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How
does Lincoln stack up to principles of community development?
[MAY
10, 2001] Whether
you’re a business or a community, the operative word in this day
and age of rapidly changing economics is that "If you’re not
growing, you’re dying." Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of
Commerce Economic Development Director Mark Smith provided some of
his thoughts about "Total Community Development" in the
May issue of the Chamber letter.
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Take
a look at these principles and think about them. How do you see
Lincoln stacking up? Are you doing your part? Can you make a more
concerted effort to patronize local businesses for goods and
services, thereby supporting the local economy with salaries,
revenue and tax dollars? Or is it simply time that you become more
involved in local civic groups that enhance the quality of life for
everyone in the community?
We
believe that every individual is important and can contribute
significantly to our community. Lincoln Daily News challenges
you to really look at the list below and think about what role you
can play in strengthening your community. Then write us at Lincoln
Daily News or write your Chamber with your thoughts,
observations and the commitments you are willing to pledge or have
already made to give this community a strong future.
[Jan
Youngquist]
Total
Community Development
In
an article titled "Principles of Total Community
Development," Richard Preston states that in order for a
community to be successful in its community and economic development
efforts, it must exhibit a total commitment to cooperation and
preparation. The article was published in the third edition of
"Practicing Economic Development" (1996).
Preston
provides three basic principles that demand attention. They are as
follows: (a) The community must be a quality place, (b)
"desirable growth" occurs when environmental quality is an
integral goal of the planning process, and (c) total community
development must become the standard process for all present and
future decisions about economic development.
The
community must constantly strive to make itself into a quality
product. This involves developing and sustaining the following
traits and characteristics:
1.
A proactive, positive community spirit, balancing wants and needs,
and doing so in an environmentally pleasing way.
2.
A civic awareness that is represented by all of its entities and
groups.
3.
A progressive, cooperative, representative governmental
organization.
4.
A housing plan for all income groups—both present and future.
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5.
Health facilities capable of serving the needs of a growing,
changing population, and efficient protective services such as fire
and police.
6.
Broad-gauged educational programming that include vocational and
technical training, student support services and assistance.
7.
Trained and willing reserves of employees.
8.
Realistic land-use plans, supported by realistic zoning and
development codes that represent the community’s commitment to
both short- and long-term comprehensive planning.
9.
Public utilities that meet both current and future demands.
10.
Services adequate to accommodate expansion of commercial,
manufacturing, recreational and residential segments.
11.
A transportation network that is capable of meeting future needs.
12.
Healthy business climate that is respected and supported by its
citizens.
13.
Sense of responsibility on the part of its citizens toward the
community and a willingness to work to make it an even better place.
How
do we measure up to Preston’s principles? How can we do better?
Are we really committed to the time, energy, perseverance and money
that it will take to meet our goals and objectives and to improve
the quality of life in Lincoln and Logan County? As always, we
welcome your comments and suggestions on how we can help.
[Mark
Smith, economic development director]
E-mail Lincoln Daily
News: ldneditor@lincolndailynews.com
Lincoln
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601
Keokuk
Lincoln, IL 62656
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Lincoln
and Logan County Economic
Development Council
303
S. Kickapoo St.
Lincoln, IL 62656
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Branch
manager says business
outlook is great for credit union
[MAY
4, 2001] Mary
Conrady, manager of CEFCU’s Lincoln branch, agrees with other
local financial institutions that the banking industry has fared
well in Lincoln, and she predicts a healthy future.
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The
credit union, which is based in Peoria, has 19 member centers within
14 counties, including Logan County, with a total of 214,000
members. Although it was originally founded, in 1937, for employees
of Peoria-based Caterpillar, customers now include anyone who lives
or works in one of the 14 counties served. CEFCU has been operating
in Lincoln since 1988, when it merged with the former Logan County
employees’ credit union.
Conrady
said business has been good, due in part to expanded services.
"The outlook is great. We are offering new products and
services, and we feel we are very competitive. I see the future here
in Lincoln as very bright," Conrady said.
