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PRSRT. STD.U.S. POSTAGE PAIDElmwood, IllinoisPermit No. 13

Carrier Route PresortThursdayJanuary 8, 2015Vol. 2, No. 44

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

A few new faces plan to run for localoffices at area school boards and munic-ipal offices in April’s elections, but oneslot on Elmwood’s City Council and oneon Princeville’s school board each hasno candidate. Also, Prince-ville’s CityClerk and Williamsfield’s Board of Edu-cation secretary haven’t filed, accordingto local and county officials, but report-edly intend to run.

By the Dec. 22 deadline, no oneturned in required petitions for Elm-wood’s Ward 2, where Alderman Jeff

Lampe is not running for re-election, ac-cording to Elmwood City Clerk MelissaMorse. That means that either someonecould launch a write-in campaign for theseat or Mayor J.D. Hulslander could ap-point someone, according to lawyerStephanie Schmieg, one of the City ofElmwood’s attorneys.

In Princeville, incumbents Dan Brid-son and Kristi Daugherty didn’t turn in

petitions, according to Peoria County,and only three candidates have filed forthe four open seats.

Princeville Superintendent ShannonDuling said, “If only three run for thefour open seats, the Board will need toappoint one community member to fillthe remaining opening. The Boardwould make the appointment after theelection is over.”

Following are official candidates, ac-cording to local and county records:Brimfield Village Board: Incumbent

Board members Joe Arbogast and BrianPorter filed to run.

Elmwood City Council: Incumbent Al-dermen Bryan Davis (Ward 1) and BobPaige (Ward 3) filed, and appointed CityClerk Melissa Morse seeks a full term.Farmington City Council: Incumbents

Kimberly Gilstrap (Ward 1) and JuneWhitmer (Ward 3) are running, plusnewcomer Ryan Lambert (to fill JeffVogel’s Ward 2 seat).Princeville Village Board: Incumbents

Teresa Gilroy, Gene Koller and DaveSutherland are seeking four-year terms,and incumbent Randy Haley a two-yearslot. Also, incumbent Clerk Mary Ann

Billtownmoves onwith grant


WILLIAMSFIELD – An envi-ronmental statement filed by theWestern Illinois Regional Councilon behalf of Williamsfield’s pa-perwork for a $229,000 grantfrom the state’s Community De-velopment Assistance Programhas been approved, Village Presi-dent Michael Gray said at theBoard’s Monday night meeting.

That news set in motion twoother actions: The board unani-mously approved applying toLaura State Bank for the Village’s$76,000 share of the project,which addresses upgrades recom-mended by the Illinois Environ-mental Protection Agency, andTrustees started discussing how topay off that loan in five years,possibly by means of a slight in-crease in water rates.

That rate, which includes sewer,garbage and recycling, could goup about $6 a month, dependingon usage, Gray said, but theBoard won’t take action until anew garbage contract is settled,probably next month.

Williamsfield water has about250 users. Even with a modest

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A few new faces emerge to run for local offices

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Neighborsupset aboutB.Y.E. site


ELMWOOD – A possible newlocation for B.Y.E. AmbulanceService’s headquarters could be inan older, double-wide modularhome on an unkempt lot at thedead end of a residential neigh-borhood where children play andintersections have no stop or yieldsigns.

B.Y.E. Ambulance Service inlate October bought property at218 S. Knox from CEFCU for$25,500, according to PeoriaCounty, and last summer sold oneof its two buildings at 108 E.Hawthorn to Ag-Land FS for$125,000.

Some residents in the neighbor-hood resent the new site – plusnot being informed beforehandand hearing nothing from the Cityof Elmwood about a public hear-ing about the idea. Indeed, it’s stillunclear whether a public hearingwill take place concerning theplan, although B.Y.E.’s nextmonthly meeting is at 7 p.m.Monday (Jan. 12) at its 108 E.Hawthorn Street building.

“I tell people, and most say,‘They’re doing WHAT?’,” saidGerri Pettit, who lives a block

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ELECTION: Contested school board racesMercer didn’t file her petitions, butsays she intends to run as a write-incandidate.Williamsfield Village Board:

Incumbent Jolene Tucker, ap-pointed as a Trustee last year, isrunning for a four-year term, andVillage President Michael Gray, aformer Trustee appointed to fill aPresident vacancy last year, is run-ning to complete the unexpiredterm. Newcomers Jim Folger andTrudy Self are running for two re-maining open seats.Yates City Village Board: Incum-

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Board president in 2014) is runningfor the office and Trustee ThomasKinzer seeks re-election, plus new-comers James Boyd Bewley andRyan Brewer have filed.Brimfield CUSD 309 Board of Edu-

cation: Incumbents Scott Bauer,Maribeth Dura and Mark Hoerr allseek re-election.Elmwood CUSD 322 Board of Edu-

cation: Incumbents Dean Cantu,Tom Conklin and Terri Osmulski,plus newcomers Chrissy Jacobsen,Claude Keefer and Val Ramirez,will vie for four seats. VeronicaHaskell is not seeking re-election.Farmington CUSD 265 Board of

Education: Incumbents Todd Guidi,Dakota Horn and Kelly Threw, plusnewcomers Kay Faralli and RonaldZessin will compete for four schoolboard seats. Member Anne Stuffle-beam did not turn in petitions.Princeville 326 Board of Educa-

tion: Incumbents Darin Cowser andSusan Hefler, plus newcomer Dar-win Stahl vie for four open seats.Williamsfield CUSD 210 Board of

Education: Incumbents Robert Raskand Teresa Stewart have filed. Also,Board Secretary Vickie Massie saysshe’s running, although the KnoxCounty Clerk hasn’t verified that ithas received her petitions.

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B.Y.E.: Building may not require re-zoningaway from the location in south-west Elmwood. “I do not like it atall.

