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Carrier Route PresortThursdayAugust 21, 2014Vol. 2, No. 26

By MICHELLE SHERMANFor The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON – Farming-ton residents soon may see sav-ings on their electrical bills ifthey pass a referendum pro-posed for the second time thisyear.

The measure, which will beon the November ballot, wasconsidered by residents ofCuba and Farmington inMarch. If passed, the citywould enter into a collective ofmunicipalities and small busi-

nesses that would allow themto purchase electricity in bulk,resulting in lower prices.

The Farmington City Coun-cil waived the second readingof an ordinance to place themeasure on the ballot on Aug.4. The ordinance passed unani-mously.

“We are pretty proud of thefact that we have brought toour communities some of thelowest rates,” Reg Ankrom ofSIMEC Illinois told the coun-cil. “People really are guaran-

teed the lowest price that themarket provides in Farming-ton.”

SIMEC, an energy consult-ing firm in Quincy, approachedthe city in late 2013, saidFarmington City ManagerRollen Wright.

The council considered pro-

posals from two other firms,but chose SIMEC.

When voters went to thepolls during the spring election,Cuba residents passed the ref-erendum to join the electricalaggregate. The Farmingtonvote, however, ended in a deadtie, so the measure failed.

“We had to go with the novotes,” Wright said.

Should the referendum passin November, SIMEC will seekalternative energy suppliers forthe residents and small busi-

nesses of Farmington to findthe lowest price.

While the city may, underthis measure, no longer pur-chase energy from Ameren,Farmington’s participation willnot affect local Ameren em-ployees. Ameren still will pro-vide distribution services to thecity, and also will performmaintenance and respond toelectrical outages.

Since 2010, when Illinoislawmakers passed legislation

Peoria CountyEMA changescosting staff

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – The 17-year WeatherSpotter who first saw the 2010 tornados thatripped through the area, called the NationalWeather Service to issue a warning, and ini-tiated local sirens is one of several whohave recently resigned in a dispute withPeoria County and its Emergency Manage-ment Agency.

Bill Atwood of Elmwood said he quit inresponse to changes in EMA leadership, theapparent suspension of the 14-member Un-derwater Rescue Team, and uncertaintyahead.

“I just got tired of the rumors and worriedabout its funding and leadership and what’sgoing to happen,” said Atwood, 62. “It’sdrug on and drug on. The direction it’sgoing is not good. The whole thing’s crazy.”

Atwood is one of several resignations orsudden early retirements tied to a shakeupin the County’s EMA, which includes theall-volunteer Underwater Rescue Team –the “Dive Team” – and Weather Spotters.

“We have received resignations fromWeather Spotters,” said County Administra-tor Lori Curtis Luther, “and I am unclearabout the rationale since the only changewas to direct staff to seek input from theWeather Spotters to develop standard oper-ating procedures for activation under thethreat of severe weather.”

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Stars aligned for new Yates City B&BBy KEITH BUTTERFIELD

For The Weekly Post

YATES CITY – Janet Windishwould agree with the old saying thatsometimes the stars align. She mightalso add: “If a cardinal appears.”

The somewhat mixed-metaphorbottom line explains how Janet andher husband Eric culminated a dizzy-ingly busy five months with theirmid-May opening of the ParksideBed & Breakfast at 215 W. MarketStreet here.

First, the stars aligning part: Theopening returned the 110-year-oldYates City landmark to its hotel andhospitality roots, and for Janet, workshe thoroughly enjoys.

“I really liked meeting the guestsand the whole experience,” she saysof her several years of managing an-other nearby Yates City B&B – theSister House B&B west of town. “Itwas great to meet people from somany different places, get to know alittle about them, and cook for them

and see their faces as they enjoyedthe food and hospitality.”

Aligning the stars also requiredalignment between the Windishesand another Yates City resident, LeeLopeman, who recently purchasedthe building often referred to as “theold hotel” by long-time residents.

The purchase came after years ofprivate ownership during which thetwo-story brick building served asprivate residences and apartments.

Janet and Eric Windish have opened the Parkside Bed & Breakfast at 215 W. Market Street in Yates City. Thebuilding first opened 110 years ago as the American Hotel. Photo by Keith Butterfield.

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Meanwhile, BrimfieldFire Chief James Bennett– who briefly addressedthe Aug. 11 CountyBoard meeting and re-quested Board memberslook into the situation –said he was asked if theBrimfield CommunityFire Protection Districtwould take over the DiveTeam.

“[County Board mem-ber] Brad Harding (R-Dist. 16) and AndrewRand (D-4) both askedme if we’d take over theDive Team,” Bennettsaid. “If that’s the case,I’d have to discuss any-thing like that with ourthree Trustees and seewhat the County would

give us in terms of assets,records, what they’rewilling to fund to bringtraining up to speed fromthat day forward. We allrely on volunteers, but[also] are professional inhow we work.

“We haven’t receivedany kind of proposal.”

Luther said the Countyis unclear on which DiveTeam members are prop-erly trained.

“Confirmation of certi-fications was only readilyavailable for roughly halfof the individuals,” shesaid.

“No formal recommen-dations have been maderegarding the volunteerDive Team as a thoroughanalysis is still under-way” Luther said. “Oneoption may be for anotherorganization to sanctionthe team if such an entity

expressed interest.”Rand told the County

Board that discussionshave occurred about theDive Team and he ex-pects a report to be pre-sented to the PublicSafety, Law Enforcement,and Courts Administra-tion Committee in Sep-tember. That committeemeets 3 p.m. Tuesday(Aug. 26) and Sept. 23.

“In the meantime – andsince 2010 – the City ofPeoria Fire Department,with additional equip-ment housed at the Chilli-cothe Fire Department,has been effectively pro-viding underwater rescueand recovery services forall of Peoria County,”Luther said.

Brimfield’s Bennettdoesn’t see that as practi-cal from a geographicstandpoint.

“The county is requiredto have a Dive Team,” hesaid. “The City [of Peo-ria] is not – and they’re along way from Laura, Ill.That’s a 30- or 40-minutetrip for them.”

The Dive Team, formedin 1973, trains monthlyand houses its equipmentsouth of Kickapoo onCivil Defense Road,where Brimfield currentlyis responsible for retriev-ing the EMA trailer ifthey receive a mutual-aidrequest.

“We’ve been told theEMA will be taken overby the Sheriff or theHealth Department orsomeone else,” Atwoodsaid. “I hate it; I’ve lostsleep over it.”

Bennett said, “A goodquestion for the Countyis: ‘Why, all of a sudden?’Weather Spotters are im-portant. They spot storms,follow them, checkalarms. Everybody’s re-placeable, I guess, butEMA is losing years ofexperience. It’s notgood.”

Atwood agrees.“We’re not just a bunch

of goofy guys chasingstorms,” he said.

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s Free Bread – Bread available everyFriday, 10 a.m. at Elmwood MethodistChurch.s Craft Night – Ladies Craft night Aug.

21 at 6:30 p.m. at Mor-rison and Mary WileyLibrary, Elmwood.

s Hunters Safety –Hunters Safety CourseAug. 21-22 from 5-10p.m. at Maple LaneCountry Club, Elm-wood. Dinner provided. Call (309) 742-2141.

s Trivia Tuesday – Test your triviaknowledge Aug. 26 at Kickapoo CreekWinery. Doors open at 6 p.m. Top 3teams receive prizes.

s Book Club – Club meets Aug. 26 atBrimfield Library 1 to 2:30 p.m.

s Play Group – Group meets Aug. 27from 9 to 10 a.m. at Morrison and Mary

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Future Eventss Sign Language – Learn Sign Lan-

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s Italian Fest – Aug. 30 at Jacob’sPark in Farmington.Run, walk, authenticItalian food all day,bocce ball, bags, beer,live entertainment allday, contests and fun forthe whole family. Newthis year a Cruise-In

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s Fall Festival – The annual ElmwoodFall Festival is Sept. 4-6 in Central Park.

s Ag Festival – Williamsfield FFA hasits annual Ag Festival Sept. 7. Event in-cludes kid’s games and a pie-cookingcontest.

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s Memorial Dedication –A dedication ceremonyfor the Revolutionary War Soldiers’ marker inPrinceville Cemetery is Saturday (Aug. 23), 11 a.m.

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VOTE: Less awareness last Marchallowing municipalities to bid out theirelectrical supplies, more than 600 com-munities and some 3 million individualcustomers have taken advantage oflower rates, according to SIMEC.

“Even though we’re probably one ofthe last communities in central Illinoisto participate” in electrical aggregation,Wright said, “I truly don’t think thatpeople knew what it (the March refer-endum) was about.”

Wright said there were a couple otherissues on the March ballot in FultonCounty, and residents may not havebeen as informed about the aggregationas the city would have liked.

Cuba residents have seen a roughly 7percent savings on their monthly billssince joining the aggregate in March.

“I think, some years ago, a residentcould see $300 or $400 savings over thecourse of a year,” Wright said.

But since overall energy prices havedecreased, “now you’re going to look atsaving maybe 60, 80 bucks.”

Regardless, Wright said, passage ofthe measure will save people money.

Even if Farmington as a whole ap-proves joining the pool, individual resi-dents still can opt out of participation.

“It’s not something they have to par-ticipate in,” Wright said.


HANNA CITY – The Hanna CityPark District’s Heritage Days will beFriday, Saturday and Sunday (Aug. 22-24) across from the park district build-ing at 511 N. Main Street here.

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In addition there is a church servicein the park on Sunday and there willalso be a Heritage display featuring thehistory of the Hanna City area and abook/DVD swap.

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While a Main and Magnoliacorner development has stalled inElmwood, theidea of a Sub-way franchise intown is notdead. Interest-ingly enough,the latest possi-ble locationwould not re-quire a drive-through. Staytuned. ... Farmington is set toopen its Community LearningCenter at the municipal buildingat 322 E. Fort St., with the firstclassroom opening in September.The first class is on Microsoft Of-fice software and will be free tothe public. Funded by a $63,800grant from the Illinois Departmentof Commerce and Economic Op-portunity, the center is designed tohelp Farmington residents findjobs. ... Meanwhile, Illinois Cen-tral College Provost William Tam-mone says no mobile or satelliteclass will be offered in Brimfield,Elmwood or Princeville due tolocal decisions. “Superintendentsin those respective districts de-cided not to pursue that opportu-nity at this time,” said ICCspokesperson Valerie Welsh. Carl

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things to come. On Tuesday, oneday before school started, Elmwoodhad to lock down its school twotimes, once because of a bank alarmin town and the other because ofwhat turned out to be an incorrectreport. ... A grouchy old readernamed Stew told me I have beenwriting too much about pie. Ohyeah? Williamsfield FFA will hold apie contest Sept. 7 at its annual AgFestival. You can enter any types offruit pies (no cream pies). Pies maybe registered at the festival or youcan pre-register before 12:30 p.m.Sept. 7. Judging begins at 1 p.m.Winner will receive a rolling pinhand-made by Williamsfield FFAmembers. ... I have only one issuehere: this is discriminatory againstrhubarb, which is technically con-sidered a vegetable. ... Speaking ofveggies, to help start a Farmer’sMarket in Princeville call Cathy atEB Buildings & Lumber Co. at(309) 385-2025.

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her Every Little Thing business inElmwood to Tracy Parrish of Elm-wood. The transition is expectedto happen in the next few weeks.Wonder what that will mean forthe future of The Spoon River

Drive in Elmwood, an event Jodyand husband Jason helped bring totown? ... Kudos to Tara Maue ofEdwards who, along with the helpof several local businesses, do-nated $300 worth of books to alocal daycare center as part of aLiteracy for a Lifetime campaign.Contributors were Kick’s Fitness,One Stop Auto and Reid’s Mobil.

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What’s a dentist’s favorite timeof day?

2:30.Get it? Tooth hurty?That’s the only dentist joke I

know. I’m guess-ing that therearen’t a lot ofdentist jokesaround becausethere’s not a lotabout dentiststhat are funny.

