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Carrier Route PresortThursdayAugust 29, 2013Vol. 1, No. 27

PLENTY OF PRODUCE

Council hears Spoon River Drive dramaBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – Dozens ofconcerned citizens filled theElmwood City Council’schambers for a special meet-ing Wednesday, when thecouncil approved an initialsales offer to Horan Construc-tion to develop the lot at thecorner of Main and Magnoliaand suggested a compromisebetween people feuding overElmwood’s participation in

Spoon River Drive.That dispute centers on the

drive’s organizers, the non-profit Spoon River ValleyScenic Drive Associates, Inc.– which this year officiallyaccepted Elmwood’s applica-tion to be included in theroute – trying to get partici-pants to share the costs of in-volvement. A related effortput on by St. Patrick’sCatholic Church’s Altar &Rosary Society is a craft show

that charges commercial mer-chants for space in the churchhall during the Saturdays ofSpoon River Drive but doesnot want to pay Spoon RiverDrive’s $50-per-merchant fee.

Spoon River Drive repre-sentatives previously ap-pealed to the Elmwoodcouncil to pass an ordinanceprohibiting commercial ven-dors from setting up duringthe drive, and attorney BobPotts drafted language, but the

council asked for revisionsbecause it seemed overlyvague.

“It’s too broad,” said Alder-man Bryan Davis.

Alderman Jared Howertonagreed, saying the councildidn’t want to give homeown-ers or charities the impressionthat they couldn’t sell itemson their own property, butthey were concerned aboutmultiple outside vendors com-ing in without sharing the

Red Barn hobby turns into a business

By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – Brimfield schools’ enrollments areup and down, as are projected figures for next year’sbudget, which depends on the outcome of ongoingnegotiations with the teachers union.

“This is the biggest 7th and 8th grade classeswe’ve had,” said Grade School Principal JeannieBlane, who totaled the enrollment there at 509.

The high school numbers were down slightly, ac-cording to Superintendent and High School PrincipalJoe Blessman, who said the high school this fallstarts with 226 students.

Meanwhile, contract talkswith the Brimfield Educa-tion Association are pro-ceeding, with one meetinghaving been held and twoscheduled for this week.

“We’re still early,” saidBoard president Dave Har-mon. “So far, there’s nothingunusual or unexpected.”

One expected consequence has been the effect onbudgeting. District 309’s tentative budget for FiscalYear 2014 shows a starting balance of $3.2 million,estimated revenues of $7.2 million and estimated ex-penditures of $6.9 million, projecting a year-end bal-ance of $3.5 million. However, those numbers don’treflect the outcome of a settlement with the teachers.

“It’s basically a ‘best guess’,” said Harmon, whonoted that upon reaching agreement with the teach-ers union, the budget proposal will be updated priorto the public hearing at 7 p.m. Sept. 18 at the school.

By CARLY TWEDELLFor The Weekly Post

EDWARDS –During the sum-mer months, it’s not uncommon tosee local folks parked in smalltowns selling the produce from theirgarden off tailgates. What is un-common, however, is seeing thetemporary roadside stands turn intoa permanent establishment.

If you go west from the intersec-tion of Kickapoo-Edwards Roadand Illinois Route 8, you are boundto see a large red barn on the left,which is where Jerry Wyatt and hiswife Becky sell the produce theyharvest from their garden. The pro-

duce stand and the land surroundingit was previously a dairy farmowned by Jerry’s aunt and uncle,who raised him and his olderbrother.

Along with a dairy farm, his auntand uncle had a large garden, wherehe worked alongside them pullingweeds and picking vegetables. Thatgave him the background knowl-edge for starting a garden of hisown.

After graduating from highschool in 1967, Wyatt worked forCILCO until retiring in 2007. Itwasn’t until three years before heretired that Jerry and Becky began

selling sweet corn off a hayrackalongside the road, using a moneybox and relying upon the honor sys-tem to turn a profit.

After deciding to expand thestand, they remodeled the dairybarn and moved the operation in-side in July of 2008. What began asa hobby “grew” into much more,Jerry says

“[It was] just something to do,because we had the ground,” hesays. “We put a lot of our groundinto different federal programs andthen we had some that we didn’tand we thought ‘Well, we ought to

Jerry and Becky Wyatt of Edwards sell produce they harvest out of familiar red barn on Illinois Route 8within view of Kickapoo Creek. Photo by Bill Knight.

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Enrollments mixed,budget in flux forBrimfield schools

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TROJANSFOOTBALL 2013Season Preview

• Turn to Pages 7-10 forstories, pictures and statis-

tics on the 2013Elmwood-Brimfield foot-ball team.

• The Trojans’ bidfor a third straight unde-feated regular season startsFriday at 7 p.m. in Elmwoodagainst Peoria Heights.

Elmwood WindTurbine

• Read aboutElmwood CUSD322’s new wind tur-bine, Page 3.

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WILLIAMSFIELD – Tractors andfarm-related family fun will take overWilliamsfield’s biggest park for AgDay on Sunday, Sept. 8.

Events begin at 7:30 a.m. with a freepancake breakfast at Doubet-BenjaminPark at the northwest corner of town.Activities continue with a non-denomi-national worship service in the park at9 a.m. A parade of antique tractors willdrive through the streets of Williams-field at 10 a.m. Tractors end at the parkwhere day-long activities commence.

Back by popular demand is the Kids’Chore Course. In this activity, kidsdrive battery-powered tractors andtrucks through a course and makestops to complete chores. Other activi-ties include a pedal tractor pull, duckraces, barrel train rides, chances tolasso a “calf” and animal viewing.

Throughout the day, adults and kidsalike can watch a tractor drive itselfwith satellite guidance. Visitors canview old and new tractors and farmequipment. The main tent will includehourly events, such as antique farmdemonstrations and an ag quiz bowl.An Ag Olympics for high school stu-dents will begin at 2 p.m.

Besides expenses for a ribeye sand-wich lunch and desserts, the event isfree. Donations will be accepted tohelp defer event costs.

Ag Day organizers include theWilliamsfield FFA Chapter, Williams-field FFA Alumni & Friends, andWilliamsfield Town & Country 4-HClub. The Williamsfield Area Devel-opment Corporation will provide thefree pancake breakfast from 7:30-9a.m.

BRIMFIELD: EAV up slightly

Ag Day Sept. 8 in Williamsfield

“It appears there won’t be deficitspending for 2013-2014,” Blessmansaid.

That could be important since after arecent audit, the Illinois State Board ofEducation dropped the school district’sfinancial profile within the highest cat-egory, “Financial Recognition,” from a1.4 in its Fund Balance / RevenueRatio to a 1.05, said Blessman, whoadded that was due to previous deficitspending.

Also, he said, the Equalized As-sessed Valuation (EAV) of districtproperties was up about 1 percent, butnot as much as projected when the2010 referendum passed authorizing$13.9 million in bonds to fund the con-struction of the new high school build-

ing. However, the higher EAV still willmean an increase of revenue of about$48,000 for the following year.

In other business, Blane scheduledtentative dates for professional-devel-opment sessions for grade schoolteachers for Oct. 16, Nov. 20, Jan. 15,Feb. 19 and April 16; Blessman re-ported gym floors have been refin-ished; the board tabled considerationof architect selection for 10-Year LifeSafety projects; the board unanimouslyapproved bids from Prairie Farms formilk and Alpha Baking Co. of Cham-paign for bread; and the board unani-mously OK’d new hires: KylieHankosky (band director), JadenMaher (grade school teacher), BrandonPorter (PE for grades 5-12) and TroyTilly (head volleyball coach).

