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PRINCEVILLE – Old and antiquetractors and other farm implementsfilled the acres around the PrincevilleHeritage Museum here Saturday, but anon-mechanized feature from the pastwas drawing some people’s attention.

And affection.Jenna, a 14-year-old, 1,800-pound

Clydesdale stood at the southwest

edge of the area, somehow seemingregal, chummy and strong.

Nearby, guys in bib overalls helpedwith demonstrations of threshing andcorn shelling, cloggers were clackingand spectators sampled Lions Clubsandwiches and lemon shakeups.

In a small portable pen, Jenna battedher big brown eyes, huffed some andtowered over a few girls reaching topet her muzzle.

“They’re strong. They can pull a lotof weight,” says Alan Knobloch, whowith wife Mary Ann runs AlamarAcres about a mile and a half northeastof town.

“They were first bred in Scotland,bred to haul wagons around town,” hecontinues. “They weren’t for thefield.”

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By BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – The school district’s Jun-ior High building project is a step closer tobeing back on track, as five companiesfiled bids opened Tuesday for the Board ofEducation to consider at its 6 p.m. meetingon Thursday (July 30).

“Having five bidders turn up for the bidmeeting is a very positive development,”said District Superintendent Chad Wagner.

In alphabetical order, the firms and theirbase bids were:

• CAD Construction (Tremont):$1,380,000

• D. Joseph Construction (Peoria):$1,198,000

• JohnCo Con-struction (Macki-naw): $1,402,000• Laverdiere

Construction (Ma-comb):$1,342,600• Mangieri Com-

panies (Peoria):$1,241,950

Bidders also proposed prices for six al-ternates, which will be factored in to theboard decision, Wagner said.

All bidders except for Laverdiere alsosubmitted lists of subcontractors they’duse.

The original estimate for this part of theproject – which includes a new additionfor two new classrooms and an interior re-model of existing Junior High space – was$1.25 million.

The project schedule is structured tohave work completed between Jan. 4 andFeb. 4, depending on alternate-bid possi-bilities.

The District plans to rearrange class-room schedules and lease two portableclassrooms during construction.

Wagner and Demonica Kemper Archi-tects are validating bids before Thursday’smeeting.

In other planned business, the schoolboard this week will consider a bid fromLozier Oil of Farmington for fuel and abid from Heart Technologies of East Peo-ria for wireless infrastructure.

More than 100 peopleturned out last Friday tolook over dozens of carsfrom the Central IllinoisCruisers Car Club alongMain, Magnolia and RoseStreets in Elmwood. Carsincluded restored Fords andChevys, plus sports cars: aCobra, an MG, Thunder-birds and a Triumph. Photosby Bill Knight.

Summerprimetime forhot cars

By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

Hot, sunny weather obvi-ously agrees with car buffs.How else to explain the steadyrumble of cruise-ins beingheld in local towns?

Last Friday dozens of an-tique cars from the CentralIllinois Cruisers Car Clublined the square in downtownElmwood. Elmwood has an-other cruise-in scheduled forFriday, Aug. 21.

Before then, Brimfield’sSuper Cruise In for Diabeteswill be held this Saturday(Aug. 1), and promises tobring an even larger turnoutof unique and antique cars tothe main drag in town.

The ninth annual Brimfieldcharity car show opens with abags tournament at 3 p.m. andcruise-in and family eventsfrom 4-8 p.m.

“I would hope for 200 cars Iguess. We’ve had some fromBloomington-Normal, fromSpringfield and in the past allthe way from Iowa,” organ-izer Joe Arbogast said. “Wegive away two awards, the

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In the past eight years,the event has raised morethan $30,000 for Ameri-can Diabetes Association.

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chance to see some hotrods, the Brimfield evenincludes a silent auctionthat closes at 7:15 p.m.,an ice cream social at thevillage hall held by theBrimfield Historical Soci-ety, kids games and rides,

a “Smoke House” fromthe Brimfield Fire Depart-ment to teach children fireprevention and fresh-grilled pork chops and hotdogs for sale.

Entry fee for the bagstournament is $10 per per-son or $20 per team, withcash prizes awarded. CallJosh Helms at (309) 256-0541.

Raffle tickets are beingsold for a Samsung 55-inch LED Smart TV and aPit Boss Wood PelletGrill. All drawings are at7:30 p.m.

For information aboutthe cruise-in, call KelliArbogast at (309) 645-1395 or Joe Arbogast at678-3639.

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Follow-up hearings not yet setfor Farmington police officer

By JEFF LAMPEWeekly Post Staff Writer

FARMINGTON – No new meetingdate has been set in an ongoing hearingfor the dismissal of Farmington policeofficer Don Radosevich.

Farmington’s Police and Fire Com-mission met for two days July 20-21 tostart a review of the case, which is ex-pected to continue in August.

One commissioner is on vacationand the next hearing date will be setonce he returns, said Tim Haley, headof the Police and Fire Commission.Haley said he expected that will hap-pen in August.

A 17-year veteran on the Farmingtonpolice force, Radosevich is currently

working “a regular schedule” accord-ing to Farmington City AdministratorRollen Wright.

At the last hearing, Farmington cityattorney Gary Morris said Radosevichhas received low scores in his evalua-tions for 2013-14 and 2014-15, accord-ing to the Canton Daily Ledger. Morrisalso said Radosevich displayed inap-propriate actions on the job, accordingto the Daily Ledger. As a result, Morrissaid Police Chief Carl Powell is seek-ing that Radosevich be dismissed.

In May, the Farmington City Councilformalized a process by which any po-lice officer receiving two straight yearsof low evaluation scores would be re-ferred to the police commission.

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s Farmer’s Market –Elmwood’s Farmer’s Market is Friday(July 31) 4-6:30 p.m. in the square.

s Free Bread – At Elmwood Meth-odist Church Friday (July 31), 10 a.m.

s Book Sale – The annual Lillie M.Evans Library book sale in Princeville isAug. 3-29. Donations welcome.

