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Wednesday, February 18, 2015
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Vol. 175 No. 8
Feb. 24 vote decides City Council races
By Steve Stein
GateHouse Media Illinois
The usually sleepy and
often uncontested races
for Washington City
Council seats have gotten a wake-up call.
Aldermen in three of
the city’s four wards are
facing a challenger in
the Feb. 24 Republican
primary election.
No Democrats are
running, so each primary winner will be
unopposed in the April 7
general election.
Bob Brucks, an alderman for 13 years after
serving for 11 years on
the Zoning Board of
Appeals, is facing Steve
Hullcranz in Ward 1.
Hullcranz was a
member of Washington
Fire Department rescue squad from 1968 to
1983 and is one of the
founders of Washington
Citizens Concerned for
Public Safety, a group
that backed former Fire
Chief Mike Vaughn during his contract renewal
battle last year with the
fire board.
Carol Moss, who was
city clerk from 1985 to
2009 and has been an
alderman since 2010,
is being challenged by
Washington volunteer
firefighter and fire board
member Brian Barron in
Ward 2.
Jim Gee, the longestserving alderman (17
years), is being opposed
by Daniel Cobb in Ward
4. Cobb was a volunteer firefighter with the
Chillicothe Community
Fire Department from
1995 to 2005. His home
was destroyed by the
Nov. 17, 2013, tornado.
Alderman Dave Dingledine, a Republican, is
running unopposed in
Ward 3.
Ward 1
Brucks, 61, 26 Holborn Court, said he’s
running for re-election
Three candidates are challenging Washington City
Council incumbents Feb. 24 in the Republican primary.
Top row is Daniel Cobb, Steve Hullcranz and Brian Barron. Bottom row are incumbents Jim Gee, Carol Moss
and Bob Brucks. Submitted Photo
to help Ward 1 residents
with the rebuilding process from the tornado
while being fiscally responsible. He also wants
to move forward with
additional projects the
community wants done.
He said he’s sensitive
to residents’ rebuild-
ing needs because three
homes of family members, including his, were
damaged or destroyed by
the tornado.
Also on his radar are
addressing safety issues
at the U.S. Route 24 and
Nofsinger Road intersection and completing
Freedom Parkway to
open an economic development corridor.
Hullcranz, 71, 303
Devonshire Road, was
a co-Washingtonian of
the Year award winner
in 1990 for his work to
provide enhanced 911
services for the city and
Tazewell County.
He said he’s seeking election to improve
transparency in government decision-making
and discussion of issues.
“I want to make local
government interesting
again to the point where
citizens from Scouts to
seniors are happy to be
involved in what city
officials are doing for
them,” he said.
He said he wants to
bring “not all that pricey
solutions and procedures
to protect residents, visitors and assets” to the
forefront.
Ward 2
Moss, 72, 204 N.
Spruce St., said she’ll
continue to use her experience as the city clerk
and alderman to be an
asset to residents.
“Knowledge, commitment and experience do
count,” she said.
She said the biggest
issues in her ward are
an aging infrastructure,
holding the line on taxes
and being able to continue services to which residents are accustomed.
Barron, 36, 408 Victoria Drive, has been a
Washington firefighter
since 1999 and he was a
fire board member from
2005 to 2008 before his
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MORTON — What was
once an organization that
distributed food to just 10
food pantries in Bloomington is now a multi-million
dollar operation serving
hundreds of thousands.
The Midwest Food Bank
has grown since it was first
established in 2003 and
Morton was able to join in
on the giving in 2012 after
opening its facility at 700
Erie Ave.
“The MidWest Food
Bank isn’t designed to
feed individuals at the individual level. It’s designed
to essentially pass through
large quantities,” said president of Morton’s advisory
board Bart Rinkenberger.
The Morton branch focuses on three main parts
of operation, Rinkenberger said.
“We’re storing food for
Bloomington, Peoria and
the national agency and
that is what the warehouse
is doing. The second part
is packaging Tender Mercies and the third part is
volunteer opportunities,”
Rinkenberger said.
Tender Mercies is a
packaged meal of four
servings that was developed for MFB. It includes
beans, textured vegetable
protein, natural herbs and
seasonings and essential
vitamins.
Changes in interest
rates could save the city
more than $500,000 on
a $4 million bond.
The Washington City
Council was scheduled
on Monday to review
a proposal to refinance
the bond issued for the
Washington area community center or Five
Points Washington.
The city has $4 million left on the bonds it
issued as part of its contribution to build the
community center.
Under the refinancing proposal, South Side
Trust and Savings Bank
would issue a loan with
a fixed 2.5 percent interest rate.
City Administrator
Tim Gleason said the
refinancing would save
about $530,000 over
the life of the loan.
The loan to South
Side would be repaid
in 2029, the same year
the bonds were set to
expire.
“We aren’t adding
to the length of when
the debt will be repaid,
we aren’t adding to the
size of the debt, we are
simply refinancing it at
a better interest rate,”
Gleason said.
The bonds were issued
with interest rates that
ranged from 4.5 percent
to 6 percent. Gleason
Midwest Food Bank volunteers Roy Welch and Jim McNair clean off a machine used for the packaging of Tender Mercies and other food items that are distributed
to those in need. Drew Veskauf/TimesNewspapers
The Midwest Food Bank location in Morton aids
in logistics and packaging for the multi-million dollar organization dedicated to feeding those in need
throughout the world.
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said the council’s finance
and personal committee
first looked at the idea
of refinancing the city’s
debt in 2013, but waited
until interest rates were
lower.
Gleason said the city
sent letters to all six financial institutions with
locations in Washington
to see if any would be
interested in helping
the city refinance the
$4 million bond.
Three responded and
South Side offered the
lowest interest rate,
Gleason said.
“It’s great that we can
keep this business in
our community,” Gleason said. “And the rate
they are giving us is
competitive with what
was available outside of
the area.”
This is the fourth
bond the city has refinanced. Earlier this
year, the city combined
three smaller bonds into
a $1.2 million loan from
Morton Community
Bank that will save the
city $41,000 in interest.
That loan will be repaid
in less than five years.
Gleason said the city
has two other bonds but
refinancing those would
not be an advantage
to the city. One bond
is a no-interest loan
from the Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency.
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WASHINGTON CHURCH OF CHRIST
430 Wilmor Road
Washington, IL 61571
Don Potts, Evangelist
Phone- 309-745-3103
Often times man lives as though he is accountable to
no one, but judgment will come. But you ask, what will be
the basis of that judgment? We shall be judged regarding
the deeds we have done in this life time. (2 Corinthians
5:10). Many in our life time are caught up in every sin in
the cataloged of sin, adultery, fornication, homosexuality,
thievery, drunkenness, lying and stealing, slander, you name
it! But as the Apostle Paul said, “they which do such things
shall not inherit the kingdom of God (Gal. 5:20-21; I Cor. 6:9).
Secret things will be judged in that great day. Things
you concealed from the eyes of man will be brought to the
open. “For God shall bring every work into Judgment, with
every secret thing, whether it be good or wheter it be evil”
(Eccl. 12:14). What we say has no bounds! Many curse like
one on a bar stool through the week, and then on Sunday
our speech is saintly! We can do that now, but Jesus said, “I
say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they
shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy
words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be
condemned.” (Matt. 12:36,37).
