Cowden Free Methodist Offers Week Long Camp
Cowden Free Methodist Camp begins July 13-21, 2018, Dr. Bob and Jennifer Wilkerson will be the Evangelist this year. Services are daily at 10:30 am and each evening at 7:30 pm Sunday evening beginning at 6:00 pm. Cowden Free Methodist Camp is located on 19.5 acres of ground across from the City Park in Cowden. The address is 174 N East Rd, Beecher City, IL.
Senior Peace Meal
For additional information or for reservations, please call 1-800-543-1770
Monday, June 25 - Beef and noodles, mashed potatoes, seasoned green beans, whole grain wheat (1), apricots
Tuesday, June 26 - Savory sausage stew, harvard beets, whole grain wheat (1), warm fruit cobbler
Wednesday, June 27 - Creamed chicken w/green onions & pimentos, peas, chunky applesauce, biscuit, orange bread
Thursday, June 28 - Meatloaf, mashed potatoes w/gravy, buttered carrots, dinner roll, fruited gelatin
Friday, June 29 - Chef’s Choice
•June 20, 2018•
After more than 10 years serving as a department director, Julie Moore Wolfe has opted to leave Decatur Memorial Hospital to accept a position at HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital.
“We are saddened by her decision to leave but wish her the best in all of her future endeavors and genuinely thank her for her years of devoted service,” said DMH President and CEO Timothy D. Stone Jr.
Moore Wolfe moved to Decatur in 1986 to work as the main anchor at WAND-TV. A decade later she was named president of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. Seven years after that she accepted a position at the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. She joined Decatur Memorial Hospital in 2008. Read More
•June 20, 2018•
Amanda Williamson, Assistant Director of Cole-Moultrie e9-1-1 updated Public Health Safety and Welfare Committee members on progress.
She explained the new microwave communications tower being constructed in Mattoon would enhance the quality of communications with Moultrie County first responders in Bethany, Dalton City, Lovington and Sullivan. Read More
•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