City Christmas ornaments are here 

Official City of Lincoln Christmas ornaments featuring City Hall have arrived in the Main Street Lincoln office.  People who pre-ordered the ornaments can pick them up between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. in the office on the second floor of Union Planters Bank, 303 S. Kickapoo.  Additional ornaments may be purchased at MKS Jewelers, Merle Norman Cosmetics, Eckert's or at the Main Street Lincoln office. 

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Family Custom Cleaners
is now open at 621 Woodlawn.

You can now stop at our new location to drop off dry cleaning and do your laundry!

Broadway Cleaners remains open during this time.


Breastfeeding Support Group to meet

The Breastfeeding Support Group will meet at Logan County Health Department on Thursday, Dec. 21, at 12:30 p.m.  This support group will meet monthly on the third Thursday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. and is open to any woman, pregnant or breastfeeding, who wants to receive information, support and encouragement with breastfeeding.  Logan County Health Department nurse Sue Estes has been trained as a Certified Lactation Counselor and will lead this support group to encourage and support breastfeeding mothers. Women are invited to bring baby and lunch to this support group.  For more information, contact Logan County Health Department at (217) 735-2317.


Lincoln Park District plans

Our new 2001 memberships are now available. Your new membership will be good until Dec. 31, 2001. We offer just a complex membership that allows you to use the sports complex and the cardio area. We also have a fitness membership that entitles you to the complex, cardio area and the weight room. Membership gives you the opportunity to use the sauna; you pay no daily fee; and you get a reduced rate for the tennis courts, racquetball court and aerobics classes. There are also discounted prices for our senior citizens. We also have gift certificates for the fitness-minded on your Christmas lists. If you have questions, please feel free to call us at 732-8770.

Winter session volleyball sign-up began on Dec. 4 and will end on Dec. 15. If you are looking for a way to beat the winter blahs, volleyball may be the answer for you. We are offering a Competitive League on Monday nights and a Recreation League on Tuesday and Thursday nights. Our Competitive League, where the skills of the game are emphasized, is for the serious player, and our Recreation League is for those looking to play with a less serious approach. Both leagues are co-ed. Why don't you talk to your co-workers or friends and get a team together?

Once again, starting the week of Jan. 8, Scotty Hinman will be wielding her brushes and teaching ceramics. This class is great fun for anyone from the novice to the experienced. Trust me, this rookie attended and, with Scotty's instruction, I ended up with a project that looks pretty nice. The course is eight weeks long with a cost of $24 in district and $28 for out-of-district residents. A 25 percent discount will apply to senior citizens.

We will offer Senior Stride and Social beginning in January. Watch this column for further information.

Plans are under way for a Third Saturday Crafts class for the months of January, February and March. Each month will be something different; one month we may make some type of paper or painting project, and one month we will build birdhouses. Each month, whatever the craft, is guaranteed to be fun. Charges will be minimal.

[Lincoln Park District news release]

 


A presentation of 'Coming to America' planned

Salt Creek Prairie Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution will have a special holiday treat at their monthly meeting Wednesday, Dec. 13, at 1 p.m. in the town's Civic Center, located at 120 N. Main St.

The Illini Central Grade School fourth grade class of Mrs. Ken Douglas will perform their immigration skit about "Coming to America."  Through song, recitation and costume, the students tell the joy of becoming an American citizen.  The program will be filmed by Salt Creek Prairie Chapter and a video submitted to DAR national headquarters in Washington, D.C. as an "outstanding program" of the year.

In 1919 the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution established the committee promoting Americanism and the DAR "Manual for Citizenship." Last year the national society presented six Americanism medals to outstanding naturalized adult citizens, awarded 17 medals of honor and gave out over 60,000 DAR citizenship manuals at naturalization ceremonies held in courts throughout the nation.

Mason City's local DAR chapter takes pride in this fourth grade, its teacher and their program about citizenship.  The class has been invited to attend the next naturalization ceremony for the state of Illinois as guests of DAR. The ceremony will be next spring at the Old State Capitol in Springfield. It is anticipated that one of Mason City's own residents will receive her citizenship certificate then.

   This Wednesday, Dec. 13, meeting at 1 p.m. will indeed be a holiday treat to all Salt Creek Prairie Chapter members and their guests.  Refreshments will be served by the hostess committee, Mary K. Mangold, Janet Meyer and Emily Penewitt.  Daughters should note that the day and time differs from normal chapter meetings.

[Mason City DAR news release]


Red Cross announces December classes

A challenge class will be Saturday, Dec. 16, at the Logan County Red Cross office, 125 S. Kickapoo St. in Lincoln. This is for those who wish to be recertified. Hours are from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. A community first aid and safety class will be Dec. 20 and 21 at the same location. This class includes adult CPR, infant and child CPR, and first aid. Dec. 20 hours are from 6 until 10 p.m., and hours for Dec. 21 are 5 until 10 p.m.

