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By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

FARMINGTON – Construc-tion equipment still towersabove rough land near the Ful-ton, Knox and Peoria Countylines, as work continues on theFarmington Embankment Aban-doned Mined Lands (AML)project several hundred yardswest of Illinois Route 78 northof here.

Reclaiming public-safety haz-ards resulting from operations

of the Middlegrove Mine insouthern Knox County, the proj-ect is on schedule to finish thisfall, according to the IllinoisDepartment of Natural Re-sources (IDNR). The $1.9 mil-lion project undertaken byMidwest Foundation Corpora-tion of Tremont, started lastyear and is 75 percent completedespite the state not yet appro-priating the AML funds to thecontractor for this Fiscal Year.

IDNR receives federal rev-

enues from the AML Fund forthe exclusive purpose of elimi-nating public health and safetyhazards and environmentaldegradation at coal mine sitesabandoned prior to 1977. Theprogram is funded by a fee paidby all mining companies to thefederal government on each tonof coal mined.

According to Illinois StateGeologic Survey reports, threeMiddlegrove operations sur-face-mined more than 13,000

Mine reclamation progressing


ELMWOOD – The City Council onTuesday approved letting bids for therenovation of about four blocks ofMaple Avenue between Fairground Wayand North Magnolia/Illinois Route 78 onthe north side after engineer PatrickMeyer and Alderman Bryan Davistrimmed about $60,000 off the job’soriginal estimate.

Meyer said he would let bids thisweek and open them before the nextCouncil meeting May 17.

Using Public Works employees forsome work as well as Mas Concrete ofMaquon cut initial costs for the work,which will entail grading, tilling andresurfacing the street; adding a sidewalkon its north side; widening the street; im-proving drainage; and paving entrancesto driveways.

After a neighborhood meeting, con-crete work could start late this month,with most construction probably startingin mid-June, Meyer said.

City Treasurer Harold Jehle said he’sinvestigating whether to help finance theproject with a loan or a bond, but regard-

Elmwood OK’sMaple Avenueconstruction

By CHERYL HARLOWFor The Weekly Post

WILLIAMSFIELD – Kassidy Groeper isn’tyour typical central Illinois teenager. A juniorat Williamsfield High School, she last fall par-ticipated in the first round of the Olympic Tri-als in Tucson, Ariz., for trapshooting.

But that’s a natural progression for the 16-year-old daughter of Russelland Teresa Groeper, who hassteadily been making a namefor herself in the world of In-ternational trapshooting. Shehas competed against someof the most famous shootersin the world since 2013 andhas numerous medals andtrophies under her belt.

Kassidy became interestedin trapshooting after being encouraged by thefather of fellow Williamsfield student, Ava Al-ford. Kassidy had already been shooting gunssince age 4 and has been on many huntingtrips over the years with her father. She nowhunts on her own.

“I hunt deer, turkey, squirrel, coyote, pheas-ant … you name it,” she said.

Groeper also bowhunts. But she spendsmost of her time with a shotgun. After startingtrapshooting, Kassidy discovered she was a

Young GunKassidy Groeper a topinternational trapshooter

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By BILL KNIGHTWeekly Post Staff Writer

BRIMFIELD – Brimfield puts the“community” into Brimfield Com-munity Park, and makesmemories at both its localfacilities.

Several community or-ganizations have been inte-gral to the development andongoing use of the park onthe Village’s south side,where a ball field, playground equip-ment and a lake attract people mostmonths of the year. Whether it’s old

memories rekindled by militarymarkers outside the Village Hall ornew memories on the diamond,

swing sets or shorelines,memories are made al-most daily.

“We take a lot of pridein the park and how peo-ple use it and help witheverything,” said Villagepresident Dan Fishel.

A friendly remindergreets anglers arriving at Commu-nity Park, noting limits of one 15-

Community key to Brimfield parks

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Work is 75 percent complete on restoring a parcel of abandonedsurface mind ground north of Farmington. Photo by Bill Knight.

Brimfield’s Community Park features a lake, playground equipment and apopular ball diamond. Photo by Bill Knight.

Continued on 2

Groeper

Our ParksThis is the

sixth story in aseries on parks

in local communities.

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BRIMFIELD: Expandinginch largemouth bass orsix 12-inch channel cat-fish. Nearby, a shelterhouse is available, andafter the Village bought anadjacent 8.9-acre parcellast year, the park is ex-panding to about 12 acresand will add a new build-ing with a concessioncounter and restrooms.

The Brimfield AreaMen’s Club – which madethe initial purchase of theproperty where the parkwas developed – is theleading group backing the

new building, said Fishel,who credited the non-profit group with helpingwith the building’s financ-ing and the manpower inits construction.

“It’s planned for thecenter of the park, justwest of the flagpole,” hesaid. “At this point, we’redoing some seeding andplanning better parking tomake it safer, and we’rewaiting on some [new]signage, too.”

But parks are more thanbuildings and backstops.Without people using such

facilities, they can becomeone more municipal mow-ing chore. Brimfield isn’tin that situation.

“We’re encouraged bythe level of activity we al-ready have there,” Fishelsaid. “There’s a lot ofbaseball and also adultsoftball. It’s almost everynight of the week. And thefishing can be hot andheavy – we restock regu-larly.”

Meanwhile, the Villagelot at the corner ofKnoxville Street andGalena Avenue featuresnot just the seat of localgovernment and the 1837L. L. Guyer log house, buta brick monument to localveterans. That will be aug-mented with four four-foot memorials honoringveterans of World War II,the Korean War, the Viet-nam War and the Mideastconflicts.

The Daughters of the

American Revolution,American Legion and oth-ers eventually plan thememorials in a diamondshape, Fishel said.

“One marker’s alreadybought and it will be in-stalled in the near future,”he said.

For now, the VillageBoard coordinates parkplanning, but that couldchange, Fishel said.

“We’ve been kickingaround the idea of thePark Board idea,” he said.“There are so many activi-ties that it’s getting so it’lltake a [dedicated] groupto maintain it.”

However, that’s a ter-rific problem.

“We’re proud of howthe community is usingthe park and maintainingit.” Fishel said. “Andwe’re always looking forsuggestions.”Next week: A look at

Kickapoo’s ball diamonds.

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This downtown park in Brimfield will soon feature fournew memorials to veterans. Photo by Bill Knight.

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THE WEEK AHEAD

This Week’s Eventss Adult Coloring –Adult Coloring

night at Morrison and Mary Wiley Li-brary in Elmwood is today (May 5) at6:30 p.m.

s Summer Reading – Brimfield Pub-lic Library Summer Reading kickoff istoday (May 5). Sign up 10 a.m. to 7p.m. Registrants get goody bags.

s Band Concert – Local junior highand high school bands will play at thePeoria County Courthouse Plaza thisspring. Today (May 5) – FarmingtonJr./Sr. High School, 10 a.m.; May 12 –St. Mary’s School of Kickapoo, 11 a.m.

s NAMI Presentation – NAMI MentalHealth Education Pres-entation is today (May5) from 7-8:30 p.m. atICC North, PoplarHall, Rm. 129. Topic isneurotherapy and brainmapping.

s Plant Sale – Brim-field horticulture students will sell bed-ding plants today (May 5) and Friday(May 6) from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.and Saturday 9 a.m. to noon at theback of the high school.

s Free Bread – Free bread availableat Elmwood Methodist Church Friday(May 6) at 10:30 a.m.

s Spring Concert – Galesburg Com-munity Chorus spring concert entitledAmerican Masterworks is Saturday(May 7) at 7:30 p.m. at First Lutheran

Church in Galesburg. Tickets $12, $10seniors, students free. Buy tickets atInnkeeper’s Coffee or at the door.

s Library Meeting – Board of Morri-son and Mary Wiley Library in Elm-wood will meet on Monday (May 9) at4 p.m. in the conference room. Publicis welcome to attend.

s Senior Luncheon – Brimfield UnionChurch senior luncheon is Tuesday(May 10) at 12 p.m. No luncheons inJune or July, will resume in Septemberon the second Tuesday of every month.

Future Eventss Blood Drive – Red Cross Blood

Drive is May 13 from 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. atBrimfield High School.Call 1 (800) 733-2767.

s Clean Up –Williamsfield Clean UpDay is May 13. Itemsmust be curbside by 7a.m. Paint and electronicscollected May 21.

s Tea Party – Tea party at Morrisonand Mary Wiley Library in Elmwood onMay 14 at 10:30 a.m.

s Summer Reading – Summer Readingregistration at Morrison and Mary WileyLibrary in Elmwood starts May 16.

s Hanging Gardens –Hanging GardensProgram is May 17 from 6-8 p.m. atWilliamsfield Public Library. U of IMaster Gardeners, Kathy Lotz and JanetCummings will give tips and demonstra-tions on how to make hanging baskets.

