•April 11, 2018•
The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond FFA Alumni Chapter is offering scholarships for the 2018-19 school year. The scholarships are available to students who are entering either their first or second year of post-secondary education at a trade school, junior college, or university. Students do not need to be agriculture majors to receive a scholarship. Read More
•April 11, 2018•
The Moultrie County Retired Teachers Association held its first meeting Wednesday, April 4 at the Sullivan First United Methodist Church.
More than 40 members heard an award-winning essay and enjoyed brunch served by the United Methodist Women. Read More
•April 11, 2018•
Sarah Bush Lincoln Ear, Nose and Throat Physician Lori Cudone, MD, and Keith Ballinger, PA-C, will offer free head and neck cancer exams to the public from 5 to 7:00 pm on Tuesday, April 17; and from 7:30 to 11:30 am on Saturday, April 21, at SBL’s ENT Clinic in Mattoon, by appointment only. Read More
•April 11, 2018•
Circuit Clerk Cindy Braden has accepted a position with the Illinois Courts Administrative office in Springfield starting May 1.
Braden, who started her fourth term as Moultrie County Circuit Clerk in 2016 and has been a county employee for 34 years including her time with the Moultrie County Sheriff’s Dept., informed members of the county board personnel committee of the decision April 4. Braden will be a court operations analyst with the Court Services Division of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Court
Braden is a Democrat with the selection of her replacement recommended by the county Democrat Central Committee. The person appointed will run for a two year term in the November election.
County Board Chairman Dave McCabe thanked Braden for her years of service to the county. Read More
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Gold Slip Students
Students who go above and beyond expectations at Sullivan Elementary School are awarded “Gold Slips.” Three students were recognized for this honor in March. Cabella Williams (left) and Josh Bailey (middle) helped out their classroom teacher by getting pencils out of the back of a bookcase that the teacher could not reach. Emma McCain (right) stepped right in to help a student tie his shoe without even being asked.
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Pictured are Pastor Mike Jones with his wife.
•April 11, 2018•
Pastor Mike Jones was unanimously voted to be the pastor at Prairie View Baptist Church of Lake City Jan. 28.
Born and raised in Decatur, Pastor Jones has come full circle in the ministry, relocating with the Lake City church.
More than 25 years after he left, Jones has been called to minister to his hometown area.
He has been in the ministry for more than 20 years and has served as an assistant pastor in several congregations, including recently in the Branson, Missouri area.
Jones accepted Christ as his Savior and followed the Lord in believer’s baptism at the Central Baptist Church currently on Jasper Street in Decatur. Soon after, under the ministry of Pastor Dave Brown at Central, he accepted the call to preach at the age of 12. Read More
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Moultrie County Farm Bureau Treasurer Lucas Roney explains the several types of equipment farmers use throughout the year to Sullivan third grade students.
•April 11, 2018•
The Moultrie County Farm Bureau held their annual Ag Education Farm Tour Friday, March 16 at Mike and Joel Reedy’s farm in rural Lovington. More than 100 students went through farm machinery, farm safety, chemical look-a-like, seed and livestock stations.
The farm tour gave local schools a chance to bring their pre-school and third grade classes out and learn about a day on the farm. The children learned about seed, fertilizer, equipment costs and the steps the farmer takes in preparing the fields from planting through harvesting the crops.
Students were also taught about chemical look-a-likes presented by Angie Welker from the University of Illinois Extension.
Jonathon Manuel from Champaign SWCD demonstrated the rainfall simulator which visually taught students how rainfall is affected by the type of surface it connects with and how water runoff occurs on particular surfaces.
Okaw Valley FFA led the livestock and ATV safety stations.
25 Years Ago This Week
Winter weather lingers on in Moultrie County. Snowy slick roads forced drivers off the roadways. Three accidents were reported on Saturday, March 13.
One of Sullivan’s first certified paramedics has retired after 37 years of service. Bob Hess started his career in 1957 as a volunteer fireman while he and his wife also operated Bob & Lida’s Cleaners. When Sullivan got its first ambulance, Hess was one of three to become the first certified EMTs in town. His son Jim is now a firefighter/paramedic for the Sullivan department. Read More
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Sullivan Rotary Receives Donation from First Mid. Pictured left to right are Brad Pullen, Sullivan Community President, Sullivan Rotary President Dan Fultz, and members Joe Keller, George Levi and Doug Smothers.
•April 11, 2018•
Investing in the communities it serves is important to First Mid-Illinois Bank & Trust, and in 2017 First Mid employees volunteered more than 18,000 hours within its 37 communities in Illinois and Missouri.
First Mid recently recognized the top five volunteers and donated $500 each to the charity of their choice.
Brad Pullen, Sullivan Community President, was a top volunteer and has selected both the Arcola Junior Football League and Sullivan Rotary Club to receive donations from First Mid. The Arcola JFL promotes having fun, learning the fundamentals of football, safety, teamwork and sportsmanship for boys and girls starting in fourth grade. Read More
•April 11, 2018•
SBL AdvantAge 50 is offering a day trip to Evansville, Ind. visiting yesteryear on Thursday, April 26.
The trip begins with a tour of the USS LST 325 Ship Memorial, a World War II landing craft. Read More