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Sullivan Blue Dolphins Now Able To Compete

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Open division
Ethan Schmohe, Matthew Wesselman, Miles Kersten, Max Kersten, Isaac Chambers, Madalyn Booker, Mackenzie Erixon, Deanna Clark.

•June 16, 2021•
Sullivan Blue Dolphins Swim Team under the guidance of USA Swimming and Illinois Swimming is now able to attend swim meets under strict COVID requirements. In May, forty-six Dolphins attended a dual competition with the Terre Haute Torpedoes. The weekend of June 5, fourteen swimmers were able to compete at the Capital City Classic meet in Springfield which hosted some of the top swimmers in the state.
Top results from the Terre Haute meet:
8 & Under girls
5th place Ana Kean 100 backstroke
8 & Under boys
3rd place Tyler Blickensderfer 100 IM
4th place Mack Pogue 100 IM Read More

Lovington Grade School Honor Roll

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•June 16, 2021•

6th grade Straight A Honor Roll: Maxton Boddy, Morgan Casteel, Caleb Menna, Brynlee Moore, Joshua Taylor, John Williams.
6th grade Honor Roll: Kole Binder, Tucker Casteel, Jaidyn Edwards, Samantha Fowler.
7th grade Straight A Honor Roll: Daylon Doggett, Will Hilligoss, Cambrie Smith.
7th grade Honor Roll: Kori Rich, Alyssa Richards, Halle Wardrip.
8th grade Straight A Honor Roll: Lilian Edwards, Natalie Hutchcraft, Jacob Tighe, Connor Tipton.
8th grade Honor Roll: Austin Bates, Kendall Carnahan, Lily Culp, Kaylee McDaniel.

Sullivan Sports Briefs

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•June 16, 2021•
Boys’ Track
and Field
The Sullivan boys’ track and field team competed in the IHSA Class 1A Track and Field Sectional #10 at Tuscola Friday, June 11.
The Redskins placed seventh out of 17 teams with 27 points.
Redskin Terence McRill won the long jump to qualify for the IHSA State Track Meet next Thursday at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
McRill leaped a personal record distance of 6.13 for first place.
The 400-meter relay team of Colin Chappel, Cody Browne, Cooper Browne and McRill placed third with a time of 45.36.
Chappel also placed fourth in the 200-meter dash at 25.44 and fifth in the 100-meter dash with a personal-best time of 11.65.

Girls’ Track and Field Read More

Tommy Houser Memorial Golf Tournament

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•June 16, 2021•

The inaugural Tommy Houser Memorial Golf Tournament will be held Saturday, June 26. Proceeds will go towards the Thomas Houser Memorial Scholarship Fund. Golfing begins at the Sullivan Country Club with sign-ins at 10 am and a shotgun start at 11 am. There will be a McDonald’s Lunch at Noon. The event will include traditional golf games, 50/50, mulligans, gun raffle and lunch and dinner provided to golfers. First, second and third place teams take home prizes. There will also be male and female winners for longest drive, closest to the pin and longest putt. A party will follow at the Sullivan VFW Post 6410 with silent auction at 3 pm, steak dinner at 6 pm and Identity Crisis playing at 7 pm. Additional steak dinners are available for purchase for $15. Contact Elizabeth Houser at 217-962-0189 for more information.

A Southern Charm Vocabulary Lesson

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•June 16, 2021•
By Jim Baumann
NP Guest Writer

A hearty hello to all y’all after my two-week vacation in Tennessee and North Carolina.
I hope you missed me.
I’m one of those people who love to visit unfamiliar places with unfamiliar customs, unfamiliar dialects and unfamiliar foods.
I strive to make them all familiar to me lickety-split so I feel more a part of the place than a fish out of water.
I didn’t bone up on French, Italian or German in preparation for this trip, but I did burn into my cerebrum that the mountain range is pronounced App-uh-LATCH-in, not App-uh-LAY-shun.
You blow that one, and locals point at you, their mouths agape, and scream like Donald Sutherland did at the end of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.” Read More

Girl Scout Cadettes Donate LEGO STEM Kit to Library

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Girl Scouts cadettes from Troop 3070 present Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library staff with a robotics kit and iPad. From left to right: Madison Flexser, Addison Brush, Library Director Michelle Nolen and Assistant Director/Children’s Librarian Laura Davison.

•June 16, 2021•
by Crystal Reed
NP Writer

Madison Flexser and Addison Brush, Cadettes in Girl Scout Troop 3070, have donated a LEGO STEM kit and iPad to Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.
They donated the kit and iPad as their Girl Scout Silver Award project. The Girl Scout Silver Award is the highest achievement a Cadette can achieve. It requires identifying an issue in the community about which they care, building a team and developing and completing a project related to the identified issue. Read More

Moultrie-Sullivan Fair

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•June 16, 2021•

The Moultrie Sullivan Fair will be taking place on Friday, June 25 and Saturday, June 26 at the Sullivan 4-H Center, 1400 N CR 1500 E in Sullivan. Entry forms, schedule and fair book can be found online at www.moultriesullivanfair.com. Categories include beef, swine, horse, rabbits, poultry, project, gardening, crafts and baked goods. Spectators are welcome.

Obituaries 6-16-2021: Lonnie Bunfill

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Lonnie Bunfill

Lonnie Wayne Bunfill, 70, of Sherwood, Oregon, passed away May 8, 2021, in Tualatin, Oregon. He was a devoted husband who showed his love and care for his wife every day, 46 years to be exact. He was fun-loving, adventurous, and a joy to his family. Read More