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Carrier Route PresortThursdayNovember 27, 2014Vol. 2, No. 40

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

EDWARDS - The final “amen” atBethel Bible Church here is scheduled forDec. 7, but as Scripture says, “For wheretwo or three gather in my name, there amI with them.”

So faith will endure, despite a localcongregation that since its first service 78years ago last week has dwindled tofewer than a dozen members.

“It’s mostly sad,” says Bethel BibleChurch Senior Elder Ron Morris, a for-mer Yates City resident who lives in Eu-reka. “There have been a ton of peoplewho helped this church over the decades.

“I’d say the average age here is about70 years old,” says Morris, who’s been

active with the church for 32 years. “Inever thought I’d be one of the last ones.”

Like many country churches, BethelBible has seen younger families move

away.“We just don’t have

younger people any-more,” Morris contin-ues. “We had maybe 75or 80 people at ourhighest, pulling peoplefrom Edwards, Elm-wood and Hanna City.[But] since I’ve been

here we’ve had 36 people pass on. That’sat least one a year.”

The church building was donated toPeoria Rescue Ministries, which for sev-

eral months has had the 3,500 square footsite at 9728 W. Powder Mill Road forsale through Maloof Commercial RealEstate Co. for $149,900.

“Originally the church decided, if itwas ever necessary, to donate the prop-erty to the Moody Bible Institute, whichused to have students come down [fromChicago] on the train and serve as pas-tors,” Morris said. “Then about 25 yearsago we voted to donate the property toPeoria Rescue Ministries instead.”

Organized on Oct. 13, 1936, BethelBible Church, originally named BethelMission, had its first service Nov. 22 thatyear. Hope Mission of Peoria donated apiano to Bethel. R. G. LeTourneau do-

BrimfieldWednesdayplan fails

By TERRY BIBOFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD - Perhaps the mostinteresting thing is what didn’thappen at Brimfield Board of Edu-cation’s November meeting.

No one moved to approve a pol-icy which would have restrictedschool activities on Wednesdayevenings. Without a motion, theproposed policy failed.

In this case, lack of action was acrowd-pleaser. More than a dozenpeople opposed to the Wednesdaynight policy - which was intendedto keep the evening free for non-school related activities - showedup at the meeting. And they werejust a fraction of the nearly 90 peo-

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SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY

George and Sue Starcevich have seen their Star Metal Arts businessbooming since moving to a new location in Farmington. Photo by MichelleSherman.

Bethel Bible Church in Edwards isscheduled to close on Dec. 7 dueto dwindling membership. Photo byBill Knight.

Happy Thanksgiving!The Weekly Post office will be

closed Thursday andFriday (Nov.27-28) aswe celebrate

Thanksgiving. Addeadline for the Dec. 4 issue will beMonday (Dec. 1) at noon.

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By MICHELLE SHERMANFor The Weekly Post

This Saturday, area businesses are hopingeveryone buys local.

As part of Small Business Saturday, a na-tional push to get consumers to put more rev-enue into local economies by purchasing fromlocal businesses, coalitions in Elmwood andFarmington are trying to get the word out that

buying gifts locallyhelps the community.

“Our small busi-nesses are the back-bone of ourcommunity. They pro-

vide products and services to citizens, sustainthe families of the proprietors and bring peopleto our community,” said amy Davis, Presidentof the Elmwood Develop.m.ent Association.

Founded in 2010 by american Express,Small Business Saturday officially was recog-nized by Congress in 2011. Within two years,an estimated $5.5 billion was spent at small, in-dependent businesses on that day.

Elmwood businesses joined the movement in2012, offering longer hours and specials to en-courage shoppers to stay local.

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By MICHELLE SHERMANFor The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON - George and SueStarcevich are having a difficult timekeeping the walls of their businesscovered. For the owners of a metalarts business, that’s a good position tobe going into the holiday season.

The wood-paneled walls of theirnew storefront, 35 N. Main St. inFarmington, are covered with sportsemblems and coffee mugs. Display

shelves hold stand-up signs for thosewho want to take their love for theirfamily or friends to work.

“As fast as we can get it on thewalls, it goes off,” Sue said, “Busi-ness right now is going very well.”

Star Metal Arts began more thanseven years ago as a way to makesome extra money when Georgefaced layoffs at Butler. He saw metalsculpting in a magazine and “thought

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Sales good for Star Metal Arts

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ple who signed an on-linepetition.

“We only had it up on-line three days,” Brim-

field Junior FootballLeague Director and peti-tion promoter MonteKenney said via email.“But we got 89 parents’signatures and lots ofbuzz about the vote. Ithink it helped!”

Kenney said therewould have been moreconflicts with already-tight gym availability.The new policy wouldhave restricted use ofschool facilities and com-plexes after 6 p.m. JFLpractices, for example,don’t start until 5:30 p.m.

Some sports and activitieswould have been forcedto 6 am practices, contra-dicting the family-friendly intent.

Less palatable werechanges to the schools’food services, anothergood intention that hassparked a somewhat hell-ish outcome.

This time, lack of ac-tion is not an option. Inorder to receive an esti-mated $50,000 per year infederal funding, schoolsmust follow new nutritionrules. Unfortunately, the

food is perceived as taste-less and many childrenopt to spend money onjunk food instead.

“It’s not just a Brim-field issue,” said BUSDSuperintendent Joe Bless-man. “It’s an everywhereissue.”

In other business, theboard heard the boiler atthe grade school needssome extra maintenance.Board members approveda $4.74 tax levy for 2015,slightly lower than thecurrent $4.77 levy.

Hopes to decrease thelevy further were dashed.In part, that is because theschool district’s equalizedassessed valuation is uponly 3.5 percent, at$105,200,000. Plans topay off building bondswere based on a 6 percentincrease per year. TERRY BIBO can be

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s Yoga Class -Yoga on Friday (Nov.21) from 9:10 to 10:10am at Lillie M. EvansLibrary, Princeville.Free and open to thepublic.

s Sand Ornament -Make it/Take it sand artornament Saturday(Nov. 22) from 9 am to 1 p.m. at Morri-son and Mary Wiley Library, Elmwood.

s Knitting Club - Knitting Club meetsSaturday (Nov. 22) at Salem TownshipLibrary, Yates City at 10 am

s Ham Sale - Ellisville Annual Thanks-giving and Christmas Ham sale Saturday(Nov. 22) at the Ellisville Opera Housestarting at 10 am No pre-order or pre-pay-ment. Call (309) 293-2741.

s Christmas Market - Saturday (Nov.22) at Ellisville Opera House at 10 amCrafts and collectibles. Lunch served.

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s Bible Fun - Bible FunNight Nov. 25 for chil-dren 3 through sixthgrade from 6-7 p.m.Union Church in Brim-field, 105 W. Clay St.Call (309) 446-3811.Future Events

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- Phyllis DillerAn Illinois Press Association Member

The oldest boy came home ask-ing about his great grandpa Elwoodthe other day, which was interest-ing, since he had never shownmuch interest before.

Ahhh ... school work. Turns outElmwood Junior High teacherChris Herridge had eighth gradersworking on a Veteran Tribute Proj-ect. Students were told to interviewveterans orsomeone whoknew the story ofa veteran.