Another thing that will be the basis of judgment is
what we did with Jesus and his word. What we do with
Jesus now determines what he will do with us then. “He that
believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth
not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in
the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the
condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men
loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were
evil.” (John 3:18,19). While heaven waits and mercy lingers,
“prepare to meet your God!” (Amos 4:12).
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Visit us this Sunday. Bible Study at 9:30 a.m.
Preaching at 10:20 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.
Washington
Washington Rotary’s
Third Annual Pancake &
Sausage Dinner is from
5-7 p.m. Feb. 19 at Five
Points Washington. The
dinner benefits all Washington schools by providing a “petty cash” fund for
children in need of items
like clothes, lunch money,
and other basic needs that
parents/caretakers are
not able to provide.
Northern Tazewell Fire
and Rescue will be having
our annual All-You-Can-Eat
Chili Supper 3-7 p.m. Feb.
21 at Northern Tazewell’s
Fire Station located at
2445 Washington Road.
The dinner is $7 for adults
and $3.50 for children.
Meet our firefighters and
see our equipment. Call
699-0421 if you have any
questions.
Join the Washington
Historical Society for
its annual “I Have a Story
to Tell” panel discussion
7 p.m. March 23 at the
Washington Presbyterian
Church. This annual program includes stories of
long-time residents who
reminisce about the neighbors, teachers, dates,
pranks, and friends from
their pasts. The program
is free and open to the
public. For information call
444-7621.
LIBRARY
The Washington District
Library is at 380 N. Wilmor
Road. Call 444-2241 for
questions.
Cabin Fever Adult Reading Challenge is going on
now at the library. Participants get the opportunity
to read books from across
the library’s collection and
win prizes in the process.
The library will be offering
two grand prize winners
a Kindle HD tablet. Participants can sign up at
both the main and branch
libraries. The program
is running now through
March 16. It’s not too late
to sign up.
AARP Tax Aide
is available Tuesday afternoons by appointment
until April 14.
Appointments can be
made now and must be
made in advance. AARP
Tax Aide volunteers will be
at the main library on from
1 to 4 p.m. Tuesdays. Call
or stop by the main library
to make an appointment.
CHURCH
Sunnyland Christian
Church is hosting a
Bingo/Movie night 5 p.m.
Feb. 28. A light supper follows bingo and then the
movie, “Ring The Bell,”
at 7 p.m. The public is
welcome and there is no
charge.
The Dixie Melody Boys,
a Southern Gospel group
based out of Kinston, N.C.,
will present a concert at 7
p.m. March 6 at the Evan-
gelical United Methodist
Church,401 Walnut St.
Tickets are $5. A free-will
offering will also be taken.
Ttickets are available
from Don Moushon, 1408
Calvin, Washington, IL
61571. Just send him a
check made payable to
EUMC Gospel Concert
Committee, along with a
self-addressed, stamped
envelope. Tickets are also
available at the church
office Monday-Thursday
mornings or at the concert.
Bay Road, East Peoria.
694-9110.
Tri County Tropical Fish
Society monthly meeting
will be held at 7 p.m. Feb.
11 at Immanuel Lutheran
Church, 4911 N. Knoxville,
corner of Glen and Knoxville. Visitors welcome.
Our program will be on
nano tanks.
American Cancer Society Relay For Life for
Tazewell County 4-10 p.m.
April 18 at Illinois Central
College. For more info,
visit relayforlife.org/northtazewellil. Volunteers and
teams are needed. Call
Mallory at 688-3480 or
[email protected].
Area Events
Spaghetti Dinner 11
a.m.-6 p.m. March 1, Itoo
Hall, 4909 W. Farmington
Road, Peoria. $7 for adults
and $5 for child. Under 3 is
free. Raffle, entertainment,
bake sale, take out orders
available. Fundraiser for
Heart of Illinois Down Syndrome Association.
National Alliance for
Mental Illness Monthly
Support Group Meeting
is 8:30 p.m. Feb. 19 at
ICC North, Cedar Hall,
Peoria. “Connections” for
individuals in recovery,
meet in Room 77 and
“Family and Friends” meet
in Room 134.
Peoria Izaak Walton
Events Feb. 10 — men’s
steak stag 6 p.m.; Feb.
21 — Bingo Night 6:30
p.m.; Feb. 28 — karaoke
night 5-10 p.m.; March
10 — men’s steak stag 6
p.m.; March 14 — corned
beef and cabbage 5-7:30
p.m.; March 28 — spring
work party 8 a.m.; April 2
— decorate for kids Easter
egg hunt; April 4 — Kids
Easter egg hunt, free hot
dogs and fries noon-3 p.m.
Ticket reservation and
more info, call Christi at
966-4154. Izaak Walton
is located at 1125 Spring
National Alliance for
Mental Illness Trivia
Night for fun and a fundraiser for NAMI education
programs. Doors open at
6 p.m. and games begin at
7 p.m. Feb. 28 at American
Legion Post 979, 4501
Airport Road, Bartonville.
Bring a team of 8 or join
another. Mulligans and
basket raffles, snacks
and drinks included. Tickets: $10. Call Roger at
309-696-1824 or available
at the door.
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20, DJ McFly; Feb. 21, karaoke; Feb. 28, DNS Dan Hall;
444-4777.
Kep’s Sports Bar & Grill,
313 Muller Road, Washington; Feb. 21, Plane Jane;
Feb. 28, free juke box; 9
p.m. -1 a.m.; 444-1974
Kirk’s Korner Tap, 2359
1808 Meadows Ave.
East Peoria, Illinois
699-6000
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(expires 3-18-15)
Washington Rd, Sunnyland, Karaoke 8 p.m.-1 a.m.
every Friday, 745-5321.
Five Points Washington,
360 N. Wilmor Road, 4448222; 7:30 p.m. April 18,
Wicked Divas performed
by the Heartland Festival
Orchestra, tickets are $35
for adults and $8 for children and students; 2 p.m.
and 7 p.m. April 23, The
Church Basement Ladies
in The Last (Potluck) Supper, tickets $25-$45. For
more information visit fivepointswashington.org
peoria
Peoria Symphony Or-
chestra Visions of Vienna
8 p.m. March 14 at Grace
Presbyterian Church;
Matinee at the Movies 3
p.m. April 19 Peoria Civic
Center Theater; Gustav
Mahler Symphony No. 7, 8
p.m. May 9 at Peoria Civic
Center Theater; For more
info, call 671-1096 or visit
peoriasymphony.org.
Limelight Eventplex 8102
N. University St., Peoria.
693-1234. Get tickets at
ticketfly.com. The Sound
Bar at Limelight Eventplex
presents Dead Language,
progressive rock band
from Peoria. Doors at 6
p.m., show at 8 p.m. Feb.
21. Tickets are $5-$10.
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Local RadioShack closed
By Marlo Guetersloh
TimesNewspapers
Washington RadioShack
appears to be among the more
than 4,000 retail shops closed
by the electronic stores Chapter
11 bankruptcy filing.
A sign posted on the door left
a phone number for customers
who need to pick up repairs but
the store at 1600 Washington
Road was dark.
The sign also said the store
was “closed until further notice.”
An additional notice posted
on the door by the Illinois Department of Revenue said “This
business’ certificate of registration is hereby revoked.”
