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Knights Volleyball
The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond volleyball team competed in the St. Thomas More League for the last three weeks of July. The Knights’ first match of the year is scheduled for Aug. 23 in Tuscola.
•August 1, 2018•
By Trudy Lieberman,
Rural Health News Service
Two years ago in this space I told the story of a Mississippi woman Katherine Green who got caught in the unsavory business practices of the air ambulance industry that has trapped many more Americans since then. Green, a college history professor, chose to fight the company that transported her late husband to a Jackson hospital after he suffered a fatal fall in their home.
The ambulance company Rocky Mountain Holdings, a subsidiary of Air Methods, billed her $50,950. Her husband’s insurance company, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi, which administered the State and School Employees’ Health Insurance Plan, paid $7,192 of the $58,142 the ambulance billed. She was on the hook for the balance.
Green’s retirement savings was in jeopardy. Alarmed, she took her case to Mississippi state officials and the media, which resulted in lots of publicity about her plight. In a recent phone call, Green told me, “I figured out from this, you have to contact everybody. The more inquiries you get out about your situation it eventually becomes too much trouble for them.” Read More
Pictured above is Prairie Flower school in Lovington Twp. (1941-1942). Top row: Lonnie Fair, Bill Fultz, Hazel Fultz, Harry Willoughby, Bernice Cornwell (teacher), John Keeling. Middle row: Ruth Newlan, Mary Jane Willoughby, Jim Langrebe, Levon Fair, Eugene Stinson, Dean Newberry. Bottom row: Bill Willoughby, Gene Clark, Roy Fultz and Mervil Newlan. After this school was closed it was moved to West State St. in Lovington and was used as the Southern Baptist Church until they built their new church home on Spfd. Road in Lovington. 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.
25 Years Ago This Week
Illinois Army National Guardsmen assigned to the Sullivan Battalion headed out to battle the flood on the Mississippi River. Approximately 50 guardsmen assigned to Sullivan have been activated to go south while putting their lives on hold. Area communities are pitching in for flood relief. Volunteers from Bethany are collecting donations to be delivered to the Quincy area. Lovington residents are collecting paper products, hygiene items and non-perishable food while members of the Sullivan American Legion are collecting canned goods.
The Moultrie-Douglas Fair was the scene of the 4-H food and clothing shows. Illinois State Fair representatives in the food division will be Paige Clark of Dalton City, Allison Patrick of Bethany, Heidi Crawford of Sullivan and Sarah Jackson of Lovington. Cassandra Jackson of Lovington and Nicole McCabe of Bethany are alternates. Champions in the food division are Ryan Parsons, Tricks and Treats; Christopher Minnis, Let’s Start Cooking; Patrick and Clark, Breads and Cereals; Alyssa Gilmore, Dairy Foods; Angelina Berg, Outdoor Foods I and Heather Mariner, Outdoor Foods II. In the clothing division, Allison Patrick was chosen as a state fair representative, Denise Albert of Dalton City will serve as a delegate. Lynnae Robinson and Meg Reedy were selected as alternates.
Wheelchair athletes Scot Hollonbeck and fellow racer Tony Iniguez, both of Champaign, recently visited Hollonbeck’s grandparents in Sullivan after racing from Champaign to Sullivan via country roads. The two men, who are racing around the country to train for the 1996 Olympics, have recently formed a program called Wheels for the World which is helping the handicapped in underdeveloped countries. Read More
•August 1, 2018•
The Illinois Department of Transportation announces that bridge work will begin the week of August 6th, on Illinois 133, 2.5 miles east of Lovington, IL.
The existing bridge carrying IL 133 over Jonathon Branch is being removed, and it will be replaced with a box culvert.
To complete the work, Illinois 133 will be closed during the project. A marked detour will be in place to guide traffic around the road closure. The road will be closed beginning Monday August 13, 2018.
The road is expected to be open to traffic by October 12, 2018, weather permitting.
Motorists can expect delays and should allow extra time for trips through this area. To avoid the work area, when feasible, use of alternate routes should be considered.
For IDOT District 7 updates, follow us on Twitter at @IDOTDistrict7 or view area construction details on IDOT’s traveler information map on GettingAroundIllinois.com.
•August 1, 2018•
Senior Education Ministries, Inc. in partnership with the Sullivan community has scheduled Dine with a Doc ® -Sullivan on the First Tuesday of every month from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Max J. Knight Community Building Banquet Hall at Mason Point.
Dine with a Doc® is a free educational program that welcomes the local senior public to getting to hear an educational topic while enjoying a complimentary lunch.
This program is a community effort of a doctor, a lunch sponsor, the senior citizens, local churches and area businesses coming together for the good of all to serve the senior citizens. Read More
•August 1, 2018•
For more than two decades Moultrie County Relay for Life has helped comfort those fighting cancer.
On Friday, August 10 survivors and supporters will gather at Sullivan High School from 5-10 p.m.
Moultrie County Relay coordinator Adam McReynolds noted that 14 teams have already signed up and begun their fund-raising efforts.
“Right now Moultrie County Pest Control team is leading with $2600 raised,” McReynolds said, noting this year’s goal is $50,000.
He explained that funds raised not only go toward research such as one project underway at the University of Illinois but goes to help those dealing with everyday issues while under treatment. Read More
•August 1, 2018•
Sullivan High School is scheduled to host a mandatory player and parent meeting for football, golf, cheer, cross country, volleyball and swimming members at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 6 in the high school gym. Read More
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Bi-Literacy Award Recipients
Trevor Elder and Lindsay Jones from Sullivan High School received the Illinois Seal of Bi-Literacy Award. Students receive this ward by scoring a four or five on the AP Spanish Language and Culture exam and by scoring 18 or above in the English section of the ACT. The Seal of Bi-Literacy is added to the student’s diploma and high school transcripts.
•August 1, 2018•
Representing a quarter of the U.S. population, there are more than 83 million Millennials (those born between 1982 and 2000) in the U.S., surpassing the number of Baby Boomers alive today by nearly eight million people. They’ve grown up in a digital age and want different things when it comes to accessing health care.
A PNC Healthcare study last year found that Millennials are twice as likely as Baby Boomers to prefer retail clinics and acute care facilities for speed and efficient healthcare delivery. More than a quarter of Millennials say that they do not have a primary care provider. They value convenience, availability, cost and speed over a relationship with a health care provider.
OSF HealthCare has launched OSF Urgo, a new, modern urgent care, which is designed to meet the wants and needs of individuals and families who are not yet ready or willing to connect to a health care system through a traditional physician-patient relationship. The term “Urgo” is derived from urgent care for people on the go. Read More