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Carrier Route PresortThursdayDecember 11, 2014Vol. 2, No. 42

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

WILLIAMSFIELD – The local FireProtection District is trying to turn ad-versity into opportunity, and invites arearesidents at least 16 years old who areinterested in joining its volunteer forceto contact EMT Jodi Goodwin to applyto help.

Goodwin’s phone number is (309)231-4210.

The move comes as the ambulanceservice temporarily went out of servicelast week; the District proposed to theIllinois Department of Public Health

(IDPH) an interim step of surrenderingits license to transport patients; a hand-ful of Oak Run resi-dents continues tocomplain; IDPH con-tinues to refuse to talk;and two area legisla-tors are increasinglyangry about that lackof state cooperation.

Despite IDPH in-specting and passingWilliamsfield’s system twice a year formore than a decade, the agency hasthreatened the District and its ambu-

lance service with a $90,000 fine andrevocation of the license to operate aftera complaint that requirements concern-ing oxygen tanks weren’t met.

Status hearings with IDPH have beenrepeatedly postponed. The next sched-uled hearing is Dec. 23 in Springfield.

After several EMTs recently resigned,the remaining five EMTs last week con-tacted the Trustees to say they were con-sidering resigning, too.

At a special meeting of about 15 peo-ple on Dec. 3, one EMT who declined tobe identified said, “Five of us cannot runthis whole system. It’s impossible.”

Goodwin added, “Right now, staffingis the issue. The state isn’t the issue.”

Trustee Dan Genty responded by say-ing, “If you guys leave, we’re done. Ifyou can stick it out, we can rebuild.”

The district’s ambulance service,which went out of service on Dec. 2, hasfew options, Genty explained: hire sixfull-time EMTs, which is unaffordable;contract with Galesburg Hospitals’ Am-bulance Service (GHAS), which re-sponded that they can barely handletheir current workload; or send ambu-lances with one EMT, one first respon-

Farmersuneasy for 2015

By RACHEL TORBERTFor The Weekly Post

CHICAGO – Consideringcurrent commodity prices andfarm input costs, nearly 60percent of delegates and at-tendees surveyed at the 2014Illinois Farm Bureau AnnualMeeting feel less optimisticabout the farm economy inthe coming year.

The answer was in responseto a survey of 502 delegates,alternates and other Farm Bu-reau members attending themeeting Dec. 6-9 in Chicago.

“This year, on the tails of arecord-breaking crop, com-modity prices also havedipped, which means farmersare more uneasy going intothe year,” said IFB PresidentRichard Guebert, Jr. “It’sgoing to be much more im-portant to have a marketingplan in place to sell crops,buy inputs and plan purchasesfor the coming year.”

In fact, nearly 70 percent offarmers responding to the sur-vey indicated they plan to re-duce inputs and/or expensesin 2015. When asked how, the

Elmwoodboard OKsEnt. Zone

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – The City Coun-cil on Thursday (Dec. 4) unani-mously OK’d an intergovern-mental agreement and an ordi-nance establishing an enterprisezone as part of the Rural PeoriaEnterprise Zone application beingsubmitted to the State of Illinoisby Peoria County before Dec. 31.

The application to the state De-partment of Commerce and Eco-nomic Opportunity (DCEO)includes the cities of Elmwoodand Chillicothe, the villages ofHanna City and Princeville, andPeoria County. If it’s accepted bythe state, the new zone could helpcommunities attract commercialand residential developments byoffering municipal and countyproperty tax abatements of 100percent for three years followedby 50 percent for two years, ac-cording to Mark Rothert, Assis-tant Peoria County Administratorfor Economic Development.

If approved first by DCEO andthen by a board of appointees, theapplication would take effect onJan. 1, 2016, and last 15 yearswith an option to extend it an-

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CHRISTMAS FUN

Those who attended the many Christmas walkslast Saturday enjoyed decent weather andgood company across the area. Scenes fromSaturday’s Elmwood Christmas Walk includedSanta and his elf waiting to greet youngsters,Olaf entertaining Zoe Parks and a horse andcarriage available to rent for rides. Photos byAmy Davis.

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• 70 percent said theyplan to delay equipmentpurchases;

• 42 percent plan todelay or cut back onchemical and fertilizerpurchases;

• 27 percent plan to ne-gotiate lower cash rentrates;

• 22 percent plan to buyless expensive seed; and

• 14 percent wouldchoose a lower level ofcrop insurance coverage.

Totals are greater than100 percent as respon-dents were able to choosemultiple answers.

Yet, when asked if theywere in the market to pur-chase farm ground in2015, 33 percent said yes.

Unsurprisingly, with anew farm bill on thebooks, nearly 60 percentof farmers said they haveyet to decide which com-modity program or cropinsurance program to pur-chase. Nearly 30 percentof farmers said they planto purchase AgricultureRisk Coverage (ARC)based on local countynumbers.

Finally, members wereasked their opinion on theusefulness of unmannedaerial vehicles (UAVs) toagriculture. Nearly 70percent believe UAVs aresomewhat useful, butonly 5 percent of mem-bers are using UAVs and77 percent do not plan topurchase a UAV.

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THE WEEK AHEAD

This Week’s Eventss Family Bingo – Family Bingo will be

held today (Dec. 11) at 6 p.m. at Morrisonand Mary Wiley Library, Elmwood.Please call (309) 742-2431 to register.

s Grief Support – Holiday Grief Sup-port Group will meet today (Dec. 11) atElmwood United Methodist Church at6:30 p.m. For info call: (309) 742-7221.

s Xmas Crafts –Fourth to eighth graderscome today (Dec. 11)from 3-4:30 p.m. atBrimfield Library tomake Christmas orna-ments. Call (309) 446-9575 or [email protected].

s Free Bread – Bread available everyFriday (Dec. 12) at 10 a.m. at ElmwoodMethodist Church.

s Yoga Class – Free Yoga class Friday(Dec. 12) 9:10-10:10 a.m. at Lillie M.Evans Library, Princeville. Open to public.

s Story Time – Story Time on Saturday(Dec. 13) from 10:30-11 a.m. for children3-6 years old at Brimfield Library. Sib-lings welcome.

s Book Club – “Talk About a GoodBook” Club will meet Dec. 15 at 3 p.m. atLillie M. Evans Library, Princeville.

s Story Hour – Williamsfield Public Li-brary Story Hours will be on Dec. 16 attwo times: 9:30-10:30 a.m. and 1-2 p.m.These are the last of the season.

