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Hamrick takes pride in her work and
the role that she plays at ALMH in providing great patient care.
"Transferring patient charts into
the electronic system for our physicians and medical staff to view
is vital to providing great patient care," said Hamrick. "It's a
great feeling at the end of each day to know that you are part of
caring for patients and meeting the needs of our community."
Hamrick was nominated by co-worker
Tracy Curry, who works in radiology.
"Judy frequently takes the time to
write notes to co-workers to show appreciation for the little things
that ALMH staff do every day," Curry said. "That means a lot. It's
people like Judy that play such an important role in making ALMH a
great place to work."
Hamrick was born in Springfield and
raised in Williamsville. She lives in Williamsville with her
husband, Keith. She enjoys spending time with her husband
photographing hummingbirds, landscape and treasures they find along
the way.
ALMH, at 200 Stahlhut Drive, is a 25-bed
critical-access hospital affiliated with Memorial Health System. The hospital
employs over 315 in a variety of roles. For more information, visit
www.almh.org.
 ALMH
to host blood drive
To help ensure an adequate
blood supply for the region, Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, 200 Stahlhut
Drive in Lincoln, is hosting a blood drive on Thursday, Aug. 22, from 11
a.m. to 4 p.m.
For your convenience, call Alexis to
sign up toll-free at 1-866-GIVE-BLD (1-866-448-3253), ext. 5158, or
schedule an appointment online using sponsor code 60177 at
www.bloodcenterimpact.org. Walk-ins are also welcome and truly
appreciated.
Central Illinois Community Blood
Center, a not-for-profit organization, is the provider of lifesaving
blood for 14 hospitals throughout central Illinois, including ALMH
in Lincoln and 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 87 hospitals in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin.
Delavan
Fall Festival offers something for everyone
DELAVAN -- Something new has been added to the
2013 Delavan Fall Festival. There will be an adult men's softball tournament
on Saturday, Aug. 31, beginning at 9 a.m. Actually, this was added to the
2012 schedule but was rained out, so the organizers are going to try it this
year.
Four teams have already signed up and
Bret Bahn, who chairs the tournament, is working to possibly make
this an annual event. Games will be played at Lake Park Field. If
you have an interest in participating in this new event, you may
contact Bahn at 309-613-3005.
Car show
In conjunction with the fall
festival, there will be an annual car show on Monday, Sept. 2, at
Lake Park in Delavan. Registration will be from 8 a.m. to noon, and
the show will run from noon to 3:30 p.m.
At approximately 3 p.m. various
prizes and recognition awards will be presented. All awards are
presented based on participant voting. Jeff McGee of JD's DJ
Services will provide music for the day.
Roland Rich Ford, Moore's
Appliances, and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Runyon are sponsors of the car show
this year.
For further information, contact
Jeff McGee at 309-244-7178 or visit
www.delavanfallfestival.com.
Two dinners planned
A chicken dinner will be served at
the festival on Saturday, Aug. 31, from 4 to 7 p.m. The chicken
dinner is being served and sponsored by the United Methodist Women.
A walleye dinner will be served on
Sunday, Sept. 1, from 4 to 7 p.m. The walleye dinner is being served
and sponsored by the Common Ground.
Each of these meals will be served
with two sides.
For those not wanting the full
meal, the regular
food
stand line will be open with the usual menu available.
If you are interested in helping
serve one or both of these dinners, contact Janet Zimmer at
309-244-8892.
Fireworks
An elaborate display of fireworks
will once again be presented at the Delavan Fall Festival. The
festival has contracted with Central States Fireworks, and the
fireworks will be in Lake Park at dusk on Sunday, Sept. 1.
At the request of festival-goers,
the festival board decided to make the change of day to Sunday for
2011 festival. It was so well received that the 2013 fireworks
display will remain on Sunday night.
After missing 2012, the fireworks
will return this year. So grab your blanket or lawn chair and join
the excitement of the colorful display.
10K race and fun run
The 38th annual 10K road race will
take place on Monday, Sept. 2. Same-day registration begins at 6:30
a.m. and will close at 7:30 a.m. Race time is 8 a.m.
The course is a 6.2-mile rolling,
out-and-back route guaranteed to provide a challenge to all. Split
times will be available at the turnaround, and a water station will
be at miles 2 and 4. Lake Running Club will provide the race clock
and award tallies. This race is part of the Grand Prix Race Series.
