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PRINCEVILLE – A Board of Educa-tion proposal to consider issuing workingcash bonds in case the state cuts funding,freezes property taxes or otherwise af-fects financial support may have beenderailed.

The District has received a petitionwith 383 signatures regarding the Dis-trict’s intent to issue working cash bonds.No decision had been made to do so.

If the Board decides it needs to issuethe bonds, the petition now makes it nec-essary for the Board to put the questionof issuing those bonds on the November2016 ballot.

“Due to the added timeline, if there are

major cuts to [state] education spendingpredicted for next year, the Board willnot have the ‘safety net’ of the added rev-enue before the Reduction in Force dead-line in April of this year,” saidSuperintendent Shannon Duling.

“Therefore, if funding looks like it willbe cut next year, we will have some verydifficult decisions to make about reduc-ing staff for the 2016-2017 school year,and likely increasing student class size.”

Also at its Jan. 13 meeting, the school

board learned that the construction pro-ject’s timeline has been revised after gen-eral contractor P.J. Hoerr adjusted sometasks to address delays. The original tar-get completion date of June 1 is nowpushed back to mid-June to late July.

“We have modified the schedule toallow the final part of renovation (con-cession area, corridor, foyer, restrooms)to begin earlier than originally planned,which should help keep the project ontrack to be completed before August 1,”Duling said.

Meanwhile, the Chemistry/Physics labfloor has been leveled and most of thegas issues fixed, added High SchoolPrincipal Rich Thole.

Princeville petition would force ballot on bonds

Judge mayrecuse self inVicary case

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

The Judge assigned to preside overthe lawsuit filed against RosefieldTownship is taking under advisementa request from plaintiff Megan(Miller) Vicary to recuse herself be-cause of concerns about previous con-nections.

Judge Jodi Hooson Jan. 8 heardfrom the Vicarys’lawyer, ChristopherRyan, that Meganwas worried aboutHoos having prose-cuted a Miller-Vic-ary relative yearsago when Hoos was with the PeoriaCounty State’s Attorney’s Office.

Hoos was appointed to the 10th Ju-dicial Circuit bench by the IllinoisSupreme Court in December 2014.

Hoos, who prosecuted more than125 jury trials since 2000, said shedidn’t remember the case, but addedthat she would look through herrecords and consider the request.

The Vicarys are suing formerTownship Supervisor Steve Davis andthree others who’ve done work for the

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KICKAPOO CONSTRUCTION

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

YATES CITY – Progress on repair-ing the roof of the waterworks buildingand the concrete drive of the firehousewas made at the Village Board’s Jan.13 meeting, despite trustees postponingaction until February.

Public Works Director Chuck Eikerreported on estimates for each project,and bids for the roof ranged from$6,400 to $9,600, but the most expen-sive bid also involved removing an un-used chimney.

Estimates for the concrete workranged from $2,890 to $6,700.

Trustee Leslie Gavelys asked forcontractors to confirm that they’re in-sured and bonded, and the Board toldEiker to get that information before theFebruary meeting.

Another issue arose with the en-trance/exit and sidewalk in front of theElba-Salem Fire District building onWest Main. Trustee Ron Smith re-ported that Bruner, Cooper & Zuck en-gineering in Galesburg said the areawas the village’s responsibility, butTrustee James Bewley and othersthought residents and businesses might

The New “Norma’s”Work is well underway on a new restau-

rant and bar being built on the site indowntown Kickapoo formerly occupied byGilles Tavern (at right). Reputed to holdthe oldest liquor license in Illinois, GillesTavern – or “Norma’s” as it was calledthanks to longtime bartender NormaGilles – drew an eclectic mix of cus-tomers, including the cigar-chomping fel-low (below right) who rode a mule in fora few sips.Local businessman Jim Feuchter is de-

veloping the 3,500-square-foot restaurantand tavern. Wagenbach Builders of Pekinis constructing the facility, which willhave entrances from the east and also offU.S. Route 150.

Current photo by Collin Fairfield

Repairsslated inYates City

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Hoos

Though the con-struction schedulehas been revised,completion of theongoing renovationof PrincevilleSchools is on tar-get to be finishedby Aug. 1. At leftare new class-rooms. Photo byCollin Fairfield.

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YATES CITY: Exploring new fireworks ordinance

Township: John Forney, RobbieLaFollett and Kevin Windish.

The 2014 suit accuses the defen-dants of invasion of privacy, civilconspiracy, intentional infliction ofemotion distress, slander, and ha-rassment.

Some County officials see the suit

as part of a political feud stemmingfrom Mark Vicary losing the nomi-nation for re-election as RosefieldHighway Commissioner in a Re-publican caucus in 2012, whenMike LaFollett was nominated asthe GOP candidate. Matt Windish,running as an Independent, defeatedMike LaFollett 129-57 in the Spring

2013 election.Miller-Vicary has filed dozens of

complaints with the Peoria CountySheriff’s Office, which says it triedto explain that her complaints werenot criminal, but civil matters, orelse found no evidence to prosecuteincidents that may have beencrimes.

In other action lastweek, the Board:

• approved an agree-ment with Gorenz and As-sociates, Ltd. for2015-2016 auditing serv-ices for a fee not to ex-ceed $11,500;

• received resignationsof Anne Krolicki as a PHSvarsity track coach, LisaTwidwell as JV girls’ bas-ketball coach, andWilliam Phelps as PHSJV baseball coach;

• approved KennethBaker as PHS girls’ JVbasketball coach;

• approved a proposalfor a pilot Bass Club and

OK’d Tait Sennett andDoug Nelson as BassFishing Club coachingvolunteers; and

• approved Sam Rem-mert as PHS softball vol-unteer and BrockStreitmatter as PJHS 7th-8th grade boys’ basketballvolunteer.

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share costs for such work rather thanthe village pay for those renovations.So the Board voted to table any ac-tion until a committee could conferwith the Fire Protection District on apossible joint venture.

