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[JULY 3, 2000]  Lead

 

 

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A new florist opens its doors
Full-service florist, ready to serve you

[JULY 1, 2000]  Perhaps you  haven't noticed  yet, but Lincoln has a new floral shop. Creative Designs and Weddings quietly appeared just next to Lincoln Vacuum Sales and Service at 616 Keokuk.  They have just moved there from their previous location at 125 N. Sangamon.  The business was started on March 6 by owners Marsha Miller and Stephen Elkins. The new location offers a busier location, with the Keokuk traffic and the vacuum cleaner store next door.  

Creative Designs and Weddings handles practically all of your floral needs, from every day  to special occasions.  They are a full service florist.  They do fresh flower and live plant design,  as well as silk designs. Their designs include decorative indoor plant baskets, potted plants, and dish gardens which make great gifts or use them to decorate around the home or office.

For weddings they do everything: bouquets, boutineers, corsages, church decoration,  reception decoration, tuxedo rentals – everything except “no gowns and no singing,” says manager Kay Hunter.  At holidays and special occasions, you can look to them for custom and festive designs. They also handle funeral flowers, including casket sprays, casket pillows, and wreaths. 

 


[New location at 616 Keokuk offers easy 
access for creative design customers.]

If you are looking for a gift, and in case you don't want to send flowers, you can send balloons and balloon bouquets. 

 

 

Not only can Creative Designs handle your floral, plants, and balloons, but they can also service all your long-distance floral needs. Through FTD wire services, you can send a special  FTD  design and any other plant or floral design you choose to just about anywhere in the world.  

 

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As if all this were not enough,  this versatile business also offers Logan County residents another great service free delivery in the Logan County area!

Bailey Elkins, father to Stephen Elkins, drives the delivery truck and travels with a  warm smile. Aside from Bailey and Kay Hunter, the business also employs Rachel Gaydosh and Rhonda Kincheloe.

 

  
[Happy little plant baskets fill Creative Designs and Weddings, now located beside Lincoln Vacuum Sales and Service at 616 Keokuk.]

The owners were previously associated with Flowers by Tibbs; however, Creative Designs is a completely new business. They  still have the same phone number as before the move, (217 ) 735-2725. Former regular customers will find that with patience, the new owners will learn exactly what you want.  They want to provide the same quality service and are eager to please.  If you want them to do something in a special way, Hunter says, “Bring a picture, then we’ll know.”   

 

 

 

Be sure to stop in and get to know the folks at Creative Designs and Weddings, so they can get to know you and your floral needs.

 [Trisha Youngquist]

Grain bin under construction
at Beason Elevator

[JULY 1, 2000]  Beason is a peaceful community, set apart from the sprawling metropolises, reserved for folks who want a quieter afternoon. Recently, though, construction noise has broken the stillness, as work began last week on the erection of a new grain bin at East Lincoln Farmers Grain Company Beason Elevator.

 

A crew of about a dozen started in on the construction. In just a few days, they finished the foundation and the roof for the bin. In the construction of the walls of the bin, the roof will be hoisted off the foundation and rings of metal walling will be added. Brad Schuette, location manager at the Beason elevator, said that the erection is scheduled to take two to three weeks. When complete, the bin will be 70 feet tall, 90 feet in diameter, and hold 416,000 bushels.

The bin will be the largest bin to date at the Beason Elevator. Smaller bins already at the facility hold 250,000, and larger bins hold 275,000 bushels.

 

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The bin will be used to store soybeans. Storage area for beans at the site previously ran short, prompting the need for the new bin. Thinking of one for the back yard? The total cost for materials and construction: $500,000.

 [Trisha Youngquist]