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Diaspora,  Family and Friends in the Armed Forces,  

Reunions,  Reminiscence

April 2002

Thursday, April 11
SPONSOR: U of I Extension
WHO: Public; preregistration required
WHAT: “Make New Friends But Keep the Old,” presented by Patti Faughn, youth and family educator, Springfield
WHERE: Extension office, 980 N. Postville Drive
WHEN: 10 am

WHO: Public
WHAT: Red Cross blood drive
WHERE: Atlanta Methodist Church
WHEN: noon-6 pm

SPONSOR: Logan County Arts Association
WHO: Public
WHAT: Classic Film Night showing of "The Ten Commandments"
WHERE: Lincoln Cinemas
WHEN: 7 pm

Saturday, April 13
SPONSOR: Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital and Lincoln Junior Woman's Club
WHO: Sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders
WHAT: Baby-sitting clinic; free
WHERE: ALMH Conference Room A, lower level
WHEN: 9-11:30 am

Sunday, April 14
WHO: Public
WHAT: Annual spaghetti dinner to benefit the J.H. Hawes Grain Elevator Museum
WHERE: Atlanta firehouse
WHEN: 11 am - 1 pm

SPONSOR: Multiple Sclerosis Society
WHO: Public; teams needed; phone 732-2339 for details
WHAT: MS Walk
WHERE: Kickapoo Creek Park
WHEN: 1:30 pm

Monday, April 15
SPONSOR: U of I Extension
WHO: Public; preregistration required
WHAT: “Dining with Diabetes,” presented by Jananne Finck, nutrition educator; first of three sessions
WHERE: Extension office, 980 N. Postville Drive
WHEN: 7-8:30 pm

Wednesday, April 17
WHO: Public
WHAT: Red Cross blood drive
WHERE: Lincoln Sports Complex
WHEN: noon-5 pm

Friday and Saturday, April 19-20
SPONSOR: Logan County Unit of American Cancer Society
WHO: Public (Teams needed; call 732-3349 or 732-9372.)
WHAT: Relay for Life 
WHERE: Lincoln Park District Indoor Sports Complex
WHEN: 8 pm Friday through 1 pm closing ceremony on Saturday

Monday, April 22
SPONSOR: U of I Extension
WHO: Preregistered participants
WHAT: “Dining with Diabetes,” presented by Jananne Finck, nutrition educator; second of three sessions
WHERE: Extension office, 980 N. Postville Drive
WHEN: 7-8:30 pm

Wednesday, April 24
WHAT: "Salute to the Office Professionals" luncheon; tickets required
WHERE: Knights of Columbus, 217 N. Limit
WHEN: 11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Saturday, April 27
SPONSOR: Logan County Master Gardeners
WHO: Public
WHAT: Plant sale
WHERE: Logan County Extension office
WHEN: 10 am - 1 pm

Saturday and Sunday, April 27-28
SPONSOR: Clark's Greenhouse and Herbal Country
WHO: Public
WHAT: Spring Thyme Plant Faire
WHERE: 1 mile east of San Jose on Route 136, then 1 1/4 mile south on the New Holland blacktop (See maps)
WHEN: 9 am - 4 pm

Sunday, April 28
SPONSOR: Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital and Lincoln Junior Woman's Club
WHO: Public
WHAT: Special Deliveries sibling class; free
WHERE: ALMH Education Room in the Family Maternity Suites, third floor
WHEN: 1-3 pm

Monday, April 29
SPONSOR: U of I Extension
WHO: Preregistered participants
WHAT: “Dining with Diabetes,” presented by Jananne Finck, nutrition educator; last of three sessions
WHERE: Extension office, 980 N. Postville Drive
WHEN: 7-8:30 pm

Tuesday, April 30
SPONSOR: Logan County Master Gardeners
WHO: Public
WHAT: "In Search of Big Trees," presented by Larry Mayhan, author and speaker
WHERE: Logan County Extension office
WHEN: 7 pm

SPECIAL EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:  Auditions for summer shows,  ‘Treemendous Tree’ Contest,  Master Gardeners calendar,  Logan County LEPC committee appointments,  Lincoln Area YMCA 2002 summer day camps,  Teams needed for Relay For Life,  Teams needed for April 14 MS Walk

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

Auditions for summer shows

Lincoln Community Theatre is looking for local talent to sing, dance and act in its summer 2002 productions. Singing and non-singing roles are available.

