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Learn practical tips for a fulfilling aging experience
•February 19, 2025•
Aging brings challenges that affect physical, mental, and social well-being. Addressing these challenges requires a holistic approach that includes healthcare, social support, and financial planning to ensure a dignified and fulfilling life for older adults.
Read MoreLearn self-management skills for chronic health conditions
•February 19, 2025•
Ignoring a chronic condition will not make it go away, and suffering is simply a poor management technique. So, if you live with a long-term health condition, why not learn how to more effectively manage it and live an active and fulfilling life? Believe it or not, although the specifics of managing each condition vary, the skills for managing most chronic conditions are actually quite similar.
Read MoreWhy does the state need Illinois Extension?
•February 19, 2025•
The University of Illinois Extension just released a 10-year strategic plan that commits to serving the state by focusing on food and agriculture as well as the economic, community, environmental and health sectors through partnerships, discovery, technology and workforce excellence. In an interview with News Bureau life sciences editor Diana Yates, Illinois Extension director Shelly Nickols-Richardson explains how one of the largest Cooperative Extension Systems in the nation tackles so many issues at once.
Read MoreHow to help youth build resiliency
•February 19, 2025•
What does resilience look like? It’s that process of how we deal with difficult situations or adversity. Life is full of difficulty, such as experiencing loss, stress, anxiety, depression, fear, just to name a few. On the other hand, life also can bring about an abundance of joy, determination, excitement, and special memories to cherish. There is really no escaping the ever-changing flow of the good and the bad. Resilience is something that marks how we respond to these ever-changing situations, especially after experiencing something that emotionally paralyzes us, not knowing how to react. Being resilient does not prevent adversity or difficult situations. It is rather an approach with how we rise above the challenges we face.
Read MoreRemembering Who We Are………….46
Simon Kenton, Shelby Explorer
•February 19, 2025•
by Janet Roney
Simon Kenton was born in Virginia in 1755. When he was a teenager, he thought he had killed another man in a fight over a girl. He ran away west of the mountains, changed his name, and honed his survival skills in the wilds of Kentucky. He was one of the few who could prime and load a flintlock rifle while on a flat out run. He learned Indian ways better than most Indians did.
Few captives survived the blows from war clubs wielded by enraged Indians in a gauntlet run, but Kenton did…nine times in nine villages! Few captives survived being burned at the stake, but Kenton did when a heavy rain came from a nearly cloudless sky and doused the fire. Kenton became a frontier legend.
Read MoreObituaries 2-19-2025: Scott Long
Obituaries 2-19-2025: Ronald Fortner
Ronald Fortner
Ronald James Fortner, 85, of Tower Hill, formerly of Sullivan, passed away on Friday, February 14, 2025, at his home in Shelbyville, surrounded by his loved ones.
Read MoreObituaries 2-19-2025: Barbara Davis
Barbara Davis
Barbara ‘Bobby’ Davis, 94, of Sullivan, passed away at 3:59 p.m. Thursday February 13, 2025 in Carle Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney.
Read MoreA Look Back…2-19-2025
2015
Former Arthur Junior High English and high school speech teacher Judy Godfrey was in Sullivan March 2 for the Fortnightly Book Club’s special event as the guest speaker. Godfrey talked about her first novel titled “Finding Rose”.
The traveling exhibition Cultivating Creativity 2014-2015: Consolidated Communications Children’s Art Exhibit continued its tour by coming to Sullivan at the Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library. The exhibit was on view February 24 to March 12.
The Moultrie County Merit Commission presented member Jim Wheeler a plaque of appreciation for
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