School
buildings declared eligible for nomination to National Register of Historical
Places
[OCT.
30, 2000]
The
Central and Lincoln Junior High School buildings have been accepted for
nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, according to information
sent by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency to the Save Our Schools
Citizens’ Committee.
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Tracey
A. Sculle, Assistant National Register Coordinator in Illinois, reported that
both buildings "would make good candidates for listing in the National
Register of Historic Places," which is the official list of cultural
resources worthy of preservation.
The
criterion Sculle references in of support eligibility are the buildings’
contribution to the educational development of the community of Lincoln and the
growth of the local school system.
The
schools, however, will be demolished if the District 27 tax referendum on the
Nov. 7 ballot is successful. That referendum states that these buildings will be
bulldozed in order to build two new buildings on the same sites.
The Save Our
Schools Citizens’ Committee supports a NO vote on the referendum, asking
instead that the district renovate the buildings to state-of-the-art educational
facilities as has been successfully accomplished at the Feitshans/Edison School
in Springfield and nearly 500 schools in the Chicago Public Schools system since
1996.
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article]
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State
funds are available for renovation of the schools.
"This
national recognition of the value of Central and Lincoln Junior High Schools
should make Lincoln residents think very critically about what will be destroyed
if the Nov. 7 referendum is approved," said R. James Johnson, a
spokesperson for the Save Our Schools group and Professor in Architecture at
Lincoln Land Community College. Johnson assisted with the research documentation
on both buildings used in the determination of their eligibility.
"Saving
the nation’s heritage is a country-wide effort that should be embraced and
cherished, " Johnson stated.
[News
release from the
Save Our Schools Citizens' Committee]
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Open Burning
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BOCA National
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BOCA
F-403.4.3 OPEN
BURNING PROHIBITED: The code official shall prohibit open burning that will
be offensive or objectionable due to smoke or odor emissions when atmospheric
conditions or local circumstances make such fires hazardous. The code official
shall order the extinguishments, by the land owner or the fire department, of
any open burning that creates or adds to a hazardous or objectionable situation.
F-403.5
LOCATION OF OPEN BURNING: Shall not be less than 50 feet from any structure.
F-403.7
ATTENDANCE: Any open burning shall be constantly attended until the fire is
extinguished. A water supply such as buckets of water or a connected and charged
garden hose shall be available for immediate utilization.
CITY CODE BOOK
Chapter 3 Fire regulations
5-3-2 FIRE ON
PAVEMENTS: Fires are not allowed on blacktop streets, alleys or concrete
sidewalks ($25 fine)
5-3-4 BURNING
IN THE CITY: E-1 recreational fires shall contact the Lincoln Fire
Department and notify them of the date and time of the wiener roast. No garbage
shall be burned and burning must be consistent with other laws.
E-2: From
October 2 through May 31 between 7:00 A.M . and 5: 00 P.M. residents are
allowed to burn landscape waste only. (Leaves, trees, tree trimmings, branches,
stumps, brush, weeds, grass, grass and yard trimmings only)
Fines for
violations of the following codes are a minimum of $15 issued by fire crews
handling complaints and illegal fires.
Persons
complaining about fires must sign a complaint with the Fire Department before
extinguishments of legal fires is carried out. No fines will be issued to
persons burning with in the boundaries of the code. The persons burning will be
advised of the signed complaint and asked to extinguish the fire or the Fire
Department will extinguish the fire.
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Police
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[OCT.
27, 2000]
Rumors
have been flying around that there was a big drug bust at the Lincoln Community
High School yesterday and that even a teacher was arrested. Be assured that this
is NOT true. Pat Zurkammer, secretary to the principal, summed up the situation,
"They’re rumors; basically that’s it. They’re rumors."
Lincoln
Daily News spoke with the city police chief this morning. He
explained that the Lincoln Police Department did walk K-9s through
the building and the parking lot. Fifteen cars were searched, but no
arrests were made.
[Jean
Ann Carnley]
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The
Graffs built the world's largest
political sign
[OCT.
26, 2000]
Logan
County can now lay claim to having the world's largest political sign.
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Middletown
farmers Bill and Judi Graff spent all day Wednesday creating a 40-acre
"Bush 2000" sign in one of their soybean fields. It took them four
hours to flag out the design and three hours to chisel plow. Because of its
immense size, it is difficult to make out what the sign says from the road. But
the avid Republicans hope that passengers on flights from St. Louis to Chicago
and Springfield to Chicago will get the message and vote for George W. Bush on
Nov. 7.
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[The entire Graff family helps out in the Bush Campaign
effort. From left are Isabella, Zadok, Bill, Judi and Theo Graff.]
