Kym
Ammons-Scott,
writer
Kym Ammons-Scott came to Lincoln
nine years ago when her
husband, Augustus, became
the prison warden. She was born in Chicago but raised in Waterloo,
Iowa.
She is a
self-proclaimed family manager with three children: Ashanti,
Jamaal and Janel. Kym has a background in journalism,
with a bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa in journalism
and mass communications. She also has a master's degree in public
administration from the University of Illinois.
Kym is currently on
the board for the United Cerebral Palsy of Lincolnland, the
Illinois Association of Minorities in Government and keeps very
busy with activities at Second Baptist Church.
Wendy
Bell, writer
Wendy
Bell was born in Charleston, Ill., graduated from high school in
Paris, Ill., and then lived in Springfield until moving to the
Lincoln area in August of 1997. She has always lived in a county
seat.
Wendy
is the program manager for Main Street Lincoln. In addition, she
serves as state director of the Miss Illinois Fair Queen Pageant.
She calls this her "volunteer career" but loves being a
part of it because of the people she’s met and worked with.
Her
bachelor’s degree, from Saint Mary of the Woods College,
included a triple major in marketing, management and business
administration.
Wendy’s
husband, Terry, is owner of Extension Staffing in Springfield and
a school board member for West Lincoln-Broadwell. They and their
two sons, Corbin, 11, and Carrington, 10, live five miles west of
Lincoln in a Sears kit home built in 1912.
Wendy
enjoys antiques, reading short stories and working on their home.
She loves watching the changing seasons in their back yard —
from the first spring planting in the 40 acres on either side to
the clear, starlit summer skies at night to the combines working
the harvest to the stillness of a winter morning when the miles
are covered with snow. Her first memory of life in Lincoln was
looking over the fields and watching the balloons come up on the
horizon.
Joan
Crabb,
writer
Joan calls Hopedale her hometown. She has been living in Lincoln
for about six years now.
She attended
Hopedale High School (which no longer exists due to
consolidation), Roosevelt University of Chicago and Loyola
University of Chicago. She earned a master of arts degree in
English.
Joan has four
daughters, four grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
She says of herself
that she reads a lot
— everything from Shakespeare to detective
stories. She enjoys opera, Mozart, folk and bluegrass music. She
is a “bird nut” and feeds all the birds in her yard. She
seldom goes walking without her binoculars.
There are four
generations of her family living
— all female.
Bob
Frank, photographer
Bob
Frank, a 10-year resident of Logan County, is working as a
photographer for Lincoln Daily News and assisting in the
LDN office.
He
graduated from high school in North Chicago and has attended
Pensacola Junior College, University of West Florida and Lincoln
Christian College.
He
started taking pictures for the school paper in high school and
has had several photos win awards, including best of show.
He
worked 10 years as a television news photographer and got to meet
"a lot of very interesting people." He indicates that
the highlight was being able to go to both the Republican and
Democratic conventions in 1988. He says, "At the Democratic
convention, we were able to interview a little-known governor from
Arkansas, Bill Clinton, and his wife."
Bob
and his wife, Cheryl, have five children and three grandchildren
between them.
Besides
photography, his interests include ’60s music, playing on the
computer and a collection of ceramic bears. Also, he has two
retired greyhounds and enjoys taking them to "meet-and-greets to let people know and meet the dogs and find out
what a wonderful dog they are to have as pets."
John
Fulton, writer
John
Fulton has worked in Logan County for 17 years. He is currently
the unit leader with the University of Illinois Extension. Prior
to that he was the agriculture adviser for Logan County with the
University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service.
He
and his wife, Sherry, have three sons, Andrew, 12, David, 9, and
Daniel, 9.
He
graduated from high school in St. Charles, received his
bachelor’s degree in ag science from Western Illinois University
in 1979 and his master’s degree in agronomy from the University
of Illinois in 1986.
His
favorite pastimes are working around the family’s small-scale
farm, hunting and fishing.
Mary
Krallmann, copy editor,
writer
Mary lived her
earliest years in Marysville, Neb. (a rural spot about 30
miles west of Lincoln, Neb.). She has lived in the local
Lincoln since 1983.
She graduated from
Pomeroy Community High School in Pomeroy, Iowa; St. Paul’s
College in Concordia, Mo.; and Concordia College in Seward, Neb., where she earned a
bachelor’s degree in education.
Her favorite
activities are playing the organ for church, jogging, walking and
daydreaming.
She is currently
working on the Lincoln Daily News project, serving as a staff
writer and copy editor.
Jeff
Mayfield,
writer
Jeff
was born in Oceanside, Calif. He grew up in nearby Escondido
before moving up the coast to Sunnyvale. He graduated from high
school far from the West Coast, in Mount Vernon, Mo. He has been
living for the last 13-plus years in Logan County.
