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Carrier Route PresortThursdayMarch 12, 2015Vol. 3, No. 3

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – The Board of Educa-tion at a special meeting on Wednes-day unanimously passed a resolutiondeclaring its intent to issue $1.5 mil-lion in Funding Bonds in connectionwith the renovation of the Junior HighSchool.

The move follows a 5-2 vote on Feb.23 to contract with Performance Serv-ices, Inc. of suburban Chicago to su-pervise the project’s first steps for

$723,037.After the meeting, Board Vice Presi-

dent Terri Osmulski sounded upbeat.“This is all about the kids and giving

the best quality education we can,”said Osmulski, who voted against thepact with Performance Services. “Ihave never been opposed to the projectas a whole; I have had concerns withthe process as it was presented and thetime line. That being said, the projectis going to move forward and I willfully support it.”

The intent to issue the bonds starts a30-day petition period, and the board isunited and confident about the im-provements. Last month’s other novote came from Dean Cantu, whoshared some of Osmulski’s concerns.

“My vote at the February Boardmeeting was based on a concern I hadwith the process, i.e., the means, notwith the goal of improving the JuniorHigh School building, i.e., the end,”Cantu said. “All of the members of theBoard share the same vision relative to

the Junior High School improvementproject; my concern was … the expe-dited process and … time frame. I nowbelieve it is critical to move forwardand ensure the actions of the board,relative to this project, are executed inan efficacious manner so that we canrealize our shared goal of providingour students with the best learning en-vironment possible.”

In other action, the Board unani-mously approved a two-year lease

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Donkeys onguard moreoften lately

By WILLIAM C. BAILEYFor The Weekly Post

Recently I was at a farmer’s marketand stopped briefly at a booth to take alook at a catalog describing the beefand pork products available from alocal farm. The farm’s emphasis was onthe way cattle and hogs were raised –outside as much as possible, pasturegrazing for the cattle, and a lot of roomfor the hogs to roam and explore.

As I looked through the catalog, Inoted a picture ofa donkey.

“Do you useguard donkeys toprotect your ani-mals?” I asked.

It was at thatpoint I immedi-ately made afriend of the young man, who was atthe booth to sell his products. He said Iwas the first person to understand thepicture was not used to sell donkeymeat but to inform people how his ani-mals were protected – by guard don-keys.

As it turns out, donkeys have beenused to guard cattle, sheep and otherlivestock for some time. Their use hasincreased as the demand has grown forlocal foods, or more naturally raisedmeat and dairy products. Farming oper-ations that focus on local markets oftenare smaller than traditional livestock

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EDWARDS – New YorkTimes best-selling graphicnovelist and area illustratorSkottie Young might be off-beat, but he’s not off-balance.

Whether work and fun, hisjob and his family, or wordsand pictures,Young is aboutbalance, despite avisual style that’ssomewhere be-tween Tim Bur-ton and TimMcGraw: wildyet homey.

Talking afterhis five-year-oldson went to bedafter seeing “TheSpongeBobMovie: SpongeOut of Water,” Young says hisson enjoys movie studio logosand “playing” with them as“toys.”

That’s not unlike Skottie,who turns 37 on April 3. Hespent his childhood discover-ing different inspirations – in-spirations that continue todrive his enthusiasm for creat-

ing comic books, graphic nov-els and a variety of art proj-ects.

“I’m hard-core disciplined,”he says. “But I’m not aworkaholic or recluse. I’m re-ally more of an extrovert, out-going and social, in the realworld. People who email me

through my website or whatevermight not get areply and thinkI’m some kind ofa-hole, but I’mjust working.Thank goodnessfor social medialike Twitter, be-cause I’m activethere.”

But “creativityis like a fueltank,” he adds,

“and you use up what youhave and pretty soon you’renear empty, so you have to re-plenish it. So it’s a matter ofprioritizing time – and havinga good time.

“In some ways it’s like aCat worker who works 40hours a week on heavy equip-ment and each weekend

works on cars or whatever,”he continues. “I draw andwrite from 9 to 5, and then,when I’m done and at homewhen things settle down andmy son’s asleep, I grab mysketchbook and write anddraw. It’s fun.”

Young started writing anddrawing as a kid who savoredthe Sunday funnies, especially“Calvin & Hobbes” and“Bloom County,” and Madmagazine.

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a college and ca-reer fair for stu-dents last Friday.Page 8.

Graphic novelist and illustrator Skottie Young of Ed-wards has had graphic novels on the New York Timesbestseller list. Photo by Bill Knight. Graphic illustra-tions by Young.

Young’s drawing of ayoung Thor.

Young’s take on the TinMan and Dorothy.

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BOARD: Keeping bus driversagreement with MidwestTransit Equipment toprovide to the Districteight 2015 buses withdiesel engines plus oneminivan with wheelchairaccess for $90,485. Mid-west Transit also is buy-ing about a dozenDistrict vehicles, someinoperable, for $77,900,according to Superin-tendent Chad Wagner.

Wagner sought esti-mates for a differenttransportation approach,but bids were abouttwice what was expectedby the District, whichhas five routes plus ex-tracurricular activitiesmost days.

The current fleet is rel-atively old, he said.

“The average age ofour buses is 13 years,”he said. “Everyoneseems happy we’vemoving in this direction.

The drivers are support-ive.”

The District is retain-ing its bus drivers andkeeping two activitybuses it owns.

Also, after a closedsession, the Board an-nounced that there willbe no Reduction In

Force for 2015-16, andinstructed Wagner tostart the auction/bidprocess to sell District-owned houses on Mor-gan and Althea Streetswith buyers movingthem in order to expandparking.

Both measures alsopassed unanimously.

“The unique thingabout being on thisboard is that we all bringsomething very valuableto the table and in doingso, have learned to re-spect each other’s opin-ion,” Osmulski added,“even if it differs fromthe majority.”

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operations, and the live-stock on these farmsspend much of their livesoutside. A reality ofspending somuch time out-side is that pred-ators canappear.

Over theyears, dogshave been usedto guard against thesepredators. More recently,guard llamas have ap-peared in fields to protectthe grazing livestock. However, the young manat the farmer’s marketwas a strong proponent of

guard donkeys.He told me that, be-

cause donkeys are territo-rial, they are not asprotective of the herd as

much as they are pro-tective of their terri-tory. When thinkingof guard donkeys,don’t think of themcarefully patrolling apasture’s perimeter.Instead, they social-

ize and eat with the herd,springing into actionwhen a threat appears.

When the guard don-keys see a threat, theymake a real racket, bray-ing so loud it will hurtyour ears, he informed

me. If the loud noisesaren’t enough to scare thepredator, the guard don-key’s next move is tocharge the intruder withthe clear intention of bit-ing and kicking it – all toprotect both the donkey’sterritory and the herd.

While there is a lot ofpasture at Western IllinoisUniversity’s farm for cat-tle to graze on, the idea of

a guard donkey has notyet been seriously consid-ered. Once upon a time,there were two faintinggoats hanging out withthe cattle, but their guard-ing skills were not well-honed.

Someday you may spota guard donkey amongthe Angus and Herefords,as they calmly and safelygraze in the pasture.


Candidate forum March 18ELMWOOD – Six

candidates for fourseats on the ElmwoodBoard of Education areinvited to take part in aspecial board meetingMarch 18 at 6 p.m. inthe high school audito-rium.

The event will be setup to offer a commu-nity “meet the candi-dates” forum. Thehour-long forum willfeature candidates’opening statements,followed by questions

drawn from membersof the public in atten-dance, said Superin-tendent Chad Wagner.

