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PRINCEVILLE – A national firmthat ranks the best U.S. schools hasnamed Princeville High School as the22nd best public high school in Illi-nois.

Out of 612 high schools, Princevilleis ranked No. 22, according toSchoolDigger.com, an independentranking service that noted Princevilleenrollment of 237 has a 20.3 percent-

age of students from low-incomehouseholds but enjoys a student-teacher ratio of 13.1 and achieved anAverage Standard Score academicallyof 94.94.

“Each school is ranked by calculat-ing an Average Standard Score acrossgrades,” explained SchoolDigger’sPete Claar, the software developer whofounded what’s become a leading K-12school website 10 years ago. “The

Princeville named top 25 Illinois high school

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SWEET HOBBY


Among the handful of competitivecontests in the upcoming March 15 elec-

tion is a Democraticballot showdown be-tween two experiencedPeoria lawyers vyingfor the seat vacated byPeoria County CircuitJudge Michael Brandt,who retired in Decem-ber of 2014.

Either Jodi Hoos orSonni Williams will goon to face AssociateJudge Tim Cusack ofPeoria in the Novemberelection. Cusack is un-opposed in the Republi-can primary.

Hoos – a 41-year-oldex-prosecutor who was

appointed to the bench in December

Democratshave choicein judge race

By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

CRAMER – One cold night a fewyears ago, Mike Staley and his wifeKim watched a television show aboutmaking maple syrup.

“We can do that,” Mike recalls say-ing, though at the time he did not know

it would bea life-chang-ing com-ment.

A fewweeks later,Kim gavehim a“syrup-mak-ing” starterkit as aChristmaspresent. TheStaleys’

lives have not been the same since,particularly in the winter when theprocess of converting tree sap intosweet syrup is at its busiest.

That’s when they make use of thetangle of blue tubes criss-crossing theirtimber. The blue tubes running from

maple to maple are a modern way tobring sap into collection jugs.

“Things have changed since the daysof buckets hanging from maple trees,”Mike Staley said. “Now we use tubingand vacuums to create negative pres-

sure on the line and to make the sapflow faster.”

The tubes apparently do not botherdeer or other animals, but can becomepopular with squirrels if they learn

Pure syrup flowing at Cramer farm

Two jars of pure maple syrup bottled at Cramer Creek Farm in PeoriaCounty sit on a table while sap from a maple cooks in the “final pan” on astove behind and is converted into syrup. At left, Mike Staley discussesthe sap collection process. Photos by Jeff Lampe.

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Hoos

Williams

School RankingsSchool Grade School H.S. District

Rank Rank Rank

Brimfield 530 89 118Elmwood 487 123 117Farmington 871 278 505Princeville 445 22 64Williamsfield 548 70 277

NOTE: Rankings are out of 2,051 Illinois gradeschools, 612 high schools, 783 school districts.


FARMINGTON – The City Council onMonday accepted the only sealed bid re-ceived in the City’s sale of the 109-year-old Carnegie library building on FortStreet.

Paul Meister of Hanna City offered$40,000, the minimum amount set, basedon a $50,000 appraised value.

Meister is out of town, so the closingwill take place upon his return, said CityAdministrator Rollen Wright.

“When he gets back, we’ll sit downand do the signatures [on the real estate

Christian centerin old library?

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PRINCEVILLE: School district ranked 64thschool with the highest AverageStandard Score is ranked No. 1…Test scores included in the rank-ings include PARCC English Lan-guage Arts [and] PARCCMathematics.”

The only other central Illinoisschools in the Top 25 high schoolswere Dunlap (No. 24) and Morton(No. 25).

Princeville’s school district wasranked 64th out of 783 state schooldistricts, and its grade school was445th out of 2,051 Illinois gradeschools.

“We feel very honored to find

our high school ranked as one ofthe top 25 best Illinois highschools by SchoolDigger,” saidDistrict 326 Superintendent Shan-non Duling. “There are so manywonderful schools in Illinois, andto find ourselves on a list of thetop 25 is truly a rewarding, hum-bling experience.

“As a small, rural school district,we pride ourselves on the high ex-pectations we set for our students,not only to excel academically, butto become well rounded futureleaders,” Duling continued. “Westrive to deliver an innovative edu-cational program, exceptional ca-

reer and technical education serv-ices, and a diverse selection of ex-tracurricular activities.

“Everyone focuses on instillingstudent success and pushing ourkids to reach their full academicand social potential. It is nice to berecognized for all of our hardwork.”

Supported by advertising, thefree SchoolDigger.com web siteand data base have detailed pro-files of more than 136,000 schoolsin every state, plus 20 years of en-rollment data and several years oftest scores.

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JUDGES: Hoos has prosecuted 40 murder cases2014 after 14 years withthe Peoria State’s Attor-ney’s Office – is perhapsbest known for prosecut-ing Nathan Leuthold,who was convicted in2014 of murdering hiswife.

Hoos says she’s prose-

cuted more than 125 jurytrials, including 40 mur-der cases.

She received a “recom-mended” 78.9 score (outof 100) on the State BarAssociation advisorypoll.

Hoos said she has beenendorsed by Peoria Po-

lice Chief (ret.) JohnStenson, Peoria PoliceChief Jerry Mitchell,State Rep. Jehan Gor-don-Booth, CountyBoard Chair AndrewRand, and by PeoriaCounty State’s AttorneyJerry Brady.

Williams – who is the46-year-old Deputy Cor-poration Counsel for theCity of Peoria – says shehas had trial experienceat state and federal levelsin cases including prose-cuting ordinance viola-tions and defendingjuveniles in delinquencycases.

A former Assistant

Tazewell County PublicDefender, she also co-chaired Prairie StateLegal Services, is secre-tary of the State Bar As-sociation Board ofGovernors, and serves onthe board of PeoriaFriendship House ofChristian Service.

Her endorsements in-clude Peoria City Coun-cilman Eric Turner,Peoria County BoardMembers Lynn ScottPearson and JuniorWatkins, and SchoolDist. 150 Board MemberErnestine Jackson.


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THE WEEKLY POST • Thursday, March 10, 2016

THE WEEK AHEAD

This Week’s Eventss Free Bread – Free bread available

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s Superhero Carnival – P.A.T. Super-hero Carnival in Williamsfield is Fri-day (March 11) from 4:30-7:30 p.m.Armbands $10 for access to inflatablesand games.

s Elementary Carnival – The annualElmwood ElementarySchool Carnival is Satur-day (March 12) from 4-7p.m. in the elementaryschool gym.

s Spring Story –Williamsfield PublicLibrary Spring StoryHour is now until May 4 on Wednes-days from 9:30-10:30 a.m. and 1-2p.m. Registration required. Formsavailable at library.

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s Blood Drive – Blood drive March15 at Elmwood High School, 3-6 p.m.Call Janelle Meters at (309) 742-2851.

s Scrapbook Night – All welcome toscrapbook at Salem Township LibraryWednesday (March 16) at 6:30 p.m.

