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October 2001

Monday, Oct. 22
SPONSOR: Lincoln Public Library
WHO: Public
WHAT: "On the Road with Antiques," featuring Rob and Joy Luke of Luke Auctions
WHERE: Lincoln Public Library, 725 Pekin St.
WHEN: 7 pm

Thursday, Oct. 25
SPONSOR: U of I Extension
WHO: Public
WHAT: “Candy Making,” presented by Dick and Betty Applegate, Atlanta
WHERE: Extension office, 980 N. Postville Drive
WHEN: 1 pm

Saturday, Oct. 27
SPONSOR: Lincoln Christian Church
WHO: Public
WHAT: Harvest of Talents, benefiting the International Disaster Emergency Service
WHERE: Fellowship Center, 311 N. Hamilton St., and Woman's Club Building, 230 N. McLean St.
WHEN: Daylong activities, starting at 7 am; auction at 2 pm

SPONSOR: Eminence Christian Church
WHO: Public
WHAT: Eminence Christian Church bazaar
WHERE: Atlanta Community Building, Atlanta
WHEN: 8 am - 2 pm

Sunday, Oct. 28
SPONSOR: Lincoln Junior Woman's Club and Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital
WHAT: Special Deliveries sibling class
WHERE: ALMH Education Room, third floor, 315 Eighth St.
WHEN: 1-3 pm

Tuesday, Oct. 30
SPONSOR: Lincoln Park District
WHO: Public
WHAT: Halloween Funfest
WHERE: Lincoln Park District ballroom, 900 Primm Road
WHEN: 6:30-8 pm

REGULAR POSTINGS FOR ORGANIZATIONS:  Girl Scouts,  Oasis,  U of I Extension

The Lincoln Junior Woman’s Club, in conjunction with Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, is hosting a Special Deliveries sibling class on Sunday, Oct. 28, from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Education Room on the third floor at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, 315 Eighth St., Lincoln. These classes, which are offered quarterly, are designed to help children become more comfortable with a new baby brother or sister. The afternoon will consist of safety tips for children, a tour of the hospital’s new Family Maternity Suites, craft time and refreshments.

All ages are invited to attend. There is no fee for the class, but reservations are required. For more information or to register for the class, please call the ALMH Family Maternity Suites at (217) 732-2161, Ext. 235.

Harvest of Talents schedule

The 18th annual Harvest of Talents will be at Lincoln Christian Church on Saturday, Oct. 27. All proceeds go to International Disaster Emergency Service to aid hunger victims around the world.

Doors open at two locations at 7 a.m.

At the Fellowship Center, 311 N. Hamilton St., you will enjoy:

•  7-10:30 a.m. — Breakfast:  fresh caramel-pecan and cinnamon rolls, juice, coffee.

•  11 a.m.-1 p.m. — Luncheon:  H.O.T. vegetable soup, barbecue sandwiches, homemade pie.

•  2 p.m. — Auction:  Cherry secretary, small walnut table, oak deacon’s bench, furnished doll house, quilts, comforters, cross-stitch, much more.

•  Twelve specialty shops include Four Season (new), Angel Shoppe, Gifts from around the World, calligraphy table, sports and hobbies.

At the Harvest Annex, 230 N. McLean St. (Woman’s Club Building), you will discover:

•  Yesteryear’s Kitchen, featuring jams, jellies, pickles, salsa herbs, dog biscuits, black walnuts, gift baskets, pies, cakes, rolls, cookies, specialty breads and mixes.

•  Muffin Mania, offering many varieties of fresh-baked muffins, fresh-brewed flavored coffees and cappuccino.

There will be special areas for kindergarten through fourth-graders and for fifth- and sixth-graders.

A 5K run at 8 a.m. is co-sponsored by YMCA and Harvest of Talents.

‘On the Road with Antiques’ program at library 

Rob and Joy Luke of Luke Auctions in Bloomington will present a program entitled "On the Road with Antiques" on at 7 on Thursday evening, Oct. 22, at the Lincoln Public Library.

Learn what is hot and what is not in antique collecting. Six lucky attendees will receive an appraisal of their antique. Light refreshments will be served following the program. The seating is on first-come, first-served basis.

