Run for Windsor Harvest Picnic

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•May 23, 2018• The 10th annual Windsor Harvest Picnic 5K will take place on August 18, 2018. Registration is at 7:00 a.m. and the run begins at 7:30. Entry fee is for adults, children 11-17 and for children 10 and under. Participants who register by August 1st will receive a t-shirt. Medals will be awarded to top male/female from each age division. Visit www.windsor.k12.il.us or email Lindsay Smith at smithl@windsorcusd.org for more information or for a registration form. … Read More

Second Round Ends Sullivan Regional Bid

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•May 23, 2018• After beating Pana in the first round of the Class 2A Riverton Regional, the Sullivan baseball team’s season ended in the second round with a 6-1 loss to Williamsville. Sullivan got on the board first with a run in the top of the third inning, but Williamsville countered with three runs in the bottom of the inning. … Read More

A Ground Breaking Facility for Okaw Valley Schools

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“Some men see things as they are and say, ‘Why’? I dream of things that never were and say, ‘Why not’?” Robert F. Kennedy. •May 23, 2018• Why not OV? Reflects on the possibilities referred to by Kennedy. Okaw Valley CUSD #302 is a school district willing to dream. On Thursday, May 17 Okaw Valley High School entered a new era of education breaking ground on a new 5000 sq. ft. agricultural complex. Along with a classroom and lab the school will initiate animal husbandry, putting the 170 student high school in Bethany in the collegiate level of agricultural learning. … Read More

Lovington Park Recreation Plan Approved

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•May 23, 2018• Lovington Village Board’s April meeting involved discussion of a 9park board request for Park Recreation week Monday, June 4 through Friday, June 8. Trustee Dennis Garmon reported the request was for $500 and events will include Scovill’s Mobile Petting Zoo with Thompson vending services Friday. Three members of the park board attended CPR and First Aid Certification classes at the library. Garmon moved the $500 request for Park Recreation and events be approved along with the $17.50 each for park board certifications. The motion seconded by Pam Anklam was approved by Brenda Wood, Pam Anklam, Garmon, Gary … Read More

Rotary/Regional Ed Office Partner to Host Jamaican Educators

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•May 23, 2018• The Regional Office of Education #11 has partnered with The Rotary Foundation to receive a global grant that would bring Jamaican educators to the region to work with local educators at the Regional Office of Education #11 in Charleston. Educators from Jamaica will spend five days, June 4-8, working with about 40 area educators in an intensive train-the-trainer experience in social and emotional lessons that build individual protective factors in children to help them succeed. Teachers, counselors, and principals representing over 20 different ROE #11 school districts are currently signed up for the week-long training that addresses … Read More

Remember When? 5-23-2018

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25 Years Ago This Week Connie Carlyle will retire from her position as cook at the Bethany Junior-Senior High School.  Carlyle has cooked at the school for 24 years. Keena Baumgartner, a Sullivan alumni and U of I grad, will appear on College Jeopardy along with 14 other college students from around the country. The taping was in February, but Baumgartner was told not to talk about it until the airing of the show. Rumor has it she made more than one appearance on the show, but she has not been seen driving around in a new convertible. Bethany High School … Read More

Sullivan High School Class Exclamation: “We did it!” 

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•May 23, 2018• Three words expressed the feelings of 81 Sullivan High School seniors during commencement exercises held in the gymnasium at 2:30 p.m.  Sunday, May 20. Class president Winchester Phelps reminded classmates that the dumbest ideas make the best memories and that with the help of school and family: “We did it!” Salutatorian Trevor Elder said starting high school was like random pieces of a puzzle and that each year those pieces started to fit into a plan for the future. “You may fall down, you will make mistakes,” Elder said. “Pick yourself up and move forward.” Valedictorian Laine … Read More

Obituaries 5-23-2018: Tony Seelow

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Tony Seelow Tony Lee Seelow, 64, of Bement, formerly of Lovington, passed away at 12:41 p.m. Tuesday, May 15, 2018 in Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Private family services will be held Sunday May 27 at First Christian Church in Lovington. Interment will be in the Windsor Cemetery. Graceland/Fairlawn Funeral Home and Cremation Center is assisting the family.  … Read More

Lake Shelbyville Kids’ Fishing Tournament is June 2

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•May 23, 2018• The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Lake Shelbyville is hosting a free fishing tournament for children under 13 on Saturday, June 2 at Opossum Pond. The pond is located near the entrance to the Opossum Creek Recreation Area. Participants are encouraged to pre-register by calling 217-774-3951 ext. 2, though it is not mandatory. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. for the age six and under category, and participants will fish from 9 to 9:45 a.m. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. for the age 7-9 and 10-12 category, and participants will fish from 10-11 a.m. Prizes will be … Read More