25 Years Ago This Week

A promissory note written by Abraham Lincoln was discovered in the Moultrie County Courthouse by researcher William D. Beard for The Lincoln Legal Papers, a state research project on Lincoln’s 25 years in law practice.  A group of jurors got to examine the note dated May 28, 1851 which indicated county residents H. C. Carney and Joseph Clark owed Lincoln a total of $50 within five months. One $20 payment was made in Nov. 1851 and another $20 in June 1852 with no final payment recorded.

The mayor of Findlay Ohio, the namesake for Findlay, Illinois, spoke during the village’s 100 Years of Pride celebration. Train rides, a medicine show, carriage rides and street singers were featured during the three day centennial observation. Read More

•August 9, 2017•

Additional Champions from Moultrie Douglas 4-H Fair included: Grand Champion Heifer- Ashley Seegmiller, Awesome Arthur Clovers, Arthur

Reserve Grand Champion Heifer- Addison Stollard, Moultrie County Shining Stars, Sullivan Read More

•August 9, 2017•

First-year students at Millikin University will get a jump-start on their college experience during Millikin’s 2017 First Week program Aug. 15-20.

First Week is designed especially for new Millikin students to prepare them for what is ahead before classes begin on Monday, Aug. 21. The First Week experience teaches students about what is expected in the college environment, and how to best engage with the Millikin community to ensure success. Students will learn about student organizations, studying abroad, internships, student media, intramurals and recreation, community service and many more programs.

First Week activities begin with Move-In Day for residential students on Tuesday, Aug. 15, from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Read More

•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

•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