Year End Review

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•January 4, 2017• January 6, 2016 Moultrie County Sheriff’s Dept. responds to a 6 a.m. call New Year’s Eve to a car submerged in water off Joe Pound Road, east of Sullivan. The Sullivan Fire Department and Moultrie County Dive Team assisted in car removal; no injuries were received. Sullivan Blue Dolphins locked up the new year competing in the Seth Dunscomb Opener in Decatur. Out of 14 teams the Dolphins brought home first with 1093 points. ALAH Knights beat the Tri-County Titans 46-42 in a tournament hosted in Kansas. January 13, 2016 Okaw Valley Timberwolves girls’ basketball team holds … Read More

Methodist Church hosts GriefShare

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•January 4, 2017• A grief support group will be held each Wednesday Jan. 11 through March 29 at 5:45-7:15 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Sullivan. GriefShare is a network of more than 12,000 churches worldwide equipped to offer grief support. The program is nondenominational and features biblical concepts for healing from grief. There are three key parts to the GriefShare experience including a video seminar featuring leading grief recovery experts, small group discussions and a personal workbook with personal study exercises. A freewill offering dinner will be served at 5:15 p.m. each week for participants and their families. … Read More

Obituaries 1-4-2017: Donald Apke

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Donald Apke Donald Lee Apke, 80, of Sullivan, passed away at 9:31 a.m. Friday, December 30, 2016 at in Mary’s Hospital in Decatur. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at10 a.m. today (Wednesday, January 4) in St. Columcille Catholic Church in Sullivan. Burial will be in Keller Cemetery in Lovington. Visitation and a prayer service were held Tuesday in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Donald was born September 8, 1936 in Effingham County, the son of John and Lorraine Vahling Apke. He married Mary Catherine Durbin April 7, 1956, and she preceded him in death. He married Margaret Clayton … Read More

Menus 1-4-2017

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Sullivan Pre-School Breakfast Monday, Jan. 9 – Cereal, berry juice, milk. Tuesday, Jan. 10 – Donuts, berry juice, milk. Wednesday, Jan. 11 – Pop tarts, berry juice, milk. Thursday, Jan. 12  – Biscuits & gravy, berry juice, milk. Friday, Jan. 13 – Granola bars, berry juice, milk. Sullivan Pre-School Lunch Monday, Jan. 9 – Baked ravioli, lettuce salad, Mandarin oranges, garlic bread, milk. Tuesday, Jan. 10 – Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, peaches, dinner roll, milk. Wednesday, Jan. 11 – Chili, carrots & celery sticks, crackers, cheese stick, banana, milk. Thursday, Jan. 12  – Fish on bun, green beans, pears, milk. … Read More

Remember When? 1-4-2017

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Compiled by Bekki Ferguson-Stevens 25 Years Ago This Week Moultrie County’s involvement in the Persian Gulf War, the Sullivan High School girls’ state basketball championship, Sullivan’s first Festival of Stars and the prospect of a bedsheets ballot for next year’s state primary election head the News-Progress’ list of top stories for 1991. Having to delay college graduation by a semester is glorious news to Scot Hollonbeck, the grandson of Lefty and Wilma Hollonbeck of rural Sullivan. The 21-year-old accomplished wheelchair racer from Rochelle is postponing his summer 1992 graduation from the University of Illinois because he is qualified for the 1992 … Read More

Understanding Illinois: Nowlan Riles Readers with Rauner Piece

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•January 4, 2017• By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist Several readers sharply disagreed with my recent column that took Gov. Bruce Rauner to task for his budget strategy, even criticism from a savvy, insider Chicago Democrat who said I was too tough on the governor. I have apparently failed to differentiate for readers between Rauner’s objectives, which I support, and his strategy, which I believe has failed. I subscribe to the old Will Rogers adage: “If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” I wish now I could have taken back that column before I sent it out, because … Read More

Obituaries 12-28-2016: James Tipsword

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James Tipsword James Lee Tipsword, 83, of Bethany passed away at 10:45 a.m. Monday, December 26, 2016 in Aspen Creek in Sullivan. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, December 29 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Bethany. Visitation will be held an hour prior to the service at the funeral home in Bethany. Burial will be in Marrowbone Township Cemetery in Bethany.  … Read More

Obituaries 12-28-2016: Mike Grose

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Mike Grose Michael Stuart Grose, 77, of Sullivan passed away at 1:25 p.m. Sunday, December 25, 2016 in Decatur Memorial Hospital. Celebration of Life services will be noon Friday in Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan with Pastor Charliam Renner officiating. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan with military rites conducted by Sullivan American Legion Post# 68.  … Read More

A Festive Christmas Celebration at the Senior Center

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•December 28, 2016• By Ellen Ferrera for the News Progress Nearly 50 senior citizens filed into the Senior Center Thursday, Dec. 23 for the 14th annual Christmas party. First stop was the treat table which was laden with delicious, decorated Christmas cookies, fudge, snack mix, cheese balls and crackers, fruit tray and other temptations. No sugar plums, however! Games were next in order, and a Christmas word scramble was completed in about three minutes. The next game required one person with a pair of dice to try and throw doubles while another person put on heavy oven mitts and tried … Read More