Dale Matheson
Dale Edward Matheson passed away peacefully with his family by his side at his home in Tucson, Arizona on March 2, 2023. Dale was born March 25, 1941, in Moultrie County, Illinois, to Bob and Blanche Matheson. Dale was the youngest of 13 children. He is survived by two of his sisters, Emogene Yarnell – Burrows and Dorothy Craig, both of Sullivan. Read More
Dorothy McComas
Dorothy Ellen McComas passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at the age of 95 while residing at Lakewood Senior Living in Boiling Springs, South Carolina. Read More
Writing to all animal owners
Dear Editor,
We want you to be happy with your pets. Please keep them at your home. It is dangerous for them to run loose. Children will be out to play now. Animals can be around looking for a friend. Cats can be kept at home, with food, and water, a litter box. It’s easy to be kept inside. Safe from harm in our streets. Dogs are safe inside or in a sheltered play yard. Animals don’t know danger. Our Animal Control will pick them up.
All have a safe summer,
Mrs. Allen
•June 7, 2023•
The Spillway Recreation Area at Lake Shelbyville will be closed for maintenance June 7th to June 16th. The closure applies to both vehicle and pedestrian traffic.
These closures are necessary to provide safety for workers and members of the general public while work is being conducted. The closure is a result of performing periodic maintenance, milling the road surface and asphalting.
The Corps of Engineers recognizes the impact of road closures on the general public and apologizes for any inconveniences it may cause. For additional information, contact the Lake Shelbyville Project Office at (217) 774-3951.
•June 7, 2023•
by Sarah Hudson Pierce, columnist
Doctor Leo Buscaglia wrote “if you wish to let the reader know who you are you must tell the story in your own words or we won’t be able to see who you really are.”
But no matter what happens to us we can work it into the legacy of our lives because we all have a unique story if we dare to share -- to go apart -- to delve into the deepest recesses of our minds and to tell it like it was.
It has been said that Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of The Little House On The Prairie series, was believed to have been more interested in leaving her story behind rather than the money she might make from the stories she wrote.
Erma Bombeck, the late best selling author, and syndicated columnist said “It’s not the money that you make but knowing your words reach people you will never meet.” Read More
•June 7, 2023•
By Jim Baumann
NP Guest Writer
Edith Graber wrote from the River Glen Retirement Center in St. Charles with a compliment coupled with a complaint about a headline.
“Not done celebrating” was the headline for a girls soccer story.
“My mother used to say, ‘Done is for eggs; the word you want is “finished,”’” Edith wrote.
I’ll have you know, Edith, that my quoting your quote within a quote required me to count quotation marks on my fingers.
“Done” has a variety of applications. I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that your mother gave you this advice during the previous century, when my mom told me that if I were nauseous I made other people sick.
Language evolves, and the distinctions moms make are sometimes handed down by their moms, they’re sometimes arbitrary and they’re sometimes a bit narrow. Read More
25 Years Ago This Week
The Redskins’ incredible ride through the IHSA Class A State Baseball finals came up just one stop short as they fell to Normal-U High 10-0 in six innings in the championship game.
Moultrie County’s long awaited new animal control facility would soon be operational. Water and electricity were both in and a few minor items were left to do. Read More
Photo by Crystal Reed
Boy Scouts Cookout at IGA
The local Boy Scout Troop grilled out in the Sullivan IGA parking lot this past weekend during the Sullivan Townwide Rummage Sales.
•June 7, 2023•
In honor of May’s Teacher Appreciation Month, SONIC Drive-In’s SONIC Foundation donated $1.5 million to match all public contributions made to requests on DonorsChoose, a national nonprofit that allows individuals to donate directly to public school classroom requests submitted by teachers.
As part of SONIC’s ongoing Limeades for Learning initiative, the $1.5 million donation matched 50 percent of each donation made to all teacher requests. SONIC helped fully fund nearly 15,300 projects from teachers and schools across the country.
The following are among the exceptional teachers who received funding: Read More
•June 7, 2023•
by Crystal Reed
A new blessing box has been placed in the city of Sullivan to help provide short-term food assistance to those experiencing food insecurity. The new blessing box is located in front of Sullivan First United Methodist Church across from Sullivan Fire Department. According to Cheryl Thomas, coordinator of the blessing box, anyone may place items in the blessing box.
However, at this time, items which won’t get hot in the summer heat are suggested. Examples of items that are good to donate at this point in time include dry mixes, rice, noodles, cereal, cornbread mix, Kool Aid, oatmeal and dried pasta. There will also be weekly drops of fresh produce throughout the summer. Read More