If auditioning for a role in one of this summer’s musical productions, individuals should have a song prepared. An accompanist will be available. Individuals should also be prepared to learn a few basic dance steps at the audition.

Those auditioning for non-singing roles will be required to do cold readings from the script. Scripts may be viewed at the Lincoln Public Library two weeks prior to each audition. Library scripts may not be removed from the building.

All auditions will be conducted at St. John Church of Christ, 204 Seventh St. in Lincoln.

Production and audition dates are as follows:

•  "Hello, Dolly!"

Performance dates: June 14-22

Auditions:

•  Friday, April 12, 6 p.m.

•  Saturday, April 13, 10 a.m.

•  Sunday, April 14, 2 p.m., callbacks only

You will be asked to sing a song, your choice or one from "Hello, Dolly." You will also be taught a simple dance (you do not need to prepare one). The director is looking in the age range of 25 to 60, but all are welcome to audition.

•  "Dearly Departed"

Performance dates: July 12-20

Auditions:

•  Friday, May 10, 6:30 p.m.

•  Saturday, May 11, 10 a.m.

The director is looking for actors age 20 and above. There will be four to six men, six to eight women, a trio of singers and a part for one teenage girl. There are lots of parts for older mature actors. People auditioning should plan to be there for entire audition session (1½ to two hours).

The University of Illinois Master Gardeners in Logan County are sponsoring a "Treemendous Tree" Contest to identify the largest trees for select species in the county. County nominations will be forwarded to the state forester for measurement and state-level competition, if appropriate.

Larry Mayhan, author of "In Search of Big Trees," will be the featured speaker at the information meeting at 7 p.m. on April 30 at the Logan County Extension office.

Trees that are from the listed species and located within Logan County are eligible for consideration in the Treemendous Tree program. Nominations may be made by anyone. Largest trees will be recognized, along with their owners.

Tree species for the 2002 "Treemendous Tree" Contest

Tree nomination deadline is 4:30 p.m. on May 3.

Logan County Extension Unit

980 N. Postville Dr.

Lincoln, IL 62656

Phone: (217) 732-8289

Fax: (217) 735-5837

E-mail: logan_co@mail.aces.uiuc.edu

Master Gardeners calendar

• "Treemendous Tree" Contest — Searching out the biggest trees of Logan County
  All residents and property owners of Logan County are eligible to enter. Entries close May 3.

• Plant sale — Perennials, annuals and houseplants available for purchase
  April 27, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Logan County Extension office

• "In Search of Big Trees" — Larry Mayhan, author and speaker
  April 30, 7 p.m., at the Logan County Extension office

• Garden Walk — Eight beautiful gardens in Lincoln will be featured
  June 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Interested in becoming a Master Gardener? Classes will begin this fall. If you have any questions, please call John Fulton, Logan County Extension, at (217) 732-8289.

Logan County Master Gardeners

980 N. Postville Road, Lincoln, IL 62656

(Located on the northwest end of the fairgrounds)

Phone: (217) 732-8289

Fax: (217) 735-5837

[See related article in LDN.]

Representatives of constituencies

Teams needed for MS Walk

The MS Walk is a great way for teams and communities to come together for a fun-filled event while making a tremendous difference in the lives of those with multiple sclerosis.  This year, the MS Walk is April 14 at 1:30 p.m. at Kickapoo Creek Park in Lincoln.

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, often disabling, disease of the central nervous system. The brain and spinal cord are affected. The symptoms of MS vary greatly and may be mild or severe. Some symptoms are numbness in the limbs, paralysis or loss of vision.  Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, but the unpredictable physical and emotional effects can be lifelong.

Dollars raised by the MS Walk support research efforts and local programs.

The event takes place rain or shine.  Lace up your walking shoes, grab your contributions and join us! Contact Nancy Ireland, 732-2339, or e-mail sunglow@abelink.com for details.

[Nancy Ireland]

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.

Circuit Breaker community visits

On Tuesday, April 9, The Oasis van will be in the following communities: Atlanta, Beason, Chestnut, Latham, Mount Pulaski and Lake Fork. Please call The Oasis to schedule your appointment for assistance with your Circuit Breaker application.