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Rambling through central Illinoishatching plans for a week off.

uuuA comment from Jim Ralston

crossed my mind again Mondaywhile attending a meet-and-greetfor new Brimfield superintendentRobert Richardson. Ralston’s quote,in reference to the relative quiet ofYates City parks,was, “You lose alot when youlose a school.”How true. Brim-field was hop-ping Monday,between hob-nobbing in thegym, a NationalHonor Societybanquet, softball practice and ballgames – all because of the school.If the BHS doors closed, the townwould have been quiet, aside fromgoings on in the taverns and li-brary. (Incidentally, those are myfive pillars of small-town life:school, church, tavern, library,diner/coffee shop.) I really fear forour small towns given the mess inSpringfield and the Chicago-cen-tric answers likely to come ourway. Forced school consolidation

makes sense to Chicago folks. Notso if it steals the soul of your com-munity.

uuuMorel season has been mediocre

so far from most reports, with’shroomers reporting lots of walk-ing for few morels. The best haulwe’ve seen in recent days wassacked up by Dave Emken (right) ofYates City who found 47 morelsunder one tree. “I walked for a milestraight east and never found onemushroom,” Emken said. “I wentto my other farm I found one elm Ididn’t know was there and therethey were.” ... Another big find wasby Steve Black of Farmington, wholocated a nearly 7-ounce morelnear Fairview, but lamented thelack of numbers. Black leads thecontest at Elmwood InsuranceServices, LLC. ... If you plan onsacking ’shrooms, you’d better getout soon, as the undergrowth is tak-ing over and finding morels is get-ting tough. The next few daysshould be the peak of the seasonlocally.

uuuNormally, we take off the last

week of June to go fishing. Well,here’s a heads-up that we are prob-

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When I worked in the computer-technology department at CircuitCity severalyears ago, I gotto meet a lot ofinteresting peo-ple. Caterpillarwould bring inemployees fromoverseas and itseems the firststop they’d makeon their U.S.odyssey was our store.

The electronics in their homecountries were still downright ex-pensive, so they looked forward tocoming into our store for a deal on alaptop, a camera or whatever.

Anyone from France was immedi-ately routed to me because I madethe mistake one night of conversingin French. After taking five years ofit in school, I am still somewhat con-versant, providing the person I’mtalking to speaks VERY slowly.

I should note, I made the samemistake using Spanish one night. Isaid, “Como estas?” to someone,forgetting that if they rattled offsomeone other than “Bien,” I was inserious trouble.

One night, a gentleman fromFrance came into the department,and since I’d had some recent prac-tice with the language, I was able tohold my own with him, answeringhis questions in his language. Then itcame time for him to pay me for thelaptop he wanted to buy.

It came to a little over $650 withtax and all. The Frenchman wasshocked. In very FAST French, heasked why it was so much.

I explained that even though we’d

fought a war against the British acouple hundred years ago, andWON, we still had this thing calledTAXES.

Okay, so I didn’t say all that inFrench. Fortunately the French wordfor tax is “taxe,” which he under-stood. What he didn’t understandwas why it was advertised for lessthan $500 and I wanted a whole lotmore than that in travelers checks.

I understood immediately. Likeevery other computer retailer in thecountry, we were offering a RE-BATE on the computer. That’swhere you pay the full amount andthen, if you can jump through a pre-determined amount of hoops withina certain amount of time, we’ll sendpart of that money back to you.

Evidently they don’t have rebatesin France. Or Europe. Or anywhereelse in the civilized world.

Every time I tried to explain it, hehad the same forlorn expression andmy rapidly deteriorating French wasmet with, “Porquoi?” which is theirword for “why?”

I you think that explaining rebatesin English is hard, try doing it in adifferent language! I finally gave upand said, “Il est une idée stupideAméricaine,” which loosely trans-lates to “it’s a dumb American idea.”

Rebates became a big thing backin the 1970s with the “Buy a Dodge,get a check!” campaign. If you pur-chased a Dodge, they’d send you alarge check. The late Joe Garagiolawas the spokesman for the advertis-ing campaign and “get a check” be-came a catchphrase that even Joecame to hate (he once admitted dur-ing a baseball game broadcast if heknew he’d be hearing that from fans

all the time, he’d have never donethe commercials).

So why do rebates? A poster we used to have in the

backroom of Circuit City explainedwhy. According to figures, less than70 percent of those who get rebatesever send them in. That means theadvertised sale price is only good for70 percent of the people!

Out of the 70 percent that send infor rebates, about 30 percent don’thave the required information (bar-codes, receipts, etc) to qualify. Ofthose that get a check, only about 75percent actually CASH the check.

When surveyed, those who didn’tsend in for rebates noted various rea-sons. Most forgot, although thosewho couldn’t find or remember tobuy a stamp or envelope also hadquite a few respondents. The otherbig reason was that the procedure toget the rebate was too complicated.

Of course, it depends on theamount of the check. Rebates forjust a few dollars may have less of aredemption percentage than thosethat are say, more than $100. Thechart took that into consideration,and gave an industry average.

So let’s break this down. Of 100people who qualify for a rebate, only70 of them send it in. Out of those70, 21 don’t do what’s needed to getthe rebate. That means a companywill send out 49 rebate checks. Ofthose, only 37 are going to the bank.

Effectively, this means a companysells 100 items, advertising them at adramatically reduced price. But inreality, they’re only going to givethat price to 37 people.

Hmmm … maybe it’s not such adumb American idea after all.

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To the Editor:A few years ago I invested many

hours of my time in getting a pieceof legislation passed inIllinois that would pre-vent insurance compa-nies from cancelingpolicies of policyholders when they dis-covered that the policyholders had takenblood tests to determine if there

were prone to various diseases. The President of the United State

telephoned me and invited me to theWhite House becausethey were consideringlegislation similar tothe bill that passed inIllinois.

Now the FBI hasvoided federal andstate legislation when it

hacked into Apple’s computer pri-

vacy act without regard to non-dis-closure legislation that was alreadypassed 20 years ago! This hasopened the door to all of our med-ical records to the insurance com-pany.

The governor of Illinois came toGalesburg for the signing of thislegislation. He stated that this wasone of the most important pieces oflegislation that he had ever signed.

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Princeville woman hurtin two-car accident

PRINCEVILLE – Erin Nevitt, 26,of Princeville about 8:30 a.m. onApril 27 sustained minor injuriesand was transported to OSF St.Francis Medical Center after the2014 Dodge Dart she was drivingeastbound was struck by a 2012Dodge Ram driven northbound byMichelle Cox, 41, of Chillicothe atthe intersection of Cedar Hills Driveand Old Galena Road, according tothe Peoria County Sheriff’s Office.

Cox’s truck also hit a 2005 JeepGrand Cherokee driven by JamiTurner, 31, of Edelstein, which wasstopped at the crossroads, policesaid. Cox was ticketed for disobey-ing a traffic control device, operatingan uninsured vehicle and failure toreduce speed to avoid an accident.

Williamsfield fire calledto assist with I-74 wreck

WILLIAMSFIELD – Williams-

field firefighters and officers withthe Knox County Sheriff’s Officeon May 1 were called to the sceneof an accident near mile marker 66on Interstate 74, where a Toyotavan had crashed and came to reston a guard rail.

There was no motorist at thescene, so police searched for theowner of the vehicle, JosephGustafson, 30, and found him at aresidence in Wataga, according tothe Knox County Sheriff’s Office.

Gustafson was ticketed for leav-ing the scene of an accident, fail-ing to reduce speed to avoid anaccident, and two other charges,police said.

Knox officers transported him tothe Knox County Jail, where hewas processed and released, ac-cording to reports.Police reports

• A 28-year-old Laura woman onApril 24 reported an incident ofdomestic battery at her residence,according to the Peoria CountySheriff’s Office, which sought a26-year-old Chillicothe man forquestioning.

• Jesse Eldridge, 31, of Brim-field on April 28 was arrested forretail theft of less than $300 andtransported to the Peoria CountyJail.

• The Freedom Oil Co. Shell sta-tion on Kickapoo-Edwards Roadsouth of Kickapoo on April 30 re-ported the drive-off theft of $59.38in fuel, and police are investigat-ing.

• Audie Huff, 44, of Edwards onApril 30 was arrested for drivingon a revoked license, failing to sig-nal, transporting alcohol, and Driv-ing Under the Influence, andtransported to the Peoria CountyJail.

Deer accident• April 24: Jacqueline Baxter of

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ELMWOOD: Cash on hand to fund projectless, the City’s Tax Increment Fi-nancing account has the funds toproceed, he said.

“We do have the cash on hand tofund the Maple Avenue project,” hesaid. “The good thing is that the rev-enues wouldn’t be coming out ofCity funds, but out of TIF,” notingthere’s about $100,000 availablenow before financing is determined.

Apart from the Maple Avenueproject, Elmwood’s budget remainsstable, he said. In April, Elmwoodreceived about $22,000 in incometaxes and $10,000 in sales taxes.

Motor Fuel Tax receipts droppedto below $4,000 for April, however,which led to the Council unani-mously approving a revised plan tosurface some streets.