He
is married to Melinda (Byers) and currently is employed as
director of partnership at Lincoln Christian College and Seminary.
He
attended college at both Lincoln Christian College and Southwest
Missouri State University. He has also done graduate work at
Lincoln Christian Seminary and the University of Illinois.
He
enjoys traveling and spending time with his wife. His passions are
evangelism and preaching. He also reads, watches movies, drives a
few golf balls and is known to attend as many major sporting
events as humanly possible. But if the truth were known, the pride
of his life is his newborn son, Payne.
Kathleen
McCullough, writer
Kathleen
McCullough just finished writing a 200-page genealogy on the
McCullough-Trobaugh family. She also writes part time for LDN.
Originally
from Newton, she earned a bachelor’s degree from the University
of Illinois. To save money for college, she worked in Fairbanks,
Alaska, for a year (1951).
She
is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Now
retired, Kathleen has lived in Logan County for 44 years. Her
99-year-old mother lives with her.
Her
five grown daughters are Shawn, Bridget, Molly, Annie and Katie.
Cherie
Rankin, writer
Cherie
L. (Wibben) Rankin of Emden has lived in Logan County all her
life. She and her husband, Gary, are parents of Chelsey, 12, Mary
Rose, 7, and Erin, 5.
Cherie
is a graduate of Hartsburg-Emden High School, Valparaiso
University and the University of Illinois and is currently a
full-time student in English education at Illinois State
University. She earned a bachelor’s degree with a major in
PE/athletic training and a minor in English/writing. Then she
completed a master’s degree in kinesiology.
For
pastimes, she enjoys reading, writing and cooking, especially
baking.
Sam
Redding, founder
Sam grew up in
Towanda and currently lives with his wife, Jane, in
Lincoln. Jane is a teacher at Washington-Monroe school. Together
they have four children and three grandchildren.
Sam is a graduate
of Normal Community High School and earned his B.S. in history,
his M.S. in psychology and his Ed.D in educational administration
from ISU. He also earned an M.A. in English from U.I.S.
He is the executive
director of Academic Development Institute in Lincoln and in his
spare time is an avid reader, playing a little golf. He dabbles in
genealogy too.
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Ryan
Seggelke, founder
Ryan
Seggelke works with LDN's ad layout and other general graphics
needs. During the day he is a pre-press designer for Key Printing.
Ryan was born and raised here in Lincoln, where he currently
resides. He is quoted as having no spouse or children, but shares
his home with a pet canary named Peep.
He
graduated from Lincoln Community High School and later received a
degree in mathematics from the University of Illinois.
He
plays guitar, reads and is interested in shopping and traveling.
His favorite food is "Chunky Monkey" ice cream. He is,
curiously, both a night person and a morning person, requiring
occasional daytime naps.
Tom
Seggelke, founder, sports
photographer
Tom
Seggelke, an LDN partner, was born in Lincoln on July 25, 1948. He
graduated from LCHS in 1966 and from Lincoln Christian College in
1970. He is married to Rita, who is a supervisor in the
Springfield office of Department of Children and Family Services.
They have four children.
Tom
is the owner of Key Printing in Lincoln. He and Rita attend
Lincoln Christian Church.
His
claim to fame is that, although he was very young at the time, he
once shook hands with President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Gina
Sennett, technician
Gina
Sennett is assisting at LDN while she completes work toward a
bachelor’s degree in English at Illinois State University in
Normal. Her minors are in Spanish and religion.
She
began her college studies at McNeese State University in Lake
Charles, La., and moved to Lincoln in July 2001 with her parents,
James and Tara Sennett. Her parents will be working at
Lincoln Christian College.
She
is engaged to Matthew Mevis, who works for the city water
department in Lake Charles, La.
Her
favorite activities include reading, singing, dancing, playing the
guitar, surfing the Web, writing poetry, hanging out in coffee
shops and eating sushi.
She
is also highly involved in Amtgard, a live action role-playing
organization based in Texas.
Her
favorite authors right now are Chuck Palhaniuk and Barbara
Kingsolver. Her favorite poets are her friend Mary from Lake
Charles, and Andy and Bakeem from Las Vegas.
Also,
she loves “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”
Gina
has a site at www.livejournal.com
under username “geenerswh.” She says, “You can sometimes
read my poetry there when I am inspired to share it.”
Lynn
Spellman, writer
Lynn
Shearer Spellman currently writes articles on assignment for Lincoln
Daily News. She is retired from Lincoln College and
occasionally edits books for local authors.
She
graduated from Toulon Community High School and received her
bachelor’s and master’s degrees in the field of English from
the University of Illinois in Urbana. She has lived in Lincoln for
35 years.
Lynn
is married to Henry A. (Hank) Spellman and has two sons, Ed and
Charlie. Ed and his family live in Bedford, Ind., and Charlie in
Phoenix, Ariz. Both sons and the daughter-in-law are engineers.
