Organizations,
Events, Milestones,
Good
Neighbors, Fund-raisers,
A Day in the Life...,
Diaspora,
Family and Friends
in the Armed Forces,
Reunions,
Reminiscence
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February
2002
Thursday,
Feb. 28
SPONSOR:
American Red Cross
WHO:
By preregistration; call 732-2134 noon-4 pm weekdays or (217)
522-3357 at other times
WHAT:
Class covering adult
CPR, infant and child CPR, and first aid (second of two sessions)
WHERE:
125 S. Kickapoo St.
WHEN: 5-10 pm
March
2002
Sunday,
March 3
WHO:
Public
WHAT:
Open house
WHERE:
Logan County Courthouse and Dr. John Logan County Building
WHEN:
1-3 pm
Tuesday,
March 5
SPONSOR:
Habitat for Humanity of Logan County
WHO:
Public
WHAT:
Harlem Ambassadors
basketball team performance
WHERE:
Gaston Arena at Lincoln Christian College
WHEN:
7 pm
Friday,
March 8
SPONSOR:
Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of Commerce Government/Education
Committee
WHO:
Public; RSVP to 735-2385
WHAT:
"Meet the
State Candidates Breakfast"
WHERE:
Room 49, Restoration Hall, Lincoln Christian College and Seminary
WHEN:
7:30-9 am
Saturday,
March 9
SPONSOR:
St. John United Church of Christ
WHO: Public
WHAT:
Craft show
WHERE:
204 Seventh St.
WHEN:
8 am - 3 pm; lunch available 11 am - 1:30 pm
SPONSOR:
Beta Sigma Phi
WHO: Public
WHAT:
"School
Daze" benefit dance for school supply project for area children
WHERE:
Moose Lodge, 521 N. Kickapoo
WHEN:
8-11 pm
Sunday,
March 10
SPONSOR:
Atlanta Fire Department
WHO: Public
WHAT:
Pancake and sausage breakfast
WHERE:
Atlanta firehouse
WHEN:
Beginning at 7 am
Tuesday, March 12
SPONSOR:
U of I Extension
WHO:
Public
WHAT:
“Salads,” presented by Jananne Finck, nutrition and wellness
educator, Springfield
WHERE: Extension
office, 980 N. Postville Drive
WHEN:
Noon - 1 pm
Thursday,
March 14
SPONSOR:
Logan County Arts Association
WHO: Public
WHAT:
Classic Film Night showing of "On the Waterfront"
WHERE:
Lincoln Cinemas
WHEN:
7 pm
Saturday,
March 23
WHAT:
Children's Community Health Fair
WHERE:
Lincoln Park District ballroom, 1400 Primm Road
Saturday,
March 30
WHO: Public
WHAT:
Annual Lake Fork Community Sale
WHERE:
Lake Fork
WHEN:
Breakfast starts at 7 am
SPONSOR:
Lincoln Park District
WHO: Public
WHAT:
Easter egg hunt
WHERE:
Lincoln Park District, 1400 Primm Road
WHEN:
10 am
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SPECIAL EVENTS AND
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Parrishes
honored as Paul Harris Fellow recipients, Lincoln
court will rock in one week, Logan
County Courthouse and Dr. John Logan County Building open house
invitation,
Beta
Sigma Phi plans ‘School Daze’ benefit dance, HOI
scholarship program seeks applicants REGULAR POSTINGS FOR
ORGANIZATIONS: Girl Scouts, Oasis,
U of I
Extension, YMCA
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SPECIAL
EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Parrishes
honored as Paul Harris Fellow recipients
Lincoln
Rotarian Robert Parrish and his wife, Wilma, were honored Feb. 20 with a second Paul Harris Fellowship
from Rotary International. Robert Parrish first earned
recognition as a Paul Harris Fellow in June 1992.
Past
District Governor Dan Thornburgh of Charleston awarded
Wilma Parrish a Paul Harris Fellowship in appreciation of her
husband’s three years of service as an assistant district
governor in District 6490.