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THE WEEK AHEAD

This Week’s Eventss Manna meal – Manna has a Sit

Down Meal today at noon at ElmwoodUnited Methodist Church. Carryoutsavailable. Call (309) 742-3303. Bringtable service. Musical entertainment byWayne Dalton, Jean Ann Plym, JerryWilson and Pastor Brad Watkins. s Picture frame – A Picture Frame

Make It/Take It craftwill be Saturday, Aug.31, from 9 a.m. to 1p.m. at Morrison andMary Wiley Library inElmwood.s Book babies –

Starting Sept. 3 babies up to 24 monthscan enjoy stories, songs and playtimeTuesdays 10:30-11 a.m. at BrimfieldPublic Library

Future Eventss Fall festival – Elmwood’s Fall Fes-

tival is September 5-7 at Central Park.This year’s theme is There’s No PlaceLike Elmwood. The carnival and foodtent open at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5.Also on Sept. 5, the Elm-Tastic Extrava-ganza starts at 6 p.m. Ashley Bean is themusical entertainment at 8 p.m. Otherheadliners are West MacQueen Street onSept. 6 and Spring Creek Station on

Sept. 7.s After school art – Brimfield Public

Library will hold art programs startingSept. 4. Preschool to third grade meetWednesdays from 3-4:30 p.m. andfourth through eighth grade meetsThursdays 3-4:30 p.m. s Steer show – Elmwood’s 50th

steer show and sale is Friday, Sept. 6during the ElmwoodFall Festival. Showstarts at 5 p.m., sale isat 6:30 p.m. Steers fromWilliamsfield, Brim-field, Yates City, Farm-ington and ElmwoodFFA will be up for auc-

tion. s Benefit – A benefit for Michala

Schauble, 14, of Yates City is Sept. 14 atthe Yates City Community Center. CallJanet at (309) 358-1252.s Fiber guild – Bishop Hill Fiber

Guild meets Saturday, Sept. 14, at 10a.m. at the Methodist Church in WestJersey. All persons interested in fiberare welcome. Call (309) 472-7085 s ECF annual dinner – The Elm-

wood Community Foundation’s secondannual dinner is Saturday, Oct. 5 atHick’ry Stick in Elmwood. Tickets are$30. Call Karl Taylor at (309) 444-4154.

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HOT PICKS This Week!s Football opener – The Elmwood-Brimfield

football team opens its 2013 season Friday at 7p.m. at home vs. Peoria Heights. Pages 7-10.s Labor Day – Peoria’s annual Labor Day Pa-

rade starts Monday at 2 p.m. in front of the Mon-roe St. fire station and ends at Peoria CountyCourthouse. More than 100 entries are expected inthe parade. Food and beverages will be served atthe Labor Day picnic from 2-7 p.m. at RiverfrontFestival Park.

Elmwood unveils wind turbineBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – There’s a growingtrend for Americans to install wind tur-bines at their home to generate theirown power, and the new 2.4-kilowattwind turbine installed this week atElmwood Community Unit SchoolDistrict 322 could be a good experi-ment on such possibilities, accordingto one of the people who helped withit.

“That particular turbine is ideal foran individual residence,” said SteveSmith of the Farnsworth Group, an en-gineering group with offices in Peoria.“Most wouldn’t need that tall of apole, but as an experiment to seewhether it would work for a home-owner? Absolutely.”

The new Sky Stream Wind Turbinewas scheduled to be dedicatedWednesday (Aug. 28) at Whitney Fieldon the east side of the school.

Funded through a grant from the Illi-nois Clean Energy Foundation, the100-foot turbine mainly will serve asan education tool for students, but resi-dents may learn from it, too.

“A homeowner could get by with apole that’s 45- to 60-feet tall,” Smithsaid. “The key would be open space.

“That turbine will generate 8,500 to10,000 kilowatt hours a year,” he con-tinued, “and the average home usesabout 10,000 kwh a year.”

A report released this month, the

2012 Market Report on Wind Tech-nologies in Distributed Applications,shows that localized wind power is be-coming more viable.

The report – from the U.S. Depart-ment of Energy’s Pacific NorthwestNational Laboratory (PNNL),.withsupport from energy consulting firmeFormative Options, the DistributedWind Energy Association and the American Wind Energy Association –is the first comprehensive analysisabout what’s called “distributed wind,”involving generating wind energyclose to where it will be used insteadof purchasing power from large, cen-tralized wind farms.

Distributed wind can range from asmall, solitary turbine in someone’sbackyard to several large turbines thatpower a manufacturing facility or aneighborhood.

“The public often pictures largewind projects with long rows of tur-bines when they think of wind power,”said the report’s lead author, Alice Or-rell, a PNNL energy analyst. “But thisreport provides detailed data thatshows this image is incomplete. Manyof the nation’s turbines are for distrib-uted, not centralized, wind projects.”

The study found that 68 percent ofall wind turbines installed in theUnited States between 2003-2012 weredistributed wind turbines, representingabout 69,000 turbines that together can

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Rambling through central Illi-nois eager for the first shot at agoose or dove on Sunday.

uuuPanic was palpable for a few

days last week in Brimfield. Thepopcorn machine at Sherman’sPharmacy wasbroken. JoyceCarlson brokethe bad newswhen I came infor my fix. “I amactually missingpopcorn,” saidCarlson, whohas filled a fewthousand bags inher 18 years at Sherman’s. Thatgot me to pondering a new pop-per. I bet ut would have taken 20years until the popcorn tasted asgood again. But Curt Shermancalled later with good news. Re-pairman Gary Lumberry of Laurarescued popcorn addicts every-where with a quick fix. ... Speak-ing of Brimfield, good luck toDave and Paul Dye of BrimfieldHardware during their big re-model. They are tearing down anold telephone building to the westof their store and plan to have anattached 40x80 steel building upbefore winter.

uuuBack when I was an idealistic

youth with no grey hair, no mort-gage and no clue, I planned tocover an NFL football team for anewspaper. Life doesn’t alwayswork out as planned, but I am ex-

cited to cover Friday’s prep gamebetween Elmwood-Brimfield andPeoria Heights. And we hope youlike the four-page insert in thisedition. Look for a similar sectionfor basketball season. ... Withhunting season near (and ShellyLargent having busted us for skip-ping out early), our official officehours now end at 3 p.m. Some-body will probably be here afterthat, but call first. ... Dove andearly Canada goose season openSunday. Shoot straight.

uuuSo Scot Jehle won a golf tourna-

ment, claiming the scramble atlast weekend’s Elmwood Elemen-tary Parents Club fund raiser. Thattells me the world of stackedteams and ringers is alive andwell. It also tells me Janice Nashdeserves a raise because her bossat Elmwood Insurance Agency isobviously spending plenty of timeon the golf course perfecting hisshort game. ... Kudos to ParentsClub organizers, who raised morethan $15,000. ... Speaking ofschools, I am still trying to figureout how my 5-year-old in kinder-garten – who can’t read – had an$80 book fee at registration?

uuuFor more than a year I’ve been

guzzling Diet Mountain Dew withguilt. I have long suspected thestuff is bad for you and CathyWindish and Adam Price at Elm-wood Pharmacy have frequentlyconfirmed my fears. But the otherday Bob Lindley of Farmington

was in the office extolling thevirtues of Diet Dew. “Is there anyother drink?” he asked. For thosescoring at home, Bob is 92 andstill running strong. ... In othergood news, we have slashed thesubscription price for The WeeklyPost to just $50 per year.

uuuThis ranked as a “pretty good

year” for wild asparagus, accord-ing to Louise Thompson, whoguards the location of numerouspatches she has found in 20 yearsaround Elmwood. But Louise isnot greedy with her asparagus,sharing her bounty with 30 peo-ple. Myself, I’m planting aspara-gus at home since Louise has thewild market cornered. ... One funthing about a downtown office isthe people who walk in and starttalking. Yates City native PatrickLopeman is a good example. Hestopped in during a recent visit tothe area and had plenty of talesabout his long career in radio andthe time he was backstage withJim Morrison and The Doors inCanton in 1967. Lopeman haslived in Milwaukee the past 32years. ... The Mayor of Oak Hill hasbeen heard calling his belovedtown “The Napa of the Midwest”while working up a latest batch ofrhubarb wine. Methinks he issampling too much while mixing.... Parting shot: The Cowardly Lionis really the bravest Wizard of Ozcharacter, don’t you think?Contact Jeff Lampe at 231-6040 or

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Of popcorn, pigskins and asparagus

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Falling into a new rhythm on my walksSome of you may have read the

piece I wrote just 13 weeks agothat spoke of my excitement asdaylight was ar-riving earlyenough to allowme to take myearly-morningwalk withoutthe added secu-rity of wearingmy blinkingvest.

I have en-joyed that freedom for a greatcouple of months, but nature hashad her way, and it is no longerlight enough to be safely seenwhen I leave our home without

that illumination, and the vest hasreturned.

I have the option of walkinglater, but that does not change thereality we know – the days havebeen getting shorter since June 21,and the days of early-morningdaylight each year are outnum-bered five to one by those whichfeature later sunrises and earliersunsets.

But walking in my vest is en-hanced by a different calm, onethat somehow accompanies thelack of light. Sure, I have to bemore careful as I negotiate thecurbs (especially the one on thenorthwest corner of Elm andMain, a designation known by

those of us who pass it regularlyand bother to take note).

But it somehow seems morepeaceful and quiet.