Bill
Graff and a fellow "Illinois Farmer for Bush," Pete Shynk of Peoria
County, crafted the idea for the land-based sign earlier this year.
"Four-foot by 5-foot political signs are really hard to come by, and there
is a lot of trouble with vandalism of political signs in some areas," says
Graff. "By plowing these signs along flight paths, we can reach a lot of
voters and don’t have to worry about them being destroyed."
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article]
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Pete
Shynk completed a 10-acre sign near the Peoria airport last week. Graff thinks
that there might be another massive "Bush 2000" sign created somewhere
in Texas this week.
The
local sign, which is located on the Logan-Menard County Line blacktop southeast
of Middletown, has already attracted the attention of many passersby. Mark Hayes
was moving a combine today and strained to read what the letters spelled.
"Do I have to rent a plane to read it or can I just ask?" joked Hayes
as he jumped out of his combine to inquire further.
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[It takes a plane ride to fully see this 40-acre political sign.]
The dimensions
of the Logan County sign total 1,600 feet by 1,040 feet. Each of the eight
letters is about the size of a city block. Bill carved the message in land that
has been in his family since 1837.
[Marty
Ahrends]
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Ecstasy:
More than a warm
and fuzzy feeling
An illegal street drug
[OCT.
26, 2000]
An
educational seminar on the street drug most commonly called ecstasy was
conducted Tuesday evening at the Lincoln Recreation Center. The seminar was
sponsored by the Logan-Mason County Mental Health Department and the Alcohol,
Tobacco and other Drug Task Force of the Health Communities Partnership as a
part of their Red Ribbon Week.
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J.
Randall Webber, the director of training and publications for the Chestnut
Health Systems (CHS) in Bloomington, facilitated the seminar. CHS provides
behavioral health care in Illinois. Webber, a recovered drug abuser, in his own
words said, "I came to tell the truth."
Today’s
youth are starting to experiment with drugs at younger ages. The use of ecstasy
has increased from 6 percent in 1998 to 8 percent in 1999. Youth believe it is a
dangerous drug but use it anyway. He continued, "Young people don’t
believe they are going to die." He said his aim was not to tell the group
not to use drugs, even though he hoped they would not. Instead he wanted them to
be knowledgeable about drugs and to make informed decisions about drug use.
Sixty-six
percent of all street drugs are not what users thought they were buying. Street
drugs are more often than not "cut" with additives that are sometimes
much more dangerous than the drug itself. This is also true of people who buy
ecstasy. They don’t know what they’re getting. It could be something that is
as benign as flour made to look like an ecstasy pill or it could be rat poison
or something worse. You can’t tell what it is by looking at it, and that is
part of the problem, Webber told the crowd of participants.
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In
addition, it is not possible to predict the effects of a drug without first
identifying the dosage. Combining drugs greatly increases the risk of physical
and psychological problems, and, according to Webber, "It’s an easy way
to end up dead." Of the people who die from drug use, 75 percent of the
deaths are a result of simultaneously using more than one drug, including
alcohol.
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article]
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Webber
likened drug use to a rubber band. Your brain is like a rubber band. Sometimes
you can stretch it and it will come back, but if it is stretched too much it may
never come back. "No one takes drugs thinking that they are going to become
addicted, and everyone starts the same way just by trying it. You never know
when you start how things are going to turn out," he added.
Some
side effects of ecstasy use are dilated pupils, dizziness, nausea and excessive
sweating due to an increased heart rate. Ecstasy users experience a rush of
energy and strong and intense moods. After the intoxicating effects wear off,
drowsiness follows. Webber asked, what if it wears off on your way home from a
party and you’re behind the wheel of a car?
No
one should take street drugs, but there are people who should be sure they never
try it: nonadults, people with personal or a family history of mental illness,
anyone on medication, people with medical problems or anyone experiencing a
crisis or under stress. Drug use magnifies these problems.
Ecstasy, liquid
ecstasy and herbal ecstasy are on the streets of central Illinois, and it doesn’t
matter whether a drug is organic or synthetic — either can be deadly, Webber
concluded.
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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.
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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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Notice
to absentee voters
[OCT.
9, 2000]
Registered
voters expecting to be absent from the county on the Nov. 7 election day may
vote in person at the Logan County Clerk’s Office, second floor, Courthouse,
Room 20, Lincoln, from now until Nov. 6.
Registered
voters expecting to be absent from the county on election day or those who are
permanently disabled or incapacitated may now make application by mail to vote
absentee. Applications will be received by the county clerk until Nov. 2. No
ballots will be sent by mail after Nov. 2, as provided by law.
Sally
J. Litterly
Logan
County Clerk
Election
Authority
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