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Members of Sullivan Rotary Club Derek Righter and Rudy Huber helped prepare Thanksgiving baskets for the Moultrie County Food Pantry last week.

•November 27, 2019•
Flesor’s Candy Kitchen fund raiser for the Moultrie County Food Pantry at Cathrine’s Gallery Saturday was big!
“The crowd was great on Saturday,” CEFS Outreach Coordinator Mariah White-Landrus said. “We’ve had people coming in all morning to pick up Thanksgiving boxes.”
From 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday in Sullivan more than a hundred of Flesor’s signature Holiday baskets were sold, along with a variety of gift boxes making the single day fund raiser the largest since its beginning.
Saturday winners of a one pound box of candy and a $15 gift certificate from Flesor’s were: Karen Dwyer, Lori Shasteen, and Lois Shuman.
The Food Pantry receive a record delivery of more than 130 turkeys from Sullivan IGA Monday.
Volunteers from the Sullivan Rotary helped prepare Thanksgiving boxes last week. Sparrows of Lovington donated fruit baskets toward Thanksgiving dinner following their Fruit basket Thanksgiving community delivery. Read More

Street Dept. Gets Bucket Truck

•November 27, 2019•
By Mike Brothers

Sullivan City Council approved the purchase of $273,500 in ultrasonic water meters from Mueller Systems at the Nov. 12 meeting.
In Public Health and Safety commissioner Chuck Woodworth’s recommendation for bid waiving he explained the Mueller meters provided functions required for the Nextgrid meter conversion of the city’s utility metering systems. The bid was approved unanimously.
Competitive bids for a Small Wheel Loader for the department were opened with Commissioner Woodworth reserving a vote until a review of the bids which ranged from $59,650 to $99,700.
Street and Public Improvements commissioner Peggy Hargis proposed purchasing a 2009 bucket truck with a winch which could be used for the street dept. as well as the Parks Dept. and Public Health and Safety. Read More

•November 20, 2019•
By Mike Brothers

The crowd packed into the Sullivan American Legion Friday, Nov. 15 saw the Winifred Titus Sentel Trust farms sell for $10,971,883.
Busey Farm Brokerage managed the sale of seven tracts totaling 928.1 acres of land north of Sullivan city limits.
The city of Sullivan did not bid on any of the tracts of farm land, although the city council did purchase the Titus Home located at the south end of Wyman Park earlier.
“An unbelievable crowd attended the sale,” Mayor Richard Glazebrook said of the event which drew some 150 people. “This is a tremendous blessing for the city of Sullivan. Winifred Titus Sentel demonstrated extraordinary vision when she made her decision in 1960.” Read More

Okaw Valley Elementary School celebrated National Bullying Prevention Month and Red Ribbon Week

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Okaw Valley Elementary School students Choose to Be Nice.

•November 20, 2019•
Through the application of their new SEL curriculum, Choose to Be Nice, OVES teachers concentrate on one character trait a month teaching students they have a choice on how to act and react.
Throughout the month of October, students and staff focused on their monthly word, KINDNESS.
In conjunction with Red Ribbon week, the last week of October, students also learned to be a buddy not a bully.
Students realized being kind is a choice they can make every day. Classroom lessons can be applied across the school curricula and locations, at home and in the community. Read More

•November 13, 2019•

By Mike Brothers

With the public sale of Winifred Titus Sentel farmland promising a cash windfall for the city of Sullivan a variety of groups offered to help the city spend it.
During the special meeting held for the purpose of a study session regarding strategic planning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, November 5 the city council heard proposals from the public and learned that conditions at city hall and the Civic Center are priorities.
Following the public portion of the meeting, city administrator Dan Flannell reported the recently purchased Titus home is being evaluated for possible office space. He explained architects have warned the cost to convert the home into office space could be twice the cost to build new.
Treasurer Sarah Golden reported that conditions at city hall have not improved, and the recent addition of an IT person is crowding space to aggravate the situation. Read More