Dear Editor, For nearly four years your current Moultrie County Treasurer, Stephanie Helmuth, has made it a personal mission to take her election and position seriously. From the beginning, she wanted to make the Treasurer’s Office a place of efficiency and integrity. She has spent countless hours implementing new policies, working with other departments, and implementing new and improved systems. … Read More
Frank Sentel Frank Sentel, 89, of Sullivan, passed away at 5:05 a.m., Wednesday, September 7, 2022, in Aspen Creek in Sullivan. … Read More
Ronald Martin Ronald Lee Martin, 73, of Franklin, Ill., passed away peacefully in his home September 11, 2022. He was born in Effingham, February 24, 1949, to Charles Austin Martin and Edith Lorraine (Evans) Martin. He is survived by his wife Patricia (Bergren) Martin, his son Martin J. Martin (Bridget), and grandchildren, Carson (8), Kinley (6), and Kerrigan (3) of Petersburg, Ill.; older siblings, William Martin (Katheryn) of Sullivan, Alice Gray (Richard) of Heyworth, and Fred Martin (Glenda) of Charleston. He was preceded in death by his parents. … Read More
Jesse “Ed” Hunt Jesse Edwin “Ed” Hunt, 91, of rural Sullivan, passed away at 3:08 a.m., Wednesday, September 7, 2022, at Odd Fellow-Rebekah Home in Mattoon. … Read More
Mattie Fifer Mattie Jo Fifer, 102, of Sullivan, passed away at 5:09 p.m., Thursday, September 8, 2022, at Courtyard Estates in Sullivan. … Read More
Charlene Chance Charlene F. Chance, 86, a longtime resident of Findlay, passed with peace and grace on Monday, September 12, 2022, in the Shelbyville Manor in Shelbyville. … Read More
Donald Bickers Donald N. Bickers, 79, of Marshall, Ill. passed away at 4:23 p.m., Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, in the Gibson Family Center for Hospice Care at Terre Haute, Ind. He retired as a dispatcher for the Sullivan, Ill. … Read More
•September 14, 2022• By Jim Baumann Just when I think I might be afflicted with writer’s block, this manna from Merriam-Webster floats over the e-transom. Yes, folks, it’s time for M-W to add new words to its dictionary. For those of you who bristle at the acceptance of new words into reference books, this might be hard to swallow. Their inclusion in a dictionary, however, doesn’t require you to use them. I, for one, use only 25,000 or so words, I reckon, of the 470,000 in M-W’s unabridged dictionary. Not because I’m finicky, mind you, but because I just can’t … Read More
25 Years Ago This Week The Lovington Civic Center was to close at the end of September. The center, which was established in 1968, was closing because of a lack of funds. All seven of the pedal pullers who entered the state competition in Springfield came home with first second and third place awards. Although three-year-old Andy Cole of Windsor won first place in his age group, he is the only one of the seven who will not compete as a finalist or alternate in national competition because the national competition has no 3 year old division. Bringing home second … Read More