May 10

• Route 66 Garage Sale will close out National Tourism Week

• Pink Shutter offers raffle during downtown sidewalk sales

• Christian Village employees live out National Nursing Home Week theme

• Mount Pulaski holds prom grand march -- album

• Quinn promises veto of Smart Grid

• Illinois House budget mostly finished

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• Crime Stoppers scholarships, concerts in the park, LCHS cheerleaders' fundraiser, DaVita award, Rotary's Cards-Cubs tickets and Christian Village celebration make Close Up

May 9

• National Train Day yields many local stories

• National Train Day album

• 2nd annual Honest Abe's Barbeque Cook Off downtown June 11

• Kiwanis Mother's Day brunch draws 460 -- album

• Princess Party fundraiser for 2012 prom marked as a success

  Album 1   Album 2   Album 3

• Free movie in Postville Park on Saturday

• Viola Rickey, Christian Village resident of the month, remembers early days

• Montessori Children's House of Lincoln hosts workshop

• Montessori Children's House of Lincoln hosts workshop -- album

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May 7

• LCU hosts seminar on post-traumatic stress disorder

• Glass recycling program returns
  1st date May 14

• Local Scouts to sell 30,000 candy bars

• Road construction near Atlanta to begin next week

• Illinois House takes budget behind closed doors

• Concealed-carry legislation fails in Ill. House

• House: No more political state signs, potentially hurtful words in laws

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May 6

• National Day of Prayer at Logan County Courthouse -- album

• ALMH hosts open house for athletes interested in sports enhancement

• Youngsters take a ride on Lincoln College's Reading Railroad

• Lincoln College hosts Reading Railroad -- album

• Humane Society cooks up thank you for building trades students -- Album 1

• Humane Society cooks up thank you for building trades students -- Album 2

• Medical marijuana takes a hit in Illinois House

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• Tee-ball at the park district, Tuffy the dog is lost, LCHS awards and commencement schedule, Hartem musical, the band Look Up, Princess Party at LCHS, new book for stutterers, WL-B honor roll, and mobile food pantry make Close Up

May 5

• Lincoln Theater to be honored by Main Street Lincoln and city
  Theater plans free ticket drawing May 12

• Springfield Clinic to have satellite office in Mount Pulaski

• 'Open Table Concert Series' welcomes Nashville singer Christopher Williams to Chad's Blind May 12

• Businesses wait while lawmakers talk about workers' comp

• Advertising against human services cuts may boomerang

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May 4

• Community Action board members read to Head Start students

• Nichole Komnick Community Action Employee of the Quarter

• LCHS spring musical 'Working' Thursday-Sunday

• Firehouse news with Chief Mark Miller
  March 2011 report and Remembering When program

• County Briefs: County officials busy with new wind farm, roads, zoning, GIS, enterprise zone, school tax planning
  County supports city request to IDOT that bridges not be destroyed for north bike trail

• Logan County Board recognizes student athlete achievements

• County gets start on decennial matters: district and precinct lines, board pay and benefits

• School grants, per-pupil money may be cut in Illinois House

• Ameren, ComEd: Customers pay now, save later

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