•September 27, 2023•
In the Wednesday, September 20 Moultrie County Board article it was incorrectly reported that the special use permit request for a manufactured home by Janie Tippit and Josh Rhodes, 595 CR 1500N, Bethany was denied. The motion on the table was to approve and it passed 6-1-2 with 2 abstaining, those being John Vander Burgh and Kenny Graven, the no vote being Travis Phelps. We regret the error.
•September 27, 2023•
ImpactLife, the provider of blood components for local hospitals will be having three blood drives in our area soon. The Cadwell community will host a community blood drive on Tuesday, October 17 3 to 7 pm at 1533 CR 1900N, inside the donor bus parked by M&E Woodcrafts. Mid-State Tank will host a blood drive on Wednesday, October 18 from 11 am to 4 pm at 1357 Jonathan Creek Road, Sullivan inside a donor bus. Agri-Fab will host a blood drive on Friday, October 20 from 9 am to 2 pm at 809 S. Hamilton St., Sullivan inside the Gold Classroom. To donate contact ImpactLife at (800) 747-5401 or visit www.bloodcenter.org and use code 70636 if registering for Cadwell drive, use code 71293 if registering for Mid-State Tank drive and use code 71025 to locate the drive for Agri-Fab.
•September 27, 2023•
There will be a fundraising cookout held on Saturday, September 30 from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm for the Kyle Lehman Honorary Scholarship at Kirby Foods in Sullivan. All profits from the cookout go towards funding the scholarship given to a graduating senior working at Sullivan Kirby Foods. Established in 2023, the Kyle Lehman family awarded 2-$1,000 scholarships to 2 deserving graduating seniors. Join them in honoring Kyle Lehman’s contribution to the Sullivan community and raise money for the 2024 scholarship.
•September 20, 2023•
Missouri State University awarded 550 degrees to students during summer 2023. Mason Phipps of Mattoon graduated with a Bachelor of Science, Information Technology. Students who graduated with honors completed at least 30 credit hours with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5.
•September 20, 2023•
Have you ever wondered what does the county collector do, who/what are levying bodies, how can you lower your property taxes or what an assessment notice is? These questions and others will answered during property tax informational meeting in October at various locations around the county. Meetings will take place on Tuesday, October 17 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at Bethany Firehouse, 530 E. Main Street; Thursday, October 19 9:00 to 10:30 am at the Sullivan Senior Center, 114 E. Jefferson; Saturday, October 21 from 9:00 to 11:00 am at the Sullivan American Legion, 8 E. Strain; Tuesday, October 24 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at Arthur Firehouse, 323 W. Columbia; Thursday, October 26 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at Gays Village Hall, 815 Front Street and Monday, October 30 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at Lovington Life Center, 232 W. State Street. The meetings are brought to you by Moultrie County Supervisor of Assessments Lori Barringer, Moultrie County Clerk and Recorder Linda Qualls and Moultrie County Treasurer and Collector Stephanie Helmuth.
•September 20, 2023•
Cian Lynch of Sullivan, a homeschooled senior, has been named a National Merit semifinalist. The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the names of more than 16,000 semifinalists in the 69th annual National Merit Scholarship Program last week. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,140 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million that will be offered next spring. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the finalist level of the competition. About 95 percent of the semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, and approximately half of the finalist will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar title.
•September 20, 2023•
The City of Sullivan will have City Wide Clean Up Days October 25-27 and will be done in three segments. All items should be on the curb by 6 am. Wednesday, October 25, all residents south of Jackson Street and west of Hamilton will have pick-up services. This will include all of Hamilton Street. Customers on Jackson Street will have pick-up services on the 26th. On Thursday, October 26, all residents north of Jackson Street will have pick-up services. This will include all of Jackson Street. On Friday, October 27, all residents south of Jackson Street and east of Hamilton Street will have pick-up services. Customers that live on Hamilton Street will have pickup services on October 25 and customers on Jackson Street will have pick up services on October 26. If you do not live within city limits, you are not eligible to participate and your items will not be picked up. Items accepted for city wide cleanup include: furniture, box springs and mattresses, toys and bikes, rolled up carpets (five feet in length), miscellaneous household garbage in bags or bundles (50 pound weight restriction). In order to be picked up materials are limited to 6 cubic yards of volume per household, materials must be bundled or bagged and weigh less than 50 pounds, materials must be cut to less than 5 feet in length, nails must be pounded down safely into construction debris. Any items left at a residence that failed to follow these guidelines will be the responsibility of the homeowner to remove. Items not accepted include but are not limited to: tires of any kind or size, car parts or components of any kind, solvents such as paint, oils, fuels and thinners, yard waste such as clippings, trimmings, leaves, limbs and branches, batteries, fluorescent light tubes, concrete, bricks and rocks, burnt material/ashes of any kind, appliances (stoves, refrigerators, dishwashers, water heaters, dryers, freezers and air conditioning units), E-waste electronic equipment such as computers, monitors or televisions, asbestos material/hazardous waste, petroleum contaminated soil, industrial waste, chemicals, herbicides and pesticides, radioactive materials, flammable liquids, propane or equipment, motor oil, transmission oil, lubricants/hydraulic oil/oil filters/contaminated oils (mixes with solvents and/or gasoline, hazardous materials (oils, gas, solvents), antifreeze, lead paint chips, railroad ties, medical waste, animals, liquids, sharp protruding objects or broken glass.
•September 13, 2023•
On Saturday October 7, at 1:00-3:00 pm, the Arthur Ambulance and Rescue Department will be at the Arthur Public Library to train AED devices as well as CPR. There will only be 16 seats so you must call (217) 543-2037 to reserve yours.
•September 13, 2023•
The 2023 Sparrows Unlimited Toy Run will be held on Saturday, September 23. Sign up is 11-Noon that day at Lovington Legion. Fee is a new unwrapped toy. All vehicles are welcome and there is a new route this year. This year’s theme is ‘80s.
•September 13, 2023•
The Bethany Senior Citizens Potluck will be held on Wednesday, September 20 at 11 am at Bethany Library. Fried chicken will be furnished. All are welcome.