East Central Illinois Area on Aging Holds Moultrie-Douglas County Conversation 

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•February 14, 2024•

by Crystal Reed

The East Central Illinois Area On Aging (ECIAAA) held the Moultrie-Douglas county conversation at the Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library Thursday, February 8. The mission of the ECIAAA is to lead and advocate for inclusive resources and services that empower their optimal aging of Central Illinois’ diverse older adults, individuals with disabilities and their care partners. The three objectives of these programs are to present the FY  2023 Performance Outcomes Report to the Public on the Older Americans Act, obtain input from County Conversation Participants on how they can improve services provided and serve as an advocacy platform to inform lawmakers of the importance of these programs.  Read More

Multiple Departments Respond to Structure Fire in Bethany

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Bethany firefighters/first responders, John Smith and Dakota Briggs give medical attention to one of the two dogs that was found and rescued from the structure fire on Friday, February 9.

•February 14, 2024•

The Bethany Fire Department was dispatched for a structure fire at 11:53 am on Friday, February 9. They arrived within a few minutes to find fire coming out of one window. Crews did an initial attack from the yard while the scene was being sized up determining a room and contents on fire.  Read More

Sullivan Area Ministerial Association Holds Open House

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Sullivan Area Ministerial Association Holds Open House
The Sullivan Area Ministerial Association (SAMA) held an open house event at Sweet Vail on Wednesday, February 7. The event gave members of the community the opportunity to talk to local pastors and learn about the activities and initiatives that their churches are involved in.

Take Charge of Your Diabetes Classes Being Offered

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•February 7, 2024•

Diabetes is on the rise but can be a very manageable illness. If you or someone you care for has diabetes or is pre-diabetic, why not learn how to more effectively “take charge” and live an active and fulfilling life? Take Charge of Your Diabetes is designed to teach those with diabetes tools and techniques to help them become better health managers. Read More

Local Emergency Responders Obtain Certification

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•February 7, 2024•

Twenty local first responders recently completed an Emergency Medical Responder course held in Sullivan. Fourteen members from the Sullivan Fire Protection District and six members from the Bethany Fire Protection District participated in the six week course that took over 56 hours to complete. The class met two evenings a week and every other Saturday to meet all the objectives of the program. 

Students developed skills in the assessment and treatment of childbirth, respiratory, environmental, behavioral, traumatic and many other medical emergencies that they could encounter working in the prehospital setting. Read More

Award Winning Sullivan Quilter Speaks at Arthur Public Library

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Karen Edwards of Sullivan talks about quilting at Arthur Public Library on Saturday, February 3. She spoke about the quilting techniques she uses to make art quilts and showed some of her original creations and well as quilts made from others designs. She is pictured with an original quilt called My Mother’s Window of a stained glass window from her childhood home.

•February 7, 2024•

by Crystal Reed

Karen Edwards of Sullivan presented a program Saturday, February 3 at Arthur Public Library on the techniques she uses to create art quilts and some of the supplies used in the process. She was the Grand Prize winner at the 2023 Amish Country Spring Quilt Show in Arthur with a quilt titled “My Childhood Home.” Edwards learned to sew at the age of nine because she wanted to make a dress. 

She first got into quilting when she became engaged, and she sorted through fabrics and made a scrap quilt. After she retired, she decided to return to making quilts. In the beginning of the pandemic, she made masks and noted that she stopped counting after she made 500.  Read More

Holocaust Education Center Announces New Art and Writing Contest for Area Students

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•January 31, 2024•

Local student artists, writers, and filmmakers are invited to submit pieces to Through Their Eyes: A Holocaust Art and Writing Contest sponsored by the Holocaust Education Center of the Champaign-Urbana Jewish Federation.

The deadline for submissions by 5th through 12th grade students who attend public, private, or home schools in Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby, and Vermilion counties is March 22, 2024.

“We hope that area students and their teachers will participate in this new contest,” said Rebecca Lawson, a co-director of the Holocaust Education Center and director of the contest. Read More

Tourney Time

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Kyle Corkill looks to drive against an Argenta-Oreana defender in last Fridays LPC Tournaments third place game. Sullivan pulled out the win 59-42.

City Council Approves Use of TIF IV Funds for Completion of Field Study

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•January 31, 2024•

by Crystal Reed

The Sullivan City Council met Friday, January 26, in the afternoon, after canceling their meeting last Monday due to weather conditions. Commissioner Chuck Woodworth was absent. The council approved a project authorization for a field survey and preliminary drawings for the Worth Street Extension and the use of TIF IV funds for the completion of a field study both to be done with Milano and Grunloh. 

Commissioner Doug Shook explained that the project authorization for a field survey and preliminary drawings for the Worth Street Extension. He stated this is for an extension from Hawthorne and Worth down to 1200N. Shook said that without a road through there, it’s hard to sell lots and get interest in the heart of the TIF IV district. The field survey and preliminary drawings are estimated at a cost of $16,800.  Read More