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Two
services mark
National
Day of Prayer
The
National Day of Prayer will be observed tomorrow with two
services, one at 12 noon at the Rotunda of the Logan County
Courthouse and the other at 7 p.m. at the Earl C Hargrove Chapel
at Lincoln Christian College.
The
service at the courthouse has been scheduled so that all those in
the area who wish to observe the day of prayer may do so on their
lunch hour, according to Ken Benham, organizer of this year’s
event. The service
will begin a few minutes after 12 noon and will continue for 35 to
40 minutes.
Prayers
will be scheduled in approximately five-minute segments, each
dealing with a different aspect of life and led by different
ministers. Prayers
for the church universal will be led by Tom Gerdts, minister of
the Lincoln Christian Church.
Prayers for home and family will be led by Elaine Woolard,
minister of children and senior adults at the Jefferson Street
Christian Church. Prayers for schools will be led by Marge Iden, Christian
education director of the Lincoln Christian Church.
Brian
Medaris, youth and young adult minister of the Jefferson Street
Christian Church, will lead the prayers for government leaders at
local, state, national and world levels, and Pastor Glenn Shelton
of the Second Baptist Church will lead prayers for the United
States and nations around the world. Any person of faith is welcome to come and participate in the
prayer time, Benham said.
Persons
of all faiths are also welcome at the second annual Union Service
to be held at the chapel at Lincoln Christian College at 7 p.m.
Speakers for the service will come from the Second Baptist
Church and from Trinity Episcopal Church.
The Lincoln Christian College Chorale will sing, and a time
of fellowship will be held after the one-hour service.
The
National Day of Prayer is always celebrated on the first Thursday
of May. It was
established by an act of Congress in 1988, amending a 1952 law
which required the president of the United States to proclaim a
day of prayer of his own choosing each year.
President Ronald Reagan signed the bill into law on May 5,
1988. The World
Day of Prayer, another ecumenical observance, is held on the first
Friday in March.
Christians
of all denominations throughout the United States will gather at
courthouses, parks, churches, campuses and other places to pray
for America, for elected officials, for neighborhoods and schools
and for families.
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Lincoln
Optimist Club observes Respect for Law Day
The
Lincoln Optimist Club will observe Respect for Law Day on
Thursday, May 4, at McDonald's Restaurant in Lincoln. City and
Logan County police officers will be served a meal, compliments of
the Lincoln Optimist Club and the Lincoln McDonald's. Jack Milan,
a member and former president of the local club, has furnished the
meal and meeting place for the last three years.
Also,
children can register to win a bicycle, compliments of the
Optimist Club of Lincoln. Optimists all over the United States and
Canada have adopted the motto "Friend of Youth."
People
are invited to come out and meet and greet the city and county law
enforcement officers at the Lincoln McDonald's on Thursday at
approximately 6 p.m.
The
Lincoln Community High School jazz bands will present their ninth
annual spring jazz night Thursday, May 4, at 7 p.m. at the K of C
banquet hall. The evening will feature both LCHS jazz bands
playing swing, Latin, rock and funk-style tunes with many student
soloists. The cost is $3 for adults and $2 for students and senior
citizens. Tickets will be available at the door. Popcorn and soft
drinks will be available for purchase.
The
LCHS choirs and symphonic band will present a spring concert
Tuesday, May 9, at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The
symphonic band, beginning choir and advanced choir will perform
music from classical to popular styles. This concert is free and
open to the public.
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4-H
Oral Communications Contest results announced
Logan County 4-H recently held its annual Oral Communications
Contest. State Fair
delegates selected included Kelly Dowling (original works),
Lincoln; Emily Bakken (illustrated speech), Lincoln; Abrigail
Sasse (original works), Beason; and Amanda Davison (illustrated
speech), Beason. Selected as State Fair alternates were Andrew
Fulton (illustrated speech), Lincoln; and Natalie Coers
(illustrated speech), Emden.
All were blue award winners.
Also receiving a blue award was Mathew Runyon, Broadwell.
Emily Bakken was selected as the top oral communicator and
received a plaque sponsored by Logan County 4-H Foundation.
Judges
for this year's contests were Sara McCawley of New Holland and
Kathy Litherland of Atlanta.
Oral communication is a life skill taught and practiced
in 4-H. To find out
more about the program, contact the Logan County Extension Office,
at 122 S. McLean St. in Lincoln or call 732-8289.
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Choirs
hit the road; Bible Bowl teams hit the Book
The junior high and senior high choirs of Lincoln Christian Church
are hitting the road this summer to spread the Word of God through
music.
The
senior high choir, known as the Good News choir, is directed by
Tim Searby and will leave Friday, June 9, and return Sunday, June
18. They will perform at seven churches throughout Illinois,
Florida and Georgia. Upon their return to Lincoln, the choir will
perform at 7 p.m. at Lincoln Christian Church. HeartSong, the
junior high choir directed by Karen Gerdts, will tour June 1
through 4, performing at several churches in Illinois and
Southeast Missouri.
