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A 32-year-old woman in Maywas arrested in Brimfield afteremerging from a restroom at aconvenience store with a hypo-dermic needle and heroin. Thenext month, a 27-year-old Farm-ington man was arrested for pos-session of a controlled substanceand a hypodermic needle, and amonth later was arrested at afast-food restaurant on the samecharges.

In October, a 25-year-oldBrimfield man was arrested forpossession of heroin and hypo-dermic needles. A 35-year-oldElmwood woman who’s been

convicted of multi-ple charges of con-trolled-substanceand drug parapher-nalia possessionsince 2011 had herprobation revokedin December.

And among Peoria CountyCoroner Johnna Ingersoll’s 28heroin-opiate fatalities in 2015was a 47-year-old woman fromKickapoo.

Many other heroin users havenot been arrested or hospitalized,according to law enforcement,which sees the intensely addic-tive drug as a growing problemin rural areas as well as cities –

so much so that several levels ofthe criminal justice system arenow targeting the worsening cri-sis.

Heroin use has increased inrural areas in recent years, saysPeoria County Sheriff’s Capt.Mark Greskoviak.

“It’s easier to get than it usedto be, and it’s cheaper, too – lessexpensive than prescription

drugs [on the blackmarket],” he says.“People buy it inthe city – a hubaround here forsales – and go backhome to whateversmall towns they

live in.”Nationally, statistics show

about 30,000 heroin-overdosedeaths per year – up about 28percent since 2013. And PeoriaCounty is one of 191 U.S. coun-ties with drug poisonings of be-tween 5 and 7.5 per 100,000,according to the Centers for Dis-ease Control and Prevention(CDC).

For example, OSF St. Francisin Peoria and OSF St. Mary inGalesburg together reported 67heroin overdoses last year, ac-cording to OSF’s ShelliDankoff, and UnityPoint Healthaveraged one incident dealingwith heroin every 9 days, ac-cording to UnityPoint’s BlakeLong.

Narcan (or Naloxone) – thechemical administered for acci-dental and non-accidental over-doses of heroin and other opioiddrugs – is increasingly neededby emergency personnel such asambulance crews and firefight-ers. Advanced Medical Trans-

Heroin not just a big-city problem any more

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SNOW SEASON HERE

By TERRY BIBOFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD — BrimfieldCommunity Unit School Dis-trict 309 Superintendent JoeBlessman is leaving.

“It’s true,” he said Monday, aweek to the day after acceptinga positionwith OrionCommunityUnit SchoolDistrict 223near the QuadCities. He willstart workthere July 1.

In someways, the timing might seempeculiar. Months of schoolboard meetings were spent hag-gling over his contract here.

On more than one occasion,the meeting was moved to thecafeteria/common area to ac-commodate crowds whileboard members adjourned intoa lengthy executive sessionnearby.

BlessmanleavingBrimfield

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

WILLIAMSFIELD – SchoolDistrict 210 continues to pro-mote openly licensed educa-tional resources (OER), asteachers, administrators and stu-dents on Feb. 5 explained thetransition to Carl SandburgCommunity College’s winternetwork meeting, Superintend-ent Tim Farquer is set to takepart in a Feb. 26 event in Cali-fornia as part of Williamsfield’sdesignation as an “ambassadorschool” in the U.S. Departmentof Education’s #GoOpen initia-tive, and the District will hosteducators from Northern Illi-nois University on March 8 tosee progress in OER and alsoSTEM (Science, Technology,Engineering and Math).

“Open source for us is allabout accessibility,” Farquersaid. “We want our kids to getto find quality information – re-gardless of whether it’s withinour walls or not – and opensources can offer the best, most

Williamsfieldadvances onopen source

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Snow geese and blue geese have been flying over central Illinois in large numbers inthe past few days. Photo by Gretchen Steele.

“People buy it in the city ...and go back home to whateversmall towns they live in.”

– Mark Greskoviak

Blessman

What’s with the squeakywhite geese all over theplace? That’s been a hot topicas snow geese have been fre-quenting our area of late.

The flocks of white geesewith black-tipped wings –also joined by blue geese, acolor variant of snow geese –are migrating north to breed-

ing grounds in the tundra ofCanada and northern Alaska.

Most birds in our area areflying from roosts on theDuck Creek cooling lake nearCanton to find food. Vegetari-ans, they eat any and all partsof plants including stems,seeds, leaves and waste grain.

Because of continued pop-

ulation growth (the flock isestimated at about 3.5 mil-lion) and concern over theimpact on the fragile tundra,hunting seasons have beenliberalized. In 2014, an esti-mated 1,962 Illinois huntersshot 82,161 snow geese in thespecial conservation seasonthat lasts through March 31.

Snow geese flocking across Illinois

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port (AMT), which servesparts of rural PeoriaCounty, had a 20 percentjump in its use last year,up to 802 cases from 670in 2014, according toAMT Community Re-source Manager JoshBradshaw, who addedAMT has used Narcan formore than 20 years.

There’s been a five-yearincrease in the need forstate-funded treatment forheroin, too – more thandoubling in rural Illinoisand metro Peoria, accord-ing to a August 2015 studyby Kathleen Kane-Willisand researchers from Roo-sevelt University.

There’s some bipartisansupport on the state andfederal levels. A new statelaw, the Heroin Crisis Act,was enacted in Septemberto mandate more thoroughcollection of data aboutoverdoses.

Also in Springfield,House GOP Leader JimDurkin (R-WesternSprings) has backed legis-lation to fight heroin.

“Heroin has claimed toomany lives – leaving be-hind families devastatedby their loss,” Durkin said.

In Washington, thebudget agreement reachedin December includedsome $400 million ear-marked for what the WhiteHouse calls the “epi-demic.” And PresidentObama three weeks agoappointed Agriculture Sec-retary Tom Vilsack to heada new federal interagency

effort to combat heroin usein rural America.

In central Illinois, anarea heroin task force wasannounced in December,involving about 15 local,county, state and federalpersonnel assigned full-time to the work, saidCapt. Dave Briggs, direc-tor of the Peoria Multi-County NarcoticsEnforcement Group.

“This heroin initiativeeffort will be focused de-terrence,” says PeoriaCounty State’s AttorneyJerry Brady. “We’re goingto need the whole commu-nity to come together todeal with this.

“It’s a big deal [outsidethe City of Peoria],” hecontinues. “We want to getahead of it wherever it isin the County. We want toengage communities be-cause it’s a real public-health problem, especiallyas it reaches rural areas.”

Briggs said medical andpolice personnel verify therise in heroin.

“There's been an uptickin heroin use,” Briggssays. “Over the past yearthere has definitely beenan increase in the use ofNarcan [and] police re-ports reflect an increase inheroin overdoses over thepast year.”

Echoing Greskoviak,Briggs says. “Rural areasare target markets for sell-ers.”

Heroin is an opioid (nar-cotic), a family of drugsincluding prescriptionpainkillers such as fen-

tanyl and oxycodone.Used improperly, they canbe devastating, leading notonly to declining health,but rising suicide rates andfinancial strain.

The national initiative is“very timely and much-needed federal attention,”said Matt Chase, directorof the National Associa-tion of Counties. He addedthat rural areas’ increase in

abuse of drugs like heroinis a symptom of economicstress caused by more au-tomation and less work.