“We want to work together,” saidVillage President Kenny Gibson.

Working together with communityresidents was behind a proposal for anew fireworks ordinance, which isbeing finalized by Police ChiefRandy Benson and attorney WayneStatham.

“This is not a war on fireworks,”Benson said. “We don’t have a prob-lem in mind. It would just be anothertool besides arresting someone.”

If approved, a local fireworks or-dinance would be an option for po-lice besides using a costlier statelaw. Statham will draft an ordinancefor the Board to consider at its Feb-ruary meeting;

Finally, Eiker asked for the Boardto consider rolling over and/or pay-ing for some of his nine days of un-

used vacation from 2015, whichsparked a discussion about makingan exception to the employee hand-book, which says that unused vaca-tion days are forfeited. The Boardlast year paid for half of Eiker’s un-used vacation days and rolled overthe remainder to this year.

Both Smith and Bewley opposedany variance from the handbook andTrustee Tom Kinzer proposed pay-ing for five days and rolling fourdays into additional sick days for2016. When that failed due to lackof a second, Trustee Kaiti Murphyproposed rolling all nine days intoadditional sick days for this yearwith the understanding that hence-forth the handbook limits would beenforced, and it passed 3-2, withGavelys, Murphy and Kinzer in sup-port, and Smith and Bewley op-posed.

In other news,• the Board unanimously approved

moving work for the audit from theGalesburg accounting firm ofBlucker Kneer & Associates to the

Kewanee accounting firm of Dou-glas W. Irwin & Co.;

• Bewley said after the audit iscomplete, a grant application to theWestern Illinois Regional Councilwill be sent for possible help to funda new civil defense siren system;

• the village’s gazebo restorationproject will benefit from a Feb. 27chicken and noodle dinner at theFaith United Presbyterian Church,which plans to donate proceeds fromthe event;

• Village Clerk Stephanie Arrow-smith reported progress on a newvillage website, and the board au-thorized spending almost $150 ayear for a domain name like “villa-geofyatescityil”;

• Benson reported the year-enddata shows the Police Department’s“request for service” calls for 2015were up 14 percent from 2014, to235; and

• the Board OK’d donating tocharity several recovered bicyclesstored after being unclaimed formonths.


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THE WEEK AHEAD

This Week’s Eventss Fund Raiser – Harvest Home Fund

Raiser dinner today (Jan. 21), servingchicken and noodles, mashed potatoes,vegetable, biscuit and drink for $9.Served 4:30-7 p.m. Dine in, carry out.

s NAMI Meetings – NAMI mental ill-ness support group meetings today(Jan. 21) 7-8:30 p.m. are at ICC North,Room 129 for individuals in recoveryand Room 132 for family and others.

s Free Bread – Free bread availableat Elmwood United Methodist ChurchFriday (Jan. 22) at 10a.m.

s Soup Day – Dou-glas Methodist Churchhas soup day Saturday(Jan. 23) from 11 a.m.to 6:30 p.m. at thechurch fellowship hall.Chili, vegetable and broccoli cheesesoups served along with maid rites, hotdogs, pies and cake, Donations ac-cepted. Call (309) 224-6575.

s Board Games – Board games avail-able to play Saturday (Jan. 23) andeach Saturday through Feb. 27 atWilliamsfield Public Library, 9 a.m. tonoon. Call (309) 639-2630.

s Lego Club – Kids grades K-5 in-vited to Brimfield Public Library onJan. 25 from 6-7 p.m. to make LEGOcreations. No registration required.Children under 5 must be accompaniedby a caregiver.

s Chess Night – Chess night at Farm-ington Public Library Jan. 26, 6-7:30p.m. Chess sets provided. Call (309)245-2175.

s Book Club – Book club at Brim-field Public Library is Jan. 26 from 1-2:30 p.m. in the Library Study Room.New members welcome.

Future Eventss Knitting Guild – Heart of Illinois

Knitting Guild meets Feb. 2 at 9 a.m.at Maple Lawn Homes in Eureka. Call

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Check out a cookbookfrom Alpha Park PublicLibrary, test out arecipe that sounds tasty,and bring a copy of therecipe to the Feb. 1meeting at 7 p.m. to

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s Pancake Day – 59th annual Pan-cake Day at the United MethodistChurch in Farmington is Feb. 6, 7 a.m.to 6 p.m. Church located at 187 WestFulton St. For meat orders call (309)219-2781 or 245-4310 before Jan. 27.

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but the clown is the most important.” – Roberto BenigniIllinois Press Association Member

Gene Wilson’s lasting legacywill likely be his lights.

And why not? Think of all theChristmas cheer those lightsspread in towns across central Illi-nois. For many, it wasn’t really theChristmas season until Wilson’screations lined the streets of local

towns and thedisplay at hisfarm place eastof Elmwood litup the night formiles around.

Many is thetime I stoppedwith my familyto take in theshow on Christ-

mas Lane, rolling down the win-dows even when it was cold tohear the music playing.

Plenty of others enjoyed thesame experience. News that Wil-son had died last weekend at age82 spread quickly and was gener-ally met with the same remark,“What a shame.”

Of course, there was much moreto Wilson than Christmas lights,

funny hats and free sweet corn –two more of his endearing traits.

My favorite Gene Wilson mo-ments came in our office. Over thepast few years, until his health de-teriorated, Wilson became a regu-lar. He usually stopped by with apoint to make, a verbal jab to slipin or something to sell or giveaway.

What I enjoyed most were hisstories. Given time, Wilson wouldspin yarns about farming, hogs,chickens, practical jokes, politics,sweet corn and much more.

While I marveled at his storiesof wagons winding up on barns,my favorite tales were the onesthat involved him visiting withyoungsters, often while dressed upas a clown.