"Business
is good. We had a great year last year — one of the best years in
history. We diversified and we’re doing more business loans. A lot
of members are business owners who wanted to have business accounts
where their personal accounts area. We’re now offering a full line
of business services."
The
credit union serves 27 businesses in Logan County with payroll
deductions, a benefit for companies.
Conrady
said that last year CEFCU changed from a federal charter to a state
charter, and business also increased due to the conversion.
Serving
more than 7,500 members and 57 households in Logan County, the
financial institution offers savings, checking, certificates,
consumer loans and mortgages, among other services.
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The
area’s largest financial institution has current corporatewide
assets, as of March 31, of $2.1 billion. Total assets in Logan
County are $51 million. Savings growth increased 5.5 percent, the
number of loans increased by 5.8 percent, and net worth increased
11.8 percent over the previous year, Conrady said.
"We
see continued growth. There’s a lot of potential for us. We have
everything in place for business services, and we’re going to
promote that. We want to make the community aware of what we have to
offer. We are one of the few locally to offer online banking,"
Conrady added.
Even
though the agriculture industry was hit by hard times in recent
years and some stores closing downtown may have signaled a troubled
economy, she said her customer base is so diversified that those
factors haven’t had a negative impact on her bank’s business.
Even though many customers work in the agriculture industry and in
local businesses, she said the bank has seen only increased
business.
She
feels one of CEFCU’s advantages is that it’s member-owned.
"The income goes back to members. Last year, we gave back a
one-time special dividend of $4 million to membership corporatewide,"
she said.
[Penny
Zimmerman-Wills]
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Main
Street Lincoln representatives attend national conference
[MAY
3, 2001] Main
Street Lincoln Program Manager Wendy Bell and board members Jan
Schumacher and Larry Crisafulli joined more than 1,500 community
leaders attending the National Town Meeting on Main Street. The
April 1-4 meeting in Indianapolis was the largest annual gathering
of downtown revitalization professionals in the nation.
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The
conference brought together local Main Street program directors,
board members and volunteers, as well as preservationists, city
planners and economic development professionals for three days of
educational activities focused on revitalizing downtowns using
historic preservation.
The
conference featured workshops, educational sessions and inspiring
speakers to inform, advise and motivate attendees. Topics included
"Tourism and Retail Development," "Professional
Volunteer Leadership Development," "Creating a Powerful
Marketing Program" and "Heritage Tourism."
Schumacher and Bell noted the heritage tourism and tourist-oriented
sessions were especially timely for Main Street's involvement with
the Looking for Lincoln program. It was also an opportunity
for Bell, Schumacher and Crisafulli to network informally with
the hundreds of other attendees from downtown revitalization
programs around the country, exchanging ideas and successes.
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Increasingly,
communities are focusing on downtowns and traditional commercial
districts, as the costs of outlying homogenized development rise.
Although downtowns continue to feel economic pressure from sprawl
development and changes in retail trends, cities and towns are
counteracting these effects through the Main Street program, which
re-establishes downtowns and neighborhoods as community centers.
Over the last 20 years, the Main Street program has successfully
revitalized declining downtowns and has generated over $15.2 billion
in community investment.
Sponsored
by the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Main Street
Center, the Indiana Main Street Program, Historic Landmarks
Foundation of Indiana and Indianapolis Downtown, the National Town
Meeting focuses on the Main Street program, a highly successful
strategy that blends historic preservation and economic development
for downtown renewal. For more information, go to www.mainstreet.org.
[Wendy
Bell,
Main Street Lincoln program manager]
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Part
3
Bankers see healthy local
economy overall
[MAY
3, 2001] Despite
a nationally troubled agriculture economy and locally owned
small businesses struggling for survival against larger
conglomerates, the banking industry in Lincoln is alive and
well. There are six banks in town and several banks in smaller
surrounding communities in Logan County, such as Hartsburg and
Atlanta.
