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Carrier Route PresortThursdayOct. 29, 2015Vol. 3, No. 34

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FARMINGTON – After the secondcatastrophic fire and considerabledowntown progress in the last 18months, Farmington is reeling – andplanning ahead.

Four businesses were lost Sundaywhen a fire that apparently started inthe Crossroads bar quickly spread, de-stroying buildings and a huge chunk ofthe Fort Street business district.

The blaze began about 1:40 Sundaymorning, according to Farmington Po-lice Chief Carl Powell. Before it wasbrought under control about five hourslater, more than 100 firefighters fromnearly 40 departments from Fulton,

Knox, Peoria and Tazewell Counties re-sponded, almost depleting local watersources.

While local businesses providedmore food than the firefighters battlingthe blaze could eat, water was harder tocome by.

Farmington Fire Chief AnthonyScapecchi said about 1 million gallonsof water was used. Farmington usuallyhas about 600,000 gallons of water inits two water towers and ground tanks,and Farmington City AdministratorRollen Wright estimated that the cityused about 450,000 gallons of its ownwater before resorting to departments

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

Rural residents could pay morefor less service, bearing the bruntof a state-driven government con-solidation that eliminates the local,cost-effective and accessible town-ship form of government, area offi-cials said.

Concerns increased in the lastweek, after a hand-picked TaskForce appointed by Gov. BruceRauner to cut “unnecessary” gov-erning bodies in Illinois unani-mously approved five proposals.

Meeting in a crowded room atPeoria’s Riverfront Museum lastMonday (Oct. 19), the group OK’dconsolidating townships overlap-

ping municipalities; removing the126 [square] mile limit on town-ship size; allowing county refer-enda to dissolve the townshipassessor position and replace withan elected county assessor; lettingcounties absorb townships and re-tain the form of government; andthe unclear promise of holding“taxpayers harmless from town-ship consolidation.”

One speaker there was RogerLarson, the Richwoods Townshipadministrator. He said, “Town-ship’s exhibit value. Townshipgovernment runs a balancedbudget – consequently we live notbeyond our means. No other unit

The winning display at Sunday’s annual Trunk or Treat in Elmwood was put togetherby Annette Barrett. The event drew a sizable crowd to sample free food and candy.Plenty more events are planned this week. See Page 3. Photo by Amy Davis.

A fire that startedaround 1:40 earlySunday morningdestroyed fourbusinesses onEast Fort St. inFarmington beforeit was under con-trol by 7 a.m.thanks to about 40fire departments.The buildingswere torn downthat day by ChuckKinsel. Photos byDave Giagnoni.

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FIRE: Burned area in TIF districtbringing in additional supplies.

“We were down to about 15 foot inthe tower,” he said.

Elba-Salem Fire Chief John McKintysaid, “We used up water from all over –Yates City, Elmwood, Canton, HannaCity and a couple of lakes.

“The building was so large [and]Crossroads was fully engulfed by thetime we got there,” he continued. “Acouple of guys went in briefly, but theyhad to get out.”

Power to the building had to beturned off, too, and Ameren was on thescene fast, McKinty said.

“There were power lines around, butAmeren got there quick,” he said. “Thathelped a lot.”

Lost were Crossroads, Lillie & Asso-ciates’ insurance agency, and TotallyFit, all on Fort Street, plus Nerds OnCall, at 10 N. East St.

“Stood here for an hour and kind ofwatched it and the next thing I knew itkind of jumped over the roof and gotinto mine and once that happened thenit pretty much went downhill fromthere,” said Sam Lillie, owner of theneighboring building.

Powell said there were three residentsin the building's apartments when thefire started, but they escaped and no in-juries were reported.

What’s next?“First, we’ll have to wait to find out

what the insurance companies are goingto do for the property owners,” Wrightsaid. “[Then] they’ll have to decidewhether to rebuild there or build some-thing somewhere else.

“The city has no decision [in it], al-though we have some obligation tohelp. We’ll get involved with it.”

Demolition of the remnants of thebuildings began Sunday afternoon, tem-porarily closing the area to traffic.

“[Insurance] adjusters and investiga-tors are coming into town,” Wrightsaid. “We kind of got our butt chewedby the insurance folks for tearing downthe buildings, but it was a public-safetyissue, and we’ll always err on the sideof public safety.”

Some debris remains, which is aproblem for the moment, Wright said.

“My main concern now is how longthat stuff is going to sit there,” he said.

The area is in the city’s Tax-Incre-ment Finance district, which has helpedseveral developments since the down-town was threatened when the Mel-green Furniture store closed in 2013.Afterward, city leaders scrambled andin May of 2014 the City Council ap-proved the TIF district, which had beenin the works. Soon, new downtownbusinesses opened, including Crave,MTZ Fitness and Snips Hair Studio.

In August, the Farmington CityCouncil OK’d a $2,700 TIF grant toLillie & Associates to improve its fa-cade.

Days after the TIF District was OK’d,however, the Old School Center burneddown. The three-story structure, for-merly the high school, had been usedfor recreation and housed businesses atthe East Vernon Street site.

A cause of Sunday’s fire and a dam-age estimate weren’t available Tuesdayafternoon.

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s Free Bread – Free bread is availableat Elmwood Methodist Church Friday(Oct. 30) at 10 a.m.

s Pancake Breakfast – DouglasMethodist Ladies Annual SpooktacularPancake/Sausage Breakfast is Saturday(Oct. 31), 7-10 a.m. atDouglas MethodistChurch. Free will of-fering. All you can eat.

s Halloween Party –Salem Township Li-brary has costumejudging, prizes, cake-walks, games and more Saturday (Oct.31) at 10 a.m.

s Hot Dog Dinner – Hot dogs, chili andfixins for Trick or Treaters and residentsof Princeville at Akron Princeville Fire-house from 4:30-6:30 p.m. on Saturday(Oct. 31). Call (309) 385-1916.

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Knitting Guild meets Nov. 3 at 9 a.m. atMemorial Hall at Maple Lawn Homes inEureka. Call Char Rickey at (309) 472-7085 or email [email protected].

Future Eventss Princeville Musical – “Disney’s High

School Musical” is Nov. 5-6 atPrinceville High School. Tickets sold atLillie M. Evans Library from 9-11 a.m.Saturday (Oct. 31) and 6-8 p.m. on Nov.

2-3. Cost $5, $3 for sen-iors and students.

s Ham Dinner – UnitedMethodist Church ofFarmington has a HamLoaf Dinner and MiniBazaar Nov. 7 from 4-7p.m. Adults $8, children

under 10 $4. s Turkey Dinner – Dinner Nov. 7 from

4:30-7 p.m. at Brimfield American Le-gion. Sponsored by Women’s Auxiliary.Cost is $10.

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Quotable – “Research has shown that people who volunteeroften live longer.” – Allen Klein

Illinois Press Association Member

Rambling through central Illinoisgiving thanks that there are so manyfolks who do so much.

uuuSaturday was another gorgeous

fall day. A bit windy, but still thekind of weekend day that inspireseveryone to dosomething theywant to do.

Winter is ap-proaching andthe cold is a greatmotivator to getthings done, or atleast to savor thelast few nice daysof fall.

But on the east side of Elmwood,a group of volunteer firefighterswere too busy practicing their craftto do much leaf raking. A rundownhouse on E. Cypress Street offered aperfect chance for volunteers to gethands-on practice fighting a blaze.

Crews from Elmwood, Brimfield,Princeville and Yates City all spenttime at the training session, one ofmany that local volunteers take partin during a typical year.

My son and I watched for awhileafter a morning duck hunt, but even-tually we left, called to other jobsand places. Walking away, I pon-dered the commitment it takes togive up a perfect Saturday in Octo-ber to fight a fake fire. That senti-ment was even stronger the nextmorning when a real blaze roaredthrough downtown Farmington.

