Superintendent-y Stuff: A Walk with Mr. Walk
•October 21, 2020• Ted Walk Sullivan CUSD #300 Sullivan Schools have parent-teacher conferences coming up on Tuesday, October 27 and Thursday, October 29. This is an opportunity for parents to visit our schools and spend time learning about the happenings in their children’s classrooms. All IDPH guidelines regarding masks, social distancing, and cleaning will be followed. New for this year, parents will also have the option to attend parent teacher conferences remotely if they choose. This is the third year that we have hosted conferences on two evenings instead of an evening followed by a morning. The change was made … Read More
Sullivan Boys Golf Takes Second at Sectionals
By Jason Brown NP Sports The Sullivan boys’ golf team took second place in the IHSA Class 1A Golf Sectionals at Ironhorse Golf Course in Tuscola Tuesday, Oct. 13. During any other season, the Redskins would have been moving onto the state tournament the following week. Instead, this year, because of Covid-19, the IHSA has ended the season with sectional meets. Sullivan scored a 339 in the 10-team sectional, while Paso-Gridley won the sectional meet with a team score of 320. Camden Dwyer led the team in scoring, placing eighth with an 82, but Will Haegan had the best shot … Read More
Attention County Board Candidates
•October 21, 2020• The Moultrie County News Progress will be running candidate profiles for Moultrie County Board candidates on Wednesday, October 28. County board candidates may submit a photo, biography and reason for running. This is a free story and photo for county board candidates participating in the November 3 election. Candidates interested in participating may send information to creed@newsprogress.com or call 728-7381 for more information. … Read More
Obituaries 10-21-2020: Joanne Schable
Joanne Schable Joanne T. Schable, 92, died October 18, 2020, at her home in rural Atwood after a brief illness. … Read More
AFSCME Retiree Sub-Chapter #87 Meeting
•October 21, 2020• On Tuesday, October 13 the AFSCME Retiree Sub-Chapter #87 held a Zoom conference meeting for current members, new members and retired seniors. President, David Spinner called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone. Spinner thanked Louis Goseland for hosting the event. Goseland is affiliated with the (IARA) Illinois Alliance For Retired Americans. The statewide IARA currently has 250,000 members. The goal of the IARA is to build a strong organization in Illinois of seniors with a viable structure, ample resources and clear objectives compatible with that of the labor movement and community-based groups at local, state and … Read More
Halloween Decorations A Family Tribute
•October 21, 2020• By Ellen Ferrara NP Writer Going in and out of Sullivan on Route 121 one cannot help noticing the imaginative and fantastic Halloween display in the yard on the corner of Eastlawn Drive. Every inch of the lawn is decorated in skeletons, witches, graveyards, spiders and much more. Michelle and Roger Campbell and their family are the creators of this Halloween fantasy land loosely organized around this year’s theme of Sleepy Hollow and the Headless Horseman. … Read More
Members Awarded
•October 21, 2020• Two Sullivan Lions Club members were awarded long-time membership chevrons by Lions District 1-M Governor, Bill Wallpe, of Danville. Steve Mayberry was honored for his 30 years of membership, and Robert V. Elder was recognized for being a 55 year Lion. Sullivan Lions Club is active in contributing to vision and hearing assistance for needy local residents, as well as the food pantry and elementary school weekend food program.They also donate to local youth activities, and have presented several items to Wyman Park. … Read More
Remember When? 10-21-2020
25 Years Ago This Week Moultrie County’s 740 businesses generated more than $891,000 in sales tax revenue for city and county governments during fiscal year 1995. According to the annual report from Illinois Dept of Revenue, the county’s businesses also paid $3.1 million in the state’s 5 percent sales tax. Sullivan (with 274 businesses) and Arthur with 228 businesses were the county’s most prosperous communities, generating municipal sales tax receipts for the year of $398,138 and $257,114 respectively ($90,069 of that from the portion of Arthur in Moultrie County). … Read More