As people arrive,note cards will beavailable for audiencemembers to writedown questions. Ques-tions will be pickedbased on appropriate-ness and time.

Candidates will haveone minute to respond.

Bill Knight of TheWeekly Post will mod-erate.

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This Week’s Eventss Family Bingo – Families with chil-

dren can play bingo today (March 12) at6:00 p.m. at the Morrison and MaryWiley Library, Elmwood.

s Ag Museum – Midwest AgriculturalMuseum annual dinner is March 20 from5:30-8 p.m. at Wildlife Prairie Park.RSVPs required by today (March 12).Call (309) 995-3839.

s Fish Fry – Shrimpand whole catfishserved Friday (March13) 4:30-7:30 p.m. atthe American LegionHall in Brimfield.

s Fish Fry – St. Patrick’s Church inElmwood has fish/shrimp fries Fridaysin Lent (March 13, 20, 27), 4:30-6:30p.m.

s Free Bread – Free bread is availableFriday (March 13) at 10 a.m. at Elm-wood Methodist Church.

s Craft Event – Make an Easter basketSaturday (March 14) between 9 a.m. and1 p.m. at Mary and Morrison Wiley Li-brary in Elmwood. Craft will take 20minutes.

s Chicken Dinner –A chicken and noo-dles dinner is Sunday (March 15) to sup-port the Williamsfield Cub Scout Pack221 from 4-7 p.m. at the WilliamsfieldAmerican Legion Hall.

s Cemetery Walk – First meeting forcommittee looking into proposed Elm-wood Cemetery Walk is Monday (March16) at 6:30 p.m. at Morrison and MaryWiley Library, Elmwood.

s Chess Night –All skill levels wel-come to play chess Tuesdays at Farm-ington Public Library, 6-7:30 p.m.

Future Eventss Craft Night – Ladies 18 and older

can make an Easter Egg Tree March 19at Morrison and Mary Wiley Library,Elmwood, at 6:30 p.m.

s Free Movie – Teens ages 13-18 in-vited to come watch “Divergent” March19 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. at the Brimfield

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s Tree Sale – PeoriaCounty SWCD takingorders for “bare-root”transplants and seedling

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s Beginning Quilting – Get started inquilting by making a 9-patch hot padMarch 21 at 10 a.m. at Princeville Li-brary. Sewing machine with white threadand basic machine knowledge needed.Pre-registration required. Must be atleast 18. Call 1-(800) 872-0222.

s Dodge Ball – Second Dodge Ball forDakota Ramp fund raiser March 21 atElmwood High School gym. Moneygoes to Dakota Ramp scholarship fund.Teams (of 5 or more) play 3 matches at$10 per person. Call (309) 742-8464.

s Donate Blood – Blood drive March23 at Brimfield High School, 9 a.m.- 2p.m. Visit redcrossblood.org, call 1-800-733-2767, or call (309) 446-3349.

s Story Time – Dynamite Dinosaursstory time March 26 at 6 p.m. at Morri-son and Mary Wiley Library, Elmwood.Children 4-8. Call (309) 742-2431.

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Rambling through central Illinoispondering how flies can already bebuzzing around on the first reallynice day of 2015.

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day television start this weekend at9 a.m. with the Peoria CountySpelling Bee on WEEK-TV. Thencomes the Grand Final SpellingBee March 21 at 9. Julia Bledsoewill represent Elmwood andRachelle Toniny is in for Brimfield.... My favorite bee was a few yearsago and featured an attractive tele-vision anchor mispronouncingword after word and confusing thepoor kids involved. ... Parting shot:Money was flowing in Elmwoodlast weekend. In addition to theElmwood All Outdoors Show net-ting more than $25,000 for athletes,a dance held in honor of the lateDakota Ramp raised $1,123 for ascholarship in his name. Thanks toall the generous folks who helpedmake that possible. Contact Jeff Lampe at 231-6040 or

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In the 1960s, Russell Baker, aWashington reporter for the NewYork Times, described his job cov-ering government as sitting aroundwaiting for officials "to come outand lie to me.”

Unlike his doubt, journalismmarks hope March 15-21 – Sun-shine Week2015. It’s a timeto recognize andcelebrate trans-parency in gov-ernment,whether onCapitol Hill,Springfield orlocal townships.

Governmentopenness is a critical pillar ofAmericans having a voice – ofdemocracy itself – and that’s trueon local and county levels as wellas state and national.

Fortunately, an overwhelmingnumber of area public officials areresponsive to citizens and are ap-preciative of the accountabilitythat’s part of their jobs. Almost allofficials are honest and competent,and are willing to work at makingat least their part of the planet a bet-ter place. Public records are madeavailable. Corruption is so rare asto be nonexistent (especially com-pared to Washington and Spring-field).

Of course, as with almost any-thing, there are ways governmentcan be more open. Better.

• Accessible officials. Membersshould list phone numbers andemail addresses so constituents cancontact them. There’s decent pri-vacy, and there’s needless secrecy.

• Online presence. Boards, coun-cils, etc. should maintain web sites– or at least Facebook pages. There,they can let the community knowwhen and where they or their com-mittees are meeting, issues plannedfor consideration, special events,forms to complete and other usefulreferences.

• Public comment. If taxpayerswant to address a board, it shouldbe easy – even if there’s a timelimit so regular business isn’t dis-rupted. Similarly, boards shouldwelcome items from constituents toput on agendas for public discus-sion.

• Executive sessions. These se-cret sessions shouldn’t be used rou-tinely, but just when appropriate, asspecified – and limited – by law.Further, when a lively debate oc-curs behind closed doors, it shouldat least be summarized when thegroup resumes open deliberations.Otherwise, the public is kept in thedark about officials’ thoughts, opin-ions and points of view.

Excluding individual members ofthe public from meetings also ex-cludes the entire community, and ithides details that may be importantfor the public to know.

“When the flow of informationabout our elections, our govern-

ment, and our democracy is cur-tailed, we’re nurturing a culture ofmistrust and cynicism,” says EdwinBender of the National Institute onMoney in State Politics.

Plus, it’s practical.Very few folks who work and

raise a family have the time to go toseveral public meetings everymonth to see what officials fromcounties, villages, townships, fireprotection districts, school boardsand other governments are doing.

Reporters try to connect WhatGoes On with Who Will Care. Inthat sense, journalists try to per-form their trade as a public service,too, helping to equip everyday peo-ple with facts to make their own in-formed decisions.

Government officials don’t pur-sue public service to be popular.Sometimes difficult decisions areneeded for the greater good, or ac-tions may be popular with somevoters but not all.

Public employees, whetherelected, appointed or hired, work ina climate requiring open govern-ment and accountability to thecommunity.

Likewise, as the late HelenThomas, UPI’s longtime WhiteHouse reporter, once remarked,“We don’t go into journalism to bepopular. It’s our job to seek thetruth and put constant pressure onour leaders until we get answers.”

Sunshine is the best disinfectant,it’s been said.

‘Sunshine’ can help local government

BillKNIGHT

There’s an old joke that asks forthe definition of an agnostic,dyslectic insomniac.

It’s someone who stays awake allnight wonderingif there really is aDog.

Now that I’vemanaged to in-sult three differ-ent groups ofpeople (maybemore), I can tellyou I am far frombeing agnostic (trust me, there IS aGod), and I only suffer from tem-porary bouts with dyslexia. I am,however, an insomniac.

