•October 4, 2023•
Tacos are a beloved comfort food. While the true origins of tacos are unknown, they are believed to have originated in Mexico long before the Spanish arrived. Ancient Mexicans made soft, flat corn tortillas and filled them with various ingredients, including cooked organ meats and fish. Read More
•October 4, 2023•
Commissioner Doug Shook is asking that residents not set fire to brush piles on the property where residents are allowed to bring tree limbs and brush for the city to eventually turn into mulch. On the afternoon of Tuesday, September 26, someone set a brush pile on fire and that spread to a mulch pile setting it on fire as well. Shook wants to let residents know that they should not be doing that. He noted that the city cannot put a gate on the property or close it because the right of way becomes blocked on the weekends by people bringing their brush there when that action had been taken previously.
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Windsor High School Homecoming Royalty
Windsor High School hosted their Homecoming Dance on Saturday, September 30th. The theme for the evening was Candyland. Ainslie Eident was crowned Homecoming Queen and Brody Hendrickson was crowned Homecoming King. Front Row (left to right): Crown bearer Azalea Noffke, 2023 Homecoming Queen Ainslie Eident, 2023 Homecoming King Brody Hendrickson, Crown bearer Christopher Henderson. Back Row (left to right): Freshman Attendant Zoey McDaniel, Sophomore Attendant Cameron Carey, Junior Attendant Aubrey Carter, Queen Candidates Aubree Brown and Lillian Cole, 2022 Homecoming Queen Reese Bennett, 2022 Homecoming King Rhett Rincker, King Candidates Billy Evetts and Dax Bartimus, Junior Attendant John Cook, Sophomore Attendant Tayven Vaughn, Freshman Attendant Brody Barnard.
Dear Editor,
Standardized testing is a very debatable topic in the United States. For many years, there has been talk about eliminating standardized testing from schools because they don’t improve education in America. However, there are many pros and cons to that argument. That being said, standardized testing should still be used in American education. “In his book Defending Standardized Testing, Dr. Richard Phelps presents his finding after analyzing 100+ years of research on standardized tests, and concludes that 93% of studies have shown standardized tests as having a positive influence on student achievement.” Although standardized tests can be a struggle for some students, a majority of students who take them get positive feedback. Read More
•October 4, 2023•
By Jim Baumann
NP Guest Writer
An editor told me of a recent conversation he had with a regular guest columnist regarding the columnist’s use of “moot.”
Although the columnist offered a couple of alternatives, the editor decided to keep it in “on the theory that sometimes it’s interesting to readers to see a new word or a word correctly used in an unfamiliar way, even if at first it might send them running to the dictionary.”
I think most people who read a newspaper do so to learn something. At least I would hope so. I support the editor’s thinking. In fact, that’s the bedrock assumption of the column you’re reading right now. If there is room for “Grammar Moses” in the newspaper, there is room for “moot” in an opinion column.
Did I mention the columnist used “moot” as a verb? I’ll bet you didn’t see that coming. Read More
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Bridget Watkins, a Lovington alumna, was at the Lovington Public Library for a book signing. She shared about her life growing up in Sullivan and Lovington and the inspiration for her book. The book “Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones but Words Will Never Hurt Me..or Will They?” identifies how both fellow children and parents can be cruel and how through her experiences, she came to rely on faith to handle rejection and other problems in life.
Competing at home and in recognition of their seniors the SOV cross country team hosted Shelbyville, Tuscola, and Arthur/Lovington for their final meet at Tabor Park for the season. SOV’s girls finished six in the top ten to take first place, while the boys finished in second place. Seniors recognized were Reagan Miller, Patrick Hogan, Devin Mosier, Noah Workman, Adam Davis, Sam Harshman, Abigail Weybright, Brooke Mitchell, Mollie Bowman, Liz Priest, Maggie Plank and Tori Floyd. Read More
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Windsor High School Homecoming Court
Windsor High School recently announced their 2023 Homecoming Court. Pictured left to right (Back Row): King Candidates Brody Hendrickson, Daxten Bartimus, and Billy Evetts, Junior Attendant John Cook, Sophomore Attendant Tayven Vaughn, and Freshman Attendant Brody Barnard. (Front Row): Queen Candidates Ainslie Eident, Aubree Brown, and Lillian Cole, Junior Attendant Aubrey Carter, Sophomore Attendant Cameron Carey, and Freshman Attendant Zoey McDaniel. Homecoming Coronation is Saturday, September 30th at 7:30 pm at the High School, and the public is welcome to attend.
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Sullivan High School National English Honors Society Induction
Sullivan High School’s National English Honors Society recently held an induction of new members. New inductees pictured are Riane Bear, Anyssa Coffer, Emily Crosier, Mae Dawkins, Logan Fleener, Aubrey Gingerich, Jalen Herschberger, Jonathan Iacobazzi, Landon Jesse, Kharli Kelly, Eiley Poe, Madi Shonkwiler, Naveah Wilson, Alexia Tull, Raymond Yang. Not pictured are Kate Bushue and Devon Richardson.
•September 27, 2023•
Cami Badman‘s SHS letters provided this special section for News-Progress readers in partnership with Sullivan Community School District 300. Thank you to Sullivan Schools for expecting excellence and to these letter-writing students for delivering.
Letters to the Editor written by Cami Badman‘s Honors English III students at Sullivan High School explored controversial subjects with maturity and logic.
Badman opened the school year challenging these 20 students to present well-rounded arguments for student-selected controversial subjects and letters to the editor.
Throughout history, letters to newspapers about important topics have crafted public opinion into pivotal changes in society in an age of electronic dominance and sound-bite arguments. Exploring topics in depth brought some interesting and convincing results.
Students explored a wide range of topics ranging from discontinuing the penny to gun control. Read More
•September 27, 2023•
By Jim Baumann
NP Guest Writer
When in doubt about the origin of an idiom, there are places to go, notably etymonline.com and idiomorigins.org.
I sometimes get lost in these websites because I learn so much every time I dip my toe in.
I decided to look up the birth of “eat crow” for reasons I’ll explain in a bit.
Idiomorigins.com calls it the American version of “eating humble pie.” It’s the act of admitting one’s mistake.
How does a mea culpa translate to eating crow? Crows, as you know, eat rotting flesh. Hence, it is believed crows themselves taste terrible. I wouldn’t know; I’ve eaten it only in an idiomatic sense. But something like that would be a humiliating experience. Read More