News Progress

•August 14, 2019•
By Ileana Saveley
Social Security District
Manager, Decatur

Older people are at a greater risk of fraud and other forms of financial exploitation. The United States Postal Service has seen an increase in mail fraud and is promoting community strength and fraud awareness as a way to prevent abuse. Social Security agrees. You can help your more vulnerable loved ones fight fraud.
You or a loved one might receive an advertisement in the mail, but it could be from a private company or even a scammer. United States law prohibits people or non-government businesses from using words or emblems that mislead others. Their advertising can’t lead people to believe that they represent, are somehow affiliated with, or endorsed or approved by Social Security. Read More

25 Years Ago This Week

Dorothy Phillips retired from Scott State Bank after 31 years in the banking business. She began her career at Mattoon at First National Bank in bookkeeping. Five years after, she found an opening in Bethany where she lived with her husband, Boyd. After her retirement, Dorothy plans to return to Mattoon where four of her six children live.
Sullivan school board has reassigned Nancy Schaljo to the position of principal at Sullivan Middle School after the resignation of Kirby Rodgers. Teacher Rita Florey will now become the principal of Sullivan Elementary School. Some 21 teachers will be joining Sullivan’s staff of about 75 this school year.
A survey of Sullivan school district residents was running 60 percent in favor of consolidation with the Bethany School district. Some 63 percent preferred that Bethany High School students attend high school in Sullivan and each district house their own K-8.
Sullivan’s Frank Hutchcraft celebrates nearly three decades with the local auto dealership now owned by George Rutledge. The original owner, Tom West, sold the dealership to Dutch Horton in 1962. Horton sold to Wilbur Donnell in 1978. George Rutledge took over in 1992, and Frank is his sales manager. Hired by Horton as a parts manager, Hutchcraft became the glue that held the place together according to his son Michael. Read More

25 Years Ago This Week

Sullivan High School head basketball coach, Ted Turner, took a job to head the hoops for the conference rivals, the Clinton Maroons. In Sullivan, Turner taught elementary P.E. for six years. In Clinton he will be teaching high school P.E. and will be with the kids that he is coaching.
A photo shows Courtney and Matt Dyer carrying on the family tradition of selling melons at Kerr-McGee in Sullivan, Their grandfather, Wayne Watkins, sold melons for some 30 years at the same location.
Marilyn Andres, formerly of Sullivan, was presented with a Colorado Distinguished Teacher Award. Andres received a cash award, a plaque, and special certificate during a ceremony held at Colorado State University. Before moving to Colorado nine years previous with husband, Ron Andres, she taught school in the Windsor school district for 14 years. Read More

Letter To The Editor,

Last Friday evening, Mason Point sponsored another concert in their summer series at Tabor Park.
Mackville, an entertaining gospel/bluegrass band from the Arthur-Atwood area, provided an hour of well-done traditional music.
The weather was ideal, and Tabor Park is a great setting for their style of music. Unfortunately, there was little advertising so an audience of twelve got to hear a very good band play a selection of very good music. Read More

•August 7, 2019•
August is National Immunization Month. To celebrate, come to the Moultrie County Health Department (MCHD) for Back-to-School Immunization needs and receive a choice of coupons for a delicious treat.
For those students who have already completed their 2019 immunizations at the health department, stop by and choose a coupon.
“If your student is aged between three and 23 years old, they may need immunizations. There are many reasons to get your vaccinations fulfilled at the health department,” MCHD Administrator Angela Hogan said. Read More