“I don’t understand why there’sno permit,” she said. “It’s hardlyeven a two-way street. There areempty lots all over. Did they eveninquire about [better] locations?The City Council needs to be ques-tioned.”

Alderman Bob Paige from theCity’s Zoning Committee said he,Keith Plavec of Maurer-Stutz engi-neering of Peoria, the City’s con-sultant on zoning, and others metinformally with B.Y.E. representa-tives last month to explain zoningand building requirements. How-ever, no promises were made con-cerning variances or special-useapprovals, he said.

Alderman Bryan Davis, who rep-resents the ward including SouthKnox, said, “I agree with the resi-dents of that part of town as far asthe concerns they have, but ifeverything [B.Y.E. does] meets anyrequirements of the city code thereis not much the City can do. I havementioned that to the residents thatare trying to fight this and advisedthem their fight should start at

B.Y.E.’s monthly meetings. Andthen if it ends up at the ZoningBoard of Appeals (ZBA), theycould bring it there.”

Elmwood’s comprehensive Zon-ing Ordinance doesn’t specificallylist “ambulance service” as a use(permitted or special) in any zoningdistrict, but B.Y.E. could be consid-ered an “emergency medical serv-ice” under the code’s GovernmentalUse/Essential category, which de-fines such uses as indispensable tothe community’s health, safety andwelfare. That means a South Knoxsite could be a permitted use with-out any re-zoning.

However, the proposal still mighthave to be permitted by the ZBA,which could rule on the project’ssite plan, lot size, coverage, set-backs, parking, building code, etc.

Also, Pettit said, it seems onlyfair B.Y.E. would have to abide bybuilding permits required by others.

“To build on that property,they’re going to have to do plumb-ing and electrical work, and theyneed licensed professionals for that,not just volunteers,” she said.

Any ambulance service has thepotential for negative effects, ofcourse, from speeding vehicles re-

sponding to emergencies and 24-hour operations to lights, soundsand parking for volunteers.

Cities sometimes have fire de-partments and ambulance serviceslocated in residential areas, butthey’re usually designed for thosespaces and such sites are close totheir emergency destinations.

B.Y.E.’s calls last year requiredtraveling some distance from itsElmwood headquarters, with 219calls to Brimfield, 141 in Elm-wood, 30 to rural Elmwood, and 94to the Yates City area, according toB.Y.E. records.

Meanwhile, B.Y.E. office man-ager and board member DaveMaher of Brimfield said he’s re-ceived no complaints.

“No one has come to me person-ally about it,” he said. “I’ve heardrumblings, but nothing direct.”

B.Y.E.’s board, which has dis-cussed a move for more than a year,is working on a site plan, Mahersaid.

B.Y.E. at its annual meeting inJune reported a net income of morethan $23,000 from the Fiscal Yearending May 31. The corporationalso reported assets of more than$800,000.


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s Free Bread – Breadavailable Friday (Jan. 9)at 10 a.m. at ElmwoodMethodist Church.

s Winter Craft – Makeit/Take it winter craftSaturday (Jan. 10) at Morrison and MaryWiley Library, Elmwood. Stop in 9 a.m. to1 p.m. to make a personalized mug. Crafttakes 20 minutes.

s Bible Study – Elmwood Bible Studymeets Sunday (Jan. 11) at 6 p.m. in thebasement apartments at 200 S. Althea,Elmwood. All welcome.

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s Blood Drive – St. Patrick’s CatholicChurch will host a blood drive Monday(Jan. 12) from 12:30-5:30 p.m.

s Book Group – Book Group at Farm-ington Public Library will meet Monday

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School Club meets Jan.13 from 3:30-4:45 p.m. atFarmington Library, forgrades 1-8. Club forhomework help, snacksand activities.

s Toddler Time – Toddler Time meetsJan. 14 at 10 a.m. at Morrison and MaryWiley Library, Elmwood.

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ELMWOOD – TheCity Council on Tuesdayunanimously approvedhiring former City Ad-ministrator Dick Taylor asa part-time employee toadminister zoning, theRevolving Loan Fundand economic develop-ment initiatives.

Despite retiring lastyear, Taylor has helpedadvise the City since theCouncil fired City Ad-ministrator Chris Zim-merman in October. CityClerk Melissa Morse willcontinue to handle build-ing permits.

Taylor will be in CityHall from 9 a.m. to noonMonday-Wednesday, al-

though his hours will beflexible for the conven-ience of citizens and busi-ness inquiries, said MayorJ.D. Hulslander. Taylorwill earn $32.50 per hourwith the understanding helog no more than 465hours peryear.

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The Weekly PostThe Weekly Post is published every Thursday (except

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Rambling through central Illi-nois with the snowblower roaring.

uuuTuesday was a trip back in time.

The boys had gone to sleep at theusual time Monday night, reluc-tantly, positive they would enjoy asnow day when they awoke. Butmean old Momstill made themdo their home-work. Whenmorning camethey got upearly, lookedoutside and sawsnow every-where – only tohear the unex-pected words: “NO SNOWDAY!” Oh, the angst that phrasehas brought to so many younglives, while at the same timebringing smiles to the faces of somany parents. While the kids don’tagree (superintendent Chad Wag-ner’s name came up several timesthat morning and somebody evenuttered the words, “I wish we livedin Williamsfield,” since Billtowndid not have school), administra-

tors made the right call this time.Snow builds character.

uuuOur next round of local elections

is three months away, but we stillneed folks to step forward. So farnobody is running for one spot onthe Princeville School Board or foran Alderman position in Elm-wood’s Ward 2 (west of MagnoliaSt. and north of Main St.). Yesthese are relatively thankless jobs,but a fresh perspective is alwaysneeded in politics. As José Mariade Eça de Queiroz once wrote,“Politicians and diapers should bechanged frequently and all for thesame reason.” ... One election notlisted is for The Mayor of Oak Hill,who apparently has that title forlife. And while The Mayor is be-lieved to be hibernating right now,we expect him to emerge againaround Feb. 2. ... Speaking ofmayors and groundhogs, I stillshake my head over the death ofStaten Island Chuck. Rememberhim? He was the groundhogdropped by Staten Island MayorBill de Blasio last February wholater died of internal injuries.

