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Hilliard returned to Christian Homes
Inc. in 2004 to work in human resources in the corporate office. She
quickly took on additional roles in project management and policy
coordination. She most recently served as administrator at the
Vonderlieth Living Center in Mount Pulaski.
Originally from Tuscola, Hilliard is a
graduate of Lincoln Christian University and comes from several
generations of preachers. She served overseas as a missionary in
Hong Kong and a teacher of English in mainland China. She lives in
Mount Pulaski with her husband of 19 years, Jack Hilliard, and their
two children, Miranda and John.
"I felt the Lord's guidance in
accepting the position of administrator at The Christian Village,"
she said. "I look forward to the training I'll receive as well as
the opportunity to reach out to the churches and community
supporters.
"The Christian Village has a fine tradition of
providing not only quality nursing care to residents, but also care for the
soul, heart and mind. My goal is to continue in this strong tradition and,
along with my co-workers, strive to improve our mission to the community."
 Logan County Natural Hazard Mitigation
Planning Committee will meet Thursday
Steps to prevent injuries
and deaths while maintaining vital services for Logan County residents when
floods and severe storms hit will be discussed when the Logan County Natural
Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee meets on Thursday, Jan. 17, at 4 p.m. at the
Public Safety Complex, 911 Pekin St. in Lincoln. Meetings of the committee
are open to the public.
This committee began work in August to prepare a plan that will
identify projects and activities to protect Logan County residents
and property from storms and other natural disasters. This plan,
unlike all other emergency plans, is aimed at identifying projects
and activities that can be taken before these disasters occur.
"Other emergency plans are directed at responding after a storm
or natural disaster hits. This is the first time in Logan County
that we are looking at actions that can reduce or eliminate damages
caused by specific types of storms and other natural disasters,"
said Dan Fulscher, director of the Logan County Emergency Management
Agency.
Atlanta, Broadwell, Elkhart, Emden, Hartsburg, Lincoln and Mount
Pulaski are participating in this planning process.
Building storm shelters, resolving drainage problems, and
retrofitting water supplies and other critical facilities to better
withstand natural disasters are a few examples of the kinds of
projects that might be included in the plan. Developing public
information materials and conducting drainage studies are examples
of other activities that might also be included in the Natural
Hazard Mitigation Plan.
"Developing a plan that is approved by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency will help all the participating jurisdictions
become eligible for state and federal grant money," added Terry Storer,
committee chairman.
Electronics
recycling Saturday
Habitat for Humanity of
Logan County will have its monthly electronics recycling collection on
Saturday, Jan. 12, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Habitat for Humanity
warehouse, 915 Woodlawn Road. The collection is free of charge to the
public. The following items will be accepted:
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Entertainment
equipment, including TVs, radios, stereo and game systems, game
controls, VCR and DVD players, and cameras.
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Computer
equipment, including laptop and desktop personal computers, hard
drives, monitors, keyboards, printers, scanners, cords and
cables; and CD-ROM, DVD, Zip and tape drives.
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Small business equipment, including
phones, copiers, typewriters, fax machines and calculators.
Small household and countertop appliances will also be accepted,
as well as aluminum, copper, brass and stainless steel items.
Electronics are not to be left at the site and are not collected
outside of the hours of the collection.
Information on the electronics recycling program is available
through Habitat for Humanity of Logan County by contacting the
office at 217-732-6412 or by visiting the agency website at
www.habitatlogan.org.
Logan
County Genealogical & Historical Society program schedule, Jan.-March
The Logan County Genealogical & Historical
Society has scheduled the following programs for the first quarter of the
year:
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Jan. 21 --
"History Comes Alive in Logan County!" presented by Anne
Moseley, assistant director of the Lincoln Heritage Museum at
Lincoln College. Ms. Moseley will explain a nationally
recognized certification program for historic interpretation,
the benefits of incorporating interpreters into tourism and
educational events, and describe training that is under
development at the museum and will be available to community
members.
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Feb. 18 -- Black
History Month will be recognized with a program involving
historic Allen Chapel, which has experienced restoration and
upgrades over the last year. The program will feature the
portrayal of at least one individual from the African-American
history of Logan County or central Illinois.
