Happenings for ETML in November

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•November 5, 2025• The library will be closed on November 11th for Veterans’ Day, and November 27th – 28th for Thanksgiving.  Story times: Every Wednesday, November 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th, at 10:00 a.m. The bounce house will be available after the story and craft.  November 12th is a special story time. The first twelve families to register will receive a ‘Curious George’ themed gift. The registration link can be found on the ETML Facebook page, or you can call the library at (217) 728-7221. *Every Monday at 9:00 a.m., ETML hosts a Memory Café: This is a social gathering for … Read More

Findlay drive-through Toy Drive

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•November 5, 2025• The fall chicken and noodle dinner is set for November 17th from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Clarence Bixler American Legion Post 409 in Findlay. This will once again be a fundraiser for the kids at Kemmerer Village. Their goal is to raise $5,000 to help make Christmas a little merrier. If they can sell 400 meals, that would get them very close, coupled with the current monetary donations received.  The meal this year consists of homemade chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, green beans, dinner rolls, and Texas sheet cake. Tickets are on sale (advance purchase … Read More

SBD begins short-course season

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•November 5, 2025• Sullivan Blue Dolphins headed to Terre Haute October 25th and 26th for the start of their short-course season. SBD took the 1st place trophy with 1356.5 points, edging out 2nd place by 291.5 points. SBD had 7 swimmers bring home high point winners.  In the 6&u division was Tinley Eads won 1st place with 66 points. Then in the 8&u division, it was Emme Kirkley with 1st place, and she had 86 points.  Also in the 8&u SBD had Stella Perrott with 2nd place and 25 points. In the 11-12 division, there was Michaela Blickensderfer with 71 … Read More

IDHS food connections

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•November 5, 2025• by DM Williamee With the holidays fast approaching, the protracted government shutdown (including SNAP benefits holds beginning November 1st as a result, unless Congress passes a budget by then), increased utility costs, and many already living on the precipice of a paycheck-to-paycheck existence, the Illinois Department of Human Services has published a page of helpful websites to direct those in need to their area Foodbanks. … Read More

Holiday Marketplace: ‘Tis the season

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•November 5, 2025• by DM Williamee On Saturday, November 1st, the First Christian Church of Sullivan’s parking lot was packed (as were its hallways and other spaces) with Christmas shoppers and Christmas cheer. From authors, bakers, craft-makers, and coordinators, the scent and spirit of the holiday season filled the air. Delectable delights of all types, arts and crafts from creatively pragmatic to beautiful, left all in attendance hovering over tables and shelves, checking their lists, and anticipating Christmas the day after Halloween. … Read More

Moultrie Douglas 4-H sewing

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•November 5, 2025• On Sunday, November 16th, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Arthur United Methodist Church, the Moultrie-Douglas 4-H will be holding a free Sewing Skills workshop. This workshop is a guided sewing session, making a pillow case with local seamstress, Pam Simpson. It is open to youth ages 8-18. Youth do not have to be a 4-H member to attend, and you will leave with a 4-H project that you can enter in Sewing Level 1 / Sewn Non-Clothing. … Read More

New to MarowbonePublic Library

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•November 5, 2025• New additions to the Marrowbone Public Library, 216 W Main St, Bethany, as of November: Fiction: Antiques Round-Up (Trash ‘n’ Treasures series #19) by Barbara Allan; Behind Enemy Bylines by Kathleen Fuller; Blind Date with a Werewolf (Alpha & Omega series stories) by Patricia Briggs; Canyon of Deceit by DiAnn Mills; C is for Courting (Amish ABC’s series #3) by Shelley Shepard Gray; Capture the Moment (National Parks Summers series #1) by Suzanne Woods Fisher; Christmas in Wisconsin : an Amish Romance by Linda Byler; A Christmas Witness (Inspector Ian Rutledge series #24 ½) by Charles Todd; … Read More

Blanket and towel drive

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•November 5, 2025• Sullivan CUSD #300 is collecting new and gently used towels and blankets to be given to the local homeless individuals and animal shelters between November 10th and 14th. These items can be dropped off at the Sullivan High School and Middle School offices or given to Mrs. Badman, Mrs. Stinebring, or Mrs. Bates. This event is sponsored by the NEHS and ELA Honor Societies.  … Read More

Remembering Who We Are…….82

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Traveling on the Springfield Road (Part 1) •November 5, 2025• by Janet Roney “It was four weeks yesterday since we started. I fear we shall all be sick before we get there, it is so very hot. I shant complain as long as I can stand up. I have dragged one foot after the other so long and hope for the best.” These were the words of a young Ohio woman, Mary Parkinson, in letters to her sister from a few miles west of Paris, Illinois on the Springfield Road in July of 1837. Her letters, printed in 1909 in … Read More

City approves new public comment rules

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by Sharon Barricklow Attendees at Sullivan City Council meetings will have new rules to follow for the public comment period after the council passed a new ordinance on October 27.  The new ordinance will limit individual comments to three  minutes each and the total public comment period will be limited to 30 minutes. The rule came after several of the last city council meetings had public comment periods that lasted more than an hour and involved multiple people speaking at multiple times. Mayor Mike Mossman, who has been frustrated by the lengthy period of public comment, said he hoped the … Read More