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They will be at the Lincoln IGA and
Kroger on Friday from noon to 8 p.m. and again on Saturday from 8
a.m. to noon. They will also
be in the downtown area at the corner of Broadway and McLean streets
on Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon.
Freewill donations in any amount
will be accepted, with proceeds to go to disabled veterans.
 Relay
For Life of Logan Co. approaches $1M goal
This is the 16th year of Relay For Life in Logan County, and 2013 will be a
million-dollar milestone for the county as well. This year's participants
will honor heroes past, present and future while on the Lincoln College
campus track from 6 p.m. June 14 until 6 a.m. June 15. Cancer has created
many heroes that participants will be remembering -- past survivors, present
survivors and, until we find that cure, future survivors. Caregivers and
those who give funds are also heroes.
By supporting Relay For Life of Logan County, volunteers are helping
to save more lives faster -- another group of heroes. All Logan
County residents are invited to join this year's Relay For Life in
fighting for every birthday threatened by cancer.
It is not too
late to join a team or start your own team: call Carolyn Motley,
732-8032. Co-chairs Amy Weidhuner, Tabatha Weidhuner and Nicole Lee
invite anyone to join one of the 28 teams and help bring a cure to
reality.
Currently the teams are Faith, Hope & Love, Walking Wonders,
Jigglers, Walking for Robin, Railers Fighting Back, Purpose Driven
People, St. Peter Lutheran, Brooklyn's Big Top, Northwest Wildcat
Walkers, Lincoln Jaycees, Dellow Sisters, Dana's Team, St. John UCC
Remembers, Friends Walking for a Cure, Lose for Others, Team
Baptist, Bosom Buddies, Love*Live*Give, Team Walgreen, Angels All
Around, Cadences Cancer Fighters, CEFCU, Ethel's Angels, Family
Medical Center of Lincoln, Northern Lites, The Boomerangs and The
Purple Dynamites.
Luminaria will again line the track at Lincoln College in honor
of or in memory of the heroes being remembered. Team members have
luminaria order forms, and Bill Post, 732-7564, will have the forms
available before and during the event.
Invitations to the Survivor Dinner and details of the Relay For
Life will be mailed to all survivors in early June.
New survivors are encouraged to register with Tonita Reifsteck,
732-9796 or 217-855-1645, so a survivor shirt and pin can be secured
for them. Any survivor whose information or address has changed in
the past year should also contact her.
Historic
homes: Lincoln/Postville, Sears Roebuck and the Marbold Farmstead
The Logan County Genealogical & Historical Society presented two programs
Monday evening, one concerning research into historic homes in Lincoln and
the other about the long history of the Marbold Farmstead in Greenview. Diane Osborn is currently researching a book about architecturally
significant homes in Lincoln that also have had historic and social
impacts on the community. She began this project last October and
had hoped to complete it by the end of this year. However, she has
found so much material in just the original Postville area of
Lincoln that she said "the book will get done when it gets done."
Her research has started in Postville and will spread into the other
areas of Lincoln, just as the city originally expanded. She noted
that Postville ceased to exist as an independent town on Feb. 16,
1865.
Osborn is following on-street research with visits to City Hall,
Lincoln Public Library, the Logan County Highway Department, and
interviews with contractors and builders to find the historic homes.
"I have spent so much time in some neighborhoods, it is
surprising the police have not stopped me," she said.
Some of the fascinating homes she has found so far are cabins
that were moved to Lincoln to serve as homes, and she also found old
Lincoln schools that were converted to homes.
Osborn has been surprised by the large number of Sears houses in
Lincoln. In many cases, the currently owners have no idea of the
unique history of their houses, all of which were offered in the
Sears Roebuck catalog in the early 20th century.
One man even moved a remnant of the Illiopolis ammunition factory
to Lincoln for his home.
Osborn has chosen the title "Neighborhoods, Lincoln, IL" for her
book. It will be jointly published by the Lincoln Woman's Club and
the Logan County Genealogical & Historical Society. She is asking
Lincoln residents to contact her if they feel their home qualifies
as historically significant and should be included in the book. Her
email address is
diane.osborn@comcast.net. She may also be contacted by phone as
217-605-0011.
