advertising
Lincoln Daily News
(217) 732-7443
ldn@lincolndailynews.com
appliances
McEntire's Home
Appliance and TV
403 Broadway St.
(217) 732-4874
mcentires@abelink.com
attorneys
John R. Gehlbach
Law Office
529 Pulaski St.
(217) 735-4311
jrglaw@ccaonline.com
Thomas L. Van Hook
Lincoln
(217) 735-2187
Tvanhook@CCAonline.com
auto repair/service
DuVall's Automotive
Complete Auto Repair
720 N. Sherman St., rear
(217) 735-5545
duvallautomotive
@hotmail.com
Thompson Auto Body
919 S. Kickapoo
(217) 735-2915
automobiles
Interstate Chevrolet
105-115 Lincoln Ave.
P.O. Box 170
Emden, IL
62635-0170
(888) OK-CHEVY
(652-4389)
www.interstatechevy.com
J&S Auto Center
103 S. Logan
(217) 732-8994
www.jandsautocentre.com/
Row Motors
222 S. McLean
(217) 732-3232
rowmotors@msn.com
banks
Logan County Bank
303 Pulaski
(217) 732-3151
books/educa.
Prairie Years
121 N. Kickapoo
(217) 732-9216
bottled water
Culligan
318 N. Chicago
(217) 735-4450
www.culligan.com
Gold Springs
1165 - 2200th St.
Hartsburg, IL
(888) 478-9283
www.goldsprings.com
carpet cleaners
Advanced Carpet Cleaning
708 Pulaski St.
P.O. Box 306
(217) 732-3571
cellular phones
Team Express
411 Pulaski St.
(217) 732-8962
www.teamelectronics.org
colleges
Heartland Com. College
620 Broadway St.
(217) 735-1731
www.hcc.cc.il.us
computer service
CCA
601 Keokuk St.
(217) 735-2677
cca@ccaonline.com
consignment
Closet Classics
129 S. Sangamon St.
(217) 735-9151
(888) 739-0042
contractors
Koller Construction
2025 2100th St.
Atlanta, IL 61723
(217) 648-2672
(217) 737-2672 cell
stevekoller@aol.com
Roger Webster Construction
303 N. Sangamon St.
(217) 732-8722
www2.ccaonline.com/rwcinc/
credit unions
CEFCU
341 Fifth St.
(217) 735-5541
(800) 633-7077
www.cefcu.com
employment
Illinois Employment
and Training Center
120 S. McLean St.
(217) 735-5441
ietc@abelink.com
fin. consultant
K. Bridget Schneider
A.G. Edwards & Sons,
Inc.
628 Broadway, Suite 1
(217) 732-3877
(800) 596-0014
www.agedwards.com/fc/
kbridget.schneider
food & ice cream
Gleason's Dairy Bar
110 Clinton St.
(217) 732-3187
funeral directors
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
127 S. Logan
(217) 732-4155
F-C-S at LDN
gifts
The Mustard Moon
1314 Fifth St.
(217) 735-1093
www.themustardmoon.com
health &
fitness
Health & Fitness Balance
113 S. Sangamon
(217) 735-4463
home
improvements
Kenshalo-Rousey
214 N. Chicago
(217) 732-8682
Windows, doors, siding,
awnings, sunrooms.
hospitals
ALMH
315 Eighth St
(217) 732-2161
www.almh.org
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Features
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Record crowds throng downtown
shops for Sunday event
[NOV.
7, 2002]
The turnout exceeded
everyone’s expectations.
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By a long, long way.
In spite of gray skies and a cold
drizzle, Sunday Tea at the Lincoln T, an event organized by an
informal group of downtown Lincoln merchants, brought crowds to the
square to browse through the stores, eat pastries and other
munchies, listen to music, visit and just simply enjoy themselves.
"This is the best thing that’s happened
downtown for a long time," said Connie Dehner, who was part of the
crowd elbowing its way through the local shops. "It’s wonderful to
see all these people downtown. They’re having a great time."
Even though her store was "just packed
all day long," Melody Shew of MKS Jewelers also noticed that people
were enjoying themselves.
"Everybody was in such a good mood and
having a good time," she said.
[Photos by Joan Crabb]
Others thought it was like old times in
downtown Lincoln. "We haven’t seen it like this for a good many
years," said Tom O’Donohue, owner of General Consulting Services.
"This is really amazing for a dreary November afternoon."
