Calendar,  Organizations,  Milestones,

Good Neighbors,  Benefits,  A Day in the Life...,

Diaspora,  Family and Friends in the Armed Forces,  

Reunions,  Reminiscence

SPECIAL EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:  Turkey supper in Middletown on Saturday,  Meeting program on milk stool collection,  19th annual Harvest of Talents coming soon,  Get your early turkey dinner,  Kiwanis speaker, Jack Burke, reviews Heritage In Flight Museum history,  Lincoln Junior Woman’s Club celebrating Junior Week with projects,  Thanksgiving baskets from Salvation Army

REGULAR POSTINGS:  Addresses of city and county officials,  Girl Scouts,  Logan County LEPC committee appointments,  Oasis,  YMCA
SPECIAL EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Turkey supper in Middletown on Saturday

MIDDLETOWN — The public is invited to the annual "all you can eat" turkey supper sponsored in Middletown by the Knapp/Chesnut/Becker Historical Society. The benefit this year will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at the New Holland-Middletown Middle School. On the menu are turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, cranberries, rolls, choices of salads, pie, cake, and beverages.

Special historical displays will feature a look back at the "Yesterday’s Tomorrows" Smithsonian exhibits in Middletown this summer, quilts, photo albums, history fair entries, laminated newspapers, and four scrapbooks, formerly in the safekeeping of Mrs. Tibb Steinhour, that were donated in June by her granddaughter, Sandy Ackley Wendt of Lincoln. Kathy Sommers and Jackie Sullivan are co-chairs for these exhibits.

Eddie and Dorothy Allison Dirks of Athens will answer queries concerning genealogy, family and Middletown history. Eddie is the Menard County historian.

Phyllis and Bill Bryson of Mount Pulaski will bring Indian artifacts and special porcelain mugs called family tree mugs, which Phyllis creates. In addition, the Brysons and other members of the Logan County Genealogical and Historical Society are seeking information about war veterans for inclusion in a book soon to be published. The deadline for submissions is December.

Donations for the turkey supper benefit are $6 for adults and youth 10 years and older, $3 for ages 4 to 9, and free for those younger. Donations will also be accepted for a 50-50 drawing. Winners need not be present for the drawing, which will be after the supper.

Proceeds will be used for educational needs at the Knapp Library and Museum, such as filing cabinets and storage units for maps, drawings, newspapers and videos.

The K/C/B Society appreciates all of the books being donated by individuals, as well as the books and bookcases donated by the village of San Jose. The space that was used by the Smithsonian exhibits is being readied so that the Knapp Library can open as soon as possible.

Meeting program on milk stool collection

The Logan County Genealogical and Historical Society will have its October meeting on the 21st at 6:30 p.m. at 114 N. Chicago St. The milk stool lady, Jean Mehl, will present the program. She has been collecting milk stools since 1980, and the oldest one in her possession dates back to 1862.

Members are encouraged to attend, and visitors are welcome. Roseann Coers will be hostess.

19th annual Harvest of Talents coming soon

19th annual Harvest of Talents for World Hunger

Lincoln Christian Church

Saturday, Oct. 26

Doors open at 7 a.m. at two locations

At the Fellowship Center, 311 N. Hamilton St., you will enjoy:

•  7-10:30 a.m. — Breakfast: fresh caramel pecan and cinnamon rolls, juice, coffee

•  11 a.m.-1 p.m. — Luncheon: H.O.T. vegetable soup, barbecue sandwiches, homemade pie

•  2 p.m. — Auction: walnut grandfather clock, walnut hall table w/mirror, doll house, quilts, comforters, cross stitch, much more

•  Specialty shops: Christmas Nook, Kitchen Cubby (new), Cottage Collectables (new), Gifts From Around the World, calligraphy table

At the Harvest Annex, 230 N. McLean Street (Woman’s Club Building) you will discover:

•  Yesteryear’s Kitchen, featuring jams, jellies, pickles, salsa, herbs, dog biscuits, black walnuts, gift baskets, pies, cakes, rolls, cookies, specialty breads, mixes

•  Muffin Mania, offering a variety of fresh baked muffins

•  Fresh-brewed flavored coffee

Special areas for children: kindergarten through fourth grade; fifth- and sixth-graders

5K run at 8 a.m., co-sponsored by YMCA and Harvest of Talents

All proceeds go to International Disaster Emergency Service to aid hunger victims around the world.