The second program Monday evening was presented by Barbara Van
Dyke-Brown from Greenview. She was assisted by Charlotte Wohler.
They are representatives of the Historic Marbold Farmstead
Association, whose mission is to preserve and restore the Marbold
house that sits along Illinois Route 29 on the south side of
Greenview. Anyone traveling through Greenview can see the very large
and imposing house sitting along the highway, on the east side of
the road.
The Marbold home was built in 1850 by John H. Marbold, whose
family immigrated to the United States from Germany in the early
19th century. A member of the Marbold family lived in the house
until 1929, when the banking crisis of the Great Depression forced
the sale of the residence.
The Historic Marbold Farmstead Association started in 2004 with
the intent to preserve and restore the house and create a living
history farm. The association was able to buy the house and 10 acres
in 2011 and has come close to paying off the mortgage. The group has
raised funds through grants and a series of events on the Marbold
grounds. The house is currently listed on the 2012 register of the
"Ten Most Endangered Historic Places" in Illinois.
The Historic Marbold Farmstead Association has second Sunday
events each month throughout the summer to raise money for their
endeavors. They are also sponsoring an antique show at the site on
June 22.
For more information on this summer's fundraising or to take a
tour of the house and site, call 217-968-5805. The association
website is
www.historic-marbold-farmstead.org, which contains a wealth of
information on the house and efforts to preserve and restore it.
The Logan County Genealogical & Historical Society meets the
third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at their office at 114 N.
Chicago St. The phone number is 217-732-3200.
[By
CURT FOX]
Anne Sydney named Nurse of the Year at ALMH
With more than three decades of caring for the sick and injured at Abraham
Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Anne Sydney was named the 2013 Nurse of the Year.
Sydney, of Lincoln, began her career at ALMH in July 1977 and has
always worked in the emergency department.
She holds an R.N. from Decatur Memorial Hospital and a bachelor's
degree in nursing from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
She also holds a variety of certifications: Emergency Communication
Registered Nurse, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Advanced
Cardiovascular Life Support, and Trauma Nurse Specialist.
"I love taking care of people. Making them feel better and maybe
even helping them heal really brings me joy," Sydney said.
Sydney was chosen for the honor by her peers who voted on six
candidates for the Nurse of the Year honor, including Nathan Buss,
Amy Lawrence, Roger McCoy, Steffanie Richardson and Chelsey Seitz.
Jeanne Dennis, director of nursing, presented the award to Sydney
at a recent tea to celebrate National Nurses Week.
"Anne exemplifies the criteria of the Nurse of the Year. She is a
team player, she has a positive attitude in the workplace, and she
is a very talented part of our nursing team. We are grateful to Anne
and nurses like her who provide exceptional care and unwavering
commitment to our patients," said Dennis.
Her nominators praised Anne for her genuine concern for patients
and co-workers.
"She is always there to help. Her great attitude makes the ER a
fun place to work," said her nominators.
ALMH is a 25-bed community hospital serving the people of Logan
and eastern Mason counties. For more information, visit
www.almh.org.
Salvation
Army offers secure way to help victims in Oklahoma
When disaster strikes, such as the devastating tornadoes in
Oklahoma, it is human nature to want to help in any way we can.
While few can go personally, many can help financially.
In this day and age, though, hundreds of scammers and criminals
are out there hoping to lay claim to money they have no right to.
Tony Shuff of the Logan County Salvation Army said this week that
for those who do want to help, they can send their donations
directly to the Lincoln Salvation Army, and he guarantees they will
be sent directly to the Moore, Okla., area to assist with the needs
of those who have suffered such great losses.
Shuff said for those who want to donate, they should make checks
payable to Salvation Army. In the memo line of the check, write:
"Moore, OK / Disaster."
Checks may be mailed to The Salvation Army, P.O. Box 52, Lincoln,
IL 62656.
"All monies are sent directly to the disaster site for needed
supplies, assistance and emergency disaster relief. 100%," a message
from Shuff said. "Thanks for praying, caring, and sharing. Let's all
continue ..."Doing The Most Good!"