The crowds had turned out for an event
in which at least 22 businesses opened their doors from 1 to 4 p.m.
on Sunday, Nov. 3, and offered free refreshments, preseason specials
and a drawing for door prizes
Music by four local groups was an
additional inducement to leave a cozy living room and come downtown.
The temporarily empty Gresheim building on the corner of Kickapoo
and Broadway was an ideal place to schedule the entertainment, and
several people commented on its unexpectedly good acoustics.
During the afternoon, the Possum Holler
Pickers played old-time tunes, the Community Chime Choir performed
show tunes, the Second Baptist Church Choir rocked the room with
gospel music, and the Methodist Church Madrigal Singers wove
traditional music into intricate patterns.
Shoppers were quick to say they were
enjoying themselves.
Browsing at MKS Jewelers, Barbara Dahm,
Jan Ulrich and Betty Tiffany thought the Sunday event was a
wonderful idea.
"We are Christmas shopping with a
difference," Dahm said. "We’re getting ideas for presents our
children can give us. This is the nicest thing they’ve done downtown
for a long time."
Not just Lincoln folks, but people from
other communities were impressed. Joyce Dings from Havana is
planning to come back and take home some Christmas gifts she spotted
Sunday. "I haven’t been here for a while, and I couldn’t believe how
many craft shops there are downtown," she said.
Suzanne Kubat of Lincoln thought it was
a wonderful opportunity to bring in out-of-town visitors. Even
though she’s from Lincoln, she commented, "I didn’t know the number
of treasures that were hidden here."
Margaret Peifer, buying a piece of
jewelry at That Place/Merle Norman, may have summed it up when she
said, "I’ve never seen so many people strolling around and having a
good time. It’s like a little community celebration."
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article]
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Store owners were amazed at the number
of people in their shops. Some tried to count the customers but soon
got so busy they lost track.
Treasure Chest proprietor Barb Reinwald
had never before had people standing in line at the cash register.
"I lost count at 75, and that was a half hour ago," she said at
about 2:30.
Julie Tarter, owner of That Place/Merle
Norman, said she started trying to count the crowd on her computer
but lost track at 90, not long after 2 o’clock.
"We had people in all day, from the
moment we got here," said Jeanie Xamis of Serendipity. "Many were
new people, not my regular customers." Husband Nick, her Sunday
help, said he’d brought a book to read if things were slow, but he
never got a chance to open it.
"I don’t remember the last time it was
hard to find a place to park downtown," said Angela Getchel, who was
taking the day off from her job at MKS. Getchel and 6-year-old
daughter Ashley were gift shopping, and she said she appreciated the
chance to see what other merchants had to offer.
People were not just shopping, they
were also taking the opportunity to sit down at Cookie’s Bakery, eat
a bite and visit with friends.
Marcia Phillips, who works at Sports
Plus, was one of them. She was enjoying a quiet moment eating white
chili soup and visiting with friend Becky Malerich.
"Even though I work downtown, I don’t
get an opportunity to see everything that’s for sale. I think this
is wonderful, seeing all these people in spite of the nasty weather.
If the weather had been nice, we wouldn’t even be able to walk
around down here."
When four o’clock came and the crowds
had gone home, a group of merchants got together at Cookie’s. Their
feet might have been hurting from standing all afternoon, but their
spirits were high.
Everyone agreed that the day had far
exceeded expectations.
"We asked ourselves, ‘What would it
take to make us feel the event was a success?’ Our answer was 100
people," Cookie Wentworth said.
At 2:30 that afternoon, by actual
count, there were well over 100 people just in the Gresheim
building, listening to the Second Baptist Church Choir rock the
rafters, and still customers were crowding the shops, some of them
standing in line to be waited on.
How did it all start? No one merchant
wanted to take the credit. A group who like to meet for lunch at
Cookie’s began asking themselves how to bring more people downtown.
They were concerned that many new businesses closed within just a
few years. They didn’t think people really knew what was available
in downtown Lincoln.
"People say, ‘There’s nothing downtown
anymore.’ I ask, ‘How long since you’ve been here?’" Wentworth said.
"We know we’ve got some wonderful shops
here and wonderful people that love to show their products and visit
with people. We didn’t do this just to get sales, we did it to show
people what there is in downtown Lincoln."
While working out a map of the retail
and service establishments people could visit, Sam Redding of
Prairie Years saw that the stores on Broadway and Kickapoo Streets
formed a T, so the name became "Sunday Tea at the Lincoln T."
