Prairieland Service Coordination, Inc. invites everyone to their Open House, to celebrate their move to their new offices located at 220 South Water Street, Suite 220M, in Downtown Decatur. The Open House will be held on October 17, from 3 to 7 p.m. and light refreshments will be served.

Prairieland is a not-for profit agency which provides services for persons with disabilities who reside in the following counties, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby and Vermillion. The Agency will be celebrating 20 years of service to the central and east central Illinois area in 2014. The mission of the agency is to provide lifespan individual service coordination. In addition, support and assistance is provided to the individual and family through identification of needed services, individual service planning, coordination and advocacy.

According to Helen M. Michelassi, agency Executive Director, “the move to downtown has provided us with much needed additional space and staff really enjoys working in the downtown area.”

The Lovington American Legion and Sparrows Unlimited will host a food drive 9-11:30 a.m. Saturday, October 12 in Lovington.

The food drive will be held at the intersection of State and Broadway, and that which is collected will be donated to the Lovington Food Pantry.

The alumni classes of 1978/1979 have combined their reunions this year and are gathering at 6 p.m. Saturday, October 5.  Reservations are $10 per person, and checks should be made payable to SHS Classes of 1978/1979. Money may be sent to Mary Kay Welsh at 414 N. Main Street, Sullivan, IL. 61951.

To date, 30 classmates from the two classes have expressed their intent to attend, but organizers would like to see more.

For more information, call 728-7618.

Santa’s Sparrows will be hosting a fun run collecting toys for children Saturday September 28. 

Sign up will be from 11 a.m.-noon at Lovington American Legion. The sign-up fee is a newly purchased toy for a boy or girl ages infant-16 years old.

Stops will include the Cerro Gordo Legion, It’lldo2, Jimmy Pete’s in Humboldt, VFW in Sullivan, and the East End in Lovington.

All bikes, cars and jeeps etc. are welcome to join the ride to provide Christmas for kids. Those not joining the ride, they may be drop off toys at the Lovington American Legion Post 429 that day. For more information call 201-0662 or 620-7579.

4-H/Youth Development has a long history of “Making the Best Better” through research driven programs and activities. Learning by doing, the way 4-H/Youth Development works, is the most successful of any teaching/learning activity. To support the continuation of “Making the Best Better” the local Extension Foundations of Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Moultrie, and Shelby counties and the Illinois 4-H Foundation are taking donations of grain on behalf of the 4-H Program. The fund-raising campaign is named “The Gift of Grain”. Read More