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By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – Two parksand an area church benefitedfrom more than 1,300 hoursof work by nine young menin a productive year for BoyScout Troop 352, which thismonth recognized its eighthand ninth Eagle Scouts in2015.

Collin Chaney (from Elm-wood) and Bradley Grothaus(Edwards) on Dec. 14 earnedtheir Eagle Scout rank in aCourt of Honor by Troop352, sponsored by BrimfieldEvangelical Free Church.

They follow fellow Troopmembers Kelby Barnewolt(Brimfield), Dean Burwell

(Elmwood), Ben Camp(Springfield), MatthewGerontes (Brimfield), AustinGolemon (Brimfield), Hay-den Golemon (Brimfield)and Elijah McKim (HannaCity, now London Mills).

The highest advancementrank in Boy Scouting, theEagle rank is attained by just7 percent of Scouters, ac-cording to the BSA. To earnthe rank, Scouts mustprogress through five otherranks, earn 21 merit badgesin subjects ranging from“Citizenship in the Commu-nity” and “Family Life” to“Environmental Science” and“Personal Management,” anddevelop and lead an ap-

proved service project.Troop 352’s nine Eagle

Scouts from 2015 earned atotal of 252 merit badges andcompleted the followingprojects:

• Barnewolt worked withothers to build a picket fenceat the schoolhouse at WildlifePrairie Park south of Ed-wards;

• Burwell organized con-struction of a Rosary gardenat St. Patrick’s Church inElmwood;

• Camp led a group in re-building the West Trail toWalden Pond at WildlifePrairie Park

• Chaney worked with vol-

By TERRY BIBOFor The Weekly Post

BRIMFIELD – After months of un-certainty, Brimfield Union SchoolDistrict 309 Superintendent JoeBlessman’s contract was renewed –for one year.

Dozens of onlookers applaudedafter the 7-0 vote at the Dec. 16 meet-ing. The board had moved into thecafeteria/common area, expecting alarge crowd, but Greg Micklos wasthe only person on the agenda tospeak.

“Mr. Blessman has shown he hasthe expertise to balance all theseitems,” Micklos said, citing BUSD’sbudgetary, sports and academic suc-cess. “I ask you make the right deci-sion by extending his contract.”

After a relatively brief executivesession – about half an hour, com-pared to multi-hour sessions earlier inthe year – the board did so, quickly

Area Troop produced nine Eagle Scouts this year

Brimfield OK’sone-year dealfor Blessman


ELMWOOD – West-centralIllinois charities say some steelbins placed in area parking lotsto collect clothing and shoesmay not help the needy as muchas people assume. The dona-tions are more likely to go tofor-profit ventures since manysuch collection boxes are oper-ated by companies that sell thedonated material, usually to for-eign markets.

One of the largest such for-profit enterprises is USAgain,which has about 10,000 bins in17 states, and 20 in the area, in-cluding the east parking lot atthe Elmwood school district,the Edwards Tap and Korean

Collectionbins takedonationselsewhere

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STAR WARS DEBUTS

Members of the Casey family of Princeville were among those who dressed up for thepremiere of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” last week at Peoria’s Carmike Theatre at theShoppes at Grand Prairie. From left to right are Josie Casey (Jedi), Kim Casey (PrincessLeia), someone dressed up as a Wookiee, William Casey (young Jedi) and someone in aStorm Trooper costume. Photo by Collin Fairfield.

Nine members of Boy Scout Troop 352 earned Eagle Scout status in 2015:Top row (left to right): Elijah McKim, Ben Camp, Matthew Gerontes andHayden Golemon. Front row (l to r): Bradley Grothaus, Collin Chaney,Kelby Barnewolt and Dean Burwell. Not pictured: Austin Golemon.

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BLESSMAN: 2016-17 salary $116,639and without comment.

Contacted later, Bless-man was pleased.

“I don’t know what tosay,” he said. “I’m thrilledto still be working atBrimfield, a community Ilove and my familyloves.”

According to the newcontract, Blessman willcontinue to be both thehigh school principal and

school superintendentuntil at least June 30,2017.

Blessman’s annualsalary for 2016-2017 willbe $116,639, plus bene-fits. Including 9.4 percentcontributions to theTeachers’ Retirement Sys-tem, his total compensa-tion is closer to $129,000.

He gets 15 days of va-cation, exclusive of legalschool holidays, 12 days

of sick leave and two per-sonal days each year.

Blessman can partici-pate in the district med-ical insurance plan andthe district will pay mem-bership fees to profes-sional groups such as theAmerican Association ofSchool Administrators.

In return, the contract isperformance-based, list-ing goals such as annualevaluations of studentperformance on standard-ized tests, curriculum re-views and reports to theboard. More specificgoals and indicators willbe developed as anamendment to the con-tract.

Initially, Blessman hadsought a three-year agree-ment.

“That’s OK,” he said.“I’m going to keep doingwhat I’m doing ... It’ll befine.” TERRY BIBO can be reached [email protected].

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SCOUTS: Most Eagles in a yearunteers to rebuild the East Trail toWalden Pond at Wildlife Prairie Park,

• Gerontes led others in repairing atrain and swing set at the Wildlife PrairiePark playground;

• Austin Golemon organized the reha-bilitation of the Kickapoo Park conces-sion building in Kickapoo;

• Hayden Golemon led a project tolandscape and repair bricks at WildlifePrairie Park;

• Grothaus finished an effort to build acable fence in the Pioneer Area inWildlife Prairie Park; and

• McKim made major improvements attwo campsites at Wildlife Prairie Park.

Beyond building, their projects re-quired planning, fund-raising and manag-ing their projects, giving them experiencevaluable in coming years.

The nine also are planning their futures.• Barnewolt is considering studying

law or business management at the Uni-versity of Iowa;

• Burwell wants to major in ComputerScience toward a career in Reliability andTest Engineering;

• Camp plans to go to Chicago’s Sec-

ond City Theater to take courses in im-provisation and creative writing;

• Chaney wants a career as a travelingRegistered Nurse;

• Gerontes has received scholarship of-fers and chose the University of Iowa tostudy Chemical Engineering;

• Austin Golemon received a scholar-ship to Western Illinois University, wherehe will double major in Spanish and Ger-man to become a translator;

• Hayden Golemon plans to attend thecollege on a track/academic scholarshipand major in biology, with an interest inorthodontics;

• Grothaus wants to attend college tobecome either an engineer or orthodon-tist; and

• McKim plans to take construction andmaintenance courses at Illinois CentralCollege.