More than once, he told me astory about a youngster at a Christ-mas gathering in Peoria. As thestory went, this young boy was ex-cited to receive an inner tube forhis bike tire as his only Christmasgift.

“That boy had so little he wasthrilled to get an inner tube,” Wil-

son would say, his voice catchingand tears streaming down his face.

I think I heard that story threetimes. Even so, the details I just re-lated are probably wrong. Theemotions are not. Nor is the fact Iwill miss hearing Wilson tell thatstory again.

uuuWhat’s up with the Palace The-

atre in Elmwood, you ask? Plenty. While the marquee remains dark

for now, investors are moving for-ward with plans to purchase thevenerable movie house. Pendingvarious legal wranglings, therecould be a more formal announce-ment by the end of this month.

If all goes well, movies shouldbe showing in February. The planis to provide as many first-runshows as possible, while alsokeeping the public apprised ofwhat film is coming next.

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A long time ago, in a city not thatfar away, peoplebegan rolling outtheir sleepingbags and pitchingtents outside thelocal theater.

Those whowere showing upto see John Tra-volta in “UrbanCowboy” or ClintEastwood in “Bronco Billy” had tocarefully step around these hearty,brave souls who were bound and de-termined to be among the first to see“The Empire Strikes Back,” the se-quel to the blockbuster hit “StarWars,” which had come out justthree years previously.

The line started forming on June17, 1980, a few days before themovie would actually hit the theater.Those of us in line braved the ele-ments – the heat, the rain, the uncon-trollable urge to go to the bathroom– as well as the taunts and catcalls ofthose going to see other movies aswell as those just driving by.

We, by God, were going to see“The Empire Strikes Back” on thefirst day it was released. We’d havesomething to tell our grandkids thatdidn’t involve walking five miles toschool each day (uphill both ways),no matter what the weather. We’d beable to brag about camping out tosee the “Star Wars” sequel!

Now that I have grandkids, andthe sixth sequel (actually fourth se-quel because, technically, three ofthe movies are prequels) has beenout for a while, none of them care

that we spent days and nights in line,having people shuttle food to us, allso that we could be among the first.

In fact, when I told my 13-year-old grandson this, he looked at me,shook his head and said, “You werenuts.”

Well, the truth is, I didn’t stand inline, or sleep in a bag, or have foodshuttled to me. I waited about twoweeks, making sure I didn’t listen toanything about the movie fromfriends who had seen it or TV showsthat might have given away the bigshocker (“No! I am your father!”).

Yep. I waited ’til the crowds dieddown a little, then I went.

Back in 1980, I told friends that I’d go eventually, and then tell mygrandkids that I’d been in line.

They’d never know.No one can prove (other than the

fact that I just confessed it) that Ididn’t spend three days sleeping inline so I could be among the first. The only way you could haveproved it was if you had asked mewho Luke’s father was in the twoweeks after it’d been released.

But no one knows that. I can stillmake a claim that my grandkidscouldn’t care less about. None of myfriends really care either. Had Icamped out in front of the theater, Ireally would have been a dweeb.

And today, I would probably havefelt really dumb for doing it.

Still, back in December, therewere plenty of dweebs who WEREcamped out in line waiting to see theseventh movie in the franchise (andthe first one with the correct num-ber!).

Three and a half decades ago, wedidn’t have a lot of things we havetoday. We didn’t have the Internetwhere information about the moviewould be available the minute some-one saw it. We didn’t have cellphones or smart phones. Peoplecouldn’t “tweet” about the moviewhile watching it.

Avoiding information about “TheForce Awakens” was going to behard. But I decided a long time ago(in a galaxy far, far away) that I was-n’t going to go out of my way to seeit on the first day, especially if itmeant inconveniencing myself inany possible way.

That’s what surprises me the mostbecause this is the first time out ofall seven movies that I can honestlysay, “I saw it on opening day.”

Yep. I drove to Landmark Cine-mas in Peoria for a 2 p.m. showingand got right in. No line or anything.About 30 other people showed up towatch it with me.

It was a long cry from a full the-ater, and it makes me laugh at thosepeople (wherever they are), whocamped out all week to see it. Theyshould have just come to Peoria.

The thing is, I’ll be able to hon-estly tell my great-great-grandkidsthat I saw it on the first day. I mayeven embellish the story a bit andtell them that I camped out for aweek in advance in an area that hadreally bad 4G network or that themean old theater manager would letme charge my cell phone battery.

After all, they’ll never know thedifference.

Nor will they care, for that matter.

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Early morning fire damages Morse house

ELMWOOD – The house in the500 block of North MagnoliaStreet here formerly occupied bythe late Patricia and Max Morsewas damaged in a blaze earlyMonday morning, when firefight-ers from three area departmentswere slightly hampered by frigidtemperatures.

Firefighters were called to thescene about midnight Mondaymorning and fought a blaze proba-bly caused by a fireplace/chimneyfire, according to Elmwood FireChief Chad Jordan.

It was brought under control inabout half an hour, he said, andfirefighters remained on the scene

until about 3:30 Monday morning.Sub-zero temperatures “made it

tough,” Jordan said, but “every-thing worked.”

Besides smoke damage, most ofthe damage was confined to a sec-ond-floor ceiling and the attic.Elba-Salem and Farmington fire-fighters also responded, Jordansaid.

Police reports• Two rifles were reported stolen

from a home in the 11000 block ofPrinceville-Jubilee Road inPrinceville, according to the PeoriaCounty Sheriff’s Office, which isinvestigating the residential bur-glary.

• Mary Fricke of Edwards onJan. 12 reported damage to a mail-box on Heinz Lane, according tothe Peoria County Sheriff’s Office.

• Adam Presley, 34, of

Princeville on Jan. 13 was arrestedfor Driving Under the Influenceand transported to the PeoriaCounty Jail.

