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Addresses
of city and county officials
(Title, first name, last
name, city or job title, address, city, state, postal code; phone)
Lincoln
City Council members
Hon.
Elizabeth Davis, Mayor, P.O. Box 353, Lincoln, IL 62656;
735-3912
Mr.
David Armbrust, Alderman 3rd Ward, 700 Broadway St., Lincoln, IL
62656; 732-4261
Mr.
Steve Fuhrer, Alderman 2nd Ward, 1203 Eighth St., Lincoln, IL
62656; 732-6679
Mr.
Benny Huskins, Alderman 1st Ward, 412 N. Madison St., Lincoln, IL
62656; 732-3894
Mr.
William Melton, Alderman 4th Ward, 1112 E. Burlington St., Lincoln,
IL 62656; 735-2658
Mr.
George Mitchell, Alderman 3rd Ward, 427 Wyatt Ave., Lincoln, IL
62656; 735-2151
Mr.
Michael Montcalm, Alderman 5th Ward, 700 Broadway St., Lincoln, IL
62656; 732-6606
Mr.
Verl Prather, Alderman 2nd Ward, 700 Broadway St., Lincoln, IL
62656; 732-4778
Rev.
Glenn Shelton, Alderman 4th Ward, 920 Pekin St., Lincoln, IL
62656; 732-8749
Mr.
Joseph Stone, Alderman 5th Ward, 270 Southgate, Lincoln, IL
62656; 732-1600
Mr. Pat Madigan, Alderman
1st Ward, 110 Park Place, Lincoln, IL 62656; 735-3724
Logan
County Board members
Mr.
Richard Logan, Chairman, Logan County Board, 1211 Fifth St.,
Lincoln, IL 62656; 732-8114
Mr.
Lloyd Hellman, Vice Chairman, Logan County Board, 104 Prairie Lane,
Emden, IL 62635; 376-3827
Mr.
Roger Bock, Logan County Board, 450 450th Ave., Williamsville, IL
62693; 566-3867
Mr.
Thomas Cash, Logan County Board, 230 S. Main St., Latham, IL
62543; 674-3423
Mr.
Doug Dutz, Logan County Board, 119 Portland Place, Lincoln, IL
62656; 735-1478
Mr.
Paul Gleason, Logan County Board, 1621 Rutledge, Lincoln, IL
62656; 735-9111
Mr.
Jim Griffin, Logan County Board, P.O. Box 222, Lincoln, IL
62656; 732-7191
Mr.
David Hepler, Logan County Board, 119 Lincoln Ave., Lincoln, IL
62656; 732-8586
Ms.
Gloria Luster, Logan County Board, 106 N. Marion St., Mount Pulaski,
IL 62548; 792-5275
Mr.
Clifford Sullivan, Logan County Board, 519 Eighth St., Lincoln, IL
62656; 732-2539
Mr.
Dale Voyles, Logan County Board, 543 11th St., Lincoln, IL
62656; 732-7901
Mr.
Terry ("T.W.") Werth, Logan County Board, 123 Lincoln
Ave., Lincoln, IL 62656; 732-9314
Mr. Rod White, Logan County
Board, 477 1700th St., New Holland, IL 62671; 732-4793
Girl Scout 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/.
Lincoln
Park District notes
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Plans are under way for Post Prom, which will be at the park
district facilities on May 18. The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other
Drugs Task Force sponsors the event with support from the Healthy
Families Task Force. Prom-age young people may enjoy a night
of fun without the concerns about the presence of alcohol, tobacco
or drugs. Games, DJ, pizza,
and a magician are slated to be just a part of
the night.
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For those of you who don’t enjoy working out in the summer heat, we
encourage you to join us for aerobics. All of our classes are
in a private, air-conditioned room. We will even let you use our
showers so you can leave after your workout as fresh and clean as
when you came in. Aerobics schedules with class descriptions on the
back are available at the front and back desks. If you have
any questions, call us at 732-8770 between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. Monday
through Saturday. On Sunday our office staff is available from
10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Logan
County Historical Society meets on Monday
 The
Logan County Genealogical and Historical Society will meet at 6:30
p.m. Monday, May 20, at 114 N. Chicago St. in Lincoln.
Barbara
Seggelke will have a report on the John F Regan Collection of
newspaper clippings from 1885-1889, covering Chestnut, Aetna
Township and Midland City. The materials are a part of the society’s
library and are used at the center as a research source.
This
year is the 100th anniversary of 4-H clubs in America, and an
Atlanta club has a display in the historical society’s window.
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.
 SHARE
Friday,
May 17, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., SHARE food distribution is available
for all who placed orders this month. If you have not participated
previously, please stop by for information about this program
sponsored by the Diocese of Peoria and place your order for next
month.
