Millikin Women’s Basketball Favored to Win CCIW

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•November 3, 2021• The Millikin women’s basketball team was picked to defend its College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) title in the 2021-22 CCIW Preseason Women’s Basketball poll released on October 28. The Big Blue were 11-3 last season winning the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Women’s Basketball Tournament. Millikin received 63 points in the poll including seven first place votes. Wheaton College was picked second with 58 points and two first place votes. Illinois Wesleyan and North Park tied for third with 45 points. Voting for the poll is done by the conference’s nine head women’s … Read More

FCC Drive Through Lunch Fundraiser

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•November 3, 2021• First Christian Church of Sullivan is hosting a “Drive-Through Lunch” on Saturday, November 6. Drive out to FCC between 11:00 am & 1:00 pm to have a meal delivered right to your car. Pick-up is in the back on the east side of the church. They are serving baked spaghetti, garlic bread, applesauce, and a cookie bar for dessert. Suggested donation is $8.00, cash or check only. Pre-orders are recommended by calling the church at 217-728-7351 or Judy Sumner at 217-972-0426. First Christian Church is located at 1357 CR 1200 East, Sullivan. Just go east on Rt. … Read More

Remember When? 11-3-2021

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25 Years Ago This Week The Moultrie-Douglas Extension soybeans variety plots had been harvested. The soybean variety plot, planted by Yoder Farms on the Marvin Jones farm two and one-half miles north of Arthur, averaged 46.3 bushels per acre. Yields in the plot ranged from 40.5 to 51.5 per acre. Sullivan High School, one of 12 schools in Moultrie, Christian and Montgomery counties competing in the sectional FFA Soil Judging Constest won the sectional with a total of 1,563 points and Shaun Casteel of Lovington, a member of the Sullivan FFA, earned the top individual score overall with 532. Also … Read More

Ambucs Halloween Parade and Costume Contest

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•November 3, 2021• The Ambucs Halloween parade and costume contest was held on Friday, October 29 in the Sullivan High School gymnasium. Ten finalists were chosen. They were Jason, Jennifer and Herschel Grindstaff as Banana, Bat and Pineapple, Nora and Angela Hill as Beauty and the Beast, Blayne Hill as Pac Man, Mike, Xander, Axel and Jaxon Cain as Cowboy family, Adah Ray-Alan as Cabbage Patch Kid, Logan Taylor as a gnome, Craig, Kara, Charlie and Maverick Moffett as Frozen family, Rebecca Bentley and Synthea Doss as Dinosaur Skeletons, Gabriella and Kyle Dobbs as Tooth Fairy and Tooth and Hannah … Read More

Too Many Fluffernutter Sandwiches Will Give You A Dad Bod

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•November 3, 2021• By Jim Baumann NP Guest Writer How serendipitous! Just as I was about to start typing something/anything here today, I received an email from the good folks at Merriam-Webster with the news that they have added 455 words and definitions. You read that right: 455. If this isn’t evidence that language changes, I don’t know what is. Without further ado, here is a look at some of my favorites: • Fluffernutter When I was in elementary school there was a boy who lived across the street and two houses down from us. We were good friends, but … Read More

Correction

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•November 3, 2021• In last week’s City Council story, under Commissioner Fowler’s report, the article said that a boring crew was installing underground piping in the north trailer park. The article incorrectly stated that it was Zach Horn’s boring crew it was actually a boring crew of Zach Seabaugh’s. We regret the error. … Read More

First Facilitation Meeting Held, Committee Members Elected

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•November 3, 2021• by Ariana Cherry NP Writer At the most recent meeting of the ALAH School Board, Superintendent Shannon Cheek reported they had received a kickback of $880 from Sarah Bush Lincoln since students and the community utilize their services. “Eight hundred and eighty dollars is helpful for sure,” said Cheek. He also informed the board that the district received another payment from transportation, but it was for last year. Cheek informed the board about the Southern Illinois Purchasing Cooperative (SIPC). It provides an opportunity to purchase janitorial items and other supplies through Home Depot. “It may provide us … Read More