Jeannine Patrick Jeannine M. Patrick, 86, of Decatur passed away at 5:20 p.m. Tuesday, January 12, 2016 in St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur. Funeral services were held at noon Saturday in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Burial was in Hammond Cemetery in Hammond. … Read More
Compiled by Bekki Ferguson-Stevens 25 Years Ago This Week Eighteen avid—and hardy—golfers took to the links New Year’s Day to compete in the fourth annual Richard Murphy Invitational “Frozen” Open at the Country Club. The three teams of six players each set new records this year, thanks to the hard crust of snow which required some digging to open the cups on the greens. The winning team—which came in four under par to pare four strokes off the previous record of 36 in the nine-hole tournament—was composed of Jan Haegen, Bob Hagen, Gordie Wood, Curtis Thompson, John Merryman and Paul Sager. … Read More
Oh Brother… •January 20, 2016• By Mike Brothers NP Managing Editor I don’t think I will ever get warm again. So when the first hit of cold weather arrives I start adding layers of clothes until eventually I’m like the little brother in The Christmas Story who has so many clothes on he can’t put his arms down. Some may call it thin-blooded, but I personally want to blame my inability to deal with cold weather on an Oh Brother incident from my teenage years. When I started going to the community college near my home town, I gave up … Read More
•January 20, 2016• ALAH girls basketball won 59-35 over the Cerro Gordo Broncos in a home game January 14. The Knights came out with a 15-11 lead in the first quarter. A couple of three point shots from Hannah Wallen boosted the second quarter to 17-5, with the Knights heading into halftime ahead 32-16. ALAH maintained their momentum in the third quarter leading 11-10. They polished off the Broncos with a 16-9 final quarter and a 59-35 Knights win. Megan Fifer had an outstanding night at the free throw line scoring 10-12 along with three field goals for 16 points. … Read More
•January 20, 2016• When the Lovington village board met in December they voted to change meetings to the second Monday of the month and reduced the number of Class A liquor licenses from three to two. The meeting change was to accommodate preparation of the village treasurer’s report with Jim McMahan moving to approve the change with April Daily seconding and all members voting in favor. On the recommendation to reduce the number of Class A liquor licenses from three to two by Roger Walker with a second by Dennis Garmon: Garmon, Walker, Daily and Pam Anklam voted for the … Read More
•January 20, 2016• Students at the Sullivan elementary and middle schools participated in their classroom spelling bees during the first few weeks of January. The students who will be moving on to the District Spelling Bee at 4 p.m. Wednesday, January 27 in the Sullivan High School Commons are as follows: 4th grade: Callista Tidwell, Kyle Corkill, Hannah Righter, Nevaeh Harminson, Nicole Lofland, Isabelle Stone, first alternate-Taylor Lingafelter, second alternate-Emily Kirkwood. … Read More
•January 20, 2016• Sarah Bush Lincoln Lincolnland Home Care and Lincolnland Hospice will conduct a free blood pressure clinic 8:30-9 a.m. Thursday, February 18 at the Senior Center in Sullivan. For more information, call Lincolnland Home Care at 1-800-879-3212. Bingo from 9–10 a.m. will follow the blood pressure clinic. If the schools are closed due to adverse weather, the senior center is also closed. … Read More
•January 20, 2016• The trip to Charleston found Sullivan’s girls’ basketball team faced with a 75-27 loss. “Charleston is a very disciplined and fundamental team,” coach Sheri McCain said of the game, noting that turning the ball over 32 times told the tale of the Redskin loss. Charleston started the first quarter 16-2 over the Redskins. The 22-12 second quarter put the Trojans ahead 38-14 at the half. Charleston scored 21 to Sullivan’s nine points in the third quarter and 16-4 in the fourth for the 75-27 win. … Read More
•January 20, 2016• Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Knights scored a 47-45 overtime victory against the Tri-County Titans Friday, January 15. The Knight’s trip to Shiloh proved to be a good matchup as the Titans matched ALAH’s free throw percentage at 66.7. They were better from the three point line with 33.3 percent compared to ALAH’s 25 percent, but the tale was told in field goals as the Knights shot 41.9 percent to the Titans 33.3 percent. In the first quarter the Knights outscored the Titans 8-7. ALAH moved on to have a 13-8 run in the second quarter sending them ahead 21-15 at … Read More
•January 20, 2016• Host team Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond was the 71-52 winner over the Lutheran School Association during LOVC tournament action in Arthur January 18. Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond’s girls came on strong with a 23-14 first quarter over the LSA Lions. LSA recovered with a 17-15 second quarter which put the Knights ahead 38-31 at the half. ALAH dominated the third quarter with an 18-7 run over the Lions. The fourth quarter was 15-10 Knights with the final 71-52 over the LSA girls. Hannah Wallen led the four Knight players in triple digits, hitting two three point shots, five field goals and 2-3 from … Read More