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"I want to help," said Dennis
Robinson, owner. "If it had been our community, I'd like to think
others would come to our rescue."
Feel free to drop off donations at 529
Woodlawn or call 828-0651 to help.
 MKS
Jewelers offers unique help to Logan County Food Pantry
MKS Jewelers in downtown Lincoln
has found a creative way to help families in need this Christmas.
Beginning Tuesday, Nov. 19, MKS is selling black ice zirconia
earrings for $5 and donating the entire amount to the Logan County
Food Pantry.
"My family and I are very grateful
to this community, which has allowed us to stay in business for so
long," says store owner Melody Shew. "This is just a small way for
us to be able to help local families during this holiday season.
Every $5 donated goes directly to the food pantry. It feels good to
be able to help make a difference."
Shew added, "Our supply of earrings
is limited, and I want as many customers as possible to be able to
participate, so we have a limit of one pair of earrings per person."
MLS Jewelers is at 614 Broadway in
Lincoln. You may contact the store at 217-732-6520.
It's
cookie time at HSLC
Order yours today Planning holiday parties or
looking for gifts to give special friends or relatives? Let the Humane
Society of Logan County do your holiday baking. HSLC is once again taking
orders for holiday cookie trays.
Each tray will contain three dozen
fancy holiday cookies with a variety of at least 12 different kinds
of cookies. The cost is still only $15 per tray. Larger trays are
also available.
To place
orders, call Adrienne at 217-732-1979. The deadline is Dec. 6.
Orders can be picked up on
Saturday, Dec. 14, at Graue Chevrolet, 1905 N. Kickapoo St., from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m.
All proceeds benefit the Humane
Society of Logan County.
Brian Wrage to speak at Woman's Club on Wednesday
Brian Wrage will present the program
"Native Americans and their Artifacts" during the 1 p.m. Lincoln
Woman's Club meeting Wednesday, Nov. 20. Wrage has been collecting
Indian artifacts for more than 30 years.
A tea will follow the meeting.
Social co-chairwomen will be Sue
Beaver, Mary Cooper and Marilyn Maffett, with Rose Mary Conrady as
greeter. Devotions will be given by Carol Grunder.
Members are asked to bring items
for the food pantry and veterans to the meeting. It's also requested
that yearly volunteer and donor forms be turned in at this meeting.
Logan
County Democrats cancel December meeting
The Logan County Democrats
will not have a meeting in December due to holiday schedules. The Democrats
will resume their regular monthly meetings in January. The next meeting will
be Saturday, Jan. 11, at 10 a.m. at the Lincoln Public Library.
Rebecca Drake, county Democratic
chair, announced that Bill Houlihan, downstate chief of staff for
Sen. Richard Durbin, will be guest speaker at the January meeting.
Houlihan is a candidate for the 18th Congressional District State
Central Committee.
All Logan
County Democrats are welcome to attend.
Christmas on Vinegar Hill comes this
weekend
MOUNT PULASKI — The 25th annual
Christmas on Vinegar Hill will be on Saturday, Nov. 23, from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 24, from noon to 4 p.m. The event will
include locations in private homes, churches and businesses in the
Mount Pulaski area offering crafts, antiques, baked goods and more.
A number of locations will serve homemade food.
Green wooden Christmas trees with
numbers and letters will mark the shopping sites. Maps will be
available at all locations and at the courthouse. Over 125 crafters
and antique collectors will be on hand for this event.
The Mount Pulaski Courthouse, where
Abraham Lincoln argued cases when he rode the old 8th Judicial
Circuit, will be open on Saturday to allow visitors to enjoy period
decorations in the town offices and courtroom.
There will be 30 locations open on
Saturday and 14 locations open on Sunday. For further information,
visit www.mtpulaskiil.com and click on "Christmas
on Vinegar Hill."
Christmas on Vinegar Hill takes its
name from a colorful period in the town's past. Prior to the repeal
of the 18th Amendment in 1933, ending Prohibition, Mount Pulaski
stayed "wet" longer than the surrounding "dry" towns. Since Mount
Pulaski had 13 prosperous saloons and a few bootleggers, the
railroads brought many customers into town from several directions.
Upon nearing the town, the conductor would call out "Vinegar Hill —
next stop." Passengers would ride in with empty flasks and ride out
with full ones. Thus, the town earned the nickname "Vinegar Hill."
Harvest
of Talents offers 'take-and-bake' cinnamon rolls for the holidays
Cinnamon breakfast rolls are a
long-standing tradition of the Harvest of Talents for World Hunger,
dating back to the time when sisters Glenda Appel Allison and Gail
Appel Clark made the first batch of 300 rolls from a recipe of their
mother, Veva Appel.