I wish I knew what started thiswhole staying-up-at-night andsleeping-during-the-day business. Had I been a third-shift worker ofsome sort, I might understand it,but I’ve only worked a handful ofgraveyard shifts in my life. (I thinkI slept through most of them.)

Maybe it comes from staying uplate during baseball season as I lis-ten to my Dodgers finish up base-ball games on the West Coast. Theyusually are done playing by 1 or 2a.m. at the latest, but since they’ve

been off since October, I don’tthink it’s that.

I’ve tried to cure my insomnia byreading, and sometimes that works.I read Dwight Eisenhower’s mem-oirs recently and not only did thatnearly cure my insomnia, I think italso lowered my IQ by severalpoints.

Because of this, I often turn toTV in an effort to drift into dream-land. The stuff that’s on from 2-7a.m. is an interesting mix of thingsthat I never knew I needed, whichsomeone is trying to sell me via theubiquitous and mostly evil infomer-cial.

I never knew how lousy my hairlooked (although I had an inkling)until I watched an infomercialabout how using shampoo was abad idea. According to this, I reallyneed a bottle of their “non-sham-poo” to fix all the damage that theover-the-counter stuff has doneover the past 50-some years.

But that’s not enough. Since I’vegot so many years on my body, Ialso need some stuff to slather onmy face that will keep me lookingyoung. At least that’s the claim by asupermodel who has Dick Clark

Syndrome (she never ages). Toprove her points, she squirts someof the product on melons and theydon’t spoil.

And I’ve been wondering whatthe secret sauce on Big Macs was!

Now since I’ve got the bodyfrom the shoulders up lookinggood, I better start doing somethingwith the lower part. There are amultitude of workout programs forsale via the infomercial, somewhich take just 15 minutes a day,some which take 30, and somewhich just have you hang upsidedown like a bat for a while.

If you hang upside down longenough, you can be ready for theloony bin in no time and prove it bydemonstrating your four-inch verti-cal leap after proclaiming your ad-vanced age.

All of these exercise programshave one thing in common: Theylook painful. I have an old adagethat I try to live by: No pain, nopain.

I might have taken up joggingearlier in life except that wheneverI’d drive by a jogger, they actedlike they were about to expel their

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GUEST VOICES


Staying up late, wasting the night away

JonGALLAGHER

To the Editor:The question usually comes to-

ward the end of a public meeting.Some knotty problem is being dis-cussed, and someone in the audi-ence will raise their hand and ask,“Okay, so what can I do about it?”

I love that question.Not because I’ve everanswered it to my sat-isfaction, but becauseit bespeaks such aconstructive outlook.

The usual advicepoliticians give is to vote, work fora candidate, let your elected offi-cials know what you think and par-ticipate in community life. This isgood counsel – but only as far as itgoes. With a little more time to an-swer the question, I’d add a fewother points.

First, it’s important citizens ap-preciate how hard it is to solveproblems in a representative

democracy. Every issue – even astop sign at a corner – is more com-plex than it appears. Understandingand appreciating complexities is theonly way to see how and where youcan make progress.

It’s also vital to learn that solvingproblems means work-ing with all kinds ofpeople. It requiresbringing differentpoints of view to-gether, developingconnections to key

players in your community, talkingface-to-face with others who maynot agree with you and communi-cating your ideas effectively.

It also means learning differencescan exist without personal animos-ity, and recognizing commonground to help build agreement.

There is a key lesson that comesfrom trying to solve a particularproblem: it tends to make you less

ideological and more pragmatic.Politics is not a game for every-

one, but there are other ways to beinvolved in community life. Re-gardless of the avenue, it’s the peo-ple who step forward who refreshthis country and make it stronger.

Our Constitution’s preamble be-gins, “We the people of the UnitedStates, in order to form a more per-fect union ...” At heart, that’s whatgetting involved means: shoulder-ing the challenges, shared responsi-bilities and opportunities thatdemocracy thrusts upon us as wepursue a more perfect union.

That’s what I want to say to thepeople who ask, “What can I doabout it?” The journey is hard andcomplicated, but it’s the most satis-fying work I can imagine.

– Lee Hamilton, Director, Center on Congress

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The Peoria Sheriff’s Depart-ment released its monthly CrimeStatistics Report for February forthe seven Peoria County town-ships in The Weekly Post’s circu-lation area:

• Brimfield city and townshiptogether had 1 criminal sexual as-sault, 1 domestic battery, 1 iden-tity theft, 1 vandalism/ criminaldamage, 1 accident with an injury,7 accidents without an injury, and10 traffic tickets.

• Elmwood city and townshiptogether had 1 domestic battery, 1accident with an injury, and 1 ac-cident without an injury.

• Jubilee had 1 drug arrest, 2thefts, 1 vandalism/ criminal dam-age to property, 1 DUIs, 7 acci-dents without an injury, and 8traffic tickets.

• Kickapoo had 2 assaults, 1battery, 1 burglary of a non-resi-dence, 2 domestic battery, 2 drugarrests, 4 thefts, 2 charges of van-dalism/ criminal damage to prop-erty, 1 violation of an order ofprotection, 4 DUIs, 2 accidentswith injuries, 17 accidents withoutan injury, and 24 traffic tickets.

• Millbrook had 1 assault, 2fatal accidents, and 4 traffic tick-ets.

• Radnor had 2 drug arrests, 2incidents of vandalism/ criminaldamage to property, 2 accidentswith injuries, 8 accidents withoutan injury, and 6 traffic tickets is-sued.

• Rosefield had 1 theft, 1 iden-tity theft, 1 violation of an orderof protection, 1 accident with aninjury, 6 accidents without in-juries, and 1 traffic ticket.Home burglary reportedin Elmwood on March 8

ELMWOOD – Wilma Haney,86, of Elmwood on March 8 re-ported the theft of more than$4,000 in jewelry from her home,Elmwood police said.

She suspected the loss occurredsometime between Christmas andJan. 14, according to reports.

Missing are an assortment ofrings, necklaces, bracelets andearrings.

Police are investigating.Driver injured inPrinceville crash

PRINCEVILLE – BettySchindler, 84, of Princeville wastransported to UnityPoint Health -Proctor after her 2008 ChevroletImpala, westbound on SpringStreet here, was struck by a 2012Dodge Grand Caravan driven byJohn Davidson, 68, of Dunlap, po-lice said.

A witness told police thatDavidson did not stop at the inter-section with Cottage Grove Road,according to reports, which listed“disregarding a stop sign” as acontributory cause of the wreck.Rural Williamsfieldbreak-in reported

WILLIAMSFIELD – LucasDoubet, 33, of Williamsfield onFebruary 21 reported the illegalentry to a shed he uses in the 2200block of Knox Road 1750 N, theKnox County Sheriff’s Office re-ported this week.

Someone knocked out a win-dow screen to enter, but nothingseemed to be missing or damaged,according to reports.

Police suspect would-be thievesmay have been seeking scrapmetal, but there was none there.Motorist injured in wreck,license confiscated

PRINCEVILLE – Dick Stubbs,73, of Princeville was transportedto UnityPoint Health – Proctorafter his 2012 Chevrolet crossedthe center line on Santa Fe Av-enue near High Street and collidedwith a 2003 Dodge pickup drivenby Joshua Bird, 34, of Laura.