I prefer the longer periods ofdaylight, and I am concernedabout the possible danger theearly-morning darkness can pres-ent for kids on their way toschool.

But the slow transition is a real-ity I can accept and try to find away to enjoy. I also know Aug. 22has passed before you read this,meaning there are fewer than 120days until daylight once moremakes its slow but steady trek todominance.

Have a great fall!

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GUEST VOICES


For reasons I’ve never under-stood, Americans have had a loveaffair with their cars. My brothergot a ’64½ Mustang back in 1964and it was his baby. You had totake your shoes off to ride in it.

I’m not kidding.For a while, I wasn’t even al-

lowed to look atit for fear Imight get eye-ball prints on itor something.Of course, Iwasn’t very oldat the time, andas messy as Iwas, I probablywould have.

I wasn’t allowed to have a car inhigh school. Since we lived within300 feet of the front door of thehigh school, it wasn’t a priority.On dates, I had to drive eithermom or dad’s car.

Dad had a ’62 Chevy Impala.Today, that’s a classic worth quitea bit. Back then, it was just ajunky old car. He let me put an 8-

track tape player under the dashand a pair of cheap speakers in theback. He also let me switch outthe accelerator pedal. The one Iinstalled was a big metal barefoot. It looked cool, and Dad –well – he put up with it.

My first car was a 1969 Volk-swagen Fastback. It wasn’t a buglike most VWs back then. It wassleek, with two doors and a motorin the rear and a trunk up front. Ithad a radio, but not a fancy one.

Even my girlfriend’s motherliked it and I didn’t figure out ’tilmuch later that it’s because sheknew the backseat wasn’t bigenough for one, let alone two.

One thing the car did NOT havewas a heater. I’m not sure if that’sbecause in Germany it’s warm allthe time or if maybe they just usetheir cars for very short trips, butthis car had nothing even remotelyresembling a heater. That’s be-cause it didn’t have a radiator, orso I’m told.

The engine didn’t get very hotand the little vents in the car to

allow engine heat into the carwere about as effective as apeashooter on an elephant hunt.

One thing I learned about VWsis they will go about 25,000 milesbetween oil changes. At that point,the engine will make funny (andnot “ha-ha” funny) noises andthen blow itself into little pieces.

When I bought the car, theowner told me one neat thingabout VWs is that they didn’tneed oil filters. I thought he wastalking about oil changes. That’swhy I never changed mine.

Ironically, I found out that youdid in fact need oil changes and Idrove the car to Galesburg, pickedup the stuff I needed to do that,and was on my way home whenthe engine locked up.

Over the years I’ve had some“wonderful” cars – some morememorable than others.

I worked for a pest control com-pany once and bought a Subarubecause of its gas mileage. I’dnever heard of a Subaru at that

A trip down memory lane in my cars

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Even before the Colonel arrivedat Fort Leonard Wood, rumors hadbeen flying about the new com-manding officer with the imposingname. Why was he leaving a posi-tion in France for an unusual nine-month assignment in the hills ofMissouri? He must be tough be-cause he hadtrained as aranger and para-trooper.

Fresh out ofWest Point, hehad seen com-bat, command-ing an infantrybattalion inKorea. Someonemust have felt he had potential be-cause he was next assigned to aGeneral, serving as his aide, notfor a typical two-year tour of duty,but for an unusual eight consecu-tive years in Paris.

He must have been on the fasttrack for something special. Whydid I care? He was to be my newboss! To say the least, I was wor-ried.

Standing over 6-foot-6, theColonel was trim and wiry, look-ing more like a professional bas-ketball player than a professionalArmy officer. Rather than beingcold and domineering, as I had ex-pected, he was quiet, closedmouth, and unexpectedly gentle,more like a father figure than a

commanding officer. After some preliminaries, he

looked straight in my eye explain-ing what he expected from me. Iwas to serve as his administrativeassistant, writing letters, placingcalls and keeping him abreast ofactivities in the battalion. Mywork was not easy in a battalionof 2,000 men – planning meet-ings, keeping track of those whowere sick and AWOL and follow-ing the activities of the troops.

Over the next few months, aswe got to know each other muchbetter, everyday occurrencesdeepened the mystery around him.Little things aroused my curiosity.For example, whenever I askedhim the time of day, I found thathis watch was always set twohours ahead of Missouri time.

When asked if his watch wasbroken, he smiled sheepishly butsaid nothing. Then there werethose mysterious absences onweekends. The rumor was that hehopped an Army plane on mostFriday nights, flew to an unknowndestination for the weekend andreturned late on Sunday evenings.

Where was he? Was he meetingsomeone clandestinely?

When questioned about hisweekend activities, he smiled andwalked away. Although most ofhis requests of me were routine, atleast weekly he asked me to dial anumber at the Pentagon or to a

general somewhere around thecountry. When I reached his con-tact, I walked to his office door,alerted him and closed the door ashe always requested.

By the time the Colonel was toleave for his next assignment, hehad enough confidence in me thathe voluntarily explained some butnot all of the mysteries. You seeGrover Asmus was an ambitiouscareer officer whose goal was thestar, to become a general, and heknew that Lt. Colonels don’t be-come Colonels or Lt. Generalswithout doing some politicking.

He had to know the people whowould be writing his evaluations,and the better he knew them, thebetter his chance of promotion.Hence, all the calls across thecountry, all the opportunities formeeting his evaluators face-to-face during those weekend ab-sences. He must have beensuccessful because he became afull bird colonel when he took hisnext position in New York.

But perhaps the biggest mys-tery was only solved when I sawhis picture on the cover of Variety,the newspaper for show business,with his arm around his new fi-ancee, the star of the popular 60stelevision program, “The DonnaReed Show.” Although he retiredfrom the Army before he becamea general, he did get his star. Hemarried one.

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Peoria Sheriff releasescrime stats for July

The Peoria Sheriff’s Depart-ment released its monthly CrimeStatistics Report for July for theseven Peoria County townships inThe Weekly Post area:

Brimfield city and township had2 accidents without an injury, 1battery, 3 domestic battery, 2 drugcases, 1 theft, 1 criminal damageto property, 1 Driving Under theInfluence and 3 traffic tickets.

Elmwood city and township to-gether had 2 domestic batterycases, 1 criminal sexual assault, 2theft, and 1 traffic ticket.

Jubilee had 3 accidents withoutan injury and 1 traffic ticket.

Kickapoo had 1 burglary of amotor vehicle, 5 thefts, 2 incidentsof vandalism/criminal damage toproperty, 1 DUI, 12 accidents with-out injury and 12 traffic tickets.

Millbrook had 1 incident ofvandalism/criminal damage toproperty, 1 accident without an in-jury and 1 traffic ticket.

Radnor had 1 accident withoutinjury and 7 traffic tickets.

Rosefield had 1 DUI, 6 acci-dents without injury and 3 traffic

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BRIMFIELD – Heinz Bros.Trucking Car Wash on WestKnoxville in Brimfield sometimelate Aug. 19 or early Aug. 20 wasburglarized, according to the Peo-ria County Sheriff’s Office.

Someone entered through thesouth door of the business, tookabout $1,000 from a change ma-chine, locked areas that had beenopened and damaged a computer.

An officer processed the scenefor fingerprints and other evi-dence and took the computer topossibly retrieve additional evi-dence.

Police continue to investigatearea suspects for criminal damageto property and burglary in con-nection with the incident.Brimfield man charged

ELMWOOD – Joshua Rynear-son, 35, of Brimfield, about 7 a.m.Aug. 23 was charged with assaultand disorderly conduct after alter-cations in Elmwood that continuedon roadways east of town.

Another man also was involvedin threatening the complainant, buthe hasn’t been charged.

Rynearson was issued a Noticeto Appear.

Police reports• Justin Peterson, 21 of Brimfield

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• Two Knox County Sheriff’sofficers were dispatched to YatesCity about 4 p.m. Aug. 20 on a re-port of three teens walking onMain Street near the park, withone apparently holding a firearm.A witness described the boys, butofficers patrolling the area foundno one matching the description.

• Elmwood Police responded toa report of an attempted burglaryin the 400 block of East Main themorning of Aug. 25 when the resi-dent noticed a window screen hadbeen cut. The resident told policenoises were heard the previousnight, but no one was seen. Marriage Licenses

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PG-13 time (neither had anyone elsearound here) and in fact, thoughtthat a Subaru was one of the bugsI was supposed to kill. As it turnsout, the pest control company didkill my Subaru, but it was fromdriving it so much, not chemicals.