• The Fulton County Sheriff’sOffice reported three recent de-partment responses in Farmington:a vehicle in a ditch on Jan. 12, a“public complaint” on Jan. 13, anda two-vehicle accident on Jan. 14.No further information was avail-able.

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PRINCEVILLE – There will betwo upcoming art programs at theLillie M. Evans Library inPrinceville in January and February.Both are fundraisers for the Friendsof the Library.

The mission of the Friends is tosupport the needs of the Library in avariety of ways. The Friends striveto enhance the available resourcesof our library to meet current andfuture needs of our community.Items provided by the Friends in-clude: furniture in the young adultarea, Nintendo Wii gaming system,patron shopping cart, sturdybenches outside the library and helpwith the summer reading program.

The first program is Saturday, Jan.

30 from 10 a.m. to noon. Cost is$20. Come paint away the winterblues! There will be a luau themeand we’ll have a build your ownkiddie cocktail bar.

Class size is limited to 20, so besure to register ASAP. Cost is $20and each painter will paint a pictureto take home.

The second program is Saturday,Feb. 13, from 10 a.m. to noon. Costis $20. Paint a teacup. This is alsoNational Grandparents Day. Therewill be a tea party theme

Class size is limited to 20. Cost is$20 for each teacup and cups will befired at “Your Kiln Me.”

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• Local students named to theBradley University Dean’s List forthe fall semester included: Brim-field – Britta R. Courter, Claire E.Crandell, Taylor M. Fales, Kaela N.Giles, Alexandria C. Paternoga,Luke I. Vigue, Claudia G. Cum-mings; Edwards –Janelle M. Grassi, Kyle J. Schaub,Mary C Voss; Elmwood – Olivia A.Althiser, Destiny T. Jackson, Tren-ton J. Parrish, Jenna N. Scotti,Braden D. Streitmatter, Brianna JStreitmatter; Williamsfield – LoganM. Lafollette.

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BRIMFIELD – Verlee L. BolandHanley, 90, of Brimfield, peacefullypassed through the Gates of Heavenat 4:43 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 21,2016.

She was surrounded by her lovingfamily as she transitioned throughdeath into eternity.She now residesin Heaven with allthose who pre-ceded her and herSavior, JesusChrist.

Preceding her ingoing home wereher first husband,Fred W. Boland, Sr., her second hus-band, Edward A. Hanley., son, FredW. Boland, Jr., her twin sister, VerlaM. Dowell, her sister, PatriciaThomas, her parents, brother, BenSteele, and her beloved Aunt “Titie”Betrica Kaifer.

Born Dec. 13, 1925, in Henry toRobert John and Nina Belle (Lutes)Steele, she married Fred W. Boland,Sr. on Aug. 28, 1948, in Peoria. Hedied April 23, 1973. She marriedEdward A. Hanley on May 6, 1978,in Kickapoo. He died on May 17,2004.

Surviving are six children, Susan(Dick) Marshall of Brimfield, Re-becca Bachner of Algonquin,Thomas Boland of Brimfield,Joseph (Lisa) Boland of Algonquin,David Boland of Brimfield, Mary(Bill Binder) Boland of Brimfield;and one daughter-in-law, JosetteBoland of Brimfield; 12 grandchil-dren, Philippe, Brigitte, Fred III,Joshua, Ryan, Brooke, Nick, Kelsey,

Jordan, Jerry, Jennifer, Dustin, andAshley; and 18 great-grandchildren;her siblings Barbara Heng, SueSnodgrass, Robert Steele, andHjordis Dearing; and her belovednieces and nephews.

Verlee loved to sew and quilt andformed many friendships throughher Stitch & Bitch group over theyears. This group of ladies providedmuch love, laughter, and support forher and she loved and treasured eachof them.

Special thanks to her life-longfriend, Helen Lagoda and her surro-gate family, the Kuntz children.Also, her doctors and caregivers.She served in the Women’s ArmyCorp. (WAC) during World War II,and after her honorable dischargeshe graduated from the St. FrancisSchool of Nursing in Peoria.

She and her husband, Fred W.Boland, owned F.W. Boland Plumb-ing & Heating in Peoria which isstill in operation since 1949.

She was a member of St. Joseph’sCatholic Church in Brimfield.

A memorial Mass was celebrated

Jan. 18, 2016, by Father John Ver-rier. She will be cremated and buriedalongside her twin sister, Verla inMapleton, which will be at a latertime.

In lieu of flowers, memorial con-tributions can be made to St.Joseph’s Catholic Church in Brim-field, or to the donor’s choice.

Oaks-Hines Funeral Home inElmwood is in charge of arrange-ments.

Charles Lee HitchcockELMWOOD – Charles Lee Hitch-

cock, 79, of Elmwood, passed awaypeacefully at his home on Friday,Jan. 15, 2016.

Charles was born on Oct. 3, 1936,to Paul and Susanne (Smith) Hitch-cock.

He is survived by his wife MaryBeth (Peters) Hitchcock; threedaughters, Karmin(Gary) Stevens,Stephanie (Jack)Colgan, and Mar-garet (J. Michael)Maloof; 10 grand-children: KelliePreece, Grant, andBrooke Stevens;Caroline, Abigail,Claire, and Corinne Colgan; Katie,Ethan, and Lydia Maloof; two sis-ters, Paula (L. Gene) McCoy andJean (Glenn) McBeth, as well as sev-eral nephews and nieces. He waspreceded in death by his parents andsister, Patricia.