What a greatidea. Kids toooften lack re-spect for theirelders – eventheir own grand-parents. A projectlike this can helpchange that ... as you can see fromthe following comments made bystudents after the Veteran Tributes. • “I also learned lots of things

about my family history. I liked thisproject because I also got to talk tomy grandpa, someone I don’t see ortalk to much. I even talked to mygreat uncle who also had lots tosay. I really enjoyed learning aboutpeople’s experiences in the militaryand about my family history.”• “I guess what sticks with me is

the choices all these veterans hadto make. That is what hits me, thechoice they made and the ones whodid not come home. They seem somuch more real.”• “I learned a lot more about my

dad and what he did in the Air

Force.”• “What stuck with me is that

every veteran we asked said theydidn’t regret it and would do itagain in a heartbeat. They woulddo it again to protect this countryand its people.”• “I learned to be more grateful

of what I have and not worry aboutwhat I don’t have.”• “My appreciation for our he-

roes has increased because of thisproject. All of the men were just fol-lowing orders. It truly is the braveand courageous men and women ofthe armed forces that protect,sometimes at the ultimate cost, thebest country in the world.”• “I’ll never forget how my dad

responded to the questions I askedhim.”• “I had no idea that my grandpa

was in Vietnam. My grandpa was atough man. I will never fully under-stand what it was like, but now Iknow a little more. I was able tomake Grandpa very happy that oneof his grandchildren wanted toknow.”• “I learned that war is much

worse than I thought, much worsethan I knew.”• “My grandpa did so many

things in the war that I didn’t evenknow he could do. So now I talk tomy grandma a lot more about mygrandpa. It brought us together.”• “I’m proud to be an american

because of what they have done.”• “I have learned that every vet-

eran’s story deserves to be told andheard.”

• “War leaves lasting effects onpeople. When they come back, mostpeople have changed. War isn’t justgood vs. evil. Both sides have lostpeople.”• “I learned that we need to

thank the veterans more for whatthey did. I also learned the militaryisn’t just guns and airplanes, myveteran was an entertainer for thetroops.”• “I learned that america is

something worth fighting for. Iloved listening to their stories andseeing their items that they kept. Ithink listening to stories of an awfulwar is way different than experi-encing those stories.”• “Some kids who had never

asked any of their family membersabout what it was like, got a wholenew way to think about what thosemen did and are doing for ourcountry.”• “I learned that my grandpa

helped clean up Hiroshima afterthe atomic bomb was dropped. Itwas devastating to see all of the re-mains. Thank you, veterans.”• “I learned about a chapter of

my dad’s life I never knew before.”Reading these comments left me

with a conclusion ... and a goal forthe weeks to come. It’s easy to driftthrough the holidays in a cloud ofchatter, food, shopping and foot-ball. But as Herridge’s classproved, probing a little deeper canpay off. So take the time. Ask thequestions. And say “Thanks.”Contact Jeff Lampe at 231-6040 or

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I have an unusual hobby. It’s notthat unusual, I guess, but it is for aguy.

I do counted cross stitch.It’s sewing. Usually done by

women. Or verymanly men.

Like me.And Rosey

Grier. He playedfootball for theLos AngelesRams and waspart of a groupknown as theFearsome Four-some. At 6-foot-5 and 300 pounds,he’s not one to make fun of.

Gene Rayburn, former host ofTV’s “Match Game,” may not beas formidable as Rosey Grier, buthe also included cross stitching asone of his hobbies.

Cross stitching is very simple.You take a blank piece of cloth thathas little holes all over it and youmake stitches in the form of an “x”over a little square, following achart. Then you repeat that per-formance. A lot.

Eventually, you have a picture oran object that has formed on theblank piece of cloth.

Most people, when thinking ofcross stitching, think of a little oldlady sitting in a rocking chair, nee-dle and thread poised over a pieceof cloth held tight by an embroi-dery hoop. Well, that’s fine, but I

usually sit at my kitchen table or onthe couch, rather than a rocker.

When you think of projects, youprobably think of a “sampler” likeyou’d see on a box of Whitmanchocolates. My projects are differ-ent. I favor large projects with a tonof different colors that look like apainting or a photo. Where a “sam-pler” might have a few hundredstitches, my projects usually rangein the neighborhood of 50,000stitches or more.

I got my start back in highschool. As an art project, I wantedto learn to do portraits. My girl-friend’s mom had painted someawesome portraits of family mem-bers. I found out that they were ac-tually paint-by-number kits. Hermom would send in a photo and acompany would send back a kitwith a paint-by-number canvas thatlooked ike the photo, just blurry.

For the mid-1970s, this was im-pressive.

I painted my girlfriend’s portraitusing the paint-by-number kit.Until that time, I didn’t realize howmany different shades of red makeup a flesh tone. It was a valuableexperience even though I neverwent into art.

When my grandmother saw this,she suggested counted cross stitch.She taught me, but I more or lesshumored her and never took it upagain until after she had passedaway. Somewhere in the late 1980s,

I began stitching regularly.I’ve found it to be very relaxing.

It calms my nerves. Where writingcan sometimes gnaw at my brain asit searches for the right words touse, cross stitching allows me tojust relax and take my time as theneedle glides through the fabric.

Except when I read the chartwrong. Or count wrong. Then Ihave to rip out stitches. And I pokemy $&#*% finger with the >&%#<needle. And then I drop the thingwith all the colored thread in it andI have to pick it up and the familydown the hall from me thinks I’mtalking about going on vacation be-cause I keep yelling about the sunand the beach.

Ah ... relaxing.Not everyone understands my

hobby. I took my car in for a manu-facturer recall and had stitchingwith me since it was only going totake an hour to complete. In thewaiting room, a guy clad in camou-flage approached me.

“You gay?” he asked.“No,” I replied. “Are you?”He was taken aback. “I ain’t the

one sitting there sewin’!” he said.“I realize that,” I answered. “I

thought you might be looking for adate for tonight.”

He wasn’t, and he didn’t stickaround long.

I wasn’t scared. If he’d tried any-thing, I’d have just clobbered himwith my cross-stitching purse.

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it would be something fun to try.I’ve welded for close to 25 years,”he said.

As the couple was working to getthe artistic side of their business offthe ground, George also repairedfarm equip.m.ent.

Both still worked full-time, put-ting in hours with Star Metal Arts onevenings and weekends. The couplelisted their creations on Etsy andspent weekends setting up tables atcraft shows.

Everything changed in the earlymorning hours of May 15.

When the Old School Center inFarmington caught fire, the “brain”

of the business computer was de-stroyed. Forced to evacuate all theirbusiness supplies, the Starcevicheswere faced with a decision: Look fora new location or close.

“After the fire, we just wanted tostore our stuff until we had a chanceto figure out what we were going todo,” Sue said.

So, everything went into storageand the couple returned exclusivelyto their full-time jobs.

Just weeks after the fire, someonefrom the City of Farmington calledto tell them about the vacant build-ing next to Subway. After visitingthe building, they decided to takethings out of storage.

“This whole building was an openMorton building. It was just a plainbuilding with broken water pipes,mold in the walls,” said Sue. “Wehad our work cut out for us.”

They built a wall separating themetal shop from the showroom, andcreated an atmosphere they hopedwould attract customers.

The new store debuted during theSpoon River Scenic Drive. Sue re-tired from her 35-year career inbanking and now runs the shop full-time. Family members help out.

“Everybody chips in,” Sue said.“People know that it’s just a family-owned small business being doneright here. We support locals.”

