News Progress

Dear Editor, For the past several decades, the Sullivan Area Ministerial Association has been helping meet the needs of people in Moultrie County. Over the course of a 12-month period, SAMA helps folks with needs in a variety of areas: Utilities, Rent, Automotive, Hotel stays, Food, Fuel, Christmas Certificates. From 8/1/21 to 8/1/22, SAMA has distributed over $22,000. Most of these funds are given by participating SAMA churches, the generosity of area businesses, and individuals. Right now, the need is as great as it has ever been. SAMA depends on the ongoing generosity of those in Moultrie County to help … Read More

•November 9, 2022• Cheri Burcham Extension Educator U of I Extension We all know someone who is providing care for someone else. They may be caring for an older parent, a disabled adult child, or a spouse suffering from a traumatic injury or chronic illness. Even parents raising children are considered caregivers. Caregivers give of themselves without expecting anything in return, and they rarely think of themselves first. National Family Caregiver Month is coming up in November. According to the 2020 update from the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP, Caregiving in the U.S. 2020 update, nearly 48 million people … Read More

•November 9, 2022• By Jim Baumann NP Guest Writer Has anyone ever pointed out to you that something you’ve been saying for most of your life is not … quite … right? While singing along to a song from your youth have you come to realize the lyrics you thought you knew were, well, something quite different? I’ve been there and done that more than I’d like to admit. Being the oldest child of parents who preferred Beethoven, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky and Mozart, which are woefully short on lyrics, and Doris Day music, whose lyrics I’d like to forget, I was … Read More