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Crowning Touch

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Photo by Mike Brothers. Crowning Touch Sitting atop the main scoreboard at the Wyman Park baseball diamond is a giant Sullivan Redskin logo thanks to city electric dept. personnel and equipment working along with park dept. employees. Herb Bricker explained further signage will complete the ball diamond project. John Boy Carroll at Carroll’s Welding and Fabrication of Sullivan designed the Sullivan Redskin logo which is powder coated for a durable finish. Over the summer the pitcher’s mound and infield were upgraded and the outfield returfed. Park Dept. employees prepared the scoreboard’s Redskin crown for the electric dept. to place with bucket trucks. Pictured kneeling from left: Kyler Lane and Brandon Veatch; standing David Nolen, Clint Thompson, Ed Moody and Director of Parks and Cemeteries Herb Bricker. In the background an electric dept. bucket truck operator places sponsorship grid.

Lovington Board Approves Police Purchase

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•August 14, 2019•
A broken storm drain and a sink hole behind the bank prompted the Lovington Village Board to take a group tour of problem areas during a special board meeting July 29.
Insurance trustee April Daily suggested the board go as a group to inspect the barricaded locations behind the bank and the broken storm drain on Logan Street.
After touring the sites, the board returned to village hall and prepared work orders for the barricaded locations. Read More

DAR Sponsors Workshop

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•August 14, 2019•
Those interested in pursuing their ancestry back to a patriot of the American Revolution are invited to a genealogical workshop. The sponsors are the Stephen Decatur Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution and the Decatur Public Library. The workshop will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, August 24 at the Decatur Public Library, 130 N Franklin St. in Decatur, and there is no charge. Read More

Sullivan’s Richard Glazebrook Awarded Sullivan Alumni Association “Who’s Who” Award

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•August 14, 2019•
By Ralph Kirk

for the Sullivan Alumni Association

Richard Glazebrook, the mayor of Sullivan, will be awarded the Sullivan Alumni Association’s annual “Who’s Who” award which is awarded for “significant humanitarian contributions in the Sullivan community”. The award will be presented to him at the Sullivan Alumni Banquet on October 5.
Glazebrook has devoted much of his adult life to improving Sullivan and the area around it. An SHS graduate in 1966 and Eastern Illinois University graduate in 1971, he became site superintendent of Illinois’s Eagle Creek and Wolf Creek State Recreation Areas in central Illinois. He also served as an officer for several conservation groups including Ducks Unlimited and Pheasants Forever. Read More

Til the Lights Go Out for LHS 50th

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•August 14, 2019•
By David Bowers
for LHS Alumni

The Lovington High School class of 1969 is celebrating its 50th year anniversary during the LHS Homecoming this year.
Join them at the Sullivan VFW south of Sullivan on IL 32 Friday, September 27 from 5 p.m. until the lights go out.
There will be a class picture and celebration of life for our departed class members followed by a catered dinner with 50’s and 60’s music in the background as participants reminisce. The classes of 1967, 1968, 1970 and 1971, as well as any other alumni and friends, are invited to attend. Read More

Social Security Column: Communities Fighting Fraud, Protecting Families

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•August 14, 2019•
By Ileana Saveley
Social Security District
Manager, Decatur

Older people are at a greater risk of fraud and other forms of financial exploitation. The United States Postal Service has seen an increase in mail fraud and is promoting community strength and fraud awareness as a way to prevent abuse. Social Security agrees. You can help your more vulnerable loved ones fight fraud.
You or a loved one might receive an advertisement in the mail, but it could be from a private company or even a scammer. United States law prohibits people or non-government businesses from using words or emblems that mislead others. Their advertising can’t lead people to believe that they represent, are somehow affiliated with, or endorsed or approved by Social Security. Read More

Winifred’s Steinway Plays on at Courtyard Estates

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At Winifred Titus Sentel’s Steinway for the first time since 1950 is piano student Beverly Pierce along with Piano Rescuer Judy Featheringill.

•August 14, 2019•
By Ivory Ebony
for the News Progress

Judy Featheringill went to the Titus Manor personal property auction curious about what Winifred Titus Sentel left behind.
All that changed at the Sullivan American Legion when the auction began on July 13.
“I didn’t plan to buy anything,” Featheringill began, “and I certainly didn’t want a piano.”
That’s where Erika Piper, Director of Courtyard Estates, stepped in. “It is an honor to have such an important piece of Sullivan history at Courtyard,” Piper said, noting Judy’s generosity has already been enjoyed.
Art Welsh played for his neighbors and friends soon after it arrived last week. Read More

Obituary 8-14-2019: Leon Miller

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Leon Miller

Ralph “Leon” Miller, 87, of Sullivan, passed away at 10 a.m. Tuesday, August 6, 2019 in his home in Sullivan.
Private family services will be held at a later date. McMullin-Young Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.    Read More

Moultrie Co. Relay for Life Spreads Hope

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•August 14, 2019•

“The Moultrie County Relay for Life went well! I would like to thank all that made the event a great day,” chairman Adam McReynolds said.
The Saturday, August 10 event held at the Sullivan High School track raised $38,877.32 so far and donations are still being accepted to help meet this year’s $44,800 goal, McReynolds emphasized.
One of the three new teams that joined this year, Team Whyatt Yarnell, made the day memorable with Yarnell’s team using luminary bags to spell out the word HOPE in the visitor bleachers for the closing ceremony.
McReynolds also appreciates all the sponsors: West and Company, Pepsi Midamerica, Hydro-Gear, Bruder Tank, Central Illinois Crematory, Dedicated Realty, Metro Communications, Agri-Fab, Country Financial, Scott State Bank, Sullivan Fire District, First Community Bank, Wood Insurance, Moultrie County Pest Control, Sons of American Legion Post 68 and AmBucs.
To make a donation, go to RelayForLife.org/moultrieil or call 1-800-227-2345.

Superintendent-Y Stuff: A Walk with Walk

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•August 14, 2019•
By Ted Walk,
Supt. Sullivan CUSD #300

I am pleased to welcome Sullivan Students back on Friday, August 16.
As usual, our buildings were a flurry of activity this past summer. The coordinated efforts of our custodians, secretaries, administration, teachers, coaches, and sponsors yielded wonderful results as it does every summer.
One really has to be here to see all of the work that is involved in preparing for another great year of education. The attention to detail given to every inch of every building by our custodial staff is truly something to be marveled. Read More