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Driver injured in wreckthat cuts off power

KICKAPOO - A 74-year-oldBrimfield man sustained minor in-juries in an early morning accidentNov. 19 on Kickapoo-EdwardsRoad that damaged a utility poleand cut power to area businessesfor hours, as seen in a photo at rightby Paul McKim.

John Westart was northboundwhen his 2015 Jeep Wrangler wentoff the road to the left and struckthe pole, according to reports. Po-lice closed the road and power waslost to area customers, includingJubilee Café and the Shell Oil gasstation.

Westart, who told police he occa-sionally has dizzy spells, was trans-ported by Advanced MedicalTransport to UnityPointHealth/Methodist for minor in-juries, police said.

His vehicle was towed from thescene, and ameren crews restoredpower by late morning.

Police Reports• Leroy Barrett, 29, of Farming-

ton, on Nov. 15 was picked up onan arrest warrant by the FultonCounty Sheriff’s Office based on

an investigation by the Canton Po-lice Department: two charges of re-tail theft and one charge of drivingwhile his license was suspended,police said. He was transported tothe Fulton County Jail.

• Dean Hanley, 51, of Kickapoo,on Nov. 17 was arrested for Failureto Appear and transported to thePeoria County Jail.

• amber Varner, 30, of Dahinda,on Nov. 20 was arrested by thePeoria County Sheriff’s Office tohold for another agency, and shewas transported to the PeoriaCounty Jail.

* Timothy Colgan, 50, ofPrinceville on Nov. 20 was arrestedfor Driving Under the Influence ofAlcohol and transported to the Peo-ria County Jail.Deer accidents

• Nov. 5 - Kara Saal of Farming-ton on Illinois Route 116 near

Cramer Road in Trivoli Township.• Nov. 17 - Patricia Stancomb of

Elmwood on Illinois Route 8 nearCutoff Road in Rosefield Town-ship.

• Nov. 17 - Ryan Frantz of Gales-burg on Interstate 74 nears Kick-apoo-Edwards Road in RosefieldTownship.

• Nov. 18 - Charles Goddard ofLewistown, on Illinois Route 116near County Highway 18 in Farm-ington Township.

• Nov. 19 - Beth Lister ofFairview on Illinois Route 116 nearCounty Highway 18 in FarmingtonTownship.

• Nov. 20 - Matthew Lawson ofHanna City on Taylor Road nearWashburg Court in KickapooTownship.

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JUST LISTED on 2.5 Acres! 2343 Knox Hwy. 24, Williams-field is a 2BR, 1.5 Bath Ranch home with partial finished basement, pasture, shed, and many updates! Priced at . . . . . $130,000 REDUCED! 305 N. Oak, Williamsfield is a 2BR, 1 Bath, wellmaintained Ranch with a beautiful yard, many updates, and appli-ances included! MUST SEE!! NEW Price . . . . . $75,000

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2605 S. Tiara Strip - $114,9003 BR/2 BA ranch on a large corner lot, 1-stall attached garage, 2-stall detachedgarage.

3432 N. Sandia, Peoria - $63,000Cozy 2 BR/1.5 BA condo in convenientlocation! Many updates in last 2 years.

0 Zeine, Glasford - $35,000Nice recreational lot. Possible buildingsite.

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BRIMFIELDSt. Paul’s

Lutheran ChurchThe Lutheran Church -

Missouri Synod“Liturgical & Reverential”Pastor Michael Liese

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

Sun. Divine Service: 10 amSun. School: 8:45 amBible Class: 8:45 amBrimfield UnitedMethodist Church

Pastor Leonard Thomas135 S. Galena St., Brimfield

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

Thurs. Bible Study: 7 p.m.Union Church at BrimfieldUnited Church of ChristPastor Stephen Barch105 W. Clay StreetBrimfield, IL 61517

(309) 446-3811Sunday Worship: 9 am

Tuesday Bible Fun Night: 6p.m.

EDWARDSChrist Alive!

Community ChurchPastor Lance Zaerr

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

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

Crossroads Assembly of GodPastor Tim Cavallo

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

www.crossroadselmwood.orgWed. Worship: 7 p.m.Sun. Worship: 10:30 amElmwood Baptist ChurchPastor Dennis Fitzgerald

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

Sun. School: 9:30 am

Sun Worship: 10:30 am, 6p.m.

Wed. Prayer Meeting: 7 p.m.First Presbyterian Church

of ElmwoodReverend Marla B. Bauler

201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood(309) 742-2631

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St. Patrick’sCatholic ChurchFather Paul Stiene

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

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

Tues. Rosary: 8:15 amUnited Methodist Church

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

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New Hope FellowshipAssembly of GodPastor Tom Wright

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BUY LOCAL: Farmington joinscluding extended hoursand free gift wrap with thepurchase of a new toy. Aspecial sale will be an-nounced on the store’sFacebook page Thursday.

This year, George andSue Starcevich of StarMetal Arts also decided topromote Farmingtonsmall businesses.

“I believe in small busi-ness and buy local with allmy heart,” Sue said.

She estimates 15 Farm-ington businesses willparticipate, includingamerican Legion Post140, which will hosthome-based businessesfrom 9 am to 2 p.m.

In Elmwood: • Every Little Thing:

Open 9 am-5 p.m. Buy 1T.S. Pink Boutique rocksoap, get one 50% off.

• Elmwood Pharmacy:Open 8:30 am-noon and2:30-4 p.m.

• amy Davis Photogra-phy: Elmwood calendars,postcards at Every LittleThing.

• Elmwood Emporium:Open 9 am-4 p.m. Old-fashioned candy sticks7/$1. J.R. Watkins productsnow available.

• Here We Grow Nursery& Garden Center: Open 9am-4 p.m. Grave blankets,grave pillows, wreaths,

swags and gift certificatesavailable.

• Toot’s Treats: Open 11am-8 p.m. Sloppy Joe,chips, small drink $5.50.

In Farmington:• Star Metal Arts: Open 9

am-2 p.m. Refreshmentsavailable. Drawing for starornaments and a gift cer-tificate.

• Forever Me Photogra-phy: Open 10 am-2 p.m.Free photos with Santa.

• Platt’s Printing Co.: Re-freshments, Free reusableshopping bags.

• Crave Inc.: Free 20-ounce cup of Crave Blend,Crave Blend Decaf or fla-

vor of day coffee.• Dempster Insurance:

Refreshments available. • Diva Florist: Free

flower for visitors.• Bank of Farmington:

Free calendars.• Jen’s Place: Buy $50 in

gift certificates, get $10free.

• ReinCARnations AutoWorks: $25 cash drawing.

• Stay & Puff VaporLounge: 10% off all starterkits.

• Kersh Cafe: Dinner for2 raffle, 8 am, 1 p.m.

• Scapecchi’s SupperClub: Drawing for a $40gift certificate.

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PEORIA - The County Board on Nov.20 approved a $129.4 million budget for2015 by a 13-5 vote, ensuring thatCounty residents will see no propertytax increase. But the County is cuttingalmost $2 million in personnel costsover the next two years and borrowingfrom its cash reserves to make up a $3.5million deficit, and is planning to spendsome $400,000 for an outside consultantto analyze operations to suggest greaterefficiencies.

Declining revenues from sales taxesand property taxes, plus rising costs forvarious spending requirements, isblamed for the County’s shortfall.

The new budget is about 3 percentless than 2014’s budget, and reflectsmore than 20 employees projected totake advantage of a Voluntary Retire-ment Incentive.