The sign also said retail sales
at that location after the certificate of registration has been
RadioShack at 1600 Washington Road is closed as
revoked were prohibited and
part of the retailer’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.
violators could be subject to
Marlo Guetersloh/TimesNewspapers
prosecution.
Voicemails left at the store’s
founded nearly a century ago. RadioShack
number were not immediately returned.
introduced one of the first mass-market
Closing sales started last week at other
personal computers and used to be the
area RadioShack stores including at
go-to stop for consumers’ home electronNorthwoods Mall in Peoria and 412 Rivics needs. But it struggled as shoppers
erside Drive in East Peoria.
increasingly moved online and growth in
RadioShack filed for Chapter 11 bankits wireless business slowed.
ruptcy protection earlier this month. The
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ties, the food bank is able
to serve 894 food pantries
and about 600,000 people
per month.
Hoffman said MFB was
able to distribute $83 million in food in 2014.
The efforts of the MFB
haven’t gone unnoticed.
Recently, Charity Navigator, a national agency that
evaluates over 7,000 charities, gave MFB a four-star
rating for its third consecutive year.
MFB currently holds the
No. 1 spot on www.CharityNavigator.org in the 10
Top-Notch Charities category and 10 Highly Rated
Charities Relying on Private
Contributions category.
Rinkenberger says it’s the
volunteers that have given
MFB these recognitions.
“That’s why it’s ranked
one of the top charities
in the country, is because
of volunteers giving their
time at no charge. There’s
so many charities and food
banks that have to pay staff,”
Rinkenberger said.
“We don’t go in and poli-
OVER
Rinkenberger said the
cost of each Tender Mercie
for the food bank to make is
less than 60 cents.
Packaging Tender Mercies is a machine specifically
developed for the meals. It
contains four hoppers to
load the food into individual
packages that can output 20
per minute.
“The capability it has
to produce is much faster
than actually what we do,”
Rinkenberger said.
Loads of food of 2,200
pounds per container are
brought in for making the
Tender Mercies.
The machine is maintained by volunteers.
About 100 volunteers
come through the doors at
the Midwest Food Bank in
Morton to assist with operations.
And volunteers is what
makes MFB operate efficiently.
At each of the food banks in
the United States, Bloomington, Peoria, Indianapolis, Morton and Peachtree,
Georgia, there are only four
paid employees at each site,
Mike Hoffman, senior director of operations said.
Hoffman said the organization as a whole in 2014
had almost 12,500 volunteers produce about 114,000
hours of volunteer work.
“(The) board doesn’t take
a penny, there’s a number
of professional services that
don’t take any money ... it all
goes to the cause of serving
others and feeding people
and it’s making a big difference in a lot of communities,” Hoffman said.
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tic. We financially report
what’s going on and explain
what we’re doing and then
they rank.”
MFB doesn’t just reach to
local food banks, but provides relief efforts to disaster situations. It partners
with the Salvation Army to
provide disaster relief kits
which include toiletries,
protein, carbohydrates and
a Bible or devotional item
for spiritual nourishment.
In 2013 when typhoon
Haiyan struck the Philippines, MFB was able to ship
its disaster relief for assistance, Rinkenberger said.
Hoffman said MFB regularly ships to Mexico, Haiti
and Jamaica. An East Africa
branch was also recently established to help with hunger issues.
The Morton MFB facility
will be evolving in the coming months. It will assist the
Peoria and Bloomington facilities with distribution and
volunteers will be sought.
For more information on
the MFB, visit www.MidwestFoodBank.org.
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Rauner and unions struggle to find middle ground
Illinois Gov. Bruce
Rauner is putting his muscle where his mouth is,
issuing an executive order
to end “fair share” union
dues that require workers
to contribute toward collective bargaining.
Not only would he extend right-to-work rules to
Illinois public employees,
he’d seek a U.S. Supreme
Court decision declaring
fair share unconstitutional
nationally and in the
private sector, as well. To
that end he has already
retained the services of a
prominent Chicago law
firm.
“An employee who is
forced to pay unfair share
dues is being forced to
fund political activity with
which they disagree,” said
Rauner. “That is a clear
violation of First Amendment rights and something that, as governor, I
am duty-bound to correct.”
Some thoughts:
First, for all of his
prattling on about constitutionality, there is a
question whether Rauner’s
own executive order
meets the same muster.
Evidently that occurred
to him, too, as he’s filed a
preemptive federal lawsuit
seeking to have this act
declared legal. Union leaders, of course, think it isn’t.
We get that Rauner’s hero
is former Indiana Gov.
Mitch Daniels, who did
this same thing back in
2005, but unlike Indiana,
fair share is written into
state law, and collective
bargaining is guaranteed
by Illinois’ Constitution.
Rauner, Obama ... what is
it with these Chicagoans
and their executive orders,
like they’re kings or something?
Second, America is the
land of the free, so arguably no one should be
forced to back a cause he
or she doesn’t believe in.
Rauner says those who
wish to continue paying
dues will be unaffected; if
unions are delivering for
their members, then arguably few will bolt from the
ranks, so union leaders
need not worry. But as a
professed conservative,
Rauner also must be of
the opinion that people
shouldn’t get something
for nothing; consistency
demands that those who
choose not to support
their union should not
enjoy the benefits derived from the collective
bargaining done on their
behalf. Perhaps the more
than 6,000 state employees Rauner cited as having
differences with their representation can negotiate
their wages and pensions
individually.
Their employer might
pay them the same, and
they can pocket the dues
they used to pay. But the
motivation here is to lower
government and business
costs, remember? Unions
exist for a reason. There’s
a history. At some point
laborers grew weary of being told they should take
what’s given and be grateful for it. Is it by accident
that right-to-work states
tend to have lower wages
and benefits for all but the
bosses (and not necessarily higher employment)?
Would the disappearance
of collective bargaining be
good for the middle class,
as Rauner contends, or
would it put its members
totally at the mercy of
employers under whom
they have not fared well in
decades?
Third, Rauner says that
“government union bargaining and government
union activity are inextricably linked,” but Illinois
law forbids fair share
dollars from going to political contributions. Does
it happen anyway? Well,
money like water tends to
find its way through the
cracks, and this is Illinois,
after all. Yet oddly, Rauner
perceives no such linkage
and no “corrupt bargain”
between corporate contributions and the legislative
process and outcomes.
Really, here in Special
Interest America? Clearly,
Rauner has chosen to see
this issue solely through a
CEO’s lens; sometimes he
sounds as if an oligarchy/
plutocracy would be just
his cup of rare-but-expensive tea. At least he’s now
dropped the pretense regarding the “union buster”
tag he sometimes rejected
during the campaign.
Fourth, from a strategic
standpoint, maybe Rauner
sincerely believes that not
just taming but terminating the unions is critical
to righting Illinois’ fiscal
ship, but picking this fight
out of the gate is still quite
the gamble. If it’s for future leverage, ill will can
introduce an irrational
element to negotiations.
To suggest as he does that
it won’t harm his relationship with Democratic
leaders is wishful thinking.
If he gets bogged down
and accomplishes nothing
as a result, well, they’ll all
be failures.
Fourth, do unions go
too far? Sure, sometimes.
