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Police investigating burglaries

Someone helping themselves to a little Christmas cash

[DEC. 11, 2000] Two businesses in Lincoln were robbed over the weekend. There are no leads, and the police do not know yet if they were related.

The first burglary occurred early Saturday morning, before 5:12 a.m. Someone broke a window to gain entry to the Knights of Columbus on 217 N. Limit. Approximately $900 in cash and two cash registers were stolen.

The second burglary occurred early on Sunday, between 3 and 3:44 a.m. Again, someone broke a window, this time to gain entry to Haji’s Bar and Grill on 203 Madigan Drive. About $300 in cash and one cash register were stolen.

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Atlanta Bucks winners

[DEC. 11, 2000] Congratulations to all the folks who each won $50 in Atlanta Bucks at this year's Atlanta Aglow Big Bucks drawing on Friday, Dec. 8. Winners included Sandy Sympson, Andy Glass, Cheryl Renfrow, Joe Daugherty, Annabelle Kieszling, Annie Newcomb, Marge Dyer, Shelby Batterton, Marge

Blankenship, Virginia Kindred, Bea Glass, Becky Horrom, Toni Hawkins, Karen Sherman, Tim O'Donnell, Mary Smith, Laura O'Donnell, Dave Klockhenga, Elsie Donnan and Margaurite Warrick. A total of $1,000 in Atlanta Bucks was awarded.

Thanks to all the Atlanta merchants who participated in Atlanta Aglow 2000, including Alberts’ Bonnie Brae Nursery, Gilbert’s True Value Hardware, Turner Oil Company, Atlanta Bowling Alley, NAPA Auto Parts, Johnson Real Estate, East Lincoln Grain, Dick Lane Insurance, McLane Antenna Service, Hoblit Seed Company, Hamblin's Grocery, C-Aire Lounge, Terry's Floral Productions, Hair It Is, Sherman's Pharmacy, Atlanta National Bank, Johnson's Lumber, Schmidt-Marcotte Implement, Modernette Beauty Shop, John's Barber Shop, Chubby's Bar & Grill, North Greens Golf Course, Parks Construction, Lazy Row Orchard, Mrs. Noble's Tupperware, and Daugherty & Crane. Atlanta is fortunate to have so many fine merchants. The A-team encourages everyone to shop in Atlanta.

Tickets, Tickets, Get Your Tickets Here! Lincoln Merchants to Give Away Ho-Ho Dough for the Holidays
		There are lots of extra incentives for doing your holiday shopping in Lincoln this year. Making purchases at the following businesses could be your ticket for $5000 cash and other prizes. Tickets are available at:
Abe's Advanced EyeCare Beans 'n' Such Becherer's Jewelry Big R of Lincoln Blue Dog Inn Bruns Service Center Burwell's Travel Plaza CEFCU Century Dental Claire's Needleworks The Courier Coy's Car Corner, Inc. Curves for Women Eckert's, Inc.	Family Custom Cleaners & Laundry Family Medical Center GB Oil Gossett's Decorator Studio Graue, Inc. Graue Pharmac Green Oil Inc. - Kickapoo Mini Mart Guzzardo's Italian Villa Harris-Hodnett Agency, Inc. Illico Apollo Mart J C Penney Catalog Sales Kathleen's Hallmark Key Printing Lincoln Daily News.com Lincoln Furniture & Floor Covering	Lincoln IGA Lincoln Medical Equipment Lincoln Printers Lincoln Public Library McEntire's Appliance McQuellon's Appliance MediaOne Meier Accounting & Tax Service Merle Norman Cosmetics Mission Mart MKS Jewelers P & M Communications Row Motor Sales State Bank of Lincoln Steak 'n' Shake	Tarter Brothers, Inc. The Mustard Moon The Other Side of the Fence The Restaurant at the Depot Three Roses Floral U.S. Office Products Wibben Computer Services Jane Wright State Farm Insurance Xamis Ford Lincoln Mercury Sponsors only, no tickets: Edward Jones Investments & Dr. Robert Miller, DMD
Winning tickets will be drawn on Sunday, December 17, at 5:00 p.m. at the Logan County Courthouse Square. Winning ticket holders must be present to win.

