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2021 St. Mary’s Hospital First Baby
Tiffany and Shaun Cotner of Bethany with their new son Harrison Cotner, the first baby of 2021 born at St. Mary’s Hospital. Harrison arrived at 7:20 a.m. Jan 1, weighing 8 pounds and 7.6 ounces and is 21 inches long.
Photo by Bobbi Wiseman / Memorial Health System
2021 Decatur Memorial Hospital First Baby
Carson and Rosario Hiser of Bethany hold their first-born child, Luke Martin, the first baby of 2021 born at Decatur Memorial Hospital. Luke arrived at 7:25 p.m. Jan. 1, weighing 7 pounds and 12 ounces and was 21 inches in length.
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French Family Bike Giveaway
The French family once again gave away bikes to children at Sullivan Elementary School. Pictured is Joc French with his children McKenzie and Destynee French and the two bike giveaway recipients Caiden Steinhour, third grade and Paislee Schiefelbein, kindergarten. Bikes were donated by Joc and Amanda French.
Photo by R.R. Best
Christmas Parade
Presley Van Loon of Sullivan receives a teddy bear from one of the parade participants.
Photo by R.R. Best
Christmas Dance
Dancers from Sullivan Dance Studio perform on the parade route on Saturday during the Sullivan Christmas Parade.
Photo by R.R. Best
Solid Rock Chapel Delivers Gifts and Meals
Solid Rock Chapel delivered meals, gifts and goody bags to residents at local CILA homes and Patterson House over the weekend. They took a wagon around town for 3 ½ hours to deliver the items. Normally the church holds a Christmas party for the CILA homes and Patterson House but were unable to do so due to the pandemic. They were able to raise over $4,000 to help make this possible.
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Oath of Office
On Tuesday, December 1, 2020, Circuit Judge Jeremy Richey administered the oath of office to Moultrie County officials elected in the November election. The ceremony was held in Courtroom B on the third floor of the courthouse. Christa Helmuth was sworn in as Circuit Clerk, Lynn Reed as Coroner, and Tracy Weaver as State’s Attorney. Larry Baker, John Fayhee, Elizabeth Houser and Neil Bryan were sworn in as county board members. County board members in Moultrie County are elected on a county-wide basis. Following the swearing-in ceremony, the new county board met for a reorganizational meeting. David McCabe was re-elected as chairman and Larry Baker was elected as vice-chair.
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Nevill Promoted
Ethan Neville of Sullivan was promoted to the rank of corporal Dec. 5 during a promotion ceremony at Combat Training Center-Yavoriv in Lviv, Ukraine.
Neville is an 89B Ammunitions Supply Specialist assigned to Task Force Illini, 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
Photo by Crystal Reed
Christmas Wishes
Santa talks to Kamryn Gill of Bethany about what she would like for Christmas.
Marching Band
Photo by Crystal Reed
The Okaw Valley Marching Band plays during the Okaw Valley Veterans Day parade held last Wednesday in Bethany.