•December 5, 2018•

Sullivan Elementary School music teacher Courtney Leach was recently elected as the District 5 President for the ILMEA, a position to which she was first elected in 2016.
With 3500 members, the ILMEA (Illinois Music Education Association) is the largest fine arts education organization in Illinois and is one of the largest in the nation. Its purpose is to promote music within the schools, to give students great and unique musical experiences, and to provide professional development opportunities for music teachers. Leach began serving the ILMEA in 2002 as a junior band representative. Read More

Jim Fleming

•December 5, 2018•

The Board of Directors for the Moultrie Douglas County Fair and Agricultural Association recently elected Jim Fleming of Arthur as the new president for the fair.
Fleming becomes the 14th president for the fair and takes over from Sandy Hoke of Tuscola. Also elected was Sarah Reedy of Tuscola as vice president. Joining Fleming and Reedy on the officer team are Michelle Strader of Hindsboro as secretary and Megan Beckmeier of Atwood as treasurer. The Board appointed Duane Gingerich of Lovington as a director. Read More

25 Years Ago This Week

Sullivan American Legion Post 68 helped secure medals for two veterans commemorating the 75th Anniversary of World War I. Marion W. “ Snapper” Yates, 94, formerly of Sullivan, and John H. Moffet, 98, of Windsor are the only known living WWI veterans living in the area.
The American Legion also held a flag-burning ceremony. A photo of Stanley Guin accepting a tattered flag from Steven Keown for burning is shown. Steven’s father Mike, and brother Phillip were present as well.
Jed Shasteen of Sullivan earned the distinguished honor of being named an Eagle Scout during a ceremony at the First Christian Church. Shasteen, the son of Mike and Ruth Shasteen, joins his father as one of the elite recipients of the highest rank in scouting. Mike Shasteen, who now serves as Jed’s scoutmaster, became an Eagle Scout in 1961. Read More

Senior Peace Meal
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Monday, December 10 - Chicken pot pie with vegetables, brussels sprouts, whole grain biscuit, sliced pears
Tuesday, December 11 - Mostaccoli w/meat sauce, winter mix vegetables, tossed salad w/dressing packet, dinner roll, mandarin oranges
Wednesday, December 12 - Tangy pork chop w/vegetables over brown rice, green beans, rye, warm cinnamon apple sliced
Thursday, December 13 - Fried chicken, mashed potatoes w/gravy, seasoned Venetian vegetables, whole grain wheat, seasonal dessert
Friday, December 14 - Vegetable beef soup, creamy cole slaw, peanut butter, crackers, raisins

•December 5, 2018•

By Trudy Lieberman,
Rural Health News Service

The Food and Drug Administration just announced it would once again try to regulate tobacco products.
This time the target of the agency’s regulatory hand is the growing menace of flavored e-cigarettes and other tobacco products used by young people who’ve turned to vaping and smoking. The FDA said about 3.6 million teens under age 18 admit they use e-cigarettes.
That’s an alarming number, and it is worrisome because FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb has noted that almost all smokers started when they were kids. At their core, the FDA’s proposals are aimed at keeping minors from smoking today so they don’t become smokers tomorrow.
The FDA has taken two actions to curtail young customers’ appetites for the market’s new tobacco products. It did not issue an outright ban on e-cigarettes that had been widely expected and hoped for by some anti-tobacco advocates. Instead, the agency said stores could continue to sell e-cigarettes, but only from closed-off areas that would not be accessible to minors. Whether this will keep teens from getting their hands on e-cigarettes is anyone’s guess. Read More