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TORNADO NEAR TRIVOLI

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

More than 3.3 million ballots werecast in Illinois’ primary last Tues-day – a record spurred on by compet-itive contests for president, same-dayvoter registration and down-ballotraces.

The primary totals bettered therecord turnout of 2.9 million in 2008,according to unofficial vote totals.

On March 15, voters cast morethan 1.97 million ballots for presi-dent on the Democratic side andmore than 1.37 million on the Re-publican side.

In Fulton County, 9,437 ballots

Primaryturnout a record

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By TERRY BIBOFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD — The irony is notlost on local officials: The state’s ef-forts to freeze taxes may cause localgovernments to increase them.

“It’s a shell game,” said BrimfieldUnit School District 309 Superintend-ent Joe Blessman at the March 16board meeting. “It just kind of movesthings around. A bill that was put outto limit taxes has raised them.”

Legislators have told school offi-cials Gov. Bruce Rauner is likely toget tax caps when horse trading fi-nally starts in Springfield. Such capscould cramp local school districts’ al-ready-strained budgets.

Brimfieldboard eyeingcash bonds

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EDWARDS – A few mileswest of here, a tree shearedoff about four feet off theground stands amid piles ofrubble between a damagedshed and a home on South-

port RoadwhereNathan andLeslieSchenkelhave livedfor 19 years– a housenow withouta roof.

Vehicles and workers fromMenold Construction &Restoration mingle with vol-unteers, moving boxes ofhousehold goods, pieces offurniture and some of the bitsof insulation that fill the treeslike a late-season snowstorm.

“Everything has been phe-nomenal,” Schenkel said of

response in the hours anddays that followed the de-struction. “I think by the endof the weekend we’ll be 95-percent done moving intostorage and ready for demoli-tion. The County and StateFarm and an engineer will allinspect the foundation to seeif it’s structurally sound [torebuild].”

Between 7:40 and 8 Tues-day night, two tornadoescaused destruction here andin Trivoli, Norwood and Peo-ria.

On North Texas Road,

winds ripped the roof offTexas United MethodistChurch and knocked downeight pine trees and over-turned gravestones at adja-cent Texas Union Cemetery.

Nearby houses and barnshad similar damage.

“When I was a little boy 50years ago, that whole ceme-tery was ringed with tallpines and was shaded,” saidDaryl Harding, Board Presi-dent of the Texas UnionCemetery.. “A storm 15 yearsago took down 13 trees andthis time it took down eight.

It used to have almost a rev-erent feel to it. Now it’s just abig open field with tomb-stones.”

No one was reported in-jured in the evening storm,but the tornado that sweptthrough the Schenkel’s ruralvicinity was an EF-2 tornadowith winds reaching about125 miles per hour, accordingto the National Weather Serv-ice (NWS). According toNWS, as the storm traveledfrom two miles northwest ofTrivoli east-northeast for

Tornadodamagesbuildings

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Schenkel

Last Tuesday’s tornado ripped the roof off the home of Nathan and Leslie Schenkel along Illi-nois Route 8 near Edwards. Photo by Bill Knight. The storm (below right) also tore the roof offTexas United Methodist Church on North Texas Road and took down trees and overturnedgravestones at the adjacent Texas Union Cemetery.

Storm season arrives

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ELECTION: Turnout sizablewere cast out of 25,434 registeredvoters, a 37.1 percent turnout.

In Knox County, 5,820 ballotswere cast out of 25,434 registeredvoters, a 38.1 percent turnout.

In Peoria County, 47,616 bal-lots were cast out of 109,327 reg-istered voters, a 43.55 percentturnout.

“In some places, people stoodin line,” said Fulton County ClerkJim Nelson. “In Canton, for ex-ample, they were 15 deep attimes.”

Unlike some Illinois Counties –such as Adams, Champaign,Rock Island and Sangamon –Fulton did not run out of ballots,Nelson said, but he woke up thatmorning wondering.

“It was the first time in my 12years here that I worried that wehad enough,” he said. “As crazyas [the campaign] was getting Ijust didn’t know.”

The 37-percent turnout out-paced the 25 percent two yearsago and the 20 percent four years

ago, he said.“We had Republicans pulling

Democratic ballots, Democratspulling Republican ballots, and alot of first-time voters who’d putoff registering until that day,” hesaid. “Even with the storms thatnight, it all turned out OK.”

Statewide, on the Democraticside, Hillary Clinton got 50.4 per-cent of the vote to Vermont Sen.Bernie Sanders’ 48.7 percent, adifference of just 34,290 ballots.Clinton’s slim victory earned her68 delegates; Sanders got 67.Sanders won both Knox and Ful-ton in The Weekly Post area.

On the Republican ballot, bil-lionaire Donald Trump had 38.8percent to 30.3 percent for TexasSen. Ted Cruz; Ohio Gov. JohnKasich had 19.7 percent andFlorida Sen. Marco Rubio, whodropped out after Tuesday, had8.7 percent. Trump lost to Cruz inPeoria County.

At right are candidates’ per-centage tallies in area counties,according to unofficial results.

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Local Election TotalsRace Fulton Knox PeoriaPresidentClinton 44.96 46.13 52.01Sanders 53.05 51.83 47.44Trump 40.66 37.73 29.94Cruz 36.86 34.93 40.58Kasich 14.20 17.11 19.94Rubio 5.42 7.02 7.58

U.S. SenatorDuckworth 68.17 63.83 66.70Zopp 22.13 24.42 22.86Harris 9.69 11.75 10.43Kirk 74.73 74.95 71.93Marter 25.27 25.05 28.07

17th Dist. Congressional (R)Harlan 77.33 84.87 76.25Boccarossa 22.67 15.13 23.75

74th State Representative (R)DeSutter -- 42.10 --Swanson -- 31.15 --Saline -- 26.75 --

10th Circuit Judge (D)Jodi Hoos -- -- 52.28Sonni Williams -- -- 47.72

Knox County State’s Attorney (D)Karlin -- 50.50 --Pepmeyer -- 49.50 --

Annexation into Elmwood Rural F.P.D.For -- -- 78.76Against -- -- 21.24Source: Unofficial results from county clerks.