The Illinois Department of Trans-portation last week authorized Elm-wood spending $68,350 in MFT

funds, including $38,050 for seal-coating.

“We increased the amount of seal-coating because we canceled lastsummer’s because the state cut offMFT [for awhile],” Davis said.

The Council also approved guide-lines for a pre-annexation agree-ments that would limit applicants toan area within a 1½ -mile radius ofElmwood, require participants topay an application fee and legalcosts, and an additional 50-percentsurcharge above usual building andzoning fees. City lawyers will incor-porate that language into an ordi-nance to be considered at the May17 meeting.

In other news:• Scott Livingood of the Fall Fes-

tival committee requested feedbackfrom the Council on having a beertent within sight of the stage from 6-10 p.m. on the Friday and Saturday

of the festival. The consensus wasthe Council didn’t oppose it, butsuggested also considering nearbyprivate property, involvement oflocal taverns, and details of liability.Livingood was asked to return tothe June 7 meeting;

• Resident John Herman asked foran extension of a sidewalk on NorthMagnolia to link The Meadows andFairground Acres subdivisions;

• Economic Development OfficerDick Taylor reported that a proposalconcerning unkempt properties wasbeing prepared for Council consid-eration at the May 17 meeting;

• Elmwood Township donated$5,000 to the police dog fund;

• Bob Paige is convening a publicbudget meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday(May 10) at City Hall; and

• Alderman Adam Rue resignedand Mayor J.D. Hulslander is look-ing for a replacement from Ward 2.


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WILLIAMSFIELD – Severalblocks in the Village will be seal-coated this summer as part of a$15,504.20 street maintenance pro-gram unanimously approved onMonday by the Village Board.

Engineer Andy Logsdon ofBruner, Cooper & Zuck in Gales-burg outlined the work, which willbe completed by Knox Countycrews and improve surfaces on sec-tions of Pine Street, North Avenue,Cottonwood Court and LegionRoad. Some cold-patching also willtake place, and the Village’s budgetof $16,500 in Motor Fuel Tax rev-enues should be able to also cover asalt purchase and some dust controlby the elevator, he said.

Logsdon also reported on thewater project, which is windingdown, and said two firms – G.A.Rich & Sons from Deer Creek andCorrpro from Streamwood, will startworking on repairs of a corroded un-derground pipe and related workafter the school year ends (May 25).

“They have until September 30[when the $239,000 state grantends],” Logsdon said. “G.A. Richwill need two or three days’ workand Corrpro another day.”

The water tower will be drainedduring the work.

The Village’s Fiscal Year-end fi-nancial report showed solid budget-ing and spending, said Villagepresident Mick Gray. General fundrevenues outpaced expenditures,$221,715 to $218,732, as did theDoubet-Benjamin Park fund ($9,300in revenues vs. $5,800 in expendi-tures). Both operations & mainte-nance and the water departmentbalanced, at $91,000 and $278,000,respectively.

Water figures didn’t include theVillage loan payments as part of thegrant, some $6,000, but that meantWilliamsfield “appeared to be OK inbeing able to generate that neededmoney,” Gray said.

One fund that spent more thanbudgeted was in last year’s MotorFuel Tax fund, which planned for$14,894 but had to spend $33,454

due to problems fixing sidewalks.In other action, • the Board unanimously OK’d

declaring properties on East GaleStreet and North Olive Street nui-sances. Owners will have 10-day no-tices to address problems, afterwhich the Village will clean up thesites and bill the owners, who mustpay or have a lien put on the parcels;

• the Board OK’d annexing twoparcels owned by the Hickersonfamily south of town;

• the Board approved expandingSunday hours for liquor sales from2-8 p.m. to noon-8 p.m.;

• Village Treasurer Mary Rice suc-cessfully petitioned for Doubet-Ben-jamin Park to be tax exempt;

• Trustee Jim Folger said prelimi-nary estimates for a new tractorcould run between $41,000 and$48,000 plus the cost of a cab; and

• Water department head TomRice said updating the water sys-tem’s computer and smart screenwill cost more than $15,000, ac-cording to an estimate from Ober-lander Electric in Peoria.

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By RON DIETERFor The Weekly Post

You can tell spring ishere. Garden plants arepopping up everywhere,from discount stores todrug stores, even gas sta-tions. Stacked on cratesand concrete blocks, theplants, trees, and shrubsare placed strategicallynear store entrances. Thehope is your spring urgesto get down and dirty willcause you to buy.

If you’re in the marketfor a tree or a few shrubs,there’s a factor that can in-fluence your planting suc-cess. That is provenance.The dictionary says prove-nance means origin orsource. Its horticulturalimportance is best ex-plained by way of exam-ple, and the redbud tree isa good one.

The Eastern Redbud,Cercis canadensis, occursnaturally from New Jersey

to Florida, and west toMissouri, Texas and north-ern Mexico. Referencebooks rate its cold hardi-ness to Zone 4, well northof our area, Zone 5. So it’seasy to infer all redbudswill be hardy to Zone 4.

But because of prove-nance, that is not the case.Redbuds grown fromseeds of southern parent-age may not have the ge-netics to survive northernwinters. That’s why expe-rienced nurserymen col-lect local seed to producetrees for their area.

Nurseries in the southhave longer growing sea-sons and can produce ashrub or tree more quickly.Time is money. Thatmeans southern-grownstock costs less. Inevitably,some southern stock findsits way to discount storesin northern areas like ours.

So before you buy,check the tag to see wherea tree was grown. Somestores use their own tagsand the source may not beapparent. In that case, ask.If they can’t tell you,there’s a chance the treewill be no bargain in thelong run and will becomekindling after the next se-vere Midwest winter.

Another reason to check

the tag is season of bloom.Stores have learned colorsells. That’s why you findshelves of petunias, salvia,marigolds and other an-nual plants all forced intoearly bloom. Since annu-als bloom all season long,you get what you expect,for the most part.

Perennials, however,present a challenge be-cause they don’t bloom allseason. Most flower forjust a few days or weeks.But retail stores have in-sisted that floweringperennials arrive in fullbloom, especially duringthe spring. And the grow-ers have found ways to doit. By controlling light andtemperature, growers forcea spring bloom fromperennials that normallyflower in summer or fall.

Looking at these plants,a new gardener wouldrightly expect them tobloom all summer long,just like the annuals.Imagine the disappoint-ment when the plantceases flowering after acouple weeks, and staysgreen for the rest of theyear. Forced perennialswill resume their normalbloom time the followingyear if the frustrated gar-dener doesn’t send it to the

compost bin.Also check the tag to

verify the plant’s matureheight. Some gardenplants naturally grow tootall to fit onto shippingracks, so most large-scalegrowers apply chemicalgrowth retardants to keeptall plants short and shelf-friendly.

What does all this meanto you? Be careful buyingplants that are unfamiliarto you. Ideally, the tag willtell you if a plant is an an-nual, or, if a perennial,when it naturally flowers.Unfortunately, some tagsare made for general useacross the country andwhat is a perennial inGeorgia or Missouri maybe an annual here.

When I need reliableinformation on the spot I“Google” the plant namefollowed by “mobot,” theacronym for the MissouriBotanic Garden. Upcomes a detailed plant pro-file.

Purchasing plants is nodifferent than buying any-thing else. The best adviceis to buy from people whoknow what they are sell-ing, who can answer yourquestions, and who canhelp you select the rightplants.

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Brimfield Township to voteon budgets this week

BRIMFIELD – Brimfield Townshiphas scheduled public hearings at 6 p.m.Tuesday (May 10) on proposed budgetsfor the Township and its Road District,and will hold its regular monthly meetingafterward.

Trustees propose a $145,260 budgetfor the Township, and $236,550 for theRoad District.

“It is very close to the budget I had lastyear with one exception,” said BrimfieldTownship Supervisor Tony Karl. “Lastyear I budgeted $30,000 for a possibletransfer to the Road and Bridge Fund tohelp pay for a new truck. Further discus-sions throughout the year by the Boardled to a decision to not buy a new truckand just fix any repairs needed on the oldtruck. Needless to say, that transfer neverhappened.”

Compared to the last year, the pro-posed amount for the Township is 4.9percent higher. The Road District’s pro-posed budget is about 12 percent morethan 2014 (2015 numbers were unavail-able).

The Board agenda includes a requestfrom Road Commissioner Tom Coyle toincrease the tax rate earmarked for theRoad Fund, and the Board will vote onthe budgets and tax levies during newbusiness.

Concerning a possible statewide prop-erty-tax freeze, Karl said the Townshipprobably would survive in the near term.

“We have been diligent and responsi-ble in our spending,” he said. “I have notincreased the taxes in several years. Asfar as the tax freeze goes, I would thinkwe would be OK for now if it passes.” School happenings

Local school calendars show the fol-lowing in the week to come.

ELMWOOD this evening (May 5)has a Spring Concert for its Junior Highand High School bands at 6 p.m., and a5th and 6th Grade Spring Concert at 6p.m. Tuesday (May 10) and also 3:30p.m. Wednesday (May 11).