The success of Tea at the T has the
merchants already talking about doing it again. They are meeting
this week to evaluate Sunday’s event and plan for the next one. No
date has been set yet, but they are not going to wait a year to do
it again, Wentworth said.
Those who
participated include Serendipity, Three Roses, Sugar Creek
Essentials, Beans & Such, Treasure Chest, Prairie Years, Action
Rental, Becherer’s Jewelry, Sew Many friends, Seventh Heaven,
Cherished Memories, Wibben’s Computer, Abe’s, That Place/Merle
Norman, Lincoln Music Center, Kathleen’s Hallmark/Lighthouse,
Prairie Eye Center, Sports Plus, Pink Shutter, MKS Jewelers,
Cookie’s Bakery and Glenn Brunk. State Bank of Lincoln, Union
Planters Bank and A.G. Edwards gave donations to help cover
expenses.
[Joan Crabb]
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Techline
DANGER:
Don’t touch that plug
[NOV. 2, 2002]
There’s
one thing you can do as a computer user that can ruin a good
computer faster than just about anything else, and you probably
don’t even know that it’s a problem. That one thing is plugging and
unplugging certain devices while the computer is on.
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There are three especially sensitive
plugs on your computer system, and you should always turn your
system off before unplugging or plugging these. They are the
keyboard plug (the little round plug with a ps/2 connector), the
mouse plug (same connector, maybe a different color) and the
parallel printer cable.
If you plug these devices in or unplug
them while the computer is “hot” or on, you run the risk of damaging
the controlling chip inside, and that usually means lotsa downtime
and an expensive repair bill. Turn the computer off first! And
just to make sure that the computer is off rather than in power-save
mode, unplug the power cable from the back of your system.
Plugging the mouse or the keyboard into
the wrong port can also cause damage to some systems. So, look
before you leap (or in this case plug). Reading the little symbols
on the back of your computer can save you some serious bucks.
[to top of second column in
this article]
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Oh, and one more thing: Those little
round ps/2 plugs are rather tender. You should look at the
alignment of the plug and the socket before you attempt to plug them
in. Holding the plug to the socket and turning it to find the
proper orientation usually results in bent pins and the need for a
new keyboard or mouse!
[For those
techies out there who may be reading this article: Serial devices,
USB devices, firewire devices and even the old AT-style keyboards
can usually be safely plugged and unplugged while the system is
hot. However, it is always safer when the system is off, especially
in static season. Turn it off, ground yourself out and then plug
it in].
[Jim
Youngquist]
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Shop at
ho-ho-home
with Chamber Bucks
[OCT.
30, 2002]
The Lincoln/Logan County
Chamber of Commerce will issue a new holiday version of their
popular "Chamber Bucks" to encourage businesses and individuals to
patronize local businesses during the holiday season. The new
holiday gift certificates will be available in denominations of $10
and $25 and will be accepted in more than 75 member
businesses.
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"Individuals and businesses enjoy the
convenience of giving the Chamber Bucks, and people love receiving
them," said Bobbi Abbott, executive director of the local chamber of
commerce. "The certificates can be used to purchase practical items
like groceries, gas, health care services or household needs. Or,
recipients can indulge themselves and redeem them for fun items such
as massages, specialty gifts or dining out."
The holiday certificates take the
guesswork out of gift giving. They can be included with a greeting
card, tucked in a Christmas stocking or added to gift baskets. Each
certificate lists participating businesses and is valid for 180 days
from the date of purchase. Certificates can be personalized with a
name and a message line.
The Chamber Bucks are accepted as cash,
with no administrative charge added for the purchaser or the
recipient. Purchasers need not be members of the chamber.
For more
information or to order the certificates, please call 735-2385.
Participating members of the Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of
Commerce
J.M. Abbott & Associates
Abe’s, Lincoln
ALMH Auxiliary Gift Shop
Advanced Carpet Cleaning
Advanced Eyecare of Lincoln
Alexander Lumber Co.
All About You
Avon, Larry Adams
The Award Shop
B & K Antiques
Beans & Such
Becherer’s Jewelers
Big R of Lincoln
Blue Dog Inn
Bode’s Welding
Bonanza Restaurant 604
Glenn Brunk Stationers, Inc.
Burwell / Thornton Oil
The Carpet House
Century Dental Center
Closet Classics
Computer Consulting Associates
Cracker Barrel, Lincoln, IL
Domino’s Pizza, Lincoln
Eagle Country Market 32
Eckert’s, Inc. or Capone’s
El Rey Mexican Restaurant
Fifth Street Food Mart
Flowers & Things
Franz Express
Thomas W. Funk Law Office
Graue, Inc.