Once again, I was in a duck blind

and this time there were sirens wail-ing everywhere. Crews from allover central Illinois were sum-moned to contain a fire that threat-ened the downtown.

Yes, that included crews fromElmwood, Brimfield, Princevilleand Yates City who barely had timeto dry their uniforms before jump-ing back onto a truck.

After aerial units drained almost500,000 gallons out of Farmington’swater tanks, tanker crews made hur-ried runs to bring water to battle theflames. Complicating matters wasdense fog, which in some placesmade driving on country roads po-tentially treacherous.

Then again, potential danger is anaccepted part of being a volunteerfirefighter. That’s one reason I haveno interest in serving as a firefighter.That’s also one reason I appreciatethem more and more after weekendslike the last one.

So if you see a volunteer fire-fighter, take a moment to saythanks. Better yet, offer to rakeleaves for them. They haven’t hadmuch time for that lately.

uuuNo doubt you’ve heard about the

problems with Asian carp on theIllinois River. These invasive carpwere originally feared to be thedeath of that waterway. So how toexplain that Bob Henson of Bar-tonville recently caught a 3-poundcrappie out of the Illinois and is reg-ularly catching 2-pounders in abackwater he fishes from the bank?

“I know they are getting fat eatingall the young carp,” Henson said.His is a theory that deserves test-ing – with a bucket of minnows. ...There have also been some bigcrappie coming out of strip minelakes recently.

uuuCongratulations to Paula Jehle for

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A friend of mine, who would ap-preciate it if I didn’t use his namefor reasons you will understandshortly, recently had his identitystolen. I’m notsure, given hisstation in life,who would wantto be him, butthat’s anotherstory in itself.

He – let’s callhim Willie-Rob –told me about aphone call he gotthat he’d been waiting on.

“ ‘Willie-Rob,’ they said to me,‘You are NOT the father’.”

You DOG! According to Willie-Rob, he hasn’t had a serious rela-tionship in 10 years, almost since heretired.

As it happens, Willie-Rob was sit-ting at home when a process serverknocked on his door. Willie wasbeing named the father of a nearlytwo-year-old child in Iowa. Heneeded to show up at a hearing,have a DNA test done, and provethat he wasn’t the father or he wasgoing to have to use part of his IRAto pay child support.

He called the lawyers on the com-plaint and they told him he wouldn’thave to drive the two hours to getthere if he did the DNA test locally.

Of course, he’d have to foot the billfor the test whether he proved to bethe father or not. If he showed upfor the hearing, they’d do the testthere and let him know in a fewdays if he was the father.

Unless, of course, he just wantedto admit it.

Willie Rob drove the two hours toDavenport, Iowa, where he negoti-ated the one-way streets designed toconfuse people from Illinois whoaccidently cross the border. He satoutside a room, waiting. No one ap-proached him as he sat on a bench,.

When they called his case, he gotup and shuffled into a room with alarge table. He seated himself acrossfrom a young lady and a middle-aged, well-dressed man. Theylooked at him rather curiously, thenthe man asked who he was.

“I’m Willie-Rob,” he said, gettinga little nervous.

“No you’re not!” said the lady.The middle-aged man’s head

couldn’t snap back and forth be-tween the two fast enough.

I’ll not bore you with every detail,but basically, the young lady had aweek-long relationship with some-one staying in Burlington, Iowa, acouple of years ago.

He told her that his name wasWillie-Rob and that he was fromIllinois. She said he told her he was

there to play in some tournament onthe gambling boat and was gettinghis room in the motel paid for.

He got eliminated early in thetourney, but stayed the entire week,spending most of his time with theyoung lady. She was a college stu-dent but had since graduated andmoved to the Quad Cities.

A pregnancy resulted and shespent the next two years hunting forWillie-Rob. A private detective washired by the lawyers she had re-tained, and they found Willie-Rob. Evidently, no one took the time tocheck his age, or much else.

“Last time I was in Burlingtonwas back in 2010, and that was justlong enough to go to a funeral,”Willie-Rob told me. “I didn’t evenlook at the (gambling) boat becauseI didn’t have any extra money tolose.”

The woman had originally calledTV’s afternoon “Maury Show,which specializes in DNA tests, butthey weren’t interested. They didput her in touch with the lawyerwho decided to find the father andcollect some child support.

The Willie-Rob that got lucky (ormaybe unlucky) with the younglady did give her enough informa-tion that had someone not checkedthe real Willie-Rob’s age, they

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A stolen identity can be really interesting

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Many of us in the Elmwood“older youthgroup” havewondered anddiscussed whatthe future will befor events andactivities whichhelp make Elm-wood special.

It is not thatthose who havetaken the lead for years are irre-placeable, but it has been difficult tolook around and pick out those with

the commitment required to becomepart of the planning and the myriadof responsibilities which are integralto taking the lead.

The last few months put thoseconcerns closer to “at rest” for me.

Members of the Elmwood Devel-opment Association have workedand learned and stepped forward totake the lead for traditions like theStrawberry Festival and had the ini-tiative, creativity and determinationto add events like the Cruise-Ins,Farmers Market and CemeteryWalk. They also accepted responsi-

bility for Elmwood's active involve-ment in the Spoon River Drivewhen they were called upon.

Most of the members are local en-trepreneurs whose hours, like thosebefore them, are filled with involve-ment in family and work which leftlittle time for those responsibilitieswhich were added. But they saw theneed for a nucleus of people drivenby a desire to see Elmwood retainits viability and grow.

I have two things to say to them:thank you, and Godspeed.

Bible verse intended to inspire, bring you closer to GodPerhaps some have noticed Bible

verses appearing inThe Weekly Post.And, possibly somehave wondered whyanyone would pay toinsert a Bible verse inthe newspaper everyweek.

We feel what the Bible has tosay is extremely important for any

time and any person.Members of our

congregation havebeen asked to con-tribute favorite versesspecifically for thispurpose. Verses arethen picked at randomfor use each week.

God can surely choose betterthan we what someone should see

at a particular time. We hope you will sometimes see

a verse that inspires, or is founduseful for various difficulties youmay face in life’s journey.

And, most of all, that somethingyou see will bring you closer toHIM.

– Dick Schrimp, ChairmanMission Committee

Elmwood United Presbyterian Church

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Two injured in head-oncrash on Route 78

ELMWOOD — Eighty-five-year-old Niven McVey of Elm-wood was driving northbound onIllinois Route 78 near TaggartRoad about 12:15 p.m. Oct. 23when he leaned down to pick up acookie and swerved into thesouthbound lane, striking head-ona car driven by Lee Ray, 42, ofFarmington, according to police.

Ray and passenger HeatherRay, 41, sustained minor injuriesand were transported by B.Y.E.Ambulance to OSF Saint FrancisMedical Center.

Police ticketed Niven for im-proper lane usage.

Also responding to the scenewere Elmwood firefighters, Elm-wood police, Elba-Salem fire-fighters, Farmington police,Illinois State Police and KnoxCounty Sheriff’s deputies.

Motorist ticketed afterleaving wrecked car

PRINCEVILLE – JamesCronin, 49, of Palmyra, on Oct.17 was ticketed for driving whilehis license was revoked and forfailing to report an accident afterpolice were called to Casey’shere, where Cronin’s 1997 FordRanger was parked after appar-ently sustaining damage in arollover accident, police said.

Police apprehended Cronin anda passenger, Deborah Dickerson,

49, of Pekin, as they were walk-ing away from the conveniencestore, according to reports.

Both seemed to have been in-jured, and Akron-Princeville Am-bulance transported Dickerson toOSF St. Francis Medical Center.

Cronin also was being held foran outstanding Fulton Countywarrant, police said.