“It really boils down tothe lack of economic op-portunity in so many ofthese areas,” Chase said.

Vilsack said publicawareness is vital.

“The importance to meis to bring this issue out ofthe shadows,” he said.

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HEROIN: New initiative focused on deterrenceHeroin information

Processed from morphine – a naturally occurringsubstance extracted from the seeds of some poppyplants – heroin is a highly addictive drug and themost rapidly acting of opiates.

Rapidly entering the body, heroin is especially ad-dictive, physically and psychologically.

Heroin users don’t know the actual strength or con-tents of the drug, so overdose is a real risk.

Counseling and treatment is available at theHuman Service Center, the Jolt Foundation and theSubstance Abuse Prevention Coalition in Peoria.

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THE WEEK AHEAD

This Week’s Eventss Family BINGO – Family bingo at

Morrison and Mary Wiley Library inElmwood is today (Feb. 11), 6-6:45 p.m.Registration required, call (309) 742-2431.

s Free Bread– Free bread available atElmwood Methodist Church Friday(Feb. 12) at 10 a.m.

s Valentine’s Party–Valentine’s Day partyand bingo at SalemTownship Library inYates City is Friday(Feb. 12) at 2 p.m.

s Fiber Guild –Bishop Hill Fiber Guild meets Satur-day (Feb. 13) at 10 a.m. at CreativeThreads, LLC, 611 N. 4th St., Chilli-cothe.

s Grandparent’s Day – Bring yourgrandkids to LME Library inPrinceville on Saturday (Feb. 20) from10 a.m.-12 p.m. to hand paint teacups.$20 per teacup. Class limited to 20people. Call (309) 358-4540 to regis-ter.

s Civil War – Tom Emery will give adiscussion on the Civil War in Illinoison Saturday (Feb. 13) at 1 p.m. atFarmington Public Library.

s Adult Crafts – Create a gazing ballfor your garden Wednesday (Feb. 17)at Farmington Public Library at 6 p.m.Registration required. Call (309) 245-2175.

Future Eventss Ladies Craft – Ladies 18 and older

welcome to Morrison and Mary WileyLibrary in Elmwood on Feb. 18 at 6:30p.m. for craft night. Craft is a glassflower brooch. Registration required.Call (309) 742-2431.

s Adult BINGO – Adults welcome toplay bingo at 10 a.m. atSalem Township Li-brary in Yates City onFeb. 19.

s Chili Fundraiser –Chili Supper andFundraiser for St.James Catholic Churchis Feb. 21 from 4-6

p.m. Located at the American Legionin Williamsfield.

s Train Fair – Peoria Train Fair atICC East Peoria Campus is February21 from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. Operating lay-outs, swap meet tables and videos. Ad-mission $3 for adults, kids 12 andunder free.

s Energy Program – All welcome toSalem Township Library in Yates Cityon Feb. 23 to learn about energy sav-ing tips with Kenny Blum. Programstarts at 10 a.m. Call (309) 358-1678with questions.

s Coloring Session – Adults welcometo LME Library in Princeville on Feb.27 from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. for an adultcoloring session. Pages and coloringutensils provided.

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Rambling through central Illi-nois, pondering the fine line be-tween what is garbage andcollectible.

uuuHey, I like my suds, but has there

ever been a more blatant shill forbeer than Peyton Manning after the

Super Bowl? Irealize he standsto cash millionsafter winning hissecond SuperBowl, but did hehave to be soblatant about it?... Seems therewas some confu-sion as to my

correct Super Bowl prediction. Mypoint was simply that Cam Newtonwouldn’t lose the game but coachRon Rivera (who always looks per-plexed) would. Actually, severalCarolina players can take credit forlaying an egg. But the real differ-ence was the Denver defense.Wow. ... While some said Supe 50was a bad game, I actually enjoyedthe defensive battle. Not so thecommercials. This had to be themost uninspired offering of ads in along time. The only laugh-out-loudmoment was when all those wienerdogs started running through afield in wiener costumes towardshumans in Heinz ketchup bottles.That was clever ... but nowherenear as classic as the chimp com-mercials for Career Builder (justwatched the one with the laserpointer again and still laughed

hard).uuu

A group of the new owners ofElmwood’s Palace Theatre spent asunny Saturday toiling behind thecurtains of that venerable buildingto clean up what appeared to be a100-year accumulation. In additionto a curious assortment of garbage,there were plenty of nifty gems likeold projectors, slides, an old bicy-cle, posters and other items thatmight be of interest to collectors.With that in mind, the folks fromthe American Pickers televisionshow were contacted – and haveshowed some interest in possiblytouring the old building. ... Speak-ing of the theater, or theatre if youare British or can’t spell very well,make sure to check out the adver-tisement on Page 2 of this paper.There you will see a listing of thenext four movies to be shown atthe Palace. The hope is by lettingfolks know show plans in advancethey can make plans and advantageof cheaper admission and viewmovies locally. And barring prob-lems with the health department,hot popcorn and icy-cold fountainsoda should be served starting Fri-day!

uuuMy favorite high school hoops

venue in our area is Robert P. An-derson Gymnasium. The neat oldgym in Williamsfield is a greatplace to watch a game. That said, ittakes a backseat to Lewistown,whose mini-bowl offers greatsightlines for fans and is like taking

a step back into the past. ... Speak-ing of gyms, my all-time favoritehigh school gym is in New Castle,Ind. With seating for 9,314 (10,000with added bleachers), the NewCastle Fieldhouse is billed as thelargest in the world. New Castle isactually worth a stop if you havetime during a cross-country drive.You can visit the fieldhouse and theimpressive Indiana Basketball Hallof Fame.

uuuAll the snow geese flying around

overhead lately have me ponderingan old sneaky tactic to get close tothose big flocks in the field. Seemssome hunters have had luck paint-ing large, wooden cut-outs of cowsthat they hide behind as they inchtoward the geese. Once they getclose enough, the hunter pushes thewooden cow over and starts shoot-ing. Of course, with my luck therewould probably be a bull in thefield who would take a fancy to mycut-out. ... Next time you see MikeCecil in Farmington, ask him if thefix was on for this year’s SuperBowl – or at least this year’s SuperBowl board. ... Parting shot: SeeingJohn Kasich take second in NewHampshire gives me false hope. Irealize he has no chance overall,but he’s the Republican who makesthe most sense. And why wouldanyone vote for Jeb Bush? Howdid he get elected for anything? Wehad better candidates for seventhgrade student council.

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Last Spring, I shaved off thebeard/goatee thatI’ve worn for thepast decade and ahalf. I hadn’tseen my chin inquite some timeand was quitesurprised to findthat a coupleother chins hadcome to residejust below the original. This was nota pleasant revelation.

I shaved it off because of an idiotwho was passing himself off as adoctor. Actually, he WAS and stillIS a doctor, but based on what hewas saying, predicting and prescrib-ing for me, I’m guessing he paidsomeone to take whatever tests youhave to take to become an M.D.

I was in the hospital, recoveringfrom a variety of ailments, and I

needed a biPap machine hooked upto me in order to sleep. This is a ma-chine much like a CPap machine,commonly prescribed for peoplewith sleep apnea (a condition whereyou stop breathing while sleeping).It’s worn with a mask that fits overthe nose and mouth, something likeyou’d see a fighter pilot wearing.