No layoffs are planned, staff said.The Board and administration for weekshave considered several options, includ-ing hiking some fees and the internalloan (to be covered by moving up to $1million from the County’s “Keystone”account, derived from a State loan lim-ited to spending on infrastructure andeconomic development).

Filing fees in the Circuit Clerk and theRecorder of Deeds offices will increase$10.

The County has been trying to stream-line throughout the process, according toCounty Administrator Lori Curtis

Luther.“County staff has worked hard to min-

imize costs using energy efficiency toreduce utilities and [has been] investi-gating other opportunities for savings,”she said.

An idea to increase property taxes 2.5cents per $100 of Equalized AssessedValuation to benefit the Highway De-partment by about $800,000 in new rev-enue was dropped by a Nov. 13 vote. IfOK’d, that would’ve meant a $100,000property paying about $8 more a year tosalt, build and repair roads and bridges.

Shelving that proposal means plannedwork to upgrade Willow Knolls Drive inorder to turn the County road over to theCity of Peoria will be postponed - unlikecosts to maintain it.

Luther said the resolution to the 2015budget is a step in improving the finan-cial situation.

“Peoria County will continue to befiscally responsible,” she said. “In addi-tion to holding positions vacant and of-fering a voluntary retirement incentiveto reduce the workforce, Peoria Countyhas sought other creative opportunitiesto cut costs. Since 2011 the County hasreduced 27 positions from 919 to 892.”

Voting against the budget was TheWeekly Post area’s representative, BradHarding (R-Dist. 16), plus RepublicansBrian Elsasser (Dist. 14), Steve Morris(Dist. 10) and Paul Rosenbohm (Dist.18), and Democrat Mike Phelan (Dist.9).

No property tax increase afterPeoria Co. board OKs budget

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ELMWOOD - A new tutoring pro-gram funded by a grant is expected tolaunch in the next several weeks, Elm-wood Elementary Principal Tony Frosttold the Board of Education at its Mon-day meeting, where an agreement withthe Special Education Association ofPeoria County (SEAPCO) was renewed.

The after-school program will featurecertified teachers working in smallgroups in academic interventions to helpstruggling students. It’s tied to the Illi-nois Association of School Boards’ Re-sponse to Intervention program, whichthe IASB said is “designed to be proac-tive and preventative. All students arescreened three times per year on scien-tifically based indicators of achieve-ment. Students who are at-risk ordemonstrate significant risk for notmeeting standards are identified throughthe process so that additional instructionmay begin immediately.”

Elmwood is receiving about $2,500 tofund the program, according to Superin-tendent Chad Wagner.

Meanwhile, the board unanimouslyapproved a cost-saving way to addressinstruction and other services for spe-cial-education students by renewing itsparticipation with SEAPCO, a Bar-tonville-based group that works witharea school districts to provide qualifiedprofessionals such as psychologists,therapists and speech pathologists, andalso coordinates with area businesses to

provide opportunities for special-educa-tion students.

Brimfield, Farmington and Princevilleall are members, too.

SEAPCO reported $13.4 million inexpenditures and $13.2 million in rev-enues, according to its 2013 audit, themost recent publicly available.

In other business,• High School Principal Stan Matheny

reported a new, $2,000 driver safety pro-gram;

• Counselor Janelle Meyers reportedthe Illinois State Board of Education hasextended the Nov. 21 deadline for thepre-identification file upload for theexams for PARCC (Partnership for As-sessment of Readiness for College andCareers) to noon on Dec. 8;

• members summarized workshopsthey individually attended at the 2014Joint Annual Conference of the IASB,Illinois Association of School Adminis-trators, and Illinois Association ofSchool Business Officials in downtownChicago Nov. 21-23; and

• after a closed session of almost anhour, the Board unanimously approvedhiring Anne DeVries as a one-on-onespecial-education aide, Chris Newkirkas a daytime custodian, and Haley Davisas a volunteer junior-high volleyballcoach, and OK’d hiring Penny Silzer asa volunteer junior-high volleyball coachby a 4-1 vote, with Board vice presidentTerri Osmulski opposed and Dean Cantuand Rick LeHew abstaining.

Elmwood elementary set to offernew after-school tutoring program



LIGHTING OF THE PARKSaturday, November 29 at 5:00 p.m.

Refreshments until 5:30 p.m.Mail box for letters to Santa

Train Rides, Door PrizeSanta Will Be On Hand at the

Doubet Benjamin ParkWilliamsfield, IL

(Rain Date November 30)

CHURCH: Nineteen pastors served Bethelnated benches and NorthLimestone Church on Illi-nois Route 116 donatedsongbooks and SundaySchool papers.

Members initially metin a 40 x 40 foot tingarage owned by EdnaEnright, at the foot ofKickapoo Hill, in Ed-wards. Charter members’names are familiar: Coul-ter, French, Schwenk,DePue, Rich,Chap.m.an…

“Mabel Chap.m.an wasquite active - as well asRuby Thompson, whoused to conduct Biblestudy classes all aroundhere,” Morris says.

The first wedding atBethel was James Bine-gar and Leona Warren;the first funeral was EllenRich; the first baby dedi-cated was Wanda Coulter.

In 1949, the churchpurchased the OrangeGrange building for

$2,000, and it was movedto its present site. By thenext year, it also had abasement and auditorium;then in 1956 an addition.

Nineteen pastors haveserved Bethel, accordingto church documents, butthe people in the pews al-

ways had been the back-bone of the church.

“It’s been a greatplace,” Morris says.“There have been fantas-tic things the Lord’s donehere. We’ve seen youngpeople grow up here, getmarried here, and move


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Charles Bennett WILLIAMSFIELD - Charles David

“Bill” “Chuck” Bennett, 65, ofPeoria Heights, brother or step-brother of two Williamsfield menand a Dahinda woman, died onNov. 12 at his home.

He is survived by his wife,Marta (Salazar) Bennett; onedaughter, Barbara (Chad) Mc-Carty of Pekin; three sons, CrisBennett and Cody Bennett, both athome, and Brad (Christy) Bennett;six grandchildren; one great-grandson; one brother, Joe Ben-nett of Williamsfield; asister-in-law, Karen Bennett ofPeoria; step.m.other, Vonnie Ben-nett of South Pekin; two step-brothers, Danny (Shelly) Smith ofKewanee and David Smith ofWilliamsfield; and two step-sis-ters, Tammy (Jody) Stevens ofDahinda and Tina Hogsett ofHanna City.

Cremation has been accordedand a memorial service will beSaturday (Nov. 29) from 3-5 p.m.at EP!C, 1913 W. Townline Roadin Peoria, followed by a meal.

Online condolences may bemade at csmico.com.

Janel Gass EDWARDS - Janel R. (Isbell)

Gass, 42, of Hanna City, motherof an Edwards woman, died Nov.15 in the OSF Saint Francis Med-ical Center emergency room inPeoria.

Surviving is her mother, Debo-rah of Hanna City; three children,Molly (Jake) Gunter of Edwards,Karly (Brock) Havens of HannaCity, and Maleah (Joe Massin-gale) Gass of Peoria; four grand-children; one sister; and the fatherof her children, Brian Gass ofTrivoli.

Cremation rites have been ac-corded. After a Nov. 22 visitation

at the Hanna City UnitedMethodist Church, there was aprivate family service.

Leave condolences online atwww.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com.