Troop 352 Scoutmaster Paul McKim,who’s been a Scoutmaster for 55 years,said 352 since it was formed in 1982 hasproduced 41 Eagle Scouts but never morethan three Scouts achieving the rank in acalendar year.


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THE WEEKLY POST • Thursday, December 24, 2015

THE WEEK AHEAD

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the Princeville VFW is Jan. 1 from 8-12 p.m.

s Knitting Guild – Heart of IllinoisKnitting Guild meeting is Jan. 5 at 9a.m. in the Community Room at MapleLawn Homes in Eureka. All knitterswelcome to bring unfinished knittinggoodies to share andmaterials to knit a hat,scarf or dish cloth forthe community. Call(309) 472-7085 withquestions.

s NAMI Meeting –NAMI Mental IllnessEducation meeting is Jan. 7 from 7-8:30 p.m. Speaker is Dr. JaneLarouche. Located at ICC North,Poplar Hall, Room 129.

s Blood Drive – A blood drive isscheduled for Jan. 11 at St. Patrick’sCatholic Church in Elmwood from12:30 to 5:30 p.m. For an appointment,

visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-733-2767.

s Fiction Addiction – Teens welcomeat Brimfield Public Library on Jan. 14from 3-4 p.m. to talk about books,movies, music and get advance copiesof soon-to-be released books.

s Preschool Screening – Develop-mental screening for children up to age5 for Elmwood School District is Jan.

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Of nests, ‘Elf’, Galadriel and Xro-nia-po-la

I should warn you. This columnmay spoil your Christmas. Itcomes from my collection of“Everything YouKnow is Wrong”collection of sto-ries.

A few yearsago, pastor Markasked me to helpput together theChristmas Eveservice at ourchurch. He knewmy penchant for doing research,and he knew I could string to-gether sentences in a somewhat

logical order so he asked that Iwrite some “mini” stories aboutthe holiday.

I had heard the story of how thebeautiful hymn “Silent Night”came to be. Since it was probablymy favorite Christmas carol, Ithought I’d retell the story.

According to legend, the lyricsto the song were written in 1816by a young priest named JosephMohr. He had be appointed to theSt. Nicola parish in Oberndorf,Austria, in 1818 when he went tothe church organist, Franz XavierGruber, and asked him to composethe music for accompaniment by a

guitar.According to the legend, the

church’s organ had broken downon Christmas Eve, and rather thancancel the service or have a tradi-tional hymn sung with no organ,Mohr would lead the congregationin singing his new song.

It’s a fine story and was the sub-ject of a Hallmark Channel movie,one of those that give you a warmfuzzy feeling after watching it.

Unfortunately, it’s not true.When I began researching the

hymn, I found that many peopledisputed the glorified version of



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This column could spoil your Christmas

JonGALLAGHER

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Rambling through central Illinoispondering how Santa is going toenter our house now that we re-moved the chimney.

uuuChristmas came early for me last

week when Terry Runyon of Elm-wood dropped off three hornet nestshe had collected this fall. They arein varying stages of decay and haveadded some char-acter to the al-ready eclecticWeekly Post of-fice – not tomention a newaroma. So far,and don’t tell mywife or officemanager Shellythis, I’ve onlyseen one hornet flying around. ...That reminds me of the cold daywhen my brother and I collected amess of wasp nests we shot out ofGrandma’s eaves with a Red RyderBB gun. We put all the “dormant”nests in her warm garage. You knowwhat happened next.

uuuWhen I allow it, hope overcomes

everything else. The sadness. Thefears. The regrets. The options, as Isee them in blessed moments of

clarity between deadlines, are: 1. togive in to pessimism and doubt, or,2. to embrace hope. Well, dang it,I’m going all in on hope for 2016.There’s no other way to approach aNew Year. It will be better. It will. ...Among the reasons not to watch tel-evision are this: “Peek, Peek, PeekA Boo!” ... My middle son told mehis class watched “Elf” at school theother day. The old man in methought, “What the heck?” Then Ispent a few hours watching “Elf”after a long stretch of too muchwork and I realized a teacher madea fine decision. Thank you.

uuuThanks also to the e-mailers who

replied to my question about a cryp-tic line from a few weeks ago. Thewinner of a $20 first prize (to bepaid in cold libations) was BernieBarton of Elmwood. He correctlyidentified a mangled quote fromGaladriel in the Lord of the Ringstrilogy which I twisted to my ownuses. Yes, I realize how obscure andweird that sounds. No, I don’t care.Robert Plant sang about Mordor andhe’s way cooler than any of us. And“Star Wars” is a mere shadow of thegenius that is “The Lord of theRings.” ... Thanks also to KevinHoffman and Ron Cluskey and the

anonymous e-mailer (who let meknow what an idiot I am) who haz-arded guesses at cryptic commentsthat ranged from “lions and tigersand bears” to Lou Reed. Apparentlythis space is very cryptic. ... Giventhat, here’s a toast to our buddyDimitri Beres. “Xro-nia po-la.” Oras they say in the old country,Happy New Year! ... Just a re-minder, our second best issue ofyear (or so says The Mayor of OakHill) comes out next week, when wedo not publish. Speaking of TheMayor, he now asks that you referto him as, “The Big Buck Slayer.”

uuuYou may have read several letters

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To the Editor:After reading an article about

Williamsfield Schools being suedby former employee Ann Banks, Ifelt compelled to offer my expla-nation of the mystery of Banks’reported improprieties. Besidesbeing a phenomenal, dedicatedand caring teacher, Ann Banks isinnocent.

In late December 2014, Bankswas called in by SuperintendentTim Farquer forquestioning on spe-cific tweets hefound on her per-sonal Twitter ac-count. These tweetsrelated to topicssuch as the ChicagoBears, Blue Moon and not owninga firearm. These were part of apersonal Twitter account that didnot give her name or any indica-tion she worked for WilliamsfieldSchools.

When she was called in, Bankswas given the choice to either re-sign or be “investigated,” eventhough it was made clear nocharges were being broughtagainst her and there were no par-ent or student complaints.

Banks did not resign and was in-vestigated. The difficulty andstress these circumstances createdfor Banks and her family wereunimaginable.

The overwhelming supportBanks received from parents, col-leagues, and students at the specialDecember 2014 board meetingwas seemingly ignored by the su-perintendent and the school board.The “investigation” was completein January 2015 with no chargesor documented reprimands.

