[NOV. 29, 2000]  The Sewer and Drainage Committee of the Lincoln City Council gave a unanimous "no" vote to a proposal that the city take over, repair and maintain an eroding box culvert near Interstate 55 and Route 10-121. At a City Council work session Tuesday evening, Jay Jessen, member of the Springfield engineering firm of Greene and Bradford, representing Eugene Burwell as developer of the North Heitmann Park subdivision, asked the city to accept the problem 80-foot culvert.

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[NOV. 29, 2000]  Warm colors, glowing lights, cheerful voices filled the Logan County Courthouse last evening as families, friends, couples roamed the halls in candlelight-led tours.

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[NOV. 29, 2000]  Holiday celebrations are well under way in Lincoln. The spirit continues Thursday evening, Nov. 30. Get in on the sights and sounds of the holidays at the annual Christmas parade. This year’s theme is "The Spirit of the Season." Join the community in celebrating, as marching bands and floats decorated by area businesses and organizations parade through the downtown, beginning at 7 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Lincoln/Logan Chamber of Commerce and the city of Lincoln.

[NOV. 28, 2000]  Everyone is invited to a community event at the Logan County Courthouse this evening. Enjoy an evening that harkens back to a simpler time and highlights our historic heritage. This first-time event is being presented by the local Looking for Lincoln committees and will feature candlelight tours of the Logan County Courthouse by guides in period costume. A special feature will be the 7 p.m. dedication of an 8-by-16-foot mural by famed artist Lloyd Ostendorf and local artist Lee Dowling. The mural was recently relocated to the courthouse as a gift from Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital. Costumed carolers, cookies and wassail will round out the evening. For more information, call (217) 732-2929.

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[NOV. 28, 2000]  Early on Monday morning, Officer Montcalm visited Mrs. Carrie’s health class again to present the DARE program to seventh graders at Lincoln Junior High. Today’s lesson, DARE session number nine, was a review of the information the students had been taught throughout the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program.

The class played tic-tac-toe to review the DARE lessons. Officer Montcalm asked the students to define items and concepts such as scruples, drugs, violence, prejudice, conflict, caring, addiction and fairness. The class recited the six character traits they had learned last week: caring, fairness, respect, responsibility, being a good citizen and trustworthiness. The students explained the difference between friendly and teasing peer pressure. Friendly peer pressure asks someone to do something and then accepts the individual’s answer. Teasing peer pressure relentlessly nags and teases an individual to do something — regardless of whether or not the individual wants to act.

Officer Montcalm asked the students where an individual acquires his beliefs and information about drugs. The students answered that children learn about drugs from DARE officers, parents and peers. The class was quick to respond that if one of them saw a student with a gun, he would immediately notify a teacher or principal. The trickiest question Officer Montcalm asked concerned age: "Under what age is considered a juvenile?" Students guessed almost every age between 10 and 21 before answering 17. Officer Montcalm affirmed that by Illinois law children from birth through 16 years of age are considered juveniles.

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The half of the class that won received DARE mood pencils.

After the tic-tac-toe review, Officer Montcalm introduced the class to a CD of testimonies and calming music designed for the DARE program. Method Man reminded listeners that bullets shot will never return. Jennifer Love Hewitt suggested that people write out their anger instead of acting out the anger. This is something she has done successfully — after writing 12 or so pages, the desire to fight has been diminished. In between the testimonies, there are songs by Lauryn Hill, the Dave Matthews Band, Everclear, Backstreet Boys, Alanis Morissette and Tori Adams.

The final DARE session will be Dec. 11. This week’s session reviewed what the students had been taught. The last session will show what the students have learned. In groups of five or six, the students will write and perform a song or rap in front of their peers. The material for the musical compositions will summarize the student’s newfound DARE information.

[Jean Ann Carnley]

[NOV. 25, 2000]  You've stuffed yourself with turkey and dressing, watched the parades, and cheered your favorite football team, so there's no doubt the holiday season has arrived!  When you shop in Lincoln on the traditional kickoff to the Christmas countdown, you'll also get a chance to get your holiday presents free.

Many Lincoln merchants are participating in Ho Ho Dough, co-sponsored by the Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of Commerce and Main Street Lincoln.  This year's grand prize is $5,000 in cash.  Two additional prizes of $500 and $250 in Ho Ho Dough will also be drawn on Sunday, Dec. 17, at 5 p.m. on the north side of the Logan County Courthouse. 

Sponsoring locations will be giving tickets for purchases now through Dec. 17.  The other half of the ticket will be collected and placed in a large drum for the drawing. Purchases made at sponsoring locations on the drawing day are still eligible for tickets, but the purchaser must bring the stub directly to the drawing.  For a list of participating locations, check the advertisement in this publication.

In addition, downtown retailers are hosting their annual open houses this weekend.  Many stores have special sales to entice you to finish your shopping early.

While downtown, shoppers may want to get in the spirit by visiting the Festival of Trees, which opened Friday, Nov. 24, in the Logan County Courthouse.  This year's festival features beautifully decorated trees, wreaths and swags as well as the Logan County Christmas tree in the courthouse rotunda.  The public raffle tree, decorated by June Novak and Linda Franz, is especially unique, featuring a working toy train in the center, numerous children's toys, Santa's head at the top and his boots at the bottom.  All of the sponsors and decorators have tapped their creativity to present a very special gift to the community.  Admission to the Festival of Trees is free, but non-perishables for the Logan County Food Pantry are requested.  Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday.

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A new holiday tradition this year is the candlelight courthouse tour planned for Tuesday, Nov. 28, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Logan County Courthouse.  There is no admission fee.  Candlelight tours of the three floors of the courthouse will be given by Looking for Lincoln volunteers practicing to become interpreters for the Postville Courthouse.