Gilson man injured inrollover accident

WILLIAMSFIELD – CameronJewell, 25, of Gilson on Oct. 26was westbound on Knox Road1000N when he apparently dozedoff at the wheel, police said.

After his 1998 Ford Ranger’stires left the road, he seeminglyovercorrected and drove into thesouthbound ditch before striking autility pole and rolling over, ac-cording to the Knox County Sher-iff’s office.

B.Y.E. Ambulance transportedJewell to UnityPoint MethodistMedical Center.

Police Reports• Dillon Dawson, 21, of Ed-

wards on Oct. 18 was arrested forDriving Under the Influence andfailure to notify authorities of anaccident after the 2004 Jeep hewas driving westbound on IllinoisRoute 8 left the road and struck autility pole and trees.

He was reported to be in cus-tody by Peoria County authori-ties.

• Two 2005 white Yamaha golfcarts on Oct. 21 were reportedstolen Oct. 18 from the Oak Run

golf course, the Knox CountySheriff’s Office said. The incidentmay be tied to similar golf-cartthefts in the Quad Cities andCedar Rapids, according to re-ports.

• Agnes Sue Garner, 34, ofElmwood on Oct. 25 was arrestedfor burglary and forgery in con-nection with a wallet and sixblank checks reported stolen froma vehicle, police said.

She was transported to the Peo-ria County Jail.

• Cotyjo Milliman, 21, of Elm-wood on Oct. 26 was arrested forDriving Under the Influence, ille-gal transportation of liquor andtwo traffic infractions and trans-ported to the Peoria County Jail.

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Plaintiff, )vs. ) CASE NO.: 15-CH-21

)ANDREW G. HAINES and JENNIFER )ANNE PIZINGER HAINES, )UNKNOWN OWNERS and )NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, )

Defendants. )

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclo-sure entered in the above entitled cause on July 8, 2015, the Sheriff ofPeoria County, Illinois, will on November 11, 2015, at the hour of 1:00o’clock P.M. in Room 203, Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois,sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgagedreal estate:

Lot Numbered Ten (10) in RICHWOODS PARK, part of theNorth Half (N 2) of the Northwest Quarter (NW 3) of SectionTwenty-one (21), Township Nine (9) North, Range Eight (8)East, of the Fourth Principal Meridian, according to the platthereof recorded October 4, 1957 in Plat Book “W”, page 76, asDocument Number 598345; situate, lying and being in theCounty of Peoria and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as 5302 North Sherbrook Lane, Peoria, Illi-nois 61614

P.I.N.: 14-21-101-012

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence.

Sale terms: 10 percent down on the day of the sale by certified funds,balance within 24 hours by certified funds. No refunds.

The judgment amount was $84,527.01.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Kerry R. Cordis at Plaintiff’s attorney, 129 North Wal-nut Street, P.O. Box 445, Princeville, Illinois 61559; Phone:309.385.4616.

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Farmington officer willleave force on Nov. 11

FARMINGTON – Embattled po-lice officer Don Radosevich willwork his last day in Farmington onNov. 11, the 18th anniversary of hisstart with the Farmington PoliceDepartment.

After a series of hearings, theFarmington City Council and Po-lice and Fire Commission on Oct.19 approved an agreement endingRadosevich’s employment.

Radosevich has been accused ofpoor job performance, inappropri-ate conduct and improper handlingof cases by Police Chief Carl Pow-ell. As part of the agreement, Rado-sevich cannot see futureemployment with the city.

According to the Canton DailyLedger, the council also agreed topossibly sell two properties: theformer Ward school and the formerCarnegie Library building.Princeville performing‘High School Musical’

PRINCEVILLE – “Disney'sHigh School Musical”is scheduledto be presented Nov. 5-6 at

Princeville High School and ad-vance tickets will be available atthe Lillie M. Evans Library from 9-11 a.m. Saturday (Oct. 31) and 6-8p.m. on both Monday and Tuesday(Nov. 2-3).

Tickets for the 7 p.m. perform-ances in PHS’ gym are $5, $3 forseniors and students, and free topre-schoolers and also will be soldat the door or may be ordered byemailing Sabrina Sutherland:[email protected]

Et cetera• St. Mary’s School in Kickapoo

has its annual All Saints Day Cele-bration Friday (Oct. 31), includinga “Parade of Saints” at 1:50 p.m.

• In honor of Veterans Day, Hed-dington Oaks is hosting its secondannual Art Contest for PeoriaCounty students in grades K-5. Thetheme of this year’s contest is“American Heroes.” Information isat www.HeddingtonOaks.com.Entry deadline is Nov. 5 by 5 p.m.

Laura Winners 4-H Club members show off Cool Ties they made as part ofa community service project for Operation Gratitude. Ties are filled with poly-mer beads that, after soaking in water, are tied around the neck to keep mili-tary personnel cool in hot weather. Members are: Front row (left to right)Kate Colgan, Kyra Hilsabeck, Jackie Colgan, Camille Daugherty. Back row (lto r) Nadine Daugherty, Kelly Gill, Carrie Gill and Sorin Hilsabeck.



of government allows such accessto the citizens, providing them op-portunities to determine the localagenda. Whether one looks at roadmaintenance, tax assessing and col-lecting, or the distribution of generaland emergency assistance, Town-ship government performs thosefunctions at a much lower rate thanwould be possible with other unitsof government.”

Other local officials say havingfewer townships runs the risk of de-creasing efficiency, claim it’s unfairto bodies with balanced budgets andsay there isn’t research to supportthat more units of governmentmeans more expense.

Aside from vague assurances,Monday had no real discussion ofthe reason for eliminating town-ships, local officials say. So why theorder from Springfield?

Townships receive no state fund-ing except Motor Fuel Tax revenues(which are collected from con-sumers but haven’t been distributedfor months). However, since theyoperate with balanced budgets, mosthave healthy treasuries.

“I was at a township meeting thissummer and we were told that sincetownships are efficient with their fi-nances – we mostly pay cash forequipment and capital improve-ments like buildings – the statewants that money,” says MikeWindish, Rosefield Township Su-pervisor.

And county governments’ fin-ances are little better than the state.

“County road maintenance isstruggling due to lack of funds,”says Jubilee Township SupervisorSteve Garnett. “While flooding lastyear exacerbated the problem, fundsare lacking as evidenced by theCounty’s inability to pay their por-tion of the Thousand Dollar Roadproject. I expect without a Townshiproad district many of the Townshiproads will end up in severe disre-pair.”

Peoria City Councilman RyanSpain, who’s on the Task Force, hassome sympathy for officials.

“I know there is anxiety whentownship issues and governmentconsolidation are discussed,” Spaincomments. “However, it is very im-portant to emphasize that decisionsabout local government should be

left to local voters.“It is presumptuous to assume

consolidation works in every area.” Responsible for assessing prop-

erty, maintaining roads and provid-ing general assistance to the needy,Illinois townships date to 1849.Today, the state has 1,478 town-ships/road districts and 17 countieswith County Commissions instead.

“The talk of consolidation mightsound good but would likely end upcosting taxpayers more money,”said Bryan Smith, director of Town-ship Official of Illinois (TOI). “Iftownships and other smaller units ofgovernment are consolidated intolarger units, the populations inwhich these larger units serve willdrastically increase, thus raising, notdecreasing, costs.

“I think the Oct. 19 meeting waspretty well decided by the time theTask Force convened there,” Smithadded. “They did have time for pub-lic comment, which I did, but [it]was limited to three minutes.”

Brimfield Township SupervisorTony Karl agrees that unintended fi-nancial consequences could result.

“All services currently providedby the township would be morecostly if performed by other units ofgovernment,” Karl says.

