Ruth Brooks Ina Ruth Brooks, 92, of Bourbonnais, formerly of Sullivan, passed away at 2:50 p.m. Tuesday, February 28, 2017 in Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Monday, March 6 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Burial was in Keller Cemetery in Lovington. … Read More
Senior Peace Meal For additional information or for reservations, please call 1-800-543-1770 Monday, March 13 – Sausage patty or links, egg, bacon & cheddar scramble, fruit juice, whole grain blueberry muffin, warm fruit strudel bites. Tuesday, March 14 – Country beef stew w/potatoes, carrots & onions, Mexi corn, roll, cherry pie. Wednesday, March 15 – Shepherd’s pie w/vegetables, broccoli, warm biscuits, Mandarin oranges. Thursday, March 16 – Fried chicken, mashed potatoes w/gravy, seasoned peas, Texas toast, fresh fruit. Friday, March 17 – Tuna noodle casserole, Harvard beets, warm black-eyed pea salad, whole grain wheat, pineapple pistachio dessert. Sullivan Pre-School Breakfast Monday, … Read More
Betty Marlow Betty Ellen Marlow, 87, of Sullivan passed away at 12:18 a.m. Monday, February 27, 2017 in Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. Memorial services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 4 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Inurnment was in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. … Read More
Volunteers Make Difference •March 8, 2017• By Wally Bass for the News Progress Fishing habitat is serious business so it was no surprise to Chip Christensen when so many fishermen showed up for a habitat build March 4. Chip’s Marine service bays south of Sullivan were converted into an assembly line for building some 50 fish habitats for Lake Shelbyville. In this joint venture with the Illinois Department of Conservation and Army Corp of Engineers volunteers from a variety of clubs joined individual sport fishermen to build and place the artificial habitats in the lake. … Read More
•March 8, 2017• All those days with temperatures in the 60s and 70s have paid off: February was the warmest February on record for Illinois, according to State Climatologist Jim Angel at University of Illinois’ Illinois State Water Survey. The statewide average temperature for February was 40.5 degrees, 9.6 degrees above normal, beating the old record of 40.0 degrees set back in 1998. February was dry too. The statewide average precipitation for February was 0.7 inches, 1.36 inches below normal and the ninth driest February on record. … Read More
Nelda Smith Nelda Smith, 90, of Bethany, passed away at 11:05 a.m. Saturday, March 4, 2017 in St. Mary’s Hospital, Decatur. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 7 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Bethany. Burial was in Marrowbone Township Cemetery in Bethany. … Read More
•March 8, 2017• David W. Faller has been named a partner of West & Company, LLC. Faller is a native of Newton and a graduate of the University of Illinois. He resides in Dieterich with his spouse Pam and their children. Faller was recently named partner-in-charge of the firm’s Accounting & Auditing Department. His duties include oversight of the firm’s quality control policies and procedures and of the firm’s adherence to professional standards. … Read More
•March 8, 2017• By Trudy Lieberman Rural Health News Service Over the past few months, these columns have raised plenty of questions about Medicare, present and future, and I’ve received many responses to those questions from readers. Today’s column addresses some of readers’ concerns about Medicare, a complicated program. Q: Why do you refer to Social Security as social insurance? This continues to baffle me just as those who continually refer to SS as a handout. It’s not a handout. That money has been taken out of every one of my paychecks since I was 16. This is my money. … Read More
25 Years Ago This Week Second place state champion Lady Redskins Carinna Elder, Tiffinie French, and Sheri Adams displayed the trophy at Redbird Arena at Illinois State University. Tom Fitzgerald of Bethany was elected director of Scott State Bank in Bethany. Bethany football coach Kris Wheeler unexpectedly resigned during a public meeting called to determine the future of the school’s football program. A crowd of 60 gathered in the high school gym for the meeting chaired by high school principal David Nolan and athletic director Dave Benning. Richard Hortenstine of rural Sullivan was the first to report finding morel mushrooms for … Read More
•March 8, 2017• Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond track and field runner Logan Hall broke his own school record in the 3,200 meter run at the Centennial Charger Invitational Saturday, March 4. Hall knocked off 13 seconds with a time of 9:21.70 and was named as one of the 13 elite performers at the meet. … Read More