uuuWord out of Springfield is that

Gov. Bruce Rauner will be namingseveral CEOs to head up stateagencies. And those CEOs will notbe eligible for pensions. ... Cursecold weather if you must, but thechill has ushered in that mostunique fishing season. By the timeyou read this, hard-core ice an-glers will be drilling holes andshivering. Once you get past thefear of falling through the ice – ac-tually pretty sensible until there’s asolid 3.5 to 5 inches of the hardstuff – ice fishing can be a veryproductive way to stock up for fishfries to come. ... The IHSA de-serves kudos. High school boysbasketball fans should take time tovisit www.ihsa.org/archives to seevideos of past state title games, in-cluding part of Hebron’s epic 1952win over Quincy. ... Parting shot:Here’s a sad farewell to Ed Hassel-bacher, 93, a regular visitor to ouroffices who died Monday. We willmiss Ed, a man whose generositywill not soon be matched.Contact Jeff Lampe at 231-6040 or

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This week, we’re going to useour imaginations, kiddies! We’llalso be doing some math! Oh,won’t it be great fun!

Let’s imagine that we have 16people in a room. Those 16 peopleare going to have a fun and excitingevening together, doing whateverthey decide on, at no cost to them.All 16 people will have to do what-ever gets the majority of votes castin a one-day poll.

Four people in that room decidethat rolling around and mudwrestling in a pit filled with pigmanure sounds like a lot of fun andcast their vote for that option.

Three people prefer a nice quietdinner (they can choose their ownmeal), followed by a movie of theirchoice, followed by a ride home ina chauffeur-driven limousine.

One personvotes for a sport-ing event that ev-idently the othersdidn’t knowabout.

The other eightpeople didn’tbother to vote fortheir choice.Three of them favored going out todinner, but figured that since thatwas such an obvious choice, theydidn’t bother to vote because surelyit would have enough support towin.

Two others meant to vote, andthey also were leaning toward thedinner option, but they just nevergot around to it.

One other person forgot, and the

last two just didn’t care.The problem was that now, all 16

people were going to have to do theactivity whether they wanted to ornot; that was the rule going in.

Four people, just 25 percent ofthe people in the room, decidedwhat all 16 of them would spendthe night doing.

That’s not fair, is it?Yet when we have a turnout at

the polls on Election Day of 50 per-cent, the news media absolutelygush about how there was such ahuge turnout! And when 50 percentof those people who vote electsomeone for office, it works outthat just 25 percent of those regis-tered to vote actually made the de-cision.

Even if we were to have a 70 per-cent turnout on Election Day, deci-sions are not made by the majority– just the majority of those whovoted.

Do the math. If there are 100 reg-istered voters, and 70 percent castballots, that’s 70 voters. If half ofthem vote for candidate A, thatmeans he got 35 votes or just over athird of the registered voters.

A lot of the people who stayhome say that their vote doesn’tmean anything. That’s a load ofcrap, especially in a small election.

A few years ago, there was a manrunning for mayor in the townwhere I lived. He was a good guy,honest, a member of our church,and a businessman.

We’ll call him candidate A.Candidate B was just as honest

and could have done just as well as

Candidate A. He was younger butjust as honest, and he attended achurch across town. Either candi-date was going to make a goodmayor, but my wife and I had de-cided to cast our votes for Candi-date A since we knew him better.

The problem was Candidate A’swife. She had a short temper andhad no problem telling people off,sometimes with words that wedon’t use in this newspaper. Shehad always been nice to us, butwhen one of my young daughtersupset her, she cussed out my kid.

My wife and I switched our votesto the other candidate.

Candidate B ended up winningthe election 107 to 104 – threevotes. Now if my wife and I hadnot voted at all, he would still havewon, 105 to 104.

But we did vote.Had we voted for Candidate A,

Candidate B would only have had105 votes, but Candidate A wouldhave had 106. Candidate A wouldhave pulled out a win by one vote.

The point is, every vote DOEScount. And when people don’t vote,they have absolutely no reason tobellyache and complain about theresults. If they don’t like the poli-cies and decisions of the adminis-tration that just got elected, theyhave no room to complain.

Hopefully during the next elec-tion, you’ll make sure you’re a pos-itive part of the decision makingprocess.

Now back to your regularlyscheduled newspaper. Please don’texpect me to do math EVER again.

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land, totaling $402 million overten years. This cut means 2.3 mil-lion fewer acres enrolled in the

program.This anti-conserva-

tion spending billalso cut the Environ-mental Quality Incen-tives Program (EQIP)by $136 million forthis fiscal year.

While the CSP is designed to re-ward farmers and ranchers whohave a history of integrating con-

servation, EQIP will help themdevelop a conservation practicefor the first time.

Yet while they cut the conserva-tion programs, they left intact un-limited federal crop insurancepremium subsidies and farm pro-gram payments that encourageagriculture consolidation by thenation’s largest farms.

This is an anti-farmer, anti-con-servation bill.

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Vandals cause $1,600in damage at cemetery

BRIMFIELD – Vandals causedmore than $1,600 in damage toCalvary Cemetery some time onDec. 20, according to police.

Benches, a statue of St. Joseph,lattice work and a tombstone allwere damaged, the Peoria CountySheriff’s Office reported.

People with information wereasked to phone Peoria CountyCrime Stoppers at (309) 673-9000.

Callers remain anonymous, theCounty says.

