Obituaries 9-30-2020: David Coe
David Coe David L. Coe, 65, passed away at 12:13 a.m. Sunday in the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, Mattoon. Celebration of Life services will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday in the Reed Funeral Home, Sullivan with Pastor Joel Ruppert officiating. Visitation will be Thursday from 10:00 a.m. until service time. Burial will be in the Bolin Cemetery, Sullivan with military honors provided by Scott Air Force Base. Memorials are suggested to New Life Pregnancy, Decatur. Online condolences may be sent to the family at reedfuneralhome.net. Please practice social distancing and wear face masks for the visitation and service. … Read More
New Business
Great Pumpkin Patch 2020
What is aqua-based cremation?
•September 30, 2020• By Jim Baumann The story pitch went a little something like this: “A new business is seeking permission from the village board to open an aqua-based crematorium. As proposed, human and animal remains would be cremated by a water-based solution, as opposed to the more commonly known flame-based method.” Well, that’s a story I simply must read. During my days at Prospect High School, I was unknown by most of the student body, except my cadre of nerds, a few sympathetic athletes and those who desperately wanted to copy my chemistry homework. I enjoyed surreptitious chemistry experiments … Read More
Letter to the Editor 9-30-2020
Dear Editor, My girlfriend Leona and I parked at the old root beer stand west of Sullivan expecting Vice President Nixon and his wife. As they came by we waved at them and they waved back from the convertible they were riding in. … Read More
Family History Discovered While Looking Through a Magazine
•September 30, 2020• By Jerry Ginther NP Guest Writer Not many years ago, while browsing the Internet looking through agricultural magazines, I unexpectedly came across some family history. Actually, I was searching for an idea, food for thought that I might expand on for an article I could write for a paper or magazine. There were plenty of farms and farmers on both sides of our family, so why wouldn’t there be some aspect of the industry I could relate to, possibly more than one. Well, that isn’t the general topic that stopped my search almost at its inception. In … Read More
MidState Tank Brings Lunch To Police Department
Obituaries 9-30-2020: Calvin Gibbons
Calvin Gibbons Calvin Gibbons, 81, of Sullivan passed away at 9:23 p.m. Wednesday September 16, 2020 in the Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center in Sacramento, California. … Read More
Legion 50/50 Drawing
•September 30, 2020• The Sullivan American Legion is selling tickets for a 50/50 drawing where 50% of the proceeds will go to the Sullivan Police Department for the purchase of a K-9. Ticket cost is $5.00 for one, $10 for three and $20 for seven and tickets can be purchased at the Legion. Drawing will be held on Saturday, October 31 at 7 p.m. at the Legion. … Read More