Ten-year-old Allison Baker holds a candle Tuesday night in memory of her namesake grandmother. The occasion was the Abraham Lincoln Healthcare Foundation's "Light Up a Life" lighting ceremony. The annual event, in its 20th year, helps to raise money to support key local health care programs.

 

Pictures by Mike Fak (Click on pictures for larger images.)

 

CLOSE UP: DEC. 2nd A huge calendar of Christmas events happening this week in Close Up Zooming in on the people, places and things that make this community  interesting! sponsored by CHRIS COYNE, Agent - State Farm Insurance