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WednesDAY, october 12, 2016
Your Hometown News Since 1927
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Vol. 89 No. 41FREE
Area early voting
info announced
By Chris kaergard
GateHouse Media Illinois
PEORIA — For those citizens
who don’t want to chance Election Day weather, don’t like long
lines, or otherwise have their
minds made up unalterably, early
voting for the Nov. 8 general
election is underway.
Voters in the Tri-County Area
who wish to cast their ballots
before Nov. 8 — a number that
continues to increase for each
national election — will have a
variety of opportunities to do
so.
Oktoberfest
business expo
in East Peoria
Attendees got into
the German spirit
for the East Peoria
Chamber of Commerce's annual
Oktoberfest Business Expo Thursday
night at the Par-ADice Hotel. Vendors
displays their goods
and services and
there was a mini
taste of East Peoria
with several area
restaurants participating. Above is Jodi
Tarter from Par-ADice and Zak Edmonds from Winter
Insurance. At left is
Kelsey Clouse, left,
and Kim Ireton from
Fondulac Bank. See
more photos online
at www.EastPeoriaTimesCourier.com.
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Times Newspapers
Tazewell County
Early voting will be conducted
at the county clerk’s office in the
McKenzie Building, 11 S. Fourth
St., Suite 203, through Monday,
Nov. 7.
Hours are:
Weekdays, through Oct. 28,
from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Oct.
31 through Nov. 7 from 8:30 a.m.
to 7 p.m.
Weekends, on Oct. 29 from 9
a.m. to noon; Oct. 30 from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.; Nov. 5 from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m.; and Nov. 6 from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
Early voting also will be available at these temporary sites:
On Oct. 10 at Hopedale Village
Hall, 101 S. E. Main St., from 7
to 10 a.m. and 4 to 7 p.m.
On Oct. 11 at Mackinaw Village Hall, 100 E. Fast St., from
7 to 10 a.m. and 4 to 7 p.m.
On Oct. 12 at the Delavan
Township building, 212 Locust
St., from 7 to 10 a.m. and 4 to
7 p.m.
On Oct. 14 at the Morton
Township building, 300 W.
Jefferson St.; the Washington
Township building, 58 Valley
Forge Road, and Folepi’s Market
Place, 2200 E. Washington St.
in East Peoria, from 7 to 10 a.m.
and 4 to 7 p.m.
On Oct. 15-16 at the Morton Township and Washington
Township buildings and Folepi’s
Market Place from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m.
Peoria County
Early voting will run from
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday at the offices
of the county Election Commission, 524 SW Adams St.,
through Oct. 28. Weekday hours
will be from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Oct. 31 through Nov. 4 and on
Nov. 7. The offices also will be
open for voters from 9 a.m. to
noon Oct. 29; noon to 3 p.m.
Oct. 30; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 5;
and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 6.
Beginning Oct. 24 and running through Nov. 6 the Illinois
Central College North Campus,
5407 N. University St., will host
early voting. Weekday hours are
10 a.m. through 6 p.m. On Oct.
29 and Nov. 5 voting runs from
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Oct. 30
through Nov. 6 it runs from
noon to 3 p.m.
Early voting also will be available at these temporary sites:
Oct. 24: Princeville Library,
207 N. Walnut St., from 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m.
Oct. 25: Hanna City Methodist
Church, 12208 W. Farmington
Road, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Oct. 26: Brimfield Library,
111 S. Galena Ave., from 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m.
Oct. 27: Lake Camelot Clubhouse, 9278 W. Lake Camelot
Drive, Mapleton, from 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m.
Oct. 28: Alpha Park Library,
3527 Airport Road, Bartonville;
and Dunlap Library, 302 N.
First St., Dunlap; both from 10
a.m. to 6 p.m.
Oct. 29: Alpha Park Library
and Dunlap Library, both from
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Oct. 31: Peoria Heights Library, 816 E. Glen Ave.; and
Elmwood Methodist Church,
821 W. Main St., both from 10
a.m to 6 p.m.
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Spook Hollow gets ready for frightening good time
By julie
schimmelpfennig
TimesNewspapers
MARQUETTE
HEIGHTS — Halloween
is drawing near which
means people who want
to be scared have the
chance to visit haunted
houses. The biggest
haunted attraction in
central Illinois is at
Spook Hollow in Marquette Heights.
This marks the 38th
year that the Marquette
Heights Men’s Club of
Central Illinois has presented Spook Hollow at
Independence Park located at 613 LaSalle Blvd.
in Marquette Heights. It
will be open Oct. 14, 15,
21, 22, 28 and 29 from
7-11 p.m.
Tickets may be purchased at the gate or
online by visiting www.
IF YOU GO
What: Spook Hollow
When: 7-11 p.m. Oct. 14-15; 21-22 and
28-29.
Where: Independence Park, 613 LaSalle
Blvd., Marquette Heights
Cost: Tickets are $25 or a speed pass can
be purchased for an extra $15
spook-hollow.com. Each
ticket costs $25 and a
speed pass called a “R.I.P.
pass” may be purchased
for an additional $15
which enables the ticket
holder to avoid waiting
in line to enter. It takes
approximately one hour
to go through the entire
attraction but does depend on the number of
people there.
Spook Hollow offers
a “Trilogy of Terror” for
the admission price.
Those who dare to enter
are led through three
events starting with the
Haunted Woods. Krystal
Depew is the marketing representative for
Marquette Heights Men’s
Club of Central Illinois.
She said the Haunted
Woods is the original
event. Next, patrons are
led through MC Manor
which is a haunted mansion. The final scare is
called MC Nightmare
which is an industrial
haunt.
“There are rusty walls,
Spook Hollow has elaborate "movie quality" sets. There are three attractions:
Haunted Woods, MC Manor and MC Nightmare. Tickets are $25 for all three attractions. Spook Hollow opens Oct. 14. photo courtesy of spook hollow
bloody characters, lots of
noise and lots of screaming,” Depew said. “Each
stop has movie quality
sets. They’ll see amazing
makeup and actors. It
really looks like a
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Area Events
Food Market and
Craft Sale by the
Morton United Methodist Church, Nov. 12 from
9 a.m.-2 p.m. Public is
welcome and encouraged to come join the fun
and start their holiday
shopping. Come shop
for fine quality, handcrafted items, fall and
Christmas décor, tomato
sauce, jams, jelly, cheese
balls, frozen casseroles,
breads, pies, candies,
knives, nuts, ornaments,
home accents, yard art,
and more. Proceeds of
this sale benefit local and
international missions.
Brunch will be served
from 9-11 a.m. and lunch
from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Morton United Methodist
Church is located at 420
N. Tennessee, Morton
(on Route 150 just east
of the soccer field). Cash,
checks or credit/debit
cards will be accepted.
For more info call 2667174.
GFWC Illinois Metamora-Germantown
Hills Junior Woman’s Club, Education Department,
sponsoring Halloween Story Hour,
on Oct. 31 for pre-school
children ages 3-5. Story
hours will be held at the
Metamora Public Library,
from 11 a.m.-noon. There
will be stories, a craft,
snack and trick or treating. Please have your
child dress up in their
costume. They will be
trick-or-treating to some
of the local businesses on
the Metamora Square.
There are limited spaces
available so sign up at the
library. If you have any
questions, contact Melissa Peters at 712-1540.
East Peoria Historical Society quarterly meeting Oct.
16, 2 p.m. at City Hall
Building 401 W. Washington St., East Peoria.
Mark Laswell, manager
of Channel 22, will show
films of East Peoria's
Centennial Celebration.
Refreshments will be
served.
Pekin Pain Management Center and
Boston Scientific
are hosting a community pain management seminar
entitled “Control Your
Pain” on Oct. 27 from
5:30-7 p.m. at Pekin
Hospital (600 S. 13th St.;
Pekin). Free event will fea-
ture a special presentation from Justin Minyard,
a first responder at the
9-11 Pentagon attacks
who has been dealing
with debilitating chronic
pain for many years. Dr.
Arek Grochowski, medical director of Pekin Pain
Management Center,
will be in attendance to
answer questions about
treatment and care
options. While there is
no charge to attend the
“Control Your Pain” event,
registration is required. To
register for the seminar,
please call 877-4724650 or visit cypevents.
com/1137.
3 things to do
WASHINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY Oct. 14
encampment on Washington square 4-8 p.m.
Camp set up and story
telling by the Fort Creve
Coeur 1776 Venture Crew.
WASHINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY Oct. 15
from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the
Washington Square. Also
presented by above activities will include: monkey bridge, rope making,
candle making, spoon
making, leather work,
hide tanning, blacksmithing and pictures taken.
Morton Community
Chorus will begin
rehearsals for
Handel's MESSIAH
on Monday evenings
beginning Oct. 3-Nov. 14,
6:30-8:30 p.m. at Grace
Church in Morton (Tennessee Ave & Jefferson
St.). Qualified singers
are invited to participate.
Dress rehearsal is Nov. 19,
9:30 a.m.-noon; the performance is Sunday, Nov.
20 at 3 p.m. Send questions to pcw@omnilec.
com; [email protected];
or sonizgal43@gmail.
com.
PILL DISPOSAL On
Oct. 22, from 10 a.m.-2
p.m. the Morton Police
Department and the Drug
Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the
public its 12th opportunity in six years to prevent
pill abuse and theft by
ridding their homes of
potentially dangerous
expired, unused, and
unwanted prescription
drugs. Bring your pills for
disposal to the Morton
Police Department at 375
W. Birchwood St., Morton
Illinois. Please note liquids
or needles or sharps cannot be accepted, only pills
or patches. The service is
free and anonymous, no
questions asked.
Calling all gardeners! It's time to wrap
up the year in the garden. Come hear Master
Gardener, Mr. Lee Mackie,
present a program "Putting Your Garden To Bed"
at the Morton Library,
Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. Program
about perennials and
tool care. Any questions:
Cathy Gale, 264-7564.
The National Fallen
Firefighters Foundation Fundraiser
4-10 p.m. Oct. 13 at Texas
Roadhouse in East Peoria
10% of total food pur-
can be arranged at the
door) or for a $5 entrance
for non-members. For
more info, call 444-7621
or the library at 444-2241.
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Marquette Heights
Men’s Club of Central
Illinois presents:
Spook Hollow 2016
Independence Park
613 LaSalle Blvd., Marquette Heights,
Oct. 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29. The Marquette Heights Men's Club of Central
Illinois presents three truly horrifying
events at Spook Hollow for a one-of-akind haunted attraction for the public.
Spook Hollow, the one that started it
all 38 years ago, is the area’s largest
and longest running outdoor attraction. We lead patrons deep into the
woods of Independence Park then
through M.C. Manor and M.C. Nightmare for a "Trilogy of Terror" for one
admission price. Hours: 7-11 p.m. until
last person goes through.
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St. Monica’s Ladies
Guild is sponsoring
HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS, a
Craft and Bake Sale, Oct. 22,
9 a.m.-2 p.m. to be held in the Church
Hall, 303 Campanile Dr., East Peoria.
chase goes to the NFFF.
(309) 698-7980.
Eats & Drinks of
the World 6-10 p.m.
Nov. 5 at Five Points
Washington. Raffles,
silent auction, music
(Cousin Eddie Band),
food and drinks. Benefitting the Dax Locke Foundation. Tickets are $20 in
advance for admission,
food and drink passport
book or $30 at the door.
Order tickets at www.
fivepointswashington.org
or 444-8600.
East Peoria Woman’s Club is having
WASHINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY “An Evening with Tim Pletkovich”
Oct. 24, 7 p.m., Washington Presbyterian Church
Come hear a presentation by Tim Pletkovich,
the author of “Sons of the
Civil War in WWII”.