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March 18 --
Historians from Mount Pulaski and Elkhart will come together to
present a biography and stories of Elkhart resident Adam Henry
Bogardus, a Civil War officer, local legend, inventor and
world-renowned sharpshooter. Phil Bertoni and Gillette Ransom
will discuss the Logan County man, his family and his life's
achievements.
Tony
producer Heather Hitchens comes to 'Behind the Scenes' at the Atlanta Public
Library & Museum
ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Public Library will
continue offering its "Behind the Scenes" program in 2013. Behind the Scenes
offers a rare opportunity for people to rub shoulders with renowned artists
in theater and music. The series this year will feature prominent artists
Heather Hitchens, executive director of the American Theatre Wing in New
York and producer of the Tony Awards; Casey Childs, founder of the
off-Broadway theater company Primary Stages in New York and well-known
director of theater and television; and Mikhail Istomin, chamber musician
and cellist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
Behind the Scenes events will take
place on Jan. 11, Feb. 8 and April 5 at the North Greens Golf Course
in Atlanta. Beginning at 6:30 p.m. artists will speak about their
lives and careers, share stories about their experiences on a
national and international stage, give insights into the people they
have met, and talk about what it means to be an artist. A reception
with the artist will follow each event.
Behind the Scenes is sponsored by the
Atlanta National Bank and the city of Atlanta.
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Heather Hitchens
This week the Behind the Scenes
program will feature special guest Heather Hitchens, executive
director of the American Theatre Wing and producer of the Tony
Awards.
Hitchens joins the series on Friday
at 6:30 p.m. at the North Greens Golf Course Community Room in
Atlanta. The event kicks off with a reception with the artist
followed by her presentation at 7 p.m.
Hitchens began her tenure at the
American Theatre Wing in July 2011. As the chief executive officer,
she is charged with maintaining its brand of excellence in the Tony
Awards as well as overseeing and shaping its other vital
grant-making, professional development, educational and media
programs.
She came to the Wing after a
four-year term as executive director of the New York State Council
on the Arts, the largest state arts agency in the country. Prior to
her leadership there, she served as president of the renowned
national arts service organization Meet the Composer.
A percussionist since the age of 6
and a lifelong lover of the performing arts, she holds a master's
degree in arts administration from Drexel University in
Philadelphia, Pa., and a bachelor's degree in percussion and music
business from DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind.
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Casey Childs, Feb. 8
For the Feb. 8 program, the speaker
will be Casey Childs, a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with
a bachelor's degree in acting and a master's degree in directing. He
has acted and directed all over the United States and Great Britain
and has taught and lectured on the subjects of television and
theater at leading theater schools throughout the country. He has
made three trips to Russia as a guest of the Federation of Russian
Theatre Workers. Since founding Primary Stages in 1984, he has
produced over 100 new plays, many of them world premieres.
Childs also has produced and
directed television for over 25 years, working on such shows as "As
the World Turns" for CBS; "Another World" for NBC; and "The City,"
"Loving," "One Life to Live," "All My Children" and segments of
"Spin City" for ABC. He also directed "The Catlins" for Turner
Broadcasting, "Our Group" for Lifetime and "Hollywood Heights" for
Sony's "Nick at Nite." Childs has won two Emmy Awards for his
television directing and countless nominations for both producing
and directing in television.
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Mikhail Istomin, April 5
Born and educated in Russia,
Mikhail "Misha" Istomin holds a master's degree in music from the
St. Petersburg Conservatory. While still in school, he became
principal cellist of the State Hermitage Orchestra and later joined
the orchestra of the Kirov Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.
In 1987, he became the cellist of
the Leningrad Conservatory String Quartet, and in 1989 the group won
the grand prize in the National Soviet Union Competition of String
Quartets. Later that same year, Misha defected during the quartet's
U.S. tour and was granted political asylum in the United States.
Immediately following these events, he joined the Richmond Symphony
and became a faculty member of both Virginia State University and
the Governor's School for the Performing Arts at the University of
Richmond.
Misha was appointed principal
cellist of the Pittsburgh Opera and Pittsburgh Ballet Theater
orchestras in 1991, and the following year he joined the Pittsburgh
Symphony Orchestra. In July 1998, he returned to St. Petersburg to
perform in the Second World Cello Congress under the direction of
Mstislav Rostropovich.