Amy
Row retires from ALMH
Amy Row of Lincoln retired
from Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital this month, the very same place she
began her 42-year-long career in nursing and the same place her father
worked for over 30 years. In 2012, Row was named ALMH Nurse of the Year. A graduate of Lincoln Community High
School, Row spent a lot of time at the hospital as a candy striper,
in medical records and as an aide. She earned her nursing degree
from Decatur Memorial Hospital through the Millikin University
School of Nursing. Row has worked in a variety of roles as a
surgical nurse, including the open heart surgery unit at St. John's
and now as a pre-surgical planning nurse. In fact, she worked with
the first general surgeon at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Dr.
John Nolan.
Looking back on her career as a
nurse, Row says that she has always been drawn to surgery. She
remembers her first surgery observation as a nursing student with
the others in her class.
"Five of us were all standing up
against the wall in the operating room. I was standing in the
middle. We were told not to touch anything or even move and just
observe. As the surgeon made his first incision, I'll never forget
it, the two students on my right side just slid right down the wall
and passed out, and the next thing you know, the two students on my
left side slid down the wall and passed out. The surgeon looked at
me as the last one standing and said, 'I think you have found your
place.' And he was right. Surgery has always been my niche," said
Row.
During her career, Row also spent
time as the school nurse at Lincoln Community High School from 1985
to 1995 and enjoyed her time there as well.
"I really did enjoy working with
the kids, too," said Row.
Her husband, Danny, is a sales
associate at Lincoln Chrysler Dodge & Jeep in Lincoln. They enjoy
travel and look forward to several trips already planned for this
summer and fall.
There was a cake and punch
reception in the Graue Room at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital on
Friday to celebrate Row's commitment to the field of nursing, ALMH
and her patients.
ALMH is a 25-bed
critical-access hospital at 200 Stahlhut Drive in Lincoln, Illinois.
For more information about the hospital, visit
www.almh.org.
Main
Street invites everyone to the 'Cruise into Main Street 5K & Health Expo'
The Main Street Lincoln organization is inviting everyone to make their way
downtown to the courthouse square for a day of good, healthy fun on
Saturday, June 8. The event is dubbed as the "Cruise into Main Street 5K and
Health Expo," and there will be a lot of interesting and fun activities
going on the entire day. So whether you choose to participate in the 5K or
not, it may still be worth your time to come check it out. According to Main Street board member and 5K committee chair Tracy
Welch, the day will begin with the 5K, but there will also be other
activities, such as vendors for a community health fair, and hours
and hours of live entertainment on the square.
Welch said some may
think the event got its name from the downtown car cruise-ins, but
in fact this event is about an entirely different kind of cruise.
And there will be two big giveaways: a week at the Biggest Loser
Resort in Chicago and an ocean cruise.
Anyone age 18 and older who registers to participate in the 5K
will be eligible to win the cruise, listed as a $500 value.
Anyone age 14 and older in attendance at the event will be
eligible to win a week's stay at the resort. Welch said the week at
the resort is a buy-one, get-one-free promotion for a new resort in
Chicago. For those who are fans of the television show "Biggest
Loser," you will know that there is a Biggest Loser Resort on the
West Coast. The company that owns it is expanding to Chicago, and
the week's stay is a $2,500 value, or 50 percent off the cost of a
stay for two.
When asked how the committee managed to get the resort stay, he
said, "You'll be surprised what can happen when you send an email."
Welch said he and his wife, Annette, are big fans of "The Biggest
Loser" television show. On the show, the contestants participate at
the Biggest Loser Resort in California. Welch said he'd learned that
another resort was going to open in Chicago, so he sent an email and
asked them to donate to the Lincoln event. They responded that they
were not able to give away a free trip, but they would give a
buy-one, get-one-free.
In addition to the prizes and the run, there will also be vendors
on hand to discuss their products and your health. Welch said he is
still trying to work out the details right now on who will be there,
but he is optimistic that there will be several when the big day
arrives.
The downtown portion of the city will be blocked off for the
daylong party that will take place during and after the race. Welch
said the Railsplitter Auto Club has been invited to come for a
special cruise-in, and there will be live music the entire day.