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This Week’s Eventss Blood Drive – Blood drive today

(March 24) at Yates City CommunityCenter, 3-7 p.m. Walk-ins welcome.

s Story Time – Dr. Seuss Story Timetoday (March 24) at Morrison and MaryWiley Library in Elmwood, 6 to 6:45p.m. Call (309) 742-2431 to register.

s Free Bread – Free bread available atElmwood Methodist Church March 25at 10 a.m.

s Egg Hunt – Order of Eastern Star hasan Easter egg hunt atCentral Park in YatesCity on Saturday(March 26) at 9 a.m.Ages 1-8.

s Easter Service –Elmwood UnitedMethodist ChurchEaster morning service is Sunday(March 27) at 7 a.m. Free breakfast.

s Free Bread– Free bread available atElmwood Methodist Church Friday(March 18) at 10 a.m.

s Bingo Night – Farmington MooseLodge BINGO night is March 28 at 6:30p.m. Sponsored by Women of theMoose. Call (309) 245-2318.

s Spring Story – Williamsfield Public

Library Spring Story Hour is now untilMay 4 on Wednesdays from 9:30-10:30a.m. and 1-2 p.m. Registration required.Forms available at library.

Future Eventss Food Drive – Williamsfield Town &

Country 4-H Club paper and aluminumcan drive is April 2 from 8 a.m. to noonat corner of Gale and Chicago streets inWilliamsfield.

s Quilt Show – Piecers of the Heart-land Quilt Show is April 2 from 9 a.m.

to 4 p.m. at CantonHigh School. See 200+quilts. Special TeaLadies event at 12:30.Admission $5.

s Soup Luncheon –Princeville Woman’sClub Soup and Sand-

wich Luncheon is April 2, 11 a.m. to 2p.m. at Princeville Heritage Museum.

s Steak Supper –Annual steak supperat Williamsfield United MethodistChurch is April 2, 4:30-7 p.m. Cost $14.Tickets sold at the door.

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s Egg Hunt – Williamsfield Public Library Com-munity Easter egg hunt is Saturday (March 26) at10 a.m. at Doubet-Benjamin Park. Rain location isWilliamsfield School. Call (309) 639-2630.

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Rambling through central Illinoispondering tornadoes.

uuuEver since researching P.T. Bar-

num, I wanted to book a circus.Reading the book “Water for Ele-phants” onlymade me moreintrigued. Sowe’re happy toannounce LosMoralitos circusis coming to theElmwood Town-ship CommunityCenter on Tues-day (March 29).In our office we’ve got free kidstickets for the shows, at 5 and 7 p.m.The show is mainly an acrobatic dis-play. With clowns. My only regret isthere are no elephants. Maybe nexttime. Until then, check it out.

uuuI remember old folks in Iowa talk-

ing about tornadoes when we sum-mered in Storm Lake. Now and thena storm brewed up, and I can still seeworry on their faces. That didn’tmake sense. Those farm relativeshad seen a lot. They were tough. Buthaving lived through tornadoes andsurvived their capricious damage,they feared them. I understand now.Last Tuesday when sirens wailed,

we didn’t hesitate going to the base-ment. ... The other thing tornadoshave reinforced is how kind peoplecan be in the wake of a storm. So itwas for Daryl Harding, Board Presi-dent of Texas Union Cemetery. Thestorm downed eight large pine treesand knocked over 12 tombstones.But within an hour, helpers showedup to right stones and clean up trees.“There were farm tractors, pickupspulling dump trailers, and a trackedskid steer with a grapple bucket,”Harding said. “They were all therevoluntarily, without even havingbeen called to help, and they wereaccomplishing a LOT in a hurry!”Community support is the silver lin-ing in those dark clouds.

uuuPicking all-state basketball teams

is a tricky, thankless proposition.Most voters see few of the playersthey vote for and spend very littletime actually pondering their votes.Often, there is politics involved.Names trumpeted widely usually getselected, deserving or not. All ofwhich is a long-winded way of say-ing that Farmington senior TreySwearingen should have at leastmade the Associated Press Class 2Aall-state honorable mention list.When Farmington played Brimfieldand first-team all-stater Phelan Kelly

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If you watch television, you’regoing to be subject to commer-cials, like it ornot. There arepeople out there,like my ex-wife,who are expertsat avoidingcommercials.

She woulddeftly grab theremote andwield it like aSamurai sword, slicing and dicingher way past commercials whetherthey were on the DVR or live TV.She was amazing.

Me? I’m too lazy to push thebuttons on the remote. I just sufferthrough commercials figuring thatthe sponsors are wasting their in-vestment since I don’t have anymoney to buy their products any-way.

There are three commercials inparticular which annoy the beejee-bers out of me.

The first is a local commercial. It’s for a furniture store over on theother side of the river. The an-nouncer comes on and proceeds toYELL at us, telling us what greatdeals they have this week.

I’m not sure why he YELLS. Yelling is something you do to

get someone’s attention. Sustainedyelling loses my attention becauseinstead of concentrating on whatthe person is saying, I’m too busywondering why they’re yelling andhow many blood vessels they’regoing to pop while yelling.

Recently, I was interested in apiece of furniture, so, for somereason, I called the store in theyelling ad to see if they carried it.“DO YOU HAVE CURIO CABI-NETS?” I yelled into the phone.

The lady on the other endseemed a bit surprised at my tone.She answered my question, andthen asked why I was yelling ather.

“I ASK THE SAME QUES-TION EVERY TIME I SEE ONEOF YOUR TELEVISION COM-MERCIALS!” I replied.

She hung up on me.A second commercial that both-

ers me comes from a store, ironi-cally, in the same town. The aditself doesn’t bug me, but their slo-gan drives me insane.

At the end of each commercial,their “normal-voice” announcergushes, “We sell for less becausewe are the best.”

Huh?I have no idea what they’re try-

ing to sell me because I’m toobusy trying to figure out that stu-pid statement.