Raymond Krey FARMINGTON - Raymond Krey

Sr., 93, of Farmington, died Nov.18 at Farmington Country Manor.

He married Marie KathrynSmith on August 16, 1946.She survives along with two chil-dren, Raymond (Nancy) Krey Jr.and Paisley (Roy) Boyer; fourgrandchildren, Shawn (Audria)Taylor, Shannan (Bobby) Greaves,Laura (Alec Berman) Krey, andKeith Krey; and four great grand-children.

Services will be at Anderson-Sedgwick Funeral Home in Farm-ington, with interment in OakRidge Cemetery in Farmington.

Leave condolences online atwww.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com.

C. Rich McDonald FARMINGTON - C. Rich McDon-

ald, 50, of Farmington, died onNov. 20 at his residence.

Surviving are his father, GaryMcDonald of Farmington; hismother, Patricia (Eddy) Fawcettof Canton; and one brother, BartMcDonald of Canton;

Cremation rites have been ac-corded. There will be no services.Burial of ashes will be at a later

date.Leave condolences online at

www.sedgwickfuneralhomes.comCarol McRoberts

PRINCEVILLE - Carol E.McRoberts, 85, of Peoria, grand-mother of a Princeville man, diedNov. 20 at UnityPoint Health-Proctor.

She is survived by her husband,Hank McRoberts; her son, John R.Erickson of East Peoria; and step-daughter, Donna J. (McRoberts)Brown of Peoria. Also survivingare five grandchildren, NicholasW. (Rachel) Brown of Princevilleand Jose, Isabel, Brandon andXavier Erickson; and two great-granddaughters, Anna and EvelynBrown. Services were Nov. 24 atFirst United Methodist Church ofPeoria.

Leave condolences online atwww.hurdfamilyfunerals.com.

George StarastaFARMINGTON - George Starasta,

84, of Farmington died Nov. 14 atAdvocate BroMenn Medical Cen-ter in Normal.

Surviving are his son, Michael(Leslie) Starasta of Lincoln;grandchildren, Sarah and Stephen;and two sisters.

Cremation rites have been ac-corded. There was a memorialvisitation on Nov. 22 at Anderson-Sedgwick Funeral Home in Farm-ington, but there will be noservice. Burial of ashes will be ata later date in the Russian Ortho-dox Cemetery in Buckner.

Leave condolences online atwww.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com. Obituary Policy: We print basic

obituaries for free. Longer obituariescost $1 per column inch and $5 perpicture. Forms are available at TheWeekly Post, 115 W. Main St.; Elm-wood, IL. Or call 309-741-9790.

OBITUARIES

This Week’s Obituaries• Charles Bennett, 65,Williamsfield• Janel Gass, 42, Edwards• Raymond Krey, 93, Farm-ington• C. Rich McDonald, 50,Farmington• Carol McRoberts, 85,Princeville• George Starasta, 84, Farm-ington

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CLAIM NOTICEIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF

ILLINOISPEORIA COUNTY

In Re ESTATE OF )PAUL W. HAYES, ) No. 14-P-476Deceased. )

NOTICE is given to creditors of the death of PAUL W. HAYES on orabout October 13, 2014. Letters of Office were issued by the aboveentitled Court to THOMAS P. HAYES, of 305 North Kellogg Street,P. O. Box 325, Yates City, Illinois 61572, as Executor, whose attor-neys of record are WHITNEY & POTTS, LTD., 118 West MainStreet, P. O. Box 368, Elmwood, Illinois, 61529-0368. Claimsagainst the Estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk's Of fice, PeoriaCounty Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or with the repre senta tive orboth on or before the 29th day of May, 2015, or if maili ng or deliv-ery of a Notice from the representative is required by Sec. 18-3 ofthe Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that Notice. Every claimfiled must be in writing and state sufficient information to notify therepresentative of the nature of the claim or other relief sought. Anyclaim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claimfiled with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claim ant tothe representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after ithas been filed and shall file with the Court, proof of any requiredmailing or delivery of copies.

DATED this 6th day of November, 2014.

THOMAS P. HAYES, Executor of the Estate of PAUL W. HAYES, Deceased.

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

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ANNUAL STATEMENT OFAFFAIRS SUMMARY

FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDINGJUNE 30, 2014

Copies of the detailed Annual Statement of Affairs forthe Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2014 will be availablefor public inspection in the school district/joint agree-ment administrative office by December 1, 2014. Indi-viduals wanting to review this Annual Statement ofAffairs should contact:WILLIAMSFIELD COMMUNITY UNIT

SCHOOLS DIST. 210325 W. Kentucky Ave., Williamsfield, IL 61489

309-639-2219Office hours: 7:30 am to 3:45 p.m.

Also by January 15, 2015, the detailed Annual State-ment of Affairs for the Fiscal Year ending June 30,2014, will be posted on the Illinois State Board of Edu-cation’s Website @ www.isbe.net.SUMMARY: The following is the Annual Statement

that is required to be published by the schooldistrict/joint agreement for the past fiscal year.Statement of Operations as of June 30, 2014:Local Sources: Educational 2,650,536; Operations

and Maintenance 326,022; Debt Services 46; Trans-portation 227,295; Municipal Retirement/Social Secu-rity 118,465; Capital Projects 154,098; Working Cash0; Tort 70,767; Fire Prevention & Safety 998.Flow-Through Receipts/Revenues from One District toAnother District: Educational: Educational 0; MunicipalRetirement/Social Security 0.State Sources: Educational 202,720; Operations and

Maintenance 94,400; Debt Services 0; Transportation112,221; Municipal Retirement/Social Security 0; Capi-tal Projects 0; Working Cash 0; Tort 0; Fire Preventionand Safety 0.Federal Sources: Educational 116,765; Operations

and Maintenance 0; Debt Services 0; Municipal Retire-ment/Social Security 0; Capital Cash 0; Tort 0; Fire Pre-vention and Safety 0.TOTAL DIRECT RECEIPTS/REVENUES: Educational

2,970,021; Operations and Maintenance 420,422; DebtServices 46; Transportation 339,516; Municipal Retire-ment/Social Security 118,465; Capital Projects154,098; Working Cash 70,767; Fire Prevention andSafety 998.TOTAL DIRECT DISBURSEMENT/EXPENDITURES:

Educational 2,971,771; Operations and Maintenance319,827; Debt Services 0; Transportation 273,537;Municipal Retirement/Social Security 143,437; Capital

Projects 80,660; Tort 76,173; Fire Prevention andSafety 0.Other Sources/Uses of Funds; Educational 0; Opera-

tions and Maintenance 0; Debt Services 0, Transporta-tion 0; Municipal Retirement/Social Security 0; CapitalProjects 0; Working Cash 0; Tort 0; Fire Prevention andSafety 0.BEGINNING FUND BALANCES July 1, 2013: Educa-

tional 0; Operations and Maintenance 0; Debt Services0; Transportation 0; Municipal Retirement/Social Secu-rity 0; Capital Projects 0; Tort 0; Fire Prevention andSafety 0.Other Changes in Fund Balances: Educational 0; Op-

erations and Maintenance 0; Debt Services 0; Trans-portation 0; Municipal Retirement/Social Security 0;Capital Projects 0; Working Cash 0; Tort 0; Fire Preven-tion and Safety 0.ENDING FUND BALANCES - June 30, 2014: Educa-

tional (1,750); Operations and Maintenance 100,595;Debt Services (46); Transportation 65,979; MunicipalRetirement/Social Security (24,972); Capital Projects73,438; Working Cash 0; Tort (5,406); Fire Prevention& Safety 998.