Awards will go to the overall male
and female winners, and medallions will be awarded to the top three
finishers in each group and the top three Delavan finishers. The
runner categories are male and female ages 0-33, male and female
ages 34-39, male and female ages 40-45, male and female ages 46-56,
and male and female ages 57 and over.
The registration fee includes a
shirt if the registration form is received or postmarked by Aug. 25.
After that date, the fee remains the same, but entrants will not
receive a shirt. Registration forms are available on the fall
festival website,
www.delavanfallfestival.com, or can be picked up at the city
clerk's office or Ayer Public Library.
The 1-mile fun run is free with no
need to preregister.
For additional race information,
contact Walt Dare at 309-840-2073 or email
waltdare@sbcglobal.net.
No medallion hunt
The Delavan Fall Festival board
regrets to inform the community that the annual medallion hunt will
not be a part of the festivities this year. This is directly due to
the lack of volunteers and available resources.
Volunteers
Putting on a festival does not have
to require a great commitment from a few, but rather a small
commitment from a large group. However, in recent years the group of
volunteers has been dwindling and increasing the impact on those who
remain.
Volunteers for the festival can do
as little as helping with an hour of kids' games to as much as
organizing the large groups of folks who run the food stand. Perhaps
someone just wants to take on a job prepping sandwiches or marking
the lines for the vendor booths. The organizers are not asking for
folks to take on a second job, but rather dedicate a couple of hours
each year to help put on a festival that brings kids, friends,
family and more to the town they call home.
The community has relied on
volunteers for many years across many organizations, but with many
disappearing, even the festival itself may be on the brink. Remember
those who have volunteered for you and help give back to your
community by contacting any of the following fall festival board
members: Bev Larson, 840-3439; Janet Zimmer, 244-8892; Nancy
Behrends, 244-7529; Doris Higdon, 244-8894; or Aaron and Erica
Weyhrich, 840-0838.
For more information on the
activities planned for the weekend of the festival, visit
http://www.delavanfallfestival.com/.
Healthy
Communities partners say goodbye to bus
While all the big excitement was going on at
the Logan County Fair, a quiet little retirement party took place Aug. 1
across the road at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
The guest of honor was quite large, big as a bus. OK, actually it
was a bus. It was the HOPE Mobile.
The name stands for "healthcare, oral health, prevention and
education."
Dolan Dalpoas, president and CEO of Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Hospital, welcomed all those who packed the reception room. It was a
diverse group, and as he looked around he identified health care
professionals, vehicle maintenance and mechanical workers,
housekeepers, administrators, volunteer coordinators, and others.
They were all people who made contact with one another in one way or
another through the mobile health service.
It was a bittersweet moment for those who had worked together
with the unit for many years. Many lives crossed paths in the bus
operations, and some had forged strong relationships, including with
those they served in the outlying communities.
Dalpoas said the use of the bus began because there were people
who wanted to do good work. Health care needs were identified for
which there would be benefits in going into the rural parts of the
county, and a grant of $400,000 got things started.
A later health needs assessment identified that youth weren't
getting dental care. Dalpoas said that in 2006, "we retooled and the
Healthcare, Oral Prevention Education Mobile began."
"So, while it's done a lot of really great work, it's really the
people that made it what it was."
Then, looking around the room, he recognized some of those who
kept the bus on the road, from the vehicle maintenance crew to nurse
practitioners to dental hygienists and volunteer support staff.
Special guest Kristi Lessen was present and offered a few words.
Lessen is the former executive director of the Healthy Communities
Partnership, having left just a year ago.
Lessen oversaw the bus transition in 2006 from the "Corn Bus,"
offering general health care services, to the HOPE Mobile with
dental services.
Last year, Lessen left the Healthy Communities Partnership to
take a position as outreach coordinator with Simmons Cancer
Institute at Southern Illinois School of Medicine in Springfield.
Lessen says she loves her current job, and as she spoke about her
time here with the bus and the rural partnership, it was with
fondness that she credited a number of the people and her
experiences here for preparing her for the position she has now.
Angela Stoltzenburg currently serves as the executive director of
the Healthy Communities Partnership.
A little history on the bus
The mobile unit got its start under a subcommittee of the
Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of Commerce. Responsibility for the
operation shifted to the Healthy Communities Partnership when it
organized in 1998. Over time it has been supported primarily by
grants from the Illinois Department of Public Health, SIU School of
Medicine, Abraham Lincoln Healthcare Foundation, Logan County Board,
Eaton Corp. and others, along with generous donations from our
community.