Future Eventss BINGO – AdultBINGO at SalemTownship LibraryMarch 17, 10 a.m. s Fish Fry – St.Patrick’s Church inElmwood fish fry isMarch 18. Serving

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s Spring Tea – Widow’s SupportGroup spring tea is March 20 at 9 a.m.at Salem Township Public Library.Cost $8. RSVP by March 14 to (309)712-4254 or 358-1678.

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uuuPeople in this area sure like their

chicken and noodles. Last Saturdaychicken noodle fund raisers werepacked with people in Yates Cityand Elmwood. The Elmwood eventbenefits SAMS (Stray Animal Mid-way Shelter) in Hanna City whilefunds raised at the Yates City eventwent to therestoration ofthat town’s cen-tral park gazebo.That both eventssold out and gen-erated more than$6,500 is a testa-ment to the gen-erosity of thisarea. ... Speakingof the Yates Citygazebo, Jim Ralston said the groupis close to reaching its fund-raisinggoal. That includes a donation offree concrete block work by DaveHall of Elmwood. Ralston said heexpects construction to start some-time in late June and to be com-pleted by the Harvest HomeFestival in August.

uuuWinning a state basketball cham-

pionship requires talent, sure, but alittle luck is also helpful. Defendingchampion Brimfield’s luck of thedraw ran out on Tuesday against aChicago Leo team that probablywon’t play in a Class 1A tourna-ment again for several years. A

member of the Chicago CatholicLeague, Leo has an enrollment of122 boys and played in Class 3Aduring its last state tourney appear-ance. For the purposes of IHSAevents, the school’s enrollment isdoubled to 244. But since Leo is anon-boundary school (it can recruit)enrollment is multiplied by 1.65 forclassification – unless in the pastfour years a school has not played ina Final Four, won four regionals, orwon one sectional and at least twoother regionals. Since Leo has justthree Class 2A regional titles in thepast four years (and no sectionals),the Lions are Class 1A.

uuuSince when did a presidential de-

bate become must-see TV? Saywhat you will about Donald Trump,and I have, but that rascal suremakes debates entertaining. Digni-fied? No. Good for the country?Time will tell. But certainly interest-ing. The last televised skirmish,when body parts were measured andzingers were flying, was more like aSaturday Night Live skit than a de-bate. The raunchy affair did accom-plish one previously unheard-ofthing: it made me appreciate TedCruz. He is reportedly hard to getalong with but comes across as theonly honorable man left with a realchance at the Republican nomina-tion. (John Kasich is still my pick,but even after a strong Michiganshowing I fear he’s too intelligent tohave a real shot). Can Cruz upendTrump? Must-see TV.

uuuOne reason this newspaper exists

is to provide storage for duck andgoose decoys in the garage behindthe office. But along with that won-derful garage comes a problem –too much room to hoard. And win-ter seems like a particularly badtime to accumulate junk. Among theitems that have piled up are printers,computers, toner cartridges, moni-tors and old TVs. Fortunately, thereare free places to get rid of obsoleteelectronics. Best Buy in Peoria willaccept all sorts of items. Electronicscan also be taken every Thursday tothe Fulton County Health Depart-ment in Canton. And maybe some-day the Elmwood City Council willsee fit to hold an Electronics Recy-cling Day in town like the progres-sive folks in Williamsfield.

uuuHere’s a little St. Patrick’s Day

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My older brother was already ateenager when I was born. Accord-ing to ancient hi-eroglyphicsfound from thatera, Elvis wasjust starting togyrate his hipsand curl his lipswhen smiling atthe ever-presentcameras.

Because of hisage and the influence of the musicat the time, my brother became abig Elvis fan. And because mybrother has and always will be myhero, I, too, became an Elvis fan. (Well, that plus the fact that Elvisand I share the same birthday –which, I think, always made mybrother just a little jealous).

My brother collected all of Elvis’albums. He played a guitar likeElvis, combed his hair and grewsideburns like Elvis, and saw all ofElvis’ movies. This greatly influ-enced me.

As a result, I guess I’m what isconsidered a “big” Elvis fan. I’vegot a lot of his music, been toGraceland, can answer a lot of Elvistrivia questions, and even had tick-ets to his last concert. We didn’t gothere then (Indianapolis on June 26,

1977) because we didn’t want to doan overnight trip and we figuredthat since he was then playingsmaller venues, there’d be plenty ofchances to see him in concert in thefuture. (After all, he was only 42and going strong….we thought).

I’m not a “super-fan.” If you giveme his character’s name, I canprobably tell you what movie it’sfrom. There are some “super fans”who can name every song from thatmovie, all his co-stars, along withproducers, directors, writers, andtheir children.

(Those people really need to get alife.)

I met one of his super fans whileworking at Circuit City in Peoria. Iwas managing the computer depart-ment and was standing behind our“Firedog” desk, the area where ourtechnicians fixed broken comput-ers. I was approached by the superfan who didn’t leave anyone guess-ing that he was one.

His hair was dyed jet black, andswooped back from his forehead inthe classic Elvis pompadour. Hewore fancy silver sunglasses thatwrapped around his face, eventhough it was night. His rings weregaudy cubic zirconium that were sobig, pilots would circle him waitingto land. He wore a necklace with

more fake diamonds spelling outthe famous TCB initials (the Takin’Care of Business tour).

He also wore a white jumpsuitthat was about four sizes too small. All the sequins on it threatened tojump off at any second.

I couldn’t help but smile. He am-bled up to the counter and I asked ifI could help him. I answered hisquestions without commenting onhis persona even though it waspainfully obvious that he was tryingto talk like Elvis.

When we finished our computerbusiness, I couldn’t contain it anylonger. “Okay,” I said, giving in,“do you make a living as an Elvisimpersonator or are you on yourway to a costume party?”

He curled his lip. “Why, thankyuh! Thank yuh very much,” hesaid.

My infant daughter could havedone a better impression.

He went on to explain that he wasNOT an Elvis impersonator. HeWAS an “Elvis tribute artist.” Iasked what the difference was, butseven seconds into his long-windedexplanation, my eyes glazed overand my brain shut down.

He went on to tell us (by nowthere were several employees who

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Whole lotta shakin’ going on

JonGALLAGHER

To the Editor:A letter in the March 3 issue of

The Weekly Post written byJonathon Hladik, touts the socalled “Affordable Care Act” as“progress,” somethingpositive for the peo-ple.

The piece of legis-lation was forcedupon the people ex-clusively by the Dem-ocratic Party, wasassembled in secrecy, then hur-riedly brought to a vote withoutallowing time for it to be read ordebated and signed into law by anautocrat who, within weeks, beganunilaterally and unconstitutionallymaking changes to the legislation.