Gross payment for Certificated Personnel:Salary range Less than $25,000: Gregory Bibo,

Logan Bowman, Mary Bush, Daryl Doubet, Nadine Far-quer, Sharon Farquer, William Fritz, Tami German,Sherry Griffin, Tyson Hart, M. Jane Hise, Claire John-ston, Heather Kanakares, Laci Klein, Kali Mustain,Nancy Neibuhr, Kari Powell, amandy Pyrcik, JanaSims, Caleb Stewart, Robert Tasker, Laurel Tippe,Larry Wherley, Michael Whitt, Connie Wight.Salary range $25,000 - $39,999: Robert Anderson,

Marcy Brugger, Jenni Davis, Cynthia Fuller.Salary range $40,000 - $59,999: amy Blackhurst,

amy Buss, Elizabeth Klein, Connie Krans, Victor Mah-nesmith, Becky Nichols, Rebecca Rappenecker, R.Kent Rigg, J. Robert Ross, Cathy Shover, Jorja Thiel,Brooke Traphagan, John VanNieuwenhuyse, KathleenWight.Salary range $60,000 - $89,999: Ann Banks, Becky

Blankenship, Sandra Boucher, Brenda Bridson, PatrickHise, Alberta LaFollette, Cathryn Ren, Lori Secrist,Starla Yelm.Salary range $90,000 and over: Tim Farquer

Gross Payment for Non-Certificated Personnel:Salary range Less than $25,000: Joan Bates,

amana Beardsley, Diana Biddle, Jody Booth, BrendaBridson, Kelly Brooks, Alexsia Brown, Dixie Brown,Norma Brown, Rebecca Brown, Marcy Brugger, Lu-

cinda Chandlee, James R. Clark, John Clark, Lori Col-lopy, Stephanie DeWitt, Daryl Doubet, Rachel Eberle,Melissa Ehnle, Andrew Fritz, Jan Gibbs, Myrl Gray,Tyson Hart, Justin Ingle, Cyndi Johnson, KadanceKing, Travis King, Nancy Niebuhr, Steven Osborn, LuanPotter, Vicki Quick, Annette Sams, George G. R. Se-crist, Samuel Secreist, Robert Sparks, Richard Staker,Timothy Steward, Dana Tucker, Gerard Walsh, ConnieWitt.Salary range $25,000 - $39,999: Lisa Bohannan,

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A tax levy is the amount ofmoney taxing bodies such asschools, fire departments andlocal governments certify toCounty Clerks to be raised eachyear from property taxes, andmost have been presenting theirlevy requests to approve thismonth or next.

Area Townships are windingdown this process as their de-mands shift to winter road mainte-nance and General Assistance, insome cases.

Radnor Township board mem-bers discussed a 2015 levy at itsNov. 10 meeting but took no ac-tion, according to Radnor Super-visor Phil Cornish said.

“The levy will be acted on at

our Decembermeeting,” hesaid.

State lawlets taxingdistricts pre-dict whatthey’ll needto operate,but it’s tech-nically a re-quest, and it’salso inexactsince at thetime leviesare passed the County’s forthcom-ing Equalized Assessed Valuationof area property isn’t yet deter-mined. In the spring, Counties no-tify taxing bodies what theproperty-tax “extension” will be,and the actual amount of revenue

to expect.Such

taxing dis-tricts can-not raisetheir taxleviesfrom thepreviousyear morethan 5 per-cent with-out theTruth-in-Taxation

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notice and a public hearing pre-senting reasons for an increase ofmore than 5 percent and offeringthe public an opportunity to beheard.

Area township levies decided this monthArea Township levies

TWP Dist. Town fund Road dist.Brimfield $77,200 $106,115Elba $59,000 $59,550 Elmwood $145,800 $98,300Farmington**Jubilee $65,500 $183,500Kickapoo $175,870 $673,650Millbrook* $90,500 $46,500Rosefield $105,000 $92,700Salem**Truro $72,170 $66,000* Millbrook is in a Multi-Township Assessment Dis-trict, which also will levy $15,000** Did not provide public information.

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amendment rights andalso for violating theWhistleblower Act, dis-charged firefighter SteveFrakes, 59, says theBoard action was in re-taliation for his reportingimproprieties.

Frakes alleges that hewas denied his Freedomof Speech, Freedom ofthe Press, and Right toPetition for a Redress ofGrievance under theFirst amendment, andalso his Due Process andEqual Protection underthe 14th amendment.

Neither he nor his Peo-ria attorney, James W.Springer, replied to re-quests for comment.

The lawsuit’s sevencounts name ESFPDTrustees Gerry Buck-man, Gene Saunders andGreg Wessel as well asthe department, which isscheduled to meet at 6p.m. Monday.

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Galesburg also declinedto comment.

Frakes said a petitionseeking his discipline,signed by about a dozenmen out of a departmentof some 25 people, wasin retaliation for his re-porting inappropriateconduct by firefighterKen Vallas.

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Abby Frietsch, ElmwoodElmwood senior Abby “Gail” Frietsch’s favorite

school subject is chemistry because she says, “Ittakes time for learning to develop.” That’s what alsohappened in her athletic career. Until fifth gradeAbby took dancing classes. But hanging aroundbiddy basketball at the Elm-wood Community Center gother into basketball, and shemade the EJHS seventh gradehoops team (as a fifth grader).Abby has played point guardon Elmwood teams ever since,which included all-conferencehonors her junior year.

Her softball career began at an earlier age due tothe influence of her mom, Janet, a softball player inher youth, and Grandpa Russ, a former baseballplayer. Abby was very grateful to be on the B-ELady Indians team that made the IHSA Super-Sec-tionals last spring. Back to her progressing love ofbasketball, she was an E-B cross-country harrier herjunior and senior year to be in shape for the oncom-ing (hoops) seasons.

Abby points to parents Bill and Janet Frietsch asher greatest mentors. She roots for the Bears, Cardi-nals, and 18-time NBA Champion Boston Celtics.Abby has admiration for legendary Coach Pat Sum-mit of Tennessee, University women’s basketball.Sports are not her only EHS activities. NationalHonor Society, Student Council, and Key Club arealso on Abby’s resume. She’s considering Knox orMilliken to study business and play hoops next year.

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Elmwood-Brimfieldsenior running backLayne Wyatt was one of18 Class 3A players se-lectedfor all-statehonorsby theIllinoisFootballCoachesAssocia-tion.

The 5-foot-7, 160-pound Wyattran for 1,581 yards and 19touchdowns on 162 car-ries (9.8 yards per carry)and had a team-high 18receptions for four scores.Wyatt is the fifth first-team all-stater for E-B,joining Bob Shoop, NateMcFadden, Brady Westartand Ryan Wilbur.

“Layne could turn asmall hole into a big gainand a decent hole into atouchdown,” E-B coachTodd Hollis said.

E-B junior offensivetackle Brad Novak washonorable mention all-state, as was Princevillesenior linebacker MitchellJanssen.Princeville places 4on all-LTC first team

Offensive lineman TimHefler, tight end MichaelSheets, defensive lineman

Brett Delbridge and line-backer Janssen were allselected first-team all-conference by LincolnTrail football coaches.Delbridge was a unani-mous pick.