Stereotypically,dentists are sadis-tic meanies whoprobe your mouth with needle-sharp tools designed to inflict sud-den and unbearable pain.In addition to their own specialbrand of torture, they also tend tolecture patients about not takingcare of their teeth.

Acting like the world’s best pros-ecuting attorney with a guilty sus-pect on the stand, they point afinger and snarl, “Isn’t it true thatyou haven’t been flossing?”

Well, OK, maybe not, but it sureseems like it.

I have a cousin who is a dentist.When we were kids, we’d get to-gether a couple times a year andplay together. I hadn’t seen hersince junior high, but I remem-bered her and hoped that I mightget some sort of family discount.She didn’t even remember me.

I didn’t get a discount on any-thing. Not the services, not the pain(or “discomfort,” as she called it).

However, there were no lecturesabout taking better care of myselfor my mouth. After she finishedwith me, she guided me to a spe-cial room where I met with anotherwoman who wanted to talk to meabout “other services.”

All she wanted to do was sched-ule future visits. There was a clean-ing, and a whitening. There wereroot canals and checkups. What itamounted to was a visit aboutevery three to four months, eachwith price tags that would requirefinancing (which she was also pre-pared to process).

I felt like I was trying to get outof a time share presentation.

Family or not, I didn’t use heragain.

During the past couple of weeks,I managed to break a tooth. I’vedone this before and I knew I hadtwo options: a root canal or an ex-traction.

That wasn’t a hard choice, so Istarted calling around to find adentist who could see me rightaway and pull the thing.

I’m not sure if dentists under-stand the concept of “I’M INPAIN!” because all of them wantedto schedule an appointment for meanywhere from a week to twoaway.

None of them seemed to carethat I was in immediate pain andwas trying to remember exactlywhat Tom Hanks did in “Cast-away” to relieve himself of an ab-scessed tooth (I couldn’t find anice skate or I might have given it ashot).

Finally, I found a dentist whocould “fit me in” the next day. Ijumped at the chance and tried toremember the last time I lookedforward to a dental visit. I pointedout the offending tooth even beforereclining in the dentist’s chair.They still needed to take an x-raybecause the picture can tell themmore about my pain than I can.

I’m not sure how that works.The dentist came in and an-

nounced that after viewing the x-ray, I needed a root canal or anextraction, which I had predicted.

When I told them just to pull thething, the dentist informed me thathe didn’t do extractions; he re-ferred them to an oral surgeon. Ex-tractions, it seems, are difficult andmore easily handled by someonewith a little fancier title.

The oral surgeon’s office under-stood my pain and managed toschedule me, but not for a week.They suggested alternating Tylenoland Advil for the pain. I combinedthose with Orajel and Ambesol,both which did a great job of mak-ing my tongue numb.

Beyond that, I was to “just dealwith the pain as best you can.”

I finally went online to see ifthere were any “home” remedies

for toothaches and one suggestedapplying either alum or garlic tothe offending tooth.

It sounds a little strange, but atthis point I was in enough pain thatif would have suggested hangingupside down above a bathtub filledwith pudding, I would have beentempted to give it a shot.

I gave the first shot to the alum.It felt like I’d just swallowed a hor-nets’ nest. I believe the theory be-hind the alum is that it hurts somuch more that the piddling painof a toothache is nothing.

Next came a bout with garlicpowder since I had that in my spicerack. It wasn’t painful, but itwasn’t very tasty either.

I love garlic on food, but to en-hance the flavor, not as a maincourse. The funny thing is, within10 minutes, the pain was gone.

Garlic cloves worked even bet-ter. There was just a small problemwith anyone who came withinabout 10 feet of me. Their eyeswould cross and their knees wouldsuddenly turn to jelly as they put ahand over their own nose andmouth.

With this in mind, I made sure totake a bottle of mouthwash when Ivisited the oral surgeon.

Then I remembered how fastthey were willing to get me in. Ialso remembered how they sug-gested dealing with the pain.I didn’t use the mouthwash, butspit out the garlic clove just beforearriving.

I guess they’ll just have to dealwith breath that could stop a charg-ing rhino at 50 yards.

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Train alerts police towreck, DUI arrest

ELMWOOD – Two days beforehis 26th birthday, Jerimay Keel ofElmwood about 2 a.m. on Aug. 16was rescued from his wreckedtruck after a passing train operatorreported the vehicle in the ditch topolice.

That was the good news, ac-cording to the Peoria CountySheriff’s Office.

The bad news for Keel was thathe received two tickets for Driv-ing Under the Influence and im-proper lane usage.

Keel’s truck was eastbound onIllinois Route 8 near KoernerRoad when it left the highway onthe right, traveled about 250yards, struck a culvert and cameto rest between the road and therailroad tracks, according to po-lice reports.

After extricating Keel from thetruck, AMT transported him toOSF St. Francis Medical Center,and he was ticketed, according toreports.

His 2004 Ford pickup was im-pounded.

YC motorist cited fordisorderly conduct

YATES CITY – Knox CountySheriff’s officers issued an ordi-nance citation for disorderly con-duct to Marcus Lopeman, 26, ofYates City after witnesses re-ported him speeding through townfollowing a confrontation with abicyclist and her 6-year-olddaughter.

Police also warned Lopeman tohave no further contact with thefamily with whom he had the al-tercation.

Two outdoor thefts reported in Princeville

PRINCEVILLE – In apparentlyunrelated incidents, two items inpeople’s front yards here were re-ported stolen, according to re-ports.

On Aug. 11, a 74-year-oldwoman said a bird bath worth

about $70 was taken from herproperty on West High Street, po-lice said.

Two days later, a 67-year-oldman on East Craig Street reportedthe theft of an exercise machinehe’d placed in his front yard witha for-sale sign on it. Valued atabout $75, the machine was stolensometime between 2 and 4 p.m.,he told police.

Peoria County crime statsreleased for July

The Peoria Sheriff’s Depart-ment released its monthly CrimeStatistics Report for July forCounty law-enforcement re-sponses in the seven PeoriaCounty townships in The WeeklyPost’s circulation area.

Brimfield city and township to-gether had 1 battery, 1 criminalsexual assault, 1 domestic battery,1 theft, 2 acts of vandalism, 1Driving Under the Influence cita-tion, 1 accident with injuries, 1accident without an injury, and 3traffic tickets.

Elmwood city and township to-gether had 1 burglary, and 1 acci-dent without an injury.

Jubilee had 1 drug arrest, 1theft, and 1 criminal damage toproperty.

Kickapoo had 2 battery arrests,1 burglary of a motor vehicle, 1burglary of a non-residence, 1burglary of a residence, 1 domes-tic battery, 1 theft, 2 DrivingUnder the Influence citations, 5accidents without an injury, and 5traffic tickets.

Millbrook had 1 accident with-out an injury.

Radnor had 1 theft, 1 vandal-ism, 1 Driving Under the Influ-ence citation, 2 accidents withinjuries; 2 accidents without anyinjuries, and 13 traffic tickets.

Rosefield had 1 battery, 1 bur-glary, 1 incident of vandalism, 2accidents without an injury, and 1traffic ticket.

Police reports• Brittany Fleming, 31, of

Williamsfield was stopped at astop sign at Illinois Route 9 andU.S. Route 24 about 9 p.m. Aug.12 when her 2007 GMC vehicle

was struck from behind by a 2000Ford driven by Larry Saal, 46, ofSouth Pekin.

There were no injuries, butSaal’s vehicle had to be towedfrom the scene, police said.

• John E. Arbogast, 55, of ruralElmwood, on Aug. 12 was ar-rested for domestic battery andtransported to the Peoria CountyJail, the Sheriff’s Office reported.

• David Shepard, 48, ofPrinceville on Aug. 15 was ar-rested for disorderly conduct andtransported to the Peoria CountyJail, according to the Sheriff’s Of-fice.

• Jason Palley 36, of Elmwoodon Aug. 15 was arrested by thePeoria County Sheriff’s Officeand transported to the County Jailto hold for another agency.

• Devon Gonzales, 21, ofPrinceville about 3 a.m. on Aug.15 was ticketed for failure to re-duce speed to avoid an accident.Gonzales told police he’d beensouthbound on Princeville Ceme-tery Road when a deer ran ontothe road. After swerving to missthe animal, Gonzales said he lostcontrol of his vehicle and landedin a ditch.

Deer accident• Aug. 14 – Lewis Lashbrook,

Jr. of Farmington on IllinoisRoute 116 in Knox County in In-dian Township.

Marriage licenses• Johnathan Wolf and Madeline

Farrell, both of Edwards.• Whitney Mackie of Williams-

field and Lucas Leckrone ofAlton.

Correction• A brief story in the Aug. 14

issue of The Weekly Postmisidentified a driver who wasthe victim of a hit-and-run acci-dent. The driver whose car wasstruck in the accident was MaudieBarbour of Elmwood. The news-paper erred.

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FARMINGTON – A measurethat would accept Casey Road as acity street was defeated by theFarmington City Council Monday(Aug. 18) in a tie vote.

The ordinance will, once again,come before the council at its Sept.2 meeting.

At the council’s Aug. 4 meeting,Ward One Alderman Matt Ulm andWard Two Alderman Jeff Vogel ex-pressed concern over the asphaltmixture used on the road. Theywere concerned that the city maybe adopting a subpar roadway thatwould need lots of repair work inthe future.

City Manager Rollen Wright onMonday presented the council withcopies of ordinances passingPhases 1 and 2 of the WassonRidge Subdivision. The plans wereapproved in 2006 and 2007 and in-cluded information on the compo-sition and grade of the proposedroad, now known as Casey Road.

“I think the most important thingis, this was accepted by a previouscouncil,” said Ward Three Alder-man Kent Kowal of the subdivi-sion built by developers KenBalagna and David Arrenholz.

Balagna and Arrenholz were at themeeting, expressing concern thatreports on the August 4 meetingwere the first time they had heardany concern over the constructionof Casey Road.

“If you want to question it, we’lldrill holes wherever you want,”Balagna said. “I’m your neighbor.I’m your friend. ... I’m not theMusic Man. I’m not going to sellyou a horn and leave town.”

A similar subdivision and streetthe pair developed in Hanna Citywas accepted by that municipalitywithout issue, Balagna said.

Vogel said he still could not ap-prove the ordinance, stating hewants to be sure the street is well-constructed prior to accepting it.

Ward Three Alderman JuneWhitmer voted against the measurebecause she “would just like to seea nice road, curb and gutter.”

Balagna agreed that he wouldlike the same, but there just wasn’tenough money for the extras.

The ordinances approved by thecouncil nearly a decade ago did notinclude curbs and gutters alongCasey Road, Wright said, so a pre-vious council did not see their ex-clusion as problematic.

Ward One Alderman Kim

Gilstrap also voted no, saying Ulmhad called and asked that she getthe motion tabled until he could bein attendance at the meeting.

“I’m not voting against yourroad,” Gilstrap told Balagna andArrenholz. “I’m voting for him(Ulm) to be here. He asked me towait until he was here.”

Ward Two Alderman LeslyeSmith and Mayor Kenn Stuffle-beam, along with Kowal, voted toaccept the road.

“I figured it was a slam dunk,”Balagna said before leaving.

In other business the council:• Approved a contract with Tim-

buktech to provide antivirus soft-ware and backup support for citycomputers for $150 per month.

• Directed Wright to pursue liq-uidating two properties the city as-sumed possession of as a result ofits nuisance ordinance.

• Agreed to pursue a pre-annexa-tion agreement to assist the annex-ation of local businesses notcurrently within city limits.

• Tabled an ordinance to put astop sign on Casey Road.

• Accepted Industry Road as acity street. Wright soon will bringan ordinance before the council re-naming it North Main Street.

Farmington does not accept Casey Road


FARMINGTON – Farmingtoncitizens concerned with a smallnumber of youths doing damagearound town brought their issues tothe Farmington City Council onMonday (Aug. 18).

