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• Community Foundation of Central Illinois announces help for Hurricane Katrina victims

• Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum partners with American Red Cross to offer free admission to those who make donations to Hurricane Katrina victims

• Free 'Pops in the Park' with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra
  Red Cross to accept donations

• Impaired driving is focus of Labor Day weekend mobilization

• LaHood to meet with Armington firefighters on Monday to celebrate awarding of federal grants

Articles from the past week

Friday

• Katrina update:
  Desperate survivors beg for help  (International Herald Tribune)
  No toll on death available yet

• Gov. Blagojevich sends more Illinois medical personnel to Louisiana to help hurricane victims
  Large number of sick, injured overwhelming medical personnel

• Gov. Blagojevich opens Illinois public schools to children displaced by Hurricane Katrina
  Governor orders schools to waive residency requirements for displaced families

• Gov. Blagojevich, Attorney General Madigan ask for temporary restraining order to stop removal of F-16s

• LaHood calls on Federal Trade Commission to review gas price spike

• State lays out aggressive plan for safer Illinois roads
  Law enforcement stepped up on Illinois roadways during Labor Day weekend

Thursday

• Up to 60,000 trying to flee New Orleans  (CNN)
  Thousands wait among dying evacuees at convention center

• New Orleans evacuation under way  (BBC)
  The total evacuation of New Orleans is under way as conditions in the city battered by Hurricane Katrina worsen

• Hurricane Katrina recovery information
  Emergency phone numbers for people in distress

• Lincoln Rotary organizes local Katrina relief effort
  Supply collection to begin Tuesday

• Salvation Army seeks cash donations for hurricane relief

• President Bush releases oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve to bring down gas prices

• IDOT gives drivers a break, suspends work for Labor Day weekend

• Other news:

• Human toll of Hurricane Katrina affects all of us

Wednesday

• Trucker runs over woman lying on highway

• At Farm Progress Show, governor promotes continued growth of ethanol across Illinois

• Gov. Blagojevich sends emergency medical team to Louisiana to assist in Hurricane Katrina recovery and cleanup

• Gov. Blagojevich to make winter heating grants available Sept. 1
  Home heating bills expected to be higher; vulnerable households advised to take steps before winter heating season

Tuesday

• New executive director joins CIEDC's mission to fight poverty in central Illinois

• Zion Lutheran plans Family Fun Fest

• In wake of Hurricane Katrina, Gov. Blagojevich renews call to President Bush to release oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve to reduce gas prices

• Gov. Blagojevich creates Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes
  Governor names Emmett Till Memorial Bridge on Chicago's South Side in remembrance of a hate-inspired crime that helped spark civil rights movement

• Other news:

• Attention, classic car enthusiasts: Internet's most watched classic muscle car salesman takes to the airwaves in Chicago

Monday

• ALMH honored as top health care provider
  Premier Award for Quality recognizes high-quality care and operations efficiency

• It's all over for one more year
  Another successful Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival

• Winners at festival

• Missouri scientists and doctors encouraged to do lifesaving stem cell research in Illinois

Saturday

• The best-ever Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival under way

  • Pictures from Friday's launch

• Gov. Blagojevich proposes sweeping reforms to state pension investment practices

• Illinois parks and recreation more than just fun and games
  $3 billion industry wields tremendous economic impact

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