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Drive Thru Senior Expo Held

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Drive Thru Senior Expo Held
Mid-Illinois Senior Services Inc. held their annual drive thru senior expo on Friday, September 16 at the Sullivan American Legion. 200 bags were put together with information and items from 17 participating businesses that cater to the senior population. There was also a raffle for a glider and several door prizes. A barbecue lunch was catered by Griffin’s Barbecue. State Senator Chapin Rose and State Representative Brad Halbrook contributed to the cost of the lunch. Pictured with door prizes are Tawnya Marshall, Kathi Garvey and Nancy Ozee.

Illinois Prairie CEO Class Clean-up Day

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Illinois Prairie CEO Class Clean-up Day
The Illinois Prairie CEO class had a community clean-up day in Sullivan. While they were doing clean-up Sullivan mayor Richard Glazebrook stopped by to say hello. The CEO class has been meeting in Sullivan for the last month and during that time was able to tour Hydro-Gear, Catherine’s Gallery, Mid-State Tank, Marvin Keller Trucking and Okaw Valley Orchard.

Blood Drive in Honor of River Helmuth

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Blood Drive in Honor of River Helmuth
On Saturday, September 10, a Red Cross Blood Drive was held at the Sullivan American Legion in honor of River Helmuth. During the drive Mike McDaniel (left) donated his 13th gallon of blood. He is pictured with River (center) and her mother Stephanie (right). During Saturday’s drive 76 units of blood were collected.

Moultrie County Dive Team Receives Donation

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Moultrie County Dive Team Receives Donation
Members of the Moultrie County Dive Team met with the Harbor Light Yacht Club at the North End Bar and Grill in Sullivan on Friday, September 2 for a check presentation. The Harbor Light Yacht Club donated $4,500 to the dive team. According to Steve Taylor, who was the commodore of the yacht club, the group disbanded right before COVID. When the club was still active they raised money to make donations to various causes. Over the years the money raised just sat in the bank until the decision was made to donate the money to the Moultrie County Dive Team. Joash Tiarks, Commander of the Dive Team said the donation would be going towards purchasing a new boat for rescues. From left to right: Roger Farley, Amanda Farley, Joash Tiarks, Gina Koenig, former treasurer of the Harbor Light Yacht Club; Steve Taylor, former commander of the Harbor Light Yacht Club.

Shelby County Royalty

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Shelby County Royalty
Junior Miss Shelby County Kinley Chaney and Miss Shelby County Maggie Kelly wave at parade goers during the Windsor Harvest Picnic on Saturday, August 20. More photos are on page 9 and 10.

Painting Parking Spaces 2022

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Painting Parking Spaces
The tradition of painting parking spaces in the Sullivan High School back parking lot continued on Wednesday, August 10. Pictured is Elizabeth Owens (right) and her mother Deb (left) painting her parking space.

Baby Talk Car Seat Safety Checks

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Baby Talk Car Seat Safety Checks
Katrina Farris, Director of Early Childhood for Mattoon School District, speaks with Abby Elzy during a car seat safety check held in the parking lot of the First United Methodist Church last week in Sullivan. Farris and other Baby Talk representatives as well as a representative from the Moultrie County Health Department checked the installation of car seats and also had informational pamphlets regarding seat belts, booster seats and rear facing seats.

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Cardboard Box Night
Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library and Moultrie County Baby Talk hosted Cardboard Box Night at the library on Tuesday, August 9. Pictured are Jack and Lisa Bertetto creating a fire breathing dragon using cardboard boxes.

Frog Music at ETML

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Frog Music at ETML
Brock Rowland, Program Specialist at Macon County Conservation District, presented a program on frogs at the Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library on Friday, August 5. Participants listened to what different frogs sound like, learned about different types of frogs and were able to see some up close.

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Newspaper Kites
Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library had a week of activities for children in kindergarten-5th grades from Monday, August 1 to Friday, August 5. On Monday children made their own bird houses, Tuesday was stamp making, Wednesday was shrinky dinks, Thursday was newspaper kites and Friday, the Rock Springs Nature Center presented “Frog Music.” Pictured are Emmitt Herzog and Aniston Baker with the newspaper kites that they created.

VFW Post 6410 Installs New Officers

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VFW Post 6410 Installs New Officers
New officers were installed at VFW Post 6410 on Tuesday, July 19. They are Commander Kent Spencer, Senior Vice Commander Roger Davis, Junior Vice Commander Lawrence Gregory, Quartermaster and Adjutant Jeff Nichols, 1st year trustee Harry Woolen, 2nd year trustee and Service Officer Serena Briscoe. Not pictured are Chaplain Bill Hagen and 3rd year trustee John Hickox.