Future Eventss Adult Bingo – Play bingo at Salem

Township Library, YatesCity Dec. 18 at 10 a.m.

s Harvest Home – Har-vest Home FundraiserDec. 18 from 4:30-7p.m. at Yates City Com-munity Center. Menu:Chicken and noodles,

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s Santa Breakfast – Dec. 20 at 9 a.m.take your little ones to Breakfast withSanta at Kickapoo Creek Winery. Call(309) 495-9463 ext. 1 or e-mail: [email protected].

s Children’s Program – First Presbyte-rian Church in Farmington has a Chil-dren’s Christmas Program Dec. 21 at 11a.m. titled: Focus on the Manger.

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s Movie Monday –All ages are invited to comeenjoy “12 Dogs of Christmas: Great Puppy Rescue” atBrimfield Library on Dec. 15 from 3-5 p.m. Pre-Kmust be accompanied by an adult.

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Rambling through central Illinoispondering why the WilliamsfieldEMS doesn’t just pay a $90,000fine, move on and end the drama.

uuuAnother Christmas Walk is in the

books and a new winner emergedfrom our drawing: Elizabeth Liven-good, she of the cute southern ac-cent and equally cute kids. While Iwas glad a youngfamily won thebig box ofchocolate we raf-fled, if it was upto me I’d givethe candy to DeeMoody everyyear. Dee is oneof a kind. ...From here onout, the main organized Christmasactivities take place in churches,which is appropriate since there is areason for the season that goes be-yond worrying about finding thecheapest price for Beats by Dre(though after seeing the A.J. Greencommercial I really want a pair so Ican walk to work “like a boss.”)We are doing our best to highlightspecial events and service times forlocal churches. These next fewweeks – when the singing andmeaning is unrivaled – are a greattime to get back in the habit of at-tending church.

uuuThe Farmington Historical Soci-

ety and Museum has a new addi-tion worth seeing: Ozzie Thomas’hand-built steam engine, water tank

and hay bailer. ... It would be niceto blame someone for the idea ofpromoting a snake wearing a Santahat during the Elmwood ChristmasWalk, but alas, the dope behind thatscheme was me. Before we learnedsnakes do not like hats, middle sonVictor was enlisted to help place ared-and-white cap on our friendlylittle milk snake. We quicklylearned easing an elastic band overthe head of a serpent is not easy.Coming from the tail end up is alsotough, since scales get roughed upalong the way. But we finally gotthe hat in place with seconds tospare before the start of the Christ-mas Walk. For a moment, all wasgood for our centerpiece display.Then Milky, best described as agi-tated, slithered over to a corner ofhis pen, got the hat caught on arock and snaked his way out of hischapeau before Shelly Brodinecould even shoot a video. Sorry tothose who left our shop disap-pointed. I hate false advertising, butwe opted to avoid a second attemptin the best interests of all involved.

uuuWhile our snake wouldn’t wear a

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uuuElmwood High School has added

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My parents always tried to per-petuate the Santa Claus story aslong as they could. I’m not surewhen I stopped believing (althoughI’d like to say that I never did stop),but I know it wassomewhere afterfourth grade,which wouldhave put meabout 10 or 11.

The reason Iknow this is be-cause I canclearly picturemyself relating aprevious year’s experience to myfourth grade teacher, Mrs. Marge-belle Moore. I told her of hearingfootsteps on my roof and hearingsleigh bells just after midnight onChristmas Eve. She listened with awide smile on her face, nodding ateach of my excited bits of evidencethat I’d really, really had a close en-counter with the elusive fat man.

We didn’t have a real fireplace atour house. The chimney led di-rectly to the furnace, which was al-ways cause for concern for the

safety of Santa. I didn’t want himdropping down the chimney intothat monstrosity in the basementthat roared and banged and groanedlike a wounded Wooly Mammoth.

There was no need for concern; afew weeks before Christmas, a fire-place constructed of cardboard withred bricks printed on it would mag-ically appear in our front room, andI was told that Santa had visitedduring the night preparing for hiseventual Christmas Eve visit. Thisfake fireplace allowed him to usethe outside chimney and still avoidthe furnace.

The fireplace itself was three di-mensional, complete with a blackmantle that ran across its width.The chimney rose from the mantle,all the way to the ceiling and had aclock with Santa’s face stamped onit halfway up, forever frozen at tenminutes till midnight. In the spotwhere the fire would have beenwas a fake fire, constructed of morecorrugated board with red Mylarinserts every once in a while tomake it appear that there was a fire.Behind the façade, there was a spot

for a small light bulb which had analuminum fan wheel perched on it. The heat from the light bulb madethe wheel spin, helping to create theillusion of a burning fire.

A few years after my parents toldme that Santa was the one whocame in and set it up, I found thefolded up fireplace tucked away ina corner of the attic. Mom and Dad– who I now know were a lotquicker on their feet than I evergame them credit for – feigned sur-prise at my discovery, then rea-soned that Santa must store thesetypes of fireplaces at each individ-ual house so he didn’t have to packit on to his sleigh.

Hey: It made sense to me. That may have been the begin-

ning of me knowing “The Truth,”but I’m not sure.

In grade school, I always won-dered why Santa was better tosome kids than others. Of course, Iknew that he was watching us allthe time, but I didn’t know why oneof my good friends always seemedto haul away a lot more stuff from

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The recent decision to send U.S.Special Forces military advisers toMiddle East combat zones, andthe subsequent decision to in-crease that deployment to morethan twice theoriginal number,prompted this dissertation.

Many readershad not beenborn in 1961,and many whowere old enoughto remembermay have for-gotten a similar deployment ofpersonnel in an advisory capacity– those we called the GreenBerets – which took place in 1961to bolster a contingent of 700-plustroops sent to Southeast Asia in1958 by President Eisenhower.

President Kennedy increasedthe involvement by 1,000 in 1961,and it grew to more than 12,000by the end of 1962. We subse-

quently became openly and ac-tively involved as combatants inwhat was called a “police action”in Vietnam – it was not called awar until years later.

That led to all those events youmay have experienced, followedon the nightly news filled withbody counts, or read about sincethat time that culminated in ourignominious final withdrawal.

We are heading down a slipperyslope. I do not claim to knowwhether or not it is a prudentcourse of action, but I am surethat anyone who thinks our menand women will serve in nothingbeyond an advisory capacity isfailing to consider the lessons his-tory, in this case recent history,has made available to us.

uuuSometimes the emotions trig-

gered by a tough personal day canmake me more cognizant of mysurroundings. Dec. 5 was such atime.