Princeville also had fiveplayers tabbed for the sec-ond team: fullback LoganGreen, offensive linemanJacob Tracy, Janssen atkicker and punter, Heflerat defensive line and line-backer Marshall Martin.

Honorable mention se-lections were Janssen atquarterback, offensivelineman Terry Stein, widereceiver Tom Smith andlinebacker Zach Sim-mons.Brimfield girls win7-2A regional title

Brimfield’s seventh-grade girls basketballteam won the 7-2A re-gional title Tuesday atPeoria Christian, downingPeoria St. Philomena 32-27. Next up for Brimfieldis a Dec. 3 sectional gameat Peoria Christian at 6:30.

Top-seed Princevillewas in the regional titlegame at Peoria St. Vincentde Paul Wednesday.

Farmington fell to IlliniBluffs, 17-8, in the finalof its own 7-3A regional.

Eighth grade regionalsstart Monday (Dec. 1).

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GIRLS: Dura scores 32started strong at its week-long Turkey Tournament.The defending tourneychamp Lady Indians

racked up wins overWethersfield (69-50) andPeru St. Bede (60-39).

Kennedy Dura had 32points against St. Bedeand 24 against Wethers-field, while Shayla Mc-Cormick had 21 againstWethersfield and was sec-ond-leading scorer vs. St.Bede with 14.

Farmington (1-1) re-bounded from a 55-46loss to South Fulton lastweek to hand new coachJimmy Jordan his firstvictory – a 44-40 winover North Fulton behind19 points from HannahJostes, 11 from sopho-more Abby Brown and 10from Paige Pasley.

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South Fulton, well above his 11ppg average of last year.

“Ultimately he’s more of a scorerthan he is a point guard and we’rehoping to develop some of ouryoung kids to take pressure off himat the point,” Otto said.

The other top scorer is 6-3 juniorTrey Swearingen (12 ppg) who had15 points Monday. Swearingen isan inside-outside threat who hit on50 percent of his 120 3-point at-tempts last year.

Beyond them are several combi-nations that include decent heightbut a relative lack of experience.

In the mix will be seniors JoshLozier (6-4), Matt Williamson andMax Balagna; juniors Reid Berry(6-2) and Steven Gilstrap (6-1); andsophomores Blake Mattson andCaleb Gilstrap.

Balagna is still just at 80 percentin his recovery from an anklesprain suffered during football sea-son.

“We have the potential to bepretty good,” Otto said. “We’re re-ally scrappy and when you have ateam that plays as hard as they doyou’re going to be in some games.”

PrincevilleThe Princes are poised to im-

prove on last year’s 9-17 recordthanks in part to good health for thefirst time in four seasons.

Back from a season-endingshoulder injury is 6-4 Mike Sheets,who along with three-year starterMitchell Janssen (10.8 ppg, 11.7rpg) will provide a post presence.Janssen has led the team in re-bounding each of the past two sea-sons.

“Most of our scoring will comefrom a pair of juniors: 6-2 NickKraft will play a forward and lookto do much of the penetrating,”coach Jeff Kratzer said. “BrendanStreitmatter will play a forward andbe our point/shooting guard.”

Kraft led the team with 12.7 ppglast year and grabbed 5.5 rpg whileStreitmatter was at 8.0 ppg.

Several juniors and seniors willprovide depth off the bench forPrinceville (0-1), which lost itsopener 70-50 to Tremont at theBrimfield Turkey Tourney despite13 points from Kraft.

WilliamsfieldAfter graduating a strong group

of seniors, Billtown returns a small,fairly inexperienced team for theschool’s last independent season ofbasketball. Williamsfield will coopwith ROWVA next season.

It didn’t help any that three play-ers were suspended for sevengames (until Dec. 13) for an ath-letic code violation.

But that didn’t stop the BombersMonday, as last year’s sixth manGarrett Wight had 24 points andZach Smith added 14 in a 65-39win over Galva.

“Garrett is kind of the leader ofthe pack right now,” coach BobAnderson said. “We’re going toneed him to score all he can.”

Other starters through the firstseven games figure to be seniorsEthen Hunt and Easton Beard andsophomore Adam Kertz.

“This year we’re small and inex-perienced so we need to try to getout and get some easy baskets andturn some people over,” Andersonsaid. “There will be times we willstruggle scoring, so we need to playgood defense.”


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2014-15 BOYS BASKETBALL SCHEDULESBRIMFIELD

Nov. 28 - vs Princeville 5 pmNov. 29 - vs Rock Island Alle-man 6 pmDec. 5 - vs Knoxville 6 pmDec. 12 - at Havana 6 pmDec. 19 - at Beardstown 6 pmDec. 27-30 - at Princeville Holi-day TournamentJan. 6 - vs Elmwood 6 pmJan. 9 - at North Fulton 6 pmJan. 12-19 - ICAC ConferenceTournament at Illini BluffsJan. 23 - vs Lewistown 6 pmJan. 24 - at Astoria TBAJan. 27 - at Illini Bluffs 6 pmJan. 30 - at Bushnell-PC 6 pmFeb. 3 - vs West Prairie 6 pmFeb. 6 - vs Delavan 6 pmFeb. 10 - vs Williamsfield 6 pmFeb. 13 - at Peoria Hts. 6 pmFeb. 14 - vs Rushville 2 pmFeb. 17 - vs A-Town 6 pmFeb. 20 - vs Farmington

ELMWOOD Nov. 28 - at Wethersfield 8:30pmNov. 29 - vs Midland atWethersfield 7 p.m.Dec. 2 - vs West Prairie 6 pmDec. 6 - at Delavan 5 pmDec. 12 - vs Rushville 5:30 pmDec. 19 - vs Farmington 6 pmDec. 27-30 - at Princeville Holi-day Tournament TBAJan. 6 - at Brimfield 6 pm

Jan. 9 - at Williamsfield 6 pmJan 12-19 -ICAC ConferenceTournament at Illini BluffsJan. 23 - at Illini Bluffs 6 pmJan. 24 - vs Beardstown 2 pmJan. 27 - vs A-Town 6 pmJan. 30 - at Knoxville 6 pmFeb. 3 - vs South Fulton 6 pmFeb. 6 - vs Lewistown 6 pmFeb. 10 - at Bushnell 6 pmFeb. 13 - vs North Fulton 6 pmFeb. 17 - at Peoria Hts. 6 pmFeb. 20 - at Havana 6 pm

FARMINGTONNov. 28,29 Dec. 6 - at Lewis-town - SR Tip-OffDec. 5 - vs A-Town 7:30 pmDec. 12 - at Peoria Christian7:30 pmDec. 16 - vs N. Fulton 7:30 pmDec. 19 - at Elmwood 7:30 pmDec. 20 - vs Illini Bluffs 6:30 pmDec. 26 - 30 - at Macomb Holi-day Tourney TBAJan. 9 - vs Havana 7:30 pmJan. 13 - at Bushnell-PC 7:30 pmJan. 16 - at S. Fulton 7:30 pm

Jan. 20 - vs Peoria Hts. 7:30 pmJan. 24 - at A-Town (GreatWestern Shootout) TBAJan. 27 - vs Lewistown 7:30 pmFeb. 3 - at Rushville-Ind. 7 pmFeb. 6 - vs Beardstown 7:30 pmFeb. 10 - vs Knoxville 7:30 pmFeb. 13 - at W. Prairie 7:30 pmFeb. 14 - at Stark Co. 7:30 pmFeb. 17 - vs Monmouth-R 7:30pmFeb. 20 - at Brimfield 7:30 pm

