Five-Year-Old and His Mother Rescue Neighbor From Pond

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•February 3, 20201• By Crystal Reed NP Writer Late last summer Richard Isaacs, 79, of Sullivan had a small garden and decided it would be better to water it from a pond on his property; so he got a bucket, and when he stepped down to fill it, he went face first into the pond. He yelled for help for about 40 minutes, but no one was outside to hear his cries. Eventually, Ashlee Florey and her five-year-old son Oliver were letting their dog out and heard yelling from the other side of the subdivision, roughly 100 feet away. … Read More

Remember Whyen? 2-3-2021

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25 Years Ago This Week It won’t be on the Sullivan square anymore, but the Don “Brownie” Brown’s carpeting business will continue, incorporated into Atchison True Value Hardware. The 40 year old Barnes Floor Covering Business is being absorbed into Dick and Mimi Atchison’s hardware center at 1315 South Hamilton. Sullivan High School Illinois State Scholars were announced. They were Phoebe Bowers, Brian Reedy, Brianne Bolin, Darleen Chapranda, Ericka Ozee, Amanda Klein and Jill Farris. Bethany High School Illinois State Scholars were Teri Zimmer, Jamie Banning and Jon Ashley. … Read More

Our Elections Are Safeguarded From Fraud

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•February 3, 20201• By Ellen Ferrara NP Guest Writer When America’s founding fathers envisioned this new nation, they were united in the pledge that it would be a democracy governed by the will of the people and never by a king, dictator or autocrat. To ensure that government of the people, by the people and for the people would long endure they created an election process whereby every citizen should have a free and equal vote to decide who would govern them. Over 200 years later, we still struggle with ensuring equality in our voting system. In the most recent … Read More

Help Wanted: People of action with names to prove it

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•February 3, 20201• By Jim Baumann NP Guest Writer When you’re new to the U.S. presidency, you want to surround yourself with people of action. That seems to be what President Joe Biden is doing. No, I’m not foolishly wading into the murky waters of political advocacy. I merely noticed a pattern the other day when Antony Blinken was confirmed as secretary of state. Take a look at the lineup of Biden’s confirmed cabinet members and others waiting to be confirmed and tell me you don’t see the same pattern: Yellen, Blinken, Rouse, Power, Burns and … Fudge. Yep, all … Read More

Arthur Grade School 2nd Quarter Honor Roll

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•February 3, 20201• 6th grade High Honors: Ally Abercrombie, Kody Burdick, Emeline Greathouse, Kaley Herschberger, Cameron McGill, Sophia Monts, Marcus Otto, Reece Oye, Leighton Poulos, Nicholas Rafferty. 6th grade Honors: McKenna Blaudow, Kylie Burke, Allen Collins, Adyson Cusick, Esmeralda Diaz, Hadden Fabert, Coye Grant, Shelbey Grimsley, Dustin Hodge, Nathan Rafferty, Maleyna Vanausdoll. … Read More

Bates Takes Third in District Contest

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•February 3, 20201• By Crystal Reed NP Writer Sullivan High School sophomore Paul Bates took third in the district contest for the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ Voice of Democracy competition. Bates said that the district competition included entrants from the five surrounding counties. His essay won at the high school level which advanced him to the district level. This year’s essay theme was “Is This The Country That The Founders Envisioned?” Bates said that his essay focused on how the founder of our country set out to make us a free and properous nation and how he thinks that has … Read More

Scholarship Applications Available

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•February 3, 20201• Applications are now available for the 2021 Irrevocable Scholarship program offered through the Sullivan American Legion Post 68. The scholarship is open to high school seniors who will be graduating from public high schools in Moultrie County and high school seniors that are descendants of members in good standing of the Sullivan American Legion Post 68. The program offers one $1,000 four year, annually renewable scholarship. Application deadline is March 31,2021. Copies of the application packet may be requested from your high school counselor. Applications have been distributed to Bethany and Sullivan High Schools. Applications can also … Read More

New Date Planned for Motivation Webinar

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•February 3, 20201• Cheri Burcham Extension Educator U of I Extension The webinar “Finding Your Get Up and Go” has been rescheduled for Monday, February 22 at 2:00 PM. Is it hard to get motivated sometimes? How do you stay motivated or find your “get up and go” when it may have already got up and went?? University of Illinois Extension Educator Cheri Burcham will be presenting this webinar through the videoconferencing platform Zoom. Attend this FREE webinar and find out why our motivation levels change and techniques to improve it. Those interested in attending must register online at https://go.illinois.edu/getupandgo … Read More

ALAH High School Quarter 2 Honor Roll

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•February 3, 20201• Freshmen High Honors: Emma Bailliez, Kendall Burdick, Marilyn-Jean Hill, Karlie Pickett, Claire Seal, Noah Shoemaker, Sydny Strong, Kaylee Thompson. Freshmen Honor Roll: Brody Louden, Caty Lucas, Madison Schweighart, Nathan Tighe, Lucy Wilber, Evanger Wiley. Sophomores High Honors: Lyle Adcock, Mason Allen, Molly Appleby, Matty Barnes, Isaiah Bates, Kaci Beachey, Logan Beckmier, Ava Binion, Hunter Carnahan, Victoria Carter, Charley Condill, Caleb Corum, Faeryn Davison, Parker Dick, Connor Edmonds, Emma Edwards, Kaden Feagin, Chloe Franklin, Alisha Frederick, Josie Hale, Alexis Helmuth, Wyatt Hilligoss, Braden Kauffman, Chance Lindstrom, Kylee Miller, Wanda Miller, Brady Moore, Kailee Otto, Landon Paul, Jordan Quertermous, … Read More