Residents living in and around the Sullivan community may be screened to reduce their risk of having a stroke or bone fracture. Faith Lutheran Church will host Life Line Screening March 27. The site is located at Route 32 South in Sullivan. … Read More
Pre-registration of kindergarten students for the 2014-2015 school year will be held 10 a.m-6 p.m. Wednesday, March 19 in the Lovington Grade School office. Any student who will be five years of age by September 1, 2014 and resides in the Lovington Grade School district is welcome to attend. … Read More
Fireworks fundraiser underway by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com When Mike Keown and his family moved to Sullivan in 1958, the only thing more memorable than Richard Nixon’s visit to Wyman Park was the fireworks display that the local American Legion had routinely sponsored. “They were spectacular,” said Keown. “The night sky was just lit up. Even though we lived right by the park, we all took a blanket and went to Wyman Lake.” But now, the certainty as to whether Sullivan will continue to have its annual display is up in the air, or perhaps, not quite yet. “The Legion has … Read More
Cavaliers pull away in 26-22 win by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com Chester Reeder still remembers what is was like to be in fourth grade playing basketball. “I remember my coaches, and I still remember the plays that we ran,” he said. The first year SHS varsity coach, drawing on his still fond memories, decided last year to form the Future Redskins basketball league, a youth basketball league in Sullivan geared towards both building skills at an early age and getting the Sullivan youth interested in the sport. … Read More
Geneva Briscoe Geneva Mae Butt Briscoe, 83, of Decatur, formerly of Bethany, passed away early Tuesday morning March 11, 2014 in Eastern Star Home surround by her family. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Bethany. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery in Bethany. Geneva was born Nov. 1, 1930 in Dunn, the only daughter of 10 children, to John Dale and Lillie Mae Powell Butt. She drove a school bus for the Decatur school district for more than 30 years. … Read More
The Sullivan Art Club will begin its 2014 art workshop series Saturday, March 15 at the First United Methodist Church hall at the corner of Jefferson and Hamilton streets. Watercolorist John Madison of Bloomington will conduct the workshop and lead the group in painting transparent glass. More information about Madison and his artwork may be found at his website www.madison-art.com and his blogspot www.madisonart.wordpress.com. … Read More
The Arthur-Lovington High School Post Prom Committee is hosting a spaghetti supper at the ALHS cafeteria on 5-7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 27.
Agreement to effectively dissolve March 15 by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com The vendor that IDNR chose in 2010 to renovate and ultimately reopen Eagle Creek Resort has issued the state agency a notice of termination effective later this week. The contract that BMDD Resorts and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources entered into in July 2010 will be terminated effective March 15, according to Dennis Ballinger, CEO of BMDD Resorts out of Decatur. “We’ve tried not to make this a public issue, but finally, it had to,” said Ballinger in a phone interview Tuesday evening. … Read More
The deadline is fast approaching for farmers to nominate rural public school districts to compete for a grant of up to $25,000, through America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund. Nominations will be accepted until April 6. Eligible farmers may nominate their school district by visiting www.GrowRuralEducation.com or by calling 1-877-267-3332. Grants are awarded based on merit, need and community support. The more farmers who nominate a school district, the more it demonstrates community support and can strengthen the school district’s application. This year the program has expanded to 18 new counties, for a total of 1,289 … Read More