Celebrate National Family Caregiver Month

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•November 1, 2023• By Cheri Burcham Extension Educator,  University of Illinois Extension Families are often the primary source of support for older adults and people with disabilities. In fact, today in America, more than 53 million family caregivers provide unpaid care. That’s an economic value totaling more than $470 billion. The caregiving population is greatly diverse representing both genders and all races, cultures and ages. It is a rewarding experience for most, but also has many challenges. Caregivers experience many difficult emotions along their journey and can also experience many losses including loss of privacy, freedom, money, identity and work. … Read More

Sharpening Knowledge of Tree Care Leads to Healthier, Better-looking Trees

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•November 1, 2023• by Jenna Braasch Media Communications Coordinator, Illinois Extension Trees are a beautiful and vital part of our communities, providing many long-term benefits to the public. Routine maintenance and proper care techniques contribute to a longer, healthier life. “Trees improve the local environment, economy, and overall quality of life,” says Sarah Vogel, University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator. “Whether in natural areas, parks, gardens, street boulevards, or private yards, keeping trees healthy depends on everyone.” Many who care for trees are not certified arborists but carry out similar work as the profession. Community Tree Care is a hybrid series … Read More

Annual Poster, Poetry, and Prose Contest

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•November 1, 2023• The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting fifth and sixth grade writers and artists from around Illinois to participate in this year’s Annual Poster, Poetry, and Prose Contest. The contest theme for the 2024 awards is “Where Does Rain Go? How Can We Slow the Flow?” focusing on understanding how rain moves through the landscape, the effects of droughts and floods, and how we can adapt to help protect our water resources. … Read More

SBL Holiday Festival to Support Behavioral Health Services

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•November 1, 2023• Share joy and give hope this November by supporting the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Foundation’s Holiday Festival, November 10 to 13. Starting with an online auction at 8 am on Friday, November 10, the Festival will include a variety of ways for the community to get involved and support SBL Behavioral Health Services. Proceeds will help provide emergent needs for uninsured patients, resources for providers to use in therapy, assistance with the substance abuse crisis in the communities SBL serves and fund school assemblies to address mental heath needs of area youth. … Read More

Illinois Student Organization Family, Career and Community Leaders of America Holds Fall Leadership Meeting 

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•November 1, 2023• Every day the news is filled with negative stories of what teenage youth are doing.  Yet, every day we also have thousands of young people who are doing great and positive things. The Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) recognize that teens can play an essential role in improving the lives of families, schools, and communities.   Given our vast network of established chapters in schools, FCCLA provides a tremendous vehicle for young people to take on projects and activities in all areas of life. From youth violence to financial fitness and healthy lifestyles, FCCLA … Read More

Windsor’s Pub to be Featured on America’s Best Restaurants

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•November 1, 2023• Local restaurant Windsor’s Pub will be hosting a visit from America’s Best Restaurants (ABR) in early November 2023.  America’s Best Restaurants, a national media and marketing company focusing on bringing attention to local, independently-owned restaurants, will bring its ABR Roadshow to the restaurant on November 10th.  Popular dishes will be highlighted, along with an extensive on-camera interview with owner Justin McWhorter about the restaurant’s special place in the community. The episode will be aired extensively on social media channels at a later date. … Read More

Carry On, My Wayward Grammar Columnist

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•November 1, 2023• I’ve learned so much from reading books, but I’ve learned a lot from listening to music, too. Prince taught me the Lord’s Prayer in his 1993 song “Controversy,” for instance. I’ve rarely attended a church service that wasn’t a funeral or a wedding, and I’ve been to a lot more funerals than weddings, so I’ve grown accustomed to the rituals of funeral services in many religions. Back in 1977, when Kansas released its “Point of Know Return” album, I thought it odd that Steve Walsh pronounced “eulogy” as “elegy” in the final verse of the haunting song … Read More

A Look Back…

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2013  The Sullivan Fire Department moved forward with construction to add six additional bays making for a much roomier firehouse. The 8,100 square foot addition was added to the south side of the existing building at a cost of $760,687.25.  Sullivan schools went above and beyond to receive the SchoolSearch 2013 Bright Star Award for the 12th time in 13 years. The awards looks as districts whose students’ academic performance ranks in the upper one third of Illinois school districts but whose expenditure per pupil ranks in the lower one-fourth of Illinois school districts for the previous year.  … Read More