Assistant
district governors, or ADGs as they are more commonly known in
Rotary lingo, provide direct guidance to a small group of
Rotary clubs within each district, ensuring that clubs focus on
programs and projects that are consistent with the goals of Rotary
International. Parrish’s group of clubs included
Atlanta, Bloomington, Bloomington-Normal Sunrise & Sunset Clubs,
Clinton and Lincoln.
Parrish
has been very active in the Lincoln Rotary Club since joining
in 1981 at the request of Fred Hoppin. He was club
president in 1991-92 and currently serves on the District
6490 committees for group study exchange, leadership succession
and development, and annual giving.
The
Paul Harris Fellows program recognizes Rotarians who have made gifts
of $1,000 or more to the Rotary Foundation to support good-will
projects around the world. The Lincoln Rotary Club currently
has 21 members who are Paul Harris Fellows out of a total
membership of 65.
[Left to
right: Past District Governor Dan Thornburgh, Ruth Hoppin,
Wilma Parrish and Bob Parrish]
[Marty
Ahrends]
Lincoln
court will rock in one week
The
Harlem Ambassadors are being hosted in Lincoln by Habitat for
Humanity of Logan County. The
basketball team will be performing Tuesday, March 5, at 7 p.m. at
the new Lincoln Christian College Gaston Arena.
Advance
tickets are $10 for adults, $7 for senior citizens and $5 for
children under 12. At the door, tickets at the door will be $12 for
adults, $9 for senior citizens and $7 for children. Tickets can be
purchased in Lincoln at the IGA, A.G. Edwards and Union Planters
Bank.
For
more information contact Habitat at P.O. Box 714 or phone (217)
732-6234.
[Click
here for related article.]
Logan
County Courthouse and Dr. John Logan County Building open house
invitation
You
are invited to attend an open house on Sunday, March 3, from 1 to 3 p.m.
at the Logan County Courthouse and at the Dr. John Logan County Building,
122 N. McLean St. in Lincoln.
Many
offices have switched locations within the courthouse, and some have
moved to the Dr. John Logan County Building, one block away, across
from the Lincoln Public Library. The offices will be open for
viewing, and county officials are looking forward to greeting
everyone.
Refreshments
will be served.
For
background information, see LDN posting from Dec. 27, 2001: "County
officials trade spaces."
Beta
Sigma Phi plans ‘School Daze’ benefit dance
Members
of local chapters of Beta Sigma Phi have been preparing for their
"School Daze" benefit to help cover expenses of the
annual school bag project for Lincoln students.
Each
year students are screened through CIEDC for eligibility for this
program provided by Beta Sigma Phi. Students who meet the
qualifications are provided with a school bag and all of their
school supplies for the upcoming school year. The number of eligible
students rises each year. For the 2001-2002 school year, bags and
supplies were provided for over 80 children. All proceeds from Beta
Sigma Phi yearly projects go toward this program.
The
benefit dance is scheduled for Saturday, March 9, from 8 to 11 p.m.,
at the Moose Lodge in Lincoln. This will be an evening for adults,
with dancing to the lively tunes of Music 4U DJ Service. There will
be a cash bar, snacks, a 50/50 drawing, and door prizes that have
been donated by local merchants.
When
tickets are presented at the door, they will automatically be
entered into the drawings for door prizes. Winners for the door
prizes need not be present to win.
Tickets
are being given away in advance from local members and at MKS
Jewelers on the square. Complimentary tickets will also be available
at the door. Donations are accepted and appreciated.
If
you would like to obtain tickets or donate a door prize, please call
the following Beta Sigma Phi officers: Janet Henrichsmeyer,
president, 732-7146; Linda Sue Sheley, vice president and treasurer,
732-8610; or Tish Podunajec, secretary, 735-1085.
This
is sure to be an evening enjoyed by all, and the children of Lincoln
who will receive much-needed school supplies will certainly enjoy
the benefits from the evening!
[Beta
Sigma Phi of Lincoln]
HOI
scholarship program seeks applicants
The
2002 Miss HOI Scholarship Pageant is set for the evening of
Saturday, April 6, at the Bertha Frank Performing Arts Center of
Morton. The program is sponsored by the Morton Area Players, the
Morton Park District and Bearce
Automall of Washington.
