Stroke and Osteoporosis Screenings Coming to Sullivan 

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July 30, 2014 Residents living in and around the Sullivan community may be screened to reduce their risk of having a stroke or bone fracture. First United Methodist Church at 216 W. Jefferson St. in Sullivan will host Life Line Screening  August 7. Four key points every person needs to know: • Stroke is the third leading cause of death and a leading cause of permanent disability • 80% of stroke victims had no apparent warning signs prior to their stroke … Read More

Final Show Delivers Pretty Performance With a Hint of Pink

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July 30, 2014 “Legally Blonde” to close out 2014 summer season By Dan Hagen NP Theatre Critic Willowy and witty, pretty and poised, Sarah Ledtke never makes a false step as the star of the Little Theatre’s final show of its 2014 summer season, “Legally Blonde.” As Elle Woods, Malibu boy-chaser turned Harvard Law ace, she brings the same qualities of likability, whimsy and stage presence to the role as Reese Witherspoon did in the original hit film, although not at all in the same way.  Ledtke’s confident gestures easily arrest the audience’s attention. With empathy, without preaching, Ledtke sells … Read More

Obituaries 7-30-2014: Mary Miller

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Mary Miller   Funeral services for Mary M. Miller, 86, of Sullivan were held at 9 a.m. Sunday in the Omer Kuhns residence in Sullivan. Burial was in Yoder Cemetery in Arthur. Arrangements were by McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. … Read More

Theta Psi Members Attend National Convention

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July 30, 2014 Rita Seelow and Noelle Yeakel of the Theta Psi Chapter of Psi Iota Xi in Bethany attended the Psi Iota Xi National Convention in Fort Wayne, Ind., June 21-22. Psi Iota Xi meets annually to vote on charitable contributions to be distributed nationally. Two years ago Psi Iota Xi established a new long term project that will result in donations of more than $100,000 to the Intensive Stuttering Clinic at the University of Toledo. The last two long term projects included an endowed professorship at Indiana University School of Medicine/Riley Hospital and cleft palate research at the … Read More

Lake Shelbyville Tree Stand Permits Now Available for the 14-15 Deer Season

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July 30, 2014 According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the Lake Shelbyville tree stand policy for this season will remain the same as it was last season. The policy allows hunters to leave one seasonal tree stand up for the duration of the archery season. Seasonal tree stands may be put up two weeks prior to the beginning of archery season. Opening day is October 1. Tree stands must be taken down two weeks after archery season ends on Jan.18. A roving tree stand may be left up for a period not to exceed 72 hours – the … Read More

A Repeat Donator: Punches Cuts Again for Locks of Love

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July 30, 2014 Joined by local stylist in hair donation by Christina Whitford Sullivan Reporter For most people the never ending task of getting your hair cut becomes routine. But for those who have lost their hair due to medical illness, the gift that one person’s hair cut can give them is extraordinary and priceless. Through the non- profit organization Locks of Love, many people choose to give the locks they cut to help children, including Ricky Punches of Sullivan, who recently made his second donation in two years. The organization provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United … Read More

Understanding Illinois: Four-Year Degrees From Two-Year Colleges?

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July 30, 2014 By Jim Nowlan Outside Columnist For the past decade, College of DuPage (COD) president Bob Breuder has been pushing state lawmakers to allow two-year community colleges to offer four-year baccalaureate degrees in technology-oriented fields. Breuder makes a good case. Expect another push in the next session of the state legislature. Since Joliet (IL) Junior College became the first such college in the nation in 1901, Illinois has been a leader in the community college movement. When I was a legislator in the late 1960s, public two-year colleges had dotted the mushrooming suburbs and major downstate cities, covering … Read More

New Swim Co-op Approved Between Sullivan, Shelbyville Schools

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July 30, 2014 To take effect this school year by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com Board members approved a formal swim co-op between Sullivan and Shelbyville schools a week ago Monday. Citing the request from the current Sullivan Blue Dolphins swim club, the Sullivan school board approved the co-op, which will go through the 2015-2016 school year. But approval for the co-op didn’t go without caution, as Superintendent Brad Tuttle, invoking the memory of the previously failed wrestling co-op with Shelbyville that brought increased transportation costs, clarified that such costs would not be incurred. … Read More