Remember When? 3-30-2016

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Compiled by Bekki Ferguson-Stevens 25 Years Ago This Week Four Moultrie County women represented the Moultrie County Homemakers Extension Assn. at the annual meeting of the Illinois Homemakers Extension Federation held recently in Champaign. Ruby Christy and Nancy Kuhns, both of Sullivan, served as voting delegates. Other delegates included Martha Shroyer of Lovington and Rosemary Wood of Sullivan. A watercolor by Nancy Burcham of Sullivan was a part of the cultural arts display at the conference. More than 3,000 eggs were found in less than four minutes by the children who participated in the 30th annual Kiwanis Easter Egg Hunt in … Read More

SHS Hosts Boys’ Invitational Meet

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•March 30, 2016• Sullivan High School hosted Arcola, Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammpmd, Teutopolis and Villa Grove Heritage boys’ teams March 22. Boys’ 100 meter dash: Mario Cortez Arcola first 12.15, SOV took second, third and fourth with Payton Westjohn second 12.65, Cody Carlson third 13.09 and Leighton Burcham fourth 13.24. Boys’ 200 meter dash: SOV’s Zane Uphoff first 24.37, Blake Stewart second 24.62, VG-H Gage Knoll was third 25.50. Boys’ 400 meter dash: VG-H Gage Knoll first 55.87, ALAH Kobe Wells second 56.50, VG-H Manny Crafton third 58.43. Boys’ 800 meter run: Teutopolis Scott Isley first 2:13.20, Arcola Sam Crane second 2:15.74, ALAH … Read More

Moultrie-Douglas Farm Bureau Keeps Busy Schedule

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•March 30, 2016• By Tyler Harvey Douglas-Moultrie Farm Bureau Manager With spring right around the corner, it has been a busy time for both the Moultrie and Douglas County Farm Bureaus. The Moultrie County Farm Bureau attended their District 11 meeting Thursday, March 3 in Decatur. For this district meeting, we were able to tour the Caterpillar plant in Decatur. The tour was well attended by all the counties that comprise District 11 which include Moultrie, Macon, Piatt, Dewitt, Christian, and Shelby counties. The Moultrie County Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom recently visited the fifth graders at Sullivan Elementary School … Read More

NEWS PROGRESS ADVISES

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•March 30, 2016• NEWS PROGRESS ADVISES OF ERROR IN MARCH 23, 2016 LEGAL NOTICE TO MOULTRIE COUNTY TAXPAYERS REGARDING TAX YEAR 2015/PAYABLE 2016 REAL ESTATE ASSESSED VALUES IN THAT: THE DEADLINE TO APPEAL PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENTS TO THE BOARD OF REVIEW IS FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2016 (not Friday, April 15, 2016): Please be advised that item #2 in Column one of page 1 of 27 of the News Progress insert of the March 23, 2016 newspaper entitled, “Legal Notice To Moultrie County Taxpayers Tax Year 2015/Payable 2016 Real Estate Assessed Values By Chief County Assessment Officer”, hereinafter “CCAO”, contained an appeal deadline layout … Read More

Serve Illinois Encourages Mayors and County Executives to Help Recognize National Service

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•March 30, 2016• More than 3,000 participating officials will mark April 5 as the Mayors and County Recognition Day for National Service. As of the date of this release, 98 mayors and county executives in Illinois have signed on to participate. On April 5 mayors and county executives will hold public events and use traditional and social media to highlight the value of national service to the nation’s cities. Last year, 2,786 mayor and county officials representing more than 150 million citizens in all 50 states participated in the third-annual Mayors and County Recognition Day for National Service. The initiative … Read More

Eastern Illinois Foodbank Foodmobile Distribution at VFW

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•March 30, 2016• Camp Farm Management and Eastern Illinois Foodbank are teaming up to distribute a truckload of food from the Eastern Illinois Foodbank to hungry area families. The distribution will be held at Sullivan VFW located at 1146 State Highway 32 in Sullivan 10-11:30 a.m. April 16. All Moultrie County residents who meet income eligibility criteria are welcome. Those attending are asked to bring bags or boxes to transport food. A representative from Eastern Illinois Foodbank will be present to assist families and individuals interested in applying for SNAP benefits. … Read More

Knight Baseball Faces Monticello and Tuscola

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•March 30, 2016• Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Knights baseball team traveled to Monticello March 22 with the Sages hitting their way to a 17-0 five inning win. ALAH was held to one double by Marcus Vanausdoll. Bradley R. Miller was the starting pitcher who was relieved by Cory Griffin. Wittig got the win for Monticello with Myers also on the mound for the Sages. … Read More

Lincoln and His Times Come to Effingham

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•March 30, 2016• The Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum Association (ECCCMA) and Lake Land College are once again partnering to offer the second annual Celebration of Lincoln and His Times. The program topic this year will be “The Election of 1860”. The presentation will take place on the second floor of the Effingham County Courthouse Museum at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 14. The event is free and open to the public. Doors will open at 6 p.m. to allow attendees the chance to look at the various displays, especially the Lincoln displays. Musicians from the Illinois Old Time Fiddlers … Read More