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Ward 4 candidate withdrawing
Ladd dropping from
alderman race
By DYLAN POLK
TimesNewspapers
A candidate for Chillicothe’s only contested
municipal race in the
upcoming election has
decided not to seek election, though his name
will still appear on the
ballot.
On Thursday, Tim Ladd
told the Times-Bulletin
he is withdrawing from
the Ward 4 alderman
race in the April 7 municipal election.
Ladd, who works with
Acom at Caterpillar, said
he made the decision after his work hours were
switched to third shift.
“It just wasn’t going to
work out,” Ladd said.
However, Ladd’s name
will still appear on the
ballot, according to Chief
Deputy Mike Deluhery at
the Peoria County Clerk’s
Office.
Deluhery said the deadline to withdraw from the
ballot according to the
Illinois State Board of
Election’s calendar was
date, Judith
Cantwell,
Jan. 29.
running for
“It would basically
the seat on
be similar to the situathe Chillition with Sue Wolstencothe City
holm for Peoria District
Council
150 last year where she
that will be
withdrew but her name Judith
vacated by
stayed on the ballot,” De- Cantwell
Alderman
luhery said in reference
to the 2014 school board Melvin D. Witte, who
candidate. Wolstenholm has chosen not to seek
defeated incumbent Lau- re-election this year, acra Petelle in the School cording to city officials.
Cantwell previously
Board District 3 race, but
resigned the seat the fol- served as a Ward 4 alderwoman before resigning
lowing July.
Ladd’s withdrawal her seat in 2012 after a
leaves only one candi- dispute with then-Mayor
Troy Childers.
A production clerk at
Caterpillar, Cantwell has
also served as secretary
for the River Valley Softball Association.
“I’m proud of the things
that I was allowed to be
a part of with past councils and would like to
have the opportunity to
be a part of that again,”
Cantwell told the TimesBulletin in a candidate
questionnaire sent earlier last week. “I fight for
what it is important and
nothing is more important than people.”
GateHouse Media special report:
Jobs Outlook 2015
Joblessness down,
but so are jobs
By MARTY HOBE
GateHouse Media Illinois
Young softball
team looks to
compete
Details, B1
Employers in Chillicothe are reporting plans to keep workforces at the same level
this year as they did in 2014. DYLAN POLK/TimesNewspapers
Seeking stability
By DYLAN POLK
TimesNewspapers
Meet the spring
Grey Ghosts
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Business in Chillicothe
isn’t shrinking, but it isn’t
necessarily growing either.
A survey of the top five
employers within Chillicothe’s city limits revealed
most businesses plan on
keeping the same number
of employees in 2015 as
they did in 2014.
And while those numbers speak to the job stability in town, officials say
it doesn’t necessarily show
any growth.
In February, the Times
Bulletin conducted a survey of Chillicothe’s five
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Regional numbers
IDES divides counties
into 10 economic development regions, to better
analyze and compare unemployment data.
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Editor’s Note: GateHouse
newspapers in Galesburg, Canton, Macomb, Kewanee, Monmouth, Pekin, Pontiac, Morton, East Peoria, Chillicothe
and Washington combined
to look at whether jobs are
expected to grow in 2015
as the economy improves.
We asked top employers in
each town their plans for the
year, as well as asking economic development officials what to
expect.
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Pearce center a community effort
By JIM POTTS
TimesNewspapers
Editor’s Note: This is
the first of a two-part
series taking a look back
at 25 years of the Pearce
Community Center.
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biggest employers to determine the number of
employees and whether
each employer planned to
expand its workforce, cut
back or stay around the
same number of employees.
According to the survey,
GALESBURG — Signs
the recession is in the
rearview mirror are starting to pop up across the
nation, looking at unemployment numbers, but
the economic climate in
west-central Illinois has
remained somewhat stagnant.
Nationally, the unemployment rate is 5.5 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
but it’s nearly one and a
half points higher in Illinois at 6.9 percent, according to the Illinois Department of Employment
Security. Locally numbers
are a bit more spread out,
and offer more insight to
the labor market in west
central Illinois.
Pearce Community
Center celebrates 25
years of service and
engagement with Chillicothe and the surrounding communities in 2015.
The Times-Bulletin
recently met with Pearce
founding board members
Thanks to a profitable first year of operations and the Karen Moewe, Darlene
support of the Chillicothe Foundation, construction of Kumpf, Dennis Parkins
and Jim Thornton, along
the Pearce swimming pool began in 1991. PHOTO COURwith Pearce Director
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President Ty Fennell, to
discuss how Pearce Community Center got started
and what the challenges
and victories of the early
days were like.
Pearce Marketing
Manager Molly Kitching
said Pearce began in 1989
and opened its doors in
1990.
“We are here because of
the philanthropy of Barb
Truitt and her vision and
what she wanted this
building to be,” Kitching
said.
The cooperation and
generosity of Truitt is
only part of the Pearce
story.
This is also the story
of an old school with an
uncertain future.
It’s the story of how
businesses, groups and
individuals came together in 1989 and gave
of themselves to turn
the building into a community center that serves
the social, fitness and
wellness needs of people
of all ages for the Chillicothe area to this day.
The story starts with
the building itself. According to Kitching,
Thornton and Alvarez, the original Pearce
School was built around
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Weekend Snackpac
The Chillicothe Weekend
Snackpac will meet at
6:30 p.m. March 25 at the
First United Methodist
Church Parish Hall. Please
note the different time for
this assembly. Everyone is
welcome. Like Chillicothe
Weekend Snackpac on
Facebook for updates and
reminders.
Squawk! the Show is
coming to the Illinois Valley Central High School
auditorium at 3 p.m. and
5 p.m. Saturday. The
show will feature macaws,
Amazons, a conure and a
cockatoo. Tickets are $15
and may be ordered at
www.ivcbands.com.
Doggie Easter Egg Hunt
1-3 p.m. April 3 at Camp
Wokanda, 620 Boy Scout
Road. A portion of the
event will be donated to
local animal shelters. Activities will be offered for
the whole family. Admission is $5 per dog and $2
per owner.
Spring Craft Show 8
a.m. to 2 p.m. April 4 at
Illinois Valley Central High
School. Over 60 vendors
will be featured. A pancake breakfast will be offered from 8-11 a.m., and
the Chillicothe Optimist
Club will host an Easter
egg hunt at 11 a.m., and
pictures with the Easter Bunny are available
throughout. Proceeds
benefit the student service trip to Grand Traverse
Reservation in Michigan.
Easter Egg Round Up
April 4 at Chillicothe City
Park, Second and Cedar
streets. The event is open
to children of all ages and
features over 8,000 eggs.
The event will feature
GST Productions Music,
the Princess Project, the
Balloon Guy and pictures
with the Easter Bunny.
Parent’s Night Out
Pearce Community Center
is offering a Parent’s Night
Out event from 8 a.m. to 8
p.m. April 10 for students
in grades kindergarten
through sixth grade. Parents have some adult time
while children get some
kid time in a safe, fun and
familiar place with trained
staff leading them through
games, activities, crafts
and more. A late snack will
be provided. The cost is
$9 for Pearce Foundation
members, $12 for Pearce
members and $15 for nonmembers. For more information, call the Pearce
Community Center at 2744209 or email cmcintyre@
pearcecc.com.
Tap Class for Adults 16
and over will be offered at
Pearce Community Center. Intermediate tap class
begins April 15 and basic
tap class begins April 17.
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“The Bunny” at The Shoppes at Grand
Prairie to welcome spring with a celebration hosted by Bethany Baptist Church
and The Shoppes at Grand Prairie from
10 a.m.-2 p.m. March 28. Festivities throughout
the Shoppes include live music in Center Court,
children’s games and activities, bouncy houses,
eggs, balloon animals, prizes from participating
stores, and photos with “The Bunny.” Activities
are available rain or shine in the former Coldwater Creek location near the west entrance.
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Spring Craft Show 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
April 4 at Illinois Valley Central High
School. Over 60 vendors will be featured. A pancake breakfast will be offered from 8-11 a.m., and the Chillicothe Optimist Club will host an Easter egg hunt at 11 a.m.,
and pictures with the Easter Bunny are available
throughout. Proceeds benefit the student service trip to Grand Traverse Reservation in Michigan.
Both classes meet from
10:45-11:45 a.m. and are
held in the dance studio.
Tap shoes are required
to participate. Pearce
Foundation members pay
only $30 for the 10-week
series; members pay $40
and non-members pay
$60. For more information
on the adult tap dance
classes, or to learn how
to become a member at
Pearce Community Center, call 274-4209 or visit
www.pearcecc.com.
An Evening with General
George S. Patton Jr. 7
p.m. April 18 at the Illinois
Valley Central High School
auditorium. The show
educates the public, gives
tribute to veterans of all
eras and ensures the history and reasons World
War II was fought are kept
alive and not forgotten.
Tickets are $20 per person and are available at
VFW Post 4999, American
Legion Post 9 or from any
Chillicothe Veterans Memorial Project member.
Proceeds support the
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open play time. Upcoming dates are 10:15 a.m.
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Doggie Easter Egg Hunt 1-3 p.m. April
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April 13. Learn about the
culture and cuisine of another country. Donations
appreciated. Must sign up
by April 6. Call 274-2719.
Easter Egg
Round Up April
4 at Chillicothe
City Park, Second and Cedar streets.
The event is open to
children of all ages and
features over 8,000
eggs. The event will feature GST Productions
Music, the Princess Project, the Balloon Guy and
pictures with the Easter Bunny.
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Inter-Community Dartball League Banquet will
be held at 6 p.m. May 4 at
Sazani’s Steak and Pasta
House, 7327 N. Galena
Road, Peoria, with presentation and awards following buffet dinner. Cost is
$15 for adults, $14 for seniors and $5 for children
under 12 years old; drink,
tax and tip are included.
Buffet will include chicken,
cod, eggplant, mostaccioli, mashed potatoes,
green beans, salad, bread
and a soft drink. For more
information, contact Rich
Greene at 274-2218.
Chillicothe/Illinois Valley Central High School
Alumni Annual Banquet
5:30 p.m. June 13 at IVC
High School with dinner starting at 6:30 p.m.
Anyone having reunions
is asked to contact Anna
Wilkins at 274-4282.
Ticket prices are $21.
LIBRARY
Oragami Classes will be
held at the Chillicothe
Public Library beginning
at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
An advanced oragami
class will be held at 4:30
p.m.
PAWS to Read 10 a.m.
April 18. The Peoria Humane Society offers this
program for kids who love
dogs and love to read.