Among those on the stage will be Erin Eskra Vargo and Mike Vargo.
Some will remember Erin as part of a sister duo who have performed
at events in Lincoln in the past. Welch said both sisters were not
available, but Erin said she would come with husband Mike, who is
also a professional musician. The Vargos now live in Nashville and
are developing their careers in the music profession.
Julia Kay Rhodes is another powerful songstress who will grace
the downtown stage. From the Chicago area, Rhodes has been on
several nationally televised shows, such as "Nashville Spotlight,"
"Seven on Ridge" with Michael Essany, "Today's Talent Network" and
"American Kids Nationals."
Others who are scheduled to entertain are musicians Joe Borbely
and Greg Gemberling, and of course in Lincoln, you can't have a
party without a little bluegrass. The Blue Grass Pickers who
entertained at last year's Railsplitter Festival will be on hand to
offer some of their best stylings.
In addition to all this, there will be a special guest in
attendance. Joe Briseno will address the audience. Briseno is a 5K
runner who recently found himself in Boston during that very tragic
event.
Main Street is also encouraging local retailers to have special
sales that day and to set up sidewalk sales to draw attendees toward
their stores.
Welch also said that of all the things visitors will find on the
downtown square, food vendors are the one thing they won't find.
For the runners there will be food at the Oasis Senior Center,
but he hopes that everyone who attends will take the time to visit
the local restaurants on the downtown square. There are several
eateries on the square and just off the square, including Guzzardo's,
Hallie's, Mama's Arcade, Sorrento's and Vintage Fare.
Welch also explained that for the serious runners, the committee
has made arrangements for "chips" for their shoes. These chips
accurately measure the time of the run. Welch said this is important
because serious runners are always working to improve their time,
and this record helps them see their progress.
The committee is also offering some special incentives for school
groups to participate. With the help of wife Annette, Welch said
they have sent out special registration forms to the area schools.
Kids are encouraged to register for the 5K, and if they do so on the
special form for their school, the school will receive $5 for each
entry.
And finally, Welch said they are hoping for some serious public
participation at the end of the run. As a runner himself, Welch said
it is really encouraging to see a crowd of people cheering the
runners at the end of the race.
The organization also has plans for several future events, some
of them familiar from the past, some new and some restructured.
The Art of Wine this year at the Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival
is going to be revamped and will be the Art of Wine and Brew. Welch
said they will have more details on that later, as well as on a new
event in October that is right now being called "Lincoln in Lincoln
-- 1858." Trick or Treat with the Mayor is scheduled for Oct. 26
this year.
And there is going to be an annual Christmas parade. Welch said
that Main Street director Bill Hoagland is hoping to breathe a
little new life into the parade, and we should all look forward to
hearing more about that later. Also, there will still be Saturdays
with Santa in December.
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 5K route
The city has agreed to allow for North Kickapoo to be closed to
traffic when the runners get there. Welch said he would love to see
both sides of the street from Lincoln Avenue to Broadway lined with
spectators cheering on their favorite runners, or all the runners in
general.
The race will begin near the intersection of Kickapoo and Pulaski
streets and head south on Kickapoo. At Frorer Avenue runners will
turn left. At Bryant Avenue they will turn right and take the curve
onto Comet. From Comet they will proceed to Home Avenue and take a
left. Shortly afterward will be their first checkpoint.
Runners will then proceed northward on Home to Wyatt and take
another right turn onto Wyatt. They will pass the Odd Fellows home,
where the Y and Christian Child Care are located, and run onto South
Ladue, where they will turn left. They will take South Ladue all the
way to Pekin Street and turn left onto Pekin. They will then proceed
onto North Elliott Street, where they will find their second
checkpoint. They will then take North Elliott northward to Tremont
Street, where they will turn left. They will stay on Tremont to
South Sherman and then make another right turn.
When they reach Lincoln Avenue, they will turn left again and
proceed to North Kickapoo Street. They will turn left on Kickapoo
and proceed southward toward the downtown square. The third
checkpoint will be at the southwest corner of Latham Park. From
there everyone will run or walk the home stretch to the finish line,
just beyond the Kickapoo and Broadway intersection.
