•November 1, 2017• The CWF Harvest Dinner & Mini Bazaar is Sat., Nov. 4 at the Lovington Christian Church. Crafts and baked goods are featured from 5–7 p.m. A meal of ham and turkey will be offered with all the trimmings. … Read More
•November 1, 2017• Decatur Memorial Hospital Cancer Care Institute will host a Shine a Light event Thursday, Nov. 9, at the Cancer Care Center of Decatur, 210 W. McKinley Ave. Shine a Light is part of a national campaign to bring hope, inspiration and support for those impacted by lung cancer and those at risk. Decatur will join 200 communities across the country in hosting a Shine a Light on Lung Cancer event in partnership with Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA). … Read More
•November 1, 2017• Boy Scout Troop 39 and Cub Scout Pack 39 will hold their annual “Scouting for Food” food drive and will distribute bags Saturday, November 4. The bags with donations will be picked up Saturday, Nov 11. Sullivan residents are asked to place nonperishable food items or paper products in grocery bags at their front door or porch by 9 a.m. November 11 for pick up. The scouts ask that the items are placed so they are visible from the road. … Read More
•November 1, 2017• Sullivan Middle School’s first community service day began as a leap of faith for principal Nathan Ogle. By the end of the morning Thursday, October 19 it set the bar for Proudest Principal Moment. “I believe that one of the responsibilities we have as educators is to instill in our students a sense of ownership in their community,” Ogle said. “If our small town is going to succeed in the next century, it is because individuals take responsibility to make it so.” Service Day at Sullivan Middle School included eighth grade students painting pumpkins to help the … Read More
•November 1, 2017• The Okaw Valley High School Drama Club will present the play “Clown Car” at 7 p.m. November 2-4 in the OVHS gym. In this classic whodunit written by Mark Aloysius Kenneally, dozens of circus clowns pile out of a car. One doesn’t. Gertie and Nick are two detectives who thought they had seen it all. But they find out that when you’re interrogating suspects such as Chuckles, Pozo, and Backwards Bobo… clowns can turn out to not only make you laugh, but also… drive you crazy. … Read More
•November 1, 2017• The Sullivan-Okaw Valley-Shelbyville girls’ swim competed in a meet in Terre Haute Saturday. The relay team of Anna Wooters, Natalie Drury, Allison Oligschlaeger and McKenna Kull took first place in the 200 medley relay and the 200 freestyle relay. The relay team also broke the pool record in the 200 medley, by thee seconds with a time of 1:56.76. Kull took first place in the open division. She took second place in the 200 IM, 50 Free, 100 free, 100 fly and 200 free and placed fourth in the 500 free and the 200 backstroke,. … Read More
Sullivan Pre-School Breakfast Monday, November 6 – Granola bar, pear, milk Tuesday, November 7 – Strawberries and bananas, Ritz crackers, milk Wednesday, November 8 – English muffins, pear juice, milk Thursday, November 9 – Cereal, pear juice, milk Friday, November 10 – French toast, pear juice, milk Sullivan Pre-School Lunch Monday, November 6 – Nachos, meat and cheese, lettuce salad, mandarin oranges, milk Tuesday, November 7 – Corn dogs, french fries, pears, milk Wednesday, November 8 – Hamburger potato bake, corn, peaches, rolls, milk Thursday, November 9 – Fish sticks, green beans, pineapple, bread & butter, milk Friday, November 10 – … Read More
•November 1, 2017• Moultrie County Food Pantry received a $2500 grant from the Monsanto American Farmers Grow Communities fund. David Smith, who farms near Findlay in southern Moultrie and Shelby counties, nominated the local food pantry last season and made the official presentation during the CEFS Inter-agency meeting held at the Mid Illinois Senior Citizen Center in Sullivan. The Moultrie County CEFS Food Pantry is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization qualifying for the Monsanto Grant. … Read More
25 Years Ago This Week The Sullivan Police Dept. is sponsoring a bicycle safety blitz to warn bicyclists to obey the rules of the road. Sullivan Police Chief Joe Thompson said his department will stop school-age bicyclists who are breaking safety laws. Warning tickets or tickets may possibly be issued, he said, if bicyclists are continually stopped for offenses. Ranging from 179.7 to 225 bushels per acre, the average yield of the Moultrie-Douglas county corn variety plot was 202.03 bushels of corn per acre. This compared to 130.5 bushels per acre the previous year. Moultrie County has been chosen to receive … Read More