•October 28, 2020•
By Katie Zelechowski
Illinois Farm Bureau
Harvest season is the time of year when some of the best aspects of Midwest agriculture can be experienced by all. Pumpkin patches and apple orchards in Illinois are open for visitors and the golden-brown fields of mature crops line rural roads across the state. But along with these markers of fall come the dangers of transportation incidents associated with harvest. Read More
•October 28, 2020•
By Crystal Reed
NP Writer
It’s Round-Up time at Sullivan IGA from Nov 1 to Nov 7 giving every customer a chance to help buy turkeys for Moultrie County Food Pantry’s Thanksgiving.
“It’s amazing how quickly it adds up,” IGA Manager Pat Stinson said of the ninth annual fundraising event for the food pantry.
“The most you can donate is 99 cents and even a penny makes a difference” he continued, noting the week long event contributes some $1,200 annually to the food pantry’s Thanksgiving meal giveaway. Read More
•October 28, 2020•
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One Book One Sullivan students have been busy reading! This team of students and teachers did not let a pandemic get in the way of reading titles from the 2020 Rebecca Caudill List! This group is more determined than ever to choose a book both the students and community will equally enjoy. Even though meetings began all virtually, by the end of summer, we were able to combine in person and virtual meetings together so that all members could participate. This year’s Rebecca Caudill List was full of amazing stories! The OBOS members have narrowed the list to 3 choices: The Only Road by Alexandra Diaz, Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh and Resistance by Jennifer Nielsen. Read More
25 Years Ago This Week
The Little Theatre on the Square was installing a 20 ton air conditioning unit and heating system. The Little Theatre on the Square had received two separate grants of $18,970 from the Illinois Arts Council for operating support and a grant of $15,032 from the Tourism Attraction Program, a program of the Illinois Bureau of Tourism Dept of Commerce and Community Affairs to pay for the heat/air project.
The Sullivan Redskins traveled to Carterville for the first round of IHSA Class 2A playoffs. The Redskins fought back from a 17 point deficit, scoring 22 second half points for a 31-20 win and a trip to the second round.
After winning its first regional game Wednesday night, the Lovington High School volleyball team found some speed bumps on the road to the championship game. The Panthers defeated Windsor in the semi-finals of the Shelbyville Regionals and advanced to the championship game against Shelbyville. Read More
•October 21, 2020•
This series of articles noting Sullivan’s 175th anniversary is focused on answering one question. Why did voters of the new county of Moultrie choose an empty spot at Asa’s Point near a mosquito and rattlesnake infested lake as their county seat instead of the booming village of Nelson (a. k. a. East Nelson or Old Nelson) just four miles to the southeast?
The 1881 Combined History of Shelby and Moultrie Counties says Nelson lost because it was not in the center of the county. It also said that unclear land titles caused the whole town to be shifted a quarter mile east and renamed East Nelson a few years before the county seat fight. Read More
•October 21, 2020•
Moultrie County Clerk Georgia England is urging voters to apply as soon as possible if they want to cast their ballots by mail for the November 3 General Election.
The statutory deadline to submit a mail-in ballot application is October 29, which is also the last day in which a ballot can be mailed out. England, along with other Election Authorities and state leaders, recommend voters apply much earlier so Clerk’s offices and the USPS have sufficient time to deliver the ballots. More people this Election than any other Election have chosen to Vote By Mail. England states that if you wish to Vote By Mail, don’t delay, do it now. Voters are encouraged to complete and return their ballots as soon as possible and not wait. Read More
Photos by Crystal Reed Fall Fest (Top) Paisley Cole paints a pumpkin during the Fall Festival held at Wyman Park this past Saturday. Middle, Ryker Grant (left), Jessica Grant (center) and Briggs Grant (right) enjoy the Fall Festival at Wyman Park. Activities included pumpkin painting, a costume parade, food and hayrides. At bottom, Ashley, Maverick and Samuel Kirby at the Fall Festival at Wyman Park.
•October 21, 2020•
Ted Walk
Sullivan CUSD #300
Sullivan Schools have parent-teacher conferences coming up on Tuesday, October 27 and Thursday, October 29. This is an opportunity for parents to visit our schools and spend time learning about the happenings in their children’s classrooms. All IDPH guidelines regarding masks, social distancing, and cleaning will be followed. New for this year, parents will also have the option to attend parent teacher conferences remotely if they choose. This is the third year that we have hosted conferences on two evenings instead of an evening followed by a morning. The change was made after analyzing attendance during previous conference days. Read More
•October 21, 2020•
On Tuesday, October 13 the AFSCME Retiree Sub-Chapter #87 held a Zoom conference meeting for current members, new members and retired seniors.
President, David Spinner called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone. Spinner thanked Louis Goseland for hosting the event. Goseland is affiliated with the (IARA) Illinois Alliance For Retired Americans. The statewide IARA currently has 250,000 members. The goal of the IARA is to build a strong organization in Illinois of seniors with a viable structure, ample resources and clear objectives compatible with that of the labor movement and community-based groups at local, state and national levels. He stressed the importance of voting yes for the Fair Tax issue on the November 3 ballot. The Fair Tax will bring in an estimated $3.5 billion per year. He said now is the time more than ever to get tax relief. Read More
25 Years Ago This Week
Moultrie County’s 740 businesses generated more than $891,000 in sales tax revenue for city and county governments during fiscal year 1995. According to the annual report from Illinois Dept of Revenue, the county’s businesses also paid $3.1 million in the state’s 5 percent sales tax. Sullivan (with 274 businesses) and Arthur with 228 businesses were the county’s most prosperous communities, generating municipal sales tax receipts for the year of $398,138 and $257,114 respectively ($90,069 of that from the portion of Arthur in Moultrie County). Read More