Citing incidents involving nui-sances such as egged houses, airbeing let out of tires and Airsoft ri-fles being fired at structures, theyquestioned if anything more couldbe done to rein in the adolescentsand young teens.

“I had to put down my dog be-cause his back was broken from ablunt instrument across it,” saidTerry Boughton.

This weekend, Boughton told thecouncil, she had let her dog out inher backyard after dark. Next door,she could hear voices but could notsee any faces.

Her dog began to bark at thepeople in her neighbor's yard.

Then, she heard him yelp.“I took him back inside, and he

was lethargic,” she said. “The nextday, he was completely crippledand we had to put him down.”

Last week, a produce exchangetable set up at the UnitedMethodist Church of Farmingtonwas shut down because someonesmashed all the accumulated offer-ings on the sidewalks and exteriorof the church.

“We’ve dealt with these kids be-fore,” said Farmington PoliceChief Carl Powell. “It really fallsdown to the parents of these kids;they’re really not being supervisedat all. That’s hard to put a handleon.”

Powell said his department haswritten some citations to teens inthe last few months for curfew vio-lations.

The city also has a nuisanceorder in place, said City Manager

Rollen Wright. If a minor inten-tionally causes damage to some-one's personal property, thatminor’s parents are held financiallyresponsible for the damage.

Setting up a NeighborhoodWatch program also was floatedaround by members of the public.

Wright said a similar proposalwas made two years ago. He hadall the plans in place but, when itcame time for residents to takeover, “it came down to the individ-ual neighborhoods holding theirblock parties and no one heldthem, so it died.”

Aldermen shared in the public'sfrustration, with Wright offeringthe assist in trying to revitalize theNeighborhood Watch program.

“If you see something, call thepolice,” said Mayor Kenn Stuffle-beam. “As a citizenry, if we can alllook out for each other, it canhelp.”

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After learning the buildinghad a new owner, “I askedLee what he planned for it,”Janet Windish says. “He saidhe hadn’t completely de-cided, but was thinkingabout apartments. I askedhim if he’d consider leasingit to me as a bed and break-fast.”

The alignment was com-plete when Lopeman agreed.But Janet Windish knew shewas getting into a big under-taking. The prospect of hardwork didn’t concern her, butshe did have anxiety aboutthe risk of a business startup.

That’s where the cardinalcomes in.Taking abreak one daynot long aftershe and Ericstarted fixingup the largebuilding,Janet Windishsaw a rather large, deep-redcardinal land nearby on thefront lawn.

“I knew then that thingswould be OK,” she says, ex-plaining that things alwaysseem to turn out OK if shesees cardinals nearby as sheworks through a tough deci-sion or an anxious period.

And that’s why she’sadorned the Parkside’s frontliving room with a fewcrafted red cardinals, pic-tured below.

So after months of hardwork giving the building anoverall “freshening up,” theParkside opened in mid-Maywith an Open House of morethan 100 touring the building

and sampling someof Janet Windish’spopular B&B fare –which can rangefrom the B&Bstandby Belgianwaffles to what arebecoming a Park-side signature offer-ing: Janet’s bananaand walnut-stuffedFrench toast.

Windish says she was grat-ified and happily surprisedwith that turnout.

She’s also been encour-aged by a steady number ofbookings over the first twomonths of operation. Busi-ness has included not only

one or two gueststays a monthbut a couple oflarger-groupgatherings justto enjoy thefood and hospi-tality.

It’s come aftera lot of sweat equity – andwhat Janet Windish says hasevolved into communitywidesupport. Friends helped herplant flowers in the yard thisspring and a neighbor hashelped with mowing to freeher and Eric up to work in-side the building.

“I can’t thank the commu-nity enough for the support,”she says, noting that YatesCity residents also havesteered visiting relatives oracquaintances to the Park-side. Many others have do-nated pieces of antiquefurniture and collectibles asfurnishings.

Windish says she tries toshow her gratitude by learn-

ing what she can about thedonated pieces and sharingthe information with guestsduring tours or when they in-quire about an item.

“We’ve kind of rapidly be-come a museum of YatesCity history,” she says.“The sign out front says,‘Welcome Home,’ and that’struly what I want it to beabout,” she says.

She knows that missionhas been achieved with atleast some of her first guests.She recalls a Yates City HighSchool Class of 1979 re-union group who booked arecent weekend stay. Afteran evening out, the groupcame back late with an ap-petite – for more reminiscingas well as genuine hunger.

“I woke up and foundthem gathered around thekitchen enjoying somesnacks and having a greattime,” she says, laughing.

Gail Sprout of Yates Cityalso adds that her out-of-town grandchildren nowonly want to stay at “MissJanet’s” and enjoy her cook-ing and parlor room of boardgames when they visit.

“Welcome Home. That’swhat it’s all about,” Janet re-peats, smiling.

www.wcipost.comTHE WEEKLY POST • Thursday, February 21, 2013



B&B: ‘Welcome home’ theme

YATES CITY – Janet andEric Windish’s opening of theParkside Bed and Breakfast at215 Market Street came 110years after the building firstopened as the American Hotel,pictured above.

According to historical ac-counts at the Salem TownshipLibrary in Yates City, the own-ers – “A.J. and Mrs.Kightlinger” – marked the oc-casion on Aug. 18, 1904, with aseven-course banquet preparedby a chef loaned by “Wm.Treager, the popular restaura-teur of Peoria,” musical enter-tainment by the “Faith HarpOrchestra” and culminatingwith an evening dance at thelocal Opera House.

The building – with its prox-imity to the then-active YatesCity Railroad Depot – servedas a hotel or boarding house formany years.

While Janet Windish lamentsthere is a bit of gap in historicrecords of all of the owners anduses of the building, she notesthere are records – and stillmany alive who recall – severalprevious owners such as MaeHitchcock and Ernie and HelenSprout.

The Parkside joins a $3.4 bil-lion industry of 17,000 B&Bsin the United States, accordingto the Professional Associationof Innkeepers International.

Here are some other B&B

facts from PAII: • The Typical B&B has be-

tween 4 and 11 rooms, with 6the average

• 29 percent are in rural loca-tions, 23 percent are urban, 5percent suburban, and 43 per-cent are in villages

• 94 percent of rooms haveprivate baths

• 36 percent have achievedan “historical designation” by alocal, state or national historicpreservation organization.

While a comprehensive list-ing of B&Bs in The WeeklyPost’s circulation area proveddifficult to produce, Internetsearches show several in Peo-ria, Knox and Fulton counties.

Janet Windish says that be-yond the tried and true “wordof mouth,” the Internet is oneof her best initial marketingtools.

While her own ParksideB&B website will have to waituntil a bit later, “I really useFacebook a lot,” she says, es-pecially appreciating the posi-tive comments posted there byguests.

Windish says she’s also hop-ing to organize a “Ladies Day”at the Parkside in September –offering a chance for women tosample the products and serv-ices of nearby businesses spe-cializing in massage, personalcare and cleaning products.

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ThursdayAugust 7, 2014Vol. 2, No. 24

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly PostBRIMFIELD – Ronnie Mc-Dowell is so familiar to Brim-field audiences he’s almost anOld Settler himself.Headlining the Old Settlers’

Days several times, the 64-year-old country singer is re-turning to the stage Saturdayfor 6 and 9 p.m. sets in Brim-field, where he’s almost aswell-known as Elvis, youmight say.McDowell’s string of hit

records started with his 1977tribute to Elvis, “The King IsGone,” co-written withLee Morgan,which sold 5million

copies forScorpioRecords.

Now liv-ing in theNashvillearea, the Portland, Tenn., nativehad a dramatic rise in the

music industry. After beingmentored by country & west-ern stalwart Conway Twitty –with whom he did a duet onTwitty’s 1958 standard “It’sOnly Make Believe” – Mc-Dowell recorded for the Epic

and Curb companies, and he’sproduced more than 30 Top-40hits.

Besides the 1986, Top-10duet with Twitty, McDowellhas teamed up with Jerry LeeLewis for a rocking duet thatMcDowell wrote, “You’re

Never Too Old To Rock N’Roll.” But his own numbers arethe most memorable: “I LoveYou, I Love You, I Love You”;“Older Women”; “Personally”;“Wandering Eyes”; “You’reGonna Ruin My Bad Reputa-

tion”; “You Made A WantedMan Of Me”; “All Tied Up”;“In A New York Minute” and“Watchin’ Girls Go By.”Although McDowell is the

headliner, Brimfield’s Old Set-tlers’ Days offers even more.First held in 1869 – and once

drawing about 7,000 visitors toBrimfield for ballgames, bal-loon ascensions and band con-certs – 21st century activitiesrange from carnival rides andan arts & crafts fair to a paradeand food and beer tents.The festival opens at 5:30today (Aug. 7), 5 p.m. on Fri-

day (Aug 8) and then Saturday(Aug. 9) at 6:30 a.m. withbreakfast at the American Le-

gion. Also Saturday, the paradeis at 1 p.m.Continued on Page 2Elba Salemdismissesfirefighter

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly PostYATES CITY – Twenty years ago this

week, Steve Frakes’ 12-year-old daughterdied after a year of aid and support fromthe Elba Salem volunteer fire departmentand other first responders, which inspiredFrakes to pay them back by volunteering,too. “I owed a debt to the community,”Frakes says. This week, Frakeshas been removed fromthe Elba Salem FireProtection District ros-ter.

Melissa Frakes had aheart disorder requiringa defibrillator and sev-eral trips to hospitals,and Frakes said local firefighters, BYEAmbulance and neighbors were alwayshelpful.

“Even her visitation showed communityencouragement,” he says. “There were 400

or 500 people there.”Thirteen men attended July 29’s specialmeeting of the Elba Salem Fire ProtectionDistrict (ESFPD), and its Board of Trustees

took 10 minutes to discuss and dismissFrakes.

Recalling recent fire and rescue calls,Trustee Gregory Wessel said the commu-

Inside• Coverage ofElmwood andFarmingtoncity councilmeetings.See Page 14

Continued on Page 6

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Dog death has owners worried about ‘lepto’

Ronnie returning to headline Old Settler’s Days

By TERRY BIBOFor The Weekly PostELMWOOD – One night was

cheerful chaos at Jody Dunbar’shouse. Her Scottish terriers, half-sib-lings with the same father, were yip-ping and chasing each other andgenerally tearing through the place.

She barely caught a teetering lampas it was about to crash off the table.

“They play like bear cubs,” the 61-year-old Dunbar says.The next morning was another

story. Her 13-month-old Scotty, Brody,

threw up as soon as he got to thekitchen. Immediately, Dunbar knewthis was something more than the lat-est mess. There was no grass or foodin the dog’s vomit, just bile. Brodythrew up three or more times. Hispuppy pep vanished. Dunbar already had an appointment

at Brown Animal Clinic a few dayslater. Brody was weak and lethargic,and Dr. Suzanne Harshbarger was

concerned about his rapid deteriora-tion. Bloodwork confirmed somethingwas seriously wrong. Despite injec-tions and IVs and brief rallies, thepup’s health continued to fail.

“This went on for two weeks,”Dunbar says. “I have never felt sophysically and emotionally exhaustedin my life.”

She waited one last weekend, alter-nately hopeful and hopeless. On Mon-day, June 9, Brody could barely hold

Local runnersassist recordSt. Jude eventBy JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff WriterArea runners chipped in nearly

$100,000 out of a record $4.1 mil-lion raised for St. Jude last weekendduring the 33rd annual St. Juderuns.

In all there were 35 runs fromlocal communities to Peoria, as wellas a group of 2,200 runners whomade a 465-mile trek from Mem-phis to Peoria’s Civic Center.Local efforts included an estab-

lished run from Elmwood and sec-ond-year fund-raisers from theKickapoo-Brimfield area and from Runners from the Kickapoo-Brimfield to Peoria Run near the finish of last

Saturday’s St. Jude’s run into Peoria. The Kickapoo-Brimfield group raised

$38,000. Photo by Collin Fairfield.