FARMINGTON today (May 5) has its1st Grade Spring Concert at 9:30 a.m.,and its Kindergarten Spring Concert at1:30 p.m. Also, Senior Awards Night isat 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday (May 11).

PRINCEVILLE on Tuesday (May 10)has its 5th & 6th Grade Spring MusicConcert at 6:30 p.m.

WILLIAMSFIELD this weekend pres-ents its FFA Plant Sale in the schoolgreenhouse, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Satur-day and 8 a.m. to noon Sunday.Farmington road repairs

FARMINGTON – Farmington Town-ship Highway Commissioner Paul Bal-

agna reported pulling Township roads’shoulders back to help drainage, andabout half the roads have been finished.

Also, spray-patching blacktop roadstook longer than originally planned butwas completed last month. Princeville students to takepart in TECH 2016

PRINCEVILLE – Students fromPrinceville High School will join repre-sentatives from more than 100 otherschools on May 10 at the State CapitalBuilding in Springfield for the annualTECH 2016 event.

The 25th annual TECH 2016 Stu-dents for the Information Age eventwill be held on Tuesday, May 10, from9:30-11:30 a.m. and from 1-3 p.m. atthe Illinois State Capitol Building inSpringfield. More than 100 schools willbe represented from throughout Illinois.

At the event, students will show thepublic and elected members of the Illi-nois State Senate and House of Repre-sentatives how technology is beingused in the classroom to increase stu-dent engagement and improve achieve-ment. Student demonstrations may beviewed in the Capitol Building Ro-tunda.

Taking part in the demonstrations lo-cally from 9:30-11:30 a.m. are juniorsLydia Sauder and Lacey Givens;Joanna Carroll, Director of Instruc-tional Technology, and Anne Krolicki,English and mass communicationsteacher.National Train Day eventsat Wildlife Prairie Park

HANNA CITY – Wildlife PrairiePark has a variety of events this week-end. Starting Saturday (May 7) the Parkwelcomes guests to National Train Day.Tickets will be half-price for the Park’sPrairie Zephyr Train ride. Other activi-ties include free rides on a hayrack,train safety programs, model trains ondisplay and more.

On Sunday (May 8) all mothers willbe able to ride the train for free.

Jerry Donath (left) of East Peoria wonthe Elmwood Insurance Services, LLCShed Antler contest with a TazewellCounty find. Scot Jehle is at right.

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Elmwood chapter of PEO Sisterhood turns 100ELMWOOD – Chapter AO of the

PEO Sisterhood recently celebratedthe 100th anniversary of receivingits charter.

This philanthropic educational or-ganization began in Mt. Pleasant,Iowa, at Iowa Wesleyan in 1869.The Illinois state chapter wasformed in 1903. Elmwood’s chapterformed on April 13, 1916.

The purpose of the PEO is to fundeducational opportunities forwomen. Chapter AO was sponsoredby Chapter AE in Farmington, andElla Zoll was the first president.

One hundred years later, on April25, 2016, 38 members gathered at abanquet hall on South Magnolia for

a birthday celebration. Jody McK-inty prepared a sumptuous dinner,and Kaity Paternoga, daughter ofmember, Chris Paternoga, sang mu-sical selections from the past 100years as members dined.

Following dinner, President JanetMottaz shared facts from 1916: 14percent of homes had bathtubs, 95percent of births took place in thehome, 6 percent of Americans hadgraduated from high school.

Pat Vaughan read a letter writtenby Ella Zoll about the creation ofthe chapter. Martha Hudson, a 69-year member, shared minutes of thefirst meeting when there were only8 members. Other sisters shared in-formation from the minutes of the

first 100 years: created a quilt forthe Red Cross during WWI, boughtwar bonds during WWII, sponsoredlow-interest loans to girls for col-lege, sold snow cones at StrawberryFestival before switching to straw-berry pies, and always enjoyingfood!

Members were joined by honoredguests, Karen Steward, past Illinoisstate president from Toulon, andDeb Moore, current Illinois statetreasurer from Roseville.

To close the festivities, the mem-bers celebrated in PEO style withcake and a toast to the next 100years.

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Row 2 (l to r): Amy Davis, Vicki Warner, Michele Ewalt, Caren Ramsay, Charlene McKechnie, Chris Keimig, JulieMiller, Mary Ann Hanlin, Shauna Blum, Trudy Cline, Cindy Alcaraz, Amy Kepple, Terri Cosby, Chris Paternoga,Denise Hotz, Carol Kemper and Connie Johnston.

Row 3 (l to r): Pat Vaughan, Rachel Potts, Kathleen Conklin, Karen Mottaz, Beth Wrage, Jennifer Spafford, KimDeSplinter, Bonnie McFall, Emily Webel and Janet Mottaz.

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acres between 1933 and1968, producing morethan 27 million tons.They mined the Herrincoal seam at a depth offrom 15 to 48 feet and theSpringfield coal at a depthof 56 to 75 feet. MidlandElectric Coal Companyoperated the mines until1968, when they were ac-quired by Peabody CoalCo., which recently de-clared bankruptcy.

“The operation minedthrough numerous publicroads and reconstructedthem after mining,” saysGreg Pinto, supervisor ofthe AML program forIDNR’s Office of Minesand Minerals. “At somelocations where the min-ing operation left perma-nent final cut mine lakes,steep embankments ofmine spoil, the mixture ofsoil and rock excavated toaccess the coal were con-structed across the lakesto allow road reconstruc-tion.”

In the mid-’60s, thatmining resulted in steepembankments across twomining lakes along publicRoad 050 North in SalemTownship, and the roadwas reconstructed acrossthese embankments. Bothembankments hold sur-face water; one to the ex-tent that it’s classified as aClass-III dam by DNR’sOffice of Water Re-sources. Plus, both em-

bankments were failing,mostly due to faulty dis-charge pipes, forcing theclosure of the public roadand threatening down-stream property.

“The ongoing reclama-tion work is eliminatingthe public-safety hazardsby rebuilding the two em-bankments,” Pinto says.“The unstable portions ofthe embankments arebeing excavated and theembankments are beingre-constructed with adja-cent mine spoil. New con-crete discharge structuresare being constructed toconvey surface waterthrough the embankmentsin a controlled and non-erosive manner. The roadsurface will be recon-

structed and vegetationwill be established on alldisturbed areas.

“It will be up to localroad authorities as towhether the road is re-opened to the public.”

Such land reclamationis coordinated by a divi-sion of the Department ofMines and Minerals underthe state Surface-MinedLand Conservation andReclamation Act of 1971and the federal SurfaceCoal Mining Land Con-servation and Reclama-tion Act of 1980.

DNR personnel inspectactive mine sites to ensurereclamation standards aremet and approved recla-mation plans are fol-lowed.

MINE: Road reopening uncertainContinued from Page 1

Princeville eyeing another Streetscape attemptBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

PRINCEVILLE – Maybe thethird time is the charm forPrinceville, where the VillageBoard on Monday heard a presen-tation by engineer Shane Larsonabout the possibilities for a down-town Streetscape project.

The Village two previous timesapplied for the 80/20 grants of fed-eral funds administered by the Illi-nois Department of Transportation.

However, their initial proposal wasdenied as too expensive, said Vil-lage president Sid Stahl, and thenext attempt was better receivedbut finished behind an Elmwoodapplication that was tied to recov-ering from a damaging tornado in2010.

“We didn’t take any action on it,but Larson used to be with IDOTand if the Board thinks it’s a goodidea, he’d handle all the grant-writing,” Stahl said. “Since we did

it before and have a lot of [back-ground] material, it’s not like we’dbe starting over.”

Anthony Rolando of the stateDepartment of Commerce andEconomic Opportunity also pro-vided the Village with the currentprocess for Streetscape projects.

In other action, the Board ap-proved a 2-percent across-the-board salary increase for Villageemployees.


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GROEPER: FFA Beef Proficiency winnernatural and began trainingfor competition.

Kassidy competes fourto five times per year andhas attracted notice. In2014 she was Junior ClassC Champ at the AIM Na-tional Championship HAAin Sparta. She also wonvarious competitions, in-cluding the U.S. Jr. GrandPrix in Pennsylvania andthe State Junior Olympicsin Michigan.

Syren USA Guns tooknotice of Groeper’s suc-cess. The Vice Presidentcalled to offer her a spon-sorship for one year thatincluded a new shotgun,vest and hat for the Trials.

“I did not do as well as Ihad hoped; I’d only hadthe new gun for twoweeks and I just neededmore time to get used toshooting it,” Groeper said.

But she already has hersights set on the Olympicsin 2020.

Future plans involvehopefully getting a collegescholarship for shooting.Her dream college is Lin-

denwood University in St.Charles, Mo., because ofits excellent shooting pro-gram. She hopes to majorin business administration.

“I didn’t have world cupexperience, so I am on alearning curve right now,”she said. “I hope to qualifysomeday for the U.S.Team, then the WorldTeam and finally theOlympic Team.”