That poor car went through itall. The trunk, where I kept mybug-killing chemicals, wasn’tused to all the opening and shut-ting, and one day, the lock justgave out. Naturally, it gave outwhile locked. I had to drive to alocksmith and have him open it. I had a choice. I could pay LOTSof money to have the lock re-placed, or he could just leave thelock off and let me tie the trunkdown with a bungee cord.

As cheap as I am, I took thebungee-cord route. I later changedit to a bicycle lock.

Not long after that, someonewho had put oil in the car for mefailed to latch the hood properly.Before I noticed it and could getpulled off the road, a semiwhizzed by and the wind gener-ated by his passing wrapped thathood up and over my windshield.It’s a little freaky to go from clearvisibility at 55 mph to absolutelynothing in less than a second.

After that, I couldn’t get thehood to fasten properly. So tokeep it in place I secured it withanother bicycle lock.

A few months later while get-ting gas, a tanker truck backedinto my driver’s door and de-stroyed it. His insurance companyhandled that, but the idiots at theautobody shop didn’t replace thedoor; they REPAIRED the door.

Since the point of impact hadbeen right about where the lock-ing mechanism was, they didn’tbother to repair the LOCK. In-stead, they just took it out. I couldstill lock the door from the inside,but there was no longer a keyholeon the outside.

Within a few weeks, whenever Iwanted to shut the door, I had tolift the door and pull it shut. Theautobody shop claimed thatwasn’t their fault.

The car looked worse thanArchie Andrews’ jalopy. Thetrunk and hood were held downby bicycle locks and the driver’sdoor was noticeably off kilter. If Idared stop anywhere for anylength of time, people wouldcome running up and ask if Ineeded an ambulance or if anyoneelse had been hurt in the wreck.

It looked awful, but it ran good.

In fact, one afternoon, I went pasta state cop who was sitting off tothe side of the road, just waitingfor someone like me. When I sawhim, I looked down at thespeedometer, and it was a bit overthe speed limit.

In fact, it was about 30 mphover the speed limit. It didn’t takehim long to pull out behind me.

I pulled to the shoulder andwaited for the hammer to fall. Itwas going to hurt. I had to openmy door because the windowwouldn’t roll down anymore. He got out of this car, adjusted hishat, and strolled up to my car. Hepaused to look at the trunk and itsunique locking system.

He looked at the side of my carat the door. He walked to the frontof the car when the hood was helddown by the bicycle lock.

He came to my door and askedfor license and proof of insurance,which I provided. He gave them aonce over and handed them back.

“I was going to give you aticket,” he drawled. “But there’snot a judge in this state whowould believe this piece of (crap)would go as fast as I clocked you.Slow it down.”

At least he didn’t offer to call anambulance.

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The McCoy twins? Really? See the two young men in the pictureabove. They are brothers. Twins, actually, though Nick (right) is 43minutes older than Donovan. “That’s why I’ve got the beard,” he said. Added teammate Sam Warner, “Theydon’t really look like twins but they act liketwins.” Now you know.E-B’s very own Honey Badger

Former LSU star Tyrann Mathieu and E-B cornerback Tommy Bowers may notlook much alike, but they do share a fewcommon traits. Both players like to hit hard on the foot-ball field. And teammates call both of them“The Honey Badger.” “He’s our one guy with the big nick-name,” Joey DePalma said of Bowers.“And it fits him. He’s not afraid of any-body.”

Quotable E-B coach Todd Hollis on Friday’s oppo-nent, Peoria Heights: “Their skill kids are usually solid. Wherethey usually struggle, as with any team thatis struggling with numbers, is up front. Justbecause of numbers.”

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Often in prep football, numbersmatter mightily. Friday’s seasonopener between Elmwood-Brim-field and Peoria Heights is proof ofthat. While visiting Peoria Heightswill bring a roster of 35 into thecontest, E-B counters with 75 play-ers.

Why does that matter? Let uscount the ways.

For one thing, better numbersmean fewer players having to playboth defense and offense – a stylethat E-B coach Todd Hollis greatlyprefers.

This year Hollis anticipates asfew as three two-way players –safety/running back Joey DePalma,Jacob Sollenberger and middlelinebacker/guard Mark Gilles. Andeven their time on either unit willbe shared with backups.

“That’s one of coach Hollis’ bigphilosophies,” senior center SamWarner said. “We want one-waystarters so when other teams aregetting tired, we’re still fresh.”

With that in mind, the E-B no-huddle offense is designed to makethat advantage even greater. “We’regoing as fast as we can out there,”

Hollis said.That’s a far cry from E-B’s play-

off team in 2003. Back then thementality was to take as much timeas possible – meaning 12-minutedrives were not uncommon.

But the Trojans were not blessedwith a 75-player roster in thosedays. There were lots of two-way

players.“So we had to keep the ball from

other people and chew the clock,”Hollis said. “Now we can wearthem out by going fast and apply-ing pressure.”

It’s significant to note that E-Bnow averages 65-70 plays per gamecompared to the 35-40 of those ear-lier teams. That provides manymore repetitions for starters and forbackups to gain valuable experi-ence.

Numbers also matter greatly inpractice, Hollis said.

“When you practice juniors andseniors against juniors and seniorsit helps,” he said. “When we startedhere (14 seasons ago) some of thefreshmen were getting beat up be-cause we needed them to practice.”

That also gives you a false senseof how good your team is playing.By avoiding mismatches in practiceyou can get a better feel for yourteam’s abilities – though the end re-sult can be frustrating, according toDePalma.

“For me,” he said, “when we areplaying against our defense,they’ve been playing so well itmakes it that much harder for ouroffense to look good.”

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PEORIA – Peoria Heights headsto Elmwood for Friday’s prep foot-ball season opener with only twostarters back from a much-im-proved 4-5 team.

“We lost 18 seniors off last year’steam and we are going to be veryyoung and inexperienced,” Heightscoach Jon Adkins said. “It will betough.”

The lone returnees for Adkins areall-conference wide receiver RonWillis and offensive lineman AdamMitzefelt.

Rather than bemoan the loss ofhis seniors, Adkins is appreciativefor their efforts. Heights has 35players out for football this year –not many by Elmwood-Brimfieldstandards but a step forward forPeoria Heights.

“Considering we lost that manyseniors, to have 35 kids for us isvery good,” Adkins said.

One newcomer this year is seniorquarterback Lawrence Henderson,who has not played organized foot-ball since his JFL days.

“He’s one of those kids where wehad a little success and he wants tocome out to be a part of it,” Adkinssaid.

As for playing two-time defend-ing champion E-B, Adkins said, “Iabsolutely love opening with Elm-wood. Not only does that get usready for the rest of the conference,because it’s a downhill slope fromthere, but it tells us where we’re at.

“They’re probably the best teamin the conference this year. I would-n’t bet against them.”


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Joey DePALMANo. 15

Running Back

Brian GILLESNo. 54

Left Guard

Michael HOULIHANNo. 8

Tight End

Andrew JORDANNo. 66

Right Tackle

DrewKEYTNo. 70

Left Guard

ChrisKOLLNo. 85Tight End

BradleyNOVAKNo. 72

Left Tackle

JacobSOLLENBERGER

No. 23Fullback

GrantSTEVENSNo. 24Tight End

KyleTOTTONNo. 7

Tight End

SamWARNERNo. 57Center

LaneWYATTNo. 20

Running Back

Passing an emphasis, running the keyBy JEFF LAMPE

Weekly Post Staff Writer

The temptation is to wonder ifTodd Hollis is kidding.

“It will be a point of emphasisto pass more this season,” he said.

This from a team that last yearthrew for about 200 yards and ishardly known as Air Hollis.

But with quarterback Nick Mc-Cormick back to call plays andone of Elmwood-Brimfield’sdeepest receiving corps in recentmemory, you get the feeling Hol-lis is serious.

And with the graduation of all-state running back Brady Westartand Jason Harkness (who com-bined for 3,558 yards and morethan 10 yards per carry), a littlebalance is probably in order.

So there’s little question Mc-Cormick will throw more than lastyear’s 15-for-39 for 209 yards.

“Last year when we had kidsrunning it like we did, it’s hard toargue with 11 yards per carry.Why pass?” Hollis said. “Thisyear we’ve got to be efficient andeffective passing. And in terms ofreceivers, the four guys we willput out there (Kyle Totton,Michael Houlihan, Chris Koll and

Grant Stevens) are the deepestwe’ve had in a long time.”

