to the school district, includ- ing a sum of $500,000 earlier this year to the high school. Now, Sharp lives and works in New York City, but he recalls a number of Christmases and oth- er old memories from his boyhood home in Chester. The house where he The outside of the Sharp house, which is for grew up is located at sale, in Chester. 1209 Henrietta Street. It went up for sale this fall. Coon raided garbage can Sharp reminisced by writing: many old memories. and strawberry short- My father had (the For example, I remem- cake. house) built in 1946, ber that at Christmas I remember my father and my mother lived time, the whole family having me stand at there until she passed helped to decorate a big the end of the hall and away in 2002. Christmas tree that was drilling me on my spell- Sixty-three photos of put next to the large ing assignments until I outside and inside the floor-to-ceiling window got every word correct. house are available on and could be seen from I remember my baby Zillow. the street. sister Rosanna stand- This house replaced I remember when we ing up in her playpen the luxurious house listened to the radio and shaking the side built by P.N. Hirsch ex- and later when we got a lot. ecutive Ralph Hirsch, a black-and-white TV I remember a rac- who was the younger with a very tall an- coon frequently coming brother of P.N. Hirsch, tenna up the side of from the woods out in founder and CEO of P.N. the house that initially back and raiding our Hirsch junior depart- picked up only the one garbage can at night by ment stores, that was St. Louis station, which standing up on his hind destroyed by a fire, ex- did not start broadcast- legs and taking the top cept for the brick walls ing until noon with a of the garbage can off and the basement, and one-hour cooking pro- with his front legs. was rebuilt by us, but gram, but after a few I remember easily without some of the years picked up sta- navigating the stairs luxury features, so tions from four cities in on a regular basis up to there is no wood panel- three different states. the second floor where ling in the basement I remember eating I stayed, or down to the and no maid’s quarters my favorite meal that basement. above the garage. included delicious fried I might have a little The house brings back chicken and great rolls trouble these days. PAGE 4 COUNTY JOURNAL | DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editorial Staff: Jerry Willis | Larry Willis opinions Travis Lott | Dan Zobel By: John Meacham Madness Meacham Braggin’ rights coming back he rivalry between viously expressed sup- It’s Texas in TChester and Spar- High school football port for the change. ta on the gridiron is For Chester, the back. changes coming in 2021 change should dras- your soul Well, it appears it will tically reduce travel was scrolling through the Start page on my be back in 2021, any- ments for probably an- something they have time and expenses the Icomputer, trying desperately to find an article way. other year, it seems not done since 1992. district has to put in that would inspire a last-minute column for this Illinois High School likely, based off enroll- Sparta has also won when the team goes week. At the last minute, I found one. Association member ment and geography, five games in a season on the road to certain Julia Roberts Reveals How a Bathroom En- schools recently voted that Chester, Sparta just once since 1994, the conference teams. counter Made Her Realize She Was Famous was to do away with con- and Red Bud will be most recent time com- Lucht is a proponent ferences, as the sport the headline over Leena Tailor’s story on MSN placed in the same dis- ing in 2015. for the change, but knows it, in favor of a Entertainment. trict. Sparta was the small- more so for safety rea- district system. Roberts, now 51, says she was 21 when a voice The football rivalry est school in the SIRR sons, as he feels that from the adjacent stall asked whether she was The County Journal between Chester and Mississippi this past smaller schools match- the girl in “Mystic Pizza.” has documented over Sparta goes back just season with an enroll- ing up against bigger I never saw “Mystic Pizza,” but I do remember the the past several weeks about as far as one can ment of 349 and had to schools can lead to first time I saw Roberts, and it wasn’t in “Pretty the main changes com- remember, until Ches- tussle with Carterville greater risk of injury. Woman,” “Erin Brockovich” or “Ocean’s Eleven.” ing with the new sys- ter joined the Black (606 enrollment), Anna- It was in “Baja Oklahoma,” a 1988 Home Box tem, but a significant Diamond Conference Jonesboro (510) and Du No matter how the Office production based on Dan Jenkins’ novel one includes the IHSA in 2010. Quoin (451). districts get drawn up, with the same title. forming eight districts The BDC is a closed With the district sys- one thing that is nearly Roberts played Candy Hutchins, the wild-child in each of the eight conference, so there tem, Sparta will play for certain is the fact daughter of the lead character, Juanita Hutchins, classes based on geog- were no open dates to schools its own size. that one of the longest played by Lesley Ann Warren. Other primary raphy. schedule out of confer- Sparta athletic direc- running rivalries in the characters are Slick Henderson by Peter Coyote, Each district would ence games. tor Rich Williams said state, Chester against Ol’ Jeemy Williams by Anthony Zerbe, and Willie have eight or nine Another plus for Spar- Sparta is 100 percent Sparta, will be back in Nelson, played by himself. schools. ta with the new sys- in favor of the change. action. “Baja Oklahoma,” published in 1981, is one of the While not set in stone, tem will be a better Chester coach Billy In 2021, those brag- three funniest novels I’ve ever read. The other as the IHSA will not chance for the Bulldogs Belton and Red Bud ging rights will be up two, in no particular order, are “A Connecticut release district assign- to make the postseason, coach Dave Lucht pre- for grabs. Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” by Mark Twain and “The Redneck Bride” by John Fergus Ryan. All three feature very colorful characters making A Musing View® By: Martha Peebles their way through situations ranging from the ordinary to the unusual to the fantastic. Juanita is a lady in her 40s whose wry sense of humor has helped her survive more than her fair share of troubles, one of which is Candy. All I need for Christmas is superglue “Oh, she’s fine,” she says in reply to her friend Beecher Perry’s question. “She’s living in Aspen anufacturers fering from anosmia with a cocaine dealer.” Mneed to produce due to his missing car- “Juanita, I don’t think kids have any idea how superglue in small, one- And package it in rot nose. Tragically, a much Preparation H they sell,” Beecher says. time use, little tubes. homemade clothespin Juanita says the only way to deal with them is to Purchasing a large Nativity ornament has love them and hope one day they’ll love you back. tube or bottle is waste- one-time use tubes lost baby Jesus. Jenkins opens his story with Juanita tending ful, since it can’t be It sounds as if my su- bar in Herb’s Cafe on the south side of Fort Worth, found when needed, or perglue job is cut out Texas. it is all dried up. cense or myrrh. the holidays. for me if I can just find It’s 3 p.m. and time for Old Jeemy on the radio. Superglue isn’t some- Thankfully, due to the A recent “Saturday the missing pieces. Jeemy plays what Juanita considers real country thing people use on fact that he is ceramic, Night Live” sketch de- Getting a jump on music, not the fake kind. She’s an aspiring song- a daily basis unless his arm attached with- picted SNL actors who superglue repair, I was writer herself, and she’s appalled that Smoky they are extraordi- out a hitch, and he can portrayed out-dated multitasking yesterday Mountain boy Roy Acuff was elected to the Coun- narily clumsy. Having return to his place next and broken ornaments evening while fixing try Music Hall of Fame before Bob Wills, the king it around during the to his camel. that were banished to supper and accidentally of western swing. holidays is almost as Tiny adornments on the back of the Christ- glued my left forefin- Juanita’s friend Lonnie Slocum, the leader of important as making decorations, bells, ac- mas tree. Harry Potter ger to my left thumb. a band called Dog Track Gravy, has promised to sure you have batteries. cents, wall hangings with a broken broom, a Not wanting to mix record one of her songs on his new album if she I’m going to put super- and the like also need “Welcome to Cleveland” the fingernail polish glue on my Christmas attention, since they ornament and a Santa remover antidote with Continued on Page 5 list each year. It is a have to survive being holding a beer were all cooking, I just ignored great stocking stuffer covered, packed and miserable. it. When Bill got home By Jerry and always needed af- boxed each January. We have similar orna- from work, he made a Editor’s Space Willis ter the holidays. This year, our three- ments, but unfortunate- comment on how good There is one stub- foot woodland Santa, ly, since our tree rotates dinner smelled. born stocking hanger who carries a man-bag, slowly on its base, there “It tastes superb, too!” at my house that usu- lost his head. is no such thing as the I said while flashing ally ends up broken Unfortunately, It’s back of the tree. him my permanently New Year’s has by the time Christmas nothing that superglue There are several fused “superb” sign. rolls around. The Santa can fix. He’s going to re- nurse ornaments, such I went on cooking and figurine perched on top quire a major surgical as a little nurse mouse laughing about my pre- changed for me of the hanger seems to procedure with stuff- who used to hold a dicament. ith New Year’s here, my memory takes me want to escape from the ing implants, a cervical thermometer. Now her He finally caught on back to when I had Jerry’s Mobile Music. mundane job of merely spinal rod and painful hands are grasping and said, “Have you WBack in the 1970s, disco was at its peak. So when holding up a stocking. sutures. At present, he the air. There’s also a been supergluing New Year’s rolled around, I was always at a party Then, there’s the 3rd is propped up against guitar-playing Santa again?” of some kind—working. Wise Man who has lost the wall and looks per- missing his left leg, ice “Yes,” I said. “It just For a couple of years, I spent New Year’s Eve at his gifting arm. It’s fectly comfortable. skates without blades, wouldn’t be Christmas Sinn’s Inn in Darmstadt. not clear whether he’s Maybe a doll hospital angels without halos without Jesus or super- I think that building burned just this year, but carrying gold, frankin- will admit him after and a snowman suf- glue.” Sinn’s Inn has been gone for a long time. It was difficult to unload my truck there, because everything had to go on a stage. I usually found help, though. Looking back Back then, I remember one cute little girl who, From the Sparta district book- she had at least 500. nois Coal, was named as the night rolled on, would get right in front County Journal of keeper Marian Hart- The Chester hospital president of the Illi- of one of my Bob Heil speakers and dance as if December 24, 1980 man announced she board held a special nois Chapter of the Soil she were dancing with the speaker, not a male The Coulterville would retire in June. ceremony to burn the Conservation Society of partner. school board said it She had been book- bonds that were issued America. I guess the music was just too much for her. I was hoping to build a keeper since 1956. in 1960 to build the new The Wine Hill Lucky had a pet name for that girl, but I can’t mention new school. SIU said anyone in hospital. Lassies and the Red it here. I had no idea who she was, but she kept It needed a bond is- southern Illinois who The paid off bond is- Bud 4-H Wonders re- me entertained. sue to pass if a new would plant black wal- sue was for $850,000. ceived the Banner Club I never had a New Year’s night off back then, and building could be con- nut trees would some- Steeleville’s Christ- Awards at 4-H Achieve- that’s the way I wanted it. Playing those gigs was structed. day receive a 6 percent mas home lighting con- ment Night. so much fun, and I could always take along my As explained, the return on his invest- wife and occasionally some friends. Those disco board felt that needed ment. test had been judged. The Randolph County years were great for me. repairs to the existing A story about Nettie First place, worth $50, Soil and Water Con- The best part about those days was that I did not building would be so Eaton of Cutler was went to the R. Gordon servation District said wake up January 1 with a hangover. costly that a new school featured. She had an Plater family at 906 William O’Brian would Now New Year’s is much more peaceful. This would be better. outstanding collection Crescent Court. be the guest speaker at year, we are going out to eat, with dinner at 6. We The current building of dolls. She had been Herschel Willliams of its annual meeting. should be home by 9 and in bed by 10:30. had been erected in collecting dolls for 40 Sparta, an employee O’Brian was an NFL When the New Year comes in at midnight, I 1927. years and estimated of Southwestern Illi- referee. should be watching TV or sound asleep. Shortly after the holiday, I will turn 71, so next year, I will probably be in bed December 31 by 9:30. Have a happy New Year. I hope you are at a great party, have lots of fun and don’t wake up with a Letters to the editor hangover. 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Krull...From Page 1______to the majority of ille- es. Sidnee Stephens mur- I, Krull said he takes gal acts committed in Krull said the people der investigation. notice. the area. From prop- from Jackson and ad- Krull was brought Informants also play erty crimes to violent jacent counties would in to interrogate Dako- a huge role in inves- crimes, meth is often often travel to Ran- ta Wall, Stephens’ half tigations. They help involved. dolph to make their sister. identify who is do- “(Meth) was just purchases, and like- Wall claimed to have ing what at any given Crops Out??? more of an addict- wise with users from no involvement in the time. When police have ing drug,” Krull said. Randolph. murder. enough informants, “That is why you’re Now, Krull said, the Krull interviewed they can keep track of FIELD EDGES & dealing with so much biggest problem is the Wall for two days—Sep- just about everyone in- property crime and vi- distribution of ICE tember 12-13, 2010— volved in criminal ac- TREE LIMBS olent crime.” coming from the Mexi- waiting for her to slip tivity. When meth first can cartel. up or change her story. Krull’s web of in- Excavating Work broke onto the scene, “The cartel ICE has She did. formants stretches Also Done! much of Krull’s inves- become so cheap, peo- During the interview, throughout the area, tigations were spent ple quit taking the risk Krull made a state- and being from the NEVIN MILLER tracking the peo- of cooking their own,” ment about a meeting county, Krull said peo- ple and chemicals in- Krull said. that took place before ple are more prone to AVA • 426-3108 volved. ICE is a more pure Stephens disappeared. talk to him than they Krull would track form of meth, usual- Krull said Wall’s de- would an outsider. the purchases of pseu- ly around 80 percent meanor changed, and Krull also noted the doephedrine, which is pure. she made a quick de- importance of treat- the active ingredient Krull said track- nial about the meeting. ing people fairly. He in medications such as ing and combating the “I don’t think so. If said that, to be a thor- Sudafed. meth problem in the there was, I wouldn’t ough investigator, peo- Medicines like Su- county can be frus- have been there,” Wall ple have to trust that dafed are controlled trating with a lack of told Krull in the inter- he will live up to his now, preventing meth manpower, but they do view. word. cooks from purchas- what they can. Krull said he never “It’s all about integri- ing large quantities “You have to keep accused Wall of being ty, honesty,” Krull said. at a time. This also al- people guessing,” Krull at the meeting. Krull “You have to follow lows stores to track said. zeroed in on her and the facts wherever the who purchases these Krull has utilized confronted her about facts lead you.” meds and when. his interrogation tech- this, and Wall admit- Krull has compiled de- Krull said this creat- niques and a massive ted some of her in- tailed files on most indi- ed a spiderweb effect. web of informants who volvement in the mur- viduals who have ties to Meth cooks would infiltrate the crime der. crime in the area. send out multiple rings in the area. Wall was arrested His colleagues nick- people—nicknamed Krull said it’s all October 5, 2012. She named him “Tree Kill- Smurfs—to purchase about reading peo- admitted her full in- er” because he would the pseudoephedrine ple. He has learned to volvement at that time compile thousands of so they would have read people’s facial ex- when she was inter- pages of documents enough to cook a batch pressions, the subtle- viewed by Krull and about cases and the in- of meth. ties of the way they Du Quoin Assistant Po- dividuals involved. Krull said that, in or- speak and catch cer- lice Chief Jamie Eller- When asked what der to get 10 boxes of tain words that may meyer. surprised him the Sudafed, they would seem out of place in Wall was eventually most about his job, he have to send out five their statements. convicted on a charge said he isn’t surprised smurfs. Krull said the most of home invasion and by much anymore. In 2013, Krull start- important thing he has is serving a 26-year “Early on, it was ed working with Jack- learned is the ability to prison sentence. how evil people could son County Sheriff Bob detect lies. It’s this attention to be,” Krull said. “I try Burns and his staff, as One example of a detail that pays off in to look in people’s eyes Jackson County was successful interroga- investigations, Krull and figure them out. already tracking pseu- tion was his involve- said. When people use Some people’s (eyes) Monday, December 31 doephedrine purchas- ment with the 2010 pronouns like we and are scary.” DINNER SPECIAL 14 Oz. New York Strip Steak Jackpot 14 Oz. Ribeye Steak 8 Oz. Ribeye Steak Sandwich winner Seafood Platter • Surf & Turf From Page 1____ much every week since - LUNCH BUFFET - he started in March of Sunday Buffet 11am-2pm 2017. He said he will use his winnings to pay off a few bills and maybe buy a new truck. Gabby’sBar & Grill Ava • 426-3000 Former Commander Harry Rahlfs said the crowds have been large again. He estimated that the December 20 crowd at the hall was 450 to 500 people. The next drawing will be January 3, when the jackpot will start out at $488,801. Steeleville’s last ma- jor winner was Brian Parks of Sparta, who won the April 19 draw- ing. He was present and won the entire $1.5 mil- Krull with some large marijuana plants during a major bust in 1993. lion before taxes.

Christmas memories Santa Claus visited Hakuna Matata Kid Care, a day care center in Steeleville, December 20. At left are the equally unhappy twins Auston and Lily Knop, 1, and sister Ava Knop, 2, who is much happier, the children of Drew and Amy Knop of Sparta. Santa’s visit was arranged with the help of long-time Santa helper Glenn Gerlach of Steeleville.

Meacham...From Page 4______can write a good Eventually, though, Juanita to praise the called a gallery of hi- one. Lonny is not im- she gets her inspira- Lone Star State and lariously foul dudes, pressed, though, with tion from Slick Hen- all its glory, and the search for “Baja Okla- Juanita’s first try, derson, who runs an result is the song that homa” on the internet. “God Don’t Care About Exxon station across carries her to the top The book is easy the Red Lights in Life.” the street from Herb’s. of the country charts to find, but the film He asks her why she’s The two are talking and to the stage with seems to be availa- wasting her time on a about the different ol’ Willie, who joins ble only on VHS tape. truck-driving song. regions of Texas when her in the chorus that However, YouTube has “You’ve never written Slick says, “If you start says, “It’s the laughter clips and a link to a a song about some- out on the other side you can carry through site where you can thing you love,” Lonny of that old Red River, the years that turn download or stream says. “Something that where I come from, you old. It’s Baja Okla- the movie. hurts. Life hurts.” you ain’t goin’ no- homa, but it’s Texas in For more by John Juanita says she’ll where but Baja Okla- your soul.” Meacham, visit laugh- knock out a quick bal- homa.” If you’d like to meet withjohn.wordpress. lad about hepatitis. That crack prompts what one reviewer com. PAGE 6 COUNTY JOURNAL | DECEMBER 27, 2018 business P’ville seeking nominations for top Wishes on Wheels A Steeleville family received a useful, free person, business Christmas present De- The Pinckneyville 2000, BARMAC cember 19. Chamber of Com- 2001, Grecian Steak Ethan and Danielle merce has opened and Seafood House Poole and their three nominations from the 2002, Perry County children now own a public for the 2019 Marketplace van. business and person 2003, Save-A-Lot Matt Mevert of of the year. 2004, Pinckneyville Mevert Automotive Past recipients of Community Hospital in Steeleville said he the person of the year 2005, Flower Patch had been wanting to award are 2006, First National do something like a 1998, Dr. Clarence Bank in Pinckney- vehicle giveaway for Cawvey ville quite a while. 1999, Kirwan Heis- 2007, McDaniel’s Mevert has vehicles ner and Dick Pyatt Furniture and he uses as loaners 2000, Gerry Luke Appliances when a customer’s and Steve Cannedy 2008, Red Hawk vehicle is being re- 2001, Peggy Sims Golf Club paired or serviced. 2002, Billie Ray 2009, Kuhnert Elec- He purchased a 1999 Craig tric Pontiac Montana van 2003, Dick Corn 2010, Lynn’s Hair- and refurbished it, 2004, Glen Hamil- styling but this time, instead Ethan and Danielle Poole and their three children with their Pontiac ton 2011, Caring and of using it in his busi- van. Also pictured is Matt Mevert. 2005, Bill and Mary Sharing Thrift Shop ness, he gave it away. Roe 2012, Contempri “We contacted the 2006, Mildred Homes churches and schools Wheels program. for this,” Poole said. at no charge. Todd Frazer Wolfe 2013, Pinckneyville for the names of peo- Ethan Poole said his “When Matt called, Ehlers provided a 2007, Chuck Dobrin- Ambulance Service ple who could use a family has a pickup we thought it was a gas card, and Amy ick 2014, Kay’s Massage van,” said Mevert. truck, but having the joke.” Brown, Poole’s sister, 2008, Toni Engel- 2015, Pinckneyville “We had four names, van is awesome, espe- Others also helped provided some car hardt Press and we chose the fam- cially with three chil- in the van program. seats for the kids. 2009, Loa Runion 2016, Dixie’s Cup ily to receive the van.” dren. First National Bank “I hope this program 2010, Bonnie Cafe It’s what Mevert “I didn’t know we of Steeleville did the gets bigger each Hudgins 2017, Pinckneyville calls his Wishes on were in the running title and license work year,” said Mevert. 2011, Paulet Loos Nursing and Reha- 2012, Charlie and bilitation Mary Greer 2018, Hutch's Tire 2013, Duane White and Lube. 2014, Bob Giacomo Nominations are Murphy-Wall opens facility in Carterville 2015, Rhonda Shu- being accepted until By Eric Lambert bert noon March 4. Murphy-Wall State 2016-Steve and Details and the on- Bank and Trust Com- Diann Priebe line submission form pany, which is head- pinck- 2017, Cathy Pyatt are available at quartered in Pinck- neyville.com. 2018, Elizabeth neyville, has opened Kellerman. For assistance or a new full-service Previous business of questions, call Gen at banking facility just the year award recipi- the chamber of com- off Route 13 in Car- ents are merce at 357-3243. terville. “While we may not be the first bank in Carterville, a num- ber of members of the management and seasoned staff has already invest- ed portions of their professional careers An architect’s rendering of the Murphy-Wall State Bank Carterville throughout William- branch son County, while fellow Carterville res- independent bank, munity with a second building trust with ident, has stepped up tracing its roots to a branch constructed in the people of their to the role of assistant founding in Pinckney- 2005 and acquiring a communities,” said branch manager. ville in 1874, serving location in Elkville in Murphy-Wall Presi- Murphy-Wall is an the Murphysboro com- 2013. dent and CEO Marty Davis. “The loan of- ficers of Murphy-Wall have invested a total of 142 years of com- bined lending and banking expertise here in southern Illi- nois. “We are ready to serve and become an integral part of the community.” Kyle Davis, a 15- year resident of Car- terville, has taken on the position of branch manager in Carter- Pet project ville, after having Buchheit of Sparta recently raised $560 for overseen branch op- the Randolph County Humane Society through erations in Murphys- a company initiative where customers were boro for four years. encouraged to purchase donation cards at He is also a loan of- the checkout counter. Buchheit raised a total ficer, specializing in of $4,370 for local animal shelters at all its commercial and resi- locations. From left are Shelly Evans of the dential mortgage ser- humane society and Sparta Buchheit store vices. manager Jeremy White. Bailey Thompson, a

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It was just over 35 time, it was said he Cue. years ago, not a very took $11,500. Police, in a chase cold day, but a day to The two drove to car and the helicop- remember. a farm northeast of ter, were closing in December 1, 1983 Trico. They left the on McCue, and he at 12:20 p.m. a man station wagon at the fired at them. wearing sunglasses, farm and got a ride Police fired back, a tweed dress hat and from someone else. hitting McCue with a suit walked into At about 3 p.m., two shotgun blasts. the First State Bank a police helicopter He was struck in the of Campbell Hill and spotted the vacated head, arms and legs, walked back out with getaway car. but he would recover. money. In the meantime, Cremer was appre- Before the day was Cremer and McCue hended by police. over, the robbery were in Ava, and they Guns and some of would be associated kidnapped a woman the money was recov- with a kidnapping, there and took her ered. shootout, wreck and car. They all head- McCue, as it turned capture. ed south on the Ava out, had also held up The man was later Blacktop. the Apothecary Shop identified as Richard A witness saw just outside Percy McCue, formerly of the kidnapping and November 30. He New York. His accom- called police, and the had been armed and plice was identified helicopter saw the forced owner Charlie as Cathy Cremer of suspect car on the Falkner and an em- Marion, formerly of road. ployee to lie on the Ava. Police set up a road floor. This car belonged to the Ava area hostage McCue and Cremer took as They escaped in a block, but McCue got McCue fired a shot hostage. McCue was driving it on the Ava Blacktop when he wrecked station wagon stolen around it. Police gave into the corner of the it. The inset shows a bullet hole. from a Percy busi- chase. McCue hit an- building, showing ness. other car, causing the two that he meant used in the Campbell soon face attempted guilty to all of the McCue told the that car to flip. business, then told Hill bank robbery the murder charges be- state charges and bank employees he The car McCue was Falkner and the em- next day. cause of the shots he was sentenced to 55 had a machine gun, driving then hit an ployee to get into the McCue and Cre- fired at police and years in prison. threw a bag at teller embankment near bathroom and stay mer both faced state the helicopter. In April, McCue Norma Fuhrhop and the McElvain School for five minutes. and federal charges. Both McCue and also pleaded guilty said he wanted mon- in Murphysboro. He took about $300 They were accused Cremer had been in and was sentenced to ey. The kidnapping and some drugs and of armed robbery, ag- prison previous to 30 years on the state He went behind the victim got out of the escaped. He also took gravated kidnapping this incident. charges. counter and began car and ran into a Falkner’s station and armed violence. In March of 1984, Both still faced fed- filling the bag. At the field followed by Mc- wagon, which McCue McCue would also Cremer pleaded eral charges. Semo Reps speak out Stanton on dean’s list Sydney Stanton of University in Nash- load of 12 hours and Pinckneyville was ville, Tennessee. a quality grade point s’ship on gas tax hike named to the fall Eligibility is based average of 3.5 with no dean’s list at Belmont on a minimum course grade below a C. Representatives Al- ago, we hiked income Bryar Pim of Steel- len Skillicorn and taxes by 32 percent eville was received Jeanne Ives spoke out for individuals. We do the Midwest Achieve- during a press confer- not need more new ment Award to attend ence last week in Chi- taxes. Yankey makes dean’s list Southeast Missouri cago against the idea “In addition, many State University in An Ellis Grove man a spot on the Univer- exercise science. of Illinois becoming the border communities Cape Girardeau in is doing well in Ev- sity of Evansville fall The college is locat- state with the largest and towns located ad- spring 2019. ansville. dean’s list. ed in Evansville, Indi- tax on motor fuel. jacent to interstates Pim is the son of Alex Yankey earned Yankey is studying ana. The motor fuel tax will be unfairly pe- Conlee Pim of Maris- in Illinois is just over nalized by this hike. sa and Stephanie Gor- 37 cents per gallon. “Rest assured this don of Steeleville. Raising the gas tax punitive tax would He was a 2016 grad- by 30 cents per gal- not only damage bor- uate of Steeleville HOLIDAY BANKING lon, which was re- der communities, but High School and 2018 cently proposed by it would hurt families graduate of South- Chicago Mayor Rahm across the state.” western Illinois Col- HOURS Emanuel, would Instead of a gas tax lege. place Illinois’ gas tax hike, Skillicorn pro- 22 percent higher posed working with than the next highest Congress on a bill Two on state, Pennsylvania. that would fill the “Illinois is already gap in road funds dean’s list taxed enough,” Skilli- through federal mon- Monday, December 31 at Bradley corn said. “Just a year ey. New Year’s Eve ~ Closing at Noon Tyler Figueroa of Til- Tuesday, January 1 den and Anna Coulter Marissa school of Sparta were named At its December 17 hired as a bus driv- New Year’s Day ~ CLOSED to the fall dean’s list at meeting, the Marissa er. He is temporarily Bradley University. school board took ac- driving the Coulter- Figueroa is studying tion on three person- ville/Red Bud spe- communication and nel matters. cial education route. Coulter user experience Valarie Blank was He makes $17.81 an design. hired as the high hour. Main Bank • 965-3441 Full-time students school secretary. She Travis Steinwag- Percy Banking Center • 497-8361 who earn a semester was placed on an ner was approved as Sparta Banking Center • 443-4555 GPA of 3.5 or higher on 11-month schedule at a volunteer coach for www.bankatfnb.com a 4.0 scale earn a place $15 an hour. the boys high school on the dean’s list. Chad Gilley was basketball team. PAGE 8 COUNTY JOURNAL | DECEMBER 27, 2018 Celebrating New Year’s Eve—just what started it all?