Entries
are now being accepted from young ladies ages 17 to 24. Applicants
have a chance to be the next winner of thousands of dollars in
scholarships and to represent our area at the Miss Illinois Pageant
in June.
Bethany
Von Behren of Peoria, Miss HOI 2000, won more than $6,000 in
scholarships through her competition at Miss HOI and Miss Illinois.
Von Behren is a 2001 graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University in
Bloomington and was a top ten finalist at Miss Illinois. She was
also a preliminary talent winner.
This
year’s show, "Celebrate America," will feature
award-winning twirler Alyssa Gunderson, the current Miss Heart of
Illinois. Gunderson is a special education teacher in suburban
Chicago and has been volunteering for mentoring programs for the
past five years. She has worked closely with the Bloomington Housing
Authority and has started mentoring programs in four states.
Gunderson is a 2001 graduate of Illinois State University.
The
Miss Heart of Illinois program was honored at the state level for
the quality of its show on pageant night, winning the Best
Production Award in 2001. In 1999 and 2001, it won the inaugural
Outstanding Program Award from Miss Illinois. Since 1998, it has
awarded approximately $26,000 in cash scholarships to central
Illinois women, thanks to area sponsors. Scholarship funds are sent
directly to the contestant’ s university to pay for tuition only.
For
more information on entering, sponsoring or volunteering for Miss
HOI, e-mail misshoi@hotmail.com
or visit the official Miss Heart of Illinois website: misshoi.homestead.com.
[News
release]
[Alyssa
Gunderson, Miss HOI 2001,
is crowned by Bethany Von Behren, Miss HOI
2000,
and Jennifer Powers, Miss Illinois.]
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REGULAR
POSTINGS FOR ORGANIZATIONS
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Girl
Scouts announcements
- Girl Scout leader meetings: the first Thursday of each month, at the usual time and place.
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.
Feb. 27 Think Tank
The program scheduled
for 9 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, features Dayle Eldredge from Abraham
Lincoln Memorial Hospital. Her topic will be "ALMH
Happenings." Join us for an informative session.
Legal
aid
The
attorney from Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation will be
available from 9 a.m. to noon on Thursday. Please call the Oasis for
an appointment.
AARP
bingo games
The
AARP organization will sponsor the weekly bingo games, starting at 1
p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28. You may bring your gently used "white
elephant" items for prizes.
March
6 Think Tank
Join
us Wednesday, March 6, at 9 a.m. for an informative meeting with Jim
Griffin, who will discuss Logan County Board issues. Everyone is
welcome.
Auction
donations
The
committee is now accepting your "gently used items" to be
auctioned. Please bring the donations to the Oasis on Monday or
Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thank you in advance for your
support. The second annual auction will be at 10 a.m. Saturday,
March 16.
Advance
notice for special birthdays
On
Monday, March 18, at 1:30 p.m. ASTA Care Center will sponsor a
celebration for all members who have March birthdays. Mark your
calendars in advance to join us for games, prizes and birthday cake.
Game
winners
The
weekday pinochle winner for Feb. 15 was Easter Behrends. Eleanor
Barton won on Feb. 19. Weekend game winners for Feb. 15 were Millie
Hoffert for pinochle and Tom Garrison and Henry Warnisher for 5 in
1.
Newsletter
Friends of The Oasis members receive
bimonthly newsletters by mail. For more information, people can call
the Oasis at 732-6132 or 732-5844.
Happenings
at the U of I Extension office
The
local office of the University of Illinois Extension is hosting a
series of educational presentations.
Anyone and everyone is welcome. Programs will be at the Extension
office at the northwest corner of the fairgrounds, 980 N. Postville
Drive.
Reservations
will be requested; programs will be cancelled if fewer than 10
people are registered.
