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Jividen

SHS alum and executive chef Jon Jividen to prepare meal

•July 15, 2015•

A fundraiser kickoff for the inaugural Redskin Achievement Award will be held this Saturday at the Sullivan American Legion from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
The fundraiser will help raise money that in turn will be awarded to one male and one female
each year who meet the criteria for the award in an effort to help offset costs accompanied by any school related activity.
Preparing the brunch will be SHS alum and executive chef Jon Jividen, who has cooked for three previous US presidents among other high-profile individuals. The brunch will offer dishes including honey baked ham, spinach, mushroom, and roasted red pepper quiche, biscuits and gravy, roasted potatoes, garden salad, and lemon pound cake. As for beverages, in addition to coffee, champagne and a special signature cocktail will be available as will ice tea and strawberry lemonade. Read More

•July 15, 2015•

Submitted by Kayley LaGrou, Chapter Reporter

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Pictured are ALAH FFA members (L to R): Katie Kerns, Christy Allen, Josiah Kinert, Janette Comstock, and Kayley LaGrou.

The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond FFA members Christy Allen, Janette Combstock, Katie Kerns, Josiah Kinert, and Kayley LaGrou traveled to the Illinois State FFA Convention in Springfield on June 9 through June 11.
The Illinois State FFA Convention is held every year during the second week of June at the Prairie Capital Convention Center in Springfield. This year over 3,000 FFA members from across the state came to Springfield to go to workshops, attend sessions, visit the career fair, go to the FFA dance, attend a minor league baseball game, and elect the 2015-16 Illinois State FFA officer team. The ALAH FFA chapter was among those FFA members. Read More

•July 15, 2015•

The Moultrie-Douglas 4-H Livestock show was held last week. The following local individuals received honors:
Maddy Paddock, Awesome Arthur Clovers, Arthur: Pygmy Goats Grand Champion Wether, Reserve Sr. Champion Doe; Jr. Champion Buck; Grand Champion Buck.
Mathew Paddock, Awesome Arthur Clovers, Arthur: Pygmy Goats Sr. Champion Doe and Reserve Grand Champion Doe. Read More

•July 15, 2015•

Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) Director Anne Melissa Dowling, today announced the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace (IHIM), also known as Get Covered Illinois (GCI), will be administered by the department beginning August 1.
“The Department of Insurance welcomes the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace as its new home. This move will streamline program processes, improve efficiency, and align services leading to increased access to health coverage for Illinoisans,” said Director Dowling. “Consolidating Marketplace activities under a Division at the Department will promote a potential path to long term operational sustainability for Illinois to continue as a Partnership Marketplace.” Read More

•July 8, 2015•

WomenConnected, a giving circle within the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Foundation, awarded grants totaling $56,406 to 18 programs and services at the Health Center, bringing the group’s total amount of grant funding to $426,604 since 2004.
WomenConnected is comprised of 74 women from Coles and surrounding counties who through their membership contributions, help fund and direct the expansion of services provided by Sarah Bush Lincoln.
Programs and services receiving WomenConnected support this year include: Heart Smart for Teens; Center for Healthy Living scholarships to help people who cannot afford the services; SBL Dental Services for urgent restorative care for mothers and children and oral health education to area grade schools; Healthy Kids Cooking classes; I Sing the Body Electric, an award-winning prevention program for teens; Step in the Right Direction, a diabetes prevention program; Living with Diabetes, a program that focuses on managing diabetes through nutrition and exercise; diabetic supply help; Heart Failure clinic; Building Hope Campaign, which supports the construction of a new Regional Cancer Center building; mental health books for Child Physiatrist Katie Hecksel, MD; and more. Read More