Future Eventss Book Signing –Author Randy Sol-

lenberger will read and sign books Aug.8 at Morrison & Mary Wiley Library at10 a.m. Books will be available for $16,CDs for $10 & both as a set for $25.

s Jubilee Tour – Jubilee College His-torical Site is open to the public Aug. 8

from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. fortours of Jubilee College,cemetery walks andtours about preservingIllinois prairies and gar-dening for butterflies.

s Hunter Safety –AHunter Safety Class

sponsored by Elmwood InsuranceAgency at Maple Lane Country Club inElmwood is Aug. 20-21, 5-10 p.m. Din-ner served for free. Call (309) 742-2141.

s Golf Outing – Fore the Kids first golfouting sponsored by St. Jude Children’sHospital is Aug. 22 at Oak Run GolfCourse. Shotgun start at 8 a.m. Scrambletournament registration opens at 7 a.m.

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Rambling through central Illi-nois pondering folks who claim todo one thing, then do the exact op-posite when you are not looking.

uuuSweet corn is one of many

things that makes the Midwestsuch a cool place – even in theblast-furnace heat of summer. Suresome folks grow sweet corn tosell, but there are many more whoraise a few rowseach year merelyto share. Thekindness alwaysimpresses me.Yet this summer,with a bumpercrop for many,corn sharing isso rampant thatit’s hard to ac-cept all the delicious offers. Whata wonderful problem. ... Speakingof produce, the first entry for thisyear’s Weekly Post Big TomatoContest has been weighed. KimStaley (pictured at right) of ruralElmwood hauled in an odd-shaped, 1.7-ounce tomato lastweek. This ’mater came off aBeefsteak plant and got its funkyshape after growing over a cagesupporting the tomato plant. Staleysaid this has been a good year forher 29 tomato plants, adding shefully expects to be surpassed bysome other entry between now andclose of the contest in September.Maybe. Maybe not. Time, and myancient, fairly accurate scale, willtell.

uuuThe list of things that concern

me is staggering, embarrassing andno doubt fodder for a clinicalstudy. But I am happy to check oneworry off the list for this summer.That came when my wife foundtwo monarch caterpillars in ourmilkweed. Though tiny, the littlegreen-and-yellow zebras broughtme much-needed hope. Time waswe would pack an aquarium withcaterpillars in the late summer,then be mesmerized as they trans-formed over the weeks to come.Aside from a male wood duck,there is little in nature more amaz-ing than a monarch chrysalis. Theannual in-house nature show wasso good that I planted milkweedaround the house (don’t tell mylate grandfathers, they spent theirfarming careers killing the stuff).While the milkweed has taken off,the number of caterpillars andmonarch butterflies has plunged.Our’s is part of a larger problemwith habitat, here and on themonarch’s wintering grounds inMexico. But experts say this yearshould be a little better for mon-archs and, so far, they are right.

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I followed my daughter’s softballteam out to the middle of nowhere,where they were scheduled to play atournamentgame. (Actually,following some-one might havebeen a REALgood idea in thefirst place.)

It was held at aplace called Hol-lis Park, which isactually ButlerPark, which would have been a loteasier to find because Google Mapsmight have heard of THAT.

I noticed one of the coaches atthird base going through a bunch ofsigns. I thought that was a little ad-vanced for 10 year olds, but whatdo I know?

He ran a hand down his right arm.Then his right hand down his leftarm. Next, he slapped his rightcheek with an open hand, then hisright elbow with the other hand. Hepulled the back of his hand acrosshis forehead, grabbed the bill of hiscap, pulled it off, and then wipedthe front of his uniform. He re-placed his hat and went through thesigns again.

I know a little bit about baseball.He told the runner on first to stealon the next pitch. He told the batterto swing at the next pitch. He toldthe on-deck batter to get a biggerbat. He told his wife to go get him aBig Mac, vanilla shake and fries.

On the next pitch, the runnerstayed put, the batter didn’t swing,the on-deck hitter ignored him andso did his wife.

It turns out he was just swattingaway a few million of the gazillionbugs that were attacking people atthe field. Mosquitoes were the sizeof small Bell helicopters and weretaking more blood than the RedCross on donation day. Gnats wereallowing themselves to be kamikazepilots, dive bombing people’s faces,only to be smacked into oblivion.

It was a rough night. Elmwood’sbug population doesn’t come closeto Butler/Hollis Park.

I made sure I packed plenty ofbug repellent for the next game weplayed there a few nights later. Iwas still bombarded with the littlebeasts, but not nearly as bad. Islathered the stuff on like sun block,which meant that some of the moreadventuresome insects flew ontomy face and stuck.

So who won the games?The bugs.

uuuThe softball league is supposed to

be so that the girls can learn thegame. Some coaches don’t see itthat way. Some coaches just want towin.

Take one coach who we playedagainst. He told his team not toswing at any pitch unless there weretwo strikes. That meant that most ofhis girls were going to walk.

Then, on the first pitch of the nextbatter, the girl who had just walkedwas to steal second. On the secondpitch, she was to steal third. If anyof the next few pitches got by thecatcher, then she was to go home.

Each team was limited to fiveruns per inning or the customarythree outs, whichever came first.

The only thing that coach taughthis team was how to win withouthitting. Someday when those girlsgo up against a team with a pitcherwho throws strikes, they won’tknow what to do.

At least it looked like his kidswere having fun.

uuuOne of the teams in the league

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Bugs won at Hollis Park softball games

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Between now and Sept. 10,when the special election for the18th Congressional seat will bedecided, candidates Darin La-Hood and RobMellon will becampaigningthroughout the19 downstatecounties.

In the low-turnout July 7primary, La-Hood won with69 percent ofthe Republican vote, and Mellonwon with 61 percent of Demo-cratic ballots.

There’s more to Mellon and La-Hood than packaged images, ofcourse, so I had them respond to abaker’s dozen questions to help

people appreciate the human be-ings behind any practiced, poll-driven, focus-group-vettedlikenesses conjured by consultantsor other spin doctors.Question: What was your best

day in higher education?Darin LaHood: Without a doubt,

my law school graduation day.Rob Mellon: Graduating from

Quincy University with my His-tory degree (Dr. Costigan and Fa-ther Aaron had to be proud).Q: If you won a lottery and

could buy any truck or car, whatwould be your dream vehicle?