Two injured in CedarHills Drive collision

RADNOR – Two men were in-jured and one ticket issued about11 a.m. Jan. 4 when a 2013 Lexusdriven by John Disharden, 50, ofDunlap, westbound on CedarHills Drive, crossed into the east-bound lane and collided with a2003 Ford Ranger driven byDavid Debernardi, 18, of Dunlap,according to the Peoria CountySheriff’s Office.

AMT transported both driversto OSF St. Francis Medical Cen-ter, and Debernardi was ticketedfor failure to reduce speed.

Ohio man ticketed inU.S. Route 150 wreck

KICKAPOO – Nick Messina,51, of South Euclid, Ohio, onDec. 29 was ticketed for disobey-ing a traffic control device.

Mussina was ticketed after the2010 Chevrolet Silverado he wasdriving eastbound on U.S. Route150 struck a 1997 Toyota Celicadriven by Paige Carver, 20, ofElmwood at the intersection withKickapoo-Edward Road, accord-ing to reports.

Police said there were no in-juries.

Two injured in Kickapooautomobile accident

KICKAPOO – Two motoristsrequired hospitalization after aDec. 31 collision near the inter-section of U.S. Route 150 andPrinceville-Jubilee Road, policesaid.

Arthur Dunn, 79, of Brimfieldwas driving a 2007 ChevroletMalibu eastbound on 150 and col-lided with a 2008 Ford Rangerdriven by Ricky Haley, 53, ofFarmington.

AMT transported both men toOSF St. Francis Medical Center.

Police reports• Three mailboxes in the

Williamsfield area were damagedlate Nov. 27 or early Nov. 28, ac-cording to a Knox County Sher-iff’s report made public thisweek.

• Charlotte Andrews, 35, ofYates City, on Dec. 19 wasstopped on Farmington Road fortraffic violations, which showedher driver’s license had been sus-pended, and a subsequent searchof her vehicle resulted in chargesof possession of less than 10grams of marijuana, possession ofdrug equipment, plus drivingwhile license was suspended, op-erating an uninsured vehicle, anddisobeying a traffic signal. Her2005 Pontiac was towed and shewas transported to the PeoriaCounty Jail.

• Cole Empson, 18, ofPrinceville, on Dec. 19 wasstopped for riding his bicyclewithout a headlight and subse-quently arrested for possession ofa controlled substance. He wastransported to the Peoria CountyJail.

• Jeremy Altom, 30, of Farm-ington on Dec. 20 was stoppedfor speeding on Farmington Roadand ticketed for having no validdriver’s license.

• Eric Empson, 40, ofPrinceville on Dec. 30 was ar-rested for eight charges of theft ofmore than $500 and transportedto the Peoria County Jail.

• Kyle Begner, 18, of Edwardson Jan. 1 was arrested for DrivingUnder the Influence and resistingarrest and transported to the Peo-ria County Jail.

• Michael Walker, 22, of Brim-field on Jan. 1 was arrested forobstructing police and resistingarrest and transported to the Peo-ria County Jail.

• Doug Vrchota, 23, of Elm-wood on Jan. 4 was arrested forDriving Under the Influence andfailure to reduce speed and trans-ported to the Peoria County Jail.

Deer accidents• Dec. 13 – Bryan Melton of

Farmington on Illinois Route 116near Illinois Route 78 in TrivoliTownship.

• Dec. 14 – James Ryan of Elm-wood on Southport Road nearHeinz Lane in Kickapoo Town-ship.

• Dec. 19 – Andrew Lee of Peo-ria on Grange Hall Road near Illi-nois Route 91 in RadnorTownship.

• Dec. 21 – Thomas Bell ofElmwood on Southport Road nearHeinz Lane in Kickapoo Town-ship.

• Dec. 27 – Corrina Stufflebeamof Cuba, on Illinois Route 78 nearNorth Blue Spruce Lane in Farm-ington Township.

Peoria County crime statistics for November

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

Brimfield city and township to-gether had 1 Driving Under theInfluence charge, 1 accident withan injury, 1 accident without aninjury, and 3 traffic tickets.

Elmwood city and township to-gether had 1 Driving Under theInfluence charge, 1 accident withan injury, 2 accidents with no in-juries, and 8 traffic tickets.

Jubilee had 2 domestic batterycharges, 1 accident with an injury,1 accident without an injury, and4 traffic tickets issued.

Kickapoo had 5 thefts, 1 Driv-ing Under the Influence arrest, 20accidents without injuries, and 8traffic tickets.

Millbrook had 2 accidents withno injuries, and 3 traffic ticketsissued.

Radnor had 2 drug arrests, 1vandalism/criminal damage, 1 ac-cident with an injury, 2 accidentswithout injuries, and 7 traffictickets issued.

Rosefield had 1 burglary of amotor vehicle, 1 burglary of a res-idence, 6 accidents without in-juries, and 1 traffic ticket.

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In the Matter of the Estate of )ERNEST M. NELSON ) No. 14 P 547

NOTICE OF CLAIM DATE

Notice is given to creditors of the death of ERNEST M. NELSON.Letters of Office were issued to RONALD M. NELSON, 11217 WestGreengold Road, Hanna City, Illinois 61536, and TERESA SBILLS, 271 South Cone, Farmington, Illinois 61531, as Co-Ad-ministrators, whose attorney is THE CORDIS LAW OFFICE, LLC,Attorneys at Law, 129 North Walnut Avenue, P. O. Box 445,Princeville, Illinois 61559.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk's Office,Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or with the representa-tive, or both, on or before the eighth day of July, 2015 or if mailingor delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Sec.18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Anyclaim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claimfiled with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant tothe representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after ithas been filed.

Dated, January 1, A.D. 2015.

RONALD M. NELSON and TERESA S. BILLS, Co-Administrators of the Estate of ERNEST M. NELSON, Deceased.

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“We’re not trying tomake money,” Gray said,“but we don’t want tolose any either.”

Money was the focus ofanother vote, as the Boardunanimously OK’d re-placing a plow on the Vil-lage’s small sidewalk

tractor for $100, andTrustees started talkingabout new expenses ofsome $10,000 for addi-tional water system work.