Coffee and donuts will be served in
the morning and pork chop sandwiches and soup for lunch. Crafters will
be displaying crocheted, knitted and
embroidered items, handmade paper
crafts, jewelry, Tupperware, Pampered
Chef, Michi purses with removable
liners, quilts, scrapbooking, clothing for American Girl dolls, soy wax
melts, recycled sweater mittens, and
many Christmas items. Lots of baked
goods, apple pies, and breads. For
more info call Carol at 699-0147.
Washington Historical Society the
Dement-Zinser and
Dr’s Museum tours
Saturday’s 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Private tours are also
available by calling 309444-4793. Take a step
back into Washington’s
history!
Washington Historical Society
opens New Pictorial Exhibit of early
Washington Oct.
8-Nov. 19. Each Saturday
11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Dement- Zinser Home 105
Zinser Place. The exhibit
is free and private tours
are available by calling,
444-4793.
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Fon du Lac Farm Park
Annual Witches Walk
“Not so Scary” Illuminated Halloween
Walk for the little ones, 6-8
p.m. Fridays & Saturdays, Oct. 21, 22,
28 & 29 at Fon du Lac Farm Park, 305
Neumann Drive, East Peoria. Cost:
$2.50 ages 1-15 (under 1 year of age is
free) and $3 adult (all ages). Express
tickets are available for more information call 699-3923. www.fondulacpark.com
a Box Lunch meeting at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 13,
at the East Peoria First
United Methodist Church.
Bring a box lunch to be
auctioned and wear a
hat for the “Crazy Hat”
contest. Executive board
meets at 10 a.m. at the
same location.
East Peoria Historical Society will
hold its quarterly
meeting at 2 p.m. Oct.
16, at East Peoria City
Hall. Mark Lasswell of
Channel 22 will present
film of the 1984 East Peoria Centennial. Election
of three board members
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Washington Historical Society
will hold a two
day encampment,
presented by the
Fort Creve Coeur
1776 BSA Venture
Crew. Oct. 14 from 4-8
p.m. Evening story telling
& Oct. 15 from 10-4 p.m.
on Washington Square.
Games and hands on
activities for children. The
Dement -Zinser Home
will have spinners, pottery
making, including tours
of the home and the Dr.
Museum & Medicinal
garden. Lunch will be
available for purchase.
There is no charge for the
event being underwritten
by RNS Electric.
will also be conducted.
The public is invited and
refreshments will be
served.
Friends of Washington Library are
preparing for the fall book
sale. Donations of books
and AV items in good
condition may be brought
to the main library (Five
Points) during open
hours through Oct. 15.
Due to space limitations,
no encyclopedias, used
texts, magazines or VHS
tapes. The sale will start
with a preview evening
from 5-7 p.m. on Oct. 21.
This first choice of items
is open free to FOWL
members (memberships
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Totes for Ta-Tas
5K run/walk set
for Oct. 22
MORTON — Totes for
Ta-Tas will be hosting a 5K
Fun Run/Walk at 5 p.m.
on Oct. 22 starting and
stopping at the Memorial Plaza in Downtown
Morton.
The American Legion
Auxiliary will be hosting
an “after party” for the
runners, walks, guests, and
general public so everyone
can enjoy a great chili supper offered for purchase,
along with some great cold
beverages.
Top three male and female runners will receive
medals, along with top
three youth (under age
12). This run will not be
officially timed. Runners
will be placed in order they
finish.
Entry fee is $25 per
person. Registrations received after Oct. 8 will not
be guaranteed a shirt on
Run/Walk Day.
Shirt pick-up will be on
Oct. 21 from 5-7 p.m. and
on Oct. 22 from 4-5 p.m.
at the Morton Tourism
Office, 200 S. First St. in
Morton.
Registration information can be found at www.
totesforta-tas.com; by
sending an email to totesfortatasmorton@gmail.
com; or on the Facebook
page at https://www.
facebook.com/totesfortatasmorton/.
Feel free to contact
Sharyl at 657-0992 with
any questions.
EPFD selling
T-shirts for
breast cancer
awareness
EAST PEORIA — To
show support for Breast
Cancer Awareness Month
in October, the East Peoria
Fire Department is selling
breast cancer awareness Tshirts. All proceeds will be
donated to a breast cancer
research organization.
The navy blue shirts are
available to the public and
feature a pink East Peoria
Fire Department logo on
the front and “East Peoria
Fire, fighting for a cure”
on the back, with the word
fire in pink and a fire hose
fashioned into a breast
cancer ribbon.
The T-shirts are available at EastSide Centre, 1
EastSide Drive, through
Oct. 25. The T-shirts cost
$13 each. In addition,
orders can be placed at
EastSide for long-sleeve
T-shirts and out-of-stock
sizes. Long-sleeve T-shirts
cost $16. The fire department will submit the
orders on Oct. 26 and the
shirts can be picked up at
EastSide after Nov. 7.
For more information,
call 427-7768.
‘Between the
Lines’ explores
influences
for Star Wars
PEORIA — Join Illinois Central College’s
“Between the Lines” program as ICC Studio Coordinator Fallon Allison
and English, Humanities,
and Language Studies
Professor Stephanie Guedet trace the intergalactic
map of myths, artifacts
and films that inspired
the Star Wars universe.
The journey begins Nov.
1 at 7 p.m. in the Arbor
Hall Auditorium on the
ICC North Campus, 5407
N. University St., Peoria.
It’s a bright time for
fans of space fantasy. Star
Wars has returned to the
silver screen. Decades
after first uniting themes,
archetypes, and iconography from art across
the galaxy, Star Wars returns as young heroines
are awakened and new
friendships are forged.
“Star Wars: Episode
BTL” takes a closer look
at “A long time ago in a
galaxy far, far away…” The programs are free
and open to the public.
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VOTE
Nov. 1: Chillicothe Library, 430 N. Bradley Ave.;
and Kickapoo Township
Hall, 10025 U.S. Route 150,
Edwards, both from 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m.
Nov. 2: Chillicothe Library and Kickapoo Township Hall, both from 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m.
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Services:
Hollywood set.”
Volunteers with the
Marquette Heights Men’s
Club built the sets. There
are over 200 members,
according to Depew. She
said it is a group effort to
prepare Spook Hollow.
This is Depew’s second
year with Spook Hollow
although she has been a
patron since she was a
child. She advises people
to be prepared to be
scared. “It doesn’t matter
how tough you think you
are,” said Depew. “People
get scared. We’ve had
some bladder control issues.”
While there is not an
age requirement, Depew
advises children younger
than 12-years-old not
attend because it is very
frightening.
The actors are not allowed to touch or harass
the customers. Depew
said no one will chase
anyone with chainsaws.
There will be police and
firefighters on site. Food
will be available for purchase. There will also be a
merchandise booth which
will offer unique Spook
Hollow items.
The Marquette Heights
Men’s Club and Spook
Hollow are not-for-profit
agencies. As such, the
money they make from
this event is donated to
numerous local charities
(309) 694-3196
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6 years and are accepted
at an accredited college,
university, or trade school.
Depew said patrons return year after year to satisfy the annual scare they
crave. She also found that
volunteers continue to
return each year. Anyone
interested in becoming a
volunteer can visit www.
spook-hollow.com for information.
Nov. 3: Chillicothe Library and West Peoria City
Hall, 2506 W. Rohmann
Ave., both from 10 a.m. to
6 p.m.
Nov. 4: Alpha Park Library and Dunlap Library,
both 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Nov. 5: Alpha Park Library and Dunlap Library,
both 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
able in the Woodford County Board room, 107 E. Court
St., Eureka, from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. on the following dates:
Oct. 3-7; Oct. 11-14; Oct 1721; Oct. 24-26; Oct. 28; Oct.
31-Nov. 2
On Oct. 27, Nov. 3 and
Nov. 4 voting will be from 8
a.m. to 7 p.m.
On Oct. 29 and Nov. 5
voting will be from 8 a.m.
to noon.
Woodford County
Early voting will be avail-
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Because Spook Hollow is a scary attraction, it is not
recommended for those under 12 years old.
such as the local volunteer fire department and
police, Boy Scouts, Girl
Scouts and Parkinson’s
disease and breast cancer
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They also donate money to Enhance the Future
Scholarship program.
This is a local scholarship
available to graduating
high school seniors who
have attended North Pekin Marquette Heights
Grade Schools for at least
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Voters aren’t likely
to change their
minds now
Who won the Vice
Presidential debate
Tuesday night?
Some with say Tim
Kaine was dominant
with his attacks. Others were enthralled with
every grin and smirk
by Mike Pence while he
delivered well-timed
zingers.
It’s a binary choice.
We hear it all the time
as people explain how
they can support one
party’s candidate or the
other despite the horrible things they are accused of doing by the
other side.
This is the problem
with American politics.
There are only two real
choices. If you don’t
like one of those choices, you migrate to the
other. With two candidates breaking records
for historically low approval ratings, most
voters aligned with a
candidate are actually
just very misaligned
with the other.
Hillary Clinton is polling with support from
about 45 percent of
American voters. That
number is strikingly
similar to the number
of voters who identify
as Democrats. There is
this funny thing where
people register as Democrats because they tend
to agree with Democratic candidates.
Believe it or not,
Republicans make up
about 40 percent of the
electorate. If you are
paying attention, you
have a pretty good idea
of where Donald Trump
is polling nationwide.
There are always reasons that people identify with a party. That
makes it entirely unlikely that the Democratic candidate could
say anything that would
make even a handful of
Republicans leave the
party whose beliefs obviously align more with
their own.
As Trump is proving
on almost a daily basis,
there is almost nothing
a candidate can say to
make voters leave them
if they are inclined to
belong to the same
party.
So for the 15 percent
of voters who register
as Independents or with
other smaller parties,
there is good news. You
get to decide who the
President will be.
Sure, there are factors
in elections like turnout.
A candidate who makes
voters excited to cast a
ballot will get more of
the members of their
teams to the polls when
it counts than a candidate who embarrasses a
party and makes voters
give excuses for their
support.
But the turnout margin is almost always
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negligible. The winners
pull more of the unpredictable voters to their
side.
But it isn’t all of the
independent voters. If
you live in a state like
Oklahoma and Kansas
and you are an independent voter, you just
eliminate yourself from
primary elections. Your
electoral votes are going to the Republican
so your vote is an exercise in civil responsibility more than decision
making.
Most of our elections
come down to uninterested voters in about 13
swing states who watch
game shows instead of
news shows and figure out who they like
a week or so before the
election based on some
strange reason no one
will ever know. These
are the people who bet
on horses based on the
color the jockey wears.
They don’t know why
they made the choice,
but it just feels right.
So why do you get so
mad at your Facebook
friends for saying who
they will support? Did
you really expect a religious friend to throw his
support behind Hillary
Clinton because Donald Trump called Miss
Universe “Miss Piggy”
20 years ago? Do you
really think that your
liberal friend is going to
pledge her allegiance to
Trump because Clinton
sent some emails from
the wrong server?
These decisions were
made years ago. The vast
majority of voters do
not vacillate from election to election. There
aren’t many Bill Clinton/George W. Bush/
Barack Obama voting
patterns out there. Sure,
you know a guy at the
coffee shop who says he
did. The reason he tells
the story is because it
is interesting because
it is unusual. If you
see a dog on the way
home from work, you
don’t mention it. But if
you see a Bigfoot, your
friends are going to hear
all about it.
So relax as you read
your crazy friends and
family members’ posts
on social media.
Other people think
things. So do you. It’s
okay if they aren’t the
same things.
— Kent Bush is publisher of Shawnee (Oklahoma) News-Star and
can be reached at kent.
[email protected].
‘Birtherism’ isn’t funny,
it’s frightening
After a recent birthday
(shared with Bill Murray
and Stephen King), the
thought of mixing comedy and horror sparked
thoughts of “birtherism,” the debunked and
goofy conspiracy theory
that President Obama
wasn’t born in the United States.