All of these shootingcompetitions and travelcost money, so Kassidyworks for her grandfatheron his cattle farm in ruralKickapoo. She has alsobeen avidly involved inFFA for many years andwon first place this year atstate for Beef ProficiencyProduction.

“I interviewed well andI just went for it and hopedfor the best,” she shared.

Kassidy said Williams-field agriculture teacherKent Rigg has been a bigencouragement and helpedher get her start in Ag.

“My two passions areFFA and trapshooting andI work hard at both of

them,” she stated. Groeper said what she

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She recently added anew type of shootingcalled bunker to her trapshooting repertoire.

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As to her thoughts ongun control, Groeper said,“Don’t think of guns as abad thing. It’s not bad inthe hands of the right peo-ple. Gun safety has beenbeat into my head since Iwas little and I take it veryseriously.”

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OBITUARIESMargaret A. Martin

STREATOR – Margaret Ann(Boice) Martin, 87, of Streator,peacefully went to God at 11 a.m.Sunday, April 24, with her sons byher side.

A Mass of Christian Burial forMargaret was April 29, at St.Michael theArchangel Parishin Streator. Burialwas at St. Mary’sCemetery. Servingas pallbearerswere her grand-children andgreat-grandchil-dren, Tina Martin,Tammy Cave, Sara Burgess, ShaneMartin, Roderick Stan Cave andChayse Martin.

Margaret was born Jan. 19, 1929,in Elmwood, the daughter of JamesHenry and Gladys E. (Thousand)Boice. She married George MartinJr. on May 12, 1951, at St. Patrick’sChurch in Elmwood.

She is survived by sons, GeorgeHenry “Hank” (Nancy) Martin andMichael Joseph (Diana) Martin,both of Streator; grandchildren, TinaMartin, Tammy (Roderick Stan)Cave, Tara (Anthony) Flanery, Sara(William) Burgess and Shane Mar-tin; great-grandchildren, SkylerMartin, Chayse Martin, TiffanyFlanery, Justin Flanery, RoderickStan Cave, Rayne Ann Cave,Roman John Cave, Ethan Hafer, Ju-liana-Rayne Hafer, KeirstenBurgess, Zandyrr Burgess andRyder Martin; two great-great-grandchildren; stepgrandchildren,Jessica Stevens, Ron Stevens, ClintStevens and Chad Stevens; sister,Patricia (James) McGuire, of Elm-wood; and many nieces andnephews.

She was preceded in death by herhusband and a nephew, CurtisMcGuire.

Margaret graduated from Elm-wood High School and graduatedfrom St. Francis Nursing School inPeoria, as a registered nurse.

She was a surgical nurse at St.Mary’s Hospital and retired fromHeritage Manor where she workedas the director of nursing.

She was a member of the Knightsof Columbus Ladies Auxiliary andwas a dedicated volunteer of theElmwood Strawberry Festival.

Margaret loved her trips to Bran-son with “The Girls,” spending timewith her grandchildren and niecesand nephews and enjoyed her morn-ings with “Walkers and Talkers.”

Memorials may be directed to theSeminary Scholarship Fund in careof St. Michael the Archangel Parish.

You may sign the guestbook forMargaret at eliasfh.com.

William T. Wilson FARMINGTON – William T.

“Bill” Wilson, 74 of Farmington,passed away at 3:10 a.m. on Thurs-day, April 28, 2016, at Unity Point-Methodist in Peoria following abrief illness.

He was born on May 31, 1941, inPeoria, a son of David Campbelland Mary LouiseCline Wilson. Billmarried Karen M.Crane-Goggin onMay 3, 2015, inthe First Presby-terian Church ofFarmington.

Karen’s latehusband, the Rev.Jack Goggin ofPontiac, Ill., died in 2014. Bill wel-comed Karen’s 8 children and 12grandchildren into his growing fam-ily.

Two spouses preceded Bill indeath, Jane Blust and Donna Taylor.

Surviving are two daughters,Sarah (Phillip) Oest, Laura Sebas-tion both of Watauga, Texas; twosons, Steven Thomas Wilson ofNorth Richland, Texas; Jeffrey P.(Gwen Templeton) Wilson of Hol-ster, Calif. Also surviving are fivegrandchildren, one great-grand-daughter, one brother, Jim Wilson ofSpring Lake, Mich.; one step-

brother, Jay McMaster, of Gales-burg, and one step-sister, Sue (Bob)Myer of Iowa. A brother, JudgeDean (Winnie) Wilson precededBill in death.

Bill was a graduate of WabashCollege in Indiana, a proud memberof the Little Giants Basketball Teamand Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. Hewas Director of Military Contractsfor Bell Helicopter in Fort Worth,Texas from 1968 to 2001.

After retirement, Bill and Donnamade their home in Farmington.Bill was a member and a rulingelder of the First PresbyterianChurch of Farmington, President ofthe Farmington Historical Societyand he served on the Boards of theFarmington Academic Foundation,the Farmington Cemetery Board,and the Fulton County HistoricalAssociation.

He was an avid volunteer for theFarmington Historical Museum, amember of the Farmington Chapterof the Moose and a devoted partici-pant in the early morning “Spit &Whittle” Club, a group of friendsthat met for coffee at Kersh Cafe.

Funeral services will be at 11:00a.m. on Thursday, May 5, 2016, atthe First Presbyterian Church inFarmington. Rev. Dr. Linda Phil-abaun will officiate. Visitation isfrom 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, May4, 2016, at Anderson-Sedgwick Fu-neral Home in Farmington. Burialwill be in OakRidge Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to theFarmington Historical Museum orthe First Presbyterian Church ofFarmington.

To view Bill’s DVD or to leaveonline condolences please visitwww.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com.

Loren DallingerPRINCEVILLE – Loren H.

Dallinger, 79, of Princeville died onApril 25.

Survivors include his wife, Bar-bara (Best) Dallinger; son L. Brent(Michele) Dallinger of Princeville;daughter Beth (David) Otto ofBloomington; two grandsons; threestep-grandchildren; and sister Ce-celia Henricks of Morton.

Funeral services were April 30 atthe Princeville Presbyterian Church,with burial at the Princeville Town-ship Cemetery.

Condolences may be left online atwww.haskellhott.com.

This Week’s Obituaries• Loren Dallinger, 79, Princeville• Helen E. Mackie, 84, Williams-field• Margaret A. Martin, 87, Elmwood• Anna McCarthy, 97, Elmwood• Dorothy Price, 78, Brimfield• William T. Wilson, 74, Farming-ton• Barbara Wyman, 75, BrimfieldWe print basic obituaries for free.

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

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

Sun. Divine Service: 10 amBrimfield E-Free Church

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Brimfield UnitedMethodist Church

Pastor Leonard Thomas135 S. Galena St., Brimfield

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

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

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

Sunday Worship: 9 amTuesday Bible Study: 6:30 pmFirst Sunday each month isCommunion Sunday (glutenfree communion offered)

DAHINDADahinda United Methodist

Church1739 Victoria Street, PO Box

14, Dahinda IL 61428

Church phone: 309-639-2768Email: williamsfielddahin-

[email protected] services: 9:30 am

EDWARDSBethany Baptist Church7422 N. Heinz Ln., Edwards

(309) 692-1755www.bethanycentral.org

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

Christ Alive! Community ChurchPastor Lance Zaerr

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

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

ELMWOODCrossroads Assembly of God

Pastor Tim Cavallo615 E. Ash St., Elmwood

(309) 830-4259

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. Bauler

201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood(309) 742-2631

firstpresbyterianofelmwood.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 am

United Methodist Church of Elmwood

Pastor Bradley F. Watkins II821 W. Main St., Elmwood

(309) 742-7221www.elmwoodumc.org

Sun. Worship: 9 am, 10:30 amYouth Sun. School: 9 amAdult Sun. School: 8 am

FARMINGTONFirst Presbyterian Church

of FarmingtonReverend Dr. Linda Philabaun83 N. Cone Street, Farmington

(309) 245-2914www.firstpresfarmington.com

Sunday 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 am

Wed. Worship: 7 pm

PRINCEVILLEPrinceville UnitedMethodist ChurchPastor Ken Dees

420 E. Woertz, Princeville

(309) 385-4487

[email protected]

Sun. Worship: 9 am

Sunday School: 10:15 am

YATES CITYFaith United

Presbyterian ChurchReverend Marla B. Bauler

107 W. Bishop St., Yates City

(309) 358-1170

Worship: 9 am

Sun. School: 10:15 am

Thurs. Choir: 7 pm

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Helen E. MackieWILLIAMSFIELD – Helen E.

Mackie, 84, of Williamsfield, diedApril 28 at her home.

Survivors include husband Don-ald G. Mackie; sons Michael (Tasi)Mackie of Williamsfield and Daniel(Sherry) Mackie of Mapleton; son-in-law Norman Johnson ofDahinda; eight grandchildren; sixgreat-grandchildren with one on theway; sisters Virginia Whittaker ofHudson and Anna Mae (Junior)Dudley of Williamsfield; and broth-ers Jack and Edward Cheesman,both of Galesburg.

