Timberlake Scramble Monday Action
•April 27, 2016• Winning the Monday Night Scramble with six under par were Kevin Elder / Gage Elder and Scott Ohm / Jeremy Harlin. … Read More
First National CEO, President
•April 27, 2016• Ray Duncan, Chairman of the Board of First National Bank of Sullivan, announced that at the annual stockholder’s meeting March 22 Paul Hrvol was named CEO and Reid Molzen was named president of the bank. Hrvol, who has been with the bank since 1989, received his B.S. in finance from Eastern Illinois University in 1988 and attended the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at the University of Delaware. He resides in Sullivan with his wife Mickey and their two sons. Molzen received his B. S. in finance from Millikin University in 1992 and has been with the … Read More
Sullivan Prepares for Summer Basketball Camps
•April 27, 2016• Sullivan Redskins basketball camps for 2016 begin May 31. Sullivan High School basketball staff including head coach Chester Reeder, Erik VanPelt, Nathan Becker, Craig Toler, Don Typer and Shannon Stewart will be on duty teaching fundamentals and individual skills of the game throughout the week long camp. In addition to a week of learning basketball skills from professional coaches, each camp participant will receive a T-shirt, a basketball and all the fun a person can pack into one week. … Read More
Section FFA Officers Elected
•April 27, 2016• Sullivan High School’s Devin Warren was elected the section FFA vice president and Jon Gavin the section FFA treasurer for the upcoming year. Brodie Scribner is completing his term as section president. Sullivan Okaw Valley FFA Chapter Officer Kristy Burford was recently selected to be the Section 16 secretary. Burford will be a senior at Okaw Valley High School and is currently serving as FFA chapter president. … Read More
Reaching Out is Part of a Full Life
David Bowers Keeps Going •April 27, 2016• By Mike Brothers David Bowers has spent the better part of his life in Lovington reaching out to touch someone. Even though he retired from family owned Moultrie Independent Telephone Company at the end of March he isn’t going to stop being involved. “When you live a full life, life is fulfilling,” Bowers said, noting his retirement as vice president and plant supervisor gives him time to concentrate on other community needs. Shawnee Communications purchased the family phone company, which is going through a fifth plant rebuild as fiber optic cable delivery comes … Read More
Remember When? 4-27-2016
25 Years Ago This Week Taking office today after being sworn in yesterday are the city of Sullivan’s new mayor and commissioners. Leon Lane is the new mayor; commissioner of streets and public improvements is Bob Patient; commissioner of public health and safety is Bob Hess; Richard Dunscomb is the commissioner of public property and Ron White is the commissioner of accounts and finance. Katie McMahon was crowned queen, and John Renfro was chosen king of the April 26 Lovington junior-senior prom held at Lovington High School. Members of their court were Travis Moser, Lori Byers, Michael Thompson and Christy Mueller. … Read More
Blue Dolphins Celebrate the Swim Season
•April 27, 2016• Sullivan Blue Dolphins closed out another successful season by hosting their team banquet at Sullivan VFW. The team’s season runs annually from the summer long course season starting in April and swimming through short course season ending in March. The Dolphins celebrated the 50th anniversary of the team this season. Head coach Jason Drury ended the season by continuing his 13 year stretch of championship meets by taking the most swimmers to the Regional meet, Age Group State and Senior State meets. To show the accumulation of the swimmers’ hard work and dedication throughout the season the … Read More
Sullivan Girls’ Track Team Places in Tri-County Meet
•April 27, 2016• Sullivan hosted the Tri-County Invitational track meet April 19 with Pana leading female teams with 174 points. The Moweaqua Central A&M team scored 133 for second followed by Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond in third, scoring 64 points. Neoga was fourth with 57. Sullivan Okaw Valley’s team finished in fifth place scoring 41 points. Stewardson Strasburg was sixth with 40 points. Shelbyville was seventh place with 30 points and Cowden Herrick eighth with 12. Individual highlights of the girls’ competition includes: 100 Meter Dash – Emma Meyer of CA&M first 13.25; Sullivan’s Ashlynd Risely fifth 13.77; Lexi Burnett ALAH ninth 13.93; … Read More
Okaw Valley Baseball Travels for a Win
•April 27, 2016• Okaw Valley baseball traveled to Arcola for a 10-2 win Wednesday, April 20. The Timberwolves’ Drew Fruchtl stayed on the mound all seven innings, allowing seven hits that yielded two runs for the Purple Riders. Fruchtl threw 16 first pitch strikes and had six strikeouts in the game. Timberwolves’ hitters came ready to hit, scoring four runs in the first inning, one in the fourth, two in the sixth and three in the seventh inning off 11 hits. … Read More