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BUSINESS
Local
paramedic association
marks initial year of service
 [DEC.
26, 2000] A
year ago last summer, Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital announced
that they planned to discontinue the ambulance service they had
provided Logan County for the past 27 to 28 years. The Logan County
Board decided to take bids for the county’s ambulance service.
Employees of the hospital’s ambulance department incorporated
their own ambulance service and placed a bid with the Logan County
Board. Their offer won out over two other ambulance services, in
Decatur and Springfield, and the Logan County Paramedic Association,
Inc. (LCP) was born on Dec. 1, 1999.
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RURAL
REVIEW
Pointers
on keeping poinsettias
 [DEC.
26, 2000] The
poinsettia is a plant that is native to Mexico and has become the
traditional potted plant at Christmas time. While many believe that
the red, pink or white color is the flower, it is actually called a
bract. Bracts are colored leaves. The true flowers are there, but
they aren’t very showy.
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SPORTS
NEWS
Bloomington-Normal
Classic schedules
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ORGANIZATIONS
Lincoln
Writers' Club to meet
[DEC.
26, 2000]
The
next meeting of the Lincoln Writers’ Club will be on Tuesday, Jan.
9, in the Pegram Room of the Lincoln Public Library.
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announcement]
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LAW
& COURTS
 Court reports
[DEC.
26, 2000] The Law
and Courts page includes a new set of weekly court reports. In court reports, the Lincoln Daily News does not list the names of the individuals unless convicted and
age 18 or older.
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reports]
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