DL: I think it’d be great to havea Jeep to cruise around in.

RM: “Smokey and the Bandit”-style mid-’70s black Trans Amwith the gold firebird across thehood

Q: What was your favorite car-toon character from childhood?

DL: I loved the Road Runner.RM: Captain America, of

course – he’s an Army officer!Q: What location do you enjoy

going to, or traveling past, for asense of serenity?

DL: We hike the Bluff Trail inPeoria’s Robinson Park, and Ilove the scenery and family time.

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Grand jury indictsex-Brimfield fire chief

BRIMFIELD – A Peoria CountyGrand Jury on July 21 indictedJames E. Bennett on two felonytheft charges connected to hisspending whilechief of the vol-unteer BrimfieldCommunity FireProtection Dis-trict (BCFPD).Prosecutors ac-cuse Bennett, 39,of illegallyspending morethan $500 ingovernment funds and alsoBCFPD funds between April 21,2014, and April 30, 2015.

On June 7, Bennett was arrestedby the Peoria County Sheriff’s Of-fice and initially charged withtheft, deceptive practices andcredit card fraud after an internalBCFPD inquiry raised suspicionsof improper spending. Fire per-sonnel shared their concerns withSheriff’s officers in May.

The original charges stemmedfrom allegations Bennett “mighthave been stealing taxpayermoney for personal gain,” accord-ing to police reports. Specifically,BCFPD officials claim that Ben-nett charged thousands of dollarsof fuel for his personal vehicles tothe BCFPD credit card, and kepthundreds of dollars from checksintended to go to BCFPD, policesaid.

BCFPD officials gave policedocuments they said showed fuelcharges from outside the area, andthey told police Bennett had notbeen authorized to use the fire de-partment’s credit card for personaluse. Interviews and other evidencefrom nearby gas stations seem toconfirm that Bennett had used theBCFPD credit card dozens of

times in the last year for vehiclesthat weren’t the fire department’s,police said.

The BCFPD examination ofrecords also found that checksfrom the Akron-Princeville firedepartment and others totaling$2,475 weren’t deposited butcashed, officials told police.

Bennett, who resigned as chiefon May 4, was taken into custodyJuly 22 and transported to thePeoria County Jail.

Bennett has no serious criminalrecord. Besides two traffic tickets,his record shows a 2009 misde-meanor and a recent Brimfield or-dinance violation.

If convicted on the felonies,Bennett could face a prison termof up to seven years.Knox Co. investigatinginterrupted burglary

YATES CITY – Knox CountySheriff’s police are continuing toinvestigate a reported attemptedburglary of a mobile home in the400 block of Third Street on July16, when two witnesses reported aburglary in progress.

Police from Knox and Elmwoodresponded to the area after reportsthat men who may have beenarmed had fled in a dark Chrysleror Buick.

A search along Ill. Route 8 andalso in a wooded area betweenThird Street and Knox Highway19 found no suspects, accordingto reports.

The homeowner said nothingseemed to be missing from thepremises.Police seek suspect inDogtown Lake melee

ELMWOOD – Peoria CountySheriff’s officers are seeking a 33-year-old Elmwood man in con-nection with a fight that injured anintoxicated man at a party ofdozens of people in the 6900block of Dogtown Lane late July

25.The victim, who refused to an-

swer questions, was transportedby BYE Ambulance to a hospitalfor a head wound, police said.

Elmwood police also re-sponded, and a charge of aggra-vated battery is possible,according to reports.Police reports

• John A. Rose, 32, of Farming-ton on July 21 was arrested forunlawful possession of drug para-phernalia, criminal trespassing,obstruction of justice, and seventraffic violations, and transportedto the Peoria County Jail.• Hailey McFall, 21, of Elmwoodon July 21 was arrested for Driv-ing Under the Influence, trans-portation of alcohol, and improperlane usage, and transported to thePeoria County Jail.

• Elmwood police on July 23 is-sued ordinance violations for mat-ters such as garbage andinoperable vehicles in the 700block of West Sharon, the 400block of South Walnut and the300 block of West Hawthorn.

• Raymond Gillam, 60, ofPrinceville on July 25 was ar-rested for domestic battery andtransported to the Peoria CountyJail.

• Evan Christopher Landmark,23, of Edwards on July 25 was ar-rested for retail theft and trans-ported to the Peoria County Jail.Deer accidents

• July 18 – Jana Eveland ofCanton on Illinois Route 116 nearCounty Highway 18 in Farming-ton Township.

• July 22 – Paul Rossman ofTaylor Ridge, on Illinois Route 78near Scotland Prairie Road inBrimfield Township.

• July 26 – Two vehicles drivenby Zachariah Reaka of Dunlapand Dustin Shelton of Peoria onIllinois Route 91 near SalemSchool Road in Radnor Township.

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GALLAGHER: ‘Bunnies’ name silly but uniquewas from Canton. Theyhad “Little Giants” writ-ten on their shirts.

That’s sort of likeJumbo Shrimp, and I’ve

never really understoodwhat a little giant is, andwhen they refer to thegirls’ sports teams, thenthey’re known as theLady Little Giants.

Wouldn’t that be LittleLady Giants? Or maybethe Giant Little Ladies?

No, that one doesn’twork at all.

In fact, I’m going to getmyself in all sorts of trou-ble if I continue thisthought, so let’s move onto a team that ISN’T inour softball league.

Princeville calls its boyssports teams the Princes.That makes sense. Theirgirls teams, one wouldthink, should be called thePrincesses.

No, they’re called theLady Princes.

Huh?Maybe someone from

Princeville can help meout and explain that.

uuuThere’s all sort of talk

about mascots that are of-fensive because of whatthey represent. Native

American names havebeen criticized for years.Recently, anything with aSouthern theme became atarget, especially if theywere sporting a Confeder-ate flag.

