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Gold Slips at SES
Staff at Sullivan Elementary School recognizes students who go above and beyond expectations by giving them a “Gold Slip.” Gold Slip winners for the month of October are pictured. From left to right they are Addison Hullum who stayed after lunch to clean up someone else’s ketchup spill to keep the cafeteria safe and clean, Elijah Dalbey who noticed that a few students were sitting on the side at recess not playing and invited each student to play ball tag with him and his other friends, Donovan Collins and Brady Beck who volunteered to write an extra Veterans Day invitation, willingly giving up recess to do so and Issac Reider who volunteered to give his jacket to a classmate who was very cold in their classroom.

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Scouting for Food
Sullivan Scouts Wyatt and Will Miller place a bag on the door of a Sullivan home during the annual Scouting for Food bag distribution. Residents are asked to place any items they wish to donate to the Moultrie County Food Pantry in bags or boxes and place them where they may be seen from the road by 9 a.m. Saturday, November 11 for pickup.

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Costume Winners
The Sullivan Halloween parade winners from Oct. 31 include Caidon Hill-Scary Clown, Ivan Moxley-Lego, Natalie Stinson-Peacock, Ashley and Madelyn Stinson-Cruella and Dalmatian, Synthea Doss-Dinosaur, Kinsley Eads-Ice Cream Truck, Gunyr Fitzgerald-Richard Simmons, Jeff and James Feldkamp-Wizard of Oz and Hilary Booker, Oliver Florey-Chicken, Audrey and Marissa Lake-Cops and Robbers.

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OVHS Band is First
OVHS Band competed at the Pinckneyville Competition on Saturday, Oct. 28. They swept all of the 1A awards by earning first place finishes in class, drum major, color guard and percussion.

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Engulfed in Flames
Fire had engulfed the front porch and two rooms of a house at the corner of Hunter and Graham streets when Sullivan firefighters arrived at 12:28 a.m. Wednesday. Fire Chief Mike Piper noted Matt and Nikki Nohren, their two kids and dog were alerted by smoke detector and were safely outside at that time. The house owned by Corey Davis received heavy fire, heat and smoke damage. Lovington and Bethany fire depts. assisted until 4:00 a.m. The Red Cross was called to assist the family.