A distinction should be
made here between public
sector and private sector
unions, even if Rauner has
contempt for both. If the
former have flourished,
the latter have not had
the upper hand for a long
time. Even FDR, nobody’s
conservative, was wary of
collective bargaining in
government, where the
people — taxpayers — are
the employer. Let’s face it,
most taxpayers in Illinois,
even those in private sector unions, have not been
well served by the contracts bargained and many
other decisions made by
their state government.
Conversely, do employers go too far in the
absence or weakness of
unions? Sure, sometimes.
Income inequality isn’t in
the national headlines for
no reason.
Ultimately, we have yet
to see a working pendulum that stops in the middle. Given that, and given
that greed is part of the
human condition, arguably most are best served
by competing interests
that counterbalance the
inevitable extremes of the
other. Springfield needs
shaking up, and Rauner is
doing that, but we respectfully suggest that his early
energies would be more
productively spent elsewhere.
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Along with all our citizens, members of the City Council witnessed the
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As a result of all our efforts, our city
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City officials and the
fire board, and respect
If any changes come
the city’s investment
Fire Department board
its decisions. Contract
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Leadership
are discussing a new
renewal allows for open be amicably worked out residents with the high
The Washington Cham- program starts
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ber
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receive from our fire
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reviewed at that time.”
Brian Barron: “Exdepartment and EMS
primary election for
three City Council seats
were asked if changes
needed to be made in
the contract with the
not-for-profit board or
if they were comfortable with it.
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Bob Brucks: “As a former firefighter (seven
years in Germantown
Hills), I support the
firefighters and the
rescue squad members who perform this
critical role for our
residents. I respect the
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The current situation
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pecting any service
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few minor adjustments
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re-appointment last
year. He was Vaughn’s
lone supporter on the
board.
He said he wants to
get people interested
in government once
again by providing
clear and transparent
answers, including
keeping residents informed about tornado
relief funds and future
city growth.
“I don’t believe we
should use tax dollars
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more discussion needs
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meetings. It appears decisions are being made
behind closed doors, not
in front of the public.”
Barron said he was
referring in his buyout
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Administrator Richard
Ward 4
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retail and commercial
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personnel. The fire department, EMS and city
have successfully partnered for more than
three decades.”
Daniel Cobb: “The
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emergency services far
beyond the city limits. Residents need a
mechanism to gain
greater accountability
and transparency of
taxpayer dollars while
balancing the representation of those living in
all three fire protection
districts.”
would like that to be
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Washington.
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services.
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SPORTS
Questions? Contact Sports Editor Bryan Veginski at 686-3148 or email at [email protected]
This week’s big tournament:
The IHSA Class 2A wrestling state finals begin Thursday and run through Saturday at the State
Farm Center in Champaign. Washington will be represented by a record 10 individuals.
Washington loses
finale at Morton
Potters prevail in M-I
winner-take-all, 42-29
By bryan veginski
TimesNewspapers
It was far from pretty, but the
Washington girls basketball
team came out on top Feb. 10.
While the Lady Panthers
struggled most of the night on
the offensive end, their defense
was solid from start to finish in
a Mid-Illini Conference game
at East Peoria.
Washington’s Jess Learned
was the only player in double
figures with 10 points to pace
the visitors to a 36-16 victory.
Tia Sherman had eight points
and Madi McCoy six. Twelve of
the Lady Panther duo’s 14 points
came in the second half.
The Raiders’ leading season
scorer, Rachel Hilton, was held
to just three points in Allison
Gymnasium.
“Hannah Heinz has been a
shut-down defender all season,”
said WCHS head coach Maggie
Mose of the junior guard who
was assigned to Hilton.
Hilton averaged 14.5 points
per game last month during
Washington’s Team Works Invitational to garner an all-tournament team spot.
The Lady Panthers were shut
out for 6 minutes, 56 seconds
until two Learned free throws.
It was another three minutes
before the guests’ first field goal
— a Kara Caldwell 3-pointer —
but they never trailed by more
than a half-dozen.
The point total was the lowest allowed this season by
Washington and the eighth
time an opponent failed to
reach 30.
East Peoria made 12 treys Friday in a 56-46 loss at Dunlap,
but hit zero long-range shots
four days later against the Lady
Panthers.
A Learned bucket with 26
seconds left in the second period created an 11-11 deadlock
at halftime.
Washington had uncharacteristic turnovers and surrendered too many second-chance
opportunities for the Raiders in
the first half.
“We just didn’t know how to
respond when things didn’t go
our way,” Mose said.
The Lady Panthers built a
nine-point lead by the end of
the third quarter after two
hoops apiece by McCoy and
Sherman.
Before East Peoria ended a
scoring drought of 4 minutes,
13 seconds in the fourth period,
the Washington advantage was
up to 28-13 as Sherman and
McCoy converted close-range
shots, and Kara Caldwell and
Heinz split trips to the freethrow line.
Learned and Heinz combined
to register the final seven Lady
Panthers points.
In the two M-I meetings,
Washington dominated the
Raiders by a combined 36-10 in
the fourth frames in attaining a
sweep.
The Lady Panthers’ night got
even better when they found
out Morton lost for a second
time this season to Canton,
forging a tie atop the conference standings.
Kayla Burks had a team-high
six points. She was the only East
Peoria player with more than
one basket.
Morton 42, WCHS 29
The Potters emerged on top
Friday in a winner-take-all scenario.
Morton (26-3, 12-2) earned
its seventh conference championship in the last 11 years by
holding last year’s champ,
Washington (24-3, 11-3), to a
season-low 29 points.
“I loved the effort tonight,”
Washington senior Kassy Caldwell, left, keeps Rachel Hilton of
East Peoria from getting near the ball in a Feb. 10 girls basketball game. The Lady Panthers enter the Class 3A postseason
with a 24-3 overall record. bryan veginski/timesnewspapers
Morton head coach Bob Becker
said. “I’m proud of them.”
Brandi Bisping and Chandler
Ryan both had 13 points to lead
the host Potters on their Senior
Night.
Caldwell and Tia Sherman
shared Lady Panthers teamhigh scoring honors with six
apiece.
Morton was ranked No. 8
See GIRLS page B3
Girls basketball
Final Mid-Illini standings
Morton
Washington
Canton
Pekin
Limestone
Dunlap
East Peoria
Metamora
W
12
11
10
7
7
6
2
1
L
2
3
4
7
7
8
12
13
Large group of Panthers eye state medals
Record 10 wrestlers
qualify for 2A finals
By bryan veginski
TimesNewspapers
A record number of Washington wrestlers will compete this
week at the IHSA Class 2A state
finals.
Ten Panthers advanced to the
annual event at Champaign
See WRESTLERS page B3
IHSA Class 2A wrestling state finals
Thursday-Saturday at State Farm Center
Ryder Punke, top, was one of 10 Washington wrestlers to advance to the IHSA Class 2A state finals. He
was third at 138 pounds at the Sterling Sectional. Dack Punke, Elijah Oliver, Ethan Reel, Blaize Punke,
Randy Meneweather, Jacob Warner and Jake Godinez all won titles. bryan veginski/timesnewspapers
Session 1: 3 p.m. Thursday (preliminaries); Session 2: 11 a.m.
