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LDN - Top Stories
Tuesday
evening, Miss Kelsi Ubbenga was crowned the 2011 Miss Logan
County Fair. After an evening of competition, Kelsi stood out
above the rest as the one who should rule in Logan County for
the coming year.
Kelsi is the 18-year-old daughter of Kevin and Gail Ubbenga of
Hartsburg. She is a graduate of Hartsburg-Emden High School and
plans to attend the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana
this fall.
Picture by Nila Smith
(Click on
picture for larger image.)
The fair is on and
and LDN is on the ground, giving you maximum fair
coverage. Visit us every day to see what's happening
at your fair. (Click on picture for larger image of
the ribbon-cut.)
Faith Lutheran blood drive, Mount Pulaski Grade School registration,
Firemen's Benefit Golf Outing by Frontier Mutual, Sidewalk Chalk Art
Exposition and Habitat for Humanity orientation make Close Up
Zooming in
on the people,
places and things that make this community interesting!
A
peacock on the loose after it escaped from Central Park Zoo stands on
a window ledge above Fifth Avenue in New York City on Tuesday. The zoo
says the peacock poses no danger to anyone. Zookeepers are asking anyone who
spots the peacock "not to follow or harass the bird."
Faith Lutheran blood drive, Mount Pulaski Grade School registration,
Firemen's Benefit Golf Outing by Frontier Mutual, Sidewalk Chalk Art
Exposition and Habitat for Humanity orientation make Close Up
Zooming in
on the people,
places and things that make this community interesting!
Congratulations to Linda Anne Birnbaum of Lincoln and David
Allen Nowack of Springfield.
The couple were wed June 25 at St. John United Church of Christ in
Lincoln.
Linda is a 2002 graduate of LCHS with a bachelor's degree in psychology from Western
Illinois
University and master's in counseling from the University of Illinois at Springfield. She
is a therapist with Mental Health Centers of Central Illinois. Her parents
are Loren and Karen Birnbaum.
David is a 1995 graduate of Scared Heart-Griffin. He received an associate
degree from
Lincoln Land Community College and is pursuing a bachelor's degree from UIS. He is a supervisor with United Parcel Service. His parents are
Frederick and Linda Nowack.
Beat the heat: Go online to sign up for
Medicare ... SSN retirement estimator celebrates three
years ... Rules to Protect Seniors from Financial
Exploitation Adopted ... Community involvement drives diabetes
education ... Springfield Social Security office to begin
closing at 3:30 pm daily.
News & information for
the seniors in our community
LDN publishes all obituaries free of
charge and accepts pictures for obits free of charge. The full text
of the obituaries is available online free of charge in Logan County
and across the world. Email condolences are available from
subscribing funeral homes. Ask your funeral director to make sure
the obituary of your loved one is placed in Lincoln Daily News.
LDN - Entertainment
I
n
this Monday photo, people view Rembrandt van Rijn's "Supper at Emmaus"
painting at the "Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus"
exhibit at the Museum of Art in Philadelphia. The exhibit is scheduled
to run Aug. 3-Oct. 30.
Establishing the proper latch-on when breastfeeding will eliminate much of the pain
and soreness often associated with nursing and will
allow the baby to get milk more easily.
For more information,
contact the breastfeeding peer counselor at the Logan
County Department of Public Health, 217-735-2317, ext.
246.
Chicago Cubs'
Darwin Barney attempts to score at the end of a rundown between
third and home in the first inning against the Pittsburgh
Pirates during a baseball game in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. Barney was tagged out at the plate by Pirates first baseman Derrek Lee. The Cubs went on to win 10-2, hitting
six homers in the
game.
High-speed
rail, police cars, tourism signage and more
City of Lincoln
FAQs for the month of July
County audit,
Part 2: Revenue highlights
Stacy's Family Pharmacy offers answers to
prescription users Aug. 15
LDN numbers keep
growing, including Facebook totals
Excessive heat warning to 7 p.m. Tuesday
Heat index
values to peak in the 105 to 115 range between noon and 6 p.m.
The work is almost over: Tonight we will have a new queen
Working to be our queen -- album
4-H Visual Arts judging: Album 1
Album 2
Album 3 Album 4
4-H
Floriculture, Horticulture, Crops and Miscellaneous -- album
Ill. treasurer
looking to feds for protection
Keeping businesses in Illinois part of Tuesday's tax focus
This day in history
Faith Lutheran blood drive, Mount Pulaski
Grade School registration, Firemen's Benefit Golf Outing by
Frontier Mutual, Sidewalk Chalk Art Exposition and Habitat for
Humanity orientation make Close Up
