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Lake Shelbyville Dove Hunt Applications Available

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•August 9, 2017•

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Lake Shelbyville will conduct a dove hunt Saturday, September 2 at Whitley Creek and South Sand Creek dove fields. Hunts will take place at 6:30-11:30 a.m. and 2-7 p.m. A permit is required to participate and may be picked up at the Lake Shelbyville Project Office Monday through Friday 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. or obtained online athttp://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/Lake-Shelbyville/Recreation/Hunting/.

Applicants will be able to indicate their preference for the hunt. Permit applications must be received at the Lake Shelbyville Project Office no later than 4 p.m. August 14. A $30 permit issuance fee will be assessed per blind (good for two hunters), payable at the time of application.  Read More

DMH Partners with New Emergency Room Physician Group

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•August 9, 2017•

The area’s premier ER just got better. The Mid-America Emergency Physicians (MAEP’s) group began providing emergency medical care at Decatur Memorial Hospital under the leadership of Medical Director Ted Clark, MD.

MAEP’s is dedicated to the core values of excellence, compassion, and integrity, placing the needs of patients first. They also provide care at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, a Level I Trauma Center, as well as Jacksonville’s Passavant Area Hospital; Lincoln’s Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, and Taylorville’s Taylorville Memorial Hospital. The Mid-America Emergency Physicians are led by president, Tim Harvey, MD, who serves as the Medical Director at Memorial Medical Center. Read More

National Immunization Awareness Month Celebrates the Importance of Vaccines

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•August 9, 2017•

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is recognizing August as National Immunization Awareness Month as a reminder that vaccines protect against a number of serious and potentially life-threatening diseases. Vaccines give parents the safe, proven power to protect their children from serious diseases like measles and whooping cough (pertussis).

“Most young parents in the U.S. have never seen the devastating effects of diseases like measles and polio, but those diseases still exist,” said IDPH Director Nirav D. Shah, M.D., J.D. “Children who don’t receive recommended vaccines are at risk of not only getting those diseases, but of having a severe case of those diseases. You can’t predict if your child will become sick with a vaccine-preventable disease, or how severe the illness will be, but you can provide the best protection by following the recommended immunization schedule and getting your child the vaccines they need, when they need them.” Read More

Techniques For Keeping Your ‘Thought Life’ Healthy and Your Stress Level Low

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•August 9, 2017•

Life gives people plenty of reasons to be stressed.

Relationship problems, child-rearing issues, job woes and a lack of money are just some of life’s complications that can weigh people down – and cause health problems.

“It’s difficult to stay healthy and energized when stress is a daily reality,” says Dr. Greg Wells (www.drgregwells.com), author of The Ripple Effect: Eat, Sleep, Move and Think Better.

“Chronic stress can damage your body, threaten your mental health, put a strain on relationships, and take the joy out of life.” Read More

Waterfowl Hunting Season Dates Announced Statewide

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•August 9, 2017•

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) today announced waterfowl season dates and bag limits for the 2017-18 seasons. The seasons include 60-day duck seasons in each of the state’s four waterfowl hunting zones, along with 107 days of Canada goose hunting opportunity in the North and Central zones (15 days in September, two days of youth hunting and 90 days of “regular” goose season), 99 days of Canada goose hunting opportunity in the South Central Zone, and 87 days of Canada goose hunting opportunity in the South Zone. Goose season lengths are shorter in the South Central and South zones to coincide with duck season dates and to match hunter preferences. Read More

Sarah Bush Lincoln Receives the 2017 Women’s Choice Award® 

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•August 2, 2017•

Sarah Bush Lincoln has been named one of America’s Best Hospitals for Orthopedics by the Women’s Choice Award®, America’s trusted referral source for the best in healthcare. The award signifies that Sarah Bush Lincoln is in the top 11 percent of 3,229 U.S. hospitals offering orthopedics services.

SBL President & CEO Jerry Esker said, “We are honored to receive this significant designation based on data from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and patient experience. Our Orthopedic staff is excellent and has vast experience in diverse areas, and our surgical teams are superb as well.”  Read More

Program Pilot Locations offer Workforce Training to Disadvantaged Youth

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•August 2, 2017•

The Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity (DCEO) today announced the locations of the initial Apprenticeship PLUS pilots under the Governor’s Cabinet for Children and Youth. The pilots specifically target both in-school and-out-of-school youth between the ages of 16 and 24, and provide them with specific career education, a chance to earn industry-recognized credentials and do on-the-job training.  Read More

Remember When? 8-2-2017

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25 Years Ago This Week

Sullivan mayor Leon Lane is one of 18 area mayors appearing as Mayor Rufus Poindexter in The Little Theatre on the Square’s production of Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.

University of Illinois track Olympian Scot Hollonbeck finished fifth in the 1500 meter wheelchair race in Barcelona, Spain with a time of 3:14.98. Hollonbeck is the grandson of Lefty and Wilma Hollonbeck of Sullivan and James Reedy of Bethany.

Little Theatre On the Square musical director David Fehr was honored for his 12 seasons. Also a Sullivan High School teacher and show choir director, Fehr accepted a job in Clinton, Miss. Read More

Sullivan FFA Leadership Launched into Training

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Sullivan FFA Officers (l to r): Devan Tull, FFA Vice President; Zane Gardner, FFA Treasurer; Blake Read, FFA President; Maddie Atchison, FFA Historian; Irie Dulin, FFA Reporter; and Alyssa Dingman, FFA Secretary

•August 2, 2017•

The Sullivan FFA officers traveled to the National FFA Center in Indianapolis, Indiana for their annual Chapter Officer Leadership Training program. The program’s theme was Leadership Launch based on the movie Apollo 13.

Officers participated in a variety of team building and problem solving exercises designed to promote leadership skills, similar to those exemplified by the astronauts on tApollo 13. This space mission was a deemed a “successful failure” by NASA, as one of the oxygen tanks on the lunar module exploded three days into the mission forcing the astronauts, Mission Control staff, and the flight engineers to work together to bring the astronauts home safely. The leadership lessons learned in this mission were the foundation for the officer training program. Read More

Menus 8-2-2017

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Sullivan Pre-School Breakfast

Monday, August 7 - Cereal, grape juice, milk
Tuesday, August 8 - Waffles, grape juice, milk
Wednesday, August 9 - Pop tarts, grape juice, milk
Thursday, August 10 - Peaches, Ritz crackers, milk
Friday, August 11 - Granola bars, grape juice, milk

Sullivan Pre-School Lunch

Monday, August 7 - Chicken patty on bun, tater tots, peaches, milk
Tuesday, August 8 - Hot ham and cheese sandwiches, green beans, pears, milk
Wednesday, August 9 - Hamburger bake, corn, mandarin oranges, dinner roll, milk
Thursday, August 10 - Pork fritters, carrots, pineapple, bread & butter, milk
Friday, August 11 - Hot dog on bun, mixed vegetables, mixed fruit, milk

Senior Peace Meal
For additional information or for reservations, please call 1-800-543-1770

Monday, August 7 - Ham and beans, copper carrots, cornbread, applesauce
Tuesday, August 8 - Chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, brussels sprouts, whole grain wheat, pineapple cheese salad
Wednesday, August 9 - Roasted pork, zucchini bake, winter mix vegetables, whole grain wheat, peaches and bananas
Thursday, August 10 - Chili mac w/beans, spinach/romaine salad w/mandarin oranges, dressing packet, pears, dinner roll, pudding
Friday, August 11 - Hamburger w/mustard or ketchup packet, hot German potato salad, Mexi-corn, bun, fresh fruit