If you are the best at something,you don’t get paid the least. Starpitcher Clayton Kershaw of theDodgers is generally recognized asthe best pitcher on this planet, andI promise you, he doesn’t get paidless because “he is the best.”

Rolls Royce cars are consideredto be “the best,” but I’m guessingowners of such vehicles sure didn’tpay “less” for them on account ofthat. The last time I saw a price ona Rolls, I thought that it shouldhave come with at least two and ahalf baths, and five acres of tillableground.

Maybe they were just trying toput together a slogan that rhymed. The last time I looked, however,“less” and “best” didn’t rhyme.

While they both have an “es”sound in the middle of them, theends are different. The only con-clusion I can draw from that theory

is that the slogan was concocted bysomeone who didn’t pay a lot ofattention during English class, par-ticularly the unit on poetry.

Maybe they meant to say, “Weare the best, so we sell for less.”That would make more sense.

The third commercial that sendsmy blood pressure racing is a na-tional commercial, usually shownon the news channels. It featuresformer heavyweight boxing cham-pion George Foreman.

He says, “People ask me all thetime, George, what do I do withmy idea for a new product? I tellthem, call my friends at Inven-thelp…”

Where do I start?First of all, “Liar, liar, pants on

fire!”I bet that not one person, not

one, has ever stepped up to Georgeand asked them what to do with anidea for a new product. I’d also betthat if they did, George wouldhave given them a much different,and maybe impossible, suggestion.

Would you ask George how tothrow a left hook? Absolutely.

Would you ask him what it waslike to be in the ring with Mo-hammed Ali? Of course.

Would you ask him why theheck he named all five of his sons “George?” Only if you wanted toconfuse him.

I might even ask him how to per-fectly grill a steak on his famousgrill, but I’m sure as heck notgoing to ask him about my idea fora new invention.

Well, maybe if my invention hadsomething to do with brain trans-plants...

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Truck reported stolenfrom Edwards station

EDWARDS – A 2006 Ford F250was reported stolen from Reid’sMobil Service Station on Kickapoo-Edwards Road on March 18, ac-cording to the Peoria CountySheriff’s Office.

Police are seeking a person of in-terest from Canton, police said.

Cell phone distractionmentioned in collision

EDWARDS – An Elmwood mo-torist driving a 2006 Honda Civicsouth on Kickapoo-Edwards Roadnear Interstate 74 last week told po-lice she was using her cell phoneand didn’t see a stopped 2016 Toy-

ota Corolla driven by 45-year-oldJames Lawson of Danvers. She thenrear-ended the car, according to thePeoria County Sheriff’s Office.

The Honda driver, AbigailMcWethy, 21, wasn’t injured, andneither was Lawson, although AMTresponded to the collision.

Police listed “distraction” as acontributing cause of the crash.

Order of Protectionreportedly violated

PRINCEVILLE – A 38-year-oldwoman about 6 p.m. on March 15reported a violation of an Order ofProtection, according to the PeoriaCounty Sheriff’s Office. A 42-year-old Princeville man is being soughtfor questioning, police said.

Police reports• Jaynes Lepretre, 18, of Peoria,

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• Truman Long, 20, of Farming-ton, on March 12 was ticketed andarrested by Fulton County Sheriff’sofficers for possession of cannabis,and possession of drug parapherna-lia, and issued a Notice To Appear.

• Michelle Philipp, 41, of Brim-field on March 16 was arrested forFailure to Appear and transported tothe Peoria County Jail.

• Benjamin Price, 32, of YatesCity on March 16 was arrested fortheft and transported to the PeoriaCounty Jail.

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ELMWOOD – Public schoolsface “serious implications” if a statebudget doesn’t pass by May 31, Su-perintendent Chad Wagner told theBoard of Education on Monday.

“Last year, the Governor approvedthe part of the proposed budget thatfunded schools and nothing else, butit doesn’t look like he’ll do thatagain,” Wagner said. “It would bedevastating to Districts, who’d haveto draw on reserves to operate. Rightnow, in reserves, Elmwood is 4thfrom the bottom in [Peoria]County’s 18 Districts.

“Some superintendents in someschools elsewhere are suggestingthey may have to be closing theirdoors until a budget is passed,” hecontinued, adding, “The state has areal stranglehold on schools’throats.”

In other news, the Board heardfrom Right At Schools’ representa-tive Adam Case, who discussed thepossibility of contracting with theEvanston-based service to provide aK-8 after-school program that wouldhave longer hours, accommodatemore families, include an age-ori-ented, multi-media, interactive edu-cational component, hire localemployees, and cost the same asElmwood’s current District-funded

program: $45 per week.“There are a lot of upsides,” Wag-

ner said. “I especially like that theirpeople are trained and they havepeople writing curricula for it. Ithink it could offer our community agreat service.”

Board Vice President Dean Cantuagreed, saying, “There’s a realvalue-added [part] to having a cur-riculum, and we’d eliminate ourwaiting list.”

With about 45 students now inElmwood’s in-house after-schoolprogram, some families have to waityears to enroll children.

Case said Ready At School alsohas data showing that students in itsprogram – in central Illinois, Dunlapand Germanton Hills both offer theprogram – earn better grades and testscores, have improved behavior, at-tendance and health, and show en-hanced executive-function skills.

“This is more than child care,”said Case, who said adding a morn-ing program is possible, too.

In addition to the program itself,schools are paid 5 percent of rev-enues, meaning that if 50 studentsenrolled, $9,000 per month wouldbe generated, returning $450 permonth to the District.

The District would also save inpersonnel costs because the full- andpart-time staff hired locally would

be paid by Ready At School, whichalso pays for all snacks and supplies.

Board members Rick LeHew andClaude Keefer asked for a break-down on current revenues and ex-penses, so the issue was tabled untilthe April 25 meeting.