Children can bring their
favorite books or choose
one from the Humane
Society’s selection. Come
at 10 a.m. to meet all the
“You’re Hired!” with
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Giles, an experienced
manager in the marketing
sector, will coach participants through the modern
world of job searching,
resume building and interviewing during three
individual sessions. “Basics of Job Searching” is
6-7:30 p.m. April 9. Register by April 4. “Resume
Building” is from 6-7:30
p.m. April 16. Participants
should bring paper copies
of their resumes. Register
by April 11. Interview Skills
is from 6-7:30 p.m. April
23. Register by April 18.
Ten people per session. To
register, call the library at
274-2719.
The Chillicothe Public
Library is currently looking for artificial Christmas
trees, Lego and Duplo
blocks, games and craft
supplies.
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Spring Wake-Up and
Membership Drive Wildlife Prairie Park will host
its Spring Wake-Up and
Membership Drive at 9
a.m. Saturday and Sunday. The park opens with
half-price admission both
days with animals on display in the park’s Forest
Hall from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The park’s Visitor Center will host spring craft
activities from 10 a.m. to
3 p.m. A wildlife chat will
be held outside the Visitor Center at 12:30 p.m.
On Saturday, the park will
celebrate Buster Bunny’s
fourth birthday at 1:30
p.m. at the Forest Hall; on
Sunday, the park will celebrate Goldie the duck’s
fourth birthday at the
same time and location.
Free animal feedings will
be on display all day Saturday and Sunday. Otters,
bison and skunks will be
displayed both days; wolf
and cougar feedings will
be shown Saturday, while
silver fox and bobcat feedings will be shown Sunday.
For more information, call
676-0998.
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smoke detector and we
are pleased to lead this
effort.”
FM Global representatives said the goal of the
company is to view firerelated damage as something that can be easily
prevented.
“At FM Global, we
strongly believe the majority of property damage is preventable, not
inevitable,” said Michael
Spaziani, manager of
the fire prevention grant
program. “Far too often,
inadequate budgets prevent those organizations
working to prevent fire
from being as proactive
as they would like to be.
With additional financial
support, grant recipients
are actively helping to improve property risk in the
communities they serve.”
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Through its Fire Prevention Grant Program,
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quarterly to fire depart-
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organizations worldwide
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a need for funding, where
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quickly cause.
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FM Global’s Fire Prevention Grant Program,
or to apply for a grant,
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to fill the board member
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Department received a
$2,000 fire prevention
grant from FM Global,
one of the world’s largest commercial property
insurers.
FM Global representatives presented the award
to Deputy Chief Mike Denzer on March 18 at Chillicothe Fire Station No. 1.
The award will be used to
assist with fire prevention
activities in the community to help educate the
community and reduce the
number of fires.
Because fire continues
to be the leading cause of
property damage worldwide, FM Global has
contributed millions of
dollars in fire prevention
grants to fire service organizations worldwide during the past 35 years.
Locally, the company
has awarded grants to a
number of Illinois-based
organizations.
“The Chillicothe Fire
Department is firmly
committed to a strong
fire prevention program,
which helps save lives and
property,” Denzer said.
“We will be using the proceeds from the grant from
FM Global to provide and
install smoke detectors to
our residents who request
one. Most fire related
deaths and injuries can be
prevented with a properly
installed and functioning
vacancy must be a United
States citizen, at least 18
years of age, a resident
of Illinois and the district
for at least one year immediately preceding the
appointment and a registered voter.
Applicants must not be
child sex offenders, must
not hold another incompatible public office, must
not have a prohibited interest in any contract with
the district, must not be a
school trustee and must
not hold certain types of
prohibited state or federal
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Scavenger Hunt &
Animal Feedings Wildlife
Prairie Park will host a
park-wide scavenger hunt
from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
April 3. Forms for the scavenger hunt will be available
at the front ticket gate for
$4 apiece. Guests are also
invited to watch the free
animal feedings, which will
include cougars, river otters, black bears, bison and
elk. For more information,
call 676-0998.
alonetogether Grief Support Group 4:30-6 p.m.
Mondays in Group Room 4
of the Counseling Center at
Proctor Hospital. The grief
support group is opened
to the public and can help
people experiencing grief
from loss of a loved one, divorce or separation, loss of
a pet, or experiencing grief
of any kind. For more information, contact Steve at
672-5695 or steve.wilson@
unitypoint.org.
Central Illinois OCD
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are second and fourth
Thursdays of each month.
Any person with obsessive
compulsive disorder, or a
friend or family member
may attend. Meetings are
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St., Morton. 713-3277.
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Questions? Contact Editor Dylan Polk at 686-3032 or email at [email protected]
Let the scramble for Schock’s seat begin
Just before Congressman Aaron Schock
detonated his own political
career on March 17 afternoon, we were working
on an editorial calling for
a serious primary challenge for him a year from
now, in addition to the
candidate from McLean
County who’s running on
a platform of “Washington
needs the Gospel.”
We’d heard enough
to know that Schock’s
constituents deserved a
choice and the chance to
take matters into their
own hands, even if the
Justice Department, the
IRS, the Federal Election
Commission, etc. weren’t
compelled to begin investigations and/or potential
prosecutions of their own.
From this vantage, wholly
independent of the scandal that has since sunk
him, Schock should have
had a primary opponent in
the spring of 2014 after he
joined the extremists in his
party in late 2013 by linking the future of ObamaCare to raising the debt
ceiling, thereby courting
a government shutdown
and raising the specter
of default on the nation’s
debt obligations.
Alas, Schock’s resignation may now set off a
mad scramble for the seat,
with state Sen. Darin LaHood, R-Peoria, already
announcing his intentions
to seek it.
Three-time gubernatorial candidate and state Sen.
Bill Brady of Bloomington
quickly took himself out of
the mix, but many other
Republicans from one end
of the 18th Congressional
District to the other have
been mentioned as possibilities.
Even a Democrat may
have a shot in the 18th,
for a change, in a district
that, let’s face it, is drawn
not to give them much of a
prayer (and that’s another
editorial).
We wouldn’t worry too
much about appearances
or political timing at this
point. A special election
must be held by the end of
July, with the date to be set
by the governor within five
days of Schock’s Tuesday
departure. So that leaves
less than four months
to campaign, to become
known in places some of
the candidates may not be.
If someone out there
wants the job, they should
say so and go for it.
This seat has long been
held by someone from the
immediate Peoria area,
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but in these circumstances
that’s less important to us
than getting a competitive
field and a spirited debate
about what the residents
of the 18th District deserve
from their congressman,
starting with fundamental
integrity and good judgment.
We live in an era when
it’s popular to convict
before trial, and we have
tried to avoid that trap
with Schock, who has not
even been charged with
anything, despite what
some who should know
better would have you
believe. That said, his obvious and repeated misjudgments have been profound
enough that no clones of
Schock need apply, in the
interests of sparing us
future grief. Illinois has
become so synonymous
with political corruption
both prosecuted and not,
and there’s so much of it
to go around, that the 18th
District, at least, ought
to refuse to contribute
further to that reputation
and to those ranks. Familiarity with the issues and
leadership characteristics
are always important, but
character, to the degree
that can be determined in
advance, ought to be at the
top of voters’ lists.
The only shame here
is that taxpayers have
to pony up for another
election, which in Peoria
County alone — there
are 19 counties in the
18th District — could
cost the locals upwards of
$150,000, all of it unanticipated and, therefore,
unbudgeted. Too bad
Schock’s $3.3 million campaign war chest can’t be
tapped for it.
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PEARCE
1935 and was added on
to in 1946 and 1955.
Thornton worked for
the Illinois Valley Central
school district in 1975.
“If you want to know
why and how Pearce
came about, I can tell
you … back in 1975 we
built a new high school
… and we had two
grade schools, North
and South, and Pearce,”
Thornton said. “And as
we began to develop, we
found out that we were,
as far as money was concerned, we were spending a lot of money on a
lot of schools.”
The school district decided to close two of the
schools — North School
and Pearce School,
Thornton said, adding
North School was sold to
Saint Edward’s Church.
“(The sale of ) Pearce
was considered by the
board … but at that time
we were only offered
$1,500 for the building,
and I did not feel that
we wanted to sell that
building at that time because it would have been
nothing but a bunch of
apartments and would
have been nothing here,”
Thornton said.
So the school district
held onto the building
and people used the
space and the gym.
“But then, it got to
the point of where (the
school district) had to
do something about it,”
Thornton said.
Thornton then met
with Truitt to try to reach
a solution. Truitt was
president of her philanthropy, the Chillicothe
Foundation.
“I met with (Truitt),
and asked her to make
it into more of a recreational area … and I can
still remember closing
the door and her saying
to me, she says ‘You want
this kept quiet, then,’”
Thornton said. “So what
happened from that was
she said that, ‘I’ve got to
talk to my niece and see
whether we want to do
this or not.’”
Thornton then learned
the school district could
only give the Pearce
building to another municipality and not the
Chillicothe Foundation.
So he had to figure out
another way to get the
Pearce building in the
hands of people who
would put it to use.
“But I asked (Truitt) if
she would build a swimming pool if we gave her
the building. She said,
‘You can’t give me the
building?’ and I said
‘Well, we’ll see … but will
you build a swimming
pool if we give you the
building?’ and she said
yes,” Thornton said. “We
decided that we (would
give) the building to the
City of Chillicothe to
Mayor Irv Latta. And I
made the deal with (Latta), and one week after
that he gave the building
to the Chillicothe Foundation for $1.”
Moewe added Truitt’s
motivation at a following City Council meeting
proved to be beneficial.
“One thing that (Truitt)
did that I think helped
this was when all of this
was presented at the
City Council meeting she
stood up and said, ‘This
community center can be
as great as the community wants it to be,’ and she
invited the community
in to make Pearce a success,” Mowe said. “... That
was the greatest way we
could have started because it set the stage for
a vested interest of the
community.”
Thornton said Truitt
wanted the facility to
have a board and wanted
the board to show a
profit before Chillicothe
Foundation would fund
the new swimming pool.
Kumpf said Jerry
Fennell asked Moewe,
Thornton, Parkins, Scott
Meintz, Rodger Adkins
and the late Creta Harper to form the original
Pearce board.
“I’ll never forget the
day that Jerry (Fennell)
called me one morning
and said — and this was
back in 1989 — and said,
‘Darlene I got a project
and I need your help
with it,’” Kumpf said. “…
I said, ‘Why are you asking me?’ and he (said),
‘Well if anybody can get
anything done it’s going
to be you.’”
Moewe added her recollection of one of the
board’s first meetings.
“I remember one of our
very first meetings was at
Bill Roger’s river cottage,”
she said. “I remember we
recorded it on my son’s
Fisher-Price toy cassette
player. We didn’t have
a lot of formality back
then.”
Roger served on the
Chillicothe Foundation
board at the time.
“(Truitt) put a lot of
faith in Jerry (Fennell)
and Bill Roger,” Kumpf
said.