By Ed DeRousse erlands until 1698. Rus- The entire house is ing at the stroke of Out with the old. In sia adopted it after the cleaned, debts are paid, midnight. It is a ges- with the new. revolution of 1918 and Different and unresolved issues ture that purifies every- That’s a New Year’s Greece in 1923. are taken care of. thing evil. tradition we celebrate Many orthodox customs around Bells are rung 108 Football also plays an each year. churches still use the times in Buddhist tem- important part, as does New Year’s celebra- Julian calendar, which the world ples symbolizing 108 the ball dropping in tions have been record- is now 13 days behind human weaknesses be- Times Square. ed for at least 4,000 the Gregorian. ing eliminated from the In the 20th century, years. Civilizations The United States and ficial birth of Jesus, the previous year. New Year’s, for the have celebrated it on Great Britain contin- remembrance would In Scotland, the birth- most part, has separat- different days and in ued to use the Julian be eight days later, on place of “Auld Lang ed into its own celebra- many different ways. calendar until George January 1. Syne,” neighbors visit tion not associated with Probably the earliest II signed a parliamen- The name of the cel- each other after mid- religion. Instead, it is recorded festival was tary bill allowing for ebration was changed night and convey New associated with nation- the ancient Babylonian Wednesday, September in 1969 by the Roman Year’s wishes. ality, introspection and festival called Akitu. 2, 1752 to be followed by Catholic Church to So- Residents of Spain eat relationships. The vernal equinox Julius Caesar set January Thursday, September lemnity of Mary to re- 12 grapes at midnight. Today we watch New determined when to 1 as the beginning of the 14, 1752. The bill also flect their emphasis on The grapes are meant Year’s celebrations all celebrate. That is the new year. authorized New Year’s Mary’s role as mother to ensure 12 happy over the globe and can day in March with an Day to move to Janu- of the Savior. months in the coming celebrate it with the equal amount of sun- man God Janus. He ary 1 from its previous Great Britain believes year. world. light and darkness. had two faces, which March 25 date. the first guest of the Many in the United It takes 26 hours to en- The Babylonian cel- allowed him to look New Year’s New Year, a male, will States celebrate by kiss- compass all 39 time zones. ebration lasted 11 days. forward into the future Celebrations bring them fortune. He Akitu was also the and back into the past. The way the first day will enter through the period when new Bab- The Romans celebrat- of a new year is cel- front door and is sup- ylonian kings were ed the day by offering ebrated has a varied posed to bring a loaf for crowned or the man- sacrifices to Janus and history. the kitchen, a drink for dates of the current exchanging gifts with The earliest celebra- the head of the family ones were symbolically one another. They also tions were more pagan and coal to light the renewed. decorated their homes in nature. They cel- fire. Otherwise, he is The mighty Roman with laurel branches ebrated Earth’s cycles not allowed in. These Empire also used a and attended raucous and appreciations of things bring good for- calendar based on the parties. various Gods. tune throughout the vernal equinox. Its cal- Caesar’s calendar was Christian traditions year. endar was created by quite accurate. It lost celebrated the Feast Suckling pigs are Romulus, the founder only 11½ minutes a year. of the Circumcision of good luck charms in of Rome. It consisted of But by the 16th century, Christ on New Year’s Austria. The Austrians 10 months and 304 days. it had lost 10 days on Day. serve them with edible Numa Pompilius, in the solar calendar. Joseph and Mary pigs and peppermint the eighth century, add- To correct that inac- named their baby boy ice cream as dessert. ed the months of Janu- curacy Pope Gregory Jesus and circumcised Japan’s New Year is a ary and February. XIII, in 1582, ordered 10 Him eight days later celebration of renewal. Julius Caesar intro- days to be added to the in keeping with the Oshogatsu New Year’s duced the Julian calen- calendar, along with a old Jewish custom. All is the most important Snack time! dar in 46 BC to accom- corrective measure. males were circum- festival. Marissa librarian Robin Geralds and assistant modate the fact that the The Gregorian calen- cised as a sign of the Business is shut down Olivia Parker recently helped children make calendar had fallen out dar loses 26 seconds per eternal covenant be- for the day, and homes a batch of Christmas snack mix, practicing of sync with the sun. year, a difference of one tween God and the Jew- are decorated to wel- cleanliness by wearing plastic gloves. Photo by Caesar instituted Jan- day every 3,323 years. ish people. come luck and fortune. Carol Mercer uary 1 as the first day It was not officially Since the church au- of the year. January’s accepted, though, by thorities established namesake was the Ro- Germany and the Neth- December 25 as the of-

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Shoes Cutler to level trash the service playing delayed Earlier this month, the Cutler town board field approved the ordinanc- By Travis Lott es to start a mandato- Christmas came early ry trash collection pro- to Chester Grade School gram. kindergarten students Trash bills will be last Wednesday morn- placed on the water ing. and sewer bills. The The First Baptist cost is $12.50 a month. Church of Chester gift- It was estimated that ed all 64 kindergarten the billing and service children a new pair of would start January name brand shoes. 1 if all was approved The project has been with SL Sanitation of in the works for a few Pinckneyville, the com- months, with the mon- pany that will provide ey for the shoes being the pickup. raised by the church SL, however wants congregation. Church to make some adjust- members visited the ments to the contract school prior to the dona- before it approves the tion day to fit each child agreement. for their new shoes. Therefore, service Children’s faces lit will not start until Feb- up when they opened ruary or March. their packages that con- If SL makes any tained brands such as changes, the Cutler Nike, Adidas, Skechers “Right on.” board will again look and Converse. The shoes came complete at the contract. Pastor Mike Fogerson with a new pair of socks said each youngster and a piece of candy. Cutler will be able to sport the Grade school Principal shoes, erasing those Tim Lochhead said the lines of economic dis- Chester community has al- lighting parity. ways been good to the chil- “This levels the play- dren of the school district. winners The village of Cut- ing field,” Fogerson “This is just anoth- ler again sponsored the said. er awesome exam- Christmas home lighting The donations were ple,” Lochhead said. contest for residents. made in honor of the First place goes to the late Dr. Jim Whitten- Above, Jesse Berkbueg- Roy Conway family on S. berg, a member of the ler’s face lights up as Market Street. church. he opens his new pair Second was won by Whittenberg’s wife of shoes. To his right is Lisa Tindall on Route Wilma was on hand Connor Long. In the 150 and third by the Ron December 19 to assist in photo at right, Lilly Kinkade family on North passing out the shoes. Dodson and Curi Harshaw. When asked what Davis sport big grins First place paid $50, Whittenberg would as they open their second $30 and third $10. have said about the do- presents. Those joyful The houses were nation, she simply said, expressions say it all. judged December 21. PAGE 10 COUNTY JOURNAL | DECEMBER 27, 2018

sports By: Dan Zobel Prep boys bowling results Sparta’s Mireles sets school record Steeleville 2,362 Sparta 1,777 Steeleville won all three games December 19 at Legion Bowl in Steeleville by scores of 856-652, 736-552 and 770-573. Steeleville was led by Hunter Smith, who had a high game of 223 and high series of 573. Levi Kurtz had the high series for Sparta with a 419. He had game scores of 146, 133 and 140. The other Bulldogs were Eli Hamilton (160, 113, 111), Braeden Dierks (98, 109, 123), Dustin Lohman (158, 100, 120), Nathan Comer (90), Jordan Mireles (97) and Kaden Schneider (79). In the junior varsity match, Mireles bowled a 196, which sets Sparta’s record for high game score. Steeleville 2,447 Johnston City 1,822 Steeleville went on the road December 18 and defeated Johnston City in all three games by scores of 916-571, 752-615 and 779-636. Steeleville’s high series came from Nick Craig with a 566. Craig’s scores were 234, 142 and 190. The rest of the Warrior bowlers were Hunter Smith (137, 134), Adison Furman (164, 137), Nick Beshears (181, 168), Noah Middendorf (200, 171, 164), Tommy Koch (130), Harry Higgins (153) and Ronin Doiron (142). Prep basketball regional info There are several boys and girls basketball teams that will host regional or sectional tournaments There will be a num- Chester and Anna- ber of high school boys Jonesboro are Trico, and girls basketball Pinckneyville, Red teams in the County Bud, Sparta, Du Quoin, Journal coverage area Johnston City, Vienna that will host regional and West Frankfort. or sectional tourna- ments. Girls Looking ahead, girls On the girls end, Steel- regional seeds will be eville and Red Bud will announced January 24 each host a sectional with boys seeds being and Trico will host a posted February 7. regional. Boys Class 1A On the boys side of In Class 1A, Steeleville things, Marissa-Coul- has never before hosted terville and Chester a girls sectional basket- will each have the hon- ball tournament, but ors of hosting a region- it has been the site of al tournament. three regional tourna- Class 1A ments in the last eight For Marissa-Coulter- years. ville, this will be the This year, in sub-sec- first time since 2008 tional B of the Steel- that the Meteors have eville Sectional, New hosted a boys regional Athens and Elverado tournament. will be the regional This year, Marissa- hosts. Coulterville will host Joining those two Pinckneyville’s Grant Tanner made this shot over Chester defender Ian Reith in the second a Class 1A regional in teams and Steeleville half of the Panther victory. sub-sectional B of the in the sub-sectional Okawville Sectional. are Christopher, Cob- The other regional den, Galatia, Valmeyer, host in that sub-sec- Waterloo Gibault and tional will be Hardin Shawnee. Calhoun. Class 2A The teams that will be Heading over to Class divided between those 2A, Red Bud will be the two regional sites will host of a sectional that Heavy pressure be Brussels, Bunker includes Trico as one Hill, Metro-East Luther- of the regional hosts in Pinckneyville defense frustrates Chester an, Father McGivney, sub-sectional B. Lebanon, Lovejoy, Mad- Red Bud has not held By Dan Zobel prepared for it, but we make us better. er said. “They were ison, Mt. Olive, New a girls basketball sec- Despite the Ches- weren’t,” said Ches- “These games don’t aggressive and real- Athens, Okawville, tional tournament for ter Yellow Jackets ter coach Brad Nor- mean much right now. ly looked to attack. I Valmeyer and Waterloo at least over 20 years, sporting by far the man. “We just have It’s the ones late in Feb- thought defensively, Gibault. but the Lady Musket- two tallest players on to find some answers ruary that mean the they were as good as Staying in 1A, Steel- eers did have a regional the court December somewhere. We have to most.” anything because they eville will compete in tournament in 2015. 22, the Pinckneyville be able to handle that Pinckneyville, which used their length and sub-sectional A of the Trico and Trenton- Panthers’ suffocating pressure. That’s prob- lost its first game of really walled things off Gallatin County Sec- Wesclin are the two re- defense proved that ably our biggest down- the season in overtime and kept the ball out of tional. gionals in sub-sectional height does not always fall right now and the to West Frankfort in the lane.” The two regional B. matter. main thing we focus on overtime, is now 9-2, Chester, which sports hosts in the sub-sec- Trico last hosted a “I thought our pres- in practice. having won nine of 10 6’6 forwards Ian Reith tional are Sesser-Valier girls basketball region- sure was extremely “We have to do a bet- games since the opener. and Keith Kiner, who and Wayne City. al tournament at the good on the ball and off ter job and I have to do “We’re just continu- each stand three inches The rest of the field 2A level in 2013. The the ball,” said Pinck- a better job coaching. ing to improve,” Wag- taller than the tallest from that sub-section- Pioneers hosted a 2A neyville coach Bob If we handle that pres- goner said. “Our effort Pinckneyville player, al is Bluford Webber, sectional in 2016. Waggoner. “I thought sure early, it’s a differ- is better and I think was unable to run its Christopher, Elvera- Trico has also been we did a great job of ent game.” our attention to detail offense for much of the do, Galatia, Grayville, a host at 1A, holding a pushing their posts out Chester dropped to is getting better. At the first quarter. NCOE, Thompsonville, regional tournament a little further than 8-4, with its other de- same time, I think we Pinckneyville’s pres- Waltonville, Woodlawn in 2015 and sectionals what they like and giv- feats coming at the have a lot of room for sure defense forced and Zeigler-Royalton. in 2014. ing good help.” hands of Nashville, improvement. Our best nine Chester turnovers Class 2A This year, in 2A, fill- Pinckneyville’s full Carbondale and Mur- basketball is in front in the opening period, Moving into Class 2A ing out the rest of court man-to-man de- physboro. of us.” 23 for the game, and the is where Chester will sub-sectional B will fense helped cause “We have to play the Panther leading scor- Panthers ran out to an host its regional. be Chester, Pinckney- nine Chester turnovers best to be the best,” er guard Dawson Yates 8-0 lead. The Yellow Jackets ville, Sparta, Red Bud, in the first quarter, in- Norman said. “I think scored 12 points against The opening spurt was last hosted a regional Belleville Althoff, Car- cluding five on the first it’s going to help when Chester, but it was the capped off by a Kelton in 2015. lyle, Dupo, Nashville six possessions, and we get back into confer- play of guard Hunter Linze 3-pointer from This year, Chester will and Sesser-Valier. the Panthers defended ence play and I think it Riggins (13 points) and the left corner before be one of two regional their home court for a will help when we get forward Grant Tanner Norman called for a sites in sub-sectional 47-35 nonconference down to regional tour- (12 points) that really timeout. B of the Du Quoin Sec- RALPH’S victory. nament time. It’s given put Pinckneyville over Out of the timeout, tional. SMALL ENGINE REPAIR “We were expect- us some scar tissue. the top. Chester switched from The other regional HUSTLER • TORO ing (the pressure), we Hopefully, that’s do- “(Riggins and Tan- its man-to-man defense host is Anna-Jonesboro. ECHO • INGERSOLL knew it was coming ing what we want it to ner) had by far their Teams that will be ARIENS • GRAVELY and I thought we were do, which is ultimately best games,” Waggon- Continued on Page 12 divided up between 568-1707 • Hwy. 51 South • Elkville COUNTY JOURNAL | DECEMBER 27, 2018 PAGE 11

Bowling High school girls basketball weekly game roundup standings Chester’s Destiny Williams tops 1,000 career points Steeleville December 22 Trico 56 points and Olivia Quig- Out of Chester’s last riod. Won Lost Carterville 46 Johnston City 50 ley four. six games, five have Abby Jeschke added Monday Early Pinckneyville 25 TRI 19 07 13 17 - 56 M-C made just 5-of- come on the road. nine points and Brian- J-C 12 17 14 07 - 50 12 free throws and El- Against Cobden, na Tuthill eight. Mixed Nuts 79 40 PVE 09 09 01 06 - 25 County Journal 73 46 CTV 16 10 18 02 - 46 Sam Cottom poured verado 8-of-14. Reese Chandler tacked The Pioneers had Splits & Giggles 71 48 Megan Barton led in 27 points, 18 in the The Lady Meteors on 15 points, Kendall four players score at Dolls With Balls 68 51 all scorers with 15 second half, to lead held Elverado’s prolific Williams 14 and Jo- least eight points Myah Brunzee’s Divas 63 56 the Pioneers past scorer Allie Whitting- sie Kattenbraker 12. Kelley lead the charge FNB Alley Cats 59 60 points, and Carter- U Iron Workers 51 68 ville opened the sec- Johnston City and ton to just 15 points. Destiny Williams and with 16. She made High Team Game ond half with a 16-0 snap a four-game los- Whittington averages Chandler each made four of the team’s six Dolls With Balls 793 run, en route to a ing streak. just over 26 points per one 3-pointer. 3-pointers. High Team Series Cottom tallied 10 game and entered the Chester hit 7-of-11 Megan Wettig added Brunzee’s Bowling Divas home SIRR Mississip- 2201 pi victory over Pinck- points in the fourth contest having scored free throws and Cob- 14 points, Sam Cottom High Ind. Game neyville. quarter, when Trico 43 points in back-to- den 11-of-13. 11 and Bailey Kuhnert Katie Wedemeyer 223 The Lady Panthers outscored Johnston back games. The 15 Jenna Hartline eight. Mallory Brooks High Ind. Series City 17-7. points were the second scored 17 points for chipped in five. Katie Wedemeyer 635 are 2-3 in the confer- ence, one of each of Megan Wettig add- least she has scored in Cobden. She made all Trico, though, was their losses coming ed 16 Trico points, in- a game this season. nine of her free-throw just 8-of-16 at the free- Tuesday Early to the three teams cluding three of the Chloe Barnes added attempts. throw line. Shiloh Aces 128 82 team’s four 3-point- 11 points for Elverado New Athens 43 Pistol City 124.5 85.5 ahead of them, which December 19 Farm Bureau 112 98 are Carterville, Anna- ers. Bailey Kuhnert and Emma Funk nine. Elverado 67 Red Bud 35 Andy’s Auto Body 109.5 100.5 Jonesboro and Nash- chipped in five points Barnes made three of Trico 60 REB 08 09 09 09 - 35 Menard Auto 105 105 ville. and Mallory Brooks the team’s five 3-point- ELV 09 16 16 26 - 67 NAT 13 11 13 06 - 43 NAPA 99 111 three. ers, while Funk and TRI 17 16 12 15 - 60 Claire Grohmann River City Auto 84 126 Pinckneyville was Glory Bowl 78 132 playing its first full Trico knocked down Whittington each Allie Whittington had a solid overall High Team Game game without leading 14-of-26 free throws made one. had a monster individ- game for Red Bud, but River City Auto 1277 scorer Kenzie Rush- and Johnston City 14- Chester 73 ual performance, with the Lady Musketeers High Team Series of-21. Cobden 29 43 points, and the Lady could not hold down River City Auto 3759 ing, who suffered a High Ind. Game season-ending ACL in- Jaydin Parks and CHE 28 12 22 11 - 73 Falcons rallied past Danika White in a Robert Schaber 247 jury during the team’s Sydney Billington COB 09 10 08 02 - 29 the Pioneers for a road Cahokia Conference High Ind. Series December 17 game each scored 16 points Chester junior Desti- nonconference victory. Kaskaskia Division Kyle Hinnerichs 641 against Nashville. for Johnston City. ny Williams reached a This was Whitting- loss at New Athens. Against Carter- Marissa-Coulterville 44 milestone in the Lady ton’s second consecu- White scored 23 Thursday Early ville, the Lady Pan- Elverado 37 Yellow Jacket blowout tive 43-point game af- points for New Athens. Pocket Pounders 132.5 42.5 thers were led by M-C 10 13 17 04 - 44 nonconference victory ter hitting that mark Julia Drake chipped Chester Natl. Bk 115 60 ELV 10 11 05 11 - 37 at Cobden. December 13 in a 68-63 in 11. Windy Hill Farms 109 66 Payton Morgan with Pistol City 102 73 14 points. Megan Emily Smith scored Williams went over loss to Meridian. She New Athens made Kueker Ins. 96 79 Breslin (5 points) and 14 Marissa-Coulterville the 1,000-point pla- averages a robust 27.9 11-of-17 free throws Chester Eagles 84.5 90.5 Bella Pasquino (4 points, and the Lady teau for her career in points per game. and Red Bud 1-of-4. Broadway Tavern 76.5 98.5 Meteors used a big the game. She led all Against Trico, Whit- Grohmann finished Sparta Equip. 71.5 103.5 points) each made one S’ville 1st Natl. 71.5 108.5 3-pointer. third quarter to pull scorers with 25 points, tington, who made with 10 points, four Hillside Auto 66.5 1-8.5 Pinckneyville made away from Elverado in all coming in the first four 3-pointers and all steals, four rebounds Peace Lutheran 64 111 3-of-11 free throws a road nonconference three quarters. 15 of her free throw and three assists. Mevert’s Auto 61 114 bout. She has now scored attempts, scored 15 of Hope Guebert put in High Team Game and Carterville 5-of-5. Windy Hill Farms 1202 Abbey Crain scored Hailey Krause scored 1,010 points in her ca- her points in Elverado’s six points, including High Team Series 11 points for Carter- nine points for M-C reer. The school re- 26-point fourth quarter. two 3-pointers, and Chester National Bank 3469 ville and Alecia Doyle and Bree Portz six, cord, which was set As a team, the Lady had four rebounds. High Ind. Game including the team’s by Jennifer (Knowles) Falcons made 29-of-37 Hannah Sievers Kris Beshears 279 10. Crain made the High Ind. Series team’s only 3-pointer. only 3-pointer. Grace Coleman in 1994-97, is free throws, including picked up six points Kris Beshears 758 December 20 Middendorf added six 1,566 career points. 15-of-16 in the final pe- and five rebounds. Sparta girls bowling gets past Steeleville Girls basketball Sparta 1,164 The top Sparta and 136. Steeleville used one Steeleville 1,139 bowler was Katie Pe- Steeleville’s other bowler from John- Sparta edged out ters with a series of three bowlers were ston City to make five standings Steeleville in a match 335. Her games were Alexandra Loucks (26, bowlers for a team Records Through December 25 played at Legion Bowl 92, 139 and 104. 19, 38), Mia Gall (108, score. Conference Overall in Steeleville. The other Sparta 116, 79) and Paige An- Steeleville’s high se- Black Diamond Conference West Division Steeleville won the scores came from Sky derson (104, 115, 120). ries came from Paige Goreville 4-0 10-1 first game 373-372 Richno (93, 83, 110), Johnston City 1,874 Anderson with a 446. S-V-W 3-1 12-2 before Sparta took Anna Gaertner (103, Steeleville 1,491 Her game scores were Vienna 3-1 9-3 game two 400-393 100, 105), Hannah Johnston City host- 173, 149 and 124. Christopher 1-3 7-5 and game three 392- Hughes (84) and Iza- ed Steeleville Decem- The other Lady War- Chester 0-3 8-5 373. belle Bird (78, 73). ber 18 and defeated rior bowlers were Al- Trico 0-3 3-12 Steeleville only has Steeleville’s high se- the Lady Warriors in exandra Loucks (52, four bowlers, so Spar- ries came from Brea all three games, 591- 41, 6), Mia Gall (77, 80, Cahokia Conference Kaskaskia Division ta only used four to- Evans with a 414. Her 528, 592-482 and 691- 104) and Brea Evans Lebanon 6-0 11-4 ward its team score. games were 135, 143 481. (112, 136, 144). Marissa-Coulterville 4-1 10-2 New Athens 4-2 6-5 Red Bud 2-2 7-8 Steeleville 1-4 4-8 Sparta wrestlers earn medals at Cumberland Dupo 1-5 2-11 Valmeyer 0-4 2-8

Burns, Goddard pick up fourth-place finishes SIRR Mississippi The Sparta High School wrestling team com- Carterville 4-1 11-2 peted December 15 at the Cumberland Skull and Anna-Jonesboro 4-1 11-2 Crossbones Tournament. Nashville 3-1 10-3 The top Bulldogs were Zach Burns and Nick Pinckneyville 2-3 7-6 Goddard. Du Quoin 1-3 5-7 Burns placed fourth at 113 pounds and Goddard Sparta 0-5 3-11 fourth at 285. Darius Hargrove and Isaac Evans each picked up sixth-place marks for Sparta. Hargrove wrestled at 160 pounds and Evans 195. Upcoming events at the WSRC Iceberg Shoot January 1

The World Shooting and Recreational Complex in Sparta still has some events on the horizon despite colder temperatures, according to dnr. illinois.gov. December 29 Pending weather, public sporting clays are open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Public trap will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. January 1 The Iceberg Shoot is scheduled to run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event will include 25 skeet targets, 25 trap and 50 sporting clay. Check-in begins at 9 at the vendor mall with shooting at 10. January 4-6 Zach Burns During this span of days, the Zoli/Promatic Sporting Clays Series is scheduled to take place. January 5-6 The Okaw Valley beagle dog trials are scheduled Isaac Evans for these two days.