This year at the October event, some
1,900 cinnamon and caramel pecan rolls were baked under the
leadership of Joe and Melanie Schaler and served as breakfast fare
at the 30th annual Harvest of Talents.
At the request of fans, the cinnamon
roll project is taking on a new dimension. This year, for the first
time, cinnamon rolls will be offered in "take-and-bake" form for
holiday entertaining.
Pre-orders are being received for
frozen cinnamon rolls with a container of icing and baking
directions for $3 per roll. Gluten-free rolls will also be available
for purchase. Rolls may be ordered in any quantity. They will be
individually frozen and packaged in zip-lock bags, making it
convenient to remove and bake only the amount desired.
Prepayment is required. Order forms
are available in the office of Lincoln Christian Church, or by
contacting Melanie Schaler at
tlkatv@yahoo.com or 217-871-8254.
All orders must be picked up on
Saturday, Dec. 14, between 9 a.m. and noon, at the small canopy
entrance off the church parking lot.
Anyone having further questions
should contact Schaler.
If you're looking for a special
treat for visiting relatives or something special for Christmas
breakfast when the kids come home from college, perhaps Harvest
"take and bake" cinnamon rolls are your solution.
The Schalers say, "Just pop the
cinnamon rolls in your oven, and your home will have that same
wonderful aroma that fills the Fellowship Center each October on
Harvest of Talents morning."
Tammy Renee Harris to perform in Mount Pulaski on Dec. 12
MOUNT PULASKI — Well-known singer
Tammy Renee Harris will appear in concert at Mount Pulaski on
Thursday, Dec. 12. The Christmas concert performance will be from 2
to 3:30 p.m. at the Mount Pulaski Christian Church Family Life
Center.
Desserts will be served from 1 to 2
p.m., prior to the concert.
There will be a freewill offering
opportunity.
Harris is "so charismatic and has
such a tremendous voice," reports a previous attendee at several of
her recent Illinois concerts.
PASE
to host Vinegar Hill event at
Mount Pulaski Grade School
MOUNT PULASKI — The PASE organization,
People Acting for Students and Education, will host over 60 vendors
at Mount Pulaski Grade School on Saturday, Nov. 23, for Christmas on
Vinegar Hill.
In addition, PASE will have a cookie
walk in the cafeteria, beginning at 8 a.m. Visitors can tantalize
their taste buds by filling a plate full of homemade cookies and
other goodies of their choosing, to be purchased by the weight of
the plate.
Also, lunch will
be served in the cafeteria, featuring walking tacos, sloppy Joes and
hot dogs.
Stop by to get some goodies, enjoy
some lunch and check names off your holiday shopping list from 8
a.m. until 5 pm.
All proceeds from the cookie walk
and luncheon will go for classroom needs and goals at MPGS. The
event organizers appreciate the continued support of the students.
Rotary
asks community to help make this a 'picture perfect' holiday season
The Lincoln Rotary Club is sponsoring
a food drive this holiday season and asking all members of the
community to get involved. All of the proceeds from this drive will
go to the Logan County Food Pantry.
Rotary is asking the community to help
make this a "picture perfect" holiday season and help Rotarians with
"stocking" their shelves in order to stock the Logan County Food
Pantry shelves. The goal is to have the Rotary Christmas Tree filled
with nonperishable food items by the time of the Main Street Lincoln
Christmas Parade on Dec. 5. The man-made tree was constructed by
Lincoln Rotarians to help measure and display the amount of food
donated by the community.
"We
want everyone to have a visual of the generosity of our wonderful
community. This not only allows us to show off the amount of food
donated, but we are also hoping it will be a nice Christmas display
for our downtown." said Michelle Bauer, who is helping lead the
project for Rotary.
You can watch the Lincoln Rotary
Christmas Tree being decorated with food items by visiting the
display window at 113 N. Kickapoo St., next to Abe's.
Rotary
is asking that people not leave food items at the 113 N. Kickapoo
address. Donations of nonperishable food and cash donations will be
accepted at the following locations:
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Lincoln College Library, 300
Keokuk
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Lincoln Park District, 1400 Primm
Road
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Lincoln YMCA, 604 Broadway, Suite
1
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Lincoln Animal Hospital, 1415 N.
Kickapoo
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Chamber office, 1555 Fifth St.
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Or with
any local Rotarian
With questions, contact Michelle
Bauer at 217-750-1061.
