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The Festival of Trees opened
Nov. 24 at the Logan County Courthouse. Admission is free, and
guests can vote on their favorite creatively decorated large and small
Christmas trees, wreaths and swags. The display is open from 8:30
a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and on Sundays from noon to 6
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Harvest
concludes on holiday note
[DEC.
1, 2000] Hospitality
will be the keynote as six Lincoln homes are opened on Sunday, Dec.
3, to benefit the 17th annual Harvest of Talents for
World Hunger. The holiday home tour will be the final event of the
church’s annual fund-raiser, which calls upon participants to use
their talents and skills to raise funds to meet hunger needs
worldwide.
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[Hundreds came out and enjoyed the annual City of
Lincoln Christmas parade Thursday evening. Mayor Joan Ritter was
seen riding on a float early in the parade, music was provided by
marching bands from Lincoln Community High School and Lincoln Jr.
High, numerous groups had walking troops, such as Cub Scout; and
other organizations rode in vehicles. Lots of candy was shared!]
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To
help customers prepare for
higher heating bills this winter
CILCO
launches
Operation Energy Smart
[DEC.
1, 2000] Cold
weather is coming and along with it higher prices for natural gas.
That means CILCO customers will be paying more to heat their homes
this winter.
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More
holiday-spirit-lifting activities scheduled
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SPORTS
TALK
Interview by Jeff Mayfield
Former
Railers now crashing
the college hoops party
Part
2
[DEC.
1, 2000]
As
junior high students they led their Chester-East Lincoln basketball
team to the championship game of the IESA playoffs. They dreamed of
being teammates and making some noise on the high school scene
together. Those dreams didn’t materialize as they had planned
them. However, now a few years removed from that euphoric trip to
state, the duo of Stephanie Urton and Brittany Robbins has emerged
once again, this time together on the college scene…and after
recording their first collegiate win together this week, it’s
apparent that this time they might really make some noise…
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SPORTS
NEWS
Midwest
Regional Tipoff begins at LCC
[sports
report]
LCHS
vs. Sacred Heart Griffin
[sports
report]
Mount
Pulaski vs. Rochester
[sports
report]
Illini
Central vs. Riverton
[sports
report]
Carroll
Catholic vs. Springfield Christian
[sports
report]
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Animals
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OBITUARIES
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Wanda Farris
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Maxine Klockenga
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Hear
it here!
Lincoln
Railers play Springfield Sacred Heart Griffin at Sacred Heart tonight
at 7:45 p.m.
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here]
The
Faks Machine: Mike Fak and
Jim Ash host a community call-in show. Their show airs on Lincoln
Daily News over the MediaOne link every Wednesday night beginning
at 7 p.m.
Sponsors:
Mitchell-Newhouse, Gleason's Dairy Bar, J&S Auto
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