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BRIMFIELD – In abrief meeting on a snowyMonday night, Brim-field’s board of trusteespostponed an ordinancechange which would gov-ern massage therapists.

President Dan Fisheland board member BrianPorter will meet to tinkerwith final wording, ac-cording to Village ClerkHolly Johnson. The newordinance would requirea license, but no fee, andallow such businesses ina C-1 zoning district.

Tabling the matter doesnot affect BeckyHamby’s new business,Hamby Massage, 127 N.Galena. It has been tem-porarily approved.



John HanlinELMWOOD – John D. Hanlin, 71,

of Elmwood, passed away peace-fully at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, De-cember 31, 2014, at his residence.

John was born on June 14, 1943,in Peoria, the son of Melvin L.“Ted” and Dorothy Pettow Hanlin.He married MaryAnn Johnson onSeptember 2,1967, in Elm-wood; she sur-vives.

He is also sur-vived by hisdaughter, Erica(David) Long ofElmwood; grandchildren, Adam,Cole, and Lilly Long; sisters, JoanPatton of Peoria, and Evelyn Lewisof Arizona; brothers, Jack Hanlin ofYates City, Jerry (Nancy) Hanlin ofFairview, and William (Margie)Hanlin of Maquon; sisters-in-law,Pamela Hanlin of Maquon, andRhonda Hanlin of Farmington;brother-in-law, Donald (Marge)Haahn of Elmwood; and manynieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by hisparents; two brothers, Tom Hanlinand Robert Hanlin; sisters –in-law,Karen Hanlin and Minnie Haahn;and a brother-in-law, Derald Haahn.

John graduated from Yates CityHigh School. He worked for severalcompanies, including Hyster,WABCO and Alexander LumberCompany in Farmington. He mostrecently worked in Sales for H&HIndustrial Tool in Elmwood, retiringin 2005.

John was a member of the Farm-ington Moose Lodge No. 1571 andthe Yates City Masonic Lodge.

A graveside service was held Fri-day, Jan. 2, at Elmwood TownshipCemetery.

Memorial contributions may bemade to Elmwood Fire Department,Elmwood Education Foundation orElmwood United MethodistChurch.

Haskell-Hott Funeral Homes inPrinceville handled arrangements.Condolences may be made to thefamily at www.haskellhott.com.

Edwin Hasselbacher ELMWOOD – Edwin Glen Hassel-

bacher, 93, of Elmwood, passedaway at 11:11 p.m. on Monday, Jan.

5, 2015, at Unity Point Health-Proc-tor in Peoria.

Edwin was born the son to Davidand Maude Shane Hasselbacher onFeb. 11, 1921 in Jubilee Township.He was married to Margaret A.Maher on Dec. 30, 1942 at the Elm-wood United Methodist Church, re-cently celebrating their 72ndwedding anniversary; she survives.

Also surviving are one son, Ver-non (Linda) Hasselbacher of ElPaso; three grandchildren, Erik(Leeann) Hasselbacher of Eureka;Stefani (Edward) Oltman of Ben-son; and Shannon Ramsey of ElPaso; nine great-grandchildren; oneson-in-law, Frank Leonard of NorthCarolina; 2 brothers, Clifford Has-selbacher of Morton and Rolland(Dee) Hasselbacher of Massachu-setts; a sister-in-law, Louise Hassel-bacher of Peoria; and many niecesand nephews.

Edwin was preceded in death byhis parents, one daughter, SharonLeonard, his brothers Willard andCarl Hasselbacher, as well as hissister-in-law Betty Hasselbacher.

Edwin graduated from BrimfieldHigh School in 1939. He worked atthe Canteen Candy Company inPeoria and was drafted into theNavy in 1944 and served in WW II.He was discharged in 1946 andbegan work for Peoria Dairy untilhis retirement in 1986. He tooknight courses from the InternationalRefrigeration Service Engineers So-ciety and became a Certified Re-frigeration Mechanic.

He was a lifelong member ofR.S.E.S and also served as past

President. Edwin was a member ofseveral other organizations; Handy-man Club, American Legion Post638 (where he was past President ofthe State and local chapter), V.F.W.Elmwood Post No. 4724, the Engi-neers Society and a 60-year mem-ber of Peoria County Farm Bureau.

Edwin’s hobbies included makinggrandfather clocks, stained glassand woodwork. He donated two ofthose clocks to the Peoria Veteran’sAffairs Clinic and the DanvilleClinic. There are seven churches incentral Illinois that house stainedglass windows that he made. Healso crafted wooden ornamentseach year at Christmas for fifthgrade students at Elmwood Elemen-tary for nearly 15 years.

A funeral service will be held onFriday, Jan. 9, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. atthe Union Church in Brimfield.Visitation will be one hour prior tothe funeral from 10-11 a.m. at thechurch. Reverend Stephen Barchwill officiate. Burial will be in Elm-wood Township Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may bemade to B.Y.E. Ambulance or theUnion Church inBrimfield.

The family has entrusted Haskell-Hott Funeral Homes in Princevillewith arrangements. Online condo-lences may be left for the family atwww.haskellhott.com.

Joan FischerELMWOOD – Joan M. Fischer, 66,

of Chillicothe, mother of an Elm-wood woman, died Dec. 31 at Uni-tyPoint Health-Proctor.

Survivors include daughter Alle-cia Fischer-Thibeault of Elmwoodand one grandson, Caleb Thibeaultof Elmwood.

A funeral Mass was held Jan. 6 atSt. Thomas Catholic Church.

Leave condolences online atwww.wrightandsalmon.com.

Jerry GiovianniaELMWOOD – Jerry “Mark” Gio-

viannia, 53, of Bartonville, brotherof an Elmwood woman, died Dec.19 at his parent’s home in Florida.