Nick Goddard Darius Hargrove PAGE 12 COUNTY JOURNAL | DECEMBER 27, 2018 Prep boys basketball roundup Boys basketball Sparta, Chester, P’ville win in blow outs standings December 21 five 3-pointers, Rig- Kueker and Carter 14 points and Bradyne Pinckneyville 76 gins three and Hough- Wiegard (5 points) Cometto 11 to lead the Records Through December 25 Anna-Jonesboro 46 land two. each made one 3-point- Bulldogs to a road Conference Overall PVE 18 17 26 15 - 76 Pinckneyville made er. Jayden Birkner nonconference win Black Diamond Conference West Division A-J 05 11 20 10 - 46 all nine of its free added five points. over the Pirates. Chester 4-0 9-4 Dawson Yates com- throw attempts. A-J hit Red Bud made 4-of-9 The win snapped Goreville 1-0 5-5 piled 26 points, five 11-of-15. free throws and Free- a three-game losing Sesser-Valier 3-1 5-3 assists and three re- The Wildcats made burg 4-of-6. streak. Christopher 1-1 5-4 bounds to lead Pinck- five 3-pointers, includ- The Midgets poured Keen, Jared Stefani Vienna 1-2 6-6 neyville to a road ing three from Blake in 11 3-pointers, includ- (8 points) and Miles Trico 0-2 3-7 romp of Anna-Jones- Pena, who scored 21 ing six from Ervie. Ja- Parks (3 points) each Zeigler-Royalton 0-4 1-8 boro in SIRR Missis- points. cob Blomenkamp (12 made a 3-pointer for sippi action. Freeburg 67 points) made a trio of Sparta. Cahokia Conference Kaskaskia Division Grant Tanner add- Red Bud 22 3-pointers. Tony Williams added Marissa-Coulterville 3-0 8-1 ed 13 points and three REB 02 07 13 00 - 22 Chester 65 nine points, Dawson Steeleville 3-1 7-3 assists for Pinckney- FRE 20 15 19 13 - 67 Zeigler-Royalton 28 Algee eight, Rodney Dupo 4-2 7-4 ville, while Hunter Luke Ervie scored Chester rolled to a Anderson five and New Athens 2-1 5-4 Riggins had 11 points 22 points for Freeburg BDC West victory at Kerry Harris four. Valmeyer 2-3 4-7 and three assists. and led the team’s home against Zeigler- Sparta made 16-of- Red Bud 0-3 1-10 Ben Restoff and Dy- 3-pointer barrage, as Royalton. 27 free throws and Lebanon 0-4 0-12 lan Houghland each the Midgets topped The Yellow Jackets Valmeyer 12-of-17. picked up six points Red Bud in a noncon- led 39-11 at halftime. Philip Reinhardt SIRR Mississippi and three assists. ference home game. December 20 led all scorers with 17 Nashville 3-0 11-0 The Panthers shot The Musketeers, Sparta 67 points, including two Pinckneyville 3-0 9-2 57 percent from the who were shut out in Valmeyer 37 3-pointers, for Valmey- Carterville 2-1 4-6 floor, including 13- the fourth quarter, SPA 16 20 09 22 - 67 er. Jacob Rowold made Du Quoin 1-2 5-5 of-25 from 3-point were led by Alex Kue- VAL 04 17 09 11 - 37 one 3-pointer and tal- Sparta 0-3 5-5 range. Yates made ker with nine points. Carlos Keen scored lied 11 total. Anna-Jonesboro 0-3 3-8 Illinois High School Association fall classifications The Illinois High tivities will not change. The 2A schools will and softball, 279 for 1A boys and girls basket- Murphysboro, Colum- School Association re- The most noteworthy have enrollments of and 564.3 for 2A, and ball, baseball, softball bia, Benton, Carter- cently came out with change with this classi- 299.01 to 697. volleyball, 233 for 1A and volleyball, this ville, Massac County the first information fication cycle is higher This cycle will also and 527 for 2A. classification cycle will and Freeburg. about its new two-year enrollment cutoffs for make uniform cutoffs Under the new sys- not directly effect area Dupo is a team that classification cycle. team-bracketed sports, for those sports, where- tem, classification en- teams. will drop from 2A to The cycle, which was which includes boys as currently, the cutoff rollment will be de- Indirectly, though, it 1A. adopted by the IHSA and girls basketball, enrollment figures are termined by the aver- will bring some chang- After the two-year board in June, will baseball, softball and different. age of the enrollments es through different cycle is completed, en- cover the school years volleyball. For example, as it gathered for the previ- competition. rollment figures will of 2019-20 and 2020-21. When the cycle be- stands now, the cutoffs ous two school terms. Schools that have reg- be calculated again be- During that period, gins, 1A schools will in boys and girls bas- Based off these num- ularly been classified fore being set in stone classifications in mul- have enrollments of 1 ketball are 261 for 1A bers, starting in the at 3A that will drop for the next two-year ti-class sports and ac- to 299 students. and 546 for 2A; baseball 2019-20 school year for down to 2A include cycle.

Heavy pressure...From Page 10______into an extended 2-3 a game high 20 points, tin was able to get three zone, which they 15 coming in the second shots away. stayed in for most of half. That was because the rest of the game. “(Reith and Kiner) are Pinckneyville’s de- “We thought we could their heart and soul, fense was constantly come in and maybe but (Drake Bollman) is up on them, not giving body up on (Yates) a a good player too who them much room to do little bit and kind of can drive the ball and anything, let alone get stay in his space be- play inside and out,” squared up for a shot. cause he’s such a good Waggoner said. “They “Our ego is not too scorer,” Norman said. had a definite size ad- big to the point where “It just didn’t work. vantage, but we wanted we’re not going to put We turned it over too to make it a full court someone in who is ca- much, which caused game and not allow pable of handling that us to be a little frantic them to play in the half pressure,” Norman on the defensive end court.” said. “We just have to and we didn’t commu- Making it a full court find somebody who is nicate well enough. I game is what Pinck- capable of handling it. think our zone is prob- neyville was able to do. DeOndre did a better ably our bread and Kiner scored eight job tonight coming off butter.” points for Chester and the bench and handling Kiner scored on a Bollman seven, but it. Matt Korando didn’t reverse layup inside those are the only other turn the ball over at all. to put Chester on the two players who scored We may have to rotate board with just over for the Yellow Jackets. a little more when it four minutes left in the Starting guards Jake comes to that.” quarter, cutting Pinck- Cushman and Colin Meanwhile, Chester neyville’s lead to 9-2. Wingerter were held was never able to get its Pinckneyville’s Dawson Yates looks to attack off a Dylan Houghland Chester’s zone effec- scoreless, as well as deficit lower than the screen while Chester defender DeOndre Martin does his best to fight tively slowed down the DeOndre Martin and five points it was early over the screen. Panther attack, but Matt Korando, who in the second quarter. Pinckneyville came each spent time in the Still trailing 13-8, the derneath their own a 28-13 advantage. be better.” out of the quarter game off the bench. Yellow Jackets had the basket when Riggins Chester cut it back Bollman buried a ahead 13-4. The reason Chester’s ball, but Martin was got free in the opposite to 28-19, including a 3-pointer with under Reith opened the sec- guards were unable to called for a travel. corner. Kiner fastbreak dunk, three minutes left in ond quarter in a flour- find the bottom of the Pinckneyville was His shot attempt but Riggins answered the game to bring ish for Chester, and af- hoop is that they were able to capitalize missed, but Pinckney- the call with his third Chester back within ter back-to-back buck- unable to get shots off. thanks to another ville kept control of the 3-ball of the period to 10 points, 41-31. ets in the lane, Chester Wingerter and Cush- Chester mistake. ball when Bollman was push the score to 31-19. Pinckneyville, was back within 13-8. man each only attempt- The Panthers were whistled for a foul on Late in the third, a though, made 6-of-8 Reith finished with ed one shot, while Mar- taking the ball out un- the rebound. Riggins steal helped free throws in the clos- With the Panthers set up a Yates transition ing minutes to sew up taking the ball out score to make it 33-22. the game. again under their In the fourth, Tan- Chester finished the own basket, Riggins ner came alive for the game shooting 38 per- got open in the same Panthers. cent from the field, in- corner and this time The junior made cluding 1-of-9 from the he made the 3-pointer, three straight shots in 3-point line, and 6-of-11 giving Pinckneyville a the lane to help give at the free-throw line. 16-8 lead. Pinckneyville a 39-26 Pinckneyville made The Yellow Jacket de- lead. just 36 percent of its fense did keep Pinck- Riggins then grabbed shots, including 5-of- neyville off the board another steal and fed 20 from behind the arc, much of the rest second Yates for another tran- but knocked down 8-of- quarter as the Panthers sition bucket to make 12 free throws. settled for more 3-point it 41-26. Linze added six points attempts against the “A lot of credit goes to for the Panthers and zone defense. their defense because Dre Scott four. Pinckneyville made it’s pretty darn good,” Pinckneyville turned just 1-of-10 3-pointers in Norman said. “They the ball over just nine the second quarter and knew what to do, they times. 3-of-17 overall shots in scouted us pretty well Chester held a 28- the period. and they knew to put 21 advantage on re- Still, the Yellow Jack- pressure out on us. We bounds. ets were behind 20-11 at just have to do a better Both teams will re- halftime. job of handling it. sume action Thursday, In the third quarter, “We’ll reflect on this December 27 in the shots started falling game a little bit and Duster Thomas Hoops from the perimeter for we’ll change some Classic at Pinckney- Pinckneyville. things up and hopefully ville. Riggins, who made just 1-of-6 3-pointers in the second quarter, connected on back-to- Chester’s Jake Cushman attempts to hold off pressure from Pinckneyville back 3-balls early in the defender Kelton Linze as Panther Dawson Yates stays between Cushman third quarter to help and the basket. Pinckneyville open up Dirt For Sale Road & Driveway Rock All Sizes Rock • Tailgate Spread RED DOT RED DOT 30-Yard CONSTRUCTION Trash Dumpsters 826-4045 Available COUNTY JOURNAL | DECEMBER 27, 2018 PAGE 13 school news C’ville building is Grafton leaving Steeleville for Chester close to completion By Dan Zobel The one to collect on ning will be current With longtime Ches- was in the amount of board members Mitch The Coulterville few items, including ter Grade School Prin- $303,495, which was Hammel, Tom Welge, school’s new office landscaping, that will cipal Tim Lochhead included in the tax levy. Debi Caraway, Dan building should be be have to be complet- set to retire after this The board later agreed Colvis, Charles Fricke ready for occupancy ed in the spring. school year, the school to abate taxes on bond and Trent Vasquez. by the middle of Janu- In other news, the district was quick to 2013B ($286,788), 2015A The seventh seat will ary. board agreed to adopt name his replacement. ($197,400) and 2015B either be filled through At the district’s De- the 2019 tax levy with The school board ($114,038). write-in votes or by ap- cember 18 board meet- a 4.1 percent increase agreed during its De- Lochhead reported pointment. ing, there was a rep- off of what was ex- cember 20 meeting to that the school’s Kids “I still think, when resentative of Hurst- tended during the 2018 hire Bill Grafton for the First fund helped stu- you compare the two Rosche, the architect tax year. 2019-20 school year. Bill Grafton dents during the Christ- options, township or on the job, who talked Julia Chandler of Grafton will officially mas season. at-large, it seems to about the progress of Prairie du Rocher was begin the duties July 1. transition into admin- “I’m so proud of this be rational that an at- the new building. hired to fill the high “Grafton has been istration.” community and all of large would get the Once the office is school and junior high teaching at Steeleville Grafton said he is the generosity they most possible candi- ready for occupancy, special education posi- the last 23 years at the looking forward to show throughout the dates,” Pasero said. “It’s there will be only a tion. grade school and high working with the year,” Lochhead said. a big commitment to be school,” said Superin- teachers and the kids, The fund is active the a school board member. tendent Brian Pasero. as he has heard noth- entire year and helps People are busy, work- Schuessler’s Sparta first “We’re excited to have ing but good things fill numerous children’s ing and taking care of him join the team and about them. needs, including hy- families. It has to be bring his ideas to the Grafton plans to giene. right for them and the grade letters to Santa grade school.” learn as much as he Lochhead said that all right time in their life. NOTE: These letters were can from Lochhead donations to the fund “I wish we had more inadvertently left out of Grafton taught at during the spring are unsolicited, but any- (candidates), but I am the paper last week. Dear Santa, Steeleville Grade School I have been a good girl. Please for nine years before semester until the one can donate anytime. pleased with the six Dear Santa, bring a ring for my mother and serving the last 14 at change takes place. The board agreed who did file. I think we I have been a good girl. Please a neckoles for me. I hope the the high school. He has “Mr. Lochhead has to purchase a convec- have a strong board, bring a doll for my sis and a ball raindeer take care of you. Merry had his administrator already offered to help tion oven at the price and hopefully, we’ll get for me. I love you Santa. Merry Christmas! certificate for 11 years. me in any way possi- of $8,389 for the high that seventh spot filled.” Love, Christmas. “I’ve been waiting for ble,” Grafton said. “He school cafeteria from Lochhead told the Love, Irelyn knows all the ins and Central Restaurant board that there was Jazzlyn my kids to graduate and Products in Indianapo- recently a leak in the Dear Santa, move on,” Grafton said. outs and all of the lit- Dear Santa, I have been a good boy. Please “This position opened tle tricks. My goal will lis, Indiana. roof in the pre-k room, I have been a goodl girl. Please bring a trl for my dad and a up, and Mr. Pasero is a be to try and learn as Pasero noted that only and they are in the pro- bring a prezits for my mom and grilu kost nrgun for me. I hope great guy. many of those as I can the top half of the cur- cess of fixing it. a prezits for me. I will lev some you have a saf trp. Merry “I don’t think there before he leaves. rent oven is working. The board agreed cooks. Merry Christmas! Christmas! was a better opportu- “Hopefully, I’ll stay in He is also looking to to make a payment of Love, Love, nity for myself to make contact with him af- apply for a grant to help $43,696 to Servepro for Gavin Kadence that move into adminis- ter he leaves. You can with freezer space in the water remediation ser- never have too many grade school cafeteria. vices. Dear Santa, Dear Santa, tration than right now. Also in Pasero’s report, In high school Prin- I have been good girl. Please I have been a good boy. Please “The school board has sources.” bring a hat for my dad and a bring a jet pak for my elf and been excellent in the In other news, the he said the visitor proto- cipal Missy Meyer’s re- LOL big surprise. Merry Christ- a hipopomisst Pedanal. Can I see interviews and every- board agreed to col to both schools has port, she highlighted mas Santa. Have a good flit. Rodof? Merry Christmas/1 thing. I’m excited about adopt the tax levy at been updated. that the school rec- Love, Love, the opportunity.” $3,106,346, which rep- “The big thing is to ognized its four state Lacie Parker Over the years, resents a 5.02 percent be consistent,” Pasero scholars during the Grafton has taught life increase from last year. said. “Visitors during December 14 boys bas- Dear Santa, Dear Santa, science, earth science, There was a hearing the school day will have ketball game against I have been a good boy. Please I have been a good girl. Please prior to the meeting to be escorted.” Trico. bring a new cmtroller for my bro a toy for my bruthr and a toy physical science and Pasero announced that “(Assistant Principal then and an Ipad for me. Merry for me. And I love you Santa. social studies at Steele- about the proposed tax Christmas. Merry Christmas! ville Grade School and increase. only six people filed Jeremy Blechle) and Love, Love, biology, chemistry, Pasero said in all for the spring at-large I came up with the Caleb Addy physiology and survey likelihood, the district school board election. idea to acknowledge of science at the high will receive a 2.1 per- Voters in the district them then,” Meyer said. Dear Santa, Dear Santa, school. cent increase accord- approved during the “We’re trying to get I have been a good boy. Please I have been a good boy. Please “He has a good sense ing to the CPI. November election to ideas to promote more bring a transformer for my cusin bring a ring for my mom and of what students need The district will also change the procedure of those things.” and new shoes, a pSr, dS, and a toy for me. I hope you have ask the county clerk in the Chester school Grade school gradu- nrf guns a bid games. Have a a safe trip on your sled. Merry and the kind of direc- district from townships ation will be May 16. safe trip. Merry Chistmis1 Christmas! tion to head,” Pasero to collect on one of its Love, Love, said. “He has a lot of four bonds and abate to at-large. Meyer wants high Donavan Ronin likeable qualities and is taxes on the other All seven seats are school graduation to very eager to make the three. available. Those run- be set for May 19. Dear Santa, Dear Santa, I have been a god boy. Please I have been a good girl. Please bring a fish for my brother and bing a toy for my sistr and a a puppy for my babe brother. toy for me. I hope you like the Local students named to SEMO dean’s list Merry Christmas! cuces. Merry Christmas/1 Love, Love, Carmelo Maddi There were a number Ava: Katie Bun- Stefani Red Bud: Erica Bau- of area students among selmeyer, Carolyn Marissa: Brock Quig- er, Trysta Guebert, Dear Santa, Dear Santa, those named to the fall Phoenix ley, Taylor Schreiber Brenden Heller, Tessa I have been a good girl. Please I have been a good boy. Plese dean’s list at Southeast Chester: Ellen Blech- Percy: Haley Troue Miller, Sophie Richards, bring a movie for my mom and bring a necklace for my mom and Missouri State Univer- le, Elizabeth Eubanks, Pinckneyville: Erica Parker Sondag a mints for me. I will clean my a micrat Beb for me. I will keep sity in Cape Girardeau. Hunter Fedderke, Jes- Crews, Haley Johnston, Sparta: Sarah Renner hous for you and leve a prezint cookis. Merry Christmas! Students named to sica Kattenbraker, Halle Matecki, Hannah Steeleville: Trent Doi- for you. Merry Christmas! Love, the list earned at least Gabrielle Kueker, Au- Porter ron, Sidney Eubanks, Love, Dax a 3.75 grade point av- tumn Rowold, Bradley Prairie du Rocher: Kathryn Hurst Emma Dear Santa, erage on a 4.0 scale, Surman, Emily Tudor, Mariah LaFore Walsh: Sara Pierce Dear Santa, I have been a good girl. Please completed at least 12 Ashley Wagner, Mallo- I have been a good boy. Please bring a fone for my sister and hours of standard grad- ry Westerman, Mason bring a coffee holder for my gan- a LOL doll haws for me. thack ed credit and achieved Westerman dma and a new skate boerd for you for my elf on the self. Merry no grade below a B. Evansville: Sadie Hope’s Red Leash me. I will lieve you some cookies. Christmas! Merry Christmas. Love, DOG GROOMING Love, Kaylee Easton ATTENTION Dear Santa, Dependable Doggy Daycare Dear Santa, I have been a good boy. Please Service I have been a good girl. 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17 W. St. Joseph St. PERRYVILLE, MISSOURI 573-547-8110 PAGE 14 COUNTY JOURNAL | DECEMBER 27, 2018 society Mike and Debi Hoel- The Beta Club mem- Attendance prizes scher, who have an an- bers were Olivia Schil- were won by Wanda niversary this month. ling, Mariah Reinhardt, Conner, Kenny Con- Sparta senior site Evansville Get your cards out Jada Long, Hayley ner, Glen Lemmerman, and start practicing for Drake, Landon Walter, Janet Louveau, Duke a euchre tournament to Molly Huether, Hunt- Kessler, Allene Beck- activities, menu ByNews Eloise Kueker benefit the Evansville er Valleroy, Elizabeth er, Joy Kessler, Marge ding. 449-2043 Eagles volleyball team. Hall, Abigail Heinen, Abell, Verna Mueller, Activities December 31-Janu- WEDNESDAY: Potato The tournament is Jan- Abbey Zweigart, Kaid- Wanda Long, Rosemary ary 4 stroganoff, pickled Happy New Year to uary 12 at 6 p.m. at the en Kloth, Grant Walter, Goessling and Maxine MONDAY: Exercise at beets, 1/2 pear. all. May 2019 bring Evansville Legion. Jacob Huether, Alys- Brunkhorst. 10. Elaine Hargis card THURSDAY: Polish sau- you good health, happy The Evansville Senior sa Fernandez, Bella The next meeting is club at 12:15. Bingo w/ sage, mashed potatoes, times and maybe even a Citizens met December Braun, Courtney Drake January 9. We meet Linda at 12:30. sauerkraut or corn, little more income. 12 at the Legion, with and Brody Montroy. the second Wednesday TUESDAY: Closed. applesauce. Happy December 16 members and three The sponsor is Diane of the month, weather WEDNESDAY: Exercise FRIDAY: Ham/beans, birthday to Scott Sauer guests present. The Chambers. permitting. at 10. Vitas at 12:30— roasted potatoes, corn- and Colin Kelly. Happy guests were Janet Lou- Birthdays of the We always welcome grief and loss. bread, cake. January birthday to veau and Kenny and month are Duke Kess- new members, so hope THURSDAY: Chorus at Prices: Seniors $4, Alan Kueker, Collin Wanda Conner. ler, Albert Diemert and to see more of you there 10:15. others and carry-outs Largent, Debbie Bia- Shirley Bolman and Ben Picou. Duke was next month. FRIDAY: Exercise at $6, home-delivered chinni, Lisa Becker, Angie Heiman from present, so we sang Remember to pay your 10. Bingo w/Sharon at $4.25. Tommy Becker, Don Ot- the health department happy birthday to him. annual membership 12:30. Hours: Monday-Thurs- ten, Carol Zweigart, Jo took 12 blood pres- New officers elected dues of $5. day 8-3, Friday 8-2. Meal Levery, Ida Girouard, sures and blood tests. at the meeting were Since it was Christmas, Menu hours 11:30-noon. Roberta Schilling, Gina Thanks, ladies. Duke Kessler, presi- we played three cover- MONDAY: Chick- Clothing store: 9-3. Reinhold, Kim Guebert, Also, a big thank you dent; Glen Lemmer- all bingo games. The en strips, macaroni/ For more informa- Peggy Sauer, Phyllis to the Evansville Jr. man, vice president; winners were Allene cheese, carrots, pud- tion, call 443-4020. Veath, Nick Voke, Robin Beta Club for bring- and Joy Kessler, secre- Becker, Marge Abell and Hanebutt, Brenda Hol- ing plates of cookies tary/treasurer. Kenny Conner. comb, Janet Dickey, and singing Christmas Allene Becker will There are no copies Aubree Specogni, Carl carols and to Dorothy continue as the sun- of the Evansville En- S’ville senior site Gross and Alan Donjon. Gross for the ham for shine girl as long as terprise available for Activities Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 2 Congratulations to our meal. she remains able. January 1940. December 31 - p.m. Monday-Friday. January 4 Call 965-3134 extension 22. were Linda and Wy- MONDAY: Bingo at 10. 5 by 9:30 a.m. to make Bill and Genny Pippen att Woodside, Jeanie TUESDAY: Closed. a reservation. Gold Coulterville attended Bill’s monthly Craig and her brother WEDNESDAY: Bingo and Swanwick luncheon of the Herrin Jim Craig, Linda Ervin at 10. Class of 1962 December and her granddaugh- THURSDAY: WII bowl- 12. ter June Birchler and ing at 9. Plate ByNews Diana Cole David and I went to June’s half-brother FRIDAY: Bingo at 9. Activities 758-2880 Smithton to visit with John. Menu December 31 - Bill and Ruby Renner The Presbyterian MONDAY: Ham/beans, January 4 Condolences to the Tuesday. church had services broccoli salad, pine- MONDAY: Current families of Michael Cur- Wednesday evening, Sunday evening with apple, cornbread. events at 9:30. Nickel ry of Mt. Vernon, for- David and I went to Christmas carols, ex- WEDNESDAY: Broccoli bingo at 10:15. merly of Coulterville, Waterloo to celebrate changing of Christ- soup, romaine salad, TUESDAY: Closed. who passed away De- our grandson Keagen’s mas cards and refresh- 3-bean salad, oranges, WEDNESDAY: Current cember 19. Peggy Rob- 11th birthday. His choice ments. lemon bars. events at 9:30. Nickel inson of Coulterville for dinner was Denny’s. Elodie and Daxton THURSDAY: Pork Friday evening having spent the night Sunday. bingo at 10:15. passed away December roast, black-eyed peas, dinner at Joe’s Pizza Happy New Year to THURSDAY: Gospel 21, and Patricia Matson mashed potatoes, peas/ Place in Pinckneyville everyone. singer David Isom at 10. passed away December carrots, applesauce. FRIDAY: Games and ac- FRIDAY: Turkey, dress- tivity of choice at 9:30. ing, salad, cranberry Menu sauce, toffee cake. MONDAY: Polish Chester senior citizen center sausage, mashed WEDNESDAY: Liver/on- apple crisp. potatoes, sauerkraut, Activities January 2-4 ions or salisbury steak, Prices at center $4, corn, slaw, fruit. WEDNESDAY: Bingo at whipped potatoes, gra- home-delivered $4.25. WEDNESDAY: Baked What about... 10. Nickel bingo after vy, salad, peach cobbler. Lunch is served at mostaccioli, tossed lunch. THURSDAY: BBQ chick- 11:30. Call 826-5108 by salad, garlic bread, THURSDAY: Quilting en, baked potato, baked 9 to make a reservation. peas, fruit. at 8:30. beans, fruit salad. The senior center is THURSDAY: Beef roast, FRIDAY: Bingo at 10. FRIDAY: Chicken pot for everyone 60 and mashed potatoes, gra- pie, lima beans, salad, over. vy, Brussels sprouts, Menu poke cake, fruit. FRIDAY: Baked cod, stewed tomatoes, mac- aroni/cheese, salad, Presentations coming in February... peaches. Menus and activities could change without notice. • • Suggested dona- St. Mary’s Antique• Mall tion: $3.50 for 60 and The Bible over, $5.50 under 60. • • Meal sites and home- Over 450 Display• Booths delivered meals to Du Quoin, Cutler and Wil- & 225 Showcases lisville. Antiques - Home Decor - More Call 542-3511 by 8 a.m. to make a reser- Booth Space Available vation. 777 Seventh St. • St. Mary, MO • 573-543-2800 Open 7 Days A Week • 9am-5pm www.missouriantiquemalls.com