I can see Obamacare being

positive for those who receivefrom it, while paying little to noth-ing into it, such as the refugeesbrought into America, the illegals,and those who have lost their jobs

due to the oppressiveregulations and taxa-tion of a governmentcomposed of a major-ity who call them-selves “progressive,”(progressing towardtotal control over the

people and confiscation of thecountry, which belongs to the peo-ple at a slow enough pace as to notcause a revolt.)

But for the millions such asmyself who saw a 42 percent in-crease in the premiums forcedupon them in this year alone, it is

hard to see this horrible job-stran-gling legislation as positive.

My idea of progress would be90 million more Americans work-ing at producing the productsAmerica needs to be self-suffi-cient.

With jobs, they could providefor their own health-care insur-ance by purchasing such from theprivate sector, free from govern-ment encumbrance insurance com-panies, while paying taxes to asmall, financially responsible gov-ernment with a main focus on se-curing the country from harm andbuilding basic infrastructure, notthe over-bearing government con-trol of our health-care system.

– Robert Walter, Laura

Nothing positive in the Affordable Care Act

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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 crimedata out for February

The Peoria Sheriff’s Departmentreleased its Crime Statistics Re-port for February for the eightPeoria County townships in TheWeekly Post’s circulation area:

Brimfield city and township to-gether had 2 accidents without in-juries.

Elmwood city and township to-gether had 1 theft, 2vandalism/criminal damage toproperty reports, and 2 accidentswith no injuries.

Jubilee Township had 2 acci-dents with injuries, 3 accidentswithout injuries, and 4 traffic tick-ets.

Kickapoo had 7 thefts, 1 vandal-ism/criminal damage to propertyincident, 1 accident with an injury,3 accidents with no injuries, and 2traffic tickets.

Millbrook had 1 auto theft, and1 traffic ticket.

Princeville city and township to-gether had 1 battery, 3 domesticbattery charges, 1 theft, 1 accidentwithout injuries, and 5 traffic tick-ets.

Radnor had 1 domestic battery,2 drug arrests. 1 accident with aninjury, 3 accidents with no in-juries, and 3 traffic tickets.

Rosefield had 1 accident withno injuries.

Police reports• Susan Carter, 36, of Elmwood

on Feb. 29 was arrested and trans-ported to the Peoria County Jail tohold for another agency, and onMarch 3 was arrested for criminaltrespass to a residence and held atthe Peoria County Jail.

• Danielle Minton, 40, of Elm-wood on March 1 was ticketed byElmwood Police for operating anuninsured vehicle.

• Dustin Stone, 26, ofPrinceville on March 4 was ar-rested for Failure to Appear andtransported to the Peoria CountyJail to hold for another agency.

• Agnes Garner, 35, of Elmwoodon March 6 was transported toOSF St. Francis medical Centerafter police were called to thescene for a medical emergency.Elmwood Police notified the stateDepartment of Children and Fam-ily Services and the Peoria State’sAttorney’s Office to investigateher for endangering the life of achild, and the Sheriff’s Office is

pursuing a Failure to Appearcharge.

• Danielle Shores, 32, of Cantonon March 6 was arrested by Elm-wood Police for battery, disorderlyconduct and obstructing policeand transported to the PeoriaCounty Jail.

• A resident in the 100 block ofW. Cypress of Elmwood on March6 reported an attempted burglary.

•Austin Bolger, 22, of Cantonon March 1 was arrested on anoutstanding McDonough CountyWarrant for Failure to Appear,bonded out and released with acourt date.

• Jason Daniels, 32, of Farming-ton on March 2 was arrested forpredatory criminal sexual assaultwith a child and transported to theFulton County Jail.

Deer accidents• Rhiannan Perry of Farmington

on Kickapoo-Edwards Road nearCountryside Lane in KickapooTownship.

Correction• Kimala Larson, 45, of

Princeville had her age listed in-correctly in the March 3, 2016,issue.

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GALLAGHER: True sequin-popping gloryhad come over to see what wasgoing on) about all the awards he’dwon as a tribute artist. He claimedthat he had sung with the StampsQuartet, a group headed by J.D.Sumner who had backed Elvis, andthat they had sung his praises. Hetold us he was going to participatein a competition to name the bestElvis tribute artist in the country.

“Can you belt something out forus here?” I asked him. I was stillskeptical about his ability, justbased on the fact that he went out inpublic in his Elvis outfit.

He couldn’t, he said, but he had awebsite I could visit when I gothome and I could check him outthere. We had Internet access at thestore, so I pulled up the site.

Sure enough, there he was in allhis sequin-popping glory, standing

in front of the Stamps Quartet(Sumner had passed away severalyears earlier), wailing about ahunka hunka burnin’ love. It sentchills down my spine.

Not the good kind of chills.This guy couldn’t have carried a

tune if it had handles. I think hewas working in the key of H sharp(yeah, I know there’s no such key,but it didn’t stop him).

Now my Momma always told methat if you can’t say something niceabout someone, especially if they’restanding right there, don’t say any-thing at all. I was prepared to smile,compliment him on his choice ofshoes or rings or something, andleave it at that. But when the videofinished, he started doing a wholebunch of karate moves like Elvisused to do, right there in the store.

From what I saw, your averagefive year old could kick his butt.

He finished with a flourish and aquestion: “Isn’t that the greatest Elvis tribute you ever saw?”

I was tempted to go all SimonCowell on him and burst his bub-ble, but I didn’t have the heart. Itold him it was “interesting.” Satis-fied with that, the Elvis TributeArtist left the building.

I think I know now what the dif-ference between an impersonatorand a tribute artist is. An imperson-ator is one who looks and soundslike Elvis. A tribute artist is onewho dresses like him, but uses afancy term to describe himself soyou don’t notice the caterwauling.

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By TERRY BIBOFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – AkronServices must find an-other way to dispose ofdirty water if it builds atruck wash three milesoutside of town.

Heeding Superintend-ent of Public WorksKevin Challacombe,Brimfield trustees nixedthe idea of having thatgrey water hauled totown for the village tohandle.

“I wouldn’t recom-mend this,” Challacombesaid. “I don’t know bene-fits would outweigh neg-atives.”

Board President DanFishel said Akron Serv-ices is considering atruck wash, and learnedthe cost for a septic sys-tem would be steep. In-stead, the company mightlike to haul its water toBrimfield.

“I work there. I’m notgoing to have an opinioneither way,” Fishel said.

He said Brimfield’s la-goons are natural flowand their capacity wouldhave to be checked. Inaddition, the water wouldhave to be tested.

Trustee Paul Dye askedwhere the waste waterwould be dumped andwas told that hadn’t beendetermined.

“Logistics are a con-cern,” said Challacombe.

Challacombe said stip-ulations could be placedon the company, butsomeone would have toenforce them.

“It really puts the onuson us to make sure every-thing’s good,” Challa-combe said.

Trustee Mike Meindersmoved to deny the re-quest; Brian Porter sec-onded. The denial wasapproved unanimously,with trustee Kevin Gillesabsent.