This
marks the 27th year that the youth choirs have gone on
tours around the United States. Tracy Thomas, youth minister at
Lincoln Christian Church, says the purpose of the choir tours is
“to bring the message of the gospel to people in a unique
format, and show that young people are committed to the gospel.”
Bible Bowl
participants will also be on the road this summer. The teams will be traveling
to the national Bible Bowl Tournament, which will take place
during the North American Christian Convention July 10 though 14
in Louisville, Ky.
The
teams have been studying texts from Acts chapters 13 through 28, 1
and 2 Corinthians and 1 and 2 Thessalonians. At the tournament,
the local youth will compete against
approximately 250 teams from across the nation. Last year, the top
team from the church placed 14th.
[Katherine
Heller]
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Rural
loan program awards State Bank
Jill
Apell, Rural Development state director for the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, was in Lincoln recently to present the State Bank of
Lincoln with a “Certificate of Merit.”
Rural
Development makes loans and grants in rural Illinois to create
jobs, provide needed services to communities and make home
ownership possible for hundreds of families. There are 128
full-time employees in 20 local offices, and the total assistance
provided in Illinois during the last fiscal year was $214,226,440.
One
of the most used programs is the Guaranteed Rural Housing loan
program. Rural Development currently has 6,861 Guaranteed Rural
Housing loans in Illinois, for a total of over $348 million. The
current budget for this program is $3.2 billion dollars. The
program allows eligible families to obtain 100 percent, 30-year
fixed rate loans.
When
the program started in December of 1991, the State Bank of Lincoln
was the first bank in Illinois to agree to participate. Since
then, State Bank has been a leader in the state of Illinois in
making and servicing Guaranteed Rural Housing loans. Illinois now
has over 275 lenders that process these loans.
State
Bank made loans totaling more than $5 million the last 12 months.
State Bank of Lincoln also buys loans from 80 banks throughout
Illinois and has a portfolio of 1,325 Guaranteed Housing Loans
totaling over $61 million. This represents the largest volume of
Guaranteed Rural Housing loans serviced by any bank in Illinois.
With the help of banks like the State Bank of Lincoln, Illinois
has the largest volume of Guaranteed Housing loans of any state
this fiscal year.
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Zonta
Club of Lincoln reports on April meeting
The
Zonta Club of Lincoln met Tuesday, April 11, at 6:30 p.m. at the
Elks Club in Lincoln. The speaker for the evening was Doug Clemins,
representing the "Wings of Hope" organization.
"Wings of Hope" is a volunteer, non-sectarian,
apolitical organization whose mission is to save lives and to
improve the quality of life for people all over the world. The
group works with international health organizations and with
missionaries of all faiths. "Wings of Hope" is
headquartered at Lambert Field in St. Louis and has 122 airplanes,
seven of which work in the remote areas of the United States, such
as Appalachia and the Southwest.
The
Zonta budgets for the 2000-2001 fiscal year were presented by Kay
Bauer, chairman of the operating budget, and by Pat Shay, chairman
of the service project committee.
Members
were reminded of the spring workshop April 29 at Charleston.
The
next Zonta meeting, with the installation service, will be
Tuesday, May 9, at 6:30 p.m. at the Lincoln Elks Club.
Blood
donor update
Mitchell-Newhouse
Lumber Company will sponsor the American Red Cross blood drives at the
Lincoln Sports Complex on May 3 and 17. Hours both days will be
from 12 to 5 p.m.
During
April, the following persons reached goals in their blood
donations: Gary D. Liesman, 13 gallons; Roger Alberts and Guy
Wands, five gallons each; Marilyn Wheat and Sandra Wilmert, three
gallons each; Tim Smith, two gallons; and Ruth D. Freeman, one
gallon.
First-time
donors are always welcome. All donors may call 800-728-3543,
extension 1441, to schedule an appointment to give blood or to
receive more information.
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ALMH
accepts applications for summer teen volunteers
Applications
are currently being accepted for this summer’s teen volunteer
program at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
Teen
volunteers work throughout the hospital, performing a variety of
duties in many different departments. To be eligible for the
program, teens must be an eighth grade graduate and must complete
an application form that includes personal references. All teen
volunteers must also complete the training session scheduled on
Friday, June 9, from 9 a.m. to noon at the hospital.
Applications
are available at ALMH from Barbara Dahm, director of volunteer and
special services. Applications should be filled out and returned
in person to the volunteer office as soon as possible. A brief
interview will be conducted at that time. For more information,
call 217-732-2161, ext. 184.
Logan
County Bank is pleased to welcome Michael J. Kelly as their new
vice-president and trust officer. Mike worked for a community bank
and farm management department in Macomb for nearly 12 years. He
graduated from the University of Illinois in 1987 and has a
bachelor of science degree in agriculture economics. He is a
member of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural
Appraisers and has been an accredited farm manager since 1994.