It’s not too late to register for the weekly story times and craft times in the children’s department.

The library is located at 725 Pekin St. For more information about the auction program and future adult programming or the children’s programs, call the library at 732-8878 or 732-5732.

Organizers of the Festival of Trees are seeking businesses, organizations and individuals interested in sponsoring trees, wreaths and swags for this year’s dazzling display at the Logan County Courthouse. The festival will be Nov. 23 - Dec. 2.

Items are sponsored to provide visibility for businesses and organizations or in memory of someone. Sponsors are responsible for decorating their items or arranging for someone else to decorate them.

Sponsorship fees are $200 for 7½-foot trees, $100 for 4½-foot trees and $50 for wreaths or swags.

Trees, wreaths and swags will be auctioned at the Festival of Trees Gala on Nov. 24. Proceeds will be used by the Abraham Lincoln Healthcare Foundation in improving the quality of health care in Logan County and Main Street Lincoln in revitalizing downtown Lincoln.

For more information or a sponsorship form, contact Jan Schumacher, festival chairman, at 732-7101 or the Main Street Lincoln office at 732-2929.

Lincoln Land Communications, a Cingular wireless authorized agent, is premier sponsor for the festival.

Get a head start on your holiday preparations with Dick and Betty Applegate. This Atlanta couple will offer a class on candy making Thursday, Oct. 25, from 1 to 3 p.m. The session will be at the University of Illinois Extension building. There will be no charge, but reservations are requested. Make reservations by calling 732-8289.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in the program, please contact John Fulton, unit leader for the Logan County Extension.

The Lincoln Public Library has four adult programs remaining on the schedule for this year. The presentations are in the Pegram Community Room at the library, 725 Pekin St., and begin at 7 p.m. Admission is free. Seating is on a first-come basis.

Schedule

Oct. 22 — "On the Road with Antiques," featuring Rob and Joy Luke of Luke Auctions. Learn the latest in antique collecting. Six lucky attendees will receive a free appraisal of an antique.

Nov. 5 — "Archaeology and Primitive Technology Roadshow," with Larry Kinsella, president of the Illinois Association for the Advancement of Archaeology. Larry will do artifact identification for several lucky participants.

Nov. 20 — "Herbal Seasons," with Tracy Kirby. How to grow, harvest and store herbs.

Dec. 11 — "Herbal Holidays," with Tracy Kirby. Holiday cooking, decorating and making gifts with herbs.

Donations to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund can be made at the CEFCU Member Center, 341 Fifth St. in Lincoln.  CEFCU is proud to help support the Red Cross in efforts to cope with the Sept. 11 national tragedy.

The Lincoln College Museum is presenting a temporary exhibit called "Edward R. Madigan: From the Halls of Lincoln College to the Halls of the White House." The exhibit, which is currently on display, pays honor to one of Lincoln College’s most successful alumni, the late Edward Madigan.

Madigan graduated from Lincoln College in 1955, entered the Illinois Legislature in 1966, was elected to Congress in 1972, and was appointed by President Bush in 1991 to be secretary of agriculture. In 1974, the Lincoln College Alumni Association presented Madigan with its award for Outstanding Achievement in the field of Public Services. In 1975 he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree by Lincoln College. He died in 1994.

Lincoln College Museum curator Ron Keller says the display tells the story of Madigan’s career in public service. "The display reflects his experiences and service through many photographs, and letters from every president from Carter to Clinton. There are also various artifacts from his works in Congress and in the White House." The exhibit will run through November of 2001. The public is invited to stop by the Lincoln College Museum to view this exhibit and tour the rest of the historic exhibits.

The Lincoln College Museum is located in the McKinstry Library on the campus of Lincoln College. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

[Evelyn and Agriculture Secretary Ed Madigan at the White House with President and Mrs. Bush in 1991.]

Girl Scouts announcements

• Girl Scout leader meetings:  the first Thursday of each month, at the usual time and place.

• Girl Scout Jamboree Railsplitter event:  weekend of Logan County Railsplitter Festival; Janice Greer, event coordinator.

