Barbara Bock Barbara C. Bock, 80, of Decatur died Thursday, July 6, 2017 in Decatur Memorial Hospital. Services to celebrate her life were at 2 p.m. Monday in Moran & Goebel Funeral Home in Decatur with burial in Graceland Cemetery. … Read More
•July 12, 2017• By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist Retired politics professor Ken Redfield and I sat in the cafeteria of a gray, Soviet-style 1950s state office building in Springfield this past week to ruminate about a book we are doing on Illinois over the past half-century. We are intrigued by the idea that our state’s post-2000 dysfunction may have been prefigured over the decades by a mix of economic, institutional and political changes. As thinkers from Seneca in ancient Rome to A. Lincoln have observed, “All that’s past is prologue.” Why the past half century? We enacted a new … Read More
Wendy Brown Wendy S. Brown, 47, of Sullivan passed away at 1:50 a.m. Friday July 7, 2017 in Sullivan Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. A reception was held from 5-7 p.m. Monday July 10 in Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan. Cremation rites were accorded. … Read More
•July 12, 2017• The 70th annual Moultrie-Sullivan Fair will be held July 28 and 29 at the Moultrie County 4-H Center grounds east of Sullivan on the Cadwell Road. Junior beef and sheep exhibitor projects along with Junior cooking, sewing and arts & crafts will be exhibited and judged Friday. Junior swine, horse & pony and poultry and rabbit exhibitor projects will be judged Saturday. Also floriculture, erg products and arts & crafts projects for all ages will be exhibited and judged in the exhibition building. Sunnyside Fleaflickers 4-H club will provide food and refreshments at the food stand on … Read More
•July 12, 2017• Decatur Memorial Hospital and the vascular surgeons of Surgical Specialists of Central Illinois have partnered to establish a vascular center of excellence. The DMH Vein and Vascular Institute, as it will be known, recently opened under the directorship of Jeffrey D. Trachtenberg, MD, FACS. Joining this partnership are Christopher H. Gram, MD, and William R. Ranger, MD. The mission is to establish a premier vascular program offering comprehensive medical and surgical treatment to the growing number of patients with vascular disease in Central Illinois. … Read More
Danny Heiland Danny Ray “Boone” Heiland, after a short battle with Glioblastoma, drove his truck on his final ride to heaven July 7, 2017 in Sullivan Rehabilitation and Health Care. Danny was a semi-truck driver and had just received his new red semi which he loved. He finally won his life’s battle with courage and faith against mental illness. … Read More
•July 12, 2017• Kara Springman of Sullivan was among recent Lake Land College dental hygiene graduates participating in the annual pinning ceremony in June. A graduate of Sullivan High School, Springman is the daughter of Charles and Kim Springman. Several students received scholarships or awards during the ceremony. Springman and Andrea Speece were recognized for receiving the Linda Lee Fletcher Scholarship earlier in the year. Both were inducted into the Sigma Phi Alpha Dental Hygiene Society. … Read More
•July 12, 2017• The Bethany Community Vacation Bible School will be held 9-11:30 a.m. July 17-21 at Bethany Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The theme is “Trailblazers for the Faith: All Signs Point to Jesus”. Children ages PreK through those who have finished fifth grade are invited to participate. A nursery is provided as needed for all helpers. A closing program recognizing all participants along with music and lessons learned will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, July 21 in the church. Refreshments will be served following the program. Canned or boxed food items will be collected each day and at the … Read More
•July 12, 2017• The U.S Army Corps of Engineers, Lake Shelbyville and the Lake Shelbyville Fish Habitat Alliance are looking for volunteers to assist with the constructions of 50 fish cubes that will be placed in Lake Shelbyville for habitat structure. The build day will take place at 8 a.m. Saturday July 15 at Chip’s Marina located south of Sullivan and will last until all 50 cubes are assembled. … Read More
Improvements at Bethany Cemetery Funded by Improvement Grant •July 12, 2017• Farm Credit Illinois recently awarded a community improvement grant in the amount of $400 to the Sunny Side Flea Flickers 4-H club of Moultrie County. The club used the grant funds to beautify the American Legion Post 507 memorial plot in Marrowbone Township Cemetery in Bethany by updating the landscape. Club members learned how to plan and execute landscape projects and the different plant varieties which grow well in Illinois. They will maintain the landscape throughout the year by weeding and watering the plot. … Read More