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House Blessing Held for Newest Habitat Home in Lovington

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Moultrie County Habitat for Humanity board members, volunteers and care-a-vanners outside the newest Habitat home in Lovington.

•October 12, 2022•
by Crystal Reed
NP Writer

On Friday, October 7, the Franklin family was finally able to see what their new home looked like and receive the keys. Jennifer, Abbey and Maddox were presented with a Bible, American flag and house keys during the house blessing ceremony. According to Cheryl Thomas, Family Support sponsor, there were six or seven families interviewed this year in the process of determining who would partner with Habitat on the home. Read More

MCHGS Program

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•October 12, 2022•

As our nation’s November mid-term elections approach, the Moultrie County Historical and Genealogical Society will be looking back at “Prominent Politicians from Moultrie County” on October 20 at 7:00 pm in their new History Center located at 1303 S. Hamilton, Sullivan. The program will be presented by Paul L. Stone of Sullivan, who has made a study of our prominent politicians from the past, which includes members of the US Senate, the US House of Representatives, a speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, and a chairman of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. They lived in the communities of Bethany, Lovington, Sullivan, and the old village of East Nelson. As a retired lawyer who served thirteen years as Moultrie County’s States Attorney, President of the Illinois States Attorney Association, past president of the MCHGS, and son of one of those prominent politicians, he has intimate knowledge of the lasting impact our politicians have made on our state and country’s history. The public is invited to attend this informative and entertaining evening.

Mobile Food Pantry

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•October 12, 2022•

The University of Illinois Extension in cooperating partnership with Decatur Catholic Charities and Sullivan United Methodist Church will hold a mobile food pantry on Wednesday, October 26 from 4 to 5 pm at the Sullivan United Methodist Church, 216 W. Jefferson, Sullivan (across from the firehouse). A mobile food pantry delivers a two 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 qualify. This distribution is open to all not only residents of Sullivan. Deadline to sign up is by 4:30 pm on Friday, October 21. Call 217-728-4436, 217-855-3933 or 217-728-3933 to sign up. Once your form is completed by phone, you will be given a number to bring with you on the day of distribution. If you lose your number, you need to bring identification. The food will be distributed according to household size on Friday, October 28 from 4 pm to 5 pm at the Methodist Church in parking lot across the street.

Blood Drive

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•October 12, 2022•

Mid-State Tank will host a blood drive on Thursday, October 27 from 7 to 11 am at 1357 Jonathan Creek Road inside a donor bus. To donate contact ImpactLife Urbana at (800) 747-5401 or visit www.bloodcenter.org and use code 71293 to locate the drive. Masks and appointments are required.

SOV defeated by St Teresa

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SOV defeated by St Teresa
SOV Redskins were defeated by St Teresa Bulldogs on Friday, September 30th 63-12. The game started with the bang for the redskins as Aian Fryman caught a touchdown pass from Cooper Christiansen on the first play from scrimmage. The Redskins scored another touchdown in the first quarter but the rest of the game belonged to the bulldogs. The 12 points the Redskins scored are the most given up by St Teresa all year in a single game. SOV is now 4-2 overall and 2-2 in conference play. They travel to Shelbyville this Friday night to face the undefeated Rams

Harvest Field Market

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Crafty Girl Co-Op
Rachel Humes and Chelsea Bryant of Crafty Girl Co-Op were one of the vendors during the Harvest Field Market on Saturday, October 1. Not pictured is Micaela Wylie.

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Balloon Art
Magnolia and Tynleigh Cowell hold the butterfly balloon sculptures that were being created by a balloon artist at the Harvest Field Market held at Buxton’s on Saturday, October 1.

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Playing Amongst the Pumpkins
Asher Anderson was busy checking out all of the different varieties of pumpkins and gourds at Buxton’s Garden Farm this past Saturday.

Lovington Chili Cookoff Fundraiser

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Lovington Chili Cookoff Fundraiser
A chili cookoff fundraiser was held on Saturday, October 1 at the park in Lovington. Six people entered their chili in the contest. Winners were first place: Rick Anklam, second place: Shawn Evans and third place and People’s Choice award went to LeRoy Floyd. The $250 meat bundle raffle winner is Angie Krapf.