In other news:• the Board unanimously approved

a cost-reduction move for FY 2016-2017 that could save $80,000. It in-clude eliminating the high school’ssecond secretary position, payingsome salaries out of the Tort Fundinstead of the Education Fund, andreducing cafeteria aides to fewerthan 30 hours per week;

• Requests For Proposals forPhase II of the facility upgrade willbe examined in committee to planfuture steps. The goal of finishingwork with no tax increase isn’t real-istic, architects said, so it’s necessaryto get the community involved;

• student fees will remain the samefor next year except for an additional$25 technology insurance fee;

• the facility’s smoke-detector/fire-alarm system was re-set and is func-tioning after work by Keefer;

• Elementary Principal Tony Frostestimated 50 students will startKindergarten in the fall; and

• Counselor Janelle Meyer saidhigh school registration will takeplace online for the first time.

Budget stalemate worries school board

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YATES CITY – Beginning Mon-day, March 28, 2016, a section ofEden Road (CH R30), between ILRoute 8 and West CottonwoodRoad (CH D41), will be closed toall traffic for construction of a newbridge crossing the Nixon RunCreek.

The construction site is locatedin Section 16 and 17 of RosefieldTownship, 0.7 miles south of Illi-nois Route 8. Construction is ex-pected to last until October 2016.

Fishing for St. Jude registration underway

BRIMFIELD – The third annualFishing for St. Jude event is Sunday,May 1, at Brimfield CommunityPark from 1-4 p.m.

Registration is underway and thedeadline is April 5 to receive a free“Fishing for St. Jude” t-shirt.

Fishing is offered for ages 1-15.There will also be raffles, a silentauction, face painting, inflatables,

music, games and concessions.Register with Katie Hersemann at

[email protected] orcontact Brenda Wiewel at [email protected] or (630) 723-8269.Area township news

Here’s a roundup of news fromlocal townships.• Brimfield – Trustees by a 1-4

vote on March 8 defeated a proposalto buy a liquid-propane gas tank forbackup to its natural-gas-fueledemergency generator, and asked su-pervisor Tony Karl to look into all-weather entrance rugs to theTownship Hall, where the Board hasbeen unable to get a company toclean and polish its floor.• Jubilee – Township budgets for

next year will be considered at pub-lic hearings starting at 7:30 p.m. be-fore the Board’s regular Aprilmeeting, on Monday, April 11, saidSupervisor Steve Garnett after theMarch 14 meeting.• Kickapoo – Trustees on Monday

approved budgets for the Townshipand its Road District, and Road

Commissioner Dan Kelch is takingsteps to issue bids for seal-coatingfor this summer.• Millbrook – Trustees on March 8

contracted with John Hankins tomow Township parks for the season,and scheduled public hearings onproposed budgets and the annualmeeting on April 12. The sessionsbegin at 7 that night.• Rosefield – Trustees on March 9

discussed the possibility of a Town-ship building project, but no actionwas taken, according to SupervisorMike Windish.• Salem – Terry Grandt – ap-

pointed last month to fill the va-cancy created by the resignation ofGene Arnold – was sworn in at theMarch 8 meeting

Et ceteraIn 2015, Illinois ranked second in

the nation for hail insurance claimsand third in wind damage claims ac-cording to data compiled by StateFarm. Illinois was fourth for mosttornadoes with 82 last year.

Peoria County Health Dept. Food Inspections – Feb. 1-29, 2016Establishment Address Date Score EstablishmentBurnzees Bar & Grill 106 N. Jackson, Brimfield Feb. 9 96 restaurantCasey's General Store 215 E. Knoxville, Brimfield Feb. 9 99 retail Rookies 112 E. Knoxville, Brimfield Feb 9 97 restaurant St. Mary’s School 9910 W. Knox, Edwards Feb. 22 96 schoolSprinkles 211 E. Main, Princeville Feb. 23 Final restaurantSt. Patrick Church 802 W. Main, Elmwood Feb. 12 100 kitchenUnion Church of Brimfield 105 W. Clay, Brimfield Feb. 9 100 kitchen



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Peoria, Knox and FultonCounties all rank in the lowerhalf of the state for healthyresidents, according to a na-tionwide report issued lastweek. Although many traitsare comparable, several aresignificantly different.

Peoria County has more al-cohol-impaired drivingdeaths, sexually transmitteddiseases and violent crimes;Knox County shows hun-dreds more prema-ture deaths, andmore children inpoverty and kids insingle-parenthomes; and Ful-ton County is re-ported to have moreadult obesity, more preventa-ble hospital stays, a higherjobless rate, and longer com-mutes for motorists drivingalone.

Further, changes since lastyear were noteworthy in keyareas: Fulton improvedslightly in “Health outcomes”(from #65 to #62), but Knoxworsened (from #69 to #77),as did Peoria (from #58 to#73). Also, “Length of life”improved in Fulton (from #76to #67) and in Knox (from#84 to #78) but not in Peoria(from #64 to #66). Finally, in“Health behaviors,” Fultongot much worse (from #37 to#61), Knox was about the

same (from #34 to #35), andPeoria declined (from #47 to#63.)

“The economy is a hugepart of this [report],” said ErinOlson, Director of Health Ed-ucation and Wellness Promo-tion at the Knox CountyHealth Department. “And alot also shows the geographi-cal differences – the differ-ences in people living insuburban, city or rural areas,and the presence of big med-ical centers like Peoria has.”

Damon Roberson, FultonCounty Health Depart-

ment Administrator,echoed that observation.

