Thinking About Health: Drug Coupons Mask the Real Price of Medicines

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•March 2, 2016• By Trudy Lieberman, Rural Health News Service What would make your medicines cheaper? That’s a question Americans are asking every time they go to the pharmacy and find the price of a maintenance drug they’ve been taking has doubled or tripled, or that a new medicine, like one of the new diabetes drugs, their doctors have prescribed is beyond their means. Increasingly the answer from the drug industry, which pretty much can charge whatever it wishes, is more patient assistance programs that come in the form of coupons, co-pay cards, or vouchers to help people buy their … Read More

LLC Hosts Community Choir Concert

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•March 2, 2016• The Lake Land College Community Choir invites the community to attend its annual spring concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 20 in the Lake Land College Theater. The program will open with “How Can I Keep from Singing” by Robert Lowry/Rollo Dilworth, arr., followed by the craft of Greg Gilpin, with “And the Night Shall Be Filled with Music” bringing Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poetry to life. The choir will also perform additional songs from Greg Gilpin’s concert selections. … Read More

Remember When? 3-2-2016

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Compiled by Bekki Ferguson-Stevens 25 Years Ago This Week Steven Young, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Young of Bethany, received his first lieutenant bars Jan. 18. He is currently assistant operations officer for the support battalion at the National Training Center in Ft. Irwin, Cal. Bethany’s Brad Orris recently lettered and played as a defensive lineman for the Eureka College Red Devils. Orris is presently working in the weight room in preparation for next season. A team composed of Bill Kidwell, Lee Griesemer, Maude Dunscomb and Bill Lancaster won the annual Sullivan Open Golf Tournament Feb. 14 at the Six … Read More

Sullivan Hosts Active Shooter Excercise

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Area Agencies Respond •March 2, 2016• By Mike Brothers Moultrie County Emergency Services and Disaster is coordinating an Active Shooter Training exercise with Sullivan schools March 9. Local ESDA Coordinator Jan Haegan said this full scale exercise will involve radio chatter during the time period. “This is an active shooter attempting to enter the school,” Haegan said, explaining the radio conversations will be identified as a simulation, and the general public shouldn’t be alarmed. Haegan also cautioned residents they shouldn’t try to come to the scene of the training exercise. He explained that the area will  be restricted with first … Read More

Understanding Illinois: Exploring Roots of Illinois Budget Crisis

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•March 2, 2016• By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist Illinois residents are paying significantly more in taxes and getting less in spending for public schools and state colleges than four decades ago. How does that compute? The answer is that health care costs for the low income (and state workers), pension appropriations and debt service have skyrocketed since 1978, squeezing other government programs. From the pie charts here, readers can see that the slices of the budget spending from all funds for Medicaid and pensions have expanded while those for education and state colleges have shrunk dramatically. Ouch. We must … Read More

Obituaries 3-2-2016: Arnold Briscoe

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Arnold Briscoe Charles ‘Arnold’ Briscoe, 84, of Sullivan, formerly of Findlay, died at 9:45 p.m. Thursday, February 25, 2016 in Sullivan Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan. Burial was in Findlay Cemetery. Mr. Briscoe was born May 18, 1931 in Moultrie County, Illinois, a son of Durward and Maurine Wheeler Briscoe. Arnold was a welder and enjoyed woodworking. He married Jean Evelyn Biedert June 9, 1951 in Sullivan, and she preceded him in death November 5, 1997. … Read More

State Regulator Announces Financial Literacy Initiative

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Seeking Partnership with Not-For-Profits, Financial Institutions •March 2, 2016• Providing real, practical knowledge of personal finance is the goal behind an outreach program recently launched by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR). Known as the Illinois Financial Literacy Initiative (IFLI), the program aims to educate the public on finance basics, as well as assist in identifying financial products and resources that best suit their needs. IDFPR is seeking to partner with Illinois’ not-for-profits and financial institutions to facilitate the initiative throughout the state. “When individuals are provided a financial literacy foundation, they are more inclined to make … Read More

A Winning Season Overall for Redskins Basketball

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•March 2, 2016• The Sullivan Redskins finished the boys’ basketball season with a 15-11 overall record and 4-3 record in the conference. “Ty Molzen finished his high school basketball career with 1,154 total points which puts him second all-time at Sullivan,”  coach Chester Reeder said of the senior guard. He broke the Sullivan High School basketball career rebounding record with 589 total rebounds . He also shot 61% from the field this year which is a single season record at Sullivan. That 61 percent totaled 409 points for Molzen this season, averaging 16.4 per game. That included 153 field goals, … Read More

Knights’ Season Shows Strength in Fourth Quarter Play

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•March 2, 2016• The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Knights finished the season with an 8-18 record. For the season the Knights showed their best strength in fourth quarters, scoring 294 to opponents 252. First quarters were strong for the ALAH boys’ basketball team scoring 225 points; third quarters totaled 215 points with second quarters finishing with 203 points for a 949 season total points. Opponents tallied 1189 points against the Knights. Jakob Brewer led the Knights with 183 points, hitting 10 three pointers, 66 field goals and 21 free throws. He pulled down 71 rebounds. Carroll Bryce hit four free throws for four … Read More