When the mobile service began, it had been identified that basic
health care services, such as wound care and blood pressure checks
for people who otherwise might not see a doctor, especially seniors
who might not drive, could prevent more serious health problems.
Later, an assessment conducted by the Logan County Department of
Public Health identified dental care as the top need in the
population. It was determined to begin by offering basic oral health
screenings and procedures for youth by way of the mobile unit.
Mark Hilliard, health department administrator, also set to work
on a plan to open a dental clinic in the health department. Through
diligent effort and repeated applications for grant funds, that
dream came true just over two years ago.
Today, the dental clinic with three operatories, its own dentist
and hygienist is meeting the dental needs of Logan County's
previously underserved population.
A new public transportation program was initiated a year ago,
which expanded transportation opportunities for seniors.
Various administrators agreed, while measuring the high costs of
the bus operation and the limited number of patients who could be
seen in a set time against the new opportunities, that it was now
time to retire the bus.
The mobile health unit served the population well, meeting
important health issues during its 15 years on the back roads of
Logan County.
It was with good memories and the satisfaction of a job well done
that past affiliates said "goodbye" to the HOPE Mobile.
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Oasis and St.
John's team up for October Germanfest event
Lincoln's Oasis Senior Center and
St. John United Church of Christ are working together on the 14th
annual Germanfest. Authentic German food will be served on Saturday,
Oct. 19, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of St. John
United Church of Christ in Lincoln.
The Alley Kats Band will furnish
music during the serving time, including polka music for dancing or
listening -- outside, weather permitting.
Brats, red cabbage, sauerkraut,
German potato salad, apple strudel, German chocolate cake or angel
food cake will be served with apple cider, tea or coffee. A hot dog
meal with chips, dessert and drink will also be available. The
church youth will offer the same menu in a drive-thru line,
available alongside the former ALMH east parking lot at the alley.
Parking for the church is on the
corner of Maple and Eighth streets.
Games for children of all ages will
be sponsored on the lawn alongside the parking lot. There will also
be a 50-50 raffle and bake sale during the 11-3 hours.
Tickets for the German meal are
$8.50 and the hot dog meal is $4. Free delivery in town will be
available with orders of six or more prepaid tickets. Tickets are
available from the church and Oasis members or by calling Marilyn
Armbrust at 732-4261. Tickets will also be available at the Oasis
booth at the balloon festival and at the door the day of Germanfest.
Profits will be evenly split
between the Oasis for their programs and St. John UCC for their
mission projects.
Missions served have been Austin
Bahn fundraiser, Back Bay Mission, Boy Scout Troop 106, Church World
Service Disaster Relief Fund, Community Action Food Pantry, Habitat
for Humanity of Logan County, the Hope from the Rubble UCC Church
World Service project after Sept. 11, 2001, Conference Hurricane
Relief Fund, CROP, Mom and Me Camp, Reinhold Niebuhr Memorial
Plaque, Salvation Army, SHARE, sister church St. John UCC of
Chicago, St. John UCC Youth Veterans Celebration and Recognition
Dance, and the teddy bear project of ALMH.
Germanfest co-chairs this year are
Wayne Mara, 737-6639, and Tonita Reifsteck, 732-9796, for St. John
UCC, and Georgina Binzen, 732-6132, and Dennis Schrader, 871-4155,
for the Oasis.
Friendship Manor residents are friends in deed
Every baby born at Abraham
Lincoln Memorial Hospital leaves with a handmade baby blanket,
thanks to the residents of Friendship Manor. Friendship Manor
residents have been donating their time and talents to the hospital
for this project for close to two years. The volunteers have made
approximately 450 blankets.
The blankets are made with fabrics donated by local individuals.
Some quilts are sold and the revenue is used to purchase more
materials.
"We at Friendship Manor always look forward to quilting the baby
blankets for all the newborns," said Ruth Miller, a Friendship Manor
resident.
Creating blankets for ALMH babies has become a popular hobby for
many Friendship Manor residents. In fact, a special room has been
set aside that allows residents to work on the blankets anytime, day
or night. The room is organized in assembly-line fashion, ready and
waiting with batting, fabric and sewing supplies. While baby designs
are the most popular, the volunteers also make holiday-themed
blankets and some adult "throws."