Banks, after seeking privatecounsel, was presented with theoption of separating from the dis-trict with her full salary, benefitsand a recommendation letter, orcontinuing employment. Shechose to leave the district and

moved her family out of town. As she was attempting to move

on and put the hurt behind her, shediscovered an employee of thedistrict, Amanda Secrist, had madepotentially slanderous statementsabout her which ultimately led tothe pending litigation Williams-field Schools is currently facing.

Since the news of the civil law-suit broke, Williamsfield Schoolscontinues to stand by Secrist, as

she is still employed asa middle school cheer-leading sponsor.

This begs the ques-tion: Why is Secriststill employed aftermaking statementsabout Banks on social

media when Banks was more orless forced out over her personalTwitter account?

Why does the school adminis-tration pick and choose when theydo and do not follow their socialmedia policy? (A policy that wasnot made known to the staff untilafter Banks was called in for heralleged violation.)

Because of similar challenges,Williamsfield lost many valuable,educated and experienced femaleteachers last year.

It is both sad and a waste of re-sources to continue to spread neg-ativity about former staff memberswhen the focus should be on thestudents. – Becky Blankenship, Yates City

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board member

Informed citizens canchange gun lawsTo the Editor:

I write in response to GeneVaughan’s December 17, 2015 ar-ticle, “Cain did not own a gun”. Iwould suggest that if he (Cain)were a U.S. citizen today hewould have, for there are enoughguns in our country to arm every

man, woman, and child. As Vaughan rambles to offer

reasons why guns should not bethought of as killing machines, hedoes so with the same pitch thatwe get from the NRA, the gunlobby and right-wing politicians:he speaks as if guns were all onetype.

There is no guilty relationshipbetween all the gun violence inthis country and that person’s firstgun, a single-shot 22-caliber rifle,or great-grand pappy’s double bar-rel, passed down through the gen-erations like some religious icon.

I would encourage Vaughan andyoung voters to check out the sta-tistics on what happens when youbring a handgun or assault rifleinto your life. There is a mountainof evidence to show that these twotypes of guns will lead to murder,suicide, or a tragic accident.

Vaughan should not worry aboutour present President or a would-be President taking a serious standagainst pistols and military-stylerifles, for if that type of politicalcourage could be mustered, itwould have happened severalyears of mass murders ago.

Only when the American publicbecomes informed as to the vio-lent role that handguns have in oursociety (a child, under the age of12 dies every other day as a resultof gun violence, mostly due tohandguns) or that of assault rifles,which have no place but on thebattlefield, will we reduce thekilling in our shopping malls,churches, and schools.

It will take informed citizens tochampion this change and therewill be little help from Holly-wood, TV dramas, or politicians.

– George Tanner, Yates City

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GALLAGHER: Roaming priest penned ‘Stille Nacht’the story, saying that it was justtoo perfect of a story. I figured itwas just another of those Christ-mas miracles we hear so muchabout, but I continued digging.

My search brought me to FranzSchafer, a curator at the StilleNacht Chapel in Oberndorf (hemay have been assigned to me be-cause he was the only one whoread English). He gave me theREAL story.

It seems that the priests in theearly 1800s were required to gofrom town to town and preachGod’s word. Farmers and peasantsin the smaller towns didn’t ven-ture to the larger villages much,and there weren’t enough prieststo go around to cover all the littlehamlets of the Austrian country-side.

When the priests roamed likethis, they took their entire servicewith them. Since Mohr wouldhave had a heck of a time loadinga large, heavy pipe organ onto awagon, and even a worse time try-

ing to find a pair of horses ormules to pull said wagon, it waseasier for him to take along hisguitar.

He had written the words to“Stille Nacht” two years previ-ously, when he was still just an as-sociate priest. Once he got hisown church, he was anxious to“make his mark,” and had Grubercompose a hymn he could play onhis guitar.

Schafer wrote to me confirmingthe later story, but said that thebroken organ story was very popu-lar. He said that they get severalhundred requests a year, mostfrom around Christmastime, formore information about the bro-ken organ

I suppose that Schafer could betired of answering emails and justmade up the story about the gui-tar-playing priest himself, just ashis own personal little joke, but Idon’t think so. His “real” explana-tion makes too much sense.

Lots of things are like that. Leg-ends supplant the real story and

suddenly, the fictionalized versionbecomes the accepted “true story.”Remind me and someday I’ll blowyour mind about the “Sound ofMusic” and the real Von TrappFamily Singers.

You can choose to believe thebroken-organ story if you like.You can choose to believe thetraveling priest version. It doesn’ttake away the fact that “SilentNight” is one of the most beautifulChristmas songs ever written.On another note, thank you for

another wonderful year here at theWeekly Post! I’ve enjoyed visitingwith many of you about some ofthe silly things I write and hope tobe able to continue to entertainyou for quite some time to come.I wish all of you the Merriest of

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EDWARDS – Thebuilding that housed theBethel Bible Church for66 years fell silent afterthe last church service onDec. 7, 2014, but it mayonce more echo with thesounds of faith as a Bar-tonville woman success-fully bid on the propertyat a Saturday morningauction there Dec. 19.

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Although the fullkitchen remains intact, afew items had been do-nated to other churches inrecent months, Trecek

said.“We gave part of the

sound system to a missionin New York, and a fewpews to Grace Church inMorton,” he said. “Andwe took a table and somechairs to Victory Acres[the Rescue Mission’scamp off Cameron Lanenorth of Mapleton]. Butit’ll still be perfect for acountry church or a wed-ding chapel and the like.”

The old story is that thecongregation, organizedin 1936, bought andmoved the old OrangeGrange building to thesite in 1949.

Now the property couldhave a new life, and makenew stories.

Edwards church auctioned off

Jerry Trecek of the Peoria Rescue Mission, seated,on Saturday accepted a bid from this unidentifiedBartonville woman, who bought the former BethelBible Church for $55,000. Photo by Bill Knight.



By RON DIETERFor The Weekly Post

By now most everyone whowants a tree or a wreath in the homefor the holidays has the job done.These decorations are traditions thathave evolved over the centuries tobecome important parts of our cele-brations.

In Roman times, the wreath wasused as a symbol of victory. Romanheroes and athletes were often de-picted with wreaths of gilded leavesabout their heads. Wreaths made ofgreens were used during holidays tosymbolize the power of life over-coming the forces of winter.