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[click
here for Part 1, with observations by William Hull of State Bank
of Lincoln]
[click
here for Part 2, with observations by Brian Ash of Logan County
Bank]
Cullen
Birdsell, president of Union Planter’s Bank, said his bank has
experienced an overall 8 percent increase in the past year. Although
he declined to release specific figures for the Lincoln facility, he
said business in the past year has been good.
"We’ve
had one new bank (CIB) come to town recently. Normally, you wouldn’t
think a new bank would start up in a community unless they’ve done
their homework and thought there was a need for it. There’s a lot
of old money in Lincoln. It’s a very wealthy community and rich
farmland. I think you’d be surprised at the amount (of money) in
a community this size," said Birdsell. "We had a nice
increase on the bottom line in the past year," he said.
Union
Planters, which acquired the former Magna Bank facility in 1998, is
a new face in town, but has enjoyed success, despite a slowing down
in recent months. "The last few months have been slower. On the
commercial side, we’ve had projects that have just been shelved.
Even though the interest rates have dropped, they (customers) are
not sure the business climate warrants the need for expansion, and
they want to wait and see what happens. We could see another six
months or a year before those projects go ahead. Everyone is
convinced they need to slow down," he said.
"I
don’t think things are nearly that bad (as some have predicted).
We’ve had some large companies laying off people (nationwide), but
housing is still good in Lincoln, even before rates came down.
Overall, there’s been an increase in mortgage loans."
Because
Union Planter’s Bank is a large company, Birdsell said the bank
can afford to be selective in what areas to focus on. "We are
part of $34 billion holding company, so we look for niches. An
independent bank has to be all things for all people. In Lincoln we’re
very blessed we have a nice mix and a variety. About 48 percent of
our business is commercial, about 28 percent is ag, and 24 is
consumer products. That’s a nice mix to have. The county is about
35 percent ag-related, so that’s holding true for the bank,"
he said.
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[Cullen Birdsell]
"We
have seen that farm prices during the last three years have not
really been good for farmers, and that always brings up [the]
problem of carry-over debt. We are seeing government agencies
offering more assistance to farmers than in the past, and that may
continue; we don’t know. The outlook, I believe, especially in this
county, is that we will continue to see agriculture very much a part
of our business climate." Even though the agriculture industry has
been changing because of new federal programs which provide some
services once offered by banks, such as operating loans and longer
repayment periods, Cullen said agriculture-related business is
still the largest sector of his bank’s business.
"We
are really the only large bank holding company in Lincoln. Our
individual local loan limit is probably bigger. We can do 1½
million right here and never leave Lincoln with that, and that takes
care of most of the demand here," he said.
Having
a diverse mix of banking options is healthy for business, he said.
"I think it’s good for the consumers to have a mix. We don’t
catch the hot money; we don’t need to. Margins are shrinking in
banking just like they are in retail. Banking is probably seeing its
biggest changes because of the shrinking margins, and you do have to
find other sources of revenue. Now we’re doing payroll, brokerage
services and insurance. I think that’s good for the consumers;
they can get more services in one place," he said.
"Lincoln
has a great advantage with its location between St. Louis and
Chicago and close to Springfield and Bloomington. It’s going to be
a very active community."
[Penny
Zimmerman-Wills]
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Part
2
Bankers see healthy local
economy overall
[MAY
2, 2001] Despite
a nationally troubled agriculture economy and locally owned
small businesses struggling for survival against larger
conglomerates, the banking industry in Lincoln is alive and
well. There are six banks in town and several banks in smaller
surrounding communities in Logan County, such as Hartsburg and
Atlanta.
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[click
here for Part 1, with observations by William Hull of State Bank
of Lincoln]
Brian
Ash, president of Logan County Bank, the city’s other
independently owned bank, also reports a healthy local economy.
"We’re proud to be one of two independent banks. It’s
important to a lot of people to have local control and be able to
come in and talk to the people who make the decisions," he
said.