Charles owned and operatedEdson Smith & Sons, a local familyhardware store for 10 years. He alsoworked for Paul Brooker Sales, andlater for H&H Hardware until the

This Week’s Obituaries• Verlee Boland, 90, Brimfield• Jeanette Harris, 76, Edwards• Raymond Herman, 57, Brimfield• Charles Hitchcock, 79, Elmwood• Helen Knapp, 93, Princeville• Donald Oldt, 98, Dahinda• Brooke Pumphrey, 30, Brimfield• Ronald Schubert, 78, Elmwood• Gene Wilson, 82, Elmwood

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BRIMFIELDSt. Joseph

Catholic ChurchFather John Verrier314 W. Clay, Brimfield(309) 446-3275

www.stjosephbrimfield.orgSat. Confession: 3:30-4:45 pm

Sat. Mass: 5 pmSun. Mass: 10:30 am

Daily Mass: Tues.-Fri. 8 amSt. Paul’s

Lutheran ChurchThe Lutheran Church -

Missouri Synod“Preaching Christ Crucified”“Liturgical & Reverential”Pastor Michael Liese

204 W. Clay St., Brimfield(309) 446-3233

Sun. Divine Service: 10 amBrimfield E-Free ChurchPastor Donald Blasing11724 Maher Road

Brimfield, IL 61517(309) 446-3571

www.brimfieldefree.orgWorship: 10:30 am

Sunday School: 9:30 amAWANA - Wed. 6:15 pm, for

ages 3-12Brimfield UnitedMethodist Church

Pastor Leonard Thomas135 S. Galena St., Brimfield

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

Thurs. Bible Study: 7 pmUnion Church at BrimfieldUnited Church of ChristPastor Stephen Barch

105 W. Clay Street, Brimfield(309) 446-3811

Sunday Worship: 9 amTuesday Bible Study: 6:30 pmFirst Sunday each month isCommunion Sunday (gluten

free communion offered)EDWARDS

Bethany Baptist Church7422 N. Heinz Ln., Edwards

(309) 692-1755www.bethanycentral.org

Sat. Evening Worship: 6 pmSun. Worship 8:15 & 11 amWednesday Awana: 6:15 pm

Christ Alive! Community ChurchPastor Lance Zaerr

9320 W US Hwy 150, Edwards(309) 231-8272

www.christalivecc.comSun. School: 9:15 amWorship: 10:30 amELMWOOD

Crossroads Assembly of GodPastor Tim Cavallo

615 E. Ash St., Elmwood(309) 830-4259

www.crossroadselmwood.orgWed. Worship: 7 pm

Sun. Worship: 10:30 amElmwood Baptist ChurchPastor Dennis Fitzgerald

701 W. Dearborn St., Elmwood(309) 742-7631, 742-7911 Sun. School: 9:30 am

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

of ElmwoodReverend Marla B. Bauler201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood

(309) 742-2631firstpresbyterianofelmwood.orgSun. Worship: 10:30 amSun. School: 9:30 am

St. Patrick’sCatholic ChurchFather Paul Stiene

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

Sat. Confession: 3:45 p.m.Sat. Mass: 4:30 p.m.Sun. Mass: 10 am

Tues. Rosary: 8:15 amUnited Methodist Church

of ElmwoodPastor Bradley F. Watkins II821 W. Main St., Elmwood

(309) 742-7221www.elmwoodumc.org

Sun. Worship: 9 am, 10:30 amYouth Sun. School: 9 amAdult Sun. School: 8 amFARMINGTON

First Presbyterian Churchof Farmington

Reverend Dr. Linda Philabaun83 N. Cone Street, Farmington

(309) 245-2914www.firstpresfarmington.comSunday School: 9:30 amFellowship: 10:30 amWorship: 11:00 am

New Hope FellowshipAssembly of GodPastor Tom Wright

1102 N. Illinois Route 78

Farmington(309) 245-2957

Sun. Worship: 10 amWed. Worship: 7 pmPRINCEVILLE

Princeville UnitedMethodist ChurchPastor Ken Dees

420 E. Woertz, Princeville(309) 385-4487

[email protected]. Worship: 9 am

Sunday School: 10:15 amYATES CITYFaith United

Presbyterian ChurchReverend Marla B. Bauler

107 W. Bishop St., Yates City(309) 358-1170Worship: 9 am

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

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tornado destroyed the business. Hewas a courier the past four years atJim Maloof Realtor.

He loved playing golf and was oneof the founding members of MapleLane Country Club.

Cremation rites were accorded. A Celebration of Life was held

Jan. 18, 2016, at Maple Lane Coun-try Club in Elmwood.

In lieu of flowers, memorials maybe made to St. Jude Midwest Affili-ate, Elmwood Educational Founda-tion, or Unity Point MethodistHospice.

Oaks-Hines Funeral Home in Elm-wood is in charge of arrangements. William “Gene” Wilson

ELMWOOD – William GeneWilson, 82, of Elmwood passedaway quietly on Saturday, Jan.16,2016 at his home.

Gene, born Aug. 20, 1933, was theson of Elmer and Margaret Wilsonof Elmwood. He married ShirleyRodgers on July 1, 1956 in Elm-wood. Surviving are his wife, theirson Mark Allen (Adi Jo) Wilson ofVergennes, Ill., two daughters,Leslie Ann (Russell) Buhl of Peoriaand Susan Marie (Jeff) Coulter ofElmwood, eight grandchildren, fourgreat grandchildren, and his brother,David (Mary) Wilson of Orlando,Florida.

Gene proudly served his countryin the United States Army, as a Ko-rean War Veteran during 1953 and1954. He was both honored andthrilled to have participated in HonorFlight on June 3, 2014. He was anactive member of American Legion,Korean War Veterans and Veteransof Foreign Wars. He was a memberof Mohammed Temple AAONMS,Illinois Council No 1 of Cryptic Ma-sons, Royal Arch Masons, PeoriaCommandery # 3, Scottish Rite Val-ley of Peoria and Horeb Lodge #363 of Elmwood.

He and Shirley lived on andworked the Centennial Wilson Fam-ily Farm near Elmwood, raisingtheir three children there.