The
Spellmans have a cat, Ivan.
Lynn
enjoys reading, attending plays and being a grandma. She also
likes traveling and once celebrated a birthday in the Republic of
Kirabati.
Greg
Taylor, sports writer
Greg
Taylor, assistant director of admissions at Lincoln Christian
College, likes to watch the Cubs and the Illini. His reports on
Illini games are posted for LDN readers.
He
graduated from Champaign Centennial High School, earned a bachelor’s
degree from LCC, and is currently working on a master’s degree
at Lincoln Christian Seminary.
He
enjoys spending family time with his wife, Marla, and their two
children: Jordan, 4, and Peyton, 1. They have a golden retriever
named Sammy.
Besides
watching sports, Greg likes to read and also spends about eight to
10 days each year fishing in Canada.
John
Welter,
writer
John F. Welter grew up
in Colby, Kan.. He has been living here in the Lincoln area for
about 12 years with his wife, Tamara, son Brian and
daughter Olivia. They have a wirehair terrier named Niblet.
John attended high
school in Colby, Kan., received his B.S. from Kansas State
University, a Masters from Eastern New Mexico University and has
done advanced graduate work at UCLA.
John is currently
working as professor of history and religion at Lincoln College.
He says his
favorite pastimes include reading and listening to music of all
kinds.
Fuzz
Werth, writer
Fuzz
Werth is a lifelong resident of Lincoln. He currently works for
the Illinois Secretary of State at the Lincoln facility.
He
graduated from Lincoln High in 1961 and from Lincoln College in
1963. He then earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and has done postgraduate
work in public administration at the University of
Illinois-Springfield.
He
has four cats: Booker and Richard, indoors; and Hannibal and
Harriet, outdoors.
Fuzz
enjoys hot weather (July and August are his favorite months),
working outside, reading, writing, fishing and an occasional golf
game.
Jan
Youngquist, managing editor
Jan
moved to Lincoln 17 years ago and currently serves as managing
editor for Lincoln Daily News, RMA manager for Computer
Consulting Associates and as a tutor at Lincoln College.
She and
her husband, Jim, have a daughter, Trisha, in college in Missouri. The
Younquists share their home with Bob, the cat.
Jan
graduated from Streator Township High School and has studied at
Joliet Junior College (horticulture), Lincoln Christian College,
Lincoln College (pre-nursing), and Millikin University (nursing).
Jan
likes variety in life and a sense of adventure. She enjoys playing
with the cat, gardening, reading (novels and gardening
stuff), movies, listening to books on tape while driving or
floating in the pool, traveling in the U.S., walking through parks
and wilderness, and camping. She also lists worship on Sundays
—
not as a pastime, but a necessary time.
As
far as dislikes are concerned, there’s coconut. And she takes
mice caught on sticky traps and sets them free in the country.
Jim
Youngquist, founder, CEO
Jim Youngquist grew
up in Joliet and moved to Lincoln in 1984 with his
family to attend Lincoln Christian College. He attended Joliet
West High School and Joliet Junior College, where he majored in
horticulture. Jim was a preaching major at LCC.
He lives quietly in
Lincoln with his wife, Jan, and Bob, the cat. Jim and Jan have a
daughter, Trisha, who is currently a junior in college.
Jim says that his
hobbies are computers, collecting clocks and tropical fish, but
his favorite pastime is actually teaching Sunday School at
Eastview Christian Church in Bloomington.
Trisha
Youngquist, office
assistant, writer
Trisha
Youngquist of Lincoln is a student and, during breaks from school, an LDN office assistant.
Besides responsibilities at the front desk, she has written
articles and trained other workers.
She
graduated from the Illinois Math and Science Academy in 1998 and
studied for two years at Randolph-Macon Woman's College in
Virginia.
At
Truman State University in Missouri she's double majoring in
Russian and physics and loving it.
She
has a pet dog, Scarlett, and enjoys swimming, embroidery, reading,
watching movies, biking, traveling and sitting around drinking
coffee. In addition, she does a great Animal (from the Muppets)
impression.
Penny
Zimmerman-Wills, writer
Penny
Zimmerman-Wills is a self-employed communications/public relations
consultant and freelance
writer. She has a bachelor’s degree in communications from
Western Illinois University and has done graduate work in public
relations at the University of Illinois, Springfield.
A
Kilbourne native, she graduated from Easton High School. She has
resided in Logan County for 4½ years.
Her
husband, Chris, is bureau chief for the State Capitol office of
the Associated Press.
Penny
and Chris have a dog, Cisco, and three cats, Minnie, Pearl and
Chessie.
Penny’s
favorite pastimes are gardening, antiquing, restoring their
century-old home, walking and anything outdoor-related, and
traveling.
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