Websites with lots of ideas that Girl Scout leaders, families or kids can use:

makingfriends.com

crayola.com

elmers.com 

See the website for Girl Scouts, Land of Lincoln Council, at http://www.girlscoutsllc.org/.

You can send questions and suggestions to the council by clicking here: gsllc@girlscoutsllc.org.

Also, see the national Girl Scouts site at http://www.girlscouts.org/.

Oasis update

The Oasis, Logan County’s senior citizen center, at 501 Pulaski St. in Lincoln, is open weekdays (except holidays) from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The center also is open on Friday and Sunday nights for table games. Dominic Dalpoas is the executive director. Activities are open to all Logan County senior citizens,  regardless of membership.

Circuit Breaker

The Circuit Breaker representative will be at the Oasis Monday, Oct. 22. Please call for an appointment if you need assistance in completing the required forms.

The rehabilitation services representative will be back on site Monday, Oct. 22, from 9 to 11 a.m. You may stop in to see him without an appointment.

Our computer classes resume Oct. 22, starting at 9:30 a.m., with a new format. The beginning computer class will be in five sessions, Monday through Friday, for one hour each day. The cost is $3 per class, or a total of $15 for the weeklong course. Please call to sign up.

Veterans Administration

The VA representative will not be available Oct. 23. If you need assistance, please call the Springfield office at 1 (800) 437-9824. The rep will be at the Oasis on Oct. 30.

Van trip for lunch and shopping

There are a few seats available for the Oct. 25 trip to Hickory Stick Shops & Bittersweet Cafe in Chillicothe. The cost of the trip is $6. The van will leave the Oasis at 10 a.m. and is scheduled to return at 4 p.m.

Game winners

The daytime pinochle winner for Oct. 5 was Mable Hoagland, and on Oct. 9 Marie Spaits won. Friday night pinochle winner was Esther Will. The 5-in-1 winners were Ken McCray, Henry Warnisher and Betty Burger. On Sunday night, the rummy winner was Henry Warnisher.

Madeline Moore won the recent special drawing, sponsored by Maple Ridge, for a Steak & Shake gift certificate.

At the Oct. 6 card party Emogene Ureckel had the high bridge score, followed by E. Jenkins and Bernie DePuy. The pinochle winners were Pauline Aper, Leona Batterton and Kathleen Williams. Rummy winners were Ann Greger, Norma Hobler and Joann Eckert. Door prizes were won by Betty Burger, Norma Hobler, Evelyn Jenkins, Wanda Mammen, Mildred Newberry, Marie Spaits and Esther Will.

Newsletter

Friends of the Oasis members receive bimonthly newsletters by mail. For more information, people can call the Oasis at 732-6132 or 732-5844.

Milestones

[OCT. 22, 2001]  Whether it’s on the ground or in the air, aviation careers participant, mentor and aspiring pilot Ryan Wells loves aviation. The 16-year-old LCHS sophomore spends all of his free time working and volunteering out at the airport for Logan County and Heritage in Flight museum. His mother, Dawn, says, "Ryan never complains about going to work. He’s out there every weekend." How many high school kids do you know who never complain and love to go to work?

Wells has his driver’s license and is working toward getting his pilot’s license in two to three years. Wells says he really appreciates his flight instructor, Larry Whitbeck, who mentors and helps him in whatever way he can. It takes a lot of money and consistent effort to get a pilot’s license, but Wells is accumulating flight time, planning and saving for it. He hopes to have it when he enters college. With enthusiasm he says, "I’ll be one step ahead if I can do that!"

Then he’ll work on attaining more difficult affiliated licenses: ground instructor’s license, instrument rating, commercial rating... More licenses and higher ratings mean you can fly more, better and different airplanes. While in college he intends to join the Air National Guard and hopefully, following that, join the Air Force. Then he plans to go on to become a commercial pilot.

Wells recently received special recognition for his efforts restoring and presenting information about a historic modern-day military aircraft, the F-4 Phantom II fighter plane that is on display out at Heritage in Flight museum. Retired Air Force Lt. Col. John J. Harty from Brighton, Mo. presented an award to Wells, quipping, "Anybody who would actually want to work on and paint something that big and that ugly deserves something for it."