For further information or to register, call 732-2134 between noon and 4 p.m. any weekday.


December blood drives scheduled

Woody Jones, State Farm Insurance, will sponsor two Red Cross blood drives in December at the Lincoln Sports Complex. The hours for the Dec. 6 drive will be from noon until 6 p.m. Hours for the Dec. 20 drive will be from noon until 5 p.m. The Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital will host a drive on Dec. 13, with hours from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

In November, Jim Brown reached a goal of four gallons donated; Gary L. Minder and Cheryl Greer, two gallons each; Cindy West, Tammy Banister and Brian Yakey, one gallon each.

 


Shriners to have pre-screening clinic at Masonic Lodge

Shriners hospitals are dedicated to providing treatment for needy children. The Shriners are hosting a local pre-qualifying clinic from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Dec. 16, for children newborn to 18 years of age. Children can be brought to the off-premises clinic at the Masonic Lodge, 2022 N. Kickapoo St., for evaluation. 

In an effort to help the public to be aware of cases treated at Shriners Hospitals, the group has prepared the following list of conditions that may be acceptable and non-acceptable. Of course, the ultimate decision is determined by the chief surgeon.

 

Acceptable cases

Amputees, congenital or traumatic

Apert's syndrome

Arthrogryposia

Arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid

Bowed legs

Bums (not acute; for functional or reconstructional surgery)

Cerebral palsy

Charcot - Marie - tooth

Cleft palate and harelip

Club feet

Congenital dislocated hips

Dwarfism

Hammertoe

Hemiplegia

Legg-Perthes

Muscular dystrophy

Myelomeningocele (spina bifida)

Osgood-Schlatters (inflammation of bone head)

Osteogenic sarcoma

Osteogenesis imperfecta.

Rickets (Vitamin D-resistant)

Scoliosis

Spina bifida (myelodysplasia)

Spinal cord injuries

Syndactlism

Tibial torsion

Torticollis (wry neck)

Non-acceptable cases

Fresh fractures

Mandibular or teeth problems

Epilepsy

Heart problems

Hemophilia

Eye and hearing problems

Kidney problems

Severely retarded or brain damaged

Children on a respirator

Children with tracheostomies

 

 

Those severely affected or in a near-vegetable state are not accepted. Likewise, those with a severed spine are usually not accepted, as Shriners hospitals can accept only those cases which "present reasonable hope of material improvement. Certain spastic cases which cannot be materially helped and emergency care arising from acute bums SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED."

This is a free service. There are no costs to the family. This service is available to any child, regardless of race, creed, or national origin.

Call (217) 947-2935 for further information.

[News release from Shriners Hospital for Children]


Tickets for drawing are available from Shriners

Logan County Shriners are having an opportunity drawing. You can get tickets for the Dec. 13 cash prize drawing from any Shriner.


Lincoln Optimist Club announces essay contest

The Lincoln Optimist Club is sponsoring its fourth annual essay contest. This year’s contest is entitled "Are We Losing Our Freedom?" All high school students under 19 years of age as of Dec. 31, 2000, in grades 10, 11 and 12 are eligible to participate, according to Bob Wood, club contest chairman.

The Lincoln club will select a first, second and third-place winner in its contest, and the first-place entry will automatically be forwarded to the district contest, where it will be judged against the winning entries from clubs in the Springfield area district.

The first, second and third-place winners will receive scholarships in the amounts of $5,000, $3,000 and $2,000 respectively. In addition to the scholarship, the first-place winner receives an expense-paid four-day trip with his or her parents to the Freedoms Foundation in Valley Forge, Penn., in July for the Freedom and Leadership Conference.

All essays must be original and must be submitted by Dec. 31 to the Lincoln Optimist Club. For information, please contact Bob Wood, Contest Chairman, 166 Ninth St., Lincoln, IL 62656; phone (217) 735-4232.

Christina Dye of Lincoln was the 1999-2000 scholarship winner for the Lincoln Optimist Club and was also the second place winner for the Illinois District. Milton Wiggers, past governor of the Illinois District, presented Miss Dye with the Illinois District plaque.

Optimist International is one of the largest and most active service organizations, with over 150,000 members in 4200 Optimist clubs in the United States, Canada and other nations. Promoting "Friend of Youth," Optimist clubs conduct service projects which reach six million young people each year.

[Lincoln Optimist Club news release] 


Click here for detailed information on recycling in Logan County

(Includes "How to Prepare Recyclables?";  "Logan County Recycling Sites"; "Where Can We Recycle??";  link to Logan County Joint Solid Waste Agency site)

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