The CPap machine forces air intothe lungs and makes you take abreath whether you want to or not. The BiPap machine forces the air in,but also forces it out, acting like arespirator.

Because of my beard/goatee, theyhad a heck of a time fitting thatmask on my face. The hair on mychinny-chin-chin kept the maskfrom fitting flush and creating aseal. Dr. Dipstick told me I’d needto shave my beard.

One of my daughters brought methe required electric clippers to do

the deed, and after about a half hour,the beard I’d come to know andlove lay scattered on the bottom ofthe bathroom sink. I almost didn’trecognize myself.

In fact, the first time I got up to goto the bathroom in the middle of thenight and caught my reflection inthe mirror, I scared myself. Honest!

When the respiratory people camein that night to hook up the ma-chine, they were surprised that I nolonger had a beard. “You didn’thave to do that!” they said. “Webrought nose pillows for you!”

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Taking one off of the chin, for a change

JonGALLAGHER

To the Editor:These are just a few of the head-

lines:“Drinking water systems imper-

iled throughout country” – PeoriaJournal Star 10/18/2015

“Not A Drop To Drink” – TheNews Gazette 9/27/2015

Across Illinois, much of our waterinfrastructure was put in place in theearly 1900s. In manycases, distribution sys-tems are not only old;they are made of oldmaterial-cast or ductileiron or asbestos ce-ment. Most water sys-tems in Illinois havereached or are reaching the end oftheir useful/expected lives.

According to “On The Path ToRuin,” an article in The Real TruthMagazine, drinking water systemsface an annual shortfall of at least$11 billion to replace aging facilitiesthat are near the end of their usefullife and to comply with existing andfuture federal water regulations.

Just think. We can’t even see theabove problem.

So what about what we can see?Our distinctive water towers – tow-ers that not only help provide waterto our towns, but give our town its

identity, featuring our school’s mas-cot, a symbol of our heritage, a fa-mous resident or commodity.

Water towers are not exempt fromaging, either. If built 50 years ago,the tower likely has needed mainte-nance at least 10 times.

What about water treatmentplants? They too are reaching thepoint of major renovation or likely

replacement. Is yourplant able to meet cur-rent Illinois Environ-mental ProtectionAgency standards? Canit treat what is now inthe raw water?

For many small com-munities when the water plant goesdown, there is no “Plan B.”

And the same situation exists forsewer systems in many of our com-munities.

USDA Rural Development canhelp. In 2015 we helped finance 51water and waste projects throughoutIllinois. That means last year alone,we helped 162,228 rural familiesget safe water or improved sewer,investing $54,756,020 to accom-plish that progress. Since 2009,USDA Rural Development in Illi-nois has financed $315,786,582 inrural water infrastructure.

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The likelihood of your commu-nity having a water improvementneed is great. Do you have a plan?Or a Plan B? Are you making plansto address your water necessities?Are you planning to contact USDARural Development to discuss fi-nancing options?

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NOTE: Charges are merely an accusa-tion. All suspects are presumed innocentuntil proven guilty in a court of law.

Peoria County releasescrime data for January

The Peoria Sheriff’s Departmentreleased its Crime Statistics Reportfor January for the eight PeoriaCounty townships in The WeeklyPost’s circulation area:

Brimfield city and township to-gether had 1 criminal sexual as-sault, 2 thefts, 1 accident with aninjury, 2 accidents without injuriesand 4 traffic tickets.

Elmwood city and township to-gether had 1 accident with an in-jury, 2 accidents with no injuriesand 2 traffic tickets.

Jubilee Township had 1 burglaryof a residence, 2 accidents with in-juries, 3 accidents without injuriesand 4 traffic tickets.

Kickapoo had 1 burglary of anon-residence, 4 thefts, 1 vandal-

ism/criminal damage to propertyincident, 1 accident with an injury,11 accidents with no injuries and 7traffic tickets.

Millbrook had 1 burglary of aresidence, 2 accidents with no in-juries, and 1 traffic ticket.

Princeville city and township to-gether had 1 domestic batterycharge, 1 theft, and 2 traffic tick-ets.

Radnor had 1 burglary of a resi-dence, 1 accident with an injury, 3accidents with no injuries, and 3traffic tickets.

Rosefield had 1 identity theft in-cident, 1 accident with an injury, 1accident with no injuries and 1traffic ticket.Police reports

• Korey Zinser, 27, of Princevilleon Feb. 2 was arrested for domes-tic battery and transported to thePeoria County Jail.

• Shellie Blair, 32, of Princevilleon Feb. 6 was arrested for domes-

tic battery and transported to thePeoria County Jail.

• Chad McGinn, 34, on Feb. 6was arrested for domestic batteryand transported to the PeoriaCounty Jail.

• Lucas Stalter, 33, of Elmwoodon Feb. 6 was arrested on an out-standing Knox County warrant andtransported to the Peoria CountyJail.

• Gilbert Waddle, 34, of Farm-ington on Feb. 7 was arrested forcriminal trespassing to land, bat-tery, possession of marijuana andpossession of drug paraphernaliaand transported to the PeoriaCounty Jail.

• Tim Rians, 43, of Elmwood onFeb. 7 reported criminal damage tohis 2008 Dodge.

Deer accidents• Betty Mackenzie of Elmwood

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“Students aren’t subject to what-ever the District gets on a propri-etary basis,” he continued. “Itlevels the playing field as far asstudents’ opportunity.”

An opportunity to address build-ing issues also remains possible,as the District’s architect will letbids this spring based on rough es-timates reduced from last month.A proposal for a new science roomat a cost of $320,000 was droppedfrom the new plan, which totals$580,000, down from an initial es-timate of more than $900,000 inFebruary.

The estimates are $60,000 forexterior sidewalk and water main

work; $35,000 for a security-cam-era upgrade; $100,000 for a newSTEM Center; $20,000 for themusic room; $5,000 for the Frenchroom; and $360,000 to convert anold locker room into an officearea.

Some of the work will be donein-house and some “angel money”will be sought, said Farquer, whosaid the bid package will be forabout $400,000 of work.

The Board of Education also:• approved scheduling the High

School graduation for 2 p.m. Sun-day, May 22 in the gym (and setfuture high school graduations onthe weekend before MemorialDay), the pre-Kindergarten gradu-ation the Tuesday after highschool graduation, and 8th grade

graduation the Friday after highschool graduation.

• instructed Farquer to revisitthe District’s $1.5 million in ma-turing Certificates of Deposit in-vestments with a diversifiedapproach to allocations;

• discussed the Building &Trades home’s progress, withplans to let regular bids in mid-June;

• the Board updated sections 3and 4 of its policies, concerninggeneral school administration andoperations, and reviewed section5, about personnel, for a discus-sion at the March 14 meeting; and

• OK’d Katie Bosnich as headmiddle school track coach, andGeoffrey Girsch as assistant mid-dle school track coach.


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GALLAGHER: Electric razor saves bloodthan the mask.

When Dr. Dipstickcame back in the nextmorning to see if I wasstill alive, I asked himwhy he hadn’t told meabout nose pillows before.

He didn’t think theywere effective, he said.

