Local Emergency Responders Obtain Certification

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•February 7, 2024• Twenty local first responders recently completed an Emergency Medical Responder course held in Sullivan. Fourteen members from the Sullivan Fire Protection District and six members from the Bethany Fire Protection District participated in the six week course that took over 56 hours to complete. The class met two evenings a week and every other Saturday to meet all the objectives of the program.  Students developed skills in the assessment and treatment of childbirth, respiratory, environmental, behavioral, traumatic and many other medical emergencies that they could encounter working in the prehospital setting. … Read More

Award Winning Sullivan Quilter Speaks at Arthur Public Library

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•February 7, 2024• by Crystal Reed Karen Edwards of Sullivan presented a program Saturday, February 3 at Arthur Public Library on the techniques she uses to create art quilts and some of the supplies used in the process. She was the Grand Prize winner at the 2023 Amish Country Spring Quilt Show in Arthur with a quilt titled “My Childhood Home.” Edwards learned to sew at the age of nine because she wanted to make a dress.  She first got into quilting when she became engaged, and she sorted through fabrics and made a scrap quilt. After she retired, she … Read More

Head Start Program Health Services

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•February 7, 2024• February is National Children’s Dental Health Month and the C.E.F.S. Head Start 0-5 Program health services are based on the premise that a child must be healthy to be ready to learn and good oral health is essential to a child’s behavioral, speech, language, and overall growth and development. Head Start works to ensure that children receive oral health assessments, follow-up and any needed dental treatment by helping families establish a dental home, as an ongoing source of preventive and primary care. Head Start program activities promote good dental hygiene in the classroom and at home visits. … Read More

Rick “Yoder” Underwood Fire Benefit

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•February 7, 2024• A Rick “Yoder” Underwood Fire Benefit will be held on Saturday, February 17 at the Publisher in downtown Bethany. Doors open at 3 pm. There is a $10 cover charge at the door which includes food and band. Dinner will be served from 3-? and will be pulled pork and beef brisket, sides and dessert. American Patriots will play from 4 to 6 pm, Cody Ryan band from 7 to 10 pm. There will also be a silent auction and 50/50.  On January 14, Rick lost everything to a mobile home fire. Unfortunately, Rick didn’t have any … Read More

Music Bingo Night

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•February 7, 2024• There will be a Music Bingo Night on Saturday, February 24 at 5 pm at the Sullivan VFW, 1132 IL 32 in Sullivan. Tickets are $50 and include bingo all night and taco bar. There will be big prizes and a 50/50 drawing. Reserve a table for an additional $50. All proceeds go to Lovington fireworks. For tickets contact Brittany Bates at 217-295-0031 or Shelly Martina at 217-855-4953. … Read More

Bethany Blood Drive

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•February 7, 2024• A Bethany Community Blood Drive, sponsored by Theta Psi Sorority, will be held on Thursday, February 15 from 2 to 6 pm at the Bethany Fire Station on Rt 121 in Bethany. For an appointment please visit redcrossblood.org, sponsor code: Bethany Fire or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) … Read More

Community Blood Drive

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•February 7, 2024• Agri-Fab Inc. will host a community blood drive with ImpactLife on Friday, February 9 from 9 am to 2 pm at 809 S. Hamilton St in Sullivan in the Gold classroom. To donate contact ImpactLife Urbana at (800) 747-5401 or visit www.bloodcenter.org and use cost 71025 to locate the drive. … Read More

Holocaust Education Center Announces New Art and Writing Contest for Area Students

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•January 31, 2024• Local student artists, writers, and filmmakers are invited to submit pieces to Through Their Eyes: A Holocaust Art and Writing Contest sponsored by the Holocaust Education Center of the Champaign-Urbana Jewish Federation. The deadline for submissions by 5th through 12th grade students who attend public, private, or home schools in Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby, and Vermilion counties is March 22, 2024. “We hope that area students and their teachers will participate in this new contest,” said Rebecca Lawson, a co-director of the Holocaust Education Center and director of the contest. … Read More

Illinois Walleye Anglers and Fisheries Biologists Teaming Up for 2024 Midwest Walleye Challenge

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•January 31, 2024• Illinois anglers who chase walleye, sauger or saugeye are invited to participate in the virtual Midwest Walleye Challenge in 2024. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has teamed up with other states, provinces, and developers and researchers at Anglers Atlas to launch this year’s competition. Information gathered through the competition will assist Illinois in providing anglers with important data and add to biologists’ knowledge of various waterbodies. “Competitions like this are incredibly valuable to our understanding of the Illinois fishery,” said Kevin Irons, assistant chief of the IDNR fisheries division. “And not to worry, anglers – we’ll … Read More

Metro Decatur Home Builders Association Installation of Officers & Golden Hammer Award

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•January 31, 2024• The Metro Decatur Home Builders Association (MDHBA) installed the 2024 Board of Directors at a banquet on January 18th. The slate of officers for the year is as follows: President: Josh Milligan with JDM Construction, Vice President: Jen Wood with Maroa Lumber, Past President: Alan Hupp with Huff Lumber and Home Specialty, Directors: Steve Zarndt with ReBath of Illinois, Clay Whitney with Clayton Sales, Will Horve with Horve Builders. … Read More