He was an active MohammedShrine clown for many years, knownas “Hubie Huddlefusser.” Expertlymade up and dressed in his clowncostumes, he visited many in-hospi-tal patients, childrens birthday par-ties, nursing homes and countlessparades. Gene never met a strangerand truly enjoyed visiting with peo-

ple.Christmas Lane Originals was

started by Gene and Shirley as a cel-ebration of the Christmas season.This resulted in not only makingdecorations but in the very largeChristmas display on their farm.They hung original designs in sev-eral communities, for businesses andprivate homes.

Cremation rites have been ac-corded. Visitation was at the HannaCity Presbyterian Church on Jan. 19.The funeral service was to beWednesday, Jan. 20, at 11:00 a.m.with visitation one hour prior toservice. Reverend David Kiethleywas ot officiate. Private burial ofashes with military honors will beheld at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorial con-tributions may be made to Shriner’sHospital for Crippled Children.

Haskell-Hott Funeral Homes inPrinceville is in charge of arrange-ments. Online condolences may beleft for Gene’s family on his tributewall at www.haskellhott.com.

Jeanette HarrisEDWARDS – Jeanette Mary

(Shadid) Harris, 76, of Pekin, sisterof an Edwards man, died Jan. 12 atthe OSF Richard L. Owens HospiceHome in Peoria.

Survivors include brothers George(Lorraine) Shadid of Edwards andFred (Jean) Shadid of Dunlap.

Her funeral service was Jan. 16 atAll Saints Greek Orthodox Churchin Peoria.

Condolences may be left online atwww.preston-hanley.com.

Raymond HermanBRIMFIELD – Raymond “Jay”

Herman, 57, of Kankakee, brother ofa Brimfield man, died Jan. 12 atRiverside Medical Center in Kanka-kee.

Survivors include his brotherMark (Margaret) Herman of Brim-field.

A funeral service was Jan. 16 atMemorial Hall at Maple Lawn inEureka.

Condolences may be left online atwww.argoruestmanharris. com.

Helen KnappPRINCEVILLE – Helen E.

Knapp, 93, of Roanoke, sister of aPrinceville woman, died Jan. 11 atthe Apostolic Christian Home ofRoanoke.

Survivors include her sister MarieMenold of Princeville.

Funeral services were Jan. 15 ather church, Roanoke ApostolicChristian Church.

Condolences may be left online atwww.knappjohnsonharris.com.

Donald OldtDAHINDA – Donald F. Oldt, 98,

of Dahinda, died Jan. 13.Survivors include daughters

Janene (Libby) Stone of Dahindaand Suzanne Oldt of Gainesville,Fla.; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; three great-greatgrandchildren

A military service will be held at alater date with burial at the Rock Is-land Illinois Arsenal.

Condolences may be left online athurd-hendricksfuneralhome.com.

Brooke PumphreyBRIMFIELD – Brooke A.

Pumphrey, 30, of East Peoria, grand-daughter of a Brimfield couple, diedJan. 9 in Peoria.

Survivors include grandparentsWayne and Agnes Moushon ofBrimfield; mother Debra Pumphreyof Pekin; father Sherman (Donna)Pumphrey of Champaign; daughtersShaylee Rupp and Taylor Todd; sonBrayden Todd; sister BrittanyPumphrey of East Peoria; and broth-ers Blake (Denise) Pumphrey ofPekin and Brandon Pumphrey andBlair Pumphrey, both of Chillicothe.

A funeral service was Jan. 15 atthe Richland Bridge Seventh DayAdventist Church in Chillicothe.Burial will be at a later date.

Condolences may be left online atwww.weberhurdfuneralhome.com.

Ronald SchubertELMWOOD – Ronald “Ron” R.

Schubert, 78, died Jan. 11 at his resi-dence in Elmwood.

Survivors include his wife, Shirley(Clemonds) Schubert; childrenRhonda Jackson of Elmwood,Ronald (Darlenis) Schubert of RioRancho, N.M., and Susan Schubertof Charleston, S.C.; six grandchil-dren; and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were Jan. 15 atOaks-Hines Funeral Home in Elm-wood, with burial at ElmwoodTownship Cemetery.

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THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOISPeoria County

In Re ESTATE OF )ROBERT L. NELSON, ) No. 15-P-495Deceased. )

NOTICE is given to creditors of the death of ROBERT L. NELSON onSeptember 11, 2015. Letters of Office were issued by the above enti-tled Court to JOAN M. OWENS, formerly known as JOAN M. NELSON,of 3001 West Alan Court, Peoria, Illinois 61615, as Executor, whoseattorneys of record are WHITNEY & POTTS, LTD., 118 West MainStreet, P. O. Box 368, Elmwood, Illinois, 61529-0368. Claimsagainst the Estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk's Of fice, PeoriaCounty Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or with the repre senta tive or bothon or before the 11th day of July, 2016, or if maili ng or delivery of aNotice from the representative is required by Sec. 18-3 of the ProbateAct of 1975, the date stated in that Notice. Every claim filed must be inwriting and state sufficient information to notify the representative ofthe nature of the claim or other relief sought. Any claim not filed on orbefore that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk mustbe mailed or delivered by the claim ant to the representative and to theattorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed and shall file withthe Court, proof of any required mailing or delivery of copies.

DATED this 27th day of October, 2015.

JOAN M. OWENS, formerly known as JOAN M. NELSON, Executor ofthe Estate of ROBERT L. NELSON, Deceased.