Kumpf said the board
met every Saturday in a
cold Pearce school cafeteria with no heat and no
furniture, sitting on cardboard boxes or whatever
they could find.
Each member of the
board brought a specific
ability to contribute.
Describing Jerry Fennell, Kumpf said, “Jerry
was the visionary. Jerry
had no boundaries. Jerry
got something and he
thought it out way before
any of us were thinking
about it. I am a banker …
and I was always … the
naysayer. (Moewe) was
the press person, (Parkins) was the building
The Chillicothe community donated thousands of
volunteer hours to save Pearce’s water-damaged gymnasium floor. PHOTO COURTESY OF MOLLY KITCHING/PEARCE
COMMUNITY CENTER
person, so everybody that
was hand-selected had
a definite role that we
could offer and through
the work of everybody …
(Harper) was kind of this
volunteer person that
could get people together
to volunteer, and we created so many avenues
and venues for volunteering that it just started
to snowball and became
something that none of
us even believed that it
could become.”
There were big challenges to overcome, one
being water damage from
a burst pipe that warped
the gymnasium floor.
The community banded together and put in an
estimated 5,000 manhours to restore the gym
floor.
“It was in pretty bad
shape, so there was a lot
of work that had to be
done before the public
could even be allowed
in,” Kitching said.
So bad was the damage
to the gym floor, Moewe
said, volunteers joked
that they could enlist local skaters for access.
“There was a standing
joke among board members that, when it was so
bad, you know, ‘How do
I get in? Who has a key?’
and they’d just find anyone with a skateboard
in town because they
(skateboarders) could
get you in the building
because they would come
in and ride the humps in
the gym,” Moewe said.
Parkins described the
process of repairing the
gym floor.
“The gym had some
humps (in the floor)
about 2 feet high (from)
water damage … and
the volunteers came in
a spent hours and hours
picking those boards up,
and scraping the back
of them, cleaning them
up and re-laying those
boards one by one,” Parkins said.
That process received
some help from local
businesses, Moewe said.
“Someone would sign
up for a night, a business
organization … bring
their employees in, they
would scrape the old tar
off of these boards, one
by one, the little slats,
and they would have dinner,” Moewe said.
The people of Chillicothe did whatever it
took to make Pearce a
reality.
“There (were) a lot of
projects going on during the remodeling of
the rest of the facility
that was a lot of volunteer labor,” Parkins said.
“(Truitt) provided the
funding for the major
projects but there was a
lot of community effort
going into the other volunteer projects in terms
of tearing down walls,
demolishing things, rebuilding things. (There
was) a lot of involvement
along those lines.”
Parkins recalled people
wanting to keep only part
of the Pearce building.
“There were some
people in the community when the process
started thought, well the
cafeteria was built in
1960, let’s save that as a
meeting room, let’s save
the gym for activity and
tear the rest of the building down,” Parkins said.
“… They saw it as being
a white elephant. ... A
lot of big space that was
going to be hard to heat
and maintain, and fortunately we didn’t because
we filled the whole place
up over the years.”
Kumpf added, “We
paid very few contractors
in the beginning, I mean
it was all volunteers to
get us up to where we
could start to get in the
building … you had the
electrical (contractors) ...
some of the people that
you had to have things
done for, but for the most
part it was volunteers.”
Parkins said Pearce
started out with two of
the classrooms initially
and then the center grew
into the current entry
area.
Soon after taking over
the building, Thornton
recalled taking Truitt to
a very expensive lunch
one day.
“Jerry Fennell and I
had lunch with (Truitt)
or invited her to lunch
because we needed
a new track and we
needed some basketball courts,” Thornton
said. “And I told her I’d
pay for her lunch and
she said she thought it
was going to cost her …
and it did — it cost her
$85,000 for her to build
the track and the basketball (courts).”
Kumpf said, “Jerry
(Fennell) always had
phase one, phase two, he
was on phase four before
we ever got to phase one,
but he was quite the visionary.”
The next challenge
facing the new Pearce
operating board was to
enroll enough members
to make the facility selfsupporting, even though
it was far from complete.
“When the first 400
charter members put
their money down, there
were just a handful of
exercise bikes,” Kitching
said. “... That was really
a kind of leap of faith of
them to do that because
all that was here were a
couple of machines.”
Kumpf added, “And
that’s how we started was
to sell memberships to
something that really was
not yet. It was a vision
and we started selling the
charter members … to
raise money to start putting this project together
so that we could show
(Truitt) the monies so
that she would then build
the pool.”
Fennell and Thronton
approached Alvarez to
be Pearce’s first director.
At the time, Alvarez was
Director of Economic
Development for the City
of Chillicothe. His first
office was located in what
is now the locker room.
“We needed someone
that was very local. Ben
used to own a shoe store
downtown, him and his
wife. He knew everybody,” Kumpf said.
Alvarez worked as
Pearce Community Center director for its first
five years of operation
and later returned to the
same role in 2006.
“(Alvarez) has a very
good personality and it
was one of those cases
where we felt that he was
very good and he was just
about what we needed at
the time to really complete a lot of this,” Thornton said.
The time came to host
events and programs for
members and the public.
Alvarez said early
programs included line
dancing, spinning and
aerobic classes and senior programs.
“The classes … the
group exercises or aerobic classes … wasn’t that
easy to do because most
of the instructors came
out of the Peoria area
and we had to coordinate
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all that,” Alvarez said.
“… The classes were being held in the gym and
in the banquet room.
We didn’t have a regular
studio for classes. … Now
we have a very fine studio with a floating wood
floor.”
Moewe remembered a
community dance held in
in December 1990.
“We got the Junior
League to decorate, and
they were concerned
about color scheme and
the theme, and I was just
concerned we’d have a
floor, because the freezing had caused all these
tiles to pop up,” Moewe
said. “… So it was things
like that and we would
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arrests
Peggy A. Pendell, 67, of
Peoria, was arrested at 7:45
a.m. March 13 on four Peoria County warrants: two for
failure to appear in court
regarding driving with a
suspended driver’s license,
and two more for failure to
appear in court.
Nicole M. Dunning, 29, of
611 Matthews St., was arrested at 8:50 p.m. March
17 at her residence on a
charge of domestic battery.
Taylor J. Wehrli, 23, of 314
Sandy Shores Drive, was
arrested at 6:10 p.m. March
18 at his residence on a Fayette County warrant.
NTA/citations
Travis R. Pelfrey, 27, of
Lacon, was cited at 1:30
p.m. March 13 at Fourth
Street and Truitt Avenue on
charges of driving with a
suspended driver’s license
and disobeying a traffic
control device.
Swayde M. Gibler, 20, of
Galva, was cited at 2:04
a.m. March 14 at Fourth and
Walnut streets on charges
of possession of cannabis
over 2.5 grams and improper lane usage.
Evan D. Mummert, 28, of
Camp Grove, was cited
at 6:19 p.m. March 14 at
Fourth Street and Cloverdale Road on a charge of
possession of cannabis
under 2.5 grams.
Brady C. Mummert, 20, of
Geneseo, was cited at 6:19
p.m. March 14 at Fourth
Street and Cloverdale Road
on charges of driving with
a loud muffler and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Dixie L. Placher, 76, of
Sparland, was cited at 7:22
p.m. March 17 at Fourth and
Wilmot streets on charges
of improper lane usage and
driving with a suspended
driver’s license.
Adam J. Hicklin, 21, of 526
Taylor Drive, was cited at
9:15 a.m. March 18 at the
Chillicothe Police Department on a charge of criminal trespass to property.
Kyle T. Wasson, 24, of Peoria, was cited at 9:15 a.m.
March 18 at the Chillicothe
Police Department on a
charge of criminal trespass
to property.
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With the Pearce building transfer complete
and the board’s first-year
mission accomplished,
Thornton then told Truitt
that she owed them a
swimming pool. Architect Tom Landis showed
Thornton plans for a
three-lane pool.
Thornton told Truitt,
“That’s not what you
promised.” And Truitt
then agreed to build the
full-size pool Pearce has
today, which at the time
cost nearly a million dollars, Thornton said.
The pool addition was
made in 1991.
“The one thing that
was consistent was that
we were consistently
overwhelmed by the
community’s interest and
willingness to participate
in its success,” Moewe
said.
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Moewe said. “We brought
in the junior class from
the high school, (and)
they put luminaries …
lighting the walkway so
people could see to get in
and (Truitt) had seen that
from the highway. … Her
family brought her in and
she said, ‘This place is all
lit up and there’s all this
racket, this is perfect.’
“She was thrilled with
that evening and the
activity that was taking
place. … It really made
the hours sitting in the
cold on Saturdays worth
it when you could see
not only the community
participate, but such an
important part of Pearce
seeing it and being
pleased with it.”
One year later, the
board met with Truitt
and showed her a profit
of $5,000.
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while we were planning
the overall strategy, and
that was where the community just came out in
droves.”
Parkins added, “One of
the early events we had
in the cafeteria where
(Truitt) came, and she
was so happy, because we
had kids, all the way up
to 80-year-old people …
and (Truitt) said, ‘This is
what a community center
is supposed to be, a place
for everybody to get together, not just one group
or another group.’”
Moewe recalled one
of the first Christmas
dances held at the new
community center.
“I remember (Truitt)
came to the Christmas
dance, and … we didn’t
have exterior lighting, so
we really had to brainstorm how to do things,”
worldwide is making its
return Sunday to the Peoria Civic Center.
Winter Jam brings 10
bands this year to the
Civic Center. The event
kicks off at 6 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets are a $10 donation at the door.
This low-entry cost has
been done since Winter
Jam was formed in 1995
by NewSong to allow
more people to attend, “be
encouraged by the music,
and hear the gospel.”
This year’s groups include Grammy-award
winning Christian rock
band Skillet, Jeremy
Camp, Francesca Battistelli, Building 429, for
King & Country, Family Force 5, Tony Nolan,
Blanca, About A Mile and
Veridia.
“It’s kind of like the
poster concert for the
ADD generation, it’s constant bombardment with
lighting and sound and
excitement,” Skillet lead
singer John Cooper said.
Cooper, the only remaining original member
of the group, started his
love of music early on,
growing up around piano
and vocal training from
his mother.
He said he first sang in
front of people with his
mom at the age of 4 at
church.
“I just always loved music,” he said.
He also started listening
to Christian rock music at
a young age.
“I always thought if I
played in a band I would
write songs about my faith,
and hopefully write songs
that could help people
through hard times, and
share my faith through
music,” Cooper said.
Groups such as Bon
Jovi, Metallica, Fleetwood
Mac, Kansas and Journey have helped influence
Cooper’s singing and music style over the years,
along with classical music
and playing orchestra.
In 1996, Cooper formed
Skillet with Ken Steorts,
who left the group three
years later.
Cooper’s been on tour
ever since.
