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National Honor Society has busy weekend

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[October 31, 2011]  National Honor Society members from Lincoln Community High School spent a busy weekend completing one project and fulfilling an annual commitment to another. Both events will benefit the community, but in different ways.

Last Tuesday Kate Nikles and Sam Opperman refurbished Santa's hut with a new coat of gingerbread-colored paint. On Saturday afternoon five NHS volunteers decorated the hut with candy canes, garland and fluffy "snow" along the roofline. Opperman and Nikles were joined by Daniel Bacon, Tommy Harris and Matthew Barker to put final touches on the little building in preparation for the upcoming Christmas season.

Main Street board president Roger Matson dropped by to take a picture of the hut while students were busy with the decorations.

"Someone has volunteered their shed to store the hut," Matson said, "so it won't go through so much during the offseason and won't need a paint job next year."

On Sunday NHS members participated in a mandatory activity when they went trick-or-treating for canned goods and boxed items to be donated to the Lincoln/Logan Food Pantry. Organizing in mid-afternoon, groups headed in different directions across the city of Lincoln to knock on doors for food, instead of candy and treats.

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Pantry coordinator Bill Overton gave tours to several students who were new to the experience. As groups arrived at the food pantry, they counted canned goods and other food items.

At a Wednesday morning meeting, Judy Dopp, NHS co-sponsor and LCHS teacher, had challenged the students to collect more food items than had been gathered last year -- around 1,000. At the end of the afternoon Sunday, the count was 1,300. While the competition depended on the generosity of the community, it was good to see the number increase in order to benefit the pantry's inventory and those in need in the area.

[By MARLA BLAIR]

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