Truck Rolls Outside Bethany

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•November 18, 2015• Moultrie County sheriff’s deputies investigated a rollover crash on Highway 121 Sunday night. According to the county accident report Georgia Elwood-Smith, 38, of Decatur was driving a 1995 Chevrolet S-10 pickup north on Route 121 , a quarter mile west of New Hope Road when the accident occurred. The driver said she drifted into the oncoming traffic lane, and when she turned the wheel to correct, the truck went out of control, rolling over into the ditch. The truck was a total loss. Elwood-Smith was ticketed by Moultrie County Sheriff’s Dept. for improper lane usage and driving … Read More

Ministerial Alliance Serves the Community

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•November 18, 2015• By Dan Fultz Smyser Christian Church NP Contributing Columnist We live in a world fueled by competition. Wireless phone companies pay to get you out of your contract with other providers. Political parties argue for your vote. Manufacturers demand that you use their products over “the other guy’s.” Even restaurants want you craving their sandwich rather than the dozens of other options. And though the churches in some places may have this same spirit of competition in them, there is a different story being written in Sullivan. On the first Wednesday of every month, I have the … Read More

Too Much Data Made Public

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•November 18, 2015• The Department of Insurance (DOI), through a constituent complaint, has learned of an inadvertent data disclosure involving health care providers’ Social Security Numbers (SSNs). DOI provided unrelated filings from Blue Cross Blue Shield to the System for Electronic Rate and Form Filing (SERFF) database which posted the information on its publicly available website.  … Read More

Lake Land College Awarded Geothermal Incentive Grant

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•November 18, 2015• The Lake Land College Board of Trustees accepted a geothermal incentive grant in the amount of $50,000 through the GeoAlliance Program between the Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives and the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation. The award covers up to $50,000 or one-third of the incremental cost difference between furnace/central air installation and geothermal installation in campus buildings. The presentation of this award was preceded by the board of trustees’ acceptance of the same award in March 2013. To learn more about Lake Land College, visit www.lakelandcollege.edu. … Read More

Ensembles Perform at Millikin

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•November 18, 2015• Two of the major performing ensembles at Millikin University will combine forces in a unique performance, free and open to the public, on Thursday, Nov. 19, in Kirkland Fine Arts Center beginning at 7:30 p.m. Millikin’s Symphonic Wind Ensemble and the University Men’s Choir, along with faculty soloist Dr. William Gorton, Millikin assistant professor of voice and opera, will perform a variety of musical selections including: Bernstein’s “Suite from Candide,” and Copland’s “Old American Songs,” “Variations on a Shaker Melody and Hoe-Down,” and “Zions Walls.” Together, the University Men’s Choir and William Gorton will perform Stanhope’s “The … Read More

Understanding Illinois: Breaking the cycle of family disarray

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•November 18, 2015• By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist I have written before in this space about my concerns over the fraying, even unraveling, of The American Family. After talking recently with 15 school social workers in my rural area, I am more distraught than ever. How do we break the cycle of one generation after another of single mothers unable to meet the needs of their children? I have a thought or two, but such probably won’t go down easily with some readers. I also worry that the influential “one percenters” along the prosperous lake shore north of Chicago, … Read More

Obituaries 11-18-2015: Omer Miller

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Omer Miller Omer A Miller, 77, of Arcola died at 11:30 p.m. Nov. 12, 2015 in his home. Funeral services were held at 9 a.m. Sunday in the family residence. Burial was in Yoder Cemetery in Arthur. Arrangements were by McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. … Read More