When he started out, he
said he couldn’t imagine
being on tour today.
“I kinda thought, ‘Eh,
I’ll give it five to eight
years. I can’t imagine it
lasting much longer than
that.’ I’m thrilled that it
has. Typically, music careers don’t last that long,
especially Christian music
for a Christian rock act,”
he said.
Meanwhile, Battistelli
is more recent to the music scene.
While she released her
first album as an independent artist in 2004,
she too started singing at
a young age.
Both of her parents
sang in musical theater,
and Battistelli sang in a
lot of vocal productions
at the age of 10.
“I discovered songwriting in high school, and
that’s when I started playing the guitar,” she said.
When she was 17, she
said she wanted to start
writing her own lyrics
about what she believed
in.
“That’s when I started
writing the songs I play
now. I would write songs
and sing in coffee houses
or churches, wherever
would have me,” Battistelli said.
jobs
the top five employers in
Chillicothe are: Illinois
Valley Central District 321,
300 employees; MediaCom, about 200 employees (fluctuates between
195 and 220); Heritage
Enterprises, 110 employees; J.T. Fennell Co., 98
employees; and Bre Mid
America (McDonald’s), 85
employees according to
the most recent data available from the city.
Of the five, four employers — District 321, MediaCom, Heritage and J.T.
Fennell — said they plan
to keep the same number of employees for 2015.
Bre Mid America did not
respond regarding its job
outlook.
While those outlooks reflect job stability in Chillicothe, officials said job
growth does not appear
jobs
McDonough, Warren,
Knox and Henderson
counties are in a region
together. The combined
unemployment rate was
6.2 percent, tied for the
lowest rate in the state.
The region including
Livingston, Peoria, Tazewell, Fulton, Woodford
and Mason counties had
a rate of 6.8 percent.
But compare that to the
regions worse off, such as
the northern stateline region of Ogle, Boone, Stephenson and Winnebago
counties, where the rate
was 7.8 percent, and includes the state’s third biggest city, Rockford, where
the unemployment is 8.8
percent in city limits.
Henry County is in the
second worst region, which
has a total unemployment
rate of 7.5 percent.
Also factored into the
IDES numbers are the
types of jobs gained or lost.
For instance, the Galesburg area had an overall
unemployment of 7.0 percent in January, adding
about 75 manufacturing
jobs and 50 hospitality
jobs, while losing 125 government jobs and 125 jobs
in other services.
Comparatively, in the
Pontiac area the unemployment rate dropped to
6.2 percent, the lowest it’s
been since 2008, adding
100 manufacturing jobs
but losing 75 jobs in hospitality and another 75 in
government.
Despite falling unemployment numbers, the
actual number of jobs cre-
to be a factor — at least,
not at this point.
“If you’re maintaining,
that’s a good thing; that’s
where you want to start,”
said Chillicothe Mayor
Douglas Crew. “Obviously,
you want to grow your
employment base, but I
think overall, from what I
read ... we have the same
kind of robust economic
growth that the economy
normally sees after the
hard recession we had beginning in late 2008.”
Referring to that growth
as “anemic economic
growth,” Crew said the
economy can move along
with ups and downs that
can affect job growth.
Those ups and downs in
the economy can — and
have — affect areas of the
economy such as housing, auto sales, hiring and
wage growth.
All those factors, he said,
play into the economic stability of a given area.
ated went down in Knox
County, from 19,845 in
January 2014 to 19,689 in
January 2015.
Christopher Merrett, director of the Institute for
Rural Affairs at Western
Illinois University, said the
shrinking numbers could
be a sign of workers leaving or giving up.
“There is some evidence
that there may be some
small addition to the labor
force, but it also suggests
that the overall size of the
labor force may be shrinking,” he said in an email.
“That is, there is a shrinking labor force participation rate. Hence, if the
labor force is shrinking, a
lower unemployment may
not mean more workers
are being added. It means
discouraged workers are
no longer being counted.
I mention this because
overall, Illinois lost jobs in
areas that are more likely
to be found in downstate
such as construction and
manufacturing.”
Another factor could
be residents traveling to
other areas for work.
The most up-to-date
IDES commuter data
shows in March 2013,
21,401 workers lived in
Knox County, but 3,913 of
those workers commuted
out of the county for their
careers. Of those commuters, 222 went to Iowa for
work. In Tazewell County
it was just the opposite.
Just 35,170 people live
in Tazewell, but 55,590
worked there.
Local possibilities
Though unemployment
is dropping, several small
towns still feel the lack of
Chillicothe’s top five employers
1. Illinois Valley Central School District
321 — 300 employees
2. MediaCom — About 200 employees
(fluctuates between 195 and 220, according to a MediaCom spokesperson)
3. Heritage Enterprises — 110 employees
4. J.T. Fennell Co. — 98 employees
5. Bre Mid America (McDonald’s) — 85
employees
“I think there are some
more economic fundamentals at play here,”
Crew said. “Just going into
an economic drop and
coming back out again,
I think we’re starting to
see some shifts in some
fundamental economic
issues that drive job creation and job growth.”
Chillicothe Economic
Development Director
Rachael Parker said while
companies do not appear
ready to lay off employees,
growth is lacking according to employment data.
“That would come as
new developments occur
in the city, which we are
looking for,” Parker said.
In addition to working
with established businesses, Parker said, the City of
Chillicothe is continuing
to reach out to bring more
jobs to town.
That’s easier said than
done, she said, pointing
to the retail space recently
vacated when Alco shut
its doors as an example.
“I’ve made numerous
calls to different companies already, reaching
out to them, letting them
know this space is available, sharing wth them
information about the
town,” Parker said. “If
you don’t fall within their
guidelines they’re looking
for, then they just automatically kind of toss you
out the window. A lot goes
into trying to get someone
here. It’s not as easy as
people think, but that’s
really the only way we can
(stimulate job growth), to
try to bring more business
here so that we have more
opportunities for people
to become employed in
those businesses.”
Parker also said the
Western Illinois unemployment rates
Counties January 2015 January 2014
Knox
Henry
Tazewell
Livingston
McDonough
Warren
Fulton
Cities
Galesburg
Pekin
Macomb
Canton
Pontiac
7.0
7.1
7.2
6.2
6.8
5.9
9.0
8.7
8.1
8.6
8.2
7.9
7.1
11.1
7.0
8.4
6.8
9.0
6.2
9.2
9.8
7.9
11.1
8.2
director of the Macomb
Area Economic Development Corp., said the local
manufacturers have positioned themselves to start
hiring again, meaning new
career opportunities in the
near future.
However, there are not
enough skilled workers to
fill the available openings
in the Macomb area.
“What we have, especially in welding, is a shortage
of available welders for the
jobs that are available,”
Pierce said.
Adding different industries is similar to what
Peoria has done surrounding manufacturing giant
Caterpillar, which has
helped the city spread out
its commerce assets.
Several supplementary
businesses have started
to grow around Cater-
jobs in their communities.
One way Galesburg
could fight that feeling
could come on the back
of BNSF Railway.
State Rep. Don Moffitt said to help boost the
economy, the city is positioning itself for expansion
of the railway with the
three grade separations
to allow train and vehicle
traffic to bypass each other
and run simultaneously.
“That positions the railyard for more business,
with several tracks running in several different
directions,” Moffitt said.
With an expansion of
BNSF, supplementary
companies could arise,
like agribusiness and other
industries that rely on the
railroad.
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Mossville United Methodist Church
1015 E. Mossville Rd., Peoria
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pillar, and with a larger
population of Caterpillar
workers, the demand for
services has gone up.
A good example of
that demand is the major health care industry
in Peoria, with two major
centers located nextdoor
to one another, driving up
competition in the area.
“Take a city that has
two major hospitals, and
that is going to raise the
salaries for employees at
the hospitals, so nurses,
doctors, techs, everybody,
they’re going to have to
compete for the best people,” said William Polley,
interim associate dean at
the College of Business
and Technology at Western Illinois University.
“The same holds true if
you have two manufacturing companies in the same
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Illinois business
climate
The state rate consistently has hovered between 0.5 and 1.5 percentage points higher than
the national rate in recent
years.
Ron Payne, an IDES labor market analyst, said it
is due to the types of jobs
available in Illinois, notably manufacturing.
“Typically, Illinois is one
of those states because we
have a large presence in
manufacturing,” Payne
said. “Historically, we tend
to go into the recessive period a little later and come
out of it a little later.”
Payne said partially
due to the large manufacturing business in the
state, the unemployment
rate typically tends to sit
higher than the national
average, even in the better
economic times.
However, he said the
outlook for 2015 is continued job growth, at the
same steady rate as in
2014.
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area. The same would be
true if you had multiple
service oriented companies in the area.”
Though the companies
may dislike competition,
and try to keep it away, it
helps improve the overall
economy in the area, as
workers are paid more.
That’s what Moffitt sees
BNSF turning into, potentially overtaking Kansas
City as the central hub
of the rail giant for the
Midwest.
“Because of it’s geographical location, I think
there is that potential,”
Moffitt said.
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Church, Chillicothe
city has mulled the idea
of helping local entrepreneurs establish office
spaces in the city.
Though the plan is still
in the exploratory phase,
Parker said, officials hope
to work with local business owners currently operating from home.
“Because of massive
layoffs and people losing
their jobs for whatever
reason, they’re starting
their own companies and
a lot of them are running
them out of their homes,”
Parker said. “We’d like to
help them take that next
step and bring it to a business incubator-type of facility where they can actually have a small office
space with low overhead
because they’re sharing
the rent with a number
of other people like them,
and then have shared service where they have a
receptionist that works
for them all.”
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Donald and Linda Wilson in 1965
Donald and Linda Wilson in 2015
Wilson 50th anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Wilson of Chillicothe celebrated their 50th anniversary on March 6, 2015.
Mr. Wilson and the
former Linda Basta were
married March 6, 1965,
at the Trinity Church in
Chicago. The Rev. H.R.
Neuman performed the
ceremony.
The couple is planning a
trip at a later date to celebrate the anniversary.
They are the parents of
two children, Bryan (Julie) Wilson of Peoria and
Trisha Winters of Swansea. They also have four
grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
Mr. Wilson was employed by Caterpillar Inc.
in Mossville.
Mrs. Wilson was employed by Foster & Gallagher and L.R. Nelson in
Peoria.
Cookie is a beautiful, quiet little girl who gets overlooked a lot because she is shy. She had kittens, to
which she was a very loving mom, and she will be
a wonderful companion to someone who will give
her a chance. She would be perfect in a calm home
where she can come out of her shell and blossom
into the lovely and confident girl she was meant to
be. Cookie is young — born in 2011 — and is spayed,
micro-chipped and current on all her shots.