Enjoying the unseason-ably balmy weather, theboard took a brief fieldtrip. They walked outside

to the northeast corner ofthe village property alongU.S. Route 150 to viewone recommended spot toplace a war memorial.

“Once it’s here, itstays,” said Fishel.

Brian Porter asked ifthe memorial would beon a pad, and said thefinal plan appears to befour-sided. He thoughtextending sidewalk to thememorial might be agood idea.

Fred Middleton ofAmerican Legion Post452 had explained theidea at the Februarymeeting. The Daughtersof the American Revolu-tion have arranged for an18 x 18 x 60-inch blackgranite marker to com-memorate Vietnam Warveterans. It will pay the$5,000 cost.

The American Legionwould like to see threemore markers for veter-ans of other wars, such asWorld War II, the Gulfand Korea. The Legion

would need to raisefunds.

“It’s all up in the airright now,” Middletonsaid Monday.

The board approved,and Challacombe will co-ordinate the memorialplacement.

In other business,Trustees:

• Reappointed LowellCoe and Brian Starling tofive-year terms on theZoning Board. Reap-pointed Dave Donaldsonand Walter Kirkland tothree-year terms on thePlanning Commission.

• Appointed former firechief Ken Fishel to hisfirst three-year term onthe Planning Commis-sion. (Dan Fishel andKen Fishel are brothers.) Terry Bibo can be reached at

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SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

February 2016 Peoria Co. Real Estate TransactionsDate Address Amount Grantor/grantee2/1 530 S. Santa Fe Ave., Princeville $57,000 Pettit/ Vahle 2/1 12705 N. Kelstadt Rd., Brimfield $87,000 Silman/Gunter2/1 520 N. Hurff Dr., Elmwood $269,000 Smith/ Anderson 2/9 4108 S. Cunningham Rd., Farmington $99,000 Kauzlarich/Godfrey 2/9 22025 N. Main St., Laura $44,900 Steele/Mitchell2/10 15650 N. Cedar Bluff Rd., Brimfield $150,000 Clark/Doubet2/16 6418 W. Sommer Pl., Edwards $289,000 Manubolu et.al./ Karanam et. al.2/19 603 S. Lilac St., Elmwood $80,000 Endres/Pumphrey 2/29 14801 W. Fussner Rd., Brimfield $319,000 Rinkenberger/Hoyt 2/29 3 parcels at 106 S. Cramer Rd., Elmwood $83,250 each Shaw & Haggerty/Akron Services Inc.2/29 112 W. Calhoun St., Brimfield $117,000 Goff /Jenkins 2/29 506 W. Ash St., Elmwood $78,000 Pedersen/Staggs

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BRIEFSSuperhero Carnival heldMarch 11 in Billtown

WILLIAMSFIELD – Inflata-bles, games, food and prizes willgenerate a memorable night of en-tertainment at the 2016 P.A.T. Su-perhero Carnival in Williamsfield.

The public is invited to bringtheir school-aged kids, grandkids,nieces and nephews to the carnivalfrom 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday(March 11) at WilliamsfieldSchools.

Armbands priced at $10 eachprovide access to inflatables,games and activities, many ofwhich are new this year. At the endof the evening, a drawing will beheld for seven raffle baskets val-ued at $250 each. Raffle tickets areavailable for $1 from Williams-field elementary students.Elmwood Parent’s Clubcarnival set for Saturday

ELMWOOD – The annual Elm-wood Elementary School Carnival isSaturday (March 12) from 4-7 p.m.in the elementary school gym.

Returning favorite attractions areinflatables, pop bottle ring toss, cakewalk, toddler room, face painting, balloon animals, Maui WowiSmoothies, a photo booth and plentyof food options.

The Parent’s Club is looking forvolunteers to work one-hour shifts.The Carnival Volunteer website isvols.pt/YT4w4V. Baked goods arealso needed for the cake walk.Scholastic bowl teamscomplete seasons

All four Scholastic Bowl squadsin The Weekly Post area finishedtheir seasons at the Regional levelon Monday (March 7), with Elm-wood and Farmington winning inearly rounds.

At the Peoria Christian Re-gional, the host team defeatedPrinceville 200-90 in the quarterfi-nals, where Peoria Heights beat

Brimfield, 210-190. Farmington defeated Abingdon-

Avon 360-110 there but lost toIllini Bluffs in the semis, 190-150.Peoria Christian won the finals tobecome Regional champs.

At the Port Byron Riverdale Re-gional, Elmwood beat Sherrard330-130 in the quarterfinals, thenprevailed over Taylor Ridge(Rockridge) 320-230 to reach theFinals, but lost to the host squad330-180.

Both the Port Byron Riverdaleand Peoria Christian teams ad-vance to the Sectionals at Kewa-nee Wethersfield this Saturday. Scholastic Bowl State Finals areFriday-Saturday, March 18-19 atthe Peoria Civic Center.Sheriffs out in force forSt. Patrick’s Day

PEORIA – Widely celebratedacross the country, St. Patrick’sDay is one of the deadliest holi-days due to the number of drunkdrivers on the road.

And the Peoria County Sheriff’sOffice announced it will be con-ducting special patrols this St.Patrick’s Day to crack down on

drunk drivers.“Before celebrating St. Patrick’s

Day this year, decide whetheryou’ll drink or you’ll drive,” saidSheriff Mike McCoy. “Don’t drinkand drive, and don’t let yourfriends do it, either.”

“If you choose to drink, desig-nate a sober, reliable driver to getyou home safely from the party. Ifyou’re planning on driving, don’tdrink. The last thing you want is toride to jail with a cop.”

In addition to looking for drunkdrivers, sheriffs will step up seatbelt enforcement, particularly atnight.

Et ceteraApplications are due by April 1

for lifeguards at the Village ofPrinceville, which is now acceptingthem for the summer. Three-pageforms for the jobs at the PrincevilleAquatic Center are available at theVillage Hall or online at its web site,www.princeville.org. ... The Kick-apoo fire station will be the site forthe Brimfield Community Fire Pro-tection District’s annual pancake andsausage breakfast on Sunday, March20.

Youngsters can again enjoy the popular pedestal joust at this year’s PATSuperhero Carnival held in Williamsfield each year. This year’s SuperheroCarnival is Friday (March 11).

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LIBRARY: Plan is for Christian resource centersales contract],” Wright said. “Iexpect it to all be over in about 30days.”

Meister’s intent is to use thebrick building as a Christian re-source center, Wright said, with

books and DVDs and more.“I understand they plan nightly

readings from the Bible, screeningsome movies – including a Chris-tian movie on Saturday nights,”Wright said. “Also, it’s possiblethey could start a soup kitchen for

those in rough times.”After Farmington’s new library

was built on the east side of townin 2014, the City bought the1,500-square-foot building for thecost of a title transfer and relatedcosts, about $600, Wright said.


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MAPLES: ‘River of sap for puddle of syrup’there is sweet tree sapflowing inside.

That’s a risk syrup mak-ers are willing to take inan effort to speed up aprocess that – even withmodern advancements –remains time consumingand labor intensive.