Logan
County Bank, operating in Lincoln since 1962, enjoyed considerable
growth in 1999, a 3 percent growth rate in 2000 and an even
brighter outlook this year. "So far in 2001, we’ve grown as
much as all of last year," Ash said. The bank’s total assets
are currently $58 million, as of February.
"Overall,
economy is good from our bank’s perspective. We’ve had some
economic setbacks with businesses closing in town, which is not a
positive thing, but there’s been a lot of activity and effort
going on to revitalize the downtown district, and they are trying to
keep it viable," he said. "It’s a positive thing —
continuing to invest in the downtown area. We think there’s a lot
more potential here. I’m not alarmed by anything, we’ve had a
consistent increase from three years ago."
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Ash
also pointed to the local agriculture community as a main component
of the local banking industry. "We’ve had setbacks, but that’s
normal. Agriculture is one area our bank has been growing, and we
see ag as a very important part of Logan County’s economy. I know
ag plays a key part of business at other banks in town as
well," he said. "We’re trying to become even more
involved, and we’re pursuing new ag business. We’re not afraid
to do business with the ag sector, in fact we’re seeking out ag
business. I’m happy to say we’ve not had any unfortunate
circumstances (as some communities have experienced.) It is out
there, but not here. Ag is a large economic sector in Logan County
and the state and is only going to continue to be viable."
Despite
several business closings, leaving gaps in the downtown square, Ash
said his bank has seen an increase of 20 to 25 percent from last
year in loans. "We’ve always been strong in residential and
consumer loans, and now we’re focusing on ag to give us
diversification," he said.
(To
be continued)
[Penny
Zimmerman-Wills]
[click
here for Part 3]
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Part
1
Bankers see healthy local
economy overall
[MAY
1, 2001] Despite
a nationally troubled agriculture economy and locally owned
small businesses struggling for survival against larger
conglomerates, the banking industry in Lincoln is alive and
well. There are six banks in town and several banks in smaller
surrounding communities in Logan County, such as Hartsburg and
Atlanta.
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"Overall,
the economic climate is pretty stable here," said William M.
Hull, executive vice president and trust officer of the State Bank
of Lincoln. Established in 1904, the State Bank, which has four
local locations, is the oldest bank in town and one of two
independently owned banks.
Hull
said the bank’s total current assets of $154 million have remained
steady with no losses in the past year. And, although some farming
communities nationwide have suffered in past years, the local
agriculture climate not had a negative impact on the local banking
business. "We’ve seen some small businesses expanding,"
Hull said. "Agriculture is very important to our bank and to
Logan County. We’re now looking to see what the export situation
will be and what the new administration does in terms of farm
programs," he said. "There were some concerns last
year," about the future of the agriculture industry, but the
local farming community weathered the storm.
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Hull
said the bank has seen an increase in mortgage loans, and the real
estate market has remained steady, with increased growth since the
first of the year. Many customers are refinancing to take advantage
of lower interest rates, while commercial loans and trusts also
remain viable, he said.
Despite
a rich agriculture community, Hull said another reason business is
good is because of the growth in Springfield and Bloomington, which
is drawing new residents to the Lincoln area. "We are a little
hub only 35 to 40 minutes away from those two cities. We see a lot
of people who live here and work in surrounding cities like
Springfield, Bloomington, Decatur and even Champaign," he said.
Good health care, recreation opportunities and schools are some of
the community’s drawing cards for citizens who choose to reside in
Logan County.
(To
be continued, with views from other local bankers)
[Penny
Zimmerman-Wills]
[click
here for Part 2]
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Part
2
LC
plans to offer 4-year degree in Normal
[APRIL
30, 2001] Assuming
approval, Nutt plans to advertise the bachelor’s degree program to
this year’s 700 to 800 graduates of Lincoln College and Heartland
Community College and to workers in Bloomington/Normal. He hopes to
attract 50 students to the program this fall, with an eventual goal
of 100 full-time and 50 part-time students. His plan for all of
Lincoln College is to stabilize at about 1,200 full-time equivalent
students, including 525 residential students in Lincoln, 200 to 250
commuters and 450 full-time equivalent for all programs in Normal.