This is the same doctorwho had wanted to cut ahole in my throat for tubesearlier instead of using amask, was recommendingthat I be put in hospice in-stead of going home, andwho told my kids I would-n’t be around in threemonths anyway.

I fired him on the spot. In the meantime, I con-

tinued to shave my chin,wondering what pos-sessed me to grow a beardin the first place.

When I grew it, MarkMcGwire was slamminghome runs at a recordpace, and he’d made goat-ees fashionable again. Be-fore he brought themback, you have to go allthe way back to MitchMiller, which means theyhadn’t been fashionablefor about 30 years.

While the hair on thetop of my skull had re-mained a very darkbrown, the hair at the endof my chin seemed to lackany color at all. In fact,the hair in the hospital’sbathroom sink looked likeit might have come fromSanta rather than me.

I tried to color it a fewtimes, but it looked morelike I’d rubbed shoe pol-

ish on my chin, so I justput up with the gray/whitecolor.

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One of my favorite ma-gicians was Harry Black-stone, Jr. Harry alwayswore a black goatee andhe made it look good. Butsince a goatee didn’t im-prove the way I didmagic, I knew that wasn’tthe reason.

It didn’t take long forme to realize the answer.Each time I ran a razor

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ROSEFIELD – Township Super-visor Mike Windish’s treasurer’sreport on Wednesday (Feb. 3)showed Rosefield’s finances to belargely on budget after 10 monthsinto its fiscal year.

Most noticeable is the surplus offunds set aside for Township relief.Budgeted for $50,000 for the yearbeginning April 1, Rosefield hasspent $2,308.80 for assistance toresidents for utilities, shelter, andmiscellaneous help.

Township assistance is consid-ered a “last resort” after other pro-grams, such as jobless benefits,have been exhausted.

In other finances, Rosefield’sTown Fund is on pace to finish thefiscal year generating about$116,000 in revenue. The Town-ship had budgeted $98,500.

Meanwhile, Road CommissionerMatt Windish reported planning tolet bids between mid-February andearly March for sealcoating someroads.

Also, Mike Windish reported a

fruitful meeting in Canton of theTownship Officials of Illinois RiskManagement Association(TOIRMA).

There, officials outlined precau-tions all townships should imple-ment, ranging from installingtemporary road signs in emergen-cies to making available safetyequipment for workers.

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BLESSMAN: Orion job is superintendent onlyIn December, on a 7-0

vote with little or nocomment, Blessman wasapproved for a one-yearcontract to serve asBrimfield’s superintend-ent and high school prin-cipal at a base salary of$116,639.

In other ways, the tim-ing is everything. Thehiring process for a su-perintendent can startmonths or even years inadvance.

With a contract that ex-pired next June 30, andquestions about whetheror not it would be re-newed, Blessman had in-dicated he’d be in themarket.

“I interviewed at sev-

eral places and was fortu-nate enough to be a final-ist at a few of them,” hesaid.

Ultimately, Orion of-fered him one job, nottwo, for more money andmore time.

“Orion offered me athree-year deal. My re-sponsibilities would besuperintendent, not acombined position,”Blessman said. “It’s agood offer and I couldn’tsay no to it.”

While he was pleasedwith his four years here –citing athletic and scho-lastic success, as well asrelatively healthy fi-nances – Blessman saidOrion offers comparablesmall-town living on the

edge of a larger metroarea.

“Things happen for areason,” Blessman said.“Brimfield has been fan-tastic. It’s bittersweet.”

It may be bitter forsome and sweet for oth-ers in Brimfield, as well.The timeline is tight.

Former board presidentDavid Harmon says thehiring process was ac-complished relativelyquickly last time, begin-ning in January and com-pleting a second round ofinterviews in late March.

“I would assume theboard would pursue itconventionally,” Harmonsaid, meaning they wouldcontact the Illinois StateBoard of Education topost the position.

Harmon said he hadn’tyet discussed the situa-tion with current board

president Dan Heinz.And Heinz said Bless-man’s resignation has notbeen submitted yet. (Allthree indicated the resig-nation would be on theagenda at the Feb. 17meeting.)

“We will move for-ward,” Heinz said. “Wewill conduct a search andfind the next personwho’s best for the job.”

Asked if the searchwould be for one personor two – a principal and asuperintendent – Heinzsaid that remains to beseen.

“We’re not 100 percentsure. That’s somethingthe board will talkthrough and come outwith a plan for the fu-ture,” he said.TERRY BIBO can be

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FARMINGTON – TheFarmington School Dis-trict will hold its secondspecial education re-source night on March 2at the school.

The goal of this eventis to raise awarenessabout the community re-sources available to fami-lies and students withdisabilities.

Farmington CentralSchool District employ-ees organized the eventin hopes it will providestudents access to appro-

priate resources whichwill help them be suc-cessful, independentlearners now and aftergraduation from highschool.

At the event, studentsand their families canvisit vendor tables andgather information on re-sources that are availableto students with disabili-ties.

Vendors invited in-clude the Heart of IllinoisSpecial Recreation Asso-ciation, Autism Society,

County Link, Epic,Easter Seals, Met Life,Camp Big Sky, Bridge-way, Special Olympics,the Dyslexia AwarenessNetwork and many oth-ers.

In addition, there willalso be representatives

from group homes, pettherapy programs and or-ganizations that providefinancial planning assis-tance to individuals withdisabilities.

Last year’s event at-tracted more than 20 ven-dors.

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Mayor and City Council of the City of Farmington, IL seek to sellthe above real estate, including the building located thereon.

Written offers for the purchase of the aforesaid interest in the above-described property are herebyinvited and will be received by the City Administrator. Said proposals shall be addressed to:

City CouncilCity of Farmington

c/o City Administrator322 E. Fort St.

Farmington, IL 61531

and shall bear the legend “PROPOSAL – SALE OF 266 E. FORT ST.” and the name and address ofthe offeror. The sealed bid offer shall be submitted to the Office of the City Administrator no laterthan 4:00 p.m. on March 7, 2016.

Two-Step Auction: The City of Farmington shall request a sealed bid on the property in care of theCity Administrator office by 4:00 p.m. on March 7, 2016. The sealed bids received will be openedat a public meeting at the Farmington City Council at 7:00 p.m. on March 7, 2016. The sealed bidamounts will be read at the council meeting and the high bid amount is announced. All those whohave responded to the sealed bid process are invited to attend the City Council Meeting. A publicauction will then be offered, to only those who have submitted a sealed bid, started at the highestsealed bid received. ONLY those who submitted a sealed bid will be allowed to participate in the liveauction. Each sealed bidder has the right to increase their sealed bid offer submitted.

The Minimum Bid Amount for this property is required at $40,000.00.

The Mayor and City Council reserve the right to reject any and all offers and to waive any infor-malities or irregularities in any offer. The Mayor and City Council further reserve the right to reviewand study any and all offers and to make a contract award at any time.

Packet Bid Information is available at the City Administrator’s Office and or to tour the property, please contact Rollen Wright, City Administrator at the below address or call (309) 245-2011.