Any interested individuals who may want to donate clean fabric or
baby-themed fabric or batting to the project should contact Jerry
Berglin at Friendship Manor. Berglin can be reached at 217-732-9647.
ALMH, at 200 Stahlhut Drive in Lincoln, is a 25-bed critical-access
hospital affiliated with Memorial Health System. The hospital
employs 315 in a variety of roles. For more information, visit
www.almh.org.
Local
Elks expand community involvement with drug awareness programs
Saturday, the Lincoln Elks Lodge hosted a
district meeting of the Elks. The Elks Drug Awareness trailer was brought to
Lincoln and set up in the parking lot.
The object was to encourage all the
Elks lodges in the district to take advantage of the mobile unit
that will help them provide a community service in their hometowns.
Matt Stropes and Terry Howell of
the Illinois Elks were on hand to talk about the trailer. Stropes
and Howell are with the Elks Lodge in Pekin, which is where the
trailer is stored between uses.
The trailer is one of five in
operation statewide. It is available to all the Elks lodges, free of
charge. In order to use the trailer, local lodges have to provide
local volunteers to man it, and they need to pick it up and return
it to its home in Pekin.
Stropes and Howell walked through
what is in the trailer. The trailer opens up, and an array of
pamphlets and literature are available for handout to kids and
adults. Stropes pointed out that in the literature are guides for
parents, such as the 10 ways to tell if a child may be under the
influence of drugs or alcohol.
There is also a walk-through
portion where kids and adults can see three-dimensional displays of
the damage done to internal organs as a result of such abuses.
Howell explained that for the kids,
a wide variety of products are available, from coloring books to
posters, rulers, bookmarks, comic books and more.
He said individual lodges choose
what they want to have in the trailer and order it in advance. They
can then stock the trailer with their items, and when the event they
are attending is done, they can keep the leftovers to use at other
times, or he said some groups leave the leftovers in the trailer for
the next lodge to use.
On a local level, Floyd and Chris
Schmidt of the Lincoln lodge were on hand, talking about what the
local Elks do and what they hope to do in the future.
They explained that currently the
Elks contribute financially to the local D.A.R.E. program and
participate in the annual Christmas parade, handing out coloring
books and fliers.
The Schmidts said that the Lincoln
Elks are interested in expanding what they do and will be looking to
partner more with organizations such as D.A.R.E. They also talked
about using the trailer in the future at local festivals, health
fairs and other healthy activities.
A fun feature of the trailer is
Elroy the Elk. Elroy is a larger-than-life mascot for the Elks.
Chris Schmidt was happy to don the large elk head and show him off.
Howell said that Elroy is popular with the kids, helps draw them
into the trailer and opens the door for communicating with them
about drugs and alcohol.
In addition, the trailer is
equipped with a show-and-tell-type game kids can play. It involves a
basketball hoop and a pair of special goggles. Kids put on the
goggles, which are designed to blur the vision and simulate what the
world looks like when they are under the influence. They are then
asked to shoot hoops. The men explained that with the goggles on, it
is pretty difficult for the kids to make the shot and even keep
their balance while trying.
While the activity is fun, it is
also a teaching activity that helps kids understand what they are
doing to themselves when they abuse drugs or alcohol.
In the Elks organization there are
levels, the highest being the federal or national level, and then
the state level, districts and local lodges. The trailer belongs to
the Illinois Elks Association and is funded by grants from the
federal organization.
Nationwide, the Elks Lodge works
with veterans and carries a motto that as long as there is a
veteran, he will not be forgotten. Stropes said that when they began
the project they labeled it: As long as there is a veteran in the
hospital, he will not be forgotten. However, over the years, they
have come to realize that the needs of veterans on a daily basis are
great, so they do what they can to address all the needs of local
vets.
In its youth programs, in addition
to the drug awareness trailer, the Elks organization offers
scholarships and assistance programs for special-needs children.
Stropes explained that there are
special scholarships for students studying in the fields of physical
therapy, occupational therapy and speech.
Also, the Elks work with the
organization's Children's Care Corp. to provide special equipment
for disabled children.
Howell explained that the
corporation might notify them that they have a child in a wheelchair
and the family can't afford to install a chair lift in their van. He
said the Elks can help get that done for the family.
Strope also remembered it wasn't
too long ago that the Children's Care Corp. notified them that there
was a child who needed a special computer because he was
vision-impaired. He said the Elks helped to provide that computer to
the child.