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July 24, 2014

Vol. 2, No. 22

By BILL KNIGHT

For The Weekly Post

Some area township

and mu-

nicipal officials are t

rying to

comply with state la

w on pro-

viding a lot of past p

ublic

records to a Chicago

land Re-

publican with connec

tions to

Tea Party groups wh

ile coping

with a lack of staff o

r the type

of material requested

.

In a Freedom of Info

rmation

(FOI) request, Adam

Andrze-

jewski wants to see

all expen-

diture records going

back to

2008.“Two wee

ks ago we sent

7,000 Freedom of In

formation

Act requests to ever

y unit of

government in the s

tate,” said

Andrzejewski when c

ontacted

by The Weekly Post

. “We want

six years of line-by-l

ine check-

book spending.”

His Website,

openthebooks.com, h

as years

of salary and pension

details,

said Andrzejewski, w

ho previ-

ously sued Republica

n Comp-

troller Judy Baar To

pinka to

release 17 years of c

heckbook

spending. The group

has 12

years of financial re

cords from

the City of Chicago

, he added.

“The cataloging is g

oing to

take a while, but my

team al-

ready has received 4

,000 pro-

ductions, about 200

million

lines of information

,” he said.

Illinois’ Freedom of

Informa-

tion Act (FOIA) is a

statute that

provides the public

the right to

access government d

ocume

and records. Its prem

ise is

citizens have the righ

t to k

what the governmen

t is doi

Public bodies must r

espond

a FOIA request with

in five

business days after r

eceivin

the request, and they

must

vide at no charge th

e first 5

pages of black and w

hite, l

or legal-sized photo

copies.

ditional pages can co

st no

than 15 cents a page

; for co

copies or abnormal-

size co

Continued on Page 7

Farmington

council denie

permit for

storage units

By MICHELLE SHER

MAN

For The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON – The Fa

rmington

Council on Monday (Ju

ly 21) denied

special use permit t

hat would have

brought a self-stora

ge facility to a res

dential neighborhoo

d.

Patrick O’Brian req

uested a special

permit to locate two

steel self-storage

buildings on his Vin

e Street property.

the permit been gra

nted, there would

been room for 28 sto

rage units in the

buildings.

“I have the benefit o

f looking outsid

every day ... I can g

uarantee that the

property will be kept

in great conditio

O’Brian told the Pl

anning Commissio

during a public mee

ting held Monday

discuss the matter. “

We will have garb

pickup twice a week

so there won’t b

any chance of any d

ebris being strung

throughout the neigh

borhood.”

He added that a gat

e would be con-

structed around the

structures and a s

amount of addition

al lighting could b

stalled.But it was

not the potential fo

r trash

cumulation that con

cerned residents w

attended the meetin

g.

“I have five kids. M

y number one p

ity is their safety,” s

aid Vine Street re

Continued on Page 2

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K UNDERWAY

The Weekly Post

“We Cover The News of West-Central Illinois With A Passion”


Local governments

dealing with huge F

OI reques

Workstartsat oldschoolBy MICHE

LLE SHERMAN

For The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON – The

owner of the Old Sc

hool

Center in Farmingto

n is

working to make the

burned building secu

re de-

spite an ongoing poli

ce

and fire investigatio

n.

Dan Meister was told by

the Farmington polic

e and

fire departments that

he

can begin clearing d

ebris

from the complex, w

hich

caught fire in the ear

ly

morning hours of M

ay 15,

in preparation for m

aking

repairs.“Right no

w, we need to

get a game plan on

certain

areas,” Meister said

.

The old portion of th

e

building sustained th

e

most damage and w

ill

need to be entirely re

built.

In planning for the f

u-

ture, Meister says he needs

to figure out “how d

o we

tie that in to the part

that

does not have to be t

orn

down. That makes it

a bit

difficult.”The cause

of the fire, as

well as the death of E

m-

manuel Cervantes, 3

5, of

West Lafayette, Ind., a

re

still under investigat

ion.

Cervantes’s body w

as

found under a pile o

f de-

bris on the third floo

r on

May 29.Toxicolog

y reports

showed no sign of dr

ugs or

alcohol in his system

. The

official cause of his

death

was smoke inhalatio

n.

While Meister has no

solid plans on how t

o

move forward with c

on-

struction on the Old

School Center, he an

d a

crew currently are re

mov-

ing windows and ere

cting

temporary construct

ion

fencing in an effort

to se-

cure the building.

“I’m completely ov

er-

whelmed with the s

upport

the community as th

ey

grieve with me on th

is,” he

said. “We’re trying to end

this strong.”

For the Good of Ill

inois

The organization For The

Good of Illinois, founded by

Adam Andrzejewski (left), is

seeking “to post online every

dime taxed and spent by every

unit of government.”

Work is ongoing to remove debris

and secure the Old School C

enter in Farmington,

which caught fire on M

ay 15. But owner Dan

Meister said he still doe

s not have a

firm plan for the future of

the damaged building.

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By RYAN HARDINGFor The Weekly Post

Term limits for politi-cians are unneeded in theview of State Sen. DavidKoehler, a Democrat whohas represented Peoriaand the surrounding areassince 2006.

“We have elections,”Koehler said. “If youdon’t like the person rep-resenting you, you shouldvote them out.”

Koehler – who has abachelor’s degree fromYankton College and amaster’s degree in divin-ity from the United Theo-logical Seminary inDayton, Ohio – discussedthat and other topics dur-ing a recent interview.

Koehler also said hedid not agree entirelywith the fair map amend-ment as written, adding“we do need to changethe system” of how thelegislative map is drawn.

Koehler also touchedon the temporary incometax increase in Illinois,which went from 3 to 5percent in 2011. Koehlersaid the future of thishigher tax rate “dependson the governor’s race.”

“If (Gov. Pat) Quinnwins, there will be moremomentum for keepingthe current tax rate.”

Koehler elaborated:“I’m in favor of findingnew revenue (for the stateof Illinois), whether that’sextending the existingtemporary tax or fromfinding revenue fromother sources.”

The alternative is notgood, Koehler said.

“A lot of social serv-ices would have to closetheir doors,” he said,adding our state “willneed drastic budget cuts.”

Improving the businessclimate and retaining theCaterpillar World Head-quarters in Peoria wasalso a major concern ofKoehler, who has previ-ously served on the Peo-ria County Board from1982-1988 and on thePeoria City Council from1989-1997.

He said to improve thebusiness climate “weneed to stabilize stategovernment” and to“keep our bond rating andability to borrow moneyat the best rate possible.”

The labeling of geneti-cally modified (GMO)food is also a concern forKoehler, who last wintersponsored a bill thatwould require labeling ofGMO food in Illinois.

However, Darrel Miller,

the Democratic congres-sional candidate runningagainst Aaron Schock,feels that state by stateGMO labeling would beburdensome to businessand that he would prefer,if necessary, a federalstatute.

“I would much prefer afederal law,” Koehlersaid, adding, “it’s up tothe states to push and en-courage the federal gov-ernment to do so bypassing state GMO laws.”

Koehler also expressedreservations about a pos-sible state law that wouldencourage the productionof gasoline blended with15 percent ethanol ratherthan the current rate of 10percent ethanol.

This higher blend isknown as E15. Koehler

said “there are a lot of is-sues (about E15) thathaven’t been answeredyet. More research needsto be done on this.”

And Koehler expressedexcitement about trans-forming the way Illinoisproduces and consumespower. Koehler said he isan advocate for increasedsolar and wind energyand that our state needs to“look at possibly modern-izing our nuclear plants.”

Koehler also said hewould support legislationto make the coal industrymore environmentallysustainable because“many of our communi-ties depend on coal-firedplants” and because “Illi-nois has a lot of coal.”

Koehler is not up forre-election until 2016.

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By MELINDA MYERSFor The Weekly Post

The cucumbers have filled thevegetable drawer, you’ve run outof cabbage recipes and your familyis refusing to eat one more BLT. Ormaybe you just couldn’t resist thatspecial deal on a bushel of toma-toes, potatoes or apples at the localfarmer’s market.

So what is a gardener or shopperto do with all that leftover pro-duce? Since properly stored veg-etables hold flavor and nutritionalvalue longer than those left in abag or set on a sunny kitchencounter, consider preserving somefor the long winter ahead using oneof several methods.

Storage orchard racks and slattedcrates placed in a cool dark loca-tion have long been used to storesquash, onions and potatoes. Thestackable nature or drawers pro-vide ample storage space, so fruitsand vegetables do not touch.

Keeping stored fruit separatedprevents rot from spreading fromone fruit to the next. Plus, the slat-ted sides allow airflow to extendstorage longevity.

Those in colder climates canstore their carrots and parsnipsright in the garden. Once the soilgets a bit crunchy, cover them withstraw or evergreen boughs for eas-ier digging in winter. Then dig asneeded.

If this isn’t possible or not yourstyle, try out a root vegetable stor-age bin. The root crops are layeredin sand or sawdust and placed in acool dark location. Just removeand use as needed.

Drying is one of the oldest foodpreservation techniques. Most ofus have grabbed a few bundles ofherbs to hang and dry.

Expand your drying endeavors toinclude fruits and vegetables. Thegoal is to quickly remove moisturewithout cooking the food. You canmake your own dehydrator or pur-chase one.

Research has shown that blanch-ing vegetables and fruit before dry-ing helps destroy harmful bacteria.Blanching involves a steam orboiling water bath followed by acold water bath.

Another ancient food preserva-tion technique, fermentation, is ex-periencing a comeback.

Cultures around the world havefermented fruits and vegetables forthousands of years. Unique flavors,storage options and health benefitshave many gardeners revisitingthis tradition.

Fermenting cucumbers into pick-les, cabbage into sauerkraut, andberries into preserves are just a fewoptions. The ingredients can be assimple as water, salt, and spices.All you need is a vessel, vegetablesand fermenting culture.

Jump-start your efforts with afermentation crock kit(gardeners.com) which includesthe crock, cover and weights tomake sure your veggies stay safelysubmerged in water.

Or quickly lock in the flavor andnutrition of your fruits and vegeta-bles by freezing. You’ll need air-tight containers or bags that aredurable, don’t leak and won’t be-come brittle.

Some produce does not freezewell and others may need to beblanched before they are packed inthe freezer bag or container.

Canning is more involved, butcan be lots of fun. This processpreserves the food and keeps itsafe by preventing the growth ofundesirable bacteria, yeast andmold. Sealed jars keep the flavor inand bad microorganisms out.

The National Center for HomeFood Preservation, nchfp.uga.edu,provides basic information for stor-age and preservation.Gardening expert, TV/radio host, author

& columnist Melinda Myers has more than30 years of horticulture experience andhas written more than 20 gardening books.Myers’ Website, www.melindamyers.com,offers gardening videos and tips.

Preserve the harvest for winter meals

Fermentation is an ancient food preservation technique making acomeback. Photo by Gardener’s Supply Company.

BRIEFSFarmington announcesscholarship recipients FARMINGTON – The Farming-ton Central Academic Foundation isproud to announce the 2014 scholar-ship recipients. Forty-three seniorsreceived scholarships to assist themin continuing their education. Twenty-two students received$1,000 grants and 21 students re-ceived $750 grants. In addition, theFCAF awarded 11 scholarships tocollege or graduate students. A total of $50,250 was given tograduates of Farmington HighSchool. These awards are made pos-sible by the financial contributionsof community residents, organiza-tions and businesses, friends, and

alumni. For complete information on theorganization, directors, donation op-portunities, contributors, the namesof recipients, testimonials from pastrecipients and the applicationprocess for future scholarships, visitfarmingtonacademicfoundation.org. Contributions can be sent to:PO Box 21; Trivoli, IL 61569.