Survivors include sister Marie(Bill) Homan of Elmwood.

A celebration of life was held onJan. 3 in Bartonville.

Leave condolences online atwww.legacy.com.

OBITUARIES

This Week’s Obituaries• Joan Fischer, 66, Elmwood• Jerry Gioviannia, 53, Elm-wood• Walter Gudzinskas, 78, Can-ton• Francis Hammitt, 89,Princeville• John Hanlin, 71, Elmwood• Edwin Hasselbacher, 93,Elmwood• Helen Kelley, 97, Kickapoo• Shirley Mansker, 79, Elm-wood• Kenneth Mosher, 86,Williamsfield• Jerry Reeves, 80, Brimfield• Mary Schmitt, 83, Edwards• E. Jean Sell, 76, Elmwood

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Walter GudzinskasFARMINGTON – Walter W. Gudzin-

skas, 78, of Canton died Dec. 31 atHeartland Health Care in Canton.

Survivors include son Andy (Tam-mie) Gudzinskas of Farmington.Burial was at Penn Ridge Cemeteryin rural Trivoli. Leave condolencesat www.oakshinesfuneralhome.com.

Francis HammittPRINCEVILLE – Francis Hammitt,

89, of Princeville died Jan. 4 at Lib-erty Village in Peoria.

Survivors include his wife, Lois;children, Gregory (Candy) Hammittof Alexandria, Minn., Sandy (Jim)Mayberry of Dunlap, Randy (Na-talie) Hammitt of Edwards, Beverly(Tony) Tesch of Lacon and Bob(Candy) Hammitt of Peoria; son-in-law, Randy Newell of Williamsfield;nine grandchildren; and three step-grandchildren.

A funeral service will be at 11 a.m.today (Jan. 8) at Princeville UnitedMethodist Church, with burial inNorth Limestone PresbyterianCemetery near Hanna City at 3 p.m.

Leave condolences online atwww.haskellhott.com.

Helen KelleyKICKAPOO – Helen F. Kelley, 97,

of Mission Viejo, Calif., formerly ofKickapoo, died on Dec. 19.

A celebration of life will be heldthis summer in Peoria. Leave condo-lences online at www.legacy.com.

Shirley ManskerELMWOOD – Shirley L. Mansker,

79, of Peoria died Dec. 28 at her res-idence. Survivors include her step-son, Rick (Judy) Farris of Elmwood.Funeral services were Jan. 3, withburial in Swan Lake Memory Gar-dens. Leave condolences online atwww.davison-fulton.com.

Kenneth MosherWILLIAMSFIELD – Kenneth M.

“Kenny” Mosher, 86, Williamsfield,died on Dec. 19 at the Knox CountyNursing Home in Knoxville.

A visitation was held on Jan. 6 atOaks-Hines Funeral Home in Elm-wood. Private family graveside serv-ice will be at Yates City Cemetery ata later date. Leave condolences atwww.oakshinesfuneralhome.com.

Jerry ReevesBRIMFIELD – Gerald “Jerry”

Reeves, 80, of Brimfield died onDec. 30 at the OSF Richard L.Owens Hospice Home in Peoria.

His funeral service was Jan. 2 withburial at Lakeside Cemetery inPekin. Leave condolences online atwww.preston-hanley.com.

Mary Frances SchmittEDWARDS – Mary Frances

Schmitt, 83, of Edwards died Dec.29 at Manor Court in Peoria.

Survivors include a brother,Richard (Joan) Schmitt of Edwards.

A funeral Mass was Jan. 2 at St.Mary Catholic Church in Kickapoo,with burial in St. Patricks Cemetery.

Leave condolences online atwww.wrightandsalmon.com.

E. Jean SellELMWOOD – Elinor Jean Sell, 76,

of Morton died Dec. 27 at Washing-ton Christian Village.

Survivors include daughter Lisa(Brian Sessa) Mulligan of Elm-wood. Cremation rites were ac-corded and a memorial service washeld Jan. 4.

Leave condolences online atwww.legacy.com.

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CLAIM NOTICEIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF

ILLINOIS PEORIA COUNTY

In Re ESTATE OF )ALVINA KAY LEDBETTER, ) No. 14-P-517Deceased. )

NOTICE is given to creditors of the death of ALVINA KAY LEDBET-TER on November 13, 2014. Letters of Office were issued by theabove entitled Court to SHERRI K. WHITMORE, of 11070 NorthMile Load Road, Lewistown, Illinois 61542, as Executor, whoseattorneys of record are WHITNEY & POTTS, LTD., 118 West MainStreet, P. O. Box 368, Elmwood, Illinois, 61529-0368. Claimsagainst the Estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk's Of fice, PeoriaCounty Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or with the repre senta tive orboth on or before the 26th day of June, 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 8th day of December, 2014.

SHERRI K. WHITMORE, Executor of the Estate of ALVINA KAY LEDBETTER,

Deceased.

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

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Farmingtonabatesbond taxesBy MICHELLE SHERMAN

For The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON – TheFarmington City Coun-cil on Monday (Jan. 5)voted to abate the taxesthat pay bonds on twocity projects.

The bonds are from2007 and 2008 and wereused for Lightfoot Road,the reverse osmosisplant and working capi-tal funds.

Ordinances to abatetaxes are an annual oc-currence.

In other business thecouncil:

• Went into executivesession to discuss anundisclosed personnelmatter.

• Discussed potentialprojects to include in the2016 fiscal year budget.A planning commissionmeeting to discuss a pro-posed Dollar Generalstore on East Fort Streetwill be held today (Jan.8) at 6:30 p.m. at themunicipal building. Thepublic is welcome.

• A separate planningcommission meeting todiscuss rezoning in an-ticipation of the city en-tering into pre-annexation agreementswith three businessesoutside city limits willbe held at 6 p.m. Jan. 19.