OPEN HOUSE TOUR TIMES:Saturday Feb. 13 – 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and

Sunday, Feb. 28 – 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

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STATE OF ILLINOISIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

PEORIA COUNTY, IN PROBATE

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF )ORIAN L. HEUERMANN, Deceased ) No. 16-P-

CLAIM DAY NOTICE

Notice is given to creditors of the death of ORIAN L. HEUERMANNon November 30, 2015. Letters of office were issued on January 12,2016, to DOUGLAS LEE HEUERMANN, 1820 W. Baywood, Peoria, IL.61614 and ROBERT HENRY HEUERMANN, 662 Hillary Farm Road,Hudson, WI 54016, as Co-Independent Administrators, whose attor-ney of record is Froehling, Weber, & Schell, LLP (NANCY A. SCHELL),165 East Fort Street, Farmington, IL 61531, Phone #309/245-2474,Fax #309/245-2475.

Administration of this estate will be without court supervision, un-less an interested party requests supervised administration pursuantto a petition filed under 755 ILCS 5/28-4.

Claims must be filed on or before July 29, 2016 (being a date notless than six (6) months from the date of the first publication of thisnotice, or three (3) months from the date of mailing of delivery of thisnotice to creditors, whichever is later), and any claim not filed on orbefore that date is barred. Claims may be filed with the representativeof this estate, or in the Office of the Peoria Circuit Clerk, Peoria CountyCourthouse, Peoria, IL 61602, or both. If filed with the court, theclaimant within ten (10) days after filing his or her claim with thecourt: (1) shall cause a copy of the claim to be mailed or delivered tothe representative and to the attorney of record, unless the representa-tive or the attorney has in writing either consented to the allowance ofthe claim or waived mailing or delivery of the copies, and (2) shall filewith the court proof of any required mailing or delivery of copies.

Dated this 21st day of January, 2016.

DOUGLASS LEE HEUERMANN and ROBERT HENRYHEUERMANN, as Co-Independent Administrators of the

Estate of ORIAN L. HEUERMANN, deceased

By: (S) NANCY A. SCHELLNancy A. Schell, their attorney

NANCY A. SCHELLFroehling, Weber, & Schell, LLPAttorneys for Estate165 East Fort Street, Farmington, IL 61531Phone: 309/245-2474

CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS

Peoria County, in Probate

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF )EDNA M. MARTIN ) N0. 15-P-527

NOTICE OF CLAIM DATE

Notice is given to creditors of the death of EDNA M. MARTIN. Let-ters of Office were issued to EDWIN R. MARTIN, 4517 West LegionHall Road, Dunlap, Illinois 61525, and AUDREY L. BRAKER, 4500 WestCounty Line Road, Speer, Illinois 61479, as Co-Executors, whose attor-ney is THE CORDIS LAW OFFICE, LLC, Attorneys at Law, 129 NorthWalnut 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 representative,or both, on or before the 21st day of July 2016 or if mailing or deliveryof a notice from the representative is required by Sec. 18-3 of the Pro-bate Act of 1975, the date stated in the notice. Every claim filed mustbe in writing and state sufficient information to notify the representa-tive of the nature of the claim or other relief sought. Any claim not filedon or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerkmust be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representatives andto the attorney with in ten (10) days after is has been filed and shall filewith the Court, proof of any required mailing or delivery of copies.

Dated January 13, A.D. 2016

EDWIN R. MARTIN AND AUDREY L.BRAKER, CO-Executors of the Estate of

EDNA M. MARTIN, Deceased

The Cordis Law Office, LLCAttorneys for Executor 129 North Walnut Avenue BY: (S) Kerry R. CordisP. O. Box 445 Attorney for EstatePrinceville, IL 61559309/338-4616

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Princeville newsbitsPrinceville Knights of Columbus

is presenting a fish fry starting at 5Friday afternoon at the St. Mary ofthe Woods parish hall.

Also, the Princeville Sports Boost-ers’ fifth annual Spaghetti Dinner is5-7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19 – before thelast home game in the high schoolgym – in the PHS cafeteria.

Meals of spaghetti, green beans,salad, bread, dessert and drink are$8; kids 4 and younger are free.Carryouts available.

Prairie Park sled hillopening delayed

HANNA CITY – Due to brightsunshine last weekend, the grandopening of the new sledding hill atWildlife Prairie Park was delayed toWednesday (Feb. 10) at 3 p.m.

Park officials said man-madesnow will be much better given cold

temperatures expected this week.

Sheriffs’ Association offering scholarships

PEORIA – The Illinois Sheriffs’Association will award more than100 college scholarships throughoutIllinois to help with tuition, booksand fees in 2016-17.

On award of $500 will be givenout in Peoria County.

Applications are available at theAdministration Office on the secondfloor of the Peoria County Sheriff’sOffice, 301 N. Maxwell Road, Peo-ria or at Peoria County Courthouse,Room B-20. Or visitwww.ilsheriff.org. Applications mustbe postmarked by March 15.

Peoria Co. SWCD hasannual meeting Feb. 20

BRIMFIELD – The PeoriaCounty Soil & Water ConservationDistrict will be having its annual

meeting on Feb. 20 at 8 a.m. atBrimfield High School.

Reservations are required for thisbreakfast meeting. Call Karla at(309) 671-7040, Ext. 3, for tickets, oremail [email protected] for Humanityseeks home applicants

Habitat for Humanity is seekingapplicants for homes. Habitat forHumanity is a non-profit Christianhousing ministry welcoming peopleof all backgrounds to help buildhomes for families in need here inthe Greater Peoria Area.

Habitat for Humanity’s guide-lines – Need, Ability to Pay andWillingness to Partner – will be ex-plained in meetings Feb. 26 at 7 p.m.at the East Peoria Civic ComplexRoom 111/112 and Feb. 29 at 7 p.m.at the First United MethodistChurch, 116 NE Perry Ave.

Go to www.habitatpeoria.org.

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the CITY OF ELMWOOD will be ac-cepting sealed bids until 4:00 p.m. on March 15, 2016, at City Hall, 201West Main Street, Elmwood, Illinois 61529, for the sale and purchase ofthe property described as follows, to-wit:

The South Half of Lot Numbered Four (4), in Block Lettered “U”, inthe Town of Elmwood, as laid out by William J. Phelps, now a Partof the City of Elmwood; situated in the County of Peoria and theState of Illinois;

Parcel Identification No.: 11-07-436-006;

Parcel Address: 210 South Magnolia Street, Elmwood, Illinois61529;

which is improved with a commercial building that the City has used asa senior center and as a meeting space for local civic groups and or-ganizations (hereinafter “the Property”). For additional informationabout the Property or to make an appointment to examine the Property,call City Hall by phone at (309) 742-2351. The sale shall be made onthe terms and conditions set forth in the Bid to Purchase / Agreementfor Warranty Deed forms available at City Hall at the address set forthabove, which terms and conditions include, without limitation, the fol-lowing:

1. Sealed written bids shall set forth the total purchase price andthe name and address of the bidder and shall be signed by the bid-der.

2. Seller shall require the successful bidder and their successorsand assigns to permit the American Legion Post #0638, the Veter-ans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post #4724, and the Elmwood SeniorCitizens Club to continue to use the building on the Real Estate as ameeting site without charge, which will be a perpetual covenantrunning with the land.

3. All improvements are sold “as-is”.

4. A minimum down payment of $1,000.00 in the form of acashier’s check made payable to “City of Elmwood” must accom-pany each bid.

