•April 5, 2017• “Voices from Illinois’ 15th Congressional District”, a town hall meeting sponsored by the Charleston Women’s March Huddle Group, will be held from 6-7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 19 in the Rotary Room of the Charleston Carnegie Public Library, 712 Sixth Street. Enter through the main entrance on 5th Street. … Read More
•April 5, 2017• The Sullivan-Okaw Valley boys and girls’ track and field teams competed in two meets this past week. Girls’ Team At the Macon Meridian Quad Thursday, the girls’ team competed against Warrensburg-Latham, Athens and Meridian. Top finishers for the Redskins included Madalyne McPheeters, who placed second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 29.8. Katherine Kite took second place in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 6:22, and Esther Miller high jumped 4’6” for second place. The 4×400 and 4×200 took fist place with times of 4:41 and two minutes flat, respectively. … Read More
•April 5, 2017• The Findlay American Legion Auxiliary will host an American Red Cross blood drive 2-6 p.m. Monday April 10 in the Findlay American Legion Post Home in downtown Findlay. Blood is in constant demand, and all types are needed. Refreshments will be served. … Read More
•April 5, 2017• By Mike Brothers Okaw Valley Community #300 received the National Excellence in Partnership Award from the U.S. Corp of Engineers last week. Chief of National Resources Management at the Corps Mary Coulombe made the announcement at a school wide assembly held in the Bethany High School gymnasium on March 29. Coulombe, who travelled from Washington, DC, explained the joint partnership with the U.S. Corp of Engineers and Okaw Valley Schools at Lake Shelbyville placed the project in the top 10 nationwide. She went on to note the total school participation, creativity of the project and the accomplishments … Read More
Frank Neal Franklin Hiram Neal, 91, of Urbana, passed away at 8 a.m. Tuesday, March 28, 2017 in the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Danville. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 1 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan with Masonic Rites by George A. Sentel Lodge #764. Burial with military rites by Sullivan American Legion Post #68 was in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. … Read More
•April 5, 2017• By Ellen Ferrera for the News Progress Were you in Wyman Park during the hot summers of the 40s, 50s, 60s munching on popcorn, washing back hot dogs with some cold brewskies and watching Sullivan’s Walkerettes knock a few out of the ball park? For over 30 years Genny Sutton, who just turned 100 this year, coached, managed and coddled women, their children and even their grandchildren in Sullivan’s only women’s softball league. Sutton founded the league around 1940 and was helped by her husband, son, grandson and countless others to provide summer entertainment to thousands as … Read More
•April 5, 2017• By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist This proposal for “American Service Credits” is driven by two premises. First, the well-to-do who pay most of our income taxes hate to see their money go to people who don’t do anything for it. Second, most people want to do something constructive with their lives, but may not know how in a world where stunning advances in artificial intelligence are eliminating much traditional human work. American Service Credits would be a locally administered, federally funded program of credits redeemable in money, in return for approved services rendered to others, to … Read More
Ada Thomsen Ada May Thomsen, 97, of Sullivan passed away at 7:07 p.m. Thursday, March 30, 2017 in Sullivan Rehabilitation & Health Care Center. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 4 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Burial was in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. … Read More