July 2, 2014 Replaces Waymire, who is promoted to director by Barry Featheringill Sullivan Reporter C.E.F.S Economic Opportunity Corporation announces the return of Kristy Dawson to the Moultrie County C.E.F.S office as outreach coordinator after Barbara Waymire was promoted to position of Outreach Director in the Effingham office. Waymire had served as Moultrie County coordinator for four years. … Read More
Sylvia Martin Sylvia F. Martin, 84, of Sullivan, passed away at 3:45 a.m. Tuesday, July 1, 2014 in her home surrounded by her family. Celebration of Life services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan with the Rev. Grant Wade officiating. Visitation will be one hour before services. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. … Read More
The Hammond Fire Department will hold their annual 4th of July pancake and sausage breakfast on Friday, July 4, from 6-10 a.m. at the firehouse, 103 East 3rd Street. This is an annual fundraiser breakfast for the fire department. Cost is by donation. There will also be a 50/50 raffle. Equipment will also be on display. All proceeds from the breakfast will go towards purchasing new firefighting/rescue tools and equipment. … Read More
July 2, 2014 Fourth quarter honor rolls have been announced for the following schools: Lovington Grade School Two eighth graders, three seventh graders and three six graders received “A” honors for the fourth quarter at Lovington Grade School. They include Samuel Renfro and Kolby Rickman, eighth grade; Hunter Day, Sean Evans and Katelyn Gingerich, seventh grade and Natalie Lambdin, Norene Mast and Kenli Nettles, sixth grade. … Read More
Marilyn Richardson A memorial service for Joyce Marilyn Emel Richardson, 89, of Monticello was held at 10 a.m. Friday in Mackey-Wright Funeral Home in Monticello. She passed away peacefully at 7:52 a.m. Tuesday June 24, 2014. … Read More
July 2, 2014 County’s men fought in Civil War’s largest battles by Tom Emery Illinois supplied the fourth-highest number of men to the Union during the Civil War, sending some 259,000 men to the Northern cause. An estimated 773 of them came from Moultrie County, whose men fought with valor in some of the war’s most significant battles. Moultrie County men fought in some of the state’s top regiments and in the war’s largest battles. Company E of the 21st Illinois Infantry was predominately a Moultrie County company, which had the distinction of serving under Ulysses S. Grant in his … Read More
July 2, 2014 Tyler Harvey of Villa Grove has recently been named the new manager for the Douglas and Moultrie County Farm Bureaus. Harvey obtained a B.S. from Illinois State University in 2007 with a major in general agriculture and a minor in history and then continued at Illinois State earning a master’s degree in agricultural education and leadership. He started his career with the Illinois Farm Bureau in November of 2011 when he was hired through the county manager trainee program. Harvey has been the county manager of the Lawrence County Farm Bureau for the past two years. … Read More
July 2, 2014 Outreach heavily depends on money raised at annual event by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com The Secret Santa program concluded its 15th year last December having spent around $13,000 on both area children and adults in need of clothing, food, and other resources throughout 2013. And though the program has a large outreach in Moultrie, most are unaware that approximately 80 percent of these funds are raised in one single day. … Read More
July 2, 2014 The Sullivan Blue Dolphins kicked off a busy weekend Friday May 30 with a motivational lock in party. Head coach Jason Drury each year sets a challenge for the swimmers to achieve with this year’s goal to obtain enough splashes by competing at swim meets. Drury’s idea is to reinforce what the hard work at practice achieves. Older swimmers requested a lock in party as the motivational reward for this season. The evening had everything from laser tag, challenges to earn tickets to win prizes, obstacle course, scavenger hunts, photo booth, movies, dolphin themed food and a yellow … Read More
July 2, 2014 By Dan Hagen NP Theatre Critic “Little Shop of Horrors” makes for a Little Theatre of Fun. I’ve seen only bits and pieces of Roger Corman’s original low-budget 1960 monster movie, or the 1982 Off-Off-Broadway musical based on that, or the 1986 movie musical based on that, but I’ve seen enough of the Little Theatre’s brisk little show to be well entertained. It would be difficult to explain this pop cultural artifact to someone who had dropped from the sky like Audrey II the man-eating plant. Here we have the traditional tragedy of a man corrupted by … Read More