He expects to reach the Lincoln goal this fall, aided by the
completion of a new dormitory.
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[click here for
Part 1]
Reaching
the goal of 525 residential students is the culmination of the fifth
year in the college’s five-year growth plan. Nutt expects that an
additional dormitory planned for next year and the projected
50,000-square-foot Lincoln Center will solidify the gains in student
population. The Lincoln Center will contain a gymnasium, fitness
center open to the public, museum, rare-book room, Logan County Hall
of Fame and the relocated Hall of Presidents. Nutt also hopes to
establish a Hall of Governors, with signatures of all Illinois
governors, patterned after the presidential signature display now in
McKinstry Library.
He
said the process of developing the bachelor’s program began in
1995 when Heartland Community College officially opened and
enrollment at Lincoln College in Normal began to decline. In an
effort to develop "a symbiotic, not an adversarial
relationship," he said, Lincoln College began building housing
to differentiate itself from its all-commuter neighbor on Raab Road.
When three housing units were in place, enrollment stabilized and
began to climb. Acquisition of Midwest College of Cosmetology three
years ago added the equivalent of 100 full-time students per year.
Building plans for the Normal campus include an addition to the
cosmetology school and more housing.
Planning
began in earnest when Lincoln College employed Educational Alliance,
a higher-education consulting firm located in Boston, to explore the
feasibility of a baccalaureate program. Focus groups were conducted
among students, alumni, business leaders and other affected groups
in Bloomington/Normal. The North Central Association was also
consulted, and a curriculum committee has been meeting for 15 months
to establish course requirements.
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In
addition to Fansler, two faculty members have been hired
specifically for the bachelor’s program: Dr. Debora Van Hoorn in
language and humanities and Dr. Dana Farnham in anthropology.
Faculty members already teaching on the Lincoln and Normal campuses
will conduct the remainder of the new courses.
"People
come to Lincoln College because we are a two-year school," said
Nutt. "Now another bridge will be available to them."
Among potential students he counts graduates of Illinois Central
College in Peoria, Parkland Community College in Champaign/Urbana
and the nearly three-quarters of the population of McLean County
with less than a bachelor’s degree. However, he expects the
majority of students to be associate’s degree graduates of Lincoln
College.
He
notes that in the last 20 years three-fourths of the private
two-year colleges in the United States have folded. Lincoln College,
by contrast, has experienced five years of growth. Assuming approval
by the North Central Association, he expects the two-plus-two
program to continue that growth.
The
college was founded as Lincoln University, a four-year school, but
the program was reduced to two years in 1929, when enrollment
dropped as a result of the threatening Depression. In a way the
school has come full circle.
[Lynn
Spellman]
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LC
plans to offer 4-year degree in Normal
[APRIL
28, 2001] If
approved by the regional accrediting association, Lincoln College
will begin offering courses this fall leading to a bachelor’s
degree in liberal arts. The program will be offered on the Normal
campus only.
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LC
President Jack Nutt said the program, which has been in the planning
stages for several years, meets the needs of both two-year graduates
who want to complete their studies near home and working adults
whose education was interrupted. "Although some junior colleges
try to expand out of a sense of panic in order to survive," he
said, "that is not true here. Instead, institutional research
has identified a local need that will sustain the program."
[LC
President Jack Nutt]
To
define the program for presentation to the North Central
Association, the regional accrediting association, the college
published a 114-page institutional change report in January. It
outlines a two-plus-two program, meaning two years leading to an
Associate of Arts degree, until now the entire mission of the
college, and a separate enrollment and two-year program leading to a
bachelor’s degree. The report defines two new programs, a Bachelor
of Arts in Liberal Arts and a Bachelor of Science in Business
Management. However, the plan is to offer
only the liberal arts program for at least a year.
