 It is rumored that on Tuesday,
Geoff Ladd, executive director of the
Abraham Lincoln Tourism Bureau of Logan County, will appear as
Abraham Lincoln at the Springfield Tourist Information Center. The
center is located in the old train depot across from the Abraham
Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library. The tourism bureau will
have a featured booth at the center.Over 100 students, parents
and teachers are expected to tour downtown Lincoln on Wednesday.
Ladd will give a presentation on The Mill on 66 at the Bloomington
Public Library on Thursday. The bureau will also be represented
through their literature at Amtrak Day at Union Station in Chicago
on Friday.
On Friday and Saturday, garage sales will run from 8 a.m. to 6
p.m. in six different Route 66 communities, stretching from McLean,
through Logan and into Sangamon County. Participating towns are
McLean, Atlanta, Lincoln, Broadwell, Elkhart and Williamsville.
Garage sales maps are available online at
www.abe66.com, as well
as from the Information Station, 1555 Fifth St.; Beck Oil Co., 1010 Heitman Drive; Lincoln Public Library, 725 Pekin St.; New Beginnings
Thrift Shoppe, 201 S. Sangamon St.; and Lincoln Recreation Center on
Primm Road.
The books can also be picked up at McDonald's and the McLean
Depot in McLean; Palms Grill Café and the Country-Aire in Atlanta;
Horsefeathers and Talk of the Town in Elkhart; and at the Huddle
House in Williamsville.
Vendors' applications will be accepted until sale day.
Information is available at
www.abe66.com or from the Information Station at 732-8687
between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
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Besides the 40 vendors who will set up at Postville Park, 915
Fifth St., more than 40 garage sales will take place throughout
Lincoln. A list of the Lincoln sales that were available by deadline
follows:
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First Baptist Church,
101 Broadway
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Open Arms Christian
Fellowship, 311 Broadway
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1131 Broadway
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Logan County
Genealogical & Historical Society, 114 N. Chicago St.
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Lincoln Jaycees, 325
S. Chicago St.
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510 N. College St.
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528 College Ave. --
Friday, noon to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
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621 College Ave. --
Friday, starting at 9 a.m.; Saturday, starting at 8 a.m.
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1027 N. College St.
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409 S. Clinton
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1502 E. Delavan St.
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13 Forest Hills Drive
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1710 N. Kankakee
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Action Rentals
Sidewalk Sale, 101 S. Kickapoo St.
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627 Lincoln Ave.
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Humane Society of
Logan County
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113 N. Jefferson St.
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Jefferson Street
Christian Church, 1700 N. Jefferson St.
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503 N. Logan St.
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415 McDivitt
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1021 N. Madison
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410 Mayfair Drive
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210 Northgate St.
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204 Palmer Ave.
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103 Portland Place
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116 Portland Place
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Friendship Manor, 925
Primm Road
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1529 Pulaski St.
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331 N. Union St.
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615 S. Washington St.
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1201 Woodlawn Road,
Sale Shed 4A
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First Church of
Nazarene, 2501 Woodlawn Road -- Saturday only
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323 Third St.
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531 Third St.
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Hair Plus, 327 Fifth
St.
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618 Fifth St
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VFW, 915 Fifth St.
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Information Station,
1555 Fifth St.
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540 Sixth St. --
Saturday only
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444 Eighth St.
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192 Ninth St. --
Saturday only
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2021 Ninth St.
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1721 1400 Ave.
[Text from file received from
Abraham Lincoln Tourism Bureau of
Logan County] |
