Tentative FY 2025 budget approved

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•August 28, 2024•

by Ariana R. Cherry

The 2024-2025 FY Tentative Budget was approved at the most recent school board meeting on Wednesday, August 21, 2024. 

The June 30th, 2025 projected fund balance for the Education Fund is $7,493,525 (current balance as of 6/30/2024: $6,671,063). The Operation and Maintenance fund was projected at $2,317,531 (current balance as of 6/30/2024: $1,592,634). Transportation is projected to be at $348,552 (current balance as of 6/30/2024: $360,678). The working cash fund is projected to be $1,233,602 (current balance as of 6/30/2024: $1,062,407). The district is looking at an 8% increase in the EAV. The tentative budget will be on display for the next 30 days and then there will be a special hearing at the next scheduled board meeting.  Read More

Learn self management skills

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•August 28, 2024•

Ignoring a chronic condition will not make it go away, and suffering is simply a poor management technique. So, if you live with a long-term health condition, why not learn how to more effectively manage it and live an active and fulfilling life? Believe it or not, although the specifics of managing each condition vary, the skills for managing most chronic conditions are actually quite similar. Read More

Classic show

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The Bethany car show this year had an amazing turn out, lining both sides of the downtown block with many different makes and models. From sports cars to classic vintage models there was something for everyone’s taste.

Groundbreaking August 2024

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Photo courtesy of Habitat for Humanity
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Habitat for Humanity held a groundbreaking ceremony for new homeowners Dakoda, Cortney, Everleigh and Harper Lucas in Bethany on Sunday, August 25th. The new homeowners were met with loads of community support during the event.

Harvest Picnic pulls massive crowds for festival

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•August 21, 2024•

Windsor is home to one of the most influential and looked-forward to festivals in central and southern Illinois, being on par with Arcola’s Broomcorn Festival also in celebration of the harvest season. This year the three day long event, featured full course meals provided by or made by community members in different organization as well as a dessert gift from the grade school. With three whole days of good food, auctions and of course lots of small town support, the festival drew in huge crowds, almost comparable to how some county fairs populate.  Though the weekend events for the picnic held the most to do, Thursday is where it all started. Read More

The MCHD to offer “Caregiver Stress-Busting”

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•August 21, 2024•

by Angela Hogan

The Moultrie County Health Department (MCHD) is pleased to offer “Caregiver Stress-Busting.” This program is offered to support family and other non-paid caregivers who care for an individual living with dementia. Two trained facilitators lead the program, which focuses on education, support, problem-solving, and stress management. As a result, participating caregivers learn how to recognize and address their emotional, physical, spiritual, and cognitive needs. 

Participants will meet weekly on Thursday afternoons, September 5 – October 31, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the MCHD offices, located at 202 S. Main Street, Sullivan, IL. There is no cost for this program. Registration remains open until Tuesday, September 3, 2024.

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City Council changes meeting dates

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•August 21, 2024•

by Sharon Barricklow

Sullivan City Council meetings are moving from the first and third Thursdays to the second and fourth Thursday after a vote Thursday night by the council. Mayor Mike Mossman said changing the meeting dates will give city employees more time to complete actions including getting the city’s bills ready for payment by council vote. “It will just make everything go more smoothly,” he said.

The meeting date change came as part of a series of actions the council took after an audit revealed what Mossman called “significant deficiencies in internal controls.” The council has hired 2020 Forensic Accounting of Bethany to, according to Mossman, “look at our accounting practices.”  Read More

Two stories of small town history

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•August 14, 2024•

Gays celebrated the 2024 Two Story Outhouse Festival on Saturday, August 10, starting bright and early at seven in the morning. The festival celebrating the small structure includes a community breakfast, a car show, kid korner and inflatables for all around quality family fun. Gays, just a short drive east from Windsor used to have a full scale apartment building connected to the outhouse in the 19th century, once torn down in 1984 the outhouse would remain alone. Gays has been promoting the attraction since the 1960s to tourists from near and far, quoting “Gays, Illinois is the only place where you can find a building like this!” Read More

ALAH school board passes resolution for November ballot referendum on $24.6 million school building Bonds

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•August 14, 2024•

by Ariana R Cherry

The ALAH Board of Education held a special meeting on Wednesday, August 7, 2024 to pass a resolution providing for and requiring the submission of the proposition of issuing $24,600,000 School Building Bonds to the voters of the district at the general election to be held November 5, 2024.

The proposition is as stated:

Shall the Board of Education of Arthur Community Unit School District Number 305, Douglas, Moultrie, Coles, Piatt and Champaign Counties, Illinois, improve the site of, build and equip an addition to and alter, repair and equip the Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond High School Building, including replacing heating and ventilation systems, adding air conditioning to classrooms and other spaces, constructing secured entryways, renovating space for educational and vocational programs and improving accessibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act, and issue bonds of said School District to the amount of $24,600,000 for the purpose of paying the costs thereof? Read More