SHS Careers Class Honors Veterans 100th Anniversary

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•November 13, 2019• The Sullivan High School Career English Class Veterans Day assembly featured Navy Lieutenant Andrew Sparrow and presentation of the Charter Member Project to the American Legion. Lt. Junior Grade Sparrow just returned home from the Middle East and noted in 2005 he was among the students assembled for Veterans Day. His 18 months serving the Navy in the Middle East changed his perspective. Sparrow explained the courage of the veterans seated before him was not only displayed on the battlefields, but also by the support of the mothers, fathers, grandfathers, grandmothers, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters at … Read More

Taking the Road Less Traveled Requires Determination

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Oh Brother! •November 13, 2019• By Mike Brothers Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference That is the closing stanza of Robert Frost’s “Road Less Traveled” and one of my favorite poems. After a journey my brother Jeff and I took in southern Illinois recently, Frost’s poem became my reality. Frost’s choice of the road less traveled in his poem brings some speculation that the author may have some regrets about his choices in life. Our choice began by taking a forest path less traveled … Read More

Native American Artifacts Help Reveal Past Life

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•November 6, 2019• By Ellen Ferrera for The News Progress Although Native American civilizations are long gone from the local prairie, collectors of artifacts reveal how they lived. Thousands of years ago after the glaciers receded North America was populated by Native Americans who traveled down the East and West coasts into the Great Plains in their search for food and shelter. While those civilizations no longer exist their artifacts have remained in the land and today are greatly prized by collectors, not only for their beauty, but also for what they teach us about the earliest Americans. Central and … Read More

Remove Flowers from Greenhill

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•November 6, 2019• Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan will be completing fall clean up the week of Nov. 24, 2019. Those who still have flower arrangements at grave sites should pick them up prior to the week of Thanksgiving if they wish to save them. After Nov. 23 cemetery employees will clear remaining arrangements from Greenhill Cemetery. … Read More

SBL Health Screenings

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•November 6, 2019• SBL Lincolnland Home Care and Lincolnland Hospice will conduct a free blood pressure clinic from 8:30 to 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 21, 2019 at the Senior Center, Sullivan. For more information, call Lincolnland Home Care at 1-800-879-3212. SBL Lincolnland Home Care, Lincolnland Hospice and Lincolnland Home Medical will sponsor bingo from 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. following the blood pressure clinic. Please note: If the schools are closed due to adverse weather, the senior center will also be closed. … Read More

Menu 11-6-2019

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Senior Peace Meal For additional information or for reservations, please call 1-800-543-1770 Monday, November 11 – Sausage in gravy, mini potato bakers, fruit juice, biscuits, warm cinnamon buttered apples Tuesday, November 12 – Fried chicken, mashed potatoes w/gravy, green bean casserole, Texas toast, peach slices Wednesday, November 13 – Ham casserole, corn, herbed peas, whole grain wheat (1), tropical fruit Thursday, November 14 – Vegetable beef soup, celery sticks, cottage cheese salad, peanut butter cup, crackers, apricots Friday, November 15 – Taco salad w/meat, lettuce, beans, tomatoes, sour cream and taco sauce, pears, taco chips, pudding … Read More

Superintendent-Y Stuff: A Walk with Mr. Walk

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•November 6, 2019• By Ted Walk, Supt. Sullivan CUSD #300 Sullivan Schools recently held parent-teacher conferences, which provided an evening opportunity for parents to visit our schools and spend time learning about the happenings in their children’s classrooms. This was the second year that we have hosted conferences on two evenings instead of an evening followed by a morning. The change was made after analyzing attendance during previous conference days. … Read More