June 10, 2015 Sarah Bush Lincoln will provide school and sports physicals to students and athletes from Sullivan schools. Sports and school physical clinics will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 11, and Thursday, August 6, at the SBL Sullivan Clinic, 7 Hawthorne Lane, Sullivan. The cost is $20 per physical with all fees being donated to the Sullivan Athletic Booster Club. … Read More
June 10, 2015 By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist Based on a couple of days nosing around the state capitol at the end of the regular session of the legislature, which adjourned with a whimper May 31, I sense that Illinois is in for several years of rancorous political conflict. There is a new sheriff in town (Gov. Bruce Rauner), but the old one hasn’t left (House Speaker Mike Madigan). Maybe a more apt simile is that of the dueling popes of Avignon and Rome, battling for years for papal supremacy around the end of the 14th Century. After all, … Read More
When Should Churches Be Silent? In regard to the writer of the “Cherry Picking Scripture” letter on the editorial page May 27, I would voice my disagreement. I appreciate the fact that the writer may, in a sense, not object to Christians holding beliefs based on God’s word, but the view that one is “cherry picking” when he picks one sin to object to, when that sin is spoken of less in the Bible than other sins. Would he think, therefore, that if pedophilia or incestuous relationships were being forced upon us, demanding our acceptance of such, as homosexuality presently … Read More
4% raise in water/sewer while gas rate increase is undecided June 10, 2015 by Ariana Cherry Arthur/Sullivan Reporter At their May 26 meeting, the Sullivan city council voted to not raise electric rates this summer. “Normally, every year, there is a four percent increase in electric rates, but this year since we are at a good balance, I ask that it be abated,” said Commissioner Mike Kirk. Although the electric rates did not see an increase, the water rate’s annual four percent increase was allowed. “Since it is automatic, and it is an annual increase, I pass that we go … Read More
June 10, 2015 Competing at Timberlake Golf Course Monday, May 25, the team of Clint Marshall, Adam Dillard, Colten Bush, and Aaron Fruchtl finished first with a 6-under par. Taking second with a 5-under par and playoff hole was the team of Cole Russell, Shane Russell, Sean Still and Davey Emritt. Third place went to the team of Tim Sawyer, Steve Sawyer, Scott Ohm and Mason Ohm, also shooting a combined 5-under par. … Read More
Below is the information graduates from the class of 2015 voluntarily submitted regarding their future plans. Graduates from Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond, Okaw Valley, Sullivan, and Windsor are included: Sixty-four Graduate in First Ever ALAH Class Christy Eileen Allen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Allen, plans on attending the University of Illinois to study agricultural communications. She then hopes to have a career in advertising or public relations. Toby Wayne Ball, son of Elizabeth Irene Ball and Robert Douglas Ball Sr., plans on attending Lake Land College to study either agriculture business or radio broadcast. He is currently employed with the Arthur … Read More
Dorothy Ashinhurst Funeral services for Dorothy Edith Ashinhurst, 86, of Shelbyville were held at 10 a.m. Saturday in Howe and Yockey Funeral Home in Shelbyville. Burial was in Graceland Cemetery in Decatur. … Read More
Still going, OV baseball wins super-sectional Tuesday 6-5 to advance to state June 3, 2015 By Matt Kracht NP Sports Reporter Lefty Devon Still had a game to remember Tuesday night in Champaign, pitching all seven innings to tally 14 punch-outs and earning his 11th victory on the season. Still also drove home the game winning run in walk-off fashion sending Okaw Valley to the team’s first final four state qualifier. “Now having kids will be the second happiest day of my life,” said Still. “I can’t believe it. It’s something I dreamed of as a kid, but I never … Read More