Finally, however, the
nonsense seems more
scary than funny.
Do you have your birth
certificate? My certified
photostat shows a 4:10
p.m. arrival at an Iowa
hospital that charged my
folks $58. (OK; that’s
funny.) Could you prove
your birthplace?
That was the ridiculous demand of birtherism, which was promoted for years by Donald
Trump but has its roots
here in Illinois (and not
with Hillary Clinton).
On Sept. 16 as he
promoted a new hotel,
Trump announced that
Barack Obama was born
here, and that doubts
about his birth started
with … Hillary Clinton.
“Hillary Clinton and
her campaign of 2008
started the birther controversy,” he said before
leaving without taking
questions.
The next day, Obama
quipped, “In other breaking news: the world is
round, not flat.”
More seriously, U.S.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (IVt.) said, “A few years
ago Donald Trump was
the leader of the socalled birther movement,
delegitimizing the first
African-American president in the history of
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our country. That's
what Trump was trying
to do: delegitimize the
president.”
As for origin, birtherism is actually traced to
Illinois Republican Andy
Martin, who in 2004
and 2008 tried to run
for a U.S. Senate seat
from Illinois. Bob Cesca in writing his 2008
book “One Nation Under Fear,” helped show
Martin had initiated the
foolishness, questioning
Obama’s religion, ethnicity and place of birth.
In 2008, commentator
Mark Halperin on his
web site revived the baloney as a tool Republicans
could use against Obama
in the presidential campaign. GOP presidential
candidate John McCain
largely avoided the hogwash. Later, Clinton was
asked to consider the
idea by an Iowa volunteer, according to former
Clinton aide Patti Solis
Doyle, who said he was
removed from the campaign. A rumor surfaced
in 2008 that Clinton crony Sidney Blumenthal
pushed the gimmick,
but respected journalist
James Fallows is skeptical, saying he had access
to Blumenthal’s messages and doesn’t recall
such a slur.
Birtherism has been
discredited by the New
York Times, the Wash-
ington Post, The Nation
magazine, PolitiFact, the
New Yorker and many
respected journalism
and fact-checking sites.
Even the staid, supersafe Associated Press
dubbed Trump the “chief
promoter of a lie” who
now “peddled another
false conspiracy.”
But birtherism laid the
foundation for Trump’s
candidacy; 43 percent
of Republicans in 2011
wouldn’t say that President Obama was born
in the United States, according to Gallup, and
last month, 51 percent
of Trump voters STILL
didn’t believe the President is American, according to YouGov polling.
Of course, generalizing about Trump’s fans
may be as offensive to
them as lumping them
together with fellow
travelers who are white
supremacists — which
Trump’s legions are
shocked … SHOCKED
by. But it’s less logical
to blame Clinton for the
stupid suggestion of a
tiny number of her overzealous minions.
“It was only in the
midst of his own presidential campaign that
Donald Trump began
falsely claiming Hillary
Clinton was the true progenitor of the ‘birther’
conspiracy theory,” wrote
Politico’s Kyle Cheney,
“swapping one discredited claim for another.”
Now, Trump seeks
credit — even praise —
for stopping a movement
he fueled for five years
and refused to end de-
spite Obama releasing
his standard birth certificate in 2008, then a
“long form” version in
2011.
That year on ABC-TV’s
“The View,” Trump asked,
“Why doesn’t he show his
birth certificate?” and in
2013, Trump tweeted “If
you like your healthcare
plan you can keep it.”
= “I was born in Hawaii.” (This year, it’s not
clear whether Trump has
produced his own birth
certificate, but it is certain he’s keeping his tax
returns secret.)
Another of the almostdaily outrages from
the Trump outhouse,
birtherism for years
created suspicions and
animosity based on race
and religion sought to
undercut a President
that U.S. voters elected.
That fit with Capitol Hill
Republican leaders’ obstructionism, essentially
abandoning governance
for nonstop attacks on
the Chief Executive, exploiting an undercurrent
of racism.
As Amy Davidson
wrote in the New Yorker magazine, “Trump
spreads lies the way terrorists plant bombs: one
goes off, and when the
first responders rush in,
there’s a second, or even
a third.”
Horror, not comedy.
— Contact Bill at Bill.
[email protected];
his twice-weekly columns are archived at
billknightcolumn.blogspot.com
OTHER VOICES
Shutting down the
clowns
Once upon a time, the
only clowns we thought
we'd be writing about warm
seats in Congress.
And naturally, we're reluctant to wade into anything
that might already be passé
by the time it's published
— Pokémon GO yesterday,
scary clowns today, steroidbloated squirrels terrorizing
the populace with bowl-
ing balls they mistook for
acorns tomorrow ...
Alas, the creepy clowns
craze may be reaching a
critical mass, with social
media threats from same
canceling classes at Eureka
College, putting parents on
edge in Stark County and
getting a 14-year-old arrested in Canton last week.
While for the most part if
not entirely across the country, these have been hoaxes,
the hysteria they seem to
create does allow for the
possibility someone could
get hurt. In this era, the
adults in charge have little
choice but to take any communication to "kill everybody there" seriously.
We'd just say that communities should use common sense as they contemplate lockdowns and laws
banning Halloween clown
costumes. And parents
should do their jobs with the
clueless kid locking himself
in his bedroom and posting
this oh-so-hilarious stuff on
Facebook or Twitter into
the wee hours. And while
no one wishes to encourage
potential copycats, local law
enforcement needs to figure
out a balance between adequately informing the public for its own self-protection
and being so vague as to let
local imaginations fill in the
blanks, which can be worse.
Then we can move on to the
next thing.
—Peoria Journal Star
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
I read the article in
the Morton Times-News
today concerning the
Board’s discussion in relation to the transsexual
issue in Morton and the
proposal written by Alliance Defending Freedom.
Without reading the
actual written proposal,
I strongly support the
moral requirement to
keep restroom facilities,
shower facilities, and
sports, along with any
other relevant side issues
such as overnight sleeping
situations, separate based
upon the actual sex of the
individual.
After the first such
Board discussion, I read
the comments published
by the Peoria Journal
Star written by a radical
member of the ACLU
condemning some Morton Board members. In
response, I wrote a “letter
to the editor” e-mailed
on 6/13/16 that was
published by the Peoria
Journal Star. In case some
Board members did not
read it, the letter said the
following:
“The Left, including the
ACLU, is waging a war on
women. The latest is the
nonsense of transsexual
‘rights’ for males/females
who think they are females/males.
Biologically, there are
two sexes — male and
female. Males have XY
chromosomes. Females
are XX. A male, thinking
he is female, is no more
female than I am a black
female because I think it.
I was a high school
government teacher in
Illinois [St. Charles High
School] when Title IX
was passed in 1972. My
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary © 1995
doesn’t have ‘transgender’
as a word. ‘Transsexual’
became a word in 1957.
Title IX never covered
‘transsexuals.’ The Obama
Administration is not
interpreting the law. It is
unconstitutionally rewriting the law.
In Alaska recently, a
male, thinking he is female, won third in the
200 meter and fifth in the
100 meter dashes at the
girls’ State track meet. If
he had raced as a male
[at the male State track
meet], he would not have
been at the State meet. Title IX was passed, in part,
to allow sports for females.
If this nonsense continues
to its logical conclusion,
there will be no more girls’
sports. Males, claiming to
be female, will dominate.
A person’s rights ends
when the rights of others
are adversely affected. The
Left claims the ‘rights’ of
less than 1% of the population overrides the rights
of everyone. I graduated
from Morton High and
was a school board member in Arizona. I will fight
to the end to stop this attack on females through
the Department of Education.
To the three Board
members who, according to the article, support
the Alliance Defending
Freedom’s proposal: thank
you. Local school board
members in Illinois need
to be proactive. Constitutionally, the federal government has no authority
in the realm of education.
Education is exclusively a
state and local issue.
To the four Board members who, according to the
article, do not currently
actively support the Alliance Defending Freedom’s
proposal: I have these
questions and a comment.
1) If a student, who has
a tested I.Q. of 120 and
does well in school, thinks
he is a special education
student do you place him
in the special education
program because he believes he belongs there?
2) If a student who
thinks he can fly wants to
jump off of a school roof
to prove it, do you allow
him to jump?
3) If a student believes
he is a talented math
teacher although he has
no math skills, do you allow him to teach math
because he thinks he is
gifted?
4) Do you cater to the
whims of a student, who
thinks something is true
even though it is demonstrably not true, because
he believes it to be true?
5) If you have a female
child who is in high
school, would you knowingly allow her to share a
restroom, share a shower
facility, participate in a
sport, and share a hotel
room overnight with a
male high school student
who thinks he is a female?
6) If you would not, why
do you think other parents
in the district should be
forced to accept what you
would not?
7) If you would, do
you really believe you are
serving the best interests
of all the students in the
school district? Because
quite frankly if you would
allow this to occur with
your own daughter, I don’t
believe you are qualified to
serve on a school board.
I was a high school
teacher for 10 years in Illinois and a school board
member in Arizona for
four years. Under no circumstances would I allow
a transsexual student to be
involved in any area based
upon his/her belief rather
than the actual biological
fact. The federal government constitutionally has
no say in education and
the state will think twice
about imposing something on school districts
where the board members
and the citizens of the
communities are actively
opposed to such an immoral law. Actions have
consequences. Inactions
have consequences. Silence has consequences.
I will do all that I can to
stop the increasing immorality of our society. I
expect our school board to
do the same.
No male has the right
to participate as a female
in any school activities
directed for females. No
female has the right to
participate as a male in
any school activities directed for males. United
school boards can prevent
the state from passing this
obscene, radical, immoral
agenda. As a school board
member in Arizona, our
Board started the process
of changing the sport seasons for girls’ basketball
and girls’ softball for the
entire state public education system. Before I made
the proposal, I was told by
both our Superintendent
and the athletic directors
from our conference that
it could not be done. They
were wrong.
I have sent the same
email to each board
member, to Superintendent Hall, to the Morton
Times-News, to the Morton Tea Party, and am
posting it tonight on my
campaign site: https://
votevance2016.blogspot.
com.
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To the Electors of the State of Illinois:
The Illinois Constitution establishes a structure for government and laws. There are three ways to initiate change to the Illinois Constitution: (1) a constitutional convention may propose changes to any part; (2) the
General Assembly may propose changes to any part; or (3) a petition initiative may propose amendments limited to structural and procedural subjects contained in the Legislative Article. The people of Illinois must
approve any changes to the Constitution before they become effective. The purpose of this document is to inform you of proposed changes to the Illinois Constitution and provide you with a brief explanation and a
summary of the arguments in favor of and in opposition to the proposed amendment.
Proposed changes in the existing constitutional amendment are indicated by underscoring all new matter and by crossing with a line all matter which is to be deleted.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ADD SECTION 11 TO ARTICLE IX OF THE ILLINOIS CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE IX – REVENUE
SECTION 11. TRANSPORTATION FUNDS
(a) No moneys, including bond proceeds, derived from taxes, fees, excises, or license taxes relating to registration, title, or operation or use of vehicles, or related to the use of highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass
transit, intercity passenger rail, ports, airports, or to fuels used for propelling vehicles, or derived from taxes, fees, excises, or license taxes relating to any other transportation infrastructure or transportation operation,
shall be expended for purposes other than as provided in subsections (b) and (c).
(b) Transportation funds may be expended for the following: the costs of administering laws related to vehicles and transportation, including statutory refunds and adjustments provided in those laws; payment
of highway obligations; costs for construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and betterment of highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass transit, intercity passenger rail, ports, airports, or other forms of
transportation; and other statutory highway purposes. Transportation funds may also be expended for the State or local share of highway funds to match federal aid highway funds, and expenses of grade separation
of highways and railroad crossings, including protection of at-grade highways and railroad crossings, and, with respect to local governments, other transportation purposes as authorized by law.