“Fulton County –being a rural countywith high poverty,unemployment and

an aging population – doesnot fare very well in these sur-veys,” Roberson said. “Theavailability of doctors anddentists are adequate in cer-tain areas and nonexistent inothers. The Health Depart-ment has a dental clinic butstruggles to keep a dentist ona full-time basis. Areas wherewe can have an impact, suchas smoking and teen births,are hindered by the State andfederal governments’ dwin-dling resources to supportthose programs. Obesity is ahuge problem. What would behelpful is a sugar-sweetenerbeverage tax with proceeds

Health rankings out for local countiesHealth Rankings

Illinois Fulton Knox PeoriaLength of Life 67 78 66 Premature death 6,300 7,700 8,200 7,600 Poor or fair health 15% 14% 16% 15% Poor physical health days 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.6 Poor mental health days 3.4 3.5 3.7 3.6 Low birthweight 8% 7% 8% 9% Adult smoking 15% 16% 17% 16% Adult obesity 27% 32% 25% 29% Physical inactivity 22% 29% 26% 25% Access to exercise opportunities 89% 69% 69% 77% Excessive drinking 21% 20% 19% 20% Alcohol-impaired driving deaths 36% 30% 33% 40% Uninsured 15% 13% 13% 11% Primary care physicians 1,240:1 2,600:1 1,410:1 880:1 Dentists 1,410:1 5,140:1 2,890:1 1,400:1 Diabetic monitoring 86% 91% 88% 89% Mammography screening 65% 58% 73% 67% High school graduation 83% 85% 84% 80% Some college 67% 59% 57% 68% Unemployment 7.1% 8.6% 7.0% 7.8% Children in poverty 20% 22% 27% 24% Children in single-parent households 32% 34% 44% 42% Violent crime 430 179 325 598 Injury deaths 50 70 70 65 Severe housing problems 19% 12% 13% 14% Driving alone to work 73% 84% 84% 83% Long commute,driving alone 40% 44% 20% 15%

Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data

SOURCE: “County Health Rankings & Roadmaps ,” a col-laboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundationand the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.

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HEALTH: Annual report targets improvementdriven toward promotinghealthy eating habits.”

The annual CountyHealth Rankings, releasedby the University of Wis-consin’s PopulationHealth Institute and theRobert Wood JohnsonFoundation, since 2003has provided data on fac-tors that influence peo-ple’s overall health inmost counties in all 50states. The snapshot ofhow healthy people areand how long they livecan offer ideas for howcommunities can be“healthier places to live,learn, work and play,” itsays.

Researchers useweighted standard meas-

ures and factors to assessthe overall health out-comes including healthbehaviors, social and eco-nomic factors, clinicalcare, and the physical en-vironment.

Monica Hendrickson,an epidemiologist at thePeoria City/County HealthDepartment, said, “TheRankings report helpscounties see what is af-fecting the health of theirresidents so they can seewhere they are doing well,where they need to im-prove, and what steps theyneed to take as a commu-nity to improve health.

“Analyzing changes andtrends in health factorsover a five-year timeframesuggests we’ve improved

in areas such as less adultsmoking and more mam-mography screening.

“The Rankings reportand the five-year trendsreinforce the need to con-tinue to address identifiedpriority health challengesfrom our current data,such as high rates of obe-sity, STDs, and teen preg-nancy,” Hendricksoncontinued. “In addition tohealth behaviors, theRankings report adds aperspective to address so-cial and economic factorsthat affect health such aspoor mental-health days,children in single-parentfamilies, and violent crimerates.”

Olson, in Knox, agreed,saying, “The biggest thinghere is that it’s a tool tohelp us with our [existing]Community Health Im-provement Plan – wherewe’re doing good, whatother program we coulddo and so on.

“We’re already workingon obesity and STDs, den-tal [services] and teenbirths,” she continued.“For example, we have ateen-pregnancy preventiongrant to go out intoschools. But we don’thave the smoking cessa-tion part of a grant. On the

other hand, as far as dia-betes and chronic dis-eases, we have a qualityhealth center here withmedical professionals pro-viding some services.”

The Rankings reportalso says, “Much of whataffects health occurs out-side of the doctor’s office.Education, jobs, incomeand environment play[roles] in how healthypeople are and how longthey live.”

In Fulton – whichranked higher in “qualityof life” and “physical en-vironment” – Robersonnoted that some health ef-fects are beyond the reachof health departments.

“Areas outside theHealth Department thatare of impact are mentalhealth and drug abuse,”Roberson said. “Ourcounty has seen a large in-crease in heroin abuse.Every health departmentin the state does a needs-assessment for the IllinoisDepartment of PublicHealth every five yearscalled IPLAN [IllinoisProject for Local Assess-ment of Needs].”


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TORNADO: House is a total lossmore than seven miles,the tornado became aswide as 1/4 mile.

The path has remnantsof the Schenkels’ home,its roof scattered across afew farm fields, somesouth of the property onIllinois Route 8 and a big-ger section about a quarterof a mile east. One vehiclewas totaled by debris, andthe house is a total loss.

But Nathan and Leslieare staying with friendsand appreciating the quickresponse from their insur-ance company and peoplepitching in to help.Nathan’s co-workers fromCat Electronics came out,as did a handful ofMarines from a Peoria-based engineering unit.Schenkel is a Marine whoserved in the early ’80s.

“There also were peoplewe didn’t even know,” hesays, “some ladies fromWildlife Prairie Park [and]a woman who broughtsandwiches and water.”

Recalling Tuesday,Schenkel, 54, expressessome surprise.

“I wasn’t terribly con-cerned because we werewatching the weather andthe storm seemed to be

heading north of us,” hesays. “Then I heard a kindof roar, and we retreatedto a closet in the base-ment. After a few minutes– not long – I thought ithad passed but I hadn’theard a big sound or any-thing. I didn’t even hearglass break. There wasone noise; it sounded likesomething fell over orsomething. Then I cameupstairs and saw insula-tion all over and lookedup and all I could see was

sky.“I’ve been running on

adrenaline,” he continues.“It’ll be OK. I’m a prettydriven guy. Goal-ori-ented.”

Sniffling and sneezingsome, Schenkel smiledand said, “Of course, oneguy did warn me aboutbreathing all the dust andinsulation. He called it‘the Washington cough’from that storm. But over-all, everybody’s doing afantastic job.”

Volunteers worked to clean up eight downed pine treesand to upright gravestones at Texas Union Cemeteryon North Texas Road. Photo by Daryl Harding.



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CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS

Peoria County, in Probate

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF )ZELDA MAE THEOBALD, Deceased ) No. 16-P-117

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Notice is hereby given to creditors of the death of ZELDA MAETHEOBALD. Letters Testamentary were issued to MICHAEL RAYTHEOBALD, whose address is 11710 W. Legion Hall Road, Princeville,Illinois 61559, as Executor, whose attorneys are CORDIS & CORDIS, At-torneys at Law, 129 N. Walnut Avenue, P. O. Box 445, Princeville, Illinois61559.