Police ticketed Stubbs for im-proper lane usage and seized hisdriver’s license due to concernthat he has a medical condition af-fecting his driving.Hit-and-run reported on Kickapoo-Edwards Road

KICKAPOO – Nicholas Carl-son, 29, of Monmouth was behindthe wheel of a 2005 Ford Taurusparked in the 7000 block of Kick-

apoo Edwards Road when he felthis car struck from behind. Hesaw a dark gray or black pickupdriven by an elderly white malebehind him, but when Carlsonwent to retrieve his insurancecard, the truck fled the scene, ac-cording to reports.

Brimfield pedestrianstruck by car on road

BRIMFIELD – Susan Devries,63, of Brimfield was transportedto OSF St. Francis Medical Centeron March 7 after she was struckby a 1998 Toyota Avalon drivenby Kerry Smith, 58, of Cantonwhile she was walking acrossFarmington Road at Main Streetin Hanna City, police said.

Devries seemed to slip beforethe mishap, according to reports,which listed “failing to yield theright of way” as a contributingfactor in the accident.

Police reports• Eric Brown, 50, of Dunlap

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• Jessica Mattson, 29, of Farm-ington on March 5 was arrestedfor unlawful possession ofcannabis and unlawful possessionof drug paraphernalia and trans-ported to the Peoria County Jail.

• Michael Snider, 23, of Cantonwas cited for improper backingfollowing a fender bender in Elm-wood, and issued a Notice To Ap-pear.

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By MICHELLE SHERMANFor The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON – The FarmingtonCommunity Unit School District 265Board of Education voted on Monday(March 9) to maintain the district’s re-lationship with its transportationprovider.

The district has used Illinois CentralSchool Bus to get students to and fromthe campus for the past three years.Because that initial contract is up inJune, administrators put the contractout for bid.

Only two companies, Illinois Cen-tral and First Student, returned bids.By law, the board must accept the“lowest responsible bid,” said Super-intendent John Asplund.

Expressing some concerns regardinga reported lack of heat on buses, boardmember Anne Stufflebeam was thelone no vote on the motion to approvethe contract.

“My children come home and saythere’s no heat on their bus,” Stuffle-beam said. “Bus drivers have blanketson the bus it’s so cold.”

The contract with Illinois Centralstipulates there must be three extraworking buses in the fleet to cover fornon-operational buses. There currentlyare at least three such buses available.

“I will not put buses out there on theroad that I know do not have heat,”said bus barn manager Bill Ethington.

He said he personally checks allbuses, as do his maintenance workers,for operational heaters in coldweather.

The new contract, which will lastthrough the 2017-2018 school year, ismore than 11 percent higher than whatDistrict 265 is paying Illinois Centralnow.

First Student’s bid came in 18 per-cent higher than the district’s currenttransportation contract, Asplund said.

In other business the board:• Heard presentations on the

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• Put the alternative energy curricu-lum and updates to the agriculturalcourses on second reading.

• Voted to renew membership in theIllinois High School Association foranother year.

• Approved the development of anin-district emotional disabilities pro-gram for approximately eight studentsin seventh through ninth grades tobegin next school year.

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GALLAGHER: Do I need two NuWave ovens?Continued from Page 5

Farmington holds college, career fairBy MICHELLE SHERMAN

For The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON – The Farming-ton Community High School gymput aside basketballs and volleyballnets last Friday to give students anopportunity to investigate optionsfor their futures.

As part of a district-wide FarmerFamilies program, sixth- through12th-grade students were able totalk with representatives from areacolleges and universities, as well asmultiple trades and occupations.

Students could talk with repre-sentatives from colleges as close asSpoon River Community Collegeand as far away as Southern IllinoisUniversity-Edwardsville.

They could learn about becomingan EMT or an investment banker,joining the military or learning atrade such as plumbing.

“We always talk about, ‘How dowe know that our kids are succeed-ing beyond Farmington?’” saidRyan Lambert, media specialist forFCHS. “Instead of them asking usand we refer them to someone, wecan just bring them here ... and theycan ask direct questions.”

The Farmer Families program isFarmington’s way of implementingSocial/Emotional Learning Stan-dards, a mandatory part of schoolcurricula in Illinois. Students acrossthe district are split into “families,”small multi-age groups led by fac-ulty members. Families meet

throughout the year to discuss top-ics ranging from fitness to bullying.

“The whole point of FarmerFamilies is to create a communitywithin our community,” Lambertsaid.

Senior Matt Williamson, 18, ofrural Hanna City, said he wishesthe program had been in place afew years sooner.

“I think it would have reallyhelped me make my mind up on fu-ture plans, especially regardingwhich college to attend,” he said.“In talking with other students, afew said they thought it was verybeneficial in opening their minds tothings they never thought about,and also closing their minds to oth-ers.”

Next year, Williamson plans toattend Belmont University inNashville and major in music busi-ness. At the moment, he hopes tobecome an agent or producer.

During the fair, he visited the Cu-mulus Radio booth to talk withsomeone at least somewhat in themusic field. Williamson said hisconversation led him to consideranother occupation within music.

The senior also talked with someengineers in attendance and saidthe most interesting occupation wasthat of meat scientist.

“I am not even interested in(meat science) for a career,” hesaid, “It was rather interesting lis-tening to what kinds of things hedoes in the field.”

That broadening of horizons iswhat Lambert and the rest of thecollege and career fair committeehad hoped for.

“Even though a lot of our seniorshave already chosen” what theywill be doing in the near future, hesaid, “it still exposes them to otherthings. ...The students really seemto enjoy it.”

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“That’s how I learnedto draw, really,” he says,“copying everything fromMad.”

He continued throughschool, but didn’t go tocollege. Instead, he drewand built a portfolio, andat a table at a comic con-vention he made contactwith Marvel writer/editorC.B. Cebulski. Withinmonths he had an offer tofill in for Marvel’s “Ice-man” title.

From there he’s workedon “New X-Men,” “TheHuman Torch,” and “Spi-der-Man,” plus a wonder-fully goofy series of“baby variant” covers fordozens of Marvel titles,showing heroes and vil-lains as children.

That led to collabora-tions with Eric Shanowerfor a modern version ofL. Frank Baum’s Oz talesand with NewberyMedalist Neil Gaiman fora children’s book, “Fortu-nately, the Milk.”

Born in Fairbury,Young lived in Chicagofor about 10 years andwas thinking of movingto Nashville, but “lookedaround the country” andsettled in central Illinois.

He continues to attendcomic conventions – he’sscheduled to appear atPlanet Comicon inKansas City this weekendand at C2E2 (ChicagoComic & EntertainmentExpo) in Chicago April24-26 – and has a web-site, skottieyoung.com.

The award-winning Ozseries started with Mar-vel’s graphic novel “TheWonderful Wizard of Oz”and its follow-up “TheMarvelous Land of Oz”(both 2009) – both NYTbestsellers. Taking on aseries based on Baum’sclassic was less of a chal-

lenge than a fun-filled op-portunity, Young says.

“It was easier,” he says.“I was playing with anold ‘toy,’ a cool founda-tion. It’s super-fun stuff,interpreting, taking aworld and reinventing itinstead of working fromscratch. It feels like a col-laboration, taking all thestuff [from before] andsort of sprinkling somemagic on it.

“Maybe I’m naïve orarrogant, but I had noconcern with the fanbase’s expectations,” con-tinues Young, who’sworked with Shanoweron four other Oz titles. “Ifyou let that [concern]creep in, it can start to in-form what you do andthat’s a creativity killer.”

His HarperCollins col-laboration with Gaiman –a middle-grade novel de-scribed as a book about“time travel and breakfastcereal ... an ode to thepleasure and wonders ofstorytelling” – also was aNYT bestseller.