This tradition made its way to thepre-Christian German people whoused evergreen wreaths and fires assigns of faith and hope in the com-ing of spring. Later, as Christianityspread throughout Europe, wreathsbecame important religious sym-bols. The unending circle of thewreath symbolized God without be-ginning or end. The evergreenssymbolized mankind's immortality.Green is a color used by Christiansto symbolize hope and new life.

By the 16th century, GermanChristians refined the symbolism bycreating the Advent wreath. The cir-cle of evergreens was decoratedwith four candles, three purple andone rose. Sometimes a white candlewas placed in the center, represent-ing Christ. The purple candles rep-resent penance, sorrow andanticipation, and were lit during the

first, second and fourth weeks ofAdvent. The rose colored candle, litin the third week, the halfway pointof Advent, stood for the hope andjoy to come on Christmas Day.

Each day during the Advent sea-son the candles were lit, perhaps be-fore the evening meal, one candlethe first week, and then anothereach week until Christmas. A shortprayer would accompany the light-ing of the candles. The white can-dle, of course, was lit on ChristmasEve to celebrate the birth of theSavior.

Today the tradition of the Adventwreath is still important to manyChristians. With increasing secularpressures on the family and society,the Advent wreath affords a chanceto stop and consider what Christmasis really all about.

The traditional Christmas tree hasits roots in Roman history as well.Romans decorated trees with smallmetal ornaments during Saturnalia,a winter festival to honor Saturnus,the god of agriculture.

In the middle ages, GermanChristians decorated an evergreen,the Paradise tree, with apples as asymbol of the feast of Adam andEve held on Dec. 24. The tree wasthe scenery used in a popular reli-gious play which told the story ofAdam and Eve and their expulsionfrom the Garden of Eden.

The play ended with the prophecyof a coming Savior, and so was fre-quently presented during Advent.

The Paradise tree became a popularsymbol and was often set up inchurches, and eventually in privatehomes as well. Later it became asymbol of the Savior.

German and English immigrantsbrought the Christmas tree to Amer-ica in the early 1800s. Germanglassblowers produced fragile,lightweight glass ornaments to re-place heavier, natural decorations.Lights and decorations becamesymbols of the joy and light ofChristmas. The star that topped thetree symbolized the star in the east.

Americans have embraced thetree as a holiday favorite, making ita part of national traditions.Thomas Edison’s assistants cameup with the idea of using electriclights in place of candles on Christ-mas trees, enhancing the chancesthe local fire brigade would be ableto spend more time at home withtheir families.

Franklin Pierce, the 14th Presi-dent, brought the Christmas tree tra-dition to the White House. In 1923,President Calvin Coolidge startedthe National Christmas Tree Light-ing Ceremony.

Today the Christmas tree, likeChristmas itself, has lost much of itsmeaning. Tree ornaments depictingcartoon characters and sports fig-ures abound. The Advent wreath, onthe other hand, has remained atreasured symbol for Christians cel-ebrating the birth of the Savior.

Xmas trees, wreaths have Roman roots

Williamsfield renews insuranceBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

WILLIAMSFIELD – The Board ofEducation of Williamsfield C.U.S. D.210 at a special meeting on Dec. 17unanimously approved a tax levy OK’dby consensus three days before.

The Board also approved renewingthe District’s commercial and workerscompensation insurance policies withthe Rick Brown Insurance Agency ofWilliamsfield.

The levy is $3,415,286, which Super-intendent Tim Farquer said will mean a$4.22 tax rate – 16 cents lower thanlast year.

As expected, the Board also unani-mously approved moving the process

forward on summer building updates toprepare for bidding the work that is tobe done.

The District’s proposed summer2016 facility renovation plan is esti-mated to cost $430,000, which wouldinclude a more secure south entrance,upgrading the French and Musicrooms, a new security camera system,and a new STEM (Science-Technol-ogy-Engineering-Math) lab.

The Board also hired Mike Weit-ekamp as varsity baseball coach andTim Brown as junior varsity baseballcoach.

The next Williamsfield Board of Ed-ucation meeting is scheduled for Jan.11 at 6:30 p.m.

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Thousand Dollar Road done for nowBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

JUBILEE – It wasn’tyet the night beforeChristmas, but all througharea townships, few werestirring. Some didn’tmake public informationavailable, but most weremerely at a slow time ofthe season.

In Jubilee Township, itsintergovernmental-agree-ment project with PeoriaCounty is finished for theseason, according to Su-pervisor Steve Garnett.

“Thousand Dollar Roadis complete until nextyear, when it will be seal-coated after it settles andcompacts,” Garnett saidthis last week. “Final billshave not yet been re-ceived.”

Jubilee’s approved2015 tax levy is $68,750for the Township and$192,300 for the Road

District.In other Township

news:• Kickapoo Township

Supervisor Karl Koy onMonday said rough esti-mates for a KickapooPark building project arehigher than anticipated,but none have respondedto specific bid requests.

Asked whether a publicmeeting for communityinput might occur in Janu-ary or February, Koyreplied, “Yes.”

• Radnor Township on

Dec. 14 passed its tax-levy ordinance for nextyear.

“We adopted the leviesfor 2015, collectible in2016,” said SupervisorPhilip Cornish, “nochange from last year:Township: $130,500;Road: $361,300.”

The Township propertyhas been officially an-nexed to the Village ofDunlap ahead of steps fora new administrationbuilding under Dunlapzoning regulations.

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DONATIONS: Company sells donated itemsPresbyterian Church in Edwards,and Doubet Seed Co. in Hanna City.Based in West Chicago, USAgainreportedly collects about 30,000 tonsof shoes, clothes and various textilesa year.

“I know in our Kankakee area,they have had some struggles withpeople maybe mistaking them for usor Goodwill,” said Rich Draeger,Assistant Director of Developmentfor the Salvation Army’s HeartlandDivision, an area of 65 countiesstretching from Kankakee toKeokuk, Iowa, and Waterloo, Iowa,to Danville.

The for-profit companies makemoney by bundling clothes and thenselling them in bulk to recyclingcompanies that export them, wherethey’re re-sold as apparel, turnedinto rags, or repurposed as insulationor padding for furniture.

In Elmwood, school Superintend-ent Chad Wagner explained its par-ticipation.

