Recent Obituaries: Ralph H. Stuart

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Ralph H. Stuart Ralph H. Stuart, 93, of Sullivan, passed away at 8:44 p.m. Monday (October 27, 2014) in St. Mary’s Hospital, Decatur. Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Mason Point Chapel, Sullivan with Pastor Charliam Renner officiating. Masonic services will be conducted by the George A. Sentel Masonic Lodge #764. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Mason Point Chapel. Burial with military rites will be in the Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan. Memorials are suggested to the Mason Point Chapel Fund or the Sullivan First United Methodist Church. Online condolences may … Read More

Hall the Lone Knight to Qualify for Sectionals

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October 29, 2014 Freshman to run Saturday in Decatur by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond cross country team will boast one runner at the Decatur St. Teresa sectional this coming Saturday. And he’s a freshman. Logan Hall grabbed the last individual qualifying spot by taking 18th place with a time of 17:11. … Read More

Obituaries 10-29-2014: Tommie Yokley

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Tommie Yokley Funeral services for Tommie Lue Yokley, 92, of Lovington were held at 11 a.m. Saturday in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Lovington. Burial was in Keller Cemetery in Lovington. She passed away at 10:11 a.m. Wednesday, October 22, 2014 in her home in Lovington. … Read More

Obituaries 10-29-2014: Edwin Owens

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Edwin Owens Funeral services for Edwin Perry “Easy Ed or Grumpy” Owens, 80, of Lovington were held at 2 p.m. Sunday in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Lovington. Burial with military rites by Lovington American Legion Post #429 was in Oak Grove Cemetery in Bethany. He passed away at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, October 22, 2014 in his home in Lovington. … Read More

OV Dodgeball Tourney Nov. 9

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October 29, 2014 The second annual Okaw Valley dodgeball tournament will benefit Crowder Park Overlot Memorial Scoreboard and will be held Sunday, November 9 at Okaw Valley High School. To reserve a spot in the tournament, a registration form with the fee must be submitted to Shari Bruyn at Okaw Valley High School or to OV’s middle or grade school offices by Friday, November 7. … Read More

Clerk Warns of Absentee Ballot Confusion

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October 29, 2014 Voters say they’re not receiving ballot after several weeks by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com Moultrie County Clerk Georgia England is urging those who have submitted for an absentee ballot through the mail and have not yet received one to call her office before the end of the day Thursday, October 30. According to England, last week her office was contacted by four members of the public, a wife and husband and a father and his son, all asking why they had not received their absentee ballots in the mail after sending in a form they received in the … Read More

Obituaries 10-29-2014: Jim Butt

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Jim Butt James W. ‘Jim’ Butt, 87, of Sullivan, died at 4:58 p.m. Tuesday October 21, 2014 in St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur. Memorial services will be at 7 p.m. Friday in Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan with Pastor Jim Maroon officiating. Public Masonic services will be conducted by the George A. Sentel #764 Masonic Lodge. Visitation is 5-7 p.m. Friday in the funeral home. … Read More

Temples Awarded State-wide Coaching Award

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October 29, 2014 Chicago Bears chooses SOV coach in week 4 by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com Gerald Temples can add one more recognition to his list following Friday’s game. The first year SOV head coach was officially presented his Chicago Bears Coach of the Week award from week four by Sullivan High School National Guard recruiter SFC. Dave Keefer Temples was chosen by the NFL organization after the Redskins’ 42-0 thumping of Warrensburg in week four. The award is sponsored by Fox 32 and the Illinois National Guard. … Read More

Understanding Illinois: Political Polls Have Consequences

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October 29, 2014 by Jim Nowlan Outside Columnist Ever since the Literary Digest poll of 1936 infamously predicted that Alf Landon would smother Franklin D. Roosevelt in that year’s presidential election, pollsters have been working to refine their art. This column looks at why polls have become more difficult to do well and of the consequences the polls can have for election outcomes. When I commissioned polls in the 1970s and ’80s for U.S. Senate and other candidates I was working for, we had the gold standard of random digit dialing of the universe of nearly 100 percent of households … Read More