The Schmidts said the local Elks
will meet this week, and they hope to discuss the lodge's expansion
of community involvement and the use of the drug awareness trailer.
With the support of the lodge as a whole, they hope the community
will soon be introduced to the trailer, and of course Elroy the Elk
will be there too.
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Delavan
Fall Festival will 'Thank a Farmer'
DELAVAN -- "Thank a Farmer" will be the theme
for this year's Delavan Fall Festival, scheduled for Aug. 30-Sept. 2.
Festival board members have chosen this theme in recognition of the strong
and supportive agricultural community of Delavan.
With the many trials and adversities a
farmer deals with and goes through, just to put food on our tables,
the board felt it is time farmers are recognized. Currently, the wet
weather as well as the extremely dry conditions of last summer come
to mind as some of the obstacles in the farming industry.
Grand marshals named
With the theme "Thank a Farmer,"
the board of directors has named "Every Delavan Farmer" as grand
marshals for the 2013 Delavan Fall Festival.
This
honor is bestowed upon a member or members of the community each
year in recognition of their dedication of time and talent for the
good of the community. The remarks below were taken directly from
some of the letters received by the board and are the basis for the
selection.
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Some of these family farms have
been in the family for many generations. My father has lived in
that farmhouse for 91 years.
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Nearly every family in the
community has been involved with farming in one way or another.
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A huge
influence by the Future Farmers of America created a love for
the many different fields of agriculture and his involvement in
the farming community.
These farmers and agricultural
leaders will be recognized and honored at the Delavan Fall Festival
during the Labor Day weekend and will be seen riding in the festival
parade on Sept. 2. They will also be seen around the park throughout
the weekend, participating in various activities and continuing to
serve the Delavan community. So, when you see a farmer, remember to
"Thank a Farmer."
Website updated
The website for the Delavan Fall
Festival has been "under construction," as they say in Web lingo.
Entry forms are being updated and other items are being added daily.
For all the latest news regarding this year's festival, keep
watching
www.delavanfallfestival.com.
Donations and sponsorships now
being accepted
Donations and sponsorships are now
being accepted to support the festival. The annual event operates on
a budget of approximately $30,000. Donations from many individuals,
businesses and organizations are what make the festival possible.
If you want your donation earmarked
for a particular event, you may designate it in the memo part of
your check. If no designation is given, money will go toward the
general operations fund for the festival.
The fall festival is successful
each year because of the continued support of businesses and
individuals in the community.
Donations and sponsorships may be
mailed to: Delavan Fall Festival, P.O. Box 473, Delavan, IL 61734.
Booth space available
Applications are now available for
vendor booth spaces, craft sales, game activities, food booths and
flea market items. All groups, organizations and individuals are
welcome. The festival board encourages new exhibitors to get
involved, and there is still plenty of room to do so.
Exhibitors may set up on Friday
afternoon or evening, Aug. 30, and tear down on Monday evening,
Sept. 2.
If interested, contact Doris Higdon
at 309-244-8894. For further information, you may also write to
Delavan Fall Festival, P.O. Box 473, Delavan, IL 61734; or email
dorisah@mtco.com.
Kelley
Tierney wins Husband Calling Contest at Illinois State Fair
SPRINGFIELD -- Winning has become a habit for
the champions of this year's Illinois State Fair Husband and Hog Calling
contests.
Kelley Tierney of Cornland took
home first prize in the Husband Calling Contest on Sunday afternoon.
The victory was her eighth in 10 tries but her first since 2009.
Kyle Barton of West Des Moines,
Iowa, won the Hog Calling Contest. He is a three-time champion,
having won previously in 2010 and 2011.
Both enjoy the spirit of
competition and already are planning to return next year to defend
their titles.
"I just love everything about the
fair," Tierney said. "It was a fluke that I did it the first time,
but I love it, and I enjoy coming up with new ideas every year."
"I like to see someone's first-time
hog calling and how much fun they have," Barton added. "It's
priceless."
A new sponsor this year sweetened
the prize money that they will receive. DuPont Pioneer, a global
developer and supplier of advanced plant genetics, pledged $100 to
each winner. This is in addition to the $100 they will receive from
Hog Inc., a pork processor in Greenfield, and the $250 they won in
state fair premiums.
While Tierney plans to apply her
prize money toward a trip to the Kentucky Derby, Barton was not so
sure how he will spend his winnings.
"Maybe I'll buy a corn dog," he
said with a laugh.
