Thursday, June 08, 2006

posted daily OVER THE NOON HOUR  (CDT)

Pilots line up planes for passengers during last year's Young Eagles event at the Logan County Airport.

[picture by Jan Youngquist] click on picture for larger image

• Route 66 Motor Tour comes through Logan County with Lincoln stop

• Elkhart open house

• Elkhart farmers' market opening for business

• State fire marshal's office offers help dealing with juvenile fire-setters

• World, national news

• U.S. strike kills Iraq terror chief al-Zarqawi

• Senate rejects estate tax cut

• More...

• Gov. Blagojevich calls on FDA to issue new mercury warning for pregnant women
  Governor's recommendation based on new Consumer Reports warnings that pregnant women should never eat canned tuna

• Health news elsewhere

• Health Highlights

• No canned tuna, magazine warns pregnant women

• Study: Blood pressure drugs raise birth defect risk

• Americans want universal health coverage, group says

• Stroke Patients' Family Caregivers Need More Support

• Whistle While You Recuperate
  Music therapy promotes health and healing, experts say

• More...

• Park district notes
  The summer fun starts: swimming, tee ball, volleyball, theater, fishing, golf

• Weekend reminders:

• Harry Dean Boward benefit on Saturday

• Youth invited to experience flight at Logan County Airport on Saturday

• Calendar of events

• How to help victims of earthquakes, hurricanes and more

• Head Start preschool application opens

• Zion Lutheran School fourth-quarter academic awards

• Invention Mysteries
  Helen Keller's life changed forever when she met this inventor

 Business

• NEED A JOB? FIND IT HERE!    (3)

• Classifieds    (10) 

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• Business news elsewhere

• Rate woes spur global sell-off

• Wendy's cuts most trans fats from fries, chicken

• More...

• Softball update

• Lincoln Pinto League game

• Sports news elsewhere

• Hurricanes blow away Oilers to take control of Cup

• Mavericks host Heat in first Finals appearance for both

• Cintron comes through again as White Sox tame Tigers

• Reds lower broom on Cards, grab share of first place

• More...

• Personal tech news elsewhere

• Great gadget gifts

• Disposable cameras defy film's march to obscurity

• More...

Wednesday, June 7:

• CIEDC announces end of the LIHEAP year

• First bird testing positive for West Nile virus found in DeWitt County

• Robert Ross, MDA president and CEO, dies

• Governor takes bill action

• Letter: Article on William Maxwell's writing featured in Illinois journal

• Support group explores divorce-related topics
  'What Does the Owner's Manual Say?' 

• Oasis update

• Book Look: 'A Week in the Life of NASCAR'

• PONY baseball

• Trio of Redbird pitchers named Valley Scholar-Athletes

• Kopach, Frega selected in 12th round of MLB first-year draft

Tuesday, June 6

Monday, June 5

Saturday, June 3

Friday, June 2

Thursday, June 1