Saturday movie, Grandparent Day buffet, Legion Junior Auxiliary organizational meeting, Habitat orientation and Rotary exchange program in Germany make Close Up

By Mike Fak

[September 07, 2011]  The Lincoln Junior Woman's Club is hosting another Movie in the Park this Saturday, Sept. 10, at Postville Park. The movie "Cars" will be shown on a giant 25-foot inflatable screen at 7:30 p.m. People attending should bring lawn chairs or blankets.

Prime sponsors of the event are Rick Hamm Insurance Agency and Integrity Data, with many more local businesses also providing funding for the event.

Concessions and glow items will be available for sale at the event.

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The second annual Grandparent Day Celebration sponsored by The Oasis will be a buffet breakfast this Sunday, Sept. 11, at the Lincoln American Legion from 8 a.m. to noon. The breakfast is for people of all ages.

The buffet will consist of scrambled eggs, bacon, ham, fried potatoes, fruit, biscuits and gravy, white and chocolate milk, orange juice, and coffee. The American Legion will be doing the cooking.

Grandparents attending will be remembered with a special treat from the oven of Marilyn Armbrust.

Tickets are just $7 and may be purchased either ahead of time at the senior center, 501 Pulaski St., or at the door, 1740 Fifth St., on Sunday.

For any further information, you may contact the senior center by calling 217-732-6132.

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An organizational meeting to form a Logan County Junior group of the American Legion Auxiliary will be on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2-3 p.m., in the Mary Pat Room at Lincoln Post 263. Junior members of units in Logan County are encouraged to attend. An invitation is also extended to girls under the age of 18 who are daughters, granddaughters, great-granddaughters and sisters of American Legion members or are daughters, granddaughters, great-granddaughters and sisters of men and women who served, during dates determined by the United States government, on active duty in the armed forces and died in the line of duty or after honorable discharge. Step-relatives are eligible, too. For more information, please contact Roseann Coers, 217-737-2534.

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Habitat for Humanity of Logan County will have an orientation meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, in the Community Room of the Logan County Housing Authority Highrise, 1028 N. College St. in Lincoln. 

Guidelines for homeownership and qualifications for acceptance into the program will be explained. Those who have lived in Logan County for one year have already met one of the qualifications for homeownership with Habitat. A second requirement is to put in 250 hours of sweat equity. Find out the other requirements at the meeting. Applications will be available for those who wish to apply for the program. 

Habitat may be contacted at 732-6412 or [e-mail].

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Rotary members from District 6490, which includes 53 clubs in central and east-central Illinois, have announced that they will be sending a team led by a Rotarian with four outstanding professionals to visit District 1800 in north-central Germany. The team will depart in late May 2012 and return in late June as part of the Group Study Exchange program of the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International.

Through the program, teams of young professionals from two different countries exchange visits. For four weeks, team members experience the way of life, customs and vocational practices of another country, while sharing information about their home country.

The purpose of the Group Study Exchange program is to promote international understanding and good will through personal connections. While abroad, team members stay in Rotarians' homes and have the opportunity to meet their professional counterparts. They also give presentations to Rotary clubs and other groups about their home country.

The Rotary Foundation pays for round-trip airfare, and Rotary members in the host country provide meals, lodging and group travel in their district. Team members pay only for personal and incidental expenses.

Young adults between the ages of 25 and 40 who are interested in applying should be employed full time in a business or profession and at least two years in their current occupation. Applicants must live or be employed in Rotary District 6490, which includes the east-central Illinois counties of Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Ford, Iroquois, Jasper, Livingston, Logan, Macon, McLean, Montgomery, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby, Vermilion and Woodford. They must be in good health to travel and able to obtain a passport.

For an application, contact Kevin Miller, 1386 E. 1900th Ave., Teutopolis, IL 62467; 217-924-4155; or [e-mail].

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