The two calling contests are
longtime fair traditions and generate both national and,
occasionally, international publicity. A capacity crowd gathered at
the Lincoln Stage to watch this year's competitions.
Monday was Senior Citizens/Scouts
Day
Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and fair
visitors 60 and older were admitted to the fairgrounds for free on
Monday. Special events, including inductions into the Illinois
Senior Hall of Fame, took place in the Senior Citizens Center.
Later in the day, there was a
concert by Native Run on the Happy Hollow stage; New Odyssey
performed with the Illinois National Guard 144th Army Band at the
Grandstand; and the Illinois Tractor Pulling Association presented
truck and tractor pulls.
NASCAR driver to promote E-85 at
Illinois State Fair
Legendary NASCAR driver Kenny
Wallace will make a pit stop at the Illinois State Fair on Tuesday,
Agriculture Day, to promote ethanol fuel.
Wallace will visit from 11 a.m.
until noon at the Commodities Pavilion, where he will address the
lunchtime crowd and greet racing fans.
Visit mobile website at
ISFmobile.info
ISFmobile.info
is your personal guide to everything that's happening at the state
fair. You can see contest results, find your favorite vendor, see
where your favorite band is playing and much more.
Illinois Building/Senior Center
open daily
The Illinois Building/Senior Center
is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and features interactive,
informative displays and quality entertainment geared toward
seniors. Various tests and screenings are available, such as hearing
tests and blood pressure checks. Screenings include pulmonary
functioning, bone density, mental health, facial skin cancer, body
composition, height and weight, and blood sugar. The Prairie Heart
Center and the Illinois Department on Aging are sponsoring these
screenings.
Free shows daily at Happy Hollow
City
announces annual Art & Balloon Festival giveaway
The city of Lincoln will once again conduct a
giveaway in conjunction with the annual Art & Balloon Festival.
The announcement was made by Lincoln Mayor Keith Snyder and 4th Ward
Alderman Jeff Hoinacki, the city council's coordinator for the
festival.
As a Prime Sponsor of the festival, the city of Lincoln
receives several benefits and complimentary items. As it has done
for the past four years, the city will share some of those benefits
with the citizens and taxpayers of Lincoln -- those who underwrite
the cost of city's sponsorship and every other activity of city
government.
Five prize packages will be awarded.
Each prize package will include:
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Two wristbands for
weekend admission to the Logan County Airport.
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Two 2013 Art &
Balloon Festival collector pins.
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Coupons for two Art & Balloon Festival
T-shirts.
Local citizens can register for the giveaway at one of three
locations: the Lincoln Public Library, 725 Pekin St.; the
Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of Commerce office, 1555 Fifth St.; or
the city clerk's office at City Hall, 700 Broadway. Everyone may
enter as often as they like, but only one prize package will be
awarded per household.
Winners must be residents of Lincoln. The contest is not open to
city of Lincoln employees, elected officials, appointed officials or
their immediate households.
The winners' names will be pulled from the entries in a random
drawing at City Hall on Aug. 21. Winners will be notified
immediately thereafter and can pick up their prize packages at City
Hall on Aug. 22 or 23.
ALMH
gives to local food pantry
Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Hospital announced last week that over 2,000 items were delivered by
employees to the Lincoln/Logan Food Pantry as a result of this year's food
drive. The "Great Place That Gives" drive collected twice as many items this
year as it did the year before. Community responsibility is a core
value of Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital. For the past several
years, the ALMH Employee Activity Committee has conducted several
food drives to collect items to help local families in need.
"The generosity and kind nature of
the ALMH staff is evident. This food drive is directly in line with
our values as an organization because serving the community is
simply the right thing to do. I'm very proud of our team," said
Dolan Dalpoas, president and CEO.
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital
is a 25-bed critical-access hospital located in Lincoln and
affiliated with Memorial Health System. For more information, visit
www.almh.org.
Community
Action board meeting notice
The next regularly
scheduled corporate board meeting of the Community Action Partnership is
scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 22, at 7 p.m. The meeting will be at Community
Action's corporate offices, 1800 Fifth St. in Lincoln.
For
transportation to the meeting, contact the resource specialist at
your county office:
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DeWitt County:
Anita Russell, 217-935-2455
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Logan County:
Cyndi Campbell, 217-732-2159
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Mason/Fulton County:
Anna Richardson, 309-543-6988
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Piatt
County:
Wendy Dotson, 217-762-2421
Railsplitter
Festival offers Civil War Ball, bluegrass and more
Each fall for 43 years
there's been a Railsplitter Festival at the Logan County Fairgrounds. This
year the full festival had to be abandoned due to finances.
