Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival sponsors

[August 25, 2008]  Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival sponsors for 2008:

Prime sponsors

• Abraham Lincoln Tourism Bureau of Logan County

• City of Lincoln

• Eaton Electrical Corp.

• Illinois American Water

• Lincoln Daily News.com

• Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of Commerce

• The Courier

• Wal-Mart

Official sponsors

• Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital

• Ameren

• Area Disposal Service

• CEFCU

• Charron's Auto Repair/Curry Professional Lawn Maintenance

• Christian Homes

• Comcast

• Counter Top of Bloomington

• Family Custom Cleaners

• Hicksgas

• Holiday Inn Express

• Illini Bank

• Integrity Data

• Lincoln Chrysler Dodge Jeep

• Lincoln College

• Lincoln Health Care Specialists

• Lincoln Heating and Cooling

• Logan County Bank

• Logan County Farm Bureau

• Logan County Title Company

• Maple Ridge Care Centre

• McDonald's

• Paulus Farm

• Saint-Gobain Containers

• St. Clara's Manor

• State Bank of Lincoln

• State Farm Insurance: Deron Powell/Stuart Solutions

"Friends of the Festival" sponsorships

• Ace Hardware -- paint supplies

• Altorfer Cat -- Gator usage

• Apple Dental Center -- volunteer T-shirts

• Central Illinois Ag -- announcer's trailer, Gator usage

• Century Dental Center -- donation

• Christian Child Care -- children's art tent

• Country Insurance and Financial -- admissions prime sponsor

• Cracker Barrel Old Country Store -- pilot gifts

• Cross Brothers Implement -- Gator usage

• Culver's -- airport shuttle

• Farnsworth Group -- volunteer T-shirts

• Fitzpatrick Electric -- festival electrician

• Garland Gehrke Trucking and Gehrke Farms -- pilot gift

• Hampton Inn -- pilot-sponsor breakfast

• Heartland Community College -- volunteer T-shirts

• Heritage In Flight Museum -- balloon pilot briefings, community agency exhibits

• Holland Barry and Bennett Funeral Home -- golf cart usage

• Hundman Lumber Co. -- lumber

• J & R Marble and Trailer Sales -- festival office trailer

• J.M. Abbott and Associates -- volunteer T-shirts

• Jimmy John's -- pre-festival crew food

• Keystone Risk Management -- volunteer T-shirts

• LCHS high school baseball -- volunteer bash sound system

• Lincoln & Logan County Development Partnership -- airport shuttles

• Lincoln Community High School -- pilot-sponsor breakfast location

• Lincoln Country Radio 96.3 FM -- official balloon broadcast coverage

• Lincoln IGA -- festival office trailer

• Lincoln Land Communications -- radio sponsor

• Lincoln Park District -- mowing and equipment

• Little Johnny's -- airport merchandise tent

• Maple Ridge Care Centre -- volunteer T-shirts

• Meier Accounting & Tax Services -- children's art tent

• Merrill Lynch, Eric Graue -- golf cart usage

• NAPA Auto Parts in Lincoln -- donation

• New Holland Banking Center -- volunteer T-shirts

• One Source Lighting -- airport lighting

• Peasley Funeral Home -- artists' breakfast

• Qik-n-EZ -- donation

• Regions Bank -- volunteer bash

• Rotary Club -- airport shuttles

• Sam Sorrento's -- donation

• State Bank of Lincoln -- bocce ball tournament

• State Farm Insurance, Chris Coyne -- admission sponsor

• State Rep. Rich Brauer -- admission sponsor

• The Christian Village -- volunteer T-shirts

• White Auction Service -- art fair sound system

Artist awards

• Rep. Rich Brauer -- Best of Show

• Thomas M. Harris family -- Janet Harris Memorial Award

• Marsha Robinett -- Best New Artist

Advance purchase patrons

Benefactors

• Bobbi Abbott

• Marty, Les, Joe and Caroline Ahrends

• Lorraine Bayer

• Mr. and Mrs. Bernard E. Behrends

• Dennis and Jane Carroll

• Eric Graue, CRPC -- Merrill Lynch

• Kristen M. Green-Morrow, M.D.

• Norma Jouett

• Joyce Kinzie and Cathy Tiffany -- The Maple Club

• Brad and Carolyn Neal

• Brad and Barb Nikles

• Dr. Don, Jan and Anna Sielaff

• Jim and Cathy Xamis

Patrons

• Melody Anderson -- Northwestern Mutual Financial Network

• Dale and Susan Bassi -- Bassi Construction

• Todd and Michelle Bauer

• John and Barb Blackburn

• Dar and Ron Budd

• Century Dental Center

• Ron and Marilyn Craig

• Karen and Gary Davis -- Board Solutions

• Jim and Lisa Drew -- Sam Sorrento's

• Mrs. Shirley S. Edwards

• Bruce and Thelma Eisberg

• Susan and Steve Fuhrer -- Blue Dog Inn

• John and Jo Gehlbach

• Robert and Joan Graue

• John and Frankie Guzzardo -- Guzzardo's Italian Villa

• Harris-Hodnett Agency

• Betty Hickey

• Integrity Data

• Paul and Julie Kasa

• Kevin and Angie Kurtz -- Stine Seed

• Bob and Georgia Lowman

• Todd and Georgia Lowman

• Bob and Lynne Neal

• Dr. Todd and Chris Nobbe

• Betty and Saf Peacock

• Allen and Jeannine Pickering

• Keith and Jeaneen Ray

• Mike and Darla Rohrer

• Ken and Margo Schwab

• Ron and Joyce Schilling

• Keith and Beth Snyder

• Dr. Betsy Ulrich and Ron Tomczak -- Sugar Creek Orthodontic, P.C.

• Janet Ulrich

• Gary and Holly Woodhall

[Text from file received from the Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of Commerce]