•October 11, 2023•
Everybody knows that Halloween dishes up sweets galore. Trick-or-treaters come home with bounties of chocolate bars, candy, gum, licorice, and much more inside of their bags and buckets.
Even though trick-or-treat treasures are the stars of the show, when hosting Halloween parties, desserts also can be top notch, and guests often look forward to chocolate treats on the dessert table. Read More
•October 11, 2023•
3rd from 10-11 am. We are trying something new for the adult craft time. The craft will be a “Thankful Tree”. We are asking that you bring your own supplies for this one. The supplies are sticks from your yard, pinecones or other natural scraps, an empty jar or vase, and scraps of colored paper.
3rd from 3:30-4:30 is kids craft time. This month’s craft will be a potbelly turkey.
6th & 20th from 5-7 p.m. is Needle Night. If you would like to learn to crochet, knit, needlepoint, or even how to sew we have people that can help teach you. If you already know how and just want to hang out come join us.
7th from 10-10:30 is story time. We are going to read a story and make a craft. Read More
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Jackie Godfrey’s passion for helping other shone when she and other members of the First Baptist Church in Sullivan collected pajamas and stuffed animals for children in DOVE shelters. It was First Baptist’s largest project to date.
Grant Wade, who had been the family pastor at First Christian Church in Sullivan for three years was called on to become Senior Pastor. Pastor Rebecca Ingram resigned after serving seven years to pursue other interests. Read More
•October 4, 2023•
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a youth deer hunt at Lake Shelbyville on October 7 & 8, 2023. The hunt will be conducted in portions of recreation areas previously closed for the season. As a safety precaution, Sullivan Beach, Whitley Creek Recreation Area, Coon Creek & Opossum Creek campgrounds, and the entire Wilborn Creek park will be closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic from 2:00 p.m. October 6, 2023, until 8:00 p.m. October 8, 2023.
These closings include boat ramps located within Opossum Creek, Coon Creek, and Wilborn Creek Recreation Areas. Ramps remaining open during this period include those in Dam West, Lone Point, Lithia Springs, Whitley Creek and Bo Wood Recreation Areas, Wolf Creek and Eagle Creek State Parks and all secondary ramps.
For more information contact the Lake Shelbyville Environmental Stewardship Department at (217) 774-3951 ext. 7049.
•October 4, 2023•
Lake Land College will host Laker Visit Day from 9 a.m. to noon on Monday, Oct. 9 in the Luther Student Center. This event provides students and parents with the opportunity to learn about The Laker Advantage and how it can guide them on the path to success.
Attendees will tour campus with a student ambassador, who will share information from a student perspective. Participants can learn more about Lake Land’s wide range of academic programs, ranging from short-term certificates to two-year degrees. Students can choose among career, university transfer, trade and technical programs to link their interests with a matching profession. Read More
•October 4, 2023•
Tacos are a beloved comfort food. While the true origins of tacos are unknown, they are believed to have originated in Mexico long before the Spanish arrived. Ancient Mexicans made soft, flat corn tortillas and filled them with various ingredients, including cooked organ meats and fish. Read More
•October 4, 2023•
Commissioner Doug Shook is asking that residents not set fire to brush piles on the property where residents are allowed to bring tree limbs and brush for the city to eventually turn into mulch. On the afternoon of Tuesday, September 26, someone set a brush pile on fire and that spread to a mulch pile setting it on fire as well. Shook wants to let residents know that they should not be doing that. He noted that the city cannot put a gate on the property or close it because the right of way becomes blocked on the weekends by people bringing their brush there when that action had been taken previously.
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Windsor High School Homecoming Royalty
Windsor High School hosted their Homecoming Dance on Saturday, September 30th. The theme for the evening was Candyland. Ainslie Eident was crowned Homecoming Queen and Brody Hendrickson was crowned Homecoming King. Front Row (left to right): Crown bearer Azalea Noffke, 2023 Homecoming Queen Ainslie Eident, 2023 Homecoming King Brody Hendrickson, Crown bearer Christopher Henderson. Back Row (left to right): Freshman Attendant Zoey McDaniel, Sophomore Attendant Cameron Carey, Junior Attendant Aubrey Carter, Queen Candidates Aubree Brown and Lillian Cole, 2022 Homecoming Queen Reese Bennett, 2022 Homecoming King Rhett Rincker, King Candidates Billy Evetts and Dax Bartimus, Junior Attendant John Cook, Sophomore Attendant Tayven Vaughn, Freshman Attendant Brody Barnard.
Dear Editor,
Standardized testing is a very debatable topic in the United States. For many years, there has been talk about eliminating standardized testing from schools because they don’t improve education in America. However, there are many pros and cons to that argument. That being said, standardized testing should still be used in American education. “In his book Defending Standardized Testing, Dr. Richard Phelps presents his finding after analyzing 100+ years of research on standardized tests, and concludes that 93% of studies have shown standardized tests as having a positive influence on student achievement.” Although standardized tests can be a struggle for some students, a majority of students who take them get positive feedback. Read More
•October 4, 2023•
By Jim Baumann
NP Guest Writer
An editor told me of a recent conversation he had with a regular guest columnist regarding the columnist’s use of “moot.”
Although the columnist offered a couple of alternatives, the editor decided to keep it in “on the theory that sometimes it’s interesting to readers to see a new word or a word correctly used in an unfamiliar way, even if at first it might send them running to the dictionary.”
I think most people who read a newspaper do so to learn something. At least I would hope so. I support the editor’s thinking. In fact, that’s the bedrock assumption of the column you’re reading right now. If there is room for “Grammar Moses” in the newspaper, there is room for “moot” in an opinion column.
Did I mention the columnist used “moot” as a verb? I’ll bet you didn’t see that coming. Read More