Obituaries 4-3-2024: Dennis Johnson

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Dennis Johnson Dennis E, Johnson, 91, of Sullivan, passed away at 6:05 a.m. Thursday January 18, 2024 in St. Mary’s Hospital, Decatur, Illinois. Memorial services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday April 13, 2024 in the Reed Funeral Home, Sullivan. Military Honors will be conducted after the service by the Sullivan American Legion Post #68. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. until service time. Memorials are suggested to the Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library or to St. John’s Lutheran Church in Mattoon. Online condolences may be sent to the family at reedfuneralhome.net. … Read More

Community Blood Drive

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•April 3, 2024• Agri‑Fab Inc. will host a Community Blood Drive with ImpactLife, the provider of blood components for local hospitals. The blood drive will be from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm on Friday, April 12 at 809 S. Hamilton St., inside the Gold Classroom All presenting donors get their choice of gift card, ImpactLife store bonus points, or a donation to Best Friends Animal Society. To donate, contact ImpactLife at (800) 747‑5401 or visit www.bloodcenter.org and use code 71025 to locate the drive. Potential donors must be at least 17 years of age (16 with parental permission form available … Read More

A Look Back…

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2014 Nathan Riley is 12 years old. He’s been fishing for only a couple years. He is mostly self-trained too, having watched dozens of YouTube videos on the sport. And it was he who was by himself at little ol’ Wyman Lake when he caught a 20-inch, 5-pound., 7-ounce large mouth bass on a cold March morning. Earlier this month Shelby County residents passed a new one percent sales tax aimed at helping area schools maintain their often-aging buildings. The referendum, which passed on March 18 and goes into effect April the following year, could bring Okaw Valley schools as … Read More

Remembering who we are…. 3

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•April 3, 2024• by Janet Roney In Robert Frost’s poem, Fire and Ice, he wonders whether fire or ice will destroy our world. He thought fire would, but “…I know enough of hate to say that for destruction ice is also great…”  Yes, ice certainly destroys, but the last glacier that came down from Wisconsin and Canada during our current ice age did some very good things to Moultrie County. Let’s review.  It left a flat surface with a fresh new covering of glacial drift that filled in old river valleys that are the aquifers that give us water. Because … Read More

Angler’s Tribute to Veterans

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•April 3, 2024• The annual Angler’s Tribute to Veterans Crappie Tournament will be held this Saturday on Lake Shelbyville. Early registration will take place Friday at the Sullivan VFW beginning at 5 p.m.. Take-off and weigh in will take place at the Bo Woods Ramp. Saturday registration will be at 5:30 a.m. with lines in at 7. Weigh-in will begin at 2:30 p.m. … Read More

Music Bingo

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•April 3, 2024• The Okaw Valley music program will host a Music Bingo on Saturday, April 6 at the Findlay Legion. Doors open for the event at 5 p.m. with games starting at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased in advance by contacting Mr. Guzman at guzmane@okawvalley.org or will be available at the door. … Read More