Photo by Mike Brothers
Fireworks over Wyman
Sullivan American Legion Post 68 ended the Fourth of July celebration in grand fashion with fireworks in the air and on the ground, entertaining the huge crowd gathered around Wyman Park lake. This was the second year Central States Fireworks of Athens lit up the Sullivan skies on the Fourth of July.
Photo by Mike Brothers
Chamber Jackpot Winner
Winning the annual Sullivan Economic Development and Chamber Fourth of July Jackpot for 2017 was Barb Dobbs of rural Sullivan. Pictured are Chamber Director Laurrie Minor, $4865 prize winner Barb Dobbs and Chamber Adminstrative Asst. Malinda Calhoun Hurt during the presentation. Dobbs said she has plans to get tires for her car and replace the 1970s shag carpeting in her home.
Photo by Mike Brothers
Enhanced 9-1-1 Open House
Coles-Moultrie 9-1-1 Director Bernie Buttram and Moultrie County States Attorney Jeremy Richey during the recent open house at 9-1-1 dispatch headquarters.
Alex Menke photo
More Than Knee High
Knee High Fourth of July Luke Clevenger, 5, and Emma Clevenger, 3, illustrate this Moultrie County cornfield is well over knee high.
Photo by RR Best
Knee High
Betty Mode and Judy Featheringill prove the old adage “Knee High by the 4th of July”.
Shown here standing in a field farmed by Dennis Smith of Sullivan which was planted in late April, the corn has already tasseled.
Photo by Mike Brothers
Life is a Carnival
Sullivan children gathered at the Civic Center parking lot beginning at 6:00p.m. Friday enjoying rides from Conner Family Amusements of Beardstown. The new carnival sponsored by the Sullivan American Legion drew enthusiastic crowds during the city’s Fourth of July celebration that ended with a big bang.
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Sunken Garden Work
Garden club members along with OVHS students helped spread mulch and worked in the sunken garden June 12. OV students who volunteered their time were Garrett Tippit, Dalton McGill, Ethan Macklin and Jacob Brewer. Wes Wise, OV agriculture teacher assisted the students.
Pictured - OVHS agriculture teacher - Wes Wise, Dalton McGill, Ethan Macklin, Garrett Tippit, and Jacob Brewer.
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Agricultural Advocacy Award
Okaw Valley High School’s agriculture department was recognized with the presentation of the Agricultural Education Advocacy Award in Bloomington last week at the Illinois Association for Vocational Agriculture Teachers meeting. Pictured are award recipient OVHS Principal Matt Shoaff and Agriculture teacher Wes Wise.
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Making Honey in Okaw Valley
Okaw Valley High School graduate JT Bland poses with one of three OV bee colonies set up around the area. OV students will monitor the colonies during the summer months and into the fall.
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Sullivan Summer Park Kids Create
Several members of the Sullivan Area Arts (SAarts) group arrived with 221 wooden blocks for the Sullivan Park Recreation Summer program kids to paint June 22. This was a goal for past several years and things worked out with SAarts this year to get everything together and make it happen. The blocks were marked with the different colors, and the children painted the blocks without knowing what the final picture would be. While they were away to lunch SAarts members assembled and nailed the blocks together to form a finished mosaic. The finished piece of public art will be displayed in Wyman Park.