Birth:

• Antonio Deonte Hoagland 

Close Up:
sponsored by CHRIS COYNE, Agent -- State Farm Insurance

• Elkhart continues to 'Celebrate Spring!' 

• Route 66 will anchor weekend of activities in Logan County

• Chamber Young Professionals Network to host wine-tasting event

• Master Gardeners postpone plant sale to May 18

• District 27 honors alumni at 2nd annual Alumni Honors Dinner

  • District 27 names 'Distinguished Alumni':

    • Bill Bates

    • Roland Ginzel

    • D. Leigh Henson

• Atlanta Rt. 66 Cruise-In May 11

• New Holland Cruise-In schedule announced 

• Park district to offer square dance lessons in May

• Hernandez named April Employee of the Month at ALMH

• Birding walks in Elkhart April 27

• Meeting postponed: Pleasant Valley Cemetery Association annual meeting

• United Methodist Women host annual May breakfast 

• Elkhart's Artisan Craft Fair features gourd artist

• Blood drive at ALMH 

• Lincoln residents among those to be honored at Lincoln College's Alumni Reunion weekend 

• Bill Higdon Memorial Country Music Show at Lincoln College on April 28

• Community Action board meeting notice 

• Walk MS event at Kickapoo Creek Park on May 5

• Spring is in the air -- and so is art

• Benefit for 'Punk' O'Donoghue April 27

• Guest speakers for Elkhart's 'Celebrate Spring!' weekends

• Elkhart's 'Celebrate Spring!' weekends -- special events scheduled for April  

  • Elkhart's 'Celebrate Spring!' weekends include unique shopping opportunities 

• New springtime hours at Lincoln city landfill 

• HSLC now seeking donations for 2nd annual garage sale 

Community News & Events

• Park district notes

• Library notes

• Community Calendar of Events

  • Submit entry for LDN Calendar of Events

• Schedule of area graduations

• Illini Central announces students of the month for Feb. and March 

• Illinois Student Assistance Commission releases B4College smartphone app 

• Community leaders help students thinking, 'What and where is my future?'

• Lincoln College announces 146th commencement ceremony
  Brenda Chapman and Justice James Knecht to receive honorary degrees 

• Mount Pulaski High School FCCLA students leave their mark at state conference -- album

  • Mount Pulaski's Cady Lowery selected as state officer for FCCLA 

• Logan County 4-H member attends National 4-H Conference 

• West Lincoln-Broadwell preschool registration day Thursday 

• Josef Bosnyak is the Mount Pulaski High School Senior-of-the-Month 

• Community Action Head Start begins Logan County student recruitment 

• Zion Lutheran Scholastic Bowl team completes season 

• Zion Lutheran School 3rd-quarter honor roll 

• Bee program at Sugar Grove Nature Center for home-schoolers 

• LCHS Red Carpet Runway and Grand March on May 4 

• Isabelle Thompson is the ZLS March Student of the Month 

• Zion Lutheran School, Mount Pulaski, presents spring musical April 26

• Parents have until April 30 to enroll in College Illinois

• Carroll Catholic Students of the Month for April
  

• Earth Day in the Parks promotes natural resources stewardship for students
  Washington-Monroe among participants

• Lincoln College dance, jazz and chorale groups to grace Johnston Center stage in April 

• Community Action announces scholarships available 

• School websites

• District 27 menus:  Breakfast   |   Lunch

• Carroll Catholic School calendar
  Menus and activities

• Community Action Head Start menus:

  • Breakfast, snacks   |   Lunch

• Friends and Family in the Military 
  Sponsored by AMVETS
  Sponsors of the Veterans Honor Roll bricks

• Community Action Partnership emergency food pantry hours 

• Community Action senior meals:

  • Apple Nutrition sites

  • Apple Nutrition menus:

  • Congregate:  April  |  May

  • Home delivery:  April  |  May

• Oasis notes  |  Oasis calendar

• Logan Mason Public Transportation fare schedule

Senior Life

Article update April 13

Retire on your own terms ... State's Senior Health Insurance Program moves to Department on Aging ... Bill requiring review of suspicious deaths of vulnerable adults passes out of committee ... New Uniform Do-Not-Resuscitate Advance Directive form available ... Atlanta Library Golden Age Tech Talk schedule ... Attorney General Madigan alleges financial adviser deceived Springfield-area seniors ... Area Agency on Aging to present Lunch and Learn at Oasis for family caregivers
News & information for the seniors in our community