I returned from Peoria long afterthe sun had set and was greeted bythe lights on Christmas Lane, thatmagnificent tribute to a wonderfulevent and joyful time of the year.

As I came down Magnolia St.,the multi-colored and beautifullyarranged display at the Pickenshomestead (which reflects the in-fluence of Val Brewer Pickens’mom and dad) literally jumpedout at me.

I really do not know why, but Ithen did a small tour of some ofElmwood. It is early. Not all thehomes and yards that will be dec-orated are, but already we havemultiple smaller displays that lit-erally insist we understand thepassion felt for this season byeach family.

We are all blessed to haveChristmas in our lives and to beable to look upon the efforts ofothers to enhance a time which islike no other.

Deploying military advisers recalls 1960s

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IRS impersonation scamhitting phone customers

The Fulton County Sheriff’sOffice on Monday (Dec. 8) issueda warning about an apparent In-ternal Revenue Service imperson-ation scam hitting area residents.

“According to the IRS, an ag-gressive and sophisticated phonescam targetingtaxpayers hasbeen making therounds through-out the County,”said Sheriff’s Of-fice Administra-tive AssistantAndrea Thom-son.

“Callers claimto be employees of the IRS, butare not. These con artists use fakenames and phony IRS identifica-tion numbers. They often have alot of information about their tar-get and alter the caller ID to makeit look like the IRS is calling.”

Victims may be told they owemoney and need to pay promptlythrough a pre-loaded debit card orwire transfer, warned Sheriff JeffStandard. Victims may also betold that they have a refund due inan attempt to gain private infor-mation.

“If the victim does not answer,the scammers often leave an ur-gent call-back request,” Thomsonsaid, adding, “The IRS will never:1) call to demand immediate pay-ment 2) call about taxes owedwithout previously mailing a bill3) demand a specific method ofpayment 4) ask for debit or creditcard numbers over the phone, or5) threaten to have local law en-forcement arrest you for not pay-ing.”

Homeless Indiana manarrested for old warrant

PRINCEVILLE – PeoriaCounty Sheriff’s deputies sum-moned to Casey’s on Nov. 26 bypeople concerned with a man’sbehavior determined that FelixWilbert, 48, had Indiana stateidentification although he told of-ficers that he was homeless.

A check discovered that an out-standing warrant from CookCounty for his arrest remains ineffect, and Wilbert was taken intocustody and transported to thePeoria County Jail.

Rural burglars steal ATV ELMWOOD – Francis Barton

on Dec. 1 reported an All-Terrain

Vehicle missing from a barnabout a mile south of his ruralresidence on Wiley Road, policesaid.

Barton told responding officersthat he wasn’t sure when the ATVwas taken, although he’d noticeda few days earlier that a padlockon the door there was gone.

Burglars apparently stole an 8-gallon air compressor as well asthe 1999 Yamaha Big Bear modelATV.

Repeated loud musiccomplaints net ticket

DAHINDA – Michael Riske,54, of the 400 block of HappyHollow here, hasn’t made severalneighbors happy with loud musiccoming from his home, accordingto the Knox County Sheriff’s Of-fice, so deputies about 7:30 p.m.Nov. 30 stopped the warnings andticketed him.

Police have received multiplecomplaints from various residentsnearby, they reported, and citedRiske for violating a County ordi-nance that has a $50 penalty.

The fine is due before Dec. 15,officers told Riske, who told themhe was not going to pay it, afterwhich deputies explained they’dthen return to arrest him.

Hanna City motorist arrested in 1-car crash

ELMWOOD – A 61-year-oldHanna City woman was injuredabout midnight on Nov. 30 whenshe lost control of her SUV in the17500 block of BartholomewRoad and crashed into a ditch, po-lice said.

Sally Thompson apparently waseastbound and drifted onto theshoulder, after which the 2007Ford Explorer crossed the road,hit an embankment and over-turned, according to reports.

She was trapped in the vehicleand rescuers had to break a win-dow to remove her.

BYE transported her to OSF St.Francis Medical Center, wherePeoria County Sheriff’s officersarrested her for Driving Under theInfluence.

Juvenile hurt, ticketedin traffic mishap

PRINCEVILLE – A 16-year-old Princeville boy was hurt in aDec. 4 accident on CemeteryRoad, where he eastbound nearSummer Avenue and missed thecurve into West North Street, po-lice said.

His vehicle struck a utility pole,went into a ditch and then dam-

aged a tree and crashed into achicken coop, according to re-ports.

Akron-Princeville Fire Protec-tion District responded and trans-ported the driver to UnityPointHealth-Proctor Hospital.

Police said contributory causeswere speeding and failure to re-duce speed to avoid an accident,and ticketed the boy.

Dunlap women injuredin 1-car accident

PRINCEVILLE – JenniferWhitmore, 42 of Dunlap on Dec.4 was injured in a single-vehicleaccident on Illinois Route 91, po-lice said.

Whitmore was southboundwhen she lost control of her carsand went into a ditch on the eastside of the road.

AMT transported her to OSFSt. Francis Medical Center.

Police reports• Three mailboxes on Knox

Highway 28 west of Williams-field were damaged by vandalssometime Nov. 27 or 28, accord-ing to the Knox County Sheriff’soffice.

• Peter Woods, 32, of Elmwoodon Dec. 7 was ticketed for drivinga vehicle with an inoperableheadlight and without insurance,and given a Jan. 14 court date.

Deer accidents• Nov. 28 – Timothy Hepner of

Monmouth on Interstate 74 nearmile marker 79 in RosefieldTownship.

• Nov. 29 – Joshua Ziegenhornof Peoria on Koerner Road nearMartindale Lane in KickapooTownship.

• Dec. 3 – Deken Glenzinski ofPrinceville on Princeville-JubileeRoad near Brimfield-JubileeRoad in Jubilee Township.

• Dec. 3 – Robert Walker ofDunlap on Illinois Route 91 nearFox Road in Radnor Township.

• Dec. 4 – Eleanor Basehoar ofLaura on Grange Hall Road nearCorney Road in Jubilee Town-ship.

• Dec. 6 – Shadley Youngbloodof Galesburg on U.S. Route 150near Knox Road 1900 E in TruroTownship.

