Category Archives: News Briefs

Take a Walk with Walk: Superintendent-Y Stuff

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•September 26, 2018•

By Ted Walk,
Supt. Sullivan CUSD #300

The Sullivan School District has always taken pride in our academic achievement.
We maintain that commitment to academic excellence and consistently and systematically look for ways to provide a top-notch education for our students.
As we recently analyzed various data and test scores, our district identified mathematics as an area of academic focus.  We reviewed several models of instruction at various area schools and compared those with potential interventions that could be utilized to continue to improve our math scores.  Read More

Lovington Businesses Honored by Alumni Association

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•September 19, 2018•

By Carol Smith
NP Guest Columnist

At their homecoming banquet September 29, the Lovington Alumni Association will honor the five local businesses who display LHS trophies.
Even before the Lovington High School building was torn down, community businesses were planning ways to exhibit the trophies and other memorabilia formerly housed in the LHS halls and foyers.
Ray Duncan, chairman of the board of Hardware State Bank, first suggested the idea of housing the trophies at the bank, library, phone company and elevator.
“I had seen my former high school and other schools that had been merged store their trophies in closets or lose them,” Duncan said.
Duncan thought the bank was the perfect place to house the basketball and volleyball trophies. He had coached Lovington’s boys’ basketball teams three different times, leading the high school to three regional championships and three conference championships. He also coached the junior high boys’ team for two years prior to the annexation of the school district. Read More

Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library Requests TIF Funds for Sign

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•September 19, 2018•

By Ariana Cherry
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Titus Memorial Library director Michelle Nolen approached the Sullivan City Council at their last meeting about purchasing an informational sign to place outside of the library. The sign would be placed in the grassy area on the southwest corner facing the east and west side.
Nolen questioned the council whether there would be TIF funds to help pay for the sign. The council members stated that they would have to speak with the TIF consultants and see whether there would be funds in the budget this year.
Nolen also responded that the library had some maintenance funds for this fiscal year which could help with the purchase as well as some possible memorial funds. Read More

Sec. State Mobile Unit is Coming to Sullivan Library

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•September 19, 2018•

Secretary of State Jesse White, in cooperation with Sullivan Library, is offering drivers a chance to renew their driver’s license or vehicle registration renewal sticker, obtain a duplicate or corrected license, or obtain an Illinois identification card. White’s mobile unit will be available at the Sullivan Library located at 2 West Water in Sullivan 10 a.m.-2 p.m. October 18. Read More

Senior Expo Draws Over 200 Participants

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Senior Expo Draws Over 200 Participants
The Senior Expo, sponsored by the Mid-Illinois Senior Center, was a notable success with nearly 200 people in attendance and 25 vendors who provided a number of door prizes including gift certificates and gift baskets.
Nylene Hughes, who won a $50 gift certificate to IGA, Judy Brown and Norma Piper who both won large mum plants were among the 15 door prize winners.
The free breakfast was sponsored by both State Senator Chapin Rose and State Representative Brad Halbrook.
More prizes were distributed to the winners in the bingo games.
High school students from the National Honor Society and the Student Council helped serve and clean up after the breakfast.

A Walk with Mr. Walk: Superintendent-Y Stuff

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•September 19, 2018•

By Ted Walk,
Supt. Sullivan CUSD #300

At Sullivan Middle School, we currently have 26 seventh and eighth grade students serving as Classroom Mentors.
Students interested in participating in the Classroom Mentor program complete an application and go through a selection process. For those who are selected, students spend about 40 minutes daily in an elementary school classroom.
These students provide assistance to both teachers and students. Middle school students can be found performing all sorts of tasks.
I have observed these Classroom Mentors reading to elementary students just outside of their respective classrooms or listening to elementary students read, while helping them with difficult words. I have witnessed these students reviewing math facts on an individual basis or seated among a group of elementary students engaging them in a lesson. Read More

Letter to the Editor: 9-19-2018

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To the Editor:

It had to have been somebody in an urban area, probably Chicago, who proposed the Illinois vehicle mileage tax.
Probably everybody has heard about the VMT by now, but if enacted there would be a device in your car to measure how many miles you drive, and you would be taxed 1.5 cents per mile. For those who consider it too invasive to have one of these devices in your car, you would be charged a flat $450 (yes, four hundred fifty dollars) per year. Read More

Remember When? 9-19-2018

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25 Years Ago This Week

Sullivan High School junior Tony Armstrong has been appointed to the Student Advisory Council to the Illinois State Board of Education. Armstrong plans to voice his concerns about the increase in drug and alcohol use by high school students. He feels that teachers need to be more inspirational and be able to involve students who don’t want to be involved.
Lynn Maxedon has announced his candidacy for Moultrie County Sheriff. He will be running against Deputy Sheriff Rieck Kendall. Gerald “Griz” England has announced his candidacy for Moultrie County Clerk. Read More