I believe that FisherHigh School in Fisher(northwest of the conver-gence of Interstates 74and 57, directly west ofRantoul), has the bestmascot in the UnitedStates.

If your school playsFisher High School,you’ll battle (are youready?), the Bunnies.

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Benson is new Yates City police chiefBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

YATES CITY – There’s a newchief of police in town here.

Police Chief John Kennedy, 60,retired this month, and the VillageBoard at its regular monthlymeeting on July 8 approved andswore in Sgt. Randy Benson asthe new chief.

Kennedy, who had served asYates City’s police chief for 13years, will remain a deputy on theforce at the Knox County Sher-iff’s Office.

Benson is a veteran police offi-cer, who retired from the Gales-burg Police Department in 2012after 29 years on the job. He alsois a past president of the IllinoisPolice Association.

Benson is a graduate of CarlSandburg College who lives in

Galesburg and is originally fromAlexis.

In other business at its meeting,the Village Board discussed arearoads, but is waiting for more in-formation from the railroad on achronic problem of standingwater beneath the BNSF bridgeover Illinois Route 8 west oftown. The board also decided totake no action on Township Road2300 E, which runs to Farming-ton.

“As far as the railroad and thewater on the roadway, the railroaddid come out and assess the issuebut they have indicated that itcould be a while before anythingtakes place even after their as-sessment,” said Village ClerkStephanie Arrowsmith. “At thistime no action on Road 2300 willbe taken.”

Village attorney WayneStatham is notifying interestedparties of that decision, Arrow-smith said.

Meanwhile, action was tabledon a golf cart/UTV ordinance andon a proposal to buy an in-carvideo for the village’s police car,Arrowsmith said.

Former Yates City Police ChiefJohn Kennedy has retired after 13years in the position and has beenreplaced by Sgt. Randy Benson, aretired Galesburg police officer.



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YATES CITY – The Elba-Salem Park District has paid toinstall a Generac generator toserve as a backup power source atthe Yates City Community Cen-ter.

The newspaper incorrectly re-ported in our July 23 edition thatthe generator had been donatedby the Elba-Salem Fire ProtectionDistrict. That is not the case. JimRalston was also misidentified inthe article.

The generator was installedTuesday (July 21) by Roy KeithElectric Company of Farmington.

Jim Ralston, a board member ofthe Elba-Salem Park Districtwhich manages the communitycenter, said the generator willallow the facility to be used as aheating-cooling center in the caseof a power outage.

The Elba-Salem FPD buildingis already a heating-cooling cen-ter, but Ralston said “in case of anatural disaster we can assistthem with our facility.”

Ralston said the generator willalso serve as insurance for anyonewho rents the hall.

“If you’ve got a wedding recep-tion here and have spent thou-sands of dollars, it will be nice toknow you can still have your re-ception even if the power goesout,” Ralston said.

Cost of the generator and instal-lation was $21,0000.Local St. Jude runnersset for big Saturday

Local runners are gearing up forSt. Jude Runs on Saturday (Aug. 1).

Three of the 36 satellite runs forSt. Jude are in The Weekly Postarea: Elmwood, Kickapoo-Brim-field and Princeville.

Elmwood runners will meet atCentral Park Saturday at 11 a.m.and will start running at 11:30.Well-wishers are welcome to cheeron the group of 50 or so runners. Atelevised check presentation is ex-pected on WEEK-TV at about 8:42p.m. according to Elmwood organ-izer Lynn Tannock.

The Kickapoo-Brimfield contin-gent of 37 runners leaves BrimfieldHigh School at 10 a.m. according toorganizer Matt Staser.

Runners will stop in Kickapooaround noon for a pork chop lunchthat is open to the public from

11:30 until the last pork chop issold.

Since 1982, the annual event hasgenerated more than $35.9 millionfor St. Jude.

Edwards earns $2,000national FFA award

FARMINGTON – Brittan Ed-wards of Farm-ington HighSchool FFAearned a $2,000John DeereDealer scholar-ship awarded bythe national FFAorganization.

The scholar-ship was one of2,156 awarded nationally and issponsored by Wm. Nobbe & Co.,Inc.

Edwards plans to use the fundsto pursue a degree at Illinois Cen-tral College.

Brimfield HistoricalSociety has busy slate

BRIMFIELD – The BrimfieldHistorical Society has several up-coming events in the next fewmonths, starting with Saturday’sice cream social.

The ice cream social will beduring the Cruise In starting at 5p.m. outside of the Brimfield Vil-lage Hall. The log cabin in townwill also be open at this time forvisitors.

The log cabin will also be openfrom 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug.15, during Old Settler’s Days inBrimfield.

The group’s next meeting isTuesday, Sept. 15, at 7 p.m. at theBrimfield Public Library. All arewelcome to attend and to join the

group.

Seeking information onSoapbox Derby Race

ELMWOOD – Karl Taylor isseeking anyone with pictures,memorabilia or anecdotes aboutthe Elmwood Soapbox DerbyRaces from 1948-58.

Taylor and Taylor Armbrusterare doing research on the Elm-wood Soap Box Race (called theRocket Derby) which was heldduring the Fall Festival on the hillbeside Elm Haven from 1948-58.

If you have pictures or memora-bilia, please take it to the librarywhere someone will photographand return it to you. Members and friendsart exhibit opens Aug. 1

GALESBURG – The GalesburgCivic Art Center is pleased to hostthe Members and Friends Exhibi-tion in the Joanne R. GoudieGallery starting Saturday (Aug. 1)through Aug. 22.

Also opening Aug. 1 in theBLICK Gallery are works by MaryEllen Carver. Music will be pro-vided by Reva Schoenwetter,“Harping for all Occasions.”

The Members and Friends showincludes recent works by Art Centermembers, and friends living withina 50-mile radius of the Art Center.Paintings, sculptures, photography,collage, metal work and other kindsof media will be included. Thisyear’s juror, Jaci Willis, of Peoriawill award over $500 in prizes.

