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SHS Prom Royalty
Sullivan High School prom was held Saturday, April 22 in the SHS gym. Court royalty included: Front row (seated) 2017 Prom Queen Shelby Freeman and Prom King Nicholas Carroll. Back row (standing left to right) Cassie Freese, Bretton Crouse, 2016 Prom Queen Kelsey Clark, Winchester Phelps, Jazmyn Jayne, Alex Menke, Bailee Pratt and Kolton Rose www.wurtsphoto.com
Sullivan Pre-School Breakfast
Monday, May 1 - English muffins, peach juice, milk.
Tuesday, May 2 - Warm apples, Ritz crackers, milk.
Wednesday, May 3 - Cereal, peach juice, milk.
Thursday, May 4 - Nutri-grain bar, peach juice, milk.
Friday, May 5 - Breakfast burritos, peach juice, milk.
Sullivan Pre-School Lunch
Monday, May 1 - Spaghetti, lettuce salad, pears, garlic bread, milk.Tuesday, May 2 - Chicken strips, carrots, peaches, bread & butter, milk.
Wednesday, May 3 - Macaroni & cheese, mixed vegetables, mixed fruit, bread & butter, milk.
Thursday, May 4 - Hamburger bake, corn, pineapple, dinner roll, milk.
Friday, May 5 - Bologna & cheese sandwiches, vegetable sticks, banana, milk.
Senior Peace Meal
For additional information or for reservations, please call 1-800-543-1770
Monday, May 1 - Sausage & gravy, mini potato bakers, fruit juice, biscuits, warm fruit compote.
Tuesday, May 2 - Pepper beef over rice, lima beans, Harvard beets, whole grain dinner roll.
Wednesday, May 3 - Pulled pork, baked beans, spinach, bun, peaches.
Thursday, May 4 - Beef & noodles, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, whole grain wheat, fruit cream parfait.
Friday, May 5 - Creamed chicken w/grilled onions & pimento, peas, escalloped tomatoes, biscuits, fresh fruit.
•April 26, 2017•
By Jim Nowlan
NP Guest Columnist
The state many of us hold dear is being wrecked by elected officials of both parties. I say, let’s sweep them all off the table and bring popular, effective former governor Jim Edgar out of retirement.
Gov. Bruce Rauner is into his third year without ever having proposed a credible balanced budget, with nothing on the horizon.
Rauner has also talked about the need for a big infrastructure program as well as education finance reforms, both badly needed. Yet he has never proposed anything for either. Budget, infrastructure, education—that’s pretty much what state government is all about.
And the collateral wreckage is incalculable. Higher education is imploding, non-profit social service agencies are undergoing a die-off, business investment is tanking because of fiscal instability and uncertainty, and people across Illinois are in a deep funk about their state, which probably encourages flight.
It is surprising that after a successful career doing deals in the private sector, Rauner is an abysmal failure at deal-making in Springfield. Read More
Photo by Jason Brown
Brook Tuttle (#11) and Alexis Britton (#13) high five coach Andy Wagner last Wednesday at Tuscola.
•April 26, 2017•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Sullivan softball team dropped three games and won one this past week.
Monday the Redskins lost 9-6 on the final play of the game to Meridian in a back-and-forth game that went into extra innings.
Down 3-0, Sullivan scored one run in the fifth inning and four in the sixth to take the lead 5-3.
Meridian tied the game in the bottom of the seventh inning with two runs.
Sullivan battled back with a run in the seventh to take a 6-5 lead, but Meridian scored four in the ninth inning to win the game.
Irie Dulin recorded four hits and two RBIs, and Madison Wall suffered the loss. She pitched nine eight and two-third innings and struck out one. Read More
Solar Companies Soliciting Area Land Owners
Dear Editor,
Many landowners have received solicitations from solar companies, including Cypress Creek Renewables.
The lease agreements that accompany these solicitations represent long-term obligations for landowners and tenants; usually at least 20 years. Consequently, these leases must be taken seriously. Read More
•April 26, 2017•
The Alpha Phi Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, an International honorary organization of women educators, is offering a $500 scholarship. Read More
•April 26, 2017•
Sullivan Preschool open house is 6:30-8 p.m. Friday, April 28.
Located at 10 Hawthorne Lane in Sullivan the licensed child care facility serves children ages six weeks to 10 years old.
The April 28 open house is an excellent time to visit the center and meet the staff.
This year’s theme is “Outer Space”. Children’s art work will be displayed and refreshments provided.
Sullivan Preschool is now enrolling children for its summer program which begins Monday, May 29.
“Kid’s Club” for school-age children is provided for children finishing kindergarten through 10 years old.
For more information visit us at www.sullivanpreschool.org Like us on Facebook.
•April 26, 2017•
Warmer weather across the state has led to higher than normal soil temperatures, according to Jennie Atkins, Water and Atmospheric Resources Monitoring (WARM) Program manager at the University of Illinois’ Illinois State Water Survey.
Soil temperatures rose steadily over the first half of April, increasing 11.5 degrees during the first 15 days. At depths of four inches under sod, temperatures averaged 54.9 degrees for the period, 4.4 degrees higher than the long-term average.
Temperatures increased across Illinois throughout the first half of April. Highs in the 60s were recorded throughout the state, reaching into the low 70s at several locations. Southern Illinois saw the highest temperatures with a regional average of 63.3 degrees on April 15. The lowest were in the north where temperatures averaged 57.6 degrees. Read More
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Kyle Wickline stands next to a Boston Marathon sign last week.
•April 26, 2017•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports
Kyle Wickline, a city carrier for the United States Postal Service in Sullivan, decided to pick up the pace last week.
Not during his deliveries through the streets of Sullivan but rather in the oldest annual marathon in the world.
On Patriots’ Day, Wickline ran in the Boston Marathon for the first time.
He ran the marathon in memory of his late grandpa, Dean Fulk, who referred to Wickline as “his marathoner.”
Wickline finished the race with a time of 3:28:18 and a 7:56 pace per mile. Read More
•April 26, 2017•
The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond baseball team finished the week 1-2 with a loss to Arcola Friday and Okaw Valley Monday and a win against Argenta-Oreana last Wednesday.
The Knights defeated Argenta-Oreana 4-1 at Argenta.
ALAh scored two runs in the third to take an early lead and then tacked on single runs in the fifth and sixth.
Lucas Otto was 2-for-4 with three RBIs, and Shandon Herschberger was 2-for 3 with two runs scored.
Marcus Vanausdoll was 2-for-4 with a run scored and picked up the win on the mound. Read More