Donald Jesse
Donald E. Jesse, 74, of Sullivan, passed away at 11:31 a.m., Thursday, January 5, 2023, in St. Mary’s Hospital with his family by his side. Read More
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Obituaries 1-11-2023: Brenda Hampton
Brenda Hampton
Brenda Kaye Fouste Reisacher Hampton, 75, of Clayton, Mo., formerly of Shelbyville, Sullivan, and Springfield, Ill. passed away Thursday, January 5, 2023, in her residence. Read More
Red Cross Volunteers Assist 20 People Affected by Home Fires in Past Week
•January 11, 2023•
American Red Cross volunteers in the Quad Cities and West Central Illinois chapter responded to eight home fires in Carterville, Casey, Luka, Mattoon, Meredosia, Springfield and Witt in the past week and provided assistance to 20 individuals, through supplying them with basic items to meet immediate needs after a fire, and additional support in the form of health and mental health services and one-on-one support. Read More
Menu 1-11-2023
Senior Peace Meal
For additional information or for reservations, please call 1-800-543-1770
January 16 - Ham and Beans, Copper Carrots, Fruit, Cornbread
January 17 - Chicken Parmesan, Green Beans, Yellow Squash, Romaine Salad, Spaghetti
January 18 - Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes w/Gravy, Zucchini & Tomatoes, Three Bean Salad, Bread
January 19 - Steak Bites over Noodles, Hot Greens, Basil Carrots, Fruit
January 20 - Salmon Burger, Baked Beans, Broccoli-Cauliflower Salad, Fruit Crisp, Bun
Moultrie Moment of the Week
Blaisdell’s Hardware store was located on the east side of square where the Thrift shop is now. It was one of Sullivan’s oldest retail shops on the square. The owners at the time of the photo were Dick Isaacs and John Gragg. Photo taken in 1976 for the local paper. Pictured are Dick Isaacs, Peggy Fish, Beulah Lacy, John Gragg and Bob Hatley. Please submit photos to the News Progress for future consideration. Originals will be saved for return or forwarded to Moultrie County Historical Society. If you have any other information, please contact the Moultrie County Historical Society at 217-728- 4085.
1 in 2 Of You Reading This Column Has Better Things To Do
•January 11, 2023•
By Jim Baumann
NP Guest Writer
Lucy DelMonico sent me a printed ad that reads: “1 in 2 US adults have diabetes or prediabetes.”
“Is this correct or should it be ‘1 in 2 adults has diabetes’?” she asked.
First of all, that’s a sobering statistic that should encourage more people to participate in Dry January, especially if your drink of choice is a piña colada or a brandy Alexander.
The subject of the sentence is “one.” And “one” takes a singular verb. Oftentimes, people consider “adults” to be the subject. Not so. Read More
Remember When? 1-11-2023
25 Years Ago This Week
The Sullivan School Board was considering renovations to the high school weight room, upgrading of the high school and middle school cafeterias.
The meat dept. staffers at Jerry’s IGA won another major award from their company in the Midwest Regional Beef Roundup promotional competition for 450 IGA stores. Jerry’s finished fourth in the nation. Members of the department were Meat Dept. Read More
Blood Shortage Due to Weather, Illness and Holiday Season
Photo by Crystal Reed
Roger and Donna Walker donated blood at the drive held at Lovington Christian Church on Wednesday, January 4.
•January 11, 2023•
by Crystal Reed
There is a currently a blood shortage, and reasons being given for it are the holiday season, seasonal illness and weather causing drives to be cancelled. “This time of the year is challenging for collecting blood,” said Brian Williamsen, Communications Manager for the Illinois Regional American Red Cross. The American Red Cross supplies 40% of the nation’s blood.
January is National Blood Donor Month. Tina Fleenor, Territory Coordinator for ImpactLife said they try to have good promo vouchers for their donors to encourage them to come out to the blood drives in their areas as well as their donor centers across the four states they service. “The winter storms right before Christmas hit our region pretty hard with donors not able to get out due to the frigid temperatures,” she said. “Quite a few places we had drives set up closed the day of their drive so that left a lot of “promised” donations by the wayside.” Read More
City Council Awards Bid for Alley Improvement Project
•January 11, 2023•
by Crystal Reed
The Sullivan City Council awarded a bid for alley improvement project during Monday’s meeting. Lee Beckman of Milano and Grunloh felt they should move forward on it as concrete will go up in price. He said they should take the bid they have and either do some of the work themselves or remove some of the work.
A motion was made to accept the bid from Fultz Contractors Company of Paris in the amount of $151,556.25 for an alley improvement project. Two bids were received for this project. The alley this will affect is behind G3, Sullivan Dance Studio and the pavilion on the square. Read More
Cravatta Comes in First at CrossFit Legends Championship in 55-59 Age Group
Photo courtesy of Guy Cravatta
Guy Cravatta of Sullivan competed at the CrossFit Legends Championship in the 55-59 age group in Cookeville, Tennessee in December. He took first place in his age group.
•January 11, 2023•
by Crystal Reed
Guy Cravatta of Sullivan earned first place at the CrossFit Legends Championship in the 55-59 age group in early December. The competition was held in Cookeville, Tennessee. He entered the Legends Championship online, qualified in mid-August to qualify for the championship and had to finish in the top 10 worldwide. He had to perform six workouts over a three-week period.
“I told myself if I did not place in the top three, I would not go to the championship,” Cravatta said “I would only go if I had a chance to win.” Once the scores were posted, the leaderboard showed him with a second place finish and qualifying for the Legend Championship. He said he and the remaining top nine qualifiers, joined 14 other regional champions to compete for the Legends Championship in Cookeville, Tennessee. Read More