Obituaries 8-10-2022: Olive Morton
Olive Morton Olive Maud Morton, 94, of Sullivan, passed away at 12:03 a.m., Friday, August 5, 2022, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur. … Read More
Obituaries 8-10-2022: Krista Lewin
Krista Lewin Krista L. Lewin, 52, of Mattoon, passed away Saturday, August 6, 2022. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, August 12, at Resthaven Memorial Gardens in Mattoon. Tom Sherman will officiate. Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home, 1200 Wabash Avenue, Mattoon, IL 61938 is in charge of services. … Read More
Obituaries 8-10-2022: Quentin Kirk
Quentin Kirk Quentin Royce Kirk was a caring husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend, He was also widely known as a philosopher, teacher, author, and poet. … Read More
Obituaries 8-10-2022: Lucille Fultz
Lucille Fultz Lucille Fultz, 90, of Sullivan, passed away at 4 p.m. Thursday, August 4, 2022, in the Arthur Home. … Read More
Substance Abuse, Treatment and Recovery Program
•August 10, 2022• HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital’s substance abuse, treatment and recovery program, provided in conjunction with Gateway Foundation, is a resource available to patients in the emergency department as well as throughout the hospital. Gateway Foundation is the largest nonprofit provider of substance use disorder treatment in the U.S. with its largest footprint in Illinois and has been providing life-saving treatment for over 50 years. In addition, Gateway has been engaged in a statewide program with hospitals and health systems over the last few years. … Read More
Letter to the Editor 8-10-2022
To the Editor: I’ve never been much of a fan of clichéd words and hackneyed phrases. They are usually unimaginative, lazy and platitudinous tropes that quickly wear out their welcome. That said, occasionally one of these terms finds itself as the perfect descriptor for a situation for which no other word or phrase can suffice nearly as well. … Read More
Just One More Day With You
•August 10, 2022• by Sarah Hudson Pierce NP Guest Columnist Having lost a very dear friend, a year ago I am led to tell you a story about a widower who was looking through his old family trunk a few years ago and how he discovered a poem penned in his wife’s own hand. It was dated just days before she died, after a long illness, over thirty years ago. The piece was titled Just One More Day. It went something like this: “Give me just one more day with you!” Those poignant words were overwhelming to him and are … Read More
Moultrie Moment of the Week
I spell tomato and you spell tomahto
•August 10, 2022• By Jim Baumann NP Guest Writer An outfit called www.unscrambled-words.com decided to mine Google’s search function data to determine which words we seem to have the most trouble spelling. After seeing many of them, I’m truly terrified for our future. Please share in my grief. “Tomato,” “cheese” and “Idaho” are among America’s most misspelled words for 2022, according to the study. Yet these are primary ingredients in most Burger King meals, if you count potatoes as Idaho’s chief contribution to the culinary world. I know this about Burger King from doing plenty of market research. Do we … Read More
Remember When? 8-10-2022
25 Years Ago This Week Ciara Bush, Rachel Marshall and Sara Sims were contestants in the Little Miss Bethany contest. Ray Shain, water supply operator for the City of Sullivan, was a nominee for “operator of the year award” given annually by the Illinois Potable Water Supply Operators Assn. 50 Years Ago This Week The newly appointed zoning board of appeals and the Lovington Village Board approved a variance to the zoning ordinance to allow Moultrie Grain Assn. to build buildings higher than allowed by the ordinance. The association planned to build several grain storage bins at their property on … Read More