This is the first year that the Main Street organization has done
a 5K, and Welch said their only real goal here is to raise the
traffic level in the downtown area. The purpose of the Main Street
organization is to bring shoppers to the city's historic downtown
area, to help keep the downtown a living and vital part of the
community.
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Main Street now has a separate website for its Lincoln events.
You can access the website to read more about the 5K, as well as
other events as they progress. You can visit that website at
http://www.mainstreetlincolnevents.com/.
[By NILA SMITH]
Integrity
Data announces Community Giving grant recipients
Integrity Data in Lincoln has awarded a total of $7,500 in grant funds to
not-for-profit organizations in the area. The funds, awarded from an
Integrity Data employee giving fund, were distributed on Thursday at a
dessert reception honoring recipients. "It is wonderful to work for a company who initiates giving within
the community," said Lindy Belley, marketing coordinator at
Integrity Data. "We hope that through this program, others will
become aware of what amazing opportunities are available through
not-for-profit organizations in and around Lincoln. We have been
blessed as employees, as an organization, and enjoy coming together
once a year to recognize such worthy causes within Logan County."
Integrity Data received a total of 16 applications from
qualified, tax-exempt organizations serving the residents of Logan
County. Applications were then evaluated and voted on by Integrity
Data's employees.
This year's grant recipients are:
will provide food for
children who are eligible for the government's free and reduced
lunch program or those who may go hungry on weekends throughout
the school year.
Lincoln Community
High School will use the funds to purchase an interactive
whiteboard (Promethean board). It will be installed prior to the
start of the 2013-2014 school year. Pre- and post-test data will
be used by the administration and staff to measure increased
learning by special education students.
Lincoln Christian
Church Children's Ministry will use the funds to purchase
two laptop computers to maintain a safe, secure and up-to-date
computerized check-in system.
Carroll Catholic
School will use the funds to purchase educational software.
Lincoln Public
Library will use the funds to purchase a laptop computer and
mobile projector. The items will allow the library to prepare
demonstrations centered on new programs provided for public
access, such as an online public access card catalog and a
downloadable e-books and audiobooks service.
Christian Child Care will use the
funds to purchase new communicators for each classroom, a new
computer for the center's records and a portable unit for
trainings.
For information concerning Integrity Data's Community Giving
Program, email
grants@integrity-data.com or call 217-732-3737. Past recipients
are listed on the company's website at
www.integrity-data.com/grants.aspx.
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Integrity Data is a software development company based in
Lincoln. Since 1996, Integrity Data has built software solutions for
customers across the globe, allowing them to extend the capabilities
of their business software systems and increase their return on
investment.
Integrity Data was founded with the
following core values:
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Integrity and
honesty in all relationships.
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Passion for
customers, partners and technology.
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Willingness to take
on big challenges and see them through.
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Commitment to excellence, results and
quality to customers, partners and employees.
Local
gun club to host pistol course
Big Oak Hunting Paradise,
outside of Lincoln, and Pistol Prep Academy will host an NRA Basic Pistol
Course on June 1 and June 27 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The course will be taught
by Annette Chapman, a local NRA-certified instructor, and will cover the
basics of safe gun handling and shooting.
The course will emphasize the safe and
proper handling and use of pistols. Participants will learn about
firearm safety, parts and operation, shooting fundamentals, care and
cleaning, storage options, selection, and more.
Some comments from previous students:
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"I'm a Vietnam
Veteran who would like to think I know a thing or two about
shooting but I signed up to take this class with my wife and I'm
glad I did. I learned a lot."
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"Instructor made
it a fun and engaging class and kept my attention."
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"I was
apprehensive at first but the instructor made me feel at ease."
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"I'm now
comfortable handing the guns my husband has in my house."
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"Annette was Fantastic! I will highly
recommend her course to anyone interested."
For details on the course, call
Annette at 309-830-7182 or email
info@pistolprepacademy.
You may also find and "like" Pistol
Prep Academy on Facebook and check out the website at
www.pistolprepacademy.com.
