County Board Fails to Pass Remapping of Sullivan Township Precincts

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•June 16, 2021• by Crystal Reed NP Writer The Moultrie County Board failed to pass a motion to approve remapping of Sullivan Township precincts. The current existing map of the precincts was set up by County Clerk Richard Purdeu in June 1989. The proposed map put to the board was drawn up by Bruce Harrison and Associates which is a firm that does considerable work for the county through the assessor’s office. John Fayhee made a motion which died for lack of a second. Brad Graven, a former county board member, expressed concerns about how the proposed map is put … Read More

Sullivan Blue Dolphins Now Able To Compete

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•June 16, 2021• Sullivan Blue Dolphins Swim Team under the guidance of USA Swimming and Illinois Swimming is now able to attend swim meets under strict COVID requirements. In May, forty-six Dolphins attended a dual competition with the Terre Haute Torpedoes. The weekend of June 5, fourteen swimmers were able to compete at the Capital City Classic meet in Springfield which hosted some of the top swimmers in the state. Top results from the Terre Haute meet: 8 & Under girls 5th place Ana Kean 100 backstroke 8 & Under boys 3rd place Tyler Blickensderfer 100 IM 4th place Mack … Read More

Lovington Grade School Honor Roll

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•June 16, 2021• 6th grade Straight A Honor Roll: Maxton Boddy, Morgan Casteel, Caleb Menna, Brynlee Moore, Joshua Taylor, John Williams. 6th grade Honor Roll: Kole Binder, Tucker Casteel, Jaidyn Edwards, Samantha Fowler. 7th grade Straight A Honor Roll: Daylon Doggett, Will Hilligoss, Cambrie Smith. 7th grade Honor Roll: Kori Rich, Alyssa Richards, Halle Wardrip. 8th grade Straight A Honor Roll: Lilian Edwards, Natalie Hutchcraft, Jacob Tighe, Connor Tipton. 8th grade Honor Roll: Austin Bates, Kendall Carnahan, Lily Culp, Kaylee McDaniel. … Read More

Sullivan Sports Briefs

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•June 16, 2021• Boys’ Track and Field The Sullivan boys’ track and field team competed in the IHSA Class 1A Track and Field Sectional #10 at Tuscola Friday, June 11. The Redskins placed seventh out of 17 teams with 27 points. Redskin Terence McRill won the long jump to qualify for the IHSA State Track Meet next Thursday at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. McRill leaped a personal record distance of 6.13 for first place. The 400-meter relay team of Colin Chappel, Cody Browne, Cooper Browne and McRill placed third with a time of 45.36. Chappel also placed fourth in … Read More

Tommy Houser Memorial Golf Tournament

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•June 16, 2021• The inaugural Tommy Houser Memorial Golf Tournament will be held Saturday, June 26. Proceeds will go towards the Thomas Houser Memorial Scholarship Fund. Golfing begins at the Sullivan Country Club with sign-ins at 10 am and a shotgun start at 11 am. There will be a McDonald’s Lunch at Noon. The event will include traditional golf games, 50/50, mulligans, gun raffle and lunch and dinner provided to golfers. First, second and third place teams take home prizes. There will also be male and female winners for longest drive, closest to the pin and longest putt. A party … Read More

A Southern Charm Vocabulary Lesson

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•June 16, 2021• By Jim Baumann NP Guest Writer A hearty hello to all y’all after my two-week vacation in Tennessee and North Carolina. I hope you missed me. I’m one of those people who love to visit unfamiliar places with unfamiliar customs, unfamiliar dialects and unfamiliar foods. I strive to make them all familiar to me lickety-split so I feel more a part of the place than a fish out of water. I didn’t bone up on French, Italian or German in preparation for this trip, but I did burn into my cerebrum that the mountain range is pronounced … Read More

Girl Scout Cadettes Donate LEGO STEM Kit to Library

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•June 16, 2021• by Crystal Reed NP Writer Madison Flexser and Addison Brush, Cadettes in Girl Scout Troop 3070, have donated a LEGO STEM kit and iPad to Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. They donated the kit and iPad as their Girl Scout Silver Award project. The Girl Scout Silver Award is the highest achievement a Cadette can achieve. It requires identifying an issue in the community about which they care, building a team and developing and completing a project related to the identified issue. … Read More

Moultrie-Sullivan Fair

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•June 16, 2021• The Moultrie Sullivan Fair will be taking place on Friday, June 25 and Saturday, June 26 at the Sullivan 4-H Center, 1400 N CR 1500 E in Sullivan. Entry forms, schedule and fair book can be found online at www.moultriesullivanfair.com. Categories include beef, swine, horse, rabbits, poultry, project, gardening, crafts and baked goods. Spectators are welcome. … Read More