Finding Greenhill Cemetery Spaces

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•April 20, 2016• By Mike Brothers The city of Sullivan has been able to use existing Geographic Information Services to help find spaces in Greenhill Cemetery. GIS coordinator and city clerk Monte Johnson has spent the past three years building a user friendly application to find spaces in the city-owned cemetery without leaving your home computer. After getting on the city of Sullivan website, in the center of the page is a cemetery photo with the Greenhill Cemetery Viewing Application—click there. Once you are on the Greenhill page you may search for the desired burial plots by name of the … Read More

Timberwolves Bats Shine in Statement Win over Rams

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•April 20, 2016• By Matt Kracht NP Sports Reporter Okaw Valley baseball knocked off crosstown rival Shelbyville 13-3 in impressive fashion Saturday. Garrett Frtiz allowed two earned runs over five innings to get the win in a quality start. The Timberwolves’ offense exploded for 10 runs in the fifth inning after a stretch of base hits head coach Andrew Hagerman said was a long time coming. “We went on a streak of hitting there in the fifth that I have not seen in a long time. It was just single double, double after double line drives really solid hits. No … Read More

Telephones and Security Systems Eyed by School Board

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•April 20, 2016• By Mike Brothers An aging telephone system that is growing more inoperable with new technology and a lack of coverage with security cameras prompted the Sullivan School District to look at a way to finance new systems. A proposed amendment for a health life safety project to replace existing security cameras and telephone systems was approved by the school board at the April 11 meeting. Superintendent Brad Tuttle explained the amendment to the existing health life safety request was a first step to finding out whether the proposed projects qualify. Recommended are replacement of existing telephone systems … Read More

Understanding Illinois: In Illinois, It’s All About “King of the Hill”

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•April 20, 2016• By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist When I was a kid, we played a game called “king of the hill.” One boy at the top of a heap of some sort would fend off others who tried to pull him down and replace him. That’s pretty much the game of life as well. Our DNA, forged millennia ago, drives us still today to play king of the hill. Media mogul Ted Turner said that money is how we keep score of who is winning in this game of life. And so it is in Illinois, its government … Read More

Remember When? 4-20-2016

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25 Years Ago This Week Construction has begun on the new Hydro-Gear factory south of Sullivan. Workers from Standerfer Bros. General Contractors of Sullivan began pouring footings last week for the facility, where transaxles for lawn and garden tractors will be manufactured in a joint effort with Agri-Fab of Sullivan. Construction of the building is expected to be completed by Sept. 1. For the second time this season, Braidy Miller has been selected as the Mid-Continent Conference Track and Field Athlete of the Week. The 1987 SHS graduate set a school record in the hammer throw. He also took first place … Read More

Tweeting Isn’t Just for the Birds

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•April 20, 2016• By Gerald Tilley Social Security District Manager in Decatur, IL Ten years ago, on March 21, 2006, the CEO of Twitter sent out his first tweet. It’s appropriate, with spring coming, that the famous CEO was chirping in a format that the world now embraces as a vital form of interactive communication. Similarly, Social Security is no stranger to social media. Updated regularly, Social Security Matters is our blog. It’s our hub for Social Security news,such as new features to my Social Security, changes in policy, retirement planning, and benefit information. The blog allows us to address issues … Read More

Student Solo Competition Winners Take the Kirkland Stage During Wind Ensemble Season Finale

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•April 20, 2016• Millikin University’s Symphonic Wind Ensemble will wrap-up its 2015-16 performance season with an exclusive concert performance, free and open to the public, on Friday, April 22 in Kirkland Fine Arts Center beginning at 7:30 p.m. The concert on April 22 will feature performances from Millikin’s student solo competition winners: Madeline Moylan (flute), a sophomore flute performance major from Breese, Ill.; Emily Hill (flute), a freshman flute performance major from Forsyth, Ill.; and Ryan Wood (euphonium), a sophomore music education major from Lisle, Ill. The concert will open with a performance of Charles Rochester Young’s “Tempered Steele,” followed … Read More

Fourth Inning Boosts Knights to Win

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•April 20, 2016• Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Knights baseball used a fourth inning boost for an 11-10 win over Cumberland at home on Saturday. Arthur led scoring in the first inning with the Pirates getting five runs in the second, two in the third and three in the fourth innings. That’s when the Knights started marching back. After single scores in the first three innings ALAH had a six run fourth inning, pumping energy into the team. That was followed by two in the fifth and a one run sixth inning on nine total hits for the win. … Read More