PRINCEVILLENov. 28 - at Brimfield TurkeyTournament 5 p.m.Nov. 29 - at Brimfield TurkeyTournament 11 amDec. 2 - at Midland 6 pmDec. 9 - vs. Lowpoint Wash. 6pm.Dec. 12 - vs. Illini Bluffs 6 pmDec. 22 - at Henry 4:30 pmDec. 27-30 - Princeville HolidayTournament TBDJan. 6 - at Roanoke 6 pm.Jan. 9 - vs. Henry 6 pm Jan. 13 - vs. Quest Academy 6pmJan. 15 - vs. Elmwood (Fresh-man) 6 pmJan. 16 - at Biggsville (WestCentral) 6 pmJan. 20 - vs. Mercer County 6pmJan. 23 - vs. ROWVA 6 pmJan. 27 - vs. Wethersfield 6 pm

Jan. 30 - at Annawan 6 pmJan. 31-Feb. 7 - LTC Tourna-ment TBDFeb. 10 - vs. Stark County 6 pmFeb. 13 - at Galva 6 pmFeb. 17 - vs. Ridgewood 6 pmFeb. 19 - at Williamsfield 6p.m.Feb. 20 - at Monmouth (United)6 pm

WILLIAMSFIELDNov. 28 - vs West Central 8 pmNov. 29 - vs Henry, 8 pmDec. 1 - vs United 8 pmDec. 3 – vs Ridgewood 6 pmDec. 5 – at ROWVA 6 pmDec. 13 – vs Midland 5 pmDec. 13-19 – at United Tourna-ment TBAJan. 3 – at Fulton Unity 2 pmJan. 6 – vs Lowpoint-W. 6 pmJan. 9 – vs Elmwood 6 pmJan. 10 – vs United 2 pmJan. 12-19 – ICAC ConferenceTournament at Illini BluffsJan. 24 – vs.Galva 6 pmJan. 27 – at Delavan 6 pmJan. 31 – vs Illini Bluffs 5 p.m.Feb. 5 – at Calvary Christian 6pmFeb. 7 – at Cornerstone 2 pmFeb. 10 – at Brimfield 6 pmFeb. 14 – vs North Fulton 6 pmFeb. 17 – at DePue 6 pmFeb. 19 – vs Princeville (SeniorNight) 6 pm

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Elmwood wins at GalvaGun deer harvest down

By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

No question, Carson Cuevas couldplay point guard for the Brim-field basketball team. And forawhile it looked like the gradu-ation of Matt Dwyer meantCuevas might move spots.

But the arrival of Dunlaptransfer Koby White has al-lowed Cueva to focus on whathe does best: pestering foesatop the Indians’ 1-3-1 zone,launching treys and attackingthe basket as an off-guard.

And with a team that returnssix of its top eight from a 29-2regional championship season,keeping Cuevas in his samerole makes sense.

“As good as Carson was lastyear, he may have turned myhead more than anyone withhis improvement,” Brimfieldcoach Scott Carlson said. “He’sgot to be a major offensiveleader for us and he’s beenlooking awfully good.”

Cuevas averaged 19.5 pointsper game last year and didn’tmiss a beat in Monday’s sea-son-opener, bombing for 30 ina 64-46 win over Midwest Central. Hehad 12 Tuesday in a 59-38 win overTremont in which Ryan Smith (13

points was top scorer)Additional scoring support is expected

to come from 6-foot-4 junior Nate Wal-lace and 3-point ace Jace Swietek(10.6 ppg).

“We’re looking for (Wallace) totake more of a role and get morerebounds and scoring opportuni-ties this year,” Carlson said.

The Indians are also blessedwith depth and a 6-8 center injunior Brad Novak who “is goingto be tough to guard for a lot ofteams,” according to Carlson.

Given all that, if the backcourtcombination clicks, Brimfield(2-0) is the pick to click in ourarea.

Here’s a look at the other localboys teams.

ElmwoodAfter relying on Isaiah Groeper

(14 ppg) and Matthew Jehle(12.7 ppg) to score last season,new coach Josh Fugitt hopes formore balance from a squad re-turning 9 of its top 11.

“We’ve got so many guys whocan play and kids are fighting forspots,” he said. “We’ve got otherkids ready to step up.”

That was true in Monday’s 68-42 win over Annawan, as senior Mc-Cabe Coulter had a team-high 16 points,sophomore Groeper had 14, senior Jehle

added 10 and senior Jack McKinty tal-lied 8.

Add in junior post Jake Roberts, in-jured early last year, improving 6-5 sen-ior center Tyler Meyers and a cast ofother solid players like senior KellyHoffmann, and Fugitt thinks this teamshould improve on a 12-16 finish.

Elmwood (1-1) lost to Bureau ValleyTuesday, 66-63, despite four scorers in

double figures, led by Jehle’s 15. Farmington

The top two scorers return from lastyear’s 12-15 squad, and both show signsof taking another step forward accordingto coach Jeff Otto.

In Monday’s season opener, 5-11sophomore point guard Eric Higgsracked up 34 points in a 67-63 win over

By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

Finding a balance on offensehas helped the Elmwood girlsbasketball team find the win-ner’s column.

Elmwood (3-0) started its sea-son strong last weekend in win-ning the Galva TurkeyTournament.

While Allie Meyers was theleading scorer for Elmwood (av-eraging 13.6 points per game),the Lady Trojans had severalother players in double figures inthe victories.

In a 45-32 win over Galva,Ashley Perryman had 12 pointsand Abby Frietsch added 11; in a

45-35 defeat of Morrison Perry-man led with 13 points; and in awin over United, Shyann Jonesscored 12 points.

“I thought the competition wasa little better (in the tournament)and I thought we were better,”Elmwood coach Gregg Meyerssaid. “I think we’re a much morebalanced team this year and thatshould help us in the long run.”

The return of Perryman fromknee injury has made a real dif-ference, as she can score insidebut also stepped out to go 4-for-4 on 3-pointers in the last twogames.

In other girls action, Brimfield

Jill Peterson is having adeer season to remember.Hunting in Peoria Countybetween Brimfield andKickapoo, the Maquonresident shot the impres-sive buck at right and fol-lowed shortly after that bytaking a doe.

Peterson also shot herfirst buck with a bow ear-lier this season.

But while Peterson wasall smiles, many other deerhunters were grumblingafter last weekend’s first

shotgun season.The statewide harvest of

51,380 is down from lastyear’s opening weekend of55,708. Gun hunters shot1,296 deer in FultonCounty (down 113 fromlast year) 769 in KnoxCounty (up 19) and 613 inPeoria County (down 76).

Hunters with unfilledfirearm permits can huntDec. 4-7 during the secondshotgun season. Archeryseason continues throughJan. 18.

Brimfield senior Carson Cuevas, shown here facing Elmwood senior MatthewJehle, is the area’s top returning boys player.

Jill Peterson of Maquon shot thisPeoria County buck during lastweekend’s first shotgun season.

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Grand Opening The week of December 6th

Mon-Sat 10:00 am-7 pm

Sign up for Door Prizes! Drawings all week!

Need not be present to winRefreshments on Saturday

Use coupon or Guilt Guild ID to save 10%

expires 12-31-14

309-335-6901506 Henderson Rd. Knoxville IL

the weekly post 11/27/14

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