•August 17, 2022•

Mid-State Tank will host a blood drive from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Thursday, September 1 at 1357 Jonathan Creek Road, inside a donor bus. To donate contact ImpactLife Urbana at (800) 747-5401 or visit www.bloodcenter.org and use code 71293 to locate the drive. Masks and appointments are required.

•August 17, 2022•

The BASO Main Street Car Show will be Saturday, August 20 from 4 to 7 p.m. in downtown Bethany. There is a $10 entry fee. All makes and models are welcome. Dash plaques to the first 100 entries. Rain date is Sunday, August 21.

•August 10, 2022•

Agri-Fab Inc. will host a community blood drive from 9 am to 2 pm on Friday, August 19 at 809 S. Hamilton St, Sullivan inside the meeting room. To donate contact Barb Werling at 217-728-8388 ext. 281 or visit www.bloodcenter.org and use code 71025 to locate the drive or call ImpactLife to schedule at 800-747-5401. Masks and appointments are required.

•August 10, 2022•

This year’s SOV Football Lift-a-Thon was a major success hosted at Second Chance Gym. The SOV football athletes have made some huge gains in strength since last year, as a team they lifted 6,745 more pounds than last year’s Lift-a-Thon, and the pound for pound average amongst our athletes jumped up from 2.64 to 3.23 times their body weight. Aian Fryman had the highest total weight of 805 pounds in bench, squat, and clean combined, and also had the highest pound per pound ratio of 4.95. Mason Booker had the highest total weight increase of 310 pounds since last year’s Lift-a-Thon. If you have not had a chance to help support this year’s Lift-a-Thon and the SOV Football athletes but would like to, there is still time. To make a donation and help them continue to build the program visit onlinedonations.us/home/team-view-fundraiser/4894/4894

•August 3, 2022•

The University of Illinois Extension, in cooperating partnership with Decatur Catholic Charities and Sullivan United Methodist Church, will be having a mobile food pantry on Wednesday, August 24 from 4 to 5 pm at Sullivan United Methodist Church, 216 W. Jefferson, Sullivan, across from the Firehouse. A mobile food pantry delivers a 2 week supply of food per family in rural communities. Any individual or family that does not have a steady food supply qualifies to receive food. No financial information is required to qualify. This distribution is open to all, not only residents of Sullivan. Sign up by Tuesday, August 16 at 4:30 pm by calling the church at 217-728-4436 or 217-855-3933 between 8 am and 1 pm or Mid-Illinois Senior Services, Inc. at 217-728-8521 between 8:30 am and 3:30 pm. Once your form is completed by phone, you will be given a number to bring with you on the day of distribution. If you lose your number, you need to bring identification. The food will be distributed according to household size on Wednesday, August 24 from 4 to 5 pm at the Methodist Church in parking lot across the street.