•February 5, 2020•
The Lake Land College Agriculture Division is hosting an open house on Friday, March 6 from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. High school juniors and seniors are invited to learn more about the agriculture programs available at Lake Land College and enjoy lunch with current students and faculty.
The event will open with registration and a welcome session in the West Building, Farm Credit Services room. Breakout sessions will occur from 9:40-11:30 a.m. which will cover each agriculture major offered at Lake Land and agriculture career opportunities. Campus tours and a session covering the admissions enrollment process will also be provided. The event will end with a question and answer session over lunch with current agriculture division students and faculty. Read More
Stop the Hand-Wringing Over Decline of Newspapers
•February 5, 2020•
By Jim Nowlan
NP Guest Columnist
According to a late 2019 piece in the New York Times, one in five newspapers in America has been shuttered over the past 15 years, and journalist numbers cut in half. This bodes ill for the vibrancy of communities, for which newspapers have been the essential glue, prod and town crier.
We must stop wringing our hands and instead devise alternatives, just as news in paper form in the 18th century replaced the news shouted out earlier by the town criers.
My dad ran the Stark County News in Toulon post-World War II. As a teen in the 1950s, I sat at the huge keyboard of a Model 14 Linotype, a balky iron and steel beast that spit out lines of type from molten lead. It was high tech!
On Wednesday afternoons, townsfolk crowded, literally, the corridor of the post office, waiting impatiently for Billy Humphrey to stuff the new edition into their mailboxes. The paper included one or two pages of “personals,” of “Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Jackson spending the weekend in Mahomet with Mrs. Jackson’s parents. They all enjoyed dinner in Champaign Saturday evening.” Personals were the Facebook of 70 years ago. Read More
Take Charge of Your Diabetes Program
•January 29, 2020•
Beginning on Thursday, Feb. 6 the Moultrie County Health Department, in collaboration with Mid-Illinois Senior Services, Inc., will sponsor a “Take Charge of Your Diabetes” program. The program will be held at Mid-Illinois Senior Services, Inc. located at 114 E. Jefferson, Sullivan. The program is free and open to anyone who must deal with diabetes.
Angela Hogan and Kim Swinford will facilitate the program. Participants will meet for six class sessions from 1-4:30 p.m. each Thursday through March 12. Read More
SBL Health Screenings at Senior Center
•January 29, 2020•
SBL Lincolnland Home Care and Lincolnland Hospice will conduct a free blood pressure clinic from 8:30 to 9 a.m. on Thursday, February 20 at the Senior Center, Sullivan. For more information, call Lincolnland Home Care at 1-800-879-3212.
SBL Lincolnland Home Care, Lincolnland Hospice and Lincolnland Home Medical will sponsor bingo from 9 – 10 a.m. following the blood pressure clinic.
PLEASE NOTE: IF THE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER, THE SENIOR CENTER WILL ALSO BE CLOSED.
Remember When? 1-29-2020
25 Years Ago This Week
The Sullivan Singers were named Grand Champions in the Milton Choraltion Invitational in Milton, Wis. In addition to Grand Champion honors Angela Mossman was awarded Outstanding Female Vocalist. The Singers are one of three Sullivan show choirs under direction of David Mollenkamp.
Traci Sebright of Lovington received an associates in applied science degree from Robert Morris College in Springfield. Sebright majored in the legal secretarial field and participated in the Student Ambassador Program. She is the daughter of Tina Sebright of Lovington.
Erin Parsons scored 16 points and added six steals for Bethany as the Fillies rolled to a 48-30 victory over Niantic-Harristown. Micki Winskill and Brandi Moody scored ten points apiece. Erin Yarnell chipped in eight points and Moody added 11 rebounds. Read More
Illinois Sheriffs’ Association Announces Scholarships
•January 29, 2020•
The Illinois Sheriffs’ Association announces that it will be awarding over $58,000 in college scholarships throughout the State of Illinois to students wishing to pursue higher education during the 2020-2021 academic year. The scholarships are to be applied to tuition, books and fees only.
The student must be enrolled full-time at a certified institution of higher learning within the State of Illinois. Read More
Menu 1-29-2020
Senior Peace Meal
For additional information or for reservations, please call 1-800-543-1770
Monday, February 3 - Beef stew w/potatoes, carrots & onions, seasoned greens, biscuits, tropical fruit
Tuesday, February 4 - Chili mac, tossed salad, dinner roll, warm cinnamon peaches
Wednesday, February 5 - Chicken tetrazzini, peas and onions, seasoned green beans w/pimentos, whole grain wheat (1), chunky applesauce
Thursday, February 6 - Roast beef in gravy, mashed potatoes, cabbage tomato au gratin, dinner roll, overnight fruit salad
Friday, February 7 - Baked ham, frosted sweet potatoes, midori blend vegetables, whole grain wheat (1), pears
Thompson Focuses on Ways to Tackle Teacher Shortage
•January 29, 2020•
As Illinois leaders work on solutions, ROE #11 Regional Superintendent Kyle Thompson is teaming with area legislators to make the path to becoming a teacher easier.
Thompson believes one barrier that should be removed is the relatively new edTPA.
Short for Education Teacher Performance Assessment, the edTPA was written into the Illinois School Code in 2015. It requires student teachers to complete a series of arduous tasks while they are student teaching, most notably videotaping themselves while teaching in the classroom. Upon completion, the student teachers are required to submit their evidence to Pearson, a third-party evaluator. Read More
Letters to the Editor: 1-29-2020
•January 29, 2020•
Not Pleased with Delivery Service
Dear Mr. Best,
I am renewing my paper-but I am not pleased with my service.
I am receiving my paper a week or week and a half after printing. Read More
Superintendent-Y-Stuff: A Walk with Mr. Walk
•January 29, 2020•
By Ted Walk
Supt. SCUSD #300
Though we are still at the beginning of the new semester at Sullivan High School, now is the time that we look towards the future schedules of our students.
We approved course description changes at our most recent meeting of the Board of Education. Read More