Lessons on the Windowsill

•December 4, 2024•

by Janet Roney

“I know right where those Kickapoo camped with Biggs,” our neighbor, John, said.  “It was on the rise just west of Mike’s. They missed one duck, though, ‘cause here’s the arrow they lost.” He laid a beautiful medium-sized arrowhead on the table. “And, they didn’t gut the second duck before cooking it because they lost their best hunting knife after they dressed the first duck for Biggs.” He laid a large white flint knife next to the first point. John found these and other beautiful points near Eagle Pond.

Moultrie County elections

The November 5, 2024 election has come and gone, that is true. In the November 13, 2024 News Progress article Moultrie County Election Results, there is included some misinformation I would like to clear up.

There were quotes in the article purportedly made by a staff member who did not make such statements, nor would she; nor does she speak in the manner the quotes indicate. I’m curious from where those statements came.

Concerning the part wherein Moultrie saw about 200 new registered voters on election day alone: we don’t even know that number in the Clerk’s office, we have not attempted to confirm that information as we are finalizing other information for the election. Early voting in Moultrie County was not mostly senior citizens, it was all ages and all walks of life.

White Man’s Stuff

•November 27, 2024•

by Janet Roney

I learned at least two things from William Bigg’s account of his Indian captivity and trek across Illinois through Moultrie County to Indiana in 1788. I learned a new recipe for boiled duck a’ la feather and I learned that a person can be tied so tightly that he might wish he were dead.  

Why didn’t they kill him or burn him at the stake like countless other captives had been, including one of Bigg’s own brothers years before?

•November 27, 2024•

Hosted by the Sullivan American Legion post #68, will be a no chili, soup cookoff on Friday, November 29th at 5:30pm. With an entry fee of $5, a tasting fee of $5 which grants one sample of each soup and a $5 per bowl fee allowing guests to get a bowl of their favorite soup. The public is welcome to the event to taste test or even buy a bowl of soup, winner gets bragging rights and a prize.  For more information, any questions or to sign up for the cookoff, contact Tina Bolsen at (217) 620-8185.

•November 27, 2024•

Submitted

First Community Bank of Moultrie County is pleased to announce the addition of Andrea Wardrip, Loan Officer, to its team of financial professionals in April of 2024. Her primary location is at the FCB Lovington office. Wardrip brings 20 years of experience serving the communities of Lovington and Arthur in her prior roles as Branch Manager and Loan Officer at First National Bank of Arthur.