Call
732-8289 to make reservations. There will be no charge for any of
the programs
Planned
programs for the coming year through University of Illinois
Extension:
•
Tuesday, March 12, 2002, over noon hour
12-1 p.m. — "Salads," Jananne Finck, nutrition and
wellness educator, Springfield
•
Thursday, April 11, 2002, at 10 a.m. — "New Friends, But Keep
the Old," Patti Faughn, youth and family educator, Springfield
•
Tuesday, May 15, 2002, at 10 a.m. — "Air Quality," John
Fulton, Lincoln
YMCA
news
Know
they’re safe
Unsupervised teens do poorly in school, want
after-school activities,
new survey finds
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new survey finds that unsupervised teens are four
times more likely to
be D students than teens supervised every day. The survey, "After School
for America’s Teens," released by the YMCA of the USA, finds that 59
percent of teens are left unsupervised after school at least one day in a
typical week. And those teens are more likely to drink alcohol, smoke
cigarettes and engage in sexual activity, and are nearly three times as
likely to skip classes at school. In fact, compared to teens who are
supervised, they are also three times more likely to use marijuana or
other drugs
YMCA
Teen Action Agenda programs already are proven solutions to the clear need
for structured supervision after school. Ten percent of America’s teens
currently are involved in YMCA programs, and the YMCA is committed to
doubling the number of teens it serves to one in five teens by 2005. YMCAs
help teens develop character and build confidence through programs
focusing on education, career and life skills; health, safety and
well-being; and leadership and service learning,
"The
survey’s findings reinforce our belief that teens who are supervised are
more successful — they get better grades in school and participating in
after-school programs helps protect them from at-risk behaviors. That’s
why we’ve made the commitment to double the number of teens we involve
in YMCA programs to nearly five million," said Brock Leach, chair of
the YMCA Teen Action Agenda and president and CEO of Tropicana Products,
Inc,
Teens
want after-school programs
The survey of 500 teens 14 to 17 years of age reveals a strong interest in
community and neighborhood-based after-school programs. Even though many
teenagers participate in after-school
programs through their school, over half of all teens (52 percent) wish
there were more community or neighborhood-based activities available. And,
while more than 62 percent of teens left alone during the week say they
would likely participate in after-school programs, the survey also found
that two in three teens (67 percent) would be interested in programs after
school that would help them get better grades, develop leadership skills
and be more involved in the community.
Cornelius
Abraham is a teen who says he’s the perfect example of how the YMCA
programs can keep good kids from going bad. At a news conference on
Capitol Hill, Abraham described how he came from a family broken apart by
the violent death of his brother at the hands of his parents. "The
YMCA was a haven for me in my childhood and teen years. Without the
structure and support I found through the Y’s after-school programs, I
would never have had the success I did in school and confidence to
overcome the obstacles in my path." said Cornelius, a former Chicago
YMCA teen and now a 20-year-old sophomore at Northern Illinois University.
Jessica
Stone is another good example of how YMCA programs work. The 14-year-old
from Seattle, Wash., comes from a strong, two-parent family. "Being
involved in the girls’ leadership program has been a great experience.
The mentors I’ve worked with have really helped me learn and think about
my future, and now I’m able to help other kids as a mentor for
them," said Stone.
Keeping
teens out of the "danger zone"
Unsupervised teens are in the "danger zone" — the hours of 3 to 6 p.m.
after school, when being
unsupervised can lead to problems with alcohol, drugs, sexual activity and
even crime. This danger cuts across race, income and family structure, as
was found in the University of Minnesota’s National Longitudinal Study of
Adolescent Health, the largest-ever survey conducted with adolescents in
the United States. Teens who are failing school and "hanging out" with
friends are more likely than other teens to engage in at-risk behaviors.
"If
we choose not to invest in addressing the unstructured, unsupervised time
of teens, it does not mean that we are saving money. We can pay at the
front end or we can pay at the back... but we will pay," said Dr.
Robert Blum, co-principal investigator of the University of Minnesota
study.
The
YMCA’s "After School" survey also revealed that teens who
participate in after-school activities do better in school and are less
likely to engage in activities that place them at risk. Teens who do not
engage in activities after school are five times more likely to be D
students than those who do. Furthermore, nearly eight in 10 teens (79
percent) who participate in after-school programs are A or B students, but
only half (52 percent) of teens who do not participate earn such high
marks.
