ALAH Wins Sullivan Meet, Comes In Second At Saber Corn Classic

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•September 2, 2020• By Jason Brown NP Sports The Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond cross country teams kicked off the season with strong performances in the Saber Corn Classic and a 5-team meet at Sullivan. For the ALAH boys’ team, the Knights took second placed in the highly competitive 13-team Saber Corn Classic at St. Thomas More Saturday. Olympia won the meet with 35 points, and ALAH had 55 points for second. ALAH senior Layton Hall was medalist with a time of 14:53.1. Logan Beckmier placed fourth with a time of 15:43.4, and Lyle Adcock crossed the finish line in 14th place with a … Read More

Sullivan Boys Golf Wins Against Monticello and St. T

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•September 2, 2020• By Jason Brown NP Sports The Sullivan boys’ golf team won a meet at the Moweaqua Golf Course but came as close as the team has come to losing a regular-season meet since Sept. 2017. Friday at Hickory Point Golf Course, the Redskins tied with Monticello with 164 points, while St. Teresa placed third with 191 points. To break the tie, the Redskins and Sages had to play to a fifth score tiebreaker before Sullivan won. Each golfer on Sullivan’s team shot between a 40-45. Drew Rogers and Logan Westjohn led the Redskins with a score of … Read More

Pulling For Paula Benefit Tractor Pull

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•September 2, 2020• The Pulling For Paula Benefit Tractor Pull, hosted by the Strasburg Lions Club, will be held Monday, September 7 at Noon in Strasburg City Park. Weigh-in starts at 11 a.m. And entry fee is $30. All hook fees and proceeds will be donated to the Paula Jones Benefit Fund. Entries must be signed in before class starts. Digital mph and distance board. Unlimited hooks as long as puller has paid. There are 24 pull classes. On August 14, Paula Jones was diagnosed with brain and lung cancer. After a successful brain surgery on August 18, Paula is … Read More

Sullivan Cross Country Take Third In Meet

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•September 2, 2020• By Jason Brown NP Sports The Sullivan High School boys’ and girls’ teams hosted cross country teams at Tabor Park in Sullivan Wednesday, Aug. 26. The boys’ team hosted Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond (ALAH), Cerro Gordo, Bement, and Teutopolis. ALAH took first with 21 points, followed by Teutopolis’ 59 points. Sullivan placed third with 80 points. Chase McClure led the team with a time of 18:07. … Read More

Harvest Milkweed Pods; Plant Monarch Butterfly Garden

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•September 2, 2020• Illinois needs to plant milkweed, and a lot of it, over the next 18 years to ensure the state’s official insects, monarch butterflies, survive. Kelly Allsup, University of Illinois Extension horticulture educator, says the task of planting 150 million new milkweed stems by 2038, championed by the Illinois Monarch Project (illinoismonarchproject.org), needs public buy in. “Major statewide strategies, such as updated roadside mowing guidelines, creating habitat in natural areas, and allowing it to grow in farmland not in production, may not be enough,” Allsup says. “Monarchs may need homeowners to plant a larger patches of milkweed.” … Read More

4-H Hall of Fame Volunteers Honored

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•September 2, 2020• Service is a hallmark of the Illinois 4-H program. The Illinois 4-H Foundation annually honors longtime volunteers and former staff members for their selfless dedication to 4-H, the University of Illinois Extension youth development program. In 2020, 86 individuals received the Foundation Hall of Fame Award, presented during a virtual ceremony Aug. 18. Five of the honorees are being named posthumously. The Illinois 4-H Foundation established the statewide Hall of Fame in2005 to honor and celebrate extraordinary 4-H alumni, volunteers, and former 4-H staff. Each inductee receives a commemorative Hall of Fame medallion. … Read More

Obituaries 9-2-2020: Mary James

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Mary James Mary E. James, 90, of Sullivan, passed away at 7:00 a.m. Saturday August 29, 2020 in St. John’s Hospital, Springfield. Private family Celebration of Life services were held Wednesday morning in the Reed Funeral Home, Sullivan with Nikki Reed, Certified Funeral Celebrant officiating. There was no public visitation. Burial was in the Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan. Memorials are suggested to the Moultrie County PAWS, Moultrie County Food Pantry or to a charity of the donor’s choice. Online condolences may be sent to the family at reedfuneralhome.net. … Read More

New Dialing Procedure for Customers Within 217 Area Code

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•September 2, 2020• The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) today reminded residential and business customers served by the 217 area code to prepare for the introduction of the new 447 area code. The 447 area code will be added as an overlay to the region currently served by area code 217 to ensure continuing supply of telephone numbers for the area. An overlay is the addition of another area code (447) to the same geographic region served by an existing area code (217). The ICC ordered an area code overlay for the 217 Area Code on August 15, 2006, to be … Read More