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LDN - Top Stories
It
is all smiles as the ribbon flies at the Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of Commerce
ribbon-cut at Deron Powell State Farm in Mount Pulaski
on Friday.
Six months after his historic 1836 building
collapsed, Powell is up and running in a new
building on Mount Pulaski's downtown square.
Picture by Nila Smith (Click on picture for
larger image.)
Lauren
Soebbing, Shelby Voyles, Jaycees service mowers, San
Jose UMW breakfast, St. John Musicfest, Bosom
Buddies, Hartem FFA plant sales, Master Gardeners
plant sale, writing club, Brooklyn Hermes, Zack
Prather, Mary Ginter, Community Action meeting,
Kelsey Griesheim, Pleasant Valley meeting, Lincoln
College China trip, Elkhart bird lecture and walks,
landscape waste pickup in Lincoln and Mount Pulaski,
HSLC garage sale
Zooming in
on the people,
places and things that make this community interesting!
Work
began this
week on the
expanded
parking area
on South
Sangamon
Street.
The concrete
curb above
shows how
space will
be added to
the street
to allow for
diagonal
parking.
Changing the
parking plan
along this
block will
double the
parking
capacity,
making more
space
available
for patrons
of area
businesses.
Photo by Karen
Hargis
(Click on
photo for
larger
image.)
Lauren Soebbing, Shelby Voyles, Jaycees service
mowers, San Jose UMW breakfast, St. John Musicfest,
Bosom Buddies, Hartem FFA plant sales, Master
Gardeners plant sale, writing club, Brooklyn Hermes,
Zack Prather, Mary Ginter, Community Action meeting,
Kelsey Griesheim, Pleasant Valley meeting, Lincoln
College China trip, Elkhart bird lecture and walks,
landscape waste pickup in Lincoln and Mount Pulaski,
HSLC garage sale
Zooming
in on the people,
places and things that make this community interesting!
Currently listing 104 Logan
County businesses & organizations. Will shoppers find your listing in
the Logan County Business Directory? Call 217-737-7418 to get listed.
The Zion
Lutheran Church and School expansion project in
Mount Pulaski is moving right along. With an
early spring and pleasant temperatures for the
last several weeks, this is just one of many
construction and renovation projects going on in
Logan County.
Picture by Karen Hargis
(Click on picture for
larger image.)
Grab Your Fork!! We've
added new recipes for the weekend. How about trying the Mae’s
Mix Berry Cobbler, or treat your family to a special breakfast
without all the work by fixing a Crock Pot Breakfast Casserole!
Early colon cancer detection means earlier treatment ... Road trips: A mature guy's guide to the open road ... Volunteering: small acts, big change ... Ingenious gadgets keep smart gardeners playing in the dirt ... 10 steps to conquering heart disease ... Retirement planning crucial for small business owners ... Retirement planning dos and don'ts ... Protecting your nest egg from virtual crows
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
American
jazz musician Marcus Miller performs during International
Jazz Day at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on Friday. The yearly event aims to encourage people around the world
to break down barriers between them, using music.
Let your doctor know that you intend to breastfeed your
baby so that you will be given an opportunity to nurse
your baby as soon as possible after birth, usually within the first hour.
For more information,
contact the breastfeeding peer counselor at the Logan
County Department of Public Health, 217-735-2317, ext.
246.
St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Skip Schumaker
flips a ball to shortstop Rafael Furcal in an attempt to force out
Milwaukee Brewers' Nyjer Morgan at second during the first inning of
a baseball game Friday in St. Louis. Schumaker
could not make the play.
AP photo by Jeff Roberson (Click on picture for larger image.)