Friday (quarterfinals, followed by first-round wrestlebacks);
Session 3: 7 p.m. Friday (semifinals); Session 4: 9 a.m.
Saturday (quarterfinal, semifinal wrestlebacks and third, fifth
place matches); Session 5: 5:30 p.m. Saturday (grand march,
championship matches).
Participating Panthers: Junior Trey Keeley (31-11;),
sophomore Dack Punke (38-8), senior elijah oliver (14-0),
junior Ethan Reel (31-8), freshman blaize punke (31-8),
junior ryder punke (29-12), junior Randy Meneweather
(39-4), sophomore Jacob Warner (41-3), senior Jake
Godinez (38-5), senior brad howe (33-13).
Boys add to win streak, move to 22-3
By bryan veginski
Boys basketball
TimesNewspapers
Washington stayed on top of
the Mid-Illini Conference boys
basketball race.
The Panthers swept Dunlap
in the season series and ran
their league victory streak to
nine games Friday with a 53-42
triumph on Senior Night.
A trio of players produced 12
points as Washington advanced
to 10-1 in the M-I and stayed
one game in front of secondplace Metamora.
Lou Griffith, Devin Whitelow
and Max Everhart all had 12
points for the Panthers in Torry
Gymnasium.
Alex Wiegand added eight
points for the winners and Garrett Frank six.
Washington led by seven
points at halftime before outscoring the Eagles 12-4 in the
third quarter.
Evan Webb’s 14 points topped
after their riveting individual
performances over the weekend
at the Sterling Sectional.
Washington broke last year’s
all-time best of six state qualifiers. Five from that group return this year for head coach
Bryan Medlin.
Sophomore Dack Punke, senior Elijah Oliver, junior Ethan
Mid-Illini standings
As of Feb. 16
Washington
Metamora
Pekin
Morton
Dunlap
Limestone
East Peoria
Canton
W
10
9
8
7
4
3
3
0
L
1
2
3
4
7
8
8
11
Dunlap, which fell to 4-7 in the
conference. Dallas Morgan
chipped in 12.
Wiegand, Cole Cook and
Chris Stephens are the Panthers
seniors. The latter was unavailable for the game.
Pekin, Washington’s next conference foe, was knocked out of
a second-place tie with Metamora with a second 2014-15
loss to Morton.
WCHS 45,
Warrensburg-Latham 40
The Panthers broke a tie with
the Cardinals on Saturday to
claim a Riverton Subway Shootout game.
Washington (22-3) stretched
its consecutive games won
string to 16 games as four players had at least nine points.
Griffith was the team leader
with 12 points, followed by
Whitelow and Wiegand with 10
apiece.
Everhart chipped in nine
points for a Panthers squad that
overcame a 15-9 W-L surplus in
the second period.
Garrett Shea’s 12 points led
W-L, which was one spot out of
a top-10 ranking in last week’s
Associated Press Class 2A poll.
Washington has not lost since
Dec. 29 at the Pekin Insurance
Holiday Tournament.
The Panthers were three
spots out of a 3A top-10 ranking
in the Feb. 11 AP poll.
Washington
Middle to
play for title
By bryan veginski
TimesNewspapers
Washington junior guard Lou
Griffith, left, works against a
Metamora player during a Feb.
6 boys basketball home game.
The Panthers defeated Dunlap
Friday on Senior Night and
Warrensburg-Latham Saturday.
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The Washington Middle
School eighth-grade boys basketball team will play for the
state championship Thursday.
The Panthers won twice Saturday at the Illinois Elementary
School Association Class 3A
state tournament at Tolono
Unity Junior High.
Washington (25-1), led by
eighth-grade coach J.J. Guedet,
will face Hillsboro (22-5) at
7:30 p.m. at the same site to decide the title.
In the quarterfinals, the Panthers rolled to a 61-38 win over
Quincy Blessed Sacrament as
Payton Havens had 20 points.
Caleb Fisher and J.J. Guedet
See WMS page B2
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The Washington girls lacrosse team is expanding this year with the introduction of a high school team.
Members of the 2014 youth squad are, in front, from left: Kaitlyn Kellenberger, Abby Glick, Joanna Strubhar,
Maggie Strubhar, Lexie Ring, Brooke Godby, Grace Couri, Anna Doty and Molly Fore; second row: coach Mike
Kellenberger, Mady Flo, Megan Wallgren, Kenzie Cuthbert, Jessica Purcell, Bree Keyt, Lili Day, Samantha Emmendorfer and coach Emil Emmendorfer. submitted photo
Growth of Washington lacrosse program continues
The Washington ladies
lacrosse team is set to
begin its third season
this spring.
The program has consistently grown over the
last two seasons with almost 100 percent of previous-year players
returning. It has been so
successful that a high
school team has been
added.
During the offseason,
the Washington Lacrosse
Club was awarded a
grant from U.S. Lacrosse,
which will help the organization offset costs for
startup equipment.
The grant also will provide all high school girls
players with free equipment, including their lacrosse stick, goggles and
padded gloves.
Lacrosse is the fastest
growing sport in the TriCounty area.
Washington participates in a conference
called Central Illinois
Lacrosse (CILAX) which
includes Dunlap, Morton, Bloomington-Normal, Champaign and
others.
Spring lacrosse signups still are being accepted in Washington.
Optional indoor skills
training currently is underway, and practices
will begin in the field in
early March (weather
permitting).
League play will begin
March 28 and will end
on May 30. Games will
be played at home and
away with a minimum of
two area tournaments.
There are openings on
the youth girls team and
the high school girls
team. There also are
openings on some of the
boys teams.
Individuals can sign up
online or in person at the
Washington Park District, or they contact girls
head coach Mike Kellenberger at 217-971-6657.
The powerful Dunlap
boys swimming and diving team left the Five
Points Washington Aquatics Center with a 37-point
victory Thursday.
The Washington/East
Peoria/Morton co-op won
four events in their final
tune-up before the postseason, but that was not
enough to prevent the Eagles from claiming a
110-73 decision.
Seth Swartzendruber
and Brennan Schmidt
were two-event winners
for the home team.
Swartzendruber clocked
a time of 23.49 seconds to
capture the 50 freestyle
and finished the 100 free
in a meet-best :53.05.
Schmidt prevailed in
the 200 individual medley
in 2:10.97 and the 100
breaststroke in 1:06.47.
Postseason: W/EP/M is
in the 14-team Normal
Sectional, which is Saturday.
All swimming and diving event winners at the
sectional will advance to
the IHSA state final on
Feb. 27-28 at Winnetka
New Trier High School.
Additionally, all contestants who equal or exceed
the minimum qualifying
time also will move forward.
Substitution changes adopted
Substitutions in high
school soccer now will be
permitted during a stoppage of play when bench
personnel are cautioned
or disqualified.
This addition to the
listing of substitution opportunities in Rule 3-3-3
was one of two rules
changes recommended by
the National Federation
of State High School Associations (NFHS) Soccer
Rules Committee at its
Jan. 26-28 meeting in Indianapolis. These changes
were subsequently approved by the NFHS
Board of Directors.
Substitutes from both
teams who have already
reported per Rule 3-41(d) may be beckoned by
the referee and may enter
when the clock is stopped
for a caution or disqualification of bench personnel.
The
other
opportunities for substitutions by players on either team who have
reported include goal
kick, player yellow card
and player red card.
