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WSS Softball Team Picks Up 20th Win

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•May 9, 2018•

By Jason Brown
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The Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg softball team picked up its 20th win of the season capturing another three wins this week.

WSS not only defeated, but also dominated Nokomis, St. Anthony and Farina South Central this past week.

Monday against Nokomis, Megan Schlechte pitched a two-hit shutout while the Hatchets’ offense score 11 runs for the 5-inning win.

The game was close until WSS plated four runs in the third inning, three runs in the fourth inning and three runs in the fifth inning.

The Hatchets combined for 15 hits.

Calla Roney was 3-for-4 with a run scored and two RBIs, and Schlechte tallied two hits, two runs scored and three RBIS. Read More

Schools Prepare for Graduation

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•May 9, 2018•

Graduation time approaches for area high school seniors.

Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond schools observe baccalaureate service  at 5 p.m. Sunday, May 20 with 63 high school seniors scheduled to graduate outdoors at 7 p.m. Friday, May 25.

Okaw Valley High School has 47 senior candidates for graduation. The commencement ceremony is 2 p.m. Sunday, May 27 in the OVHS gymnasium. Quinn Michael Brooks is valedictorian. Grace Catherine Harlin, Hannah Beth Landreth, and Ethan Johannes Macklin are salutatorians. Read More

Big Bats Come Out Against Central A&M for Sullivan Win

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Ethan Foster gets back to second base.

•May 9, 2018•

By Jason Brown
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The Sullivan baseball team split four games this week.

The Redskins defeated Cumberland and Central A&M but lost to Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg and Clinton.

Last Tuesday, Sullivan defeated Central A&M 12-1 in five innings.

The Redskins scored three runs in the second inning and five in the third inning for an 8-1 lead.

Sullivan tacked on four more in the fifth for the final score.

Sullivan totaled 11 hits.  Read More

City Wide Cleanup

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•May 9, 2018•

The Sullivan City Council has approved City Wide Clean up Days for 2018.

Advanced Disposal will pick up approved items on the north side of Sullivan on Saturday, June 23 and the south side of Sullivan Saturday, June 30.

Crappie Classic Offers Action

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•May 9, 2018•

The Sullivan Moultrie Crappie Classic begins at 7 a.m. Saturday, May 12 at Bo Wood Access on Lake Shelbyville and continues throughout the day with activities for the whole family at the Sullivan V.F.W.

Fishing tournament weigh in begins at 2:30 p.m. outside Sullivan V.F.W. Big Spike Hammer plays music outdoors during the weigh in from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.

From noon through 5 p.m. the expo at the V.F.W. offers outdoor items, crafts, a wine tasting and more.

For the kids there are a bounce house, a water safety booth and face painting.

Fish dinners will be offered at 4:30 p.m. with MoJo taking the Sullivan V.F.W. stage at 5:30 p.m.

Central Illinois Crappie Club, Lake Shelbyville Habitat Alliance, Lake Volunteers Association and the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, St. Louis District combined efforts to organize the event.

ALAH Changes to PE Uniforms, Starts Dance Club Next Year

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•May 9, 2018•

By Ariana Cherry
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Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond School students will be changing their style in physical education starting next school year (2018-2019). It will be required that students wear uniforms in class.

“It will make the program more inclusive, and everyone will look the same. We won’t have to worry about students wearing shorts that are too short or other clothing malfunctions,” stated high school principal Steffanie Seegmiller.

Students will have a chance to order uniforms each semester. They may purchase multiple ones if needed.

Principal Seegmiller also spoke about a new form that will be made available for students who might be questionably under the influence. The school nurse will be responsible for analyzing students and filling out the form. If it is found that a student is under the influence, parents will be called and shown the data on the form.  Read More

Reagan’s Illinois: A Place of Honor, Integrity, Kindness that Inspired a President

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•May 9, 2018•

By Jim Dunn
Of Sauk Valley Media

On Feb. 6, 1984, President Ronald Reagan was riding high as he celebrated his 73rd birthday in Dixon, Illinois, the county seat of Lee County and the town where he lived as a youth for a dozen years starting in 1920.

More than half a century earlier, Reagan had ventured forth from his hometown to earn a bachelor’s degree at Eureka College, class of 1932 – not an easy feat during the Great Depression.

Then he became a radio sports announcer in Iowa, an actor in about 50 Hollywood movies, president of the Screen Actors Guild, a television personality, and spokesman for General Electric.

Turning to politics in the 1960s, he served as governor of California for two terms and, on his third try, was elected 40th president of the United States.

His hometown birthday bash in 1984 found Reagan – tall, handsome and known for his sense of humor – in good spirits as he addressed a crowd that packed Dixon High School’s Lancaster Gymnasium. Read More

SHS Student Council at Convention

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SHS Student Council at Convention
The Sullivan High School Student Council participated in the Illinois Association of Student Councils annual State Convention May 3 thru 5 in Springfield. Sullivan High School had three honor delegates, one district officer and nine regular delegates participate. These members were given the opportunity to learn and exchange ideas with schools around the state of Illinois. The following students attended the convention: Cullen Dyer, District President and SHS Vice President, Natalie Drury, Honor Delegate, Katie Webb, Honor Delegate and SHS Treasurer, Kaitlynn Snelling, Honor Delegate, Trevor Elder, SHS President, Esther Miller, Madalyne McPheeters, Brodie Goss, Winchester Phelps, Carley Towle, Honor Delegate, Kyleigh Read, Isaiah Plank, Corynn Kean, Honor Delegate.

Letter to the Editor 5-9-2018

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Returning the Light of Jesus to the Darkness

To the Editor,

There is great confusion and frustration in our world about what is good and what is evil. Many would have you think that good and evil are arbitrary and that morality is dependent upon feelings. What is right for you may not be right for me.

In other words, values and morality (and now gender) are as fluid and changeable as the weather. This is what is being taught in most colleges and public schools. So it should be no surprise that there are huge disagreements between religious and philosophical camps…to the point of rioting and violence. People do not like to hear their moral beliefs questioned.  Read More