Misha is a founding member of the
Pittsburgh Piano Trio, which has released three CDs on the Minstrel
label to resounding critical acclaim.
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Tickets for Behind the Scenes are
available in advance at the Atlanta Public Library, as well as at
the door on the evening of each event. Seating is limited and
advance purchase is recommended. Individual event tickets are $12.50
for adults and $7 for students under age 21 and under. Discounted
series tickets for all four events are also available for $40 for
adults and $25 for students. There are group rates as well for
groups over 10 people. Email
apldinformation@gmail.com
to arrange tickets for your group.
Visit the library's website at
http://www.apldinfo.org/ to
learn more about all the library's programs in 2012-13.
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Seasonal
weight limits on Logan County highways begin Jan. 20
During the winter months, soils will freeze
and thaw repeatedly. This can cause problems for local roadways that are not
designed to support heavy traffic. Heavy loads during these freeze-thaw
cycles can cause significant damage. Beginning Jan. 20, the seasonal weight limits will be in effect on
all Logan County highways. These roads are marked with five-sided
blue signs and are posted with weight limit signs. Any vehicle in
excess of the weight limits needs to have a permit issued by the
Logan County Highway Department.
Permits are available by visiting
www.co.logan.il.us/highwaydept, by calling the highway
department office at 217-732-3059 or by visiting the office at 529
S. McLean St. in Lincoln. There is no charge for the permits.
Permits will be valid only on certain days when conditions are
suitable.
Hauling on township roads in Logan County during this time period
will need to be coordinated with the respective township road
commissioner.
Again this year, the highway department is asking for cooperation
to help keep our roads in good condition.
"Predictions":
Local artists' expressions of a future world
The art exhibit "Predictions" opened on a
snowy and blustery evening to a steady stream of gallery visitors.
"Predictions" is the premiere event for the Logan County Art Association.
The show began Dec. 20 and runs until Jan. 12 at the Lincoln Art Institute.
"Predictions" was selected as the
theme for the show to coincide with the end-of-world predictions
mainly represented by the end of the Mayan Long Count calendar on
the winter solstice. Nine artists from Logan County contributed to
the exhibit, crafting their art to address their personal views on
the future, whether the world ends or, if not, how we as a species
move into and create the future.
Christopher Tice, professor of art
at Lincoln College, created a multi-layered piece he calls
"Utility," essentially his view of what the world would resemble
after a fire consumed the planet. The piece is an amalgam of
ordinary objects he placed on a container and finished off in his
backyard forge. While the melted objects retain their shapes and
seem random, Tice has created symmetry on the surface. He then
mounted a video projector above the piece that shows a subtle
movement, a cycle to time, in his words. "I am trying to create a
visual effect on a physical surface," Tice explained.
For the exhibit, Lincoln High
School teacher Jason Hoffman submitted three pieces that explore his
current focus on the link between a museum exhibit and one for an
art gallery. "My pieces explore a survival aspect, whether it is the
end of the world or a new beginning, and how we as individuals
respond to mortality," he said. To Hoffman, art is something he
thinks about every day -- how what he sees can be translated into
something that speaks about the issues we face in everyday life.
Moses Pinkerton, the host for the exhibit, also contributed
several pieces. "If a piece of my art turns out right, people should
be able to look at one of my works and tell what it is saying," he
said. He is not a big fan of the abstract movement. His piece
"Ripe," a hand holding an Earth burgeoning with possibilities, is a
personal view about the potential available to all of the occupants
of our planet.
Bonnie Mayo's two paintings strongly express her optimism, with
themes showing the sun rising on a landscape still occupied and
changed by people. For her, art is "a process of thinking about a
subject for several weeks and then getting to a point where it is
time to put paint on canvas," she said. "I wake up one day and know
the time is right to create the actual painting." She is also
careful to use a frame that accentuates the focus and colors of her
art.
While the photos accompanying this article give a sense of what
the artists want to convey, the exhibit definitely needs to be seen
in person to appreciate the creativity.
The show "Predictions" is open at the Lincoln Art Institute, 112
S. McLean, until Jan.12. Pinkerton may be reached there at
217-651-8355 for more information.