(c) The costs of administering laws related to vehicles and transportation shall be limited to direct program expenses related to the following: the enforcement of traffic, railroad, and motor carrier laws; the safety of
highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass transit, intercity passenger rail, ports, or airports; and the construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair, maintenance, operation, and administration of highways, under any
related provisions of law or any purpose related or incident to, including grade separation of highways and railroad crossings. The limitations to the costs of administering laws related to vehicles and transportation
under this subsection (c) shall also include direct program expenses related to workers’ compensation claims for death or injury of employees of the State’s transportation agency; the acquisition of land and the
erection of buildings for highway purposes, including the acquisition of highway rights-of-way or for investigations to determine the reasonable anticipated future highway needs; and the making of surveys, plans,
specifications, and estimates for the construction and maintenance of flight strips and highways. The expenses related to the construction and maintenance of flight strips and highways under this subsection (c) are for
the purpose of providing access to military and naval reservations, defense-industries, defense-industry sites, and sources of raw materials, including the replacement of existing highways and highway connections
shut off from general use at military and naval reservations, defense-industries, and defense-industry sites, or the purchase of rights-of-way.
(d) None of the revenues described in subsection (a) of this Section shall, by transfer, offset, or otherwise, be diverted to any purpose other than those described in subsections (b) and (c) of this Section.
(e) If the General Assembly appropriates funds for a mode of transportation not described in this Section, the General Assembly must provide for a dedicated source of funding.
(f) Federal funds may be spent for any purposes authorized by federal law.
EXPLANATION
The proposed amendment adds a new Section to the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution that provides revenue generated from transportation related taxes and fees (referred to as “transportation funds”) shall
be used exclusively for transportation related purposes. Transportation related taxes and fees include motor fuel taxes, vehicle registration fees, and other taxes and user fees dedicated to public highways, roads,
streets, bridges, mass transit (buses and rail), ports, or airports.
Under the proposed amendment, transportation funds may be used by the State or local governments only for the following purposes: (1) costs related to administering transportation and vehicle laws, including public
safety purposes and the payment of obligations such as bonds; (2) the State or local share necessary to secure federal funds or for local government transportation purposes as authorized by law; (3) the construction,
reconstruction, improvement, repair, maintenance, and operation of highways, mass transit, and railroad crossings; (4) expenses related to workers’ compensation claims for death or injury of transportation agency
employees; and (5) to purchase land for building highways or buildings for to be used for highway purposes.
This new Section is a limitation on the power of the General Assembly or a unit of local government to use, divert, or transfer transportation funds for a purpose other than transportation. It does not, and is not
intended to, impact or change the way in which the State and local governments use sales taxes, including the sales and excise tax on motor fuel, or alter home rule powers granted under this Constitution. It does
not seek to change the way in which the State funds programs administered by the Illinois Secretary of State, Illinois Department of Transportation, and operations by the Illinois State Police directly dedicated to
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TOWN
CHURCH
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church Fall
Bazaar, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Oct. 15. Shopping. Crafters, merchants and more.
Bake sale and lunch available. 200 Cole St., East
Peoria.
Mackinaw United
Methodist Women
annual Fall Bazaar
Oct. 15. From 9 a.m.-2
p.m. Crafts, vendors and
bake sale items are available. Vendors include
Lula Roe, Tupperware,
Amanda candles, knitted
goods, painted signs and
wreaths. Proceeds benefit missions and local
communities. Church is
located at 107 N. Orchard
St., Mackinaw. For further
info or questions call the
church at 359-5511.
Grown Up Video
Game Nights While
the library’s board games
are available for all ages
at any time, the PlayStations (3 & 4!) and Steam
Station video gaming are
usually reserved for teens
ages 14 through 19. Not
on Grown Up Video Game
Nights, though! Gamers
age 20 and older are invited to get their game on
starting at 5 p.m., Oct. 20.
Bring your library card or
photo ID, and check in at
the second floor Information Desk to get started.
For more information, call
699-3917, ext. 2251.
Create A Web If you
are in grades K-8, skitter
over to the library between 11 a.m. & 4 p.m. on
Oct. 21, to create a spider
web with yarn and paper
plates – a perfect decoration for the season! For
more information, call
699-3917, ext. 1291.
East Peoria First
United Methodist
Women's - BAZAAR
Nov. 5, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.,
East Peoria First United
Methodist Church, 154
E. Washington St., East
Peoria. (309-699-5417).
FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH VENDOR SALE & BAKE
SALE 2403 Springfield
Road, East Peoria, Oct. 15,
9 a.m.-2 p.m. 10+ vendors (Tupperware, wood
crafts, homemade
jewelry, handmade
purses, soaps & lotions,
Pink Zebra, soy candles,
Pampered Chef, Rodan &
Fields products, holiday
and Christmas shop).
CRAFT AND VENDOR
SALE Lunch also available: Chili, pulled pork,
and baked potatoes and
toppings. Oct. 22, 9 a.m.
- 2 p.m. Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church
2201 E. Washington St.,
East Peoria, IL 61611
For more info call Libby
at: 258-3105.
Smart Social Networking Goodwill
presents Goodskill’s
Traveling Workshops:
Smart Social Networking
for students in 9th-12th
grades at 5 p.m. on Oct.
13. Learn more about how
to protect yourself on
social networking sites
and make your social
networking pages presentable for college and
career opportunities. For
more information, call
699-3917, ext. 2251.
Overdrive Big
Library Read Participate in an eBook club
by reading Overdrive’s
featured novel. Book will
be available for download
without wait time Oct. 13
to 27 from Alliance Digital
Media Library. Visit www.
fondulaclibrary.org or
www.biglibraryread.com
for additional information.
Winnie the Pooh
Party Winnie the Pooh
was first published on
Oct. 14, 1926. Kids in
grades PreK-8 can drop
by to celebrate Pooh’s
90th birthday from 2-5
p.m. on Oct. 14. We will
read some of the adventures of Winnie the Pooh
and his friends, play
games, and have treats.
For more info call 6993917, ext. 1291.
Sunnyland Christian Church Family
Game Night Oct. 15
from 6-8 p.m. Come and
enjoy the fun. Bring your
favorite game or play
one of ours. Everyone is
welcome.
Library
East Peoria
Fondulac District Library,
400 S. Richland St.
Out of the Box
Book Club The Out of
the Box Book Club meets
on the third Thursday
of the month at various
locations in East Peoria to
discuss books of all types,
by a variety of authors.
The next meeting takes
place at Firehouse Pizza,
240 S. Main St., at 6 p.m.
on Oct. 19, where we will
discuss A Head Full of
Ghosts by Paul Tremblay.
For more information call
699-3917, ext. 2251.
Origami Yoda If you
are in grades 3-6 stop by
at 10 a.m. on Oct. 15 to
discuss books from Tom
Angleberger’s Origami
Yoda series. Take part in
origami activities, and
create a book cover. Fun
you will have. For more
info, call 699-3917, ext.
1291.
Crazy Cat Party
Do you love cats? Come
to the library to celebrate
all things cat-like at 2 p.m.
on Oct. 15. There will be
crafts to make using a
photo of your furry friend,
so be sure to bring a
photo of approximately
4x6 inch size. Feline
friends from Tazewell
Animal Protective Society
(TAPS) will also be available for a meet and greet.
Science Sunday
2 p.m. on Oct. 16, participants in grades
kindergarten-5th will
learn the science behind
terrariums. Bring your
own clear and clean 2 liter
soda bottle, and build a
terrarium with materials
provided by the library.
Book Club The next
meeting of the adult Book
Club will be at 1:30 p.m.
on Oct. 17. For more info
call 699-3917 ext. 2251.
Peo WriMos: A Writing Group For All
PeoWriMos is a relaxed,
supportive group for writers of all levels that will
meet at 6 p.m. on Oct. 17.
Call 699-3917, ext. 2251
for more information.
MORTON
Morton Public Library,
315 W. Pershing St.,
Morton
Costume Exchange
Oct. 14 and Oct. 15. The
Exchange opens at 10
a.m. on Oct. 14 to those
with tickets. At 11 a.m.
anyone with or without a
ticket may shop. Tickets
were given to those who
donated a costume to the
exchange. Those without
tickets can donate a can
food item in exchange
for a costume. Costume
Exchange hours are Oct.
14 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
and Oct. 15 from 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m.
Robotics. Students
in grades 7 through 12
can learn about Robotics on Oct. 14 at 4 p.m.
at the Morton Public
Library. Through the use
of cubelets, the library’s
technology coordinator
will teach students the
fundamentals of robotics. Those interested in
attending are asked to
register by calling the
Library at 263-2200.
peoria events
WICKED, Broadway’s
biggest blockbuster and
Peoria’s most popular
musical, will return to
the Peoria Civic Center
Theater Oct. 26-Nov. 6.
Tickets are on sale at the
Toyota Box Office at the
Peoria Civic Center, online at Ticketmaster.com
and by phone at 1-800745-3000.
Methodist Service
League Gift Show
8 a.m. Nov. 5, Methodist
Atrium, 900 Main St.,
Peoria.
Community Resource Day. Northwoods Mall, Peoria’s
family-friendly shopping
venue, will present its
first-ever from 10 a.m.-5
p.m. Oct. 15. Local charitable organizations will
gather to share information about upcoming
events, volunteer opportunities and other ways
to help. Participating
organizations include Life
Pilots, PCCO, Taps, Girl
Scouts, Peoria Health
Department, the Illinois
Cancer Society and more.
Not-for-profits that are
interested in signing
up for the Community
Resource Day should
contact Heather Spence
at heather.spence@
washingtonprime.com.
For more information
about Northwoods Mall,
call 688-0443 or visit
www.northwoodsmall.
net. Like us on Facebook
at www.facebook.com/
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follow us on Twitter @
Northwoods_Mall and on
Instagram @ShopNorth-
Haunted Halloween Houses Oct. 15 at
1 p.m. Main Library. Don’t
wait for Christmas! Make
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15, at Peoria Elks Lodge, 1
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676-2926. Event will also
include a silent auction
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Potters run past Raiders in M-I win EP girls
golfers
end
season
By steve stein
Times Correspondent
Bradley Getz scored
four touchdowns and the
Morton football team
kept its precarious postseason hopes alive Friday
night at Carper Field.
The Potters pummeled
East Peoria 49-12 in a
Mid-Illini Conference
game that was played
with a running clock in
the second half.
Morton (3-4, 3-2)
needs wins at conference leaders Canton and
Washington in the final
two weeks of the regular
season to be playoff eligible.
It won’t be an easy task,
but that wasn’t the topic
of conversation outside
the Morton locker room
after Friday’s game.
“Our playoffs have
started,” said Morton
coach Tim Brilley. “We
had great execution on
offense (against East
Peoria) and our defense
was solid again. We have
big-time players, and they
made big plays.”
Getz, who rushed for 99
yards on eight carries and
had two catches for 88
yards, was involved in the
By cody delmendo
TimesNewspapers
Clay Goreth of East Peoria tries to recover a fumbled ball in front of Chat Alexander of Limestone during a Week
3 game. Goreth ran for 58 yards in Friday's loss to Morton. ron johnson/ gatehouse media illinois
majority of the Potters’
big plays.
“Getz runs hard, he’s a
good runner,” East Peoria
head coach Kevin Vedell
said. “There’s a lot of time
we had the opportunity to
make plays and we didn’t
make them. We didn’t
play well in space at all.”
The shifty and speedy
5-foot-11, 180-pound
junior running back
scored on runs of 57 and
43 yards, a 57-yard pass
from quarterback Tucker
Anderson and a 70-yard
punt return, all in the first
half.