“That was very cool,”he says. “It was a weirdthing, too, because you’reworking six monthsahead most of the time. Iremember getting anemail, a heads-up from aneditor, that ‘The Wonder-ful Wizard of Oz’ wasabout to debut at Number2 or 3, and it was therefor 20-some weeks.

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novels on the New YorkTimes best-seller list wasnew then [so] it wasnever on my bucket list oranything,” he adds. “Butit was really neat.”

Now, in a modest,messy studio in an other-wise unassuming Peoriastrip mall (Young says it’s“insurance agents,lawyers and a comic-book artist”), Younglooks over piles of books,Starbucks coffee cupsand, of course, copies ofMad magazine, inkingwith a Kuratake BrushPen or a Pentel PocketBrush Pen and drawing inSketchbook Pro and col-oring everything in Pho-toshop CS5 or CorelPainter 11 to work on“Rocket Raccoon,” thecharacter featured in lastsummer’s blockbusterfilm “Guardians of TheGalaxy.”

“I couldn’t wait to workon this guy,” Young said.“It’s going to have a con-nection to that nostalgicfeeling for ‘LooneyTunes,’ that old animatedflavor where everythingwasn’t squeaky clean.Daffy Duck would get hisbill blasted off with dou-ble-barrel shotguns… “That’s what I grew upwatching, and being ableto play around with thatin this hyper-superherointergalactic universe willbe a lot of fun.”

For personal fun,Young goes to movies,concerts and reads, butprefers fiction.

“Even as a boy, I al-ways liked He-Man morethan G.I. Joe,” he says,laughing. “G.I. Joe wastoo real for me.”

Realty can be fun, too,of course. Young has togo check on his son’spreparations for a Valen-tine’s Day party at school.




BRIEFSHabitat for Heroes homegears up for Schock visit

ELMWOOD – Things are heat-ing up for the Habitat for Heroeshome to be built here this spring.

On March 21 from 2-4 p.m. atElmwood Presbyterian Church, thefamily who will live in the newhome will be introduced by U.S.Rep. Aaron Schock. Donors willalso be honored at the event, whichincludes dessert and coffee, severalpresentations and Color Guardsrepresenting VFW and AmericanLegion members.

The Kiwanis Club of Elmwoodrecently donated $1,026 to Habitatfor Heroes, which represented halfthe net profit from the group’s 17thannual pancake breakfast.

Siding for the home will be do-nated by Midwest Building Supplyof Tremont, and Habitat for Heroespicked up other donors: CrystalPrahl of Forever Me Photography(official photographer), GaryManess of G&O Disposal (dump-sters) and American Rental of Peo-ria Heights (tables and chairs).Elmwood Scholastic Bowlwins conference, regional

Elmwood’s Scholastic Bowlteam won its fifth straight confer-ence championship last Thursdayby defeating Havana, Beardstown,

Peoria Heights and Lewistown, andits third straight regional title onMonday by defeating Spoon RiverValley, Knoxville and Brimfield.

Sectionals are Saturday atWethersfield High School, whereElmwood will face Riverdale, Peo-ria Christian and St. Bede.

Ian and Taylor Armbruster werenamed to this year’s all-conferenceand all-sectional teams.Songs of Civil RightsMovement at museum

PRINCEVILLE – The final pro-gram in the Lillie M. Evans LibraryDistrict’s Created Equal series willbe “Oh Freedom! Songs of the

Civil Rights Movement” on Tues-day, March 17, at 6:30 p.m. at thePrinceville Heritage Museum.

Award-winning folk singer ChrisVallillo will perform songs that in-spired and sustained participants inthe Civil Rights Movement. There are also two more video

presentations at the Lillie M. EvansLibrary. The first on March 25 at 2p.m. is the program, “PresidentWilliam Jefferson Clinton: CivilRights Lessons from the Cassidy’s”

Programs are free and open to thepublic. Jews for Jesus to speakat Presbyterian church

ELMWOOD – First United Pres-byterian Church invites all to hear apresentation given on the ModelSeder by Jews for Jesus onWednesday, March 25, at 6:15 p.m.

Jews for Jesus is an agency thatbelieves Jesus is the Messiah of Is-rael and Savior of the world. Thelate Moishe Rosen, a Jew who hasbelieved in Jesus for over 35 years,founded the organization.

For those who say Christianitycontradicts the meaning of Ju-daism, Jews for Jesus say there areanswers a representative can dis-cuss after the presentation. For de-tails call (309) 742-2631 or visitfirstpresbyterianofelmwood.org.

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NOTICE OF INTENTION OFCOMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 322

PEORIA AND KNOX COUNTIES, ILLINOISTO ISSUE $1,500,000FUNDING BONDS

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on the 4th day of March, 2015,the Board of Education (the “Board”) of Community Unit School Dis-trict Number 322, Peoria and Knox Counties, Illinois (the “District”),adopted a resolution declaring its intention and determination to issuebonds in the aggregate amount of $1,500,000 for the purpose of pay-ing presently outstanding and unpaid claims against the District, all ofwhich unpaid claims have been heretofore authorized and allowed forproper school purposes and it is the intention of the Board to avail ofthe provisions of Article 19 (Sections 19 8 to 19 14, inclusive) of theSchool Code of the State of Illinois, and all laws amendatory thereofand supplementary thereto, and to issue said bonds for the purpose ofpaying such unpaid claims.

A petition may be filed with the Secretary of the Board (the “Secre-tary”) within thirty (30) days after the date of publication of this notice,signed by not less than 267 voters of the District, said number of vot-ers being equal to ten percent (10%) of the registered voters of theDistrict, requesting that the proposition to issue said bonds as author-ized by the provisions of said Article 19 be submitted to the voters ofthe District. If such petition is filed with the Secretary within thirty(30) days after the date of publication of this notice, an election on theproposition to issue said bonds shall be held on the 15th day ofMarch, 2016. The Circuit Court may declare that an emergency refer-endum should be held prior to said election date pursuant to the provi-sions of Section 2A 1.4 of the Election Code of the State of Illinois, asamended. If no such petition is filed within said thirty (30) day period,then the District shall thereafter be authorized to issue said bonds forthe purpose herein above provided.

By order of the Board of Education of Community Unit School Dis-trict Number 322, Peoria and Knox Counties, Illinois.

DATED this 4th day of March, 2015.

Bill FrietschSecretary, Board of Education,Community Unit School District Number 322, Peoria and Knox Counties, Illinois

Tom ConklinPresident, Board of Education,Community Unit School District Number 322, Peoria and Knox Counties, Illinois

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGCONCERNING THE INTENT OF

THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF COMMUNITY UNITSCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 322,

PEORIA AND KNOX COUNTIES, ILLINOISTO SELL $1,500,000 FUNDING BONDS

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Community Unit SchoolDistrict Number 322, Peoria and Knox Counties, Illinois (the “Dis-trict”), will hold a public hearing on the 23rd day of March, 2015, at6:00 o’clock P.M. The hearing will be held in the High School Audito-rium, 301 West Butternut Street, Elmwood, Illinois. The purpose ofthe hearing will be to receive public comments on the proposal to sellbonds of the District in the amount of $1,500,000 for the purpose ofpaying claims against the District.

By order of the President of the Board of Education of CommunityUnit School District Number 322, Peoria and Knox Counties, Illinois.

DATED the 4th day of March, 2015.