5. The written bids shall be final, and no further bids will be con-sidered after the deadline for acceptance of bids. Seller reservesthe right to reject any and all bids.

Envelopes containing a bid with a cashier’s check in the amount of$1,000.00 shall be clearly marked “Bid for Purchase of City Property”and shall be received at City Hall, 201 West Main Street, Elmwood, Illi-nois 61529, on or before 4:00 p.m. on March 15, 2016. Sealed Bidswill be opened at the regular meeting of the CITY OF ELMWOOD sched-uled for 7:00 p.m. on March 15, 2016, at the City Hall.

John D. Hulslander, MayorCity of ElmwoodPeoria County, Illinois



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OBITUARIESGary Case

ELMWOOD – Gary E. Case, 76,of Elmwood, passed away at 5:15a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016,at Farmington Country Manor.

He was born on Aug. 20, 1939,in Peoria, Ill., to Elliot and Theda(Van Tassel) Case. He marriedMary (Hulslander) Case on Sept.20, 1986, at the First PresbyterianChurch in Elmwood. She survives.

He is also survived by five chil-dren: Jason (Jennifer) Beard ofDahinda, Tracey (Jeff) Yoakum ofFalkville, Ala., Shelly (Matt) Pear-son of Mount Pulaski, Barbra(Buddah) Strouse of PeoriaHeights, and Jon (Laura) Case ofMarquette Heights; and 11 grand-children: Easton, Hayden, Shaye,Parker, Jordan C., Paige, Jordan J.,Kayla, Kyle, Casey, and Kim.

He was preceded in death by hisparents, one son, Keith, onedaughter, Katherine, and onegrandson.

Gary worked at Cilco as a crewleader for over 37 years where heretired on Jan. 1, 1997. He was ofthe Christian faith. Gary loved hisGreen Bay Packers and St. LouisCardinals and let everyone know.

Most of all, he adored and wasvery proud of his kids and grand-kids.

Special thanks to the staff atFarmington Country Manor forloving Gary, “Gare Bear,” and tak-ing the utmost care of him. Heloved every single one of them.

People loved Gary for who hewas and not for what you wantedhim to be.

Cremation rites have been ac-corded. There will be no services.

A private family burial will takeplace at the Elmwood St. Patrick’sCemetery at a later date. Memori-als may be made to the ElmwoodFire Department and BYE.

Oaks-Hines Funeral Home inElmwood is in charge of arrange-ments.

To post online condolences,please visit www.oakshinesfuner-alhome.com.

Maxine MartzlufBRIMFIELD – Maxine “Jean” J.

Martzluf, 91, of Brimfield, died at7:38 p.m. onThursday, Feb. 4,2016, at Farm-ington CountryManor.

She was bornon April 25,1924, in Elm-wood, to Homerand Mabel(White) Callister. She marriedGiles Martzluf on Aug. 6, 1944.

She is survived by one daughter,Kim Ohls, of Pekin; three grand-children, Justin (Jess) Ohls, KevinOhls, and Katrina Ohls; and one

brother, Wayne Callister. She was preceded in death by

her husband, and two sisters,Thelma Richmond and Donna Nel-son.

A private family graveside serv-ice will be held on Tuesday, Feb.9, 2016, at Swan Lake MemoryGardens in Peoria.

Memorials may be made to theAlzheimer’s Association.

To leave online condolences,please visit www.oakshinesfuner-alhome.com

Oaks-Hines Funeral Home inElmwood is in charge of arrange-ments.

Roger HagelKICKAPOO – Roger Lyle

Hagel, 79, of Washington, brotherof a Kickapoo woman, died Feb. 1at Reflections in Washington.

Survivors include his wife, Car-olyn Jo (Elder) Hagel; childrenLeslie (Mark) Brozovich of CampZama Army Base, Japan, Joi(Blake) DeArmond of Morton, andNicole Hagel of Galva; sister LoisPucelik of Kickapoo; and brotherTod (Sharon) Hagel of Bartonville.Funeral services were Feb. 5 atMason Funeral Home in Washing-ton.

Condolences may be left online atwww.masonfuneralhomes.com.

Daniel HarlanELMWOOD – Dan Harlan, 54,

of Davidson, N.C., formerly ofElmwood, died Jan. 31.

Born Dec. 22, 1961, in Moberly,Mo., to Marvin M. Harlan and thelate Betty Lou Mea Harlan, Dangrew up in Elmwood. He enjoyedlife and had many loving friends.

In his earlier years, he was a

This Week’s Obituaries• Gary Case, 76, Elmwood• Roger Hagel, 79, Kickapoo• Daniel Harlan, 54, Elmwood• Maxine Martzluf, 91, Brimfield• Edward Taylor, 65, Princeville• Donna Werckman, 90, Edwards• Thomas Whitehurst, 56, Farm-ington

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NOTICEPrinceville Township Road District – Load Limit PostingPrinceville Township, in accordance with Illinois VehicleCode “625 ILCS 5/15-316”, will impose weight limitationson all Princeville Township roads effective for 90 days,

(FEB. 5, 2016 THRU MAY 5, 2016)Due to the deterioration caused by winter freezing and springthawing cycles.

Therefore, no vehicle shall be operated upon PrincevilleTownship Roads having a gross vehicle weight greaterthan 8 tons (16,000 pounds) Feb. 5, 2016 through May5, 2016.

Any questions contact Princeville Township Highway CommissionerRobbie Ingle or call (309) 264-2277.

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Lutheran ChurchThe Lutheran Church -

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

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

Sun. Divine Service: 10 amBrimfield E-Free ChurchPastor Donald Blasing11724 Maher Road

Brimfield, IL 61517(309) 446-3571

www.brimfieldefree.orgWorship: 10:30 am

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

ages 3-12Brimfield 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 Barch

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

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

free communion offered)EDWARDS

Bethany Baptist Church7422 N. Heinz Ln., Edwards

(309) 692-1755www.bethanycentral.org

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

Christ Alive! Community ChurchPastor Lance Zaerr

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

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

Crossroads Assembly of GodPastor Tim Cavallo

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

www.crossroadselmwood.orgWed. Worship: 7 pm

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

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

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

of ElmwoodReverend Marla B. Bauler201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood

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

St. Patrick’sCatholic ChurchFather Paul Stiene

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

Sat. Confession: 3:45 p.m.Sat. Mass: 4:30 p.m.Sun. Mass: 10 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 FarmingtonReverend Dr. Linda Philabaun83 N. Cone Street, Farmington

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

New Hope FellowshipAssembly of GodPastor Tom Wright

1102 N. Illinois Route 78

Farmington(309) 245-2957

Sun. Worship: 10 amWed. Worship: 7 pmPRINCEVILLE

Princeville UnitedMethodist ChurchPastor Ken Dees

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

[email protected]. Worship: 9 am

Sunday School: 10:15 amYATES CITYFaith United

Presbyterian ChurchReverend Marla B. Bauler

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

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

AREA CHURCHES

OBITUARIEStrack and cross country runner, re-ceiving many awards including astate championship in 1977 withElmwood High School. Dan wasan all-around good athlete and es-pecially enjoyed basketball andgolf. He established himself earlyas a distinctive dresser and quicklyassumed the name “Dapper.”