Her funeral was May 2, atWilliamsfield United MethodistChurch, with burial at the Williams-field Cemetery.

Condolences may be left online atwww.ruxfuneralhome.com.

Anna McCarthyELMWOOD – Anna L. Mc-

Carthy, 97, of Peoria, formerly ofElmwood, died April 30 at ProctorPlace in Peoria.

Born on March 2, 1919, toGeorge and Nettie (Van Beuning)

Miller in Glasford, she was a gradu-ate of Elmwood High School andmarried John H. McCarthy on No-vember 27, 1948, in Peoria. He pre-ceded her in death on April 27,1985.

Survivors include son John R.(Carol A.) McCarthy of Columbia,Mo.; granddaughter Kathleen Bai-ley; 4 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great grandchild; and sisters EllaMcClanahan and Louise Sommer.

Funeral services were May 4 at The Wilton Mortuary in Peoria,with burial at Swan Lake MemoryGardens in Peoria.

Condolences may be left online atwww.thewiltonmortuary.com.

Dorothy PriceBRIMFIELD – Dorothy Mae

Price, 78, of Peoria, mother of aBrimfield woman, died April 27 atthe OSF Richard L. Owens HospiceHome.

Survivors include her husband of59 years, Richard Price Sr.; childrenDonna (Ken) Cady of Brimfield,Melinda (Steve) Brownell of Chilli-cothe and Ronald Jr. (Traci) Price of

Peoria; four grandchildren; threegreat-grandchildren; sisters AnnaCarroll of Florida, Marie Ainley ofKewanee and Betty (Efton) Elliottof Florida; and brother Robert(Jeanne) Wilcox of Sterling.

Memorial services were May 3 atChrist Lutheran Church. Cremationrites have been accorded.

Condolences may be left online atwww.legacy.com.

Barbara WymanBRIMFIELD – Barbara A.

Wyman, 75, of Brimfield died April30 at her residence.

Survivors include her husband,James E. Wyman; daughters Julie(Mike) McCarthy and Kristie(Mike) Dutton, both of Brimfield;four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

A funeral Mass will be held at 11a.m. today (May 5) at St. JosephCatholic Church in Brimfield. Visi-tation is one hour prior to the Mass.Burial will be in St. Patrick Ceme-tery in Kickapoo.

Condolences may be left online atwww.wrightandsalmon.com.




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Brimfield OK’s grain bins; discusses 4-wheelers


By TERRY BIBOFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – Grain-handling is in. Four-wheelers may be next.

Kress Corporation andCross Creek Farms areadding two grain bins –and 247 feet of property –to the village of Brimfield.

Attorney Frank Ierullitold trustees at Monday’smeeting that two 25,000-bushel grain bins are beingbuilt on Kress property al-ready within village bor-ders. A small portion ofKress land will be carvedoff and added to CrossCreek Farms, which is justto the north. Rita Kressruns both businesses.

“It makes sense to us toannex all this in,” saidIerulli.

Normally, annexationwould mean residentialzoning. Given the landuse, Kress/Cross Creek re-quested industrial zoning,which the zoning boardapproved unanimously onApril 26. The sanitary dis-trict also approved.

Kress wants to enclosethe grain handling facilitywith a 7-foot fence, whichrequired village approval.

Although no one spokeat the public hearing onthe annexation, villagetrustees briefly discussedimplications. They agreeda fence is probably a goodidea for security andsafety reasons. They hadno comment about thenumber of trucks requiredfor grain handling.

Trustees unanimously

approved the annexation. They had more ques-

tions about the possibilityof legalizing golf cartsand four-wheelers withinvillage limits.

Trustee Paul Dye hasstarted research, saying henoticed a lot of four-wheelers. Although hedoesn’t know how manypeople would purchasethem, he said, requiring asticker might bring insome revenue for the vil-lage and offer a way tocontrol the small vehicles.

“Instead of banningthem, maybe we can getahead of it,” Dye said.

Trustees noted sometowns, like Elmwood, ap-prove golf carts. FewerOK four-wheelers. Theyspeculated four-wheelersare faster and louder.

“The complaint on thefour-wheelers is noise,”said president Dan Fishel.“Some guys strip out the

muffler and you can hearthem all over town.”

“Why do towns only dogolf carts? Look intothat,” trustee Kevin Gillesasked.

Fishel said the villageshould look for good lan-guage in the way othermunicipalities have ad-dressed these concerns.

The board also: • Approved Fishel’s

yearly appointments andcommittees, which remainthe same as last year.

• Signaled its willing-ness to help with a cruise-in for diabetes on Aug. 6.

• Approved temporaryclosure of U.S. 150 forSmoke on the Prairie June10-11.

• Agreed to contribute$2,500 to help the Brim-field Area Historical Soci-ety preserve the GuyerLog House.TERRY BIBO can be reached at

[email protected].

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS, PEORIA COUNTY

IN PROBATE

In THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ) 16-P-163JOSEPH A. BELLO, DECEASED )

CLAIM DAY NOTICENotice is given to creditors of the death of JOSEPH A. BELLO. Letters

of office were issued on April 18, 2016, to JOANNE I. FLATT of 10007Bell Tower Ct., Louisville, KY 40299; and KATHLENE BELLO, of 19230 E.Rt. 116, Farmington, IL 61531, as Independent Co-Executors, whose at-torney of record is Froehling, Weber & Schell, LLP (RONALD WEBER),167 West Elm Street, Canton, Illinois 61520, Phone #309/647-6317, Fax#309/647-6350.Administration of this estate will be without court supervision, unless

an interested party requests supervised administration pursuant to a pe-tition filed under 755 ILCS 5/28-4.Claims must be filed on or before October 29, 2016 (being a date not

less than six (6) months from the date of the first publication of this no-tice, or three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of this no-tice to creditors, whichever is later), and any claim not filed on or beforethat date is barred. Claims may be filed with the representative of thisestate or in the Office of the Circuit Clerk, Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois61602, or both. If filed with the court, the claimant within ten (10) daysafter filing his or her claim with the court: (1) shall cause a copy of theclaim to be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorneyof record, unless the representative or the attorney has in writing eitherconsented to the allowance of the claim or waived mailing or delivery ofthe copies, and (2) shall file with the court proof of any required mailingor delivery of copies.Dated this 21st day of April, 2016.

JOANNE I. FLATT and KATHLENE BELLO, as Independent Co-Executors of the Estate of JOSEPH A. BELLO, deceased

By: /S/ RONALD WEBERRonald Weber, their attorney

RONALD WEBERFroehling, Weber & Schell, LLPAttorneys for Estate167 West Elm Street, Canton, IL 61520Phone: 309/647-6317Fax: 309/647-6350E-Mail: [email protected]

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS, PEORIA COUNTY

IN PROBATE

In THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ) 16-P-161DELTA J. STONE DECEASED )

CLAIM DAY NOTICENotice is given to creditors of the death of DELTA J. STONE. Letters of

Office were issued on April 18, 2016, to BRENDA K. GRUBB, 702 N.Pekin Ln., Hanna City, IL 61536, as Independent Executor, whose attor-ney of record is Froehling, Weber & Schell, LLP (NANCY A. SCHELL),165 East Fort Street, Farmington, Illinois 61531, Phone #309/245-2474,Fax #309/245-2475.Administration of this estate will be without court supervision, unless

an interested party requests supervised administration pursuant to a pe-tition filed under 755 ILCS 5/28-4.Claims must be filed on or before October 30, 2016 (being a date not

less than six (6) months from the date of the first publication of this no-tice, or three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of this no-tice to creditors, whichever is later), and any claim not filed on or beforethat date is barred. Claims may be filed with the representative of thisestate or in the Office of the Circuit Clerk, Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois61602, or both. If filed with the court, the claimant within ten (10) daysafter filing his or her claim with the court: (1) shall cause a copy of theclaim to be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorneyof record, unless the representative or the attorney has in writing eitherconsented to the allowance of the claim or waived mailing or delivery ofthe copies, and (2) shall file with the court proof of any required mailingor delivery of copies.Dated this 18th day of April, 2016.

BRENDA K. GRUBB, ExecutorBy: /S/ NANCY A. SCHELLNancy A. Schell, Attorney

Froehling, Weber & Schell, LLPAttorneys for Estate165 East Fort StreetFarmington, IL 61531Phone: 309/245-2474E-Mail: [email protected]

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Owner: BYE Ambulance Services108 East Hawthorne StreetElmwood, Illinois 61529

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Proposals will be received in duplicate by the Owner at the place, date,and time stated below and will be privately opened. Place: Architectural Design Group, Inc.

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Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2016Time: 2:00 PM Prevailing Time

Any proposal received after the time and date stated above will be re-turned to the bidder unopened. The competency and responsibility of thebidders will be considered in making contract awards. Bid security in theform of a certified check, cashier’s check, or bid bond made payable toBYE Ambulance Services in the amount equal to five percent (5%) of thebase bid is required of all parties making a proposal.