Not that the Trojans will everabandon their bread-and-butter,the old-school double-wing tosssweep. And this year’s offensive

line could beperfectly suitedto run studentbody left, rightor any other playthat requires big,imposing offen-sive linemen.

“We’ve gotsome big kids.Novak is huge.Gilles is big.And they all canmove,” said sen-

ior Sam Warner, a returning starterat center. “None of them are slow.They can move and pull and getwho they are supposed to get.”

Though just a sophomore,Novak is a 6-foot-6, 270-poundbruiser at left tackle while book-end right tackle Andrew Jordanstands 6-3, 255 as a junior.

Big tackles are not new for E-B.What Hollis is also excited about

is the size on his interior line,where 6-1, 210-pound juniorBrian Gilles and 5-9 195-poundDrew Keyt are a combined 50-60pounds heavier than last year’sguards.

“We’ve always been fortunateto have big tackles, but we’venever had big guards,” Hollis said.“Now we’re big all the wayacross. You would hope you couldget some surge with this group.”

Warner has also added 10-15pounds and said the offensivescheme helps running backs.

“With our offense you don’tnecessarily needs great runningbacks if you block well,” Warnersaid. “But Lane (Wyatt) and Joey(DePalma) are very fast. They’regoing to be able to bust some bigplays.”

Those big plays have been ahallmark of the E-B offense ineach of the last two unbeaten reg-ular seasons.

DePalma and Wyatt rushed for acombined 417 yards last season.And despite the talk of passing,for E-B to succeed again they willneed to at least triple those num-bers on the ground this season.

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While Elmwood-Brimfield haswon two straight Prairieland BlueConference titles, Coach ToddHollis said his team is not the fa-vorite this fall.

He gives that honor instead toFarmington, where coach CaseyMartin’s team last year finished 7-3 and reached the playoffs.

“That’s the team to beat,” Hollissaid of the Farmers. “Some oftheir seniors have played togethersince they were freshman. Theyhave experience and size.”

Seven starters are back for theFarmers, led by 6-foot-5, 225-pound running back/linebackerMacae Skaggs and 6-4, 270-

pound lineman Brenden Jostes.Skaggs rushed for more than

1,000 yards in 2012. Also back issecond-leading rusher Max Bal-agna and 31 overall letterwinners.

Last year E-B scored a 20-7 winover Farmington, which was 3-2in the league. This year’s game isin Farmington on Oct. 4.

Another key contest wherehome field has made a differenceis against Beardstown, which Hol-lis again expects to challenge forthe league title under new headcoach Tyler Buhlig.

Beardstown is 22-9 the pastthree seasons and Hollis singledout Beardstown’s quarterback GusVermillion as an offensive stand-out. Vermillion passed for 1,026

yards last year, ran for 450 and ac-counted for 12 touchdowns withhis legs and 11 with his arm.

“Beardstown is dangerous,”said Hollis, who added the Tigersare also a “physical” opponent.Beardstown was 8-1 last year andtravels to play E-B on Sept. 13.

In the Prairieland’s small schoolBlue Division, Hollis said Lewis-town looks to be the top team.

Starting in 2014, change willcome to the Prairieland, which ismerging with the Lincoln Trail.Prairieland teams will playcrossover games against the Lin-coln Trail in Weeks 1 and 2. E-Bwill step up to face MercerCounty and Annawan-Wethers-field in the first two games.

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Tommy BOWERSNo. 34

Cornerback

GradyCASENo. 22Safety

AustinGOLEMONNo. 76End

Mark MARLOTTNo. 62End

DonovanMcCOYNo. 5

Linebacker

NickMcCOYNo. 53

Nose Guard

CamronPASSIENo. 55Tackle

Collin REICHENEKER

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Sonny VISIONENo. 30

Linebacker

New trio of linebackers playing behind fast lineBy JEFF LAMPE


Three seasons ago, faced withchanges in the football landscape,coaches at Elmwood-Brimfield optedto switch to a 4-3 defensive alignment.

The team has not lost a regular sea-son game since. So is it the align-ment – with four down linemen, threelinebackers and four defensive backs?Or is it the players?

Both, said defensive co-coordinatorBrad Crisco, who said the playersmake the bigger difference. But thisyear, after a third season of learningthe 4-3 system, things are looking evenbetter for the Trojans, who return fivestarters from a stingy 2012 unit.

“Just our athleticism and our all-around speed are a strength,” saidCrisco, who is in his 12th season at

Elmwood. He expects the defensive line to gen-

erate quarterback pressure led by endsMark Marlott (6-foot-2, 240), AustinGolemon (5-8, 155) and Matt Hanley(6-0, 175). Hanley will sit out the Peo-ria Heights game.

“The old saying is speed kills, andMarlott is quicker than snot,” Criscosaid. “Hanley and Golemon are alsoboth really quick off the ends.”

The main challenge for coaches isreplacing all three linebackers (JasonHarkness, Nick Jehle and Cal Vrchota)and opportunistic defensive backBrady Westart.

Brian Gilles will start at middle line-backer and will be flanked by SonnyVisione and Donovan McCoy. Visione

saw considerable time atlinebacker last year.

Their play is a key tothe system, since E-Btries to keep blitzing to aminimum and relies in-stead on linebackersmaking proper reads onplays and reacting.

Marlott is the top re-turning tackler with 54,followed by Hanley (53),cornerback Colin Reich-eneker (44) and safetyJoey DePalma (30), whois a three-year starter.

Up front, Crisco said hehas seen some pleasantsurprises emerge, including tackleCamron Passie and backup DaltonWoods, a newcomer who at 280+

pounds offers real possi-bilities once he learns touse his size to his advan-tage.

“Our front seven looksas good as it ever has,”said DePalma, one ofonly three two-waystarters in the lineup. De-Palma’s time at runningback has given him afirsthand look at the Tro-jans defensive squad.

“For me, when we areplaying against our de-fense they’ve been play-ing so well it makes itthat much harder for our

offense to look good.”That’s a good problem if you are a

defensive coordinator.

E-B DEFENSE

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2013 ELMWOOD-BRIMFIELD VARSITY ROSTER

First Last No. Year Height Weight Off Def Brayton Metz 1 9 5' 100 TE DB Tyler Bunting 2 9 5'5 100 "RB, QB" DBJack McKinty 3 11 5'11 155 QB DBDonovan McCoy 5 11 5'10 175 RB LBKyle Totton 7 11 6' 155 TE DBMichael Houlihan 8 11 5'10 170 "TE, QB" DBRiley McFall 10 9 5'10 130 TE DBAustin McIntyre 11 10 5'5 145 RB DBNick McCormick13 12 5'9 165 QB DBJoey DePalma 15 12 5'10 175 RB DBLayne Wyatt 20 11 5'8 165 RB DBBen Adkins 21 11 5'9 155 TE DBGrady Case 22 12 5'7 170 RB DBJacob Sollenberger 23 11 5'9 165 RB LBGrant Stevens 24 12 6'2 180 TE DBJustin McIntosh 25 9 5'6 135 TE DBSonny Visione 30 12 5'10 175 RB LBCory Hart 32 10 5'9 150 RB LBDillon Warner 33 10 5'4 155 RB DBThomas Bowers 34 11 5'7 145 RB DBIsaac Davidson 36 12 5'9 165 RB DLAustin Sims 38 10 5'11 165 QB DBTyler Short 40 9 5'11 170 QB DESam Marincic 42 9 5'10 140 RB DBJackson Harkness 45 9 5'8 190 RB LBColton Fales 47 10 5'8 185 RB LBGabe Buhl 48 9 5'10 135 OL DBBrad Demmin 51 11 5'11 170 TE LBBrock Asbell 52 11 6' 225 OL LBNick McCoy 53 11 5'8 215 OL DLBrian Gilles 54 11 6'1 210 OL LBCameron Passie 55 11 6'2 255 OL DLMatt Hanley 56 12 6' 175 OL DESam Warner 57 12 6' 190 OL LBColton Milliman 60 9 6' 220 OL DLMark Marlott 62 12 6'2 240 OL DEPhillip Medina 63 12 5'5 175 OL DLEvan Asbell 64 9 6' 230 OL DLMatthew Jordan 65 9 6' 150 OL LBAndrew Jordan 66 11 6'3 255 OL DECarter Baysingar 67 9 6' 200 OL DLMiles Donahue 68 9 5'7 140 OL LBDrew Keyt 70 12 5'9 185 OL DLBrad Novak 72 10 6'6 270 OL DLDylan Sims 73 12 6'1 210 OL DLDalton Woods 74 12 6'3 280 OL DLDarren Novak 75 9 6'3 195 OL DLAustin Golemon 76 11 5'8 155 OL DESean Wilbur 77 10 6' 200 OL DLCort Baysingar 78 9 5'10 200 OL DLAustin Miller 79 10 5'10 200 OL DLTucker Blum 80 11 5'10 160 TE LBJared Roberts 81 10 6' 180 TE DBAsa Dillon 83 12 5'9 155 TE DBJake Harlow 84 10 6'1 155 TE DEChris Koll 85 12 5'9 160 TE DECollin Reicheneker 86 12 6'3 175 TE DBJake Johnson 88 11 6'2 175 TE DEZach Roling 92 11 6' 145 TE LBHank Hedrick 95 9 5'5 130 TE DBSeth Stephens 97 11 5'8 140 TE DBCoaches: Todd Hollis, Brad Crisco, Mike Dutton, Brandon Butler, Brandon Porter

