To the Editor,
During this election cycle one contest that has been “flying under the radar” is that of the Sullivan school board. Some people who live outside of the city limits don’t realize that they are eligible to vote in this contest.
This letter is one way to get the word out and encourage people to vote. Read More
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Life Advocacy Day
On Wednesday, March 20 Catholics from throughout the Diocese of Springfield gathered together with Bishop John Paprocki for the annual Life Advocacy Day. Parishioners from St Columcille in Sullivan, and Immaculate Conception in Mattoon joined a large crowd in the Illinois State Capitol building to give a voice to the voiceless by letting the legislators know they disapprove abortion.
•March 27, 2019•
The March Issue of IASA Leadership Matters recently hit the desk of every school superintendent in the state.
It features Okaw Valley Supt. Kent Stauder and erg instructor Wes Wise on the front cover and has a great article inside about the many projects underway at OV. The Okaw Valley/ Lake Shelbyville CORPS cooperative projects are focused in a special video link https://user-39430906818.cld.bz/March-2019-LM-19039/1
•March 27, 2019•
Indiana State University has announced its dean’s list for the fall semester of 2018. To be eligible for the list, students must maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale.
The area student making the dean’s list is Dalton Armes of Gays.
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“Out of the Blue”
OVHS Sophomore Olivia Whitney poses with her oil painting (top) “Out of the Blue” at the 37th Children’s Art Exhibition at the EIU Tarble Art Center. Jeremiah Wood, Madalyne McPheeters, Kyla Hutchison and Kaylee Fuentes also had displays at the exhibition.
•March 27, 2019•
The Sullivan Town Wide 2019 Rummage Sale is June 7 and 8.
Boy Scout troop 39 will conduct the annual cookout on the Sullivan IGA parking lot during this community wide event.
The Scouts Cookout has been a Town Wide Rummage Sale event since 2003 and serves as the largest fund-raising event of the year for Boy Scout Troop #39.
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WHS Academic Challenge Team Statebound
The Windsor High School Academic Challenge team competed at Lake Land College recently. The team placed third and advanced to sectionals. Max Carr received a second place medal in biology at regionals and a third place medal at sectionals. Morgan Greuel received a third place medal for computer science at regionals.
The team placed at the EIU sectionals and are now heading to the state competition. Team members are Liam Hortenstine, Payton Nichols, Carson Cole, Nikki Trussell, Lauren Hendershot, Parker Domzalski, Max Carr, Morgan Greuel, Michael McCoy, Maranda Tarvin, Pyrinthia Ballinger, Haley Beck, Logan Greuel, and Beau Bennett.
25 Years Ago This Week
The Sullivan School District is seeking approval in the upcoming election to issue $4,000,000 in school building bonds to build a new K-6 elementary school. The referendum later passed by 887 votes. County Clerk Richard Purdeu is expecting a heavy turnout with cross-over voting. Also on the ballot will be the Sullivan Fire Protection Dist. asking voters to approve a tax rate increase from 30 to 40 cents per $100 of equalized assessed valuation. This referendum also passed by 14 votes.
Ron Black has been hired by the Lovington School Board to replace former superintendent Dick Nelson when he retires July 1. He comes to Lovington from Hartsburg where he has been the junior-senior high school principal since 1988.
Jibby’s will be serving corned beef and cabbage for lunch and dinner for St. Patrick’s Day. Read More
•March 20, 2019•
By Supt. Ted Walk
Sullivan CUSD #300
On Tuesday, April 2, voters will once again have the chance to make their input on the school heard by participating in the upcoming school board election. Every two years, an election is held to fill either three or four of the seven Sullivan School Board seats.
This coming April, there will be four open seats. A quick glance at the ballot may reveal that there are only a total of four candidates running this year, which could lead to the idea that voting is inconsequential as all four members will fill the four vacancies.
However, upon closer inspection, it would be discovered that membership on the board of education is restricted to a maximum of three members from any congressional township. Read More
•March 13, 2019•
Moultrie County has been issued a final property assessment equalization factor of 1.0196, according to David Harris, Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue.
The property assessment equalization factor, often called the “multiplier”, is the method used to achieve uniform property assessments among counties, as required by law. This equalization is particularly important because some of the state’s 6,600 local taxing districts overlap into two or more counties (e.g. school districts, junior college districts, fire protection districts). If there were no equalization among counties, substantial inequities among taxpayers with comparable properties would result. Read More