•March 29, 2017•

By Mike Brothers
NP Managing Editor

I am not very good with heights; my palms start sweating when I hear someone talking about mountain climbing or looking over a cliff’s edge.

So when it was time to move the clocks forward an hour for spring, I have no idea what got into me.

Maybe it was curiosity as I looked out my apartment building and the clock on the Moultrie County Courthouse had not yet leaped forward.

I called Rick Matthews who is responsible for all things related to the 1904 building that houses the giant clock tower.

From north, south, east or west of the Sullivan square the time shines night and day. Except this one day the four faces needed to gain an hour.

Rick explained that since it had snowed Sunday night, he needed to clear access to the courthouse for the public before attending to the time change.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.