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JUNIOR VARSITY ROSTERFirst Last Number YearBrayton Metz 1 9Tyler Bunting 3 9Tyler Short 7 9Bradley Grothaus 8 9Cory Hart 9 10Austin McIntyre 10 10Hank Hedrick 13 9Luke Murphy 15 10Sam Kepple 18 9Hayden Golemon 20 9Riley McFall 22 9Sam Marincic 23 9Matthew Gerontes 25 10Isaac Cotter 30 9Dillon Warner 33 10Ian Huseman 36 10Austin Sims 38 10Colton Fales 40 10Isaiah Groeper 43 9Jackson Harkness 45 9Andrew Naumann 54 9Patrick Lawrence 60 10Colton Milliman 63 9Matthew Jordan 64 9Carter Baysingar 67 9Evan Asbell 69 9Miles Donahue 70 9Mike Harvey 73 9Darren Novak 75 9Sean Wilbur 77 10Cort Baysingar 78 9Austin Miller 79 10Gabe Buhl 83 9Jake Harlow 84 10Andrew Hall 85 10Jared Roberts 86 10Danny Ham 88 9Justin McIntosh 88 9Austin Traver 94 9

2013 E-B FOOTBALLVARSITY SCHEDULE

• Friday, Aug. 30 – vs. Peoria Heights, 7 pm• Friday, Sept. 6 – at Abingdon, 7 pm • Friday, Sept. 13 – vs. Beardstown, 7 pm• Friday, Sept. 20 – at Rushville, 7 pm• Friday, Sept. 27 – vs. Knoxville, 7 pm• Friday, Oct. 4 – at Farmington, 7 pm• Friday, Oct. 11 – vs. Havana, 7 pm• Friday, Oct. 18 – at North Fulton (Site TBD),7 pm• Friday, Oct. 25 – vs. Bushnell (Senior Night),7 pm

JV SCHEDULE• Monday, Sept. 2 – at Peoria Heights, 6 pm• Monday, Sept. 9 – vs. Abingdon, 6 pm• Monday, Sept. 16 – at Beardstown, 5:30 pm• Monday, Sept. 23 – vs. Rushville, 5:30 pm• Monday, Sept. 30 – at Knoxville, 6 pm• Monday, Oct. 7 – vs. Farmington, 6 pm• Monday, Oct. 14 – at Havana, 6 pm• Monday, Oct. 21 – vs. North Fulton, 6 pm

FRESHMAN SCHEDULE• Thursday, Sept. 5 – vs. Lewistown, 6 pm• Thursday, Sept. 19 – vs. Stark County, 6 pm• Wednesday, Sept. 25 – vs. Farmington, 6 pm• Wednesday, Oct. 2 – at Princeville, 6 pm• Thursday, Oct. 10 – at Havana, 6 pm• Thursday, Oct. 17 – vs. Knoxville, 6 pm

RETURNING STATISTICAL LEADERSTackles

M. Marlott 54M. Hanley 53C. Reicheneker 44J. DePalma 30G. Case 20S Visione 12

InterceptionsJ. DePalma 2C. Reicheneker 2Fumble RecoveriesG. Case 2

Rushing YardsL. Wyatt 212J. DePalma 205D. McCoy 112G. Case 83M. Houlihan -6N. McCormick -17Receiving Yards

G. Stevens 110G. Case 33

SacksM. Hanley 6

Passing YardsN. McCormick 209G. Case 3

TDsJ. DePalma 2S. Visione 2G. Stevens 1G. Case 1N. McCormick 1D. McCoy 1L Wyatt 1

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do something with it’.”After Becky jokingly interjected that it

was his retirement hobby, Jerry smiles andsays, “It was supposed to be a hobby …some days I don’t think it’s a hobby.”

The biggest draw for those passing bywas what they started with originally:sweet corn.

“Ninety percent of the people that comein here want the corn,” Jerry says. “We tryto keep a variety, because some peoplecome in with a couple kids and they mightjust stop and get a couple of cucumbers forthe evening meal.”

The variety of produce began to expandas more people started to stop by. Alongwith more customers, came interests indifferent vegetables.

“We got to know more and more people,and more people would come in and tell uswhat they were interested in buying,”Kathy says. “ ‘Do you have peppers?’ ‘Doyou have this?’ ‘Do you have that?’ So itjust kind of grew from there.”

Customers aren’t just local. They men-tioned having people stop by who aresending the Wyatts’ produce across thecountry to places such as Alabama,Florida, California and even Alaska

“A lot of people have never been outthis way,” Becky says. “And they just gofor a Sunday drive or maybe they’ve beento Wildlife Prairie Park. And they saw thesigns and they stop.

“I think we did bring a little bit of thetown out into the country,” she adds.

All of the business they get is throughword of mouth and the few signs thatthey’ve posted near the 4-way stop.

With the expansion of the stand into abarn, more people began to stop, and soonthe Wyatts even began to develop a regularclientele.

Doing their part to keep things local,they sell onions and other produce torestaurants like Ludy’s and the JubileeCafé in Kickapoo and the Hog Trof inHanna City.

“These farmers markets, I think, are thebest thing that’s ever happened aroundhere,” Jerry says. “I mean, it’s all locallygrown, fresh.”

He says many fruits and vegetables thatare in grocery stores are shipped from outof state, and in order to keep the shipmentfrom rotting, something must be done tothe crop. While chemicals aren’t sprayedon Wyatt’s crop, they are not organic, tech-nically.

“We pick everything fresh daily,” Beckysays, “and then by the end of the day it’sall sold.”

Most of the gardens that they gatherfrom are at the top of the hill behind thebarn. Here they grow tomatoes, cucum-bers, zucchinis, potatoes and onions, alongwith some sweet corn.

“We grow all this ourselves,” Jerry says.“We do buy our cantaloupe in Manito,there’s a small buyer’s market there. Andthen if we’re kind of short on some thingswe can get it off of them and they getsome onions off of us, because they can’tgrow onions down there.

“So we supply them some onions some-times, it’s kind of a trade back and forth.”

While the season is drawing to a close,Wyatt hopes to remain open until afterLabor Day, or until the corn starts to runout. They had tried to sell pumpkins,gourds, and some Indian corn for a coupleof years, but deer “seemed to run us out ofthat business.”

Pumpkins or not, they have plenty tokeep them busy without extending theirseason into early fall. Because what beganas a hobby has turned into a nice business.

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Brent CluskeyBRIMFIELD – Brent Cluskey, 53,

of Brimfield died at 7:40 a.m.Aug. 21 in rural Princeville.

A funeral Mass was scheduledfor Aug. 26 at St. Joseph'sCatholic Church in Brimfield, withFather John Verrier officiating.Burial was planned to be in Cal-vary Cemetery, Brimfield.

Hammitt-Hott Funeral Home,Princeville, was in charge ofarrangements.

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David A. MoatsYATES CITY – David A. Moats,

69, died on Aug. 21 at OSF St.Mary Medical Center in Gales-

burg.Graveside services will be held

at a later date. Cremation will beaccorded.

Hinchliff-Pearson-West Gales-burg Chapel is assisting the familywith arrangements, and onlinecondolences may be made atwww.h-p-w.com.

Sandra L. SwankWILLIAMSFIELD –Sandra L.

Swank, 72, of Galesburg, formerlyof Williamsfield, died on Aug. 17at OSF St. Mary Medical Centerin Galesburg.

Funeral services were plannedfor Aug. 24 at the WilliamsfieldUnited Methodist Church.

