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OVER THE NOON HOUR (CDT)
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Wednesday, December 06, 2000
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[Postville Courthouse State historic site, 914 Fifth Street,
Lincoln, Illinois]
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sources regarding the presidential election
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TOP
STORIES
Courthouse needs
staffing volunteers
Renovated
Postville Courthouse
sets Dec. 9 open house
[DEC.
6, 2000] The
Postville Courthouse State Historic Site on Fifth Street in Lincoln,
which has been closed since April 16 of this year, will reopen on
Saturday, Dec. 9, with an open house from noon to 3 p.m. This is a
special reception for the public to come and see the courthouse
after its $250,000 restoration, said Richard Schachtsiek, site
manager of Postville and of the Mount Pulaski Courthouse. He also
hopes to recruit volunteers to help staff the building, one of the
important sites in the Looking for Lincoln tourist program.
[complete
story]
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A
holiday contest for you!
 As
a participant in the Ho-Ho-Dough holiday contest,
Lincolndailynews.com has lots of tickets to give away to its loyal
readers. Starting today and running through next Thursday, LDN will
provide five daily questions, pulled from current ads and
yesterday's stories,
for you to answer. Each correct answer earns one ticket. Just e-mail
your responses back to Lincoln Daily News, and we will save your
tickets for you to pick up late next week. A drawing for $5,000 cash
and other prizes will be at 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, at the Logan
County Courthouse. Good luck!
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Questions
for Wednesday, December 6, 2000:
1.
What product is featured on the home page of Abe's website?
2.
When was the Peoria Farm Show?
3.
Which downtown Lincoln merchant sells custom embroidery blankets?
4.
How many points did the Lincoln College women's basketball team
score in their game against Moraine Valley last weekend?
5.
Who is the principal at Washington-Monroe School?
Click
here to submit your answers
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CRIME
STOPPERS
New
LDN page!
[click
here]
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BOOK
LOOK
 'Hear'
[DEC.
6, 2000]
Over
22 million people in the United States suffer from some type of
hearing impairment. The advocacy group Self Help for Hard of Hearing
People (SHHH) has teamed up with author Anne Pope to publish an
important book on this medical condition. "Hear" has been
written as a collaborative effort to provide advice to and guidance
for persons who are experiencing a transition in their auditory
perception.
[book
review]
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TEACHING
& LEARNING
All parents
welcome
District 27
schools and
parents create unique learning opportunities for students
Part
2
 [DEC.
6, 2000]
There
once was a time when principals and teachers had to call parents in
to the school to discuss a child’s disciplinary or academic
shortfall. But these days, parents of Lincoln District 27 elementary
students frequently visit their child’s school to help teachers
and administrators enhance the educational process.
[complete
story]
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ORGANIZATIONS
Lincoln
Park District plans
[click
here for details]
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THE
ARTS
Plays
chosen for next season
[DEC.
6, 2000]
Lincoln
Community Theatre is pleased to announce the three productions
selected for presentation in the summer of 2001.
[announcement]
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SPORTS
NEWS
Lincoln
Christian College basketball
[sports
report]
LCHS
vs. Jacksonville
[sports
report]
Hartsburg-Emden
vs. Illini Central
[sports
report]
Mount
Pulaski vs. Maroa-Forsyth
[sports
report]
Olympia
vs. Normal West
[sports
report]
World/National
Sports News
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Agriculture
News
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BUSINESS
Wreath,
swag, trees top the voting
[DEC.
6, 2000] A
candlelight courthouse tour, a children's story time and music by
local choirs, as well as lavishly decorated Christmas trees, wreaths
and swags, brought nearly 3,000 people to the Logan County
Courthouse for the 2000 Festival of Trees from Nov. 24 to Dec. 3.
[complete
story]
World/National
Business
News
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LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
Former
ballplayers
[letter]
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WHAT'S
UP WITH THAT?
What's
up with that?
[photo
and caption]
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Hear
it here!
Fax
Machine tonight
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.
[click
here to hear it]
Sponsors:
Mitchell-Newhouse, Gleason's Dairy Bar, J&S Auto
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OBITUARIES
-
Barbara Berker
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Edna Correll
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Dorothy Mullins
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