Steak
fry
Stop
by for a great steak sandwich Saturday, May 18, from 5 to 7:30 p.m.,
before the LCHS prom Grand March. We look forward to seeing you. We
will be serving in front of The Oasis.
May
birthday party
Monday,
May 20, at 1 p.m., we will celebrate May birthdays. Bring a friend
and join us. Games, birthday cake and a lot of laughs are on the
agenda.
Circuit
Breaker -- "Senior Care"
Please
set aside May 21 from 10 to 11 a.m. to attend a timely informational
program entitled "Senior Care." This new program and other
pharmaceutical programs offered through the Circuit Breaker grant
will be explained. Learn about the medication savings available to
you and your family through programs designed to reduce the cost of
prescription medications. Please call The Oasis at 732-6132 for a
reservation.
 Osteoporosis
screening
Tuesday,
May 21, from 2 to 4 p.m. the Logan County Health Department will be
on site at The Oasis for this important screening for women 50 years
and older. An appointment is not necessary. Just stop in for the
test.
Think
Tank monthly speaker
Wednesday,
May 22, Police Chief Rich Montcalm will address the issue of
"Senior Fraud." Please join us at 9:15 a.m. for
information that will help protect you and your family.
Weekend
games
Friday
and Saturday night game players at The Oasis invite you to join them
each weekend for pinochle, 5-in-1, rummy and billiards, starting at
6 p.m. Please come in and make new friends or renew old
acquaintances.
Game
winners
Weekend
winners were Helen Opperman for pinochle, Henry Warnisher, Bernie
DePuy and Louise Wiebers for 5-in-1. The weekday pinochle winner for
May 5 was Mable Hoagland, and for May 7 Marie Spaits took top
honors.
Lydia
Barr won the luncheon drawing, with this month’s from Haji’s
Sports Bar, and Ray Bannister won the special 50-50 drawing on May
1.
Newsletter
Friends
of The Oasis members receive bimonthly newsletters by mail. For more
information, call The Oasis at 732-6132 or 732-5844.
YMCA
news
YMCA
welcomes new board members
The
Lincoln Area YMCA is pleased to announce the appointment of three
new board members. The new members were voted in at the March 2002
board meeting.
Dayne
Altman is married to Christy and has one child, Aaron, who is 14
years old. Dayne is a mortgage lender at Union Planter’s Bank. He
is also a coach and board member of the Lincoln Baseball Association
and a technology committee member on the Economic Development
Council. Dayne loves to play sports, enjoys music, is a computer
buff and stays active.
Cass Busby has two children, Thomas Elliott, 17, and Gabrielle
Johnson, 4. Cass is a cost accountant at Eaton Manufacturing, where
she has worked for two years. Cass is an alumna of the U of I, where
she received her MBA in 1998. She is also a six sigma green belt as
well as member and treasurer of the Presbyterian Church. She is a
longtime resident of Lincoln and does her best to give back to the
community through coaching soccer and serving on the YMCA board.
Valerie
Cooper is married to Jeff and has three children, Megan, 9, Melyssa,
7, and Madalyn, 4. Val is a registered nurse and care coordinator at
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln. She received her
associate degree in nursing from Illinois Central College. Val is
also a Girl Scout leader for Troop 238.
YMCA
mission: To put Christian principles into practice through programs
that build healthy spirit, mind and body.
"We
build strong kids, strong families, strong communities."
YMCA
pool program
This
summer the Lincoln Area YMCA is expanding upon its aquatics
programming. The Y will now offer to teach swim lessons to small
groups at private pools. If you own a pool and have a group of
neighborhood children or relatives who need swim lessons, your
family is eligible. The family that owns the pool will receive free
lessons for their children as well.
The
YMCA has created this "Backyard Pool Program" to help make
neighborhood pools safe. So put your mind at ease and make sure that
the children in your pool are safe. If you have any questions or
would like to be a part of this new Y service, feel free to contact
the YMCA. Together we can build strong kids, strong families, strong
communities.
YMCA
Battle of the
Bands
When:
Saturday, May 18
Time:
noon-?
Where:
YMCA Activity Center, (old Odd Fellows Gym), 721 Wyatt Ave., Lincoln
The
event is open to all bands (including garage bands) that would like
to compete for this year’s title in the YMCA Battle of the Bands.
For more information, call the YMCA office.
Admission
is $3.
There
will be a beverage and food stand. T-shirts and hemp jewelry will
also be available.
Bring
blankets or lawn chairs, kick back and enjoy a variety of music.
All
proceeds help support the YMCA Art Outreach program and YMCA NYPUMS
(minibikes program).
Lincoln
Area YMCA 2002 summer day camps
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
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