Morton led 49-6 at
halftime and played
mostly reserves in the second half.
“It wasn’t all about me,”
Getz said. “We all had a
rough week last week (in
a 23-0 loss to Pekin) and
everyone played great today. Our offensive line did
a great job.”
See football, PAGE B2
Billingsley provides bright future for East Peoria
By cody delmendo
TimesNewspapers
The East Peoria boys
cross country team has
had a pleasant surprise
this season.
Freshman Tyler Billingsley has only been a cross
country runner for a few
months but has emerged
as one of the Raiders best
this season.
Billingsley decided
to give cross country a
chance after having a successful track season in
eighth grade.
He posted his best time
at the Peoria High Invitational on Oct. 1.
The freshman finished
with a time of 15 minutes,
39 seconds, good for 28th
best out of over 200 runners at Detweiller Park
and his current career
high.
He currently ranks No.
4 among freshman in the
state in Class 2A in terms
of times, according to
DyeStat Illinois.
“I obviously expect him
to be a guy who has a
chance to go to state this
year,” East Peoria head
coach Brandon Shaver
said. “By the time he
graduates, I’d like to see
him running in the 14:40
range. He’s obviously
shown the capability and
the willingness to go out
and train.”
Shaver hasn’t been able
to explain how successful
Billingsley has been, but
is excited to see what he
can do over the next three
years.
“It’s the tip of the iceberg,” Shaver said. “That’s
how successful he’s been
early on. I knew he was
going to be talented, but
he’s exceeded everyone’s
expectations.”
His success wasn’t
without the mentorship
of Michael Church and
other upperclassman.
“I always had Michael
Church and Mark Sk-
aggs to look up to. They
always pushed me to
do my best,” Billingsley
said. “They always give
me pointers and they tell
me who they think I can
stack up against and run
with to get my best time.”
Only time will tell for
how successful Billingsley
could be, but for now, he’s
enjoying the moment and
being around his teammates.
East Peoria finished
10th out of 19 schools at
the Metamora Runnin’
Red Invitational Saturday.
“I think we’re one of the
best teams in the Mid-Illini Conference,” Billingsley said. “If we can stay
healthy, we can be one of
the best teams.”
East Peoria freshman runs during the East Peoria
Billingsley finished
Cross Country Invitational Sept. 24. submitted photo
30th at the meet.
“I really think that he
there, I’m sure he’s surEast Peoria’s final regusurprises himself when
prising
himself.”
lar
season meet is Friday,
he goes out there,” Shaver
Church
finished
eighth
at
the
Mid-Illini Confersaid. “If he’s surprising
individually to pace the
ence meet at Detweiller
me and everyone else out
Raiders.
Park in Peoria
Raider kickers blank Illini Bluffs 2-0
By cody delmendo
TimesNewspapers
Losses in three
straight games did not
affect the intensity
shown by the East Peoria-Tremont boys soccer team (6-8-2, 1-4-1)
Thursday afternoon at
EastSide Centre.
The Raiders beat Illini Bluffs (11-4) 2-0 in a
non-conference matchup, to snap the losing
streak and send the
Tigers with a loss going
into regional play.
East Peoria scored its
two goals in the second
half, both by Tanner
Walden.
After starting the
season 10-1, Illini Bluffs
has hit a bit of a funk,
losing four of its last
seven games.
The game was originally scheduled on Sept.
17, but was rescheduled
due to weather.
Illini Bluffs head
coach Gerard Smith
said the Tigers wanted
to play Thursday or else
they would have gone
nine days without a
game, which was something Smith wanted to
avoid with postseason
play ahead of them.
“To get a game in was
important to us because
last year we didn’t play
for eight days and we
lost three in a row (at
the end of the season),”
Smith said.
The Tigers lost to Peoria Christian on Sept. 29
of last season, had eight
days off and lost their
final two games of the
season.
The same trend seems
to have hit the Tigers
this season after losing three of their last
four games with their
IHSA Class 1A regional
matchup with RoanokeBenson scheduled for
Oct. 12 at Normal Community.
The Tigers are now
0-2 on turf fields, but
head coach Gerard
Smith refused to blame
the turf for the loss.
“I just don’t know.
We’re one of those
teams that seems to be a
hit or miss lately,” Smith
said. “It’s the inconsistencies that are killing
us and that’s the worst
thing about it, because
we’re better than that.”
The Tigers started
the season 8-0 but have
struggled to score down
The East Peoria girls
golf team finished
fourth at the Class 1A
Metamora
Regional
Oct.
5.
Erika
Whitaker led the Raiders
with a score of 86.
Clarice Wolff shot a
95 and Elena Wolff
shot a 103. Each had
low enough scores to
advance to the IHSA
Class 1A Rock Falls
Sectional individually.
Whitaker and Elena
Wolff each scored a 96
to tie for 34th at the
Class 1A Rock Falls
Sectional Oct. 8. Clarice Wolff shot a 107
to finish tied for 72nd.
The Raiders did not
advance any golfers to
the state tournament.
Volleyball
The East Peoria volleyball team took its
fifth straight Mid-Illini
Conference loss in two
sets, 21-25, 14-25, Oct.
4. Piilani Noguchi finished with 10 assists
and three aces.
East Peoria won two
out of five matches
at the Schaumburg
Invitational Oct. 8.
The Raiders defeated
Larkin in a three-set,
25-21, 19-25, 15-10,
match. The Raiders
also defeated Bartlett
in a two-set, 25-13,
25-21, match. Noguchi
combined for 61 assists
over the five games.
Boys Golf
The East Peoria boys
golf team finished
fourth at the Class
2A Peoria Richwoods
Regional Oct. 4, ending the team’s season.
However, the Raiders
did send three golfers individually to
the IHSA Class 2A
Metamora sectional
Tuesday, which was not
completed as of press
time. Matthew Cox led
the Raiders shooting a
77, Reid Johnson shot
a 79 and Hayden Burns
shot a 82 to keep their
season alive.
Girls Tennis
East Peoria finished
seventh with zero
points in the Mid-Illini
Conference Tournament at Washington
Saturday. The Raiders
begin sectionals Saturday.
East Peoria's Tanner Walden (left) drives past Illini
Bluffs' Joe Worms (right) on his way to scoring one of
his two goals in the Raiders 2-0 win Thursday afternoon. cody delmendo/ timesnewspapers
the stretch. Illini Bluffs
has allowed seven goals
compared to scoring
just two in its last four
games.
“It’s disappointing,
See soccer, PAGE B2
Girls Cross Country
Olivia Mansfield finished 27th with a time
of 18:40 at the Metamora Runnin’ Red Invitational Oct. 8. Other
runners include: Krista
Messer finished 77th
with a time of 19:58
and Jessica Greer finished 151st with a time
of 21:56.
B2
Morton wins sixth consecutive
Mid-Illini girls tennis title
GateHpuse Media Illinois
Morton is still the
kingpin of Mid-Illini
Conference girls tennis.
With three other teams
having a legitimate
chance to dethrone the
five-time champs, Morton
managed to make it six in
a row Saturday — by the
slimmest of margins.
The Potters earned
one title and two seconds
among the four flights to
post 20 points, one more
than runner-up Dunlap.
Metamora and Washington tied for third with 16
points.
Morton’s No. 1 doubles
team of Ashley Mohr and
football
Continued from Page B1
Anderson also threw
a 28-yard touchdown
pass to Evan Heal and a
47-yard TD pass to Jarrett Crider as he went
11-of-22 through the air
for 242 yards and Jake
Zahn ran four yards into
the end zone for Morton’s other TD.
Heal caught five passes for 76 yards. Nathan
Sigulas was a perfect
7-of-7 on PATs.
“We corrected the
offensive mistakes we
made against Pekin,”
Brilley said. “Everyone
took ownership of their
mistakes and worked
hard to fix them.”
Morton had four turnovers against Pekin and
gave up a safety when
Anderson couldn’t catch
a snap in the end zone.
It was another long
night for East Peoria
(1-6, 0-5), which scored
on a 5-yard run by Clay
Laynie Laktas finished
unbeaten in the league
with a victory against No.
2 seed Sierra Sonnemaker
and Erica Shangraw from
Washington.
Dunlap’s Emma Templin claimed the No. 1
singles championship,
bettering defending
champ Crystal Cobler of
Morton.
The No. 2 doubles title
went to the Washington
tandem of Marshall and
Johnson, which defeated
Maggie Kaufman and
Morgan Doerr of Metamora.
Addy Freitag and Madi
Brinkman of Metamora
finished third at No. 1
and No. 2 singles, respectively. Jaclyn Mulvey and
Kaitlin Dunn of Pekin
and Katrina Schache and
Yashodha Narayanan of
Dunlap claimed thirdplace finishes in doubles.
The Mid-Illini counts
one point for each dual
win and 1 1/2 points for
each place in the tournament toward the overall
title. Morton (5-1 in duals) finished with 15.5
overall points. Dunlap
(5-1) finished second with
14, as Washington and
Metamora — both 4-2 in
league duals — tied for
third with 10 3/4 points.
Goreth in the first half
that culminated an impressive 72-yard drive in
nine plays and a 1-yard
run by Quin Janssen in
the second half.
“If we had tackled better, it might have been
a different game,” said
Vedell.
The run-oriented
Raiders were 0-of-3
passing.
The game was halted
for about 10 minutes
with 3:03 left so medical personnel could attend to Morton offensive
lineman Cole Draeger.
The 5-8, 260-pound junior suffered a leg injury
and had to be carted off
the artificial turf field.
Draeger raised his
arm from the cart when
a teammate yelled, “We
love you Cole.”
On Saturday, Draeger
said on Twitter that he
suffered a broken fibula
and ligament damage,
Vedell said the defense is getting healthier
entering the final two
games of the season, but
the team must tackle
better.
Running back Eli
Bennett rushed eight
times for 61 yards for
the Raiders to go along
with 50 yards from Clay
Goreth and 51 yards
from Janssen.
“That was his best
game all year,” Vedell
said of Bennett. “He’s
still a sophomore obviously, but he keeps improving, he’s had a great
year.”
It’s been a tough season for the youthful
Raiders, but the team is
gaining valuable experience in a difficult conference.
“Hopefully we can
take our lumps now
and give it out a little
bit more over the last
couple of years,” Vedell
said.
-Joey Wagner contributed to this report.
Panthers stay atop Mid-Illini standings
By cody delmendo
TimesNewspapers
The top spot atop the
Mid-Illini Conference
was on the line Friday,
and the Washington
football team (5-2, 4-1)
took care of business.
The Panthers defeated Pekin (4-3, 3-2)
42-21 at Babcook Field
to stay tied atop the
conference with Canton.
Entering the game,
four teams were tied for
the top spot, including
Pekin. With the loss, the
Dragons drop down to
the middle of the pack.
Metamora also lost,
leaving Washington
and Canton tied with
two weeks to play in the
regular season.
Washington’s schedule entering Week 8 includes a road game with
East Peoria (1-6, 0-4)
and its final home game
with Morton (3-4, 3-2).
Canton plays Morton
this week, which has
won three of its last
four conference games.
In the locker room
soccer
Continued from Page B1
that’s all I can say,” Smith
said. “It’s just before regionals, that’s the worst
thing about it. The passion is just not there
right now.”
On the other side, East
Peoria received a major
confidence builder going
forward.
Coming into the game,
the Raiders had allowed
16 goals combined to
their last three opponents. It was East Peoria’s first shutout since
Sept. 2 against Peoria
after the win, Washington head coach Darrell
Crouch preached about
staying focused and not
playing down to its opponent.
Crouch referred to the
program’s 1985 team
that started the season
8-0, but lost to winless
Pekin in its state championship season.
“Focus-wise it’s a huge
game for us,” Crouch
said. “Trying to get up
so we can get players
rested is crucial. They
have to come ready to
play. The guys have
been very focused since
the game at Morris.”
