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Remember When? 9-30-2020

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25 Years Ago This Week

According to a crime rate report, Moultrie was the safest of area counties.
A motorcycle and combine were involved in a traffic accident. A westbound motorcycle swerved in an attempt to pass a westbound combine on the right and crashed into a ditch on County Road 1350N.
Friends and neighbors pitched in to help with the harvest at the James A. Sharp farm near Bethany. Among those farmers who supplied equipment and helped were Jim Tipsword, Dale and Karen McKinney, Harry and Mark Bennett, Dale and Mike Bland, Daniel Cotner, John Bartimus, Bob Boyer, Bob Snyder, Gary Patterson. Additional drivers for the equipment included John Calhoun, John Monroe, Bill Ashley, Kevin McReynolds and the Rev. Dan Wright. Sharp was severely injured when his tractor was struck by a train in August.
Lovington had narrowed the field of candidates for police chief from ten to four. Read More

Local University of Illinois Extension Educator Wins National Awards

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Cheri Burcham

•September 30, 2020•
University of Illinois Extension Educator Cheri Burcham (pictured) along with team members Cara Allen (retired), Karla Belzer, Chelsey Byers, Tessa Hobbs-Curley, Molly Hofer and Susan Sloop were honored recently at the National Extension Association for Family and Consumer Sciences (NEAFCS) 86th annual session, whose theme was “Life Elevated”. The team received Second Place Central Region NEAFCS Educational Curriculum Package Communications Award at the conference held virtually on September 14 - 16, 2020. Read More

Boys Golf Continues to be Undefeated

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•September 30, 2020•
By Jason Brown
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The Sullivan boys’ golf senior trio of Drew Rogers, Leyton Ellis and Logan Westjohn has spearheaded another undefeated season in 9-hole match for the Redskins with only a few meets left.
Sullivan is 23-0 in regular season 9-hole matches this season, and the seniors on the team are 89-1 in their varsity careers.
“Between Logan, Leyton, and Drew, they are always competing against each other in matches and in practice,” said Sullivan coach Ben Richter. “They are all really good friends and have been playing golf together for a really long time.” Read More

Community Thanksgiving Meal

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•September 30, 2020•

Sullivan Southern Baptist will be hosting a Community Thanksgiving Meal on November 28 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. The meal is a free traditional Thanksgiving meal. Please call by November 22 to make your reservation at 728-8471. Leave a clear message with your name, phone number and the number in your party.

Lovington Library Board Petitions

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•September 30, 2020•

Petitions for the Lovington Library board are available until December 21, 2020 for pick up at the Lovington Public Library during open hours, Monday 9-7, Tuesday - Friday 9-12 & 2-5, Saturday 9-12, for anyone interested in being a candidate.

Okaw Valley’s Bailey Bennett Earns Medalist Honors At Triangular Meet

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•September 30, 2020•
By Jason Brown
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The Okaw Valley boys’ and girls’ golf teams competed in the triangular meet at Eagle Creek Golf Course Thursday, Sept. 24.
For the Okaw Valley girls’ golf team, Bailey Bennett’s hole-in-one on the eighth hole helped earn her medalist honors with the low score of 49, a season best.
“I joked with Bailey after her seventh hole of the evening,” Fultz said. “I said, ‘You are not playing bad at all, and let’s set a goal. If you par out (seven between the next two holes) you finish with your best score ever and break 50 (49).” Read More

Moultrie Moment of the Week

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Pictured above is the 1957-58 Lovington PTA officers. Pictured are VP Helen Glancy, Pres: Skeeze Broutin, Sec. Virginia Brooks &and publicity Blossam Coventry. 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.

Obituaries 9-30-2020: David Coe

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David Coe

David L. Coe, 65, passed away at 12:13 a.m. Sunday in the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, Mattoon.
Celebration of Life services will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday in the Reed Funeral Home, Sullivan with Pastor Joel Ruppert officiating. Visitation will be Thursday from 10:00 a.m. until service time. Burial will be in the Bolin Cemetery, Sullivan with military honors provided by Scott Air Force Base. Memorials are suggested to New Life Pregnancy, Decatur. Online condolences may be sent to the family at reedfuneralhome.net. Please practice social distancing and wear face masks for the visitation and service. Read More