A “Pre-Bid” Conference will be held on Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 2:00 PMat 108 East Hawthorne Street, Elmwood, Illinois 61571. General, Plumb-ing, Mechanical, and Electrical Work contractors are requested to attendand present any questions they may have.

The Contract Documents, including plans and specifications, are availableat the offices of Peoria Reprographics Company, 711 NE Jefferson Av-enue, Peoria, IL, 61603. Bidders may obtain the documents after April 26,2016. Plan deposits (check or deposit cards only) will be $100.00 for onehard copy set and one electronic copy set of the Bidding Documents.Only General Contractors and Major Trade Subcontractors (Plumbing,Mechanical, and Electrical) can obtain bidding documents. Full amount ofdeposit will be returned to bidders who submit bids, if the documents arereturned in a usable condition within ten (10) days after the opening ofthe bids.

All scope of work questions should be directed to Thomas Wilson at(309) 672-6498.

The Project includes site work and construction of a 4,000 square footPre-engineered Metal Building. Including interior finish work.

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The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids, to nego-tiate contract terms with various Bidders, and to waive informalities toany bid when such is deemed by the Owner to be in the Owner’s own bestinterest. Commencement of the work will be at the Owner’s discretion.

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSThe Village of Princeville is accepting bids for new playgroundequipment to be installed at Cutters Grove Park.

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STATE OF ILLINOISIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

OF ILLINOIS, PEORIA COUNTY – IN PROBATE

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF )CAROL ANN CONN, DECEASED ) No. 16-P-162

CLAIM DAY NOTICENotice is given to creditors of the death of CAROL ANN CONN. Let-

ters of Office were issued on April 18, 2016, to GARY A. ZINSER, SR.,1211 N. Conn Rd., Hanna City, IL 61536, as Independent Executor,whose attorney of record is Froehling, Weber & Schell, LLP (NANCY A.SCHELL), 165 East Fort Street, Farmington, Illinois 61531, Phone#309/245-2474, Fax #309/245-2475.Administration of this estate will be without court supervision, unless

an interested party requests supervised administration pursuant to a pe-tition filed under 755 ILCS 5/28-4.Claims must be filed on or before October 30, 2016, (being a date not

less than six (6) months from the date of the first publication of this no-tice, or three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of this noticeto creditors, whichever is later), and any claim not filed on or before thatdate is barred. Claims may be filed with the representative of this estateor in the Office of the Circuit Clerk, Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, or both. Iffiled with the court, the claimant within ten (10) days after filing his or herclaim with the court: (1) shall cause a copy of the claim to be mailed ordelivered to the representative and to the attorney of record, unless therepresentative or the attorney has in writing either consented to the al-lowance of the claim or waived mailing or delivery of the copies, and (2)shall file with the court proof of any required mailing or delivery of copies.Dated this 18th day of April, 2016.

GARY A. ZINSER, SR., Executor

By: /S/ NANCY A. SCHELLNancy A. Schell, Attorney


STATE OF ILLINOISIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

OF ILLINOIS, PEORIA COUNTY – IN PROBATE

In the Matter of the Estate of ) 16-P-173MARVEL L. PASSMORE, Deceased )

CLAIM DAY NOTICENotice is given to creditors of the death of MARVEL L. PASSMORE.

Letters of Office were issued on April 25, 2016, to STEVEN R. PASS-MORE, 519 E. Pearl Street, Farmington, IL 61531 and CYNTHIA L.PARR, 21015 W. Farmington Rd., Trivoli, IL 61569, as Co-IndependentExecutors, whose attorney of record is Froehling, Weber & Schell, LLP(NANCY A. SCHELL), 165 East Fort Street, Farmington, Illinois 61531,Phone #309/245-2474, Fax #309/245-2475.Administration of this estate will be without court supervision, unless

an interested party requests supervised administration pursuant to a pe-tition filed under 755 ILCS 5/28-4.Claims must be filed on or before November 5, 2016 (being a date not

less than six (6) months from the date of the first publication of this no-tice, or three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of this no-tice to creditors, whichever is later), and any claim not filed on or beforethat date is barred. Claims may be filed with the representative of thisestate or in the Office of the Circuit Clerk, Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois61602, or both. If filed with the court, the claimant within ten (10) daysafter filing his or her claim with the court: (1) shall cause a copy of theclaim to be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorneyof record, unless the representative or the attorney has in writing eitherconsented to the allowance of the claim or waived mailing or delivery ofthe copies, and (2) shall file with the court proof of any required mailingor delivery of copies.Dated this 26th day of April, 2016.

STEVEN R. PASSMORE and CYNTHIA L. PARR, Co-Independent Executors of Estate of MARVEL L. PASSMORE, Deceased

By: /S/ NANCY A. SCHELLNancy A. Schell, Attorney


ADOPTION OF ASSUMED BUSINESS NAME

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that MANESS ENTERPRISES,INC. has adopted and is conducting business at 118 SouthMagnolia Street, Elmwood, Illinois 61529, as the CORNERINN.

MANESS ENTERPRISES, INC.By: Gary L. Maness, President

CLAIM NOTICEIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

OF ILLINOIS, PEORIA COUNTY

In Re ESTATE OF )JOHN E. HOVENDEN, ) No. 16-P-145Deceased )

NOTICE is given to creditors of the death of JOHN E. HOVENDEN onMarch 27, 2016. Letters of Office were issued by the above entitledCourt to HAZEL MARIE MURRAY, of 2350 Mars Avenue, Las Cruces,New Mexico 88012-7749, as Executor, whose attorneys of record areWHITNEY & POTTS, LTD., 118 West Main Street, P. O. Box 368, Elm-wood, Illinois, 61529-0368. Claims against the Estate may be filed inthe Circuit Clerk's Of fice, Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, orwith the repre senta tive or both on or before the 28th day of October,2016, or if maili ng or delivery of a Notice from the representative is re-quired by Sec. 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in thatNotice. Every claim filed must be in writing and state sufficient informa-tion to notify the representative of the nature of the claim or other reliefsought. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies ofa claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claim antto the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it hasbeen filed and shall file with the Court, proof of any required mailing ordelivery of copies.

DATED this 5th day of April, 2016.

HAZEL MARIE MURRAY, Executor of theEstate of JOHN E. HOVENDEN, Deceased.

WHITNEY & POTTS, LTD.Attorneys for the Executors118 West Main StreetP. O. Box 368Elmwood, Illinois 61529-0368Telephone: (309) 742-3611



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Karlen Sandall’s successful sacrificebunt got the runners to second andthird, and Madison Roe’s infieldground ball got Roberts in to win.

In the 13-0 nightcap, Princevillescored in each of the five inningsplayed. Eight of nine Lady Princeshad hits, including multi-hit per-formances from Maddie Hite, Roe,Chloe Lane and Caitlin Pullen.

Brimfield-ElmwoodLindsey Stenger’s single drove

home Delaney Smith with the win-ning run in a 6-5, 9-inning win overFarmington on Tuesday. Smith hadtripled to open the inning.

One day earlier, the Lady Indians(17-4) had traveled to Galva for a 9-0 complete game pitching win fromAlyssa Roll, who struck out 11 andwalked none.

“An 11-strikeout, no-walk ratiogets a win in a very high percentageof games played,” said coach KurtJuerjens, whose team was seededthird in its Class 2A Sub-Sectionalbehind Rockridge and Sherrard.

Along with Roll’s pitching, B-E’soffense had a huge day. MorganLedbetter went deep twice. AllisonPillman also hit a home run. GraceLaFollette was 2-for-3 with threeRBIs and Smith went 2-for-3.

B-E won at Lewistown 6-2 lastFriday on the strength of Ledbetter’scomplete game. She also drove intwo runs.

FarmingtonAlli Sprague was one walk away

from a perfect game last Thursdayfor the Lady Farmers (8-9) in an 11-0 no-hit victory over South Fultonand went 9 innings against Brimfield

on Tuesday. Sprague fanned 13 vs. South Ful-

ton while offensive help came fromTaylor Whitehurst’s home run andfour RBIs, Ilsa Strough’s home runand Emily Buster’s 3-for-3 game.

“Alli’s pitching was stellar, andwe were very happy with the no er-rors game,” said coach Jeni Fauser,whose team drew a No. 6 seed.

ROWVA-WilliamsfieldThe Lady Cougars (3-14) fell to

Annawan-Wethersfield 13-6 lastThursday. Paige Swanson was 3-for-4 with two RBIs and Paige Collopywas 2-for 4. R-W lost to A-W, 6-1,last Tuesday despite good pitching.

“Madison (Stewart) really pitchedwell, gave us a chance, no walks,only one earned run, four hits, andsix strikeouts, “ Joel Zaiser said.

R-W is seeded 10th.