The Galesburg Civic Art Center isopen Tuesday through Friday, 10:30a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday,10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more infor-mation call (309) 342-7415 or visitwww.galesburgarts.org.

Jim Hackney of Roy Keith Electric Company positions a generator beinglifted by tractor operator Jim Ralston. The generator was placed behind theYates City Community Center to provide backup power for the facility incase of a power outage. Photo by Jeff Lampe.

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By RON DIETERFor The Weekly Post

It is difficult for me topicture a flower gardenwithout including butter-flies. It is always a de-light to watch a swallow-tail or a monarch flutterfrom flower to flower,pausing at each to searchfor nectar.

Butterflies havefour life cyclestages: egg, larva,pupa, and adult.Butterfly adultslay their eggs onparticular plantsthat their caterpil-lars will want toeat when they hatch out.

Monarchs, for exam-ple, like to lay their eggson common milkweedplants.

If you grow parsley,you may have been star-tled by a large stripedcaterpillar feeding on theleaves. That caterpillarlater becomes a swal-lowtail.

Those little white but-terflies fluttering aboutyour cabbage and broc-coli plants are busy lay-ing eggs on the under-sides of the leaves.Watch and you will seethe butterfly land on theedge of a leaf and curl itsrear end underneath.

Examine the leaf andyou will see little orangeoblong eggs attached tothe underside. Fromthose eggs will hatch lit-tle green caterpillars thatwill eat holes in the plantleaves. They can com-pletely devour a youngplant if left unchecked.

You can control thecaterpillars withoutharming the butterfliesby using Dipel, a safe or-ganic insecticide.

Some gardeners reallyget into this butterflything and try to assemblea garden that will be at-tractive to both the adultand caterpillar stages.Most folks, however,enjoy the adult butter-flies fluttering in the gar-den, but prefer that those“ugly” caterpillars livesomewhere else.

So I’m going to sug-gest a few plants that areattractive to adult butter-flies, but let you do yourown research if you planto do a dedicated butter-fly garden.

A plant that can beguaranteed to attract but-terflies is, of course, thebutterfly bush, Buddleiadavidii. This plant is abutterfly magnet.

In our climate it is adie-back shrub, meaning

it behaves like a peren-nial: that is, the topfreezes and dies, but theroot survives the winter.

A little farther south inZone 6, butterfly bush isa woody shrub that canget 6-12 feet tall.

Around here though,some varieties will grow

to 5-6 feet before beingstopped by winter cold.Butterfly bush is slow tostart in the spring andyou should not cut itback until you see signsof new growth, whichsometimes doesn’t ap-pear until mid-May.

There are several vari-eties of butterfly bushwith various shades ofpurple, red, or whiteflowers. Buddleia ‘BlackKnight’ is a heavybloomer with dark pur-ple flowers that call but-terflies to the garden. Inthis area, ‘Black Knight’grows to about 6 feet.

The flowers are longlasting and can be usedin arrangements.

A variegated leaf form,Buddleia ‘Harlequin,’has reddish purple flow-ers and white marginedleaves. Its smaller staturemakes it a good choicefor small gardens.

Many perennials arebutterfly favorites.Spring flowers of alli-ums and chives willquickly attract the early-birds to your garden.The purple golf-ballblossoms of Allium‘Purple Sensation’ willappear in April and Mayand provide nectar forseveral weeks.

Later, purple cone-flowers will draw bothmonarchs and swallow-tails. Without much care,coneflower will grow inalmost any soil. Itblooms most of the sum-mer if planted where itcan bask in at least a halfday of sunlight.

I think planting cone-flower is the easiest wayto draw butterflies to thegarden.

Other summer nectarsources are beebalm,sedum, black-eyedsusan, catmint, coreop-sis, phlox, sunflower,yarrow, butterfly weed,and garlic chives.

In late summer and

fall, butterflies will bedrawn to asters, Joe-Pyeweed, sedum, and (myfall favorite) goldenrod(Solidago). The golden-rod cultivar, Solidago‘Fireworks’ has long,narrow, bright yellowplume-like blossoms onstiff stems which arch

across the plant inall directions, remi-niscent of a burst offireworks. Hencethe name.

Goldenrods areoften wronglyblamed for causinghay fever. Thepollen from rag-

weed, which blooms atthe same time, is the realculprit.

Chances are thatwithout any effort onyour part, butterflies willmake random visits toyour garden searchingfor nectar. But if you setout a plant or two thatthey enjoy, they will re-turn again and again tobring beauty and motionto your garden.

Butterflies are flowers in flight

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Fourteen-year-oldClydesdaleJenna visitswith, left toright, CarrieGill, EmilyDelbridgeand CarliStall atSummerHarvest inPrinceville.Photo by BillKnight.




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Salem township, library reach agreementBy BILL KNIGHTFor The Weekly Post

YATES CITY – Salem Townshipand the Salem Township LibraryDistrict have reached an agreementsettling an oversight in the dis-bursement of decades of tax rev-enues, and the Township will paythe Library $2,249.87.

The amount represents what thelibrary was owed from Fiscal Years2014 and 2015, according to an in-tergovernmental agreement dis-closed after The Weekly Post fileda Freedom of Information Act re-quest for the public record.

“The District’s proportionateshare [of state-distributed Personal

Property Replacement Taxes] waspaid to the Township and then theTownship was to pay it over to theDistrict,” the document concedes.

But “Salem Township was untilrecently unaware that a portion ofthe PPRT it received was owed tothe Salem Township Library Dis-trict.”

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Norma J. JonesBRIMFIELD – Norma J. Jones,

85, of Brimfield, passed away at8:11 p.m. Monday, July 27, 2015,at UnityPoint Health-Methodist inPeoria.

Norma wasborn June 3,1930, in Brim-field, the daugh-ter of Charles W.and Cleo V.Tucker Porter.She marriedHarley E. Jones,Jr. on July 18,1951, in Brimfield. He survives.