Dunlap student arrested following threat
By ANDY KRAVETZ AND
SCOTT HILYARD
PEORIA — A 13-yearold Dunlap Valley Middle School student was
arrested early Thursday
for allegedly threatening to shoot people at the
school.
Peoria County Sheriff
Michael McCoy said the
teen posted a picture to
his Instagram account in
which he was holding two
handguns. The post came
after he and others were
“jousting back and forth”
and arguing about something, the sheriff said.
The photo prompted
Dunlap School District
323 to begin planning a
“soft lockdown” for Thursday. A soft lockdown includes keeping doors
locked, keeping students
inside classrooms and prohibits unaccompanied students on school grounds,
in hallways and other
common areas. It was
canceled Thursday morning. The teen was arrested
shortly after 2:30 a.m.,
McCoy said, when police
spotted him and another
juvenile riding on bicycles
in Peoria’s North Valley.
Both initially tried to give
fake names, but sheriff ’s
deputies, along with officers from the Peoria Police Department, arrested
him. The other teen was
released to the custody of
his parents.
The youth, who attended Dunlap Valley, is being
held in the county’s Juvenile Detention Center on
myriad charges including
curfew violation, riding a
bike without a light and
obstructing justice.
sister-in-law, Emily Rashid
LaHood (Edward); and
their children, Edward LaHood (Carith) and Maria
LaHood (Barent Roth).
She graduated from
Chillicothe High School,
now Illinois Valley Central,
in 1950. Following high
school graduation, Joyce
took a job at the Peoria
Journal Star as a production artist. There, she
became dear friends with
Claudette Rashid, who introduced her to her future
husband, Ameel. Joyce left
the paper and worked at
Ross Advertising until she
married Ameel on Sept.
29, 1962, at St. Cecilia’s
Church in Peoria.
Joyce devoted her time to
raising her three children
and shared with them, and
Ameel, many passions.
Together, they played tennis, took horseback riding
lessons, painted, and vaca-
tioned across the country.
A particularly favorite destination for the family was
Marco Island, Florida.
After the children were
raised, Joyce, a devout
Christian, spent her time
in Bible studies, painting,
and training and showing
their golden retrievers. In
the late 1980s, she oversaw
the design and construction of her and Ameel’s
dream home along the
Peoria Country Club golf
course.
Joyce also loved to travel.
Her destinations included
Egypt, Israel, Lebanon
and Hong Kong.
Funeral services will be
private.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be
made to the Alzheimer’s
Association, The Peoria
Art Guild or The Peoria
Humane Society.
Tributes and condo-
lences may be submitted
to www.wrightandsalmon.
com.
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19, 2015, at
Rosewood
Care Center.
She was
Joyce
born to
Rashid
Emma P.
“Molly”
(Wild) Allison and Arthur
K. Lahne Jr. on Feb. 9,
1931, in Peoria.
Joyce was preceded in
death by her parents and
her husband, Dr. Ameel
G. Rashid (2011). She is
survived by sons Gregory
and Jeffrey (Susan Wittry);
daughter, Susan Rashid;
grandchildren, Parker,
Anna and Mackenzie;
sister, Dorothy Droll
(Charles); and nephew,
Michael Droll (Molly); and
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Girls soccer driven after 2014 ending
Lady Ghosts using
regional loss as
motivation in 2015
By DYLAN POLK
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In her three years as
head coach of Illinois
Valley Central girls soccer, Jen Adkison has seen
steady improvement from
the Lady Ghosts.
IVC finished 5-10-1 in
Adkison’s first year at the
helm in 2013, then went
7-10-3 in 2014. If the Lady
Ghosts’ work ethic is any
indication, 2015 should
yield more success. The
team chemistry has already seen a shift.
“They’ve bonded. When
I first came in here, we
had groups of girls. There
would be a group of girls
Home field advantage
The Lady Ghosts will open their 2015
season with seven straight games at
home. That schedule is as follows:
Thursday — vs. Bloomington, 4:30 p.m.
Saturday — vs. Pekin, 10:30 a.m.
April 1 — vs. Ottawa, 6:15 p.m.
April 2 — vs. Peoria Christian, 4:30 p.m.
April 7 — vs. Streator, 6:15 p.m.
April 11 — vs. Morton, 10:30 a.m.
April 13 — vs. Stanford Olympia, 4:30
p.m.
here and a group of girls
there,” Adkison said.
“They’ve come together
as one, and they have the
same goal in mind, and
that’s a soccer mentality.”
Led by a group of se-
niors determined to reach
sectionals, Adkison said
that attitude has been
passed along to IVC’s underclassmen.
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Speedy progression
Young, swift IVC squad looks
to compete in Corn Belt
By DYLAN POLK
TimesNewspapers
Like many coaches, Joshua Clarke
prefers his team plays better at the end
of its season than at the beginning.
In 2014, the IVC softball coach saw
his team do just that, finishing 12-18
on the season just one year after going 4-11.
“They progressed every single day,
every single practice, we always looked
to try to improve on something, to iso-
late some area where we could just get
a little bit better,” Clarke said.
If the Lady Ghosts can learn to improve on its mistakes throughout the
season and follow through on those
improvements at gametime, Clarke
said the team should then be playing its
best softball when it matters most.
After losing five starters to graduation and returning just one senior this
season — Taylor Kimble, who knocked
in 22 RBIs for IVC in 2014 — the Lady
Ghosts young lineup faced a period of
adjustment during which young players must become familiar with the
varsity level of play.
As of now, Clarke said, they’re handling the adjustment well.
“Right off the get-go, in the first two
weeks with these ladies, this is by far
some of the best team chemistry and
best work ethic that I’ve ever had the
privilege of coaching,” Clarke said.
This new squad of Lady Ghosts “hit
the ground running,” Clarke said, as
the team began working on areas of its
game in the first week that past teams
hadn’t touched until later practices.
In addition, Clarke said, the team has
already become acclimated with his
style of play, allowing them to return
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Is it time for Rams fans to panic?
When the Los Angeles Rams
packed up and moved to St. Louis in
1995, it left a gaping void in the nation’s second-largest television market.
After losing both the Raiders —
who returned to Oakland — and the
Rams, Los Angeles found itself without an NFL team for the first time
since 1945, the year before the Rams
up and left Cleveland.
Fast forward to 2015, and the
Rams, under a new owner, are apparently on the verge of taking their ball
and going back home to L.A. due in
part to the poor condition of the Edward Jones Dome.
Yeesh, first L.A. takes Albert Pujols, now this. What more do they
want?
While many Rams fans are certain
this is the end of
football in St. Louis
— or at least until the
Gateway City lures
in another hapless
franchise — it’s not
as though the final
whistle has blown on
DESKTOP St. Louis quite yet.
PUNDITRY
Joining the Rams
Dylan Polk
in saying, “We’re going to Los Angeles
and you can’t stop
us — unless you give us a big ole’ bag
of money,” are the San Diego Chargers — who played as the Los Angeles
Chargers for one season in 1960 —
and of course, the Raiders, who are
figuratively drowning in literal cesspool that is the O.co Coliseum.
Three teams are threatening to
move to L.A., which would certainly
over-saturate the market, but stadium plans are calling for two teams
to move in, similar to the Jets and
Giants’ arrangement in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Those threats to move are now getting more serious, as the Los Angeles
Times reported earlier this week.
In addition a shared stadium plan
revealed by the Raiders and Chargers in February, Rams owner Stan
Kroenke announced he would reveal
his own plans for a two-team stadium
in Inglewood, though it’s likely the
Rams will try to get a jump on being L.A.’s sole franchise for at least a
season.
If you’re sweating through your
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Illinois Valley Central’s Mason Schaub
was honored by the Corn Belt Conference
last week.
The IVC senior earned an honorable
mention on the Corn Belt Conference’s
All-Conference Boys Basketball Team,
which was announced last week following Mahomet-Seymour’s elimination
from the IHSA State Tournament.
Schaub led the Grey Ghosts in scoring,
knocking down 373 points and averaging
14 points per game.
Picking up first team All-Conference
honors were: Jake Reinhart, senior,
Bloomington Central Catholic; John
Rave, junior, Central Catholic; Conner
Diedrich, senior, Mahomet-Seymour;
Christian Romine, senior, MahometSeymour; and Nick Patkunas, senior,
Normal University.
Earning second team honors were:
Drew Mills, senior, Pontiac; Neil Lambert, sophomore, Pontiac; Jack Rettig,
senior, Mahomet-Seymour; Alex Morris, junior, U-High; and Jacob Gilmore,
junior, Central Catholic.
Other honorable mentions included:
Keondre Schumaker, sophomore, UHigh; Dylan Troyer, senior, Eureka; Braxton Coffman, senior, Central Catholic;
Carter Jacobs, senior, Pontiac; Tom Kenney, junior, Mahomet-Seymour; Blake
Dehn, junior, Stanford Olympia; Thomas
Hallstein, junior, Olympia; Kyler Ummel,
senior, U-High; and Hayden Wenger,
junior, Fairbury Prairie Central.
Earlier this month, the Corn Belt Conference also announced its All-Conference Girls Basketball Teams, naming
one Lady Ghost to its second team and
handing out honorable mentions to two
more.
IVC senior Erica Larson earned second team All-Conference honors, while
seniors Shayna VanOstrand and Katelyn
Heinz earned honorable mentions.
The senior trio led IVC to a 13-15 overall record, going 7-7 conference.
The Lady Ghosts ended their season
with a 58-29 loss to Galesburg in the
second round of the Rock Island Alleman regional.
Earning first team All-Conference honors were: Sydney Shanks, junior, Central
Catholic; Lexi Davis, junior, Central
Catholic; Kiana Coomber, junior, Prairie
Central; Chante Stonewall, junior, UHigh; Bailey Larson, junior, U-High; and
Errin Hodges, sophomore, Pontiac.
Joining Larson on the second team
were: Ashley Harfst, junior, Pontiac;
Cassie Somers, senior, Prairie Central;
Raven Hughes, sophomore, U-High; and
Tessa Leman, freshman, Eureka.
Other honorable mentions in addition to VanOstrand and Heinz were:
Kate Hoerdemann, sophomore, Central Catholic; Sarah Brady, freshman,
Central Catholic; Serena Meiss, senior,
Eureka; Isabel Charter, junior, Mahomet-Seymour; Kendra Peifer, sophomore,
Olympia; Grace Gschwendtner, sophomore, Pontiac; Linnea Johnson, senior,
Prairie Central; and Kate Olson, senior,
U-High.
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to regular season form
sooner than he expected.
“Because of that, they
were able to pick up on
those little things ... to
where we’ve been able to
get further coming into
our first game,” Clarke
said.
By looking at IVC softball as a single unit —
not split up into varsity
and JV — Clarke said
that view has created a
cohesiveness among his
players.
“If we can instill some
of those disciplines and
ideas and goals of the program at the early ages, it
makes that transition to
varsity a little easier, naturally,” Clarke said.