• Dec. 6 – Laura Hunt ofWilliamsfield on U.S. Route 150near Knox Highway 21 in KnoxTownship.

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GALLAGHER: Xmas was magicalthe North Pole than I wasgetting. While I wouldhang the longest, stretchi-est stocking I could findon our fake fireplace, mybuddy and his siblingswould set out a clothesbasket by theirs.

My stocking wouldhave oranges, grapefruit,nuts, a candy cane, andmaybe (if I was lucky) abottle of bubbles. Steve’sbasket across town wouldbe laden with all sorts oftoys like racing sets orbasketballs, but nary afruit or nut in sight. Ispent a better part of mygrade school days think-ing that doctors’ kidsmust get extra points onthe good side of theledger for some unknownreason.

We always had a realtree, one purchased froma tree lot somewhere inGalesburg. There was oneyear when my dad and Itrekked out to the woodsto find a tree to cut downourselves. I didn’t realizeit then, but I know nowthat we were on someoneelse’s property and thatwe were doing it that waybecause we couldn’t af-ford to buy one.

There was a large fam-

ily that lived down thestreet from us. They hadkids of all ages spanningprobably 20 years, andthey always did a greatjob decorating their hugehouse for the holidays. They had the first “silveraluminum tree” I saw. Itlooked like it was madeby slicing Reynolds Wrapinto little strips and glu-ing them to a frameshaped into a tree.

I thought it was theugliest thing I’d everseen.

Even when they put thecolor wheel with it, Ihated it. The color wheelhad a lens, divided intofour equal colors, spin-ning over a spotlightaimed at the tree. The sil-

ver tree reflected thelight, making it appear tochange color every fewseconds ... at least theside the light was aimedat changed. It was inter-esting, but still ugly.

I saw one last year inthe window of a home.Nothing has changed.They’re still ugly. (Sorryif you have one, butyou’ve got an ugly tree.)

Just before I got mar-ried, my dad took measide and told me thefacts of life. The mainfact he told me was that Iwas going to have to beSanta’s helper once wehad kids. This was a littleunnerving at first, butafter my wife and I hadkids, it became fun.

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BRIEFS‘Anything Goes’ at Billtownfor student production

WILLIAMSFIELD – Williams-field students will be performingthe musical “Anything Goes!” Fri-day (Dec. 12) at 7 p.m. in the highschool gymnasium.

More than 100 students in grades5-12 will be accompanied by a fullpit orchestra for the presentation ofthis Cole Porter musical, set on thecruise ship the SS American in the1930s.

The 2011 Broadway revival ofthis show won three Tony Awards.

The set, constructed by Williams-field agriculture students, is a fullsize cruise ship painted in detail bya company of volunteers. Morethan 100 costumes from the periodcomplete the look.

While there will be an admissionfee this year ($5 for adults, $3 forstudents), each member of the cast

in grades 5-8 will receive four freepasses.Farmington playing host toICCA cheerleading event

FARMINGTON – FarmingtonHigh School is holding an I.C.C.A.(Illinois Cheer Coach Association)competition Saturday (Dec. 13) inthe high school gym.

Competition starts at 10 a.m. andawards start at 1:30 p.m.

More than 19 teams are expected.The admission fee is $5 per per-

son, free for children under age 5.Several school concertsstill be to be performed

While several school Christmasconcerts are already completed,there are several still scheduled.

Many Elmwood residents receivethe Weekly Post on Wednesday af-ternoon, so there’s still time to at-tend and enjoy Wednesday’s JuniorHigh/High School Winter Concert

at 6:30 in the auditorium. The Williamsfield School District

has its Holiday Concert featuringstudents from grades 5 through 12at 7 p.m. Friday (Dec. 12) in theHigh School gymnasium. Grades Kthrough 4 will perform a follow-up Holiday Concert at 7 p.m. nextThursday (Dec. 18) in the schoolCommons.

In Farmington, elementaryschool students performed holidayprograms on Monday and Tuesday(Dec. 8 and 9) but 6th-8th gradestudents will be featured in an hour-long Winter Band & Chorus Con-cert at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 17.

Also next week, Brimfield HighSchool rescheduled a concert fea-turing 6th through 8th graders, nowto be presented at 6 p.m. nextThursday (Dec. 18) in the GradeSchool gym, followed by a 6 p.m.K-5 show on Friday (Dec. 19).

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Fulton Co., Knox Co. & Peoria City/Co. Health DepartmentFood inspections Nov. 1-30, 2014

Establishment Address Date Score Establishment-Peter Rabbit Day Care 9618 W. Route 150, Edwards Nov. 6 96 day careMy Place 107 S. Union St., Yates City Nov. 10 98 tavernThe Watering Hole 1468 Knox Rd. 1725 N., Dahinda Nov. 12 N/A tavernCaterpillar Edwards Demonstration 5801 N. Smith Rd Edwards IL Nov. 12 98 restaurantUnion Church of Brimfield 105 W. Clay St., Brimfield Nov. 18 100 restaurantFreedom Oil Company 7116 N. Kickapoo-Edw. Rd.., Edwards Nov. 19 OK retailJubilee Cafe 7203 N. Kickapoo-Edw. Rd., Edwards Nov. 19 OK restaurantKickapoo Creek Winery 6605 N. Smith Rd., Edwards Nov. 19 89 restaurantSubway 7200 N. Kickapoo-Edw. Rd., Edwards Nov. 19 OK restaurantDouble Take Bar & Grill 111 Oak St., Williamsfield Nov. 25 81 tavernUnited Methodist Church 821 W. Main St.., Elmwood Nov. 26 100 restaurant(The Fulton County Health Department conducted no inspections in Farmington in November.)

BRIMFIELDSt. Paul’s

Lutheran ChurchThe Lutheran Church -

Missouri Synod“Liturgical & Reverential”

Pastor Michael Liese204 W. Clay St., Brimfield

(309) 446-3233Sun. Divine Service: 10 am

Sun. 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 pmUnion Church at BrimfieldUnited Church of ChristPastor Stephen Barch105 W. Clay StreetBrimfield, IL 61517

(309) 446-3811Sunday Worship: 9 am

Tuesday Bible Fun Night: 6 pm

EDWARDSChrist Alive!