“Dapper” was a graduate of Au-gustana College in 1985. He rancross country and track and wasinducted into the Augustana Hallof Fame in 2013 with his track andfield teammates. He made many ofhis closest, life-long friends whilethere.

Since 1988, Dan has shared hisjourney through life with his part-ner and best friend, Lorraine Gau-thier.

Along with his wife and father,Dan is survived by sisters, Diana(Dave) Hall of Elmwood; Dana(Mark) Johnson of Minonk;brother Dave (Kelly) Harlan ofWashington; father and mother-in-law, Richard and Frances Gau-thier; and many loving nieces andnephews (related and acquired).

A celebration of life was Feb. 5at Raymer-Kepner Funeral Homein Huntersville, N.C.

The Centennial, in Mequon,

Wis., was a favorite place of Danand Lorraine’s. They were thereoften in their 25 years in Wiscon-sin. Lorraine will hold a memorialservice in Wisconsin in the nextfew months.

Condolences may be left online atwww.raymerfh.com.

Edward TaylorPRINCEVILLE – Edward “Lon-

nie” Taylor, 65, of Petersburg, fa-ther of a Princeville woman, diedJan. 31 at Kindred Hospital ofPeoria.

Survivors include his wife,Georgette (Krencik) Taylor; chil-dren Kristin Snyder of Princeville,Steven (Amy) Taylor of Peoria,Kimberly Taylor of Washington,Tonya Burke of Tremont, TiffanieTurner of Georgia, and Zachary(Lena) Taylor of Peoria; and son-in-law, Ronnie Ochoa.

A visitation was Feb. 5 at Rem-mert Funeral Home. Cremationrites were accorded.

Condolences may be left online atwww.remmertfuneralhome.com.

Donna WerckmanEDWARDS – Donna Marie

Werckman, 90, of Fort Myers,Fla., mother of an Edwardswoman, died Jan. 14.

Survivors include her husband of

67 years, William F. Werckman;daughters Nancy (Don) Middletonof Edwards, Awanda Beaupre(Tom Moore) of Fort Myers, Fla.;son David (Lorie) Werckman ofHanna City; and granddaughterLorna (Conrad) Haschemeyer, andfour great-grandchildren of Can-ton.

A memorial service and entomb-ment were conducted Jan. 20 atFort Myers Memorial Gardens inFort Myers.

Thomas WhitehurstFARMINGTON – Thomas A

Whitehurst, 56, of Trivoli, son-in-law of a Farmington woman, diedFeb. 4 at his residence.

Survivors include his wife Sheri(Brown) Whitehurst; daughterTaylor of Trivoli; brothers Williamof Glasford and Robert (Sheryl) ofPeoria; sister Patricia (David)Brooks of Peoria; and mother-in-law June Brown of Farmington.

Funeral services were Feb. 9 atDavison-Fulton Woolsey-WiltonFuneral Home. Cremation riteswill be accorded. Burial will be inSwan Lake Memory Gardens at alater date.

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

ALL SPORTS ROUNDUP

Princeville’s eighth-grade bas-ketball team joined Farmington onthe list of area regional winners inIllinois Elementary School Associ-ation play.

Princeville defeated Henry-Senachwine 40-27 last Thursday towin the IESA 8-2A regional hostedby Midland.

That same night, Elmwood fellto Peoria St. Vincent de Paul, 55-24, a team it had defeated earlier inthe season.

Princeville (15-6) moved on toplay against Ottawa Wallace (17-3)on Wednesday (Feb. 10) with achance to reach the state tourna-ment.

With a win, Princeville wouldplay on Saturday (Feb. 13) at

Mount Pulaski High School at11:30 a.m. against the winner be-tween St. Vincent de Paul (22-3)and Oak Grove West (19-4).

Farmington (22-0) has hadlonger to prepare for its sectionalmatchup, after winnings its re-gional last Tuesday, 65-42, overMonmouth-Roseville.

The Farmers were to playMossville (19-6) at 6:30 p.m. onWednesday (Feb. 10 ) at MercerCounty Junior High School in Joy.Mossville upset top-seed Tremont50-48 in the regional final.

With a win on Wednesday,Farmington would move on toTolono Unity for a 2:30 p.m. gameon Saturday (Feb. 13) against thewinner between Gillespie (19-4)

and Greenville (19-2).Members of this Farmington

eighth-grade team placed third lastyear in 7-3A competition and fin-ished 23-3.

Worth noting is that Gillespiewas second in 7-3A last season,losing to the same state championTeutopolis team that beat Farming-ton in the semifinals.

7th grade basketballIn seventh-grade action last

week, Farmington (17-7) droppedits 7-3A sectional matchup withMossville, 43-11.

Mossville (26-0) is scheduled toplay Teutopolis (24-2) on Thurs-day (Feb. 11) for the 7-3A statetitle.

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GIRLS: Farmington closed on 4-game streakwithin one point, but Knoxvillerecovered again in the fourth, com-bined with their big first half ad-vantage.

Brimfield was led in scoring byDura’s 17 and Nicole Thurman’s10.

“The first half was tough. We justcouldn’t get the ball in the basket,”coach Blane said. “ We fought backhard. I was proud of the girls forthat effort.”

The Lady Indians were to play at6 p.m. in the ROWVA Regional onWednesday against ROWVA.

ElmwoodUnfortunately for Elmwood, they

ran into a Farmington team Satur-day night that had been figuringthings out lately, falling to the LadyFarmers 46-39 to finish the regularseason at 14-14.

Allie Meyers scored 17, but astrong Farmington fourth periodwould deny the Lady Trojans.

Prior to that decision, Elmwoodpicked up a nice Prairieland winlast Thursday in taking down

Lewistown at home, 52-38. TheLady Trojans started strong andmaintained a solid double-digitlead throughout.

It was Senior Night, and MorganLedbetter had a game to rememberwith 17 points and 10 rebounds.

“Mo was very happy with thedouble, double, and especially thewin on Senior Night,” coach GreggMeyers said.

The Lady Trojans were to playWednesday in the regional atROWVA versus North Fulton at7:30 p.m.

FarmingtonFarmington racked up its fourth

straight win last Saturday againstElmwood, 46-39.

The Lady Farmers (13-16) havebeen playing their best basketballof the season in the past week. A16-10 final quarter sealed what hadbeen a very close game throughout.

Abbey Brown and MeganGilstrap led the Lady Farmers with12 points each.

“We were happy to have metsome goals with our young team

this season,” coach Jimmy Jordansaid. “We reached to a .500 mark inthe Prairieland Conference, im-proved our defense and finished theregular season playing our bestball.”

PrincevillePrinceville raced ahead of United

last Wednesday and never reallylooked back in a 61-46 final thatended the team’s regular season at18-11.

Advantages in the first three peri-ods, but especially the first at 21-4,put the Lady Princes pretty muchon cruise control for the contest.Three Lady Princes scored in dou-ble figures. Marisa Horton-Mezahad 20, and Lucy Waid and BreanaBauman each tallied 15.

“I’m very happy about the steadyprogress we made this season,”coach John Gross said.

Princeville is playing in the WestCentral Regional at Biggsville thisweek. They were to face BushnellPrairie City on Wednesday. A winwould put them in the title gamethe next day.


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The Farmers (20-4) also looked tobe peaking at the right time – untilTuesday.

