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Curbside Pickup
Many local restaurants have stayed open during the pandemic by offering curbside pick up. Pictured above are Feliciano Juarez and Jose Veracruz of Sol Del Mar ready for the next delivery.
Curbside Pickup
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Allenville Votes
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Allenville Votes
Heidi Feist(l) and Betty Wilson, election judges, assist voters in Allenville. Turn out was light with less than 170 at Allenville as compared with over 400 Allenville voters in the last election. Election judges were charged with hourly cleanings of touch screens, pens, plastic folders, voting cubicals and even the door knobs! Many of the voters wore plastic gloves and or masks as the pandemic created chaos at the polling places.
Wash Your Hands
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Wash Your Hands
One of the best things to help prevent the spread of the COVID 19 virus is to wash your hands, Moultrie County Health Dept. Director Angie Hogan advised county board members last week. School closings, bars, restaurants and any gatherings over 50 people have been canceled in an effort to slow the spreading.
Windsor Students of February
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Windsor Students of February
Windsor Jr./Sr. High School is pleased to announce their February Students of the Month Dawson Ard and Aubree Brown.
Aubree Brown is the daughter of Robert and Jamie Brown. Aubree is currently and 8th grade student, and her favorite class is Science. After high school she plans to attend college majoring in the medical field.
Dawson Ard is the son of Lisa Ard. Dawson is currently a sophomore and is involved in Art club. wHis favorite class is Art, and he hopes to one day become the CEO of his own company. Pictured (L to R): Aubree Brown and Dawson Ard
Free Piano Concert At Methodist Church
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Free Piano Concert At Methodist Church
By Liberace
for News Progress
Sullivan piano man Dave Bratton is performing a free concert at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, April 19 at the First Methodist Church in Sullivan.
Good will donations will go to the Cunnigham Children’s Home in Champaign.
Bratton was born into a musical family learning piano from his Uncle Jim. Dave’s mother Bertha was an accomplished fiddle player and member of the Illinois State Fiddle Players Hall of Fame.
While Bratton and wife Janet were raising their family he worked at Brach’s Candy and later for Hydro Gear never abandoning his musical background.
Dave played with various bands for extra cash, featuring compositions he and Janet had written together.
Bratton plays before and after Sunday services at the Methodist Church as well as special performances for favorite causes like the orphanage in Champaign featured at the April 19 concert.
Donations Not Gifts
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Donations Not Gifts
Instead of receiving birthday gifts this year, eight-year-old Gunner Bartels decided to ask his friends to bring a toy to his party on February 22 to give to a child in the hospital. The Mattoon second grader and his parents donated a wagon load of toys, including games, puzzles, action figures, coloring books, and crayons, to bring a smile to children who are hospitalized in the Women and Children’s Center at Sarah Bush Lincoln. “I was feeling bad for kids that are sick,” Gunner said. “I thought they might get bored in the hospital and toys would make them happy.” Parents Jaime and Travis Bartels are proud of their son’s selfless act and contributed a number of toys to the cause as well.
Leap Birthday
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Leap Birthday
Luthor Peck of Arthur FINALLY had a birthday on Saturday. Born February 29, 2016 he reach his first official birthday Feb. 29, 2020 and it will be 2024 when he gets his next one. He even posed with the waitress after eating his ice cream sundae. His sister made everyone a special pin back button to wear.
SHS Academic Challengers
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SHS Academic Challengers
Sullivan finished second as a team in their division at the 2020 regional competition of the Academic Challenge hosted by Lake Land College. Individuals who placed in their respective subjects were as follows: Noah Bates - 1st Engineering Graphics, 3rd Biology; Paul Bates - 3rd Biology; Cooper Browne - 2nd Engineering Graphics; Reagan Crouse - 1st English; Gary Herschberger - 2nd English; Shyanne Hunter - 3rd English; Dasey Swiney-Frederick - 3rd Engineering Graphics; Noah Bates and Reagan Crouse also earned $1,000 tuition waivers from Lake Land College for having one of the top two scores in a given subject out of all competitors at the event.
Burning Palms
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Burning Palms
St. Columcille PSR students witnessed the Burning of the Palms which occurred Sunday morning, February 23rd, at Immaculate Conception Church. Fr John Titus burned last years palms which were blessed on Palm Sunday. The ashes from these palms will be used on Ash Wednesday, February 26th, a day of universal fast and abstinence in the Catholic Church. It is the beginning of the forty days of Lent which leads us to the fifty days of the Easter Season.
Top County Speller
Photo furnished Top County Speller The Moultrie County Bee was held Feb. 19th at the Little Theater on the Square in Sullivan. This county bee was won by Max Boddy of Lovington with the word “depot”. His alternate will be Alex Fultz of Sullivan who got out on the word “pamphlet”. Max will go on to compete March 21st at the Regional Bee in Decatur, IL.