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[DEC. 20, 2000]  The Logan County Board Tuesday night unanimously approved a new contract with the Teamsters covering employees in the highway department.

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[DEC. 20, 2000]  Yesterday morning, Mayor Ritter and members of the Chamber of Commerce gathered with owners John and Jason Steffens in front of their new Eckert’s Suites — a bed-and-breakfast — for a ribbon-cutting. You may already recognize the Steffens brothers; they own Eckert’s Inc., Fine Furnishings and Fine Dining, and Grapes and Grounds at 121-123 S. Sangamon.

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BOOK LOOK

Children's book reviews

[DEC. 20, 2000]   It is a cold Christmas Eve and Mouse hasn’t seen any of his friends for days. Wondering if they have forgotten him this Christmas, he decides to visit them all.

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[DEC. 20, 2000]   This song is familiar to all, but it’s Jan Brett’s illustrations that make this book delightful.

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[DEC. 20, 2000]   Buster, a very active puppy, finds himself alone and wandering the streets at Christmas time. 

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[DEC. 20, 2000]   Kit and her best friend, Ruthie, were looking forward to the Christmas season until the Great Depression hit Kit’s family hard.

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[DEC. 20, 2000]   Do cattle kneel, or bees hum a hymn, or horses talk at midnight on Christmas Eve? Mike and Susan, child detectives, want to stay up late and hide in the hayloft of the riding stable to listen to the horses.

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SPORTS NEWS

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[DEC. 20, 2000]  Everybody who sees this film reacts differently. Some say it was very good, while others hold that it was a terrible film and they are still trying to figure out what it was really about. What everyone seems to agree on is that it is very different.

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It isn't too late

If you didn't get out to the Ho Ho Dough drawing Sunday, you haven't missed out.  It was postponed due to the weather.

Instead, the drawing will be TONIGHT (Wednesday, Dec. 20) at 6 o'clock at the north entrance of the Logan County Courthouse.

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OBITUARIES

- Florence Lessen

- R. Lyle Staats

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