Playing on Senior Night atKnoxville, Farmington survived a56-55 scare. Tyler Houston had 32for Knoxville while Trey Swearin-gen’s 17 led Farmington, which alsogot 10 from Dylan Hayden.

Perhaps a letdown was expectedafter last Friday’s 54-53 home winagainst Peoria Quest. The Farmersjumped to a 23-9 lead after onequarter and then survived seriousfoul trouble against Quest (17-6).

Eric Higgs led Farmington with18 points, but picked up his fourthfoul two minutes into the third quar-ter. Swearingen (19 points) also satsome with fouls and starter ReidBerry fouled out midway throughthe fourth quarter.

“That’s the first time we’ve expe-rienced foul trouble like that,”Farmington coach Jeff Otto said.“Eric was on his way to a hugegame. He was able to get to the bas-ket and to create for everybody.”

With him out, Farmington reliedon its old standby: defense.

“Our defense was the difference,”Otto said.

Farmington (9-0 Prairieland) ishome against West Prairie on Fridayas it seeks to head into a Feb. 19showdown with Brimfield for the

Prairieland Conference title.Brimfield

The fifth-ranked Indians (22-2)traveled to Delavan last Friday andavenged an earlier loss, winning 67-57 despite trailing early.

“Their first six made bucketswere 3-pointers,” Brimfield coachScott Carlson said. “So we went to a1-2-2 (defense) and Brad (Novak)played less just so we could get alittle quicker.”

A rash of 3-pointers by foes hasbeen a problem in losses for the In-dians’ traditional 1-3-1 defense.

“The first quarter got our attentionthat we need to get out quicker onshooters,” Carlson said. “If we con-tinue to be more aggressive that willmake things easier for us.”

Carlson is also hoping to see moreof the unselfish passing that he saidis this team’s hallmark.

“This team really passes the ballwell,” he said. “I like the way theyfind each other out there.”

Koby White leads with 7 assistsper game and Phelan Kelly is closeto 5 apg – that in addition to leadingin scoring, as he did last Friday with25 points. Jace Swietek added 22points against Delavan.

Brimfield is home Friday againstPeoria Heights.

PrincevilleThe Princes (11-12) won their

final two games in the Lincoln Trail

Conference tournament to placefifth.

The capper was a 58-31 rout ofRidgewood on Saturday. Noah Bau-man had 24 points and Nick Kraftadded 14. Princeville took controlby outscoring Ridgewood 20-4 inthe second quarter.

One day prior to that, the Princeshad topped United, 51-40, behind19 from Kraft and 17 from Bauman.

Princeville made it three wins in arow Tuesday night by downing hostStark County, 48-36. Bauman ledwith 17 points and Brendan Streit-matter returned from injury to scoreseven.

The Princes are home againstGalva on Friday.

ROWVA-WilliamsfieldAfter starting 3-0 in the Lincoln

Trail Conference tournament, theCougars (18-9) dropped their lasttwo to place fourth.

Last Friday R-W fell to Annawan,59-43, after being tied 31-31 at half-time. Zac Smith led with 10 points.

Then on Saturday, Mercer Countyupset R-W 64-61 despite 21 pointsfrom Garrett Wight and 17 fromSmith.

The result was much better Tues-day in a 56-42 win over Ridge-wood, as Ricky McCreary scored19 and Wight added 17.

R-W is at Williamsfield Friday vs.West Central.

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Tenth-seeded Farming-ton (13-17) lost to No. 9seed Deer Creek-Macki-naw, 55-48, in a quarter-final game at the Class

2A Peoria Christian Re-gional.

Dee-Mack led 39-36after three quarters andshot just 4-for-11 fromthe free throw line butwas able to hold off theLady Farmers.

Farmington got 12points from Julia De-Priest, 11 from Megan

Gilstrap and 10 fromAbbey Brown.

Elsewhere in Class 1Aaction, Brimfield was toplay ROWVA Wednes-day at 6 p.m. at Oneidaand Elmwood met SpoonRiver Valley at 7:30.

The two winners willmeet in the ROWVA Re-gional final at 7 p.m. on

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The goal as the postseasonnears is to be improving ... to beplaying your best basketball ofthe year.

That’s been true lately for afew localsquads, includ-ing Elmwood,which postedits best gameof the year lastFriday atLewistown.

Led downthe stretch bysenior Jake Roberts, the Trojans(16-10) upset Lewistown, 62-58.

Roberts made four straightfree throws to ice the game andalso scored three times on drivesin the final quarter to halt a rallyby the Indians (17-6).

“He kind of took over at theend. He was that senior leaderyou’re looking for,” Elmwoodcoach Josh Fugitt said. “When itcame to crunch time, as soon asthey went to man-to-man hewanted the ball. He knew hecould take those big kids.”

Fugitt said he purposely held

back that version of Elmwood’spenetration offense.

“We saved that for the end,”he said.

While Roberts finished with ateam-high 20 points, balancewas the key for Elmwood whichalso got 14 from sophomoreVince Lenzi, 13 from freshmanJacob Brown and 12 from juniorIsaiah Groeper.

Elmwood also pressed on de-fense, which slowed Lewistown.

“We disrupted their flow onoffense,” said Fugitt, who notedhe is pleased his team has playedwell heading into this week’sseedings.

After a slow first start, Elm-wood’s defense also tightenedthe screws on Bushnell-PrairieCity Tuesday in a 56-40 homewin.

Roberts had 14, Lenzi added12 and Groeper tallied 11 beforeleaving early in the third quarterwith what appeared to be aminor knee injury.

The Trojans travel to LondonMills Friday for a game againstNorth Fulton.

Farmington

By PHIL JOHNSONFor The Weekly Post

The end of the regular sea-son brought mixed results forarea girls basketball teams.

First to Brimfield (24-6),which suffered a pair of lossesto close out the campaign.

Last Thursday at Illini

Bluffs, as in a game the previ-ous night at Knoxville, Brim-field’s slow start kept themfrom recovering. The Lady In-dians lost 56-45 after fallingbehind 20-8 after one quarter.

Kennedy Dura scored 15 forBrimfield.

Powerhouse Prairieland

teams Brimfield and Knoxvillemet last Wednesday, and hometeam Knoxville got the best ofthings in a 54-43 decision dueto a 27-8 first half lead.

The Lady Indians furiouslyfought back with a monsterthird quarter (25-10) to get

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Mixed results at end of regular season

Elmwood, Farmingtonheat up at right time

RobertsMembers of Farmington’s seventh grade regional championship basketball team are: Front row(left to right): Kami Kelsey, Katie Staley, Niya Simerly, Abbey Pepper, Kendra Renfroe, KylieTurner, Riley Reed, Chesney Koenig and Hayleigh Allen; Second row (l to r): Lexi Petersen,Courtney Marit, Kylee Hayden, Abby Simpson, Alli Krakowiecki, Coach Petermeyer. Third row (lto r): James Clark, Wyatt Perkins, Kyle Peckham, Robert Abel, Brock Renner and SamFletcher. Fourth row (l to r): Coach Roy Swearingen, Ty Anderson, Brayden Smith, Will Hayden,Drew Vawter, Jacob Johnson, Dylan Hunt and Assistant Coach Marty Lozier.

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