Also surviving are their daugh-ters, Ruth Marie (David) Jones-Partrick of Port Washington, Wis.,and Linda Lou Raineri of Peoria;three grandchildren, Michael Tay-lor, Angela (Joe) Thomas, andDonald Raineri III; and threegreat-grandchildren. She was pre-ceded in death by her parents; onesister, Lois Johnson; and onebrother, Robert “Bob” Porter.

Norma worked as a clerk forMemler’s Variety Store in Brim-field, and she also sold Avon in theBrimfield area.

Norma was a member of theBrimfield United MethodistChurch, where a funeral servicewill be held at 11:30 a.m. Thurs-day, July 30, 2015. Rev. LeonardThomas will officiate. Visitationwill be from 10 to 11:30 a.m.today (July 30) at the church. Bur-ial will be in Brimfield Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may bemade to the Brimfield UnitedMethodist Church.

Haskell-Hott Funeral Homes inPrinceville is in charge of arrange-ments. Condolences may be left atwww.haskellhott.com.

Roy HangartnerBRIMFIELD – Roy William

Hangartner, 86, of Eureka, fatherof a Brimfield woman, died July24 at the Apostolic ChristianHome of Eureka.

Survivors include: one daughter,Lena (Wes) Kieser of Brimfield,and two sons, Dan (Donna)Hangartner and Mark (Karen)Hangartner, both of Eureka; ninegrandchildren, including Ty (Kate-lyn), Maria, Lance and JuliaKieser; and 11 great-grandchil-dren.

Funeral services were July 26 atthe Apostolic Christian Church ofEureka, with burial in Olio Ceme-tery in Eureka.

Condolences may be left atwww.argoruestmanharris.com.

George J. HawleyPRINCEVILLE – George J.

Hawley, age 73, of New Boston, agraduate of Princeville HighSchool, died July 16 at Northwest-ern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

Born on April 3, 1942, in Min-neapolis, the son of Alfred and Eliz-abeth (Zinn) Hawley, he attendedand graduated from PrincevilleHigh School in 1960, where he heldthe pole vault record for 21 years.

Survivors include his wife Janet(Adams) Hawley; a daughter, Dawn(Denis) Coventry of Chillicothe;two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two sisters and twobrothers.

A funeral Mass was held at St.Edward Catholic Church in Chilli-cothe on July 25. Burial will beheld at the Chillicothe City Ceme-tery, with military honors.

Condolences may be left atwww.hurdfamilyfunerals.com.

Debra Koelling BRIMFIELD – Debra Kay

Koelling, 62, of Bartonville, step-mother of a Brimfield man, diedJuly 25 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital inSt. Louis, Mo.

Survivors include her husband,Kenneth B. Koelling; daughter Jes-sica Berardi of Pekin; stepson BobKoelling of Brimfield; eight grand-children; and one great-grandchild.

Services were on July 29 at Davi-son-Fulton Bartonville Chapel. Cre-mation rites have been accorded.

Condolences may be left at Davi-son-Fulton-BartonvilleChapel.com.

Patrick MaloneBRIMFIELD – Patrick W. Mal-

one, 86, of Peoria, father of aBrimfield man, died July 23 atLiberty Village Manor Court inPeoria.

Survivors include his three sons;Joseph O. (Mary) Malone of Brim-field, Michael Malone of Peoria,and James G. “Jerry” (Cathy) Mal-one of Peoria; 8 grandchildren; 4great-grandchildren; and two sis-ters, Elizabeth Bienemann andKitty Crebs both of Peoria.

Services were July 28 atWoolsey-Wilton, with burial atResurrection Mausoleum.

Condolences may be left atwww.dignitymemorial.com/davi-son-fulton-woolsey-wilton-fu-neral-home.

Robert L. MillsWILLIAMSFIELD – Robert L.

Mills, 83, Knoxville, formerly ofBrimfield and Williamsfield, diedJuly 20 at his son's home inKnoxville.

He was born Oct. 11, 1931, inBrimfield, the son of C.C. andNina Towne Mills. He attendedWilliamsfield schools, thenKnoxville schools.

Surviving is his wife, EvelynMills of Knoxville; a son, Steven(Sandy) Mills of Knoxville; twograndchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Graveside services were July 25at Knoxville Cemetery.

Condolences may be left at hurd-hendricksfuneralhome.com.

Stella OrwigBRIMFIELD – Stella Beth

Orwig, 90, of Pekin, mother of aBrimfield woman, died July 25 atOSF Richard L. Owens HospiceHome.

Survivors include daughter MaryJane (Norb) Schneider of Brim-field; two sons, Rob (Judi, fiance)Orwig of Bloomington, and Ken(Kathy) Orwig of Peoria; andseven grandchildren: three step-grandchildren; 18 great-grandchil-dren; one great-great grandchild;and one sister.

Her funeral was July 29 at FirstUnited Presbyterian Church inDelavan, with burial at the PrairieRest Cemetery.

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This Week’s Obituaries• Roy Hangartner, 86, Brimfield• George J. Hawley, 73,Princeville• Norma Jones, 85, Brimfield• Debra Koelling, 62, Brimfield• Patrick Malone, 86, Brimfield• Robert Mills, 83, Knoxville• Stella Orwig, 90, Brimfield• Aaron Sammet, 94, Princeville• Debi Scharp, 62, Brimfield• Harold Siebert, 71, Brimfield• Marilyn Steward, 81, Williams-fieldJones

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Large Public AuctionLocated at: 1001 E. Fort Street, Moose Lodge in

Farmington, IL ( Across from McDonalds on Rt.116)(Liquor Items are from the Old Bell Tap, Peoria & much of the 1800 itemscame from the German & Friedman Hardware-Wagon & Plow store inPrinceville 1870s thru 1920.)