WHITNEY & POTTS, LTD.Attorneys for the Executor118 West Main StreetP. O. Box 368Elmwood, Illinois 61529-0368Telephone: (309) 742-3611

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In the Matter of the ESTATE OF )EDNA M. MARTIN ) N0. 15-P-527

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Notice is given to creditors of the death of EDNA M. MARTIN. Let-ters of Office were issued to EDWIN R. MARTIN, 4517 West LegionHall Road, Dunlap, Illinois 61525, and AUDREY L. BRAKER, 4500 WestCounty Line Road, Speer, Illinois 61479, as Co-Executors, whose attor-ney is THE CORDIS LAW OFFICE, LLC, Attorneys at Law, 129 NorthWalnut Avenue, P.O. Box 445, Princeville, Illinois 61559.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk’s Office,Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or with the representative,or both, on or before the 21st day of July 2016 or if mailing or deliveryof a notice from the representative is required by Sec. 18-3 of the Pro-bate Act of 1975, the date stated in the notice. Every claim filed mustbe in writing and state sufficient information to notify the representa-tive of the nature of the claim or other relief sought. Any claim not filedon or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerkmust be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representatives andto the attorney within ten (10) days after is has been filed and shall filewith the Court, proof of any required mailing or delivery of copies.

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EDWIN R. MARTIN AND AUDREY L.BRAKER, CO-Executors of the Estate of

EDNA M. MARTIN, Deceased

The Cordis Law Office, LLCAttorneys for Executor 129 North Walnut Avenue BY: (S) Kerry R. CordisP. O. Box 445 Attorney for EstatePrinceville, IL 61559309/338-4616

CLAIM NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF

THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOISPeoria County

In Re ESTATE OF )KENNETH F. SIPP, ) No. 16-P-11Deceased. )

NOTICE is given to creditors of the death of KENNETH F. SIPP on De-cember 13, 2015. Letters of Office were issued by the above entitledCourt to HOWARD F. SIPP, of 16110 West Rickena Road, Glasford,Illinois 61533, as Executor, whose attorneys of record are WHITNEY &POTTS, LTD., 118 West Main Street, P. O. Box 368, Elmwood, Illi-nois, 61529-0368. Claims against the Estate may be filed in the Cir-cuit Clerk's Of fice, Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or withthe repre senta tive or both on or before the 29th day of July, 2016, or ifmaili ng or delivery of a Notice from the representative is required bySec. 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that Notice.Every claim filed must be in writing and state sufficient information tonotify the representative of the nature of the claim or other reliefsought. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copiesof a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claim -ant to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days afterit has been filed and shall file with the Court, proof of any requiredmailing or delivery of copies.

DATED this 12th day of January, 2016.

HOWARD F. SIPP, Executor of the Estate of KENNETH F. SIPP, Deceased.

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The City of Elmwood Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a publichearing on Tuesday, February 9, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. at the City of Elm-wood City Hall, 201 W. Main Street, Elmwood, Illinois, on the applica-tion of Tom and Cathy Meyers for a variance in connection with theconstruction of an addition to a primary structure on property com-monly known as 808 W. Siwash Dr., Elmwood, Illinois (P.I.N. 11-07-177-025), legally described as NE ¼ SEC 7-9N-5E 1.303 AC COMG SECOR LOT 1 ELMWOOD ESTATES: TH W 198.11’ N77.84’ TO POB: THW 429.83’ N 132’ E 429.83’ S 132.19’ TO POB in the City of Elmwood,together with adjacent rights of way. The applicant is the owner of theproperty. The applicant has requested a variance from the minimumside yard setback for a primary structure in an R-3 High Density, Multi-Family Residential District.

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event in Georgia was can-celled.

Brimfield capped its 4-1ICAC week with a 61-50win over ROWVA-Williamsfield on Monday.

Kelly had 20, Whitescored 14 and Novak hada double-double with 10points and 10 rebounds.

Despite their first loss,the Indians will remaintop-ranked until at leastJan. 25 when the next APpoll is released.

ElmwoodJunior Isaiah Groeper

played arguably his finestgame this year in a 60-43win over Delavan last Fri-day, pouring in 26 points.

Sophomore Vince Lenziadded 18 points for Elm-wood against Delavan.

“The second half was

maybe the best half of de-fense we’ve played allyear,” Elmwood coachJosh Fugitt told the Jour-nal Star.

Elmwood also avengedan earlier lopsided loss toROWVA-Williamsfieldwith a 56-48 victory lastWednesday behind 24points from Groeper, whotopped the 1,000-point ca-reer mark in that game.

But after a strong firstquarter against top-rankedBrimfield on Saturday,Elmwood could not main-tain its momentum. Fresh-man Jacob Brown led withnine points on three treys.

Elmwood (11-9) fin-ished ICAC tourney playwith a 4-1 mark on Mon-day with a 59-41 win overNorth Fulton. Lenzi ledwith 16 points, Brown

added 12 (on perfectshooting from the floor)and Groeper had 10.

FarmingtonEric Higgs is back in

basketball shape. The jun-ior guard who was outwith a broken collarboneto start the season bombedfor 28 points Friday in a73-64 win over South Ful-ton that kept Farmington6-0 in the Prairieland Con-ference.

Trey Swearingen added23 points for the Farmers(14-4), who face AnnawanSaturday at noon in theGreat Western Shootout atAbingdon-Avon HighSchool.

PrincevilleThe Princes (8-7) lost to

Mercer County last Friday,62-51. Moving forward,Princeville will likely bewithout Brendan Streit-matter and his 15 pointsper game, as the seniorbroke his left wrist againstRoanoke-Benson.ROWVA-WilliamsfieldThe ICAC tournament

was not so kind to theCougars (11-6), who went1-4 in tourney play despitethe return of Zach Smith.

Smith had 18 points inSaturday’s 60-48 loss toIllini Bluffs and GarrettWight added 16 points.Wight also had 16 in theloss to Elmwood andracked up 22 on Mondayin a 61-50 loss to Brim-field.

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GIRLS: Meyers has 21quarter deficit that did inthe Lady Trojans in a 55-41 setback. A 21-point per-formance from Meyerskept Elmwood withinstriking distance.

“Allie had a strong per-formance against IB,”coach Meyers said. “Shefinished off several three-point plays scoring closeto the basket, then convert-ing on the free throwsfrom being fouled. “

FarmingtonFarmington (9-14) fell

to South Fulton Monday,

41-32, due largely to atwo-point drought in thefinal quarter.

