For your convenience, call Alexis to sign up toll-free at
1-866-GIVE-BLD (1-866-448-3253), ext. 158, or schedule an
appointment online at
www.bloodcenterimpact.org, using sponsor code 60057 to earn
points for rewards. Walk-ins are also welcome.
Central Illinois Community Blood Center, a not-for-profit
organization, is the provider of life-saving blood for 12 hospitals
throughout central Illinois, including Memorial Medical Center and
St. John's Hospital in Springfield. CICBC is a division of the
Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center, which collects over
180,000 units of blood annually and serves 80 hospitals in Illinois,
Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin.
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Stitchers
Group garage sale CANCELED
The garage sale scheduled for Saturday,
June 30, by the Stitchers Group of St.
John United Church of Christ has been canceled due to the heat and ongoing construction at the
church.
The group is planning to reschedule
the sale at a later date.
Free movie tickets available
for 'The Smurfs'
Jake's Furnishings is the
sponsor of "The Smurfs," the fifth feature in a series of free family movies
this summer at Lincoln Theater 4.
Free tickets are now available at
Jake's Furnishings, 1100 Woodlawn Road.
"The Smurfs" will be shown Saturday,
July 7, at 10 a.m. and Tuesday, July 10, at 10 a.m.
For more information,
click here.
Lincoln Theater 4 is at 215 S.
Kickapoo St. in downtown Lincoln.
Katherine Boss makes college
dean's list for spring semester
Katherine Alexandra Boss of Lincoln was named to the dean's list for the
spring semester at the University of Southern Mississippi. She is a student
at the Hattiesburg, Miss., campus.
Dean's list scholars are those with at least a 3.5 grade-point
average, but less than a 4.0.
The University of Southern
Mississippi, founded in 1910, is a comprehensive doctoral and
research-extensive university. Southern Miss is located in
Hattiesburg, Miss., with an additional campus and teaching and
research sites on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Further information is
available at www.usm.edu.
Lincoln College spring semester
academic honors
Lincoln College recognizes
the following area students for their academic achievement in the spring
semester:
Dean's list (3.25-3.74 GPA)
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Kylie Ash, Lincoln
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Angela Bell,
Hartsburg
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Jared Berger, Lincoln
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Elizabeth Evans,
Lincoln
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Nathan Graham, Mason
City
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Michael Hardwick,
Lincoln
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Shelby Leigh, Lincoln
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Casey Perrine, Mason
City
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Nicholas Smith, Clinton
President's list (3.75-3.99 GPA)
Special
honors (4.0 GPA)
LCHS Class of 1977 reunion July
28
The LCHS Class of 1977 will have a reunion on July 28 to mark 35 years since
graduation. The class reunion will be at Logan Lanes, starting at 6:30
p.m. There will also be a golf outing at the Lincoln Elks Country Club.
There is no cost to attend the
reunion. Food and drink will be available for purchase.
Logan Lanes will have their "Summer
Bash" going on that evening, which will include live bands set up on
the bowling lanes. Outdoor seating will also be available.
If you have any questions regarding
the golf outing, contact Jane Quisenberry Ryan at jquiz1@comcast.net.
Questions on the reunion at Logan
Lanes as well as updated classmate info can be sent to Tami Burwell
Klink at tamiklink@gmail.com.
There is also a Class of 1977 page
on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/
groups/45382776778/.
For those needing hotel
accommodations, the Best Western adjacent to Logan Lanes has a
special rate for any Class of 1977 members. Please refer to the
reunion in order to get the discount.
There are some classmates we've lost contact with,
so help get the word out by mentioning this article to people you know, or tell
them about the Facebook page.
Erich Maxheimer, Mount Pulaski,
completes Officer Training School
MOUNT PULASKI -- Erich Maxheimer, a Mount. Pulaski High School graduate and
University of Illinois student, just successfully completed a 28-day field
training course at the Officer Training School campus at Maxwell Air Force
Base in Montgomery, Ala.
Air University holds the field-training courses for college students
in the ROTC program during the summer between their sophomore and
junior years of college. It is a vital process of leadership,
development and assessment to determine their worthiness to become
an Air Force commissioned officer. Only a select number of cadets
have the opportunity to be evaluated in the summer ROTC training
program. Cadets are tested in physical fitness, drill assessment,
and the Field Training Manual and Airman's Manual.
Erich is the son of Mike and Suzie Maxheimer of Chestnut. He is
the grandson of Earl and Dolores Maxheimer of Mount Pulaski, Charlie
and June Huffer of Lincoln, and Pete and Della Eeten of Pekin.