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really talented.”Farmington

The No. 3 seed at thesame Sub-Sectional as B-E, Farmington (15-11)won a doubleheaderagainst Bushnell-PrairieCity last Friday (8-3, 10-0)but lost 3-2 to Eureka onMonday and 10-4 to Bush-nell on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, TannerCrowe homered and drovein three runs in the loss.

On Monday, DylanHayden was the hard-luckloser on the mound, yield-ing a game-winning hit inthe bottom of the seventh.

Caleb Gilstrap pitchedthe five-inning, 10-0shutout against Bushnelland the Farmers got threehits apiece from CadeLansford and Jake Settles.Gilstrap and Lansfordeach drove in two runs.

Gilstrap was 2-for-4 inthe first win and had threeRBIs, while Settles,Dakota Traver and Crowehad two hits each.

PrincevilleHaving drawn a No. 6

seed for its subsectional(Ottawa Marquette is No.

1), Princeville (12-12) haswon three straight includ-ing two straight shutoutsand a 3-1 upset of IlliniBluffs last Friday.

Noah Garner’s two-runsingle keyed the IB win,while Austin Brodine was3-for-3 and Dylan Stalterand Evan Bultemeier com-bined on a six-hitter.

Stalter came back strongTuesday, fanning eight in a7-0 win over United. JackWagner tripled and drovein three runs and JustinJanssen and Adam Sned-den had two hits apiece.

The Princes also beatWest Central 9-0 Saturday.ROWVA-WilliamsfieldSeeded No. 11 in its

Sub-Sectional, theCougars (5-14) havedropped three straight, in-cluding Tuesday’s 10-3loss to Stark County, Mon-day’s 8-0 loss to Bushnelland a 2-1 loss to An-nawan-Wethersfield lastThursday. The latter wasdespite 14 hits and AustinBatterson’s 3-for-4 show-ing.

Garrett Wight had fivehits in the three games.


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was one of the best, asthe Trojans banded to-gether to win at Eurekawith 80 points againststiff competition includ-ing the likes of IVC (67),Illini Bluffs (59) andTremont (57).

The top showing for E-B was by junior HaydenGolemon, who switchedup his foot placement atthe start and sizzled to atime of 39.86 in winningthe 300 hurdles – be-

lieved to be the bestclocking posted in Class1A this spring.

“I haven’t seen onefaster,” E-B coach GreggMeyers said. “The kidfrom Olympia (LeviLitwiller who was secondin 40.06), he’s a solid kidand he had him down thewhole race. It wasn’teven close.”

Junior Jackson Hark-ness also threw the dis-cus a school and personalrecord 148-09.5 feet to

win that event, while sen-ior Brad Novak postedhis best of the seasonwith a throw of 138-10that placed him fourth.Harkness now has E-Bmarks in both throwingevents. At Eureka, hewas third in shotput (41-02) and Novak wasfourth (43-10).

“It was one of thosenights where everythingcame together,” Meyerssaid. “Everybody didtheir part and did whatthey were supposed todo, or better.”

That includes DevinJones, who cleared 6-1 toplace second in the highjump.

“And he just barelytouched 6-3 the last twotimes,” Meyers said.

Other E-B highlightsincluded the 4x800 relayof Cooper Hoffmann,Matt Osmulski, AlexHermann and GriffInskeep, which cut 18seconds off its time tofinish fourth in 8:35.47.

Osmulski was third inthe 800 (2:05.34) and1,600 (4:39.45) whileHoffmann was second inthe 3,200 (10:07.78). The3,200 also produce a per-

sonal best for TrevorDunkel of E-B, whosefourth-place time of10:15.66 reflected awhopping 47-second im-provement.

Eric Higgs was tops forFarmington, placing sec-ond in the 400 in 52.43. Steven Gilstrap, whose50.72 400 time is one ofthe best in the state,tweaked his hamstringand did not run.

“We rested him,” coach Jim Hardesty said. “Hehad a slight strain so themedical people said torest him.”

Hardesty said high-lights at Eureka were hisdistance runners, includ-ing Jonah Cecil who wasfourth in the 1,600 in4:40.91. He also praisedfreshman Coe Jansen,who cleared 11-6 in thepole vault to place sixth.

The fastest Farmers onthe night, though, werethe girls relays. • Junior high – Class A

junior high track teamswill be competing in sec-tionals this Saturday.Class AA junior high sec-tionals are the followingSaturday, May 14.


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Seeding talk and getting hotdominate the landscape ofboys baseball right now.

For Brimfield-Elmwood,the hope is that improved playwill prove voters wrong.Seeded No. 9 at its Sub-Sec-tional for the Class 2A Ma-comb Sectional, B-E (8-12) ison a three-game win streak atthe right time.

The Indians hot play in-cludes Monday’s 9-6 winover Galva. Caileb Johnsondrove in two runs and EthanJehle and Tyler Bunting eachhad two hits for the Indians torally from an early 5-0 deficit.

Senior Jake Roberts fanned12 in a complete-game winthat saw two unearned runsagainst him.

“We’re getting better. Thisteam is just so young,” coachBrandon Porter said. “Ourpitching has been really solidall year. We throw strikes. Wehaven’t lost a game because

of pitching.”Hitting is improving, with

Johnson and fellow freshmanKyle Doubet coming onstrong and senior Austin Simsa steadying influence on themound and at the plate.

Doubet reached base threetimes, John-son was 2-for-4 with anRBI andRoberts hada fifth-inningsingle lastFriday tomake thedifference ina 5-4 win over North Fulton.Sims got the win, fanningeight and allowing six hits ina complete game. He was also2-for-4.

“Kyle Doubet has reallycome along as a freshman andCaileb Johnson is on a tear,”Porter said. “In the last weekhe’s raised his average by130 points.

B-E baseball heats upas regionals approach

By PHIL JOHNSONFor The Weekly Post

Down to its last three outsMonday at Eureka, thePrinceville softball teampulled off a late-inning, 3-2comeback victory – theteam’s 20th straight.

Trailing 2-0 until a run inthe sixth, Princeville (22-1)struck for two in its half of theseventh with a Natalie CokelRBI triple, followed by Nic-hole Roberts’ go-ahead single.

Against Eureka, Paige Lanefinished another solid pitchingouting for the win with sevenstrikeouts and just two walks.

“Natalie and Nichole aretwo on a team of a lot ofclutch hitters,” coach ChadGardner said.

Then on Tuesday, the Lady

Princes topped United 13-3and also got news they hadbeen seeded No. 1 in theirClass 1A Sub-Sectional.Brooke Gardner was 4-for-4and HaleyHolt drovein six runs.

Princevilleswept WestCentral in atwin bill lastFriday withan extra-in-ning thrillerfollowed bya blowout. Lane’s pitchingand the Lady Princes’ defensekept the score 1-1 going intothe eighth inning whenRoberts led off with a single,followed by a Gardner walk.

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The Farmington quartet of (left to right) Payton Peckham, Jordan Peckham, Haley Huls and SarahLitchfield set two school relay records Friday in Eureka. Photo by Jeff Lampe.

By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

EUREKA – Heading intothis spring, Farmington girlstrack coach Toby Vallas fig-ured he had a solid 4x800relay.

And he might have had. Butwe’ll never find out. Becausewhat Vallas has instead is threevery good relays in the 4x100,the 4x200 and the 4x400.

Last Friday at the RogerWashburn Invitational, thosethree relays put on a show,winning all three events, twoin school-record times and onein a meet-record showing.

“We lost three seniors fromlast year and didn’t know whatwould happen,” Vallas said.“But everybody has kind ofpicked up the slack. And luck-ily, Jordan (Peckham) can runa little bit too and has held itall together.”

A sophomore who qualifiedfor state as part of two relayslast year and in the 100, Peck-

ham anchors all four of thisyear’s relays. Joining her aresophomore sister Payton Peck-ham, sophomore Haley Hulsand freshman Sarah Litchfield.

Last Friday, the quartet wasat its best. Their time of 51.09in the 4x100 was a schoolrecord, as was the time of1:47.38 in the 4x200 – whichwas also a record at the 25-year-old invitational.

And while the 4x400 time of4:09.09 did not set a record, allfour runners posted season-best splits, according to Vallas.

“We are where we want tobe,” Vallas said.

That’s significant headinginto Friday’s Prairieland Con-

ference meet at Lewistownand the girls sectionals onMay 12 at Sherrard.

The Peckham sisters givecredit to their mother, the for-mer Sheila Williams, who stillholds the school record in the200 at Illini Bluffs.

Mother is behind her daugh-ters in that regard, though, asPayton is now part of twoschool records and Jordan hasbeen part of three record-set-ting relays (including lastyear’s sixth-place 4x400) andholds Farmington marks in the100 (12.2) and 200 (25.5).

The hardest thing for Vallasis figuring how best to utilizethe sisters’ talents.

“I think Jordan could medalin the 200 or 400 at state, butthe 100 fits better,” Vallas said.

For the Lady Farmers thisyear, it’s all about the relays.

For the Elmwood-Brimfieldboys team the season is allabout team effort. Last Friday


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