Bill Duncan Funeral services for William W. “Bill” Duncan, 87, of Sullivan were held at 3 p.m. today (Wednesday) in the Elim Springs Church of Jesus Christ near Sullivan. Burial was in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan handled arrangements. … Read More
Scott Lane celebrated his 30th service anniversary with RR Donnelley on March 25. Lane was hired at RR Donnelley in 1984 as part-time task force. He became full-time material handler later that year. Lane was then promoted to roll tender in the gravure pressroom in 1989, to assistant press lead in 1996, and to press lead, his current position in 2000. Lane and his wife, Selena, reside in Sullivan and have two children and two grandchildren. … Read More
The following are Easter services this week in Moultrie County; the public is invited. … Read More
ALAH girls, boys each finish in top five, Redskins take 11th by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com With more than 10 area teams for both boys and girls, the annual Arthur Invite last Wednesday saw SOV’s girls take second place, while the host’s two groups finished in closely contested top five spots. McClain Can’t Complain Amanda McClain didn’t just walk away with three first place individual medals Wednesday evening. She also took with her two new meet records, breaking teammate Emily Neuhauser’s 2012 200m dash record of 26.40 by running a 26.21 and then doing her own 2012 400m dash record (1:00) … Read More
Hopes are for annual tradition by Florence Hallford Reporting in Sullivan Joe Pound has long been familiar with the story of the Last Supper. But it wasn’t until he unexpectedly took part in a reenactment, did it come to life. “It totally changed their lives,” states Joe Pound about the Last Supper, referring to the 12 disciples of Jesus Christ and the supper that Christ had to celebrate, the Jewish holiday of Passover. The celebration turned into the beginning of communion and a well-known story of betrayal by Judas. … Read More
by Ariana Cherry Arthur/Sullivan Reporter One of the joys of parenthood is bringing your newborn child home for the very first time. Although, it can also be quite frightening, with so many new responsibilities and the chance of your baby getting hurt or sick. Those fears came to a reality when Joshua and Jessica Ekiss’s twin girls, Anabell and Aylana Ekiss were born prematurely January 30. After their birth, the twins spent 27 days in the NICU at Carle Hospital. Both girls were released to go home February 26. … Read More
The Moultrie County Historical and Genealogical Society will hold their monthly general meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday April 24 in the Heritage Center. This is a change from their usual third Thursday meeting date. The speaker for the evening will be Glenn Austin of Bethany who will be speaking on a big event for Bethany – The Day Annie Oakley Came to Town. … Read More
by Alex Love Our state and national government requires standardized testing to gauge our children’s academic success. Often times, students are compared to one another due to the same test being administered to their fellow classmates. This notion poses a question; how fair is it to give a test to all students when no one child is the same? Every child has his or her own strengths, weaknesses, and personalities. How fair is it to rely so heavily upon testing success to determine the future of our children? Standardized tests scores are used to show where a student is academically–exceeding, … Read More
Edge 13 other teams out for closely contested top three finish Submitted by Kali Taylor At the 16-team Unity Girls Invite, SOV finished a strong third place with 68 points, behind A & M’s 70 points and St. Teresa’s 74 points. … Read More
Errors compound for Sullivan defense by Kirk Whitaker Arthur/Sullivan Reporter It looked so good so quickly. Then in the blink of an eye, it was gone. It was night and day for the Lady Redskins softball team in the 20 minute time span that was the home half of the fourth and visiting half of the fifth inning Saturday afternoon against Windsor/Stew-Stras. … Read More