Lottery winning numbers
Date:  05/26/00, Midday

Pick-3

5 5 5 

Pick-4

8 9 0 5

Estimated Lotto jackpot for 05/27/00

$6.6 million dollars

Estimated Little Lotto jackpot for 05/26/00

$200 thousand dollars

Estimated Big Game jackpot for 05/26/00

$22 million dollars

Lincoln Public Library District
1902 Year library started
1902 Old building (Carnegie) opened
1995 New building (Annex) opened
7 Full-time employees
8 Part-time employees
7 Board members
9,875 Card holders
146 Non-resident card holders
$65 Price of non-resident yearly card
$404,528 Levy annual budget
$94,273 Non-levy annual budget
18,287 Books in Carnegie
27,409 Books in Annex
2,772 Reference books

Alexis Asher
Thanks to Richard Sumrall, librarian


Buildings in Hartsburg
128 Houses
11 Apartments in old schoolhouse
3 Churches
1 Bank
1 Community high school
1 Elevator for grains
1 Firehouse
1 Implement company
1 Legion hall/community building
1 Post office
1 Tanning and beauty shop
1 Town hall

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Population estimates in Logan County
30,798 Total population, 1990
15,380 Rural population - 49.9%, 1990
15,418 Urban population - 50.1%, 1990
2,875 Projected births, 1990-1998
2,736 Projected deaths, 1990-1998
3,143 Persons below poverty level - 11.8 %
258 Average marriages per year
135 Average deaths per year

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Logan County’s
“Relay for Life”
55 Teams
600 Team members
$55,000 Total pledged
5 Gold sponsors
10 Silver sponsors
4 Bronze sponsors
54 Area merchant friends
2 Co-chairwomen, Kathy Blaum and
Mary Ellen Martin
19 Key volunteers
40 Assistants (volunteers)
96 Survivors walked first relay
788 Luminaria tile for memorials or honors

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4-H in Logan County

16 Clubs in county
359 Youth involved
10 Club leaders
1 University of Illinois Extension office
1 Unit leader - John Fulton (Extension adviser)
7 Office workers
150 Records turned in (records now optional)
1 Achievement night
1 Key Club Award - Holly Ingram
1 I Dare You Award - Mary Healy
1 Leader of the Year - Carla Ackerman

 

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Logan County high schools: 1960-2000
1962 Middletown High School consolidated with New Holland
1972 Atlanta High School became part of Olympia School District
1975 Elkhart High School consolidated with Mount Pulaski
1977 San Jose High School consolidated with Illini Central (Mason City)
1979 Latham High School became Warrensburg-Latham
1988 New Holland-Middletown High School consolidated with Lincoln Community High School
1994 Beason High School consolidated with Lincoln Community High School

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Hartsburg Fire Protection District

Second Installment

$300

Cost of yearly training of 36 hours per year continuing education of E.M.T.

$150

Cost of yearly training of 20 hours per year of firemen

1

Rescue van

$12,000

Value of equipment on board rescue van

1

Pumper

750

Gallons of water pumper holds

1

Mini-pumper

250

Gallons of water mini-pumper holds

1

Water truck

1,500

Gallons of water the water truck holds

$30,000

Cost to run department yearly

$24,000-$25,000

Received from county taxes per year

$5,000

Raised by annual Fireman’s Day in June and donations from local citizens

Alexis Asher

Thanks to Hartsburg Fire Chief Gene Bathe

(To first installment)

 


Lincoln High School history

1859

Lincoln School District

5

School buildings in 1859

1

"Grammar school" in 1859

1

High school teacher, Mr. January, in 1859

1870-71

Central School opened

1898

High school building started

1900

High school dedicated, Jan. 5

$20,000

Cost of new high school

1920

Election authorized community high school District #404

1958

Dedication of new Lincoln Community High School, 1000 Primm Road, in auditorium, on Nov. 9

Alexis Asher

 


