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ETML July Events

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•July 3, 2024•

Happening at the Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library:

Story times: Every Wednesday, July 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31 at 10:00am.  You must register for all of these classes either online, by calling or coming in to the library. Online codes can be found on our Facebook page. Registration for the foam and slime party will not open until July 1st.  

Every Monday at 9:00 am we will be hosting a Memory Café  This is a social gathering for individuals with dementia and their caregivers. Get helpful information and support from others who also have loved ones who struggle with memory loss.  

K-5 Summer Reading Classes:  July 9th from 10:00-11:00 we are making twirl sticks July 18th from 3:00-4:30 - Foam and slime party. The prerequisite for attending this party is completing 5 weeks on your reading log.  

YA Summer Reading classes: July 16th at 2pm. We will be painting on candles. You can register online, codes are posted on our Facebook page or by calling or coming into the library. 

Movies: We will show a free kids movie every Friday in July at 1:00pm. We serve free popcorn.  You are welcome to bring your own snack and blanket to sit on. Movies are open to everyone.  

 Open House: July 10 all day. We have a new sublimation printer and will demonstrate new ideas and how to use the printer. Like our 3D printer, there is a small fee to use it but the possibilities are endless. You can print on cloth, such as t-shirts, bags, and flags. You can print coasters for home or car use and print onto water bottles or coffee cups. The uses are endless!   

DMV July 18th from 10-2.  

Closed on the 4th of July and closed early on Monday July 29 at 3:30

The Education Connection

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•July 3, 2024•

The Education Connection Committee develops History-to-Go units for use in classrooms throughout the county. Artifacts are an important component of each unit, helping students to learn more about the place they call home - Moultrie County. “Early Settlers of Moultrie County” is the title of the current unit, and the committee would appreciate help from the community in collecting items from that period, 1826-1890, to include in the unit. The topics include Homes & Homelife, Clothing, Tools, Food and Food Preparation, Transportation, Farming, Music, Games, Art, and Crafts. If you have photos or renderings of the time, letters, and other printed information on the topics, we can make copies and return items unharmed. All other items or artifacts can be loaned or donated to the Center for the unit. Please contact Nancy Schaljo (217-620-4092), Vickie Bowers (217-855-5251) or Linda McCabe (217-201-3480) if you have any questions or are interested in contributing to this History-to-Go project.

Knee high by the 4th of July 2024

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Knee high by the 4th of July
Seen here in a cornfield belonging to Phil and Laura Martin of rural Sullivan is Anna Selby, Avvi Whitten, and Presley Van Loon showing that the corn is above knee high. There are fields in the county that are only a foot high as well as fields that are 8 foot high and starting to tassel.

Bake sale encourages peace with worldwide sweets

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•June 26, 2024•

Submitted by Rebecca Lawson

Advisor of the East Central Illinois Red Cross Club

When people are hurting and going through tough times, other people often bring them food to show that they care and to bring comfort. Since the Red Cross helps people in tough times, our club thought that we could do something to help people around the world that would involve selling something most people really like - food,” said Rebecca Lawson, advisor of the East Central Illinois Red Cross Club.

“The kids took it from there,” she added.

Originally the club thought about having a dinner with a bake sale and presentations, displays, games, music, dancing, and language lessons about different countries at an event on World Peace Day in September. However, that seemed like a lot to do in the very short time between the start of school and the special day. Read More

Lovington Public Library July programs and new books

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•June 26, 2024•

July 1st, 15th, and 29th will be Needle Night from 5-7 p.m. If you would like to learn to crochet, knit, needlepoint, or even how to sew we have people that can help teach you. If you already know how and just want to hang out come join us.

July 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th is Summer Reading from 10-11 a.m. We have all kinds of activities planned.

We will be closed on July 4th for Independence Day.

July 5th is Recipe Swap all day. Bring in your favorite sloppy joe recipes and we will swap ours for yours.

July 11th is Adult B.Y.O.C. (Bring Your Own Craft) time from 10-11 a.m. Stop in and grab the supplies list and we will teach you how to make a home decor craft. Read More

Remembering Who We Are……..14

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•June 26, 2024•

by Janet Roney

In my last visit with you, I finally told you the location of the ancient sunken road at Nelson Ford on the Kaskaskia River. I also said that mastodons, mammoths, and bison may have made it. It is so worn down that it would have taken ages of erosion and trampling feet to create it.   

We know that mastodons once roamed Moultrie County for they found a skeleton of one west of Lake City, according to Ernie Winnings. A mammoth tooth was found in Welsh’s Gravel Pit and bison bones were all over the prairie when pioneers first arrived.  

If ancient animals and man used this old trail leading out of the center of the Old Bend towards the river on the south, there had to be a way to get into it from the north. However, steep bluffs lined the north side of Old Bend, and I knew of no roads coming down the bluffs.   Read More

Reserve Grand Champion

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Reserve Grand Champion
Dameron C-5 Nellie 2145 won reserve grand champion owned female at the 2024 Eastern Regional Junior Angus Show, June 7-9 in Harrisburg, Pa. Quentin Day, Lovington, Ill., owns the September 2022 daughter of PVF Marvel 9185. She earlier won senior champion. Britney Creamer, Montrose, Colo., judged the females, bulls, cow-calf pairs and steers; and David Dal Porto, Anselmo, Neb., judged the phenotype and genotype females..There was a total of 239 entries.

Power plant renovations planned

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•June 26, 2024•

by Sharon Barricklow

The Sullivan City Council moved forward last week with plans to renovate equipment at the City Electrical Plant. 

“We need to get on the stick here to get this done,” Commissioner Mike Kirk said. 

At issue is a Colt-Pielstick engine necessary for the operation of the electric plant. The engine, originally put in service in 1973, was last overhauled in 1989. With only one company in the country, Fairbanks-Morse, doing the work, the council agreed to waive the bidding process and accept the estimate of just over $500,000 to do a complete engine overhaul. 

Kirk said the engine will be off line for six to eight weeks during the process and that Fairbanks-Morse is estimating a 12 to 18 month time frame before they can begin work.  Read More

Road construction causes confusion among many drivers

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•June 26, 2024•

by Megan Russell 

Summer in the midwest is unlike any other, hot long days with humidity so bad you almost need a pool or splash pad locally to stay cool. One thing that many start to see pop up in the summer in the midwest is city renewal or construction projects. On a recent trip of mine, I got slightly lost in the Indianapolis downtown area. After missing an exit and taking two wrong exits, me and a friend ended up in a student driver’s nightmare, all but one lane of traffic closed for construction. Read More