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They
are lining up to volunteer for the art and balloon fest.
Actually a motorcycle club stopped briefly to allow all its
members to catch up as they traveled through Lincoln.
But it's still not too late to sign up and be a part of this
great community event. As the sign says, just go to
www.lincolnillinois.comor call the
chamber office, 217-735-2385.
Picture by Mike Fak (Click on
picture for larger image.)
Due to excessive heat and
possible rain, the balloon festival volunteer party has been
moved to the American Legion tonight at 5:30.
A
spire, left, is damaged on the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday after a earthquake in the Washington area. A 5.9-magnitude earthquake
centered in Virginia forced evacuations of all the monuments on the National
Mall in Washington and rattled nerves from Georgia to Martha's Vineyard, the
Massachusetts island where President Barack Obama is vacationing. No injuries
were immediately reported
Tuesday
evening the new
executive
director of the
Lincoln & Logan
County
Development
Partnership,
Michael P. Maniscalco, made
his debut
appearance at
the Lincoln City
Council.
Coming in at the
beginning and
staying
throughout the
entire meeting,
Maniscalco was
welcomed by
Mayor Keith
Snyder and
invited to say a
few words.
Maniscalco
addressed the
council,
expressing his
pleasure at
becoming a part
of the
development
partnership and
inviting
aldermen to come
to him at any
time with ideas
and opinions. He
said he wants
his office to be
open and
transparent to
the city council
and looks
forward to
working with
them.
Boomer basics: Easy and affordable
tips to maintain an active, safe and healthy lifestyle ... If it's not .gov, it's not Social
Security ... More August questions and answers
from Social Security ... People with a disability can get a
ticket to work ... August questions and answers from
Social Security
News & information for
the seniors in our community
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LDN - Entertainment
T
his March 30, 2005, photo shows
James Salter in his Bridgehampton, N.Y., home. Salter has won the Rea
Award for the Short Story, a lifetime achievement honor. Rea judges
released a statement Tuesday praising the 86-year-old
Salter as "the most stylish and grave and exact of writers." Salter
will receive $30,000 for the award. It was established in 1986 by
the late philanthropist Michael M. Rea and is now directed by his
wife, Elizabeth Richebourg Rea.
In a Monday photo provided by the
University of Tennessee, Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt sits next to her son, Tyler Summitt, at her Knoxville, Tenn.,
home. Summitt plans to coach "as long as the good Lord is willing" despite
recently being diagnosed with early onset dementia.
In a statement from Summitt released by the university on Tuesday,
the Hall of Fame coach said she visited with doctors at the Mayo
Clinic in Rochester, Minn., after the 2010-11 basketball
season ended and was diagnosed with early onset
dementia -- Alzheimer's type -- over the summer.
Chamber celebrates 38th annual Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival with
ribbon-cuts
Possibility of severe storms
Tuesday evening; heat and humidity returning Wednesday
Lincoln now has its own Walmart baby
Meet the 2011 balloonists -- Part 5
Are you ready for some Railer football?
Unpaid superintendents to get day in court
Jobs picture worsening in Illinois
Illinois gets more than $5 million to
establish health insurance exchange
Federal grant
will help create more competitive health insurance marketplace
for families and businesses
Dr. Freesmeier's
class, running shoe clinic, blood drives, sidewalk chalk
classes and Saturday bike rides make Close Up
