•June 8, 2022•
Lake Land College will host Laker Visit Day from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, June 16 in the Luther Student Center, giving potential students the opportunity to learn about The Laker Advantage and how it can guide them on the path to success. Read More
Lake Land College Celebrates Nursing Graduates
•June 8, 2022•
Graduating nurses received their pins at the 2022 Lake Land College Associate Degree Nursing pinning ceremony.
The Associate Degree Nursing Program Peer Awards were presented to Devin Mette and Megan Walters for exhibiting excellence in the classroom and in clinical, showing willingness to help others, caring nature, professionalism and spirit.
The Patient Advocate Award was presented to Jamie Marley for displaying professionalism and compassionate care in the Associate Degree Nurse program. Read More
Use of Backyard Bird Feeders, Bird Baths may Resume
•June 8, 2022•
Bird lovers may resume using backyard feeders and baths effective Wednesday, June 1, 2022, wildlife biologists at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) advised today.
IDNR originally recommended the use of bird feeders and bird baths be suspended through May 31 in response to the EA H5N1 strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Illinois. Read More
Rural Residents at a Disadvantage with Mental Health Services
•June 8, 2022•
By Tammie Sloup
Farm Week
The sea of dark purple on a map of Illinois counties told a concerning story.
Most of the counties were dark purple, indicating a shortage of mental and behavioral health providers in those areas. Only a handful of counties, mostly in Cook County and the collar counties, had no shortage or partial shortages.
But it’s not just an Illinois issue. Mental health care in rural areas throughout the U.S. is in crisis.
Heather Whetsell, Southern Illinois University Medicine Population Science & Policy administrative director, presented findings of a yearlong study into mental health care in rural areas during the National Rural Health Association’s (NRHA) Annual Rural Health Conference. The research was conducted by the NRHA Rural Health Fellows mental health workgroup.
Barriers to mental health care in rural America are driven by three factors: availability of health care, access and acceptability, the fellows found. Read More
Is this NOT a Double Negative?
•June 8, 2022•
By Jim Baumann
NP Guest Writer
Reader David Bruun wanted to talk about double negatives. I’m not uninterested in the topic, so here goes:
“I was listening to the radio several days ago, and a Realtor was being interviewed as to financing a home purchase. The exact quote was as follows: ‘It is important that you were never not late in a mortgage payment.’ There are several of us who disagree, Is this not a double negative? And what does it mean — perhaps that one was never late in a payment?”
David, it IS a double negative, and it makes no sense.
When Mick Jagger sings “I can’t get no satisfaction,” the implication is not that he is 100% happy but that he can’t get ANY satisfaction.
He’s being colloquial, and he landed upon a word that was one syllable short of “any” so the lyric matched the beat. When I wrote that I’m “not uninterested” in the topic of double negatives, I was conveying a modest amount of interest rather than an all-consuming love for them. Read More
Remember When? 6-8-2022
25 Years Ago This Week
Warren Ferguson of Bethany, Dave Hutchins of Windsor and Dean Craig of Dalton City took their covered wagons and mule teams to go camping each summer throughout Moultrie County. The group said that they try to take two to three trips together or with others with wagons and teams each summer. Read More
GOP Debate: Candidates Address Rising Crime, Texas School Shooting
•June 1, 2022•
By Jerry Nowicki
Capitol News Illinois
The six Republican candidates for Illinois governor faced off Tuesday night in Chicago, albeit on two separate debate stages, hours after a shooting at a Texas elementary school that dominated a large portion of the debates.
A scheduling conflict between two TV networks – WGN and NBC 5 – had the candidates split into groups of three, with the NBC debate beginning at 6 p.m. and the WGN debate starting immediately after it at 7 p.m.
NBC’s debate included Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, the polling and money frontrunner, along with former Waterloo state Sen. Paul Schimpf and suburban attorney Max Solomon. The WGN debate that followed included Sen. Darren Bailey, of Xenia, Petersburg venture capitalist Jesse Sullivan and suburban paving magnate Gary Rabine. Read More
Car Show 2022
Photos by Ellen Ferrera. Car Show The Memorial Weekend Cruise was held on Saturday, May 28 on the square in Sullivan. The car show was put on by Sullivan Street Machine Association.
Sullivan First United Methodist Free Little Library
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Sullivan First United Methodist Free Little Library
This past Sunday, May 22nd, the Sullivan First United Methodist Church unveiled a new free community library. This library was purchased with money raised by children during last year’s Vacation Bible School, with the goal to shine God’s light in our community. This free library will hold religious material for all ages.
Tips for Picking and Cutting Watermelon
•June 1, 2022•
Watermelon is a summertime staple. Each summer, stores and farm stands have an abundance of watermelons on display, and many people feel no picnic or barbecue is complete without watermelon.
Watermelon is a refreshing option on hot days. It’s ideal sliced and served, or can be included in fruit salads, smoothies or even “spiked” cocktails. The key to a tasty watermelon is knowing how to pick one that is ripe, while serving watermelon comes down to understanding some easy cutting strategies.
• Choose a watermelon that has a firm, symmetrical shape. Avoid melons with bumps, dents or cuts. Read More