Gov. Rauner’s Feb. 13 ExecutiveOrder establishing the Task Force

made assumptions with no support-ing evidence, local officials say. Forexample, Rauner said the stateshould “encourage cooperationamongst local governments andschool districts to consolidate andstreamline functions.”

Task Force chair Evelyn San-guinetti, Illinois’ Lieutenant Gover-nor, said the group’s “mission is toreduce the heavy burden on Illinoistaxpayers by empowering citizensand government officials to stream-line local government through con-solidation and eliminatingunnecessary state mandates.”

The Task Force is a bipartisangroup of 23 people who have met10 times since March. However, 13of the 23 members are from theChicagoland area. There are no roadcommissioners or county engineerson the committee.

“We’re here to have a discussionon possible consolidation, intergov-ernmental agreements and stream-lining services,” Sanguinetti saidlast week. “With that being said, Ithink it’s very healthy for all of us.”

Smith, of TOI, is skeptical.“I think the task force listened but

just didn’t have a lot of time tostudy the issues presented before themeeting,” he says Smith. “The factthat the Task Force members didn’t

TOWNSHIPS: Efficiency may decreaseContinued from Page 1

• “The roads will not be main-tained as well, if at all,” said Brim-field Township Supervisor TonyKarl. “The country roads will notbe as promptly maintained duringwinter weather for school buses,emergency vehicles, and postalcarriers to get through.”

• “Townships have the freedomto develop partnerships,” saysRichwoods Township administra-tor Roger Larson, who cites aLeadership Academy with PeoriaHeights High School and a publiclibrary garden project.

• “Replacing Township Asses-sors with an elected County As-sessor will be expensive,” saysKickapoo Township Assessor JackDuke. “You’d probably have topay them six figures, and hirestaff. And I’m really confused bytheir lifting the 126 [square] milelimit. Almost all the townships in

Illinois are six by six miles – just36 square miles.”

• “Residents living on townshiproads would lose the prompt snowclearing, which they need in orderto get to work,” says JubileeTownship Supervisor Steve Gar-nett. “Sometimes people on ruralroads complain about the smallthings, but if this goes throughthey’ll realize how good they hadit.”

• “I believe we have for yearshad enough of big government,”said Millbrook Township Supervi-sor Dan Powell. “I don’t thinkthey have done so great, givingIOU’s for the Lottery, stealing theteachers retirement, and on andon – they can’t even pass a budget.Now they want what little moneytownships have ... I think theyshould find another way to givethemselves big raises.”

Local township officials warn of consequences

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24001 W. Farmington Road, Farmington, IL 61531

By TERRY BIBOFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – Therewere no fireworks at theOct. 21 Brimfield schoolboard meeting, but along-fizzing fuse inSpringfield may meanlocal budgets are about toblow.

Without a budget of itsown, the state has patchedits woeful finances by notpaying its $500 million amonth contribution to thepension system.

Brimfield UnionSchool District 309 super-intendent Joe Blessmansays that money will have

to come from somewhere. School officials have

been told it will mostlikely mean cost-sharingwith local governments.

“ ‘Protect your re-serves’ is what they’resaying,” Blessman toldboard members.

He said the board maywant to have a discussionon a working cash bond,which could increase thedistrict’s financial flexi-bility.

“We have the ability togo out and get $500,000,”Blessman said. “We’vealready gone through theprocess.”

As it has for threemonths running, theschool board held aroughly 20-minute regu-lar meeting before goinginto a closed executivesession to discuss person-nel.

In August and Septem-ber, lengthy executivesessions included eitherBlessman’s contractand/or hiring BrandonPorter as a baseballcoach. Both of thosemeetings were held in thecafeteria to accommodatecrowds which waited upto three hours.

This month, Porter has

been hired and Bless-man’s contract has beentabled, so neither itemwas on the agenda. Onlyfour or five people at-tended the meeting in thelibrary.

Board member DavidHarmon requested per-sonnel be handled beforethe executive session,noting there was no ac-tion item after the sessionand no one would have tostay.

Blessman’s contract ex-pires June 30. For actingas BUSD superintendentand high school principal,Blessman may be paid$116,638 in 2016-2017. TERRY BIBO can be

reached at [email protected]

Brimfield school board may consider bond

TOWNSHIPS: Report due by Jan. 1have the proposals to study in advancewas wrong. Some of them expressedtheir concern about this at the meeting.”

Spain was more positive.“I thought we had a good meeting on

Monday,” Spain said. However, apprehension remains, and

not just from township officials.“Whatever is decided, thought must go

into responsibilities currently handled bythe townships, specifically the road dis-tricts,” said Peoria County Highway En-gineer Amy Benecke McLaren. “Whowill oversee the duties moving forwardand how will those operations befunded?

“With current funding and staff lev-els,” she continued, “I do not think that

the Peoria County Highway Departmentcould absorb an additional 600 miles ofroadways without a noticeably negativeimpact on residents’ expectations.”

Garnett, from Jubilee, also sees an atti-tude that the state or county could bettermanage funds.

“The argument against township roaddistricts would relate to low utilization ofsome of our assets,” says Garnett, of Ju-bilee. “My opinion is it is the price youpay for good service. I am proud of thejob our township does with snow re-moval and road maintenance and repair.”

The task force plans to make a reportwith recommendations by the end of theyear. The legislature will then need totake action on the items they would liketo address.




BRIMFIELDSt. Joseph

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

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

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

Daily Mass: Tues.-Fri. 8 am

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod

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

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

Sun. Divine Service: 10 am

Brimfield E-Free ChurchPastor Donald Blasing11724 Maher Road

Brimfield, IL 61517(309) 446-3571

www.brimfieldefree.orgWorship: 10:30 am

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

ages 3-12

Brimfield UnitedMethodist Church

Pastor Leonard Thomas135 S. Galena St., Brimfield

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

Thurs. Bible Study: 7 pm

Union Church at BrimfieldUnited Church of ChristPastor Stephen Barch

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

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

free communion offered)EDWARDS

Bethany Baptist Church7422 N. Heinz Ln., Edwards

(309) 692-1755www.bethanycentral.org

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

Christ Alive! Community ChurchPastor Lance Zaerr

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

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

ELMWOODCrossroads Assembly of God

Pastor Tim Cavallo615 E. Ash St., Elmwood

(309) 830-4259www.crossroadselmwood.org

Wed. Worship: 7 pm

Sun. Worship: 10:30 am

Elmwood Baptist ChurchPastor Dennis Fitzgerald

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

Sun Worship: 10:30 am, 6 pmWed. Prayer Meeting: 7 pm

First Presbyterian Churchof Elmwood

Reverend Marla B. Bauler201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood

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

St. Patrick’sCatholic ChurchFather Paul Stiene

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

Sat. Confession: 3:45 p.m.Sat. Mass: 4:30 p.m.

Sun. Mass: 10 amTues. Rosary: 8:15 am

United Methodist Church of Elmwood

Pastor Bradley F. Watkins II821 W. Main St., Elmwood

(309) 742-7221www.elmwoodumc.org

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

FARMINGTONFirst Presbyterian Church

of FarmingtonReverend Dr. Linda Philabaun83 N. Cone Street, Farmington

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

New Hope FellowshipAssembly of GodPastor Tom Wright

1102 N. Illinois Route 78Farmington

(309) 245-2957Sun. Worship: 10 amWed. Worship: 7 pm

PRINCEVILLEPrinceville UnitedMethodist ChurchPastor Ken Dees

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

[email protected]. Worship: 9 am

Sunday School: 10:15 am

YATES CITYFaith United

Presbyterian ChurchReverend Marla B. Bauler

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

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Ingle By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – Theoutside observer hired tooffer an independent as-sessment of the school’sfinances on Mondaygave the district reassur-ance – and compliments.

