•August 24, 2022•
The Oakland Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the 39th annual Fall City Wide Yard Sales in Oakland on Saturday, August 27 from 8 am to ? In conjunction with this the Hindsboro community, 6 miles west of Rt. 133 is also having city wide yard sales. Maps will be available at McQueen Lumber in Oakland. For more information call 217-346-2125.
•August 17, 2022•
Eastern Illinois University has released their Spring 2022 dean’s list. Students listed from the area include: Abigail Abercrombie and Hunter Trussell, both of Arthur; Heather Totten of Findlay; Madison Donsbach, Tate Fultz, Kara Molzen, Adalee Nichols, Alyssa Pearson and Tanner Tarr, all of Sullivan and Candice Colclasure of Windsor.
•August 17, 2022•
The Decatur Audubon Society invites members and other interested persons to its third summer meeting on Sunday, August 21, at 4:00 p.m. at 3402 Fitzgerald in Decatur where a long-time member of Decatur Audubon will welcome them to his three-acre property to describe and answer attendees’ questions about his solar panel installation that reduces his electrical power costs and provides environmental benefits. Bring a lawn chair. Afterward, croquet and badminton will be available for attendees. Cold drinks will be provided. In case of inclement weather, call Melody Arnold at 217-972-0587 or Rosenbergers at 217-877-4789.
•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 Findlay Fire Department will be holding a tractor drive on Saturday, August 27. Registration is at 7 a.m. and the drive starts at 8 a.m. at Findlay Middle School. Donations only. Tractors must be capable of running 12 mph. They will stop for lunch at the VFW in Sullivan. All proceeds benefit Okaw Valley Scholarship and other community events. Call Ed Voltenburg at 217-259-9781 or Dave Winans at 217-808-0312 for more information.
•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•
There will be a blood drive on Monday, August 15 from 1 to 4 pm at the St. Columcille Church Hall, 516 West Jackson Street, Sullivan. For more information or to sign up for a donation time visit www.bloodcenter.org or 1-800-747-5401.
•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•
The Lesters will be in concert at Allenville Christian Church, 201 Allen Street, on Saturday, August 20 at 6 pm. The concert is free. A love offering will be taken during the concert.
•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