•June 20, 2018•
Chloe Lynn Cordell of Sullivan was among 1,335 students earning academic degrees or post-baccalaureate certificates after the Spring 2018 semester at Western Illinois University. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Education, Early Childhood Eduction.
Bachelor’s degrees were awarded to 862 graduates.
•June 20, 2018•
By Wendell Potter
Rural Health News Service
Recent studies about health care in America show troubling trends, especially in states with large rural and relatively low-income populations.
While the United States continues to spend far more than any other developed country on health care on a per capita basis and as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), many states, especially in the south and Midwest, are losing ground in key areas that pertain to life expectancy.
The Commonwealth Fund’s just-released 2018 Scorecard on State Health System Performance confirmed what other recent studies have shown: Life expectancy in the United States is going down while it continues to go up in other developed countries. And rural areas seem to be disproportionately affected.
Some researchers have used one word to explain the sudden reversal in life expectancy trends in the United States: despair. That’s because of the rapidly rising number of suicides and deaths associated with alcohol and drug use in this country. The Commonwealth Fund reported that deaths from suicide, alcohol and drug use have increased 50 percent since 2005. Read More
•June 20, 2018•
SBL Lincolnland Home Care and Lincolnland Hospice will conduct a free blood pressure clinic from 8:30 to 9 a.m. on Thursday, July 19, 2018 at the Senior Center, Sullivan. For more information, call Lincolnland Home Care at 1-800-879-3212.
SBL Lincolnland Home Care, Lincolnland Hospice and Lincolnland Home Medical will sponsor bingo from 9 – 10 a.m. following the blood pressure clinic.
•June 20, 2018•
Vacation Bible School will begin at Southern Baptist Church 6-8:15 p.m. Friday, July 27 and continue 9:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m. Saturday, July 28 with lunch served at noon. Hours on Sunday, July 29 are 3-5:15 p.m. with supper for children and families beginning at 5:15 p.m. and Family Night including prizes following at 6 p.m.
Vacation Bible School is available for children ages five through those just completing sixth grade.
Those with questions or needing transportation should call 217-728-8471 or 217-232-8880. Southern Baptist Church is located at 615 E. Jackson St. in Sullivan. Pre-registration may be made on line at www.sullivansbc.org. [/s2If]
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Elizabeth Houser and NAIFA leaders in Washington, D.C.
•June 20, 2018•
Elizabeth Houser of Sullivan joined hundreds of other professional insurance agents, advisors, brokers, consultants and employee benefit specialists from across the country in Washington, D.C. on May 23 to meet with U.S. Senate and U.S. House members and their staff as part of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors’s Annual Congressional Conference.
Houser, a local insurance and financial representative with Country Financial, is a member of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, the nation’s oldest and largest insurance and financial services association, which sponsored the event.
Houser joined NAIFA leaders, including Government Relations Chairs, Association Presidents and Executives from all 50 states; NAIFA President Keith Gillies; NAIFA President-Elect Jill Judd and members of NAIFA’s Board of Trustees for the event. Read More
•June 20, 2018•
Sullivan School Board approved first grade report card changes, salary increases for administrators and an amended budget for 2018.
During the Monday, June 11 District 300 meeting Supt. Ted Walk reported that first grade teachers had proposed changes to their progress reports.Those termlnology changes were reflected in mathematics, language arts and phonics skills. Read More
•June 20, 2018•
Lovington American Legion Post 429 is holding a golf outing to benefit the high school scholarships program on Saturday, August 4 with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start at Norton Knolls Golf Course in Oakland. Read More
25 Years Ago This Week
Meet Me in St Louis opens the summer season for The Little Theatre on the Square. Sullivan Siblings, Jaime and Jessica Dunphy shine as Tootie and Agnus in the production.
An Illinois Central Gulf Railroad employee came to the rescue of a loose pet pig that wandered from its Sullivan home on Market Street. It had apparently dug its way out from other the fence and was roaming around the old sale barn. Sullivan police officers Joe Luedke on Johnny Love participated in the chase. Read More
•June 13, 2018•
Childbirth Experience Class #1, June 14, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Class #2, June 21, 6:30-8:30 p.m. FREE, Decatur Memorial Hospital – OB Classroom, 2300 N. Edward Street, Decatur. Class #1 addresses what to expect before, during and after childbirth: birth by C-section: pain management; and when to come to the hospital. Class #2 is taught by a nurse from the Obstetric Unit who reviews breast feeding (pumping/storing, positioning your baby, tips for success) and newborn care in early days and beyond. Register online at www.dmhcares.com or call 217-876-3400. Read More
•June 13, 2018•
Soyland Access to Independent Living (SAIL) will hold a Personal Assistant Orientation for people interested in working as a personal assistant. The orientation is 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 26 at the Shelbyville SAIL Office located at 1810 W. South 3rd St.
There will be a break for lunch. Personal assistants are employed by people with disabilities to perform household chores and personal care tasks in their homes and are paid by the state of Illinois through the Department of Rehabilitation program. Read More