Saturday, August 1st @10:00 amAntique Furniture, Antiques, China, Glass, Primitives, Toys, Gilbert Ameri-can Flyer Race Track, Sports/Baseball Cards, Jewelry/Coins Display CaseItems, 1873 Peo County History Book, Vintage Paper & Books, Advertising,10K & 14K Rings, Black Hills Gold Necklace, 1873 Atlas Map of PeoriaCounty, 1899 Bushnell Pump catalog/1890’s Favorite Stove catalog/1837Grand Detour Plow Catalog (Dixon, IL), 1965 Mustang shp Manual, 1921Herschel Mfg Catalog, Prints/Etchings, Liquor/Beer Signs, CommercialRestaurant Equip, Appliances, Mondern Furniture, Houshold, Farm Equip-ment, 48’ Semi Van Trailer, Shop, Yard & Garden.View photos www.auctionzip/culver.com or www.biddersandbuyers.comAuctioneers Note:Huge amount of vintage advertising items, makingit impossible to list all. Two/three Rings will be run. Statements day ofauction supersede all others.

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Aaron SammetPRINCEVILLE – Aaron Freder-

ick Sammet, 94, of Highland Vil-lage, Texas, formerly ofPrinceville, died July 17 at home.

Survivors include his wife of 61years, Faye; and his three children,Frederick Sammet of HickoryCreek, Texas, Cheryl (Jerry) Si-mone of Shady Shores, Texas, andPaula (Neil) Hellums of Justin,Texas; and three grandchildren.

A graveside military service willbe held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug.1 at Flower Mound Cemetery,Flower Mound, Texas.

Condolences may be left atwww.legacy.com.

Debi ScharpBRIMFIELD – Debi K. Scharp,

62, of Bartonville, step-mother of aBrimfield woman, died July 24 atthe OSF Richard L. Owens HospiceHome in Peoria.

Survivors include her husband,Larry Scharp; four step-daughters,including Amy (Scott) Arp of Brim-

field and Debbie Scharp of Bellevueand Cori (Rich) Storm of Peoria; 12step-grandchildren; and 3 step-great-grandchildren.

A funeral service was held July 29at Deiters Funeral Home and Cre-matory in East Peoria. Intermentwill be at Swan Lake Memory Gar-dens in Peoria.

Condolences may be left atwww.deitersfuneralhome.com.

Harold SiebertBRIMFIELD – Harold “Joe”

Siebert, 71, of Peoria, brother of aBrimfield man, died July 17 at hisresidence.

Surviving are one brother, Jack(Bonnie) Siebert of Brimfield; andone sister, Mary Draggist of Peoria.

Cremation rites have been ac-corded. A private graveside servicewill be held at Lutheran Cemeteryin Peoria.

Condolences may be left atwww.peoriafuneral.com.Marilyn Joan Steward

WILLIAMSFIELD – Marilyn

Joan Steward, 81, of Altona, for-merly of Williamsfield, died on July20 at Galesburg Cottage Hospital.

Joan graduated from Williams-field High School in 1952 and washomecoming queen her senior year.She worked the switchboard at theWilliamsfield Telephone Companyand later for Burlington Truck Linesin Galesburg.

Survivors include her son, RonSteward of Springfield; two broth-ers, Jim (Cindy) Cation of ruralGalesburg and Ron (Sharon) Cationof Ohio; five nieces and nephews;and nine great-nieces and great-nephews.

Both she and her late husbandEverett had decided they did notwant a funeral or services and herwishes will be complied with.

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Tips to take care of pets during hot weatherRecent high tempera-

tures and increased hu-midity levels can createdangerous conditions forour animal friends.

Peoria County remindspet owners to see thattheir critters are safe andcomfortable in the heat.

• Animals need plentyof fresh water at all times.Be sure your dog can’tturn over his bucket.Check on cattle, horses,and other livestock, aswell.

• Take care when exer-cising your pet. Adjust in-

tensity and duration ofexercise in accordancewith the temperature. Onvery hot days, limit exer-cise to early morning orevening, and be espe-cially careful with petswith white-colored ears,who are more susceptibleto skin cancer, and short-nosed pets, who typicallyhave difficulty breathing.

• Be sure your animalcan get to a shady area. Adoghouse isn’t enough –pets must be able to getinto shade if outdoors.

Horses and cattle needto get out of the sun, too.Be sure to provide a loaf-ing shed or overhang.

• Take your pet inside ifpossible. With a heatindex over 100 degrees,pets do better inside withair conditioning. Another

solution is to put your petin a cool area of yourhouse, like a basement.

• Hose down horses orlivestock to provide relieffrom the heat.

• If your pet showssigns of distress (exces-sive panting, lethargy, un-responsive), seekveterinary care immedi-ately. Call your vet foradvice on how to bringyour pet’s body tempera-ture down while youtransport him.

• Leave your pet athome, not in your car.The temperature in a carcan reach dangerous lev-els within minutes.

If you see an animal indistress, call PeoriaCounty Animal Protec-tion Services (309) 672-2440 or (309) 674-3131.



BRIMFIELDSt. Paul’s

Lutheran ChurchThe 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 ChurchPastor 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 3-12

Brimfield UnitedMethodist Church

Pastor Leonard Thomas135 S. Galena St., Brimfield

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

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

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

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

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) 830-4259www.crossroadselmwood.org

Wed. Worship: 7 pmSun. Worship: 10:30 am

Elmwood 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 pmFirst Presbyterian Church

of ElmwoodReverend Marla B. Bauler201 W. Evergreen, Elmwood

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

St. Patrick’sCatholic ChurchFather Paul Stiene

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

Sat. Confession: 3:45 p.m.

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

Tues. Rosary: 8:15 amUnited Methodist Church

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

(309) 742-7221www.elmwoodumc.org

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 am

Worship: 11:00 amNew Hope FellowshipAssembly of GodPastor Tom Wright

1102 N. Illinois Route 78Farmington

(309) 245-2957Sun. Worship: 10 amWed. Worship: 7 pm

YATES CITYFaith United

Presbyterian ChurchReverend Marla B. Bauler

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

Sun. School: 10:15 amThurs. Choir: 7 pm

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Hearing is Aug. 11 for Kickapoo road disputeKICKAPOO – A law-

suit filed by KickapooTownship against 58-year-old Roger Windishof rural Edwards alleg-ing he planted crops onthe Township right ofway since 2010 has a1:15 p.m. conferencescheduled Aug. 11 to set

a trial date, according tothe Peoria County Cir-cuit Clerk’s office.