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BRIMFIELD – Central Banc-shares, Inc. (CBI), headquartered inMuscatine, Iowa, and BrimfieldBank, have jointly announced thesigning of an Agreement and Planof Merger whereby CBI will ac-quire Brimfield Bank.

It is anticipated that followingcompletion of the acquisition, Brim-field Bank will be merged intoF&M Bank of Galesburg, a wholly-

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subject to regulatory approval, werenot disclosed. It is expected to becompleted early in the third quarter.

“After more than 50 years, it istime for the Johnson family to passthe baton to an organization that wetrust to continue to care for thebanking needs of the community welove,” said Frederick D. Johnson,

Brimfield Bank’s Chairman andPresident.

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OBITUARIESLlewellyn Barry Jr.

EDWARDS – Llewellyn “Biff”Barry Jr., 64, of Peoria, cousin ofan Edwards woman, died March13 at home.

Survivors include his wife,Susan (Fipps) Barry; son AndrewBarry of Peoria; daughter Eliza-beth (Alexander) Ifft of PeoriaHeights; one granddaughter;cousin Karen (Steve) Lehnhausenof Edwards; and sisters PamelaBarry of Hudson, N.H., and Kris-ten (Mark) Miller of Ft. Wayne,Ind.

A funeral service was March 18at Cumerford-Hurd Funeral Homein Peoria, with cremation follow-ing.

Condolences may be left online at www.Cumerford.com.

Carol ConnFARMINGTON – Carol Ann

Conn, 70, of Hanna City, formerlyof Farmington, died March 12 atUnityPoint Health-Methodist inPeoria.

Survivors include her husband,Gary Zinser; sister Mary (Robert)Wageman of Hanna City; nephewsRobert Wageman and Dale (Mar-jorie) Wageman, both of HannaCity; niece Amy Whinnery; andnumerous cousins and nieces.

A 1964 graduate of FarmingtonHigh School, she was a member ofthe Hanna City Sportsman’s Club,enjoyed traveling to Wisconsin andloved her 10 cats. She spent herlife supporting animal welfare,gardening and living on ConnFarm.

A funeral service for Carol wasMarch 16 at Mt. Olive MissionaryChurch in Peoria, with burial atTrivoli Cemetery in Trivoli.

Condolences may be left online at www.cumerford.com.

Alfred HaydenDAHINDA – Alfred Leroy Hay-

den, 85, of Galesburg, father of aDahinda man, died March 16 atHeartland Health Care Center.

He was born Nov. 20, 1930, inGalesburg, the son of AlfredMaple and Anna Margaret HeathHayden. He married Alpha GayHowland on Nov. 5, 1950, inGalesburg.

Alfred is survived by his wife of65 years, Alpha Gay; his two sonsAlfred (Vickie) Hayden ofDahinda and Tim (Marcy) Haydenof Pearland, Texas; brothersRonald (Jan) Hayden of Napa,Calif., and David (Suzanne) Hay-den of Spring, Texas; sister ShirleyHayden Boice of Galesburg; twograndchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Alfred worked as a carman forthe former CB&Q Railroad, nowBNSF Railway, for over 44 years.He also had worked as a car fore-man from 1960-1969 in Denver,Colorado. He retired in November1992. He graduated from Wood-hull High School in 1948. Alfredserved as president for the Car-man’s Local Union. He was amember of the Galesburg BassMasters Club. He was a memberof First Lutheran Church. Alfredenjoyed fishing and gardening. Hewas a dedicated husband, fatherand family man.

Funeral services were March 19at Hinchliff-Pearson-West Gales-burg Chapel, with burial at Oneida

Cemetery.Condolences may be left online at

www.h-p-w.com.Caroline Manock

ELMWOOD – Caroline(Walker) Manock, 98, of Clinton,formerly of Elmwood, died at herresidence on March 4.

Survivors include daughterCarol Ruth Tullis (Steve) of Car-son City, Nev.; sister-in-law Patri-cia Walker of Machesney Park;several nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews;and some cousins.

A celebration of life for Carolinewas March, 19 at the Clinton Pres-byterian Church in Clinton, withgraveside services following atElmwood Cemetery in Elmwood.

Condolences may be left online at www.calvertmemorial.com.

Robert WorrellYATES CITY – Robert “Bruce”

Worrell, 91, Galesburg, formerlyof Yates City, died March 15 atGalesburg Cottage Hospital.

Born July 11, 1924, in ruralFairview, the son of Claude E. andGoldie C. Latimer Worrell, hegraduated from Yates City HighSchool in 1941.

Survivors include his wife,Joanne (Hedstrom) Worrell;daughters Tracey (David) Herbertof Payson, Ariz., Anita (Robert)Willett of League City, Texas, andMartene “Marty” (Christopher)Wronkiewicz of Downers Grove;four grandchildren; and two great-granddaughters.

Funeral services were March 22at the United Methodist Church ofVictoria, with interment at theOneida Cemetery.

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Daily Mass: Tues.-Fri. 8 amSt. Paul’s

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

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

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Bethany Baptist Church7422 N. Heinz Ln., Edwards

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Christ Alive! Community ChurchPastor Lance Zaerr

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Crossroads Assembly of GodPastor Tim Cavallo

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

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HAND TOOLS: Post Hole Diggers, Shovels, Chain binders, Chisels, Combo Wrench Sets-Metric & Standard, Vise Grips, Crescent Wrenches, Sockets 3/8 1/2 1/4, Pliers, Screw-drivers, Air Tools, Clamps, Box End & Open End Sockets, Impact Sockets, Crow Bars,Hammers, Ax Heads, Hyd. Jacks, Snap-On 3/4-3” Ratchet, Craftsman 19.2 Combo Set,Craftsman Wrench Sets, Craftsman Top & Bottom Tool Chest Set, Other Misc.

