On Sunday afternoon approximately 300 people, young and old alike, gathered to walk the blacktop roads of Kickapoo Creek Park. Each walker had spent time taking pledges from friends, family, co-workers and anyone else they could think of. The money they brought in will go to support multiple sclerosis research. The total from this year's walk is $27,000.

Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system). There is no known cure for MS at this time.

There are more pictures of the walk, plus plenty more of other events, in another picture-packed Monday edition.

Picture by Nila Smith

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It's official. Saturday morning the ribbon was cut on the Lincoln Farmer's Market in Scully Park. The market will offer fresh fruits, vegetables, pies and other desserts, as well as crafts.

Picture by Mike Fak (Click on picture for larger image.)

• Personality of the Week
  Graue legacy continues to grow

• Monthlong all-county food drive

• Updated for May
  Library notes 

• YMCA notes

• Park district notes 

• Chamber Monday Morning memo

• School menus

• Illini Central activities  (PDF) 

• Community Calendar of Events

  • Submit entry for LDN Calendar of Events

• Friends and Family in the Military 
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• Community News & Events
   

Actress Helen Wagner is shown in this undated publicity photo. Wagner, who played mild-mannered Nancy Hughes on the CBS soap opera "As the World Turns" for more than a half-century and spoke its first words, died Saturday. She was 91.

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