From collection jugs,sap is hauled to the SugarHouse, a renovated build-ing on Staley’s CramerCreek Farm where sap iscooked, boiled and con-verted into pure maplesyrup. And it takes plentyof collecting to makesyrup: 80 gallons of sap to1 gallon of syrup fromsoft maples and 40 gallonsof sap to 1 gallon of syrupfrom hard maples, also

known as sugar maples.“The saying in the

syrup business is that ittakes a river of sap tomake a puddle of syrup,”Staley said.

Cramer Creek Farm isone of only four certifiedproducers of pure maplesyrup in Illinois, which issouth of the peak rangefor maple trees and syrupmaking.

While some syrup mak-ers in Vermont draw sapfrom as many as 60,000trees in a winter, Staleyhas taps in about 160maples. He is looking formore, though, and is evenwilling to “lease” timberwith 40 or so maples lo-cated within a few milesof his Cramer farm.

“We won’t tap anythingless than 10 inches (in di-ameter), and in trees over24 inches we can placetwo taps,” Staley said.

Syrup season typicallyruns from mid-Februaryto mid- to late-March, de-pending on the weather.This year sap started run-ning early on Jan. 30. Buta recent warm spell is notgood, Staley said, andcould end the season.

A Brimfield HighSchool graduate who re-tired as a heavy equip-ment operator last August,the 57-year-old Staleyseems to enjoy work. Atvarious stages in his lifehe has been an auctioneer,

trained horses and com-peted in rodeos. Ideasspring from his mind withregularity, according toson Brian.

“And if he has an idea,it gets tried,” Brian said.

Since acquiring 45 acresstarting in 2007, the Sta-leys have toiled to removejunk from the property,which was known asRockwood Orchard in the1930s and 40s and at itspeak had an orchard of2,000 apple trees.

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MAPLES:lots of laborContinued from Page 10

mercial kitchen where theStaleys convert sap intopure maple syrup. To beable to sell syrup commer-cially, the Staleys had tobe be licensed by federalinspectors.

Mike or son Brianspend most of the syrup-making season in theSugar House, feeding firesevery 30 minutes withwood they split earlier inthe year and tending to theprocess.

“This is a 24-7 jobwhen you’re in here,”Mike Staley said. “You’vegot to enjoy it becausethere’s too much work ifyou don’t.”

After sap is collected, itis piped into an evaporatorwhere it boils at 214 de-grees. From the evapora-tor, the sap reduction isdumped into a finishingpan on a stove where itcooks at 215-220 degrees.

While on the stove,Mike Staley said it is “allhands on deck. It can gofrom perfect to burned soquickly.”

From the final pan, themixture is forced througha filter press that removesimpurities called “sugarsand.”

The remaining syrup isbottled, graded and thenplaced in a freezer whereit is ready for sale.

“That’s why maplesyrup is so expensive. It’svery labor intensive,” saidKim, 54, who retired froma career with the U.S.Postal Service at post of-fices in Yates City, Ed-wards and elsewhere.

The Staleys sell syrup atElmwood Locker and atthe Elmwood Farmer’s

Market. Cost is $8 foreight ounces, $12 for 12ounces.

They also sell puremaple sugar and “crum-bles,” which Kim said arepopular with coffeedrinkers.

The goal this year is tomake 40 gallons of maplesyrup. Eventually, MikeStaley hopes to produceup to 100 gallons.

Talk about a sweet re-tirement.

Steam billows out of the Staley’s Sugar House duringthe syrup-making process, while blue tubes direct treesap into a bucket (above right).



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Fulton, Knox and Peo-ria voters in the 17th Con-gressional Districtcurrently served by two-term U.S. Rep. CheriBustos (D-Moline) in theMarch 15 Primary canchoose between two can-didates who share conser-vative positions onabortion and gun rights,and favor sending groundtroops to combat ISIS.

The Weekly Post posedthree questions to bothJack Boccarossa, a 69-year-old Rock Island Ar-senal retiree andChristmas tree farmerfrom Milan, and PatrickHarlan, a 36-year-oldCasey’s fuel truck driverfrom Galesburg active inthe Knox County TeaParty:• What is the single

biggest issue for the 17thCongressional District?

Boccarossa: There aremany issues, but I believethat the economy and jobsseem toring theloudest.My expe-riencewith theSmallBusinessAdminis-tration,(SBA) makes it easy forme to work with smallbusiness and now that Iam retired, [I] also canwork with large corpora-tions. Easing regulationsand reducing taxes oncorporations to includesmall businesses is a bigissue holding downgrowth, as well as Oba-macare.

Harlan: The singlebiggest issue for the 17this jobs.• What is the key short-

coming in U.S. Rep. Bus-

tos’ representation?Boccarossa: There does-

n’t seem to be any respon-sivenessto busi-ness andjobs forthe 17th.For ex-ample,the RockIslandArsenalhad nearly 9,000 employ-ees when she took office;now the employment isdown to around 6,000. In-sidegov.com rated Cherithe 17th-worst legislatorin the House and a scoreof 0 for effectiveness.

Harlan: The shortcom-ing for Bustos is that shehas been a rubber stampfor the Democrat Party,supporting Obamacare,which in fact is a jobkiller. [She] doesn’t sup-port the Pain Capable Act,which is an extreme actagainst humanity; sup-ports lifting sanctions offIran, which is death toAmerica; and recentlywill not answer my ques-tion if she supports bring-ing the Gitmo prisonershere – and if she doesn’t,what is she going to do tostop it? Finally, it is amatter of days or weeksbefore the EPA tries to

impose another land grabeffort, and she has notmentioned this yet. • What’s the main differ-

ence between you andyour Republican oppo-nent?

Boccarossa: The maindifference between meand Patrick is that I have25 years experienceworking with small busi-ness. Further, I worked inthe SBA program: wastein government spending.We looked for itemsbeing bought that wereexcessive in cost. Thisprogram started with the$435 hammer. I am a me-chanical engineer and washired to review technicaldata used in procurementthat were sole-sourced.GAO did a study showingwhen procurements werecompeted they saved onthe average 25 percent. Iam also a small businessowner, in the Christmastree business for 37 years.Therefore, [I’m] alsoaware of the problemsfarmers have.

Harlan: The main differ-ence between my oppo-nent and myself is: I havebeen working hard in the17th while he has been onvacation.

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ELMWOOD – The City Councilat a re-scheduled meeting on Thurs-day (March 3) discussed the con-cept of pre-annexation agreementswith nearby landowners, and howand why to pursue the notion, buttook no action.

Such agreements could bringproperty owners who eventuallymight be contiguous to Elmwood’scity limits under the local zoning or-dinance instead of the County’s,possibly obligating homeowners toabide by other city laws. The Citywould collect no property taxes norprovide services such as water andsewer. However, such moves in mu-nicipalities such as Dunlap andHanna City might be encouragingsome development.

