C.E.F.S. Head Start Taking Children’s Applications

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Extended Hours for Center-Based Class •November 2, 2016• C.E.F.S. Head Start 0-5 Program is a federally-funded program that provides comprehensive classroom and home-based educational services to pregnant women and children ages 0-5 including those with significant or multiple special needs. Recruitment is now going on. The C.E.F.S. Head Start 0-5 Program is located at 203 S Graham Street in Sullivan. The preschool center-based class provides services to children from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Thursday. A nutritious breakfast, lunch and snack are provided daily. Teachers plan daily lessons with developmentally appropriate activities that advance the children’s self-confidence, problem … Read More

Reading Brings Community Together

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One Book One Sullivan •November 2, 2016• By Samuel Clemmons for the News Progress Thanks to the generosity of Sullivan Rotary Club One Book One Sullivan enters its ninth year of bringing the community together through literacy. The One Book One Sullivan committee is announcing the winning title on Wednesday, Nov. 23 during a Sullivan Middle School gymnasium assembly. Since its beginning, Sullivan Rotary Club has contributed $16,000 to One Book One Sullivan. Founder Rikki Ray and Sullivan middle school student members explained the program to Rotarians during the Oct. 11 meeting at TnT Pizza. … Read More

SHS Footloose at Little Theatre

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•November 2, 2016• The Sullivan Singers and Sullivan High School will present Footloose November 4, 5, and 6. Tickets may be purchased at the door,. The story of Footloose follows the troubles of a small town outside of Chicago as the townspeople struggle to overcome a community tragedy. With loud music, dancing, and all partying strictly against the law, a newcomer strives to bring the joy of dance back to the grief-stricken town. … Read More

Lovington Public Library November News

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•November 2, 2016• Reading Redbirds Youth Book Club for fourth-eighth graders will meet 3:45-4:45 p.m. month. Tuesday, November 1. The children in this club enjoy planning/assisting with library events and talking about their favorite books. This month the book club will help make decorations for “Harry Potter Week.” “Wee Readers Story Time” will be at its new time this month, so both preschool classes will be able to attend. Thursday mornings from 10:45-11:15 a.m., preschoolers two years and older enjoy a story, song and dance, games and more. October themes are Nov. 3: “Read & Sing: Bingo” ; Nov. 10: … Read More

Understanding Illinois: Parties and Print Media Play Declining Roles in Politics

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•November 2, 2016• By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist The strange 2016 presidential campaign prompts important questions about the roles of political parties and the media in American politics. Are these institutions today fulfilling generally constructive functions for a healthy democracy? My premise is that even with generally thoughtful citizens like you and me included in the mix, the public is nevertheless a collective “beast,” largely uninformed, undisciplined. This beast needs mediating institutions like parties and the media to help guide it along the democratic process. I fear that parties and the media, at least as critical mediating institutions, are … Read More

Obituaries 11-2-2016: Gene Crickman

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Gene Crickman Gene “Bear” A. Crickman, 76, of Sullivan, formerly of Findlay, passed away Sunday, October 30, 2016 in St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur. Born July 27, 1940 in Decatur, he was the son of Guy and Telitha Sutton Crickman. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Wednesday in Lockart-Green Funeral Home in Findlay. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Thursday in Lockart-Green Funeral Home in Findlay. Burial will be in the Findlay Cemetery with military honors by the Findlay American Legion.   … Read More

Scouting for Food Drive

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•November 2, 2016• Boy Scout Troop 39 and Cub Scout Pack 39 will hold their annual “Scouting for Food” food drive will be distributing bags this Saturday, November 5 & picking up bags with donations Saturday, Nov 12. . 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 12 for pick up. The scouts ask that the items are placed so they are visible from the road. … Read More

State Fair Offers Holiday Breaks

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•November 2, 2016• The countdown to the 2017 Illinois State Fair begins November 1. Fair officials announced today that as part of its holiday promotional campaign, the fair will be offering a 2017 Mega Pass at a reduced price until the first of the year. This holiday sale includes a free Illinois State Fair lanyard with a Mega Pass purchase. This special holiday sale began November 1. … Read More

Okaw Valley Students Connect with Trading Cards

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•November 2, 2016• By Ellen Ferrera-Dick For the News Progress Did your grandmother, perhaps, have an old scrapbook filled with colorful, little trading cards? Collecting them in this manner was a popular activity by the turn of the century. Today, the trading cards are having a renaissance in the art classes of Jeni Yantis at Okaw Valley High School in Bethany. “I follow the blogs of other teachers – it’s a way to exchange project ideas, and I found this other teacher who created the trading card idea,” Yantis explained. “She then started exchanging her students’ work. I really liked … Read More