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By Mike Fak

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[November 28, 2008]  Lincoln Jaycees Present "Breakfast with Santa"

Come join Santa for breakfast on Saturday, December 6th, from 9 am – Noon at the Lincoln Masonic Center, 2022 N. Kickapoo St.

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Children 10 and under eat free. The children's families can eat for a $3.00 donation. The Jaycees will be serving pancakes and sausage along with juice and milk. Look for Christmas goodies too! Santa will be there for breakfast and to hear all the Christmas wishes. Bring your camera. Pictures will also be available. For more information please contact Marian Rutledge at 217-414-6982. 

The Lincoln Jaycees is a not-for-profit organization that services Lincoln and the surrounding communities. The Lincoln Jaycees give young people between the ages of 18 and 40 the tools they need to build the bridges of success for themselves in the areas of business development, management skills, individual training, community service, and international connections. Meetings are the third Thursday of every month, 7 pm at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital and are open to everyone.


Mount Pulaski Upcoming Event 

There will be a Tour of Homes on Sat., Dec. 6th from 4-7pm in Mt. Pulaski.  Tickets may be picked up at Salt Creek Attic or Botanica (both on the square ). Then Santa will be coming to the Courthouse at 7pm.  He will have story time, followed by time for visiting with him. The City of Mt. Pulaski is sponsoring the "Guess How Much Money is in the Jar?" Contest for children age 10 and under at the Courthouse while Santa is there.  The winner will be announced at the Dec. 9th Council Meeting.  Mt. Pulaski businesses will also be open.


Main Street Christmas ornaments coming
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Main Street Director Wanda Lee Rohlfs has received word that their ornaments for 2008 have been shipped. They will have them on sale starting Monday, December 1 at The Treasure Chest, Serendipity Stitches, Custom Framing, Beans and Such, Action Rental and Sales, MKS Jewelers, LTD, and the Main Street Lincoln office. The ornaments are $16.00. In conjunction with the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday and the re-enactment of Abraham Lincoln's 1858 speech, the ornaments replicate the 1858 to 1903 courthouse where Abraham Lincoln practiced law. Mr. Lincoln is standing in front of the courthouse.   


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Elkhart Candlelight Chapel Service, December 6, 2008

The annual Christmas Candlelight Service, held at the picturesque St. John the Baptist Chapel in the historic Elkhart cemetery, is a wonderful way to start the holiday season.  This year the programs are on Saturday, December 6, at 2:00, 4:00, 5:30 and 8:00 p.m.     

The chapel was built in 1890 and is the only privately owned and operated church in Illinois.  Designed in Gothic Revival style, it is one of the few remaining buildings constructed by the Culver Stone and Marble Company of Springfield.  The interior of the chapel will be decorated for the holidays with candles and greenery, and luminaries light the outdoor path for the later programs.  The service features musicians (instrumentals -including harp - and vocal).  The chapel has one of the three oldest working pipe organs in the state.  

Special holiday dinners will be offered at two Elkhart restaurants. Talk of the Town Restaurant is offering an 8-ounce burgundy steak or rosemary garlic pork loin dinner for $19.25. Wild Hare Café at Horsefeathers is offering a roast turkey breast or roasted pork loin dinner for $19.50. The Bluestem Bake Shop should also be open on December 6 during the day.  Request your dinner reservations when you call for your Christmas Candlelight Service tickets.

Tickets are $10 each.  For reservations, call 217-947-2238.  Once your reservation is confirmed, you will need to mail your check promptly to Elkhart Historical Society, PO Box 255, Elkhart, IL 62634.  Reservations cannot be held without payment. Indicate how you would like to get your tickets. If by mail, include a self-addressed stamped envelope. Tickets can also be held at the door. Elkhart is conveniently located just off I-55 on exit 115. 


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You can contact Mike at mikefak@lincolndailynews.com.

[By MIKE FAK]

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