What’s The Incidence of ‘Instance’ Mistakes
•March 1, 2023• By Jim Baumann NP Guest Writer It’s 3:36 p.m. on Friday, and this lede is all I have to show for this column so far. I’m sure you can smell my desperation for a topic. Sometimes running a newsroom during election season gets in the way of writing pithy things about grammar. Enter Patt Baumann, the love of my life and occasional column saver. “Oooh, write about the difference between ‘incidents’ and ‘instances,’” she said. Patt tells me she hears people use “incidents” and “instances” interchangeably. I’d never given that much thought, but it’s a good idea. … Read More
Remember When? 3-1-2023
25 Years Ago This Week The Sullivan Singers and the Sullivan Singer Jr. brought home honors from the Pekin Show Choir Invitational. Singers Jr. walked away with the grand championship trophy in the junior high division, earning perfect scores in choreography and show from all three judges. The Sullivan Singers ended the day of preliminary competition as one of six groups selected to compete in the finals. Singers captured fourth place. New Generation, Sullivan’s all girl show choir also competed placing third. … Read More
OV Celebrates FFA Week 2023 with Activities
Monthly Quarter Madness
•March 1, 2023• Moultrie County Monthly Quarter Madness will hold their March Quarter Auction on Wednesday, March 8. The event will be held at the Sullivan American Legion. Sullivan High School FCCLA is the charity of the month. SHS FCCLA uses funds for various competitions by their members, service projects, networking and offset other club expenses. Vendors at the event could include: direct sales such as Avon, Scentsy, JBloom Jewelry, Thirty-One, Tastefully Simple, Paper Pei (formerly Usbourne Books), Pampered Chef, PLUS different craft vendors, hair bows, boutique clothing, shoes, accessories and more. Come shop the vendors and stay for the … Read More
New Water Plant on Schedule for July 2023 Start Up
•March 1, 2023• by Crystal Reed One of the current projects for the city of Sullivan is a new water plant which is currently under construction. The original cost estimate was $8.5 million, but with the cost of equipment and supplies after COVID, they are close to $9.5 million. According to Commissioner of Public Safety and Health Chuck Woodworth, the determination of the need for a new water plant was done by the Illinois EPA. They evaluated the current plant and pointed out the deficiencies of no redundancy of the main treatment process equipment. “There is only one softner, currently,” … Read More
Sullivan City Council Approves Memorandum of Understanding Between City and Illinois Fraternal Order of Police
•March 1, 2023• by Crystal Reed The Sullivan City Council approved a memorandum of understanding between the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police (IFOP) Labor Council and the City of Sullivan. Commissioner Mike Fowler was absent. Mayor Richard Glazebrook said this is something they are trying to use to keep and not burn out officers. The city is supposed to have nine officers. They currently have six full-time trained officers and two untrained. “We have a lot of rules and regulations we have to follow through the state of Illinois, and we are trying to make this easy as we can … Read More
Drive Thru Fish Dinner
•March 1, 2023• The Findlay American Legion will hold a drive thru fish dinner on Monday, March 6 from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm. Fish, fries and coleslaw for $12. … Read More
One Book, One Sullivan Discussion
•March 1, 2023• One Book, One Sullivan will hold their community discuss on this year’s book The Blackbird Girls on Tuesday, March 7 at 6 pm at the First United Methodist Church in Sullivan. … Read More
Blood Drive in Lovington
•March 1, 2023• The Lovington First Christian Church is hosting an American Red Cross Blood Drive on Thursday, March 9 from Noon – 5:30 pm. Walk ins are welcome. To register for an available time slot, go to redcrossblood.org. … Read More