Local
YMCAs have committed to teens
To date, more than 1,000 YMCAs have signed on to support the YMCA Teen
Action Agenda, In
addition to doubling the number of teens they involve in programs, these
local YMCAs pledge to offer more programs and support for teens. Meeting
the campaign’s goals — building teens’ skills and values, developing
assets in teens, providing teens with meaningful roles in their
communities, and placing teens with adult role models — is crucial to
teens’ success.
"YMCA
teen programs provide teens the safe, structured after-school activities
that help them avoid risky behaviors while preparing them academically and
socially and building the character and skills teens need to succeed and
thrive as young adults," said Kenneth Gladish, Ph.D., National
Executive Director of YMCA of the USA.
In
2001, America’s YMCAs celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of
the first Y, in Boston, Mass. One out of three Americans reports being a
YMCA member at some point in life. Together the 2,372 YMCAs are the nation’s
largest not-for-profit community service organization.
Today,
America’s YMCAs serve 17.5 million people, including nearly nine million
children each year, through a broad range of programs, including
mentoring, youth leadership and volunteerism. Collectively, YMCAs are also
the nation’s largest provider of child care. YMCAs are for people of ail
faiths, races, ages and incomes. Financial assistance is available for all
YMCA programs and membership.
To
learn more about the YMCA, visit the website at www.ymca.net.
The
YMCA Teen Action Agenda is sponsored nationally by JCPenney Afterschool
and PepsiCo, Inc.
Note: The
survey results are based on telephone interviews with a national sample of
500 teenagers, 14 to 17 years of age, conducted in January 2001 by Penn,
Schoen & Berland Associates of Washington, D.C. The statistical
significance of the results is plus or minus 4.4 percent at the 95th
confidence interval level.
YMCA
art program reaches out to youth
The YMCA Art Outreach program is designed to reach youth of junior
and senior high ages, giving them a positive outlet to express
themselves and to keep them off the streets during the hours when
they seem to get into
the most trouble —
after school.
The
YMCA accepts referrals from schools, churches and the court system
for any at-risk youth that might benefit from the organization’s
programs. The Y sets up contracts with area youth, addressing where
they are having problems. The youth must maintain the contracts in
order to continue in the
program at no charge.
Five
AmeriCorps volunteers who are experienced in several areas of the
arts have helped with the program this year and have been great
assets.
Regular classes have been offered since last September. The program
began with a six-week mosaic tile class. At first the class met in
Mrs. Sisk’s art room at Lincoln Junior High School, which was
convenient for the junior high youth to attend right after school,
but it wasn’t long before the program
outgrew the art room.
The group needed a place for classes and space for studio work — a
place to call their own. The
YMCA found that place at the old Odd Fellows Gym. At first the group
used the girls’ dressing room upstairs at the entrance of the gym.
The walls were lined with shelves to the ceiling in order to hold
art supplies that have been bought, donated and pulled out of the
trash. (Yes, trash beside the road or in a dumpster is picked up if
it might have potential for being turned into artwork.) So the class
outgrew the new space
rapidly and soon started occupying the boys’ dressing room.
Now the program has one room for storage of all the supplies and a
small work area, potentially to house a small printmaking press for
etching and a mat cutter. The youth will be taught how to mat and frame
their own artwork. The
other room is used as a working studio.
Since
September, the art program has offered five other classes: cartoon
animation, painting, mixed media, papermaking and photography.
Prospective spring classes are on ceramics and printmaking.
A
photography class is on hold until a program sponsor and a darkroom
can be found so that the class can move on to the next level. The
YMCA would be grateful to anyone who has any old 35 mm SLR cameras,
tripods, filters or lenses to donate to the program.
The
program is always looking for any useful donations — the
possibilities are endless. Even though you think it might be trash,
you might want to think again and call Shanda at the YMCA, 735-3915.
It just might be a treasure to the art program.
And
if you see a woman in a blue van pulling things out of the trash,
just remember it is for a good cause.
[Provided
by the YMCA]
YMCA
has Fun Days when school is out
"School’s
Out Fun Days," offered by the local YMCA, are just the right
answer for both parents and their children ages kindergarten through
sixth grade. Parents can preregister their children to attend these
special days and go to work knowing that the children will be kept
busy and safe on days when school is not in session.
