Hospice
volunteers needed
Memorial Home Services Hospice will offer a six-week training
program for those interested in serving as hospice volunteers.
Volunteers are needed to work with patients and families in 14
counties throughout central Illinois. The training will be on
Mondays, beginning Sept. 21 and ending Oct. 26, at 720 N. Bond St.
in Springfield. The training is free.
Each volunteer can bring their unique talents and abilities to
their work with patients by providing companionship, running errands
or chores, providing transportation, reading and writing letters,
and offering bereavement support.
You must register by Sept. 11 and complete an interview before
the course begins by calling SueEllen Billington, hospice director,
at 217-788-9337 or 800-582-8667.
The
Lincoln Park District announces that Don Wheal is the
winner of their 09-09-09 at 9:09 a.m. contest. Don swiped his
membership card at exactly 9:09 a.m. and won a 90-day extension to
his membership. Congratulations, Don!
We
have made several changes at LDN and want to make sure you
know about all of them. We now have a second Web site address for
those of you who have trouble with a keyboard:
www.theldn.com is now up and
running. That doesn't mean our old
www.lincolndailynews.com
doesn't still work, and if you have made us your home page, you
don't have to type anything.
Another change that many of you have told us you like is that we
have changed our front page to include the previous day's Top
Stories, to make it easier for readers to catch up when a busy life
keeps you from reading us every day. Our previous day's complete
local postings will remain at the bottom of our very long front
page, and we will continue to archive every edition free of charge.
But we feel this will help you quickly stay abreast of all the local
news that is important to you.
You also will have noticed we have greatly increased our picture
albums in the past month or so.
From 252 pictures of the Logan County Fair, to 68 of storm damage
after the Aug. 19 tornado, to an unprecedented 112 pictures of the
2009 Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival, we have made a commitment to
bring you more pictures than any other media source in central
Illinois.And we have an on-staff aerial photographer to give you
those pictures that no one else in central Illinois can do.
Now when you click on the pictures for larger images, you will
get images larger than in the past by a full 20 percent.
And as always we are happy to help you celebrate your milestones,
anniversaries, weddings and births and any other announcement you
might have with the rest of the community, and we won't charge you a
dime to do so. It is just our way of saying congratulations and
thanks for reading.