A few reservations are still available for the driver safety class scheduled for April 9-10, from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Upon successful completion of the course, students may apply for a discount on their car insurance premiums. Call The Oasis, 732-6132, for a reservation. The cost, payable to AARP, is only $10.

Please reserve this date: On Monday, April 15, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Friendship Manor there will be a Log-On Productions taping of a special Senior Issues meeting with audience participation.

There are several seats available for the April 21 trip to attend "The Foreigner" at the Barn II theater. The local departure time is 11 a.m. The $32 cost includes theater, ticket, transportation and buffet luncheon. Call The Oasis, 732-6132, for a reservation.

The weekday pinochle winner for March 22 and 26 was Mable Hoagland. The weekend pinochle winner for March 22 was Marjorie Reiners, and 5 in 1 winners were Tom Garrision, Betty Burger and Bernie DePuy. The Community Health Fair winner of an Oasis gift certificate was Cindy Lessen.

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

Friendships are important at any age. They can provide companionship and emotional support throughout life. Recent research links the presence of friendship or social support with overall emotional well-being. Friendships develop and change over time. These changes often coincide with life events. It is important to continue to build new friendships and strengthen older relationships throughout the lifespan.

The workshop "Make New Friends But Keep The Old" will discuss the importance of friendship throughout life and give tips on building and maintaining friendship as life events create changes in relationships.

"Make New Friends But Keep the Old" will be presented by Patti Faughn, University of Illinois youth and family educator from Springfield, at the Logan County Extension office on Thursday, April 11, at 10 a.m. The office is at the northwest corner of the fairgrounds, 980 N. Postville Drive. The workshop is being sponsored by University of Illinois Extension.

If you need reasonable accommodations to participate in the program, please make the request when registering. For more information or to register, call (217) 732-8289.

If you have diabetes, choosing and preparing foods can be a real challenge. Learn how to cook foods that are low in sugar, fat and sodium at the "Dining with Diabetes" cooking classes sponsored by University of Illinois Extension.

"Those attending will learn how to cook with artificial sweeteners, low-fat products, herbs and spices," explains Jananne Finck, nutrition educator with the U of I Extension in Springfield. "We’ll have cooking demonstrations and taste several different recipes. "

"Everyone will get recipes to help them plan healthy meals at home," adds John Fulton unit leader for Logan County Extension.

"Dining with Diabetes" includes three Monday evening sessions from 7 to 8:30: April 15, 22 and 29 at the Logan County Extension office.

The $10 registration fee includes class materials, recipe booklets and taste testing. Space is limited and advance registration is required. Registrations will close April 10 at 4:30 p.m.

For more details about this program or if you need reasonable accommodations to participate in this program, please call the Logan County Extension office, 732-8289.

[Logan County Extension news releases]

YMCA golf clinic for kids

In April the YMCA will have a Saturday golf clinic for children ages 4-14. Golf is a fun sport that teaches the children patience, etiquette and dedication.

Adam Walsh, golf pro at the Lincoln Elks Club, will be instructing the children. Participants will meet in various age groups, and Adam will customize lessons to the development of your child.

If you have any questions about this program, please feel free to contact the YMCA at 735-3915 or 1 (800) 282-3520. Come be part of building stronger kids, stronger families and a strong community for the Y.

[Lincoln Area YMCA]

YMCA summer day camp is the right choice to make when looking for fun and adventure for kids throughout the summer months. Mom and Dad can simply go to work each day knowing that their children will share hours of fun with their friends in a safe environment. Kids will fill their time at the Y this summer by enjoying lots of field trip fun, including swimming, ice skating, roller skating, hiking in area parks, a try at fishing, climbing on the YMCA low ropes course, archery, and visits to a water park, the Decatur Children’s Museum and the golf range at Lincoln Park District.

Children will enjoy the qualified and fun-loving YMCA staff as they play games and guide the children in various educational activities. Activities planned include singing camp songs, experiencing outdoor activities such as hikes in area parks, learning to tie knots, making special snacks, enjoying visits from guest speakers, playing various sports, and having special contest fun with entertaining "kid" games such as jacks, marbles, yo-yos, hula hoops, hacky sacks, Slinkies, spinning tops and much more. Children will also enjoy group arts and crafts, reading activities, storytelling fun, creative drama activities, skits, and will swim most days that weather permits.