Lincoln College Museum
ready for Christmas

[DEC. 9, 2000] ^{^"}Christmas at the Museum" is the theme during the 2000 Christmas season at the Lincoln College Museum.

Visitors to the museum during this period will observe how the décor of Christmas has been integrated with the various collections on exhibit. For the convenience of visitors, Lincoln College Museum has extended its hours Dec. 18 through Dec. 22 and will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The museum will observe the following holiday hours: Dec. 23-26, closed to observe the Christmas holiday; Dec. 27-29, open 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Dec. 30-Jan. 7, closed for the New Year’s holiday. The Lincoln College Museum will return to regular hours on Monday, Jan. 8.

The museum’s extended visiting hours will allow friends and relatives who are visiting in Logan County during the holidays an opportunity to visit one of the nation’s outstanding museums which houses artifacts and documents related to the nation’s 16^th president and the period in which Abraham Lincoln lived. Lincoln College Museum contains hundreds of items that confirm the economic, political and social development of Logan County.

Tickets, Tickets, Get Your Tickets Here! Lincoln Merchants to Give Away Ho-Ho Dough for the Holidays
		There are lots of extra incentives for doing your holiday shopping in Lincoln this year. Making purchases at the following businesses could be your ticket for $5000 cash and other prizes. Tickets are available at:
Abe's Advanced EyeCare Beans 'n' Such Becherer's Jewelry Big R of Lincoln Blue Dog Inn Bruns Service Center Burwell's Travel Plaza CEFCU Century Dental Claire's Needleworks The Courier Coy's Car Corner, Inc. Curves for Women Eckert's, Inc.	Family Custom Cleaners & Laundry Family Medical Center GB Oil Gossett's Decorator Studio Graue, Inc. Graue Pharmac Green Oil Inc. - Kickapoo Mini Mart Guzzardo's Italian Villa Harris-Hodnett Agency, Inc. Illico Apollo Mart J C Penney Catalog Sales Kathleen's Hallmark Key Printing Lincoln Daily News.com Lincoln Furniture & Floor Covering	Lincoln IGA Lincoln Medical Equipment Lincoln Printers Lincoln Public Library McEntire's Appliance McQuellon's Appliance MediaOne Meier Accounting & Tax Service Merle Norman Cosmetics Mission Mart MKS Jewelers P & M Communications Row Motor Sales State Bank of Lincoln Steak 'n' Shake	Tarter Brothers, Inc. The Mustard Moon The Other Side of the Fence The Restaurant at the Depot Three Roses Floral U.S. Office Products Wibben Computer Services Jane Wright State Farm Insurance Xamis Ford Lincoln Mercury Sponsors only, no tickets: Edward Jones Investments & Dr. Robert Miller, DMD
Winning tickets will be drawn on Sunday, December 17, at 5:00 p.m. at the Logan County Courthouse Square. Winning ticket holders must be present to win.

Local students rap it up

Contest leads to TV ad

[DEC. 8, 2000] Third graders in Lincoln competed to be in a commercial that will be on ESPN, TNN and Nickelodeon in January and February. The third graders at Northwest and Central schools participated in the violence prevention program sponsored by the Lincoln Police Department and taught by Officer Rich Montcalm. Mrs. Miller’s third grade class at Northwest School and Mrs. Biggs’ and Mrs. Rohrer’s combined third grade classes at Central each composed a song, rap or chant.

Central performed a song with the central theme of drugs, while Northwest’s theme focused on violence prevention. The presentations were 30 seconds long.

Mayor Joan Ritter and City Clerk Juanita Josserand judged the presentations. Mrs. Miller’s students at Northwest performed for the mayor and city clerk yesterday morning. Mrs. Biggs’ and Mrs. Rohrer’s students at Central performed in the afternoon.

After serious deliberations the judges have chosen Central as the winners with Northwest getting first runner-up. Even though nothing more was required than a song, they "took into consideration the special backdrop that was created by Central," stated Officer Montcalm. "It really added something to it." He also emphasized, "The kids were really great!"

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Liquor license holders get chance to speak up

Council members get feedback
on proposed liquor license code

[DEC. 8, 2000] Local liquor license holders who met to discuss the proposed new city code with members of the Lincoln City Council Thursday evening did just what the council hoped they would do — gave them feedback on the new proposal, both positive and negative. Both license holders and council members agreed to meet again after the ordinance and zoning committee has had time to consider their suggestions.