Abbey Brown was thescoring leader with 12.

A Thursday nightPrairieland trip to Bushnellended in a 59-57 heart-break loss for Farmington.

The Lady Farmersstruggled, fought back, butcame up just short. MeganGilstrap led with 17 pointsand Brown followed with15. Unfortunately, bothfouled out. Haley Hulswas also in double figureswith 11.


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The ICAC tournament jumpedup and bit Brimfield again. Oneyear after losing its only twogames of the season in the week-long ICAC tourney, Brimfieldsuffered its first loss of 2015-16in that same event.

And once again, Delavan wasthe team that knocked the Indi-ans from the ranks of the unbeat-ens. That came in a 52-50decision that also ended Brim-field’s 35-game winning streak.

But Delavan was unable tocapitalize on its momentum inlosses to Elmwood and North

Fulton. And Brimfield’s 52-34win over Elmwood cleared theway for the Indians to claim thecrown based on head-to-headcompetition.

BrimfieldWhatever happens from here

on out, this team has one thinglast year’s did not: an ICACtournament title.

That came despite the loss toDelavan in which Phelan Kellyscored 18 and Jace Swietekadded 14, but point guard KobyWhite did not play due to thecombination of a sore ankle andan illness.

“When you don’t have your

point guard, people are out ofposition and it’s a different rota-tion and it makes a difference,”Brimfield coach Scott Carlsonsaid. “And our shooting wasbad. We shot in the low 20s fromthe 3, in the mid 30s from thefloor overall and in the low 50sfrom the line. So we didn’t re-ally deserve to be that close.”

Brimfield (18-1) bouncedback when White returned lastFriday against Elmwood. Kellyand Swietek again combined for32 and Brad Novak chipped ineight points and was a big factoron defense. Novak was in townafter a scheduled all-star football

By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

FARMINGTON – FarmingtonHigh School wrestlers will hit themats in style on Jan. 28.

That’s the day the Farmers self-supported wrestling “club” willunveil a new, $10,700 competitionmat during a triangular with Can-ton and Illini Bluffs.

“This is a good, presentablecompetition mat,” said coach RonZessin, who raised funds to pay forthe new mat.

Zessin said this is the first matfor the wrestling program since the1970s. The old mats will be usedfor practices.

Wrestling at Farmington is aself-supported venture, meaningZessin has to raise funds to pay forequipment such as mats and sin-glets. To pay for the mat, clubmembers took part in several fundraisers and also solicited privatedonations.

The latest purchase brings theFarmers’ club to a full complementof needed equipment. With that inmind, Zessin is hoping the Farm-ington School Board will acceptwrestling as a school-supported ac-tivity.

“I would like to anticipate theschool would be gracious to takeus on,” Zessin said. “We have

proven ourselves to be a securesport.”

Zessin has been head coach ofthe program for the past six yearsand this year is assisted by BradAdams and Jacob Durbin.

Though not affiliated with Farm-ington, wrestlers can compete inthe Illinois High School Associa-tion postseason. The Farmers willcompete at the Class 1A EurekaIndividual Regional Feb. 6.

Zessin said the Farmers 13-member team is “very young” andincludes five freshman, five soph-omores, one junior and just twoseniors.

By PHIL JOHNSONFor The Weekly Post

Princeville went to 12-9 onthe season by cruising pastMonmouth United on Mondayat a 55-29 clip.

The Lady Princes were pacedby three double digit scorers.Breana Bauman tallied 14, fol-lowed closely by 12 from LucyWaid and 11 from Marisa Hor-ton-Meza.

Last week, for the secondtime in three days Princevillefaced formidable Annawan inthe Lincoln Trail Tournament.The Lady Princes fared betterthan the first matchup until aweak fourth quarter, which re-sulted in a 73-55 final tally.

More than half the team’spoints came from Horton-Mezaand Waid, who scored 18 each.Bauman scored 12.

“The conference tournamentprovides really good competi-tion for us,” Princeville coachJohn Gross said. “It helps us atwhat we’re constantly workingon in both practices and games,which is to improve, eventuallyheading into regional play.”

BrimfieldSixth-ranked Brimfield (20-3)

has had a break since Jan. 9 topractice for the three-week push

of practices and games leadingto regional play in the secondweek of February.

Brimfield is 9-0 against teamsin its Class 1A sub-sectionalfield heading to the Jan. 28seeding deadline. Also, seniorpoint guard Kennedy Dura is262 points away from 2,000 forher career.

ElmwoodElmwood was dealt a 58-42

setback by Knoxville on Mon-day to put the Lady Trojans at12-11 on the season.

“We will need to continue towork on our level of play, play-ing consistent and executingfrom practice to games,” Elm-wood coach Gregg Meyers said.

Elmwood stayed on the roadlast Thursday, traveling to Peo-ria Heights where the Lady Tro-jans pitched a 36-0 first-halfshutout, leading to a 52-17 final.Freshman Zofia LeHew ledwith 10 points, followed byseven from Allie Meyers.

Four different players chippedin six: Montana Ledbetter,Regan McFall, Rachel Jacobsonand Grace LaFollett.

Elmwood traveled to GlasfordJan. 12 for an ICAC contest ver-sus Illini Bluffs and a 14-3 first

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Brimfield boys win ICAC tourney

Farmington wrestling to unveil new mat

Princeville tops UnitedJunior IsaiahGroeper hadone of his bestgames of theseason in a 60-43 win overDelavan, scor-ing 26 points.Brimfield wonthe tournamentwith a 4-1record. Photoby Monte Ken-ney of Brim-field-ElmwoodSports Shots.

DEER SEASON DONE

BowhunterTom Putneyof Elmwoodshot thisPeoriaCounty buckon NewYear’s Eve.All deerhunting isnow done forthe 2015-16season in Illi-nois.

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