On Sunday, there was an abbreviated
event with the Abraham Lincoln National Railsplitting Contest during
the Logan County Fair. Several of the other Railsplitter activities
have been rescheduled as well.
On Friday, Sept. 20, there will be a
Civil War Ball and more at the Lincoln Park District complex on
Primm Road. A pork loin dinner, style show and silent auction are
set to begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by the ball at 7 p.m. Ticket
information will be released soon, or you can contact the Logan
Railsplitting Association, using information at the end of this
article.
On that same weekend, Sept. 20-22,
the Dan Tackett Bluegrass Festival will take place at Hickory Lanes
Campground, Atlanta. Beginning at 6 p.m. Friday, there will be a
casual jam. Music continues on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. with casual jams and stage time availability.
There will be a silent auction as
well.
Vendors, donations and
demonstrations are welcome. Contact Misty Bell at 217-871-0388.
The Railsplitter Festival began
because Abraham Lincoln once referred to himself as a rail splitter.
It used to be a normal routine for pioneers to split rails used for
fencing.
So is it any wonder that in the
"Land of Lincoln," there would be railsplitting contests. The
territory includes not only Illinois, where Lincoln lived his adult
years before heading for Washington, but also Kentucky, where
Lincoln was born, and Missouri.
Splitting rails harkens back to a
more innocent time, when young children played at their mother's
skirts and the older ones did chores, played outside or with
homemade games, usually with siblings or maybe with a few neighbors
during the occasional gatherings, such as when bringing in the
harvest or at a barn raising.
Organizers for the Abraham Lincoln
National Railsplitting Festival set out to preserve our
understanding of this important way of life by re-creating pioneer
activities and demonstrations that the whole family could enjoy.
So, while the traditional festival
has taken a little break this year, organizers are keeping some of
the elements of that period going in hopes of seeing the full
festival return to the Logan County Fairgrounds next year or in the
future.
Also, as part of the fundraising,
the Logan Railsplitting Association provides decorative split rails
for purchase. Sales support future contests and festivals.
To order rails or learn more about
future events, contact the Logan Railsplitting Association at P.O.
Box 352, Lincoln, IL 62656; or email
loganrailsplitting@yahoo.com.
To keep up-to-date on what is being
planned or to learn more details, visit
http://www.railsplitting.com/.
Chamber launches mobile app for
Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival
The Lincoln/Logan County
Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Integrity Data, has created a new
mobile app for the Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival to help festival-goers
have all the event information in the palm of their hands anytime, night or
day. This free mobile app is designed to help festival guests maximize their
experience and time at the event.
"We are hoping that the mobile app
will help enhance the experience for guests to the festival," said
Andi Hake, executive director of the chamber of commerce. "Finding a
way to better communicate with our guests has been an ongoing
challenge for years. It is our hope that many people will download
the new app and find answers to all of their questions and help
prepare them for the weekend's festivities.
"We couldn't have accomplished this
project without the help from Integrity Data. Patrick Doolin made
the process of getting all the data in this app and all the many
decisions that go along with creating something like this seem less
daunting than I had originally expected," said Hake.
When the app is downloaded, the
viewer can look at the festival's schedule of events at both the
Logan County Airport and downtown Lincoln. Viewers can see which
artists, crafters, wineries, breweries and barbecue competitors will
be present. The app also has a section dedicated to the hot air
balloon pilots, even featuring pictures of the hot air balloons and
a biography of each pilot. In addition, the new app gives
information on the live entertainment that will perform downtown and
at the airport.
Guests can set their own schedules
in the mobile app to help them plan for the weekend's events, get
notifications about balloon flight and glow times, and receive any
other pertinent information that may be released during the weekend.
Out-of-town guests at the event can
find information about the community, directions, hotels and
restaurants to help them navigate through Lincoln. And if that is
not enough information, the complete festival program can be viewed
under the documents section.
The mobile app is now available for
download and is available for both iPhone and Android. All other
phones can view a
mobile
website that will give them the same information.
For more details on the mobile app
or any other questions regarding the Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival,
contact the Lincoln/Logan County Chamber of Commerce at 217-735-2385
events@lincolnillinois.com.
To download the Lincoln Art &
Balloon Festival mobile app,
click here.
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