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Permit No. 13

Carrier Route Pres

or

Thursday

July 24, 2014

Vol. 2, No. 22

By BILL KNIGHT

For The Weekly Post

Some area township

and mu-

nicipal officials are t

rying to

comply with state la

w on pro-

viding a lot of past p

ublic

records to a Chicago

land Re-

publican with connec

tions to

Tea Party groups wh

ile coping

with a lack of staff o

r the type

of material requested

.

In a Freedom of Info

rmation

(FOI) request, Adam

Andrze-

jewski wants to see

all expen-

diture records going

back to

2008.“Two wee

ks ago we sent

7,000 Freedom of In

formation

Act requests to ever

y unit of

government in the s

tate,” said

Andrzejewski when c

ontacted

by The Weekly Post

. “We want

six years of line-by-l

ine check-

book spending.”

His Website,

openthebooks.com, h

as years

of salary and pension

details,

said Andrzejewski, w

ho previ-

ously sued Republica

n Comp-

troller Judy Baar To

pinka to

release 17 years of c

heckbook

spending. The group

has 12

years of financial re

cords from

the City of Chicago

, he added.

“The cataloging is g

oing to

take a while, but my

team al-

ready has received 4

,000 pro-

ductions, about 200

million

lines of information

,” he said.

Illinois’ Freedom of

Informa-

tion Act (FOIA) is a

statute that

provides the public

the right to

access government d

ocuments

and records. Its prem

ise is that

citizens have the righ

t to know

what the governmen

t is doing.

Public bodies must r

espond to

a FOIA request with

in five

business days after r

eceiving

the request, and they

must pro

vide at no charge th

e first 50

pages of black and w

hite, lette

or legal-sized photo

copies. Ad

ditional pages can co

st no mor

than 15 cents a page

; for color

copies or abnormal-

size copies

Continued on Page 7

Farmington

council denies

permit for

storage units

By MICHELLE SHER

MAN

For The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON – The Fa

rmington Cit

Council on Monday (Ju

ly 21) denied a

special use permit t

hat would have

brought a self-stora

ge facility to a resi-

dential neighborhoo

d.

Patrick O’Brian req

uested a special use

permit to locate two

steel self-storage

buildings on his Vin

e Street property. H

a

the permit been gra

nted, there would h

av

been room for 28 sto

rage units in the

buildings.

“I have the benefit o

f looking outside

every day ... I can g

uarantee that the

property will be kept

in great condition,”

O’Brian told the Pl

anning Commission

during a public mee

ting held Monday to

discuss the matter. “

We will have garbag

pickup twice a week

so there won’t be

any chance of any d

ebris being strung

throughout the neigh

borhood.”

He added that a gat

e would be con-

structed around the

structures and a sm

al

amount of addition

al lighting could be

in

stalled.But it was

not the potential fo

r trash ac

cumulation that con

cerned residents wh

o

attended the meetin

g.

“I have five kids. M

y number one prior

ity is their safety,” s

aid Vine Street resi-

Continued on Page 2

OLD SCHOOL WOR

K UNDERWAY

The Weekly Post

“We Cover The News of West-Central Illinois With A Passion”


Local governments

dealing with huge F

OI request

Workstartsat oldschoolBy MICHE

LLE SHERMAN

For The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON – The

owner of the Old Sc

hool

Center in Farmingto

n is

working to make the

burned building secu

re de-

spite an ongoing poli

ce

and fire investigatio

n.

Dan Meister was told by

the Farmington polic

e and

fire departments that

he

can begin clearing d

ebris

from the complex, w

hich

caught fire in the ear

ly

morning hours of M

ay 15,

in preparation for m

aking

repairs.“Right no

w, we need to

get a game plan on

certain

areas,” Meister said

.

The old portion of th

e

building sustained th

e

most damage and w

ill

need to be entirely re

built.

In planning for the f

u-

ture, Meister says he needs

to figure out “how d

o we

tie that in to the part

that

does not have to be t

orn

down. That makes it

a bit

difficult.”The cause

of the fire, as

well as the death of E

m-

manuel Cervantes, 3

5, of

West Lafayette, Ind., a

re

still under investigat

ion.

Cervantes’s body w

as

found under a pile o

f de-

bris on the third floo

r on

May 29.Toxicolog

y reports

showed no sign of dr

ugs or

alcohol in his system

. The

official cause of his

death

was smoke inhalatio

n.

While Meister has no

solid plans on how t

o

move forward with c

on-

struction on the Old

School Center, he an

d a

crew currently are re

mov-

ing windows and ere

cting

temporary construct

ion

fencing in an effort

to se-

cure the building.

“I’m completely ov

er-

whelmed with the s

upport

the community as th

ey

grieve with me on th

is,” he

said. “We’re trying to end

this strong.”

For the Good of Ill

inois

The organization For The

Good of Illinois, founded by

Adam Andrzejewski (left), is

seeking “to post online every

dime taxed and spent by every

unit of government.”

Work is ongoing to remove debris

and secure the Old School C

enter in Farmington,

which caught fire on M

ay 15. But owner Dan

Meister said he still doe

s not have a

firm plan for the future of

the damaged building.

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ThursdayAugust 7, 2014Vol. 2, No. 24

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly PostBRIMFIELD – Ronnie Mc-Dowell is so familiar to Brim-field audiences he’s almost anOld Settler himself.Headlining the Old Settlers’

Days several times, the 64-year-old country singer is re-turning to the stage Saturdayfor 6 and 9 p.m. sets in Brim-field, where he’s almost aswell-known as Elvis, youmight say.McDowell’s string of hit

records started with his 1977tribute to Elvis, “The King IsGone,” co-written withLee Morgan,which sold 5million

copies forScorpioRecords.Now liv-ing in theNashvillearea, the Portland, Tenn., native

had a dramatic rise in the

music industry. After beingmentored by country & west-ern stalwart Conway Twitty –with whom he did a duet onTwitty’s 1958 standard “It’sOnly Make Believe” – Mc-Dowell recorded for the Epic

and Curb companies, and he’sproduced more than 30 Top-40hits.

Besides the 1986, Top-10duet with Twitty, McDowellhas teamed up with Jerry LeeLewis for a rocking duet thatMcDowell wrote, “You’re

Never Too Old To Rock N’Roll.” But his own numbers arethe most memorable: “I LoveYou, I Love You, I Love You”;“Older Women”; “Personally”;“Wandering Eyes”; “You’reGonna Ruin My Bad Reputa-

tion”; “You Made A WantedMan Of Me”; “All Tied Up”;“In A New York Minute” and“Watchin’ Girls Go By.”Although McDowell is the

headliner, Brimfield’s Old Set-tlers’ Days offers even more.First held in 1869 – and once

drawing about 7,000 visitors toBrimfield for ballgames, bal-loon ascensions and band con-certs – 21st century activitiesrange from carnival rides andan arts & crafts fair to a paradeand food and beer tents.The festival opens at 5:30today (Aug. 7), 5 p.m. on Fri-

day (Aug 8) and then Saturday(Aug. 9) at 6:30 a.m. withbreakfast at the American Le-

gion. Also Saturday, the paradeis at 1 p.m.Continued on Page 2Elba Salemdismissesfirefighter

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly PostYATES CITY – Twenty years ago this

week, Steve Frakes’ 12-year-old daughterdied after a year of aid and support fromthe Elba Salem volunteer fire departmentand other first responders, which inspiredFrakes to pay them back by volunteering,too. “I owed a debt to the community,”Frakes says. This week, Frakeshas been removed fromthe Elba Salem FireProtection District ros-ter.

Melissa Frakes had aheart disorder requiringa defibrillator and sev-eral trips to hospitals,and Frakes said local firefighters, BYEAmbulance and neighbors were alwayshelpful.

“Even her visitation showed communityencouragement,” he says. “There were 400

or 500 people there.”Thirteen men attended July 29’s specialmeeting of the Elba Salem Fire ProtectionDistrict (ESFPD), and its Board of Trustees

took 10 minutes to discuss and dismissFrakes.

Recalling recent fire and rescue calls,Trustee Gregory Wessel said the commu-

Inside• Coverage ofElmwood andFarmingtoncity councilmeetings.See Page 14

Continued on Page 6

ST. JUDE SUCCESS



Dog death has owners worried about ‘lepto’

Ronnie returning to headline Old Settler’s Days

By TERRY BIBOFor The Weekly PostELMWOOD – One night was

cheerful chaos at Jody Dunbar’shouse. Her Scottish terriers, half-sib-lings with the same father, were yip-ping and chasing each other andgenerally tearing through the place.

She barely caught a teetering lampas it was about to crash off the table.

“They play like bear cubs,” the 61-year-old Dunbar says.The next morning was another

story. Her 13-month-old Scotty, Brody,

threw up as soon as he got to thekitchen. Immediately, Dunbar knewthis was something more than the lat-est mess. There was no grass or foodin the dog’s vomit, just bile. Brodythrew up three or more times. Hispuppy pep vanished. Dunbar already had an appointment

at Brown Animal Clinic a few dayslater. Brody was weak and lethargic,and Dr. Suzanne Harshbarger was

concerned about his rapid deteriora-tion. Bloodwork confirmed somethingwas seriously wrong. Despite injec-tions and IVs and brief rallies, thepup’s health continued to fail.

“This went on for two weeks,”Dunbar says. “I have never felt sophysically and emotionally exhaustedin my life.”

She waited one last weekend, alter-nately hopeful and hopeless. On Mon-day, June 9, Brody could barely hold

Local runnersassist recordSt. Jude eventBy JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff WriterArea runners chipped in nearly

$100,000 out of a record $4.1 mil-lion raised for St. Jude last weekendduring the 33rd annual St. Juderuns.

In all there were 35 runs fromlocal communities to Peoria, as wellas a group of 2,200 runners whomade a 465-mile trek from Mem-phis to Peoria’s Civic Center.Local efforts included an estab-

lished run from Elmwood and sec-ond-year fund-raisers from theKickapoo-Brimfield area and from Runners from the Kickapoo-Brimfield to Peoria Run near the finish of last

Saturday’s St. Jude’s run into Peoria. The Kickapoo-Brimfield group raised

$38,000. Photo by Collin Fairfield.

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YATES CITY – Before discussingnext year’s tax levy, picking a new con-tractor, and planning on repairs to thewater tower, the Yates City VillageBoard on Wednesday (August 13) heardLee Sarver and his family appeal for hisusing a golf cart and explained the op-tions.

“We’re asking for some kind of ex-ception, some kind of accommodation,”said Lee’s daughter Susan Sarver, whosaid a motorized wheelchair like a Hov-eround is expensive so her dad bought agolf cart to take to the library and thedeli.

A local police officer recently stoppedthe World War II vet – who turns 88years old on August 27 and has a validdriver’s license but has difficulty walk-ing – and warned him that driving agolf cart on city streets is illegal.

“Actually, it’s a state statute,” saidvillage attorney Wayne Statham ofGalesburg. “Golf carts cannot be oper-ated on roadways.”

However, the law does permit munic-ipalities to allow them locally, but anyYates City Board action wouldn’t letSarver cross Ill. Route 8 unless he gotpermission from the Illinois Departmentof Transportation.

Further, opening up Yates City streetsand alleys to golf carts could be mis-construed or exploited by others, Vil-lage President Brian Miars said.

“This could be something that’spassed for a good reason, but thensomeone [else] comes along and ruinsit,” he said.

Board member Kenny Gibson sug-gested the Sarver family approach serv-ice groups such as the American Legionfor help on getting a suitable motorizedwheelchair, and Police Chief JohnKennedy reminded the family that rid-ing lawnmowers are considered agricul-tural vehicles and are permitted onroadways if they have a slow-moving-vehicle sign.

“I may just fire up my lawnmower to-morrow,” Sarver said.

As to the property tax levy, one ofseveral revenue sources for the City, theboard discussed a levy of $48,200, a1.47-percent increase from this year,and will take action on it following pub-lic input at its next meeting, Sept. 10.

Knox County has set Yates City’s as-sessed valuation at $7,365,216, Stathamreported.

