 The speech contestants came from Mount Pulaski Grade School, Carroll
Catholic School, Lincoln Junior High School and Chester-East Lincoln
School.
Students recognized were Derek Baunach, Jordan Taylor, Kenyon
Jodlowski, Elijah Chapman, Steven Schleich, Brianna Dye, Kieran
Foster, Gabrille Brumfield, Rebecca Stein, Alishia DeBord, Angel
Reno, Julia Beccue, Samantha McCarty and Matthew Langdon.
The board offered congratulations and commended the students,
coaches and their families for their efforts and accomplishments.
Legislative chairman Jan Schumacher
read a resolution identifying values gained through the commitment
and experiences of speech competition:
Schumacher is coordinating the recognitions, which are open to
all students or teams that go to the state level in whatever
activity.
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The board continued with other business:
The following were recommended for appointment and all received
unanimous approval with 11 board members present. Rick Aylesworth
was absent.
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Tourism director Geoff Ladd presented Charles Ott for recognition
and praise. Ott has served the Logan County Tourism Bureau for 24
years. Ladd said that Ott has also been serving 30 years as a
popular Abraham Lincoln look-alike and is well known nationally and
internationally.
Ladd also announced "CENTS," a new
promotion by the tourism bureau. Community Events Needing Tourism's
Support offers assistance with:
Ladd encouraged anyone having an event to contact him. "We are
here to help you in many ways," he said. He suggests that people
submit their information well in advance in order to take full
advantage of all that the tourism bureau has to offer.
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Some discussion took place when a Lincoln & Logan County Development
Partnership board appointment was to be brought forward. Terry
Carlton, county board chairman, had announced during last week's
board-of-whole meeting the intention to make an appointment. In
error, the recommendation was not on the agenda for the adjourned
session.
Will D'Andrea resigned from the partnership. Bill Graff was to be
recommended to replace him. There was some question whether the
board could vote on his approval as it did not make it onto the
agenda.
The board determined to go ahead and vote on it so that Graff
might possibly get started. The matter would be looked into, and if
need be, voted on again next month. Graff received unanimous verbal
consent.
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Buildings and grounds chair John Stewart said that the Department
of Corrections would not be building the replacement benches for the
courthouse as previously planned. He said he had been contacted and
told the prison did not have the equipment needed to do the work.
Stewart hopes to find someone else to build the benches.
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The county is preparing to learn more about the Illinois Freedom
of Information Act. New modifications and additions to the state
statute once again place on municipal and county officials the
burden of unfunded mandates that are poorly coordinated for
implementation. The same requirements -- such as, any e-mail with
board work information shared between two board members is subject
to public information requests -- are not being asked of state
legislators.
To learn about the new requirements, board members are being
asked to attend training offered through the United Counties Council
of Illinois.
Officials and county department heads will act as Freedom of
Information officers in their area of expertise. These officers will
be responsible to go through an online training course to be in
compliance and to know how to respond to requests for information
from the public.
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Board member Pat O'Neill said that he had been informed by Angela
Stoltzenburg, director of Community Action, that more people have
been coming in for utility and transportation assistance this year.
[By
JAN YOUNGQUIST]
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