Windish “interferedwith the ability of [Kick-apoo Township] to exer-cise jurisdiction over thesubject right of way,”charges the suit, whichadds it “interferes withthe proper maintenanceand proper preventative

measures of unsafe accu-mulation of rainwater onthe roadway anddrainage of water fromthe roadway [and] en-dangers the public safetyand the integrity of theroad.”

Windish also is ac-cused of damaging thesurface in the 8000 blockof North Gilles Road

with a bulldozer’s metaltracks.

On May 1, JudgeJames Mack signed aTemporary RestrainingOrder prohibitingWindish “from entering,occupying, modifying oraltering the right of wayon Gilles Road.”

2014 lawsuit has November hearingROSEFIELD – A

years-long dispute be-tween Rosefield Town-ship and Rosefield’sformer Road Commis-sioner Mark Vicary andhis wife Megan MillerVicary has a case man-agement conference thatis scheduled for 10 a.m.on Nov. 13, according tocourt documents.

Filed in September of2014, the Vicarys’ law-suit names the Townshipand current Road Com-missioner Matt Windish,plus former TownshipSupervisor Steve Davisand three others who’vedone work for the Town-

ship: John Forney, Rob-bie LaFollett and KevinWindish.

The suit alleges thatthe Vicarys were “ver-bally berated” at a 2013Township meeting; im-plies the defendantswere involved in vandal-ism on the Vicarys’ out-buildings and nearbyfields; charges thatTownship workers droveby the Vicarys’ home,made “obscene ges-tures,” cursed, wavedand laughed at them and“made vulgar gestures”;accuses Robbie LaFol-lett of “violently” con-fronting them.

However, the PeoriaCounty Sheriff’s Jan. 23report on that incidentmakes no mention ofany violence and notesthat “LaFollett left theresidence when asked”.

The suit also infersthe defendants were tiedto a dozen false zoningcomplaints anony-mously made against theVicarys.

Peoria County Sher-iff’s officials told TheWeekly Post that theythink the friction stemsfrom Vicary losing thenomination for re-elec-tion in a Republicancaucus in 2012, whenMike LaFollett wasnominated as the GOPcandidate.

Friction is alsothought to have comefrom Matt Windish, run-ning as an Independent,winning the post by de-feating Mike LaFollett,129-57, in the Spring2013 election.

Megan Miller Vicaryhas filed dozens of com-plaints with the PeoriaCounty Sheriff’s Office,which says it repeatedlytold her that her com-plaints were not criminalor else found no evi-dence to prosecute al-leged incidents.

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Being one of only twowomen racers in her 4cylinder division, andonly 16 years old, Mus-grave has a lot to proveto the other racers.

“At first they weren’tsure how to deal with it,but they all have helpedme a lot,” she said.

Musgrave explainedthat she must first qual-ify to compete in the fea-ture race through heatraces.

“A couple of weeksago, I beat out six grownmen to qualify for thefeature,” she said,proudly.

Jenna’s best finish sofar is ninth place and hergoal for this year is tofinish in the top seven inthe overall points raceand earn some prizemoney. Musgrave is cur-rently seventh in pointsout of 49 racers.

Points are calculatedbased on how manyraces a driver partici-pates in, how many carsthey pass during racesand how well a racer hasfinished in each race.

Musgrave credits hersuccesses in the sport toquick reflexes and a love

of speed. In the 4 cylin-der category racers reachspeeds of around 60 mphon 12 laps.

“I want to move up tobigger classes,” Mus-grave said. “My goal isto race in modified orlate model divisions.”

For now, this self-de-scribed “cheerleadertomboy” has her junioryear to think about. AHigh Honor Roll stu-dent, Musgrave partici-pates in cheerleading,spirit squad, track, stu-dent council, Key Club,FFA and the fishingteam.

Fellow fishing teammember, Elmwood jun-ior Austin Traver, alsoraces in the 4 cylinderdivision at The Peoria

Speedway. “We look out for one

another and have afriendly rivalry,” Mus-grave said.

Musgrave’s futureplans include attendingIllinois Central Collegewith a possible major inag business. But first,she has her last twoyears of high school toenjoy.

Her advice to anyteenage girls thinking ofracing is to “go for it andsee what happens,” younever will succeed atanything if you don’thave courage and give ita try.

“I plan to race as longas I can find sponsorswilling to keep my carrunning. Right now my

two sponsors are For-ney’s Well Service andDawson Fabrication, butI am always looking formore sponsors.”


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By CHERYL HARLOWFor The Weekly Post

ELMWOOD – Jenna Musgrave isnot your average, every day cheer-leader. This Elmwood High Schooljunior has a unique hobby for a 16-year-old girl.

She’s a race car driver. And a goodone.

Every Saturday evening since lastApril, Jenna has raced at Peoria Speed-way.

“I started talking about wanting torace last December, amonth after I got my li-cense, and I got a car bythe end of January,” Mus-grave stated.

Musgrave races in the 4-cylinder class and drives aFord Escort ZX2.

There is a proud familyhistory of racing in theMusgrave family. Jenna’s father, Ken,

and her late uncle, Stan, both racedcars at one time.

And Ken Musgraveworks on the race car sev-eral nights each week tokeep it ready for the fol-lowing week’s race.

Musgrave’s olderbrother, Jake, and some ofhis friends come eachweek to buy pit passes and

help Jenna during her races.

Her mother, Chris Musgrave wasnervous at first about her daughter get-ting behind the wheel on a track, butsaid she likes it a lot better now.

Along with the Musgrave family,Jenna occasionally has some of herclosest high school friends, and fellowcheerleaders.

“My girlfriends think it is cool andwanted to bedazzle my racing suit,”Musgrave said with a laugh.

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Following family ties onto the race trackJenna Musgrave, a 16-year-old Elmwood cheerleader, is holding her own at Peoria Speedway

“My girlfriendsthink it is cool and wantedto bedazzle

my racing suit.”– Jenna Musgrave

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