Mike,
his wife, Mary, and their two children will be relocating to
Lincoln in the near future.
Logan
County Bank’s Trust Department offers a full range of services
including estate
administration, farm management, guardianship, IRAs, trusts,
management of custodial accounts, pensions and retirement funds,
employee benefit plans, and financial planning. Logan County Bank
is located at 303 Pulaski St. in Lincoln.
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Main
Street Lincoln to celebrate Historic Preservation Week
Citizens
in Lincoln will join thousands of individuals around the country
as part of the National Trust’s Historic Preservation Week
celebration. "Taking the Past Into the Future" is the
theme of the week, with events scheduled May 7-14.
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Citizens
in Lincoln will join thousands of individuals around the country
as part of the National Trust’s Historic Preservation Week
celebration. "Taking the Past Into the Future" is the
theme of the week, with events scheduled May 7-14.
"The
millennium is a time to reflect on where we’ve been and where we’re
going," said Richard Moe, president of the National Trust.
"This year’s theme celebrates that link between past and
future, challenging us to plan for the issues that will confront
us in the years to come. It is essential that we be vigilant,
flexible and well-informed in order to deal with the rapid changes
that are sure to have an impact on our irreplaceable historic
treasures."
Students
in grades four through eight are encouraged to write a one-page
paper on the "Most Historically Influential Lincoln
Resident." One winning entry from each grade will win an
entertainment package and be recognized on May 7 at the Taste of
Lincoln. Entries must be submitted by May 1 to the Main Street
Lincoln Office on the second floor of the Union Planters Bank
building, 303 S. Kickapoo in Lincoln.
As
a prelude to Historic Preservation Week, the "Lincoln Legacy
Quiz" will begin in The Courier May 1 and run daily through
May 6. Readers can answer the five questions posted each day and
send the results to the Main Street Lincoln office. The
participant with the highest number of correct responses will win
dinner for two at a local restaurant and will be recognized May 7
at the Taste of Lincoln.
A
May 3-14 drive by tour of architecturally significant homes,
sponsored by the Logan County Board of Realtors and The Courier,
will be featured in a special insert on May 3. The insert will
include a brief description of the homes and a numbered map so the
public can enjoy a leisurely look at all of Lincoln’s treasures.
Mayor
Joan Ritter will present the annual awards for Historic
Preservation at 11:45 a.m. Sunday, May 7, on the north lawn of the
Logan County Courthouse during the Taste of Lincoln. Awards are
available in both residential and non-residential categories for
preservation, exterior rehabilitation and sympathetic addition.
For more information or to make a nomination, call the Main Street
Lincoln office. Homes included in the drive by tour are not
automatically nominated for an award.
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[Lincoln City Hall --
The LaFrance fire truck shown was purchased
by the city in 1924 and retired in 1970.]
Historic
displays will be in the windows of many downtown businesses May
6-14 for Historic Preservation Week. Some windows will feature
Western Illinois Regional History Fair entries by junior high
students from Zion Lutheran School and New Holland/Middletown.
"More
Love Than Money Restoration" will be the theme of a workshop
to be held Wednesday, May 10, at 7 p.m. in the Union Planter's
Bank Conference Room on the second floor at 303 S. Kickapoo. Mike
Fak will share low-cost tips on how to renovate your home and give
examples. There is no fee and pre-registration is not necessary.
Also
that evening, Ruth Sloot from Lincoln Community High School will
showcase the project on historic homes compiled by civics classes
this year. This will be the first opportunity for residents whose
homes were included in the project to see the results.
Another
historically based event, the Elkhart Chatauqua, will be May 21 on
Elkhart Hill from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information on the
Chatauqua, call 217/947-2323.
Historic
Preservation Week is based on the 29-year-old tradition of the
National Trust for Historic Preservation and is sponsored locally
by the city of Lincoln and Main Street Lincoln with financial
support from Beans ’N Such and the Blue Dog Inn. For more
information on the activities, people can call the Main Street
Lincoln office at 732-2929.
[LDN
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Free
dance lessons in Mason City
The
Mason City Historical Society is sponsoring free dance lessons for
four weeks so that people can learn to "strut
their stuff" for the Civil
War ball and band performance at the park pavilion Saturday,
May 27, for Mason City's Living History Weekend . The society
feels that more people will
enjoy themselves at the ball if they are familiar with a few
period dance steps.
The
free dance lessons were scheduled to begin Thursday, April 27, at
7 p.m. at
the Mason City Civic Center, 120 N. Main St. People of all skill
levels and with or without a partner are invited.
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Atlanta
4-H club invites youth from town to join
The
members of the Atlanta Town and Country 4-H club invite eligible
youth from town to join. Jeff Jones, the club reporter, says,
"4-H isn’t just for people who live in the country. There
are lots of things for a guy or a girl from town to do."
Activities include cooking, growing flowers, woodworking, small
engines, arts, crafts and herb gardening. For more information,
people can call 217-648-2973.
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