SOV Extends Winning Streak With Win Over Cumberland

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•September 13, 2023• by E. Scott England The Sullivan-Okaw Valley Redskins stormed into Cumberland last Friday looking to extend their winning streak to three. They knew it wasn’t going to be easy as the Pirates of Cumberland were looking to add to their undefeated record as well. Containing two-way threat Cumberland Senior Blake McMechan was one of the main focus points in the Redskins’ preparation throughout the week. And McMechan proved why just 38 seconds into the game when he stole a pass from Senior wide receiver Kaden Guest. The Pirates couldn’t capitalize as a solid defensive stand from the … Read More

Cami Badman’s Honors English III Student Letters to the Editor

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•September 13, 2023• More letters will be published in next week’s edition. Cami Badman‘s SHS letters provided this special section for News-Progress readers in partnership with Sullivan Community School District 300. Thank you to Sullivan Schools for expecting excellence and to these letter-writing students for delivering. Letters to the Editor written by Cami Badman‘s Honors English III students at Sullivan High School explored controversial subjects with maturity and logic. Badman opened the school year challenging these 20 students to present well-rounded arguments for student-selected controversial subjects and letters to the editor. Throughout history, letters to newspapers about important topics have … Read More

C.E.F.S. Announces the Start of the Energy Assistance Program

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•September 13, 2023• C.E.F.S. Economic Opportunity Corp., as administrator of the Energy Assistance Program in Moultrie County, is pleased to announce that funds are available to assist income-eligible households with their natural gas, propane and/or electric bills and furnace assistance for inoperable heating systems. The program will begin taking applications on October 2, 2023, for seniors, people with disabilities and families with children under the age of six years.  On Wednesday, November 1st, households that are disconnected from their utilities, have a disconnection notice or have less than 25% in their propane tank can start applying for assistance.  All other … Read More

Facts for Families

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•September 13, 2023• By Cheri Burcham,  Family Life Educator Ideas for youth to explore and connect with nature This year, I have been working with other family life educators and horticulture educators to explore and create programs and materials that support the fact that spending time in nature is beneficial to our health and well-being. So, I wanted to share this article written by Extension Educator Brittnay Haag about this topic – especially for youth! Brittnay says: spending time in nature can improve our mood, make us feel more relaxed, help us be more active, and even connect us with our … Read More

To Dissemble Is Not to Take This Column Apart

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•September 13, 2023• By Jim Baumann NP Guest Writer Sometimes — when I’m talking to myself, because, really, who else would listen to me for more than 20 column inches once a week? — I wonder whether words that are very similar are synonyms, whether they have minor differences or whether they have nothing to do with each other. The following four pairings entered my inner dialogue: ineptness versus ineptitude, plenty versus plenitude, gentility versus gentleness, and dissemble versus disassemble. … Read More