The district’s averagedaily attendance is up,expenses are down andits overall state financialprofile improved fromlast year, according toStephanie Ramsey fromPeoria’s Gorenz and As-sociates accounting firm,which does audits formany area school dis-tricts.

“Most of my districtsare going in the oppositedirection,” she told theBoard of Education at its

October meeting.Elmwood’s average

daily attendance in-creased from 628 to 633,total cash expendituresfell $440,043, and thedistrict’s cost per pupildecreased 5.7 percent to$8,566, Gorenz deter-mined.

Such factors con-tributed to the district’sFinancial Profile Scoreincreasing from a 3.55the last two years to a3.80.

The state sets itsscores on a scale of 1.00to 4.00, with Recogni-tion (3.54-4.00), Review(3.08-3.53), Early Warn-ing (2.62-3.07) andWatch (1.00-2.61).

Elmwood is one of553 districts to achieve

Recognition status, ac-cording to the IllinoisState Board of Educa-tion; 307 districts scoredbelow the Recognitionlevel.

Also, Ramsey noted,this has occurred despitedeclining financial sup-port from the state.

The biggest change inrevenue, for example,was $162,195 less fund-ing from Springfield dueto the state making onlythree of four scheduledpayments last year.

Gorenz’ findings alsoincluded lower spendingon certified-staffsalaries; an outstandingdebt of $3,445,000 re-flecting the buildingproject but still below2008’s $3,594,454; andrevenue from all sourcesover expenditures up$63,540, she reported.

“You did a very goodjob,” she said.

Uncertainty with statefunding has led to an in-creasing reliance onlocal property taxes,which now account for55 percent of all rev-enues, but the outlook

there is good since theassessed valuation forreal estate was up from$74,578,576 last year to$78,103,215 this year.

In addition to the cityof Elmwood, the districtencompasses an area in-cluding developmentssuch as Cobblestone Es-tates off Taylor Road,and rural residencesnorthwest of Edwardsand in northern Rose-field Township.

“That’s a pretty goodincrease,” Ramsey said,“a very positive trend.”

With an operating fundbalance of $2,591,338 –a 60 percent improve-ment in the last 10 years– the district received an“unqualified” determina-tion, said Ramsey.

“That’s the best opin-ion you could have,”Ramsey added.

In other news,• Counselor Janelle

Meyers announced a Fi-nancial Aid Night forfamilies of juniors orseniors at 7 p.m. nextThursday (Nov. 5) in theAuditorium;

• Superintendent ChadWagner reminded boardmembers that for the2016-2017 levy, manyschools are limited bylaw to increasing thelevy by 5 percent or theConsumer Price Index(CPI), whichever islower, and although theCounty projects assessedvaluation to go up, theCPI is now at 0.8 per-cent; and

• the board unani-mously approved asnow-removal contractwith Chad Jordan for$675 per snow removalfor the six lots andgarbage route, plus $375for salting the east andwest parking lots.

Elmwood school finances improving

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LEGAL NOTICEIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH

JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOISPEORIA COUNTY

FARMERS STATE BANK, an Illinois )Banking Corporation, )

Plaintiff, )vs. ) CASE NO.: 15-CH-21

)ANDREW G. HAINES and JENNIFER )ANNE PIZINGER HAINES, )UNKNOWN OWNERS and )NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, )

Defendants. )

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclo-sure entered in the above entitled cause on July 8, 2015, the Sheriff ofPeoria County, Illinois, will on November 11, 2015, at the hour of 1:00o’clock P.M. in Room 203, Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois,sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgagedreal estate:

Lot Numbered Ten (10) in RICHWOODS PARK, part of theNorth Half (N 2) of the Northwest Quarter (NW 3) of SectionTwenty-one (21), Township Nine (9) North, Range Eight (8)East, of the Fourth Principal Meridian, according to the platthereof recorded October 4, 1957 in Plat Book “W”, page 76, asDocument Number 598345; situate, lying and being in theCounty of Peoria and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as 5302 North Sherbrook Lane, Peoria, Illi-nois 61614

P.I.N.: 14-21-101-012

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence.

Sale terms: 10 percent down on the day of the sale by certified funds,balance within 24 hours by certified funds. No refunds.

The judgment amount was $84,527.01.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Kerry R. Cordis at Plaintiff’s attorney, 129 North Wal-nut Street, P.O. Box 445, Princeville, Illinois 61559; Phone:309.385.4616.

Dated: October 15, 2015

CLAIM NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF

THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOISPEORIA COUNTY

In Re ESTATE OF )GARY L. CHRISTIANS, ) No. 15-P-469Deceased. )

NOTICE is given to creditors of the death of GARY L. CHRISTIANS onAugust 23, 2015. Letters of Office were issued by the above entitledCourt to BRENT A. CHRISTIANS, of 5333 North Big Hollow Road, Peo-ria, Illinois 61615, as Executor, whose attorneys of record are WHITNEY& POTTS, LTD., 118 West Main Street, P. O. Box 368, Elmwood, Illi-nois, 61529-0368. Claims against the Estate may be filed in the CircuitClerk's Of fice, Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or with therepre senta tive or both on or before the 6th day of May, 2016, or if maili -ng or delivery of a Notice from the representative is required by Sec. 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that Notice. Every claimfiled must be in writing and state sufficient information to notify the rep-resentative of the nature of the claim or other relief sought. Any claimnot filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed withthe Clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claim ant to the representa-tive and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed andshall file with the Court, proof of any required mailing or delivery ofcopies.

DATED this 13th day of October, 2015.

BRENT A. CHRISTIANS, Executor of the Estate of GARY L. CHRISTIANS, Deceased.

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

CLAIM NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF

THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOISPEORIA COUNTY

In Re ESTATE OF )ALICE M. THOMPSON, ) No. 15-P-479Deceased. )

NOTICE is given to creditors of the death of ALICE M. THOMPSON, onSeptember 14, 2015. Letters of Office were issued by the above entitledCourt to NANCY U. WELKER, of 1804 North Eden Road, Hanna City, Illi-nois 61536, and DOUGLAS P. THOMPSON, of 1604 North Eden Road,Hanna City, Illinois 61536, as Executors, whose attor neys of record areWHITNEY & POTTS, LTD., 118 West Main Street, P. O. Box 368, Elm-wood, Illinois, 61529-0368. Claims against the Estate may be filed in theCircuit Clerk's Of fice, Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or withthe repre senta tives or both on or before the 6th day of May, 2016 or ifmaili ng or delivery of a Notice from the representatives is required by Sec.18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that Notice. Everyclaim filed must be in writing and state sufficient information to notify therepresentative of the nature of the claim or other relief sought. Any claimnot filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with theClerk must be mailed or delivered by the claim ant to the representativesand to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed and shall filewith the Court, proof of any required mailing or delivery of copies.

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OBITUARIESSusan Basalay

FARMINGTON – Susan J.Basalay, 66, of Farmington diedOct. 22 at her residence.

Survivors include her husband,Greg Basalay; Heather (Rich) Pat-terson and Erica (Brad) Roberts,both of Dunlap; and four grandchil-dren.

A funeral Mass was Oct. 26 at St.Vincent de Paul Catholic Church.Cremation rites will be accordedfollowing the Mass and burial ofashes will be in Resurrection Ceme-tery & Mausoleum at a later date.

Condolences may be left online atwww.wrightandsalmon.com.

Harold BleichnerYATES CITY – Harold L. Bleich-

ner, 89, of Yates City died Oct. 18 atFarmington Country Manor.

He is survived by three children,Douglas (Jere) Bleichner of YatesCity, Cynthia (Gary) Bernahl ofFarmington and Sandra (Gary)Williams of Mapleton; one sister,Alice Johnson; seven grandchildren;and 18 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were Oct. 21 atOaks-Hines Funeral Home in Elm-wood. Burial, with military honors,was held at Yates City Cemetery.

