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LDN - Top Stories
Letters
on electric aggregation are set to start going out
today to Lincoln residents and small businesses. The letters will arrive on
a letterhead that offers a
combination of the city of Lincoln and Integrys logos
and identifiers. Above is a sample provided by
Mayor Keith Snyder of the residential letter. Also
included with the letter will be an "opt-out" postcard
consumers can fill out and drop in the mail if they DO
NOT want their electricity switched away from Ameren
Illinois.
Photo
scans from text received from the city of
Lincoln (Click on photo for larger image.)
Community Action meeting, Democrat dinner, Zion back-to-school info, Wampler honored, blood drive, Leadership Council, WLB baseball
camp, 'Mr. Popper's Penguins,' jar lids to fair
entrants, Oasis seminar, Head
Start recruitment, Oasis pork chop dinner, Millikin
dean's list, fair entries, LCHS
'77 reunion, recycled material art entries, Mount
Pulaski quilt show
Zooming in
on the people,
places and things that make this community interesting!
A
helicopter drops water during a fire in a
high-rise building in Istanbul, Turkey, on Tuesday. Turkish officials said hundreds
of people were quickly evacuated and no one was
hurt. Black smoke rose from the 42-story Polat
Towers until firefighters brought it under
control. The building is partly residential and
partly occupied by shops and businesses.
Community Action meeting,
Democrat dinner,
Zion back-to-school info,
Wampler honored, blood drive, Leadership Council, WLB baseball camp,
'Mr. Popper's Penguins,' jar lids to fair entrants, Oasis seminar, Head Start recruitment, Oasis pork chop dinner, Millikin
dean's list, fair entries, LCHS '77 reunion,
recycled material art entries, Mount Pulaski quilt show
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.
Last week we caught sight of a
construction crew adding a new roof to a salt storage building
at IDOT in Lincoln. We would think they were glad that not
all roofs are shaped like this one.
Photo by Karen Hargis (Click on
image for a larger version.)
Most Americans don't have life insurance, but wish they did
...
With boomers coming, hospice industry diversifies ...
Longer life spans shifting focus toward dignity, quality of life ... Seniors urged to apply for Circuit Breaker grant by June 30;
Program ends July 1 ... How to ease arthritis pain ... Springfield Social Security office moves to new location ... Avoid becoming 'unscoreable' and maintain your credit history as
you age ... Disability: What you don't know can hurt you ... Tips to help seniors avoid identity thieves
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
Jenji Kohan, second from right,
executive producer and creator of the Showtime series "Weeds,"
poses with the show's cast members, from left, Alexander Gould,
Hunter Parrish, Mary-Louise Parker, Kevin Nealon and Justin Kirk
at a party Tuesday in Los Angeles to celebrate the show's 100th episode. "Weed" is in its final season and will
end its eight-year run in September.
Chicago White Sox's Kevin Youkilis hits a
three-run home run off a pitch by Boston Red Sox's Jon Lester in the fourth
inning of a baseball game in Boston on Tuesday.
