Sparrow’s Kids Auction Dec. 7

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•December 4, 2019• Sparrow’s Unlimited 25th annual Christmas for Kid’s Auction is Saturday December 7 at Jerry’s East End in Lovington. Auction items are available for viewing all day with the auction held at East End beginning at 5:30 p.m. There are way too many items to list so come early to see everything. There will be a gun raffle; meat board raffles and 50/50 raffles held every hour. Menu is Fried Bologna, party potatoes and green beans. Food will be served around 3:30 p.m. Join the fun! All proceeds will help families in need. … Read More

Knights Take Season Opener from Redskins

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•December 4, 2019• By Jason Brown NP Sports Editor Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond and Sullivan boys’ basketball teams opened their respected season’s last Tuesday. Though the Knights kept the lead for nearly the entire game, Sullivan would not go away. Sullivan was down five at half, but ALAH crept the lead to nine by the end of the third quarter. ALAH added three more points to its lead in the fourth quarter for the eventual 66-55 win. The Knights had balance scoring with four players in double digits. … Read More

Obituaries 12-4-2019: John Krohn

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John Krohn John F. Krohn, 76, of Bethany, passed away at 8:00 a.m. Saturday November 30, 2019 in his residence. Celebration of Life services was 5:00 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2 in the Reed Funeral Home, Sullivan with J. E. Miller officiating assisted by Mike Pippin. Visitation was 3-5 p.m. Monday. Memorials are suggested to the Sullivan Church of Christ or to the National Kidney Foundation, 30 East 33rdStreet, New York, New York, 10016. Online condolences may be sent to the family at reedfuneralhome.net. … Read More

Obituaries 12-4-2019: Danny Miller

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Danny Miller Danny L. Miller, 68, of Bethany passed away at 2:50 a.m. Saturday, November 30, 2019 at Mason Point in Sullivan. Funeral services were at 10 a.m. today (Wednesday, December 4) at McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Bethany. Burial was in Marrowbone Township Cemetery in Bethany. Danny was born September 26, 1951 in Decatur, a son of Raymond C. and Hillis M. (Wilkinson) Miller. He married Karen J. Phillippo March 19, 1971 in Bethany, and she survives. … Read More

Lovington Man’s Indian Pottery Collection Reveals Women’s Role

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•December 4, 2019• By Ellen Ferrera For the News Progress Randy Fair’s grandmother was a full Cherokee Indian. His grandfather had a drawer full of Indian axes and arrowheads that fascinated Randy at an early age. He believes that his love of collecting Illinois Indian artifacts was in his blood from the beginning. It all began as a youth. “I was into hunting, fishing, trapping and finding Indian artifacts. In the 1980’s farmers were still deep plowing and I could find 20-25 pieces in a field a day. Now I’m lucky to find 2 or 3.” Fair would spend at … Read More

Why Start a Business When You Can Start a Movement?

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•December 4, 2019• By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist This column proposes a powerful, practical, if highly unconventional, way to start a national conversation, even a movement, that could possibly help restore a healthy American democracy and solid economic future, and maybe even replace one of our two bankrupt political parties. Politics and policy are today focused on supporting old coots like me (I’m 78), and the boomers who followed, through oppressive government debt, mountainous student loan burdens, inadequate investment in research and higher education, and generally listless K-12 education. The consequences of our selfish, debt-fueled pandering to my generation … Read More

One Hundred People Who Care

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•December 4, 2019• The ALAH CUSD #305 Education Foundation has started a new fund-raising group to support educational opportunities for the students in the Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond district. The group, called One hundred People Who Care ALAH District #305, will meet for the first time Thursday, December 5, at 6:30 at La Cascada in Arthur. Members and those wishing to join will gather to socialize with other people who care, to hear from teachers and students who have already benefitted from foundation grants and scholarships, and to aid in funding future events. Those who have not yet joined can donate $200 a … Read More

ALAH Girls Basketball Team Outscores Rams

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•December 4, 2019• By Jason Brown NP Sports Editor The Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond girls’ basketball team finished the week 1-2. The Knights defeated Shelbyville, but lost to Salt Fork and Oakwood. Against Shelbyville last Monday, the Rams took a 12-10 first quarter lead, then extended that lead to six at halftime, 22-16. ALAH came out in the second half a different team, outscoring the Rams 15-9 to tie the game at 31. The Knights pulled away in the fourth for the 48-41 win. … Read More

Obituaries 12-4-2019: Norma Thompson

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Norma Thompson Norma P. Thompson, 90, of Bethany, formerly of Bloomington passed away at 8:15 a.m. Sunday, December 1, 2019 in her home. Celebration of Life services will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, December 7, 2019 at the Calvert & Metzler Memorial Home, Bloomington with Rev. Dr. Charles Witte officiating. Entombment will be in Park Hill Mausoleum, Bloomington. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Saturday morning at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, Memphis, TN. … Read More