For now, Washington
hopes its offense can
pick East Peoria and
Morton apart as it did
against the Dragons.
The Panthers led
27-7 early in the second
quarter behind touchdowns from quarterback Caleb Fisher, Josh
Schellenberg and Mason Diederich.
“We came out strong,”
Crouch said. “Our offense played well all
night and the defense
made plays when they
had too.”
Fisher got Washington on the board,
scrambling out of the
pocket and scampering
for a 12-yard touchdown, one of six touchdowns scored on the
ground.
Three came from running back Schellenberg,
who ran for a season
high 222 yards on the
night.
“Outside of Julian
(Hill), he out ran all of
their guys,” Crouch said.
“Effort wise, he’s been
good. That’s what we
got to have, especially in
the postseason.”
Crouch credited his
offensive line saying “its
the best they’ve played
this season.”
“You don’t get 200
yards without help,”
Crouch said.
Diederich helped
Schellerberg with his
blocking at the fullback
position, and made his
own plays when he got
the chance, finishing
with two touchdowns
with 84 yards rushing.
Manual in the Raider
Classic.
“We had a lot of injuries earlier in the year,”
East Peoria head coach
Zach Statham said. “We
tried to come through
that and have all our
players back now. We
had a better attitude
today. We had three really hard games in a row,
three really big time
losses. We got all the
kinks out against those
teams.”
Statham credits his
change in his defensive
settings to Thursday’s
win.
“We changed things
up last week because we
knew we had some tough
games coming,” Statham
said. “We changed our
formation up to three in
the back and I think that
helped. We practiced the
new formation, watched
film from those games
that we lost, and I think
today they finally listened and executed.”
East Peoria has two
games left at Metamora
and Orion before its
IHSA Class 2A Regional
Quarterfinal matchup
with Limestone at home
Oct. 15.
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as 1821. He died in 1830
and his ferry discontinued.
This ferry was operated
near his home, approximately three-fourth mile
below Bridge Street —
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Watson in Feb. 19, 1928,
edition of Peoria Star.
Cedar Street bridge
underwent a $9.6 million
facelift that was completed
in March of 1989 courtesy
of the Federal Government. This was followed by
a million dollar paint job
that cost almost as much
as the original bridge. The
bridge is presently closed
for two months as part of
a $9 million plus maintenance project. At an age of
83 years the Cedar Street
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The Cedar Street Bridge
is a four lane vehicle bridge
that carries both Illinois
Route 8 and Illinois Route
116 over the Illinois River.
The bridge is a steel arch
design
that rises
approximately 70
to 80 feet
above the
surface
of the
river. The Frank Borror
name of
the bridge
comes from the original
name of its street on the
Peoria side of the river; the
street itself is now called
MacArthur Highway,
while the bridge is still referred to as Cedar Street.
Work was started on this
bridge in 1929 as a joint
project between the City
of Peoria and the Village
of East Peoria. It was constructed by Kelly-Atkinson
Construction Co. of Chicago, and designed by
Strauss Bascule Bridge Co.
(Strauss Engineering Co.)
of Chicago.
Due to the Great Depression, funds ran out
and East Peoria did not
have money to finish the
approach on its end of the
bridge. The State of Illinois eventually stepped
in and finished the bridge
approach in 1933 making
it the oldest bridge spanning the Illinois River
in the East Peoria area.
Prior to being completed,
the bridge was sarcastically billed as the bridge
to nowhere or the longest bridge in the world
(this was because it had
no end). Despite being a
healthy sized bridge, it was
far from the longest. The
bridge has a total length
of 3,750 feet with a main
span of 296 feet. Just after
it opened, the American
Institute of Steel Construction awarded this bridge
the Award of Merit, the
prize of being the most
beautiful deck truss bridge
in the United States for
that year.
Roosevelt Street was
extended to curve into
the bridge approach and
renamed Cedar Street. The
intersection of Roosevelt
Street and West Washington Street was altered
to make a seamless connection to Four Corners.
Another interesting note
was that traffic signals
were operated manually at
each end of the bridge to
accommodate end-of-shift
traffic from the nearby
Caterpillar Inc. facilities. A
tall tower similar to those
used in railroad switch
yards was located at a
corner of Adams Street in
Peoria and gave the operator an improved sight line
for controlling the traffic.
This operation was discontinued in the early 1960s
when an elevated and divided four-lane connection
was constructed between
the east end of the bridge
and South Main Street.
This connection helped reduce the volume of traffic
through Four Corners by
allowing Caterpillar workers heading south-bound
on Route 29 traffic to bypass the intersection.
A bridge was not the
first means of crossing
the Illinois River at this
location. Abner Eads arrived at Fort Clark, now
Peoria, April 15, 1819, and
his brother William came
the following year. H. W.
Wells in his 1900 book
"Schools and the Teachers
of Early Peoria" reported
the following information
related to him by James
Eads, son of William Eads:
“He (James Eads) says
his father and uncle Abner started the first ferry
in Peoria. He says they
bought two pirogues or
canoes, 30 or 40-foot long,
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OBITUARIES
richard
luttrell
and Pastor Tim Bertsche
officiating. Visitation was
held at the church on
Thursday, Oct. 6, from
MORTON — Richard
4 to 6 p.m. and from 9
W. “Dick” Luttrell, 91, of
Snyder Village, Metamora to 9:45 a.m. prior to the
funeral service on Fri(formerly of Morton),
day. Burial, with military
passed on to be with his
honors provided by the
Lord and Savior, Jesus
United States Navy, was
Christ on Sunday, Ocin Hillcrest Memory
tober 2, 2016 at Snyder
Gardens, just Northeast
Village in Metamora.
of Morton.
Richard enlisted in
Memorials may be made
the Naval Air Force and
was inducted on his 17th to Rural Home Missionbirthday and served until ary Association, 310 E.
Courtland St., Morton, IL
the end of World War II.
61550 or Snyder Village,
He survived the Philip1200 E. Partridge St.,
pine Campaign and the
Metamora, IL 61548, or
gun fire of Japanese
soldiers who didn’t know Harbor Light Hospice,
3000 N. Main St., East
the war had ended. He
Peoria, IL 61611.
was recalled to active
Knapp-Johnson Funeral
duty during the Korean
War and served another 1 Home and Cremation
Center in Morton is han½ years.
dling arrangements.
A funeral service was
Online condolences may
held at Grace Church
be sent to the family at
Oct. 7, at 10 a.m., with
www.knappjohnson.com.
Pastor Doug Habegger
shirley briggs
WASHINGTON —
Shirley J. Briggs, 79, of
Washington, passed away
at 6:07 p.m. Tuesday,
Oct. 4, 2016, at Reflections Memory Care in
Washington.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to
Crossroads United Methodist Church or Transitions Hospice.
A funeral service for
Shirley will be at 1:30
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8,
2016, at Crossroads
United Methodist Church
in Washington with Pastor Dan Doty officiating.
Visitation will be from
12:30 to 1:30 p.m., one
hour before services at
the church on Saturday.
Burial will be at Hillcrest Memory Gardens in
Morton. Deiters Funeral
Home and Crematory
is in charge of arrangements.
Shirley’s memorial website is available at www.
deitersfuneralhome.com
where condolences may
also be sent to the family.
betty johnson
MORTON — Betty A.
Johnson, 76, of Morton,
passed away at 2:15 a.m.,
Monday, Oct. 3, 2016,
at Heartland Healthcare
Center Riverview in East
Peoria.
Funeral services will
be held at 2 p.m. at the
Advent Lutheran Church
in Morton on Friday,
Oct. 7, with Rev. Dennis
O’Brien officiating. Visitation will be from 5-7
mary jane
moushon
EAST PEORIA — Mary
Jane Moushon, 91, of
East Peoria, passed away
peacefully at 3:10 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016, at
Washington Christian
Village.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to
First Christian Church of
Creve Coeur or Washington Christian Village.
Laurie propst
WASHINGTON —
Laurie Ann Propst, 45,
of Washington, died
Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016,
at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria.
Cremation rites have
been accorded and a
p.m., Thursday, Oct. 6, at
Knapp-Johnson Funeral
Home in Morton and 1 to
1:45 p.m. at the church
on Friday. Burial will be
in Hirstein Cemetery in
Morton.
Memorials may be
made to Advent Lutheran Church, 1211 S. Main
St., Morton, IL 61550.
Online condolences
may be sent to the family
at www.knappjohnson.
com.
Visitation will be from
10 to 11 a.m. on Friday,
Oct. 7, 2016, at Deiters
Funeral Home and Crematory in East Peoria. A
graveside service will follow at 11:30 a.m. Friday
at Fondulac Cemetery in
East Peoria.
Mary’s memorial website is available at www.
deitersfuneralhome.com
where condolences may
also be sent to the family.
celebration of life will be
from 2-4 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 15, 2016, at Faith
Church, 2354 Hollands
Grove Road, Washington, IL 61571.
In lieu of flowers,
memorials may be made
to Joe Propst to help the
family with expenses.
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real estate
transactions
These transactions,
recorded the week of
Sept. 19-23, are compiled
from information on file
with Tazewell County.
They represent sales of
$78,000 or more.
• 116 Bush St., East Peoria, Carol A. Allen to Jesse
M. and Kristina Hand,
$93,000.
• 627 Wildwood Drive,
Groveland, Keith Herod
to Michael A. Holcomb,
$119,900.
• 490 Heritage Drive,
Mackinaw, Larry D.
and Linda C. Young to
Samantha L. Nelson,
$120,270.
• 1413 N. Parkway Drive,
Pekin, U.S. Bank National
Association to Christina
K. Kirby, $128,000.
• 209 Comfort Way,
Washington, Lampe
Builders LLC to Cissie R.
Harr, $148,000.
• 2505 N. Parkway Drive,
Pekin, Chad M. Gambetti
to Rodger P. and Robin
R. Abatie, $156,300.
• 352 S. Louisiana Ave.,
Morton, Matthew and
Lucile C. Heck to Debra
K. Bagby, $167,900.
• 109 Lexington Court,
East Peoria, Jeffrey M.
Hoyes to Cartus Financial
Corporation, $180,500.
• 109 Lexington Court,
Illinois buffer
partnership
looking for new
participants
TREMONT — Farmers and landowners
interested in reducing
soil erosion, improving
water and soil quality,
and providing wildlife
and pollinator habitat
are invited to apply for
Trees Forever’s Illinois
Buffer Partnership.
Trees Forever is taking
applications until Dec.
31.
The Illinois Buffer
Partnership is a collaborative partnership of Trees Forever,
the Illinois Council
on Best Management
Practices, Syngenta,
GROWMARK, state
and federal government
agencies, Trees Forever
members and participating landowners.
Together the group
promotes and showcases the voluntary
conservation efforts of
Illinois farmers and
landowners, such as
2015 participants Mike
and Doneta Reeser of
Let your Voice be heard!
rural Woodford County.
The Reesers had been
trying to establish a
windbreak for years
prior to participating
in the program, but the
couple lost many trees
early on and had a hard
time controlling the
weeds.
“This project has been
trial and error and I’ve
learned that species
diversity and weed suppression are the keys to
a successful planting,”
Mike Reeser said. “If I’d
have known then, what
I know now, I would
have planted many
more varieties of species
and not so many of the
same kind.”
The Illinois Buffer
Partnership helped the
Reesers pay for a variety
of trees, including hackberries and white pines,
and a Trees Forever
field coordinator helped
answer his questions.
To find out more and
to apply, please visit
www.treesforever.org/
illinois_buffer_partnership or contact Debbie
Fluegel by calling 309613-0095 or via email
at [email protected].