Community
Action board meeting notice
The next corporate board meeting of the Community Action Partnership is
scheduled for Thursday, May 30, at 7 p.m. at the corporate offices, 1800
Fifth St. in Lincoln. For transportation to the meeting,
contact the resource specialist at your county office:
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DeWitt County:
Anita Russell, 217-935-2455
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Logan County:
Cyndi Campbell, 217-732-2159
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Mason/Fulton
County:
Anna Richardson, 309-543-6988
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Piatt County:
Wendy Dotson, 217-762-2421
Upcoming
blood drives in Logan County
To help ensure an adequate blood supply for
the region, the Central Illinois Community blood center is offering
opportunities to donate blood in Logan County later this month.
Thursday, May 23
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Elkhart -- Elkhart Christian
Church, 113 S. Gillett; 3-6 p.m.
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Atlanta -- St. Mary's Catholic
Church, 805 Pearl St.; noon-6 p.m.
Saturday, May 25
- Lincoln -- Hampton Inn, 1019
N. Heitmann Drive; 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
For your convenience, call Alexis
toll-free 1-866-GIVE-BLD (1-866-448-3253), ext. 5158, to sign up, or
schedule an appointment online at
www.bloodcenterimpact.org. Walk-ins are also welcome and truly
appreciated.
Central Illinois Community Blood
Center, a not-for-profit organization, is the provider of lifesaving
blood for 14 hospitals throughout central Illinois, including
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln and Memorial Medical
Center and St. John's Hospital in Springfield. CICBC is a division
of the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center, which collects over
180,000 units of blood annually and serves 87 hospitals in Illinois,
Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin.
Logan
County Arts presents 'Functional and Fine Art: Lincoln Community High School
Textiles, Woods, Metals and Fine Art'
An exhibit of works by Lincoln Community High
School students in textiles, woods, metals and fine art will be on view at
the Lincoln Art Institute in downtown Lincoln from May 9 through May 26. The
show opens Thursday, May 9, at 5 p.m. and is free and open to the public. This event will feature various works by current students attending
Lincoln Community High School and includes works that are both
functional and creative in a variety of media.
Refreshments will
be served at the opening, in addition to a bake sale with the
proceeds going to support Logan County Arts, which serves artists
and the community throughout Logan County.
The Lincoln Art Institute hosts Logan County Arts with the goal
of expanding awareness of arts with a focus on Logan County.
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Lincoln Art Institute
Address: 112 S. McLean, Lincoln, IL 62656
Contact: Toby Prange, curator,
contact@logancountyarts.org
Phone: 217-651-8355
Website:
www.logancountyarts.org
Hours: Saturdays 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
or by appointment
Hartsburg-Emden High School Alumni Banquet will be June 8
HARTSBURG-EMDEN -- The 86th annual Hartsburg-Emden High School Alumni
Banquet will begin at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 8, at the Knights of Columbus Hall in
Lincoln. Invitations to the banquet will be sent out the first week of May.
Anyone who did not receive an invitation but would like to attend
the banquet may send a request via email to Ron Spencer at
coach_spencer@hotmail.com,
or you may reach him on his cellphone at 309-838-0360.
Anniversary classes being honored this year are 1933, 1938, 1943,
1948, 1953, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998,
2003, 2008 and the senior Class of 2013.
The winner of the "Wall of Fame" award will be selected and
announced at the banquet. This year's award will be represented in
the category of "Athletics/Sports."
Please mail nomination letters to Ron Spencer, 8923 Blooming
Grove Road, Bloomington, IL 61705.
Due to the rising costs of the banquet, the alumni association
will accept donations to help out with the cost of the event and to
continue funding the Alumni Scholarship. Donations are payable to
the Hartem Alumni Association and may be sent to Greg Phillips, 208
Market St., Emden, IL 62635.
Officers of the alumni association for 2013 are Chris Boerma,
president; Ron Spencer, vice president; Loretta Hellman, secretary;
Greg Phillips, treasurer; and Kay Mullins and Verna Lessen,
corresponding secretaries.