Summer day camp will be offered at the following locations this year:

•  Children entering kindergarten to second grade — YMCA facility and outdoor grounds on Wyatt Avenue

•  Third through sixth grade — Immanuel Lutheran Church outdoor picnic grounds (1409 Pulaski St.)

•  Kindergarten through sixth-grade program for Atlanta — Atlanta Grade School

Milestones

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Fund-raisers

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

Family and Friends in the Armed Forces

Friends and relatives serving in the armed forces are listed here so we might all hold them in our thoughts, prayers and well wishes. If you know of other friends and relatives serving (they need not be from Logan County), please send the information to ldneditor@lincolndailynews.com. Along with the name, you are invited to include the branch of service, current location of service, postal address, e-mail address and relationship to the person providing the information (optional).

U.S. Air Force

Attending Tech School at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.

Son of John and Jo Ann Allen of Beason

2001 graduate of Lincoln Community High School

U.S. Air Force

At Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada

Postal address: 5805 Mountain Home St.

Unit J-13

Nellis AFB, NV 89191

E-mail: ja_af_82@hotmail.com

Son of John and Jo Ann Allen of Beason

2000 graduate of Lincoln Community High School

U.S. Army-1AD-HHC

Weisbaden, Germany

E-mail: spot2sweetpea@yahoo.com or susan12652000@yahoo.com

West Point, N.Y.

Lackland Air Force Base, Texas

Korea

U.S. Navy

E-mail: imjustin@hotmail.com

CDR Jim Cravens

(Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Lincoln)

U.S. Navy

At Atlantic Fleet Headquarters, Norfolk, Va.

Postal address: CDR James O. Cravens, N02GR

1562 Mitscher Ave., Suite 250

Norfolk, VA, 23551-2487-2487

E-mail: cravensjo@clf.navy.mil  or

chcusnr@ccaonline.com 

Staff Sgt. Evan Jay Downey, Karen and Ethan

U.S. Air Force

Mildenhall Air Force Base, England

1988 graduate of LCHS

Son of Lucky Eichner

U.S. Air Force

At Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana

Postal address: 8525 Chalmette Drive

Shreveport, LA 71115

E-mail: charles.lindstrom@barksdale.af.mil

1981 graduate of LCHS

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Airman Chad M. Maxheimer
U.S. Air Force

Hurlburt Field, Fla.

E-mail: spring_loaded@yahoo.com

Son of Mike and Suzie Maxheimer of Chestnut and Michelle Lowe of Mount Pulaski

2000 graduate of Mount Pulaski High School

Kevin McGinnis

Egypt

Army National Guard

Fort Jackson, S.C.

In basic training

Michelle K. Ramlow

Navy

At Pentagon

Postal address: 5409-B Steeplechase Drive

Fredericksburg, VA 22407

E-mail: ramlow.michelle@hq.navy.mil 

Maj. James E. Reineke,
Deborah, Nathan, Emily

Air Force

Misawa Air Base, Japan

E-mail: REIN4RUN@aol.com 

Pvt. Christian B. Skelton

U.S. Army

Scheduled to graduate from AIT in late March.

He and his wife will go to Germany in April.

Postal address: A CO 1-19th INF ITB

4th Platoon

Fort Benning, GA 31905-5630

E-mail: skelton820@hotmail.com

2001 graduate of LCHS

Husband of Nahani Lynn Skelton

Illinois Air National Guard, 183rd Fighter Wing

Frankfurt, Germany

Postal address: Erika Slayton

16ESS/FM

PSC 5 Box 1000

APO AE 09050

E-mail address: 16ess.fm@rheinmain.af.mil 

Daughter of Lloyd (Ed) and Bridget Slayton

Robby, Ami-Jo and Angela Spickard

National Guard medical support

Tech. Sgt. Thomas Yarcho

U.S. Air Force

At Ramstein Air Base, Germany

E-mail: thomas.yarcho@ramstein.af.mil

Class of ’82

Reunions

Ongoing class reunion in cyberspace for 1960 graduates of LCHS

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

Reminiscence

• The Postville Courthouse revisited, by Stan Stringer, posted Feb. 12, 2002, in LDN

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

• 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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