Community ChurchPastor Lance Zaerr

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

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

ELMWOODCrossroads Assembly of God

Pastor Tim Cavallo615 E. Ash St., Elmwood

(309) 830-4259www.crossroadselmwood.org

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

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

Sun. School: 9:30 am

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

of ElmwoodReverend Marla B. Bauler

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

firstpresbyterianofelmwood.orgSun. Worship: 10:30 amSun. School: 9:30 am

St. Patrick’sCatholic ChurchFather Paul Stiene

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

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

Tues. Rosary: 8:15 amUnited Methodist Church

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

(309) 742-7221www.elmwoodumc.org

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

FARMINGTONFirst Presbyterian Church

of Farmington83 N. Cone Street, Farmington

(309) 245-2914www.firstpresfarmington.com

Sunday School: 9:30 amFellowship: 10:30 amWorship: 11:00 am

New Hope FellowshipAssembly of GodPastor Tom Wright

1102 N. Illinois Route 78Farmington, IL(309) 245-2957

Sun. Worship: 10 amWed. Worship: 7 pm

YATES CITYFaith United

Presbyterian Church107 W. Bishop St.Yates City, IL 61572(309) 358-1170Worship: 9 am

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

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November 2014 Peoria Co. Real Estate TransactionsDate Address amount Grantor/grantee11/03 6112 W. Diversey Court/Edwards $342,000 Armstrong Builders of Peoria/Terrian11/03 5313 W. Akron Road/Princeville $184,900 Christian/Patenaude11/03 8514 N. Ford Road/Edwards $175,000 Steel/Watson11/04 7514 W. Route 150/Edwards $10,000 Stenger/Sickinger11/07 3 lots, 431 W. North/Princeville $227,000 Lauber/Givens11/10 2 lots, 229 E. Evans/Princeville $60,000 Stahl/Akron-Princeville Fire Protection Dist11/10 4903 N. Stone School Road/Elmwood $320,000 Selman (Tr)/Wingproperties LLC11/13 5732 W. Brookmere Street/Edwards $255,000 Lewis/Li,Feng11/14 E 1/2 of SW 1/4 Sec 25-11-5/Millbrook $114,543 Henry/Megan11/14 E 1/2of SW 1/4 Sec 25-11-5/Millbrook $20,045 Megan/Megan11/14 E 1/2 of SW 1/4 Sec 25-11-5/Millbrook $20,045 Megan/Megan11/14 E 1/2 of SW1/4 Sec 25-11-5/Millbrook $123,134 Megan/Megan11/14 E 1/2 of SW 1/4 Sec 25-11-5/Millbrook $40,090 Megan/Megan11/14 E 1/2 of SW 1/4 Sec 25-11-5/Millbrook $317,857 Megan/Henry11/14 E 1/2 of SW 1/4 Sec 25-11-5/Millbrook $572,715 Megan/Carroll Family Limited Partnership11/14 E ½ of SW 1/4 Sec 25-11-5/Millbrook $572,715 Carroll Family Ltd Partnership/Carroll (Tr)11/14 2 parcels, Pt of SW 1/4 Sec 11-10-5/B’field $571,715 Carroll (Tr)/Carroll Family Partnership11/17 7210 N. White Fir Drive/Edwards $91,000 Am. Lebanese Syrian Charities/Seward11/17 7210 N. White Fir Drive/Edwards $240,000 Seward/Dean Custom Builders Inc11/18 Pt of SE Qtr 20-10-7/Radnor $458,212 Schaer/Streitmatter11/19 Pt of NE Qtr Sec 20-10-7/Radnor $281,351 Schaer (Exec)/Business Equip. Solutions11/19 6512 W. Sommer Place/Edwards $373,000 Heuermann/Wang,Ji11/19 6831 N. Grand Fir Drive/Edwards $364,827 RLK Assoc. Inc/Butterfield11/21 624 N. Aten Avenue/Princeville $175,000 Givens/Cowser11/25 117 W. High Street/Princeville $202,000 Pfeifer (Tr)/Heitzman (Tr)11/26 1025 McClellan Road/Brimfield $350,000 Shipley (Tr)/Menold

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

ELMWOOD: Another business toolother decade.

The chance of its approval hinges onthe number of applicants, Rothert said,and the makeup of the board appointedby Governor-elect Bruce Rauner.

“It’s another tool we have with busi-nesses,” Rothert said. “The EnterpriseZone makes such properties more at-tractive. Who doesn’t want to savemoney on their bottom line?”

The state Enterprise Zone programalso exempts building materials’ salestaxes for remodeling, rehabbing or con-structing commercial, industrial, manu-facturing or some residential structuresabove certain costs; waives some per-mitting fees; and offers extra considera-tion under loan programs from somemunicipalities or the County.

The property tax abatement doesn’taffect current taxes and doesn’t includeother taxing bodies such as school dis-tricts, said Rothert, who added thatsuch local interests could later volun-tarily choose to offer such incentives tosweeten the package.

Elmwood has an Enterprise Zone,which expires at the end of 2016.

In other business, Treasurer HaroldJehle reported that five months into theFiscal Year, Elmwood has already re-

ceived about 96 percent of property taxrevenues, and it still owes about$32,000 for the Streetscape I project,but still hasn’t received a bill from theIllinois Department of Transportation.

Police Chief Aaron Bean reported 66incidents, 14 stops, 15 warnings, 2 ar-rests and 6 citations last month.

In other action, the Council unani-mously approved:

• a revised contract for Fire Protec-tion Services, which will receive$668,408, some $1,100 less than lastyear due to lower assessed valuation;

• an ordinance modifying the MutualAid Box Alarm System pact to switchmembership from the Elmwood FireDepartment corporation to the City ofElmwood;

• Fairground Acres’ certificate thatfive items the City wanted finishedwere completed;

• purchasing a 36-month warrantyfor its C9 Cat generator for a one-timepayment of $1,510 and a service agree-ment for it with Altorfer for three yearsfor yearly payments of $1,588; and

• investigating the need to redistrictlocal wards to accommodate popula-tion changes since wards were estab-lished in 1973.




EMS: Lack of response from state ‘disappointing’der and a driver.

So the District con-tacted IDPH Dec. 4 topropose the ambulanceservice surrender its li-cense to transport patientsand instead send two firstresponders to stabilize pa-tients while waiting foreither BYE Ambulance orGHAS to take patients tothe hospital.

BYE is 12 miles away,and GHAS is 21 milesaway. Other area ambu-lances could be called inmutual-aid emergencies,but Akron/Princeville,

Copley/Victoria, Galva,Knoxville, Lafayette,Oneida/Wataga, andToulon all are 16 to 22miles away.