Bill FrietschSecretary, Board of Education,Community Unit School District Number 322, Peoria and Knox Counties, Illinois

Billtown board OKs bond, roof workBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

WILLIAMSFIELD –The Board of Educationon Monday unanimouslyapproved its intent to sellmore than $1 million inbonds guaranteed by analternate revenue sourceafter a public hearingduring which it oncemore clarified thearrangement.

It followed that with aregular meeting, where itunanimously approved a$300,000 bid for roofwork.

People’s concerns dur-ing the brief hearing in-cluded the bond sale’seffect on property taxes,how the district will copewith this debt if the Statemakes further cuts to ed-ucation, and why theschool is “unnecessarily”improving security byupgrading its KentuckyAvenue entrance. Super-intendent Tim Farqueragain explained that thebond won’t be repaid outof property taxes but outof receipts from theKnox County School Fa-cilities Sales Tax, whichpays the District about$150,000 a year.

That “penny tax” alsois limited to improvingschool facilities and can-not be spent on trans-portation, education orother expenses, so if theState reduces or renegeson funding, penny-taxrevenue can’t be trans-ferred. Also, Board presi-dent Janet Collopy

reminded the meetingthat the Board has notapproved of proposedrenovations except forthe roof.

The Board also previ-ously approved upgrad-ing needed heating,ventilation and air condi-tioning.

The District will sell$1,050,000 General Ob-ligation Bonds/alternaterevenue source throughFirst Midstate.

The Board received areport from architectJosh Singleton ofPhillips and Associatesof Canton, and OK’d thelowest of five bids forthe roof work – a$304,904 bid from roof-ing contractor R.A. Old-een, Inc. of Kewanee.,which will start aboutJune 1 and finish beforeAug. 7.

Initial estimates for theroof work were about$100,000, but an inspec-tion revealed consider-able more work requiredto address long-timeproblems.

The District will use a$50,000 grant from theIllinois State Board ofEducation to help defraythe cost.

Since the work will bemostly funded by rev-enues outside state andDistrict sources, it willhave little impact on fi-nances, which remainstable, Farquer reported.

“We’re well-positionedto survive through this

[state financial] turbu-lence,” he said. “Our[property] tax rate is oneof the lowest around andwe’re maintaining about360 days of Cash OnHand to absorb [any cut-backs].”

The liveliest portion ofthe regular meeting wasa series of general com-plaints by a few parentswho alleged that: teach-ers are being mistreated,the administration im-properly held school dur-ing March 3’s icyconditions, students’ per-formances in math andreading fell, and unspeci-fied “conflicts of inter-est” exist.

Parent and local busi-nesswoman DebbieNewell said, “This ad-ministration is comingdown hard on goodteachers [who] do not

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• also Friday, theP.A.T. (Parent andTeacher) group is hold-ing its P.A.T. Carnivalfrom 4:30-7:30 p.m.,when food, inflatables,games and other activi-ties will be offered; and

• two coaches werenamed: Joe Newman formiddle school trackcoach and MeganFoglesong for junior var-sity softball.

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Carol Dene DareYATES CITY – Carol Dene

Dare, 85, Abingdon, formerly ofYates City, died on March 5 at theCare Center of Abingdon.

A past president of the YatesCity Junior Woman’s Club and theYates City Woman’s Club, Dare issurvived by her husband Bernard,a son and daughter in law, eightgrandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

A celebration of life service wasMarch 9 at Abingdon UnitedMethodist Church. Cremation wasaccorded following the serviceswith private burial of her ashes inthe White Chapel Memory Gar-dens in Canton at a later date.

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Don DunbarPRINCEVILLE – Don Dunbar,

97, of rural Princeville, died Feb.27 at Toulon Rehabilitation &Health Care Center.

Cremation has been accorded.There will be no services.

Condolences may be left atwww.haskellhott.com.

Marian GilesBRIMFIELD – Marian L. Giles,

87, of Peoria, mother of a Brim-field man, died March 3 at herresidence.

Survivors include her husbandof 67 years, Robert Earl Giles,and son James R. (Karen) Giles ofBrimfield.

Funeral services were March 6at Davison-Fulton Woolsey-Wilton Funeral Home, with burialin Swan Lake Memory Gardens.

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

Karen HarperPRINCEVILLE – Karen Sue

(Petrakis) Harper, 50, of Glasford,sister of a Princeville woman,died on March 5 at OSF SaintFrancis Medical Center in Peoria.

Survivors include sisters GloriaSchooley of Princeville and Mari(Carl) Doubet of Hanna City;three other sisters; and five broth-ers.

Cremation rites have been ac-corded. A memorial service washeld March 8 at the Davison-Ful-ton Bartonville Chapel.

Condolences may be left at

www.Davison-Fulton-Bartonvil-leChapel.com.

Linda HornerFARMINGTON – Linda L.

Horner, 72, of Peoria, sister of aFarmington woman, died onMarch 5 at UnityPoint Health-Methodist in Peoria.

Survivors include a daughter,Julie (Lonnie) Hutchinson ofHanna City; and a sister SueUnes, of Farmington.

Cremation was accorded and noservices will be held.

The Cremation Society of Mid-Illinois Co. Pekin/Peoria is assist-ing the family with arrangements.

Condolences may be left atwwww.csmico.com.

Richard LanceBRIMFIELD – Richard G.

Lance, 76, of Eureka, formerly ofBrimfield, died March 4 at Unity-Point Health-Methodist in Peoria.

A graveside service was held onMarch 7 at Olio Township Ceme-tery in Eureka.

Condolences may be left atwww.argoruestmanharris.com.

Yvonne ShurtzFARMINGTON – L. Yvonne

Shurtz, 85, of Forest City, motherof a Farmington woman, diedMarch 6 at Grand View Alzheimer’s Special Care Centerin Peoria.

Survivors include eight chil-dren, including Kathleen (Terry)Benedict of Farmington.

Services were March 11 at MaasFuneral Home in Manito, withburial at Camp Butler NationalCemetery in Springfield.

Condolences may be left atwww.hurleyfh.com.

Lettie Ellen SloanELMWOOD – Lettie Ellen

Sloan, 89, of Avon, brother of anElmwood man, died on March 4at home.

Survivors include a brotherJames (Judith) Howard of Elm-wood.

Graveside services were March7 in the Avon Cemetery.

Condolences may be left atwww.cormanmh.com.

William Van PettenTRIVOLI – William Veeder Van

Petten, 91, of Trivoli, formerly ofrural Farmington, died March 3.

He is survived by his wife,Lorene Jacobs Van Petten; chil-dren, Aleeta Van Petten of Seattle,Wash., Arlan “Tuck” Van Pettenof Pahrump, Nev., and Toni VanPetten of Trivoli; and stepgrand-daughter, Kelsey Boland.

Like many men of his era, Billwas born into farming. He was ex-pected, from the age of 6, to helpwith the farm before and afterschool, starting before dawn andworking late into the night.

After his father’s early death,Bill managed his family’s farmsingle-handedly, while completinghis schooling at Farmington High.Despite what many might con-sider a harsh introduction to thisway of life, Bill always lovedfarming and the land that hefarmed.

Memorial services are beingplanned for the spring.

Al ZuccariniBRIMFIELD – Alfonse “Al”

Zuccarini, 57, of Brimfield diedMarch 2 at OSF Saint FrancisMedical Center in Peoria.

He was born Aug. 11, 1957, inFreeport, N.Y., to John Louis andMarie Deloris (Gannatti) Zuc-carini. He married Kathy Gisslenon May 7, 2004, in Peoria. Shesurvives.

