Facts for Families: Organize Your Home

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•April 27, 2022• By Cheri Burcham Family Life Educator Are you ready for spring cleaning? Extension Educator Judy Schmidt shares some great information on how to get started. Judy says: Even though it doesn’t quite feel like spring yet, the faintest hint of warm weather makes me anxious to open my windows and doors to let the fresh air in. It also makes me itch to start going through closets, cleaning out the garage and sprucing up the outdoors! But with so many tasks and often little time, it can be overwhelming to know where to start. Here are three … Read More

Arthur Amish Country Quilt Show April 28 – 30

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•April 27, 2022• A variety of over 100 quilts will be displayed at the 31st Annual Arthur Amish Country Quilt Show Thursday through Saturday, April 28-30, at the Otto Center. The show will open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. Admission is $5.00 per person. In addition to the quilts in the exhibit, another 100 pieces will be sold during the annual quilt auction that begins at noon on Saturday. … Read More

Master Gardeners Thank Rural King for Seed Donation

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•April 27, 2022• Rob Stroud Office Support Assistant University of Illinois Extension The University of Illinois Master Gardeners program thanks Rural King for their donation of thousands of seed packets that have helped the local community and will soon aid Ukraine. The Master Gardeners of Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Moultrie, and Shelby Counties used part of the donated seeds for their outreach efforts and have been dispensing additional packets to other local organizations to support their community programs. “The ripples keep spreading from your good deed. Thank you!” said Master Gardener volunteer Kathy Hummel. … Read More

LLC Broadcasting Students earn Broadcast Sales Certification

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•April 27, 2022• Several Lake Land College broadcast sales students recently earned certification as broadcast sales professionals from the broadcast training company, P1 Learning, in partnership with the Illinois Broadcasters Association’s Sales Training Program. Over the course of four weeks, students completed a variety of online video courses, tests and assignments as part of the broadcast sales class in the Radio/TV Broadcasting program at Lake Land College. … Read More

The Decaturian Takes Home 17 Awards at 2022 Illinois College Press Association Conference

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•April 27, 2022• Millikin University’s student-run newspaper, the Decaturian, garnered several awards at the annual Illinois College Press Association (ICPA) conference, held March 18-20 in Chicago. The Decaturian took home 17 awards in the under 4,000 circulation category at the ICPA conference, surpassing the Dec’s 15 ICPA awards in 2021. As an entire staff, The Decaturian won third place in General Excellence and third in the Sweepstakes category for points earned across all contest categories. … Read More

IDNR Recommends Halt to use of Bird Feeders, Bird Baths through May 31

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•April 27, 2022• The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) has issued updated public recommendations regarding wild birds and the EA H5N1 strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) currently impacting some wild and domestic bird species. While HPAI has not been detected in songbird species (passerines), IDNR recommends the use of bird feeders and bird baths cease through May 31, or until HPAI infections in the Midwest subside, especially those that waterfowl may visit. During spring, wild birds will have ample food sources while bird feeders are removed. Further IDNR recommendations: • Clean and rinse bird feeders and baths … Read More

LLC Recognizes Employees at Event

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•April 27, 2022• Lake Land College recognized employees who will be retiring, those who have achieved years of service milestones, faculty award winners and peer-nominated Shine award winners at an employee recognition event in March. Lake Land College congratulated the 2022 Lake Land College retirees including Vice President for Academic Services Jon Althaus after 30 years of service, Power Plant Mechanic Instructor/Coordinator John Gentry after 13 years of service, Administrative Assistant to Agriculture and Technology Cathy Montgomery after 23 years of service and Academic Service Specialist for the Dean of Guided Pathways Shelley ZuHone after 13 years of service. … Read More

Obituaries 4-27-2022: James Voltenburg

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James Voltenburg James “Jim” E. Voltenburg, 77, of Findlay, formerly of Arcola, died at 5:26 p.m., Friday, April 22, 2022, surrounded by his family at the University of Chicago Hospital in Chicago. Jim was born July 3, l944, in Mt. Vernon, the son of Everett Thomas and Noma Ethel Trotter Voltenburg. He was united in marriage to Joyce Carolyn Shaw March 7, 1963, in Bourbon. Joyce preceded him in death Oct. 29, 2002. Jim married Mary McAchran March 3, 2019. … Read More

Obituaries 4-27-2022: Rodney Harris

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Rodney Harris Rodney Harris, 93, of Sullivan, passed away at 7:26 a.m., Thursday, April 14, 2022, in St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur. Celebration of Life services will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 30, in Elim Springs Church of Jesus Christ in Sullivan. Visitation will be Saturday, 10 a.m. until service time. Interment will be at Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan, immediately after the service. Arrangements are by Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan. Flowers for the service may be sent to Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan. … Read More