Kids
especially enjoy their day off from school, as they have lots of
opportunity to socialize and play games with their school friends.
Youngsters will also enjoy the benefits of a variety of planned
special activities and lessons at each Fun Day. Some of the special
activities are singing fun songs, enjoying story time, experiencing
science lessons, art activities and lots of fun large-motor play.
Various guest speakers visit from time to time to share healthy
nutrition programs and other interesting information with the
children.
All
of the School’s Out Fun Days are at the YMCA activity center, 721
Wyatt Ave.
Here
are the Fun Day themes for the rest of the school year (along with
the elementary districts where school is out on those days):
Monday,
March 4 — "Creatures That Crawl" (C-EL, WL-B)
Friday,
March 15 — "Creatures That Climb" (WL-B)
Monday,
March 25 — "Creatures That Fly" (District 27)
Tuesday,
March 26 — "Colors of Spring" (District 27)
Wednesday,
March 27 — "Geometric Shapes" (District 27, C-EL, WL-B)
Thursday,
March 28 — "Crazy About Fractions" (District 27, C-EL,
WL-B)
Friday,
March 29 — "Easter Fun" (District 27, C-EL, WL-B)
Monday,
April 1 — "April Fool’s Fun" (C-EL, WL-B)
Friday,
April 12 — "Flower Power" (District 27)
Wednesday,
May 29 — "Sports Fun" (C-EL)
Thursday,
May 30 — "Community Helpers" (District 27, C-EL, WL-B)
Friday,
May 31 — "Summertime Fun" (District 27, C-EL, WL-B)
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Purple
Heart received
[JAN.
31, 2002] In
the first ceremony of its kind in the state, Lincoln area resident
Iona Boyd received the Purple Heart medal awarded to her first
husband, Pvt. Paul W. Kodatt, a medic who was killed in the
Philippines during World War II.
[Click
here to view picture page.]
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Illinois
State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka presented the medal in a ceremony
at 10 a.m. Wednesday at The Oasis. She also gave Boyd other contents
of the abandoned safe deposit box where the medal was found: a
Pacific campaign service medal, a small three-blade pocketknife, a
rifle bayonet with scabbard and a pocket Bible.
[llinois
State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka
presents medal to Iona Boyd.]
Boyd
said the items brought back memories. "I know he served his
country well," she said of Kodatt, a medical corps medic.
"I was left with three small sons," Boyd recalled,
expressing pride in her sons. Colleen Cavit, Boyd’s daughter by
her second husband, also attended the ceremony.
"We’re
here to preserve the honor of the veterans of the past (who) made
the world free for democracy," Topinka said, adding that the
presentation was especially appropriate in a time of renewed
patriotism. The more than 50 people present for the ceremony
included representatives of city and county government, the
Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of Commerce and the Oasis board.
The
medal presentation was part of the Illinois Treasurer’s Operation
Search and Restore, which locates owners of medals found in
abandoned safe deposit boxes. "Our goal is to reunite these
medals with veterans and their families," Topinka said.
"It would be unpatriotic to auction them off, as we do when we
can’t find the owners of items left abandoned in safe deposit
boxes. If we can’t find the owners, we’ll look into donating the
medals to a military museum, but our preference is to get the medals
back to the rightful owners."
Boyd
received a check for $399.50, the value of other contents of the
safe deposit box that were auctioned before she was located. Topinka
also presented her with a certificate signed by Gen. John Johnston,
director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs.
Two
other rightful medal owners have been located, according to Sam
Collins, administrator of safe deposit box compliance in Topinka’s
office.
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A display of about 40 of the medals, many with recipient’s
names, is available for use by organizations in the hope of finding
more owners. Shown at the 2001 Illinois State Fair in August, it
includes a National Defense Service Medal and ribbon, Purple Hearts,
a Bronze Star, a Silver Star, an Army Distinguished Service Medal
and a Navy Cross. To have the display brought to your organization,
call Jason Winnett at (217) 558-6999 or visit the website www.cashdash.net/searchandrestore.htm.