“We suggest the Council set theboundary on what area you’re look-ing at and also decide the benefit tothe City,” said Ashlee Harmon, anattorney with the Whitney & Pottslaw firm, which represents the City.

Harmon shared a draft agreementwith aldermen that includes provi-sions such as interested propertyowners committing to pay any engi-neering or legal fees or other costsarising from annexation petitions,and an assurance by the City to per-mit present land uses to continue.

The Council voted to table themeasure until the March 15 meetingto seek more information.

Also tabled until the next Councilmeeting were a discussion and ac-

tion concerning cable-TV franchisefees with Mediacom Communica-tions Corp., and a presentation byB.Y.E. Ambulance on proposedplans for a new facility in a residen-tial neighborhood on South KnoxStreet.

Meanwhile, Treasurer HaroldJehle’s report showed revenuesfrom sales, Motor Fuel and incometaxes continue to run ahead of pro-jections, though the State paid noincome taxes in February.

“The State is now about threechecks behind,” Jehle said. And“we’re down to two sites with videogaming, but we’re still ahead of our$800 a month forecast, with $1,300last month.”

Revenues from waterworks, sew-erage and garbage pickup also areahead of budget predictions, helpedsome by February revenues totalingabout $52,000 from all threesources. Further, water and sewerreserves remain at more than$200,000, its maintenance fund isstill at more than $300,000, and theMotor Fuel Tax balance is $41,000,but the City’s General Fund –needed to pay for police, parks,band, etc. – is less than $80,000.

“That means things are tight untilthe end of the [fiscal] year,” Jehlesaid.

In other news,• Economic Development Direc-

tor/Zoning Administrator Dick Tay-lor reported meetings are continuingon changes to the nuisance ordi-nance and that he was attending the

Illinois Institute of Rural Affairs’27th Annual Rural Community andEconomic Development ConferenceWednesday (March 9) in Spring-field.

With the theme “Creative Strate-gies for the Future of Rural Illi-nois,” its workshops include“Public-Private Partnerships forEconomic Development: New Ap-proaches” by Jim Schultz, Directorof the Illinois Department of Com-merce and Economic Opportunity;“Settling Down: Why Do Some Re-turn Home to Rural America andWhat Difference Does It Make?” byJohn Cromartie of the U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture’s Economic Re-search Service.

Also, Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinettiwill speak on the agenda of theGovernor's Rural Affairs Council;

• Police officer Andy Steck andthe City’s new drug-sniffing dog areon schedule to be certified in theirtraining by March 15;

• Stickers for licensing city-streetuse of golf carts, etc. are availablethis week;

• Alderman Bryan Davis reportedreceiving 35 applications for a jobopening in the Public Works De-partment;

• Police Chief Aaron Bean re-ported the department in Januaryhandled 49 incidents, filed 28 re-ports, made 9 stops, and issued 1ticket and 9 warnings; and

• Absent were Aldermen JaredHowerton and Adam Rue andMayor J.D. Hulslander.

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OBITUARIESTerry E. Turner

PEORIA – Terry E. Turner, 56,of Peoria died Thursday, March 3,2016 in Peoria.

He was born May 27, 1959, inCanton to Lloydand Berlene(Maxwell)Turner.

He is survivedby one daughter,Laura (Kenny)Atchley of Farm-ington; threegrandchildren,Jordyn, Bronsonand Peyton; brother Dean (Cathy)of Bartonville; two sisters, JaneneStillson of Peoria and SherryTurner of Bartonville; three nieces;one nephew; four great nephewsand three great nieces; and histrusted companion Binx.

The family had a Celebration ofLife March 6 at the Yates CityCommunity Center.

Cremation will be accorded bySchimdt-Haller Cremation andBurial Services.

A memorial fund for Terry’sgrandchildren has been set upthrough CEFCU.

Francis BurtonPRINCEVILLE – Frances Max-

ine Burton, 101, of Washington, aPrinceville native, died Feb. 27 atWashington Christian Village.

Born on Feb. 16, 1915, inPrinceville, the daughter of Frankand Maude (Potts) Sloan, she issurvived by children Stanley(Norma Murray) Burton ofDahinda, Melvin (Celinda) Burtonof Sand Spring, Okla., and BarbaraBleichner (Charles Tonning) ofEast Peoria; six grandchildren; sixgreat-grandchildren; and fivegreat-great-grandchildren.

A funeral service was March 2,with burial at the Chillicothe CityCemetery.

Condolences may be left online atwww.weberhurdfuneralhome.com.

Richard CashmerSECOR – Richard Daniel Cash-

mer, 93, of Normal, father of anEdwards man, died March 1 at hisresidence.

Survivors include his children,Kevin James Cashmer of Edwards,Gary Arden Cashmer of Normal,Beth Lynn (T.Z.) Mounts-Zemmelof Normal, Amy Sue (Frank) Pala

of El Paso, and Mary Martha(Gary) Hinthorne of El Paso; 13grandchildren; 21 great-grandchil-dren; and 3 great-great-grandchil-dren.

Funeral services were March 7at the Ruestman-Harris FuneralHome in El Paso. Burial with mili-tary honors was at Secor Ceme-tery.

Condolences may be left online atruestmanharrisfuneralhome.com.

Susan CochranDAHINDA – Susan Elizabeth

Arter Cochran, 60, of Dahinda,died March 1.

Survivors include three daugh-ters with James Cochran ofTremont, Kathryn (Stephen)Hoskins of Chicago, Courtney(Thomas) Burke of Chicago, andKelsey (Adam) Parrott of Austin,Texas; stepson Christopher(Maria) Cochran of Peoria; andsiblings Kathy (Dave) Hoffman ofPrinceville, Holly (Bill) Angus ofDunlap, and John (Liz) Arter ofDonahue, Iowa.

A celebration of was March 5 atRux Funeral Home in Galva. Cre-mation was accorded, with privateinurnment at a later date.

Condolences may be left online atwww.ruxfuneralhome.com.

Linda DeSollarBRIMFIELD – Linda Lou DeS-

ollar, 76, of Pekin, sister of aBrimfield man, died March 2 ather residence.

Survivors include her husband,Brian R. DeSollar; brother Robert(Bev) Furlong of Brimfield; sisterNorma (Charlie) Roth of Morton;daughters Renee M. (Alan) Huf-ford of Durand and Traci Lynn(Mike) Egan of Peoria; four grand-children; and one great-grand-

daughter.Her funeral was Sunday (March

6) at Preston-Hanley FuneralHomes & Crematory in Pekin,with burial at Prairie Haven Ceme-tery in Pekin.

Condolences may be left online atwww.preston-hanley.com.

Bruce MacDonaldEDWARDS – Bruce James Mac-

Donald, 62, of Peoria, brother of anEdwards woman, died Feb. 27 athis home in Peoria Heights.

