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Kathryn Nisley

Kathryn V. Nisley, 89, of Glendale, Arizona, formerly of Arthur, died Monday, May 4, 2020 at Providence Place at Glencroft Senior Living.
There will be a family funeral service at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at the Arthur Mennonite Church with Rev. Glen Rhodes officiating. Burial will follow in the Arthur Cemetery. Shrader Funeral Home, Arthur, is assisting the family with arrangements.
Kathryn was born November 8, 1930 in Lovington, the daughter of Valentine and Anna Schrock Nisley.
She is survived by 2 sisters, Edna Gingerich of Arthur; Faye Yoder of Littleton, Colorado; brother, Paul Nisley of Arcola; 3 nieces, and 3 nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; and sister, Irene Butler.
Kathryn graduated from Hesston College in 1954 and from Goshen College in 1959; She did her Dietetic Internship at in University Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1960. All of Kathryn’s life was spent in dietetics and she was a clinical dietician for over 30 years.
She was a member of Sunnyslope Mennonite Church in Phoenix, Arizona and had attended the Arthur Mennonite Church.
Because of her interest in service to the church, 25 of those years were spent in church-related institutions. She was Chief Dietician for 15 years at Lebanon Community Hospital, Lebanon, Oregon and for 10 years at Glencroft Retirement Home, in Glendale, Arizona. Her last employment was at Plaza Del Rio Care Center, Peoria, Arizona.
Online condolences to the family may be sent to www.hilligossshraderfh.com

County Board Holds Virtual Meeting

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•May 8, 2020•
The Moultrie County Board is holding a virtual meeting Thursday, May 14.
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Sullivan Schools Offer Special Ed Phone Conf.

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•May 6, 2020•

Providing special education services to students with disabilities who attend private schools and home schools is the purpose of a 9:00 a.m. Monday, May 18 phone conference.
Conducted by the Sullivan School District interested parties should call 728-8341 to participate via phone conference at that time.
Parents of a home-schooled student who has been or may be identified with a disability and reside within Sullivan School District boundaries should attend.
Further questions pertaining to the meeting may be directed to Jessica Reeder at (217) 728-8341.

The Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918: What Have We Learned?

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Questions Still Remain

•May 6, 2020•
By Ellen Ferrera
for The News Progress

In a recent conversation a friend related the story of her German grandfather and the flu pandemic of 1918. His family sacrificed everything they had to send their 19-year-old son to America so he wouldn’t be conscripted into the Kaiser’s WWI army.
Her grandfather came full of promise and hope but died three years later at the age of 22 – one of the estimated 20-50 million victims, including 675,000 Americans, in one of the deadliest epidemics in human history. It infected 500 million people. It killed l00 million people or 5% of the world’s population in just over a year.
Over 100 years later researchers and scientists are still seeking answers to many questions such as where did the virus originate, why were the healthiest young people ages 20-45 the largest number of fatalities and how was it spread so quickly?
First of all, “Spanish Flu” was a misnomer. During WWI Spain was a neutral country and its newspapers were free to report on the epidemic’s effects in Spain. Read More

Okaw Valley Baseball: Dealing With the Season that Didn’t Happen

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Andrew Hagerman screams words of encouragement to his players during the super-sectional game against Ottawa Marquette in Bloomington’s Jack Horenberger Field on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan in May 2018. Timberwolves were two outs away from advancing to the Final Four for the second time.

•May 6, 2020•
By Jason Brown
News Progress Sports

When Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker implemented a stay-at-home order on March 21, Andrew Hagerman did not have to make many career adjustments.
Hagerman, who is Regional Sales Manager at Hagerman & Company, sells software in the tech industry and typically works from home during the high school baseball season.
“In reality, our entire company can function remotely at 100%,” he said. “So we are blessed with that fact. Nothing has changed from a standpoint of how I can do my job, and how busy I’ve been.”
What has changed for Hagerman this spring has been baseball. Or the absence of baseball.
Hagerman, who is coach of the Okaw Valley baseball team, misses the competition and day-to-day preparations.
“I miss seeing all of the players each day, working through the season and always focusing on how to get better,” he said. Read More

State Agencies Launch Project

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•May 6, 2020•
The Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI), Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM), and Mutual Aid Box Alarm System Illinois (MABAS) today announced the creation of the Illinois Preliminary Exposure Reduction Project. The project was developed to deliver critical firefighter health and life safety research, education, training and basic equipment to fire departments across the state. The intent of the project is to raise awareness of the increased cancer risks faced by firefighters, provide departments with free basic equipment that can be used for preliminary exposure reduction for personnel on incident response scenes, as well as training on how to properly use those tools.
“Reducing the occupational life safety risks of firefighters is at the heart of the IFSI mission. Educating firefighters about those risks and providing them with the knowledge and tools to mitigate it could not be more important to IFSI or the fire service,” said IFSI Director Royal P. Mortenson. Read More

Is Conceal and Carry Safe While Wearing a Mask?

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•May 6, 2020•
The Illinois Criminal Code makes it a Class 4 Felony for any person to carry a weapon while “masked in such a manner as to conceal his or her identity.”
The question presented is whether an individual who has a valid concealed carry permit and is lawfully carrying a weapon while also wearing a mask to comply with health and safety measures will be criminally prosecuted for the offense of Unlawful Use of Weapons. Read More

CARES Act to Provide Relief

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•May 6, 2020•
The federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act has allocated funding to colleges and universities, including Lake Land College, to provide emergency financial aid grants to students for expenses related to the disruption of campus operations due to coronavirus.
Eligible expenses are those included under a student’s cost of attendance such as food, housing, course materials, technology, healthcare and child care. Read More

How Will We Heal Illinois’ Agri-food System?

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•May 6, 2020•
By Bob Easter, Richard Guebert Jr. and Theresa E. Mintle
Illinois Agri-Food Alliance

In the midst of a global health crisis, the agri-food sector is pressing forward determined to do what it does best—feed the world. After all, empty grocery store shelves don’t simply restock themselves.
COVID-19, however, is rapidly exposing our food system’s susceptibilities and disconnects. Could this pandemic catalyze a rethinking and transformation of the current centralized model? With an outsized stake in the outcome, Illinois would be wise to consider.
Under normal circumstances, the modern-day food system operates with efficiency via a “just enough, just in time” lean inventory model supported by a global trade system. By design, it provides a diverse array of abundant, low-cost food and agriculture-derived products sourced around the world catered to consumer demands. Read More

Moultrie Ag in Classroom has Different Farm Tour Day

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•May 6, 2020•
The school year is ending in a different way than any of us could have imagined.
Steph Naylor with Moultrie County Ag in the classroom coordinator found a few ways to reach out to her students since she was unable to get back in the classrooms.
The end of March yearly Reedy farm tour day scheduled with several area school third graders could not happen.
Naylor had a bag of goodies for each third grader who was to attend that day and, due to it being cancelled, she contacted the schools and coordinated getting those bags to those students to enjoy.
Each bag contained learning materials from the Illinois Beef Association and Illinois Pork Producers. Read More