“The District will receive twocents a pound of all donations,”Wagner said. “Not a big deal, but Inoticed that Farmington had a cou-ple, and wanted to offer a similar op-portunity for our community to beable to drop off clothes and shoes,and in the process, maybe keep peo-ple from making the drive to othercommunities – where they wouldpossibly spend their dollars therewhen they could instead stay inElmwood and shop and eat here.”

It’s not illegal to collect donationsand resell those goods for a profit. But USAgain has been criticized formisleading the public or not havingproper licensing.

The company also been tied to aDanish group, known as Tvind orthe Teachers Group, which has beenprosecuted for fraud in Denmark,where officials allege it to be a mul-

timillion-dollar global business mis-representing itself as humanitariangroup, according to investigative re-ports by KIRO-TV 7 in Seattle orother news outlets.

USAgain’s collections can hurtdonations to area agencies that needthem to fund operations. Besides theSalvation Army and Goodwill, westcentral Illinois has a program thatnot only accepts donations of clothesand shoes, but gives them away:Dream Center Peoria (DCP), a mis-sion of Riverside CommunityChurch.

“We are the only place in townthat offers free clothing,” says MattLarson, DCP executive director at itsdowntown location. “A lot of peopleface difficult choices – ‘Should Ibuy food or a shirt for my kid?’ –and a lot can’t afford to even pay $7for a shirt from Goodwill.”

DCP has its HOPE Store, whichgathers clothing and other householditems that have been donated tothem for free and, in turn, distributesthem to the needy for free. The storeis open from 9 a.m.-noon on the firstThursday and the third Saturday

each month.“We get 70, 80 people every day

we’re open,” Larson says. “It’s runlike a store. We let so many peoplein at a time, they get 30 minutes toshop, and when they ‘check out’ –it’s free.”

Commercial clothing recyclers saythey help prevent unwanted clothingfrom winding up in landfills. How-ever, many people may prefer theirdonations help people in their area.

The growth of collection bins hasresulted in some communities tryingto control them, citing concerns likesome boxes placed in locations with-out property owners’ permission, oruntidy areas where boxes weren’tpromptly emptied. In Illinois, Ciceroand St. Charles regulate them, andSchaumburg prohibits them.

Draeger and Larson aren’t advo-cating that, but they hope people be-come not just “smart shoppers,” butsmart donors.

“Well-intentioned folks need to doa little investigating as to where theirdonations go,” said Draeger, of theSalvation Army. “We take coats onlyat our downtown location. Other-wise, people would take items to ourThrift Store on Allen Road, or lookfor a Salvation Army drop-box – ourcollection boxes are clearly markedin red and white, with appropriateSalvation Army signage.”

Larson agreed.“I’m not opposed to helping oth-

ers in other countries,” he said. “Atthe same time, we’re really still in arecession, a difficult time. Whenyour house’s budget is in ruins, it’sdifficult to help anybody else. I hopepeople would at least think aboutsplitting up their donations, so somesells maybe, but some is given out topeople.

“Whatever’s collected in [those]bins doesn’t come here,” he added,“and it’s not given out here.”


This USAgain collection bin is lo-cated east of Elmwood HighSchool’s parking lot.


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BRIEFSFarmington to takesealed bids on library

FARMINGTON – The Farming-ton City Council will accept sealedbids in the sale of the formerCarnegie library.

Appraisal One of Galesburg putthe fair market value of the 266 E.Fort St. building at $50,000. By law,the building can sell for no less than$40,000.

Sealed bids are also being ac-cepted for the sale of the old WardSchool building and should beopened at the council’s Jan. 18meeting.

The council also:• Approved releasing $30,962.56

in surplus Tax Increment Financefunds to Fulton County.

• Approved paying FarmingtonCUSD 265 a total of $19,896.42from TIF funds.

• Approved paying $35,000 to theBank of Farmington for a loan for

creation of the TIF district. The bal-ance is $33,004.68, which the coun-cil expects to pay in 2016.Et cetera

More than 100 youth members ofthe Young Marines, including Sgt.

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A group of 84 fifth- and sixth-grade students from Elmwood surprisedGene and Shirley Wilson on Dec. 17 by arriving at the Wilson’s homeeast of Elmwood to sing Christmas carols. Because a cold wind wasblowing, students came into a heated machine shed to serenade theWilsons. “What a treat this was and we thank Wendy Coulter (and allthe kids) for putting it all together,” Shirley Wilson said.

The family of, SFC John F. Petit III, would like to give their thanksand heartfelt gratitude to all those who helped us through the tryingtimes of the loss of our beloved John. All the outpouring of condo-lences and offerings of past memories will be appreciated forever.The memorials for the Elmwood Education Fund and Wounded War-riors Fund were more than we could have ever anticipated. Your con-tributions to the memories of our fallen soldier will serve deservingpeople with needs.

We would like to offer our special thanks to all the service organi-zations from Elmwood and surrounding communities that providedmilitary honors for John at the funeral home and cemetery. The sightof all the flags and former members of the military that gave thesalute at the gravesite will always be held in our hearts with the high-est regards. A soldier had fallen, and all proper military rites wereaccorded. A special thanks goes out to Mike Egan and the PatriotRiders. They were at the church when we arrived and were there toprovide an escort for the journey to our loved ones final restingplace. Once again, a soldier was given the respect of his fellowAmericans in a manner that befitted his long and honorable service.

A simple thank you is not enough for all our friends who tried sohard to ease the pain of the loss of one so dear to us, but pleasebelieve us when we say we could not have gone through this againwithout the outpouring of love and support. Thank you all so much.We love you all.

Finally, a thank you is not enough to offer Debbie Glenn of Oaksand Hines Funeral Home. From meeting us at the funeral home at1:30 in the morning on our return from North Carolina, to all thephone calls made to assure that our requests for military rites weregiven, you showed us how much you care for the families under themost difficult circumstances. Please know that you will always hold aspecial place in our hearts for all that you did to assure that John’sfinal journey was done with respect he deserved, Thank You.

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OBITUARIESRonald Lee Howard

DAHINDA – Ronald LeeHoward, 62, of Galesburg, for-merly of Dahinda, died Dec. 14 atHeartland Health Care Center ofGalesburg.

Survivors include daughterLaura (Kyle) Sauter of Peoria; sonTyson Howard of Peoria; grand-children Kenley and Kaiden Sauterof Peoria; sister Judy (Dale) Lam-bert of Dahinda and brother ScottHoward of Galesburg.

Funeral services were Dec. 17 atthe United Methodist Church inDahinda with burial at the TrentonCemetery, rural Dahinda, with mil-itary rites by Williamsfield Ameri-can Legion Post No. 371.