A
two-person North Central accreditation team reviewed the programs
April 23-24. They unanimously recommended approval of both degrees,
in liberal
arts and business management, and the college anticipates
favorable action by the commission when it meets on June 18.
As
part of the research justifying the program, Lincoln College
conducted focus-group discussions with major employers in
Bloomington-Normal, such as State Farm Insurance. According to Nutt,
these employers said they want liberally educated employees whom
they can then train to meet the needs of the particular position.
Nutt
said he envisions a hands-on program. Although students will not
concentrate in a traditional major, in their final semester they
will apply their skills in a specific job situation. The school will
require a minimum of 10 hours’ work off-campus per week as part of
the senior project, which will also include a paper. Students will
be placed in internships related to their intended field of
employment; those who are uncertain will be placed in human services
positions.
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Gigi
Fansler, who has been hired as associate dean to direct the program
as well as teach, will secure the internship positions. She was
previously head of the Illinois State University human resources
department.
Nutt
said several factors led to the decision to offer the baccalaureate
program only at the Normal campus. First, the twin cities have more
than 10 times as many people to draw from, compared with Lincoln.
Second, the area offers many potential part-time faculty members as
well as the ambience of a university town. Third, the Normal campus
has room for expansion; of the nine acres the college owns, only six
have been developed.
Finally,
Nutt said LC could not afford a junior-senior program without the
student services contract it has signed with Illinois State
University. According to the terms of this contract, "Lincoln
College students are identical to ISU students in everything except
where they attend class," he said. They are entitled to use all
other student services and facilities, including recreation,
library, food service, personal and career counseling, and health
services. "They can join fraternities if they want," he
said, "or play in the marching band." One employee in
Milner Library is the designated contact to work with LC students
and faculty to locate any materials they need. Like ISU students,
they will have 24-hour Internet access to library sources.
The
liberal arts degree will comprise 60 hours of credit, 39 in required
courses and 21 in electives. Required classes are distributed among
communications, critical thinking, humanities, social sciences,
ecology and mathematics. A two-year schedule of required courses
might include, for example, professional writing, communication
theory, techniques of persuasion, comparative economic systems,
organizational behavior, research methods, conflict management,
finite mathematics and physical anthropology.
Of
the 60-hour total, 40 hours must be at the junior-senior level, with
course numbers in the 300s and 400s. Sixteen upper-level courses of
three hours each are planned for the fall semester. To meet the
needs of working adults, late afternoon, evening and Saturday
courses will be offered.
(To
be continued)
[Lynn
Spellman]
[click
here for Part 2]
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Announcements
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Illinois
Employment and Training Center
New name,
new address
[APRIL
20, 2001] Congress
repealed the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) June 30, 2000. A
new Workforce Investment Act (WIA) has replaced it. The Logan County
Illinois Employment and Training Center (IETC) now houses two
offices: Illinois Department of Employment and Security Office
(IDES), "the unemployment office," and Logan County
Workforce Office (WIA)
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Effective
April 30, 2001, the offices will be at the following address:
120
S. McLean St., Suite B
Farm
Bureau Building
Lincoln,
IL 62656
The
new e-mail address is ietc@abelink.com.
Phone
and fax numbers remain the same: phone (217) 735-5441 and fax (217)
732-2658.
Staff
members are Fred Wiemer, Rod Lewis and Jan Gleason.
Please
feel free to contact any of the staff for employment and training
services. The staff looks forward to serving you.
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 The
Chamber Report
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Upcoming
events
May
17 — Chamber mixer, Gossett’s/7th Heaven, 311
Broadway St.
June
8 — Chamber roundup golf tournament, auction and dinner
Aug.
24-26 — Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival
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The
Chamber of Commerce is a catalyst for community progress, bringing
business and professional people together to work for the common
good of Lincoln and Logan County.