MISC: Kerosene Heaters, 220 Elect. Cords, Jumper Cables, Battery Chargers, Elect.Heaters, Tool Totes, 2 Matco Tool Boxes (6 drawer), Smudge Pots, Older Corn Monitor,Elect. Motors, Drop Lights, Organizers, Elect. Fence Charger, Craftsman Extension Table,Jack Stands, Fire Exiting User, Horse Tie Down, Shop Vac., New Apple Monitor, 6’ Alu-minum, Step Ladder, Motorcycle Saddle Bags & Bars, 2 Wheel Barrels, 3 Bicycles, Topand Bottom Tool Chest, Gas and Charcoal grills, Steel Posts, Log Chain, Battery JumpStart 300, Huskee 3.5HP Push Mower, Gas Weed eater, Gas Cans, Several Fishing Poles,Tackle Boxes, JEEP 3 room screened dome tent 15’x12’x3’, Other Misc.

Auctioneers Note: This is a large sale of good tools from multiple estates.

Sellers: Cameron Estate & Hahn EstateAuctioneer Dan Boyer---License No. 440000668--- Mobile: 309/252-1193

Auctioneer Albert Vaughn---License No. 440000544

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Since it’s difficult topredict if that will hap-pen – or when, or if any-thing will happen – BUSD309 is seeking options topreserve its fiscal flexibil-ity. One possibility isworking cash bonds.

“It’s not really about thisboard,” said David Pisto-rius of First Midstate Inc.“It’s about future boards,

as well.” Pistorius described the

move as establishing aninternal bank account thatdoesn’t need to be usedunless necessary.

“It’s just a way to kindof protect yourselves ifthis tax freeze comesabout,” he said.

If there is no opposition,the board would have theability to issue bonds, or a

portion of the bonds, forthree years. The only costwould be for publishingthe notices.

However, if 10 percentof voters are opposed, theissue would go to a refer-endum. In 17 years travel-ing around Illinois,Pistorius said he has seenschool districts that did notgive themselves this op-tion regret it.

Pistorius said the resolu-tion could be done beforeBlessman leaves in June.

In other business, theboard held two executivesessions to discuss person-nel. In open session, it ap-proved the resignations ofJaden Maher as gradeschool cheer coach andPenny Zimmerman as acafeteria worker. It ap-proved the certified em-ployment for 2016-2017,except for the non-renewalof Erin Grider, and tenurefor Katherine Gorham andEdward Weaver. TERRY BIBO can be reached at

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BRIMFIELD: Bonds preserve fiscal flexibilityContinued from Page 1



BASEBALL: Eight starters back at FarmingtonFarmington

Likely the area’s most promisingteam is Farmington (4-3), wherecoach Josh Putrich has eight startersback from a 14-16 finisher.

“This ranks as one of the betterteams I’ve had,” said Putrich, whois in his seventh season leading theFarmers. “I can pretty much playanybody and I don’t worry aboutthem hitting or fielding.”

Farmington has a deep pitchingstaff led by juniors Dylan Hayden,Caleb Gilstrap and Jake Settles(who led the team with a .338 aver-age last year) and senior Reid Berry,last year’s leader in stolen bases.

“Our pitching is good, but notoverpowering. But our defense hasbeen very good,” Putrich said.

That was a key to success so farin wins over Kewanee (8-4), EastPeoria (5-1) and tight losses tolarger schools IVC (4-0), East Peo-ria (5-2) and Limestone (3-0).

So far this week, the Farmershave rolled Delavan (17-2) andStark County (16-6). Top hitters todate have been senior outfielderDakota Traver (.500), senior secondbaseman Jacob Ruchotzke (.474),Gilstrap (.417), junior third base-man Tanner Crowe (.400), seniorshortstop/second baseman TreySwearingen (.333), who led Farm-ington with 25 hits last year, andsophomore center fielder CadeLansford (.333).

“We played Mid-Illini teams orClass 3A teams and faced their No.1s, so I feel good about where we’reat,” Putrich said. “We’ve got some-thing that’s come together all atonce, which is nice.”

PrincevilleGone from a 26-5 Elite Eight

team are eight starters, leaving sen-ior third baseman Austin Brodine tohead up a young, inexperiencedgroup.

Brodine hit .418 last year with 25RBIs to earn second-team all-con-ference in the Lincoln Trail and hasbeen on a tear this season, going 9-for-12 through four games.

“We will be young, especially onthe mound,” coach Chris Delbridgesaid. “I do have some good youngarms, but with little or no varsity ex-perience.”

Senior Evan Bultemeier is the topreturning pitcher and is a three-yearvarsity player who was 2-0 with 22strikeouts in 22.1 innings last year.

He got the win in a 20-1 season-opening rout of Mount Pulaski thatsaw Brodine and freshman AdamSnedden go 3-for-3 and two hits

apiece from freshman Matthew But-terfield and junior Jack Wagner.

Delbridge praised Wagner’s ver-satility and said the junior will playthird, catcher, outfield and pitcher.

The Princes (1-3) have scoredruns this year, but yielded too manyin losses to Riverton (8-3), Car-linville (9-7) and A-Town (11-5).

ROWVA-WilliamsfieldYouth is also being served for the

Cougars according to first-year headcoach Michael Weitekamp, who re-places the late John Clark.

“We’re starting quite a fewyounger guys at the varsity leveland have a pretty solid freshmanand sophomore group,” Weitekampsaid.

His top returnees are Williams-field seniors Garrett Wight and ZacSmith. Wight will be the top pitcherand was team MVP as a junior,Weitekamp said.

Smith is a versatile utility manwho will play first, third, outfieldand will also pitch.

The only other full-time starterback from a 14-18 finisher is JackCraig. Sophomore Charlie Gibbonsalso saw starting time last year atfirst base and as a pitcher.

Gibbons had one of ROWVA-Williamsfield’s three hits in a sea-son opening 14-1 loss to Knoxvilleand pitcher Blake Hennenfent.Other hits for the Cougars (0-1)were by underclassmen OwenSpring and Gunner Johnston.


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SOFTBALL: Princes split in weekend on turfcontributions, KennedyDura and Allison Pillmaneach had two hits, andGracie Scherler had twoRBIs.

