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Holiday
Hoops...Oops, game not there
12-5-00
Dear
LDN:
I
was looking forward to the broadcast of the Lincoln game Wednesday
night, but there was a different program on! Living in Chicago, I
was really pleased to find that LDN was broadcasting Railer sports
(especially basketball), but it sure was a disappointment not to
be able to tune in tonight — your advertising sure made it look
like it was going to be on. Hope you can be a little more clear on
your site as to which programming will be broadcast.
Other
than that, the site is great! I visit all the time! It really
keeps me up to date with all the "goings-on" in Lincoln
(and I visit quite a few of your sponsors when I'm in town as
well!)
Regards,
Jeff
Weingarz
An
avid LDN surfer...
Our
apologies to all those who logged on the Wednesday before
Thanksgiving for the Holiday Hoops game. It was not on. We did
have it scheduled on Hear it Here! Instead you found the Faks
Machine, a great show, but definitely not the Railers.
We
had not been informed previously that our connection, the Linc On
TV, has an agreement with their two regularly scheduled shows, The
City Council Meeting and The Faks Machine, on Monday and Wednesday
evenings. They will not broadcast a game during those times on
Mondays or Wednesdays. It is an uncommon event that a game is
scheduled Monday or Wednesday. So you can look forward to hearing
many other games. Most are scheduled for Friday evenings.
Jan
Youngquist
LDN
managing editor
Thanks
to local businesses from Jan Hashman
11-29-00
To
the editor:
Many
thanks to all the local businesses who so generously donated to
the Jan Hashman Cancer Benefit. Special thanks goes out
to:
AAL for their donation of paper products and financial assistance
Chug
Hubrich from Hicks Gas for grilling all our hot dogs on such a
cold day
HYPE kids from Lincoln Junior High for keeping our tables clean
Hassebrock family for their donation of half a hog
Highland Guard Bagpipers for their tremendous performance
Jim and Nancy Ireland for donating a spectacular hot-air balloon
ride
Lincoln IGA for donating all the hamburger and hot dog buns
Mike Maske for his expertise in auctioneering
P & W Pools for the donation of all the barbecue, hot
dogs, advertisement
Stone County Ramblers for providing such wonderful
bluegrass music
Water Street Catering for making the delicious chili and
soup
Other
businesses who made donations were Abe's, Auto Zone, B & K
Antique Mall, B & L Photography, Becherer's, Benner's, Big R,
Blade's, Blue Dog Inn, Bonanza, Brandt’s Arcade, Broadway
Cleaners, Burger King, Burwell's, Camel's Hair’em, Cherished
Memories, Corner Cuts, Cracker Barrel, Dairy Bar, Doll House,
Domino's, Eagles, Family Video, Fashion Bug, Fifth Street Food
Mart, Fifth Street Wash House, First Wok, GKC Theater, Graue
Inc., Heads Are Turnin', Holiday Inn, Kathleen's
Hallmark, Kickapoo Street Dollar Store, Lincoln Furniture, Logan
County Hardware, Logan Lanes, MKS Jewelry, Maverick's,
Mel-o-Cream, Merle Norman, Mirror Images, NAPA, Nichol's Car Care,
Oasis, Other Side Of The Fence, Personal Image, Pizza Hut, Prairie
Years, Rajean Babbs, Ray Bernahl, Rubber Roost, Speed Lube, Sports
Plus, Stage, Steak-n-Shake, Tannery, Three Roses Floral, Tobias
Embroidery, VFW, Wal-Mart Photo Lab, Wendy's and Wibben's Clocks.
Please
remember these businesses when you do your holiday shopping and
all throughout the year. For these businesses are the
ones who support their local citizens whenever there is
a need.
Jan
Hashman
Lincoln
Lazy
Row resident concerned with loss of farmland to 'progress'
11-29-00
To
the editor:
I
would like to express my dissatisfaction with the decision reached
by the Logan County Board this past Tuesday evening concerning the
rezoning of agricultural property in Eminence Township.
Mr.
Mahler, who mentioned that the land be rezoned, said he was in
favor of progress in Logan County. How much progress is there when
a farmer chooses to sell part of his productive land so that less
grain can be produced?
I
am concerned that several points were brought up, yet were glossed
right over:
1.
No consideration was shown for the people who live on Lazy Row,
who want to keep the area as it is. This is our home. We choose to
live in the country because we don’t want commercial property in
our back yards. It is a unique environment in Logan County. There
are businesses on Lazy Row. They are farmers who work hard to give
you a good product. They raise fruit, beef, pork and grain. There
is healthy wildlife in the area such as owls, hawks, deer,
pheasant, fox and coyote. Not only is it to be enjoyed by those
who live here, but also by those of you who come out for a country
drive.
2.
This spot was not the only available spot for a radio tower, whose
range is very short. Another alternative would be to buy the radio
station in Lincoln, update equipment and use buildings already in
place instead of destroying good farmland.
3.
The lack of concern for the migratory songbirds that this tower
will be affecting, for it will sit in their flight path.
4.
After hearing the budget approval of hundreds of thousands of our
tax dollars, $3,700 in tax revenue is a pittance amount that won’t
even stay in the township. It will be given to Lincoln.
In
Genesis God told Adam that because of his sin he would have to
toil and eat the fruit of the ground. It seems that
"progress" is leaving less and less ground to raise food
on. In Matthew 16:26 Jesus asks, "What will it profit a man
if he gains the whole world yet loses his soul?"
People
seem to be forgetting what the farming heritage of America is. In
the name of "progress," farmland has been lost to
highways, sterile subdivisions, parking garages; and acres of the
finest land now sits under concrete at car factories, even golf
courses. In our lust for "progress," a way of life and
good food will be lost.
Judy
Ballinger
Atlanta
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