The Dine With a Doc® in Sullivan is August 7

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•August 1, 2018• Senior Education Ministries, Inc. in partnership with the Sullivan community has scheduled Dine with a Doc ® -Sullivan on the First Tuesday of every month from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Max J. Knight Community Building Banquet Hall at Mason Point. Dine with a Doc® is a free educational program that welcomes the local senior public to getting to hear an educational topic while enjoying a complimentary lunch. This program is a community effort of a doctor, a lunch sponsor, the senior citizens, local churches and area businesses coming together for the good of all to serve … Read More

Relay for Life Brings Comfort

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•August 1, 2018• For more than two decades Moultrie County Relay for Life has helped comfort those fighting cancer. On Friday, August 10 survivors and supporters will gather at Sullivan High School from 5-10 p.m. Moultrie County Relay coordinator Adam McReynolds noted that 14 teams have already signed up and begun their fund-raising efforts. “Right now Moultrie County Pest Control team is leading with $2600 raised,” McReynolds said, noting this year’s goal is $50,000. He explained that funds raised not only go toward research such as one project underway at the University of Illinois but goes to help those dealing … Read More

SHS Hosts Player/Parents

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•August 1, 2018• Sullivan High School is scheduled to host a mandatory player and parent meeting for football, golf, cheer, cross country, volleyball and swimming members at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 6 in the high school gym. … Read More

A New Type of Urgent Care for A New Generation

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•August 1, 2018• Representing a quarter of the U.S. population, there are more than 83 million Millennials (those born between 1982 and 2000) in the U.S., surpassing the number of Baby Boomers alive today by nearly eight million people. They’ve grown up in a digital age and want different things when it comes to accessing health care. A PNC Healthcare study last year found that Millennials are twice as likely as Baby Boomers to prefer retail clinics and acute care facilities for speed and efficient healthcare delivery. More than a quarter of Millennials say that they do not have a … Read More

Storied HS Football Rivalry Continues This Year

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•August 1, 2018• By David Porter Of the Arcola Record-Herald and the Tuscola Review At the end of 2016-17 school year, there were only four schools in Illinois that had won more than 700 football games in their team’s history. And two of them are small-school rivals just 8 miles apart. Tuscola, population 4,391, and Arcola, population 2,864, have been battling it out on the gridiron since the 1890s. At times, including present day, their conferences have kept them apart, but the “Cola Wars” are set to resume Aug. 31, 2018, during the Illinois’ Bicentennial. They narrowly missed facing off … Read More

Habitat ReStore Gets a Restart in Sullivan

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•August 1, 2018• By Mike Brothers Tara Reed has a vision and since taking over as manager of the Moultrie County Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Sullivan, it’s a vision teamed with elbow grease. “I love cleaning and organizing,” Reed said, noting her goal is to give ReStore customers a warm, friendly, local department store experience. Since May, Reed and the band of devoted Habitat for Humanity volunteers have been sorting through rooms filled with donated inventory. Grouping items by kind, cleaning and keeping the best items, the group is reorganizing the store into easy to shop departments. “We want … Read More

Blue Dolphins Compete At Regional Championship

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•August 1, 2018• By J.D. Graham for the Blue Dolphins The Sullivan Blue Dolphins finished out the summer season with championship meets. For the 14th year in a row the Dolphins have continued to compete at the higher levels. Eleven swimmers competed in the Regional Championship meet in Peoria July 20-22. Swimmers representing SBD are Natalie Drury, Anna Wooters, McKenna Kull, Brodie Goss, Calista Clark, Gabrielle Spain, Mackenzie Erixon, Ethan Schmohe, Emily Crosier, Johnathan Iacobazzi and Isaac Chambers. Johnathan Iacobazzi went on the represent the Dolphins at the 10 and under age group championship meet in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Iacobazzi competed … Read More

Lovington Public Library August News

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•August 1, 2018• Teens ages 12 to 19 may come in to hang out, make art or help out at the library Tuesday, August 7 and 28. Activities and snacks available. Service hours available for high school volunteers. Adult Book Club meets 10:30-11:30 a.m. Thursday, August 9 for an open choice month. Pick any book. Friday, August 10 is the last day to write down books on books logs to count for Summer Reading. All prizes must be picked up by Thursday, August 23. Guests of all ages are invited to join in for a Superhero Tea Party Friday, August … Read More

Mountain Bike Weekend at Lake Shelbyville

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•August 1, 2018• The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is partnering with the Lake Volunteers Association, Central Illinois Mountain Bike Association, and the General Dacey Trail Mountain Bike Club to host the First DirtWorx MTB Fest on September 14-16. DirtWorx MTB Fest invites mountain bikers to spend the weekend camping at Coon Creek Campground as they enjoy the trails Lake Shelbyville has to offer, including the General Dacey Trail and Camp Camfield. Weekend activities include Strava Time Trials, free tune-ups, games, food vendors, live music and pocket-sized maps provided for riders to easily navigate self-guided rides throughout the weekend. … Read More