•August 8, 2018•
Dalton City All Wheel Extravaganza results from July 22 include Participant Choice Top 5 vehicles: Randy Goodrich - 48 Pontiac Woody; Rick Beauchamp-57 Chevy; Kent Ghast - 32 Ford; Steve Holsapple - 62 Vette; Ron Long - 50 Mercury. Motorcycle winner was 2008 Harley owned by Greg Luth and 52 Ram Farmall tractor owned by Steve Smith.
There were 105 entries in this year’s All Wheel Extravaganza.
Senior Peace Meal
For additional information or for reservations, please call 1-800-543-1770
Monday, August 13 - Pulled pork, creamed peas and potatoes, mexi corn, bun, mandarin oranges
Tuesday, August 14 - Salisbury beef patties, mashed potatoes, lyonnais carrots w/wheat dinner roll, fruit juice
Wednesday, August 15 - Chicken broccoli alfredo, mixed vegetables, creamy coleslaw w/wheat dinner roll, fresh fruit
Thursday, August 16 - Shepherd’s pie, Harvard beets, biscuit, sliced pears
Friday, August 17 - Hamburger, potato salad, baked beans, bun, warm peach-pineapple crumble
•August 8, 2018•
The 13th annual meeting of the member and shareholders of the Okaw Farmers Grain Cooperative, Inc. will be held on Thursday, August 16 at Yoder’s Kitchen Restaurant in Arthur.
Dinner will be served between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. preceding the 7 p.m. business meeting.
Tony Brown, president of the Board of Directors of Okaw Farmers Cooperative will outline goals for the company’s future. Dave Kieffer, general manager, will discuss the operations of the company.
•August 8, 2018•
A benefit for Paysley Dowds begins at 4 p.m. Saturday, August 11 at the Sullivan V.F.W.
Paysley is the three-year-old daughter of Justin and Kayla Dowds and granddaughter of Jimmy and Yvonne Harlin and Tony and Tiffiney Prytherch.
Paysley was born with Chiari Malformation and Syringomyelia and will have Chiari Decompression with Duraplasty surgery on August 15. All funds will go to medical/living expenses during this time.
Live entertainment starts at 7 p.m. featuring Doug Meeks, Jack Danials and The Nothing.
A Little Tikes Bounce and Slide House and Kidkraft Garden View Playhouse will be raffled. Kids games, pony and train rides, face painting, silent auction and 50/50 raffle will be available. Meals will be available with children three and under eating free. For more information and advanced tickets call 217-254-5203.
The event will start off with a 2 day benefit rummage sale August 9th and 10th 7:00a.m.-6:00p.m. at 33 Roley Estates Sullivan all proceeds go to Paysley’s Benefit.
•August 8, 2018•
SAIL, Soyland Access to Independent Living, will host a workshop introducing the ABCs of Medicare 1-2:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 18 at the Lovington Public Library, 110 W. State Street, in Lovington.
The presenter is Mervet Adams. The workshop is free; reservations are not required. For more information call Betty Watkins, SAIL Rural Outreach Coordinator, at 774-4322.
•August 1, 2018•
The second annual Steam Threshing and Baling show is August 3rd and 4th at the Illinois Amish Heritage Center three miles east of Arthur.
Friday: Threshing - 10:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4:00 p.m. Baling - 11:00 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3:00 p.m., 4:30 p.m.
Saturday: Threshing - 10:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m. Baling - 11:00 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m.
Each day will be ongoing field demonstrations. These will include silage chopping, oat combining, discing, plowing, sickle mowing, hay loading demonstration powered by horses and tractors.
•August 1, 2018•
During the Findlay Walleye Festival last weekend the 3 on 3 basketball tournament was held and Sondra Diss presented a $500 check to Reese Nichols of Findlay for her trip to Russia.
The 3 on 3 Angie Marie Diss tournament has been going on during the Walleye Festival for 11 years.
Tony and Amie Sparks and John and Sondra Diss are the organizers.
All money raised is used to help Okaw Valley school district athletes with everything from shoes to sports equipment for the school.
•August 1, 2018•
Illinois Highway 121 between Sullivan and Bethany is going to be under construction for the next couple of weeks. Starting August 6 a patching and hot mix overlay on either side of the bridge will affect traffic; reducing lanes at times. About 3/4 mile is being resurfaced with 15 working days in the IDOT contract.
•August 1, 2018•
The Illinois Department of Transportation announces that bridge work will begin the week of August 6th, on Illinois 133, 2.5 miles east of Lovington, IL.
The existing bridge carrying IL 133 over Jonathon Branch is being removed, and it will be replaced with a box culvert.
To complete the work, Illinois 133 will be closed during the project. A marked detour will be in place to guide traffic around the road closure. The road will be closed beginning Monday August 13, 2018.
The road is expected to be open to traffic by October 12, 2018, weather permitting.
Motorists can expect delays and should allow extra time for trips through this area. To avoid the work area, when feasible, use of alternate routes should be considered.
For IDOT District 7 updates, follow us on Twitter at @IDOTDistrict7 or view area construction details on IDOT’s traveler information map on GettingAroundIllinois.com.
•July 25, 2018•
Moultrie County has been chosen to receive $2,800.00 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county.
The selection was made by a national board that is chaired by the U. S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency and consists of representatives from American Red Cross; Catholic Charities, USA; National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA; The Jewish Federations of North America, The Salvation Army and United Way Worldwide. The local board was charged to distribute funds appropriated by Congress to help expand the capacity of food and shelter programs in high-need areas around the country.
A local board is made up of representatives from local government, Salvation Army, United Way, Catholic Charities and a former homeless person who will determine how the funds awarded to Moultrie County are to be distributed among the emergency food and shelter programs run by local service agencies in the area. The local board is responsible for recommending agencies to receive these funds and any additional funds made available under this phase of the program. Public or private voluntary agencies interested in applying for Emergency Food and Shelter Program funds must contact Kristy Dawson, 217-728-7721, for an application. Applications must be received by 10 a.m. July 31.
Under the terms of the grant from the national board, local agencies chosen to receive funds must: 1) be private voluntary non-profits or units of government, 2) be eligible to receive federal funds, 3) have an accounting system, 4) practice nondiscrimination, 5) have demonstrated the capability to deliver emergency food and/or shelter programs, and 6) if they are a private voluntary organization, have a voluntary board. Qualifying agencies are urged to apply.
Moultrie County EFSP Local Board has distributed Emergency Food and Shelter funds previously with C.E.F.S. Economic Opportunity Corporation participating. Last year C.E.F.S. was responsible for distributing $2,800.00.
The re-organizational meeting for this year will be held at C.E.F.S. Economic Opportunity Corporation at 114 E Harrison St. in Sullivan at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 31. For additional information, contact Dawson at 217-728-7721 prior to the time of the meeting.