Alderman Glenn Shelton, chairman of the ordinance committee, which was in charge of drafting the new code, told the license holders at the beginning of the meeting, "What you say will mean a great deal to us." After the license holders left, the consensus among council members was that at least some of the license holders’ suggestions would probably be adopted.

The biggest objection was the 20 percent increase in license fees. Nora Edwards, who holds the license for the OK Tavern, said, "I have to buy three liquor licenses, three food server licenses, and tax stamps for each juke box and video game. I’m licensed out."

Bill Haak of the Moose Lodge noted that his organization contributes over $8,000 each year to help children and teens, and said increasing club license fees would hurt service organizations who help needy citizens.

Jason Steffens of Eckerts Inc. and Eckerts Fine Dining said license holders should have more freedom to operate as they wished, suggesting the city have multi-use licenses instead of "a myriad of different licenses." This would help establishments bring in new business and would help the local economy, he said. "Once you make the businesses pick up two or three licenses you are hurting the businesses."

Judy McCumber of the Fifth Street Food Mart told the council she did not think it fair that her license to sell package liquor should be more expensive than a license to sell liquor in a tavern. The proposed fee for package liquor (Class A) is $1,500 per year, while the new licenses for taverns (Class B and Class C) would be $1,000 and $1,250 per year under the new code. Class B would permit sale of liquor on the premises only, while Class C would permit sales both for retail and for consumption on the premises.

The Class B and C licenses are new categories, according to Jonathan Wright, city attorney. Neither license ties the sale of liquor to any kind of food sales, although either license might be held by a restaurant that also wants to have a bar.

The city will continue to offer a license specifically for restaurants, Class E, at a yearly cost of $750. This license, Wright explained, is quite restrictive, and allows the sale of liquor only in conjunction with food service and does not permit drinking at the bar.

In response to complaints about the higher fees, Shelton pointed out that liquor license fees have not been raised since 1989, and that the 20 percent increase amounts to less than 2 percent a year.

Susan Fuhrer, license holder of the Blue Dog Inn, said that she believed her fee increase was fair, but she thought some of the others were out of line, in particular the retail sales fee.

Haji Patel asked if the council was setting the license fees higher because other nearby communities have higher fees. Wright said that was not the case and the city had not looked at fees in the surrounding area.

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Mayor Ritter told the group that the fees, which total $44,750 per year, go into the city’s general fund and help pay for city services. With the tax cap voted in by Logan County residents several years ago, the city will see a decrease of $41,000 in taxes to pay for services such as streets, sewers and sidewalks.

Another strong objection was the limited number of Class C licenses, which would allow both retail sales and sales of liquor for consumption on the premises. The Class B and C licenses are replacements for the former tavern licenses, of which there were 12. The new code would allow 10 Class B and 10 Class C licenses.

Steffens and several others said that 10 Class C licenses were not enough and would force some present license holders out of business. Alderman Patrick Madigan said that was definitely not the council’s intention and that they would accommodate all present liquor license holders who want a Class C license. He indicated the council would probably increase the number of these licenses.

Still another objection was the time set for Sunday liquor sales — 1 p.m. to midnight. Patel said customers who come to his sports bar to watch football or racing come earlier than 1 p.m. and asked the council to consider allowing sales to begin at noon or even 11 a.m. Steffens pointed out that 1 p.m. is also too late for restaurants who want to serve a champagne brunch on Sundays. Patel also asked the council to consider allowing later hours, such as 3 a.m., on Friday and Saturday nights. He said other communities in the area have closing times as late as 4 a.m.

The provision allowing 18-year-olds to sell and serve liquor if supervised by someone 21 or older got mixed reviews. Some license holders objected, while others said it is hard to get help and they need to hire people under 21.

The proposed new code provides for 13 license categories, compared to six in the present code. Categories include a license for motels and hotels that want to include liquor in their room service ($750), a license for an establishment that wants to sell bottled wine as part of a gift basket ($350), licenses for winemakers ($750) and microbreweries ($650), club licenses ($425), and temporary licenses for not-for-profit organizations ($20 a day) and for-profit organizations ($40 per day).