Wells listened closely as Harty, who worked on the plane primarily as an engineering supervisor for McDonnell-Douglas, shared some of his expertise on the aircraft. Harty told Wells that when he was first introduced to the F-4 he thought it was an ugly aircraft. He didn’t think they’d sell any. He pointed out that they were built tough and not for beauty, and they could fight a lot in battles. One of the problems they had was that in dogfights they couldn’t turn very well. Harty worked on ways to make them turn better, take more G’s and maneuver faster. "It is a strong craft, taking battle damage unlike other airplanes, [noted for] bringing pilots home safely," he said.

Harty once had opportunity to fly in an F-4 when he was invited on a trip to Washington, D.C. to discuss plans to incorporate the then "newly developed inch-thick, impact-resistant Plexiglas as a windshield for it."

Wells, Jack Burke and John Holmes worked on painting and fixing up the museum’s F-4 all summer. Originally a U.S. Navy airplane, it is now painted camouflage in the Air Force colors.

With the painting and details nearly complete, Wells says, "We’re now looking ahead to painting and touching up other military planes and vehicles: the T-36, the A-7 and maybe even the firetruck."

Wells recognizes the importance keeping the displays looking good. He holds to the model set forth, "Nobody comes to see a junkyard. They come to see a museum." He and other members are always working to "touch stuff up, making it look better." The inside of the museum has also recently been repainted, and Wells helped move in some of the new display cases that have been reorganized with expanded displays.

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One of Wells’ favorite experiences was this last summer when North American Top Gun came to town. He was given two hours of flight training in their SNJ World War II trainer (more commonly known as the T-6) for assisting them with loading passengers during their weekend program here. He was allowed to do the startup and taxi in this historic aircraft. In flight they did figure eights and aileron rolls. "That’s something that really excites me," he says.

Wells began working out at the airport in August 2000. He is paid by Logan County to work at the airport on weekends, mowing, doing office work and pumping fuel. He also volunteers regularly for Heritage in Flight, filling in wherever he is needed.

For the open house on Sunday, Oct. 8, he was out at the static displays explaining the A-7. He has gained much of his knowledge from pilots who have flown those aircraft. Visiting pilots share their personal experiences. He listens and takes notes. He also studies forms and manuals, learning all the instruments and gathering the details of each aircraft. He then makes it his task to relay that information with interest to his audience, recognizing, "Younger kids want to know what the levers and buttons do and where the weapons and their controls are located. So I explain the basics and try to keep them interested. You start getting too specific with them, you’ll lose them."

Wells speaks with enthusiasm about the new aviation careers program at Heritage in Flight. As part of his volunteer work he goes to schools and speaks to the subject-related mathematics and science teachers, recruiting for the program.

Fifth-grade through high school youth interested in aviation are invited to participate in the program. It meets the first Sunday of every month from 2 to 4 p.m. at the airport. Advanced registration is all that is required. Many members of the HIF help support the program, producing charts, flyers, teaching about gravity, thrust, lift, drag and aviation career opportunities.

A special one-week aviation careers program is planned for this summer, when there will be workshops providing more in-depth exposure to the aviation field, including field trips to other airports and museums. This program will be limited in enrollment, with qualification and selection based on aviation knowledge or past attendance at sessions offered during the school year.

Although Wells is the first official cadet in the aviation careers program hosted by Heritage in Flight, he follows in the footsteps of many predecessors. In recent years Nick Fleshman, Aaron Gray and Brad Boss have been mentored and are currently participating full-time in aviation.

Twice coated with 10-year paint, the F-4 will need a new Ryan Wells to care for her in the future, someone who will go on teaching others about aeronautics and history with his same enthusiasm and commitment.

[Jan Youngquist]

[OCT. 19, 2001]  At its Oct. 13 meeting, Eagles Auxiliary 2708 of Lincoln presented a $500 check to Richard Sumrall of Lincoln Public Library for the purchase of large-print books.