In addition, the Districtwould recruit new volun-teers, train them and re-train others to worktoward reinstating itstransport license, Gentysaid.

“We got a positive re-sponse [Thursday, Dec.4],” he said. “I hopewe’re on the way to getthis thing resolved. Allwe can do is hope.”

BYE’’s Dave Maherwas at the meeting andwarned the group it won’tbe a perfect system.

“We can’t guarantee re-sponse times,” Mahersaid. “You may be look-ing to time frames thataren’t going to be pleas-ant.”

Trustee Ty Landonsaid, “If they can’t come,they can’t come. They’revolunteering to try tocover us.”

While the day-to-dayresponse is being ad-dressed, resolving theoverall issue of the IDPHthreat has made littleprogress.

“I’m very troubled thatthe state won’t even talk

– and we’ve asked formeetings,” said StateRep. Don Moffitt (R-Gilson), a statewidechampion for EMS, espe-cially in rural areas.“How else do you solveproblems?

“You talk it throughand work out the issue.I’m surprised and verydisappointed in the state.”

Moffitt’s Senate coun-terpart, Darin LaHood(R-Dunlap) agreed.

“It’s very, very unusualthat a state departmentwon’t even meet withelected Senators or Rep-resentatives from thearea, just to have a dis-cussion,” LaHood said.“That’s our job. We haveto have a discussion. It’sunprecedented for anagency to do this.”

Things could changenext month, when Gov.-Elect Bruce Rauner issworn in, LaHood said.

“I’ll be asking the newdirector to reevaluate thesituation,” he said.

Moffitt, who said theoxygen-tank situationwas “unintentional,” alsopraised Williamsfield’sformer EMS director,Janet Collopy, who vol-untarily stepped down.

“She’s a very dedicated

health professional who’salways tried to help any-body,” he said. “She’s re-ally put her whole selfinto Williamsfield’s EMSand the whole area. Onetime I took my dad thereand she was extra helpfulto our family.”

Dick Smith, an EMTfor 27 years, was onewho suspects a few dis-gruntled residents ofnearby Oak Run.

“I think the fix is in,”Smith said. “There’ssome secret deal and Ithink the [state] AttorneyGeneral ought to investi-gate the relationship orconflict of interests be-hind all this.”

Trustee Russ Galbreathalso speculated “Oak Runis part of the problem.”

Genty, who lives inOak Run said, “Let’s notexaggerate. It’s mostlyone guy and a few [ofhis] supporters. Theycould’ve handled thiswhole thing internally.”

Genty also said that anunnamed emergency-room physician may beinterested in coordinatingWilliamsfield’s EMS, butthat former paramedicdoesn’t live in the imme-diate vicinity and hasn’tcommitted.


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Donald ElliottELMWOOD – Donald C. Elliott,

88, of Elmwood, passed away at3:19 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 1, 2014at the Farmington Country Manor.

He was born on July 10, 1926 inrural Yates City to George andDoris (Chase) Elliott. Don gradu-ated from YatesCity High School.He married Phyl-lis McDonald onJanuary 15, 1950in Elmwood. Shepreceded him indeath on Dec. 27,2010.

Surviving aretwo children: Steve (Donna) Elliottof Elmwood; Sharon (Kevin) Hetzof Wentzville, Mo.; five grandchil-dren: Melissa; Jennifer; Dennis;Lauren and Lilly; and seven great-grandchildren.

He was also preceded in death bytwo children: Dennis (1963) andMichael (2006); as well as his sis-ter, Phyllis Bantz (1963) and hisbrother G. Dale (2014).

Don was retired after workingmany jobs to support his family.After serving in the US Army dur-ing WW II, he and brother, Dale,owned and operated Elliott CustomService, a trucking business –among their offerings, they shelledcorn, hauled lime and bailed hay.

Don also worked for a number offarmers and raised his own live-stock. After he retired from GatesRubber Company, he continued toraise cattle and sheep.

Don’s favorite gift was his firstNorwegian Elk Hound puppy. Hebred and raised purebred Norwe-gian Elk hounds for more than 20years and took great pride in plac-ing them in many states. Don lovedthe outdoors, even just sitting out-side in his last years.

Thankfully, he traveled withother veterans to Washington, D.C.on the Greater Peoria Honor Flightin September of this year.

He was a member of the FirstPresbyterian Church in Elmwood.

A memorial service was held Sat-urday, Dec. 6, 2014, at the FirstPresbyterian Church in Elmwood.Cremation rites were accorded andburial of the ashes followed serv-ices at the Yates City Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial con-

tributions may be made to hischurch or to the Elmwood Histori-cal Society.

To view his video tribute or toleave online condolences pleasevisit oakshinesfuneralhome.com.

Clara ArnoldFARMINGTON – Clara Arnold, 94,

of Farmington died on Dec. 2 atFarmington Country Manor.Funeral services were Dec. 6 atOaks-Hines Funeral Home in Can-ton, with burial in White ChapelMemory Gardens in Canton.

Leave online condolences atwww.oakshinesfuneralhome.com .Ann Mary ClingingsmithBRIMFIELD – Ann Mary Cling-

ingsmith, 84, mother of a Brimfieldwoman and formerly of HannaCity, died Nov. 29 at HeartlandHealth Care Center in Canton.

She is survived by children, Vir-ginia (Brian) Emerick of Brimfieldand Chris (Lorie) Clingingsmith ofDes Plaines; six grandchildren andsix great-grandchildren.

Ann’s funeral Mass was Dec. 5 atSt. Anthony Catholic Church inBartonville, with burial in St.Joseph Cemetery in Peoria.

Leave online condolences atwww.davison-fulton-bartonvil-lechapel.com.

Mildred GorhamYATES CITY – Mildred L.

Gorham, 89, of Yates City, died onDec. 1 at her residence.

Surviving are two childrenRonald Hess of Yates City, Jerry(Jacqueline) Hess of Bartonville,seven grandchildren, 17 grandchil-dren and one great-great grand-child.

A graveside service was Dec. 5 atthe Yates City Cemetery.

Leave online condolences at oak-shinesfuneralhome.com

Susan HalePRINCEVILLE – Susan L. Hale,

56, of Cameron, Ill., sister of aPrinceville man died on Nov. 28 atthe OSF Richard L. Owens Hos-pice Home in Peoria.

She is survived by her husband,Rod Hale; brothers James Camp ofPrinceville and Greg (Carrie) Campof Mapleton; three nieces; threenephews; and one great-nephew.

