25 Years Ago This Week

Sid Long and his wife Evelyn are entertaining two of Sid’s friends he met during WWII. Long and friends Nick Bausano and Carl Vanek were fellow combat MP’s in WW II. The three men and their wives have had several reunions over the years, one as far away as Australia, but this is the first time the men have visited Long at his farm in Lovington.

After a 14 year reign, Miss Lovington 1979 Penny Nicol Hood will relinquish her crown. Hood of Mt. Zion will bestow her crown on the new Miss Lovington 1993 during the JuneFest Celebration coming up June 25.

Former Sullivan resident Curt Handley graduated cum laude from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Mich. Handley is a 1982 graduate of SHS and the son of William and Fran Handley of Sullivan. He is currently employed as a patent attorney in Lansing.

Three Sullivan area students have been named to the Dean’s List at Illinois State University for the spring semester. They include Megan E. Cooper, Deborah A. Florini and Susan K. Grose. Read More

•June 6, 2018•

Sarah Bush Lincoln will provide sports physicals to students and athletes from Sullivan schools.

The sports physicals will be held from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday, June 7, at the SBL Sullivan Clinic, 7 Hawthorne Lane in Sullivan. The cost is $20 per physical with all fees being donated to the Sullivan Athletic Booster Club.  Read More

•June 6, 2018•

Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White’s legislation strengthening the law on texting while driving moves to the governor’s desk, following the Illinois Senate’s approval of House Bill 4846, which cracks down on texting while driving by classifying first-time offenses as moving violations. Under the current law, which took effect in 2014, second and subsequent texting while driving offenses are treated as moving violations, while first offenses are treated as nonmoving violations.

“With the increased use of technological devices, distracted driving has become a serious problem on the roads of our state and throughout the nation,” said White. “This important legislation will make our roads safer and I urge the governor to sign it into law. No driver should be texting while driving.”   Read More

Senior Peace Meal
For additional information or for reservations, please call 1-800-543-1770
Monday, June 11 - Pepper beef over brown rice, lima beans, warm cinnamon baked apples, whole grain wheat (1), fresh orange
Tuesday, June 12 - Swedish meatballs, mashed potatoes, spinach, whole grain wheat (1), banana pudding w/fresh bananas
Wednesday, June 13 - Focaccia crusted chicken breasts, potato casserole, Italian green beans, tropical fruit, dinner roll, cookie
Thursday, June 14 - Chili mac w/beans, corn, dinner roll, peach caramel oat crisp
Friday, June 15 - Ham loaf, frosted sweet potatoes, seasoned peas, rye (2), dreamsicle gelatin

•June 6, 2018•

The Lovington Eighth Grade Class Promotion was held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 22 in the Lovington Grade School Gym.

Thirty-one students were promoted to high school including Maxwell J. Allen, Jacob Dylan Bettinger, D.J. Carroll, Thomas Lee Conour III, Kaitlyn E. Curran, Quentin Joseph Day, Cassandra Diener, Reginald Blake Edmonds, Mackenzie Lee Erixon, Brady Eugene Foster, Zarek Michael Fultz, Delaney Gillis, Joshua David Gingerich , Layna Rose Kapp, Zach Joseph Massie, Gavin Drake Mechling, Joseph Mitchell, Elijiah Thomas Edward Parker, Hailey Lynn Peeler, Michaela Laine Powell, Carter James Pratt, Jordan Lynne Pratt, Mallory Ann Schmitt, Wayne William Allen Tedrick, Elizabeth Claire Tighe, Jacob Matthew Vitale, Trey Allen Wardrip, Mya Elizabeth Wey, Lakrista Nicole Witt, Michael James Alan Witt, Kaitlyn Marie Zander. Read More