Beyond that, he said,
Clarke and his coaching
staff see a natural drive
to compete from top to
bottom.
“I’ve really just been
blessed with a lot of girls
who love softball, who
want to come out onto the
field, want to improve every day, want to succeed,”
Clarke said. “When you
have that, and they’re willing to put the team and
put the goals of the team
before their own goals or
before themselves, it really kind of makes the
leadership aspect and the
discipline aspect of it a
whole lot easier because
those girls are just willing
to naturally take that over
themselves.”
This year, the Lady
Ghosts will make its Corn
Belt Conference debut,
with its first conference
matchup coming Tuesday
at Bloomington Central
Catholic.
While Clarke expects a
higher level of competition in the Corn Belt Conference, the Lady Ghosts
should be able to compete
regardless, he said.
“The thing about the
Corn Belt Conference is
there’s never going to be
a day that we can’t come
with our A-game and expect to compete, which is
a challenge for the girls,
but a challenge I’m excited for,” Clarke said. “I
think it’s something they
can raise their games to.”
The level of competition the Lady Ghosts have
faced in previous seasons,
Clarke said, should prepare them for the Corn
Belt.
“The nice thing about
SOCCER
To them, Adkison said,
it’s an attitude that says,
“Be as good as we can
be, and make something
happen during the season.”
“It’s completely different when you have a
group of girls that have
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during the Lady Ghosts’ softball practice Thursday in Chillicothe. dylan polk/
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playing and competing in
central Illinois is everyone
in central Illinois is a solid
team,” Clarke said. “Really, if you go across central
Illinois from your Metamoras to your U-Highs
to your Olympias to your
Limestones ... no matter
what direction, what size
or class you go, it’s just
a very competitive area
for softball, and because
of that competitiveness,
really every season that
we’ve had thus far — even
though we haven’t had
a ton of those Corn Belt
Conference opponents on
our schedule — we’re still
playing the same quality
of teams.”
In order to compete,
Clarke said it’s up to the
Lady Ghosts to make up
in areas lost to graduation. Clarke said last
year’s graduating seniors
accounted for a strong defense, plus about 14 home
runs at the plate — quite
a commodity in softball,
he added.
While the Lady Ghosts
no longer have that same
explosive offense, Clarke
said the lineup still contains a number of solid gap
hitters that could equal
some extra-base hits.
The Lady Ghosts’ biggest strength, however,
will be its small-ball, the
ability to turn singles into
runs with speed and sacrifices.
And if you ask Clarke,
he prefers that Whitey
the soccer mentality and
who have the goals,” Adkison said. “Last year was
the first year ever that
IVC girls soccer made it
into a regional championship. It was complete
disappointment when the
season was over.”
The Lady Ghosts’ 2014
campaign came to an end
with a 3-0 loss to OrionSherrard in the IVC regional title game.
Immediately afterward, Adkison said her
returning players were
determined not only to
return to that point in
2015, but they wanted to
do better.
“As soon as every single
girl left that field who
didn’t graduate, the day
after, it was, ‘Well, next
year we’re going to earn
that championship. We’re
going to get that trophy.
We’re going to go to sectionals,’” Adkison said.
“They come in ready to
play, and they’re playing
hard.”
That effort, she added,
is already yielding results.
“We have about five to
seven new girls this season that are not freshmen. ... And just from
the last couple weeks of
play, the progression and
the dedication of wanting
to get better is absolutely
amazing,” Adkison said.
Unlike most IVC sports,
Season opener
The Lady Ghosts will open their 2015
season Thursday on the road. Here’s a
look at IVC’s opening week:
Thursday — at Glasford Illini Bluffs, 4:30
p.m.
Saturday — vs. Canton (DH), 10 a.m.
Monday — vs. East Peoria, 4:15 p.m.
Tuesday — at Bloomington Central
Catholic, 4:30 p.m.
April 2 — vs. Mahomet-Seymour, 6 p.m.
April 4 — at Dunlap (DH), 11 a.m.
Herzog-style of play.
“While every coach
loves a kid that can get
up there and clear the
bases on one swing, I’ve
always been one of those
that I love being able to
manufacture runs, to put
the bunt down after putting a runner on to steal
a base, work that runner into scoring position,
then have your bats that
have a little bit more gap
power to drive them in,”
Clarke said. “Where we
lose the power aspect, I
think that’s the part of the
game where we’re going
to excel at offensively.”
Defensively, Clarke said
experience given to underclassmen last season
should pay off this year.
“The growth and confidence is going to be a
huge boost to this team,”
Clarke said. “That huge
boost to this team and the
confidence that those girls
had, they’re definitely doing a nice job of helping
the ones coming up from
JV to understand how to
get to that level and the
varsity level we have to
play at.”
In addition, the Lady
Ghosts are certainly not
lacking at the intangibles,
Clarke said.
“Work ethic-wise, I
think we’re going to outwork some teams this
year,” he said. “They come
out and they are willing
for that two, two-and-ahalf, three hours, whatever I ask them to, they’re
going come out and work
every minute for me as
hard as they can to get
their skills to that point
that they need to be at,”
Clarke said. “As a coach,
that’s all I can ever ask.”
girls soccer will play 2015
as an independent — the
Corn Belt Conference
was one team short this
season — but the Lady
Ghosts will see the same
higher-level competition
the conference boasts.
“We are going to see
Mahomet-Seymour this
year. ... It’s going to be
tough, but we’re really
excited to see some new
competition,” Adkison
said.
If anything, the Lady
Ghosts will not be short
on senior leadership.
IVC returns senior
goalkeeper Taylor Neys,
who finished 2014 with
72 saves in 3,200 minutes in the net.
“I expect her to come
out and play harder than
she’s ever played, and lead
by example back there in
the goal,” Adkison said of
her senior goalie.
Senior Alex Tisch returns this season as a
leading defender, Adkison said, adding both she
and her senior defender
are excited for a healthy
2015.
“I’m very excited; I
don’t think she’s played
a whole season since I’ve
been here, so we’re hoping to keep her off the
injured bench,” Adkison
said. “She connects all
the girls and she keeps
things going.”
Forward Emilee McIn-
tyre is another returning senior, returning off
a five-goal 2014 that led
all IVC juniors.
“She’s the hardest
working, most dedicated
player we have on the
team,” Adkison said. “Everyone looks up to her.
She comes out positive
and ready to go and motivates everybody.”
Shooting and connecting should be strengths
on this year’s squad, Adkison said, adding many
of the girls have played
together for years; by
now, those teammates
are familiar with one another’s playing styles.
On the other hand, Adkison said depth is an issue at this point for IVC.
“Although we have 28
girls — the most in the
program — we don’t have
a huge number of girls
ready for that next level
yet,” she said.
Then again, that’s a big
“yet,” she added.
“We come to practice,
and it’s two to two-anda-half hours of nonstop
working on the tactics,
working on the foundation and go out ready to
play,” Adkison said, adding while the competition will be tough, IVC is
teaching itself to take on
that schedule. “They’re
going to be faster. They
have more girls. ... We’re
learning.”
POLK
Marshall Faulk jersey right now, dear
Rams fan, you’re probably right to.
Here’s the brutal truth: The Rams
are going to move back to Los Angeles.
It may not be in 2015. It may not
even be in 2016. But sooner or later,
the Rams will once again be L.A.’s
team.
St. Louis just cannot compete with
L.A. in terms of market size, and the
city itself doesn’t seem that enthused
to keep them around.
Had it been, the Ed Jones Dome
would have been renovated a long
time ago. The Rams might even be
playing in a brand new stadium right
on the banks of the Mississippi River.
But those plans only came forward
once the Rams began mulling their
move.
Not that the Rams haven’t done
their part to keep the city’s attention,
anyway. After taking a thrilling win in
Super Bowl XXXIV, the Rams sank
into a long period of mediocrity from
which they’ve never recovered.
The Rams’ last winning season was
in 2003, when they went 12-4 before
losing to the Carolina Panthers in the
divisional playoffs. They returned to
the playoffs one more time the following season after an 8-8 campaign, losing again in the divisional playoffs by a
score of 47-17.
Since then, the Rams have never
finished better than 8-8, and they’ve
never returned to the playoffs. And
with the Cardinals and Blues putting
together one successful season after
another, it’s understandable if St. Louis has been hesitant to meet the Rams’
stadium demands.
The Rams threatening to hit the
road was a wake-up call to St. Louis,
and it forced the city to hastily throw
together a plan for a brand new riverfront stadium, almost to say, “Hey,
don’t be like that. Look, we can give
you nice things!”
But it appears it’s too late to keep
Kroenke’s Rams around. It’s no longer
a matter of if the Rams are leaving,
but rather when they are.
Who will join them in Hollywood is
anyone’s guess.
— Dylan Polk is the editor of the
Times-Bulletin and pities the fans of
defunct teams.
B3
Tourney staying in Peoria
IHSA votes to keep to
keep boys basketball
finals at Civic Center
By ADAM DUVALL
March Madness will continue its run in Peoria. The Illinois High School Association
board of directors renewed a
five-year contract on Saturday
morning to keep the boys basketball state finals at Carver
Arena through 2020. It was
approved unanimously by an
11-member board of statewide
school administrators.
“We could not be more excited to be the continued host
for the next five years for the
IHSA,” Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis said. “I could really talk
for a long time about how big
of a deal this is for our community.”
Peoria, however, missed out
on an opportunity to host the
girls basketball state finals.
Normal was renewed as host
of the two-weekend tournament.
This year marked the 20th
anniversary in Peoria. The two
state finals weekends moved
to the River City in 1996 after
77 years in Champaign.
The Civic Center has utilized
its almost 100,000-squarefoot Exhibit Hall to showcase
the March Madness Experience, an interactive setup of
basketball games geared toward people of all ages.
Thousands of volunteers
spend countless hours over
the two weekends at the Experience.
“One of the things that we
heard many, many times was
the Peoria folks here and all
that they do as far as the volunteerism that goes (into the
state finals),” said IHSA board
President Dan Klett, the principal at Wauconda. “And all
The IHSA State Finals continue as Belleville Althoff fans cheer during their Class 3A
matchup Saturday at Carver Arena in Peoria. The IHSA announced Saturday the Class 1A,
2A, 3A and 4A boys basketball tournaments will remain in Peoria for the next five years.
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the extra work these folks have
done to make this a great site
for the IHSA championships
is something that we felt was
also very important.”
Peoria and the Civic Center
beat proposals from Champaign and Hoffman Estates.
Champaign had submitted a
bid to host both weekends,
while Hoffman Estates wanted its 11,000-seat Sears Centre
Arena to host just the Class
3A/4A weekend.