The other rule change
approved by the committee involves a revision in
the goalkeeper’s uniform.
In addition to the two
rules changes, the Soccer
Rules Committee
See SOCCER page B3
WMS
Continued from Page B1
also were in double figures
with 10 points apiece.
WMS built up a 34-15
lead by halftime. Ten of its
players scored.
The Panthers outscored
previously-undefeated
Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley
18-9 in the second half to
snare a 26-22 victory later
Saturday in the semifinals.
Havens was 6-for-7 from
the free-throw line to account for a game-high 12
points.
Fisher and Collin Dietz
both supplied six points
for the winners.
WMS will try to give the
city a basketball state
championship in back-toback years. The Washington Central seventh
graders claimed the 2014
3A crown.
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Reel, freshman Blaize
Punke, junior Randy Meneweather, sophomore
Jacob Warner and senior
Jake Godinez all won sectional titles.
Junior Trey Keeley was
a runner-up and classmate
Ryder Punke placed third.
The 10th Panthers state
qualifier is senior Brad
Howe.
Dack Punke (38-8) won
his second sectional crown
in a row by defeating Tom
Buell of New Lenox Lincoln-Way West in the 113
final.
Oliver (14-0) used a 16-4
major decision over Belvidere’s Christian Arias at
120 to stay perfect on the
season.
Reel (31-8) finished off
his second consecutive
sectional title with a 5-1
triumph against Savion
GIRLS
Continued from Page B1
and Washington tied for
sixth in the Feb. 11 Associated Press Class 3A state
poll.
The Potters also won the
first meeting between the
teams one month 45-39
earlier in Washington.
After generating 12 firsthalf points at Torry Gymnasium, the Lady Panthers
mustered just 10 this time
on the road.
“I thought we got a lot of
good looks in the first half,
we didn’t knock ’em down,”
said Mose.
Washington led when
Kara Caldwell canned a 3
SOCCER
Continued from Page B2
approved five points of
emphasis for the 2015-16
season.
Points of emphasis are
developed by NFHS rules
5th l
a
Annu
Ruettiger 44 seconds into
the third period of the 138
third-place bout.
Howe (33-13) assured
himself of a 285 state bid
with a 3-1 decision in
wrestlebacks over Basil
McClain of Manual.
Also competing at the
sectional for Washington
were sophomore Kyle
Goin (145) and senior
Ethan Sperry (182).
Sperry (27-17), with a
fifth-place result, is the
state first alternate in his
division.
State: Classes 1A, 2A
and 3A begin competition
Thursday at the State
Farm Center, on the campus of the University of Illinois.
The 2A preliminaries
are scheduled to begin at
about 3 p.m. Thursday.
Meneweather and Godinez are making their third
appearances in a row. The
former was the 152 state
champion as a sopho-
more.
Dack Punke, Reel and
Warner qualified for the
second straight year. Reel
and Warner were 2014
state runners-up, at 113
and 160, respectively,
while Punke was the thirdplace medal winner at
106.
Oliver was a three-time
state champion in Tennessee.
Opening matches for
Washington are: Keeley
vs. Elmwood Park’s Marco
Padilla (34-9); Dack
Punke vs. Josiah Fitzgerrells (26-14) of Mt. Vernon; Oliver vs. Antoine
Bess (35-9) of Bensenville
Fenton; Reel vs. Richmond-Burton’s Gavin Sutton (20-7); Blaize Punke
vs. Jair Torres (36-7) of
Chicago Kelvyn Park;
Ryder Punke vs. Urbana’s
Demetrius Jackson (27-3);
Meneweather vs. Riley
Buchanan (34-15) of
Johnsburg; Warner vs.
Addison Klausner (31-11)
of Chicago Heights Marian; Godinez vs. Rylee Perrine (25-3) of Riverton;
and Howe vs. Lombard
Montini’s Michael Johnson (16-0).
Session 2 (quarterfinals) starts at about 11
a.m. Friday for 2A. The
semifinals are set for 7
p.m. Friday in Session 3.
The start of the grand
march, followed by the
championship matches,
occurs at 5:30 p.m. Saturday in Session 5.
Dual team sectional:
Washington clashes with
New Lenox Lincoln-Way
West at 6 p.m. Tuesday in
the Class 2A Geneseo
Dual Team Sectional.
The Panthers were No.
2 and the Warriors fifth
in the Feb. 11 Illinois Matmen 2A team rankings.
The winner advances to
the state quarterfinals at
9 a.m. Feb. 28 at U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloom-
for the game’s first points,
but trailed the rest of the
way after an 8-0 Morton
spurt.
The Potters blanked the
Lady Panthers for the first
5 minutes, 42 seconds of
the second quarter with
scoring from four different players to push ahead
17-5.
But a Kassy Caldwell
triple and Learned basket
created a 17-10 separation
at halftime.
A 10-2 spree to end the
third period allowed Morton to take its biggest lead
at 29-16.
Particularly damaging
was a 3 with 32 seconds
left when Ryan got open
from the top of the key.
“That one’s definitely
frustrating as a coach,”
said Mose of the Potter
who is a focal point of the
scouting report. “We just
lost her.”
Threes by Learned and
Lauren Ely got Washington within nine points, but
the guests got no closer.
Morton
converted
8-of-10 free throws over
the last 2:43, including
four straight by Ryan.
Postseason: No. 2 seed
Washington faces either
Prairie Central or Metamora at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the semifinals of the
3A Morton Regional.
No. 1 seed Morton takes
on either Pontiac or East
Peoria in the first semifinal of the night.
The two winners meet
at 7 p.m. Friday for the regional title.
The Lady Panthers are
seeking their second consecutive regional crown.
They have been careful
to not look ahead to a potential round three with
Morton, knowing the finicky nature of the postseason.
“We know we can’t
overlook anybody,” said
Mose. “It’s crunch time.
This is do-or-die.”
The Morton Regional
champion advances to the
LaSalle Sectional semifi-
nals to square off against
the Streator Regional
winner at 6 p.m. Monday.
committees and should
receive special focus and
attention.
Points of emphasis developed by the Soccer
Rules Committee for
2015-16 are as follows:
• Heat acclimation.
• Fighting/reckless play.
• Tape or similar materials on socks.
• Communication.
• Goal kick.
According to the
2013-14 NFHS High
School Athletics Partici-
pation Survey, soccer is
the fifth-most popular
sport for boys at the high
school level with 417,419
participants and the
fourth-most popular
sport for girls with
374,564 participants.
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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.
correction
In last week’s Washington TimesReporter, it was reported that Michael
D. Kuehn, 46, of Washington, was
arrested for possession of cannabis
and furnishing alcohol to minor
on Jan. 30. That information was
incorrect. The person who was
arrested for those charges was
Michael S. Kuehn, 25, of Washington.