"I think we accomplished what we wanted to. We got some good input," Alderman William Melton told the ordinance committee. Committee members agreed to rethink the suggestions and meet again after the regular City Council meeting on Monday, Dec. 18. When the proposed changes are finalized, liquor license holders will be invited to another public meeting. Council members on the ordinance and zoning committee are Shelton, Madigan, Melton, Steve Fuhrer and Michael Montcalm.

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Courier Citizen of the Year

[DEC. 8, 2000] Every year the Courier sponsors an event that seeks to honor some individual who exemplifies the word "service" by their contributions to the community. On Thursday morning, community leaders, hosted by the Courier management and publisher, gathered for the announcement and to honor the newest chosen Citizen of the Year.

Robert "Bob" Albert has been selected the Courier Citizen of the Year 2000.

An active member of the community for over 50 years, he has served as a volunteer in many capacities. Albert has been a member of the Chamber of Commerce since 1948; was founder of the local Board of Realtors and Lincoln Motel Association; served 13 years as a board member of Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital (president, 1973-75, 1999); and has numerous other achievements and contributions. As a Realtor, Albert was recognized for his influence in residential developments throughout Lincoln, with over 800 residential units built to his credit.

Albert was selected by a committee composed of Carla Bender, Wendy Bell, Warren Peters and Steve Siltman, with Herb Alexander heading the committee as chairman.

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Tickets, Tickets, Get Your Tickets Here! Lincoln Merchants to Give Away Ho-Ho Dough for the Holidays
		There are lots of extra incentives for doing your holiday shopping in Lincoln this year. Making purchases at the following businesses could be your ticket for $5000 cash and other prizes. Tickets are available at:
Abe's Advanced EyeCare Beans 'n' Such Becherer's Jewelry Big R of Lincoln Blue Dog Inn Bruns Service Center Burwell's Travel Plaza CEFCU Century Dental Claire's Needleworks The Courier Coy's Car Corner, Inc. Curves for Women Eckert's, Inc.	Family Custom Cleaners & Laundry Family Medical Center GB Oil Gossett's Decorator Studio Graue, Inc. Graue Pharmac Green Oil Inc. - Kickapoo Mini Mart Guzzardo's Italian Villa Harris-Hodnett Agency, Inc. Illico Apollo Mart J C Penney Catalog Sales Kathleen's Hallmark Key Printing Lincoln Daily News.com Lincoln Furniture & Floor Covering	Lincoln IGA Lincoln Medical Equipment Lincoln Printers Lincoln Public Library McEntire's Appliance McQuellon's Appliance MediaOne Meier Accounting & Tax Service Merle Norman Cosmetics Mission Mart MKS Jewelers P & M Communications Row Motor Sales State Bank of Lincoln Steak 'n' Shake	Tarter Brothers, Inc. The Mustard Moon The Other Side of the Fence The Restaurant at the Depot Three Roses Floral U.S. Office Products Wibben Computer Services Jane Wright State Farm Insurance Xamis Ford Lincoln Mercury Sponsors only, no tickets: Edward Jones Investments & Dr. Robert Miller, DMD
Winning tickets will be drawn on Sunday, December 17, at 5:00 p.m. at the Logan County Courthouse Square. Winning ticket holders must be present to win.

Announcements

Landfill to be open extended hours for leaf disposal

[OCT. 11, 2000] Beginning Monday, Oct. 16, the Lincoln City Landfill will be open extended hours to allow residents to dispose of leaves and yard waste, according to Donnie Osborne, street superintendent. The landfill will open at 8 a.m. and remain open until 4 p.m. seven days a week, probably until mid-December, he said. Residents may bring in leaves any way they like — in bags, boxes or pickup trucks — but they must take the leaves out of the containers and take the containers back home with them.

Public notice

Filing dates for nomination petitions for city offices

[OCT. 10, 2000] The office of the city clerk in Lincoln will be open for filing petitions for nomination for the Feb. 27, 2001, consolidated primary election, with petitions accepted from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the following dates: Dec. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 18.

Petitions will be accepted for the following city offices:

Mayor
City treasurer
City clerk
Alderman Ward 1
Alderman Ward 2
Alderman Ward 3
Alderman Ward 4
Alderman Ward 5

No petitions will be accepted before 9 a.m. or after 5 p.m.

[Juanita Josserand, city clerk]

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