Photo by Jeni Yantis
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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Photo by Mike Brothers
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.