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Lucy HumblesKICKAPOO – Lucy Ann Hum-

bles, infant granddaughter of aKickapoo resident, died Dec. 12 ather home in Chicago.

Born in Chicago on July 10,2015, to Eric and Lori StengerHumbles, she is survived by herparents; her sister Violet; grandpar-ents Frank and Dorothy LudolphStenger of Kickapoo, and PatriciaHumbles-Pegues (Alvin Pegues)of Los Angeles, Calif.; her great-grandmother, Betty Humbles ofPeoria; her godmother, Shirley Lu-dolph of Kickapoo; uncle ToddStenger of Peoria; aunt,Julie (Tom)Zielinski of Cary; and cousinsConnor and Ryan Zielinski ofCary.

Cremation has been accordedand interment of ashes will be in aprivate graveside service at St.Patrick’s Cemetery in Kickapoo.

Niven McVeyELMWOOD – Niven E. McVey,

85, of Elmwood died Dec. 12 inFlorida.

Survivors include children Brian(Candy) McVey of Farmington,Penny (David) Farley of LondonMills, Rodney McVey of Ocala,Fla., and Valerie (Charlie) Jordanof Moweaqua; five grandchildren;five great-grandchildren; andbrother David McVey of Maine.

Services were Dec. 18 at Ander-son-Sedgwick Funeral Home inFarmington, with burial at TrivoliCemetery.

Condolences may be left online atwww.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com.

Simon MelzFARMINGTON – Simon F.

Melz, 88, of Washington, formerlyof Farmington, died Dec. 16 atUnityPoint Health-Proctor in Peo-ria.

He was born on Sept. 28, 1927,in Trivoli, to William and Ida(Roelf) Melz. He married Ed-wanna Wright on Nov. 1, 1952, inGlasford, and she survives.

Also surviving are childrenCrystal (Jim) Larkins of Chester-field, Mo., and Candy (Patrick)Simon of East Peoria; three grand-children; and two great-grandchil-dren.

He independently worked inplumbing and heating in the Farm-ington area for more than 50 years.

Services were Dec. 19 at Ander-son-Sedgwick Funeral Home, withburial at Penn Ridge Cemetery inrural Trivoli.

Condolences may be left online atwww.sedgwickfuneralhomes.com.

Raymond PowellYATES CITY – Raymond L.

Powell, 79, of Yates City, diedDec. 17 at OSF St. Francis Med-ical Center in Peoria.

He was born on July 15, 1936 ,inKeytesville, Mo., the son of Ray-mond L. and Ruby Echols Powell.He married Alma J. Westfall onAug. 20, 1993, in Macomb.

He was preceded in death by hisparents and four brothers.

Survivors include sons RaymondAllen Powell and Douglas Lee

Powell, both of Galesburg; step-sons Dewey (Becky) Collins andLarry Collins, both of Galesburg;one grandchild; one great-grand-child; four step-grandchildren; andfive step-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were Dec. 21 atthe Hurd-Hendricks FuneralHomes & Crematory in Knoxville,with interment at Westfall Ceme-tery.

Condolences may be left onlineat www.hurdhendricksfuneral-home.com.

Troy SproutFARMINGTON – Troy M.

Sprout, 51, of Peoria, brother of aFarmington man, died Dec. 16 .

Survivors include his wifeMaryann (Burley) Sprout; parentsOrlo and Charlene Sprout of Peo-ria; children Sara, Malone, Racheland Travis of Peoria; and brothersMark of Farmington and Steve ofDeKalb.

He worked as a Heavy Equip-ment Operator for Local 649 Oper-ating Engineers of Peoria. Heserved in the United States Armyfrom January 1954 to January1957.

A funeral Mass was Dec. 19 atSt. Philomena Catholic Church.Cremation rites were accorded.

Condolences may be left onlineat www.wrightandsalmon.com.

Ramon StreitmatterPRINCEVILLE – Ramon Lee

Streitmatter, 84, of Peoria, aPrinceville native, died Dec. 19 athis home.

Born May 7, 1931, in Princevilleto Raymond and Leona (Kegebein)Streitmatter; he married BernadineDubois on June 27, 1981, in Peo-ria.

She survives, as do childrenPamela Cottingham of Peoria,Janet (John) Schuster of Washing-ton, David Streitmatter of Dunlap,and Leonard (Rachel) and RobertStreitmatter, both of Peoria; sixgrandchildren; and sisters Peggy(David) Schauble of Tennessee,Alice (Raymond) Dubois of Meta-mora, Patricia Hay and Diann An-derson, both of Peoria.

A funeral Mass was Dec. 23 atSt. Mary's Cathedral in Peoria,with burial at Parkview Cemetery.

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BRIMFIELDSt. Joseph

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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church

The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod

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

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

Sun. Divine Service: 10 amBrimfield E-Free Church

Pastor Donald Blasing11724 Maher RoadBrimfield, IL 61517(309) 446-3571

www.brimfieldefree.orgWorship: 10:30 am

Sunday School: 9:30 amAWANA - Wed. 6:15 pm, for

ages 3-12Brimfield UnitedMethodist Church

Pastor Leonard Thomas135 S. Galena St., Brimfield

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

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

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

Sunday Worship: 9 amTuesday Bible Study: 6:30 pm

First Sunday each month isCommunion Sunday (glutenfree communion offered)

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 am

Sun Worship: 10:30 am, 6 pmWed. Prayer Meeting: 7 pm

First Presbyterian Churchof Elmwood

Reverend Marla B. Bauler201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood

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

St. Patrick’sCatholic ChurchFather Paul Stiene

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

Sat. Confession: 3:45 p.m.

Sat. Mass: 4:30 p.m.Sun. Mass: 10 am

Tues. Rosary: 8:15 amUnited Methodist Church

of ElmwoodPastor Bradley F. Watkins II821 W. Main St., Elmwood

(309) 742-7221www.elmwoodumc.org

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

FARMINGTONFirst Presbyterian Church

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

(309) 245-2914www.firstpresfarmington.comSunday School: 9:30 amFellowship: 10:30 amWorship: 11:00 am

New Hope FellowshipAssembly of God

Pastor Tom Wright1102 N. Illinois Route 78

Farmington(309) 245-2957

Sun. Worship: 10 amWed. Worship: 7 pm

PRINCEVILLEPrinceville UnitedMethodist ChurchPastor Ken Dees

420 E. Woertz, Princeville(309) 385-4487

[email protected]. Worship: 9 am

Sunday School: 10:15 amYATES CITYFaith United

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

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OBITUARIESMolly Sweeney

PRINCEVILLE – Molly R.Sweeney, 34, of Washington,daughter of a Princeville woman,died Dec. 12 in Washburn.

