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Holiday edition, Special Olympics fundraiser, Jody Phillips art auction, Logan
County Democrats, Atlanta pre-Christmas event, Zion chess and Carly Powell make the Close Up
By Mike Fak
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[November
23, 2011]
Lincoln
Daily News will have a holiday weekend edition beginning on
Wednesday. On Friday, LDN will update the edition with Thanksgiving
Day activities as we have done for the past four years. For the
weekend we will continue to add important fresh stories to the
edition, so make sure between bites of turkey to visit LDN and stay
up on all the current events. |
There
will be a special fundraiser for the Logan County Special
Olympics on Wednesday, Nov. 23, at the Knights of Columbus Hall
in Lincoln. Music will begin at 3 p.m., and the live band Good2Go
will play from 9 p.m. till midnight. Price of admission is only $5.
An
original painting by a local artist will be auctioned off to benefit
the Humane Society of Logan County. Two original paintings by
Jody Phillips will be available for silent auction bids at
the 17th annual Pride of the Prairie Folk Art and Craft Show. The
art show takes place at the Lincoln Park District on Saturday from 8
a.m. to 3 p.m.
The
Logan County Democrats have moved into the 21st century with
adding their party activities and information on Facebook. Look for
the Logan County Democrats now on Facebook. All Facebook information
will be regularly updated.
The next meeting of the Logan County Democrats will be Saturday,
Dec. 10, at 10 a.m. at the Owl's Roost Coffee Bar and Book Store,
427 Pulaski St. in Lincoln.
The
Atlanta Public Library/Museum and the A-Team invite you to
Soup, Stories and Song featuring "Christmas From the Heart: Stories
for people of all ages" with storyteller Dr. Michael Lockett on
Saturday, Dec. 3, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Atlanta Methodist Church.
The meal includes vegetable soup, chili, barbecue sandwiches, hot
dogs, homemade pies and cakes. A free-will offering is the cost. The
event is sponsored by the Atlanta National Bank.
Zion Lutheran School
students Joe Ahrends, Nathan Ford, Michael Newhouse, Zack Prather and Andrew Simmer participated in a chess
tournament at East Peoria Central Junior High on Saturday.
Participants competed in four rounds in their respective grade
divisions. Zack Prather, a seventh-grader, and Nathan Ford, a
sixth-grader, each won fourth-place medals by winning three out of
four matches.
Seventy-two players participated in the tournament in the sixth-,
seventh- and eighth-grade divisions.
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 Carly Powell has been named November Senior-of the-Month at
Mount Pulaski High School. Carly is the daughter of Linda Smith of
Elkhart and Deron Powell of Mount Pulaski.
Carly is a high honor roll student and a member of National Honor
Society. She has been a four-year student council member, serving as
secretary her junior year and vice president her senior year. She
has been a cheerleader for four years, as well as a member of Spirit
Squad. Carly also participated in Spanish Club, WYSE and Drama Club,
and she served on the prom committee.
She was chosen to attend Girls State and has been a member of her
church youth group.
Carly has been admitted to Southern Illinois University in
Edwardsville. She plans to attend medical school to become a
pediatrician and hopes to someday practice in the Bloomington or
Springfield area.
The Senior-of-the-Month program is co-sponsored by Johnson’s Food
Center and Mount Pulaski Pharmacy. Monthly winners receive $100
savings bonds and are eligible to compete for the $1,000
Senior-of-the-Year award.
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