His funeral was on March 10 atWorld Famous Big Al’s in Peoria,with cremation accorded follow-ing the service.

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This Week’s Obituaries• Carol Dene Dare, 85, YatesCity• Don Dunbar, 97, Princeville• Marian Giles, 87, Brimfield• Karen Harper, 50, Princeville• Linda Horner, 72, Farmington• Richard Lance, 76, Brimfield• Yvonne Shurtz, 85, Farming-ton• Lettie Ellen Sloan, 89, Elm-wood• William Van Petten, 91, Trivoli• Al Zuccarini, 57, Brimfield

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BRIMFIELDSt. Paul’s

Lutheran ChurchThe Lutheran Church -

Missouri Synod“Liturgical & Reverential”Pastor Michael Liese

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

Sun. Divine Service: 10 amSun. School: 8:45 amBible Class: 8:45 am

Brimfield UnitedMethodist Church

Pastor Leonard Thomas135 S. Galena St., Brimfield

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

Thurs. Bible Study: 7 pm

Union Church at BrimfieldUnited Church of ChristPastor Stephen Barch

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

Sunday Worship: 9 amTuesday Bible Fun Night: 6 pm

EDWARDSBethany Baptist Church

7422 N. Heinz Ln., Edwards(309) 692-1755

www.bethanycentral.orgSat. 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 amSun 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

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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 78Farmington

(309) 245-2957Sun. Worship: 10 amWed. Worship: 7 pmYATES CITYFaith United

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

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SECTIONALS: Lutheran stymied by Brimfield’s 1-3-1 zone defense1:59 to mark the start of an inside-out-side attack Lutheran couldn’t stop.

The first quarter concluded withBrimfield up 8-2. From there Lutheranscored one point over the next 8:59.

By that time, the Indians had built a13-2 advantage. Moments later, Wal-lace’s three ball at 2:56 put Brimfield up17-5. Indians’ senior Brett Gilles put inthree more to expand it to 20-7 at 2:07.

“I couldn’t make a basket but every-one else stepped up,” Cuevas told thePeoria Journal-Star. “They had open

shots and knocked them down.”Lutheran made only 15 of 41 shots in

the game (36 percent).“We kind of thought our defense

might give them some trouble, Carlsonsaid. “They hadn’t experienced it.”

Scoring in the third period belongedprimarily to Cuevas and Swietek, butdid begin with a Wallace three after 21seconds that opened a 12-point lead.From there on the Indians’ lead neveragain fell to single digits.

Two long balls from Swietek in an 18-second span exploded the lead to 37-20,

as Springfield Lutheran could barelymake layups and free throws.

Cuevas kept chipping away withshort-range jumpers and an awesomespin move finishing in an easy layupthat kept his team and Brimfield fansbursting with excitement.

Even though Indians big man BradNovak was stuck on the bench andeventually disqualified with five fouls,he frustrated Lutheran’s inside gamewith five monster blocks.

Another Gilles swish behind the arc at1:07 gave Brimfield its biggest advan-

tage at 46-26 and got a big fist pumpfrom Carlson and had the Brimfield sideof the gym rocking.

Ryan Smith, who along with KobyWhite, ballhandled through Crusadertraps and also forced Crusader turnoversall night, made a steal and fed Cuevasfor a layup to expand the lead to 50-28early in the fourth.

Junior Sean Wilbur, who more thanadmirably filled in for Novak much ofthe night, scored on an offensive re-bound at 3:51 to make it academic, if itwasn’t already.


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Nineteen area basket-ball players were namedto ICAC all-conferenceteams this year.

On the boys side, threelocal players made thesix-player first team:senior Carson Cuevas ofBrimfield, seniorMatthew Jehle of Elm-wood and junior GarrettWight of Williamsfield.The other first-teamerswere George Foust ofIllini Bluffs and Dela-van’s duo of Andy Longand Karson Arrenholz.

Second-teamers were

senior Jack McKinty andsophomore IsaiahGroeper of Elmwoodand senior Nate Wallaceof Brimfield.

Honorable mentionpicks were juniors JaceSwietek and Brad Novakof Brimfield, junior JakeRoberts of Elmwood andsenior Tyler Jones ofWilliamsfield.

On the girls side, first-teamers included juniorsKennedy Dura andShayla McCormick ofBrimfield, seniorRyleigh Keith of Brim-

field and seniors AshleyPerryman and ShyannJones of Elmwood.

Other first-team pickswere Jill Berg and AbbieMiller of Midwest Cen-tral, Sydney McClintockand Lani Young of IlliniBluffs and JordanMaxwell of North Ful-ton.

Second-teamers werejunior Kenzie Schlipf ofBrimfield and a trio fromElmwood: senior AbbyFrietsch, junior MorganLedbetter and sopho-more Allie Meyers.

JH Volleyball – Eighthgrade girls volleyball re-gionals are underwaythis week, while seventhgrade teams have movedinto the sectional round.

Farmington (13-9) wasthe lone area winner inthe seventh grade region-als, topping Havana 25-11, 25-21 to advance.Following that title, theLady Farmers fell toDeer Creek-Mackinaw(19-5) on Monday in theFarmington Sectional,21-25, 25-7, 25-14.

In 7-2A action, Elm-wood lost its regionalfinal to Lewistown, 25-9, 25-16. In another re-gional final, Princevillewent to three sets beforefalling to Peoria St. Vin-cent de Paul, 27-25, 13-25, 27-25.

In eighth-grade actionTuesday night, Brimfieldwon its 8-2A regionalagainst top-seed PeoriaSt. Vincent de Paul, 25-16, 25-13. The Lady In-dians play in the PeoriaChristian Sectional Mon-day (March 16) at 6 p.m.

In 8-3A, top-seedFarmington lost at homein a regional finalagainst Havana, 25-19,9-25, 25-22.

Elmwood lost in thesemifinals at Oak GroveWest against LewistownCentral, 25-8, 16-25, 25-15.Et cetera – Beginning

with the 2015 highschool baseball season,teams will be allowed touse video monitoring orreplay equipment forcoaching purposes dur-ing games. That isthanks to a change by theby the National Federa-tion of State HighSchool Associations. ...In softball, two ruleswere revised to state thatthe batting helmet andthe catcher’s helmetshall have a non-glaresurface (not mirror-like).Email information to

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Hannah Huber, ElmwoodHannah Huber looks forward to attending St.

Ambrose University this fall to go into a career inteaching at the elementary level. Teaching is defi-nitely in her genes, and she’ll have a great deal ofexperience when she begins that career, partlyfrom her four years as a Lady Trojan basketballguard and Lady Indians outfielder.

This Elmwood senior’s basketball career camenaturally, by going against herbrothers in the driveway. Herlove of softball started in theElmwood summer youth pro-gram. She points to her par-ents, Steve and Eileen, andbrothers Andrew and Nick asher best supporters over theyears. Hannah excels on de-fense in terms of her favoritefundamentals for these two sports. She most likesto stop opponents from scoring.

Hannah is a Bears and Cubs fan in the proarena. “The Proposal” is her favorite movie, while“The Voice” is her top TV show to watch. Besidesbeing a ballplayer she’s very busy in the EHS ex-perience with band (flute), Key Club, Art Club,National Honor Society and student council. Inher spare time Hannah enjoys playing live gamessuch as “Catch Phrase,” and she stays busy mak-ing crafts.