Doneta L. Pleasant, 53, of Eureka, battery, Feb. 6
Jeff M. Allbritton, 50, 125 E. Washington, disorderly conduct, Feb. 6
Corey M. Hittle, 25, of Pekin, domestic
battery, criminal damage to property,
Feb. 7
Tammy L. Jones, 29, 203 Harmony
Ave., DUI, Feb. 7
East Peoria
arrests/Citations
Brian K. Rhoades, 51, of Peoria, burglary from a vehicle, criminal damage
to property, Feb. 5
Ray K. Anderson, 23, of Peoria, driving
with a suspended license, Feb. 5
Timothy J. Cansino, 55, of Peoria, operating an uninsured vehicle, driving
with a suspended license, Feb. 5
Patrick C. Salinas, 36, of Pekin, driving
with a suspended license, Feb. 5
Mark A. Marvin, 59, 528 Harbor Point
Drive, DUI, blood alcohol content
above .08 percent, Feb. 6
Willie B. Hill, 24, of Peoria, Peoria
County warrant, Feb. 7
Jessica N. Smith, 23, of Peoria, reckless driving, Feb. 7
Talier W. Stewart, 20, of Pekin, DUI,
blood alcohol over .08 percent, operating an uninsured vehicle, driving
with a suspended license, possession
of cannabis, possession of drug equipment, illegal consumption by a minor,
Feb. 7
Leeanna R. Abbey, 36, of Peoria, Peoria County warrant, Feb. 7
Aaron A. White, 32, of Peoria, Peoria
County warrant, Feb. 7
Robert F. Law, 55, of Peoria, Piatt
County warrant, Feb. 6
Taria L. Oates, 39, of Peoria, driving
with a suspended license, Feb. 7
Shante L. Horton, 23, of Peoria, driving
with a suspended license, operating
an uninsured vehicle, Feb. 6
Keisha T. Murphy, 37, of Peoria, theft of
labor, possession of drug equipment,
Feb. 7
Ryan P. Kay, 26, 900 Meadow Ave.,
domestic battery, Feb. 6
Amy N. Kennedy, 37, of Peoria, driving
with a suspended license, Feb. 7
Angela S. Wilson, 52, of Peoria, burglary, retail theft, Feb. 6
Cord A. Sweatt, 19, 300 Valley View
Court, battery, resisting police, Feb. 7
Steven L. Knickerbocker, 54, 315 Oakbrook Drive, Peoria County warrant,
Feb. 6
Janet L. Christy, 51, of Peoria, Peoria
County warrant, Angela L. Arner, 23, of
Washington, domestic battery, disorderly conduct, Feb. 8
Robin A. Bach, 27, of Washington, unlawful visitation, Feb. 6
Rena L. Wright, 37, of Peoria, Stark
County warrant, Feb. 6
Anna G. Gillespie, 28, of Washington,
violation of order of protection, Feb. 6
Rafael Rosales, 29, of Peoria, driving
with a suspended license, Feb. 9
Timothy J. Tiller Jr., 32, of Pekin, criminal damage to property, disorderly
conduct, Feb. 9
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where a pattern of thefts
allegedly continued while
Zaiser oversaw business
operations there.
Employees at the East
Peoria restaurant said Zaiser asked to use their key
cards for access to the cash
register. She then would
void customers’ sales tickets and take money from
the register equal to the
voids, the affidavit stated.
The employees also said
Zaiser took food from the
restaurant for her personal
use and gave it away, the affidavit stated.
Six employees of the
Pekin restaurant said they
never entered any of the
customer sales voids that
were registered on their
key cards which they also
had given Zaiser to use.
Zaiser also took and gave
away food and also gave
some customers substantial
discounts on food and alcohol purchases at the Pekin
restaurant, the affidavit
stated. No information was
available on how much
money and food she allegedly stole from that outlet.
Zaiser acknowledged
to Pekin and East Peoria
police that she had stolen
cash and given away food,
the affidavit stated.
She remains free on
$5,000 personal recognizance bond pending her
prosecution.
Tamra Heynen, of Marquette Heights,
ordinance violation of animal at large,
in the 1000 block of Morton and
Courtland, Feb. 7
PEKIN — A former manager of Avanti’s restaurants
in Pekin and East Peoria
allegedly used her authority
to steal thousands of dollars from the businesses,
according to court charges.
Jill Zaiser, 36, of 2248
Washington Road in Washington, has pleaded not
guilty to two counts of felony theft. A trial date was
expected to be scheduled
when she appeared in court
on Tuesday.
Zaiser worked as dining
room manager at the Peoria-based Italian restaurant
chain’s East Peoria outlet
from 2009 to July 2012
and as general manager of
its Pekin restaurant from
October 2012 to February
2013, according to a prosecutor’s court affidavit.
An internal audit conducted in March 2013
prompted Avanti’s officials
to contact East Peoria police.
The audit and subsequent investigation
revealed that Zaiser allegedly stole about $2,000 in
cash and an undetermined
amount of food from the
East Peoria business between January and July of
2012, the affidavit stated.
The investigation led police to the Pekin restaurant,
Ryan Helms, of Morton, DUI, blood alcohol content above .08, in the 2000
block of Veterans, Feb. 8
Death in Nov. crash ruled accidental
Thomas J. Flesner, 21, of Washington,
Tazewell County warrant, Feb. 10
Debbie S. Zerwer, 47, of Washington,
Tazewell County warrant, Feb. 10
Marisol Villarreal, 26, of Forsythe, driving with a suspended license, Feb. 11
Whitley S. Holloway, 26, of Forsythe,
criminal trespassing, Feb. 11
Brent A. Kellenberger, 36, of Creve
Coeur, speeding more than 35 mph
over the limit, Feb. 11
Courtney M. Andrews, 24, of Peoria,
Peoria County warrant, Feb. 11
morton
arrests/Citations
Ayman Nouri, 41, of Morton, driving
with no driver’s license, in the 900
block of W. Jefferson and Detroit, Feb.
5
Gary Seidell, 61, of Morton, traffic violations, in the 500 block of Main and
St. Paul, Feb. 6
Russell Gilroy, 58, of Morton, in-state
warrant, in the 100 block of Yordy
Road, Feb. 7
Matthew Power, of Morton, driving
with suspended, revoked license, in
the 100 block of Main and Adams,
Feb. 7
Brett Toland, of Peoria, operating
motor vehicle with suspended registration, in the 500 block of North
Morton, Feb. 11
washington
arrests/Citations
Reports were not available this week.
The November death of
a Washington woman was
ruled accidental by a Peoria County Coroner’s Jury
earlier this month.
Linda K. Klein, 67, of
Washington, died Nov. 29,
2014, at OSF Saint Francis
Medical Center in Peoria
after a crash on Washington Road near Harding
Road in rural Morton.
Cari Silver, 31, of Washington, was ticketed for
disobeying a traffic control
device and for driving too
fast for conditions in connection with the crash.
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and Austin Winn.
Dean’s list for
ICC announces
Local students
U of I Springfield president’s list
EAST PEORIA —Illinois earn dean’s list
announced
Central College at East
honors at ICC
SPRINGFIELD ­— Three
Peoria, released the names
of students who earned
president’s list honors during the Fall 2014 semester.
