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Friday, Oct. 25 |
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United
for the Harvest
[OCT. 25, 2002]
The Harvest of
Talents for World Hunger, which began in 1984 as part of the
ministry of a Lincoln church, has evolved into a community event,
traditionally scheduled for the fourth Saturday in October. This
year’s Harvest of Talents, which again raises funds to meet
international hunger needs, will be hosted in the Fellowship Center
of Lincoln Christian Church on Saturday, Oct. 26.
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Members of both Lincoln Christian and
Jefferson Street Christian Church lead out in preparations for the
family-oriented day. Thirty days of unified prayer have preceded the
19th annual Harvest, as prayer calendars written by four members of
the Lincoln Christian Church family were distributed Sept. 22,
offering daily devotional and directed prayer thoughts leading up to
the Harvest. The call to unity in prayer was in keeping with this
year’s theme, "United for the Harvest."
One of the trademarks of the Harvest
festivities are the caramel pecan and cinnamon rolls baked on-site.
It is anticipated that 2,000 of these Harvest specialties will be
served to breakfast patrons, beginning at 7 a.m. At this same hour
the sale of hundreds of handmade crafts will begin in two locations,
the Fellowship Center of Lincoln Christian Church and the Woman’s
Club Building, located near the church.
Runners will take to the streets of
downtown Lincoln at 8 a.m. as the local YMCA unites with the Harvest
of Talents for World Hunger to stage the 5K Harvest Run. Morning
activities are also planned for children from kindergarten through
fourth grade. Outside musical entertainment will also be provided.
The aroma of vegetable soup wafting
through the crisp fall air from large black kettles will herald the
coming of lunchtime, when the soup will be served up along with a
variety of homemade pies and barbecue sandwiches.
Tasty snacks, marking the changing
seasons, will include caramel apple sundaes, river and curly fries,
smoked pork sandwiches, walking tacos, popcorn, yogurt, and other
snacks. An addition to this year’s snacks will be small bags of
South Dakota potato chips in a variety of popular flavors.
Another Harvest tradition, the sale of
50-pound bags of South Dakota potatoes, will take place throughout
the day. Potatoes may be purchased and donated to one of several
area missions or purchased for personal use.
The climax of each Harvest is the 2
p.m. auction, which features some 100 handmade and unique
handcrafted items. Several pieces of furniture, including a walnut
grandfather clock and a walnut hall table with mirror, will be on
the auction bill. Also included will be a variety of quality
stitchery items.
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The Harvest auction enjoys a reputation
for quality quilts made by local quilters as well as from
surrounding areas and around the world. In 2001 a quilt made for the
Harvest by Indonesian women sold for a record $5,400. This year’s
auction will offer two Indonesian quilts as well as several stitched
by local quilters.
Veteran Harvest coordinator Pat Snyder
points out that the event is designed to be a family day. It is
unique in that all items sold must represent a talent or skill of
the maker. Most Harvest items, unlike many at traditional "craft
shows," are one of a kind, often heirloom quality.
Snyder points out that two first-time
areas at this year’s Harvest, "Cottage Collectables" and "Kitchen
Cubby," will offer practical items suitable for the home or for
Christmas and family gifts. If you are looking for something unique,
something handcrafted with love, the Harvest is the place to come,
says Snyder. Where else, she points out, can you purchase quality,
handmade items and provide food for the hungry at the same time?
All funds received from the Harvest are
channeled through International Disaster Emergency Service, a
Christian organization based in Kempton, Ind., to various mission
fields. In the past 18 years the Harvest has raised a total of
$795,608, with every penny of this amount earmarked for hunger
needs. Harvest funds in recent years have funded hunger programs in
villages and orphanages in areas of the world suffering from floods,
fires, drought and famine.
Proceeds from a September golf play day
and a recent Musical Offering for World Hunger, as well as from a
Harvest Home Tour scheduled for early December, will be included in
the 2002 Harvest proceeds.
Lincoln Christian Church will not have
services at the church building this week. Instead, all services
will be combined and held at Lincoln Christian Chapel at 10 a.m.
Total sales
from Saturday’s Harvest will have been tallied and will be
announced. A check will be presented during the service to visiting
IDES officials.
[News
release]
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EMC
ownership change
won’t affect Lincoln operation
[OCT. 25, 2002]
The recent change in
ownership of Environmental Management Corporation, the company that
manages Lincoln’s sewer plant, will not affect the day-to-day
operation of the city’s facility, a spokesperson for the new owner
says.
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"The change of ownership shouldn’t have
any impact on the wastewater treatment facilities we operate," said
Kristina Schurr of BOC Group companies. "It will remain business as
usual for all EMC customers and employees."
The privately held EMC firm was
purchased Oct. 17 by BOC Group, Inc., a publicly held international
industrial gases company.
EMC operates and maintains Lincoln’s
wastewater treatment plant and collection systems, which includes
sewers, drains and lift stations.
The move isn’t about consolidating or
cost-cutting, it’s about growth," Schurr told the Lincoln Daily
News. "We are growing our own business. We can now use EMC’s
expertise in water services to offer these services to other
customers in other areas. Managing an industrial customer’s water
cycle is a natural extension of our existing capabilities."
Mark Mathon, city engineer and an EMC
employee, also said he did not anticipate any changes in the
management of the Lincoln wastewater treatment plant. The present
contract EMC has with the city of Lincoln extends until 2004, he
said.
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According to Lincoln City Clerk Juanita
Josserand, any company that buys EMC also buys the franchise
agreement and has to abide by the current contract.
The Lincoln wastewater treatment plant
is beginning a $9.8 million upgrade, which is necessary to meet new
state Environmental Protection Agency requirements and allow
industrial and residential growth in the city. The city has received
a low-interest loan from EPA to finance the upgrade.
Mathon said he expects construction to
start in mid- to late November on projects that are not weather
dependent.
St. Louis-based EMC, which had revenues
of $30 million in 2001, manages water, wastewater and public works
for both industrial and municipal customers in Illinois, Indiana and
Missouri.
The BOC
Group, a British company, is a worldwide industrial gases, vacuum
technologies and distribution services company that serves two
million customers in more than 50 countries, according to Schurr. It
employs 43,000 people and had annual sales over $6 billion in 2001.
[Joan Crabb]
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