Remember When? 8-24-2016

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Compiled by Bekki Ferguson-Stevens 25 Years Ago This Week Just flipping through I found this little bit. Workers from Union Pacific Railroad are repairing switches and ties and doing general maintenance work this week at the Jackson Street crossing in Sullivan. During the project traffic has been detoured to the south. Anyone around Sullivan last week will enjoy this little bit as I’m sure we all did the detour at least once. Donald Ferguson, central office switching technician for GTE (General Telephone Electronics) in Sullivan, will retire Sept. 30 after 30 years of service. John Woerner has joined Dave Vance at … Read More

Secretary of State Mobile

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•August 24, 2016• Secretary of State Jesse White, in cooperation with Sullivan Library, is offering drivers a chance to renew their driver’s license or vehicle registration renewal sticker, obtain a duplicate or corrected license, or obtain an Illinois identification card. White’s mobile unit will be available at the Sullivan Library, located at 2 West Water in Sullivan, on 10 a.m.-2 p.m. September 22. An applicant renewing a current Illinois driver’s license or identification card need only present a current valid driver’s license or identification card. If the applicant is applying for either a duplicate or corrected driver’s license or identification … Read More

OV Golf Team Tops Villa Grove

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•August 24, 2016• Okaw Valley High School golf team’s 181  was enough to best Villa Grove’s 187 at Eagle Creek August 18. Medalists were Okaw Valley’s  Austin Harshman with a 43  and Jackson Vandeventer’s 43  for Villa Grove. … Read More

Blend of Old and Young for St. Isidore

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•August 24, 2016• by Mike Brothers St. Isidore Catholic Church, one of the oldest parishes in the area, has one of the youngest priests in the Springfield diocese. The rural Bethany parish established in 1864 welcomed Father Steve Arisman to his first assignment as a priest from the bishop of the Springfield diocese recently. Father Arisman at 35, serves St. Isidore, Holy Family in Mt. Zion, is chaplain at St. Teresa High School and for all scouting programs within the 28 counties of the Springfield diocese. Arisman is also one of four assistants assigned to travel with the bishop while … Read More

Annual “Singin in the Tabernacle Sept. 17

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•August 24, 2016• The second annual “Singin in the Tabernacle” is September 17 at the Cowden Free Methodist Church Camp. The concert begins at 10 a.m. with a break for a catered lunch and then resume until concluding at 3:30 p.m. The Chosen Ones from Manchester Ill., the Lesters of St. Louis, Mo. and Final Authority from Missouri are performing. Advanced tickets are necessary because of the catered lunch. For ticket information call 217-433-1014. … Read More

Obituaries 8-24-2016: MaDonna Phillips

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MaDonna Phillips MaDonna Dean Phillips, 66, of Effingham died at 9 a.m. Wednesday, August 17, 2016 in her home. Funeral services for the former Arthur resident were held at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Burial was in Penn Township Cemetery in Moweaqua. … Read More

Standerfer Completes Ph.D.

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•August 24, 2016• Zakry Standerfer, of rural Sullivan, recently completed his Ph.D. at Indiana State University. Standerfer successfully defended his dissertation, The Illinois Teacher Pension Crisis Impact on Illinois Teacher Attrition, before his dissertation committee May 17. He will participate in the December commencement ceremony at Indiana State in Terre Haute, Ind. … Read More

Hullabaloo Returns to the Sullivan Square

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•August 24, 2016• Hullabaloo on The Square in Sullivan is coming Sunday, September 18 from 2-5 p.m. This annual event features free entertainment and activities for families including laser tag, inflatables such as bungee run, bounce house, joust, obstacle course, rock climbing wall, carnival games and contests, candy and prizes, and face painting. Area vendors will sell food and beverages including polish sausages, corn dogs, tacos, lemon shakeups and soda. The sixth annual Hullabaloo sponsored generously by local businesses and organized by New Life Church has been a huge success year after year, and attendance has grown to nearly 2,000 … Read More