Remember your
loved ones
1955 - 2016
Mom,
Go to:
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tcreaderschoice
East Peoria, Cartus
Financial Corporation
to Troi D. and Vanessa
Westbrook, $180,500.
• 9947 Mackinaw Road,
Minier, Larry A. and Karen S. Bressner to Michael
E. Morrison, $187,000.
• 500 Cottonwood Circle,
East Peoria, Troy S. Lieby
and Harriette BeemerLieby to Phil and Elly
Peterson, $190,700.
• 9947 Mackinaw Road,
Minier, Ronald and Millie Bressner to Larry A.
and Karen S. Bressner,
$200,000.
• 1826 Fawnridge Lane,
Pekin, Jason R. and Amy
McClanahan to Scott M.
and Jennifer L. Hoecker,
$235,000.
• 1400 Westminster
Drive, Washington,
IUVO Constructum LLC
to Daniel and Christine
Foehrkolb, $248,000.
• 1107 Devon Lane,
Washington, IUVO Constructum LLC to Jeremy
L. Gillespie, $255,900.
• 123 S. Rhode Island
Ave., Morton, Cartus
Financial Corporation
to Jeffrey J. and Kara M.
Brooks, $320,000.
• 30 Capitol Drive, East
Peoria, Ronal and Brenda
L. Willis to Harvest Bible
Chapel of Peoria Inc.,
$500,000.
Call Lisa at
309-346-1111
ext. 223
or email
[email protected]
for more details
Those we love don’t go away.
They walk beside us every day.
Unseen, unheard, but always near.
Still loved, still missed and
forever dear.
Love,
Your children
Deadline for
submission is
Thursday at noon for
the next Wednesday’s
paper
Grandpa,
1932 - 2016
You left us
beautiful memories,
your love is still
our guide, although
we cannot see you,
you’re always at
our side.
Love,
Your
grandchildren
POLICE arrests
All information is obtained from police reports at the East Peoria, Morton and Washington police departments. We print all arrests from East Peoria,
Morton and Washington and arrests pertinent to our community from Tazewell County. “Arrested” does not necessarily mean being taken to jail in
handcuffs. For certain offenses, those arrested are issued a notice to appear in court. This is called a non-custodial arrest.
East Peoria
arrests/Citations
Derek C. Bivens, 25, 1308 W. Jefferson, Washington, theft over $500,
Sept. 29
Richard A. Crique, 62, 212 Maria
St., East Peoria, driving with license
suspended, motor vehicle theft,
Sept. 28
Douglas E. Johnson, 66, 116 Harris
Road, East Peoria, domestic battery, Sept. 30
Mary M. Obrian, 52, 1240 S. Main
St., Manito, Peoria County warrant,
Sept. 30
Domanque D. Hinkle, 29, 523
Sanford St., East Peoria, domestic
battery, driving with license suspended, Oct. 1
pended, Sept. 29
Juvenile, 14, Peoria, retail theft,
Sept. 29
Rickey L. Albrecht, 34, 1800 Karo
St., Pekin, criminal damage to
property, disorderly conduct, public intoxication, Oct. 2
Samuel J. Burmeister, 19, 1496
Lourdes Road, Metamora, unlawful
use of driver’s license, Sept. 30
Cheryl L. Hardwick, 48, 108 Harris
Road, East Peoria, DUI, blood alcohol content over .08, Oct. 1
Chase M. Taylor, 19, 1496 Lourdes
Road, Metamora, unlawful use of
driver’s license, Sept. 30
Cameron K. Wuethrich, 35, 5547
E. Second South, Ruesselaer, Ind.,
DUI, operating uninsured vehicle,
possession of drug equipment,
Oct. 1
Garrett A. Lowes, 20, 1496 Lourdes
Road, Metamora, unlawful use of
driver’s license, Sept. 30
Marsheko C. A. Grampton, 41, 7101
S. Artesin, Chicago, endangering
life of a child, Sept. 30
Shanikau S. Young, 23, 631 NE
Washington, Peoria, endangering
life of a child, obstructing ID, Sept.
30
Alex W. Waters, 24, 616 E. State
Highway 71, Oglesby, two counts
burglary, two counts criminal trespassing, Oct. 2
Angela M. Campbell, 51, 305 Oakwood Ave., East Peoria, driving
under the influence, Sept. 30
Carrie L. Hultquist, 28, 137 Urbandale Ave., East Peoria, driving with
license suspended, Sept. 24
Robert D. Linwood, 52, 1224 E. Virginia, Peoria, failure to register sex
offender, Oct. 2
Jacob R. Short, 19, 110 Kilmar
Knolls, East Peoria, driving under
the influence, blood alcohol content over .08, possession of cannabis, Sept. 28
Denver N. Schroeder, 20, 117
Renner Lane, Waterton, Wis., vagrancy, Oct. 2
Amy L. Barger, 36, 2241 700th Ave.,
Hartsburg, driving with license sus-
John O. Pope, 31, 315 Benjamin
Drive, Ypsilanti, Mich., vagrancy,
Oct. 2
Susan M. Clark, 41, 8501 Philatelic
Drive, Spring Hill, Fla., criminal
trespassing, possession of open
liquor in public, public intoxication,
vagrancy, Oct. 2
Dylan D.M. Lucas, 24, 111 N. Rustic
Road, East Peoria, retail theft, Oct.
3
Juvenile, 14, East Peoria, residential
burglary, Oct. 4
Juvenile, 14, East Peoria, residential
burglary, Oct. 4
Jamie R. Ioerger, 24, 1152 N. Well
St., East Peoria, DUI, blood alcohol
content over .08, Oct. 2
Paul M. Hillliard, 19, 1500 Henry St.,
Pekin, leaving the scene of an accident, DUI, no driver’s license, blood
alcohol content over .08, possession of cannabis, Oct. 3
Jacob R. Timke, 18, 1400 N. 14th
St., Pekin, possession of alcohol
by minor, illegal consumption by
minor, Oct. 3
Jason L. Albright, 25, 57 Country
Lane, East Peoria, driving with license suspended, Oct. 3
Susan M. Clark, 41, 8501 Philatelic
Drive, Spring Hill, Fla., vagrancy,
Oct. 4
Kerstin E. Mann, 24, homeless,
Tazewell County warrant, Oct. 4
Tony W. Taylor, 36, 2021 Meadow
Ave., East Peoria, Tazewell County
warrant, Oct. 4
Keymar R. Early, 21, 3439 Fallen
Oak Drive, Peoria, operating uninsured vehicle, no driver’s license,
Oct. 4
Paul B. Bernier, 57, 24150 Veterans
Road, Morton, false police report,
interfering with emergency communications, Oct. 4
Jeffery J. Sangalli, 50, 3407 E.
Washington St., East Peoria, battery, Oct. 5
Bryttan J. Schroer, 27, 305 E. Jefferson, Tremont, possession of
drug equipment, Oct. 5
morton
arrests/Citations
None provided
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Prevention Week
MOUNT PROSPECT —
The nonprofit Illinois Fire
Safety Alliance is asking
Illinois residents to practice
fire safety and prevention
by “looking up” and checking their smoke alarms
during national Fire Prevention Week Oct. 9-15.
The theme for 2016
FPW is “Don’t Wait, Check
The Date! Replace Smoke
Alarms Every 10 Years.”
According to the National
Fire Protection Association, which sponsors FPW,
only a small percentage
of people know how old
their smoke alarms are, or
how often they need to be
replaced. The campaign
encourages residents to
find the “date of manufacture” on each smoke alarm
and make sure they replace
each smoke alarm 10 years
from its respective date to
ensure proper operation.
B6
Prairie Wind
Ensemble
season opening
Glass recycling event
In the picture from the left it is Connor Billard, Kristin Heyden, and Trinity Burns. Sept. 24, another glass
recycling day was held in East Peoria. The East Peoria Green Team, in conjunction with the City of East
Peoria and Waste Management, provided an opportunity for citizens to recycle used glass containers.
We had a very good turnout with 86 different families
stopping to drop off their used glass to be recycled.
We hope to get even more families to come by for
the next recycling effort. East Peoria Green members
Lori Wolf and Bob Jorgensen, were assisted by East
Peoria High School students Trinity Burns, Kristin
Heyden and Connor Billard, as seen in the picture.
There was a constant stream of cars coming into the
FOLEPI Building lot to drop off their glass jars and
bottles. We all helped unload and dump the glass
into the roll off supplied by Waste Management. Club
business cards with our website information, www.
eastpeoriagreen.com, was given to each attendee. A
donation of $1 per car load was asked for to help pay
the cost of the event. Future glass recycling events
were discussed with many attendees, though a date
was not set. We also discussed the Oct. 1st Electronics Recycling Event by Pekin, along with other environmental information. Everyone said they would be
saving their bottles and jars until then. Please do the
same and make our next event even bigger.
submitted by bob jorgensen
COUNTY COLLECTOR’S NOTICE OF
APPLICATION FOR JUDGMENT FOR SALE
OF DELINQUENT REAL ESTATE TAXES
Public notice is hereby give that I, Mary J. Burress,
County Treasurer and Ex-Officio County Collector
of the County of Tazewell, State of Illinois, on the
21st day of October 2016 at 9:15 a.m., will apply
to the Circuit Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit,
Tazewell County, General Division, Judgment
against all lands and lots in said Tazewell County
on which the general taxes are delinquent for the
tax year 2015 or any part thereof, and prior years,
for said taxes and costs, and will apply for an order to sell said lands and lots for the satisfaction
of said taxes and cost; and I will also apply for a
Judgment fixing the correct amount of any tax
paid under protest in accordance with the law.
Listed herein under are the delinquent lands and
lots referred to above, except for those which by
law are not required to be listed.
Notice is also given that at the same time indicated above, I will apply for Judgment against the
lots and parcels of land and property for special
assessments and special taxes, or installments
thereof, and interest remaining due and unpaid
where reports of municipal collectors have been
made to me in accordance with the provisions of
law regarding local improvements.
Notice is further given that on the 24TH day of
October 2016 being the Monday next succeeding
said date on which application for Judgment will
be exposed to public sale at the Tazewell County
Justice Center Community Room, located at 101
S. Capitol St., Main Floor, in the City of Pekin for
the taxes and cost due thereon, and for special
assessments and special taxes, if any, of installments thereof, and interest remaining due and
unpaid.
The sale of delinquent lands and lots will commence at 10:00 a.m. on said Monday the 24TH
day of October 2016 and will continue until all
said lands and lots have been offered for sale.
SIGNED: Mary J. Burress
County Treasurer and
Ex-Officio Co. Collector
Tazewell County, Illinois
FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF LAND AND LOTS IN
TAZEWELL COUNTY, STATE OF ILLINOIS, LOCATED IN THE TOWNSHIPS INDICATED, ON WHICH
THE GENERAL TAXES FOR THE YEAR AND IN
SOME CASES THE TAXES FOR PRIOR YEARS
REMAIN DUE AND UNPAID.
EAST PEORIA — The
Prairie Wind Ensemble,
in residence at Illinois
Central College will open
its 39th Season on Oct.
14. The concert begins at
7:30 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center at Illinois
Central College.
The ensemble will be
under the direction of Jim
Tallman and Jeff Neavor
for this concert.
Music for the afternoon
will include a wide range
of musical selections that
should include something for everyone. Tickets are $10 per concert,
$8 for students and seniors. Children under 12
are free. Tickets may be
purchased through the
Illinois Central College
Performing Arts Center
by phone (694-5136) or
in person. Group tickets
can also be purchased
by contacting the Box
Office. There is limited
availability at the door
the day of the performance.
Jim Tallman is in his
24th year at Washington
Community High School
where he is Director
of Bands, Department
Chair for Fine Arts and
a speech communication teacher. He is a
member of Phi Beta Mu
and has received a WalMart Teacher of the Year
award. He performs with
the Prairie Wind Ensemble. His wife, Jennifer, is
a Title 1 teacher for John
L. Hensey Grade School
in Washington.
