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OV Dairy Judging Team Wins Section Contest

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OV Dairy Judging Team Wins Section Contest
OVHS FFA dairy judging team: Kailynn Bobbett, Sadie Zimmerman, Garrett Tippit, Sophie Zimmerman, and Sidney Zimmerman. The OV FFA dairy judging team competed in the Section Dairy Competition in Clinton. As a team they came home with a first place finish. Individually results were as follows, Garrett Tippit (1st), Kailyn Bobbett (2nd), and Sadie Zimmerman (5th). FFA member Ethan Macklin traveled to Monticello to participate in the District 4 Public Speaking Competition.

OV Musical Starts Thursday

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OV Musical Starts Thursday
The Okaw Valley High School Drama Club will present Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis’s “Urinetown: The Musical,” winner of three Tony Awards. Performances will take place at 7 p.m. April 19, 20 and 21 in the OVHS gym.
When a 20-year drought leads to a severe water shortage, the government responds with a ban on private toilets. The citizens must fight the manipulative and sinister Urine Good Company to regain their right to use toilets for free. Their unlikely hero, Bobby Strong, finds himself thrust into the revolution by a beautiful young woman named Hope who fills him with, well, hope.
Included in the cast are seniors Hannah Landreth, Natalie Jeffers, Lexi Roe, Grace Harlin, Hope Ruppert; juniors Gavon Hargrove, Shelby Hagerman, Kaylee Taylor, Bella Benning; sophomore Kate Jeffers and freshmen Haven Caulfield, Julia Hildebrandt and Hannah Durbin.
For ticket information contact the OVHS office at 665-3631.

2018 OVHS  Prom Court

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2018 OVHS  Prom Court
The Okaw Valley Junior-Senior Prom will be held at Mason Point at 7 p.m. Saturday April 28. Coronation will begin at 7:45.  Pictured front row - Hope Ruppert, Natalie Jeffers, Grace Harlin, Hannah Landreth. Back row - Hayden Francisco, Hutson Dickens, Austin Hill, Trey Yarnell.

OVES/OVMS Enjoy Maker Day

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OVES/OVMS Enjoy Maker Day
OVES and OVMS recently participated in Maker Days. A Maker Day is a facilitated event that requires participants to thoughtfully and fully engage in design thinking and creative problem solving and experience hands-on activities. Lara Macklin, OVHS media specialist, made the day possible with creative planning and help from OVHS students.

Eager Easter Egg Hunters

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Photo by R.R. Best. Eager Easter Egg Hunters Cold damp weather did not deter these faithful seekers of the treasures contained in the sea of Easter Eggs Sunday, April 1. Mother Nature had the last laugh on April Fool’s Day, but the volunteers of the Sullivan Fire Protection District sponsored event prevailed as some 14,000 treasure-filled eggs awaited hundreds of diligent hunters at 3 p.m. in the field east of the Sullivan High School football field.

Bagpipers Visit Mason Point

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Bagpipers Visit Mason Point
Members of the St. Andrew’s Society of Central Illinois (SASCI), a group dedicated to the highland dance and bagpiping traditions, performed at Mason Point in Sullivan Friday, March 16 to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Jody Ogilvy demonstrated the traditional highland dance with Toby Campbell, Mary Kay Cunningham and Griffin Kaufmann piping to drummer Colton Mills’ beat. Above Cunningham and Kaufmann play while Glenn Ryherd, wearing the green bowler, listens.

OVHS Band Plays at Festival

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OVHS Band Plays at Festival
The Okaw Valley Band traveled to the LOVC Band Festival on Thursday afternoon. The festival was held at Sangamon Valley High School. Students practiced all afternoon and put on a concert at 7:00. Okaw Valley Sophomore Addison Webner and Junior Elizabeth Herbord were also members of the featured LOVC jazz band that also performed. OVHS Band from left: Row one - Connor Powers, Issac Dickens, Clayton Bone, Ethan Suarez, Luke Vander Burgh, Eric Boomer, Hayden Carlson. Row two - Julia Hilderbrandt, TJ Williams, Madison Ray, Baylie Suarez, Shelby Harding, Alyssa Nihisar, Hannah Durbin, Elizabeth Herbord. Row three - Haven Caulfield, Alesia Smegal, Caleb Hildebrandt, Addison Webner, Shelby Hagerman, Madison Vogel, Hutson Dickens, Ethan Macklin, Tyson Brown, Bella Benning, Kyra Jackson.

Easter Egg Prep

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Easter Egg Prep
Sullivan fifth grade Girl Scouts worked on their Bronze medal while helping volunteers at Courtyard Estates prepare 14,000 plastic eggs for the April Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by the Sullivan Fire Protection District. Above from left: Annabelle Griffin, Phyllis Sheridan, Addison Brush and Zoe Conlin. The Sullivan Fire Dept. Easter Egg Hunt begins at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, April 1 at Wyman Park.

Jump Rope for Heart

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Jump Rope for Heart
SES just finished raising funds for “Jump Rope for Heart.”  Coach Don Typer has been coordinating the school’s efforts to help the American Heart Association for the last 16 years. This year the students of Sullivan Elementary were able to raise more than $16,750.

Early Voting

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Early Voting
Moultrie County Clerk Georgia England noted early voting has been brisk but not overwhelming. Voters are eligible for early voting in the General Primary election at the Moultrie County Clerk’s office through March 19. Voting hours are Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Special Saturday, March 17 hours are 9 a.m.- noon.