Steam Threshing Days Offers Amish Appetite Pleasers

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August 2-3 •July 31, 2019• By Chic Friar for the News Progress The Steam Threshing days set for August 2-3 at the Illinois Amish Heritage Center near Arthur will feature a chicken supper 4:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, August 2. The supper will feature chicken, mashed potatoes, noodles, green beans and drink and is being prepared by Terry Warren Catering of Sullivan. The show runs from 1-8 p.m. on Friday and from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, August 3. New this year will be a horse treadmill and broom corn threshing. The horse treadmill is used to transfer horsepower to operate a … Read More

Author Visits Lovington

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•July 31, 2019• Author Pam Saxelby will be at the Lovington Public Library from 2-3 p.m. Friday, August 9. Saxelby is a children’s author and will do a reading and a project with the kids. All ages are welcome to attend. Saxelby’s story hour will also coincide with National Book Lovers Day. The library will have refreshments and activities during the day. … Read More

Magic Quilts are Given from the Heart

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•July 31, 2019• By Ellen Ferrera for the News Progress Debbie Preston has made more than 300 quilts since 2005, and all of them have gone to charities such as Dove, the Fire and Police Departments, American Legion and the Health Department. Some have traveled around the world to children in Africa and beyond but always only for charities. It all began, she says, with her grandmother, “She made quilts, and I taught myself to knit and crochet. I began quilting seriously in 2005 and made a quilt for my mother-in-law, Thelma Preston,” Prestion recalled. “When she died, the quilt … Read More

Menu 7-31-2019

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Senior Peace Meal For additional information or for reservations, please call 1-800-543-1770 Monday, August 5 – Chicken enchiladas, baked beans, Harvard beets, whole grain wheat (1), apricots Tuesday, August 6 – Pulled pork sandwich, baby baker potatoes, vegetable blend, bun, mandarin oranges Wednesday, August 7 – Chili mac w/beans, spinach romaine salad w/dressing packet, dinner roll, overnight fruit salad Thursday, August 8 – Roast beef in gravy, mashed potatoes, cauliflower/pea salad, dinner roll, warm fruit crisp Friday, August 9 – Turkey/cheese sandwich w/mayo packet, lettuce and tomato slices, summer salad, bun, peaches … Read More

Dr. Cecil Todd to Speak at New Life Church

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•July 31, 2019• Dr. Cecil Todd of Branson West, Mo. will speak at New Life Church at 10 a.m. Sunday, August 25. As the founder of Revival Fires, he has witnessed more than three million souls come to Christ all over the world. He is probably best known for his ministry as an evangelist, crusader, TV minister and revivalist, but he also served as pastor of four churches over the first dozen years of his life’s work for God. … Read More

Remember When? 7-31-2019

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25 Years Ago This Week Tom Foreman, a former Sullivan High School student, makes it big as an ABC News correspondent. In 1976 he was probably just another sophomore taking classes, learning to drive, and hanging out with his buddies. Now, 18 years later and leaps and bounds away from the halls of SHS, he is an ABC news correspondent who has worked with both Peter Jennings and Ted Koppel. Foreman attended Sullivan schools from his fifth grade year through his sophomore year. During the 10th grade he worked for WFWA, the local radio station, as a DJ and stand … Read More

Benefit for Mike Mathias

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•July 31, 2019• A benefit for Mike Mathias is 4 p.m.-midnight Saturday, August 10 at Sullivan VFW. Mathias is a Sullivan resident who has stage three Melanoma cancer. Melanoma is a skin cancer which he had four years ago. It has progressed and now is in his body. Mathias is in a tough battle and has been off work for more than four weeks.The bills keep coming, and he has a wonderful family for whom to provide. Food for a donation will be provided 4-7 p.m. by Papa’s Smoked Meats. There will be a 50/50 drawing. Several musicians will provide … Read More

Aquafest at Dam West Beach

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•July 31, 2019• Aquafest at Dam West Beach at Lake Shelbyville is no ordinary day at the beach. The event is scheduled for noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, August 3. Children and adults of all ages are welcome to attend. There will be no fee for using the beach and facilities the entire day. Activities include water safety carnival games, sand sculpture contest, inflatable water slide, and an appearance from Bobber the Water Safety Dog. All activities will be carnival and circus themed. For additional information, visit the Facebook page: @LakeShelbyvilleUSACE or call Lake Shelbyville Interpretive Services & Outreach at … Read More

Miss Sullivan Pageant Return

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•July 31, 2019• The Miss Sullivan Pageants are coming back. Anyone interested in being in the Miss (ages 16-21), Jr. Miss (ages 11-14), or Little Miss (ages 4-7) should contact Marsha Kirby at 217-853-6842 or Kelsey Clark at 217-254-5992 for more information or the Facebook page Miss Sullivan Pageants. The pageant will take place in September. … Read More