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Come
enjoy Christmas at the Mount Pulaski Courthouse
MOUNT PULASKI -- The Mount Pulaski Courthouse Foundation invites
the public to two special events on Saturday, Dec. 7, at the
historic courthouse on the square in Mount Pulaski.
The first is "Santa Claus at the Courthouse." Santa will arrive
at the Mount Pulaski Courthouse at 1 p.m. and will be available for
visitors of all ages until 3 p.m.
The second event is a "Courthouse Christmas Open House" from 6 to
8 p.m., hosted by portrayers of President and Mrs. Lincoln.
Refreshments will be served.
The courthouse is decorated for Christmas and there is a
"Festival of Trees" display that includes 20 special Christmas trees
decorated by local businesses and individuals. These decorated trees
will be auctioned at 7 p.m. by Mike Maske, with the proceeds
benefiting the Mount Pulaski Courthouse Foundation -- to help
preserve and promote the courthouse.
The trees are on display now and can be seen during normal
courthouse hours, Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.
The public is invited to visit the historic Mount Pulaski
Courthouse, all dressed up for Christmas.
Lincoln Christian Church to host
'Unleashed for the Unreached' prayer wall
Nov. 20-27, the "Unleashed for the Unreached"
prayer wall will be at Lincoln Christian Church in Lincoln. The traveling
wall lists people groups who currently have no missionaries and no access to
the Bible. People visiting the wall are encouraged to pick a people group to
pray for. Several activities are planned to correspond with the visit of the
wall. A news release about the prayer
wall provides this background:
"Because we live in
a church saturated culture where Bibles can be accessed on our
phones and there are churches on every corner, it is difficult to
grasp that 2.7 billion people in the world have never heard
the name of Jesus, have no access to a Bible, have no missionary,
and may never hear the Gospel. Researchers have identified around
7,000 people groups with a total population of 2.7 billion as being
unreached—this is approximately 40% of the world's population!
(source/resource
http://www.joshuaproject.net/)
"All of these
numbers can seem like random statistics. What if there was a way to
visualize the enormity of the task of reaching all of these people
with the life-changing message of the Gospel? Imagine a 60 ft. wall
containing a list of the 1,587 largest unreached people groups. This
wall is called the Unleashed for the Unreached Prayer Wall
and helps to make the enormous task before us of reaching the world
for Christ visually memorable and calls believers to prayer."
According to the
Unleashed for the Unreached
website, the campaign was launched at the 2011 North American
Christian Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, when the convention
president, Dudley Rutherford, delivered his keynote address on the
evening of July 5, 2011. "He asked churches everywhere to partner
together to form networks that would boldly tackle the problem of
getting the word out to unreached people groups and cities still
uninformed about the Good News of Jesus Christ," the website says.
The initiative connects local
churches with unreached peoples and cities, facilitated by trained
project fulfillment specialists, peer mentoring and prayer.
The "Wall
of Unreached Peoples" has been featured at the North American
Christian Convention and the International Conference on Missions.
When the wall is at Lincoln
Christian Church from Wednesday, Nov. 20, through Wednesday, Nov.
27, there will be multiple opportunities for visitors to interact
with the prayer wall. Scheduled activities include:
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Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 6:30 p.m.
-- "Aha" moment with Dr. Wayne Shaw
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Saturday, Nov. 23, from 6
to 7:45 p.m. -- "Unleashed for the Unreached" seminar with
Doug Lucas, team expansion president
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Sunday, Nov. 24, at 8:15, 9:30 and
11 a.m. -- Doug Lucas will preach.
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Open time for prayer -- Saturday,
9 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sunday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
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Additional prayer opportunities
for individuals and groups will be available throughout the
week. For more information or to schedule a time to come,
contact Lincoln Christian Church 217-732-7618.
Those who can't come to the events
are invited to check out the resources on
http://www.joshuaproject.net/, where people can get a daily
email reminder to pray about an unreached people group and find out
more information about unreached peoples. Those who would like to
commit to praying for a specific unreached people group can visit
the website, http://www.u4theu.com/,
and find a
form under contacts. Follow
Unleashed for the Unreached or
Unreached Peoples
- Joshua Project on Facebook.
Frost
named ALMH November Employee of the Month
Tom Frost of Lincoln has been named the
November Employee of the Month at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital. Frost
works as a valet with volunteer and special services at ALMH.
After retiring from his position as a
union laborer for over 24 years, Frost began volunteering at the
hospital. Eventually, he took the position of valet and brings a
smile to everyone who walks through the doors at ALMH.
