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September 2001

Saturday, Sept. 22
SPONSOR: ATOD Task Force of the Healthy Communities Partnership
WHO: Public
WHAT: Family Fun Day
WHERE: Latham Park, in Lincoln
WHEN: 3-8 pm

September TBA
WHO: Public
WHAT: Harvest Festival
WHERE: Scully Park, downtown Lincoln

October 2001

Sunday, Oct. 7
SPONSOR: Heritage in Flight Museum
WHO: Public
WHAT: Fall open house
WHERE: Logan County Airport, 1315 Airport Road, Lincoln
WHEN: 1-4 pm

Saturday, Oct. 20
SPONSOR: St. John United Church of Christ
WHO: Public
WHAT: German Fest
WHERE: St. John United Church of Christ, Seventh Street
WHEN: 11 am - 6 pm

WHO: Public
WHAT: 1850s open house
WHERE: Mount Pulaski Courthouse
WHEN: 1-8 pm

SPONSOR: Knapp/Chesnut/Becker Historical Society
WHO: Public
WHAT: Turkey supper
WHERE: New Holland-Middletown School, Middletown
WHEN: 4-7 pm

Thursday, Oct. 25
SPONSOR: U of I Extension
WHO: Public
WHAT: “Candy Making,” presented by Dick and Betty Applegate, Atlanta
WHERE: Extension office, 980 N. Postville Drive
WHEN: 1 pm

Saturday, Oct. 27
SPONSOR: Lincoln Christian Church
WHO: Public
WHAT: Harvest of Talents, benefiting the International Disaster Emergency Service
WHERE: 204 N. McLean St.
WHEN: Daylong activities

SPONSOR: Eminence Christian Church
WHO: Public
WHAT: Eminence Christian Church bazaar
WHERE: Atlanta Community Building, city roads 2500 North and 1600 East
WHEN: 8 am - 2 pm

Tuesday, Oct. 30
SPONSOR: Lincoln Park District
WHO: Public
WHAT: Halloween Funfest
WHERE: Lincoln Park District ballroom, 900 Primm Road
WHEN: 6:30-8 pm

REGULAR POSTINGS FOR ORGANIZATIONS:  Girl Scouts,  Oasis,  U of I Extension

Join the Alcohol, Tobacco, & Other Drug Task Force of the Healthy Communities Partnership at Latham Park on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 3 to 8 p.m. for the second annual Family Fun Day.

Activities:

•  Wacky Olympics will be organized by the Lincoln Area YMCA.

•  Lincoln City Police will have hot dogs and brats at the "Wiener Wagon."

•  Inflatable "bouncy" spaceship

•  Dunk tank

•  Craft activities

•  Live music

•  … and more

This is a substance-free event that is cost-free for you and your family.

Any questions, call (217) 732-2161, Ext. 409.

[Click here to read "Great family fun Saturday at Latham Park"]

Annual banquet for Quail Unlimited will be Friday

Logan County Quail Unlimited will have its annual banquet Friday, Sept. 21, at the Moose Lodge, 512 N. Kickapoo St. in Lincoln. The doors open at 5 p.m. and dinner is at 6:30.

The event features a prime rib dinner, gun raffles, free youth gun raffle, silent auction, live auction including many outdoor prints, and donated hunts for quail, pheasants, ducks and geese.

Tickets are $35 for membership and the dinner. An additional ticket for spouse, date or family member under age 18 costs $15. Call Steve Dahm, (217) 735-2613, or Jerry Johnson, (217) 648-2854, for more information and tickets.

Donations to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund can be made at the CEFCU Member Center, 341 Fifth St. in Lincoln.  CEFCU is proud to help support the Red Cross in efforts to cope with the Sept. 11 national tragedy.

The Lincoln College Museum is presenting a temporary exhibit called "Edward R. Madigan: From the Halls of Lincoln College to the Halls of the White House." The exhibit, which is currently on display, pays honor to one of Lincoln College’s most successful alumni, the late Edward Madigan.

Madigan graduated from Lincoln College in 1955, entered the Illinois Legislature in 1966, was elected to Congress in 1972, and was appointed by President Bush in 1991 to be secretary of agriculture. In 1974, the Lincoln College Alumni Association presented Madigan with its award for Outstanding Achievement in the field of Public Services. In 1975 he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree by Lincoln College. He died in 1994.

Lincoln College Museum curator Ron Keller says the display tells the story of Madigan’s career in public service. "The display reflects his experiences and service through many photographs, and letters from every president from Carter to Clinton. There are also various artifacts from his works in Congress and in the White House." The exhibit will run through November of 2001. The public is invited to stop by the Lincoln College Museum to view this exhibit and tour the rest of the historic exhibits.

The Lincoln College Museum is located in the McKinstry Library on the campus of Lincoln College. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

[Evelyn and Agriculture Secretary Ed Madigan at the White House with President and Mrs. Bush in 1991.]

Girl Scouts announcements

• Girl Scout leader meetings:  the first Thursday of each month, at the usual time and place.

• Girl Scout Jamboree Railsplitter event:  weekend of Logan County Railsplitter Festival; Janice Greer, event coordinator.

Websites with lots of ideas that Girl Scout leaders, families or kids can use:

makingfriends.com

crayola.com

elmers.com 

See the website for Girl Scouts, Land of Lincoln Council, at http://www.girlscoutsllc.org/.

You can send questions and suggestions to the council by clicking here: gsllc@girlscoutsllc.org.