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IN BRIEFElmwood 1968 classheld fun 45th reunion BRIMFIELD – The ElmwoodHigh School Class of 1968 heldits 45th class reunion on Aug. 3 atthe Maple Lane Country Club. There were 55 people in atten-dance. This included 30 class-mates and six teachers. Theevening included food, a table ofmemorabilia, memory books fromrecent classmate surveys, music,dancing and much conversation. A prayer was shared for theeight classmates who have diedsince graduation. It was a fun-filled evening. We hope to seemore classmates next reunion.

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Pond Clinic, on Saturday, Sept.14, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.at theStegmaier’s Pond, located on thesouth side of Cottonwood Road(across from the landfill), accessi-ble from North Murphy Road. The cost is $5, which includesAvanti’s sandwiches. Rob Hilsabeck, a Department ofNatural Resources fisheries biolo-gist, will conduct the clinic (pond shocking for fish count, health,and management) and ScottAvery, Illinois Conservation Po-lice Officer, will discuss fishingregulations. Please send a check for $5 toPeoria County SWCD, 6715 NSmith Road, Edwards, IL 61528,no later than Wednesday, Sept.11Reservations are required. For more information, visit thewebsite peoriacountyswcd.tri-pod.com or call (309) 671-7040,Ext. 3.

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In Illinois, the growth of wind energyhas meant more than 6,000 additional

jobs last year, according to the EnergyDepartment.

In other findings, the research foundthat nine states now rely on wind powerfor more than 12 percent of their totalannual electricity consumption.

Also, more than 13 gigawatts (GW)of new wind power capacity last yearwere added to the U.S. grid – nearlydouble the wind capacity deployed in2011.

That helped America’s total wind-power capacity surpass 60 GW at theend of 2012 – representing enough ca-pacity to power more than 15 millionhomes each year, or as many homes asin California and Washington Statecombined.

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Costs are falling, too, Smith said.“I’ve been doing this for six years –

including a study we did on the northside of Elmwood, which found that itdidn’t support it then,” he said. “But theprice of the turbine itself is so muchbetter now, it could be feasible to buildit now.”

Elmwood schools’ wind turbine proj-ect was coordinated by SuperintendentRoger Alvey with assistance fromSmith, Nick Poplawski from the IllinoisClean Energy Foundation, Jolene Willisfrom Western Illinois University’s Sus-tainable Development Center, and DanCummane from Windy City Power.


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costs. Any ordinancewould not take effectuntil 2014.

The consensus wasthat a non-commercialenterprise like a schoolclub, church or individ-ual can have yard sales,lemonade stands, etc. ontheir property. JasonCenters from the Elm-wood Spoon River Drivecommittee agreed.

The dispute arosesince commercial mer-chants pay the Altar &Rosary Society to set upfor part of the Saturdayson those weekends (thisyear, Oct 5-6 and 12-13)and take advantage of in-creased traffic generatedby Spoon River Drivewithout paying a fee tohelp cover the costs ofadvertising, sanitationfacilities, insurance, pro-gram booklets, signs,cleanup, etc.

Later that night at themonthly meeting ofSpoon River Valley Sce-nic Drive Associates inSmithfield, PresidentKaren Morse said thatunsanctioned vendorsare a problem. It poses aserious financial burdenon the drive and threat-ens the future of thetourism and trafficSpoon River Drivebrings, according to fi-nancial records and oth-ers close to theorganization.

“So many are not pay-ing,” said long-timeboard member DonitaRidle of Canton. “That isour income.”

That income hasdropped dramatically inrecent years. In 2007, theDrive generated $72,888

in such fees – 91 percentof the nonprofit’s annualrevenue. By 2011, thelast year federal incometax are publicly avail-able, those fees haddropped 21.5 percent, to$57,205.

“A lot of them don’tpay anymore and it’s notsustainable,” saidShirley Swango ofSmithfield, a boardmember. “And somethink others don’t eventhough they do, like theMoose Lodge in Farm-ington, which is a bigsite. We just got theircheck last week. So weneed help getting ven-dors to chip in.”

However, of the com-munities the Associateshave accepted as partici-pants – including Asto-ria, Avon, Canton, Cuba,Duncan Mills, Ellisville,Elmwood, Farmington,Lewistown, LondonMills and Smithfield –only London Mills hasan ordinance prohibitingunsanctioned commer-cial ventures during theDrive, according to bothSwango and Ridle.

Jill Gensler, who coor-dinates the Altar &Rosary event, said theyexpect more than 70vendors there, 3 local,and 11 of them havewritten to say they won’tpay an additional $50 ontop of the $35 that Altar& Rosary charges.

The Elmwood SpoonRiver Drive committee,which took part on a trialbasis last year, has 20vendors lined up for nextmonth, Centers said.

The council requestedthat Centers and Genslerhave their groups discuss

a compromise in the nextfew weeks and also toask the Spoon River Val-ley Scenic Drive Associ-ates to consider cuttingthe fee in half for Altar& Rosary since theircraft show is open onlypart of Saturday – lessthan half the time theSpoon River Drive runs.The main Spoon RiverDrive group rejected thatidea.

More than 250 ven-dors have registered withSpoon River Drive forthis year, and more areexpected. Sanctionedvendors will be desig-nated with a red-and-white contributor sign.

“If something’s worthhaving, it’s worth shar-ing the cost,” Ridle said.“I haven’t had kids inschool since the ’80s,but I still pay taxes forschools.”

In Elmwood, a com-mittee made up of Alder-men Davis, Howertonand Bob Paige andGensler and FrankeKeefer from the Altar &Rosary Society werescheduled to meet onWednesday, Aug. 28, ac-cording to Mayor J.D.Hulslander.

Meanwhile, the coun-cil voted to offer a salescontract to Horan Con-struction in order toenter into a Develop-ment Agreement for thecity’s 100x100-foot lotat Main and Magnolia.

Taking the offer underadvisement, Horan willconsider its require-ments, such as securinglocal zoning approval,securing a commercialtenant, and designingand building a two-story

structure compatiblewith surrounding build-ings.

Representing Horan,Katie Arnholt Kim saidrevelations that founda-tions, walls, footings andbasement floors remainfrom former buildingson the site are a concernsince that could affectcompaction and pose aproblem.

However, she reas-sured the council that themarket would supportanother commercial de-velopment.

“Elmwood is losing$838,000 in spending onfood and services a yearwithin a five-minutedrive,” said ArnholtKim, citing demographicdata from Site To DoBusiness, Inc., whichuses census, credit card,tax and other informa-tion to gauge markets’spending patterns.

“That’s what we call a‘retail gap.’ That’s whatwe look at,” she added.“Elmwood loses $1.5million within a 10-minute drive. Consumersare going somewhereelse.”

The city expects a re-sponse from Horan in aweek or so, Hulslandersaid.

“Their intention is toget started this fall,” hesaid.

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Fellow seniors AustinGladfelter shot 41,Trevor Stegall carded a42 and Logan Lafollettewas at 44.

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That’s one reason Hart thinksWilliamsfield can improve on lastyear’s 13-16 record. Williamsfieldopens its 2013 season with ahome match today at 6 p.m.against Ridgewood.

Billtown has five starters backto lead the way, including 5-foot-11 senior hitter Nikki Scott, 5-8junior hitter Lindsay Franzoni and5-6 junior setter Kimmy Camp-bell.

“Nikki really gets up therepretty good,” Hart said.

The other returning starters areseniors Lindsey Batchelder andKristen LaFollette.

“We want to do better than wedid last year,” Hart said. “We havehopes of winning conference anda couple of tournaments.”

Williamsfield was 2-2 in theICAC Conference last year – in-cluding a win at Brimfield in frontof what Hart called a “nice, largeand loud crowd” – and Hart fig-ures Illini Bluffs will be a league

champion contender.Another team looking for im-

provement is Brimfield-Elmwood.B-E opens its season at home onTuesday, Sept. 3, against Havana.New coach Troy Tilly took overthe program earlier this summerand has 15 seniors out for volley-ball overall and 12 on the varsitysquad.

Senior middle hitter AbbyGudat plays a lot bigger than her5-7 frame according to Tilly, whoinherits a team that last year fin-ished 7-18.

Other top senior returnees areoutside hitter Alli Ramsay, setterKrista Greene and Kerrigan Dura.Two top juniors include setterAlissa Bauer and 6-1 Emma Waid,who plays right-side hitter.

“She’s up above the net,” Tillysaid of Waid.

“Beyond them we’ve got a lotof better-than-average role play-ers. Our goal is to get farther thanlast year’s team, which lost in thefirst game of regional.”

Tilly admits he is not a veteranvolleyball coach, but said havingso many seniors will help ease thetransition.