These local students
received the honor:
Megan Adams, Lynda
Anderson, Nicolas Auth,
Mackenzie Barker, Alex
Barry, Alex Bill, Taylor
Broadstone, Catherine
Cassulo, Mingqiu Chen,
Denise Clothier, Paige
Cloyd, Michael Colclasure, Brittney Cox, Craig
Crawford, Chad Cremer,
Jessica Durbin, Matthew
Folkenroth, Noah Glick,
Sheryl Glowski, Erika
Greer, Errin HarpmanKencke, Hatice Hasman
Fugate, Mark Hearne,
Christopher Hern, Phillip
Hietter, Megan Holliger,
Jordan Howard, Aaron
AURORA — Paige Ely
Jackson, Joshua Kramer,
of Washington earned
Kailynn Lock, Emma
regular honors on the
Loughrin, Danielle Loven,
Aurora University dean’s
list during the spring 2014 Donna Lucas, Allison
Malcom, Louie Manzella,
semester.
Emily Marchand, Jennifer
Ely joins more than
Meyer, Hannah Miller,
900 other AU students
Erin Misselhorn, Tracie
who were honored for
Nair, Rebecca Neis, Satheir academic success.
mantha Osborn, Melanie
The dean’s list recognizes
students who have earned Paden, Kari Palanos,
Rebecca Palmer, Erica
a 3.6 GPA or higher. StuPamson, Jason Park, Judents recognized with
high honors have earned a lie Penn, Hoang Pham,
Bethany Pittenger, Joseph
perfect 4.0.
Quinn, Janelle Ricketts,
Collin Rodgers, Susan
Rodriguez, Derek Scott,
Patrick Showalter, Brooke
Skaggs, Miranda Skaggs,
Jesse Skory, Jacob Spring,
Kirk Streitmatter, Shalin
Danielle Boley of Wash- Stroud, Collin Tanner,
ington was named to the
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nah Trad, Anna Uftring,
of Science for outstanding Cheyenne VanQuakebeke,
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2014 semester.
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Wendy Westley, Megan
dean’s honors at Notre
Whitford, Connor WidDame represent the top
der, Li Wiles, Anthony
30 percent of students in
Williams, Breanna Wiltheir college.
liams, Natalie Williams
Washington students
have been named to the
University of Illinois at
Springfield dean’s list for
the 2014 fall semester.
Students making the
dean’s list are Allie McIntire, Brittany Miller and
Krystal Washburn.
A total of 550 students
were selected for the
dean’s list this semester. To
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least eight graded semester hours and maintained
a grade-point average of at
least 3.75 for the semester.
Ely makes Aurora
dean’s list
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the names of students who
earned dean’s list honors
during the Fall 2014 semester.
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Shana Anderson, Cheryl
Bane, Alexandra Baptiste,
Jacob Beasley, Joshua
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ICC Art Galleries host exhibits opening today that feature photography, sculpture
A pair of exhibits
opening today, will be
featured in the Illinois
Central College art
galleries, located on
the East Peoria Campus.
Water, an exhibit
of the photography
of Michael Ellison,
will be on display in
the ICC Performing
Arts Center Gallery
beginning today, with
an opening reception with the artist
from noon to 2 p.m.,
in the gallery. The exhibit will be on display
through March 13.
“Domesticating
Matter,” an exhibit
of the sculpture and
installation of Greg
Blair, will be on
display from now
through March 6,
in Gallery 336B, lo-
cated in the Academic
Building.
Ellison developed a
love of photography
when he purchased his
first camera in 1969
during his combat
tour in Vietnam. Upon
his return home, he
studied photography
at Randolph Technical
Institute and earned
a bachelor’s degree
from Montreat College
while continuing to
hone his skills as a still
photographer.
Ellison grew up in
North Carolina, where
he developed an appreciation for water.
He works solely with
film, using a Hasselblad 503cx and a 4x5
Shen Hoa.
Blair is originally
from Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. He earned
a bachelor’s degree
in sculpture from the
University of Lethbridge and a master’s
degree in sculpture in
2004 from the University of North Dakota.
Blair recently completed his doctoral
degree in art theory
from the Institute for
Doctoral Studies in
the Visual Arts based
in Portland. Blair is
an associate professor of art at Northern
State University at Aberdeen, South Dakota.
Regular hours of
operation for the art
galleries at ICC are
9:30 a.m. to 7:30
p.m. Monday through
Thursday and 9:30
a.m. to noon on Friday.
Galleries are closed
during college holidays
and breaks.
The Performing
Arts Center Gallery
also is accessible
when the Performing
Arts Center is open
for public events.
The Arts at ICC
has a history of enhancing the arts community and expanding education beyond
the classroom. Arts
at ICC presents more
than 500 exhibits,
performances, lectures, rehearsals,
meetings, master
classes, clinics,
seminars, receptions,
orientations, forums,
auditions and tournaments annually.
For more information, visit ArtsAtICC.
com or contact the
ICC Arts & Communication Department
at 694-5113.
Water, an exhibit of the photography of Michael Ellison, will be on
display in the ICC Performing Arts Center Gallery on the East Peoria
Campus beginning Feb. 18, with an opening reception with the artist from noon to 2 p.m., in the gallery. The exhibit will be on display
through March 13. submitted photo
OBituaries
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Bettye J. Wilson Wilson of Metamora and
WASHINGTON —
Bettye J. Wilson, 87,
of Washington died at
7:45 a.m., Monday, Feb.
9, 2015, at UnityPointProctor in Peoria.
Born Oct. 25, 1927, in
Harvey, to Conrad and
Myra (Moss) Long, she
married James R. Wilson
on Aug. 30, 1947, in
Harvey. He survives.
Also surviving is one
son, Michael (Gayanne)
two grandchildren.
She worked as a medical technician and chemist for various hospitals
and labs in the area as
well as the University of
Utah Medical School lab.
After high school
graduation, she attended
Millikin University at
Decatur.
Funeral services were
Feb. 11 at Mason-White
Funeral Home. The Rev.
Jeff Browning offici-
Gerald Koch
brother, Eugene Koch of
Beaumont, Texas.
WASHINGTON — GerHe was preceded in
ald “Jerry” A. Koch, 75, of death by his sister, Janice
Washingto, died Sunday, (Koch) Cherrie.
Feb. 8, 2015, at UnityHe was a 1957 graduate
Point Health - Proctor
of Washington ComHospital in Peoria.
munity High School. He
Born on April 3, 1939,
played baseball and footin Washington to Arthur ball and was the football
and Elsie Thieme Koch,
team captain.
he married Judy GorHe helped organize
don Nov. 15, 1958. She
the 12th Man Club. He
survives.
coached youth football
Also surviving are his
and baseball.
children, Kim (Randy)
He was employed as
MacDonald, Kris Aba pharmaceutical rep
erle and Ken Koch, all of for McKesson’s for 29
Washington; four grand- years. He also worked
children; two greatfor Uftring Chevrolet in
grandchildren; and one
Washington for 17 years.
ated. Burial followed in
Glendale Cemetery in
Washington. Visitation
was prior to services at
the funeral home.
Memorials may be
directed to either St.
Jude Midwest Affiliate
or Washington Christian
Village.
Online condolences to
the family may be made
at masonfuneralhomes.
com.
A funeral Mass was Feb.
12 at St. Patrick Catholic
Church in Washington.
There was a visitation
Feb. 11 at Deiters Funeral
Home and Crematory in
Washington.
There will be a private
inurnment at Glendale
Cemetery at a later date.
Memorial contributions may be made to St.
Patrick Catholic Church
or St. Jude’s Children’s
Research Hospital.
A memorial website can
be found at www.deitersfuneralhome.com, where
online condolences may
also be sent to the family.
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