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Windsor Schools March Students
Windsor Jr/Sr High School’s March Students of the Month are Joseph Broz, son of Joseph Broz and Brooke Lister, and Bridget Phillippi, daughter of Wiliam and Betty Phillippi and Tammy Car.
Broz is involved in basketball and Scholastic Bowl. He is interested in engineering as a career after high school.
Phillippi plans to attend Lake Land College majoring in veterinarian medicine. Pictured L to R: Joseph Broz and Bridget Phillippi
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2nd Annual T-Ball and Pinto Camp
The Sullivan Youth Baseball Board hosted the 2nd Annual T-ball and Pinto Camp April 28. SHS head softball coach Andy Wagner and SHS head baseball coach Nathan Becker led drills for 5-8 year olds and their coaches. Sullivan Youth Baseball is gearing up for another successful season and has almost 300 5-15 year old boys and girls registered to play. Games will kick off the week of May 12.
•May 8, 2019•
The Sullivan High School Bass Fishing Team participated in a stormy IHSA Bass Fishing Sectional Tournament on Lake Shelbyville, Thursday, May 2.
The rain and lightning led to a delay with rain throughout the day making fishing conditions very challenging. Read More
•May 8, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Okaw Valley softball team dropped a Little Okaw Valley Conference home game to Arcola last Wednesday and won an LOVC home game against Blue Ridge Monday.
Monday during senior night for the Timberwolves, OV scored three runs in the third inning to take a 3-1 lead but lost the lead after Arcola scored a run in the fourth inning and two runs in the fifth inning to take 4-3 lead.
OV battled back by plating three runs in the sixth inning then held on in the seventh for the 6-5 win.
Madison Vogel was 3-for-4 with a homer, four RBIs and a run scored, and Kalie Reed was 2-for-3 with a run scored.
Paige Coleman drove in a run and scored a run, and Miaya Lehman was 1-for-2 with a walk, one run scored and stolen base.
Kate Jeffers, Grace Bunfill also recorded a hit each, and Bunfill and Kalie Reed each scored a run. Read More
•May 8, 2019•
The Sullivan softball team dropped a Central Illinois Conference game against Tuscola last Thursday.
The Warriors scored three runs in the first and two in the second to take the early lead and did not look back. Read More
•May 8, 2019•
Secretary of State Jesse White in cooperation with Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library in Sullivan is offering drivers a chance to renew their driver’s license or vehicle registration renewal sticker, obtain a duplicate or corrected license, or obtain an Illinois identification card. White’s mobile unit will be available at the Sullivan library, located at 2 West Water in Sullivan, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. May 16.
An applicant renewing a current Illinois driver’s license or identification card need only present a current valid driver’s license or identification card. If the applicant is applying for either a duplicate or corrected driver’s license or identification card the applicant must present two forms of identification. To find out what documents are considered acceptable identification, call 217-782-7044 or visit the Illinois Secretary of States website at:
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/pdf_publications/dsd_x173.pdf.
Letter to the Editor,
Borrelia burgdorferi, (better known as Lyme) is spread by the bite of a tick, which can be as small as the period at the end of this sentence. May is Lyme Awareness Month. Borreliosis is the greatest vector (insect) borne disease with now over 400,000 new cases each year in the US alone. Read More
•May 8, 2019•
By Supt. Ted Walk,
Sullivan CUSD #300
This past week, a number of Sullivan High School seniors were recognized during the annual Awards Night.
Twenty-one students were recipients of 27 scholarships totaling $42,600.
This was achieved through a combination of superb academic effort, combined with generous community support. Read More
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National English Honor Society
Sullivan High School NEHS installed officers for the coming school year. Current officers are standing and new officers seated. From left to right, standing: Natalie Drury, President; Tim Lawyer, Vice President; Karsyn West, Secretary; Dalton Rogers, Treasurer; Paige McLaughlin, Reporter; Brodie Goss, Sergeant of Arms; and Addison Graham, Director of Activities. Seated from left to right filling the same positions: Aiden Short, Aaron Garvey, Seth Mayberry, Emily White, Zane Gardner, Ashlyn Bennett, and Shyanne Hunter. Cami Badman is the advisor along with Becky Lawson and Annie McClellan as faculty council.
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Community Band rehearsals beginning May 28 are from 6-7:30 p.m. in the Sullivan HS band room, and concerts are 6:30 p.m. in Wyman Park. First concert is scheduled for Thursday, June 6.
•May 8, 2019•
The Sullivan Summer Community Band is preparing to kick off a second season and local musicians are invited to join.
Community band director Shaun Schaefers emphasized the community band is open to incoming ninth-12th grade high school students and adult musicians.
“Last year we had 40 participants with an even mix of student and community members,” Schaefers said.
Interested musicians should sign up online at sullivanband.wordpress.com/scb or contact Shawn Schaefers at schaeferss@sullivan.k12.il.us or call 217/728-8311 ext 1231