Bruce, known as BJ, is survivedby his daughter, Chase McLaughlinof Bloomington; siblings Margaret(Ron) Dwyer of Edwards, Mary-Rose (Tim) Howard of Murray,Iowa, Kathleen (Anders) Holmbergof Marshall’s Creek, Pa., TheresaEllis of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,James (Christina) MacDonald ofPeoria and Marcia Koeppel of EastPeoria; and many nieces andnephews.

Cremation rites were accorded.Interment of ashes was March 5 atSpringdale Cemetery in Peoria.

Condolences may be left online atwww.peoriafuneral.com.

Darlene OertleyPRINCEVILLE – Darlene D.

Oertley, 91, of rural Princeville,died March 5 at her residence.

Survivors include daughter Barb(Bill) Baumann of Wyoming; fivegrandchildren, Michael, Patricia,Christopher, Kevin and Carol Bau-mann; sister Alberta (Bill) Murphyof Peoria; and many nieces andnephews.

A funeral service was held March9 at Stark Congregational Churchin Princeville, with burial atPrinceville Cemetery.

Condolences may be left online atwww.haskellhott.com.

Zelda TheobaldPRINCEVILLE – Zelda M.

“Rusty” Theobald, 98, ofPrinceville died March 2 at her resi-dence.

Surviving are their children, Mar-jorie “Marti” (Bill) Ellenburg ofHuntsville, Ala., Michael (Diana)Theobald and Patti (Rod) Jenkins,both of Princeville; 7 grandchil-dren; 13 great-grandchildren; and 2great-great-grandchildren.

A graveside service was March 5at Princeville Cemetery.

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This Week’s Obituaries• Francis Burton, 101, Princeville• Richard Cashmer, 93, Secor• Susan Cochran, 60, Dahinda• Linda DeSollar, 76, Brimfield• Bruce MacDonald, 62, Edwards• Darlene Oertley, 91, Princeville• Zelda Theobald, 98, Princeville• Joseph Toohill, Jr., 73, Farming-ton• Terry E. Turner, 56, PeoriaWe print basic obituaries for free.Longer obituaries cost $1 per col-umn inch;$5 per picture. Call (309)741-9790.Turner

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BRIMFIELDSt. Joseph

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

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

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

Daily Mass: Tues.-Fri. 8 amSt. Paul’s

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 am

ELMWOODCrossroads Assembly of God

Pastor Tim Cavallo615 E. Ash St., Elmwood

(309) 830-4259www.crossroadselmwood.org

Wed. Worship: 7 pm

Sun. Worship: 10:30 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 pm

First Presbyterian Churchof Elmwood

Reverend Marla B. Bauler201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood

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

St. Patrick’sCatholic ChurchFather Paul Stiene

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

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

PRINCEVILLEPrinceville 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

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OBITUARIESJoseph Toohill, Jr.

FARMINGTON – Joseph“Jody” V. Toohill Jr., 73, of Farm-ington died, Feb. 29.

Survivors include his wife,Diane (Myers) Toohill; daughtersSarah Elizabeth Borkowski

(Michael) of Inverness, Ill., Kath-leen Anne Palmer (Jeff) of Wash-ington, and Jennifer Jean Currey(John) of Savoy.; six grandchil-dren, and two sisters, Judith A.Toohill of Farmington and JeanneC. Flaherty of Gulfport, Fla.

Services were March 5 at St.

Matthew’s Catholic Church inFarmington, with burial at OakRidge Cemetery in Farmington.

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WILLIAMSFIELD –The Village Board onMonday drafted a budgetfor 2016-2017 that’sabout 3 percent higherthan this year, and it in-cludes upgraded electri-cal service for Doubet-Benjamin Parkand a memorial flowergarden for long-timepark volunteer DaveMailen.

“The budget is veryclose to last year,” saidVillage President MickGray, “although, overall,it will seem a lot lesssince it doesn’t includethe water-grant spendingof more than $200,000we have now.”

The Board will act onthe proposed budget at itsnext meeting, April 4.

Concerning the waterproject, the Board ex-pects the final touches tobe completed this month,Gray said.

“We have the engineersaddressing the last workon the water tower,” hesaid. “It should costabout $20,000.”

The Board also ap-proved renewing the con-tract with EagleEnterprises Recycling ofGalva for local recyclingservices, changing ratesfrom $3.25 per house-hold to $3.45 per house-hold.

“They do a good jobfor us,” Gray said.

“We’re happy withthem.”

In other news, theBoard:

• discussed problemswith broken field tiles inthe new addition and de-cided to explore variousoptions, which could in-clude replacing tiles;

• donated $50 to theWilliamsfield Public Li-brary District’s EasterEgg Hunt and approvedits use of Doubet-Ben-jamin Park; and

• OK’d changing thename of Caldwell Cot-tage to the WilliamsfieldCaldwell Cottage Mu-seum, as requested by theDaughters of the Ameri-can Revolution (DAR),which runs the village-owned historic site.

Billtown budget draftincludes park repairs

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ALL SPORTS ROUNDUP

Seniors Kennedy Duraand Shayla McCormick ofBrimfield and junior AllieMeyers of Elmwood wereboth tabbed to the firstteam all ICAC team.

Other first-teamers in-cluded senior Jill Berg ofMidwest Central, senior

Tiara Lemmerman ofIllini Bluffs, senior Syd-ney McClintock of IlliniBluffs.

Named second-team all-ICAC were senior Mor-gan Ledbetter ofElmwood and senior Ken-zie Schlipf of Brimfield.

Other second-teampicks were junior PaigeFahnestock of North Ful-ton and Lexi Hanlin ofNorth Fulton, senior JuliaJacob of Midwest Centraland freshman Megan Tealof Midwest Central.

Junior Rachel Jacobsonof Elmwood and juniorNicole Thurman of Brim-field were honorable men-tion selections.

In other girls basketballnews, alternates Mc-Cormick and Schlipf havebeen added to the rosterand will join Dura on theCanton Kiwanis NorthTeam.

The boys and girls all-

star games will be playedMarch 26 at Alice Inger-soll Gym in Canton.

Boys players tabbed asstarters include JakeRoberts of Elmwood,Koby White of Brimfield,Trey Swearingen of Farm-ington and Garrett Wightof ROWVA-Williams-field.

CorrectionThe Elmwood junior

varsity basketball teamwon its own tournamentearlier this winter, defeat-ing United and IlliniBluffs and then toppingthe East Peoria freshmansquad in the title game.

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BRIMFIELD – WhenPaul and Dennis Dwyermarried the Stenger sisters(Mildred and Bernice) afew decades ago, it’sdoubtful anyone knewtheir progeny would helpbuild a basketball dynasty.

But so it has gone inBrimfield, where“Dwyer” cousins havebeen running the back-court for the Indians for agood part of a decade.

The run started withDan Dwyer (2012 gradu-ate), continued with MattDwyer (2014 grad) andCarson Cuevas (2015grad) and this seasoncame full circle with Phe-lan Kelly.