Funeral services were Dec. 4 atthe Princeville United MethodistChurch, with interment will be inthe Princeville Township Cemeteryin Princeville.

Leave online condolences atwww.turnbullfuneralhomes.com.

Vivian JohnsonBRIMFIELD – Vivian J. Johnson,

80, of Brimfield died Dec. 6 at Uni-tyPoint Health-Proctor in Peoria.

Survivors include her son,Richard L. (Vickie) Johnson ofPrinceville; four grandchildren,Tony (Jennifer) Johnson ofPrinceville, Michelle (Joe) Hilemanof Edmond, Okla., Stacey Supan ofBrimfield and Richard (Kendra)Johnson of Dahinda; five great-grandchildren; and one sister, Patri-cia Akins of Benton.

Services were Dec. 10 at theOaks-Hines Funeral Home in Elm-wood. Burial services followed atBrimfield Township Cemetery.

Leave online condolences atwww.oakshinesfuneralhome.com.

Stella SmithWILLIAMSFIELD – Stella J. Smith,

86, of Williamsfield, died Dec. 3 inat OSF St. Mary Medical Center inGalesburg.

She is survived by daughtersMary Jane (Nels) Christianson ofWilliamsfield, Cindy Williams andBecky (Jay) Plunckett, both ofKnoxville, a son, Tom (Aggie)Smith of Galesburg, 13 grandchil-dren, 20 great grandchildren andtwo great-great grandchildren.

Funeral services were Dec. 9 atthe Williamsfield United MethodistChurch, with burial in Williams-field Cemetery.

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Wilma SulaskiBRIMFIELD – Wilma

Sulaski, 99, of Peoria,mother of a Brimfieldman and an Edwardsman, died on Nov. 29 atLiberty Village in Peoria.

She is survived by herfour sons and theirspouses, Robert L. (Bar-

bara M.) Sulaski of Ed-wards, Ronald C. (Bar-bara L.) Sulaski ofBrimfield, William D.(Susan K.) Sulaski ofNormal, and Gary M.(Diana J.) Sulaski ofFindlay, Illinois; 14grandchildren; and 29great-grandchildren.

Her funeral service wason Dec. 5 at Davison-Ful-ton Woolsey-Wilton Fu-neral Home in Peoria,with burial at Swan LakeMemory Gardens.

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Glenola WilliamsYATES CITY – Glenola

Williams, 72, of EastPeoria, formerly of YatesCity, died on Dec. 2 atUnityPoint Health-Methodist in Peoria.Funeral services wereDec. 6 at Deiters FuneralHome and Crematory inEast Peoria, with burial inOak Hill Cemetery at alater date.

Glenola’s memorialwebsite can be found atwww.deitersfuneral-home.com, where onlinecondolences may also besent to the family.

Clifford YerbyELMWOOD – Clifford

D. Yerby, 81, of East Peo-ria died Dec. 7, 2014, atUnityPoint Health-Methodist in Peoria.

He was born on May19, 1933, in Elmwood toGeorge “Biff” and De-lores (White) Yerby. Hemarried Arlene in Molineon Dec. 15, 1956. Shesurvives.

Other survivors includefour children, Tobey(John) Hauter of Macki-naw, Christy (Dan)Koenigstein of Venedy,Stacey Yerby (friend,Jack) of East Peoria andGary (Cari) Yerby ofMorton; 10 grandchildrenand 10 great-grandchil-dren.

Services are noonThursday, Dec. 11, atOaks-Hines FuneralHome in Elmwood; visi-tation is two hours prior.Cremation rites have beenaccorded. Burial will bein Elmwood TownshipCemetery.

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Despite equalized assessed val-uation in Fulton County projectedto stay steady as opposed to in-creasing 10 percent as the levywas presented to the board in No-vember, Superintendent John As-plund said, “Overall, we'll still beable to lower the tax rate.”

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Nick McCoy, ElmwoodElmwood High School senior Nick McCoy

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But, as many of us know,Nick (with the longtime nick-name of “Chuck”) is a gentlegiant off the gridiron. This soft spoken and re-spectful young man plays trombone in the EHSBand and is active in the school’s FFA program.

Nick’s love of the gridiron game came from thefamily’s living room – that is watching his fa-vorite teams, the Bears and Illini, play on TV.Working very hard to be a major contributor to theTrojans was climaxed for Nick when the teamopened this past season shutting out perennialstate power Mercer County. He was very proud ofthe defense. Great help for Nick as a gridiron-ercame from his parents Patrick and Tammy andcoaches Crisco, Dutton, and Porter.

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Court-imposed policies,such as mandating physi-cians be present at allpractices, could be prohib-itively costly to manyschools, Illinois HighSchool Association Direc-tor Marty Hickman said.

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Any aches looked to bea thing of the past Satur-day, as Swearingen hadfive of the Farmers’ 13triples.

“Everybody shot theball well Saturday night,”Otto said. “That will helpfree Eric up and help himfrom getting double-teamed.”

Friday’s game was notas smooth. While theFarmers forced 24turnovers and had 39 de-flections, they also turnedthe ball over 26 times.

“We’re young andwe’re making someyoung mistakes with thebasketball,” Otto said.“But we play with a lot oftenacity and the kids aregetting after it. We justneed to figure out how totake care of the basket-ball.”

And soon. Farmingtonfaces a highly touted Peo-ria Christian team on theroad Friday night.

BrimfieldA light post-tourney

schedule continues forBrimfield (5-0), whichtopped Knoxville 85-41last Friday in its lonegame of the week.

Carson Cuevas had 17points to lead the Indians,and nine players had at

least six points.“This is the deepest

team we have had in my18 years here,” coachScott Carlson told theGalesburg Register Mail.

Ryan Smith continuedhis early season tear with11 points and a team-highsix rebounds.

Knoxville is still with-out injured standout TylerHouston.

ElmwoodThe Trojans (6-1) went

on the road Saturday forone of their bigger winsin the past two years, out-dueling Delavan 65-64 inovertime.

“Anytime you winagainst Delavan on theroad it’s a good win,”Elmwood coach Josh

Fugitt said. “They havetwo of the best guards inthe area.”

While sophomore Isa-iah Groeper had thegame-winning step-backjumper in overtime, thiswas a game of balance forElmwood.