Alissa Roll and Ledbet-ter combined for the 18-0shutout against StarkCounty while Dura drovein five runs.

PrincevillePrinceville traveled to

Jacksonville to play on theturf last Friday and Satur-day and came away with a

split of two games. Eightruns and ten hits wasn’tenough in a 13-8 extra in-ning loss to Maroa-Forsyth on Saturday.

Brooke Gardner andMadison Roe each hadtwo hits, and Maddie Hiteconnected for a triple. Thepitching of Haley Holtand Paige Lane weren’tenough to contain Maroa.

On Friday Lane pitchedthe Lady Princes to a 2-0victory over MarquetteAcademy, striking out

eight, walking just two,and scattering six hits.

Princeville combinedfor seven hits in the vic-tory. Natalie Cokel was 2-for-2, while Jessica De-Vries was 1-for-3 withtwo RBI.ROWVA-WilliamsfieldROWVA-Williamsfield

opened its 2016 season atKnoxville last Thursdaywith a 15-5 setback.

Eight of the Knoxvilleruns were unearned due tofour R-W errors.

Freshman Paige Col-lopy was a bright spot forthe Lady Cougars, going 2-for-3 with four RBI, in-cluding a solo home run.

R-W could be some-what of a young team thisseason after losing four

good seniors to gradua-tion.

“Some freshmen andsophomores could be con-tributing with some qual-ity at-bats and with somekey fielding this season,”coach Joel Zaiser said.“Pitcher Madison Stewartand shortstop Tina Fogel-song should be our statis-tical leaders this season.”

“We’ll be hoping to becompetitive against goodteams and make a pushfor a regional champi-onship by the end of theseason.”

FarmingtonFarmington’s season

opened Wednesday(March 23) at home ver-sus Kewanee Wethers-field.


ALL SPORTS ROUNDUP

Brimfield senior PhelanKelly was selected to thefive-player Class 1A all-state team picked by theAssociated Press.

Joining Kelly were MattChastain of state champLe Roy, Noah Frederkingof Okawville, RossOwens of Woodlawn andDarius Branch of ChicagoLeo.

Kelly was also a mem-ber of the 15-team Class1A/2A team selected bythe Illinois BasketballCoaches Association.

Junior Taylor Bruningaof Illini Bluffs made theIBCA third team and wasAP honorable mention forClass 2A.

Farmington senior TreySwearingen was a specialmention pick by theIBCA, as was senior TylerHouston of Knoxville.

Princeville VB inIESA Elite Eight

Princeville’s eighth-grade volleyball team won

its regional and sectionalbefore falling in the IESA8-2A first round.

The Lady Princes lost tounbeaten Lewistown Cen-tral (28-0) 25-21, 25-8.Joelle Knoblach had anace and three servicepoints for Princeville,while Emma Lane andSaige Schock each addedthree service pointsapiece.

Lewistown Central wonthe state championshipgame Tuesday nightagainst Paris Crestwood,27-15, 27-25.

Prior to that, Princeville(17-9) had defeated Spar-land Midland at the St.Vincent de Paul Sectional,26-24, 25-22.

In the regional final atOak Grove West,Princeville defeated Brim-field, 25-22, 25-14. In theregional semifinal,Princeville beat Elmwood25-23, 25-20.

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Rebuilding seasonSeveral local baseball teams look to fresh faces

By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

Following up on a spring that saw tworegional titles and a Princeville teamreach the Elite Eight, the area baseballscene figures to offer up more rebuildingthan title contending. Here’s a look at thelocal teams.

Brimfield-ElmwoodSeniors Jake Roberts and Austin

Simms are back to lead the way for theIndians, a 21-13 regional champion lastyear. Both seniors will pitch and Simshas more experience on the mound aftergoing 3-2 with three saves in 36 inningslast year.

Roberts is the top bat back after hitting.340 with five home runs and 34 RBIslast spring.

Coach Brandon Porter said pitchingwill be a strength and expects to alsothrow junior Tyler Short and sophomoreEthan Jehle.

“Defensively, we will be fine,” Portersaid. “Our biggest problem will probablybe scoring runs. We will be very youngwith a lot of sophomores and freshmangetting to play.

“We will have some growing pains atfirst, but by the end of the season we willbe right there competing for another re-gional championship.”

That’s been the case in a 1-3 start thisspring. While Brimfield opened with a 3-2 win over Roanoke-Benson – capped bywalks to Roberts and Sims and a singleby Caileb Johnson – the Indians havedropped three straight by a combined 23-5 tally, including two shutouts.

Porter hopes to see that change and iscounting on the likes of Johnson, whohas started on a 5-for-11 tear. Roberts isalso hot, hitting .556 with four walks.


Brimfield-Elmwood pitcher Austin Simsis one of two seniors on this year’s Indi-ans baseball team.

SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS

Members of Princeville’s sectional champion eighth grade volleyball team are:Back row (left to right): Coach Jamie Huber, Emily Down, Jordan Gehrig, BrinleeBauman, Morissa Martin, Paige Coile, Elle Schupbach, Coach Josie Kielion.Middle row (l to r): JoElle Knobloch, Libby Snyder, Katelyn Juskiv, Robin Urbanc,Kylie Delwiche, Hailee Pauli, Kylie Benton. Front row (l to r): Saige Schock andEmma Lane. Photo by Kelly Down (KD Photography). Details, Page 15.

By PHIL JOHNSONFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – Last year’s state run-ner-up got off to an impressive start,outscoring Henry and Stark County 33-0to open the 2016 season.

Senior pitcher Morgan Ledbetter heldHenry hitless in the opener to go alongwith nine strikeouts for Brimfield-Elm-wood’s softball team in a 15-0 win.

Henry also couldn’t have appreciatedLedbetter’s hitting output of three hitsand five RBIs.

“Morgan was just plain outstanding,”coach Kurt Juerjens said.

The outcome was decided very earlyas the Lady Indians (2-0) struck for fivein the first and nine in the second.

To go along with Ledbetter’s offensive

Ledbetter opens with no-hitter


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