America’s Original March
Madness had called the University of Illinois campus
home from 1919 to 1995 at
Kenney Gym, Huff Hall and
finally in Assembly Hall, now
State Farm Center.
State Farm Center renovations are scheduled to be completed by December and are
likely to increase the capacity
to about 15,600. Carver Arena,
inside the Civic Center, seats
11,433.
Illinois head basketball
coach John Groce was sitting
courtside watching the Class
3A session on Saturday afternoon. He had been a vocal proponent of bringing the
tournament back to Champaign.
Groce didn’t know any details other than the announcement of Peoria having its contract renewed for five more
years.
“Very disappointed, and I’m
going to leave it at that,” Groce
said, “but I’m going to give the
IHSA certainly an opportunity
to let us know why. It is what
it is.”
Westchester St. Joseph
coach Gene Pingatore praised
the decision to return the state
finals to Peoria. The state’s
all-time winningest coach had
just led his team to the 3A title
— his second state championship in Peoria.
“Peoria is my favorite place
to come to,” Pingatore said.
“The fact that it’s going to be
five more years ... hopefully,
we can get down one more
time.”
Redbird Arena in Normal,
which started hosting the girls
state finals in 1992, has reclaimed the rights to host the
girls basketball state finals for
the next five years.
The Bradley University Renaissance Coliseum, which is a
4,200-seat arena, put in a bid
to host, but the board of directors also voted unanimously
to keep it at Redbird Arena, a
10,200seat venue that is home
to Illinois State University.
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medicine cabinet. It’s also a convenient time to
have an important medical conversation with your pharmacist.
“Pharmacists are a great first resource for patients,”
said Pat Person, immediate past president of the Califor-
1. What is the name of the medication,
and what is it supposed to do?
A patient should know the names and uses of all the
medications being taken. Additionally, prescription error
does occur. “Drug X might be used to treat high blood
pressure, but a patient may say ‘I don’t have high blood
pressure.’ The pharmacist can contact the doctor and fix
the error,” Person said.
2. When and how do I take it?
nia Pharmacists Association. “Pharmacists are trained to
help patients manage their medications and hopefully will
be their first avenue of information — and not the Internet,” Person said.
In Bakersfield, California, where Person practices as a
community pharmacist in an independent pharmacy, all
pharmacies are required to hang a poster advising patients of their rights as far as their medications go. There
is mandatory patient counseling on any new prescription
or dose change of a currently prescribed medication, but
of course the patient has a right to decline, said Person.
Too often people skip the chance to have a one-on-one
conversation with a knowledgeable pharmacist.
“People are often intimidated when they look behind
the counter. They see us and we look busy. We are busy
but never too busy. Or they don’t want to bother the
pharmacist or think they know all they need to already.
Contrary to what people may think, pharmacists like to
talk. We want to make sure patients take the right medications and get the optimal results,” Person said. Here are
five questions you should be asking your pharmacist:
Taking medication correctly is important so that it can
give you the help you expect. Do you take the medication for the next week or for the rest of your life? This is
an opportunity to ask the pharmacist what to do if you
miss a dose. A good question, Person said, is “If you forgot to take the medicine in the morning, is it allowable to
double up in the evening?” Also, should the medication
be taken with food? Should it be taken at the same time
each day?
In the case of antibiotics, many people begin to feel
better after a few day of treatment and do not complete
the full prescription regiment. Instead they tuck the
bottle away for later use, which has led to antibiotic re-
sistance, Person said. The antibiotic was able to get rid of
most, but not all, of the bacteria that was causing the illness. When you stop taking the antibiotic, those leftover
bacteria eventually reproduce and multiply, which will
lead to your doctor needing to prescribe an even stronger antibiotic in the future.
3. What are the possible side effects,
and what should I do if they occur?
All medications can cause side effects that may interfere with therapy, Person said. “If the side effects make a
person feel poorly, he may want to stop taking the medication,” he said. A pharmacist can switch the medication
to a different drug class that may relieve the side effects
or to an extended-dose medication. Instead of taking a
medicine three or four times a day, you’ll just take it once
a day.
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Will the new medicine work safely
with other medicines and supplements
I’m already taking?
Other prescriptions or vitamin supplements can interact with a new medication, resulting in increased or
decreased effects of the drug, Person said. Never take
a new medication without speaking to your pharmacist
about how it will react with your other medicines.
5. What foods, drink or activities
should be avoided while taking a new
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Card Playing - Join other
seniors in the senior room
to play pinochle, euchre,
bridge, hand-in-foot or
whatever. Bring a snack
to pass and bring a friend.
$2 fee for non-members.
Noon-4 p.m. Thurs., 5-9:00
p.m. Fri. and 1-4 p.m. Sun.
Line Dancing - Volunteer
instructors, dance steps
and music and exercise. $2
fee for non-members. 9:00
a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Mon.,
Wed. and Fri.
Senior Potluck - fourth
Tues. of each month, seniors have a potluck meal
and enjoy a program. Bring
your own table service and
dish to share. Drinks provided. Open to all seniors.
Begins at noon.
east peoria
fondulac park
district
For more info on any of the
following events, call 6993923. Most programs meet
at administration building
unless otherwise noted.
Speaker - On March 31st,
at 10 AM , Snyder Village
Assisted Living is pleased
to announce that Rev. Randall Saxton retired Pastor of
United Presbyterian Church
in Peoria and frequent
Bradley University Osher
Lifelong Learning Institute history instructor will
speak about the last week
of Lincoln’s life from Palm
Sunday to Bloody Saturday.
All are welcome. If you
have any question please all
Diana at 367-2500 ext. 185.
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call the park office at 2637429 or stop by the office
at 349 W. Birchwood during
office hours Monday-Friday
from 8:30am-Noon and
1:00-5pm. You may also
check us out on the web at
www.mortonparkdistrict.
com or Facebook at Morton Park District.
Festival - Wednesday, April
8th, 10:00 am, at Snyder
Village Assisted Living
in Metamora, Pumpkins,
Parades & Pies: Eureka’s
Pumpkin Festival Past Take
a step back in time and
view a visual history of the
Eureka Pumpkin Festival.
The festival, which was
held between 1939 and
1961, regularly averaged
at least 50,000 attendees
from all over Illinois and the
Midwest. In 1947 film star
and Eureka College alumnus Ronald Reagan and
Illinois Governor Dwight
Green attended, drawing
national attention. This free
program will be held at the
Snyder Village Assisted
Living Facility in Metamora,
IL. For more information,
call the library at 309-4672922.
Line Dance Class - Every
Thursday, 2-3:30 p.m.
Potluck - first Wed. of each
month. Bring own table
service and a dish to pass.
Serving begins at 11:30 a.m.
Sign-up not required. Meet
new people. New attendees
need no covered dish. Park park district
For more information
at east side of building.
about any of these programs, call 263-7429 or
HI-5 - Free senior wellness
stop by the office at 349
program, chair dancing,
W. Birchwood during ofstretching, strengthening
fice hours Monday-Friday
exercises and more, 10-11
from 8:30 a.m.-noon and
a.m. every Mon. and Fri.
1-5 p.m.
Free at Fon du Lac Park
District Admin. Center.
Cards, Bingo, & Potluck
Sponsored by Fondulac
Rehabilitation & Healthcare. Lunch - Mondays 9 a.m.-1
p.m. - Freedom Hall.
TOPS- Every Thursday
Early Morning Walking 9-10:15am.-Weight loss
support group.$1 per week. Mon, Wed. & Fri. 7-9 a.m.
Rec Center, 324 S. Detroit,
Call Gina at 699-3923 for
Morton. FREE. Begins Nov.
details.
4.
Mexican Dominoes Yoga - This is an 8 week
Wednesdays 11:30 a.m.-3
class. Please bring your
p.m. Does not meet 1st
Wednesday of each month. own mat for class. Dates:
2nd session March 11, 2015
– May 8, 2015 (no classes
Big Band Dance - once a
month on the 4th Saturday. on April 3, 6, 8, and 10) Cost
per session: $60.00 for
7-10 p.m. Cost: $5.
residents $120.00 for nonresidents Times: Mon, Wed,
& Fri 9:30 – 10:30 am Location: Recreation Center,
324 S. Detroit If you should
SNYDER VILLAGE
have any questions please
morton
METAMORA
pekin
MILLER CENTER
please call 309-346-5210
Cargiver Support
Group - 2nd Wed. of every
month.- 2-3:30 p.m. Free.
Sponsored by Bradley
University’s Counseling
Research & Training Clinic,
in coorperation with Central
Illinois Agency on Aging.
PEORIA
Peoria PARK DISTRICT
Please pre-register for
classes. All classes listed
are for ages 50+. Please
call 688-3667 for more
information.
Support Group - 2nd
Thursday of the month.
Courtyard
Estates
Bingo- 1st Friday of every
month. 9:30 a.m. - 11:00
a.m. For everyone 65+.
FREE for all visitors. Coffee
and cinnamon rolls served.
Osher Lifelong
learning
institute
at bradley university
For more information about
OLLI call (309)677-3900 or
go online to www.bradley.
edu/olli.
LOCAL TRIPS - Get to
know your community on
these half day excursions.
Register early.
LECTURES & SPECIAL
EVENTS -These occasions
are a night or a day enjoyed
— another opportunity for
us to gather and learn. Registration is required. For the
free lectures, refreshments
are served 30 minutes
prior.
Yoga - This beginning and
beyond class combines
postures, breathing practices and relaxation with
an emphasis on self-acceptance and exploration.
Wear comfortable clothing,
bring a mat and firm blanket. For more information
contact Jean at 687-8099.
Cost: $64 for 8 classes, or
$10 drop in. Monday evenings - ongoing. 5:30-6:45
p.m.
Alonetogether Grief
Support Group - Mondays- 4:30 p.m. -6:00 p.m.
Located in Group Room 4
at the Couseling Center. For
more information contact
Steve at 672-5695 or steve.
[email protected].
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about any of these programs, call 444-8222.
Senior Room Events Bridge - 12:30-4:40 p.m.
third Mon. of month; Hearts
- 9-11 a.m. Mon; Various
card games - 12:30-4 p.m.;
Bingo - 10:30-11:30 a.m.
first Tues. of month; Hearts
- 9-11 a.m. Tues.; Pinochle 1-4 p.m. Tues.; Bridge - 1-4
p.m. first and third Wed.
of month; Eucher, 2-4
p.m. first and third Wed. of
month; Hearts - 9-11 a.m.
Wed.; card games - 12:30-4
p.m. Thurs.; Pinochle - 1-4
p.m. Thurs.; Wii bowling 1-3 p.m. Fri.
Reflections
Memory Care
residence
For more info on the following events, call 309508-7200.
park district
about any of these programs, call 444-9413.