[By CURT FOX]
City
Christmas tree pickup program starts Jan. 7
The street department in Lincoln will pick up
Christmas trees starting Jan. 7 for Ward 1, Jan. 8 for Ward 2, Jan. 9 for
Ward 3, Jan. 10 for Ward 4 and Jan. 11 for Ward 5. Trees must be by the curb
by 7 a.m. on the day of the scheduled pickup.
Trees must be free of all decorations and not
in a bag. Wreathes will be picked up if they are free of wiring.
HSLC
board election Jan. 30
A general membership meeting of the Humane Society of Logan
County will be on Jan. 30 in the Steinfort Room at Abraham Lincoln
Memorial Hospital, 200 Stahlhut Drive.
The annual election for three seats on the board of directors of
the Humane Society of Logan County will be at this meeting.
Anyone who is current with their dues and has been a member for
at least three months prior to the election may declare their intent
to seek election to the board of directors. If you are interested in
serving on the board, you may send a letter of intent to the board
secretary, Wanda Stevens, at
wstevens@ccaonline.com.
Atlanta
Betterment Fund board introduces 'Rt. 66 Reinterpreted' Art Project
ATLANTA -- In celebration of Route 66 and all it stands for,
Atlanta -- located on the Mother Road, midway between Chicago and
St. Louis -- announces its first "Rt. 66 Reinterpreted" Art Project.
Modeled on Chicago's "Cows on Parade" exhibit, the Rt. 66
Reinterpreted project presents artists the opportunity to create
their own take on one of the 20th century's most iconic and
recognizable symbols: the U.S. Route 66 highway shield.
Participating artists will be provided a blank, 2-foot-by-2-foot
wooden cutout of the Route 66 sign, painted white, which will then
become their personal canvas. The only requirement in creating a
reinterpreted shield is to incorporate the text "Illinois U.S. 66"
somewhere on the face of the shield, in whatever size, shape or
color the artist desires. Everything else about the design, style,
background and color of the reinterpreted shield is left to each
artist's imagination and creativity.
The project is open to anyone 16 years old and above. Up to 50
entries will be accepted in this year's project, as determined by
the date applications are received. All 50 entries will be displayed
outside along Route 66 in downtown Atlanta from May 1 to Aug. 31,
2013.
The board of directors of the Atlanta Betterment Fund will select
10 shields out of the 50 entries as finalists. Shields selected as
finalists will be judged on originality of design, overall concept
and quality of execution.
Voting will then take place May 1-Aug. 31 to select the top five
shield designs as winners of the 2012 project. Anyone, anywhere may
vote, either in person at selected Route 66 attractions in Atlanta
or online via Atlanta's website at
www.atlantaillinois.org.
The top five vote-getters will be the winners of the year's Rt. 66
Reinterpreted project.
At the conclusion of the project, the five winning shields, along
with the names of the artists who created them, will be displayed on
a permanent basis in the Atlanta Route 66 Park. Entries selected as
one of the top five winning designs will also be showcased at the
International Mother Road Festival in Springfield Sept. 27-29, 2013.
Artists wishing to enter the Rt. 66 Reinterpreted Art Project
must submit a completed application form, along with a $25 entry
fee. Completed applications are due on or before Feb. 1.
Applications received after Feb. 1 will not be accepted.
Completed Rt. 66 Reinterpreted shields should be carefully
packaged and returned to: The Atlanta Betterment Fund, 114 SW Arch
St., Atlanta, IL 61723. Shields should be submitted between March 1
and April 5, 2013. Shields received after April 5 will not be
accepted.
The Atlanta Betterment Fund sponsors the Rt. 66 Reinterpreted Art
Project.
All decisions regarding judging are final. Entries selected as
finalists will be notified by April 30, 2013. Entries selected as
one of the top five winning designs will be notified by Sept. 1,
2013.
Click on the "Route 66 Art Project"
logo at
www.atlantaillinois.org for more information, including project
guidelines and an application form to enter the Rt. 66 Reinterpreted
Art Project. Or contact:
William Thomas
Atlanta Betterment Fund
114 SW Arch St.
Atlanta, IL 61723
wthomas@teleologic.net
217-648-5077
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