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Superintendent-Y Stuff: A Walk with Mr. Walk

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•December 12, 2018•

By Ted Walk,
Supt. Sullivan CUSD #300

The majority of schools in Illinois offer Spanish as a foreign language course option.
For Sullivan schools, we are fortunate to have a Spanish program in which our students truly learn to speak and converse in Spanish.
Early in my teaching career I had the opportunity to travel to Costa Rica on a mission trip which a number of Sullivan students and recent Sullivan graduates also attended.
Having had Spanish in high school, I would interact with students at the orphanage we visited by going through some Spanish words for colors, numbers, and possibly body parts with varying degrees of accuracy.
Then I witnessed what our Sullivan students were doing. They were able to converse fluently. It was not snippets of vocabulary. It was not halting, broken Spanish. Read More

ALAH Girls’ Basketball Team Faced Four Tough Matches

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•December 12, 2018•

By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

The Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond girls’ basketball team lost four games this past week.
The Knights lost to Monticello Monday night, Mattoon Saturday, Villa Grove/Heritage Thursday (Dec. 6) and Tri-County last Tuesday.
Monday night against Monticello, ALAH took a an 8-7 lead after one period and a 20-18 halftime lead.
The Sages went on a 14-4 run in the third quarter to take the lead 32-24.
The Knights outscored Monticello 16-14 in the final period but could not come back in the 46-40 loss.
Marissa Herschberger led the Knights with 12 points to go with four rebounds, two assists and five steals.
Alexa Miller contributed six points, five rebounds, four steals and two assists, and  Emma Harris collected seven points and five rebounds, and Mackenzi Bowles added six points, four rebounds and two steals. Read More

Holiday Deadlines

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•December 12, 2018•

Holiday deadlines for the Moultrie County News Progress and The Fish Wrap for December 26, and January 1 are Friday, December 21.
All display advertising and news copy should arrive by noon on Dec. 21.
Classified advertising deadline remains at noon Monday, Dec. 24 for the Dec. 26 issue and noon Monday, Dec. 31 for the Jan. 2 issue.
Thank you and Enjoy the holidays!

Recent Obituaries: Carlene Klein

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Carlene Klein

Carlene F. Klein, 89, of Sullivan passed away 6:14 a.m. Tuesday, December 11, 2018, at St. Mary’s Hospital, Decatur.
Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 15, 2018, at McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Sullivan. Visitation will be held an hour prior to the services at the funeral home. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery, Shelbyville. Memorials may be made to the Sullivan Senior Center or to the Allenville Christian Church.
Carlene was born May 17, 1929, in Macedonia, IL, the daughter of Walter and Zola Nadine (Campbell) Kearney. She married Joseph Earl Klein on February 7, 1948 in Sullivan; he preceded her in death on November 9, 2003. She was a member of the Allenville Christian Church.
Carlene is survived by her brothers, Ken Kearney of Alpha and Bob Kearney of Benton; sister-in-law, Rosetta Naab of Sullivan. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and 1 sister.
Condolences may be offered to the family at www.mcmullinyoung.com

SPD Enforcement Results: Click it or Ticket

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•December 5, 2018•

The Sullivan Police Department Click it or Ticket additional traffic enforcement yielded 47 seat belt violations.
The extra detail conducted from Nov. 16-26 was aimed at reminding motorists to buckle up and not drive impaired, day or night, as part of the nationwide Click It or Ticket/Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement effort.
The Sullivan Police Department joined other state and local law enforcement agencies across Illinois to reduce highway deaths by issuing citations to unbuckled motorists and arresting impaired drivers. Read More

Tough Week for Timberwolves

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•December 5, 2018•

By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

The Okaw Valley boys’ basketball team dropped back-to-back games to Central Illinois Conference teams last week.
OV lost to Tuscola Saturday and Shelbyville Friday.
Against Tuscola, the Timberwolves fell behind 17-8 in the first quarter.
Though OV tied in scoring the rest of the game, the Timberwolves could not make up the early deficit and lost 58-49.
OV made six 3-pointers in the game, including three by Sam Hagerman.
Hagerman and Camden Coleman each scored 13 points. Read More

Meridian and Oakwood Beat ALAH Knights

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•December 5, 2018•

By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond boys’ basketball team dropped two nonconference games this past week.
The Knights lost to Meridian Saturday and Oakwood Friday.
Saturday in Arthur, Meridian jumped out to an early 23-7 lead in the first quarter.
In the second period, the Hawks outscored the Knights 22-12, and ALAH could not recover in the second half for the eventual 74-42 loss. Read More

Mobile Unit At Sullivan Library

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•December 5, 2018•

Secretary of State Jesse White, in cooperation with Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library in Sullivan is offering drivers a chance to renew their driver’s license or vehicle registration renewal sticker, obtain a duplicate or corrected license, or obtain an Illinois identification card. White’s mobile unit will be available at the library located at 2 West Water on Thursday, December 20 from 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
An applicant renewing a current Illinois driver’s license or identification card need only present a current valid driver’s license or identification card. If the applicant is applying for either a duplicate or corrected driver’s license or identification card the applicant must present two forms of identification. To find out what documents are considered acceptable identification, call 217-782-7044 or visit the Illinois Secretary of States website at:
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/pdf_publications/dsd_x173.pdf.

Moultrie Moment of the Week

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Pictured above is a group photo of what is thought to have been taken at the “new” brick Lovington Grade School around 1908. This is based on the approximate age of the young girl in front. Her name was Verle Rhodes. She was the daughter of Victor & Myrtle Clore Rhodes. Victor taught at Lovington high school for several years. Please submit photos to the News Progress for future consideration. Originals will be saved for return or forwarded to Moultrie County Historical Society. If you have any other information, please contact the Moultrie County Historical Society at 217-728- 4085.

ALAH Takes Cumberland, Falls to Sullivan

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Photo by Jason Brown
Freshman Knight Mallory Nichols (#5) bears down on defense against freshman Redskin Lilly Null.

•December 5, 2018•

By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond defeated Cumberland Thursday (Nov. 9) but lost to Sullivan Monday night.
Against Cumberland at Toledo, the Knights fell behind in the first quarter 10-8 but rallied in the second quarter 16-7 to take a 24-17 halftime lead.
ALAH added to that lead by one by the end of the third quarter and then held on in the fourth quarter for the 40-35 win.
Freshman Alexa Miller scored a game-high 13 points to go with six rebounds, two assists and three steals.
Marissa Herschberger followed with six points, five rebounds and four steals.
Sophomore Mackenzi Bowles, senior Emma Harris and freshman Mallory Nichols each scored five points.
Harris also added a team-high eight rebounds, and Bowles collected six rebounds and two steals. Read More