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Nina, Mom, Granny Pharmacy & Gifts Your loving family 1375 S. Main Red Bud • 282-2870 PAGE 15 COUNTY JOURNAL | DECEMBER 27, 2018 obituaries MICHAEL G. CURRY MARY FRANCES KELLY PEGGY ROBINSON Michael G. Curry, 54, Mary Frances Kelly, Peggy Robinson, 86, of Mt. Vernon, died 86, of Pinckneyville, of Coulterville, died Wednesday, December died Wednesday, De- Friday, December 21, 19, 2018 at 4:36 a.m. at cember 19, 2018 at 7:05 2018 at 4:46 a.m. at Barnes-Jewish Hospi- p.m. at Pinckneyville Belleville Memorial tal in St. Louis. Community Hospital, Hospital. He was born Novem- surrounded by her She was born Sep- ber 5, 1964 in Sparta family. Mary died 11 tember 11, 1932 in to Kenneth “Gene” and years to the day after Conant, Illinois to Ed- Mary Alvenia Robbins her mother. gar and Lucy Morgan Curry. She was born Octo- Newsom. He married Esther Prosise September 23, ber 7, 1932 in Pinck- She married Ken- 2000 in Mt. Vernon. neyville to Felix W. neth R. Robinson Au- She survives. and Antonilla “Toni” gust 16, 1952 in Spar- Michael practiced law for 26 years after A. Miller Bolinski. ta. He preceded her in death June 30, 2017. graduating from SIU School of Law in 1992. He She married Billy J. Kelly September 17, 1951 Peggy worked for the Pinckneyville Garment owned Curry Law Office in Mt. Vernon. at St. Bruno Catholic Church in Pinckneyville. Factory and Bridal Originals. He was a member of Meadowbrook Christian He preceded her in death September 20, 2014 She was a member of First Baptist Church in Church in Mt. Vernon, Sparta Community after 63 years of marriage. Coulterville and was a Sunday school teacher Chorus, Illinois Bar Association and Jefferson She was a member of St. Bruno Catholic for 16 years. She enjoyed gardening, sewing, County Bar Association. Church in Pinckneyville. Mary enjoyed garden- making quilts for family, traveling and swim- Michael was a writer and published a book ing and growing flowers, sewing, cooking, cro- ming. about adopting their daughter Abigail. He en- cheting and quilting, and she especially loved She is survived by daughter Susan K. (Larry) joyed reading, collecting comic books, acting her grandchildren. Grab of Steeleville, sons Kenneth R. (Kathy) and singing in the Sparta Community Chorus, She is survived by daughter and caregiver Robinson Jr. of Coulterville and Don Robinson studying history and researching genealogy. Karen (Roger) Heape of Pinckneyville, sons of Pinckneyville, grandchildrenTracy Allard, Mostly, he loved spending time with his family David (Shirley) Kelly, Mark Kelly, Kevin (Lori) Andrew Grab, Christopher, Kyle, Beth Ann, and friends. Kelly, all of Pinckneyville, and Dan (Marilyn) Dustin, Daniel, Kaci and Clinton Robinson, He is also survived by daughter Abigail Curry Kelly of White Water, Colorado; grandchildren 19 great-grandchildren and two great-great- of Mt. Vernon, father of Coulterville, sisters Jeramy (Angie) Kelly, Dana (Jim) Buschschulte, grandchildren. Kathryn (Eric) Campbell of Coulterville and Jaci Kelly, Scott Kelly, Christopher (Amanda) She was also preceded in death by her parents, Robin Curry of Veedersburg, Indiana, half- sister Yvonne (Gene) Dillingham of Murphys- Kelly, Billy (Misty) Brehm, Shawn Brehm, sister and brother-in-law Lorane and Robert boro, half-brother Emmett Johnson of Jackson, Kendra Kelly (Danny Hughes), Dustin (Can- Sharp and brother and sister-in-law Kenneth Mississippi, father-in-law Harvey “Eldon” (Sue) dice) Brehm, Jarrett (Danae) Kelly, Zack (Lisa) and Norma Newsom. Prosise of Salem, Illinois, nieces and nephews. Kelly, Kristina (Doug) Jeffers, Erynn Kelly, Services were held Monday, December 24, 2018 He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Levi Kelly, Cody Heape, Andrew Kelly, Brittany at 11 a.m. at Pyatt Funeral Home in Coulterville, mother and mother-in-law Shirley Prosise. (Justin) Frazer, Jerry (Heather) Smith, Annette with Brother Tim McIntyre officiating. Burial Services were held Sunday, December 23, 2018 Kuntz, Josh (Tammy) Smith, Amanda (Jeff) was in Swanwick Bethel Cemetery. at 2 p.m. at Pyatt Funeral Home in Coulterville, Riser, Laura (Mike) McKinzie, Grant (Mariah) Memorials may be made to First Baptist with Pastor Michael Sheets officiating. Burial Shippam, Tyler (Amber) Shippam, Jennifer Church in Coulterville. was in Coulterville City Cemetery. Kirk (Rick Porter), Marie (Ryan) Spann, Jerry Sign the guest book at pyattfuneralhome.com. Memorials may be made to Sparta Community (Yvonne) McDonnough, DeeDee (Evan) Quick, Chorus or to the donor’s choice. Taylor Kelly and Andrew Kelly; 72 great-grand- Sign the guest book at pyattfuneralhome.com. children; 13 great-great-grandchildren; broth- ers John Edward (Barb) Bolinski of Tamaroa, B. IRENE GARVER James Allen Bolinski and Robert Bolinski of Markers • Monuments B. Irene Garver, 96, Pinckneyville, and Felix J. (Carole) Bolinski of Mausoleums of Murphysboro, for- Carterville; sisters Elizabeth “Betty” Werger merly of Ava, died at and Doris (James) Beaty of Pinckneyville; 4:05 p.m. Thursday, sisters-in-law Patty Robertson and Gloria Kelly Nashville December 20, 2018 at Hirsh and former daughters-in-law Terry Kelly Manor Court of Car- and Anita Starkweather. Memorial Co. bondale. She was also preceded in death by her parents, (618) 443-5807 Irene was born No- grandson Patrick Schimpf, great-grandsons vember 16, 1922 in Or (618) 443-2988 Matthew Bushschulte and Jacob Kelly and a John & Madeline Bergfeld Murphysboro to Sher- son-in-law Michael Brehm. man David and Grace Next To Hardee’s Services were held Saturday, December 22, 106 Fox Run • Sparta • Bryant Reiman. She married Ray- 2018 at 10 a.m. at St. Bruno Catholic Church in mond H. Garver Sep- Pinckneyville, with Father Brian Barker and tember 29, 1946 inMarion, and they shared 53 Father Augustine Ibezimako officiating. Burial years of marriage before he preceded her in was in Mueller Hill Cemetery in Pinckneyville. death March 23, 2000. Pyatt Funeral Home in Pinckneyville was in Irene was a homemaker and a member of First charge of arrangements. Christian Church in Murphysboro. Memorials may be made to Perry County Home She is survived by children Donna (John) Health Care. Pugh of Murphysboro and Donald (Kim) Garver of Ava, grandchildren John Matthew Pugh, PATRICIA ANN MATSON Mitchell Lee (Aleisha) Garver, Katelyn Donn (fi- ancé Drew Novara) Garver, sisters May L. Smith Patricia Ann Matson, of Murphysboro and Earlene High of Austin, 87, died Saturday, De- Texas, sisters-in-law Dorothy Strothmann of cember 22, 2018 at North Tonawanda, New York and Ruth McCann 12:25 a.m. at Coul- of Murphysboro, nieces and nephews. terville Nursing and Irene was also preceded in death by her par- Rehabilitation Center. ents, sister Marie Redding, brother Russell She was born June Reiman and an infant brother. 27, 1931 in Coulterville Services were held Saturday, December 22, to Martin and Zella 2018 at 1 p.m. at Wilson’s Funeral Home in Ava, Wilson Heinike. with Rev. Rick Sutton officiating. Burial was in On August 8, 1948, Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Murphysboro. Patricia married For- Memorials may be made to First Christian rest Matson at First Church in Murphysboro. Baptist Church in Ma- Sign the guest book at wilsonsfuneralhome. rissa. He survives. net. Patricia was owner and operator of Matson’s PEARL ANN WILLIAMS Gift Shop for 34 years. Pearl Ann Williams, 44, of Chester, died at She was a member of First Baptist Church in 2:23 a.m. Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at Three Coulterville. Patricia played the piano at church Springs Lodge Nursing Home in Chester. and loved quilting. It was her wish to be cremated. Memorial She is also survived by nieces and nephews. services were held at noon Saturday, December Patricia was preceded in death by her par- 22, 2018 at Pechacek Funeral Home in Chester, ents, sister Mildred Eggemeier and one sister with Rev. Phillip Keeton officiating. in infancy. Memorials may be made to family choice. Services were at Pyatt Funeral Home in Coul- Sign the guest book at wpfh.net. terville Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 10 a.m., with Brother Jeff Downard officiating. CANDACE KIRBY Burial was in Sunset Memorial Park in Du Candace Kirby, 59, of Makanda, died at home Quoin. Sunday, December 16, 2018. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Flameless cremation was chosen. Church in Coulterville. A celebration of life service will be held Sat- Sign the guest book at pyattfuneralhome.com. urday, February 16, 2019 at the Sparta Eagles. Brant Select Services in Sparta is in charge of arrangements.

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Steeleville lighting winner The Steeleville Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners of its annual Christmas lighting contest. First place went to Scott and Jamie Mueller, who live at 401 S. Garfield Street. Second place was awarded The lights of Chester to Larry and Kathy Ruebke, 404 Queen Ann Court; third to Rick Czapla, John and Patty Stewart’s home at 1024 Henry Street, shown above, was 905 W. Shawneetown Trail; fourth to Dave and Cindy Sickmeyer, 505 S. Chester’s winner in the Anything Goes category of the Chamber of Com- Park Street, and fifth to Barb Hecht, 802 Sunset Drive. Shown here is merce home lighting contest. Christy Rhodes’ home at 1718 Swanwick the Mueller home. Cash prizes were awarded. Street, below, was the winner of the Quaint and Traditional category.

All lit up Coulterville named its lighting contest winners during its December 17 board meeting. George Miles was recognized for best overall lights, Randall Steele with the Clark Griswold award and Jared McLaughlin the Charlie Brown award. Pictured is the Miles display.

PCHS helps food pantry Two Pinckneyville High School organizations recently collected food items to benefit the Least of the Brethren food pantry in Pinckneyville. Over 1,700 items were collected from fans who attended the December 22 home basketball game. Basketball players, cheerleaders, coach Bob Wagoner and George Culley of the Least of the Brethren are shown in the top photo. The bottom photo shows Culley with FBLA members and sponsor Heather Genesio with some of the items that organization collected. SCH Health Fair Preregistration Form and Physician’s Consent Form Broadway Plaza, Suite 3&4, Sparta – Sat., January 26, 2019 (7:00-10:00 am) PLEASE READ* This Physician Order and Consent Form allows the below listed patient to receive any of the tests listed and checked below as desired by the patient at the 2019 Community Health Fair sponsored by Sparta Community Hospital. The results should be sent to physician’s office and may be sent to the patient directly

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Newswise, 2018 was a pretty typical year for Perry County officials announced plans to es- DuPree has coached at five different colleges the local area. There were good news stories, tablish an online property and tax inquiry sys- and at every high school level. such as the $1.5 million Queen of Hearts winner tem. The service provides all tax and assessment January 25 in the Steeleville American Legion drawing, records online so residents can access the infor- The platoon leader for a local soldier killed in and bad news, such as the stabbing death of a mation and pay taxes online. Vietnam visited Chester to find closure for him- Red Bud man. It would not be operational until April. self and the soldier’s family. Politics also grabbed headlines. Voters made The Sparta City Council adopted an ordinance First Lt. Perry Dotson served as the leader of Republican Governor Bruce Rauner a one-term- that allows the city to borrow money from the a 37-man group stationed northwest of Saigon er, when they chose Democrat J.B. Pritzker as Municipal Civic and Cultural Fund. The ordi- from October 1969 to October 1970. the new governor and turned out in droves to nance approved sets the powers and duties of the During his service, Private First Class Leonard see President Donald Trump make a campaign MCCF board Arthur Nitzsche of Ellis Grove was killed in ac- appearance at the Southern Illinois Airport The board was first established in the 1970s tion. near Murphysboro. to oversee sales tax money paid to the city by Dotson ventured from his home in Minnesota Randolph County played a major role in cel- Peabody Coal and was created by an annexation to Ellis Grove in 2017 to visit Nitzsche’s grave. ebrating Illinois’ 200th birthday, and citizens of agreement for coal mining. Senator Paul Schimpf was at the latest meet- the year were recognized throughout the area. The idea of allowing the city to borrow from ing of Four County Highway Coalition, which is Those are just some of the topics The County the fund first came up in 2017. working to get a four-lane highway connecting Journal covered. What follows is a recap of the Prior to the council’s passing of the ordinance, the Murphysboro area to St. Louis. major events of the past year. the city could spend only the interest on the mon- Schimpf said he planned to file legislation January 4 ey, about $4 million. The new ordinance allows to set up a task force for the project to further The new year started off cold, as the thermom- the city to borrow from the principal, but it has study it and gather more information. eter dipped below zero early New Year’s morn- not yet done that. There was some opposition expressed to a plan ing. January 18 to locate the highway west of Pinckneyville out But that didn’t stop Ethan and Becky Carson The area was experiencing the coldest win- of fear that motorists would bypass the town and of Ava from celebrating the birth of their twin ter it had seen this decade, but that didn’t stop its businesses. daughters, one of which was born in 2017 and a few hardy souls from jumping into Wathen’s Talks about a new four-lane highway in this the other in 2018 at Memorial Hospital in Car- Lake south of Steeleville for what was likely to area have been going on for decades. bondale. be the final regularly scheduled Polar Plunge A tragic and unusual accident January 18 took Brenna Kay Carson was first to arrive. She de- fundraiser. the life of an Evansville man. buted at 11:18 p.m. December 31, 2017. Her sister The Plunge raised about $12,000 for the family Keith Wolter, 38, was driving south on Route 3 Lynlee Renee arrived at 12:22 a.m. January 1, of Joseph “LJ” Rodowick, 7, of Belleville who suf- just north of Chester, when a northbound vehi- 2018. They are the Carsons’ first children. fers from cerebral palsy. cle hit a deer. In the 10 years it had been held, the Plunge The impact threw the deer through the wind- has raised about $50,000 to help others. shield of Wolter’s car, killing him. It was the third time in recent memory that a deer going through a windshield resulted in death. The construction technology class of Coulter- ville High School asked the town board’s permis- sion to place a monument honoring local veter- ans at the Coulterville park. Mayor Steve Mar- low and other board members said they whole- heartedly support the idea. The design had not yet been completed. Seven Chester men were honored with es- teemed awards during the Chester City Council meeting. Bryce Hill, Mark Beam, Paul Shinabargar, Jer- emy Smith and Charles Bargman II were giv- en the Citizen Service Award. Police officers Joe Crain and Seth Buch were given a Life-Saver Award. On November 4, 2017, Hill, Beam and Shina- bargar saw officers in need of assistance. The Ethan and Becky Carson of Ava with their officers were struggling to gain control of sev- twin daughters born in separate years eral subjects to make an arrest. The trio of citi- zens came to the aid of the officers to help them 2018 was the final year of the Polar Plunge Police were still looking for two men who successfully make the arrests. fundraiser in Steeleville. robbed Steeleville Liquor at gunpoint December On December 24, Smith and Bargman came to 28. the aid of an officer who was struggling to make William Smith of Percy said he was helping Michelle Cato of an arrest of a subject who was resisting. Smith liquor store owner Paula Mathon cash checks Sparta was named as and Bargman saw the struggle, intervened and in conjunction with Gilster Mary Lee’s payday, the new administrator assisted the officer in the arrest. when two black men entered the store, and one of the Randolph County Crain and Buch were honored with the Life- of them pulled a gun. Care Center in Sparta Saving Award for actions they took December 2 The robbers got away in a stolen car with under a two-year con- to safely constrain an individual who was threat- roughly $10,000. They were never apprehended. tract. She replaced Ken ening suicide on the Mississippi River bridge at A popular local restaurant closed its doors. Slavens, who retired. Chester. Justin and Charlene Simon purchased the Pio- There was quite a bit February 1 neer’s Cabin in Willisville from Dan and Mary of business news out of Jason Stoker of Chester, the man accused of Valerius in August 2016. The Simons ran the eat- Sparta this week. murder in the 2016 death of Chester police of- ery just shy of a year and a half. Jim and Christel ficer James Brockmeyer, who died when he The Simons claimed that there wasn’t enough Prater of Anna had ac- crashed his squad car while chasing a vehicle quired the former Cas- local support to keep the business alive. Michelle Cato allegedly driven by Stoker, pleaded guilty Janu- The real estate was put up for sale, but the Si- ey’s convenience store ary 26 in federal court to a charge of conspira- mons retained the Pioneer’s Cabin name. on Jackson Street and cy to distribute more than 50 grams of metham- Two local businessmen announced their re- were converting it into a laundromat that was phetamine. tirements. Chester Animal Hospital owner veter- scheduled to open at the end of the month. The meth offense occurred between June and inarian Dr. Daniel Schupp retired after 37 years, Justin Hewitt and Tim Joiner moved their October 2016 in Randolph County. and pharmacist Tony Esker retired after owning Twenty-One Grill restaurant, formerly known Stoker was scheduled to be sentenced in the Steeleville Healthmart for 26 years. Esker sold as Club 21, from near the Tilden Tee to down- federal drug case May 11 and face a bench trial the business in 2014 but continued to work for town Sparta in a building Joiner owns. The on the Randolph County murder charge May 14. the new owners until the end of last year. name was changed to Broadway Grille. George Khoury, January 11 Chuck and Paula Wilson of Tilden opened philanthropist and There was a stabbing death near Red Bud Jan- what had been Twenty-One Grill, and turned it founder of the George uary 6. Kodi A. Lafore of Waterloo was accused into an entertainment bar known as Squiggy’s Khoury Association of causing the death of Adam J. Sesto, 36, of Red Bar and Grill—as in the character in the “La- of Baseball Leagues Bud. verne and Shirley” show. (Khoury League), was Lafore was charged with involuntary man- A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held for the named as the year’s slaughter because investigators felt the stabbing new Mevert Automotive Center in Steeleville, in first inductee into was unintentional. a new building constructed on the site that was the Randolph Society The Steeleville town board adopted new rules once Bockhorn Motors on west Broadway. Foundation. governing raffles and poker runs. It includes a Betty Lappe of Steeleville was the first local He was born in St. $1.5 million cap on prize money. The old cap was recipient of the world’s smallest pacemaker de- Louis and later moved $25,000. vice. The pacemaker, called a Micra Transcath- with his parents and The Steeleville Legion had already exceeded eter Pacing System, is about one-tenth the size seven siblings to Coul- that cap by far with its Queen of Hearts raffle, of a normal pacemaker, or roughly the size of a terville, where his George Khoury which was close to $600,000 the second week in large vitamin. parents purchased a January. Dr. Paban Saha of the Prairie Heart and Vascu- family farm. He attended school in Coulterville Those sponsoring raffles or poker runs also lar Institute of Illinois performed the procedure. and did apprentice work with a local printer. Af- have to show proof to the village that a fidelity ter moving back to St. Louis, he started a small bond has been purchased, although that require- baseball team of local boys. The team blossomed, ment can be waived by the mayor. and by 1936, Khoury started the Khoury League, John Morgenthaler and Mike Meier an- a baseball program for the young boys, which nounced that Meier, a Nashville Chevrolet-Buick grew into one of the largest youth baseball pro- dealer purchased Svanda Chevrolet-Buick-GMC grams in the area. in Sparta from Morgenthaler. In 1952, Randolph County’s first Khoury League teams were organized in Sparta, and teams quickly joined throughout the county. Five years later, Khoury was honored with a special plaque recognizing his achievements during a Khoury League game in his childhood home of Coulterville. February 8 Elzie Segar was named as the second Randolph Society Foundation honoree for 2018. Born in Dr. Paban Saha and Betty Lappe Chester in 1894, Segar was the creator of comic character Popeye The Sailor. In his youth, Segar Ron DuPree was hired as Sparta High School’s Svanda Chevrolet in Sparta changed hands. football coach for the 2018 season. Continued on next page... PAGE 18 COUNTY JOURNAL | DECEMBER 27, 2018