Graue Pharmacy
Green Oil Co., Lincoln
Guzzardo’s Italian Villa
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section] |
The Health and Fitness Balance
Hicksgas, Lincoln
Interstate Chevrolet
Kathleen’s Hallmark
Key Printing
Kroger, Lincoln
Lincoln Cycle Center
Lincoln Heating & Cooling
Lincoln IGA
Lincoln Land Communications
Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of
Commerce
Lincoln Medical Equipment
Lincoln Park District
Lincoln Printers, Inc.
Lincoln Vacuum
Logan County Health Department
Logan Lanes
Main Street Lincoln
McDonald’s, Lincoln
McEntire Appliance & Repair
McQuellon’s Appliance
Meier Accounting & Tax Service
Michelle’s Home & Garden Shop
Mitchell-Newhouse Building Center
MKS Jewelers, LTD
The Mustard Moon
NAPA Auto Parts, Lincoln
Neal Tire
Dr. Todd Nobbe, OD
Papa John’s Pizza
Prairie Years
R. & H. Farm Supply
The Restaurant at the Depot
Row Motor Sales
Carol Runyon, Creative Memories
consultant
Sew Many Friends
Tarter Brothers Heating & Air
Conditioning
Team Express
That Place Inc.
The Treasure Chest
Vintage Fare
Wal-Mart of Lincoln
Wibben Computer Service
Jim Xamis Ford-Lincoln-Mercury
The following financial institutions
are members of the Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of Commerce.
However, because of the nature of this promotion, they have agreed
not to participate:
CEFCU
Central Illinois Bank
Illini Bank
Logan County Bank
State Bank
Union
Planters Bank
[Press
release] |
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Announcements
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Memorial Medical Center Foundation
giving away $20,000 in calendar raffle
[NOV. 19, 2002]
SPRINGFIELD
— In an effort to raise funds for grants, the Memorial Medical
Center Foundation is selling calendars and giving away cash prizes
totaling $20,000. By purchasing a Memorial calendar for $25,
participants are entered into a drawing to win daily cash prizes in
the year 2003 of $50, $100, $200 and $1,000. After a person’s name
is drawn, it will be re-entered in the drawing, making the person
eligible to win again.
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Since 1981, the Memorial Medical Center
Foundation has awarded more than $4 million in grants, not only to
Memorial Medical Center, but also to other not-for-profit
health-related community organizations. Proceeds from the sale of
the calendars will allow Memorial to continue to deliver
state-of-the-art health care and take a leadership role in education
and research.
For more
information about the foundation’s grant funding opportunities or to
purchase a calendar, please call the Memorial Medical Center
Foundation at (217) 788-4700.
[Press
release]
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The
Chamber Report
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["Shop at
ho-ho-home
with Chamber Bucks"] |
Lincoln/Logan
County Chamber of Commerce
Bobbi
Abbott, Executive Director
303
S. Kickapoo St.
Lincoln,
IL 62656
(217)
735-2385
chamber@lincolnillinois.com
www.lincolnillinois.com
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The
local chamber of commerce is a catalyst for community progress, bringing
business and professional people together to work for the common
good of Lincoln and Logan County.
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Honors
& Awards
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Main
Street Corner News
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Official city
Christmas
ornament unveiled
[NOV. 8, 2002]
Main
Street Lincoln and the city of Lincoln have unveiled the design of
this year’s official Christmas ornament. The new ornament will
feature Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, which is celebrating its
100th anniversary
in 2002.
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Fourth in the series, the ornament is
24-karat gold over brass and will be enclosed in a burgundy velvet
presentation case with the city seal embossed in gold on the cover.
The limited edition ornaments will have a numbered certificate of
authenticity, including information on the history of the hospital
and a miniature version of the proclamation naming it the official
city ornament. The cost is $15.
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Ornaments reserved in advance (by Nov.
15) will be available for pickup
around Thanksgiving and also for retail purchase at select downtown
locations.
A limited number of ornaments from the
past two years are available for $20 each. The Lincoln Public
Library was featured in 2001 and City Hall in 2000.
For more information, call Main Street
Lincoln at (217) 732-2929.