Meanwhile, the Board was forced tostart over on planned sidewalk replace-ment jobs and curb repair after a con-tractor went out of business. Two bidswere received, and the Board awardedthe work to Foose Concrete of Cantonfor $4,090 for the three jobs.

Also, the water tower needs to have a20-year-old, six-inch vertical pipe run-ning from the ground to the top re-placed, and an estimate for more than$40,000 was received from MaguireIron of Sioux Fall, S.D. The Boardasked Public Works Director ChuckEiker to get additional details and an-other estimate to be considered nextmonth.

Eiker reported that a leaking sewerline at Burson and Williams is being re-paired.

The Board discussed burdensomework such as a recent influx of Free-dom Of Information requests that’sforced Village Clerk Joy Mahr to al-most double her hours, and offered ad-ditional compensation, which shedeclined. However, the Village plans toseek applications for a part-time em-ployee to assist her, and set a Sept. 3deadline for applicants to contact theVillage.

Mahr also noted that a July 24Weekly Post chart of area communitieswater rates was misleading concerningYates City’s rates since the Village’s in-cludes garbage at no extra charge. Othertowns, including Brimfield, Elmwoodand Williamsfield, charge extra forgarbage collection, so Yates City’slisted water and sewer rate for 6,000gallons, $98.24, was inflated since it re-flected a $16.50 charge. Brimfield sepa-rately bills $13.25 for garbage, andElmwood $15.79.

In other business, the Board:• asked Statham and Kennedy to pres-

ent a draft of a new municipal code nextmonth;

• heard that re-plumbing water lineson West Main Street was finished; and

• heard that water customers on KnoxRoad 2150 are all online with Village-paid wells, and clarified that those cur-rent homeowners would be eligible forgarbage pickup.

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FARM & FIELD

Record-setting boar fetches $270,000Let’s be honest, while an excel-

lent university, not many worldrecords are made at Western Illi-nois University.

But that changed recently whena member of theSchool of Agri-culture’s facultyand Good Hope,Illinois residentAssociate Pro-fessor MarkHoge, sold a pig(Yorkshire boarto be exact) for astaggering$270,000 – a world-record price,according to the National SwineRegistry.

Assuming the pig weighed 280pounds when sold, that pencils outto be about $60 an ounce, verycomparable to the price of somecaviar. The price of a prime filetmignon is about $30 an ounce.And the price of the hamburgerpurchased from a fast food estab-lishment is about 50 cents anounce.

The prize boar is not going toend up in expensive bacon or ham.It will lead a long and good life.

The boar garnered such a highprice because of its very uniquegenetics and its ability to passthose genetics along to other gen-erations. And the genetics the boarpossesses are particularly impor-tant to those who raise and showpigs at various competitions in theshowpig industry.

The showpig industry is very dif-ferent from the commercial swineindustry. The goal of the commer-cial swine industry is to producehigh quality and reasonably pricedpork for the consuming public.

In contrast, the showpig industryis geared to the raising and show-ing of pigs in the show ring, with

the recognized hope the pig will dowell. While there are some dis-agreements between these two seg-ments of the pork industry on howto raise and handle hogs, Assoc.Prof. Mark Hoge’s focus is on theshowpig industry for a very clearreason.

The $270,000 hog was raised byMark and his family. His family,including his wife, look at the vari-ous showpig competitions they at-tend no differently than manypeople look at sporting events.

While showpig competition isimportant and how you do in thecompetition is very important, justas at a swim meet or T-ball game,the essential showpig ingredient isfamily participation.

The hogs are raised, transported,prepared for competition and pa-raded for the judges, as a sharedfamily experience.

The most visible part of theshowpig industry is the competi-tions – at various events, at countyfairs and at the recently ended Illi-

nois State Fair. At those competi-tions you will see families workingtogether to assure their pigs dowell in the competition and to gainthe most from the experiencesshared.

You will see sleeping bags near afamily’s pigs, you will see smallkitchens to feed the family, andoften other competitors, and youwill note a variety of grooming in-struments used to fully polish theanimal for the judging ring. As thetime nears to enter the judgingring, the entire family, and grand-parents, will be excited, focusedand supportive.

So the next time you see a shinylivestock trailer pulled by a truckfilled with a family, wonder whatcompetition they are coming fromor what competition they are goingto. Perhaps one of those trailerswill contain an offspring of MarkHoge’s (and his family’s) record-setting boar.Bailey is a professor in the School of

Agriculture at Western Illinois University.

BillBAILEY

Mark Hoge of Good Hope sold this Yorkshire boar for a record-setting$270,000 during a summer sale in Louisville, Ky.

SPRINGFIELD – Local live-stock breeders fared well at thisyear’s Illinois State Fair.

In the Land of Lincoln Swinecompetition, Madison Caldwell ofElmwood had Grand ChampionBarrow Over All Breeds, DurocChampion Barrow and first placeDuroc barrow 276-281. IsabellaBoyer of Maquon had Duroc Re-serve Champion Barrow and firstplace 282-290.

Kristi Lynn Smith had secondplace Chester White gilt born Jan.21-27, 2014.

Andrew Smith of Princeville hadBerkshire Junior Champion boarand first place Berkshire boar born

Feb. 1-16, 2014.In Beef Breeding Cattle, Weaver

Farms of Brimfield had the first-place Angus bull born June 6 toAug. 13, 2013 and also the Inter-mediate Champion Bull.

Kyle Bird of Laura had the firstplace Polled Shorthorn femaleborn June 18 to July 10, 2013. Birdalso had second place PolledShorthorn female born April 2-25,2013.

Craig Anderson of Galva hadfirst place Low % Simmental ClassReserve Heifer Calf Champion andhad the second-place Simmentalbull born March 3 to April 19,2014.

Hayden Beard of Dahinda hadfirst for Simmental steer 1375 to1390 and Easton Beard had secondfor Crossbred steer 1231 to 1269.

In the Breeding Swine competi-tion, Dalton Craig of Galva hadfirst place Spotted Swine gilt bornFeb. 10-22, 2014 and AndrewSmith of Princeville had secondplace Spotted Swine boar born Jan.15-27, 2014.

Smith was first for Berkshireboars born Feb. 1-16, 2014 andalso won Reserve Grand Cham-pion Berkshire Boar and JuniorChampion Berkshire Boar withSuper Fly 13-1.

Locals fare well in State Fair livestock shows

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July 2014 Peoria County Real Estate TransactionsDate Address Amount Grantor/grantee07/01 14415 N. Elmore Road/Brimfield $79,000 Early/Mahr,Kerr07/01 315 E. Knoxville St./Brimfield $152,000 Cox/Miller Family Trust07/01 5820 W. Brookmere St./Edwards $240,000 Anderson/Ulstad07/02 6919 N. Basket Oak Drive/Edwards $443,500 Mueckler/Bond07/07 300 N. Rose/Elmwood $27,000 Mississippi Valley Bond/Scoby07/08 19225 W. Southport/Elmwood $60,000 Cosby/Coulter07/08 8506 N. Pulsifer/Brimfield with above Cosby/Coulter07/08 Lots 1-5 & Outlot/Peo Sports Sub/Kickapoo $3,033,000 Chambers/Twenty Four Corp LLC07/09 6000 N. Gilles Road/Edwards $138,000 Mabis/Damron07/10 Lot 231 Copperfield Sec 7/Radnor $77,500 Traders Dev Corp/O'neal Builders Inc07/10 6111 W. Diversey Court/Edwards $319,000 Armstrong Builders of

Peo/Nascimento,Lima07/10 6316 W. Crosswynd Court/Edwards $57,500 Nettle Creek Corporation/Dean07/11 8518 N. Glenbrooke Court/Edwards $245,000 Tuttle/Bowman07/14 11320 N. Thousand Dollar Road/Brimfield $160,000 Morton Community Bank/Chambers07/14 425 N. Alma Court/Brimfield $114,000 Hainline/Johnson07/15 11320 N. Thousand Dollar Road/Brimfield $355,000 Eberle/Chambers07/15 Lt 16 Abby Creek/Kickapoo $44,000 Hidden Lake Development Trust/Teschner07/15 109 E. Ash St/Elmwood $127,500 Creighton/Bedwell07/15 6023 N. Andrews Lane/Brimfield $220,000 McDowell (Tr)/Moore 07/16 4 parcels: 21624 N. Whitegrove/Princeville $900,000 Debord/Chambers07/16 Pt of W. 1/2 of SE. Qtr 29-10-6/Jubilee $225,000 Hoerr (Tr)/Barth07/16 7017 N. Grand Fir Drive/Edwards $329,400 Middendorf/Shah07/21 14606 W. Fox Creek Court/Brimfield $205,000 Krampitz/Greenway07/21 23133 W. Farmington Road/Elmwood $190,000 Shaw,Kellogg/Moechnig,Fusselman07/21 7010 N. Iron Wood Drive/Edwards $312,500 Jacobson/Nangia07/22 Lot 219 of Copperfield Sec 7/Radnor $67,500 Traders Development Corp/Cai07/23 6205 W. Diversey Court/Edwards $344,900 Signature Homes Bloomington/Ferstenfeld07/23 6806 N. Water Oak Drive/Edwards $414,900 Ironwood Homes of Peoria Inc/Gomez07/23 703 W. Sharon St./Elmwood $63,494 Farmers State Bank/Claudin07/23 203 W. Hawthorne St./Elmwood $65,000 McCoy/Davis07/23 10106 W. Deerbrook Trail/Edwards $198,000 Funk (Tr)/Lazzell07/24 14108 W. Rockhill Road/Brimfield $169,000 Dawson/Roberts 07/25 6200 W. Crosswynd Court/Edwards $58,500 Usman/Burckhartzmeyer07/28 Pt of SW. Qtr 25-10-6/Jubilee $53,000 Knapp/Hoerr07/30 6407 N. Kramm Road/Brimfield $192,000 Burke/Burke07/30 6225 W. Clairemont Court/Edwards $361,241 Legend Homes Inc/Cenek07/30 24015 W. Farmington Road/Farmington $250,000 Bes Properties LLC/E & B Capital LLC07/31 4800 Valley View Road/Brimfield $3,000 Dray/Buhl07/31 Pt NE. 1/4 Sec 15-10-7/Radnor $235,000 Trimco Inc/South Side Trust & Savings

NOTE: Listings reflects minimum of $40,000 for sale of residence, but not for land.

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Located at: 2509 N.Trivoli Road, Trivoli, IL 61569Watch for signs off Route 116

Saturday, Sept 13th, 2014 @ 10:00 a.m.Real Estate Description: Very nice three bedroom Brick Ranch, situ-ated on 3.923 acres with lots of trees that line the property making apark like setting. This home offers hardwood floors in the three bed-rooms & hallway. It has a nice modern kitchen, formal dining room,nice living room & three bedrooms. The home has a full basementwith 620 sq. ft. finished with bar and rest as shop & utility area.Property has a 90% propane gas furnace, central air, newer roof,double carport, shed, well & septic. It is 15 minutes from Peoria, justnorth of Trivoli and in Farmington School District. This is an out-standing property offering private country living with plenty of roomto explore nature, build or just enjoy your privacy.

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BRIMFIELD – A group nowcalling itself Citizens against I-74Power Lines near Brimfield held afollow-up meeting at the AmericanLegion building here on Aug. 11,and listened to a Peoria attorneydiscuss options.

The group continues to look forcommitments from area residentswilling to contribute to an objec-tion to locating a transmission-lineroute along an Interstate 74 corri-dor.

“We were there until 8:30 andpeople looked brain-drained,” saidKellie Tomlinson. “The Moonfamily asked William Shay, with[the law firm] Shay KepplePhillips, to come out. He used towork for Ameren and is workingon other transmission line cases.

“The group was wanting toknow what we could get for$50,000, and Shay said he wouldtry and break down his cost sum-mary in more detail and get it backto Randy Moon,” she said.

The 345,000-volt Spoon RiverTransmission Line, scheduled togo online in 2018, is proposed torun about 40 miles from KickapooTownship west of Peoria to Gales-burg. Three possible routes includetwo near Interstate 74.

