Judy Daily Judith Ann “Judy” Daily, 73, of rural Windsor passed away Monday evening, May 2, 2016, in her residence. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m., Saturday in Smyser Christian Church with the Rev. Richard Coen of Neoga and the Rev. Dan Fultz of Sullivan officiating. Burial was in Smyser Cemetery in rural Gays. Swengel-O’Dell Funeral Home of Neoga was in charge of arrangements. … Read More
•May 11, 2016• The Redskin Invitational was held in Sullivan Tuesday, May 3 with Shelbyville winning the male team score with 89 points. Following Shelbyville in second was Tuscola, Warrensburg-Latham, Sullivan Okaw Valley SOV, St. Teresa, Cumberland, Arcola, Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond ALAH, Meridian, Central A&M CEAM. Individual scoring for boys: 100 meter dash: first Jason Duncan St. Teresa 11.48, second Zane Uphoff SOV 11.87, third Luke Schinzler CEAM 11.88, fourth Tony Salinas Arcola 11.91. 200 meter dash: first Zach Jarrett St. Teresa 23.86, second Blake Stewart SOV 24.08, third Zane Uphoff SOV 24.19, fourth Noah Woods Tuscola 24.75. 400 … Read More
•May 11, 2016• The 71st Annual Convention of the Central Illinois District of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML) was held April 23 at Salem Lutheran Church in Jacksonville. Servant events, a light meal, and a church service were held April 22. The convention theme was, “Create in me a Clean Heart, O God” and was based on Psalm 51:10. Those attending from the area included Marlene Wirth, delegate, of Sullivan; Nancy Stremming, district board member and Effingham/Shelby Zone president; Esther Becker, delegate; Connie Wirth, alternate delegate and Pastor Steven Becker, senior district LWML counselor, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, all … Read More
To the Editor, Startrek IV, The Voyage Home, includes a scene with Spock’s mother asking him, “Does the good of many outweigh the good of one?” To which Spock replies, “I would accept that as an axiom.” His mother went to explain that he was alive because his friends considered that, in rescuing him, the good of the one (Spock) was more important that them. On Friday, April 22, 2016, Eastern Illinois University hosted Area 9 Spring Games Special Olympics. This being the first time I have attended one of these events, I thought it would be a long day … Read More
•May 11, 2016• Some customers will need digital adapters to continue receiving TV signals as Mediacom Communications continues to upgrade its video network with an upcoming change that primarily affects the way subscribers view local broadcast television channels on analog TVs. Beginning Wednesday, June 15, 2016, analog signals will no longer be used to deliver lower-numbered channels, including local television stations based out of the Champaign-Springfield and Decatur areas. While placing an emphasis on digital and high-definition (HD) channels, Mediacom has continued to support customers using older, non-digital TVs by also delivering analog signals for a subset of channels. Those … Read More
•May 11, 2016• The Sullivan Okaw Valley girls’ track team finished in sixth place with 41 points at the Central Illinois Conference Meet held in Sullivan May 6. Second places-Ashlynd Risley in the 400 in 1:03 and the 4 x 400 relay of Anne Hogan, Laine Cameron, Alyssa Marshall and Risley in 4:21. Cameron finished fifth in both the 100 and 300 hurdles in times of 17.9 and 51.3. Also finishing fifth was the 4 x 100 relay of Cameron, Risley, Zoe Ray and Danielle Hill in 54.8. The 4 x 200 relay of Hogan, Ray, Hill and Carlin Nuzzo … Read More
Compiled by Bekki Ferguson-Stevens 25 Years Ago This Week Six retirees from the Sullivan school system will be honored at a reception in the high school cafeteria from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 19. The retirees are Joan Laugher, Russell DeVore, LaVonne Graven, Carl Kutz, Juanita Patterson and Bill Ward. The Sullivan Scholastic Bowl team finished sixth in the Masonic state tournament last Saturday falling about two questions short of winning all five of their matches. Playing for the Redskins in the state tournament were seniors Keena Baumgartner, Michelle Keown, Amy Peters and Matthew Stone; juniors Wade Baumgartner, John Freese … Read More
•May 11, 2016• By Mike Brothers NP Managing Editor It happened one spring day deep in the Shawnee Forest some 40 years ago, but stupid human tricks are impossible to forget. I grew up in southern Illinois where 250,000 acres of the state are covered in the nationally owned Shawnee National Forest. It was a land of limited population and maximum forestation so I spent most of my youth using the National Forest as a playground for camping, hiking, exploring and the most fun: trail riding motorcycles. Before massive restrictions gave those forest trails to the powerful horseback lobby during … Read More
•May 11, 2016• Arthur-Lovington/Atwoo-Hammond baseball played Argenta Oreana May 6 at home, with the Bombers getting the upper hand with a 20-1 score. The first inning was 3 to 1 with Waylon Schlabach hitting a home run for the Knights. That was the last ALAH score. The Argenta Oreana team came up with 10 runs in the second inning, two in the third, and five in the fourth. Brown got the the win pitching five innings, allowing five hits and one run with eight strikeouts. Cory Griffin took the loss pitching 1.1 innings, allowing three runs off six hits. … Read More