Donovan Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi

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•July 14, 2021• Erin Donovan of Sullivan was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Donovan was initiated at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Donovan is among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate … Read More

Sullivan First Summer Music Festival To Be Held July 24

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•July 14, 2021• by Crystal Reed NP Writer If you are looking for some live music, food trucks, vendors and fun activities for the kids, Sullivan First United Methodist Church has an event for you. They will host the Sullivan First Summer Music Festival on Saturday, July 24, from 3-8 p.m. outdoors under the recently constructed pavilion at the church which is located across from the Sullivan Firehouse. There will be live music, food trucks, vendors, free fun activities for the kids, and three musical groups will perform including Jeff Mayberry, Collage of Faith and Mackville. Mayberry’s earliest and probably … Read More

Findlay Walleye Fest. Schedule

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•July 14, 2021• Friday, July 23: 4 pm Festival Opens 4 pm-8 pm Walleye Tent Opens (Firehouse) 4 pm-9 pm Inflatables (near Firehouse) 6 pm-9 pm Battle Creek Band (Main Stage) 8 pm-12 am Identity Crisis (Beer Tent) Saturday, July 24: … Read More

Recent Obituaries: Virginia Gillenwater

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Virginia Gillenwater Virginia Swango Gillenwater, 85, of Forsyth, formerly of Mattoon and Sullivan, Illinois, passed away Thursday, July 8, 2021 at Hickory Point Christian Village. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Monday, July 12, 2021 at Reed Funeral Home, Sullivan with Pastor Grant Wade officiating. Visitation will be from 2:00 p.m. until service time. Burial will be in the Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan. The family will receive visitors at Sullivan First Christian Church following the interment. Online condolences may be sent to the family at reedfuneralhome.net. Virginia was born July 1, 1936 in Mattoon, the daughter of James A. … Read More

LLC Part-Time Honors List

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•July 7, 2021• Lake Land College recently announced that more than 500 part-time students earned academic honors for the 2021 spring semester. To qualify for the president’s list, a student must have completed six to 11 credit hours in courses numbered 040 or higher per semester, excluding summer term, with a GPA of 3.8 – 4.0. To qualify for the dean’s list, a student must have completed six to 11 credit hours in courses numbered 040 or higher per semester, excluding summer term, with a GPA of 3.65 – 3.79. To qualify for the honor’s list, a student must have … Read More

Meditation Class With Becca from RLF

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•July 7, 2021• Becca Dickens will conduct an introduction to meditation on Thursday, July 15 from 6-7 pm at the Shelbyville Senior Center. Learn some of the benefits of meditation and do a few short, guided meditations that you can do at home. This focus will be on how meditation can help with problems such as stress, anxiety, depression, overwhelm, self doubt. Meditation is surprisingly practical and helps with everyday problems small and large. It improves the way you react to struggles and challenges, making you better able to help yourself, your family, your friends and community. Suggested $10 class … Read More

Rena’s Rally Benefit

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•July 7, 2021• The Rena’s Rally Benefit will be held at the fairgrounds in Arthur on July 23-24. There will be a Co-ed softball tournament with concessions. A Kids Corner will be open 10 am to 5 pm. A bake sale will be held Saturday and a raffle starting at 8 am with the drawing at 6 pm. Menu on Friday is pulled pork sandwiches and on Saturday hamburgers and hot dogs. Hot foods are on a donation basis. All proceeds to benefit Rena Herschberger’s fight against Hodgkins Lymphoma. For more information contact Heather Miller at 217-246-7672 or Loretta Gingerich … Read More

Little Theatre Is Alive Again With The Sounds of Music

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•July 7, 2021• by Ellen Ferrara NP Writer John Stephens, Executive Producer of the Little Theatre, peeked out at the June 4 free concert crowd and couldn’t hold back the tears. “We are performers,” he said, “and the audience is everything to us. For nearly two years we have come to a darkened theater and struggled to survive Covid-19. It was so emotional to see the large crowd waiting for our first post-pandemic performance and the chance to finally perform again.” Continuing, John said, “The theatre has lost over a million dollars in revenues, and we have had to release … Read More

Remember When? 7-7-2021

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25 Years Ago This Week Zak Horn, son of Chester and Marjorie Horn of Sullivan, won the Agri-Entrepreneurship Award from the Sullivan FFA Chapter in recognition of his achievement in entrepreneurship. The award, earned through Horn’s operation of a commercial mowing business, is part of a program designed to increase the amount of entrepreneurship information being taught in agricultural education programs. The award is sponsored locally be Agri-Fab and consists of a certificate and $75. … Read More