Before construction begins, theutility company has to petition theIllinois Commerce Commission(ICC), notify affected landowners,and then negotiate with propertyowners on issues such as compen-sation.

The ICC has the final decision,and historically has based its rulingon the viability of engineering andconstruction and the impact on thearea as well as cost.

Brothers Randy and RogerMoon and their sister Linda Moonare organizing this objection.

“Why should Ameren be able tojunk up the view and [disregard]people’s homes?" Randy asked.“We don’t want the ICC to thinkthat we accept this by [us] notdoing anything.”

As at the group’s initial meeting

July 23, the need for a group ofpeople to share the costs of litiga-tion was mentioned.

“We think we can make a case,”added Roger. “Twenty or thirtypeople [who contribute $1,000each] would be enough.”

The group discussed a mass-emailing being sent to area resi-dents.

The Moons also asked interestedpeople to contact them by phone at(309) 690-8728, (309) 678-0017 orby email [email protected].

The organization also now has aWebsite – www.no74powertow-ers.com – plus a Facebook page –“Citizens opposed to the PowerTowers on I-74 corridor by Brim-field.”

Ameren, which claims the linewill improve reliability, cut energycongestion, and access low-costpower, has said that a priority routeand an alternate that they’d like totake to the ICC would be an-nounced this summer.

Participants sought to oppose Ameren line

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Billtown EMS questions don’tmean problems, Moffitt says

During the Streetscape Project in Elmwood theFollowing businesses will have weekly

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WILLIAMSFIELD – Questions havebeen raised about the Williamsfield FireProtection District’s Emergency Med-ical Services program through the stateDepartment of Public Health, but anarea lawmaker says he’s confident thatthe situation will be satisfactorily re-solved.

“Just because there are questionsraised doesn’t mean there’s a problem,”said State Rep. Don Moffitt (R-Gilson).“I’m optimistic and encouraged thatservice [in Williamsfield] will continue,hopefully with no interruption. The[WFPD] board is responding appropri-ately and I think that dedicated group ofvolunteers will address any issues.”

The WFPD Board of Trustees on Aug.11 approved hiring Chicago lawyer Ed-ward Bruno at a rate of $300 per hour torepresent the District in a matter possi-bly involving certification issues withindividuals or the program.

Laura Vaught with the Illinois Depart-ment of Public Health said EMS Med-

ical Directors at Resource Hospitalshave the authority to approve local serv-ices, procedures and qualifications, butOSF attorney Anca Adams said OSF didnot send the correspondence to the Dis-trict.

Matt Moyes, Director of EmergencyServices at OSF St. Mary, did not returncalls seeking comment.

“The ambulance service must committo a series of requirements as establishedby the EMS System and legislativemandate,” Vaught said. “Once approvedby the EMS Medical Director, the appli-cation for licensure is then reviewed andapproved by the State.

“Systems must be approved by theEMS Medical Director as they workunder his/her authority and follow theMedical Directors’ medical orders (pro-tocols) or online medical direction.EMT’s who function in an EMS systemare also required to meet the educationalrequirements and skill competencies asrequired by the EMS Medical Direc-tors.”




Doris BarrettFARMINGTON – Doris Barrett,

76, of Farmington died Aug. 16.Anderson-Sedgwick Funeral

Home in Farmington is in chargeof arrangements.

H. Christelle Briggs YATES CITY – H. Christelle

Briggs, 87, of Bartonville, a formerYates City teacher, died on August12 at her home.

She began teaching for two yearsat Yates City High School and thenat Bartonville Grade School for 33years before retiring.

Cremation has been accorded. Amemorial services was on August16 at the Davison-Fulton Bar-tonville Chapel. Burial of asheswill be in Lutheran Cemetery inLimestone Township at a laterdate.

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

John FoglesongerBRIMFIELD – John D.

Foglesonger, 86, of Los Angeles,Calif., uncle of a Brimfieldwoman, died on Aug. 8 in Los An-geles.

He’s survived by his wife, Euge-nie; four nieces, Sally (Kevin)Hoffman of Brimfield, Linda(Lyall) LeCompte, Suz Howardand Karen (Matt) Tracy, all ofWyoming; two nephews, Pat(Becky) Foglesonger and Ed (Kim)Foglesonger, both of Wyoming;several great-nieces and nephews;and great-great-nieces and –nephews; and one sister-in-law,Shirley Foglesonger of Wyoming.

A funeral Mass was on Aug. 18at St. Dominic Catholic Church inWyoming, with burial in St. Do-minic Cemetery in Wyoming.

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

Shirley HuffmanDUNLAP – Shirley L. Huffman,

70, of Dunlap, formerly ofPrinceville, died on Aug. 14 at herresidence.

Graveside services were on Aug.19 at Princeville Cemetery.

Haskell-Hott Funeral Homes inPrinceville is in charge of arrange-ments.

Linda KnightELMWOOD – Linda Knight, 66,

of Elmwood died Aug. 17 at home.Haskell-Hott Funeral Homes in

Princeville is in charge of arrange-ments.

Jim KnoblochPRINCEVILLE – Irwin James

“Jim” Knobloch, 81, of Princevilledied on Aug. 15 at UnityPointHealth-Proctor in Peoria.

He’s survived by his wife,Emma; one daughter, Debra(Duane) Steidinger of Peoria; oneson, Paul (Lynne) Knobloch ofWyoming; daughter-in-law, Jen-nifer Knobloch of Morton; ninegrandchildren; four great-grand-children; one brother, Robert (Mar-vel) Knobloch of Tremont; andthree sisters, Lillian Elsasser ofPeoria, Irene Weyeneth of FortWayne, Ind., and Rose AnnAeschleman of South Bend, Ind.

A funeral service will be held at10 a.m. Thursday (Aug. 21) at thePrinceville Apostolic ChristianChurch, which will host a visita-tion from 9 to 9:45 that morning.

Burial will be in Apostolic Chris-tian Church Cemetery inPrinceville.

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

Don LargeELMWOOD – Don Robert Large,

77, of rural Beardstown, grandfa-ther of an Elmwood man, died onAugust 14.

He is survived by his children,Leslie (David) Groth of Athens,Martha (Doug) Zimmerman ofAvon, Don Robert Large II, EmilyWalker and Julia Goodrich (Tom),

all of Beardstown; 13 grandchil-dren, including Christopher Zim-merman of Elmwood; eightgreat-grandchildren; and two sis-ters, Iva Stock of Beardstown andMary Jane Canedy of Henrico,N.C.

Visitation will be Saturday (Aug.23) at 10 a.m. at First EvangelicalLutheran Church in Beardstown,followed by a memorial service at11 a.m. at the church. The familywill place a memorial marker atBlack Oak Cemetery at a laterdate.

Condolences may be sent to thefamily online at airsman-hires.com.

Charles YoungELMWOOD – Charles Raymond

“Charlie Ray” Young, 63, of Pekin,brother of an Elmwood man, diedon August 12 at OSF Saint FrancisMedical Center in Peoria.

He’s survived by his wife Janice;four brothers, George Young ofElmwood, Ed (Barb) Young ofPekin, Joe (Lydia) Young of EastPeoria and Gerald (Linda) Youngof Washington; four sisters, AltheaRushing of East Peoria, AudreyStrube of Peoria, Mary (Kermit)Heinz of Creve Coeur and Marcie(Don) Kellenberger of Lake Orion,Mich.; two daughters, Lana(Marty) Bohannan of Manito andNicole (Aaron) Rose of Fort Laud-erdale, Fla.; one son, JaramieCharles (Karina) Young; sevengrandchildren; and two great-grandchildren,

His funeral Mass was Aug. 16 atSt. Ann Catholic Church in Peoria,with burial in St. Mary’s Cemeteryin West Peoria, where military riteswill be provided by the U.S. Armyand the Tazewell Area CeremonialTeam.

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

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This Week’s Obituaries• Doris Barrett, 76, Farming-ton• H. Christelle Briggs, 87,Bartonville• John Foglesonger, 86, LosAngeles, Calif.• Shirley Huffman, 70, Dun-lap• Linda Knight, 66, Elmwood• Jim Knobloch, 81,Princeville• Don Large, 77, Beardstown• Charles Young, 63, Pekin

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Bruno said he’ll repre-sent the District before anAdministrative LawJudge, but no status hear-ing is scheduled.

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BRIMFIELDSt. Paul’s

Lutheran ChurchThe Lutheran Church –

Missouri Synod“Liturgical & Reverential”Pastor Michael Liese

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

Sun. Divine Service: 10 am

Brimfield UnitedMethodist Church

Pastor Leonard Thomas135 S. Galena St., Brimfield

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

Thurs. Bible Study: 7 pm

EDWARDSChrist Alive!

Community ChurchPastor Lance Zaerr

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

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

ELMWOODCrossroads Assembly of God

Pastor Tim Cavallo615 E. Ash St., Elmwood

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Wed. Worship: 7 pmSun. Worship: 10:30 amElmwood Baptist ChurchPastor Dennis Fitzgerald

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

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

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St. Patrick’sCatholic ChurchFather Paul Stiene

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

Sat. Confession: 3:45 pmSat. Mass: 4:30 pmSun. Mass: 10 am

Tues. Rosary: 8:15 amUnited Methodist Church

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

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KICKAPOO – A sim-mering dispute aboutPeoria County’s revenuesharing for traffic ticketsissued on township-maintained roads may beheating up. The Kick-apoo Township board onMonday (Aug. 18) dis-cussed what steps to taketo ensure it or any Peoriatownship isn’t missingout on money to whichit’s entitled.

“The township needs tobe sure that the townshipmaintaining the roads isreceiving the funds,” saidKickapoo Clerk JulieMcIntyre.

Police reports haveareas where officers des-ignate where an incidentoccurred, but apparentlya separate notation mustbe made to enable theprocessing and forward-ing of appropriate funds,Kickapoo was told.

“With all the technol-ogy there, there should bea default setting on thecomputer software tomake this easier,” McIn-tyre said.

Meanwhile, Kickapooin July received its an-nual audit, which showedthat the Fiscal Year end-ing March 31 had rev-enues of $163,873 for the

Township and $599,996for the Road District, andtotal disbursements of$585,610, which con-tributed to an increase inits fund balance of$36,909. The year-endbalance was $228,430.

In other business,• Road Commissioner

Dan Kelch reported fin-ishing the replacement ofa culvert on PowdermillRoad in Edwards. TheCounty Highway Depart-ment assisted in dealingwith the 3-foot-by-55-foot culvert, and warningthree more individualsabout illegally dumpingbrush at Township sitesafter trail cameras pho-tographed them.

“They’ll be prosecutedif it happens again,”Kelch said.

• Supervisor Karl Koysuggested adopting aLoss Control Policy toensure a safe work envi-ronment for Townshipemployees, which passedunanimously; and

• Assessor Jack Dukereported 157 Township

property owners will re-ceive notice of changesin assessed valuation.Truro hears concernabout cemetery

TRURO – Concernsabout damaged or brokenitems at or near graves inWilliamsfield Cemeterywere brought to theTownship meeting onAug. 12, when KarolSmith Murdock ad-dressed the Board andsuggested improving howrules are posted.

Supervisor James Rossconceded that not all ofthe cemetery rules arebeing followed, butadded that makes it diffi-cult for caretakers to trimaround headstones.

Murdock proposedposting notices a monthbefore scheduled removalof plantings and limitingthe removal of artificialflowers to twice a year.Millbrook receives3rd quarter receipts

LAURA - MillbrookTownship SupervisorDan Powell said $18,803

was received from PeoriaCounty for 3rd quarterreal estate taxes, of which$14,000 goes to the townfund, $2,600 to the ceme-tery, $1,100 to the com-munity center, and $900to General Assistance.

Also, the Board at itsAug. 11 meeting votednot to have an extra trashpickup for the tractor pullthis Saturday (Aug. 23).