Get your early turkey dinner

Zonta Club of Lincoln’s annual fund-raising turkey dinner is scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 3, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the cafeteria at Lincoln Community High School, 1000 Primm Road. The public is invited.

Close to a thousand people are expected to share a traditional turkey dinner complete with all the trimmings. Dessert and drink are included in the meal.

Advance ticket purchases are strongly encouraged. Donations are $8 for adults and $4 for children 12 years of age and under. Carry-outs will be available. Tickets can be obtained by calling Judy Awe, co-chairman of the event, at (217) 732-4758.

For over 40 years this has been Zonta Club of Lincoln’s major fund-raising activity. The funds collected help provide thousands of dollars in health care scholarships and aid in other worthwhile community service projects.

Zonta International is a worldwide service organization of executives in business and the professions working together to advance the status of women. The Zonta Club of Lincoln has been in service to the local community since 1957.

For more information on Zonta, visit www.zonta.org.

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Kiwanis speaker, Jack Burke, reviews
 Heritage In Flight Museum history

Jack Burke, president of Heritage In Flight, was the guest speaker at the Aug. 20 monthly meeting of the Lincoln Kiwanis club. Burke told the audience about how, why and when Heritage In Flight started. He showed slides of the various HIF projects, from the building of the museum to the acquisition of the static display aircraft. He talked about how the many displays were collected and HIF’s good fortune in having Myers Industries supply the lighted display cases. The audience asked questions, mostly about how the donated items are displayed and if there is room for more donations.

If you would like to have Burke make a presentation on Heritage In Flight at your service club meeting, just call the museum, (217) 732-3333.

Lincoln Junior Woman’s Club
celebrating Junior Week with projects

The Lincoln Junior Woman’s Club is one of the 103 Junior Clubs of the GFWC Illinois Junior Organization, which promotes community service and volunteerism for the women of our community.  The GFWC Illinois Junior Organization has planned a "GFWC Illinois Junior Week" Oct. 13-19 to call attention to the many accomplishments of the Federated Junior Woman’s Clubs.

The Lincoln Junior Woman’s Club will celebrate Illinois Junior Week by doing several projects, such as painting pumpkins and donating them to our local nursing homes; collecting pre-1940s household elements to be donated to the Architectural Salvage Warehouse; providing healthy snacks to teachers at our local schools; donating proceeds to ALMH for the breast cancer chapter; providing the first baby born at ALMH during our Junior Week a basket full of baby items; purchasing small livestock for a family of a Third World country; and donating smoke detectors to CIEDC.  Junior Week is a few short days, but we have several projects planned for the coming 2002-2003 year.

We also have a window display in the Griesheim building, showing some of the projects that we will be doing during the year.

As president of the Lincoln Junior Woman’s Club, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the community for its continual support of our efforts.

Sincerely,

Angela Getchel

President

Lincoln Junior Woman’s Club

Thanksgiving baskets from Salvation Army

Beginning Monday, Oct. 14, the Logan County Salvation Army will be accepting names for their annual Thanksgiving basket distribution. This service is for struggling families in Logan County who otherwise would not be able to have a Thanksgiving dinner.

The last day that names may be accepted is Wednesday, Nov. 6. Only one basket per household may be received. For more information call (217) 732-7890.
REGULAR POSTINGS FOR ORGANIZATIONS

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/.

Logan County LEPC committee appointments

Logan County Local Emergency Planning Committee, the LEPC, held its spring quarterly meeting at the Logan County Safety Complex recently. Yearly elections for all offices, voting delegates, committees and chairs were held. The following members will serve as officers for the year 2002.

LEPC committee appointments

* Indicates chair

Hazard analysis — Dan Fulscher*, Kathy Waldo, Lisa Funk, Mike Patridge, Bobbie Abbott, Steve Siltman

Response and preparedness — Lisa Funk*, Rick Nesbit, Sheriff Tony Soloman, Police Chief Richard Montcalm, IDOT representative Mike Esker

Community awareness — Dan Fulscher*, Bobbi Abbott*, Linda Nelson, Joan Crabb, Don Begolka, Ken Davison

Health services — Kathy Waldo*, Lloyd Evans, Gary Bellafiore, Barb Kline, Roger Leesman, Marsha Stoll, Debbie Cook, Steve Siltman

Training — Mike Patridge*, Delmar Stewart, Sheila Nelson, Lincoln City Fire Chief Washam, Tom Martin

Community resources — Steve Siltman*, Lincoln Mayor Beth Davis, Atlanta Mayor Bill Martin, Dayle Eldredge, Curtis Sutterfield of the Salvation Army, Devin Vannoy, Ed Houchins

Representatives of constituencies

The law requires that one representative from each of the following categories be included in the LEPC membership. The delegate and predesignated alternate are listed for each constituency.

