As Smart as it is Silly, “Spamalot” Sure to Receive Roaring Laughs
Once in every show There comes a song like this It starts off soft and low And ends up with a kiss Oh where is the song That goes like this? Where is it? Where? Where? A sentimental song That casts a magic spell They all will hum along — We’ll overact like hell — For this is the song that goes like this Yes it is! Yes it is! — “The Song That Goes Like This” from “Spamalot” By Dan Hagen NP Theatre Critic It’s the rare musical comedy that can take you from farce to a treatise on … Read More
Father and Local DJ Organizes Teen Hangout Friday in Wyman
Trial run could lead to more Friday night jamborees by Christina Whitford Sullivan Reporter Drive through Sullivan or any town in Moultrie County on a Friday or Saturday night and you are likely to run across groups of teenagers hanging out in cars, looking for ways and places where their group of friends can hang out together and have fun, most to no avail. Being the father of teenagers, Mike Marshall is well aware of this dilemma. … Read More
Editorial 7-31-2013
From the Editor by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com Wait. I can explain. Or should I just apologize now? Change. If I weren’t so tired, or tardy, while writing this little editorial, I’d invoke some two cents about how change is good but hard to handle for many. But you’ve heard it before. And if you are the diligent reader that we envision you to be, you must … Read More
Illinois politics 101—a game of debits and credits
By Jim Nowlan In China, politics and government operate on two parallel tracks that merge when politics needs to trump government. In Illinois, we have the vestiges of a similar political-governmental system, which is slowly dying out. When I taught at Fudan University in Shanghai, there was a president of the university (governmental). Across from his office, literally, was the office of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Secretary … Read More
Local woodworker showcases craft at Arcola’s newest senior living community
Hochstetler’s custom-made work featured in display rooms by Keith Stewart Of the News Progress in Sullivan For local woodworker and craftsman Kenny Hochstetler, who owns Yoder’s in Sullivan, new opportunities are a lot like planting seeds. “I’m like a farmer when he plants his corn; he hopes to get a crop,” said Hochstetler. “And I’m not going to get anything if I don’t plant seeds.” Why the craftsman is talking about seeds when he’s working with wood has to do with … Read More
Third Annual Mattoon to Peoria Run for St. Jude this Friday
The third annual Mattoon to Peoria St Jude Run will take off at 8 a.m. Friday from Riddle Elementary School in Mattoon following the kick-off party at 7:30 a.m. Over the past two years more than $135,000 has been raised for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Team Mattoon has runners from 13 counties including … Read More
Sports Shooting coordinator sought for Moultrie-Douglas; informational meeting Aug. 23
Dan Dawson, extension educator, 4-H Youth Development – Shooting Sports, will hold an informational meeting on what it takes to establish a shooting sports program at the county level at 6 p.m. August 29 at the Moultrie-Douglas Extension office located at 122 S Walnut Street in Arthur. The meeting will cover
Six Under Beats Out Remaining Teams Monday
At the weekly Monday Night Scramble at Timberlake Golf Course, the team of Bryce Miller, Dustin Plummer, Andrew Pollock, and Heath Righter took
Mo-Co Rush 18U tryouts August 1
The 2014 Moultrie County Rush fastpitch tryouts for 18U will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, August 1 on Arthur’s Jurgens Park west diamond. Registration and warm-ups begin 30 minutes prior to each session. To be eligible players must be … Read More