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Easter Hope

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Easter Hope
The Easter season represents hope during these bizarre times. The fun filled Easter decorations on this Lovington lawn reminds of what was, but cannot be this year because of social distancing. Instead of gangs of kids hunting brightly colored eggs at city and village parks they get to load into the family vehicle and drive. Easter Egg hunts canceled in Moultrie County have been replaced by the Sulllivan Fire Protection District’s Easter Drive Thru at Wyman Park. On Sunday April 12 beginning at 3:00 p.m. children up to 11 years old are invited to drive up to the north parking lot where volunteers will hand out Easter bags filled with select eggs, with some containing certificates for bicycles.

Easter Drive Thru

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Easter Drive Thru
Easter is Easter coronavirus or not. The Sullivan Fire Protection District is protecting young Easter Egg hunters this year with the Easter Egg Drive-Thru. At 3:00 p.m. Easter Sunday, April 12 SFPD volunteers will be set up in the north parking lot at Wyman Park. Easter eggs will be given in bags to each child up to age 11. The bags are filled with a random selection of eggs. Select Easter bags will contain bicycle certificates, which may be claimed by calling the Sullivan Fire Protection District.

Jefferson Street Sidewalk

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Jefferson Street Sidewalk
A new sidewalk is replacing the hardly accessible sidewalk configuration on the south side of Jefferson Street from Washington east to Madison St. The Sullivan City Council approved the $101,107.50 bid from Esker & Walker Construction of Teutopolis early in March. The sidewalk on the north side of Harrison Street from Washington to Madison is scheduled for replacement later in the year.

Curbside Pickup

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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.

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
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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.