Cheryl Coddington, from Fast Stop, recently presented a check to Crystal Edwards, Moultrie County CEFS Coordinator. Those who used Pump 1 or Pump 2 with the Spirit Pump wrap during November and December, with one penny per gallon being raised for a local charity, enabled Fast Stop to donate $418.52 to CEFS. Looking ahead, the January/February Spirit Pump donations will go to Sullivan AMBUCS. 

July continued from  1.7.26 Edition

This past Saturday, July 19th, Bluey paid a visit to his fans at Sullivan’s Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library. In addition to hugs and playing games with Bluey, stations were set up that attendees enjoyed, such as an arts and crafts station, a coloring station, face painting, balloon games, and a playtime library checkout desk, which allowed for a popular game of pretend. 

Sullivan Preschool held an Open House on Friday, August 1st, at its facility located at 10 Hawthorne Lane in Sullivan. The public was invited to tour the school and meet the staff and Board of Directors. The children’s creative work was be displayed, and refreshments were served.

On Tuesday, July 22nd, Linda Henry from the Moultrie County Soil and Water Conservation District provided a fun and educational water conservation activity for local youth at the Lovington Library, focused on water conservation. Mrs. Henry used a terrarium-building project to demonstrate water conservation, hands-on.

Locals and non-locals alike gathered in Findlay on Friday, July 25th, and Saturday, the 26th, to celebrate the 37th annual Walleye Festival. On offer were everything from a Kid Zone, beer tent, American Legion Dinner, vendors, food trucks, firehouse obstacle course, to a pedal pull, car show, live musical performances, tractor pull, and the parade, which drew a sizable crowd for the town of approximately 700 residents. There was something for everyone, and the atmosphere was one of very good cheer, despite the record-hot, humid weather experienced in the region the past two weeks.