Condolences may be left online atwww.oakshinesfuneralhome.com.

Bob CarpentierFARMINGTON – Harold R.

“Bob” Carpentier, 76, of Dun-fermline, father of a Farmingtonman, died Oct. 22 at Sunset Manorin Canton.

Survivors include his wife, Eliza-beth B. “Betty” (Berry) Carpentier;six children, Bryan (Kim) Carpen-tier of Farmington, Vickie (Kevin)Abernathy of Vermont, Craig(Kathy Promen) Carpentier of Can-ton, Brad Carpentier of Castle Rock,Wash., Harold “Rob” Carpentier Jr.of Phoenix, Ariz., and Mark (Vicki)Carpentier of Canton; 11 grandchil-dren; 6 great-grandchildren; and 1great-great-grandchild.

Funeral services were Oct. 26 atOaks-Hines Funeral Home in Can-ton, with burial at GreenwoodCemetery in Canton.

Condolences may be left online atwww.oakshinesfuneralhome.com.

Gina CarterYATES CITY – Gina J. Carter,

52, of Peoria, died Oct. 20 at herresidence.

She was born on Sept. 18, 1963,in Peoria to Gene and Janice (Math-ews) Saunders. Gina married JoelD. Carter on July 6, 2011. He pre-ceded her in death.

Surviving are her parents, in YatesCity; two daughters, Kristen(Robert) Emmons of Yates City andMolly Wallace of Peoria; twogranddaughters, Bailey and CamrynEmmons; and a sister, Genelle(Michael) Dryden of Yates City.

Services were Oct. 25 at Ander-son-Sedgwick Funeral Home inFarmington. Cremation rites havebeen accorded. Burial of ashes willtake place at a later date.

Condolences may be left online atwww.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com.

Thomas GillesBRIMFIELD – Thomas H. Gilles,

72, of Chillicothe, brother of resi-dents of Brimfield and Yates Citydied Oct. 21 at OSF Saint FrancisMedical Center in Peoria.

Survivors include two sisters,Helen (Bob) Largent of Yates Cityand Janet (Danny) Hart of Brim-field; two children, Michael T.(Donna Jobe) Gilles of Davenport,Iowa, and Jill T. (Mike) Rodier ofPeoria; one grandchild, Dan (Julie)Gilles of Washington; two great-grandchildren; and numerous niecesand nephews.

A Mass of Christian burial wasOct. 24 at St. Mary Catholic Churchin Kickapoo, with burial at St.Patrick Cemetery in Kickapoo.

Condolences may be left online atwww.wrightandsalmon.com.

Donald HarperFARMINGTON – Donald L.

Harper, 70, of Farmington died Oct.16 at his residence.

He is survived by one son, twodaughters, two brothers, two sisters

and numerous nieces, nephews andgrandchildren.

Cremation has been accorded andno services will be held.

The Cremation Society of Mid-Illinois Co., Pekin/Peoria, is assist-ing the family with arrangements.

M. Joanne KlossingDAHINDA – M. Joanne Kloss-

ing, 81, of Biggsville, sister of aDahinda woman, died Oct. 18 atRosewood Care Center in Gales-burg.

Survivors include daughter Lisa(David) Brokaw of Biggsville; sonsJohn (Debbie) Klossing of Plano,and Mark (Mary) Klossing of Sand-wich; sisters Colleen Dixon ofDahinda and Joyce Adair of Kirk-wood; and brothers Don (Pat)Dixon of Burlington, Iowa, and Les(Sue) Dixon of Geneva.

A funeral service was Oct. 22 atTurnbull Funeral Home in Mon-mouth, with interment at the Big-gsville Cemetery.

Condolences may be left online atwww.turnbullfuneralhomes.com.

David StewartPRINCEVILLE – David F. Stew-

art, 62, of North Pekin, formermusic and band teacher and ChessClub sponsor at Princeville SchoolDistrict, died Oct. 20 at UnityPointHealth-Methodist.

Survivors include his wife,Kristin (Vandeveer) Stewart; sonJeff (Alicia) Stewart of Ballwin,Mo.; daughter Kate (Steven) Gin-grich of East Peoria; and fourgrandchildren.

Retiring from Princeville SchoolDistrict in 2007, Stewart was amusic and band teacher most of hisadult life and after leavingPrinceville worked as a bandteacher at Good Shepherd LutheranSchool and St. Joseph CatholicSchool, both in Pekin.

David was a member of PeoriaMunicipal Band since 1969, a mem-ber of the Peoria Symphony, PrairieWind Ensemble and St. MartinChamber Players, and was choir di-rector from 1975 to 2007 at FirstPresbyterian Church in Peoria.

Funeral services were Oct. 24 atDavison-Fulton Woolsey-WiltonFuneral Home, with burial at SwanLake Memory Gardens.

Condolences may be left online atwww.woolsey-wilton.com.

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CROSS COUNTRY: Elmwood Sectional SaturdayElmwood-Brimfield boysteam won easily, with 36points to 85 for El Paso-Gridley.

Sophomore Cooper

Hoffmann was third forE-B in 16:18, juniorKelby Barnewolt was theNo. 4 finisher in 16:29and freshman LoganWhitney was No. 5 run-

ner at 16:30.Next up for E-B is a

chance to run at MapleLane Country Club inSaturday’s ElmwoodSectional. Girls run at

10:30 a.m., boys arescheduled to start at11:30.

Before then, E-B willhave a runoff for the lasttwo spots on the boysteam. SophomoresTrevor Dunkel and AlexHerrmann ran last Satur-day, but both have beenbothered by nagging in-juries.

“We’ve got to gethealthy in a hurry,” Mey-ers said, noting that Os-mulski has been botheredby a cold and a few otherrunners are also “hackingand coughing.”

The good news for theTrojans is that they havesolid depth for the 6-7spots.

In the final rankingsposted by DyeStat, E-Bmoved up from fifth tothird behind only No. 1Tolono Unity and No. 2St. Joseph-Ogden.

Unity had five runnersat 16:00 or less andscored 32 points at thePaxton Regional to oustrunner-up St. Joseph-Ogden (73 points).

As far as ranked teamsgo, El Paso Gridley (8th)and Eureka (9th) willalso compete at Elm-wood in the sectional.

Sophomore CarterHintz of Farmington alsoqualified for the sec-tional, placing 33rd in17:21.

In girls action, E-Bsophomore Emily Mc-Cauley was fourth in19:03 to reach the sec-tional and junior CassieKarn was 19th in 20:38to advance.

The sixth-ranked Eu-reka girls won the re-gional and are favored atElmwood.

Farmington was sev-enth as a team and wasled by junior LindsayCash (29th in 21:58) andsophomore MarianneHaines (32nd in 22:36).


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FOOTBALL: Farmers facing ‘The Blue Machine’supposed to be wet and sloppy Sat-urday and we have a few mudderson the team.”

Crisco said E-B will also own abig size advantage up front.

On the season, Sam Marincic ledE-B with 822 yards rushing andJackson Harkness was next with702. Quarterback Austin Sims was41 of 74 for 694 yards and endKoby White had 17 receptions for376 yards. Colton Fales leads intackles with 84.

Farmington at Sterling Newman Central Catholic

Last week Toby Vallas calledClass 3A “the Catholic playoffs.”This week his Farmers (5-4) mustmatch up against one of the tough-est parochial entrants in sixth-ranked Sterling Newman (8-1).

Known as “The Blue Machine,”Sterling Newman has won fivestate titles: three in Class 2A, twoin Class 1A. Last year’s team was11-1 in Class 3A, falling to even-tual runner-up Byron.