Segar worked at the community, including lower income families. He was the son and grandson of the founders Chester Opera House, She delivers food to shut-ins and helps raise of the local Cole Mill. where his jobs includ- funds to help those in need. Cole became a major figure in the local rail- ed everything from Baker maintained the community garden to road industry, serving as president and gen- accompanying the si- provide fresh fruits and vegetables and guides eral manager of the Wabash, Chester and lent films on drums the village food pantry. She also helped organ- Western Railroad, which stretched across and running the mov- ize numerous activities in 2017 to celebrate the Randolph County. ie projector to hand- Marissa’s 150th birthday. Cole also served a term in the Illinois legisla- ing posters around James Thompson ture and a lengthy tenure on Chester’s school town, drawing adver- was named as the board. tising slides and writ- next Randolph Soci- In 1927, Cole financed the construction of a ing show bills. ety Foundation hono- new modern public library in Chester. On Saturday morn- ree. He was a judge, Five years after his death, Alice Cole made a Elzie Segar ings, he would arrive educator and pioneer- major gift of her own, presenting more than early to draw cartoons on the sidewalk outside ing surveyor. 50 acres of land to the city of Chester. That to advertise the week’s movie. In 1820, Thompson ground is now Cole Memorial Park. Segar began working as a professional car- was named county Trico Junior High toonist in Chicago, where he worked for two commissioner. softball coach Drew newspapers during World War I. His work The following year, Franklin was named gained the attention of King Features Syndi- he began working Class M Coach of the cates, a company producing comic content for for the United States Year by the Illinois newspapers all over the country. Surveying Service. Softball Coaches Asso- The Steeleville Town Board approved an or- He helped establish James Thompson ciation. dinance limiting parking on portions of three a boundary between Trico won SIJHSAA streets near the American Legion hall. Randolph and Monroe counties, and he sur- state titles in 2015 and Mayor Bob Sutton said people were parking veyed and platted numerous towns, including 2016 and placed sec- in residents’ yards, and some of the streets ef- Chester, Sparta, Steeleville and Rockwood. ond in October of 2017 fected are narrow. He said a lot of residents Thompson’s most notable work was done in in the state tourna- have been complaining. the summer of 1830, when he completed the ment. Sutton said the parking ban would include very first plat map for the city of Chicago. He Franklin also coach- Drew Franklin all events such as the Queen of Hearts, Fourth named several of the new streets in Chicago es the Trico High School softball team. of July. after counties in southern Illinois, including March 1 The streets effected are South Chester (east Jefferson, Washington, Madison and Clinton Fire destroyed Ozzie’s Tire in Marissa Febru- side) from Williams to Harold; both sides of streets. Randolph Street in Chicago is named ary 23. Officials said the cause and where the Jasper from Garfield to Chester and both sides for Randolph County. blaze started were not immediately known due of Massachusetts from Garfield to Chester. Trico’s Athletic Hall of Fame and Hall of Achieve- to the extensive damage. An independent movie was being filmed in ment induction ceremony was held. The inductees the area. Director and actor Carlos Hagene be- this year were Bill Rabe, Kevin Carrothers, Larry gan filming scenes in Smithton and Red Bud. Thies, Dr. Patricia Vidal, Ron Wettig, Denise Young The film “Trapped In Schizophrenia” is a and the 2004 boys golf team. psychological thriller in which a small town Rabe was a member of Trico’s first graduating sheriff and detective work to apprehend a se- class in 1949. rial killer who suffers from schizophrenia. Pinckneyville senior Jeremy Opp and Sparta Sparta residents Becky Richno and her senior Clayton Sheldon advanced to the prep daughter Sky were extras in two scenes filmed wrestling state tournament. Opp won his sec- in Smithton. Richno said she was asked to tional finals match, while Sheldon finished be an extra in the movie after she contacted second in his. Hagene to inquire about getting pictures tak- It was Sheldon’s third consecutive trip to the en for her daughter’s modeling portfolio. state tournament. February 15 February 22 The Nu-Rock Technology of Australia pro- The Illinois Department of Human Services ject near the site of the Baldwin plant was on confirmed that one patient at Chester Mental hold because Dynegy, which owns the power Health Center tested positive for Legionnaires’ Ozzie’s Tire in Marissa burned to the ground. plant, was being merged with Texas-based Disease. power producer Vistra Energy. Nu-Rock origi- The patient was treated and was in stable Well-known educators Gilbert and Emma nally hoped to begin construction on the first condition. Holmes of Sparta were the final honorees to of three modules at Baldwin in 2017. Those The source of the bacteria was not imme- be inducted into the Randolph Society Founda- plans were delayed. A ground-breaking cer- diately determined. Common sources include tion for 2018. emony date of October 4 was set, but that too water in decorative fountains, hot tubs, show- Gilbert began his career in Coulterville’s was delayed. ers and cooling towers. public schools. In 1933, he was hired to teach at Nu-Rock turns Environmental engineers were on grounds Vernon School in Sparta. Emma began teach- coal ash into mason- to collect water samples and analyze data. ing at Vernon School in 1936. Gilbert became ry-type bricks and The jackpot for the Queen of Hearts drawing the school’s principal. Both worked at the blocks. sponsored by the Steeleville Legion reached school until Sparta closed the building in 1963 At year’s end, the $840,900, the largest pot ever reached in Ran- in an effort to fully integrate the district. project is still at a dolph County for the game. In 1957, Gilbert became the first African- standstill. The drawing has been a lifesaver for the post American president of the Randolph County Pam Baker was because of the revenue it generates. Educational Association. named Marissa’s “We no longer have to borrow money just to Gilbert died in 1992, Emma in 2002. After most Valuable Per- pay our bills,” said Commander Harry Rahlfs. their deaths, the citizens of Sparta paid trib- son by the Marissa Charles Briggs Cole and Alice Emily Cole ute to them by dedicating the Gilbert Holmes Chamber of Com- were named as the fourth honorees selected Community Park and establishing the Gilbert merce. Baker has this year by the Randolph Society Foundation and Emma Holmes Scholarship Fund. spent years caring Board. for members of the Pam Baker Charles Cole was born in Chester in 1845. Continued on next page... It’s Your Car.... It’s Your Choice Of Body Shop. Don't let your insurance company pressure you into using their repair services. 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month and the minimum sewer bill $1 a month. Chad Bennett, the man who faced murder The town’s water supplier, Kinkaid-Reed’s charges for his part in the 2010 murder of Sid- Creek Conservancy District, had previously nee Stephens, pleaded guilty to home invasion raised its rate to the town. March 13 in a plea deal. Caitlyn Cathcart, the daughter of Donna and Bennett, of Pinckneyville, had faced four Eugene Cathcart of Marissa and a student at counts of murder with accountability, mean- SIU-Carbondale at the time, won the 2017 Steel- ing that his conduct on the night of the mur- case NEXT Student Design Competition. der led to Stephens’ death, whether he directly She competed against more than 800 stu- killed her or not, and one count of concealment dents nationwide. Her project was a 12,000 of a homicidal death. Those charges were dis- square-foot medical office in Seattle, Washing- missed in exchange for his plea. ton. Stephens, 15, was found dead under Beacoup March 8 Creek Bridge in July 2010. There was good news for Chester. The law Others serving time for Stephens’ murder firm of Fisher, Kerkhover, Coffey and Grem- are Robbie Mueller, James Glazier and Dakota mels announced it was going to build new Wall. headquarters at 600 State Street, the previous Dakota Wall, Stephens’ half sister, was also site of First Bank, adjacent to the Randolph convicted on a charge of home invasion after County Courthouse. she opened a door and let the murderers into The law firm has been located in the Hersch- the home. bach building on Swanwick Street since the Carl Dane was also convicted of murder and 1940s. sentenced to 60 years, but he committed sui- While the World Shooting and Recreational cide in his jail cell before being transported Emma and Gilbert Holmes Complex had been open to the public for fish- to prison. ing, camping, dining at the on-site restaurant In a surprise move that came one day after Barry Guebert was and special events in the event center, members the regular city council meeting, Ava Mayor named citizen of the of the public were left with no public shoot- Shaun Reiman confirmed that he would re- year for 2017 by the ing hours. Only organizational shooting, such sign in April. Steeleville Chamber as trap league, has been able to shoot during “I almost didn’t run (for) the second term,” of Commerce. specific times. Shooting had been closed to the Reiman wrote. “My life is a balancing act (that) Guebert is credited general public since 2015. I’m not very good at, at times. April’s meeting with starting Steele- That changed with an announcement that will be my last.” ville’s Junior War- the general public could shoot on a limited ba- Reiman ran into some opposition when he riors Saturday bas- sis on all fields. informed the council that he planned to hire a ketball program and Cutler is one of the few towns its size to have code enforcement officer. assists with the Up- two operating water towers, but Mayor Joe That move was postponed when council- ward Soccer program. Loucks said he would like to shut down the woman Candice Cotter noted that the council Three administra- south tower. The town pays $11,000 a year to could not vote on filling the position because it tive assistants in the maintain the tower. wasn’t listed on the meeting’s agenda. Steeleville school dis- Board members generally did not favor the The jackpot for this week’s Queen of Hearts trict who retired at idea of the shutdown. It would be discussed the drawing at the Steeleville American Legion the end of the 2017-18 entire rest of the year. topped $1 million. Needless to say, ticket sales Barry Guebert school year were rec- Funeral services were held February 24 in were brisk. ognized. They were Cindy Ramsey, Judy Rode- Chester for former teacher Manley Limbaugh. Tracey Welge of Chester, the great-great- wald and Deb Uchtman. Limbaugh’s nephew, nationally-known con- niece of Popeye comic creator Elzie Segar, was servative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, given a rare piece of art, which she shared attended. with the County Journal. Rush Limbaugh mentioned on his radio show how kind the people of Chester were. After winning the Trenton-Wesclin Sectional Tournament, the Pinckneyville High School boys basketball team advanced to the state semi-finals by beating Mt. Carmel 60-47 in overtime in the Carbondale Super-Sectional. The win sent the Panthers to the IHSA state tournament for the first time since the Pan- thers placed fourth in 2007-08. March 15 Because Dynegy shut down one unit of the Baldwin power plant, its assessed valuation was cut by about one-third, so taxing bodies got less money this year. A 2000 agreement between the Randolph County assessor’s office and Dynegy stated From left are Cindy Ramsey, Judy Rodewald that if capacity went up, so would the assessed and Deb Uchtman. valuation. If it went down, the assessed valua- Segar art school submission tion would be cut. The Chinch Bug bar and grill along Route 3 The plant had been assessed at $92,169,00. It was a sketch sent to her by Segar’s grand- south of Rockwood was damaged by fire Febru- After the unit was shut down, the assessed son Tim Segar of Durango, Colorado. ary 22. The owners said they planned to make valuation of the plant was put at $62,400,000. The sketch, dated 1915, was a submission repairs and reopen, but at year’s end, the bar The Red Bud school district was the biggest Segar sent to an art school in Chicago when remains closed. loser, as its Dynegy tax share could have gone he was 21 years old. It depicts the various oc- As expected, the Willisville Town Board ap- down by as much as $1 million. cupations Segar held, including many around proved a hike in water and sewer rates. The Randolph County government faced a possi- Chester, such as his time as a motion picture minimum water bill was increased by $4 a ble drop of $275,000. Continued on next page... START THE NEW YEAR WITH A NEW HOME

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Chester, such as his time as a motion picture county had already hit the bottom of where it pay $150,000 up front to Westmore in lieu of operator at the old Opera House and the time could go financially, but with the Dynegy situ- $350,000 coming out in tax increment pay- he spent painting signs, during which he nev- ation, there would be a $350,000 shortfall, and ments. er used a “dickshunery.” the county’s cash flow was in significant trou- The mistake was discovered in early 2012, The Welge family members are some of the ble. and Coulterville had been in negotiations with last remaining descendants of Segar living in The PILOT agreement runs through 2019. Westmore ever since. Chester. The bids were in for Sparta’s new sewer April 12 The Pinckneyville High School boys basket- plant. The project carried a total price tag of The Ava City Coun- ball team finished fourth in the state finals, about $14 million. Korte & Luitjohan Contrac- cil chose Candice Cot- losing to Winnebago 67-63. tors of Highland got the contract to build the ter as acting mayor March 22 plant, but the rest of the work was parceled by a vote of 4-2. The The primary election came and went, and out. only other alderman with it, incumbent Governor Bruce Rauner got With the Steeleville American Legion’s wanting the job was quite the scare. His challenger in the Republi- Queen of Hearts jackpot well over $1 million, Charlie Schott, but he can primary, state Representative Jennie Ives, local businesses were reaping some financial did not receive the re- came within three points of knocking Rauner benefits. quired majority vote. off the November ballot. Paul Gentry, owner of Hook Line and Sinker, In a related item, On the Democrat side, J.B. Pritzker, a Chi- said business in his restaurant increased on Dennis Zimmerman re- cago billionaire, easily won the gubernatorial drawing night (Thursdays). Nina Hille, owner signed his city council nomination. of Mi Casa, said the sub shop has had to double and park board seats a Restoration of the shelter house at Fort Kas- the amount of bread it would normally make, few days after Cotter kaskia State Park, which was destroyed by and Dairy Queen owner Bruce Hartel said he was appointed. Zim- fire in 2012, was gaining momentum. A group has about 40 percent more staff on hand for merman had backed Candice Cotter of local politicians and stakeholders were dis- Thursday nights. Schott for mayor. cussing options to rebuild the structure. The Southern Illi- Cotter is believed to be the first woman ever The plans and blueprints were made public. nois Coaches Asso- to hold the mayor’s post in Ava. The idea was to make the shelter look as much ciation named Steele- An attorney representing Christopher Cole- like the original one as possible. ville High School man filed a petition with the 20th Judicial After the shelter burned, the site’s tourism volleyball coach Les- Circuit Court of Illinois in Monroe County, re- dropped by about 40 percent. ley Wente as one of its questing a reversal of Coleman’s 2011 murder coaches of the year. conviction and a new trial in the case. April 5 Coleman was found guilty of the May 5, 2009 Shaun Reiman re- murder his wife Sheri and sons Gavin and Ga- signed as Ava mayor, rett. All three were found dead in their beds at but the city council ta- their Columbia home. bled the appointment Coleman was sentenced to life in prison. of his replacement in Attorney Lloyd Cueto of Belleville claimed a light of a difference new trial was warranted because the jury was of opinion over how given evidence that violated court orders, and to proceed. Coleman was not properly represented by his Only one coun- legal counsel at trial. cil member, Charlie Cueto said the jury was given materials Lesley Wente Schott, said he want- during deliberations that were ordered to be A sketch of the shelter house at Fort Kaskaskia ed the job, but he did not get a majority of censored in a pretrial ruling. Those materials votes from the rest of the city council. were sexually explicit pictures exchanged be- Coulterville officially opened its town mu- A fire at a farm in Rockwood killed 20 goats tween Coleman and his mistress Tara Lintz. seum March 17. March 30. The exact cause was initially un- When the jury received the pictures during The museum is located in the former office known but was thought to be from an electri- deliberations, small thumbnail images were of Dr. Orlan Pflasterer and contains many pic- cal problem. visible on the back and included time stamps. tures and memorabilia. Perry County was making preparations to Cueto cited a “48 Hours” segment about the March 29 be the home of the state’s largest solar farm. Coleman trial from November 2011 in which The Randolph County Board of Commission- Ranger Power of Brooklyn, New York is the de- Jonece Pearman, the jury foreman, said the ers approved an agreement with Dynegy re- veloper. deliberations had originally resulted in a vote garding the value of the Baldwin power plant. The goal is to break ground on the 99 mega- of seven to five in favor of acquittal. In tax year 2016, the plant was assessed at a watt, 500 acre facility in 2019. However, Pearman said that when she saw value of $92 million with a tax liability of $4.8 It will be located northeast of Coulterville the time stamp on the back of the photos, she million. The county and Dynegy reached a tenta- and provide power to the Wabash Valley Power realized it was inconsistent with the time line tive agreement for an amount of $61 million for energy cooperative based in Indiana for about of Coleman’s affair that the defense had admit- tax year 2017. 15,000 homes. ted to. Dynegy then proposed the PILOT agreement, A logistical mishap led to the village of Coul- April 19 which cut the assessed value to $40 million, but terville saving around $200,000 in conjunction With the April 19 jackpot at the Steeleville payment will be made in lieu of taxes to bring the with a TIF agreement with Westmore Equities, American Legion at the $1.5 million cap, or- figure back to $61 million. the developer of the Dollar General store. ganizers of the Queen of Hearts drawing de- PILOT is an acronym for payment in lieu of The original agreement of $350,000 in 2011 cided to continue drawing tickets until there taxes. was not voted on by the board as required by was a winner. Of all the taxing bodies feeling the fallout l aw. That decision was made because volunteers from the reduction in real estate taxes, the Red Once the TIF area was set up and included helping with the drawing were getting worn Bud school district was hit the hardest, losing Dollar General, Westmore executed a redevel- out, and the pot was getting too big. After that roughly $1 million for taxes payable this year. opment agreement with Coulterville, but that night, the drawing was placed on hiatus. The situation was also hurting Randolph agreement was never put on an agenda nor The County Journal would announce the County government. Commissioner Dave Hol- brought before the board to be voted on before winner in its April 26 issue. der said with the county’s approval in the Marlow signed off on it. It was a sad and disturbing news item. Rob- Dynegy PILOT agreement, there would be no Therefore, Coulterville contended that it was ert Pfister of Nashville, Illinois was allegedly chance to meet the county’s revenue target. not a legal binding agreement. Treasurer Justin Jeffers said he thought the The new agreement is for Coulterville to Continued on next page... Your Local Team Of Financial Professionals

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Securities And Advisory Services Offered Through LPL Financial • Member FINRA/SIPC COUNTY JOURNAL | DECEMBER 27, 2018 PAGE 21 attacked near Swanwick by Joseph Fisher The district was established by voter refer- The complaint was filed by the County Jour- of Swanwick. Fisher allegedly gouged and endum in Perry, Randolph and Washington nal because Chad and Stephanie Knop had clawed Pfister’s eyes. counties in the spring of 1968 and covers 124 told the newspaper they planned no legal ac- Perry County Sheriff Steve Bareis said Pfis- square miles. tion against the board regarding the handling ter lost one eye and most of his sight in the Tom Ashley, who of their daughter’s peanut allergy. other. retired five years In reviewing the January 8 recording of the Bareis said the confrontation occurred be- ago as Sparta police closed session, the AG’s office found that no lit- cause Pfister turned around in Fisher’s drive- chief, conducted his igation was probable or imminent, nor did the way. 31st and final DARE board actually discuss any type of legal action. Fisher was charged with felony aggravated ceremony at Sparta The school board also asserted that the con- battery. Lincoln School. tent of its discussion was a valid reason to Elizabeth Keller- Ashley estimated close the meeting because they were discuss- man was named that he taught about ing an individual student. Pinckneyville’s citi- 3,000 sixth-graders The AG also found the bulk of the closed zen of the year by Drug Abuse Resist- meeting was a general discussion about food the chamber of com- ance Education dur- allergies, not potential litigation. merce. She is the ing those 31 years. The Randolph County board approved chang- founder of Pinck- At one time, Ashley es in the salaries of elected officials effective neyville’s Meals on also taught the course for those who take office following the Novem- Wheels program and in Tilden, Evansville, ber election. served for 42 years. Coulterville, Prairie The county clerk and assessor will be paid Kim Lietz was cho- du Rocher, Red Bud $66,000 a year. Pay for each of those offices sen as the teacher of public, Catholic and Tom Ashley had been $70,104. the year, and Hutch’s Lutheran and Trinity The treasurer’s salary dropped from $70,104 Tire and Lube as the Lutheran. to $70,000 and the sheriff from $84,302 to business of the year. Angelos and Chrisoula Sandravelis told the $84,000. Chester High Pinckneyville City Council they were ready to The county board seat is a six-year term. The School brought home Elizabeth Kellerman start rebuilding the Grecian Steak and Sea- new salary is $40,000, down from $44,221. the Class C state title food House, which was destroyed by fire in The salaries do not include health insurance in Division I for its superior scores in the con- 2017. coverage, which is paid by the county. cert band, concert choir/mixed chorus, swing The Sandravelises asked for $530,000 in city Jonathan Tallman, superintendent of Red choir/jazz choir and jazz band. loans, grants and TIF funds. They said the Bud schools, was named the 2018 superinten- Mike Denault announced his resignation as new restaurant would cost more than $1 mil- dent of distinction by his colleagues in the Trico High School principal. He left Trico to lion to build. Southwest Region of the Illinois Association of accept the superintendent’s post at Summers- May 3 School Administrators. ville Elementary District in Mount Vernon. He Police in Randolph County were busy with Tallman has overseen $10.5 million in capi- was at Trico for six years. multiple burglaries and vehicle thefts. tal improvements, including the new science Joanne Paul was honored by the Marissa Two residences were burglarized in the labs and high school gymnasium. library. She served on the library’s board of Schuline and Walsh area, and a pickup truck Red Bud High School pitcher Cole Steibel trustees for many years and painted decora- was stolen from one of them. struck out 17 batters while tossing a no-hitter tive murals on the library walls. A couple weeks prior, a truck was stolen May 1 against Lebanon in a seven-inning con- April 26 from a home in Willisville. That truck was test. It took an hour, but a winner of the $1.5 mil- found stripped and burned in Sparta April 28. May 10 lion jackpot was won in the Queen of Hearts An argument between individuals involved game at the Steeleville American Legion. in a demolition derby in Sparta turned violent The winner was Brian Parks of Sparta. With and left two men with gunshot wounds. only four cards left on the board, Parks chose Sparta Police Chief Sean Lukes said the con- card No. 25. The night began with 11 cards. frontation began with a social media argu- The jackpot for the next game, which would ment between Meranda Whaley of Coulterville not start until May 17, would start at a whop- and Katey Doyle of Sparta. ping $442,000, keeping the mania in Steel- Whaley is the daughter of derby driver Vic- eville alive a little longer. tor Whaley of Coulterville. Doyle is the sister of Zach Doyle, who drove the special needs awareness car owned by Don- nie Maher. Both men are from Sparta. This truck was stolen from Willisville and later The incident turned into a dispute between found in Sparta after it had been burned. Victor Whaley and Zach Doyle’s father Daniel Police were tipped off by an informant that Doyle of Sparta. some stolen property related to one of the Authorities said Daniel Doyle pulled out a .22 crimes could be found at a home in Marissa, caliber pistol. which it was. Two people were arrested, but The first shot accidentally went into Daniel it was suspected that there were more people Doyle’s hand. The next two struck Victor Wha- involved in the burglary ring. ley in the abdomen and thigh. Also, Sparta police made progress in the May Randolph County State’s Attorney Jeremy 2017 burglary of the Wayward Pub. Some sto- Walker said there had been an ongoing dis- len property was found buried under a shed pute. at a Sparta home. Arrests in that case were Daniel Doyle was charged with armed vio- expected to be forthcoming. lence and aggravated battery with a firearm. The Illinois attorney general’s office deter- Katey Doyle was charged with obstruction of Steeleville Legion Queen of Hearts $1.5 million mined that the Steeleville school board violat- justice and unlawful possession of a weapon winner Brian Parks. ed the Illinois Open Meetings Act when it used by a felon. The Coulterville Fire Protection District cel- the law’s pending litigation exemption to close The obstruction charge alleges that she ebrated its 50th anniversary with an open portions of its December 18, 2017 and January house at the fire station. 8, 2018 meetings to the public. Continued on next page...

