Foodmobile in Sullivan Saturday
Eastern Illinois Foodbank will be distributing a truckload of food to hungry area families. The distribution will be held at Sullivan VFW Post 6410 (1146 State Hwy 32, Sullivan) on June 7 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. All Moultrie County residents who meet income eligibility criteria are welcome (see table below). Those attending are asked to bring bags or boxes to transport food. … Read More
Letters To The Editor 6.4.14
Shepherds Hooks No More? My Memorial day was ruined this year when I went to put flowers on my parents’ graves, as I have for the last 15 years. I decided to write this to warn other people about picking grave sites. It is not a good idea to pick them in a privately owned cemetery, such as Moultrie County Memorial Park. Since my father was buried, three people have owned this cemetery, with their own set of rules. … Read More
Understanding China: Sleeping Bear Awakened
By Jim Nowlan Outside Columnist I’m sitting al fresco at an Indian restaurant on a trendy street near Fudan University in Shanghai, a cold draft Carlsberg in hand. As the well-dressed, handsome Shanghai residents stroll by, young parents with their one child in tow, I think to myself maybe I understand China a bit, but I don’t. I recall that Napoleon once warned about awakening the sleeping bear that was China. The bear has been startled awake by the economic reforms of 1979. Hang on for the ride. … Read More
Bringing to Life Research, History, and Heroes
Three week project culminates with live wax museum at SES by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com A week before school was set to let out for summer, Sullivan Elementary School was full of motley and miniature versions of both past and present historical and cultural figures as fourth grade students did their best to imitate an individual of whom they based a three week research project. “This project was a huge undertaking for our students,” said fourth grade teacher Nichole Hendry. “In the five years I’ve been here it was the largest research and writing project that our fourth grade class has been … Read More
May in Illinois: Warmer Than Average, Dry in the West
The statewide average temperature for May in Illinois was 63.9 degrees F, which is 1.2 degrees above average. This is the first month for temperatures to be above average in Illinois since October 2013, according to Illinois State Climatologist Jim Angel, Illinois State Water Survey, University of Illinois. … Read More
Weybright Continues Basketball Career at LCU
Defensive tenacity to be big asset for Red Lions by Emily Scott Bethany Reporter Last fall, Okaw Valley senior Abigail Weybright put on her blue and black no. 10 uniform, laced up her shoes, and got ready for what she believed would be the last basketball season of her life. Little did the now-graduated athlete know, she would be starting a new athletic journey as she now prepares to attend Lincoln Christian University in Lincoln, where she has signed to play basketball for the Red Lions. Before deciding on LCU, Weybright did not know exactly what career path she wanted … Read More
Lovington Eighth Grade Class Promotion
The following Lovington eighth grade students were promoted to ninth grade at a ceremony Thursday, May 29 and received awards listed in parenthesis: … Read More
Not One for Plot, but “42nd” Big on High Energy Numbers
By Dan Hagen NP Theatre Critic When you think of the generic term “Broadway musical,” the Little Theatre’s 2014 summer season opener — “42nd Street” — is probably the kind of show that springs to mind. It’s that “You’re going out there a youngster, but you’re coming back a star!” musical. Yes, that very bit has been a cliché for 70 or 80 years now, at least since the deep Depression debut, in 1933, of the Dick Powell/Ruby Keeler film that inspired this 1980 stage musical. And that’s the problem I always have with this show, the paper-thin plot we’re … Read More
Shelby County Sales Tax Revenue Expected to Begin in November for Okaw Valley
Board approves sales tax resolution for November ballot by Joash Tiarks Bethany Reporter With residents passing the one percent Facility Sales Tax initiative for Shelby County, Okaw Valley schools voted in June to finalize their receipt of their portion of the sales tax revenue, which could begin as early as November. … Read More