The donation represents the Eagle Auxiliary’s continued commitment to providing funds for books to aid vision-impaired readers. Since 1991 the Eagles Auxiliary 2708 has contributed over $5,000 to the library’s large-print program.

For more information on this library service, call 732-8878 or visit the library at 725 Pekin St.

[OCT. 16, 2001]  The 18th annual Harvest of Talents sponsored by Lincoln Christian Church will be on Saturday, Oct. 27. All proceeds go to International Disaster Emergency Service to aid hunger victims around the world.

More than ever, we in America understand now what it means to be victims of a catastrophe. Nearly 7,000 human beings killed. Many more injured. Billions of dollars in property damage. Incalculable emotional distress. And we as a nation have risen up and responded with remarkable generosity, giving millions of dollars to aid in the relief of the misery. This is as it should be.

But have we stopped to realize that literally every day, disasters just as great and greater take place all over the world? Perhaps not as a result of a terrorist attack — perhaps because of drought and famine, hurricane or typhoon, earthquake or flood — human suffering (especially hunger) is a fact of life for untold millions of men, women and children. Sadly, most of these people are not citizens of a wealthy nation such as ours in which their countrymen can give to meet their desperate need.

That’s why we have the Harvest of Talents for World Hunger. We may not be able to feed, house, clothe and medicate ALL those people, but we can do so for MANY of them through our efforts with the Harvest. Saturday, Oct. 27, will be our 18th annual event, the profits from which go entirely to International Disaster Emergency Service, a Christian relief organization that has demonstrated superb trustworthiness through the years. It is a great privilege to partner with them in this great and godly work. In these last 17 years, IDES has lovingly distributed $726,017.21 in Harvest of Talents funds to needy people around the world. We thank God for what he has done through his people here in Lincoln!

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What can YOU do to contribute to this year’s Harvest of Talents? Here are a few possibilities.

•  Display the ... [Harvest of Talents] poster and invite your friends to come.

•  Donate a handmade item to be sold (bring it in anytime from Oct. 22 on).

•  On Harvest Day, eat your breakfast and/or lunch with us.

•  Be a bidder at the 2 p.m. auction, where many beautiful items will be sold.

•  Simply make a direct financial contribution to the cause.

We appreciate the partnership of the greater community year after year. 

[Tom Gerdts,
minister at Lincoln Christian Church]

[Click here for the Harvest of Talents schedule.]

Fund-raisers

People all across this country and, in fact, around the world, claim roots in Logan County. They have very interesting stories to tell, and some of them like to connect with those of us who stayed at home. Logan County Diaspora publishes the stories of former Logan County residents. With their permission, we also include their e-mail addresses so that old friends might be reunited.  If you wish to be part of the Logan County Diaspora, e-mail ldneditor@lincolndailynews.com.  

Diaspora correspondents

Click on names to see letters and stories.

v Indicates LDN sponsors

• Wanda Whitson Aue

• Brad Boss

• Charles Brainard

• James 'Doc' Chandler

• Brad Dye

• Wayne and Nancy (Hatfield) Eichelberger

• Wayne Franz

• Philip Gehlbach

• Leigh Henson  v

• Bill Horn  v

• Dale A. Lowe

• George A. McKinney

• Len and Rita Remmert

• Tom Renner

• Tom Rippon

• Traycee Ritchhart-Pirkle

• Greg Schriber

• Stan Stringer

• Donald Weindorf  v

• Denise Radcliffe Wood

• Tom and Kristy (Smith) Yarcho

Reunions

Ongoing class reunion in cyberspace for 1960 graduates of LCHS

http://www.geocities.com/lincolnhigh1960/

Reminiscence

• "Lincoln Lakes beach," by Stan Stringer, posted July 10, 2001, in LDN

• "Stan Stringer tells story of Mark Holland’s buzzing of Lincoln," posted May 11, 2001

• "Leigh Henson, now a college teacher in Missouri, remembers Miss Jones, Jefferson School principal," posted March 29, 2001

• "Foreign Service officer recalls infamous Valentine's Day '79 in Tehran," by George McKinney, posted Feb. 15, 2001

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