Demolition and construction coincide just miles apart on Lincoln's Route 66 this week.

A 1929 structure on old Route 66 to the south end of town, the Blue Mill -- which became The Mill, "Home of the Schnitzel," in 1945 -- had an added-on portion demolished Monday. Route 66 Heritage Association of Logan County volunteers are restoring the building to its original glory to serve first as a photo op and later as a museum stop. The work is being accomplished through volunteer work and donations. See Save the Mill.

Up the road to the north end of the Lincoln Parkway, the foundation has been laid for the new home of the Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District. A crane was moving structural steel girders around on Monday.
 

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• Shetland baseball

• Peasley vs. Mason City A

• Bowling: Super Four League

• Tuesday sports lineup

• Monday's sports scoreboard

• Thome rules interleague as ChiSox win

• Perez gets rare win as Royals top Cards

• Cubs' Lee, Padres' Young suspended

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Monday, June 18:

• Vibrant new Springfield Route 66 business helps save the old Mill on Route 66 in Lincoln

• Illinois acquires personal and professional Abraham Lincoln documents and objects in extraordinary Taper Collection

• Recall information

• The unknown: Is Obama ready?

• Chicago's biggest mob trial in years set

• Accident kills 6 in charity car show

• Police nab 700 in global pedophile ring

• This day in history

• The nation's weather

• 44th District weekly update

• Tuesday business seminar series continues with 'Crime in the Workplace'

• Oil industry scales back refinery plans

• Few gas stations offer ethanol fuel mix

• Some facts on refineries and ethanol

• Supermarkets offering personal scanners

• Blockbuster to favor Blu-ray HD disc

• Frisbee still flying high after 50 years

• TechLine:

• Alereon to release new wireless USB chip

• Swedes revolt against online snooping

• Pirated 'Sicko' turns up on the Internet

• Japanese beetles and pumpkin planting
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• St. Clara's to host blood drive

• Illinois EPA interns begin summer jobs in pollution prevention at companies across the state

• Lincoln museum gets collection of items

• Southern Baptists split over politics

• Membership in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) declined again last year

• XXXChurch.com organizes 'Porn & Pancakes' breakfasts to fight pornography addiction

• Church directory and activities

• St. Clara's to host blood drive

• DEG in toothpaste from China
  Counterfeit Colgate products found in some East Coast discount stores may contain harmful substance

• Gov. Blagojevich encourages men to take advantage of state efforts to improve their health and well-being

• Skipping insulin for weight risky

• Saturday race results at Lincoln Speedway

• Olympia vs. Lincoln IGA

• MKS vs. Mount Pulaski

• Legion baseball reports:

  • Lincoln Senior Legion goes 3-1 over weekend
    Lincoln splits at Pontiac Saturday, sweeps Macomb Sunday

  • Lincoln splits with Pontiac

  • Lincoln Senior Legion sweeps two from Macomb

• Bowling: Summer No-Tap

• Kennett leaves ISU men's tennis post

• Monday sports lineup

• Sunday scores

• Lee, Young ejected in Padres-Cubs fight

Saturday, June 16

Friday, June 15

Thursday, June 14

Wednesday, June 13

Tuesday, June 12