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Kyle Cody shares Japan experience.
Shares Japan Experience
By Seth Mayberry
for the News Progress
On October 12 Sullivan alumnus Kyle Cody shared with the Spanish Club his experiences studying abroad in Japan.
Members gained a better understanding about the benefits of studying abroad through Cody’s presentation.
Cody spent 2014 to 2015 studying in Kyoto, Japan. While in Kyoto, Cody learned a lot about Japan including its transportation, food, social relationships, economy, languages, holidays, and sports.
“Kyoto is busy in the urban center. However, the surrounding forested mountains and suburbs are quiet and peaceful,” Cody reflected.
Cody majored in Japanese studies and was required to study abroad for at least a semester in order to receive his degree.
“Japanese culture and history fascinated me,” Cody added.
For Cody, the most difficult thing to adjust to in Japan was the lack of certain foods. Read More
Brenda McCabe
Funeral services for Brenda Lee Utley McCabe, 59, of Bethany were held at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday, Nov. 7) in Meyer Funeral Home in Newton. Burial was in Vanderhoof Cemetery, south of Newton.
The former Newton resident passed away at 7:30 p.m., a daughter of Jesse and Betty Lou Yocum Utley. Brenda worked at Hydro-Gear in Sullivan for eight years. She enjoyed playing Bingo and working crossword puzzles. She married Richard Lee McCabe April 2, 1998 in Sullivan, and he survives. Read More
Senior Peace Meal
For additional information or for reservations, please call 1-800-543-1770
Monday, Nov. 12 - Chicken pot pie w/vegetables, brussels sprouts, whole grain biscuit, sliced pears
Tuesday, Nov. 13 - Mostaccoli w/meat sauce, winter mix vegetables, tossed salad w/dressing pkt.., dinner roll, mandarin oranges
Wednesday, Nov. 14 - Tangy pork chop /vegetables over brown rice, green beans, rye, warm cinnamon apple slices
Thursday, Nov. 15 - Fried chicken, mashed potatoes w/gravy, seasoned venetian vegetables, whole grain wheat, seasonal dessert
Friday, November 16 - Vegetable beef soup, creamy coleslaw, peanut butter, crackers, raisins
•November 7, 2018•
Secretary of State Jesse White, in cooperation with Sullivan Library, 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 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library in Sullivan. Read More
CLAY JACKSON, HERALD & REVIEW
Great War Living History Enthusiast Ian Houghton talks about Britain’s involvement in World War I during the World War I Encampment at Monticello Railway Museum on Aug. 19, 2017. The event, sponsored by the Monticello Railway Museum and the Illinois State Military Museum, signified the departure of Illinois Army National Guard troops to Camp Logan, Texas, for mobilization training from September to October 1917.
•November 7, 2018•
By Tony Reid
Of the Herald & Review
Artie Bennett, a Marine from Clinton, was cut down by a hail of bullets 100 years ago in a far-flung foreign field, giving his life for his country in America’s first global war.
A letter home from a fellow soldier said Bennett, 18, had been attacking a machine gun nest as the Marines fought, successfully, to stem a German advance threatening the French capital of Paris in June 1918, the last summer of World War I.
The fallen Marine had lingered for an hour before dying, one of the first casualties from Illinois. The letter honoring him, typed by fellow Marine Pvt. John W. Olsen, read: “He passed away quietly, without a complaint, and was laid to rest near where he fell.”
Immaculately tended American cemeteries in France, and faded memorials at home, are among the few tangible reminders of the “Great War” that began on July 28, 1914, and ended, after 18 million soldiers and civilians had died on all sides, with an armistice that went into effect at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918. Read More
•November 7, 2018•
By Jim Nowlan
NP Guest Columnist
Whenever I go to a high school or college football game, I cringe at the sight of players on the field, standing as if witless (which they aren’t), looking to the sidelines for instructions from the coaches as to plays to call and defenses to mount.
I fear that technology, coaches and parents have connived, unwittingly I’m sure, to take the game away from the kids. Let’s give it back to them.
When I played high school football 60 years ago, we called our own plays in the huddle. And it was a good learning experience. In addition to using our own wits, we learned how to work together and make our own way on the field.
Quarterback Dan Carrington was the final word on play calling, yet players often chimed in with such as: “Go off left tackle, Dan. I know I can handle this guy.”
Then we went off tackle, and “this guy” reared up, pushed our left tackle aside, and smote down our halfback for a loss. Thus, Dan learned how to measure his teammates and whom he could trust. Dan later became president of Western Union.
According to coaches and veteran football officials I talked with, those days are long gone. Read More
•November 7, 2018•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
In his fourth year as Okaw Valley girls’ basketball head coach, Brad Ackers is coming off a historical season.
Last year the Timberwolves finished the season 29-7 overall, 5-0 in the Little Okaw Valley Conference Northwest division, and with a final four state tournament appearance.
But that was last year, and this is this year.
The Timberwolves returned three key players from last year’s squad: senior Bella Benning, senior Madison Voegel and junior Kate Jeffers.
Benning, who has had a lot of varsity experience, averaged just over eight points and three rebounds per game last season, and she made 66 3-pointers.
Voegel, who started 26 games last season as a proven defender and rebounder, averaged nearly four and a half points and rebounds per game.
Jeffers, who was a key player off the bench but played starter minutes, averaged nearly four points and five rebounds per game, and the 5 feet 10 inch post player should provide defense and rebounding. Read More
Herb Miller
The Rev. Herb Miller, 82, of Lubbock, Texas left his earthly body October 31, 2018, and family and friends gathered to celebrate his life of 82 years Friday, November 2, 2018 in LakeRidge United Methodist Church.
Herbert “Herb” Miller was born September 20, 1936 in Coal, Missouri, a son of Herbert and Pearl Miller, and they moved to central Illinois when he was three. He graduated from Lovington High School in 1954. On June 4, 1955 he married Barbara Harlin, and.they lived in Anderson, Indiana while Herb studied at Anderson College. In 1961, Herb began his first pastorate in Gravette, Arkansas. While there, he completed his senior year of college at Drury College in Springfield, Missouri and graduated in 1962 with a degree in psychology. Read More
•November 7, 2018•
Sullivan Elementary School and Sullivan Middle School have a challenge for who can collect the most food and monetary donations for the Eastern Illinois Food Bank Day of Giving.
The winning school’s principal gets to throw a pie in the losing principal’s face!
What better way to give to the local food bank while competing for someone to get pie faced?
Also helping with the efforts toward the November 27 Day of Giving celebration are the Sullivan IGA, Sullivan VFW, Sullivan Eyecare, Oakwood Apothecary, The Sullivan First United Methodist Church, and The Sullivan Vineyard Church. Read More