Jack McKinty led theTrojans with 16 points –five in overtime – andfired in four 3-pointerswhile Groeper, JakeRoberts and MatthewJehle each had 11 points.Roberts also had nine re-bounds.

“That’s two big gamesfrom him in the pastweek,” Fugitt said, notingRoberts also played wellagainst West Prairie lastweek.

Delavan came into thegame 2-1 after sufferingits lone loss to PeoriaManual.

“Defensively wehaven’t been doing agreat job at the beginning,but as the game pro-gresses we do a betterjob,” Fugitt said.

PrincevilleThe Princes (3-3)

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Sophomore Noah Bau-man led the team with 16points and senior Mike

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Princeville also ownswins over Midland andMidwest Central andfaces Illini Bluffs Fridayat 6 p.m.

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Smith was also the topscorer against Ridgewoodwith 18 points whileWight added 15.

Anderson called Smith“a pleasant surprise” andis ready for the return ofexpected top scorer TylerJones, who returns Satur-day (Dec. 13) at theUnited Tournament.


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“But Kennedy, she has ascorer’s mentality. Though she isa point guard, she is a scorer and ago-to-the-rim player. She attacksthe basket and I really like that.You’ve got to have players likethat on a team.”

Ryleigh Keith also had 14points on Monday for Brimfield,which returns to action tonight atMidwest Central.

Last Saturday, Brimfieldcrushed Beardstown, 69-26, be-hind 15 points from Shayla Mc-Cormick, 13 from Dura and 12from Keith. Last Wednesday, theLady Indians routed Bushnell-PC,61-20, (Dura 21, Keith 16).

“Our guard play has improved,”Blane said. “Our turnovers wereatrocious the first few games.

Even though we won it was prettysloppy.”

ElmwoodThe area’s other unbeaten girls

team is 5-0 after wins overROWVA last Thursday (60-34)and North Fulton on Saturday(54-28). Balanced scoring hasbeen a key for Elmwood.

Elmwood jumped to a 19-5 leadafter one quarter against NorthFulton and then coasted. MorganLedbetter was top scorer in thatgame with 12 points, whileShyann Jones and Hannah Huberhad 9 points apiece and AllieMeyers scored 8.

Elmwood led 15-7 after oneagainst ROWVA. Allie Meyersscored 15 points, Abby Frietschtallied 14, Ashley Perrymanscored 9 and both Jones andHuber had 8 points.

Perryman led Elmwood with 14

rebounds.Farmington

The Farmers have dropped threeof their last four, losing twice toCanton, beating Abingdon-Avonand then falling to Knoxville onMonday, 53-41.

Paige Pasley scored 17 pointsagainst Abingdon, Hannah Josteshad 14 and Abby Brown had 13.

Despite the losses, coach JimmyJordan believes his team is “start-ing to come together” under hisnew, fast-paced system.

“Against Abingdon we had thepace of play where we wanted it,”Jordan said. “But we’ve been re-ally passive on a lot of shots.We’ve talked to the guards aboutneeding to shoot more and to be-lieve in themselves.”

PrincevilleThe Lady Princes are 2-5 after

Monday’s loss to West Central.


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Farmers win two straight

By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

BRIMFIELD – The last twopoints for Kennedy Dura werevintage Brimfield basketball.

A steal. A fast break. Andthen a basket. Not just any bas-ket, though, as Dura’s finaltally Monday night pushed herto the 1,000-point plateau forher career.

The junior’s 23-point per-formance helped the state’sNo. 3 ranked Class 1A girlsteam build to a perfect 10-0mark with a 62-24 win overNorth Fulton.

Dura had 10 points in thefirst half and 13 in the thirdquarter, several on steals and

layups. The final points cameoff a steal by teammate Chloe

Bowe – and came as a relief toDura and her coach.

“There were kids with 1,000-point signs in the stands andthey got a little louder everypoint she scored,” Brimfieldcoach Jim Blane said. “I’mglad that’s done.”

The next milestone for Durais Paige Spietz’s school scoringmark of 2,120 points, accom-plished in 133 games (duringwhich Spietz’s teams went119-14).

“She’s got a chance. It de-pends on how far we go in thepostseason,” Blane said.“Paige won four regionals inher career and we went to state


FARMINGTON – The goodnews out of Farmington lastweek was twofold: a two-game win streak and thereemergence of sharpshooterTrey Swearingen.

While Eric Higgs made thebig scoring splash –with 27points in a 60-55 win overAbingdon-Avon on Friday –Swearingen’s team-high 19points on Saturday in a 58-50win over Beardstown werejust as significant for theFarmers.

Because coupled with 17

points from Higgs in thatBeardstown game, it madeFarmington (4-2) a muchtougher team to guard.

“It’s hard when you havejust one scorer, because youare very limited,” Farmingtoncoach Jeff Otto said.“(Swearingen scoring) willdefinitely help Eric.”

And that’s the two-prongedattack Otto had planned onheading into this season.Things just have taken a bitlonger to materialize, probablydue in part to Swearingen’sshoulder surgery after last sea-son.


ASSUMPTION – For thesecond time in the past threeseasons, Princeville’s seventhgrade girls basketball team willplay for third place in the IESA7-2A tournament.

This time around the Princes(21-3) will face home teamCentral A&M (24-3) in today’s6 p.m. game. Colfax Ridge-view (24-2) faces LewistownCentral (26-1) for first place at7:30 p.m.

“There are six seventhgraders and nine sixth graderson the team,” Princeville coachDave Petak said. “We have ourleaders and our support players

and everybody on the team hassomething to contribute at agiven time.”

Princeville finished fourth in

2012 after falling in the third-place game to KinderhookWestern, 39-28.

Eric Higgs bombed for 27 points last Friday against Abingdon-Avon in a 60-55 victory. Photo by Dave Giagnoni.

Kennedy Dura scores her1,000th career points. Photoby Steve Thurman.

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Three Kickapoo St. Mary’s players (Melissa Christensen,Amelia Johnson and Belle Welker) played on a coop teamwith St. Marks that won regional and sectional IESA 7-1A ti-tles. Front row (left to right): Abby Schaumburg, Welker, KaylaMayer, Maddie Barth, Bridget Taylor and Johnson. Back Row(l to r): Coach Sarah Hultgren, Sara Stortz, Fiona Tomlins,Christensen, Ashley Highfill, Jennica Taggert and Coach EricHultgren. St. Mark’s lost 42-24 in the quarterfinals to Jack-sonville Our Savior on Saturday.


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