Lincoln/Logan
County Chamber of Commerce
303
S. Kickapoo St., Lincoln
(217)
735-2385
Fax
(217) 735-9205
www.lincolnillinois.com
chamber@lincolnillinois.com
[Provided
by Bobbi Abbott, executive director of Lincoln/Logan County Chamber
of Commerce]
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Honors
& Awards
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Zac
Tibbs and Stephanie West
honored by Lincoln Rotary Club
[MAY
17, 2001] LCHS
seniors Stephanie West and Zac Tibbs have been selected by the
Lincoln Rotary Club as two youth who are "Ready for the Real
World." The annual award that recognizes youth demonstrating
exceptional vocational skills and work ethic was presented to the
students and their parents at the May 9 Rotary meeting.
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Stephanie
and Zac were each honored with a plaque and a $250 cash award.
Zac
Tibbs, son of Dennis and Beverly Tibbs of New Holland, owns and
operates his own produce business, which includes production
planning, planting, weeding, harvest, sales and bookkeeping. He has
also served as the assistant superintendent in the Floriculture
Department at the Illinois State Fair for the past two years.
[Zac Tibbs]
Cherie
Lock and Dave Robson, both from the University of Illinois
Extension, nominated Zac. Robson writes that in his second year
working at the Floriculture Department Zac "took initiative
without needing any reminders and even suggested improvements for a
smoother working environment."
Zac
will study engineering this fall at Southern Illinois University at
Edwardsville.
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[Stephanie West]
Stephanie
West, daughter of Randall and Cynthia West of Lincoln, has been
employed for one year as a nurse’s assistant in the long-term care
facility at The Christian Village. "Stephanie always has a
smile and a soft touch with the residents," says Stephanie’s
supervisor, Deidre Berger, RN. Stephanie says she enjoys helping
others meet their needs for everyday life. She will attend Lincoln
College in the fall to study nursing.
This
is the third year for the Ready for the Real World Award. It was
established to honor young people who demonstrate responsible work
ethics above and beyond what is normally expected for someone in
their teen-age years. One award is given to a young person with
outstanding entrepreneurial skills. The other is awarded to a young
person who has excelled in his or her work for a Logan County
business or agency. Nominations are accepted from the student’s
direct work supervisor and are due each year in March.
The
Lincoln Rotary Club meets Wednesdays at noon at the Restaurant at
the Depot. Membership is open to area professionals nominated by
current Rotary members.
[Rotary
news release]
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ALMH
names May Employee of the Month
[MAY
9, 2001] Congratulations
to Randy Turley, who was named Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital
May Employee of the Month.
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Randy
began employment at ALMH as a Care-A-Van driver in February 2000.
Randy and his wife, Tina, have four children—Adam, Chase,
Spencer and Madyson. In his "spare" time, Randy enjoys
playing golf and softball. He also hosts outings for needy
children and families.
According
to Randy’s nominator, "Randy is a true ALMH star! He has
his own fan club at the area nursing homes, comprised of both
staff and residents. He truly cares about everyone—he gives up
his free time to take nursing home residents for Frosties at Wendy’s
and drives through the park. He’s an excellent goodwill
ambassador between ALMH, the physician offices and the long-term
care facilities. If the hospital calls and has a transport in off
hours, he comes in to help if available. Randy’s great sense of
humor has brought smiles to many and brightened many days."
[ALMH
news release]
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Main
Street Corner News
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Meet
the new mayor
[MAY
3, 2001] Meet
Mayor Beth Davis at Main Street Lincoln’s Mornings on Main event
Tuesday, May 8, at 7:30 a.m. You are invited to join in coffee and
conversation at Sam Sorrento’s Ristorante, 521 Broadway.
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This
is an opportunity to share your concerns for downtown Lincoln. No
RSVP is required, but attendance is appreciated.
Historic
Preservation Week activities will be May 13-19. Businesses join in
the celebration by decorating their windows.
Meetings
scheduled
•
Wednesday, May 9, 5:30 p.m. — Main Street Lincoln board meets
at the office
•
Thursday, May 10, and Friday, May 11 — Illinois Main Street
Conference at the Hilton in Springfield.
mailto:manager@mainstreetlincoln.com
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