CLAIM NOTICEIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF

ILLINOIS PEORIA COUNTY

In Re ESTATE OF )DOROTHY I. CASE, ) No. 14-P-537Deceased. )

NOTICE is given to creditors of the death of DOROTHY I. CASE onDecember 4, 2014. Letters of Office were issued by the above enti-tled Court to RICHARD ALFORD CASE, of 945 Foxfire Drive,Lawrenceville, Georgia 30044, as Independent Executor, whoseattorneys of record are WHITNEY & POTTS, LTD., 118 West MainStreet, P. O. Box 368, Elmwood, Illinois, 61529-0368. Claimsagainst the Estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk's Of fice, PeoriaCounty Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or with the repre senta tive orboth on or before the 10th day of July, 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.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unlessunder 755 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/28-4, any interested personterminates independent administration at any time by mailing ordelivering a copy of a form of petition to terminate independent ad-ministration to the Clerk of the Court at the above address.

DATED this 17th day of December, 2014.

RICHARD ALFORD CASE, Independent Executor of the Estate of DOROTHY I. CASE,

Deceased.

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

BRIMFIELDSt. Paul’s

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Pastor Michael Liese204 W. Clay St., Brimfield

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Sun. School: 8:45 amBible Class: 8:45 amBrimfield UnitedMethodist Church

Pastor Leonard Thomas135 S. Galena St., Brimfield

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

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Tuesday Bible Fun Night: 6 pmEDWARDSChrist Alive!

Community ChurchPastor Lance Zaerr

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Crossroads Assembly of GodPastor Tim Cavallo

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

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

Sun. School: 9:30 amSun Worship: 10:30 am, 6 pm

Wed. 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 Church

Father Paul Stiene802 W. Main St., Elmwood

(309) 742-4921Sat. 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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Sun. Worship: 9 am, 10:30 amYouth Sun. School: 9 amAdult Sun. School: 8 am

FARMINGTONFirst Presbyterian Church

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

New Hope FellowshipAssembly of God

Pastor Tom Wright1102 N. Illinois Route 78

Farmington, IL(309) 245-2957

Sun. Worship: 10 amWed. Worship: 7 pmYATES CITYFaith United

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PEORIA COUNTY, in Probate

In the Matter of the Estate of )MAURICE ELZA GRAVES ) No. 14 P 546

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Notice is given to creditors of the death of MAURICE ELZAGRAVES. Letters of Office were issued to RICHARD M. GRAVES,115 Old Hickory Road, Mount Wolf, Pennsylvania 17347, as Ex-ecutor, whose attorney is THE CORDIS LAW OFFICE, LLC, Attor-neys at Law, 129 North Walnut Avenue, P. O. Box 445,Princeville, Illinois 61559.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk's Office,Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or with the representa-tive, or both, on or before the eighth day of July, 2015 or if mailingor delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Sec.18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Anyclaim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claimfiled with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant tothe representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after ithas been filed.

Dated, December 29, A.D. 2014.

RICHARD M. GRAVES, Executor of the Estate of MAURICE ELZA GRAVES,

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BASKETBALL: Lady Farmers suffer tough lossfrom Jostes (17), Skaggs(14) and Pasley (12).

Unfortunately, for theLady Farmers, playingtraditional power Havanaone hour after that firstgame was difficult. TheLady Ducks wore outFarmington, 57-29.

A day later Farmingtonfaced Illini Bluffs and anexecuted game plan ofpounding the ball insideled to a 54-43 Lady Farm-ers’ victory.

Pasley and Jostes ledthe way with 22 and 12points respectively.

A tough 50-46 loss toIllini Central completedplay for Farmington. Adefensive trap at 14 sec-onds remaining in thefourth quarter resulted ina steal, with the ball goingto Jostes. She shot a 3 balltrying to help overcome a48-46 deficit.

“Hannah had hit 2 pre-vious 3s. She had a greatlook, but the ball went in,then out,” Jordan said.

Illini Central re-bounded, and the LadyFarmers had to foul. IlliniCentral sealed the gamewith two free throws.

“Having Hannah Jostesback from injury helps tocomplete our team, andthe tournament competi-tion helps us to be ready-for the second half of theseason,” Jordan said.

Farmington is back inaction tonight (Jan. 8) vs.Beardstown and Saturday

at United.Farmington Boys

For Farmington coachJeff Otto’s young team,this season offered a num-ber of goals on which tobuild. At the always diffi-cult Macomb Holiday 16-team tournament,advancing to Day Three isone of those goals.

The Farmers achievedthat. After a first -ameloss to a senior-ladenCamp Point Central,Farmington beat BrownCounty on day two.

Moving along in theconsolation bracket on

day three, the Farmerssuccessfully put man-to-man pressure on Abing-don-Avon to frustrate theTornadoes. Unfortunately,the Farmers struggledshooting in a 33-30 loss.

“The Macomb HolidayTournament greatly helpsus mentally and physi-cally moving forward forconference games and ul-timately to compete in theregionals,” Otto said.

The Farmers are homeagainst Havana on Friday.

OthersPrinceville’s girls game

at Mercer County andElmwood’s girls contestat West Prairie were post-poned on Monday due tosnow. Princeville was toplay Wednesday atROWVA and is homeagainst Peoria Heightstonight (Jan. 8).

• Unbeaten Elmwood(11-0) is home vs. Havanatonight (Jan. 8) and trav-els to Alwood Saturdayfor a 1 p.m. game.

• In boys action,Princeville lost toRoanoke-Benson onTuesday, 69-56, despite19 points from BrendanStreitmatter and 16 fromNick Kraft. The Princesare home game againstHenry on Friday.


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Elmwood won first inPom and Pom Dance inthe A Division andearned qualifying scoresin both events for theIDTA state tournamentFeb. 14 at Springfield’sPrairieland ConventionCenter.

