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Moultrie-Sullivan Fair July 24-25

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•July 15, 2015•

The 67th annual Moultrie-Sullivan fair will be held on July 24 and 25 at the Moultrie County 4-H Center.
Junior projects and jr. beef will be shown on Friday and sheep, swine, and horses along with flowers, vegetables, visual arts, and poultry and rabbits will be shown on Saturday. The Moultrie-Douglas 4-H horse show will be exhibited as well as on Saturday. For more information, contact Dale Crawford at 728-8991 or online at www.moultriesullivanfair.com. Fairbooks are available at the Moultrie-Douglas extension office in Arthur as well as at the Moultrie County Farm Bureau office in Sullivan.

Obituaries 7-15-2015: Joe Pedigo

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Joe Pedigo of St. Peters, Mo. passed away at the age of 72 July 7, 2015 with his family by his side.

Funeral services were held Sat. July 11 in the Stygar Mid Rivers Funeral Home & Crematory, 5987 Mid Rivers Mall Dr. in St. Charles, Mo. Burial was in Ste. Philippine Cemetery in St. Charles.

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SOV Football Camp Monday

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•July 15, 2015•

Two SOV football camps will begin Monday, July 20.
A camp open to high schoolers will run from 7-9:15 a.m., followed by a youth camp for 5-8 grades from 10-11:30 a.m. Monday-Thursday.
The camps will be held at the high school practice field. Camp applications are still being accepted and may be found at the high school office. For more information, call the high school at 728-8311.

Obituaries 7-15-2015: Edna Cazier

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Funeral services for Edna Mildred Cazier of Quincy, formerly of Windsor, were held at 10 a.m. Friday in Lovins-Lockart Funeral Home in Windsor. Burial was in Windsor Cemetery.

She passed away Tuesday July 7, 2015 in Quincy.

Edna was born August 2, 1919 in Windsor, the daughter of Roy and Estella Elder Spencer.

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Get Covered Illinois Moves to the Department of Insurance

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•July 15, 2015•

Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) Director Anne Melissa Dowling, today announced the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace (IHIM), also known as Get Covered Illinois (GCI), will be administered by the department beginning August 1.
“The Department of Insurance welcomes the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace as its new home. This move will streamline program processes, improve efficiency, and align services leading to increased access to health coverage for Illinoisans,” said Director Dowling. “Consolidating Marketplace activities under a Division at the Department will promote a potential path to long term operational sustainability for Illinois to continue as a Partnership Marketplace.” Read More

Lake Land College FY16 Budget Available for Public Review

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•July 15, 2015•

The Lake Land College Board of Trustees last night placed the proposed fiscal year 2016 budget on file for public inspection until a special board meeting on August 18.
The tentative budget is available for inspection by the public in the Luther Student Center’s administrative wing on campus, 5001 Lake Land Blvd., Mattoon, and at the second story conference room at the Kluthe Center for Higher Education and Technology, 1204 Network Center Blvd., Effingham during normal working summer hours, Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
According to Lake Land College President Josh Bullock, the proposed budget is a testament to the college’s commitment to conscientiously spend budget dollars and conserve budget resources where possible. Read More

Thinking About Health: Prescription Drug Prices Climb into the Stratosphere

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By Trudy Lieberman
Rural Health News Service

There’s no getting around it. Americans are using more medications and spending more for them. The latest evidence just came from Express Scripts, the pharmacy benefit manager, which acts as a middleman between drug makers and employers. The number of Americans—almost 600,000---with yearly medication costs of more than $50,000 rose 63 percent from 2013 to 2014. The group of patients with costs over $100,000 nearly tripled.
By any measure these are huge increases that don’t signal much hope that the U.S. can bring down its medical spending, which is now over 17 percent of the country’s national income. Express Scripts was frank about the long-term impact on employers and others who actually pay most of those bills. It’s an “unsustainable $52 billion a year.” Read More

Golf Outing Winners

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Submitted Golf Outing Winners Pictured is winning team from the 21st annual Okaw Valley Academic Foundation golf outing, which was held July 10. From left to right: Andrew Fultz, Joe Fultz, sponsor Jack Scott, Ben Broadbeck, and JC Fultz.

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Pictured is winning team from the 21st annual Okaw Valley Academic Foundation golf outing, which was held July 10. From left to right: Andrew Fultz, Joe Fultz, sponsor Jack Scott, Ben Broadbeck, and JC Fultz.

“Wizard of Oz” Brings the Charm to Little Theatre Stage

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Photo by Keith Stewart Dorothy Gale, played by Daniella Davila, clutches her companion Toto, played by Compo.

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Dorothy Gale, played by Daniella Davila, clutches her companion Toto, played by Compo.

•July 15, 2015•

By Dan Hagen
NP Theatre Critic

The Little Theatre’s family-focused season, which began with “Mary Poppins,” continues today with “The Wizard of Oz.”
And yes, it’s THAT “Wizard of Oz,” the 1939 MGM film version with which the world is most familiar, slightly expanded and extended with a song by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.
Fantasy is a much simpler sell on film, of course, and there’s a moment or two when the capable performers could use a little extra special effects help. Mollyanne Nunn, for example, tries valiantly to be ethereal as Glinda the Good Witch, but could use a boost from something shiny, at least a pin spot.
But what director John Stephens may lose in movie magic, he more than makes up for in the magic of immediacy. All the familiar characters are there, right in front of you, sustained by the performers’ belief in them, something you can see in their eyes. You may be surprised at how well a very strong cast can keep this Baum ticking. Read More