“Having a lot of seniors is agreat thing to have, especially fora young coach like me,” Tillysaid. “I’m learning the game andthe girls are helping with that.”

Help is also coming from assis-tant coach Shan Waid, a formercollege player and the mother ofEmma Waid. Shan Waid helpswith the junior varsity and fresh-man teams.

“She really has the fundamen-tals down and knows the mechan-ics of the game,” Tilly said of hisassistant. “So she is perfect for afreshman or JV team and is a hugehelp.”

Coach Waid will have plenty ofplayers to coach, as Brimfield’snumbers are up markedly. In addi-tion to varsity and JV teams of 12-15, Tilly said there are enoughfreshman out playing to field asquad at that level.


2013 Volleyball SchedulesWilliamsfield

• Aug. 29 - Ridgewood, 6pm• Sept. 3 - Peoria Heights, 6pm• Sept. 5 - Delavan, 6• Sept. 6 - at CSC Tourney• Sept. 11 - at Stark County,6 pm• Sept. 16 - N. Fulton, 6• Sept. 18 - at Wethersfield,6 pm• Sept. 19 - at Illini Bluffs, 6pm• Sept. 21 - at PrincevilleTourney• Sept. 24 - Brimfield, 6• Sept. 26 - at United, 6• Sept. 28 - at KnoxvilleTourney• Oct. 1 - at Galva, 6• Oct. 3 - Midland, 6• Oct. 8 - at Henry, 6• Oct. 10 - at Mercer Co., 6• Oct. 14 - at Manual, 6• Oct. 16 - Illini Bluffs, 6• Oct. 22 - ROWVA, 6• Oct. 28 - Regionals start,TBA

Brimfield-Elmwood• Sept. 3 - Havana, 5 pm• Sept. 5 - at IVC, 6 pm• Sept. 10 - at Beardstown, 5• Sept. 12 - Princeville, 7• Sept. 17 - Rushville, 6• Sept. 19 - Peoria Heights,5• Sept. 21 - at PrincevilleTournament• Sept. 23 - Farmington, 7• Sept. 24 - at Williamsfield,6• Sept. 26 - Illini Bluffs, 6• Sept. 30 - at Knoxville, 5• Oct. 3 - Lewistown, 5• Oct. 7 - at Abingdon, 6• Oct. 10 - Astoria, 6• Oct. 17 - Delavan, 6• Oct. 19 - Brimfield Volley-ball Invitational (Astoria,Flanagan, Knoxville,Princeville, Ridgewood,Rockridge)• Oct. 21 - at North Fulton, 6• Oct. 24 - at Bushnell-Prairie City-Avon, 6• Oct. 28 - Regionals start, atBrimfield

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CROSS COUNTRY: ‘Rocktober’ aheadin the state,” said coach GreggMeyers, who followed in his fa-ther’s footsteps to lead the pro-gram.

Meyers hopes the program'spast success will continue to carryover this year.

“As of right now, we’re lookingpretty good this year. There’s a lotof talent on the team,” Meyerssaid.

Even so, there will be no cake-walks this year for E-B. The Tro-jans’ first meet is Sept. 4 againstMetamora and Notre Dame, twoof the better teams in the state.

“Our schedule is full of big invi-tationals,” Meyers said. “Everyteam we’re up against has the po-tential to be in the top 10 at state.”

Juniors Nate Herridge, KellyHoffman and Ian Armbruster –three of last season’s top five run-ners – will be leading the wayagain this season. Matt Osmulskiis also expected to make a run forthe top three on the team.

Herridge placed 99th at state hisfreshman year and 32nd last year.He has high hopes for his personalimprovement and for the team thisseason.

“My goal this year is to place inthe top 15 at state,” Herridge said.“And I think the team will be able

to do reallywell if we dowhat coachtells us to do.”

Returningseniors Job Is-bell and DanielKepple agreewith Herridge.

“Our team iswilling to put inthe hard workthat no one elseit. If we do thatand do the littlethings, wecould get a tro-phy this year,”Isbell said.

Kepple alsothinks E-B hasa good chanceat another suc-cessful season.

“We’re prettygood this year.As long as westay focused wecan probablywin,” he said.

While theboys are all looking forward to thechance for another trophy, thestate meet is still a season away.

Looking forward, the boys allagreed that the hardest part of

their training will be what theycall “Rocktober.”

“It’s the hardest part of the sea-son,” Herridge said. Isbell agreed,saying, “It’s when we’re pushedthe most.”

In October, runners cut downsome miles but focus on runningfaster and doing more intenseworkouts. The goal is to have run-ners peaking in November – atime when E-B is traditionally atits best.

“When you get down to it, theboys put so much time and effortin. They just outwork everyoneelse,” Meyers said.

Continued from Page 16Elmwood-BrimfieldBoys Cross Country 2013 Schedule

• Sept. 4 – at Detweiller Park, 4:30 pm• Sept. 7 – at Canton Invite, CantonPark, 9:30 am• Sept. 14 – at Detweiller Park, 9 am• Sept. 21 – at Bureau Valley Invite,Walnut, 9:30 am• Oct. 1 – at Prairieland, TBD, 4:30 pm• Oct. 5 – Elmwood Invite, Maple LaneCC, 10 am• Oct. 14 – at Amboy Invite, 10 am• Oct. 19 – at Peoria Heights Invite, De-tweiller Park, 10 am• Oct. 26 – Regionals, TBD• Nov. 2 – Sectionals, TBD• Nov. 9 – State Meet, Detweiller Park

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ELMWOOD – When Brandon But-ler attended his first practice as anElmwood-Brimfield coach, he was sur-prised at how little had changed.

There had been improvements to theweight room, press box and footballfield. But the basics of the programhad gone virtually unchanged sinceButler graduated in 2004.

“He walked out on the first day ofpractice and said it was like being onthe practice field when he was play-ing,” coach Todd Hollis said. “We

haven’t changed much.”But why should they?

Since Hollis arrived 14seasons ago, E-B has en-joyed the best run of suc-cess in school history.

The Trojans have madeplayoff appearances innine of the past 10 seasonsand are 83-56 under Hollis – who has43 percent of Elmwood’s overall winsin just 22 percent of the seasons.

“We believe in repetition and in tak-ing the guesswork out of the game forthe kids,” Hollis said. “We’re pretty

proud of where we are rightnow.”

The last two unbeatenregular seasons have beenparticularly enjoyable forfans, players and coaches.And students are noticing.This year 75 players are outfor football – nearly 20

more than when senior Sam Warnerstarted his career.

“There’s definitely more of a buzzaround town,” Warner said. “I’d sayit’s the sport everybody looks for tostart.”

This year E-B has plenty of ques-tions marks to answer. Gone are all-stater Brady Westart and JasonHarkness, who starred on both ends ofthe ball. But there is potential in thosewho will fill their spots, players agree.

“I’m excited. People are putting usdown some, but they are underestimat-ing us because of the all-staters welost,” said senior Joey DePalma. “Ithink we can make all-staters out ofwho we’ve got back.”

The first step in that quest comesFriday at 7 p.m. at Whitney Field inElmwood against Peoria Heights.

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ELMWOOD – If fallis approaching, you canbet there will be boysrunning long distancessomewhere on the streetsof Elmwood.

That’s thanks to theElmwood-Brimfieldboys cross country pro-gram’s long history ofsuccess.

The run of top finishes

started in 1977 when theboys won a first statechampionship underthen-coach Tom Meyers

Since that title in 1977the E-B boys haveearned 19 regionalchampionships, claimed12 sectional titles andhave racked up 22 differ-ent all-state individualhonors.

And of course, there

are those five other statechampionships in 1983,1984, 1985, 2006, and2008. The team alsoplaced in the top three in1990, 2000, 2007 and,most recently was thesecond-place Class 1Ateam last year.

“Besides York HighSchool, E-B has wonmore state champi-onships than anyone else


Even during the recent spate of hot days,Tyson Hart has been encouraged by hisWilliamsfield volleyball team’s tenacityand willingness to work.

“We have two or three girls every nightstaying after practice to work on thingsthey want to work on,” Hart said. “They’rewilling to work hard.”

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E-B football follows familiar path to opener

Harriers out in force in ElmwoodBilltown returnsfive VB starters

Good Luck Elmwood-Brimfield Football!

Todd Hollis speaks with his team prior to last Saturday’s Gatorade Game. Photo by Jeff Lampe.

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Williamsfield volleyball returneesinclude (left to right) LindsayFranzoni, Kimmy Campbell andNikki Scott.Continued on Page 14

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