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Wight bombs for 45 for Billtown in win at FultonBy PHIL JOHNSON

For The Weekly Post

Here are highlights from thepast week of area basketball, ledby a 45-point outburst this pastSaturday by Williamsfield sen-ior Garrett Wight.

After a long layoff, Billtown(10-4) made a long trip of twohours to Fulton United Christianfor a game of constant fastbreaking and not much defense.

Williamsfield prevailed by ascore of 93-74. Along withWight’s monster performance,Tyler Jones added 21. As men-tioned, most of the scoring fromthe dominant twosome cameduring transition.

The long trip was helpful ingetting Coach Bob Anderson’steam back on track heading intoa crucial three-game homestandthat was to start Tuesday againstLowpoint-Washburn on Tues-day, and continues vs. Elmwoodon Friday and vs. United onSaturday.

Following that, Billtown was

seeded fourth in the ICAC Tour-nament.

Brimfield-Farmington GirlsBrimfield (18-3) hosted

Farmington on Monday in aPrairieland Conference matchupon a very snowy night. Bothteams made the best of the ef-fort in a defensive struggle thatBrimfield won, 38-34.

“Free throws saved us versusFarmington. We have alwaysstruggled against them when weplay the second time of the sea-son, they must catch on to us,”Brimfield coach Jim Blane said.“We outrebounded them by oneand held their center PaigePasley to one basket; whichhelped.”

Despite battling strep throat,Kennedy Dura led Brimfieldwith 14 points, while KenzieSchlipf added 10 and ShaylaMcCormick had two 3s and twofree throws for 8 points.

Brimfield is back in actiontoday (Jan. 8) at Abingdon and

is home Saturday for an 11 a.m.game against Rushville.

Against the Lady Indians,Farmington (8-11) had helpfrom Hannah Jostes’ 12 points,Kenzie Skaggs’ 8 and AnnikaLopez’ 6 points.

The Farmington girls hadspent holiday tournament timeat Beardstown, and coachJimmy Jordan was very satis-fied with the effort. A 52-45 vic-tory over Abingdon-Avon gotthe Lady Farmers off to a goodstart. Man defense and consis-tent rebounding held the oppo-nents to just 14 second halfpoints. Balanced scoring came

By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

BRIMFIELD – This was the game folksexpected. One week after Brimfield routedElmwood 65-39 to win the PrincevilleHoliday Tournament, the Indians had torally for a 39-33 victory Tuesday night.

Elmwood (10-3) led 33-29 with 4:16 re-maining but suffered six turnovers andshot 0-for-4 down the stretch.

“We did a better job executing for aboutthree and a half quarters,” Elmwood coachJosh Fugitt said. “If we can improve thatmuch in a week, I like where we’re goingto be by the end of the season.”

Focusing its defensive attention on Car-son Cuevas, Elmwood led 14-13 at half-time as Brimfield (11-0) missed shot aftershot. Jace Swietek (17 points) and BradNovak (9 points, 15 rebounds) picked upthe slack for the Indians.

“Our energy wasn’t there,” Brimfieldcoach Scott Carlson. “I don’t know if wewere still celebrating or what.”

Cuevas scored four of his six points inthe final 2:38, including two go-ahead freethrows. Isaiah Groeper scored 15 to leadElmwood, which gets at least one moreshot at the Indians on Jan. 16 in the ICACTournament at Illini Bluffs.

This Friday Brimfield travels to NorthFulton while Elmwood is at Williamsfield.

PEORIA – Peoria hasmade a bid for the IllinoisHigh School Association’sgirls basketball tourna-ment, currently held at Illi-nois State University’sRedbird Arena.

Peoria’s bid is for gamesto be played at Bradley’sRenaissance Coliseum.

The IHSA also received

three bids for the boys bas-ketball tournament: fromthe Peoria Civic Center, theState Farm Centre inChampaign and the SearsCenter in Hoffman Estates(Classes 3A and 4A only).

A decision is expected inlate March or early Aprilfor the five-year deals.

In other news, IHSA

member schools:• voted against a pro-

posal to revamp the foot-ball season and playoffs;

• voted against increas-ing the contest limit forScholastic Bowl from 18dates to 30 dates;

• removed the mid-sum-mer dead-week provisionapproved last year.

GLASFORD – Defendingchampion Brimfield is the topseed for the upcoming ICACTournament to be held Jan. 12-19 at Illini Bluffs High School.

Illini Bluffs is seeded sec-ond, followed by Elmwood,Williamsfield, Delavan andNorth Fulton.

Here are pairings:Monday, Jan. 12

5 p.m. – North Fulton vs.Brimfield; 6:30 – Delavan vs.Elmwood; 8 – Williamsfieldvs. Illini Bluffs.

Wednesday, Jan. 145 – Elmwood vs. N. Fulton;

6:30 – Brimfield vs. Williams-field; 8 – IB vs. Delavan.

Friday, Jan. 165 – Brimfield vs. Elmwood;

6:30 – Williamsfield vs. Dela-van; 8 – IB vs. N. Fulton.

Saturday, Jan. 172 – North Fulton vs.

Williamsfield; 3:30 – Delavanvs. Brimfield; 5 – Elmwoodvs. IB.

Jan. 194 – Delavan vs. N. Fulton;

5:30 – Elmwood vs. Williams-field; 7 – Brimfield vs. IB.

PRINCEVILLE CHAMPS

Wight Jones Dura Schlipf

Members of Elmwod’s unbeaten girls basketball team pose with the trophy at thePrinceville Holiday Tournament. Back row (left to right): Allie Meyers, GraceLaFollett, Morgan Ledbetter, Ashley Perryman, Rachel Jacobson, Regan McFall,Hannah Huber, and Miranda Coulter. Front row (l to r) Abby Frietsch, ShyannJones, Carrie Young, Jordan Jones, Emma Trone and Hannah Long. Elmwood’sMonday game at West Prairie was postponed due to snow.

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