“They’re pretty good. They liketo run the ball, have a really goodrunning back and are fairly good-sized up front,” Vallas said. “De-fensively they are pretty good.They so some aggressive stuff andare really good tacklers.”

In other words, Sterling Newmanis solid all around.

Farmington will be without fourkey starters again, including wide-out Eric Higgs who broke his col-larbone after catching a 41-yardbomb on the first play of lastweek’s 31-30 loss to Rushville-In-dustry.

“We’ve lost about everyone youcan lose and we’re not fallingapart,” Vallas said. “We’ve gotabout eight sophomores startingand it will be good for them tocompete in a game like this.”

The Farmers are happy to getback into the playoffs after missinga bid following last year’s 5-4 cam-paign.

Last week Farmington got 151rushing yards and three scores fromCade Lansford and Steven Gilstrappassed for a TD and 171 yards.

The Farmers also got an 89-yardkick return from Judd Anderson.

But Christian Downs ran for 231yards and three touchdowns to helpRushville-Industry (7-2).

On the season, Gilstrap hit on 80of 177 passes for 1,287 yards, 17touchdowns and 11 interceptions.Gilstrap is also the leading rusherwith 891 yards and 10 scores andEric Higgs leads receivers with 28catches for 574 yards and sevenscores. Isiah Alvarez is tacklesleader with 67.

Princeville at Lena-WinslowLENA – At 5-0 just past the mid-

way point of the season, the Princeswere riding high. Then injuries anda rugged final four foes conspiredin a four-game losing streak that in-cluded last Friday’s 47-6 loss tothird-ranked Stark County.

But the good news heading into aroad trip to unbeaten and top-ranked Lena-Winslow (9-0) is thatPrinceville should have four to sixinjured players back. And coachJon Carruthers said competing withfour straight playoff qualifiersshould prepare the Princes for theroad ahead.

“Lena is pretty good. They re-mind me a lot of United,” Car-ruthers said. “They’re a wishboneteam and they get off the ball welland have nice-sized linemen.

“But we played Stark. They’renot going to be any better thanStark or Annawan-Wethersfield.We’re a really battle-tested 5-4team.”

Back this week after missing the

Stark County game will be runningback Logan Green, safety/quarter-back Noah Bauman and linebackerBlake Streitmatter. John Remmertand Scott Snedden will be game-time decisions.

“The injury bug really hit us thisyear,” Carruthers said.

That didn’t help against StarkCounty, as Princeville was closethrough the first quarter beforeyielding. The Princes were limitedto 97 total yards and gave up 390 toStark County, including 193 yardsand three TDs for Chase Johnston.

Mid-County at PrincetonDespite a season-ending 32-12

loss to Annawan-Wethersfield,Mid-County earned a playoff berth.

The downside to entering thepostseason at 5-4 is a first-roundroad game at fifth-ranked Princeton(9-0).

Mid-County suffered some in-juries at fullback and quarterbackagainst A-W and the status of thoseplayers is uncertain for Friday’sgame.

Still the Cougars battled againstA-W and got a 35-yard score fromGarrett Wight to move within 14-6in the second quarter. But on theensuing kickoff, James Reed took itback 75 yards and A-W neverlooked back.

Wight racked up a game-high184 rushing yards on 25 carriesagainst A-W and scored both Mid-County TDs. He finished the regu-lar season with 26 touchdowns.


Elmwood-Brimfield 63South Fulton 12

Elmwood-B 29 34 0 0 – 63South Fulton 6 0 6 0 – 12

Scoring SummaryFirst Quarter

EB -White 30 pass from Sims (Hedrickkick)SF - 82 27 pass from 7 (run failed)EB - Marincic 21 run (Hedrick kick)EB - Harkness 9 run (Hedrick kick)EB - SafetyEB - Harkness 11 pass from Sims(kick failed)

Second QuarterEB - Hart 11 run (kick failed)EB - Fales 27 run (Hedrick kick)EB - White 38 pass from Sims(Hedrick kick)EB - Metz 50 run (Hedrick kick)EB - Harkness 48 run (Hedrick kick)

Third Quarter

SF - Touchdown (conversion failed) Individual Statistics

Rushing - EB: Harkness 7-62, Fales 6-56, Marincic 6-46, McQuellon 3-56,Hart 2-18, Gerontes 1-9, Teubel 4-33,Golemon 3-16, Sims 3-33.Passing - EB: Sims 5-8-0-89Receiving - EB: White 2-68, Harkness1-11, Lenzi 1-13, Golemon 1-(minus-3).Tackles: EB: Warner 3, Fales 3, Hark-ness 3, Teubel 3.

Rushville-Industry 31Farmington 30

Farmington 8 6 8 9 – 30Rushville-Ind. 17 7 0 6 – 31

Individual StatisticsRushing - F: Lansford 17-151,Gilstrap 9-74Passing - F: Gilstrap 7-17-2-171.

Receiving - Berry 2-61, Higgs 1-41,Anderson 2-20, Hursey 1-33,

Tackles: F: Alvarez 7, Settles 7, Cecil5, Marion 5.

Prairieland BlueOverall ConfW L W L

Elmwood-B 8 1 5 0Farmington 5 4 4 1Knoxville 6 3 3 2West Prairie 2 7 2 3Havana 1 9 1 4River Valley 0 9 0 5

Last WeekElmwood-Brim 63, South Fulton 12Rushville-Ind. 31, Farmington 30North Fulton 50, Havana 7Knoxville 41, A-Town 14Lewistown 50, West Prairie 14Peoria Heights 1, River Valley 9, forf

Lincoln TrailOverall ConfW L W L

Stark County 9 0 7 0Annawan-Weth. 8 1 6 1United 6 3 4 3Mercer County 5 4 4 3Mid-County 5 4 3 4Princeville 5 4 3 4Ridgewood 2 7 1 6West Central 0 9 0 7

Last WeekStark County 47, Princeville 6Annawan-W. 32, Mid-County 12Mercer County 27, United 0Ridgewood 54, West Central 6

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VOLLEYBALL: Williamsfield bows out to Galva

Playoffs? Did you say playoffs?(That’s a Jim Mora reference foryou troglodytes who are not familiarwith football.)

Eleven of 20 teams in thePrairieland and Lincoln Trail quali-fied for the postseason. Almostevery 5-4 squad made it – except,unfortunately, North Fulton, whoseplayoff points were too low.

Given my track record, you willobviously want to pay attention tothe picks that follow.

Class 1ATremont at Stark County

Easy win for the Rebels, 48-6Princeville at Lena-Winslow

The banged-up Princes won’thave an answer for this powerhouseprogram. L-W 42-13.

Class 2ARockridge at Rushville-IndustryAlthough this is a No. 8 seed vs. a

No. 9 seed, this game will not beclose. Rockridge 37-13.

Rockford Christian Life at Annawan-Wethersfield

Can A-W move on without quar-terback Tanner Litton, who may beout due to injury? Yes, 35-14.

Knoxville at FieldcrestThe Blue Bullets will keep the

game close, but will not pull out thiswin. Fieldcrest 27-20.

United at Spring Valley HallUnited laid an egg at Mercer

County last week. That’s not a goodway to enter the playoffs against astrong team. Hall 38-14.

Class 3APeoria Heights/Quest at Wilmington

Welcome to the playoffs Patriots.You get to play last year’s unbeatenstate champs. Wilmington 54-6.Farmington at Sterling NewmanNewman has won five state

championships and has a combined

playoff record of 57-21. They havea little experience. Newman 49-13.

Mercer County at Kankakee Bishop McNamara

Bishop Mac is another programwith rich football history. Mercerdoesn’t have the horses as in thepast. Bishop Mac 37-6.