Local representative of elected official — Dayle Eldredge; Bill Martin

Law enforcement — Ed Baunach, Tim Butterfield

Civil defense and emergency management — Dan Fulscher; Terry Storer

Firefighting — Robert Washam; Roger Leesman

First aid and EMT — Steve Siltman; Tom Martin

Health — Kathy Waldo; Lloyd Evans

Local environmental — Mike Patridge; Warren Wendlandt

Hospital — Barb Kline; Gary Auten

Transportation — Don Begolka; Brian Hinds

Broadcast, print, electronic media — Joan Crabb; Jan Youngquist

Community groups — Mary Elston; Tammy Buse

Owners and operators of regulated facilities — Lisa Funk; Sheila Nelson

Oasis update

The Oasis, Logan County’s senior citizen center, 501 Pulaski St. in Lincoln, is open weekdays (except holidays) from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The center is open also 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.

Monthly birthday party

The Oasis invites you and your friends to join us Monday, Oct. 21, at 1:30 p.m. to celebrate your special October birthday with games, music and cake.

Think Tank

The featured speaker for Wednesday, Oct. 23, will be Dennis Bird of Holland and Barry. His timely topic will be "Funeral Pre-Planning," focusing on asset-exempt funded plans, protected and non-protected assets, and other key topics of interest. The presentation begins at 9 a.m.

Trips with available seating

"Mousetrap" is the feature at Barn II in Goodfield on Oct. 27. At a cost of only $33 you will have your ticket, transportation and lunch.

A Nov. 13 shopping trip to Rochester, with lunch on your own at Kensington Restaurant, is featured for only a $7 transportation cost.

Call 732-6132 for reservations for both trips.

Winners

Winners for the Oct. 5 card party were as follows:

Pinochle — Helen Cart, first; Mildred Newberry, second; and Marjorie Reiners, third.

Bridge — Charlene Bowers, first; Ilah Horton, second; and Mille Anderson, third.

Rummy — Betty Burger, first; Jan Van Bibber, second; and Joann Eckert, third.

Door prizes — Mildred Newberry, Eleanor Wertin, Charlene Bowers, Anita Van Pelt, Lorraine Bayer and Kay Zelle.

The monthly lunch drawing was for Steak and Shake, and Bernie DePuy was the winner.

Recent weekday pinochle winners were Mable Hoagland and Ruth Aper. Esther Will won at weekend pinochle. The 5-in-1 winners were Bernie DePuy and Henry Warnisher. Alice Thornton won Sunday night pool honors.

Newsletter

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

It pays to be a YMCA soccer coach

YMCA raffle winners

The Lincoln Area YMCA had their first raffle drawing on Sept. 21. Winning the $5,000 grand prize were Eric and Jody Cooper of Lincoln. Eric is a YMCA volunteer soccer coach, and his daughter Makenzie Bright sold him the $25 ticket. Makenzie also won $500 for being the seller of the winning ticket. First-place winner of $2,500 was Bob Dunovsky of Lincoln. Second-place winner of $1,000 was Robert Mayer of Mount Pulaski.

The 15 $100 winners were Janet Kvitle of Lincoln, Marie Gerdsen of Champaign, Joe Hackett of Lincoln, John Butcher
 of Mount Pulaski, Amy Row of Lincoln, Michael Burge of
 Lincoln, Cheryl Watkins of Lincoln, Wayne Graber of Atlanta,
Sandy Sympson of Atlanta, Jenny Leisinger of Lincoln, Robert Stephenson of Lincoln, Melodye Vest of Emden, Rick and Phyllis Janssen of Lincoln, James Brown of Lincoln, and Jolie Moore of Leroy.

Thanks to everyone who helped support the raffle and the youth of Lincoln. The YMCA is dedicated to building strong kids, strong families and a strong community.

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Milestones

Announcement forms are now available online! Print out yours, fill it out, and bring it or send it in to Lincoln Daily News. We welcome your pictures, black and white as well as color. This free service is extended to all of our readers. Your announcement will be posted online. Anyone, anywhere can read it! Now Aunt Betty in Florida, Uncle Bob in Alaska, and Cousin Frank in Fiji can log in and read your announcement on Lincoln Daily News!

