•July 10, 2024•
The ROSC Council in Shelby & Moultrie County is launching a 12-month Anti-Stigma Campaign titled “We Can and Do Recover.” This campaign aims to challenge the stigma surrounding substance use recovery by sharing stories of resilience, promoting understanding, and fostering support. Our goal is to create a more inclusive and empathetic society towards individuals in recovery. Read More
Ensure your child or teen is prepared for a healthy start as a new school year begins.
•July 10, 2024•
by Angela Hogan
Why protect our children from vaccine-preventable illnesses?
As a parent, you always strive to do what’s best for your children. You use age-appropriate car seats, child-proof your home, set boundaries, and look for ways to keep them safe from harm. Back-to-school vaccinations, from birth to age 18, are another part of that effort.
According to the World Health Organization, immunizations prevent between 2-3 million deaths worldwide every year.
Why is summer the best time for back-to-school immunizations?
In addition to our regular immunization clinics, the Moultrie County Health Department (MCHD) will conduct Back-to-School Immunization Clinics during July and August. Ultimately, the MCHD encourages all parents to get their student’s vaccinations as soon as possible before school begins. Here’s why: Read More
•July 10, 2024•
Coon hunting traditions go way back to the 1800’s. During the 1950s, night competition hunts were created. In the 1970s, hunters would sell the raccoon pelts around 25 to 30 dollars each. For some hunters this was their only income.
For the Hayse Family, coonhunting has been a family tradition through four generations. Even though the raccoon pelt sale market largely died out by the late 1980s, today the Hayse Family has used coonhunting as a recreational hobby. Nine year old Lydia Hayse of Sullivan, the daughter of Brock and Ashley Hayse, was introduced to coonhunting at a very early age. Lydia grew up listening to her grandfathers stories about coonhunting and seeing her father’s joy when working with the coon dogs and performing in competition. Read More
Feist’s Old Lane
•July 10, 2024•
by Janet Roney
I always thought there was something odd about Feist’s old lane. It was not on the land as it curved up to their house on top of the bluff overlooking the Jonathan Creek bottomland…it was in the land. As we rode up to their house in my school bus, the lane was so deep that the bases of the fence posts lining the lane were even with the middle of the school bus windows. In front of Feist’s house, several steps led up from the lane to the boardwalk leading to their front door. When Ancil Perrine, the driver, turned the bus around to go back down to the main road, it had to be lined up just right to get back into the lane groove between high bare banks of soil on either side. (The lower part of the lane was reworked, but the part running along the top of the bluff is still there.) Read More
A little preparation and awareness can go a long way in keeping you and your loved ones safe.
•July 10, 2024•
by Angela Hogan
The rate of drownings in the U.S. is rising.
Water recreation safety should concern everyone. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a Vital Signs study. It reveals that over 4,500 people died due to drowning each year from 2020 to 2022, which is 500 more deaths per year compared to 2019.
The study shows that groups of individuals who are already at higher risk of drowning have experienced the greatest increases in drowning accidents. This includes children aged 1-4 years and adults aged 65 and older. In fact, drowning continues to be the leading cause of death for children aged 1-4 in the United States.
What can we do to make water recreation safer? Read More
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July 23 - Fried Chicken, Twice Baked Mashed Potatoes, Lima Beans, Cucumber Salad, Bread or Roll
July 24 - Hamburger, Hash Brown, Casserole, Corn and Black Beans, Pina Colada Cake, Bun
July 25 - Sub Sandwich Turkey, Ham, Cheese, Veggie Pasta Salad, Minestrone Soup, Summer Fruit Salad, Mini Sub Bun
July 26 - Pasta with Meat Sauce, Peas, California Blend, Romaine Side Salad
Quentin Day
•July 10, 2024•
Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation recently announced eight recipients who have been awarded the 2024 Elgin and Genevieve Daily Farm Scholarship.
Local recipients were: Read More
2014
The Buxton family rushed a large delivery of corn up to Chicago last fall after receiving a request from the movie set of the latest Transformer’s film.
Avid outdoorsman Joe Florini of Sullivan was recognized by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for his 35-plus years of volunteer outreach by way of gun safety classes he helped teach and organize in Moultrie and surrounding counties.
Miss Moultrie-Douglas was crowned. Those include 2014 Miss Illinois County Fair Queen Summer Robbins; Lauren Moss, People’s Choice, Tuscola; Olivia Christy, 2nd runner-up, Tuscola; Brittany Rader, 1st runner-up, Lovington; Maria Meyer, 2014 Miss Moultrie-Douglas, Tuscola; Kiela Martin, 3rd runner-up, Villa Grove; Michelle VanCleave, 4th runner-up, Tuscola; Alexandra Minott, Miss Congeniality, Newman; outgoing 2013 Miss Moultrie-Douglas Christine Fortney. Read More
•July 3, 2024•
The local Girl Scout Troop 3641 collaborated with the Sullivan First United Methodist Church to implement a garden for the community of Sullivan. This project has been in motion since April of this year and is finally starting to produce. The garden has a variety of tomatoes, peppers, onions, cucumbers, and zucchini. Read More
•July 3, 2024•
by Janet Roney
I am convinced that the western branch of the Kaskaskia-Detroit Road, the most important French fur trade trail in central Illinois in the 1700s, crossed the Kaskaskia at Nelson Ford. It was the best Kaskaskia River ford between Cooks Mills and Shelbyville. No old maps show its precise route through the county, but bits and pieces of information lead to that conclusion. Read More