Radnor discussingnew Twp. building

DUNLAP – TownshipSupervisor Phil Cornishis looking into contract-ing with an architect fordeveloping a new Town-ship building.

“We have reserved$200,000 for an adminis-trative office, meetingand record storage build-ing,” Cornish said. “Thiswould bring everythingunder one roof. All wehave now is a room forrecords in the corner ofour Township garage. Wehave space at our garagelocation for the build-ing.”

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Each year Model A clubs from around the world gather on International Model A Day to display their cars to the public. In 2009, the Heart of Illinois Model A Club at-tracted several cars to Elmwood on a foggy morning. Among those on hand was Ron Cloat of West Peoria, who took this picture and wrote, “Elmwood was the per-fect choice for breakfast that day as we were looking for a setting that would be most like the life and times of the Model A Ford.” The picture was chosen fromentries all over the world to be published in the national club magazine. Stan Musgrave of Elmwood is also a Model A enthusiast and attended this gathering.

Sami Centers of Elmwood found The Mayorof Oak Hill last week and opted for MovieBucks for The Palace Theatre. The nextchance to win is today Thursday at 4 p.m.

Sonny Sny-der enjoysthe paradeat lastweekend’sYates CityHarvestHome Fes-tival. Photoby MichelleSherman.

Brimfield sophomores John Bar-rett (left) and Brad Novak werean odd couple for the talent shotat Brimfield’s Old Settler’s Days.Photo by Lynne Breitbarth.

Austin Brodine of Laura caught this 5-pound walleye on theSpoon River.

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News from the outdoors of Illinois

Outdoor CalendarAug. 27 - Last day to apply for thefirst lottery for Illinois Public Duck andGoose hunting permits. Go towww.dnr.illinois.gov/hunting/waterfowl.Sept. 1 - Dove season opens.Sept. 1-15 - Early Canada goose sea-son.Sept. 6-21 - Teal seasonSept. 8 - Last day to apply for randomdaily drawings for firearm deer permits.Go to www.dnr.illinois.gov/hunting/deerSept. 20 - Forestry Workshop at Ju-bilee College SP, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cost$15, (309) 671-7040.Oct. 1 - Archery deer hunting opens.Oct. 11-13 - Illinois Youth Deer Hunt.Permits are now available over-the-counter from license vendors.

• For anyone who suffered a fish kill this winter, the Peoria County Soiland Water Conservation District is taking orders for a fall fish sale. Grasscarp orders are due by Oct. 2, all others by Oct. 10. Pickup is Oct. 18.Call (309) 671-7040, Ext. 3.• Do you like pheasant hunting? Some folks still remember the good

old days when roosters were running all over Illinois. Well, there are a fewspots that still hold pheasants, and each year the IllinoisDepartment of Natural Resources holds a drawing forfree permits to hunt a few of them. Understand, these are wild birds, not pen-raised

dopes. You often have to work hard on hunts at thesestate sites, which frequently feature thick cover (which iswhy they hold birds). But if that interests you, apply for a

permit at dnr.illinois.gov, then to hunting/trapping, then to upland game andfinally to free upland-game permit program.• It may be late in the summer, but big bass are still biting. Anglers reportgood luck on large plastic worms (up to 12 inches) and crankbaits fished indeeper water. And prime fall fishing is right around the corner.


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GOLF: Farmington’s Monroe top returnee

No meets have been run yet, butthe Elmwood-Brimfield boys crosscountry team already earned itsfirst No. 1 ranking.

In rankings by Il.MileSplit.com,college sophomore Alex Goodladrates defending state champ E-Bfirst in Class 1A ahead of: 2.Tolono Unity, 3. Monticello, 4.Rockford Christian and 5. Shel-byville. Individually, Goodlad hadsenior Nate Herridge 10th and jun-ior Matt Osmulski 14th.

E-B is also expected to be No. 1in DyeStat Illinois rankings.

Farmington holds the area’s firstmeet on Aug. 25 at 4 p.m.Volleyball starting soon

Volleyball practice is underwayand teams will start play soon.

Brimfield-Elmwood opens itsregular season Aug. 26 with ahome match against West Prairie;

Farmington opens Sept. 1 vs.North Fulton; Princeville is athome vs. IVC on Aug. 26.

Look for more news Aug. 28.Farmington Junior Legion

Farmington’s Junior LegionPost 140 baseball team reached thestate tournament in Belleville. Theteam was coached by Todd Kielionand Doug Wenger.Coaches, help us!

We ask coaches to send results,story ideas and pictures to us [email protected]. Or call(309) 741-9790 or fax to (309)741-9365. Annawan-Wethersfield FB

As part of this year’s schedulechange, football fans in Elmwood,Brimfield and Farmington have areal interest in the Annawan-Wethersfield football co-op, which

has made the playoffs every yearsince joining forces in 2008.

A-W graduated 16 seniors fromlast year’s 8-2 team and will haveunder 10 seniors this year.

Farmington opens at A-W onAug. 29 and A-W visits Elmwoodon Sept. 5.Sports writers wanted

Do you like attending sportingevents? Do you want to writeabout sports or take pictures? TheWeekly Post has a great opportu-nity for you. Call Jeff Lampe at(309) 231-6040 to learn more.Junior high sports

Junior high baseball, softball andcross country are in full swing. Asan FYI to readers, our policy is tocover junior high teams as theywin regionals and compete be-yond that.

Elmwood boys XC ranked No. 1 in poll

said.Numbers are better on the girls

side, with Maggie Harms, GraceHarms, Kailey Monari, GabbyHaskell, Jenna Musgrave andDeanna Cantu all out.

FarmingtonNate Monroe returns after reach-

ing state as a junior, where he fin-ished 76th after rounds of 85 and92. Monroe was medalist in theHavana Sectional with a 74 wonthe Prairieland Conference Tour-nament.

This summer he won the A flightat the Peoria Men’s City tourna-ment and won the Andy PaulAward for the best performance bya high schooler.

Junior Jacob Ruchotzke is the

No. 2 golfer and, according tocoach Brandon Stokes, “can playpretty close to Nate when he ison.”

Other likely contributors aresenior Matt Williamson and jun-iors Tommy Cook, Trey Swearin-gen, Brayton Wassi and ErichCoogan.

PrincevillePrinceville opens vs. Williams-

field on Aug. 27 at Laurel Greens,the Princes’ home course. SeniorTrent Kielion made the sectionallast year after shooting 93 at theIllini Central Regional.

WilliamsfieldTim Lynn is expected to be No.

1 for Williamsfield, which lastyear won the ICAC Conferencefor the first time in more than a

decade and posted a 14-7 record.“Tim was within one stroke of

being medalist for the ICAC Con-ference and missed the regional bya stroke or two,” Fritz said. “Healong with our seniors last yearwas a key to us having as manywins as we did.”

While the Bombers graduatedsix seniors from last year, Fritz hassix seniors this year: Lynn, TylerJones, Ethan Hunt, Travis King,Drake Chandlee and EastonBeard. Junior Zac Smith shouldalso contribute.

Lynn was low scorer Monday atMaple Lane with a 46, ahead ofJones (50), Hunt (52) and King(52).

Billtown’s home matches areplayed at Oak Run GC.


FOOTBALL: Hot weather could help preparethe varsity and then freshman andsophomore players.

Princeville’s Meet the TeamNight is more comprehensive thanthe others.

Princeville varsity starters onboth sides of the ball will play afew series against backups. Varsityplayers will also practice special

teams, some situational offensivesituations and the two-minutedrill.

Finally, there will be a frosh-soph scrimmage, coach Jon Car-ruthers said.

“It’s more of a controlled envi-ronment so we can see and get cer-tain things set up that we want,”Carruthers said. “And (today) and

Friday should be warmer, which isgood, since it seems like openingnight is always a blazing hotnight.”

Elmwood-Brimfield starts itsseason at Aledo against MercerCounty on Aug. 29 while Farm-ington is at Kewanee Wethersfieldthat night and Princeville is athome vs. Lewistown.


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A first glimpseFootball scrimmages Friday

By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

The first public glimpse at anew prep football seasoncomes Friday night (Aug. 22).

All three local teams havescrimmages: Elmwood-Brim-field’s Gatorade Game is atabout 8 p.m., Farmington hasits Purple-Gold Scrimmage at6 p.m. and Princeville’s Meetthe Team Night is 5:30-8:30p.m.

What will fans who show upsee? Very controlled play. Thegoal is to put on the pads, getaccustomed to the Friday nightroutine and give the fans a verysanitized, brief glimpse of whatis to come.

Elmwood’s strategy calls for12 minutes of varsity play, 12minutes of sophomore play and12 minutes of freshmen on thefield.

“We just want to make surethings are down right and theyare comfortable when they are

on the field,” E-B coach ToddHollis said.

Farmington fans have a dou-ble bonus: In addition towatching the team playingunder a new scheme for coachToby Vallas, the first 250 peo-ple on hand will receive a freeTouchdown Towel, which paysoff in incentives all seasonlong.

Valas hopes his work thispreseason also pays off, thoughwith a relatively inexperiencedteam and two tough games outof the gate, results may betough to gauge early.

“We’ve had great effort, butwe’ve also had the inconsisten-cies any team is going to haveand adjustment to a new sys-tem, new coaches and new ex-pectations,” Vallas said. “Thekids have fought through thatand have done a good job.”

The Farmington scrimmagewill consist of a few series by

By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

Golf can be an expensivegame. But playing the gameon a high school team is oneof the best bargains around.

At least that’s whatWilliamsfield coach AndyFritz preaches to his team.

“I tell the kids you are play-ing some beautiful courses forfree that would normally cost40 or 50 bucks to play,” Fritzsaid. “And this is a game youcan play the rest of your life.So you just have to enjoy it.”

That recruiting pitch hashelped Fritz, who was greetedby another solid turnout of 13players. Williamsfield openedits season Monday at MapleLane Country Club againstElmwood, winning 200-217.

That’s the start of a fairlycompact season whose postea-son starts with regional playOct. 7. Brimfield will playhost to a Class 1A sectional atWeaver Ridge Golf Course inPeoria.

Here’s a look at seasonprospects for local golf teams.

BrimfieldRyan Smith is the lone re-

turning senior for Coach

Kevin Kreiter, who also wel-comes senior Derek Rumboldto the squad.

Brimfield last year finishedsecond in both the ICAC andPrairieland conferences andKreiter expects to again be inthe running for first.

He also anticipates that in-coming freshman Brady Kre-iter, his son, will likely moveinto the role of No. 1 golfer.

“I think we’ll get better asthe year goes on,” coach Kre-iter said.

On the girl’s side, the topplayer is sophomore IsabellaOtt – daughter of Illini Golfowner Bill Ott. The youngerOtt missed a sectional berthlast year in a playoff.

Brimfield’s home course isWeaver Ridge, but unfortu-nately for Kreiter, free golf ata marquee Peoria area coursehas not boosted numbers.

From a high of 31 golfers (ata time when Brimfield co-oped with Elmwood), theturnout this year was seven.

Growing competition withsummer travel baseball is alsolimiting golf time for prospec-tive players, Kreiter said.

ElmwoodIn its second season of play,

Elmwood’s boys team consistsof juniors Gabe Inskeep, JohnClaude Keefer, Ian Armbrusterand sophomore Dean Burwell,whose mother Dianne iscoaching on a volunteer basis.

The top three are close inability. On Monday, Arm-bruster shot 48, Keefer 51 andInskeep 52.

Elmwood did not competein regional play last year butwill this fall, coach Burwell


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Senior Tyler Jones of Williamsfield watches a putt Monday during a season-opening prep golfmatch versus Elmwood at Maple Lane Country Club. Williamsfield won, 200-217. Photo by JeffLampe.

Farmington senior Nate Mon-roe shot a 5-over 41 Mondayat Lakewood Golf Course inHavana and is the area’s topreturnee.

Matt Hanley of Kickapoo showsoff two big walleye he caughtwhile on his summer “job” innorthern Minnesota.


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