Mid County at PrincetonThe Cougars should be proud of

reaching the playoffs. Sadly, theyface an absolute buzz-saw in thefirst round. Princeton is holding op-ponents to one touchdown pergame. Princeton 39-6.Chicago DePaul College Prep at

Elmwood-BrimfieldTeams that don’t face E-B’s

unique offense on a regular basistend to struggle with it. But thisgame will be decided by the defenseof the Trojans. Can they stop theRams’ talented QB and RB? I sayyes. E-B 48-21.


Farmington Regional, 24-26, 25-22, 26-24.

B-E rallied from behindin the second game andboth teams traded longvolleys in the finale. Jes-sica Link had several as-sists and Jillian Wahlfeldmade numerous key digs.

Link said the Lady In-dians never thought theywould lose, even afterfalling behind.

Finally, after a long vol-ley, Rachel Jacobson hada kill to end the match.

“The team is really get-ting mental energy now,”B-E coach Troy Tillysaid. “Now their confi-dence is building. And thecrowd was a big help.”

B-E advances to playtoday at 6 p.m. againstNo. 2 seed Eureka. Thewinner plays Tuesday(Nov. 3) at the KnoxvilleSectional.

On Monday, B-Etopped Farmington 25-11,15-25 and 25-9.

“Momentum’s huge involleyball, and there wasan amount of it for bothteams tonight,” Tilly said.“Serves were big for us inthe two games we won,and a string of aces wegot in the first and thirdgames helped us to buildleads and keep an enthu-siastic Farmington crowdfairly quiet.”

Nicole Stoddard, Linkand Nicole Thurman allcontributed aces in thefirst game. Even when theLady Indians didn’t scoreon aces, Farmingtonstruggled to handle B-Eserves as the Lady Indi-ans jumped out 11-2.

Along with the servesB-E was strong up frontwith Jacobson, AlannahChaney, Morgan Ledbet-ter and Micah Barrettblocking and scoring.

“In our performance ingame two, we showedwhat this young team canbecome next year,” Farm-ington coach CassieJensen said.

In the second game,Maicee Ralston startedout with four very goodserves to put the LadyFarmers (6-26) up.Megan Gilstrap andMeghan Wherley werealso impressive up frontfor Farmington, with Bre-

anna Springer and JuliaDepriest adding aces.

The Lady Indians cameback in a big way to start4-0 in the third game.Stoddard’s aces helpedbuild a 13-3 advantage.

At Kewanee Wethers-field on Tuesday, No. 9seed Williamsfield lost tothe second-seeded hosts,25-11, 25-11.

On Monday, Williams-field topped ROWVA,22-25, 25-9, 25-19.

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All four area teams advance to playoffsBy JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

All four teams in The Weekly Post cir-culation area made the Illinois HighSchool Association football playoffs thisyear.

While that’s wonderful for t-shirt salesand school pride, the reality headinginto this weekend is that all but one ofthe teams must hit the road and only oneis favored to advance. And even Elm-wood-Brimfield (8-1) is no shoo-inagainst the Chicago foe it faces in theopening round.

For 5-4 teams Farmington, Princevilleand Mid-County, the playoffs mean aroad trip to face a rugged foe. Could anupset be in the works? Time will tell.Read on.

Chicago DePaul College Prep at Elmwood-Brimfield

ELMWOOD – The question for Elm-wood-Brimfield (8-1) heading into Sat-urday is whether three weeks of facingspread offenses can prepare the Trojansfor what they are about to encounter.

DePaul College Prep (6-3), formerlyGordon Tech, has several threats on of-fense: miost notably quarterbackJonathan Gladstone, top targets Jahi Sti-gall and Gary Anish and running backUmaru Sheriff. The Chicago squad likesto spread opposing defenses to set upthe run game, according to E-B defen-sive coordinator Brad Crisco.

“It’s basically wide-open with fourwideouts and they throw it a little, but itlooks like they want to run first,” Criscosaid. “They remind me a little of Farm-ington, but the quarterback is not as ath-letic as (Steven) Gilstrap and they aremaybe not as efficient throwing theball.”

In the past few weeks, E-B has shifted

back to a more basic 4-3 defense in aneffort to simplify things. And sinceyielding 63 points to Farmington, theTrojans have tightened down on defensesince shifting to a basic 4-3 lineup.

Offensively E-B appears to be cominginto the postseason on a roll after rout-ing South Fulton 63-0 last week. E-Bplayed reserves extensively in the gameand did not score a fter halftime.

One edge for the Trojans in the play-offs is that new opponents are not usu-ally very familiar with the single wingoffense.

“My guess is they see a lot of spreadand speed,” coach Todd Hollis said. “Idon’t think that they see a lot of what wedo, the Rolling Blob of Death. It’s also

This was the view for the rest of the field Saturday at the Class 1A Eureka Re-gional, as Elmwood-Brimfield runners Derek McCoy (left) and Matt Osmulski dom-inated and led the Trojans to an easy regional win. Photo by Terri Osmulski.

REGIONAL ROUT

E-B boys win easily at EurekaBy JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

EUREKA – At the two-mile mark, there was stilla pack. Then Elmwood-Brimfield junior DerekMcCoy and senior MattOsmulski pulled awayfrom the field and therace was over.

All that was left was to

see which of the twocross country runnerswould win the Class 1AEureka Regional. McCoywound up taking first,though he and Osmulskiboth posted times of15:30 and were just .32hundreds apart.

“They ran really well,”Elmwood-Brimfield

coach Gregg Meyers said.“There was a pack ofthree or four at the 2-milemark and they pulledaway and won by about11 seconds and lookedstrong. I think (Matt)probably let (Derek) haveit at the end.”

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By PHIL JOHNSONFor The Weekly Post

The Princeville and Brimfield-Elmwood volleyball teams will playin regional finals tonight.

Princeville rolled into the finale ofthe Class 1A Midland volleyball re-gional Tuesday night with a 25-15,25-12 win over host Midland.

Princeville (24-5) advances to faceGalva tonight (Oct. 29) at 6 p.m. Thewinner then moves on to play Tues-day (Nov. 3) at 7 p.m. at StreatorWoodland.

Princeville came into the game stillsmarting from a loss to United in itslast match on Oct. 19, according tocoach Shan Waid.

“We lost that game and we don’tlike losing,” Waid said. “With nomore games until (Tuesday), we’vebeen able to work hard practicing.”

Waid said her team was preparedand focused, and it showed.

In other action Tuesday night,Brimfield-Elmwood (21-9) upsetPutnam County at the Class 2A

Princeville,Brimfield VBreach finals

Swami Sez...Playoffs? Did

you say playoffs?Let’s reminisce on the regular sea-

son before we head into Week 1 ofthe playoffs. Another 9-1 record lastweek brings the Swami’s seasontotal to 74-16 (82.2 percent).

That’s a very impressive perform-ance for The Swami’s inaugural sea-son. If we look back at predictionsfor team recordsyou will be evenmore amazed. TheSwami picked theexact record forfive teams: Elm-wood-Brimfield,Rushville-Indus-try, Havana-Mid-west Central,Annawan-Wethersfield and West Central.

What’s more, The Swami wasonly off by 1 game for 13 teams.That means The Swami was out ofthe ballpark on just 2 of 20 teams!North Fulton and Peoria Heights-Quest both finished 5-4, much betterthan my prediction of 2-7 for NorthFulton and 1-8 for Heights.

Now we move on to the playoffs.

TheSWAMI

PLAYOFFS 2015Friday’ Game

• Mid-County (5-4) at Princeton (9-0), 7 p.m.Saturday’ Games

• Princeville (5-4) at Lena-Winslow (9-0), 1p.m.• Farmington (5-4) at Sterling Newman Cen-tral Catholic (8-1), 2 p.m.• Chicago DePaul College Prep (6-3) at Elm-wood-Brimfield (8-1), 3 p.m.

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