By the numbers
at the county's smallest high school

1921

First class to graduate from Hartsburg Community High School District 402

7-18-1950

First day of class at Hartsburg Emden Community High School District 21

2

Smallest class (1921)

37

Largest class (1970 & 1973)

830

Male graduates

811

Female graduates

1641

Total alumni

500

Active alumni (invitations to reunions)

240

Served in armed forces

3

Servicemen lost in action

70%

Percent of last three years' classes going on to higher education

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Thanks to Lyndon Westen


"Buy" the numbers

 

212

Total residences sold in Lincoln

62

Total residences sold in the rest of Logan County

$18,584,829

Total price of all residences sold in Lincoln

$3,959,500

Total price of all residences sold in the rest of Logan County

$67,828 Average price of all residences sold in Lincoln
$62,849 Average price of all residences sold in the rest of Logan County
$60,250 Median price of all residences sold in Lincoln
$65,000 Median price of all residences sold in the rest of Logan County
$2,500 Lowest price of all residences sold in Lincoln
$10,000 Lowest price of all residences sold in the rest of Logan County
$242,500 Highest price of all residences sold in Lincoln
$139,000 Highest price of all residences sold in the rest of Logan County

Alexis Asher

Thanks to Logan County Board of Realtors

 


By the numbers with the
Hartsburg Fire Department

 

2

women volunteers

18

men volunteers

6

junior firemen

14

age of youngest junior fireman

17

age of oldest junior fireman

5

EMTs -- all trained to use the defibulator

1

RN

3

trustees

$25,000

from taxes

18

fire runs per year

48

emergency calls per year

9

mutual aid to other departments

1

average house loss per year

0

deaths

Alexis Asher

Thanks to Hartsburg Fire Chief Gene Bathe

(To second installment)

 


What happened on Leap Year Day?

 

45 BC

Emperor Julius Caesar proclaims the last day of February as Leap Year Day, skipping it three out of four years. Back then, February 30th was the last day of the last month of the year, which is why he picked it.

4 AD

Emperor Caesar Augustus corrects a counting error in Leap Years. He also gets the month of August named after him, and steals the last day of February so that August can have 31 days, just like Julius' month. Now February has 29 days in Leap Years. 

1582

Pope Gregory XIII moves the end of the year to December 31st and makes century years Leap Years if they are divisible by 400. (So 2000 is a Leap Year, but 1900 was not.) He moved the end of the year back two months so that Easter would occur in the spring.

1692

The Salem Witch Trials begin on this Leap Day when Tituba, the female Indian servant of the Rev. Samuel Parris, and one Sarah Goode were both arrested and accused of witchcraft.

1964

William S. James, who designed cars for Hupmobile, Studebaker and Ford, and who served as vice president for research and engineering with the Fram Corporation, dies on this day at age 71.

1972

Hank Aaron becomes first baseball player to sign for $200,000 a year.

1984

The following songs top the charts on this Leap Day:

"Jump" - Van Halen

"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" - Cyndi Lauper

"Thriller" - Michael Jackson

"Stay Young" - Don Williams

 

365.24219878

approximate days equal to one year

Computer use by adults

(Statistics from a recent study by Harris Interactive)

27 percent of computer users on the Internet three years ago
81 percent of computer users on the Internet TODAY
50 percent of adults use the computer at home
30 percent of adults used the computer at home in 1996
56 percent of all adults use the Internet
46 percent of adults access the Internet from home
37 percent of adults access the Internet from work
17 percent of adults access the Internet from a different location

Lincoln/Logan County numbers
5 Wards in Lincoln
17 Townships in Logan County
29 Officers in Lincoln City Police Department
20 Officers in Logan County Police Department
22 Firemen in the Lincoln City Fire Department
16 Rural Fire Departments in County
13 Members of Logan County Board
10 Members of Lincoln City Council
3 Colleges in Lincoln
44,850 Volumes in Lincoln Public Library
40,000 Volumes in Lincoln College Library
126,000 Volumes in Lincoln Christian College Library
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