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October 22, 2010

Amazing Australian Adventure

Stickybeaks, bushrangers and larrikins, not allowed  

[MARCH 4, 2000]  Each year the PTO at Washington-Monroe Elementary School adds a little warmth to the cold winter blahs. To get both the teachers and students re-energized, the group organizes a Winter Fantasy.   This year the theme was “Amazing Australian Adventure.”   Throughout the week students participated in a variety of activities.

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                 A DAY IN THE LIFE

Dance Fever

A day in the life of a local studio owner

[MAR 4, 2000]  Audra Turley fell in love at the age of three—and she’s been dancing ever since. At 32, Turley is the owner of Audra’s Dance Studio on South McLean Street in Lincoln.  Mrs. Audra, as her students fondly refer to her, puts in nearly 60 hours each week training people of all ages the art of dance, whether it is tap, jazz, ballet, clogging or Irish dance. “It’s what I want to do,” she says.

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Announcements --

- Methodist Men Host Pancake and Sausage Benefit

- Presbyterian Church Hosts Chicken Noodle Lunch

- Kiwanis Club Hosts Chili and Oyster Meal

- Mount Pulaski Offers Music and Museum Tours Saturday

- Multiple Sclerosis Society Fund-Raising Walk Scheduled

                   READERS' POLL

           How are you enjoying the warm weather?