Obituaries 4-21-2021: Lorene Miller
Lorene Miller Lorene “Reenie” Charlotte Miller, age 69, of Effingham passed away on Sunday, April 18, 2021 at her residence. … Read More
New LLC Student Trustee Elected
•April 21, 2021• Lake Land College students elected engineering major Katherine “Katie” Greuel, Windsor, to serve as the student trustee for 2021-2022. In this role, Greuel will serve as a liaison between the student body and the Lake Land College Board of Trustees. She will also have the ability to make and second motions and will have an advisory vote on the board. “I am very excited to be given this opportunity,” Greuel said. “I want to represent and speak for the students as best as I can.” Greuel will officially be seated at the May 10 Lake Land College … Read More
County Board Amends Animal Control Ordinance
•April 21, 2021• by Crystal Reed NP Writer The Moultrie County Board met last Thursday and amended the animal control ordinance of Moultrie County. They approved a motion on application by the Moultrie County Zoning Board of Appeals to make amendments to the Moultrie County Zoning Ordinance. According to State’s Attorney Tracy Weaver, she worked with Karen Cody of the zoning department and Caleb Smith regarding the animal ordinance and zoning in terms of dog kennels and breeders. “This language adds clear numbers and definitions as opposed to the previous ordinances in animal control where it is up to interpretation,” … Read More
Obituaries 4-21-2021: Janice Miller
Janice Miller Janice Marie Miller, age 80, of Allenville, passed away at 1:20 p.m. Sunday, April 18, 2021, in her residence. … Read More
Guyot Honored As IHSA 2020-21 Official Of The Year
•April 21, 2021• By Jason Brown NP Sports On your marks! Set… Fans of track and field know exactly what sound follows those words. For 38 years Ben Guyot of Sullivan was the official who pulled the trigger on the starter’s gun. Last July Guyot was honored as the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) 2020-21 Official of the Year in Girls’ Track & Field. IHSA Officials of the Year are traditionally honored at a banquet during the IHSA Officials’ Conference each July. This year’s conference was moved to a virtual format. To be considered for this honor, an official must … Read More
Windsor March Students of the Month
Photos Submitted Windsor March Students of the Month Windsor Jr./Sr. High School recently announced the March Students of the Month Zayne Szachnitowski and Kimberley Henon. Zayne is the son of Josh Pitts and Kelsey Szachnitowski. He is currently a 7th grade student and enjoys listening to music and hanging out. Kimberley is the daughter of Jennifer Pierce and Jason Henon. She is currently a senior and plans to attend Western Kentucky University majoring in Equine and Veterinarian Sciences next year. She enjoys working and barrel racing. … Read More
Remember When?
25 Years Ago This Week Mariko Hashimoto read a story to Sullivan first graders—first in English, then in Japanese. The Japanese visitor also demonstrated origami, the intricate and delicate art of paper folding sculpture, to elementary students. Hashimoto was visiting the U.S. for the first time with her boyfriend, Petty Officer Kurtis Thompson of Sullivan, who served aboard to the USS Independence. He visited the classes with her. … Read More
Shipman Inducted
•April 21, 2021• Elizabeth Shipman of Atwood, is among the 24 new members inducted into Millikin University’s Xi Sigma chapter of Delta Mu Delta (DMD) International Honor Society. Delta Mu Delta is a business honor society that recognizes and encourages academic excellence of students at qualifying colleges and universities to create a DMD community that fosters the well-being of its individual members and the business community through lifetime membership. To be eligible for membership, undergraduate students must be at least a junior and have a cumulative GPA of 3.5. MBA students must have completed at least half of the requirements … Read More
ALAH Football Posts Win Against Sangamon Valley
•April 21, 2021• By Jason Brown NP Sports The Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond football team improved its record to 3-2 on the season with a win against the Storm. The Knights performed well on both sides of the ball for a 34-0 Lincoln Prairie Conference win. ALAH’s defense shutout Sangamon Valley, and the Knights’ offense scored enough early to rotate several substitutes into the game in the second half. “Offensively, we were able to move the ball well on the ground,” said ALAH coach Ryan Jefferson, “but we still aren’t where I’d like us to be in the passing game and we also … Read More
Is It That That That Was One Too Many?
•April 21, 2021• By Jim Baumann NP Guest Writer There you have me repeating myself again. Readers Mike and Gayle Politowicz feel (that) I am a serial abuser of “that.” That is to say the word “that,” not this or that. “Please help explain the word ‘that,’ which has us perplexed,” they wrote. “It is an overused word and if removed, most of the time, it would not change the intent of the sentence.” They went on to explain (that) in a recent column — about “because” — I used “that” 17 times, and in eight of those cases it … Read More