Survivors include sons, Micah,Caleb and Noah; mother, Karen(Dion) Miller of Princeville; sib-lings, Chris (Shari) Sweeney ofMarquette Heights, Josh (Katie)Sweeney of Round Lake Beach,Nate (Monica) Sweeney of Center-ton, Ark., and Amy Sweeney of

Washington; stepbrothers ColeMiller of East Peoria and JakeMiller of Princeville; and stepsis-ter, Jessie Miller of Princeville.

The funeral was Dec. 18 at Deit-ers Funeral Home and Crematoryin East Peoria, with interment atGlendale Cemetery in Washington.

Condolences may be left onlineatwww.deitersfuneralhome.com.

Peter YancickFARMINGTON – Peter F. Yan-

cick, 80, of Morton, formerly of

Farmington, died Dec. 15 at home.Born July 30, 1935, in Farming-

ton, the son of Mike and Pauline(Almasi) Yancick, he is survived bychildren Paul L. Yancick of Peoria,Angela M. (Yancick) Hub of Mor-ton and Matthew B. Yancick ofPekin; two brothers and five grand-children.

Cremation has been accordedand per his wishes, no serviceswill be held. Condolences may beleft online at csmico.com.

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“We stayed close, but justcouldn’t get over the hump,” Jordansaid. “(Knoxville’s) Megan Axcellis a nightmare to guard. She canbeat you up top and by postingdown low.”

The Lady Farmers did punchtheir ticket to the championshipgame on Thursday with a 42-38 winover United 42-38. Abbey Brownwas the scoring leader with 12, andJulia DePriest had 10.

“Julia is really coming on strongfor us,” coach Jordan said.

Last Wednesday Farmington beatROWVA 48-10 in a situation inwhich lowest points allowed coulddetermine the team’s spot for finalplay in the tournament. The LadyFarmers were very balanced with11 from Brown, nine from MeghanWherley, Gilstrap’s seven, six fromMorgan Powell and DePriest’s five.

On the season, Brown at 9.8 andGilstrap at 9.4 are top scorers, whileGilstrap is the top rebounder at 7.8.Brown is the assists leader at 2.1.

Farmington is at the 24-teamBeardstown Tournament Monday,

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Princeville (6-6) heads to its tour-nament after a 54-38 loss to IlliniBluffs last Wednesday, which camedespite 15 points from Jessica De-Vries and 10 by Lucy Waid.

The Lady Princes are led by Waid(12 ppg,11 rpg) and Natalie Cokelwith 2.6 assists per game.

Princeville meets Roanoke-Ben-son Dec. 28 at 10 a.m. plays BPCDec. 29 at 10 and Elmwood Dec.30 at 10.

“This tournament should be upfor grabs. We could go 0-3 or 3-0,”Princeville coach John Gross said.

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the Macomb-WesternHoliday Tournament.

BrimfieldUnbeaten Brimfield (9-

0) will take its 29-gamewinning streak into thePrinceville Holiday Tour-nament next week. TheIndians are defendingchampions and haveclaimed seven of the lasteight Princeville titles.

Idle since a 70-58 winover Wethersfield on Dec.15, Brimfield should bewell rested.

ElmwoodFollowing its loss to

Farmington, the Trojans(5-5) have had plenty ofpractice time to redis-

cover their offensive flowheading into a Dec. 28,3:30 p.m. matchup vs.DePue at Princeville.

PrincevillePrinceville (5-4) saw a

four-game win streak endTuesday in a 58-51 loss tovisiting Peoria Quest.Nick Kraft led with 14points, Brendan Streitmat-ter added 13 and NoahBauman tallied 11 for thePrinces.

Matt Thole was outwith a shoulder injuryTuesday and coach JeffKrazter said his startermay return for nextweek’s tourney.

Next up for Princevilleis an 8 p.m. game on Dec.

28 against North Fulton atits annual tournament.The host is seeded second.

ROWVA-WilliamsfieldThe Cougars (9-1) have

won three straight withTuesday’s 45-42 win overNorth Fulton and last Fri-day’s 60-46 victoryagainst Stark County.

Garrett Wight led the

Cougars with 20 pointsagainst Stark County andat North Fulton.

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and volleyball for all four years of her ElmwoodHigh School career. Being a three-sport, four-yearathlete is very rare and takes a tremendous amountof effort and dedication. After high school, Morganplans to attend Culver Stockton College in Canton,Mo., where she will study athletic training. Whileat Culver Stockton she also plans to play softball.

When she looks back on herathletic career Morgan saidshe has learned, “You have towork hard and be a goodteammate by picking up yourteammates when they’redown and having a positiveattitude when confronted withobstacles.” One of the memo-ries of her high school sportscareer that Morgan will neverforget was when, “I was able to make a game-win-ning three-point shot during a basketball game ear-lier this season. There were 20 seconds left in thegame and Jordan (Jones) passed me the ball at thetop of the key. I was able to get the shot off and itwent in. As soon as the shot landed everyone wascheering.”

When asked about a teammate she relies on,Morgan said, “Allie Meyers. She is a really goodplayer and I know I can count on her to score whenwe need it. She is a great teammate and encouragesus when we are down.” Many have said the sameabout Ledbetter, a dedicated athlete.

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PRINCEVILLE – ToddHannam’s resignation hashad repercussions beyondjust Galva, where hestepped down as boysbasketball coach lastweek.

As a result of Hannamquitting, the Galva SchoolBoard opted to take itsteam out of the PrincevilleHoliday Tournament, ac-cording to Princeville ath-letic director Jeff Kratzer.

Galva (2-7) was seededsixth and had been sched-uled to play Henry at 6:30p.m. on Dec. 28.

Hannam was 2-25 atGalva last season.

With just days untiltipoff, Princeville admin-istrators faced an unlikelyprospect of finding a re-placement varsity team.

Calls made to severallarger schools inquiringabout sophomore teamswere to no avail, Kratzersaid. As a result, thePrinceville frosh-sophteam will fill in for Galva.

• Past winners – Brim-field leads the field atPrinceville with seven ti-tles in the past eight years.

