Joan Chaney
D. Joan Pritts Chaney, 83, of Decatur, passed away April 13, 2018 peacefully in her home.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday, April 18) in First Christian Church in Decatur. Burial was in Bethany Cemetery. Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home in Decatur handled arrangements.
Joan was born December 2, 1934 in Moultrie County, a daughter of Darrel and Julia I. Wilkinson Pritts. She married Carroll E. “Sonny” Chaney November 23, 1984 in Decatur. Read More
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All-Stars: Hope Ruppert, Natalie Jeffers and Paige Robinson hug after the SkyWalker All-Star Game in Decatur last Friday. Robinson won the MVP award and the 3-point contest, but had to play against her three-year co-starter in the game.
•April 18, 2018•
by Jason Brown
NP Sports
Several area girls’ basketball players participated in two different all-star games this past week, but it was Okaw Valley guard Paige Robinson who won the MVP award for both games.
Three players from Sullivan and one from Okaw Valley participated in the Marshall School Foundation Game in Marshall, Ind. and two Timberwolves played in the SkyWalker All-Star Game in Decatur.
In the Marshall School Foundation game Sunday, Redskins Chloe Riley and Haley Rose played for the Red Team, and Elizabeth Green played for the White Team.
For OV, Robinson played for the White Team, which won the game 88-63.
Robinson scored 28 points, including three 3-pointers, to go with double digit assists and a handful of rebounds to win the Co-MVP of the tournament.
“Paige had about four to five AAU teammates down there,” said OV coach Brad Ackers, “and so I know she enjoyed herself and competed against some girls she knows. A number of Sullivan girls were there too.”
Green scored in the first quarter for a total of four points for the White team.
For the Red Team, Riley scored seven points and Rose added two.
Riley made two of three free throws and made two baskets in the third quarter, and Rose scored her two points in the third quarter. Read More
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Southern Bound
Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Knight setter Madison Brown signed a letter of intent to play volleyball at Georgia Southern University in Statesville, Ga.
•April 18, 2018•
Come explore your senses as the Strasburg Community Action Network (SCAN) hosts a new style of culinary experience where you “Dine in the Dark.”
The fun and unique event will take place in the Strasburg Community Center, 105 E. Commercial St. in Strasburg at 5 p.m. Sunday, April 22.
Dining in the Dark is a one of a kind culinary encounter of heightened senses. Without sight, we must reply on our other senses: taste, touch, and smell. Nothing unusual will be served. You may find everyday foods hard to identify without seeing them first.
A four course meal will be served in easy to eat fashion in order to avoid spills. After the meal, participants will express what they think they had for dinner, and then it will be revealed what was actually served. Everyone is asked to bring their own blindfolds. Milk, eggs, and fruit will be present in the foods served.
A limited number of tickets will be sold. For advance tickets, contact Angie Edwards at 217-644-3209 or Justin Krile at 217-246-1332. Tickets may also be purchased at the Shelby County State Bank in Strasburg, 1st National Bank in Stewardson, Edwards Crafts, Krile Auction or from SCAN members.
•April 18, 2018•
Darrell Morgan, 77, of Melbourne, Ark., formerly of Sullivan, died April 1, 2018 in his home.
He was born Aug. 12, 1940, a son of Clarence and Gladys Morgan. Read More
Photo by Jeni Yantis
OV Musical Starts Thursday
The Okaw Valley High School Drama Club will present Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis’s “Urinetown: The Musical,” winner of three Tony Awards. Performances will take place at 7 p.m. April 19, 20 and 21 in the OVHS gym.
When a 20-year drought leads to a severe water shortage, the government responds with a ban on private toilets. The citizens must fight the manipulative and sinister Urine Good Company to regain their right to use toilets for free. Their unlikely hero, Bobby Strong, finds himself thrust into the revolution by a beautiful young woman named Hope who fills him with, well, hope.
Included in the cast are seniors Hannah Landreth, Natalie Jeffers, Lexi Roe, Grace Harlin, Hope Ruppert; juniors Gavon Hargrove, Shelby Hagerman, Kaylee Taylor, Bella Benning; sophomore Kate Jeffers and freshmen Haven Caulfield, Julia Hildebrandt and Hannah Durbin.
For ticket information contact the OVHS office at 665-3631.
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Sullivan High School graduate Brynna Sentel winning one of the relays at the Liberal Arts Championships in Iowa.
•April 18, 2018•
Brynna Sentel was a Blue Dolphin team leader in Sullivan inspiring many to push themselves to achieve swimming goals.
Sentel has achieved a few goals of her own since leaving Sullivan for
Franklin College in Indiana.
The daughter of Lori Sentel of Sullivan was named NCAA Liberal Arts Championships Female Swimmer of the Year.
She scored a perfect 60 points at the conference championship, the most ever by a Franklin female swimmer, won all three individual events, placing first in the 200 free, 500 free, and 100 back, achieved the NCAA National B cut in 100 back, swam on four gold-medal-winning relays and broke Franklin team records in the 100 back, 500 free and 200 free style. She also won the Franklin College Female Rookie of the Year Award as well as the Swimming & Diving Female Athlete of the Year Award.[/s2If]
Pictured above is a 4-H fair at Freeland’s Grove in Sullivan in the 1950s. 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.
Photo by Jeni Yantis
2018 OVHS Prom Court
The Okaw Valley Junior-Senior Prom will be held at Mason Point at 7 p.m. Saturday April 28. Coronation will begin at 7:45. Pictured front row - Hope Ruppert, Natalie Jeffers, Grace Harlin, Hannah Landreth. Back row - Hayden Francisco, Hutson Dickens, Austin Hill, Trey Yarnell.
•April 18, 2018•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond softball team picked up three-straight wins this past week.
The Knights knocked off Rantoul, Cerro Gordo and Neoga.
Against Rantoul last Friday, ALAH’s offense exploded for nine runs in the fourth inning to take a 10-5 lead.
Each team scored a run late in the game for a final of 11-6
Addi Tinkle was two for four with two RBIs, and Reagan Miller knocked in two runs. Read More