Oasis
Executive Director Dom Dalpoas said the senior center was selected
as the presentation site because of its partnership with the
Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs. Mark Patterson of the
department outlined the history of the Purple Heart. The medal, then
called the Badge of Military Merit, was designed by George
Washington to reward meritorious action by enlisted soldiers.
Washington said, "The road to glory in a patriot army and a
free country is thus open to all." Only three badges were
presented during the Revolution, and the recipients were permitted
to pass sentries and guards without challenge.
[Oasis
Executive Director Dom Dalpoas
introduces Judy Baar Topinka.]
In
1932 the Purple Heart was revived at the instigation of Gen. Douglas
MacArthur. In 1941 it was extended to members of the Navy, Marines
and Coast Guard. President John F. Kennedy further extended it to
civilians wounded while working with the armed forces, and President
Ronald Reagan to those wounded in terrorist attacks.
[Lynn
Shearer Spellman]
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Heroes
in our midst
Lincoln
Area YMCA’s mentor-HERO program
[JAN.
31, 2002] The
Lincoln Area YMCA’s mentor/HERO program is one that provides a
volunteer mentor to a youngster in need of quality one-on-one time
with a positive adult role model. Mentors serve as a guide and in
many instances as a tutor.
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Each
mentor and youngster meet for at least 30 minutes per week. In
addition, monthly social events are planned for all mentors and
children to spend time doing something fun and maybe new together.
Young
people from kindergarten through eighth grade are eligible to be in
the program. Teachers, parents, principals, anyone can refer a child
to the mentor/HERO program. Mentors and children meet in a variety
of places, but primarily they meet at the child’s school after
school or at the Lincoln Public Library.
Mentors
are trained on how to be the best mentor they can be and also in the
YMCA’s child abuse and prevention program, the Child Abuse and
Neglect Tracking System. Background check is performed on each
volunteer mentor. Additionally, mentors complete an application
stating why they would like to become a mentor and are required to
list three people as character references.
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The
Lincoln Area YMCA has been offering this program to families for the
past four years. Several of the mentors have been with the program
for two to three years. These mentors have developed very close
relationships with the children they mentor — relationships that
will likely last for years after they leave the program. There are
children waiting and mentors are needed right now.
If
you have a child who is in need of a mentor or if you would like to
become a mentor, please contact Sarah at 735-3915.
[YMCA
news
release]
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Fund-raisers
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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.
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Diaspora
correspondents
Click
on names to see letters and stories.
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Indicates LDN sponsors
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Family
and Friends in the Armed Forces
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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).
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Jerome A. Allen
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
Class
of ’00
SST
Kenneth Allen
and wife Susan Allen (Elza)
U.S.
Army-1AD-HHC
Weisbaden,
Germany
E-mail: spot2sweetpea@yahoo.com
or susan12652000@yahoo.com
Jon Barton
West Point, N.Y.
Jon Bowers
Lackland Air Force Base,
Texas
Josh Campbell
Korea
Justin Clott
U.S.
Navy
Will
be deployed in mid-January
(Address
not available yet)
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
Ben Estes
Fort Benning, Ga.
Charles Lindstrom Jr.
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
Postal
address: 9AEW JSOAC-S
Unit
10
APO
AE 09351
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
Philip Nodine
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
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
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Reunions
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Ongoing
class reunion in cyberspace for 1960 graduates of LCHS
http://www.geocities.com/lincolnhigh1960/
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Reminiscence
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The
Postville Courthouse revisited, by Stan Stringer,
posted Feb. 12, 2002, in LDN
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Lincoln
Lakes beach, by
Stan Stringer, posted July 10, 2001
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Stan
Stringer tells story of
Mark Holland’s buzzing of Lincoln, posted
May 11, 2001
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Leigh
Henson, now a college teacher in Missouri, remembers Miss Jones,
Jefferson School principal, posted
March 29, 2001
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Foreign
Service officer
recalls
infamous Valentine's Day '79 in Tehran, by George McKinney,
posted Feb. 15, 2001
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