Jill England
Funeral services for Jill T. England, 53, of Rochester, formerly of Sullivan, were held at 1 p.m. Tuesday in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery in Bethany. A Celebration of Life ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, September 12, 2015, in the Ansar Temple in Springfield.
She passed away at 8:54 a.m. Thursday, September 3, 2015, in her home in Rochester after living a good, fun life and losing it to cancer. Read More
•September 9, 2015•
The Sons of the American Legion member drive is underway with National Commander Kevin Collier noting the group currently has a 358,000 nationwide membership.
He explained that the SAL squadron at the local American Legion Posts has men who joined to honor fathers/mothers or grandfathers/grandmothers service in the US military.
By being a member of the SAL and paying your dues annually, you receive benefits such as discounted prescription and eye glass care, car rental and hotel discounts, access to life and health care insurance, and many more.
Photo by Mike Brothers
Redskin Jake Eaton (27) rolls down the sideline with the end zone in sight as SOV football dominates last Friday’s away game.
•September 9, 2015•
By Mike Brothers
Although the Mt. Olive-Sullivan Okaw Valley football game stopped with 9:40 left in the third quarter there was plenty of action for Redskin fans in the 42-0 victory.
The tide turned for the SOV team early with Redskin Dalace Ray sacking the Wildcat quarterback at 9:18 in the first quarter. SOV took control and never looked back, until the lights went out on the field during the third quarter.
After stopping the Wildcats midfield the Redskins’ Ty Molzen found Alec Ballinger open on the left side, who covered 45 yards down the sideline for the first score.
A little more than a minute passed before Jake Eaton took the same route down the left side on a 45 yard run to the goal line, putting the Redskins up 14-0 after extra point kicks by Brett Tuttle. Tuttle would provide six extra points during the shortened game.
Eaton followed with a two yard TD run just before the end of the first quarter giving SOV a 21-0 lead. Read More
•September 9, 2015•
Sullivan varsity golfers faced Teutopolis on Sept. 3. Teutopolis finished with 173 as Sullivan took 177 in their match.
Sullivan retains a 7-3 record with Teutopolis posting 5-3 following the match.
For Sullivan Caden Ellis came in with a 41; Eric Keller 45; Joey Davison 48; Tom Schibur 47; and Kaleb Shumard 47. Read More
Drone photo by RR Best
Now that the Farm Progress show is a memory, real farm progress is starting in area fields. Gingerich Farms started to harvest acreage near Lovington. This drone photograph shows the Gingerich’s harvesting a field of short season early planted corn last Thursday. “With the hot weather coming this weekend, the corn harvest will be going full speed in the next two weeks,” Dannie Gingerich said. He explained the yield is less than last year’s record breaker but is still on the high end of the five year average.
•September 9, 2015•
Submitted by Josh Bullock
President of ICC Board
Recently, the Illinois Community College Board kicked off the official 50th anniversary celebration of the Illinois Public Community College Act. A celebration such as this provides a wonderful opportunity to step back and notice the impact of the collective efforts taken by community colleges over the past 50 years. The community college system in Illinois evolved from a mere concept 50 years ago into the third largest community college system in the nation with 39 community college districts serving 65 percent of the students enrolled in Illinois public higher education. This is nearly one million individual credit and non-credit students each year! Read More
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•September 9, 2015•
Millikin University’s Kirkland Fine Arts Center kicks off its 2015-2016 Performing Arts Series with Chicago tribute band Brass Transit on Saturday, Sept. 12, starting at 7:30 p.m.
Brass Transit is Toronto’s dynamic, crowd-pleasing, studio-tight Chicago tribute. The band’s show includes all the hits from Chicago’s golden age, 1969-1976. With world-class horns, a rocking rhythm section and vocals stacked sky high; Brass Transit transports the audience back to the freewheeling days of the 70s.
The members’ credits include platinum records, Emmy and Juno awards, and performances with Hall-of-Fame rock and soul acts including The Drifters, Sam & Dave, Aretha Franklin, Ben E. King, The Marvelettes, Frankie Valli, Mary Wilson, Martha Reeves, Little Anthony & The Imperials, Del Shannon and the Mamas & The Papas. Read More
•September 9, 2015•
Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Knights volleyball beat Villa Grove in an away match to improve their conference record to 1-0.
The Knights never let up, scoring 25-15 in each game.
Taylor Powell provided two aces and two kills; Janette Comstock had two aces and three kills; Madison Brown provided an ace, three kills and seven assists. Erin Wildman had one ace and four assists; Abby Foreman supplied five kills and Chelsey Chupp one kill. Read More
Ruth Neal Cooper
Ruth Neal Cooper, our beautiful 100-year-old matriarch, of Broken Arrow, Okla., formerly of Windsor, was welcomed into the arms of the Father on September 1, 2015.
Born May 29, 1915, Ruth was the only daughter born to her beloved parents, Gertrude Fleming Neal and Charles Butler Neal, in their home in rural Windsor. She joined big brothers Bruce Munson, and Rush and Ralph Neal.
Ruth was raised in Windsor where she graduated from high school and attended Eastern Illinois College where she met her lifelong sweetheart, Carl Burton Cooper. Read More
•September 9, 2015•
August was cool across the state and dry in most places in Illinois, capping off a summer that was cool and wet, according to Illinois State Climatologist Jim Angel, Illinois State Water Survey, University of Illinois.
The statewide average precipitation for August in Illinois was 2.95 inches, 0.64 inches below average. However, this was followed by a very wet June with 9.44 inches, and a wet July with 4.84 inches. Read More