She has a number of sports thrills, but her toptwo are being a team member of an Elite Eightsoftball team her junior year and contributing tothe Lady Trojans hoops team that won thePrinceville Holiday Tournament last December.Hannah will miss the closeness of the studentbody at EHS, along with teachers and coaches.

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OKAWVILLE: Novak shined inside for IndiansNovak was inside.”

While 6-foot-3 senior guard Car-son Cuevas scored his usual 22points, those buckets came ondrives, step-back 2-pointers and offscreens by teammates – not treys.

And against an Okawville man-to-man defense designed to shutdown the long ball, 6-8, 275-poundjunior center Novak shined. Afternot scoring in Friday’s sectionalfinal win over SpringfieldLutheran, Novak tripled his seasonaverage with 16 points againstOkawville, while also grabbing nu-merous key rebounds and helpingCuevas elude defenders.

“Novak was big all night. Hehelped turn me loose,” said Cuevas,who now has 1,819 career points.“When he sets a screen it’s hard toget through.”

The Indians jumped to a fast startat Jacksonville’s unique gym, TheBowl, leading 17-9 after one quar-ter. Novak had seven of Brimfield’sfirst nine points and Cuevas hit astep-back jumper at the buzzer.

But Okawville rallied to within25-23 at halftime, with only a BretGilles bucket halting a 10-2 run bythe Rockets. In the third, Okawvilletook a lead at 26-25 on a 3-pointerby sophomore guard Noah Fred-erking at 7:18.

The Indians did not trail for long.From there Cuevas and Novak

mixed baskets to take back thelead, including one Novak tally ona sweet series of passes from JaceSwietek and Nate Wallace. AfterRyan Smith hit a trey for a 39-28lead, Cuevas had a step-backjumper at the end of the third quar-ter for a 41-31 edge that got the In-dians crowd roaring.

“We complement each other as ateam and the crowd really helped,”Novak said.

Okawville, which had won 13straight despite a starting lineup oftwo sophomores and one junior, gotno closer than eight in the finalquarter as Cuevas, Novak and Swi-etek all had big baskets.

Frederking led Okawville with17 points (five below his season av-erage) and Brad Fuhrhop had 10.

Next up for Brimfield is a semifi-nal showdown Friday at 2 p.m.with fourth-ranked ColfaxRidgeview (31-1) at Carver Arena.

Ridgeview avenged its only lossTuesday with a 57-38 win overFlanagan-Cornell (23-10) at Nor-mall. William Tinsley had 21 pointsto lead Ridgeview.

Coached by Rodney Kellar,Ridgeview has started the samefive players all year. Tinsley is a 6-4 gunner who made 89 treys as partof a school-record 319 treys (before

the supersectional) – fourth-best inIHSA history.

Other shooters include juniorsLuke Ward (79 treys) and DrewJones (69) and sophomore TylerMcCormick (56).

“We have guys who can stretch adefense,” Kellar told the Blooming-ton Pantagraph.

In other Class 1A action Tuesday,Mounds Meridian defeated Casey-Westfield 51-40 at Carbondale andForreston ousted Chicago’s St.Francis deSales at DeKalb, 67-53.Those two will meet in Friday’s12:15 p.m. semifinal.

The Indians head to state withplenty of momentum, as Brim-field’s only defeats this seasoncame within 24 hours to Elmwood(44-39) and Delavan (51-46) at theICAC Conference tournament.

Cuevas averages 21.7 points, 5.5rebounds and 3.5 steals, while Swi-etek (9 ppg), Wallace (9.5 ppg) andNovak (5 ppg, 7 rpg) offer balance.


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Memories of Brimfield’s 1979 teamThe last Brimfield boys bas-

ketball team to earn a stateberth also rolled into the tour-nament with just two losses.

But Brimfield’s run in 1979ended in the quarterfinals atChampaign’s Assembly Hall ina 74-43 loss to Timothy Chris-tian.

The Indians led only twice inthat game, both on shots byEddie Mathews in the firstminute. Then after going up 5-4, Brimfield (29-3) watchedTimothy Christian take over.Timothy Christian went on tolose the title game to Provi-

dence St. Mel, 33-21.Mathews finished with a

team-high 18 points – fiveunder his season average – butwas 7-for-24 from the field.Mathews finished with 2,092points in his career.

Other key performers forBrimfield that year were 6-foot-3 Duane Dunn (17 ppg), 6-3center Greg Nevells (12 ppg),Joe Hanks (11 ppg) and RodMcKown (10 ppg).

Brimfield’s only other super-section appearance was in 2012,a 58-48 loss to eventual Class 1Arunner-up Carrollton.



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Brimfield boys advance to 1A Final Four

By PHIL JOHNSONand JEFF LAMPE

For The Weekly Post

JACKSONVILLE – For much of thisboys basketball season, Brimfieldthrived on its 3-point shooting prowess.But not in the biggest game of the sea-son Tuesday night at the Class 1A Jack-sonville Supersectional.

With a 53-38win over No. 7Okawville, Brim-field (32-2)showed emphati-cally that it is acomplete, bal-anced squad.

Despite makingjust two 3-point-ers, Brimfield routed Okawville (25-10),for its 18th straight win and first statevisit since 1979.

“We are a complete team,” said Brim-field Coach Scott Carlson, who is 391-148 in 18 seasons at Brimfield and wasvisibly emotional in the closing secondsof this game. “Our seniors were all busi-ness on the bus ride here and our zonewas good. And what a force (Brad)

By PHIL JOHNSONFor The Weekly Post

LEWISTOWN – Brimfield crushedyet another highly ranked team last Fri-day to win its second sectional in sixseasons and to advance to the Class 1AElite Eight.

Using turnover-forcing defense, insideand outside scoring and key contribu-tions from all eight players in the regularrotation, Brimfield (31-2) had this game

out of reach for oppo-nent SpringfieldLutheran well beforethe end of the thirdquarter of a 59-37final.

The loss was just thesecond of the seasonfor Lutheran (30-2),which had been rankedNo. 1 in Class 1A for

part of the season and ended the seasonat No. 3. Meanwhile, Brimfield droppedout of the same final poll.

So much for rankings. “All season we’ve had an eight- to

nine-man rotation that can interchangeso well, create scoring from a variety ofspots on the floor and be able to de-

fend,” Brimfield coach Scott Carlsonsaid. “Also, we make each other betterin practice to prepare for games.

“The very strong schedule we playduring the season in the Prairieland, theICAC, the ICAC tournament and the re-gionals has definitely prepared us wellfor this run.”

Springfield Lutheran inside man Pier-son Wofford led the team with 24 points.Carson Cuevas paced the Indians with21 and Jace Swietek’s 15 were all on 3-pointers.

The sectional final began like a base-ball pitcher’s duel, with the Crusadersscoring first at 5:30. On the other end,Cuevas missed his first six shot attemptsand Brimfield didn’t get on the boarduntil the 2:36 tick with Nate Wallace’sbasket. For the quarter, Brimfield shot 3-for-13.

The Indians avoided digging a hole,though, by forcing six Crusaderturnovers early and many more as thegame proceeded. Swietek hit a trey at

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SwietekFive 3-pointers

These windows at Sherman’s Pharmacy in Brimfield were painted by Brimfield artstudents Monday to cheer on the boys basketball team. Photo by Jeff Lampe.

Brimfield routs No. 3Springfield Lutheran

Okawville no matchfor Cuevas, Indians

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State FinalsFriday

• 12:15 - MoundsMeridian vs. Forreston• 2 - Brimfield vs.Ridgeview

Saturday• 12:15 - Third place• 2 - Class 1A title game

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