Also, see the national Girl Scouts site at http://www.girlscouts.org/.

Oasis update

The Oasis, Logan County’s senior citizen center, at 501 Pulaski St. in Lincoln, is open weekdays (except holidays) from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The center also is open on Friday and Sunday nights for table games. Dominic Dalpoas is the executive director. Activities are open to all Logan County senior citizens,  regardless of membership.

Trip rescheduled

We are sorry to report that the Sept. 30 trip to Barn II Theater in Goodfield to see "A Party to Murder" had to be rescheduled. The new date is Oct. 28. The cost is $30, and there are still a few seats available. The van will leave the Oasis at 11 a.m.

Memories class is an opportunity for each of you to write down that family history for which your children and grandchildren have been asking. The new meeting time is Friday, Sept. 21, from 3:45 to 4:30 p.m.

Remember to bring your receipt for the food pickup from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 21. If you are interested in the program, stop by for information and to place orders for next month’s distribution. The basic package is only $15.

The daytime pinochle winner for Sept. 7 was Mable Hoagland, and Easter Behrends won on Sept. 11. Friday night winners were Helen Cart for pinochle; Louise Wiebers, Ken McCray and Ann Greger for 5-in-1; and Harley Heath for pool. On Sunday night, Ann Greger was the rummy winner, and Alice Thornton won the pool game.

Friends of the Oasis members receive bimonthly newsletters by mail. For more information, people can call the Oasis at 732-6132 or 732-5844.

Milestones

Jeckel-McGee

Natalie Nicole Jeckel and Case Michael McGee have announced their engagement. The wedding is planned for Nov. 3 at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Emden.

Natalie’s parents are Robert and Celia Ann Jeckel of Lincoln. Case is the son of Charles and Virginia McGee of Lincoln.

Natalie is a technical writer for the human resources office at the University of Illinois. She received her associate degree from Lincoln College and a bachelor’s degree in English from Millikin University.

Case is a commodity trader at Archer Daniels Midland Co. in Decatur. His bachelor’s degree, also from Millikin, is in business/communication.

[SEPT. 21, 2001]  Students from Northwest School and Jefferson School collected $820.15 and $112.89 respectively for the Red Cross effort in New York. The money was collected during a four-day period and an open house at each school.

Students from left:
Victoria Haferkamp (second grade, Jefferson),
Andy Robertson (sixth grade, Northwest),
 Camillia Bone (fourth grade, Northwest),
Chase Koke (sixth grade, Northwest)

Fay Stubblefield, branch specialist, receives  $933.04 for the Red Cross. 

Fund-raisers

Donations accepted at local collection sites this weekend

[SEPT. 21, 2001]  A fund drive in Logan County this Friday and Saturday is to help families of the New York City fire, rescue and police personnel who died trying to save the lives of others in the World Trade Center disaster. All checks should be made payable to NYC Disaster Funds. Click here for more information.

Ongoing donations to American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund

Donations to this fund can be made at the CEFCU Member Center, 341 Fifth St. in Lincoln.

[AUG. 22, 2001]  It isn’t often that the Lincoln Public Library has opportunity to celebrate 30 years of service from one of its employees. That is just how long Deb DeJarnette has been working there.

DeJarnette was surprised by the celebration in her honor in the library annex Tuesday afternoon. She pointed to the large display of flowers and gifts that came in yesterday, saying how surprised she was by the gestures of appreciation.

When asked if she was planning to retire she said, "Oh, no, I'm not planning to leave or retire yet." Then the good-natured librarian chuckled saying, "People just don't stay around here (working in the library) that long." So they decided to celebrate it.

The Lincoln library and the people of Lincoln are just lucky enough that DeJarnette has stayed that long at a job she obviously loves.

[LDN]

People all across this country and, in fact, around the world, claim roots in Logan County. They have very interesting stories to tell, and some of them like to connect with those of us who stayed at home. Logan County Diaspora publishes the stories of former Logan County residents. With their permission, we also include their e-mail addresses so that old friends might be reunited.  If you wish to be part of the Logan County Diaspora, e-mail ldneditor@lincolndailynews.com.  

Diaspora correspondents

Click on names to see letters and stories.

v Indicates LDN sponsors

• Wanda Whitson Aue

• Brad Boss

• Charles Brainard

• James 'Doc' Chandler

• Brad Dye

• Wayne and Nancy (Hatfield) Eichelberger

• Wayne Franz

• Philip Gehlbach

• Leigh Henson  v

• Bill Horn  v

• Dale A. Lowe

• George A. McKinney

• Len and Rita Remmert

• Tom Renner

• Tom Rippon

• Traycee Ritchhart-Pirkle

• Greg Schriber

• Stan Stringer

• Donald Weindorf  v

• Denise Radcliffe Wood

• Tom and Kristy (Smith) Yarcho

Reunions

Ongoing class reunion in cyberspace for 1960 graduates of LCHS

http://www.geocities.com/lincolnhigh1960/

Reminiscence

• "Lincoln Lakes beach," by Stan Stringer, posted July 10, 2001, in LDN

• "Stan Stringer tells story of Mark Holland’s buzzing of Lincoln," posted May 11, 2001

• "Leigh Henson, now a college teacher in Missouri, remembers Miss Jones, Jefferson School principal," posted March 29, 2001

• "Foreign Service officer recalls infamous Valentine's Day '79 in Tehran," by George McKinney, posted Feb. 15, 2001

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