Thank God for Our Uniqueness or Without Thomas Edison Where Would We Be?
•September 7, 2022• by Sarah Hudson Pierce NP Guest Writer If Thomas Edison hadn’t been kicked out of school, after only three months in the first grade, and his mother taught him at home because his teacher said “he was addled and his mind wandered in class,” we might not have the light bulb today. Thomas Edison was asked one time what he would have done if he hadn’t invented the light bulb and he replied “I would still be in there trying…” Why is it that we often try to put everyone in the same mold? Why do we … Read More
Letter to the Editor: 9-7-2022
Dear Editor: September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. As a volunteer advocate with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, I am calling on my members of Congress to pass legislation to prevent suicides and support crisis care. … Read More
Remember When? 9-7-2022
25 Years Ago This Week Workers completed basic construction on a new handicapped accessible fishing pier on Wyman Park Lake. Guard rails would also be added. The pier was constructed on the site where a swimming pier existed many years ago. Moultrie County was one step close to having a new animal control facility. … Read More
Cruise Night on the Square
•September 7, 2022• The Sullivan Street Machine Association held Cruise Night on the Square in Sullivan on Saturday, September 3. There was live music and dash plaques for the first 100 registered. There was also a power wheels demo derby for ages 3 to 9. More photos are on page 10. … Read More
Moultrie County Dive Team Receives Donation
Bethany Man Finishes Rookie Racing Season
•September 7, 2022• by Crystal Reed NP Writer Eric Boomer of Bethany, known at the race track as E21, recently finished his rookie season of street stock car racing with a race at Jacksonville Speedway. His ranking before Friday’s race was fifth place in the Midwest Big Ten Street Stock standings, tenth place in points at Macon Speedway, eighth in points at Lincoln Speedway and 23rd in national points in DIRTcar Series. Before he started racing this year, he spent five-seven years racing go carts at Piatt County Speedway. … Read More
Illinois Amish Heritage Center Announces Herschberger-Miller Barn Raising Event for October
•September 7, 2022• The Herschberger-Miller barn, that was originally constructed three miles west of Arthur, Illinois in 1879, was dismantled by Firmitas, formerly Trillium Dell Timber Works, in spring of 2022. The intricate process raised massive media coverage in the region because the barn was not only being removed from its original site, but, the 143-year structure was tagged, labeled, dismantled piece by piece, and will be relocated, refurbished, and rebuilt at its new home, Illinois Amish Heritage Center (IAHC), located between Arcola and Arthur, on Illinois Route 133. On Friday, September 23rd at 4 p.m., the IAHC will be … Read More
Phipps Named to Dean’s List
•September 7, 2022• Mason Phipps has been named to the summer dean’s list at Missouri State University. For undergraduate students, criteria include enrollment in at least six credit hours during the summer semester and at least a 3.50 GPA (on a 4.00 scale). … Read More
MCHGS Program
•September 7, 2022• “The Nixon Sandwich And The Tonight Show Stories”. Stories about the day Richard Nixon spoke to thousands at Sullivan’s Buffalo Celebration during his Presidential campaign in 1960 will be presented by Steve Jenne on Thursday, Sept 15 at 7 p.m. at the Moultrie County History Center at 1303 Hamilton St., Sullivan. Jenne, of Springfield, formerly of Sullivan, was a Boy Scout acting as security during one of the biggest events in Sullivan’s history. He picked up Nixon’s half-eaten sandwich, took it home and put it in the freezer. Many years later, Jenne and the sandwich appeared on … Read More