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Senior Peace Meal For additional information or for reservations, please call 1-800-543-1770 Monday, January 20 – Beef and noodles, mashed potatoes, brussels sprouts, whole grain wheat (1), apricots Tuesday, January 21 – Pork chop sandwich, buttered baby baker potatoes, Mexi corn & lima beans, bun, fruit juice Wednesday, January 22 – Swissed beef patties w/tomato, onion, celery, green pepper, creamy coleslaw, dinner roll, warm fruit crisp Thursday, January 23 – Breakfast casserole, warm rosy applesauce, fruit juice, cinnamon roll, cranberries Friday, January 24 – Chicken parmesan, venetian blend vegetables, potato casserole, dinner roll, mandarin oranges … Read More

Remember When? 1-15-2020

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25 Years Ago This Week The Sullivan City Council adopted a resolution awarding $20,000 in TIF funds to the Sullivan schools for use in updating computer labs. Baseball and Don Bell headlined the Lovington School Board meeting. High school principal Judy Uphoff reported Lovington and Arthur will cooperate on a baseball team next season. Team colors will be purple and white. Retired teacher Don Bell was honored for his continued support of the school district. Bell had retired after 31 years of teaching, but returned to teach again when the current business teacher quit three days before the term began. … Read More

Obituaries 1-15-2020: Thomas Avery

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Thomas Avery Thomas William Avery, Jr. 62, of Findlay, formerly of Kincaid, passed away at 3:11 p.m. Monday, January 13, 2020 in Decatur Memorial Hospital. Celebration of Life services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan with Bob Vail officiating. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the Church of God in Kincaid. Visitation will also be from 9-11 a.m. Saturday morning at Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan. The family requests casual attire. … Read More

ALAH Girls Basketball Doubles up on Wins

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•January 15, 2020• By Jason Brown NP Sports Editor Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond girls’ basketball team earned two wins this past week. The Knights knocked off Arthur-Okaw Christian and Okaw Valley. Monday night in Bethany, ALAH defeated rival Okaw Valley 62-34. ALAH outscored the Timberwolves 17-4 in the first quarter and did not look back. For the Knights, Mackenzi Bowles led with game-high 21 points, seven blocks and 11 rebounds. … Read More

Timberwolves Improve Conference Record

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•January 15, 2020• By Jason Brown NP Sports Editor The Okaw Valley boys’ basketball team picked up two more wins this past week to improve its overall record to 10-6 and in the Lincoln Prairie Conference to 2-0. The Timberwolves defeated Villa Grove/Heritage High School on the road last Tuesday and Blue Ridge Friday. Friday at home, OV took a five-point lead into halftime, then pulled away in the third quarter by outscoring Blue Ridge 16-7. … Read More

We Are All Lobbyists, but What Can Be Done About Them?

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•January 15, 2020• By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist Remember as a teen when you devised a strategy to convince your old man to let you have the family car to go on a date Saturday night? You we’re lobbying, trying to get what you wanted. We’re all lobbyists. In big cities, state capitols, and D.C., groups you and I belong to pay money to specialists (lobbyists) to push for what they want. Society looks down on lobbyists, as likely corrupt somehow. It isn’t the lobbying that is corrupt; it’s the money that is a commodity used by groups and … Read More

Nokomis Falls to OV Girls Basketball Team

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•January 15, 2020• By Jason Brown NP Sports Editor The Okaw Valley girls’ basketball team finished the week 1-3 with a win against Nokomis and a lost to Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond and Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg. OV fell to Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond 62-34 Monday at Bethany. For results, see the ALAH article. Saturday, the Timberwolves knocked off Nokomis 29-28 when senior Kate Jeffers hit the go-ahead bucket with 28 seconds left in the game. … Read More

Village of Lovington Gets Lead on Grocery Store

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•January 15, 2020• The Lovington Village Board met in special session Jan, 6, 2020 as well during the regular meeting Dec. 9, 2019. Under special projects trustee Brenda Wood noted a family from the Amish community is interested in starting a grocery store in Lovington. She explained if the village has a building available they would be interested in discussing the prospects. … Read More