[Main
Street Lincoln press release]
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Main
Street Lincoln
Cindy McLaughlin, Program Manager
303
S. Kickapoo
Lincoln,
IL 62656
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Phone:
(217) 732-2929
Fax:
(217) 735-9205
E-mail:
manager@mainstreetlincoln.com |
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For Sale:
Beautiful 2001 Olds Bravada Gold Edition, fully loaded, including
OnStar, 4-wheel drive, CD/cassette, heated seats, flawless cranberry
exterior finish and beige leather interior. 24,000 mi. $21,500. Ph.
947-2436 after 5:30 p.m. or anytime weekends.
For Sale:
Two recliner rockers, $25 each, both in excellent
condition; and one TV stand, $15. Call 735-4063, ask for Debbie; or
e-mail red2cd@ccaonline.com.
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insurance
Aid Association
for Lutherans/
Lutheran Brotherhood
604 Broadway St., Suite 4
(217) 735-2253
linda_aper@aal.org
www.aal.org
May Enterprise
106 S. Chicago
P.O. Box 129
(217) 732-9626
Moriearty Insurance
Agency, Inc.
218 Eighth St.
(217) 732-7341
miai@ccaonline.com
State Farm-
Deron Powell
114 E. Cooke St.
P.O. Box 78
Mount Pulaski, IL 62548
(217) 732-7341
www.statefarm.com
interior decorators
Gossett's
Decorator Studio
311 Broadway St.
(217) 732-3111
bgossett@abelink.com
internet services
CCAonline
601 Keokuk St.
(217) 735-2677
webmaster@ccaonline.com
investments
Aid Association
for Lutherans/
Lutheran Brotherhood
604 Broadway St., Suite 4
(217) 735-2253
linda_aper@aal.org
www.aal.org
janitor/cleaning
Donna Jones
Commercial Cleaning
Floor waxing,
polishing & cleaning
(217) 735-2705
massage
All About You
408 Pulaski St.
(217) 735-4700
Serenity Now
716 N. Logan
(217) 735-9921
meat market
Benner's Too
511 Woodlawn Road
(217) 735-9815
motels
Holiday Inn Express
130 Olson Drive
(217) 735-5800
www.cdmhotel.com
nursing homes
Maple Ridge
2202 N. Kickapoo
(217) 735-1538
Maple Ridge at LDN
office supply
Glenn Brunk
Stationers
511 Broadway
Lincoln, IL 62656
(217) 735-9959
www.glennbrunk.com
optometrists
Advanced Eye Care
623 Pulaski St.
(217) 732-9606
www.advanced
eyecenters.com
Nobbe Eye Care
Center, LLC
1400 Woodlawn Road
(217) 735-2020
pest control
Good Ole Pest Control
Daron Whittaker, owner
380 Limit St.
(217) 735-3206
pizza
Stuffed-Aria Pizza
102 Fifth St.(217) 732-3100
printer/printing
Key Printing
Tom Seggelke
(217) 732-9879
key@keyprinting.net
www.keyprinting.net
real estate
Alexander & Co.
Real Estate
410 Pulaski St.
(217) 732-8353
sonnie@ccaonline.com
Diane Schriber
Realty
610 N. Logan
(217) 735-2550
schriber@ccaonline.com
ME Realty
222 N. McLean
(217) 735-5424
www.merealty.com
Werth & Associates
1203 Woodlawn Road
(217) 735-3411
werthrealty@abelink.com
restaurants
Blue Dog Inn
111 S. Sangamon St.
(217) 735-1743
www.bluedoginn.com
service station
Greyhound Lube
1101 Woodlawn Road
(217) 735-2761
thrift stores
Lincoln Mission Mart
819 Woodlawn Road
(217) 732-8806
Clinton Mission Mart
104 E. Side Square
Clinton, IL 61727
(217) 935-1376
tires
Neal Tire & Auto
451 Broadway
(217) 735-5471
www.bentire.com
title companies
Logan County
Title Co.
507 Pulaski St.
LCtitle@ccaonline.com
tourism
Abraham Lincoln Tourism
Bureau of Logan County
303 S. Kickapoo
(217) 732-8687
www.logancounty
tourism.org
towing
AA Towing
& Repair
945 Broadwell Drive
(217) 732-7400
upholstery
L.C. Upholstery
529 Woodlawn Road
(217) 735-4224
weddings
The Classic Touch
129 S. Sangamon St.
(217) 735-9151
(888) 739-0042
Weddings by Crystal
121 S. Sheridan St.
(217) 735-9696
www.weddings
bycrystal.net
youth programs
YMCA
319 W. Kickapoo St.
(217) 735-3915
(800) 282-3520
http://www.ymca.net/
index.jsp?assn=1802
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