•September 19, 2018•
The Sullivan American Legion will hold their Annual Car Show on Sunday, October 21st.
Registration is from 10:00 a.m. – noon with awards presentation at 3:00 p.m..
Sons of American Legion will be grilling out and the club room will be open.
For more information contact Tina Bolsen 217-620-8185 or Bob Sims 217-254-0730.
•September 19, 2018•
By Ted Walk,
Supt. Sullivan CUSD #300
At Sullivan Middle School, we currently have 26 seventh and eighth grade students serving as Classroom Mentors.
Students interested in participating in the Classroom Mentor program complete an application and go through a selection process. For those who are selected, students spend about 40 minutes daily in an elementary school classroom.
These students provide assistance to both teachers and students. Middle school students can be found performing all sorts of tasks.
I have observed these Classroom Mentors reading to elementary students just outside of their respective classrooms or listening to elementary students read, while helping them with difficult words. I have witnessed these students reviewing math facts on an individual basis or seated among a group of elementary students engaging them in a lesson. Read More
Photo by Mike Brothers
Which animal do I want? 22 month old McKinzie Ray asks as she sifts through the bag of stuffed animals offered free to children visiting the Moultrie County Courthouse. McKinzie was accompanying her mother Autumn Ray of Sullivan who was in the courthouse paying real estate taxes.
Employees show generosity
•September 19, 2018•
Children visiting the Moultrie County Courthouse are getting free stuffed animals thanks to the generosity of those working in the county offices.
Funds collected on blue jean Fridays is helping finance a new program by courthouse security aimed at helping children feel a little more comfortable in a large public place.
“When these kids come in, they don’t know what to think,” courthouse deputy John Love began. “They see a guy in a uniform and a badge and it scares the little ones.”
He noted that sometimes the children are there with parents who have to wait for court proceedings, and it can be a test of patience to be stuck in a strange place for a long time.
Love recalled when he was chief of police in Sullivan, children waiting at the station could receive a toy from Secret Santa to give them something to occupy themselves during the wait. Read More
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Caden Ellis earned medalist honors with a score of 68 at the Windsor Invitational Saturday.
•September 19, 2018•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Sullivan boys’ golf team is on the road to its final destination this year.
The state playoffs.
The Redskins have won two regionals out of the last three years and three Central Illinois Conference championships in the last four years.
This year, the boys’ team has dominated the season to a 15-0 start.
“Our school has an enrollment of 328,” head coach Ben Richter said last Thursday. “Our golf team has 18 boys which is enough for three teams. Our varsity team is 15-0 with our sights on the state playoff.”
The top six Sullivan golfers are averaging scores less than 90.
Caden Ellis is averaging an area leading 71.57 and has won medalist in nearly every meet this season. Read More
To the Editor:
It had to have been somebody in an urban area, probably Chicago, who proposed the Illinois vehicle mileage tax.
Probably everybody has heard about the VMT by now, but if enacted there would be a device in your car to measure how many miles you drive, and you would be taxed 1.5 cents per mile. For those who consider it too invasive to have one of these devices in your car, you would be charged a flat $450 (yes, four hundred fifty dollars) per year. Read More
Photo by Jason Brown
Cardinal Puppy
Laila Sanchez holds Yadi, a two month old puppy named after the Cardinals’ baseball player, during the halftime of the ALAH football game Friday night.
Photo by Mike Brothers
The Illinois Solar Tour travels through Sullivan Saturday, Sept. 22 featuring the solar powered home of Mike Fowler on S. Patterson Road.
•September 19, 2018•
By Reddy Kilowatt
for the News Progress
Mike Fowler installed solar panels two years ago and on Saturday, Sept. 22 his Sullivan home will be part of the Illinois Solar Tour from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. when solar energy users from all over the state open their homes for the public to learn about renewable energy.
The statewide tour including 200 locations is coordinated by the Illinois Solar Energy Association.
Fowler became the first home in Sullivan to operate on dual solar power and conventional electric service in September 2016.
Not only does he save money utilizing the sun to generate electricity for his home, but he can sell excess electricity back to the city of Sullivan’s electric utility.
“I am really appreciative of the cooperation from the city council on agreeing to the solar contract,” Fowler said, noting he gets wholesale credit on the excess electricity produced by his solar system.
“The system has operated with no problems,” he said, emphasizing the company he chose not only did professional work but helped direct him to financial incentives that will almost pay for the whole system in five years. Read More
•September 19, 2018•
The Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg volleyball team split a pair of games this past week.
WSS defeated in straight sets St. Elmo/Brownstown last Tuesday but lost to Teutopolis last Thursday.
Against SEB, the Hatchets won 25-17, 25-14. Read More
Photo by Jason Brown:
Knight Billy Fifer (#32) runs the ball in the second quarter against Arcola Friday night.
•September 19, 2018•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond football team could not overcome a stilted second quarter against Arcola Friday night in Arthur.
With a 14-point lead to end the first quarter, the Purple Riders took advantage of ALAH miscues to pull away for a 27-0 halftime lead.
“We played three quarters strong, but the 12 minutes in that second quarter were definitely a struggle,” said ALAH head coach Ryan Jefferson. “Couldn’t move the ball on offense, had a snap go over the punter’s head, and gave up another 13 unanswered points in a hurry.”
At that point, after playing such a strong first quarter, Jefferson knew his team just needed to get out of the first half without error so they could keep the score the same until he could make adjustments for the second half.
In the second half, the Knights shutout the Riders and scored within the 5:04 left in the third quarter when Adam Day scored a rushing touchdown, and Aaron Likens kicked the extra point. Read More
•September 19, 2018•
Moultrie County Clerk Georgia England has announced that Sullivan CUSD #300 Board Candidate packets for the April 2, 2019 Consolidated Election are available for pickup in the Moultrie County Clerk’s office located in the Courthouse, 10 S. Main, Ste. 6 in Sullivan. Read More