•October 3, 2018•
On Tuesday, five area schools participated in the Shelby County Land Use (Soil Judging) Contest.
The results are first place Okaw Valley - 1446; Central A&M - 1352; Cowden Herrick - 1194; Shelbyville - 1183; Pana - 920.
Okaw Valley students had the top four places including first Elizabeth Herbord - 366; second Case Crawford - 364; third Sadie Zimmerman - 358; fourth Cole Nichols - 358.
Other standout performers from OV were Karlie Stauder - 356 and Kylie Stauder - 352.
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Lacy Mossman is pictured.
•October 3, 2018•
Eastview Terrace has announced that Administrator Lacy Mossman has become a Certified Dementia Practitioner through the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners.
Mossman is a lifelong resident of Sullivan where she resides with her husband Matthew and their sons Kellan, 5, and Eli, 2. She attended Millikin University where she majored in elementary education and was a member of Alpha Chi Omega. Long-term care was never the plan for Mossman as she says she “fell into it by accident”. Her grandmother was a long-term care nurse and encouraged her to start work as a unit aide when she was in college. That was it, long-term care became her passion. She started her career with Petersen Health Care at Sullivan Rehab before accepting the position as activity director at Eastview Terrace in 2012. Lacy held many titles at Eastview before becoming administrator in 2015. Read More
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Community Service Award accepted by (from left) Cheryl Cobb, Robert Cobb for Rock Solid Chapel and Board Chairperson Jean Finley.
•October 3, 2018•
C.E.F.S. Economic Opportunity Corporation recently showcased their 53rd year of accomplishments that demonstrated that community action helps people and changes lives. During the 2018 annual meeting some very special people and organizations were recognized as valuable community partners who enhanced the level of service to those in need.
According to C.E.F.S. Chief Executive Officer Kevin Bushur, “Without community partners like Solid Rock Chapel it would have been difficult to attain and achieve the agency outcomes and successes.”
In 2014, Solid Rock Chapel began a community garden on the church grounds run by volunteers. The volunteers who tend the garden plant more than enough vegetables to feed themselves, with the intention of sharing with the C.E.F.S. Moultrie County Outreach Food Pantry. The volunteers bring a wide variety of fresh produce including sweet corn, green beans, squash, tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, peppers, and a variety of lettuce. The fresh produce is delivered to the Outreach Food Pantry by volunteers once a week and sometimes twice a week. The Outreach Food Pantry usually provides canned vegetables in the food boxes because they do not have the available resources to provide fresh produce. Solid Rock Chapel’s community garden fills this void. Read More
•October 3, 2018•
Moultrie County Clerk Georgia England stated that it has been brought to her attention that in a couple of neighboring counties individuals have recently received phone calls from persons impersonating an organization that provides voter registration assistance mentioning the Clerk’s office and the Clerk’s name. The callers asked the recipients if they wanted to register to vote or request an absentee ballot over the phone. The Moultrie County Clerk’s office does not generate these phone calls nor will the office ever call asking people to register to vote over the phone. Read More
25 Years Ago This Week
Philip Martin and Wilma Hollonbeck were entered into the SHS Hall of Fame during the annual alumni banquet. Martin is a corporate lawyer in Chicago and a community leader. He was a 1959 graduate of SHS. Martin married Nina Tabor in 1971, and they reside in Evanston. Sullivan resident Wilma Hollonbeck is a musician, a retired teacher and an active volunteer. After her graduation in 1940, Wilma attended University of Illinois where she received her degree with a major in English and a minor in Latin. She married Lefty Hollonbeck in 1942.
The Bethany High School marching band joined the Sullivan High School marching band for the pre-game celebration at Friday’s homecoming game. Each band performed individually at halftime. The bands were led by drum majors Jennifer Rogers of Sullivan and Teri Zimmer and Angie Duncan, both of Bethany. Read More
•October 3, 2018•
By Ted Walk,
Supt. Sullivan CUSD #300
The Sullivan Board of Education adopted a budget for the 2018-2019 Fiscal Year this past Friday. School finance has a number of intricate details, but the simplest way to describe the budget in generally-used terms would be “balanced”.
The 2018-2019 Fiscal Year will represent the fourth consecutive year that the Sullivan School District finishes the year with its total operating funds of Education, Operation and Maintenance, Transportation, and Working Cash in the black. Read More
•October 3, 2018•
Jon Jividen, Executive Chef from the Sullivan High School Class Of 1968, is returning for Homecoming and wrote this poem he would like to dedicate to the community and to the classmates of 1968.
A Place, A Heart
There is a place where I can go
that whispers to me what I used to know
There is a place that I came from
where memories bloom under the Midwest sun Read More
Dear Citizens of Moultrie County and, especially, the City of Sullivan,
On October 25, 2017, the rental home of Matt Nohren, his wife, Nikki, and their two children was destroyed by fire. Nikki, Hayden and Whitney were home when the fire started. Fortunately, Hayden alerted his mom and sister. All three escaped unharmed. All the family had after the fire was the clothing on their backs. They were homeless.
The members of First Apostolic Church, Sullivan, and Pastor Francis Farney opened their vacant parsonage for the Nohren family. The church paid all utilities and charged no rent until the end of June. This provided Mr. and Mrs. Nohren time, who are both employed, to get back on their feet financially. Read More
•September 26, 2018•
Tom Vance, Historic and Restoration Consultant from the Illinois Amish Heritage Center, will be at the Arthur Public Library at 1 p.m. Oct. 13 to do a presentation on the history, development, and current programs at the center.
It is open to the public, but seats are limited. Call the library at 543-2306 to reserve your seat.
•September 26, 2018•
Those physically unable to walk the General Dacey Trail may join Hay Ride for People with Mobility Restrictions on October 11.
This event features scenic hayride tours of the General Dacey Trail for all, young and old, who are physically unable to walk the trail on their own. Family or staff support is encouraged to ride along for the safety and enjoyment of all participants. Tours arrive and depart from the Shelbyville Aquatic Center parking lot in Shelbyville’s Forest Park. Read More