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Senior Peace Meal For additional information or for reservations, please call 1-800-543-1770 January 16 – Ham and Beans, Copper Carrots, Fruit, Cornbread January 17 – Chicken Parmesan, Green Beans, Yellow Squash, Romaine Salad, Spaghetti January 18 – Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes w/Gravy, Zucchini & Tomatoes, Three Bean Salad, Bread January 19 – Steak Bites over Noodles, Hot Greens, Basil Carrots, Fruit January 20 – Salmon Burger, Baked Beans, Broccoli-Cauliflower Salad, Fruit Crisp, Bun … Read More

1 in 2 Of You Reading This Column Has Better Things To Do

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•January 11, 2023• By Jim Baumann NP Guest Writer Lucy DelMonico sent me a printed ad that reads: “1 in 2 US adults have diabetes or prediabetes.” “Is this correct or should it be ‘1 in 2 adults has diabetes’?” she asked. First of all, that’s a sobering statistic that should encourage more people to participate in Dry January, especially if your drink of choice is a piña colada or a brandy Alexander. The subject of the sentence is “one.” And “one” takes a singular verb. Oftentimes, people consider “adults” to be the subject. Not so. … Read More

Remember When? 1-11-2023

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25 Years Ago This Week The Sullivan School Board was considering renovations to the high school weight room, upgrading of the high school and middle school cafeterias. The meat dept. staffers at Jerry’s IGA won another major award from their company in the Midwest Regional Beef Roundup promotional competition for 450 IGA stores. Jerry’s finished fourth in the nation. Members of the department were Meat Dept. … Read More

Blood Shortage Due to Weather, Illness and Holiday Season

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•January 11, 2023• by Crystal Reed There is a currently a blood shortage, and reasons being given for it are the holiday season, seasonal illness and weather causing drives to be cancelled. “This time of the year is challenging for collecting blood,” said Brian Williamsen, Communications Manager for the Illinois Regional American Red Cross. The American Red Cross supplies 40% of the nation’s blood. January is National Blood Donor Month. Tina Fleenor, Territory Coordinator for ImpactLife said they try to have good promo vouchers for their donors to encourage them to come out to the blood drives in their areas … Read More

City Council Awards Bid for Alley Improvement Project

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•January 11, 2023• by Crystal Reed The Sullivan City Council awarded a bid for alley improvement project during Monday’s meeting. Lee Beckman of Milano and Grunloh felt they should move forward on it as concrete will go up in price. He said they should take the bid they have and either do some of the work themselves or remove some of the work. A motion was made to accept the bid from Fultz Contractors Company of Paris in the amount of $151,556.25 for an alley improvement project. Two bids were received for this project. The alley this will affect is … Read More

Cravatta Comes in First at CrossFit Legends Championship in 55-59 Age Group

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•January 11, 2023• by Crystal Reed Guy Cravatta of Sullivan earned first place at the CrossFit Legends Championship in the 55-59 age group in early December. The competition was held in Cookeville, Tennessee. He entered the Legends Championship online, qualified in mid-August to qualify for the championship and had to finish in the top 10 worldwide. He had to perform six workouts over a three-week period. “I told myself if I did not place in the top three, I would not go to the championship,” Cravatta said “I would only go if I had a chance to win.” Once the … Read More

Foundation accepting applications

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•January 11, 2023• Applications are being accepted by the Illinois Conservation Foundation for the 2023 Conservatoin Achievement Scholarship program. The foundation annually awards scholarships to outstanding high school seniors in Illinois who demonstrate effective, voluntary, long-term dedication to the preservation, protection or enhancement of the state’s natural resources. Four scholarships of $2,000 each are available for the current school year. One of the scholarships is reserved for a qualified applicant who is a dependent of a current employee of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. “The ICF Conservation Achievement Scholarship program rewards high school students interested in conservation stewardship with … Read More

SIUE Announces Fall Graduates

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•January 11, 2023• Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville has announced their Fall 2022 graduates. Graduates are Abigail Taylor of Arthur, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, cum laude and Matthew Pladers of Dalton City, Bachlor of Science in Business Administration. … Read More