A first cousin to Cuevasand second cousin to bothDwyers, Kelly led Brim-field in scoring at 21points per game, shooting74 percent on free throws,49 percent from the fieldand 36 percent on treys.

All that came after play-ing a limited role on lastyear’s state title team.

“Last year we had a lotof seniors, just like thisyear,” Kelly said. “I justplayed my role because Iknew I was going to getmy chance.”

Just to make sure, Kellysaid he toiled hard last

summer on getting open,being stronger with theball and developing bettercontrol with his right hand.

“Carson and Matt bothtold me to develop myright hand and to work toget stronger with the ball,”Kelly said. “And growingup we always playedagainst each other if it wasin open gyms or practiceor just pick-up games. Ifeel like it helped developme as a player.”

Brimfield coach ScottCarlson saw the benefitsof that competition.

“I know when Matt andCarson were together theyjust battled each other allthe time,” Carlson said.“And Phelan and Carsonlast year ... Carson wouldget on Phelan about howhe had to get better at thisor that. And in the offsea-son he did.”

There’s really only oneproblem with the recentrun of “Dwyer guards” –it is drawing to an endwith Kelly.

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BRIMFIELD: Wilbur filled in nicely for Novak

Brimfield celebrated its second straight Class 1A sectional championship last Friday after a win over An-nawan. Photo by Monte Kenney of Brimfield-Elmwood Sports Shots.

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some concern on the Indi-ans bench. But not forlong, as a 30-29 lead ex-panded to 41-33 afterthree quarters.

“Sean Wilbur went inand played a lot of min-utes in the middle of ourzone and it was like westill had a big guy inthere. He got up in thelane and rebounded realwell and led us in re-bounding,” Carlson said.“He just stepped up bigfor us.”

Wilbur’s six reboundstied him for the gamehigh with Novak.

Another unsung herowas senior Jordan Bauer,who made two very

timely 3-pointers for hissix points.

“Jordan Bauer becameour sixth man because ofthe way they packed inthe zone and he hit somebig shots,” Carlson said.“He only made two butthey were both perfecttime and got them out oftheir zone a little fartherand then we could hitsome things inside.

“When you’ve got fourguys who can hit the 3...”

You keep shooting. Brimfield finished 12-

for-38 from 3-point range(32 percent) and 20-for-52 overall (39 percent).

“We just couldn’t findour rhythm in the firsthalf,” White said. “In the

second half we started hit-ting shots and we attackedmore, which helped us,because they packed it ineven more.”

Kelly, Swietek andWhite each had 15 points

for Brimfield. Novak was4-for-4 from the field fornine points.

Annawan (27-7) posteda school record for winsand shot 20-of-44 with 14turnovers.


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SUPER: Leo loadedand bounced out.

Leo’s Corielle Robin-son was then fouled andmade two free throws toseal the 55-51 victory.

No. 2 ranked Brimfieldcame in as an underdogdespite being defendingClass 1A champs. As ex-pected, Leo’s size gavethe Indians problems.

“In the first half wegave up nine offensive re-bounds and for the gamewe gave up 14,” Carlsonsaid. “They had so manybig bodies they just wentafter the boards and gotsecond and third looks.”

Leo’s 6-5 Darias Oliverdominated early, scoring15 of the team’s first 24points and finishing with21, including a dunk with3:14 remaining that putLeo back on top for good.Oliver had 13 rebounds.

Even so, Brimfield keptclose throughout the sec-ond half as guards White,Jace Swietek (9 points)

and Kelly kept answeringwith 3-pointers.

Brimfield even took itsfirst lead early in thefourth quarter on a shot bySean Wilbur and led 48-44 on a long trey by Kellywith 5:37 left.

But Leo’s 5-foot-8 pointguard Darius Branchscored 7 of his team’s last11 points.

“The way our guardshandled their pressure wasoutstanding,” Carlsonsaid. “We told them,‘Down the road they’regoing to realize that wasan awful good game. Weplayed really well. We gotup four and then (Leo)played very well.”

As a result, Leo willface Woodlawn Friday at2 p.m. at Peoria’s CivicCenter, while LeRoymeets Liberty in a battleof unranked teams in the12:15 p.m. semifinal.

Leo’s last state visit wasin 2009 when the Lionsplaced fourth in Class 3A.


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Long shots finally fall insectional championship

3-pointer rims outin 55-51 loss to Leo

Defending champs fall one shot short of state


HANOVER – Scott Carlson saw atightly packed zone and knew it was just amatter of time.

No, the shots did not fall often for Brim-field in the first half of last Friday’s Class1A Hanover Sectional final against An-nawan. At various points in the first half,

the second-ranked Indi-ans (30-2) trailed byeight points.

But in the second half,the sharpshooters beganconnecting as the de-fending state championsbombed to a 60-47 vic-tory over Annawan be-hind 12 3-pointers and acombined 45 points from

guards Phelan Kelly, Koby White and JaceSwietek.

That was the 12th straight postseasonwin for Brimfield and 11th straight thisyear.

“In the first half we didn’t shoot it realwell and they were just packing in thezone and letting us shoot, which we hadn’tseen a lot this year,” Brimfield coach Carl-son said. “At halftime I told them, ‘If theykeep packing it in, we’re going to make

the shots eventually. So keep takingthem.’”

True to form, Brimfield began connect-ing. Actually, the rally started before half-time as Swietek, Jordan Bauer and Kellyall hit big shots and the Indians scored thelast eight points before intermission to tiethings at 25-25.

“Tying up at halftime I think was big.We went in excited and they went in

yelling at each other,” Carlson said. “Thatalways helps to get that momentum goingyour way.”

Another major moment for Brimfieldcame early in the third quarter when 6-foot-8 center Brad Novak picked up histhird and fourth fouls in a span of 30 sec-onds. That earned Novak a seat for aboutseven minutes of game time and created


DeKALB – Jordan Bauer has hitclutch shots this season for Brim-field. He nearly hit the biggest ofhis life Tuesday. Nearly.

Bauer’s 3-point attempt with 8seconds left hit the rim, got partwaydown and rolled out in the Class 1ANorthern Illinois Supersectional,leaving defending champion Brim-field (30-3) just short of an “upset”against fourth-ranked Chicago Leo.

“It definitely wasn’t about thatone shot. He had a good look andwe played well and battled hard,”Brimfield coach Scott Carlson said.“We just came up a little short.”

Trailing 53-50 with 20 secondsleft, Brimfield got a break whenLeo (22-7) was called for an inten-tional foul away from the ball on aplay in which 6-foot-8 center BradNovak was bumped to the floor.

Novak (9 points, 11 rebounds) hitone of two free throws and then,after a drive into the lane and passfrom Koby White (13 points, 8 as-sists), Bauer launched a shot fromthe baseline that slid into the rim ...

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Koby White drives the lane against Annawan in Brimfield’s 60-47 Class 1A sectionalvictory last Friday. Photo by Monte Kenney of Brimfield-Elmwood Sports Shots.

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