Damond Boatwright Named Board Chair

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•June 28, 2023• The Catholic Health Association announced that HSHS President and CEO Damond Boatwright will be inaugurated as chairperson of the association’s Board of Trustees for 2023-24. Boatwright’s investiture ceremony will take place at CHA’s annual national Assembly in St. Louis on June 13, 2023. His term begins July 1 and he will serve until June 30, 2024. “I am sincerely honored to serve as the next board chair of the Catholic Health Association, and I pledge to represent the association to the best of my abilities,” said Boatwright. “The opportunity to be a servant leader during these complex … Read More

Red Cross Volunteers Help 15 People Affected by Home Fires in Past Week

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•June 28, 2023• American Red Cross volunteers in the South Central Illinois chapter responded to seven home fires in Dalton City, Decatur, Dix, Neoga, Saint Elmo and Springfield in the past week and provided assistance to 15 individuals, through supplying them with items to meet immediate needs after a fire, and additional support in the form of health and mental health services and one-on-one support. Visit redcross.org/fire for information on setting up your home fire escape drill and to learn more about home fire safety. Download our free Emergency app by searching for “American Red Cross” in app stores or … Read More

Arthur Village Board Hears about Dementia Friendly Moultrie County

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•June 28, 2023• by Ariana R. Cherry “Dementia is a symptom of a disease,” stated Sheila Greuel, an independent consultant with the East Central Illinois Area on Aging who gave a presentation about a Dementia Friendly Moultrie County at the Arthur Village Board on June 19. It is a symptom of other diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. According to the Illinois Department on Aging, there were about 220,000 people living with Alzehimer’s disease in 2018, and that number is expected to increase by 18.2% by 2025 (260,000). Greuel has been working with Moultrie County to do a community wide … Read More

TK: Why we need to strike jargon onto (cq) the pasteboard (stet)

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•June 28, 2023• By Jim Baumann NP Guest Writer I enjoy writing letters to readers. Today, I’ll take a crack at writing a letter to our staff and share it with you. Challenging ourselves to be better is good for the soul, whatever you pursue. In our case, when we’re better you’re the beneficiary. With that in mind, I offer this up as an open letter to our staff as both the editor of the paper and its self-appointed spokesman for good writing. Today’s topic: jargon. You might recall I started my career as a police reporter, and police talk … Read More

Remember When? 6-28-2023

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25 Years Ago This Week Because of high temperatures in past weeks the Sullivan Municipal Power Plant had registered record-breaking levels of electricity use. The all time record was broken around 5 pm June 24 with 13,000 kilowatts and the record was broken again on June 26 at around 3 pm with 14,200 kilowatts, or 260,000 kilowatt hours by the end of the day. Rob LeCrone, a tree care contractor from Sullivan, took part in the Illinois Pro Logger Training program sponsored by the Illinois Council on Forestry Development. The five day course on safety and improvement of productivity and … Read More

City Council Tables Invitation of Bids For City Building Project

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•June 28, 2023• by Crystal Reed The Sullivan City Council tabled the possible approval and issuance of an invitation of bids for the City Building project during the Monday, June 26 meeting. Commissioner Abbey Sherwood said she was touching base to see if there were any additional questions in regards to the project. Commissioner Doug Shook said that even though the basement has been eliminated from the bids he noted they would still have to excavate down. “Even though the basement is not going in the contractor will have to do a significant amount of excavation into the existing rock … Read More

Moultrie Amateur Radio Klub Celebrates Field Day

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•June 28, 2023• by Ellen Ferrera On Saturday, June 24, members of the Moultrie Amateur Radio Klub (MARK) met at the Boy Scout cabin in Wyman Park to celebrate the annual Field Day with some 2.5 million ham radio operators around the world. Since 1933, Field Day has been celebrated by amateur radio operators and clubs in the U.S. and around the world. The primary purpose of the Field Day is to practice and demonstrate emergency procedures and share information on new technologies, but each club determines their own activities. Mike Morris, President of MARK, has been a ham operator … Read More

Shamdin Graduates

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•June 28, 2023• Katherine Shamdin of Mattoon was among the students conferred their degrees at the University of Iowa. Shamdin was a student in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences whose program of study was Enterprise Leadership. The degree awarded was a Bachelor of Arts. … Read More