On a 20-county “town meeting” tour of his district, U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Peoria) stopped Saturday at Connie’s Country Kitchen where he came out for an expanded guest worker program to help control immigration and for permanent repeal of the estate tax.
In response to a question from Ivan Donner of Toulon about the “immigration problem,” Schock declared that, “We have lost control of our borders” and called for stronger enforcement along our borders with Mexico.  
He added that many businesses, such as the hog slaughtering plant in Schock’s district in Beardstown, need workers who Schock believes can come from a well-managed guest worker program.
Lynn Newton of rural Wyoming recommended to the congressman a national voter ID card. 

The Wyoming City Council met Wednesday, August 11 at City Hall for its August monthly meeting.  The meeting was delayed for a day due to the unfortunate passing of Police Chief Bill Bauer.  The council reflected upon the death of the Police Chief by acknowledging his service to Wyoming.
Representatives from the 3 Sisters Antique Tractor Club were present to give a preview of this weekend’s upcoming event.  They were warmly received and the City gave their usual $750 donation to this event.  The representatives were pleased and announced that their intentions are to return next year and perhaps make this their home.
Rich St. John gave a Powerpoint presentation on the plans of the proposed Wy-Hi Community Center.  This group is preparing to finalize plans with School District #100 and begin the process of fundraising.  The goal is to raise money to renovate the old Wyoming High School Building and thus become a community center. 

A single vehicle accident during the day on Monday claimed the life of Wyoming, Illinois, native and attorney Richard Fehrenbacher.  He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Peoria County coroner.  The accident occurred on Feucht Road just south of Illinois Route 90 and 91 intersection.  
Fehrenbacher, who lives in Dunlap, grew up in Wyoming and practiced law there with his brother, Bruce, at Fehrenbacher & Fehrenbacher Law Office.  
Authorities report that Fehrenbacher was traveling north on Feucht Road at the time of the accident.  It appears his vehicle crossed the southbound lane, went into the ditch and struck the railroad trestle.  A passerby reported the accident. 

It was standing room only at the Toulon City Council meeting Monday evening.  There was little discussion of the incident a week ago Monday involving the Toulon City Mayor Rick Collins, city employee Jamie Gerard and councilwoman Jenni Davis.  
During employee reports, Jamie Gerard addressed the council: “Now that I’m no longer in charge of the cemetery, I’d like the council to decide what is going to be done with job duties.”
Mayor Collins responded with, “There has been no change in responsibility of duties.  The people who were responsible for items last week are responsible for those same items this week.”