Badman Receives Outstanding Advisor Award From National English Honor Society

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•August 18, 2021• Sullivan High School English teacher Cami Badman recently received the John L. Manear Outstanding Advisor from the National English Honor Society for her efforts guiding Sullivan High School’s NEHS chapter. According to the NEHS website, the award is “presented annually to one advisor who has given generously of time, talent, creativity, and leadership to a local NEHS chapter. The award recognizes advisors who foster the spirit of academic excellence and community service in their work with chapter members.” Badman was nominated by retired SHS English teacher Becky Lawson, who charted the chapter in 2013 through a grant … Read More

2021 Moultrie Douglas 4-H Horse Show

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•August 18, 2021• Pony Halter Grand Champion Gelding – Julia Hildebrandt, Bethany, Sunny Side Flea Flickers Halter – Horse Mare Grand Champion – Julia Hildebrandt, Bethany, Sunny Side Flea Flickers Reserve Grand Champion – Kaydence Kennedy, Bethany, Sunny Side Flea Flickers Halter – Gelding Grand Champion – Natalie Lane, Tuscola, Country Clovers Reserve Grand Champion – Kaydence Kennedy, Bethany, Sunny Side Flea Flickers Pony Horsemanship Grand Champion – Julia Hildebrandt, Bethany, Sunny Side Flea Flickers Jr. Horse Showmanship Grand Champion – Natalie Lane, Tuscola, Country Clovers Reserve Grand Champion – Wyatt Hildebrandt, Bethany, Sunny Side Flea Flickers Sr. Horse Showmanship … Read More

A Fantastical Look at ‘Less’ and ‘Fewer’

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•August 18, 2021• By Jim Baumann NP Guest Writer Despite there being dragons, prodigious bloodshed and eight long seasons, I’ve largely enjoyed finally watching “Game of Thrones.” There was an awful lot (of awfulness) that happened during this series, but it had its subtleties, too. I especially enjoyed the running grammar-correcting subtext. Stannis Baratheon in the second season corrects Ser Davos Seaworth, who was an illiterate smuggler, telling him it was “fewer” fingers, not less. In the seventh season, in an episode I watched two weeks ago, Jon Snow asks Davos, “How many men do we have in the North … Read More

OV School Board Votes for Masks at School

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•August 18, 2021• by Crystal Reed NP Writer The Okaw Valley School Board held a special meeting Monday evening in the Okaw Valley Middle School media center with many parents and concerned citizens in attendance. The main order of business on the agenda was to update the Return to School Plan 2021-2022. The public in attendance was not masked, however, all but one board member was wearing a mask. The initial plan approved at the July 22 school board meeting said the school year would begin with a mask optional policy. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker issued a mandate August 4 … Read More

Recent Obituaries: Josephine Agnes Trummel

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Josephine Agnes Trummel Josephine Agnes Trummel, 98, of Lovington passed away 6:10 a.m. Sunday, August 15, 2021, at Fair Havens Senior Living, Decatur. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 18, 2021, at McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Lovington. Visitation will be held an hour prior to the service Wednesday, at the funeral home. Burial will be in Keller Cemetery, Lovington. Memorials may be made to the First Christian Church, Lovington. Agnes was born November 10, 1922, in New Douglas; the daughter of Albert P. and Amy I. (Floyd) Heim. She married Norm L. Trummel on September 18, 1941, in … Read More