December 10, 2014 The First United Methodist church in Bethany will host a Christmas concert on December 14 beginning at 6 p.m. The Bethany community choir as well as brass and audience sing-along will be featured. Refreshments will follow the concert. … Read More
December 10, 2014 By Matt Kracht NP Sport Reporter The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond varsity girls’ basketball team played four games in three days with losses to tournament champion Cerro Gordo Bement on Thursday and runner up Shelbyville on Friday. However, the Lady Knights rebounded on Saturday to win in dominating fashion over Judah Christian and Buckley. The tournament started for the Lady Knights with a 43-33 loss to the Lady Broncos and continued Friday night with an agonizing 53-42 defeat to the Lady Rams of Shelbyville. In both games the Lady Knights seemed to struggle rebounding and had terrible luck missing several … Read More
December 6, 2014 Endure 11-0 run by Rams in fourth quarter by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com Friday night’s season opener at Shelbyville might not have resulted in the 68-58 victory for Okaw Valley had it taken place last year. “Not to look back, but last year we lost 10 games that we led or tied in the fourth quarter, so it’s encouraging to start off this year with the result being the opposite,” said OV head coach Tony Sparks. “But again, that’s the difference between playing sophomores and juniors and then juniors and seniors.” After managing to keep a double-digit lead … Read More
Several festive happenings are set for this Saturday: • Hometown Holidays Parade in Sullivan, 12 p.m. start • Santa’s Workshop at the Sullivan American Legion, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. • Christmas on Main Street in Bethany, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. • Santa at the Bethany Depot, 10 a.m.-noon • Dance Station Performance in Bethany, 11:30 a.m. • Christmas Tree Lighting at Bethany Depot, 5 p.m. • Sparrow’s Annual Auction in Lovington at the East End, serving begins at 4:30 p.m., auction at 5:30 p.m. … Read More
December 5, 2014 Four Lady Red score double-digits, including Boyer’s 1000th career point by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com A little blood never hurt anyone. In fact, for Elissa Stewart, it may have helped. After getting hit in the face with the ball Thursday night and exiting the court with a bloodied nose early in the second quarter, the senior point-guard for Sullivan would re-emerge and become a juggernaut both offensively and defensively to help lift the Lady Red past Tuscola in a 61-40 conference opening win. “I was happy to see her back on the floor,” said head coach Sheri McCain. … Read More
Public meetings on iPad use begin Wednesday, Dec. 10 Submitted by the Sullivan School District The Sullivan school district will be holding a series of public meetings beginning next week to discuss iSullivan, the district’s 1:1 digital device learning initiative. School districts have witnessed a major shift in the role technology plays in instruction. Instead of students having access to technology only when the school’s computer lab is available, more school districts are providing access to students as needed. Sullivan School District has been working on a plan to give students this daily access. Money was awarded to the district through a combination of … Read More
December 3, 2014 One Stop Community Christmas is quickly approaching and volunteers and donations are still needed to make the event a success. One Stop Shop takes donations from the surrounding communities and then allows parents or legal guardians with families in need of help with Christmas, who have pre-registered, to shop along with a personal volunteer shopper. Items available typically include new toys, a book, a game for the family, toothbrush, toothpaste, a pair of pajamas and more. The event will take place Saturday, December 13 at Lake Land College. … Read More
December 3, 2014 The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond FFA is sponsoring a canned food drive December 8-12. Students are encouraged to bring in canned food items by 8 am school days and after school until 3:45 p.m. The food drive is also being extended to the local communities as well. The goal this year is to collect at least 1000 cans to help all of the communities that make up the Arthur School District. In order to help achieve this goal, to gain admission to the girls’ basketball game December 8 and the boys’ basketball game December 9, the public is encouraged to … Read More
December 3, 2014 Sullivan evens record at 1-1 by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com Managing to hold the St. Anthony Bulldogs to two single-digit scoring quarters Tuesday night, the Sullivan boys’ basketball team came away with a 48-38 victory to improve to 1-1 on the year. “This is a good basketball team that we just beat, and not a lot of basketball teams are going to beat them on this floor, so I’m proud of them,” said Sullivan head coach Chester Reeder. “Thirty-eight points for them was a testament to how hard we’ve worked on the defensive end.” Sullivan flitted back and forth … Read More