A special dedication of the Lloyd Ostendorf/Leola Dowling mural recently relocated to the second floor of the courthouse will be at 7 p.m.  The mural was originally painted for Les Sheridan and hung in the Rustic Inn. Later, it was presented as a gift by the Sheridan family to the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.  After a hospital renovation, the mural had been stored until it was moved to the courthouse in October. The dedication will be followed by refreshments, courtesy of Main Street Lincoln.

The first holiday week will wind up with the annual Christmas parade.  Various bands and floats will march through downtown on Thursday evening, Nov. 30, beginning at 7. The parade, sponsored by the Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of Commerce and the city of Lincoln, will be capped with Santa’s arrival. This year's theme is "The Spirit of the Season."

[Wendy Bell,
Main Street Lincoln program manager]

[NOV. 25, 2000]  Lincoln students have a rare opportunity, thanks to the Lincoln Police Department. Students who participate in the DARE program in sixth grade, seventh grade and high school are eligible for college scholarships. That is one of the reasons why Officer Montcalm has presented the DARE program to the seventh grade students at Lincoln Junior High School for the past three years and why he plans to continue.

Sergeant Sisk oversees the DARE program here in town and does the fifth-grade Vega program, which addresses violence and gangs. Sergeant Garretts presents the DARE program to ninth graders at the high school. Sergeants Sisk and Garretts and Officer Montcalm all share the responsibility of teaching the sixth-grade D.A.R.E program.

This Wednesday, Officer Montcalm was at the junior high presenting the seventh-grade DARE curriculum. The topic for the day was "Scruples." DARE defines scruples as having ideas or principles about what is right or appropriate. The students volunteered that they have scruples about drugs, school attendance and doing homework.

The project for the day involved cooperation and role-playing. The DARE booklet lists six character traits on its character wheel: respectfulness, fairness, trustworthiness, responsibility, good citizenship and caring. The day’s activity page listed 18 different scenarios that required scruples. The students worked in pairs to identify which character traits were either missing in the situation or needed to make a wise decision. Some sample scenarios involved a cashier returning too much money, student cheating, children teasing, an elderly woman getting onto a bus with no seats, and two students noticing another student put a gun in his backpack. After the pairs of students reviewed each scenario, they chose one to role-play for the class.

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Several role-plays centered around cheating. The class agreed that both the cheater and the individual allowing the first person to cheat deserve to be punished. Officer Montcalm agreed, "They are both guilty." A unique role-play involved one student seeing another student sniffing something — Elmer’s glue, in this case — in the back of the class. The observer voiced her thoughts during the skit: "I don’t want him to hate me, . . .but I don’t want him to die." The skit ends with the observer jumping out of her seat yelling, "Teacher!" To which the rest of the class giggled.

Role-playing usually yields giggles, but the messages presented are very important. The goal of the DARE program is to make kids practice good behavior, choices and reactions, so that if a student does get in a similar situation he will revert to the things he has practiced.

[Jean Ann Carnley]

Notice of Open Burn Code released
by Fire Department

Open Burning code for the City of Lincoln

BOCA National Fire Prevention Code 1996 Chapter 4 City Code Book Fire Regulations Chapter 3

BOCA

F-403.4.3 OPEN BURNING PROHIBITED: The code official shall prohibit open burning that will be offensive or objectionable due to smoke or odor emissions when atmospheric conditions or local circumstances make such fires hazardous. The code official shall order the extinguishments, by the land owner or the fire department, of any open burning that creates or adds to a hazardous or objectionable situation.

F-403.5 LOCATION OF OPEN BURNING: Shall not be less than 50 feet from any structure.

F-403.7 ATTENDANCE: Any open burning shall be constantly attended until the fire is extinguished. A water supply such as buckets of water or a connected and charged garden hose shall be available for immediate utilization.

CITY CODE BOOK Chapter 3 Fire regulations

5-3-2 FIRE ON PAVEMENTS: Fires are not allowed on blacktop streets, alleys or concrete sidewalks ($25 fine)

5-3-4 BURNING IN THE CITY: E-1 recreational fires shall contact the Lincoln Fire Department and notify them of the date and time of the wiener roast. No garbage shall be burned and burning must be consistent with other laws.

E-2: From October 2 through May 31 between 7:00 A.M . and 5: 00 P.M. residents are allowed to burn landscape waste only. (Leaves, trees, tree trimmings, branches, stumps, brush, weeds, grass, grass and yard trimmings only)

Fines for violations of the following codes are a minimum of $15 issued by fire crews handling complaints and illegal fires.

Persons complaining about fires must sign a complaint with the Fire Department before extinguishments of legal fires is carried out. No fines will be issued to persons burning with in the boundaries of the code. The persons burning will be advised of the signed complaint and asked to extinguish the fire or the Fire Department will extinguish the fire.

[OCT. 11, 2000]  Beginning Monday, Oct. 16, the Lincoln City Landfill will be open extended hours to allow residents to dispose of leaves and yard waste, according to Donnie Osborne, street superintendent. The landfill will open at 8 a.m. and remain open until 4 p.m. seven days a week, probably until mid-December, he said. Residents may bring in leaves any way they like — in bags, boxes or pickup trucks — but they must take the leaves out of the containers and take the containers back home with them.

[OCT. 10, 2000]  The office of the city clerk in Lincoln will be open for filing petitions for nomination for the Feb. 27, 2001, consolidated primary election, with petitions accepted from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the following dates: Dec. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 18.

Petitions will be accepted for the following city offices:

• Mayor
• City treasurer
• City clerk
• Alderman Ward 1
• Alderman Ward 2
• Alderman Ward 3
• Alderman Ward 4

• Alderman Ward 5

[Juanita Josserand, city clerk]

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