•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]

•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

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•

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

•June 13, 2018•

The ALAH FFA chapter held its annual awards banquet recently at the Arthur Business Center. Many awards were distributed, and the new FFA officer team was installed.

The opening ceremonies were presented by the 2017-18 FFA Officer Team, and   the FFA Creed was presented by FFA Greenhand Rachel Kinney. Sixteen individuals and businesses who contributed over $1650 to the Illinois Foundation Collection Drive were recognized.

The Most Active FFA Member Award went to Katie Gingerich, and Rachel Kinney received the top greenhand award. The awards moved on to recognizing the members who had the top Supervised

FFA members earning the chapter proficiency award include Makenna Green in Grain Production Entrepreneurship, Oil Crop Production Entrepreneurship, and Diversified Crop Production Entrepreneurship; Zane Crist in Poultry Production; Katie Gingerich in Swine Production Entrepreneurship and Agriculture Sales Placement; Maddie Snyder in Small Animal Care and Colton Romine in Vegetable Production. Green, Crist, and Gingerich, were also recognized for winning their area at the section level. Green won district in Grain Production Entrepreneurship as well as becoming the first ALAH FFA member to win a state proficiency award and will now compete at the national level. Read More