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New Water Plant on Schedule for July 2023 Start Up

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•March 1, 2023•
by Crystal Reed

One of the current projects for the city of Sullivan is a new water plant which is currently under construction. The original cost estimate was $8.5 million, but with the cost of equipment and supplies after COVID, they are close to $9.5 million.
According to Commissioner of Public Safety and Health Chuck Woodworth, the determination of the need for a new water plant was done by the Illinois EPA. They evaluated the current plant and pointed out the deficiencies of no redundancy of the main treatment process equipment. “There is only one softner, currently,” he said. “If it breaks down or needs to be taken out of service for cleaning or repairs, the water would not be able to be treated.” Read More

Sullivan City Council Approves Memorandum of Understanding Between City and Illinois Fraternal Order of Police

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•March 1, 2023•
by Crystal Reed

The Sullivan City Council approved a memorandum of understanding between the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police (IFOP) Labor Council and the City of Sullivan. Commissioner Mike Fowler was absent.
Mayor Richard Glazebrook said this is something they are trying to use to keep and not burn out officers. The city is supposed to have nine officers. They currently have six full-time trained officers and two untrained. “We have a lot of rules and regulations we have to follow through the state of Illinois, and we are trying to make this easy as we can for these guys and still give us the protection we need in Sullivan,” Glazebrook said.
Police Chief Andy Pistorius reported they lost two good officers whom they sent to training due to scheduling. Each officer doing a 12- hour shift has four hours of overtime every two weeks. Once they bec0me full-staffed, there would not be any overtime. It would be a rotating schedule with every other weekend off. Read More

Blood Drive in Lovington

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•March 1, 2023•

The Lovington First Christian Church is hosting an American Red Cross Blood Drive on Thursday, March 9 from Noon - 5:30 pm.
Walk ins are welcome. To register for an available time slot, go to redcrossblood.org.

Music in Findlay

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•March 1, 2023•

If you are looking for music to listen to or dance to check out the Junction “Little White Church”, 108 N. Main Street in Findlay on Friday, March 3 from 7 to 9 pm.

Drive Thru Dinner

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•March 1, 2023•

A drive thru dinner fundraiser for OV scholarships will be held on Monday, March 20 from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm at Findlay American Legion. The meal includes homemade chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, green beans, dinner roll and Texas sheet cake. Tickets are $10 in advance only. Tickets will be sold from March 7-17. For tickets contact Chris Coventry at 217-273-8529, Dave Brooks at 217-273-2425 or Pat Brooks at 217-273-2421. Additional proceeds will be donated to the OV Blessings Program.

Mobile Food Pantry in Lovington

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•March 1, 2023•

The University of Illinois Extension in cooperating partnership with sponsor Decatur Catholic Charities will be hosting a mobile food pantry on Wednesday, April 5 from 4 to 5 pm at the Lovington Ambulance Building. A mobile food pantry delivers a 2 week supply of food per family in rural communities. Any individual or family that does not have a steady food supply qualifies to receive food. No financial information is required to reply. You must register by Monday, March 27. To register, sign up at Christ’s Pantry during their open hours on March 2 from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm or March 16 from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm or call the church office at 217-873-4692 and someone will return your call.