Jeff Neavor is the Fine
Arts Chair and Direc-
tor of Bands at Morton
High School in Morton.
At Morton High School,
he teaches music theory
and directs the Wind
Ensemble, Symphonic
Winds, Concert Band,
Jazz Ensemble, Pep Band,
and the award-winning
MHS Marching Band.
He also assists with the
seventh and eighth grade
bands at Morton Junior
High School.
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following polling locations will be used for the General Election to
be held on November 8, 2016 in the areas as shown:
FONDULAC TOWNSHIP
Precinct 1
Precinct 2
Folepi’s Market Place
Richland Comm. Center
Precinct 3
Precinct 4
Precinct 5
Precinct 6
Precinct 7
Precinct 8
Precinct 9
Precinct 10
Precinct 11
Precinct 12
Precinct 13
Precinct 14
Precinct 15
Fondulac Park Admin. Bldg.
Fondulac Park Admin. Bldg.
Eastside Centre
Eastside Centre
Living Love Church
GROVELAND TOWNSHIP
Precinct 1
Groveland Missionary Church
Precinct 2
Precinct 3
Precinct 4
Precinct 5
Precinct 6
Precinct 7
Precinct 8
Precinct 9
Precinct 10
Precinct 11
Precinct 12
Precinct 13
Precinct 14
Precinct 15
Precinct 16
Precinct 17
Peoria
Precinct 18
East Peoria Historical Society
Cross Point Church School
Creve Coeur Water Works
The Encounter Church
Creve Coeur Comm. Center
Creve Coeur Water Works
Marquette Hts. Council Room
Cross Point Church School
U.A.W. Local #974 Hall
Living Love Church
U.A. W. Local #974 Hall
Pekin Moose Lodge
Marquette Hts. Council Room
U.A.W. Local #974 Hall
Precinct 19
Pekin Moose Lodge
Groveland Missionary Church
Dated this 1st day of October, 2016 in Pekin, Illinois,
FONDULAC Parcel Count: 200
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SCOTT, ROBERT
ADAMS, JEFFREY
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446 Cass St., East Peoria
(Formerly Plant Guard Building)
201 Veterans Rd., East Peoria
201 Veterans Rd., East Peoria
1 Eastside Dr., East Peoria
1 Eastside Dr., East Peoria
1305 Bloomington Rd., East Peoria
5043 Queenwood Rd (1 blk. off
Springfield Rd.) Groveland
324 Pekin Ave., East Peoria
304 S. Pleasant Hill Rd., East Peoria
101 Thorncrest, Creve Coeur
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Christie A. Webb
Tazewell County Clerk/Recorder
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CREBO, DANNY E & LYNN M
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PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice is given that at the General Election to be held on Tuesday, the 8th day of
November, 2016, the following proposition will be submitted to the electors of
Woodford County, Illinois:
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE 1970 ILLINOIS CONSTITUTION
“NOTICE
THE FAILURE TO VOTE THIS BALLOT MAY BE THE EQUIVALENT OF A NEGATIVE
VOTE, BECAUSE A CONVENTION SHALL BE CALLED OR THE AMENDMENT SHALL
BECOME EFFECTIVE IF APPROVED BY EITHER THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE VOTING ON
THE QUESTION OR A MAJORITY OF THOSE VOTING IN THE ELECTION. (THIS IS NOT
TO BE CONSTRUED AS A DIRECTION THAT YOUR VOTE IS REQUIRED TO BE CAST EITHER IN FAVOR OF OR IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSITION HEREIN CONTAINED.)
WHETHER YOU VOTE THIS BALLOT OR NOT YOU MUST RETURN IT TO THE
ELECTION JUDGE WHEN YOU LEAVE THE VOTING BOOTH”.
CONSTITUTION BALLOT
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE 1970 ILLINOIS CONSTITUTION
Explanation
of Amendment
000 241410
5.000
WOODFORD
CLER Article of the Illinois
The proposed amendment 241410
adds a new
sectionCOUNTY
to the Revenue
Constitution. The proposed amendment 241410
provides that no moneys derived from taxes,
fees, excises, or license taxes, relating to registration, titles, operation, or use of
vehicles or public highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass transit, intercity passenger
rail, ports, or airports, or motor fuels, including bond proceeds, shall be expended for
other than costs of administering laws related to vehicles and transportation, costs
for construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and betterment of public highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass transit, intercity passenger rail, ports, airports,
or other forms of transportation, and other statutory highway purposes, Including
the State or local share to match federal aid highway funds. You are asked to decide
whether the proposed amendment should become part of the Illinois Constitution.
For the proposed addition of Section 11 to
YES
Article IX of the Illinois Constitution.
NO
The polls for election will be open at 6:00 o’clock A.M. and will continue to be open
until 7:00 o’clock P.M. of that day.
Dated October 3, 2016
Debbie Harms, County Clerk
County of Woodford, State of Illinois
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the general election to be held on Tuesday, the 8th
day of November, 2016, there will be submitted to the electors of Metamora Community Consolidated School District No. 1, Woodford County, Illinois the following
question:
METAMORA COMMUNITY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT 1
QUESTION TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM AUTHORIZED
ANNUAL TAX RATE FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
Shall the maximum annual tax rate for educational
purposes of Metamora Community Consolidated
School District No. 1, Woodford County, Illinois,
be established at 1.830% of the equalized assessed
value of taxable property located in the School
District instead of 1.520%, the maximum annual
rate otherwise applicable to the next taxes to be
extended for such purposes?
YES
NO
(1) The reason for this proposed increase in the maximum annual tax rate for educational purposes for the School District is to maintain quality educational services
for students while addressing the continued depletion of the School District’s reserve
funds.
(2) The current annual rate at which the Education Fund for the School District is
levied is 1,520 percent. If this proposition is approved, the maximum annual rate at
which such taxes may be levied by the School District would be 1.830 percent, which
would be an increase of 20.4%.
000 241409 6.500
(3) The total dollar amount of the most recently approved annual budget of the School
District is $7,019,650.
241409 WOODFORD COUNTY CLER
241409
(4) If the School District’s annual budget is increased by the amount of additional
tax that may be levied if the proposition is approved, the total dollar amount of the
annual budget of the School District would be $7,527,629, which would be an increase
of 7.2% in the total dollar amount of most recently approved annual budget of the
School District.
(5) The approximate amount of taxes extendable by the School District for educational purposes under the current rate (1.520 percent) applicable to the next tax extension,
such amount computed upon the last known equalized assessed value for the School
District, is $2,492.593.
(6) The approximate amount of taxes extendable by the School District for educational purposes under the proposed increased maximum rate (1.830 percent), such
amount computed upon the last known equalized assessed value for the School District, would be $3,000,593.
(7) The approximate amount of the tax extendable against property containing a single family residence and having a fair market value at the time of the referendum of
$100,000 under the current maximum rate for education funding (1.520%) is estimated
to be $507, while the approximate amount of the tax extendable against property containing a single family residence and having a fair market value at the time of the
referendum of $100,000 under the proposed maximum rate for education funding
(1.830%) is estimated to be $610,
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005 233756 3.000
Legal
Notices
The polls for election will be open at 6:00 o’clock A.M. and will continue to be open
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Dated October 3, 2016
Debbie Harms, County Clerk
County of Woodford, State of Illinois
B8
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168
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202
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220
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344
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Trailers
442
Apartments
Unfurnished
442
Apartments
Unfurnished
Low Income
Housing
Applications for
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Tues. & Thurs.
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219
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162
260
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346
Campers
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1316168
W.241429
Chestnut
St.
3.000
Chillicothe,
IL AUCTIONS
61523
241429
TIM PLACHER
Two bedrooms, 2 baths,
living room, kitchen, din241429
ing room sits on slab. Living room has fireplace
with gas log. Laundry room off kitchen. Large
pantry 5’ x 5’ with shelves off laundry room.
Three season porch. Storage shed in back yard.
Fenced back yard. Built in 1994. Large 2 ½ car
garage with built in cabinets. New roof 3/4 years
ago. Lot Size 78’ x 130’
220
302
Autos
General
Call
691-7758.
This institution is
and equal opportunity provider
356
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Classics
398
1998 Autos
168 241313 4.000
241313 BUY A FARM LAND & AU
241313
405
2005 Autos
310
Auto/Boat/
Motorcycle
Shows & Events
407
2007 Autos
Dial-A-Pro
Carpentry
Lawn Care
CUSTOM CARPENTRY
A-Z Helping Hands
Specializing in Sidewalks
Driveways & Patio Replacement…
Basement & Garage Floors
344
Motor Homes
& Travel
Trailers
411
Pickups &
Vans
Spring Cleanup
Mowing, Hedge Trimming,
Gutter Cleaning, Tree Service,
Yard Clean-Ups,
Rototilling, Light Hauling!
Call 303-8850
TAS Lawn Care
Spring/Fall Cleanup
Mowing, Trimming, Shrubs, Hedges
s#/--%2#)!,2%3)$%.4)!,
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222 241310 2.500
241310 PETERSEN HEALTH CARE
241310
Proudly serving Pekin & Surrounding Areas
Jeff & Amanda Marx, Owners
Licensed, Bonded & Insured
309-267-6390
Plastering
FREE ESTIMATES
309-267-1040
Owner/Operator - Terry Dorsey
000 229448 10.500
229448 PEKIN TIMES
229448
Construction
BRAD GOSS PLASTERING, LLC
Room Additions, remodel, all types
of patching. Free Estimates.
Over 35 yrs. Experience. Fully insured.
353-1846 or 840-2922
s"ASEMENT
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5NDER%XISTING(OUSES
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CONSTRUCTION
& Remodeling
VINYL SIDING & REPLACEMENT WINDOWS
CUSTOM DECKS & SCREEN ROOMS
INSTALLATION OF ALL STYLES OF
INTERIOR & EXTERIOR DOORS
TOTAL BATHROOM REMODELS
CALL
NOW
309-267-3914 40Exyrsp. .
DIAL A PRO
3 Month Commitment
1x1 Box ...$85 Mo.
5 Line Ad .$70 Mo.
Delavan
Apartments
Newly
Remodeled
1 & 2 BRs,
352
stove,
442
240459ref.,
2.000
Motorcycles laundry
on-site, I
0459 4-MANAGEMENT
rent according
240459
to income.
Asking: $134,000.00
LEVEL CONCRETE
& CONSTRUCTION
444
Condos, Duplexes
& Townhouses
452
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309-347-4331
Auction/Farm Sales
Calendar
Concrete
449
Hunting and
Fishing
446 241209 2.000
Sunset Hills
241209
SUNSET HILLS
Apartments
241209
1820 Vienna Ct.
Misc.
HOUSE FOR SALE
Room Additions - Garages - Siding
Windows - Doors - Floors
All Phase Construction - Concrete - BobCat Service
Firewood Sales - Free Estimates - 33 Yrs. Experience
Insured - Reliable - Honest - Seniors Discount
STEVE BURKE - OWNER
309-348-2251
442
Apartments
Unfurnished
1 Month Commitment
1x1 Box .$105 Mo.
5 Line Ad .$90 Mo.
Phone: 346-1111 or Toll Free 1-800-888-6397
442 229596 3.000
229596 MAPLE LAWN APARTMENT
229596
Tri CounTy
ProPerTy
____________
Upper 2 BR
Duplex
– $450 mthly
____________
Main Floor 2 BR
mthly
Duplex
– $500
460
241208
2.000
____________
241208
WITZIG
Above Garage
1____________
BR241208
– $275 mthly
3 Bedroom
House
– $675 mthly
____________
241-5720
468
446
Manufactured
Homes/Sites
Houses
Furnished &
Unfurnished
488
Homes for
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