[Click here to see and print the wedding announcement form]

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Memorial wreath and plaque honor firefighters, police

[OCT. 4, 2002]  On Sept. 11, 2002, State Farm agent Chris Coyne and one of his staff members, Georgia Isaac, presented a wreath to be displayed at the Logan County Courthouse as a memorial to the fallen firefighters and police officers who lost their lives in the terrorist acts on Sept. 11, 2001, in New York City.

Logan County Board Chairman Dick Logan, Sheriff Tony Soloman and Lincoln Rural Fire Department representatives Capt. Dean Kukuck and Chief Robert Thomas were on hand to accept the memorial on behalf of Logan County firefighters and law enforcement.

Vicki Purcell from The Awards Shop in Lincoln donated the plaque, which reads, "To Honor the Brave Fire and Police." Georgia Isaac designed the red, white and blue wreath. 

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[Photo provided by Chris Coyne]
[From left:  Tony Soloman, Dean Kukuck, Robert Thomas, Dick Logan, Georgia Isaac and Chris Coyne]

Benefits

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

Family and Friends in the Armed Forces

It is a time like no other. Since Sept. 11 we are a changed nation. Individually, our daily sensitivity toward whom and what we have in our lives has been heightened. We are more conscious and appreciative, first about those we love and see every day. Next, we have a newfound appreciation for those who risk their lives every day as rescue workers and protectors of life and property in our communities. We also now think more about our military men and women who are committed to serve and protect our country. Many are away engaged in battle, some are in waiting to go, all are ready to lay their lives on the line in defense of our freedom.

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).

A1C James P. Allen

U.S. Air Force

820 Red Horse Squadron

Nellis AFB, Nevada

Son of John and Jo Ann Allen of Beason

2001 graduate of Lincoln Community High School

A1C 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

Son of John and Jo Ann Allen of Beason

2000 graduate of Lincoln Community High School

 

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

Matt Clemens

U.S. Army National Guard

Fort Benning, Ga.

AIT in South Carolina

From Mount Pulaski

Justin Clott

U.S. Navy

E-mail: imjustin@hotmail.com

SRA Chassidy Dority

U.S. Air Force

Currently in the Middle East

Daughter of Robert and Teresa Matherly

Staff Sgt. Evan Jay Downey,
Karen and Ethan

U.S. Air Force

Mildenhall Air Force Base, England

Son of Lucky Eichner

1988 graduate of LCHS

LTJG Frederick V. Dehner

U.S. Navy

Currently en route from Saldina, Italy, to the USS Annapolis, stationed at Groton, Conn.

Home on leave: Contact at 732-2861 

E-mail: fdehner@yahoo.com

Son of Philip and Connie L. Dehner

1984 graduate of Lincoln Community High School

Ben Estes

Fort Benning, Ga.

Tech. Sgt. Veronica Hasprey

39 CES

Prime Beef Deployed

Operation Northern Watch

APO AE - 09396 - 5000

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A1C Chad M. Maxheimer
 U.S. Air Force

Operation Enduring Freedom

Unit 5

APO AE 09363

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

U.S. Army National Guard

Fort Jackson, S.C.

In basic training

Michelle K. Ramlow

U.S. 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

U.S. Air Force

Misawa Air Base, Japan

E-mail: REIN4RUN@aol.com 

Pvt. Christian B. Skelton

U.S. Army

E-mail: skelton820@hotmail.com

2001 graduate of LCHS

Husband of Nahani Lynn Skelton

Erika L. Slayton

Illinois Air National Guard, 183rd Fighter Wing

Frankfurt, Germany

Postal address: Erika Slayton

16ESS/FM

PSC 5 Box 1000

APO AE 09050

E-mail: 16ess.fm@rheinmain.af.mil 

Daughter of Lloyd (Ed) and Bridget Slayton

Robby, Ami-Jo and Angela Spickard

National Guard medical support

SrA Brandi N. (Barr) Splitter
and husband SrA Ben A. Splitter

U.S. Air Force

Stationed at RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom

E-mail: Brandi.Splitter@mildenhall.af.mil

Daughter of Donna L. Sommers of Beason and Hank Barr of Bloomington

1997 graduate of LCHS

Tech. Sgt. Thomas Yarcho

U.S. Air Force

At Ramstein Air Base, Germany

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

Class of 1982

Reunions

Ongoing class reunion in cyberspace for 1960 graduates of LCHS

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

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