Route
66 will anchor weekend of activities in Logan County
Route 66 will be the centerpiece for a diverse series of activities taking
place in Logan County on the weekend of June 7-9, Friday-Sunday.
Events will range from garage sales, auto racing and an electric
car show to art exhibits and the Illinois Route 66 Hall of Fame
Banquet.
Festivities will begin with the annual Route 66 Garage Sale,
which will take place from 7 a.m. until dusk Friday, Saturday and
Sunday in Lincoln.
This year, vendors can rent indoor or outdoor space at the VFW,
915 Fifth St., or flea market space at The Mill, 738 S. Washington
St. For reservations at the VFW, or general information about the
garage sales, call Andrea Dykman at 217-735-0294. The Logan County
Tourism Bureau at 217-732-8687 is taking reservations for spaces at
The Mill.
For the first time, Logan County Outreach, a community betterment
organization, and Lincoln Printers will host the Route 66 Garage
Sale.
Private garage sales will also take place throughout the
community. Those planners are urged to use traditional news and
social media outlets to advertise their sales.
On Friday night, race fans can watch the POWRi competition at
Lincoln Speedway on the Logan County Fairgrounds. Gates open at 3
p.m., with hot laps at 6:30 p.m. and racing at 7 p.m.
The Mill 2nd Saturday Flea Market on June 8 is the premiere event
for a series of flea markets there on the second Saturday of each
month through October. The flea market will run from 10 a.m. until 5
p.m.
The Lincoln Art Institute gallery at 112 S. McLean St. in
downtown Lincoln will be open on Saturday from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Main Street Lincoln will sponsor a PLUS 5K run and health fair in
downtown Lincoln on Saturday.
Also on Saturday, an Electric Vehicle Cruise-In will take place
from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. along the original Mother Road in historic
downtown Atlanta. The free public cruise-in is sponsored by the
Atlanta Betterment Fund.
After it was commissioned in 1926, Route 66 was responsible for a
huge increase in automobile traffic that led to the need for
businesses to serve the traveling public. Among these new businesses
were service stations.
Now, Route 66 is poised to help create the next big
transportation infrastructure -- charging stations for electric
vehicles. Atlanta is interested in helping other Route 66
communities discover how to better serve the traveling public that
will be searching for an electric plug-in instead of a gas pump.
The June 8 Electric Vehicle Cruise-in, Illinois' first, will
display some cool EV cars and offer a chance to learn more about how
the Mother Road is working to give birth to a new travel
infrastructure.
All electric and hybrid cars are invited to participate in the
cruise-in. The event will also feature vintage music, great food, a
50-50 drawing and hourly drawings.
Atlanta offers two Level 2 Eaton charging stations, available by
advance reservation at no fee. There are also 16 Level 1 charging
stations available at no cost on a first-come, first-served basis.
For more information about the cruise-in, or to make reservations
to use the Level 2 charger, contact Bill Thomas of the Atlanta
Betterment Fund at 217-648-5077 or
wthomas@teleologic.net.
Atlanta will also exhibit the results of its first Rt. 66
Reinterpreted Art Project from May 1 through Aug. 13.
Modeled on Chicago's "Cows on Parade" exhibit, the Rt. 66
Reinterpreted Art Project presented 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.
Artists were provided a blank 2-by-2-foot wooden cutout of the
Route 66 highway shield, painted white, which then became their
personal canvas. Each shield was required to incorporate the text
"U.S. 66," but otherwise the design was left to each artist's
imagination.
The Atlanta Betterment Fund, sponsor of the project, selected 10
shields as finalists. Visitors can vote on their favorites, and
those with the most votes will be named winners of the contest. 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 Rt. 66 Park. For more information,
contact Bill Thomas at the telephone number or email address above.
The annual Route 66 Association of Illinois Motor Tour will pass
through Logan County on Saturday, June 8. Many of the participants
will stay overnight Saturday before continuing the tour on Sunday.
The Route 66 Association Hall of Fame Banquet will take place
Saturday evening at Lincoln College. Advance reservations are
required for the banquet. For more information about either the
banquet or the motor tour, visit the Route 66 Association of
Illinois at il66assoc.org.
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