Sullivan and Windsor men also place
Aaron McManaway of Altamont weighed in a two-day total of seven bass totaling 20 pounds, 13 ounces Sunday to win the Walmart Bass Fishing League Illini Division Super Tournament on Lake Shelbyville. For his victory, McManaway earned $6,840. Sullivan’s Mario Cordes took second place with 10 bass weighing in at 18 pounds, earning him $2,270. Read More
Moultrie County Deputies responded to East Williams Street in Lovington late Tuesday night after receiving a call that a man had been found dead.
Prairieland Service Coordination, Inc. invites everyone to their Open House, to celebrate their move to their new offices located at 220 South Water Street, Suite 220M, in Downtown Decatur. The Open House will be held on October 17, from 3 to 7 p.m. and light refreshments will be served.
Prairieland is a not-for profit agency which provides services for persons with disabilities who reside in the following counties, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby and Vermillion. The Agency will be celebrating 20 years of service to the central and east central Illinois area in 2014. The mission of the agency is to provide lifespan individual service coordination. In addition, support and assistance is provided to the individual and family through identification of needed services, individual service planning, coordination and advocacy.
According to Helen M. Michelassi, agency Executive Director, “the move to downtown has provided us with much needed additional space and staff really enjoys working in the downtown area.”
The Soyland Access to Independent Living (SAIL) Visual Services Program will host a Take Charge Illinois workshop, “Identity Theft, Fraud and Scams,” for people with disabilities, seniors and their caregivers. The workshop will be 10:30-noon Tuesday, October 1 at the Moultrie County Senior Center in Sullivan. The presenter for the workshop will be Betsey Miller, consumer affairs administrator with the Office of the Illinois Attorney General. People who attend will learn how to identify and avoid potential scams and frauds and how to protect themselves from identity theft. The speaker will also address any concerns from those who may have been victims of identity theft. The workshop is free and reservations are not required. For more information call Rich Adams at SAIL, 876-8888 or 800-358-8080.
The Lovington American Legion and Sparrows Unlimited will host a food drive 9-11:30 a.m. Saturday, October 12 in Lovington.
The food drive will be held at the intersection of State and Broadway, and that which is collected will be donated to the Lovington Food Pantry.
The Sullivan High School Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America is selling Sullivan Redskin T-shirts.
The shirts come in charcoal and available in infant-adult sizes.
Order forms can be picked up in the SES and SHS offices or by contacting Ginger Voegel at 728-8311, ext. 284 or by email at voegelg@sullivan.k12.il.us
The alumni classes of 1978/1979 have combined their reunions this year and are gathering at 6 p.m. Saturday, October 5. Reservations are $10 per person, and checks should be made payable to SHS Classes of 1978/1979. Money may be sent to Mary Kay Welsh at 414 N. Main Street, Sullivan, IL. 61951.
To date, 30 classmates from the two classes have expressed their intent to attend, but organizers would like to see more.
For more information, call 728-7618.
A blood drive will be held October 2 from 3-7 p.m. at the Community Building in Arthur, located at 120 E. Progress Street.
October is Liver Awareness Month and the American Red Cross reminds eligible donors that organ transplant patients often rely on donated blood products. Liver transplant patients may need 30 or more transfusions during the surgery.
Santa’s Sparrows will be hosting a fun run collecting toys for children Saturday September 28.
Sign up will be from 11 a.m.-noon at Lovington American Legion. The sign-up fee is a newly purchased toy for a boy or girl ages infant-16 years old.
Stops will include the Cerro Gordo Legion, It’lldo2, Jimmy Pete’s in Humboldt, VFW in Sullivan, and the East End in Lovington.
All bikes, cars and jeeps etc. are welcome to join the ride to provide Christmas for kids. Those not joining the ride, they may be drop off toys at the Lovington American Legion Post 429 that day. For more information call 201-0662 or 620-7579.
Timberlake Golf Course will host its inaugural night golf outing Saturday, October 5. Read More