Veteran’s Memorial Brick
Pavers - Honor a veteran
with an engraved brick
paver. Bricks will be placed
at the Veteran’s Memorial in
Washington Park. All funds
will be donated. Cost: $50.
Fee includes 3 lines of print,
15 characters per line.
Fit Over 50 - Easy cardio
combined with balance and
strength routines. Come
get comfortable with your
body in a non-competitive
environment. Tues. & Thurs.
Jan. 6-May 14, 10 - 10:45
a.m. Cost: Reserved fee
is $25, not reserved fee is
$30.
Intouch Home Care
Services of LSSI
Book Discussion GroupLast Wed of every month.
2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Call 681-2859 for more information.
Forest park
nature center
Unitypoint
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Personal care • Housekeeping • Medication reminders • Meal preparation •
Companionship and supervision • Transportation • Respite caregiving services
Call 309.264.9229 or visit LSSI.org/Homecare
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Old Time Folk & Country
Jam - Bring your acoustic
instrument and bring it to
the Nature Center for a jam
session. Meet other musicians and learn new songs.
Music lovers of all ages are
invited to come, listen &
enjoy! 2nd & 4th Sunday of
the month. 3:30-5 p.m.
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015 Chillicothe Times-Bulletin www.ChillicotheTimesBulletin.com
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Attorney & Law Office Directory
NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to the Illinois State
Statutes and the permanent Zoning Ordinance of Peoria
County, the Peoria County Zoning Board of Appeals will hold
public hearings on April 9, 2015 as follows:
Case No. 010-15-V at 9:00 a.m. Hearing to be held in room 403,
of the Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois.
Petition of AIMIE MOLOHON, acting on her own behalf, a
VARIANCE request from Section 20-5.13.3.4 of the Unified
Development Ordinance, which requires that for lots and
parcels in platted subdivisions or in residentially zoned
districts, the total floor area of all accessory buildings, attached
or detached, shall not exceed the footprint of the principal
structure or 1,300 square feet, whichever is less, plus 750
square feet for a private garage. No building shall be larger
than the footprint of the principal structure, which includes
any attached garage. The petitioner proposes to construct a
1,200 square feet storage building, which exceeds the footprint of the principal structure, resulting in a variance request
of 326 square feet.
Eric E. Hasselberg, Attorney at Law
(309)688-9400
4600 N. Brandywine Dr., Suite 200 • Peoria, IL 61614
Concentrating in Trusts & Estates
Michael T. Mahoney, LTD.
(309)274-5451
1011 N. Second St. • Chillicothe, IL 61523
Divorce • Real Estate • Probate
Williams, Williams
& Bembenek, P.C.
(309)694-3196
139 E. Washington St. • East Peoria, IL 61611
Criminal Law • Estate Planning • Real Estate • Probate • Bankruptcy
Published every week only in the TIMESNEWSPAPERS:
Chillicothe Times-Bulletin, East Peoria Times-Courier,
Morton Times-News, Washington Times-Reporter, Woodford Times
The North Half of Lot 5 and all of Lots 6 and 7 in Crutchfield
Place, a Subdivision of part of Lot 9 in the Northwest Fractional
Quarter of Section 5, Township 10 North, Range 9 East of the
Fourth Principal Meridian. Chillicothe Township (10-05-108002).
If you need to find public notices that were published in
any of our five TIMESNEWSPAPERS go to:
Public Notice Illinois • www.publicnoticeads.com/IL
This property can be located by traveling north on IL-29 for
approximately 12.5 miles and then turning right onto E.
Washington Street. Then, turn left onto N. River Beach DR.,
which will then turn into N. 2nd Street. Proceed to 16016 N.
2nd St., Chillicothe, IL 61523.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS
PEORIA COUNTY
PROBATE DIVISION
All pertinent written materials by either proponents or In the Matter of
objectors pertaining to the above cases should be filed in the Estate of
the Department of Planning and Zoning, 324 Main Street,
MARILYN JEAN GOTTWALD,
Room 301, Peoria, IL 61602.
Deceased.
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
PEORIA COUNTY, ILLINOIS
BY: JOHN BIRDOES
CHAIRPERSON
)
)
) CASE NO.
) 15 P 107
)
)
NOTICE OF CLAIM DATE
#13891
TAX DEED NO. 15-TX-2
FILED March 2, 2015
TAKE NOTICE
TO: R. STEVE SONNERMAKER, PEORIA
COUNTY CLERK; JANET K. KIESER
WEBER AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF
BERTHA E. KIESER; LUDWIG KIESER;
BERTHA E. KIESER; ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; ILLINOIS ATTORNEY
GENERAL; U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL; U.S.
ATTORNEY GENERAL-CENTRAL DISTRICT;
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; JANET K.
KIESER WEBER; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND
DEVISEES OF LUDWIG KIESER AND
BERTHA E. KIESER; UNKNOWN OWNERS
OR PARTIES INTERESTED; AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS.
Notice is given of the death of
MARILYN JEAN GOTTWALD on February
24, 2015 and that Letters of Office were
issued on March 9, 2015 to DIANE L.
GOTTWALD, Executor, whose Attorney is
RICHARD V. LAUKITIS of the Law Firm of
This is NOTICE of the filing of the
LAUKITIS LAW OFFICE, LTD., 611 N.
Fourth Street, P.O. Box 278, Chillicothe, Petition for Tax Deed on the following
described property:
Illinois 61523.
Claims may be filed on or before the
18th day of September, 2015, or six (6)
months from the date of the first
publication of this Notice of Claim Date,
whichever is later, and any claim not
filed on or before that date is barred.
Claims against the estate may be filed
in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court, Peoria County Courthouse, Peoria,
Illinois, or with the representative, or
both. Within 10 days after a claimant
files its claim with the Court, the
claimant must mail or deliver a copy of
the claim to the representative AND to
its attorney of record AND file with the
court proof of mailing or delivery of said
copies.
Dated this 10th day of March, 2015.
DIANE L. GOTTWALD, Executor
By: RICHARD V. LAUKITIS
Her Attorney
Richard V. Laukitis
LAUKITIS LAW OFFICE, LTD.
Attorney at Law
611 N. Fourth Street, P.O. Box 278
Ph. (309)274-5406
#13887
Commencing nineteen (19) chains and
sixty-five (65) links South of the Northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter
of Section Nineteen (19) in Township
Eleven (11) North, Range Eight (8) East
of the Fourth Principal Meridian, Peoria
County, Illinois; thence East three (3)
chains and thirty-three (33) links;
thence South parallel with the West
line of said Section three (3) chains;
thence West three (3) chains and thirtythree (33) links, intersecting the West
line of said Quarter Section; thence
North three (3) chains to the place of
beginning; which said real estate was
formerly used as a school site by former
school District No. 38 (sometime known
as West Hallock School District) in
Hallock Township, Peoria County,
Illinois.
Property Index Number 04-19-300-006
On July 6, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. the
Petitioner intends to make application
for an order on the petition that a Tax
Deed be issued. The real estate was sold
on November 5, 2012 for general taxes
of the year 2011. The period of redemption will expire June 26, 2015.
Kathleen A. Kyndberg,
Attorney for Petitioner
(618) 457-4586
#13873
PEORIA COUNTY - PROBATE
IN THE MATTER OF
THE ESTATE OF
)
)
)
PATRICIA R. WEISSER, ) CASE NO.: 15P117
)
Deceased. )
NOTICE OF CLAIM DATE
Notice is given of the death of the
above and that Letters were issued to
ARTHUR L. WEISSER, III, whose attorney
is JEFFREY R. BACH, 110 S.W. Jefferson,
Suite 410, Peoria, IL 61602, and that
September 17, 2014, is the claim date for
the estate.
Claims may be filed within six months
from the date of issuance of Letters of
Office and any claim not filed within that
period is barred as to the estate which is
inventoried within that period.
Claims against said estate may be filed
on or before said date in the office of
the Clerk of the Circuit Court, County
Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois, and copies
thereof mailed or delivered to said legal
representative and to said attorneys of
record.
PEORIA COUNTY
Civil Division
Plaintiff:
)
Ruthie M. NeeQuaye )
vs.
) Case No. 14D546
Defendant:
)
Kingsley NeeQuaye )
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
Notice is given to you, Kingsley
NeeQuaye, Defendant, that this cause
has been commenced against you in this
Court asking for Dissolution of Marriage
and other relief.
Unless you file your response or otherwise file your appearance in this cause in
the office of the Circuit Clerk of Peoria
County, Courthouse, Peoria, Illinois on or
before the 21st day of April, 2015 at 9:00
AM, a divorce and other relief may be
granted as prayed for by the Plaintiff.
Robert M. Spears, Circuit Clerk
/s/ Margaret Kallister
#13884
STATE OF ILLINOIS CIRCUIT COURT
PEORIA COUNTY
NOTICE OF FILING A REQUEST
FOR NAME CHANGE
Dated: March 17, 2015
PATRICIA WEISSER, deceased
By: JEFFREY R. BACH
David Robert Lauterbach ) 15MR102
There will be a court hearing on my
request to change my name from:
David Robert Lauterbach to the new
name of David Robert Perez-Lauterbach.
Jeffrey R. Bach
Attorney at Law
110 S.W. Jefferson
Suite 410
Peoria, IL 61602
(309) 673-0100
#13894
PUBLISHER’S NOTICE:
All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act
which makes it illegal to advertise “any
preference, limitation or discrimination
based on race, color, religion, sex,
handicap, familial status or national
origin, or an intention, to make any such
preference, limitation or discrimination.”
Familial status includes children under the
age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people
securing custody of children under 18.
This newspaper will not knowingly accept
any advertising for real estate which is in
violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised
in this newspaper are available on an
equal opportunity basis.
To complain of discrimination call HUD
toll-free at 1-800-669-9777. The toll-free
telephone number for the hearing
impaired is 1-800-927-9275.
“Equal Housing Opportunity”
The court hearing will be held on April
27, 2015 at 10:30a.m. at 324 Main Street,
Peoria, Peoria County, IL in Courtroom
#203.
/s/ David Robert Lauterbach
#13890
Childcare Disclaimer
No individual, unless licensed or holding a permit
as a childcare facility, may cause to be published
any advertisement soliciting a child care service.
* A childcare facility that is licensed or operating
under a permit issued by the Illinois Department
of Children and Family Services may publish
advertisements of the services for which it is
specifically licensed or issued a permit.
TIMESNEWSPAPERS strongly urge any parent or
guardian to verify the validity of the license of
any facility before placing a child in its care.
* Family homes that care for no more than
three (3) children under the age of twelve or
which receive only children from a single household, for less than 24 hours per day, are exempt
from licensure as day care homes. The three
children to whom this exemption applies includes
the family’s natural or adopted children and any
other persons under the age of 12 whether
related or unrelated to the operator of the
daycare home. (DCFS Rule, Part 377.3(c))

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