Remember When? 4-26-2023

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25 Years Ago This Week Sullivan native R. Eden Martin earned the Illinois State Historical Society’s top honor for books for his publication of Ivory and Rose, A Year’s Courtship: The Correspondence of Ivory J. Martin and Rose Eden, Sullivan, Illinois, 1885-86. Ground was broken for Moultrie County’s first house to be built by the county’s Habitat for Humanity affiliate. Blair Alexander of Sullivan turned the first shovel of dirt on the lot in the Bragg subdivision at the southwest edge of Sullivan where the home she and her daughter, Brianne, 11, hoped to move in by Thanksgiving was being … Read More

Potential New Math Curriculum Presented

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•April 26, 2023• by Ariana R. Cherry Principals and math teachers presented a potential new math curriculum for the ALAH school district recently. They have been meeting and researching different ones since last fall. Two pilot ones, Bridges and Reveal, were started around Christmastime. Members of the pilot team for grade school math are Adrienne Seal, Rose Hollingsworth, Rhonda Rhodes, Erin Beck, Chris Foreman, Andrew Peralta and Marla Graham. There were teachers in grades K-5 and Special Ed who participated in the pilot programs. The mathematics program at which the grade schools are looking is called Bridges. Positive points about … Read More

Sullivan HS Teacher Surprised With Retirement Party

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•April 26, 2023• by Crystal Reed The Sullivan High School Spanish Club gathered on Friday, April 14, early in the morning to learn CPR. At least that’s the reason for which physical education and health teacher Scott Bales thought he was in the commons area in the high school that morning. Little did he know that the Spanish Club and the high school Spanish teacher Patricia King had a surprise for him. After Bales had demonstrated how to administer CPR on mannequins and also demonstrated how to operate an AED, there was an announcement made that they had invited him … Read More

Sullivan City Council Tables Bid Award For New City Building

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•April 26, 2023• by Crystal Reed The Sullivan City Council met Monday, April 24, with several items of business. Mark Conlin worked for the city of Sullivan at the electric plant for almost 34 years. Mayor Richard Glazebrook recognized him at the beginning of the meeting for his service. Commissioner Chuck Woodworth attended the meeting by phone. Resident Bob Ingram asked a question about an invoice for All Service Contracting. He said that an invoice said one amount and the agenda had a differing amount. Nakayla Swisher said they always pay the amount on the front page. His second question … Read More

Oakland City Wide Yard Sales

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•April 26, 2023• The Oakland Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the 40th annual spring city wide yard sale in Oakland on Saturday, May 6th from 8:00 am to ? In conjunction with this, the Hindsboro community, 6 miles west on Rt. 133 is also having a city wide yard sale. Maps will be available at McQueen Lumber in Oakland. For further information, call 217-346-2125. … Read More

Paige Robinson Day

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•April 26, 2023• Okaw Valley has announced that Wednesday, May 3 will be Paige Robinson Day in Bethany. Paige will be present to be honored by the Okaw Valley community for her success on the basketball court and recently being drafted by the Dallas Wings of the WNBA with the 31st overall pick in the WNBA draft. There will be a parade at 11 am starting at the First Christian Church. Parade route will go from the First Christian Church to the Elementary School before ending at OVHS. Following the parade, there will be a few presentations on the front … Read More

Blood Drive in Lovington

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•April 26, 2023• The Lovington First Christian Church is holding an American Red Cross Blood Drive on Thursday, May 11 from Noon to 6:00pm. Please note that it is staying open one hour longer than offered in the past. Online pre-registration is now available with redcrossblood.org. Pre- registration is a great way to get a time that works best for you. Walk-ins are always welcome! … Read More

Mobile Food Pantry

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•April 26, 2023• The University of Illinois Extension in cooperating partnership with sponsors Decatur Catholic Charities and Sullivan United Methodist Church will host a mobile food pantry on Wednesday, May 10 from 4 pm to 5 pm at Sullivan United Methodist Church, 216 W. Jefferson, Sullivan (across from the firehouse). A mobile food pantry delivers a 2 week supply of food per family in rural communities. Any individual or family that does not have a steady food supply qualifies to receive food. No financial information is required to qualify. The distribution is open to all, not only residents of Sullivan. … Read More