In his position, Frost valet parks
anywhere from five to 16 vehicles each morning. Oftentimes, you'll
find Frost helping people in and out of their cars and assisting
with any other needs they may have as they enter the hospital.
"Working at ALMH gives me an
opportunity to work with and serve great people," Frost said. "I
like being available to help people and let them know that it's
going to be OK. Helping people is important to me."
Frost was nominated for the honor
by an anonymous person who stated: "Tom gives 100% to make the each
patient's visit to ALMH a great one. He is polite and always there
to help them, not just parking their car, but assisting them by
wheelchair or by giving them an arm to lean on while entering the
hospital. He knows nearly everyone who comes often by name and makes
them feel really special."
A second anonymous nominator said:
"As a car stops in the front drive, Tom is waiting to help the
person from their car and into the hospital to where they need to
go. Tom is a great asset to ALMH."
Frost was born and raised in
Missouri but has lived in Lincoln for over 20 years. He enjoys
babysitting his grandsons, hiking, helping with Habitat for Humanity
and watching movies. He has been married for 36 years and has four
children, two grandsons and is expecting a granddaughter on
Christmas Day.
ALMH, at 200 Stahlhut Drive in
Lincoln, is a 25-bed critical-access hospital affiliated with
Memorial Health System. Valet parking is available Monday through
Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ALMH employs over 315 in a
variety of roles. For more information, visit
www.almh.org.
Upcoming
Red Cross blood drive at Lincoln Park District
PEORIA -- The holiday season is a time for
people to reflect on what makes them grateful. Family, friends and good
health come to mind for many. Countless patients like Ethan Hoffart, however, strive for good
health during the holidays, oftentimes in a hospital room, away from
family and friends. Blood donations can bring them hope.
When
Ethan was 10 years old, he spent most of the holiday season being
treated for aplastic anemia, a disease in which the body's bone
marrow doesn't make enough new blood cells. For four months Ethan
was dependent on blood transfusions every seven days and platelet
transfusions every three days.
"I probably wouldn't even be here if no one gave blood," he said.
"The transfusions pretty much saved me."
Thanks in part to volunteer donors, Ethan's disease is under
control, and he will be at home with his family for the holidays
this year.
All blood types are needed, especially O-negative, A-negative and
B-negative.
Appointments to donate with the American Red Cross and bring hope
to patients in need can be made at
www.redcrossblood.org or
1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).
Upcoming blood donation opportunity
in Logan County:
- Nov. 20, from noon to 5 p.m. at the Lincoln Park District
Sports Complex, 1400 Primm Road
How to donate blood
Simply call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit
www.redcrossblood.org to
make an appointment or for more information. All blood types are
needed to ensure a reliable supply for patients. A blood donor card
or driver's license or two other forms of identification are
required at check-in. Individuals who are 17 years of age (16 with
parental consent in some states), weigh at least 110 pounds and are
in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood. High
school students and other donors 18 years of age and younger also
have to meet certain height and weight requirements.
City
of Lincoln fall cleanup schedules: landfill hours and leaf pickup days
For the convenience of
Lincoln residents, the city landfill will be open six days a week beginning
Tuesday, Oct. 29. Landfill hours will be Tuesday through Sunday, 8 a.m. to
3:50 p.m., and closed on Mondays. The landfill is specifically for
landscape waste. Trash dumping will not be permitted there.
With the new city agreement for
commercial mulching, products brought to the landfill by residents
should be separated into two categories: wood products and lawn
waste, such as plant material and leaves.
Wood waste for mulching is defined
as logs, limbs or brush. All wood materials for recycling must be
free of all metal or foreign debris, excluding nails and bolts
three-eighths inch or smaller. Logs and limbs should be cut to a
maximum length of 4 feet.
The landfill will maintain a
six-day-a-week schedule through Tuesday, Nov. 26. Afterward the
schedule will go back to open hours Saturday and Wednesday from 8
a.m. to 3:50 p.m.
The city of Lincoln will also do
free leaf pickup inside the city limits. Pickup dates will be
scheduled by ward and are as follows:
Ward
1:
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Monday, Oct. 28
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Thursday, Nov. 7
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Wednesday, Nov. 20
Ward 2:
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Wednesday, Oct. 30
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Tuesday, Nov. 12
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Friday,
Nov. 22
Ward 3:
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Friday, Nov. 1
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Thursday, Nov. 14
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Monday,
Nov. 25
Ward 4:
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Tuesday, Nov. 5
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Monday, Nov. 18
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Monday,
Dec. 2
Leaves are to be placed in
biodegradable bags at the curb by 7 a.m. the day of the scheduled pickup for
your ward.
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