True cleverness is timeless, so this is on newsprint
•October 14, 2020• True cleverness is timeless. Take this from William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” written 419 years ago: “Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.” Does that not ooze contemporary sarcasm? That old saw remains in heavy circulation. So I was not surprised while researching the origin of a pass-along email full of goodies that it has been shared and reshared in various forms on the internet at least as far back as 2001. Even though I found a version of it in the Daily Parker blog, posted … Read More
Obituaries 10-14-2020: Charles “Bill” Coddington
Charles “Bill” Coddington Charles William “Bill” Coddington, 75, of Sullivan passed away at 9:41 a.m. Saturday, October 10, 2020, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur. McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan is in charge of arrangements. … Read More
Mid-Illinois Senior Services Inc. to Host Drive-thru Senior Expo
•October 14, 2020• The Mid-Illinois Senior Services Inc. will host a drive-thru senior expo on Friday, Oct 23 at the Moultrie County Senior Center, 113 E. Jefferson Street in Sullivan starting at Noon. The drive-thru will be down the alley between Washington and Madison Street (between the Senior Center and Thrifty Boutique building). … Read More
Is It Time For A Digital Detox?
•October 14, 2020• Submitted by Cheri Burcham Extension Educator, University of Illinois Extension Family Life Intern Sabrina Roley from the Champaign Extension office wrote this great article that I wanted to share with you. She asks: have you ever thought about how the online world affects us and why we should take a digital detox? Social media has become the number one activity on the internet. People are becoming more addicted to social media causing mental and physical issues. Taking a break from social media can help improve anybody’s life. A digital detox is a period when an individual becomes … Read More
Storytime
•October 14, 2020• The Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library will be hosting a storytime on Wednesday, October 21 at 10 a.m. at the pavilion by the tennis courts at Wyman Park. They have invited the Sullivan firefighters and Freddy to the storytime. After the story there will be a craft activity. In case of rain they will meet in the large room at the library. … Read More
Moultrie Moment of the Week
Candlelight Ceremony
•October 14, 2020• Dove invites you to join us for our 20th Annual Candlelighting Ceremony, “Be a Light”. At this service, we will mourn those who have suffered and died through domestic violence and celebrate with the survivors and those working to end the abuse. This ceremony takes place in October as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The ceremony will be held Thursday, October 22, 2020, at Wyman Park, Sullivan. The service will begin at 6:00 p.m. and will include remarks from coordinator Becky Freese, and the lighting of the candles. The event will also highlight the 20th Anniversary … Read More
Part 2 of Sullivan’s Founding History…
•October 14, 2020• Governor Duncan and Nelson by Janet Roney In March, the city of Sullivan passed a significant milestone, its 175th anniversary. Local and national events crowded out any notice of it, which this series of articles may rectify. It took two years and two votes of its citizens after Moultrie County was created in 1843 before the location of the county seat was chosen by a majority of voters. Factions had developed supporting either East Nelson, the oldest and largest village in the county, or Asa’s Point, an uninhabited, beautiful spot at the junction of two trails south … Read More
Sports Briefs
•October 14, 2020• ALAH Cross Country The Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond boys’ cross country team competed in the Sullivan Open Tuesday, Oct. 6. The boys’ team won the meet with a team score of 23. Tuscola (57), Sullivan (68), Villa Grove (93), Bement (142) and Hume-Shiloh (146) rounded out the standings. ALAH placed four runners in the top six spots. Sophomore Logan Beckmier took first with a time of 16:18. … Read More