Here’s a list of winnerssince 1991:

2014 – Brimfield2013 – Brimfield2012 – Elmwood2011 – Brimfield2010 – Brimfield2009 – Brimfield2008 – Brimfield2007 – Brimfield2006 – Henry2005 – Princeville2004 – Princeville2003 – Peru St. Bede2002 – Orion2001 – Delavan2000 – Delavan1999 – Stark County1998 – Elmwood1997 – Princeville1996 – Stark County1995 – Stark County1994 – Princeville1993 – Stark County1992 – Princeville1991 – Princeville.

Galva out at Princeville

Farmington sophomore Judd Anderson defends Elm-wood’s Isaiah Groeper in last Friday’s 55-39 Farmersvictory. Photo by Dave Giagnoni.

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FARMINGTON – Oneyear ago, the basketballbattle took on dimensionsof Isaiah Groeper vs. EricHiggs. One top sopho-more would score and theother would race downthe floor and do the samewhen rivals Farmingtonand Elmwood tipped off.

Not so last Friday inFarmington, when thehost Farmers used run-and-jump, in-your-facepressure defense to con-vert numerous Elmwoodmiscues into an easy 55-39 victory.

Headlining the defensewas 5-foot-7 sophomorepoint guard Judd Ander-son (7 points per game),whose play up top helpedbreak open what had beena 26-26 game early in thethird quarter.

Farmington (8-2) wasparticularly stingy in thefourth quarter, outscoringElmwood (5-5) by a 13-3margin. Elmwood had 22turnovers overall andseven in that last quarter.

Groeper was limited toseven points while JakeRoberts racked up 20 inthe first three quarters, butdid not see the ball muchdown the stretch.

“We didn’t go with ourrun and jump as much inthe first half, but in thesecond half we went backto it and were just runningand jumping everywhere,”Farmington coach JeffOtto said. “Our pressurecan wear on a team.”

So can Anderson, whoOtto said reminds him ofa former Farmer defensive

ace, Raynor Bourlet.“Judd knows he can ef-

fect the game on the de-fensive end,” Otto said.“He’s a hard-working kidand he doesn’t backdown.”

Trey Swearingen (20ppg) had 16 points to leadthe Farmers on offenseand Eric Higgs put up 14after seeing more time ashe recovers from a brokencollarbone.

One night later, though,Farmington’s defenseearned low marks fromOtto in a 74-71 loss atIllini Bluffs.

The 6-foot-6 TaylorBruninga scored 32 pointsfor IB while Swearingenhad 24 for the Farmersand Higgs added 18. Ottosaid Higgs is at about 80to 85 percent, with themost work left on defense.

Farmington shot 35treys in the loss to IB.

Next up for Farmingtonis a 9 a.m. game on Dec.28 against Illini West at

By PHIL JOHNSONFor The Weekly Post

A perfect record came to anabrupt end for the Brimfield girlsbasketball team last week in a 56-34loss at Knoxville.

But Brimfield (15-1) bouncedback with a 65-59 win over IlliniBluffs last Saturday to place third atthe Knoxville-Abingdon Tourna-ment.

Kennedy Dura, the Knoxvilletournament most valuable player,led the Lady Indians with 28 pointsin the win over IB.

Prior to the loss to Knoxville lastThursday, Brimfield had raced pastwinter rival Elmwood 64-23 onWednesday, with Dura scoring 20,followed by 14 from Kenzie Schlipfand 10 by Nicole Thurman.

Approaching the halfway mark ofthe season, the Lady Indians arepaced in scoring by and assists byDura with 19.9 and 6.4, respec-tively.

Next up for Brimfield is a trip tothe prestigious State Farm Classic.Brimfield’s first game is on Dec. 28

at 4:30 p.m. against KankakeeBishop McNamara in the U.S. Cel-lular Coliseum.

ElmwoodElmwood (8-4) placed seventh at

the Knoxville-Abingdon tourneylast Saturday with a strong defen-sive effort against MonmouthUnited in a 39-29 final.

Sophomore Grace LaFollett wasbig for the Triojans with 13 points,followed by 12 from Regan McFall.Previously, the team fell to theBrimfield juggernaut last Wednes-day 64-23. The rival match up againon Feb. 1 at Brimfield.

So far this season, the Lady Tro-jans are led in scoring by AllieMeyers at 15.1 , Rachel Jacobson’s9.9, and McFall at 6.6 points per

game. Rebounding is definitely astrength from Meyers at 10.9 andLaFollett at 10.2. Steal leaders areMeyers at 2.5 and McFall’s 2.4 pergame.

Jacobson has missed time with asprained ankle but may return forthe Princeville holiday tournament,beginning Dec. 28 for an 11:30 a.m.game with Bushnell Prairie City.Elmwood also plays Dec. 29 at11:30 against Roanoke-Benson andDec. 30 at 10 a.m. vs. Princeville.

“The teams look to be evenlymatched,” coach Gregg Meyerssaid. “Every game should be closeas long as the teams come to play.”

FarmingtonDespite a tough 53-38 Monday

night loss to perennial power Ha-vana, Farmington’s young LadyFarmers, (7-8) are progressingfaster than should be expected ac-cording to coach Jimmy Jordan.

The team battled to the title gameof the Knoxville-Abingdon Tourna-ment last Saturday. Unfortunatelyfor the Farmers, that was a matchup

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88th ANNUAL PRINCEVILLE HOLIDAY BOYS TOURNAMENTBrimfield (1)

Elmwood (4)

DePue (5)

Henry (3)

Princeville JV (6)*

Princeville (2)

North Fulton (8)

Lowpoint-W (7)

GAME 1Monday, Dec. 28

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8 p.m.

GAME 7Tuesday, Dec 29

6:30 p.m.

GAME 6Tuesday, Dec. 29

3:30 p.m.

GAME 10Wednesday, Dec. 30

3:30 p.m.CONSOLATIONCHAMPIONSHIP

The top team in a bracket is the home team.

* Galva was seeded No. 6 but dropped out and was replaced by the Princeville JV team.

CHAMPIONSHIP

THIRD PLACECONSOLATIONTHIRD PLACE


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December 28-29-30At Princeville H.S.

Farmington ‘D’stops Elmwood

Brimfield girls take third at Knoxville

Trey Swearingen lays in2 of his 16 points inFarmington’s win overElmwood last Friday.Photo by Dave Giagnoni.

Dura Schlipf

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