Gardening Changes are All Around

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•May 4, 2016• Kim Riedel NP Guest Columnist May is a wonderful time of year…continuing to see the changes in all the gardens around. I love getting home from work in the mornings and walking through my garden to observe all the changes that it has gone through over the past several weeks, and seeing the small fruit on the peach and almond trees and remembering the hopes that I had for the blossoms to make it through the freezing temperatures and the storms during April’s changing weather. I am anxiously watching the new buds on the berries and grapes appear … Read More

ALAH and OV Split Double Header

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•May 4, 2016• The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond softball team is 11-6 following a split double header with Okaw Valley, April 29. ALAH lost 3-0, and won 17-5. Macy Hollingsworth pitched six innings for ALAH with two strikeouts, allowing seven hits and five runs in the win. Mycaela Miller used her three times at bat to get three hits, steal four bases, score four times and get two RBIs for the Knights. Shelby Frederick got three hits, three runs and three RBIs. … Read More

Letter to the Editor: 5-4-2016

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Dear citizens of Moultrie County, Our Savior, while preparing to go to the cross to suffer and die, told his disciples in John 11:12 “ This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” ESV This past Saturday, April 23, we witnessed such love from people in our Christian churches coming together giving their time, possessions and money (Acts 2:44 & 45 ESV) in love for the Leah Dolan benefit. Leah was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and is receiving treatment. A listing of business donors and churches is listed. If we missed anyone, our apologies. … Read More

Chautauqua Spring Fair

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•May 4, 2016• The Chautauqua Spring Vendor Fair will be held 9 a.m.-5 p.m. May 14 in Forest Park in Shelbyville. All kinds of arts, crafts, direct sales merchandise, food and drink and musical entertainment provided all day by local musicians. For more information, call 217-827-2806 … Read More

ALAH Edged Out by Decatur LSA

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•May 4, 2016• Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond and the Decatur Lutheran Association baseball teams faced off in Arthur April 29 with LSA’s Lions getting a 4-3 edge. Marcus Vanausdoll took the bulk of ALAH pressure on the mound for six innings. Vanausdoll had eight strikeouts and allowed five hits that netted four runs for LSA . He walked five. Turner Emberton came in for one inning of relief. … Read More

SBL Golf Benefit set for June 10

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•May 4, 2016• Sarah Bush Lincoln will host its 27th annual golf benefit Friday, June 10 at the Mattoon Golf & Country Club. Net proceeds from the event will benefit the construction of Sarah Bush Lincoln’s new Regional Cancer Center. Through its Building Hope Campaign, the SBL Health Foundation is committed to raising $3.5 million to support construction of the $15.4 million project. Golfers have a choice of either a morning or afternoon flight. A continental breakfast will be available during morning registration which begins at 6:30 a.m., prior to a 7:30 a.m. tee off. Lunch will be served from … Read More

ALAH Softball Hits Big for Win over Arcola

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•May 4, 2016• The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond softball team combined hard hitting and good pitching for a 19-3 win over Arcola Thursday, April 28. This win brings the ALAH 11-6 overall and 6-1 in conference play. Knights pitcher Macy Hollingsworth shut out the Arcola team until the fifth inning. She allowed three earned runs on five hits with two strikeouts and one base on balls. For the ALAH team Logan Kauffman was 3-5 with two RBIs. Shelby Frederick went 4-5 on the day, hitting a triple and racking up six RBIs. Mycaela Miller was 4-5, hitting a double and two triples, with … Read More

Sullivan City Council Explores Recycle Options

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Civic Center Gets New Lockers •May 4, 2016• By Ariana Cherry For the News Progress At the most recent Sullivan City Council meeting, a few projects that had been set aside in the TIF budget were discussed. A bid of $20,775.95 was received from Salisbury Industries for new lockers at the Civic Center. Many of the older lockers have started to show their age and have started to rot out after long time usage. The bid will replace 116 lockers for the men and women’s locker rooms. The old chiller at the Civic Center has also been removed to make … Read More

Remember When? 5-4-2016

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Compiled by Bekki Ferguson-Stevens 25 Years Ago This Week Moultrie County coroner Lynn Reed was the official fish weigher during the Moultrie County Sheriff Dept.’s eighth annual crappie tournament last weekend. At least one member of the 160 participating teams was required to be a part of a law enforcement agency to participate in the tourney. Top local fishers were retired state trooper Jim Davis of Sullivan and Elliott Yeakel who earned sixth place. Matt Powell was a member of one of the two student teams playing donkey basketball against teams made up of firemen and EMTs recently at Lovington High … Read More

PTO Provides Much-Needed Funds for SES

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•May 4, 2016• The continued underfunding of schools in Illinois is no secret. For years now, the state of Illinois has balked on fully funding its schools as promised. As a result of these difficult times caused by budgetary constraint, schools have been forced to turn to outside sources to help fund activities. Fortunately, the Sullivan PTO has stepped up its efforts to provide opportunities for the students of Sullivan Elementary School. PTO is an integral part of the elementary school. They help fund varying activities, including but not limited, to assemblies, field trips, and tickets for all students to … Read More