The third annual Spring Family Ride will be on Sunday, May
16. Registration is at 12:30 p.m., with the ride starting at 1 p.m.
The start is at the YMCA Activity Center, 721 Wyatt Ave. The ride
lengths are 5, 15 and 35 miles. Registration is only $5 per person,
$2 per child and $15 maximum per family. There will be a new bike
and bike accessories for prizes in a drawing. The event is sponsored
by the Lincoln Area YMCA, along with the Bike Trails Council, in
support of recreational trails in Logan County, and co-sponsors
Puritan Springs, Wal-Mart, Bassi Construction, Fitness Balance and
BikeTek Inc.
Lincoln-Logan Crime Stoppers board is pleased to announce the
recipients of their annual scholarship awards. The successful
applicants were Heidi Moore, Lincoln resident and student at SIU
Carbondale; Chase Cheek, Atlanta resident and student at
Southeastern University; and Matthew P. Whalen, Lincoln resident and
student at Western Illinois. Each student will have a check for $500
issued in their name to their educational institution.
The annual scholarships are presented to Logan County residents
who are either high school seniors or current college students
pursuing a degree
Henry William Krug of Cornland was named to the dean's list
at Logan College of Chiropractic at the end of the college's fall
and winter trimesters.
George T. White, Ed.D., academic dean at Logan, announced the
names on the college's most recent dean's list. To qualify, a
student must achieve at least a 3.5 grade-point average for the
trimester.
At Logan College of Chiropractic, Krug is expected to complete a
curriculum encompassing basic and clinical (diagnostic) sciences,
chiropractic science, research and patient care. To receive the
doctor of chiropractic degree, a student must complete 10
trimesters, the equivalent of five two-semester academic years of
study. Most Logan students are enrolled almost year-round,
completing three trimesters per calendar year.
Jim Sielaff, seventh-grader at Zion Lutheran School in
Lincoln, has been selected as Zion Lutheran Student of the Month.
Jim has been on the honor roll, and his ZLS activities include
baseball, basketball, track, student council and choir. He attends
Faith Lutheran Church. His church and community activities include
youth group and VBS. Jim's parents are David and Sara Sielaff of
Lincoln.
Grace Walters, seventh-grader at Zion Lutheran School in
Lincoln, has been selected as Zion Lutheran Student of the Month.
Grace has been on the honor roll, and her ZLS activities have
included math bowl, basketball, volleyball, track, student council,
band, choir, cheerleading, scholastic bowl and geography bee. Her
church and community activities include 30-hour famine, youth group
and VBS. Grace's parents are Kevin and Angie Walters of Lincoln.