As we wrap up another year, the Staff at Pinckneyville Community Hospital would like to sincerely thank the entire community for your loyalty, support and goodwill. In the spirit of the holiday season, we would like to wish everyone a wonderful holiday season and a new year of happiness and good health. PAGE 22 COUNTY JOURNAL | DECEMBER 27, 2018 attempted to conceal the firearm from police. from Sacred Heart For the past eight years, Steve Ebers of Steele- She was previously convicted of criminal Seminary School of ville has been returning dog tags to families trespass to a residence, which is a felony. Theology in Milwau- of American soldiers. In the wake of the $1.5 million Queen of kee, Wisconsin, with The dog tags were acquired in an auction Hearts winning drawing in Steeleville, Mayor a masters of divinity by Raynold Eggemeyer of Steeleville in 1996. Bob Sutton informed the American Legion, the degree to become a Only one of the servicemen Ebers found was game’s sponsor, that he wants a written plan Catholic priest. still living. for handling the large crowds. After graduating The Pinckneyville High School duo of Kyle Sutton’s concerns included: from Missouri Tech- Kreger and Dalton Pyatt brought home the 1. Limiting outside participants to the park nical School in St. IHSA bass fishing state championship. area. Louis, he was hired 2. Limiting and/or eliminating extra people by Xerox in 1983. He in the building so as to not exceed fire code worked with the com- limits. pany for 31 years be- Fr. Steve Pautler 3. Having an adequate number of porta-pot- fore deciding to be- ties. come a priest. 4. Possibly limiting of the number of people Pautler stayed active in the community, serv- able to buy tickets. ing as a town board member in Evansville for 5. Available spaces for emergency vehicles. 22 years and playing a number of roles for the 6. Plans for shelters for hot and cold weather. Knights of Columbus. There were also issues with people urinat- The Chester Women’s Club donated $5,000 ing in private yards and congregating in the toward the rebuilding of the shelter house at city cemetery. Fort Kaskaskia, which was destroyed by fire, Jackson County Clerk Larry Reinhardt took but the club’s link to the structure dates much steps to remove his name from the November further back. general election ballot. In 1938, the International Women’s Club met Kyle Kreger and Dalton Pyatt Reinhardt said he made his decision to not in Carbondale and established the Chester seek a sixth term after the Jackson County Women’s Club. May 31 Board cut salaries and increased insurance The club was searching for a worthwhile It took emergency crews more than 10 hours costs for elected officials. project shortly after forming and was pre- to recover a car that plunged into the Missis- The Illinois Department of Natural Resourc- sented with the idea for a shelter house at Fort sippi River across from the intersection of Wa- es and SIUC signed a memorandum of under- Kaskaskia. ter Street and Rock Bridge Road in Chester. standing at the World Shooting and Recrea- Club members lobbied the appropriate state Three people were thought to be inside, and tional Complex regarding a strategic planning government departments to eventually get the two of them were able to escape the sinking study for the shooting complex and Pyramid shelter built. vehicle. The third occupant, Ronald Coffman, State Park. May 24 56, of Chester, was missing. The study discusses mission plans, infra- A 40-acre solar farm proposed to be built on A Percy woman credited her neighbor’s pit structure, promotions, staffing and how the the outskirts of Baldwin ran into opposition bulldog for initiating her rescue from an ex- facilities can better serve the area as economic from neighboring landowners. tension ladder from which she was dangling. engines. The main concern voiced at a Randolph Margaret Leyton, 78, had climbed the lad- SIU will produce separate studies for each County zoning board meeting was the decom- der to the top of a shed to check on damage facility. missioning of the solar farm once it is no long- from a storm. As she started back down the The study was part of state Senator Paul er operational. aluminum ladder, the upper extension slipped, Schimpf’s 8 For ’18 legislative agenda. Others disapproved of its location, saying it and she started to tumble. For the eighth consecutive season, the Ches- is too close to their homes and the village of However, her foot caught between the eve of ter High School girls track team won the Black Baldwin. the roof and a rung on the ladder, leaving her Diamond Conference championship. The county board tabled action on the pro- hanging upside down. May 17 posal. Leyton’s calls for help were heard by the dog, Jason Stoker of The 140-year-old old administration building owned by the Joel Kuntz family. Chester, the man at Menard Correctional Center was being torn Kuntz recalls that the dog kept coming over Chester police of- down. and hitting him with her paw and nuzzling ficer James Brock- The structure was to have been torn down in him. meyer was chasing the fall of 2014, but there were some problems When he opened the door, he heard Layton when the officer’s with the bids. yelling for help. squad car ran off the The old administration building, most promi- Kuntz and another neighbor freed Layton, road and overturned, nent at the front of the prison, has not been in who suffered no serious injuries. causing his death, use since 2006 or 2007. A credit card skimmer device was found in pleaded guilty May 14 Construction of it began in 1878 and was a gas pump at Circle K convenience store in to a charge of reck- completed the next year. Coulterville. The skimmer had been attached less homicide. Three Jason Stoker by crooks or a crook to the inside of the pump other charges were to download credit card information. dismissed in a negotiated plea. The skimmer had apparently been on one of Stoker was originally charged with reckless the pumps since April. homicide, first degree murder and two counts The Memorial Day Rally on the River in Ev- of aggravated fleeing and eluding in the Octo- ansville generated $20,000 for Cardinal Glen- ber 28, 2016 incident. non Children’s Hospital in St. Louis. Days prior to pleading to the state charge, The rally has raised $72,000 since it was ini- Stoker was sentenced to 15 years in prison on tiated five years ago. a federal charge for distributing more than Regina Heller was named as the Sparta 50 grams of methamphetamine. He admitted Chamber of Commerce’s outstanding citizen of to distributing between 150 and 500 grams of the year. Heller is heavily involved in the Spar- meth in southern Illinois. ta Athletic Association and has been responsi- Stoker received an enhanced federal sen- ble for two of the largest fundraisers that have tence because of his involvement in the death. Demolition of the Menard administrative ever been held to benefit the association. Steve Pautler, 57, of Evansville graduated building began in May. Continued on next page...

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Heller also coaches when the mayor’s seat for a two-year term will softball. be on the ballot. The Pinckneyville A $1,000 donation from the Sparta VFW to High School softball the Sparta Police Department means the DARE team returned to the anti-drug abuse program for sixth-graders will continue. state finals for the Former Chief Tom Ashley retired as the second straight year DARE teacher this year after 31 years leading by beating Casey- the Sparta program. Westfield 3-0 in the Those duties were taken over by Assistant Johnston City Super- Police Chief Jeremy Kempfer. Sectional. The Sparta Rotary Club named IMPACK June 7 founder Geanette Wilson as an honorary club The body of Ronald member and the recipient of the Paul Harris Coffman, 56, of Ches- Society Award for her contributions to the Regina Heller Tim Eichenseer of Steeleville met his father community. ter was recovered Jim Schneider for the first time. Eugene Lee Hol- June 1 near Lone Eagle Dock 105, which is a loway was named few miles south of Chester. Audrey Miller, the daughter of Teri Daw- Chester’s citizen of Coffman was one of three occupants in a son and the late Nathan Miller, was crowned the year by the Ches- Jeep that had plunged into the Mississippi Riv- Marissa Coal Festival queen. Prince Bryson ter Chamber of Com- er in the early morning hours of May 30. Miller was crowned prince and Alaina Rife merce. Tom Welge, A preliminary autopsy showed that Coffman princess. vice president of Mark Riley was hired as the new principal died from drowning. sales for Gilster-Mary at Trico High School, replacing Mike Denault. Two other occupants, Russell Briseno of Lee, was named as Riley had been the assistant principal at Spar- the business citizen Chester and Stephanie England, both of Ches- ta High School. of the year. ter, were able to get out of the vehicle and June 21 July 5 make it to shore unharmed. In a surprise an- The St. Joseph’s spa- Laura White of Sparta, died June 1 from a nouncement at the ghetti supper in Wil- gunshot wound. Police were still putting the end of the June 18 vil- lisville had come to an lage board meeting, pieces of the incident together but were treat- end. Eugene Holloway ing the incident as a homicide, though not nec- Marissa Mayor Jerry The parish an- essarily murder, as the shooting might have “Moe” Cross said he nounced that the popular summer supper would was stepping down. been accidental. not be held this year or ever again. Cross said there were The investigation continued. The problem, according to parish council mem- no specific issues that ber Gary Cleland, was that not enough people The Rauner Family Foundation, headed by led to his decision, were helping. Diana Rauner, the wife of Illinois Governor only that it was time Bruce Rauner, donated $50,000 for the build- for someone else to ing of the shelter house at Fort Kaskaskia in take the reins. Randolph County. The County Jour- The contribution, coupled with fundraising nal ran an article spearheaded by the Randolph County Histori- about questions being raised since the Ran- cal Society and the Community Foundation, Jerry Cross dolph County animal put the project over its $75,000 goal. control position was privatized rather than a The structure was destroyed by fire October county position. 31, 2012. Some of the practices of animal control The Pinckneyville High School softball team warden Bruce Cowell of Red Bud came under walked away from the Class 2A state tourna- scrutiny, as did the amount of money that was ment in East Peoria with fourth place for the actually being saved. second consecutive season, losing to Rock- Haley Johnston of bridge in the semi-final round and to Wil- Pinckneyville was liamsville in the consolation game. crowned Miss Perry June 14 County Fair. Milly Jones of Du Quoin A Sparta man, arrested in Columbus, Ohio, was named Little was charged in connection with the June 1 Miss, and Callie Wil- Gary Cleland preparing meatballs for the last shooting death of Laura White in Sparta. dermuth of Pinckney- spaghetti supper at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. Christopher Morgan was charged in Ran- ville was crowned The planned solar farm near Baldwin was in dolph County with unlawful possession of a Junior Miss. doubt. weapon by a felon while the investigation into June 28 The county board delayed action on a special use White’s death continued. The Marissa Village permit even though the county zoning board rec- Morgan’s arrest in Ohio was for a minor Council named coun- ommended it be approved. charge, and he was brought back to Randolph cilman Chad Easton Innovative Power Systems had met the condi- County. as acting mayor. He tions set down by the county, but some area resi- replaced Jerry Cross, It was going to be an extra special Father’s dents were against the plans because they felt it who resigned at the Day for Tim Eichenseer, 37, of Steeleville. would be an eyesore and could keep Baldwin from June 18 meeting. expanding southward. After a series of previously unknown con- Perry County Fair Cross said he was The company said it would consider whether to nections and DNA testing, Eichenseer met his Queen Haley Johnston ready to step down even proceed any further in Baldwin. dad, Jim Schneider of Waterloo, for the first and do some other things. time in their lives. Easton will serve as acting mayor until 2019, Continued on next page... PAGE 24 COUNTY JOURNAL | DECEMBER 27, 2018

The Steeleville town board granted a special use Six Jackson County Board members were seek- Trico would get a deputy at the school for six permit to Christy and Kevin Howell. ing to have a referendum put on the statewide and a half hours a day. Their daughter Emily sells tomatoes grown at ballot in November. It would ask voters if the Il- The AIM shoot was about to start in Sparta. their home. She has her own stand in the front linois Constitution should be amended to ban the It marked the beginning of big crowds at the yard. implementation of a 1 percent increase in property shooting complex, including those shooters ar- Because of Steeleville yard sale rules, which taxes. riving for the Grand American. would apply in this case, the Howells had to apply A move had been made in Springfield to add the The state paid down the balance it owed and hold a zoning hearing, which cost them $175. tax to benefit the state. Pinckneyville for utility services to $317,000 at The town board agreed to refund the money to Darius Jackson, with the Dallas Cowboys, held a the Pinckneyville prison. At various times, the the family. football camp for youth in Sparta. More than 150 state owed the town up to $1 million. Chester agreed to put an extra $150,000 into its boys attended. A crew from HGTV was in Sparta to do some appropriation ordinance. Ethan Cherry of Carbondale won the July 4 Fire- filming with Monique Mullins. The money could be used to buy land across cracker 3,000 at Steeleville. It was the second year It would be for a show about how big lottery from Subway and possibly use the site for a new in a row that Cherry won. Juli Stults of Chester winners used the money to buy their dream police station. won the female division. home. However, her show was canceled. The Landmark in Chester officially opened for July 19 Mullins won $750,000 in April. business. The old restaurant/bar had been remod- Herbert Dyke of Ellis Grove was caught by The Steeleville American Legion baseball eled and would operate as St. Nicholas Brewing police in Crestwood, Missouri. Besides being team lost two games in the division tourna- Company. wanted in Randolph County for a string of ve- ment and bowed out of the season. One of the owners, Tom Welge of Chester, also hicle thefts, Dyke was also wanted for crimes Steeleville ended the season 14-4. has ownership in a similar restaurant in Du in Perry County, Illinois and Perry County, The Chester school board agreed to reinstate Quoin. Missouri. bus transportation services for grade school The saga of the Sparta Fire Department con- sports events. The cost to the district would be tinued. Several firemen were calling for the about $16,000. removal of Brian Adams as chief. Robert Graham announced an open house at Sparta Commissioner of Public Health and his men’s clothing store, Hooker’s, in Sparta. Safety Gary Hanna addressed the firemen on Graham has been in business for 45 years. their issues and defended Adams. Hanna said August 2 the problems the firemen claimed were the A body was found at Pyramid State Park fault of Adams were up to the entire depart- in Perry County. It was identified as Richard ment, and the matter of the chief should be Moore, who was homeless but lived in Perry taken care of in-house. County. Governor Bruce Rauner signed bills tighten- The coroner and police were not releasing ing some gun laws. anything about the cause of the man’s death. One created a 72-hour waiting period for Moore had been missing for about a week. the purchase of any gun, including rifles and The Grand American trapshoot had begun shotguns. Sparta was exempted for the Grand in Sparta. Big crowds were expected in Sparta American. and the surrounding areas. The other law allows for court-ordered dis- Sparta businessman Mike Loesing died from The Landmark in Chester reopened. arming of a person who is a potential threat to injuries he sustained from a fall from a roof of himself or others. a rental home he owned in Sparta. July 12 Beau Shawgo of Percy pleaded guilty to Scott Carnell of Pacific, Missouri was sen- Victim Robert Pfister of Nashville appeared in aggravated fleeing and eluding police. The tenced in Randolph County to five years in court in Perry County for a hearing. The pretrial charges stemmed from an incident in Steele- prison. Carnell had been convicted of several hearing was held for Allen Fisher, who is accused ville. burglaries and car thefts. of blinding Pfister in an incident near Swanwick Shawgo, who had previously been acquitted In Campbell Hill, the park dance floor was April 7. of a murder charge, would be sentenced later. dedicated to Carla Rathert. She died of cancer The defense said it wanted to file some motions Willisville received a bill for $851 from in October of 2017 and is credited with starting but could not do so because it did not have all of Pinckneyville Ambulance Service for a man the popular variety show at the annual picnic. the discovery evidence from the prosecution. arrested after he refused to cooperate during The prosecution said it did not have all of the a speeding stop. test results back from the lab and wanted to com- The man hit his head on the ground when he pare mud found on Fisher’s car with mud found was pulled out of his car by police, so an ambu- on his clothing the day of the alleged attack on lance was called. Pfister. The town was going to see if the man, who Perry County Sheriff Steve Bareis said Fisher al- is from Indiana, could be made to pay the bill legedly attacked Pfister after Pfister’s car turned himself, rather than the town. around in Fisher’s lane. The Steeleville American Legion baseball Calls for Sparta Fire Chief Brian Adams to step team was again headed to the 25th Division down were answered. Adams said he would step Tournament. down if he thought it would help the split in the July 26 department, but if he did so, in his words, the ob- Chad Bennett of Pinckneyville was sentenced structionists would find another victim. to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to Commissioner Gary Hanna said it was an inter- home invasion in the 2010 murder of 15-year- nal fire department issue to solve. old Sidnee Stephens. Bennett was originally Lauren Kiehna of Steeleville won more than charged with murder and was the final person The dance floor in the Campbell Hill park was $30,000 on the TV show “Jeopardy.” She recorded to be sentenced in the murder of the Pinckney- dedicated to the late Karla Rathert. From left two programs in March. Kiehna was champion ville girl. are Rathert’s daughter Becca Rathert, grandson for a day, but on day two missed the final Jeop- The Sparta City Council agreed to keep Brian Lucas Rathert and husband Larry Rathert. ardy answer. Adams as fire chief and approve Andy Dahlem The Steeleville July 4 celebration went smooth- as assistant chief. The appointments would be ly. However, it was a hot holiday. reviewed in 90 days. A relic steam engine that was purchased After years of talks, Sparta’s Vernon School The Jackson County Board of Commission- new by Ed Blaas of Campbell Hill in 1931 Park was dedicated. It contains a merry-go-round ers approved police officers to be stationed in for kids. schools. Continued on next page... COUNTY JOURNAL | DECEMBER 27, 2018 PAGE 25

brought back to Campbell Hill for the picnic. Perry, Clinton, Franklin and Jefferson coun- DUI and obstructing justice in the May 30 The antique is now owned by Tim Mathis of ties have only one representative each, while drowning death of Ronnie Coffman. Briseno Pinckneyville. Marion County has five. was the driver of the car that went into the The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the Illinois State Police cleared two Perry County Mississippi River at Chester. Kaskaskia River lock and dam would be closed deputies of mishandling court documents. Stephanie England of Chester was also in August so it could be drained. Chad Worthington and Roger McCollum charged with obstructing justice in the case. With the water out, the lock would be closed were accused by an inmate of making unau- Menard guards William Qualls, Nathan Ber- for inspection and repairs. It was the first time thorized copies of his privileged paperwork. ry and Justen Snell and nurse Aimee Lang the lock would be drained since it was built. State police found otherwise. were found liable for more than $250,000 in Terry Waldron of Sparta was named muse- punitive damages in an incident involving an um director of the Trapshooting Hall of Fame inmate. and Museum. He had been curator. Prisoner Osbaldo Nicolas said the guards The Chester Police Department changed its beat him, and the nurse did nothing about it policy on work shifts. in 2014. Officers would work 12-hour shifts putting The Steeleville town board added one liquor in 80 hours total over two weeks. The policy license to its liquor ordinance. An application would be revisited in November. would be made by three men who wanted to August 16 open a gaming parlor and bar. Travis Lott wrote an in-depth story about the The Red Bud city council decided not to put shortage of teachers and aides in Illinois. the question of a splash pad for the city swim- It was to the point where districts were pit- ming pool on the November ballot. A sales tax ted against each other to obtain teachers, would have been added to pay for it. sometimes from one another. The splash pad idea was still not a dead is- The state said 78 percent of school districts sue. had problems filling teacher slots. Construction was well under way on the ad- Some of the problem was state regulations. dition to the Coulterville School. It is expected Red Bud pharmacist Steven Gibson, who op- to be finished next March. erated Gibson’s Discount Drugs, pleaded guilty to submitting false prescriptions to Medicare To make repairs, the Kaskaskia lock was and private insurance companies. drained for the first time since it was built. He faces prison time and a big fine. Sentenc- The Trico FFA squad won the AIM national ing was scheduled for January. title at the youth shooting event in Sparta. It Police were investigating the death of a was the second year in a row that the team 1-year-old girl in Steeleville. Bella Elizabeth won the AIM title. Wydeck was found unresponsive in her crib. Kelly Gerlach Hovland, a Sparta native, was She was the daughter of April Townsend and named associate head coach of the U.S. Naval Andrew Wydeck. Academy women’s golf program. The Marissa town council was working on August 9 a project to bring a 16-acre solar farm to the The Coulterville school under construction Kim Rasnick and the village of Steeleville town. Electricity from the facility would pow- had a TIF agreement. Rasnick planned to er the town’s public facilities. Some electricity The Willisville town board decided it would move his four construction-related businesses might be left over and be available to business- not pay an ambulance bill of $851. It was for a from the Steeleville tee to the former Egyptian es as discounts. man pulled over by police who became uncoop- Electric complex in Steeleville. Bob Fox of Coulterville was honored by the erative and was dragged out of his car. He hit The town would put $250,000 into the pro- Illinois Mining Institute for his work in min- his head and was taken to a hospital. ject. ing and making presentations about mine The board said the man would be responsi- Also, three young men planned to open a safety and rescue. ble for the bill. gaming parlor and bar in the Country Finan- Sparta school Superintendent Gabe Schwem- Six members of the engineering firefighting cial building in Steeleville. The board delayed mer pointed out that new money coming from team from the Sparta National Guard were any action at the monthly meeting. the state, expected to be about $500,000, would back home after spending 10 months in Iraq. Lynn Gipson of the ATA estimated that about actually be less than $150,000. Two of the six, Matthew Holdman and James 4,500 shooters took part in the Grand Ameri- Pat Boyce, who had been Cutler village clerk Cissel, were from this area. can and AIM shoots at Sparta. since the retirement of Melvin Carrothers, re- There were about 80 shooters at the Grand turned to her previous job as village treasurer from Brazil. because Jessica Fleenor resigned as treasurer. The job of clerk would go to Kylie Koker. The Randolph County Humane Society said it wanted to move from the Sparta park to a new location on Route 4 near Blair. It all depended on a zoning change from residential to agri- cultural. Gateway FS submitted the low bid to rebuild the shelter house at Fort Kaskaskia park. The bid was for $98,820. August 23 Sentencing for Jason Stoker was held in Randolph County. He received 12 years in pris- on for his part in the death of Chester police officer James Brockmeyer. Brockmeyer was chasing Stoker when an ac- The National Guard firefighting team returned cident occurred, killing Brockmeyer. home after a tour in Iraq. The Brazil trap team at the Grand in Sparta Stoker’s term would run concurrently with August 30 Perry County planned to file a lawsuit be- his federal prison term involving a metham- The former Sparta ambulance employee Jason cause it has low representation on the South phetamine distribution conviction. Central Transit Board. Russell Briseno of Chester was charged with Continued on next page...

