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Coach of the Year and Hall of Fame for SHS’s Sheri McCain

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•May 8, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

Illinois Basketball Coaches Association announced its District Coaches of the Year last week.
Sullivan’s head girls’ basketball coach Sheri McCain was the Class 2A District 14 Coach of the Year.
Under McCain, Sullivan earned its second straight trip to Class 2A Sweet 16 and finished with a 26-4 record.
That will not be the only honor McCain will receive while at the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame Banquet Saturday at Illinois State University. Read More

ALAH Girls’ Track Team Take LOVC Track and Field Championship

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•May 8, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor

Boys’ and girls’ track and field teams competed in the last (as currently constructed) Little Okaw Valley Conference Championship meet at Thomas Bradford Field in Arcola Friday.
In the girls’ 44th annual meet, Kenli Nettles helped Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond take the LOVC championship with 99 points, while Okaw Valley placed second with 93.6 points in the 13-team meet.
Nettles scored the bulk of the Knights’ by winning four events: the 100-meter hurdles, high jump, 200-meter dash and 300-meter hurdles.
She broke the meet record in the 100-meter hurdles with a 14.85, and she ran the 200-meter dash in 26.11.
She finished the 300-meter hurdles in 46.35 and high jumped 5 feet 4 inches.
Alexa Miller also scored points in multiple events. Read More

Windsor Schools March Students

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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

2nd Annual T-Ball and Pinto Camp

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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.

Big Sixth Inning Hits Cinch Okaw Valley Softball Win

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•May 8, 2019•
By Jason Brown
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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

Secretary of State Mobile Unit in Sullivan

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•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 5-8-2019

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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