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By Mike Fak

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[March 08, 2011]  There's a place for your unwanted items (no clothes, please) from cleaning out closets, attics and garage during the cold weather. The annual rummage sale by the Humane Society of Logan County will be on Saturday, March 12, at the Lincoln Woman's Club Building. Drop-off will be Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. Dawn Gorman is chairing this fundraising event, which has been very successful in the past.


The Hartsburg-Emden FFA is having a consignment auction on Saturday, March 19, beginning at 10 a.m. The auction site is the Orvil Township Shed, located by the Hartsburg FS Plant. No non-working appliances, pets, livestock, overhead gas tanks, tires or hazardous materials will be accepted. For more information, contact Nic Coers at 217-376-3157 or NIc@CoersDiesel.com, or contact Ivan Rademaker at 376-3153.


The public community garden meeting is Thursday, March 10, at 7 p.m. at the Lincoln Woman's Club Building. The sites currently planned for the gardens are 417 N. Madison St. and a large area next to the Logan County Housing Authority offices.


Warren and Jean Peters of Lincoln celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on March 7. They were married March 7, 1961.

They are the parents of six daughters: Mary (wife of Ron) Harmsen of Emden, Jane (wife of Greg) Fox of Atlanta, Ga., Gail (wife of Don) Vitek of Elmhurst, Anne (wife of Dan) Conrady of Lincoln, Ruth (widow of Mitch) Brackney of Kansas City, Mo., and Amy Peters of Northbrook.

They have 15 grandchildren: Amanda, John and Katelyn Harmsen; Rachel, Jill and Robert Fox; Andrew, Grace, Gretchen and Robert Vitek; Benjamin, William and Adam Conrady; and Jackson and Lauren Brackney.

Warren is an attorney and Jean is a homemaker.

A family celebration is planned by their daughters.


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An exhibition of political cartoons on Abraham Lincoln is at the Lincoln Heritage Museum, 300 Keokuk St., beginning today through April 5. The public is invited to this exhibition focusing on images of Abraham Lincoln through the sometimes scathing wit of the political cartoonists of his time. The exhibition is sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. The museum's hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. on Saturdays.


Logan County's Education Cooperation Committee will visit with seniors at The Oasis this week to offer information and answer questions regarding the proposed 1 percent sales tax increase to benefit school facilities.

On Thursday, March 10, committee members will drop in during the corned beef and cabbage potluck to distribute informational fliers to all the guests.

The committee then plans to return to the senior center on Tuesday, March 15, to conduct a discussion on the subject and field questions from attendees.

Currently those from the committee who are slated to be at the meeting are District 27 Superintendent Mary Ahillen, David Hepler and Roger Matson.

While this meeting will be targeted at addressing the concerns of the senior population in Logan County, anyone with an interest in the referendum is encouraged to attend.

The committee kicked off a series of meetings this month, beginning with an open forum hosted by the Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of Commerce on March 3. Future meetings are being planned in the individual school districts.


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