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Laut was sentenced in federal court. Crowds again visited the LST 325, a World For stealing and tampering with medicine vi- War II era landing craft docked along the als on the MedStar ambulances starting in 2013, Chester riverfront. However, the ship had to Laut was sentenced to nine years in prison. leave early because of the rising river. A meeting about flood maps was held in September 20 Prairie du Rocher. The news was not good for property owners. The Federal Emergency Management Agen- cy showed preliminary flood insurance maps that go into effect in 2020. Lenders to landowners within the flood- prone areas will be required to hold flood insurance policies on their mortgages. That means the landowners must buy the insur- World War II LST docked in Chester ance. The premiums will go up 10 percent a year for at least 10 years. An environmental impact study recommend- ed a new Chester Bridge over the Mississippi Some felt the requirement could wipe out the Sparta students rallied against bullying. town and, at minimum, make land there dif- River be built. ficult to sell. ceived a $90,000 state grant. The money will The study said a new bridge should be built A storm in May forced the Perandoe Special be used to come up with a master plan for the just 75 feet upstream from the current bridge. It would cause a minimal effect on the sur- Education District to move out of its Tilden expanded use of KRPD terminal No. 2. rounding environment. headquarters. Students moved to Red Bud. Sparta was getting started on major sewer In Pinckneyville, a hearing was held about Carol Root of Perandoe, however, said she updates, including a new sewer plant. Some traffic on Routes 127 and 154 at the square. was not sure if they would ever move back to streets will be torn up for more than two years. Three alternatives were mentioned as a way to the former Tilden Grade School building, be- Mike and Susan McClure bowed out of their partnership in the funeral home business with help the traffic flow. cause they had outgrown it anyway. the Pechacek family. They were a round-about, a four-way stop or The Abraham Huston woodworking plant The funeral homes would be known simply traffic signals. near Campbell Hill was destroyed by fire. A as Pechacek Funeral Homes. Brad Reid sold his family-owned restaurant problem with a skid steer is believed to have September 13 in Chester to Roger and Kathy Surman. started the blaze. Anywhere from 9 to 11 inches of rain hit Reid’s parents opened the popular eatery The loss was estimated at $100,000. the area during the night of September 7-8. It in 1982. Surman said no major changes were It had been 25 years since the Great Flood caused major flash flooding. planned. of ’93. Huck’s in Steeleville had water in its drive- A re-enactment of Illinois’ first gubernato- Historian and former Kaskaskia resident way. Marissa had to move its police station, rial and congressional elections was held at Emily Lyons noted that before the flood, which had flooded. Kaskaskia as an Illinois Bicentennial event. Kaskaskia had about 200 residents. Today it The water went down quickly, but the Mis- Shadrach Bond, Pierre Menard and John has about 13. sissippi crested at 29.3 feet, 2.3 feet above flood McLean had been elected 200 years ago. Local Eric Raby of Steeleville joined the County stage. people portrayed those historic men. Journal as an advertising salesman. He re- placed the retired Judy Rieckenberg, who worked at the newspaper for 27 years. E.T. Simonds received a bid to make repairs on the Randolph-Perry County Line Road. However, the bid was $33,000, which was 42 percent over the estimate. The project called for repairs to the road, not resurfacing. The Melvin Wagner farm near Marissa re- ceived a sesquicentennial farm designation from the state. The farm had been in the same Marissa police cars stranded by the flash flood family for 150 years. The Randolph County Zoning Board voted to The Steeleville town board approved a res- not recommend a zoning change for the Ran- olution calling for an agreement with Percy dolph County Humane Society. to look into the feasibility of building a joint The shelter wanted to move from Sparta to a sewer treatment plant. location along Route 4 near Blair Road. That Steeleville Mayor Bob Sutton said both towns’ land is zoned residential and would need to be lagoons would eventually be outlawed by the rezoned to agriculture for the society. Illinois EPA. Percy had not yet acted on a reso- Local residents re-enacted the vote on Kaskaskia. Some neighbors objected to the change, and lution. The Randolph County board approved a spe- the zoning board went along with them. cial use permit for Sun Vest Solar of Pewau- A federal charge of counterfeiting was dis- September 6 kee, Wisconsin to build a solar energy farm missed against Justin Green of Sparta. The area was talking about an attack by one east of Coulterville. He and Kurtis Clay, also of Sparta, were ar- Sparta Lincoln student on two other Lincoln The County Journal carried a special insert rested in Kansas in December. Clay was still boys as they walked home from school. with news in it from the 1818 Illinois Intelli- charged and was to go to court later. The 13-year-old suspect was charged with gencer printed at Kaskaskia. Perandoe Special Education District said it aggravated battery and was taken to the St. The Popeye Picnic went on without too much would give the former Tilden Grade School to Clair County Juvenile Detention Center. trouble. Some events were canceled due to the the village of Tilden. 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COUNTY JOURNAL | DECEMBER 27, 2018 PAGE 27 year. would be renovated and rented to Jonathan in Woods, who had worked for the department Tilden, which had planned its summer pic- Reiman, who opened a floral and gift shop. for almost 30 years. nic for the same date, said it would change to Stemming from an outburst after a Sparta Senator Paul Schimpf said a report issued by the first weekend in August. junior varsity football game, long-time high the Illinois Policy Institute of Chicago, which Percy signed an agreement with Steeleville school athletic director Rich Williams was told was critical of the World Shooting and Recrea- to work on the feasibility of a joint sewer treat- he would be relieved of his job. Williams also tional Complex, was not accurate. ment plant. served as the team’s assistant coach. The institute again claimed the complex was a September 27 Williams was told he would be relieved of his waste of taxpayer money. Schimpf said the report Four young Chester men were arrested for athletic director duties after Christmas. does not consider all of the economic impact the the August 4 robbery of Jody Mehrer, owner of Trico dismissed Jason Huseman as the high complex brings to southern Illinois. the Ol’ Farmhouse restaurant in Chester. school and junior high baseball coach. Troy Brant announced that he and a partner Mehrer was robbed as she left her business. The Chester City Council agreed to allow would open a new funeral service in Sparta. Charged were Jakob Crabtree, William UTVs to operate on city streets. They would Brant Select Services would offer traditional fu- Morefield, Brandon Quihuis and Logan Wahl. have to be registered and follow strict rules. neral services plus a new type of cremation, using Professor James Sharp, a Chester High The vote was 5-3. liquid instead of fire. He will not hold visitation School graduate now living in New York City, October 11 or funerals in his building. They will be held in a announced he was giving $500,000 to Chester The project to tear down the old adminis- church or Pyatt Funeral Home in Coulterville. High School. tration building at Menard continued to be Meanwhile, the problems for Nathan Lee, who The money will be used to set up a perpetual plagued with problems. had operated funeral homes in Sparta and Tilden, endowment. Interest from the money would be With the tearing down of the 1878 building, continued. The Illinois Department of Revenue used to aid in teaching activities. a wall in one of the adjoining cellhouses was revoked Lee’s retailer occupation tax certificate, Police were investigating the theft of two weakened. About 573 inmates had to be moved. meaning he could not sell at retail. That would vehicles from Steeleville. In one case, some- Some went to other beds within the institution, cover caskets and vaults. one called victims Walter and Colleen Stewart and some were moved to other Illinois pris- St. Mark’s School’s cross country team won the offering them their car back for $1,300. The ons. The Department of Corrections said some state Class S championship. This was the first Stewarts said no. might not come back to Menard. state title for the Steeleville school in any sport. Velva Schubert, 91, Besides taking a long time to tear down the Lesie Tourville of Murphysboro was named the was named Coulter- old building, one construction worker was Pinckneyville Mardi Gras queen. ville’s citizen of the killed on the project in August. Former Steeleville Mayor Gerald Zacheis died at year during the fall Could the Steeleville area see a sewer dis- the Coulterville nursing home. festival. trict created with other nearby towns? Zacheis, 82, had been mayor of Steeleville for 32 Elmo Donze, 65, the That was the subject of a meeting held. The years. owner of KSGM radio first step would be to see if Cutler, Percy and October 25 in Chester and KBDZ maybe Willisville would be interested in form- Bradley Eggemeyer of Chester had been miss- in Perryville, died. ing a taxing district. A feasibility study would ing for several days, when his submerged car was His father Elmo also be needed. It could cost $40,000 to $50,000, found in flood waters on the Missouri side of the Donze had started an engineer said. Chester Bridge. His body was inside. the radio business in A Marissa man, Gary Stewart, took his 1996 Some thought he might have had a health inci- Ste. Genevieve. Mustang to the Bonneville Salt Flats and drove dent as his car drove on a field road and into the Marissa-Coulter- the five miles with an average speed of 246.98 water, but that was not certain. ville’s golf team won miles an hour. That broke the old record in his Vance Heil and Kyle Sinn of Marissa announced the Cahokia Confer- class. they had bought the funeral homes in Sparta and ence golf title. Velva Schubert Tilden owned by Nathan Lee. October 4 The Sparta funeral business had been operated It was obvious that solar farms were becom- by Lee, but he had lost his state certificate to sell ing controversial in Randolph County and at retail. Marissa. The Marissa town council denied a Heil also operates Heil Schuessler Funeral Home proposal to build a solar project on Route 4. in Marissa. It would have provided power for up to 200 Sinn moved into the Sparta building and lives in homes. the upstairs area. Just down the road, Baldwin also had a plan pending, but there was opposition. The Ran- dolph County board, however, did approve plans for one near Coulterville. Perry County approved a special use permit for the largest solar farm in the state. Ranger Power of Brooklyn, New York plans to build its Gary Stewart of Marissa set a new speed record. system near Coulterville. Illinois law requires that the state get 25 per- The Pinckneyville High School girls golf cent of its electricity from renewable sources team won the Centralia sectional tournament by 2025. and was headed for state. Pinckneyville de- Judge James Campanella approved a motion feated Massac County by two strokes. by the state to enter, at his trial, a previous bad Work was finishing up on the new shelter act committed by Allen Fisher of Swanwick. house at Fort Kaskaskia. A ribbon cutting Fisher was charged with aggravated battery was planned for October 28. The old structure in the eye-gouging incident against Robert burned in 2012. Pfister of Nashville. October 18 Vance Heil and Kyle Sinn purchased Lee At trial, the state could enter details of a Glenda Byram, 80, of Ellis Grove died when Funeral Home in Sparta. 2014 case in which Fisher was convicted of her house caught fire and burned. Randolph battery against a 68-year-old person. The case County Coroner Carlos Barbour said Byram Election stories were featured throughout this was similar, the judge said, in that it also in- was smoking in bed and likely fell asleep. issue. One race featured Melanie Johnson against volved eye-gouging. The Steeleville Oktoberfest was held, but Bobby Klausing for Randolph County clerk. The Ava city council approved a TIF agree- it was cold and rainy. Mi’Amore Gordon was Incumbent Clerk Pat Laramore was retiring. ment with Amy Boland, who owns the Brick named the Oktoberfest princess. Wall Boutique. Another of her properties Chester honored retiring police officer Kev- Continued on next page...

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Pinckneyville City Clerk Larry West resigned. nation to help the center find a permanent lo- was named chairman of the county board by his No reason was given. Named as interim clerk was cation. The council was non committal. two colleagues. Commissioner Bill Stotlar. Ava agreed to give Cassandra Doerner The Illinois High School Association was looking Marissa school superintendent Kevin Cogdill an- $16,000 in TIF funds to help her buy a building at a new football structure. Eleven different pro- nounced he would retire his position June 30, 2019. that houses the post office and the Turquoise posals were being reviewed. One would eliminate The Pinckneyville High School volleyball team saw a Door. conferences, set up districts in eight geographic quick end to its season. November 15 groups and play a round-robin schedule. The Illinois High School Association said the team ex- Former funeral A feature story described the various “monsters” ceeded its game schedule by one, playing 36 instead of home owner Nathan allegedly seen in Illinois. The list included the in- the allowed 35 games, thus giving the team an advan- Lee was arrested and famous Big Muddy Monster of Murphysboro. tage in state play. charged with theft December 13 Because of the IHSA rule violation, the team would and failure to deposit Kodi LaFore of Waterloo was sentenced in the not be eligible for the state playoffs. funds. second degree murder death of Adam Sesto of Red November 1 Lee allegedly ac- Bud. LaFore had stabbed Sesto, killing him, in President Donald Trump came to southern cepted money for January. Illinois to campaign for U.S. Representative prepaid funeral ar- LaFore pleaded guilty to the murder charge and Mike Bost. Trump appeared at the Southern Il- rangements but did to possession of methamphetamine with intent to linois Airport between Murphysboro and Car- not buy an insur- deliver. bondale. ance policy or set up Accepting two separate plea deals, LaFore was A huge crowd attended, estimated at 10,000 a trust with the state Nathan Lee sentenced to five years in prison with day for day people. comptroller’s office good time to begin after about four years. Steve Carter, the CEO of Knight Hawk Coal, as required by law. Ryan Coffey, the po- said Trump’s policies are those that the people He was charged with improperly handling in this area want. $178,000 accepted from 22 customers. lice chief of Chester, re- After the city of Sparta told its police offic- signed in order to take ers to patrol the park at least once every shift, a job as a detective with the police union took that order to the Illinois the Randolph County Labor Relations Board. Sheriff’s Department. The union claimed because police faced dis- He had been Chester cipline if they did not patrol the park, the or- chief for 10 years. der should be bargained through the contract. Coffey replaced Don- The union lost the case, appealed it and lost nie Krull, who retired. again. The Evansville town The matter cost the city $11,000 in legal fees. board struck down a The Bernie Colvis family in Chester came request from Roz Mc- up with a way to grow strawberries in the fall Clure, who wanted to Ryan Coffey and winter. The Colvises what is called a high open a bar with gam- tunnel. It uses the latest high technology to bling. President Trump came to southern Illinois to keep a suitable environment and create sweet, McClure wanted to open the bar with gaming campaign for Congressmann Mike Bost. tasty berries. machines immediately, having a restaurant later. Sparta agreed that it would work with Justin The board did not agree. Governor Bruce Rauner appeared at Fort Hewitt through TIF. Hewitt planned to place Filing began for the April 2 municipal elections. Kaskaskia for the ribbon cutting of the new as many as three businesses in the old Dandi’s As of early filing, only one contest had developed. shelter house. Deli building after renovations. The new shelter replaced one that burned in Martha and Glenn Myers closed their RV former Sparta Mayor Randy Bertetto would chal- 2012. Rauner and his wife donated $50,000 to- business in Percy after 55 years. They had lenge current Mayor Jason Schlimme. ward the construction of the $100,000 shelter. All sold their Honda franchise to Van Hammel of Steeleville approved a feasibility study on form- of the money to replace the structure was donated. Sparta a couple of years earlier. ing a sanitary sewer district with Percy. The loss of the business would be a big sales The two towns would look at the feasibility of tax loss for Percy. building a joint sewer plant. Percy had not yet The Evansville town board argued about acted. raising water and sewer rates by a combined Stephanie Martin’s contract as administra- $5 a month. tor of the Randolph County Health Department Rates would go up in December. was not renewed by the department’s board. November 21 (Wednesday) She had led the department for about a year. Kodi LaFore was back in jail. He was arrested No reason for the action was given. in Monroe County on a Randolph County warrant Sparta approved a plan to officially allow accusing him of writing a bad check. out-of-town people to be on the fire department LaFore was already on probation and was ac- under certain rules. The department has had cused of the January stabbing death of Adam Ses- non-residents as members for some time. to of Red Bud. He was awaiting trial on charges of Cutler passed an ordinance setting up man- manslaughter and second degree murder. datory trash collection through SL Hauling of When he was arrested in November, LaFore al- Pinckneyville. legedly had meth and a knife on him. The Illinois Association of School Boards turned The charge will be $12.50 a month, which down a resolution supporting proposed legislation will be added to the water bills. As it turned Gov. Bruce Rauner officially opened the rebuilt out, the program won’t start until February or shelter house at Fort Kaskaskia State Park. giving school districts the option to allow quali- fied teachers to be armed at school. March. It was announced that a hearing would be The opposition was 2-1. December 20 held in Springfield December 3 before the Illi- Trico superintendent Larry Lovel said he be- The Chester school board officially banned An- nois Liquor Control Commission for the Steele- lieves having a policeman on the campus, which gel Davis from school property for a year. ville bowling alley liquor license issue. Trico does, is a better option. The board said that in November, Davis went to The city had tried to get the American Le- Marissa honored Kevin Leemon, Curtis the grade school and said she was going to get gion’s appeal dismissed, but the commission Schwartzkopf, Trish Baker, Pam Root and Andrea some books from her son’s locker. She received a said a hearing would be held. Liefer after they went to the rescue of a Red Bud visitor’s pass. The town, so far, had spent about $5,000 on man at the Marissa Grade School gym during a Instead, she went to her son’s classroom and basketball game. video taped the class as she asked questions about The man suffered cardiac arrest. The five were the teacher refusing to help her son. The board credited with saving his life. said she presented herself as an SIU student do- The Perry County board put on display a budget ing some survey work. with a deficit of $334,000. A hearing was set in Perry County as part of Possible action to extend the life of Ava’s TIF the Allen Fisher case. Fisher is charged with at- district by several years didn’t go over too well tacking Robert Pfister and gouging out his eyes, with the Trico school board. Ava wants to extend leaving him basically blind. the life of its TIF to build a new fire house. The The hearing will concern whether or not police change would allow renegotiation of what Trico gets from Ava’s TIF. lied in obtaining a search warrant. Trico made no decision on the issue. A witness said she told police that the car they A Marissa woman, Janet Hughes, died in a fire obtained in the search warrant from Fisher was at her Marissa home. not the same car she saw at the scene of the crime. Her husband and son escaped, but she was found The hearing is set for January 10. Tilden held a special meeting to discuss the use A portion of Knight Hawk Coal’s new belt system in the kitchen of the house already deceased when firemen got to her. of the former school building given to the town by the matter, and the Legion said it spent about Sales taxes paid in August in Sparta were a bit the Perandoe Special Education District. $6,500. disappointing. The 1 percent state tax collected by Mayor Curtis Forcum said he would like to see The issue was whether the Legion needed the city amounted to just over $130,000, which was the town offices and police department move to one or two liquor licenses for its hall/bowling down from the previous year’s collection by more the building. He also wants to expand renting the alley complex. than $4,000. The city said car sales were down gymnasium. The Sparta hospital board agreed to pur- that month. The filing period for the April 2 election ended. chase the former David Conn home next to the Pat Laramore reflected on her years as Ran- Besides the Sparta mayoral race of Jason hospital. The deal had not been closed, but the dolph County clerk. Laramore did not seek re- Schlimme vs. Randy Bertetto, in Red Bud, former cost would be $175,000 for the property. The election after serving 16 years in office. She was Mayor John Horrell has filed for the office as has house will be torn down. succeeded by Melanie Johnson of Sparta. incumbent Tim Lowry. Knight Hawk Coal detailed a new overland Laramore said the biggest change she saw in In Tilden, two former mayors, Cathy Pannier and conveyor belt system. It would take coal from the office over the years was the introduction of Don Keeton, are running for town board seats. the portal near Conant to the processing plant electronic voting and counting of ballots. Lyn Gipson, executive director of the Amateur on the county line road. The Willisville town board found out from mem- Trapshooting Association, was back from Brazil. The project is expected to be finished in ber Lynn Eaton that Willisville could possibly get Gipson officially welcomed Brazilian shooters April. a grant from USDA Rural Development to buy a into the ATA. The country was represented by November 8 brand new police car. The town would look into it. some 70 shooters at the 2018 Grand American. The winners in the election were named. The Tilden town board voted to remove mem- The Sparta school board was looking at possi- Pritzker won the governor’s race. Other win- ber Jessica Lea from office. Lea had not attended bly contracting with a private company to provide ners were Melanie Johnson for Randolph a board meeting since July. The board would ap- food service in the schools. County clerk, Marc Kiehna for the county point someone to fill her seat. Bids would have to be sought. board, Shannon Wolff for sheriff and Justin Neal Haertling of Steeleville was named coach Jeffers for treasurer. Percy approved a move to join Steeleville in get- of the year by the Southern Illinois coaches Asso- ting a feasiblity study for a joint sewer district. In Perry County Steve Bareis won another ciation Class 1A. He is the cross country coach at The Illinois High School Association voted to term as sheriff. Bobby Kelly returned to the Steeleville. form districts rather than conferences for football county board, and Mary Jane Craft goes back The team advanced to state this year for the starting in 2021. as treasurer. third time in four years. There will be eight or nine teams in each group In an especially nasty race, Jerry Costello Sparta Assistant Police Chief Jason Kempfer based on classification and geography. defeated David Freiss. Mike Bost also won his was preparing to take training to teach DARE There will still be eight classes, which will be congressional seat. classes. He will take over the classes at Sparta Lin- formed prior to the season, and 32 teams will In a referendum, the Chester school district coln, replacing the retired Tom Ashley. make the postseason in each class. voted to do away with the township rule that December 6 limits the number of people who can serve on The Chester school district was concerned about The postseason teams will be the top four from the school board from the same township at an incident. each district based on the team’s record against the same time. Now all members will be elect- A grade school student’s mother, Angel Davis, the teams in its district. ed at large and can serve from any township. told the school’s front desk she wanted to collect Previously, teams received an automatic berth The Randolph County board agreed to allow some books for her child. She went to the child’s to the playoffs if they won a conference or at least IPS Solar to build a 40-acre solar farm east of classroom and began taking videos of the kids six games. Five wins for a team would make it Baldwin. and asking them questions concerning her son. playoff eligible. Some in the area did not want the farm to go Davis, who officials said was not a threat, was December 27 in the proposed area because it would be close asked to leave. Fire that started in a truck parked in a storage to Baldwin Road, making it visible to passers- The incident caused a discussion about school heavily damanged the shed aw Wm. Nobbe in by. security. Steeleville. The Gary Rowley family donated $16,000 to Judge Gene Gross ruled against the police un- Prosecutors sought to have a motion for a new Trico in the name of the late Mary Rowley, a ion, the Policeman’s Benevolent Labor Commit- trial filed by Chris Coleman dismissed. They said teacher at the grade school. tee, on a claim that a point system that checks on some information on the back of photos seen by Perry County came up with a budget, but it Sparta police officers’ patrol activity was a ticket the jury did not fundamentally change the case. was $500,000 in the red. quota system. There was another big Queen of Hearts winner “Every year the hole gets bigger,” said Coun- Gross said a citation could be issued for any- in Steeleville. Marvin Bievenue of Ellis Grove ty Clerk Josh Gross. thing, not just traffic, and dismissed the union’s chose the right number for the queen. He was not The Cutler Town Board tabled any idea of claim. at the Legion hall so he won half the pot, $464,556. joining a regional sewer district. Mayor Joe The Marissa town council approved business Travis Lott of the County Journal talked to re- Loucks said he felt confident with Cutler’s and liquor licenses for a new Mexican restaurant tired Ranodlph County detective Donnie Krull. sewer lagoons. in town. The position of detective in the sheriff’s office Marilyn Langrehr asked the Red Bud city Red Bud was looking for a new finance clerk. was created by Ben Picou in 1998. council for help with the Red Bud Senior Cent- Dustin Ziebold resigned. er. The seniors meet in the Baptist church, as He said the increase in property crimes came Randolph County Commissioner David Holder does another organization. She asked for a do- when crack cocaine became prevelant. COUNTY JOURNAL | DECEMBER 27, 2018 PAGE 29 coming events

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RENT TO OWN: Several classifiedsJordan D. Gremmels - #6303419 you MICHAEL MERACLE, and all whom it may properties in Steeleville FOR RENT & Sparta area. Available FISHER, KERKHOVER, COFFEY & concern, file your answer to the Petition in the immediately. 618-559- GREMMELS LAW OFFICE action or otherwise file your appearance therein, FOR RENT IN SPARTA: 3525 or visit www. Attorney for Estate in the said circuit court of Randolph County, southernillinoishome Your 2 & 3-bedroom mobile 600 State Street, P.O. Box 191 1 Taylor Street, in the city of Chester, Illinois, homes in park. Also buyers.com Chester, IL 62233-0191 on or before the 31st day of January 2019, mobile home lots in park...... 0-x-x Telephone: (618) 826-5021 a default may be entered against you at any FOR RENT IN CHESTER: Local Private mobile home lots Fax: (618) 826-5024 time after that day and a judgement entered for sale. Call Ronnie 2-bed, 1-bath house. Some appliances, A/C, Email: [email protected] in accordance with the prayer of said petition. Johnson. 618-443-3325...... 0-1-10 Jordan D. Gremmels ...... 0-x-x gas heat, full basement News FOR RENT: 1 & & carport. No pets. Non- #6303419 2-bedroom apartments smokers, no more than 2 Fisher, Kerkhover, Coffey & Gremmels in Sparta. Water & occupants. References & PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Attorney for Petitioners Leader trash provided. No pets. deposit required. $650/ To Whom It May Concern: 1300 1/2 Swanwick Street, PO Box 191 Background check, mo. 618-826-5143. Public notice is hereby given to all persons ...... 0-x-x Chester, Illinois 62233 references & security in Randolph County, IL. especially WINEHILL Phone: 618-826-5021 deposit required. Broker FOR RENT IN SPARTA: 2 bedroom apartment Precinct that a public hearing will be held on Fax: 618-826-5024 owned. $425/mo. and January 8, 2019, at 7:00PM in the Randolph County Journal $550/mo. 618-791-3289. with attached garage. Email: [email protected] 618-201-3269. County Courthouse to consider a Variance ...... 0-x-x ...... 0-12-27 1101 E. Pine - PO Box 369 FOR RENT: 2-bedroom ...... 0-x-x application to permit Creation of 12 acre tract mobile home on private FOR RENT: Nice 2-bed in an agricultural zoned district. Said application PERCY • 618.497.8272 lot. 420 S. 1st Street, mobile home. Steeleville was submitted by Donald Heuer and is on file HELP WANTED COUNTYJOURNAL.ORG Coulterville. $450/ Mobile Home Park. $360/ mo. No pets. 573-355- in the office of the administrator. All interested mo. $450/deposit. No PART-TIME PERCY 1298. persons are invited to attend said hearing and PARTIME SALES pets. Nonsmokers, no be heard. MERCHANDISERS MOBILE HOME more than 2 occupants, ...... 0-x-x NEEDED IN SPARTA: COMMUNITY Buena Vista National Bank references. Water & trash HOUSE FOR RENT: 4 Randolph County Zoning Board of Appeals Must have ample MANAGER: Looking for included, 618-758-1015. bed house in Sparta. First Todd Jones transportation and able responsible individual for is currently seeking to fill a ...... 1-12-27 and last month’s rent plus Chairman to work early mornings rent collection. Generous Pay and potential bonus. FOR RENT: Newly deposit and credit score December 20, 2018 ,weekends and able to lift FULL-TIME up to 20 lbs. If interested [email protected], remodeled, 2-bedroom, required. 618-317-4124...... 1-1-3 ...... 0-12-27 call: 618-409-9839. 586-232-5163. LOAN ASSISTANT 1-bath apartments in ...... 0-1-3 ...... 1-1-10 Steeleville and Trico FOR RENT: Small 3 position at our Red Bud room apartment, utilities PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE HELP WANTED: Full- area. Call 618-559- time, experienced furnished. Non-smoker, To Whom It May Concern: County location. Applicant should 3525 or visit www. automotive technician. possess knowledge of commonly southernillinoishome 618-317-4474. Public notice is hereby given to all persons Great benefits. Send Journal buyers.com...... 1-12-27 in Randolph County, IL. especially PERCY resume to www. used practices and procedures 618.497.8272 ...... 0-x-x hiwaymotor.com or call within the banking industry with a Precinct that a public hearing will be held on 1101 E. Pine | Percy FOR RENT: Large home Jared at 618-282-3400. January 8, 2019, at 7:00PM in the Randolph ...... 0-x-x www.countyjournal.org focus on loans. in Eden on Corner lot. County Courthouse to consider a Variance Applicant must possess the No pets allowed, Call application to permit Creation of 1 acre non- Ronnie Johnson at 618- St. Nicholas Landmark is ability to multi-task with high 443-3325. conforming tract in an agricultural zoned degree of accuracy, meet ...... 0-x-x distirict. Said application was submitted by looking for help! FOR RENT: Very nice Richard Tanner and is on file in the office of deadlines and interact apartment for single or the administrator. All interested persons are Looking for positively with customers. a couple in Chester. Call PART & FULLTIME KITCHEN STAFF invited to attend said hearing and be heard. Position requires a high school di- 618-615-0922. $400/ Randolph County Zoning Board of Appeals Competitive pay, 25-40 hours a week. month plus utilities. ploma or equivalent. Please pick up ...... 0-x-x Todd Jones Must have experience, willingness to learn, an application at any of our FOR RENT: 5 bedroom Chairman creativity, and a great attitude. locations or apply online at home fenced in private December 20, 2018 Please apply in person www.bvnb.com/careers/ EOE. back yard. Waterloo, ...... 0-12-27 618-340-2090. or send resumes to ...... 0-x-x [email protected] 18-086796 618.826.7150 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 20TH 111 Ferry St. , Chester, IL 62233 JUDICIAL CIRCUIT stnicholasbrewco.com www.countyjournal.org RANDOLPH COUNTY, CHESTER, ILLINOIS

REGIONS BANK D/B/A REGIONS APARTMENTS MORTGAGE, PLAINTIFF, -vs- BLAKE CARTER; STATE OF ILLINOIS; AVAILABLE FOR RENT UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD In CLAIMANTS; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS, PERRY COUNTY DEFENDANTS FOR MORE INFO CALL 18 CH 21 Perry County NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Housing Authority Public Notice is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment entered in the above entitled (618) 542-5409 matter on October 9, 2018; Shannon Wolff, NOW THAT YOU’RE LOOKING Sheriff, 200 W. Buena Vista, Chester, IL 62233, will on January 9, 2019 at 10:00 AM, REAL ESTATE FOR SALE at Randolph County Courthouse, One Taylor Street, Chester, IL 62233, sell to the highest FOR SALE: Built-Mor bidder for ten percent (10%) at the time of sale Buildings. 24x40, $8,835; I Buy Houses! 30x50, $12,873; 40x60, and the balance within twenty-four (24) hours, Any Price. Any Area. $19,472; 50x70, $28,806 the following described premises situated in Any Condition. Erected, choice of colors. Randolph County, Illinois. 732-8704 or 316-9278 or Said sale shall be subject to general taxes, Local Investor go to builtmorbuildings. NOT PICK UP YOUR (618) 559-3525 com. special assessments or special taxes levied ...... 0-x-x southernillinois against said real estate and any prior liens or homebuyers.com FOR SALE: Dodge 1st Mortgages. The subject property is offered 318 Engine with rebuilt Jasper transmission. for sale without any representation as to quality Wanting to move asap. or quantity of title or recourse to Plaintiff and PHONE AND SUBSCRIBE 618-318-0850. in “AS IS” condition. APPLIANCES ...... 1-12-6 Upon the sale being held and the purchaser WE ARE OVER- tendering said bid in certified funds, a receipt STOCKED!!! Refrigators, of Sale will be issued and/or a Certificate of ranges, washer & dryers, Sale as required, which will entitle the purchaser freezers. All on sale! Why? PETS to a deed upon confirmation of said sale by Next 30 days! $150 or the Court. TO YOUR LOCAL PAPER more. Delivery available. FOR SALE: Billy kids, Said property is legally described as follows: Tilley’s Used Appliances, various colors. $15 OBO, LOT 20 IN BRELJE’S FIRST ADDITION TO 518 E. Park Street, Du 618-426-3169. Quoin, 618-542-6810...... 1-12-27 THE VILLAGE OF STEELEVILLE, RANDOLPH ...... 1-1-31 COUNTY, ILLINOIS, AS SHOWN BY PLAT DATED NOVEMBER 24, 1923 AND RECORDED DECEMBER 8, 1923 IN PLAT BOOK “F”, COMMERCIAL SERVICES PAGE 99, RECORDER’S OFFICE, RANDOLPH COUNTY, ILLINOIS. FOR RENT: Commercial/ BABYSITTING IN Commonly known as 611 West Illinois Street, office space. Approx. MY HOME: Christian Steeleville, IL 62288 550 sq. ft. All inclusive woman has openings for Permanent Index No.: 17-031-008-00 rent! $750/mo., includes babysitting on 2nd & 3rd electric, water, internet, shifts and 1 on day shift. Improvements: Single Family TV & trash pick up. Next Excellent references. Residential to new Wonder Wash Sparta area. 618-967- The property will NOT be open for inspection 4990. Laundromat in downtown prior to the sale and Plaintiff makes no Sparta. 618-833-0975...... 1-2-28 County Journal ...... 0-x-x representation as to the condition of the FOR RENT: Office County property. Spaces and Small Shop The judgment amount was $60,837.86. Area. Total 1600 sq. ft, plus entryway. Gas Journal Prospective purchasers are admonished to furnace and central air. 618.497.8272 check the court file and title records to verify this $600/month.Call 618- 1101 E. Pine | Percy information. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR 967-9338. www.countyjournal.org (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO ...... 0-1-3 REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN LEGAL NOTICES ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE LAW. TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT For Bid Amount contact: RANDOLPH COUNTY, ILLINOIS Sale Clerk Shapiro Kreisman & Associates, LLC In the Matter of the Estate of ELIZABETH 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Reaching Over 7,500 Homes MIDDENDORF, Deceased Bannockburn, IL 60015 No. 2018P81 [email protected] (847) 291-1717 CLAIM NOTICE THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL Notice is given of the death of Elizabeth BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE Middendorf of 13138 IL-13, Coulterville, ADVISED THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY Perry County, Illinois, 62237. Letters of FOR THIS DEBT HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED Office were issued on December 14, 2018, BY A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY OR BY Online Or In The Mail to Aaron Middendorf, of 305 E. Green Street, AN ORDER GRANTING IN REM RELIEF FROM Steeleville, Randolph County, Illinois 62288, STAY, THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED SOLELY TO as Administrator and whose attorney of record FORECLOSE THE MORTGAGE REMAINING is Jordan D. Gremmels of Fisher, Kerkhover, ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IS NOT AN Coffey & Gremmels Law Office, 600 State ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE DISCHARGED Street, P.O. Box 191, Chester, Illinois, 62233. PERSONAL OBLIGATION. Claims against the estate may be filed in I3107103 the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court at ...... 0-12-27 the Randolph County Courthouse, #1 Taylor Street, Chester, Illinois, 62233, or with the IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE representative, or both, on or before June 27, TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 2019, or three months from the date of mailing RANDOLPH COUNTY, ILLINOIS www.countyjournal.org or delivery of this Notice to creditors, whichever IN RE THE ADOPTION OF: is later, and any claim not filed on or before that Jace Jones, a minor, date is barred. Bethani Hayes and Robert Hayes, Jr., Within ten days after filing of the Claim adoptive parents with the Clerk, the claimant shall cause a vs. copy of the Claim to be mailed or delivered Michael Meracle, Biological father to the representative of the estate and to the 18-AD-11 representative’s attorney of record. ADOPTION NOTICE - STATE OF ILLINOIS Dated: December 27, 2018 To- MICHAEL MERACLE AND ALL UNKNOWN Aaron Middendorf FATHERS AND ALL WHO IT MAY CONCERN: Administrator of the Estate of Take notice that a petition was filed in the Elizabeth Middendorf Circuit Court of Randolph County, Illinois, for the adoption of a child named JACE JONES, Jordan D. Gremmels - Attorney minor to be adopted. Now, therefore, unless 618.497.8272 COUNTY JOURNAL | DECEMBER 27, 2018 PAGE 31 real estate JK Thompson Co. Innovation & Quality Real estate transactions New Homes And FOR RANDOLPH A. Becker to Scott E. 3 Blk 1 Bergpar Addn triede to Bradley Jo- COUNTY­ Becker NW SW Sec Thomas L. & Marilyn seph Vordtriede & Ju- Custom Construction Melanie Johnson 7 5-6 Sue Pierceall to Lena lie Ann Vordtriede Pt County Clerk Heartlands Conser- Dierks, April Reiman SW NW NW Sec 29 4-2 Septic System Installation & Recorder vancy & Clifftop NFP & Katie Prather NW Dale E. Edie to Beth WARRANTY DEEDS to Illinois Department SW Sec 27 6-6 A. Sizemore Pt SW NW Ken 618-521-6174 of Natural Resources Sec 15 5-2 Justin 618-967-0075 Gregory D. Rushing Robert T. & Tesha L. to Jeffrey L. & Christie NW Sec 27; NE NE Sec Carlyle to The City of WH Recovery, LLC Visit Us On Facebook/jkthompsonco L. Modglin Lt 11 Blk 1 28 7-5 Consideration Sparta Lts 3, 4 & 7 Blk to Erin K. Holmes & Welge Addn Consider- $355,345 7 JA Foster 1st Addn Harold D. Holmes SW ation $35,000 William M. Bagley to Nicholas J. & Jessica SE Sec 20 5-1 Deana N. Korando to Hunter W. House Lt 42 L. Moran to Jessica L. Cynthia J. Winter & Swanwick Addn Ray L. Winter to Aus- NEW Stump Ronnie D. & Rebecca Kloepper & Jessica L. Dunker NW NW Sec Earl & Dorothy Marks Moran NW Sec 8 4-7 tin T. Winter & Ray L. Grinder 29 6-6 Consideration to Gail R. Oakley Lt 3 Winter Pt NE SW Sec No Flying Debris $77,000 Blk 12 IMPCO Addn 31 6-2 Easy Cleanup Gilbert D. & Linda S. Charles E. & Lisa A. FOR PERRY Charles E. Bishop Jr. Kessel to Zane M. Wal- & Dorothy A. Bishop to Austin to Eric & Gina COUNTY­ Gladson SE SW Sec lace & Madison L. Con- Charles E. Bishop III Dave 29 6-5 ner Lts 11 & 12 Egge Josh Gross SW NE Sec 20 6-1 SERVING THE TRI-COUNTY AREA Travis L. McCormick Addn Consideration County Clerk & Re- Barbara A. & Gary corder Since 1989 & Still Growing!!! to Nathaniel L. Lingle $129,300 W. Reidelberger to & Ashlee Hepp Lt 4 Nicholas J. & Marci WARRANTY DEEDS Rhonda & Steven J. Audrey L. & William TREE SERVICE Colvis Addn Bert to Paul T. Gaert- Reidelberger NW NE 618.965.9110 Sidney W. Buch & ner Lts 6 & 7 Blk 3 T. Taylor to Jerry D. & Sec 7 5-1 Cheryl L. Buch to Rich- Welge 2nd Addn; SE Rita G. Cook Lt 9 Blk Jeffrey A. & Marjorie ard A. Ballard Blk 9 Sec 7 7-6 Consideration 5 Curtis Kelley Addn K. Rector to Mercedes SCRozier Addn Con- $125,000 Consideration $68,000 Noehle Thompson Lts sideration $145,000 Sharon Yankey to Angela L. & Conrad 36 & 37 TW Mifflins Josh & Mary Wirth to Jess G. & Jacqueline L. E. Roach to Kerry Lyn Addn Consideration Amanda Fox Lts 10 & Cushman NW SW Sec Maguire & Angela L. $4,500 11 Red Bud 1st Devel- 16 7-6 Consideration Roach Pt Lt 136 & Lt Canam Medical, LLC opment Consideration $10,000 137 Du Quoin Original to CSOS, LLC SW NE NO Survey $128,000 QUITCLAIM DEEDS Sec 29 6-1 Consider- Bill Lynn, Linda Ronnie D. & Rebecca First Natl Bank ation $7,741 K. Lynn & Billy R. Dunker to Ronnie D. & Steeleville to Destnee DEEDS Lynn to Ramon Lazu- Rebecca Dunker NW Harvey Lts 11 & 12 W Bk Of America NA Figueroa Lt 2 Blk 1 NW Sec 29 6-6 Whites 2nd Addn Con- Trustee, Sandra J. Ma- TRESPASSING HSprietler Addn Paul Douglas & Mary sideration $9,000 cintyre, Frank Luke Trespassers Subject To Arrest Yvonne Balleto to Ann Hahn to Mary Jerid S. Stevenson to Rogers, Vera Louisa Todd Dean Ehlers Lt 1 Ann Hahn, Paul Doug- Blake Charles Hensley Rogers & Security Blk 1 Henry Fiene 2nd las Hahn & Joshua Lt 101 HB Jones Addn First Natl Bank to Addn Consideration Paul Hahn Lts 4 & Consideration $74,500 Shriners Hospital For $118,500 5 Blk 2 Mathews 1st Deborah Ann Lee & Children SE SW Sec The Village of Bald- Addn Deborah Ann Poe to 8 5-1 win to The People of Avery Holdings Inc, Joey Allen Vancil & Perry County, Trust- the State of Illinois Red Bud Development Stacey Lisette Vancil ee to Nigel Sewell Lt 13 Knight Hawk Coal, LLC • (618) 426-3662 Department Resources LLC & Gregg Craw- SE NE Sec 19 5-1 Con- Kaisers Addn & Illinois Department ford to Main Street sideration $32,500 Perry County Trustee of Natural Resources Redevelopers LLC NW Marilyn S. Heisner to to Greer Enterprises, Courtney B. Nehrkorn Sec 16 4-7 SE Sec 5 4-8 Inc. Lt 88 Swanwick & Paul J. Nehrkorn Pt Donald E. Buch & Darlene & Kenneth Addn NW SE Sec 2 5-3 Con- Alycia M. Gillock to L. Lohman to Kenneth Perry County Trustee sideration $230,000 Floyd A. Junge Lt 8 L. Lohman, Darlene to Richard & Sunny QUITCLAIM DEEDS HTillock2nd Addn Lohman, Kenneth L. Jane Bird Lts 16 & 17 Consideration $25,000 Robert C. Boyett, Jen- Blk 63 Forester Neely Lohman Living Trust nettia Belle Cullen Robert A. & Judy L. & Darlene Lohman Addn & Sibyl Y. Janello to Perry County Trustee Haentzler to Michael Living Trust Lt 4 Ratz- Brandon Ragland & to CSGS & Don Sch- S. & Angela Schrader Weh Addn Jami Ragland Pt Sec reiber Pt Lt 3 Blk 27 Lt 512 Country Club June E. Schultheis 27 6-1 Keyes Metcalfs 1st 2nd Addn Consider- to Shawn A. & Jodie Stephen Shook to Addn ation $184,000 L. Schultheis Lts 2 & Tyrus J. & Susan Brandon Ragland & Perry County Trustee Jami Ragland Pt Sec to Larry Diamond & 27 6-1; Pt Lt 24 Shooks Lou Ella williams Lts Properties For Sale 1st Addn 4 & 5 Blk 3 Aladdins NEW LISTING!!! COULTERVILLE, 914 Poplar St. ~ Gabrielle C. Vord- Addn 4-Bed, 2 Full Baths, 2-Story Home, On 1.23 Acres, 2-Car Attached Garage, Out Of City Limits. $130,000. STEELEVILLE, 205 E. Broadway ~ 3-Bed, 1 Full Bath, Full Basement, Outbuildings, Pool, Big Living Room, Rear Alley Access. $95,000. STEELEVILLE, 1206 W. Shawneetown Trail ~ 3-Bed, 1.5 Bath, 1-Car Attached Garage, 2-Car Detached Garage, Storage Shed On 2 Big Lots. $110,000. PRICE REDUCED!!! Coulterville, 13135 St. Rte. 13 ~ 3-Bed, 2-Bath Ranch Home W/Full Basement And 2-Car Attached Garage On 6-Acre Lot. $182,500. PRICE REDUCED!!! OAKDALE, 550 N. Cherry ~ 3-Bed, 1.5-Bath Tri-Level Home On 18.54 Acres Inside The City Limits. 7 Acres Tillable 28x30 Workshop/Showroom/Garage. Great Investment Property. $270,000. Golden18-086796 Key Realty IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 20TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT PRICE REDUCED!!! PINCKNEYVILLE, 607 E. Water RANDOLPHView Our COUNTY, Listings CHESTER, ILLINOIS At St. ~ 3-Bed, 2-Bath Home W/Full Basement, Big Garage, New REGIONSwww.TheGoldenKeyRealtors.com BANK D/B/A REGIONS MORTGAGE, PLAINTIFF, -vs- Furnace & A/C. Remodeled And Move-In Ready. $132,500. BLAKE CARTER; STATE OF ILLINOIS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON- RECORD CLAIMANTS; Or UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS, DEFENDANTS Marissa, 402 W. Lyons ~ 3-Bed Brick Ranch With Full 18 CH 21 www.Realtor.com FACEBOOKBasement, FencedUNDER Back Yard CONTRACT With Pool, Small Shed, On A NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Public Notice is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment entered in 1-Acre Lot. $129,900. the above entitled matter on October 9, 2018; Shannon Wolff, Sheriff, 200 Oakdale, 9735 Branch Rd. ~ Secluded 6-Bed Home On W. Buena Vista, Chester, IL 62233, will on January 9, 2019 at 10:00 AM, at Randolph County Courthouse, One Taylor Street, Chester, IL 62233, sell to 2 Acres, 3 Full Baths, Walk-Out, Pole Barn, Livestock Shed the highest bidder for ten percent (10%) at the time of sale and the balance And Outbuildings. $183,000. within twenty-four (24) hours, the following described premises situated in Randolph County, Illinois. Sparta-commercial, 310 S. Vine St. ~ 19,000+ Sq. Said sale shall be subject to general taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and any prior liens or 1st Mortgages. Ft. Commercial Building With Store Front, Storage Lockers, The subjectCall Oneproperty Of is Ouroffered Agents for sale Forwithout Personal any representation Service! as to Big Item Storage, Office Space, Loading Docks, 800 Amp quality or quantity of title or recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. Service. $125,000. Upon the sale being held and the purchaser tendering said bid in certi- fied funds, a receipt of Sale will be issued and/or a Certificate of Sale as NEW PROpERTY LISTInGS ARE BEInG ACCEpTED! required,212 N. Marketwhich will entitle the purchaser to a deed upon confirmation of See Listings On realtor.com, zillow.com And trulia.com said saleSparta by the Court. Said property is legally described as follows: For All Your Real Estate Needs...Buying Or Selling. 618-443-2211Commonly known as 611 West Illinois Street, Steeleville, IL 62288 Permanent Index No.:Florence 17-031-008-00 Dorcas Bruce Donald GutJaHr Realty, LLC Kane Gruber Luthy, Sr. Otten 1205Improvements: Swanwick Single967-6516 Family 559-9147 559-4152 830-2999 David Gutjahr, Managing Broker Residential Broker Manager TheChester property will NOT be open Brokerfor inspection Manager prior to the sale and Plain- 2347 Roosevelt Road, Coulterville, IL 62237 • (618) 578-8833 tiff618-826-3421 makes no representation as to the condition of the property. (618) 758-2731 • email: [email protected] The judgment amount was $60,837.86. Prospective purchasers are admonished to check the court file and title records to verify this informa- tion. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCEJane WITHBonnie SECTION 15-1701Kim (C) OF THE ILLINOISJohn MORTGAGE FORECLOSUREPillers LAW. Ripperda Wesbecher Lane For Bid Amount contact:443-8623 971-5728 317-2230 708-0900 Sale Clerk ShapiroEqual Housing Kreisman opportunity & Associates,Each Office LLC Independently Owned & Operated Have You Moved? 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 [email protected] (847) 291-1717 Don’t Forget To Call And THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THIS DEBT HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED Change The Mailing Address BY A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY OR BY AN ORDER GRANTING IN REM RELIEF FROM STAY, THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED SOLELY TO FORECLOSE THE MORTGAGE REMAINING ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO On Your Newspaper! COLLECT THE DISCHARGED PERSONAL OBLIGATION. I3107103 COUNTY JOURNAL • 497-8272

GoldenRealty Key 212 N. Market | Sparta | 618-443-2211 1205 Swanwick | Chester | 618-826-3421 Florence Dorcas Bruce Jane Bonnie Don Kim John Kane Gruber Luthy, Sr Pillers Ripperda Otten Wesbecher Lane Equal Housing opportunity 967-6516 559-9147 559-4152 443-8623 971-5728 830-2999 317-2230 708-0900 Each Office Independently Owned & Operated Broker Manager Broker Manager View Our Listings At www.TheGoldenKeyRealToRs.com PAGE 32 COUNTY JOURNAL | DECEMBER 27, 2018 Why make resolutions? The dawn of a new year is a time when many people take in- ventory of the previous 12 months and begin thinking about ways they can improve their lives in the coming year. Such looking ahead can provide inspiration and motivation. Resolving to make changes at the begin- ning of a new year is a tradition for many people. Even when peo- ple veer off course from and learn from past their resolutions, many Resolutions mistakes. pick themselves up, Early Christians also dust themselves off and began with embraced resolutions try again year after as chances to repent Healthy resolutions year. and redeem themselves The custom of making the ancient through positive ac- resolutions is celebrat- tions. Although there ed in many areas of the Babylonians are still some religious for the year ahead world. But how did the ties to resolutions, New Many people see the • Turn off your de- cited work as their pri- custom begin? and are still Year’s resolutions are dawn of a new year as vices. As recently as 15 mary source of stress. History.com states still largely practiced the perfect time to im- years ago, many adults But working fewer that the origins of New made today. today. And unlike mak- plement changes that made it through their hours may also make Year’s resolutions can ing promises to God or they hope will have pos- days without smart- men and women more be traced to the ancient pagan gods, resolutions itive impacts on their phones, tablets, e-read- productive. A recent Babylonians, who pur- pagan gods would be- are now most often lives in the year ahead. ers, and other devices experiment funded by portedly made prom- stow favor on them, in- personal promises fo- New Year’s resolutions that are so prevalent the Swedish govern- ises to the gods to earn cluding a rich harvest, cusing on self-improve- have a way of falling by today. While it might ment compared nurses good favor for the com- for the coming year. ment. seem impossible to live at a retirement home the wayside as the year ing year. These resolu- The Romans were the The largest percent- progresses, but stick- without such devices in who worked six-hour tions were personal first to change the cal- age of resolutions made ing with the following the 21st century, turn- days on eight-hour promises of growth and endar to have the new today, according to Sta- healthy resolutions can ing them off can have salaries to a control redemption and were year begin on Janu- tistics Brain, involve have lasting impacts profound impacts on group that worked the made in conjunction ary 1. January was self-improvement or ed- on the lives of men and people’s quality of life. more traditional eight- named for the Roman ucation-related goals. women. A 2013 survey of more hour workday. Nurses with the start of a new god Janus, who had Sharing one’s resolu- • Read more. Many than 1,000 people con- in the experimental year which, at the time, dual faces. Romans be- tions with a third party adults wish they had ducted by the resilience group reported having began in mid-March lieved that Janus could can help people stay more time to read, but platform meQuilibrium more energy in their and not January. motivated as they pur- busy schedules filled found that 73 percent of spare time and at work, Common resolutions not only look back into with commitments to respondents felt their which allowed them revolved around get- the previous year, but sue their goals. work and family can devices contributed to to do 64 percent more ting out of debt or also look forward to Resolutions have been make it hard to pick up stress in their lives. The activities with facility returning borrowed the next one. So Ro- made for thousands of a book every day. But American Psychologi- residents. Nurses in items. The Babylonians mans made promises to years, and millions of perhaps more men and cal Association notes the experimental group tried to fulfill these Janus to do good deeds people still make them women would find time that stress can nega- also took half as much resolutions so that the in the months to come today. to read if they knew do- tively affect the mus- sick time as those in the ing so could add years culoskeletal system, the control group. As a re- to their lives. In an respiratory system and sult, the study’s authors analysis of 12 years of the nervous system and ultimately concluded data from the Universi- potentially increase a that productivity can ty of Michigan’s Health person’s risk for heart increase with fewer and Retirement Study, disease and gastroin- hours worked. researchers at the Yale testinal problems. Committing to healthy School of Public Health • Work less. Working New Year’s resolutions found that people who fewer hours may help can have profound read books for as little many professionals cut and unexpected conse- as 30 minutes a day back on their stress, as quences that can great- over several years lived the APA notes that 65 ly improve one’s quality an average of two years percent of Americans of life. longer than people who did not read at all. • Sleep more. More time to sleep might seem like an unattain- able goal for many men and women. But the Na- tional Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute notes that ongoing sleep de- ficiency can increase a person’s risk for chron- ic health problems, in- cluding heart disease, kidney disease, high blood pressure, diabe- tes, and stroke. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recom- mends adults age 18 and older get between seven and eight hours of sleep per night.

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