Lincoln Daily News

204	Articles
316	Photos
26	Classifieds
7	Obituaries

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Click on this button in LDN for the ONLINE edition.

Got a news tip? Click here to email it to us or call 217-737-3613.

Need Advertising? Click here to email us or call 217-737-7418.

LDN is built to be browsed with Mozilla Firefox

Certain portions of LDN may not function correctly when using other browsers.

Saturday,
April 5, 2014
published daily from 8am
Lincoln, Illinois

Weather Road conditions

LDN CLASSIFIED ADS

Web

LDN

Ad Tracker

Advertising Info

This section includes these News items: Local, State, National, International, Odd, Political, and Science.

This section includes: Business News, Business Directory, Stock Markets, Rural Review, Classifieds, Gas Prices, Fliers & Coupons

This section includes: Community News, Calendar, Announcements, Clubs & Organizations, Spiritual Life, Church Directory, Law & Courts, Teaching & Learning, Home and Family, & Obituaries

This section includes: Health News, Entertainment News, This Day in History, Tourism, Out & About, Movies & Videos, Restaurant Menus, Recipes, & Pets

This section includes: Local Sports News, College Sports & Professional Sports News

This selection includes a link to our archives page.

LDN -- Top Stories

American Legion Post 263 of Lincoln recently presented a $8,500 check to the "Gifts to the Yanks" at the Fourth Division meeting in Germantown. The local Gifts for Yanks project is co-chaired by Stu Churchill and Robert Sullivan. Pictured above at the presentation of the check are Ron Umdenstock, on the left, department chairman for Gifts to the Yanks, and Robert Henderson, center, with C. Wayne Henderson representing Post 263.

Photo and text from American Legion Post 263 (Click on image for larger version.)

Notice of public hearing for Alpha & Omega Transit taxicab license request
Lincoln College brings Jane Martin's 'Talking With...' to the intimate Hostick Theatre
'One Destiny' returns to Lincoln museum
LCU graduate Jeremy Goeckner to play Harry Ford
Remembering a tragic day
Lincoln Tomb marks 149th anniversary of Lincoln's murder with events April 12
Second time this year — rare goat at Miller Park Zoo gives birth
Sugar Grove Nature Center announces Little Wonders: Signs of Spring

Today's feature from the
LDN Spring FARM OUTLOOK

Wild plant to super seed
A new chapter in crop production
By Jan Youngquist

Click on the cover to see the full edition.

Outdoors with Babe Winkelman
Silly wabbit

Slim Randles' Home Country
A welcome for Wheezer

Day Planner

Logan County Board and committee meeting schedule

Lincoln City Council 2014 meeting schedule

EASTER EVENT SCHEDULE

Saturday

10 a.m. — Open house at Colaw House, Atlanta
6 p.m. — Mount Pulaski Zion Lutheran School Parent Teacher League Trivia Night
7 p.m. — Open Arms anniversary celebration

Sunday

10 a.m. — Open Arms anniversary celebration
11a.m. — Good Shepherd Lutheran Church soup meal
11 a.m. — Substance-free bowling party
11 a.m. — Latham United Methodist Church spring dinner

Monday

Noon — CICBC blood drive
3:30 p.m. — Ready Readers
5 p.m. — Habitat night at Culver's

What's going on in our community?

Find out in the LDN Community Calendar.

Community Calendar of Events

The 2014 Community HEALTH FAIR Magazine

Click Here

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Submit letter to editor online

Recent Letters to the Editor

Submit a letter to the editor online

Unintended consequences
By Blinn Bates

Abundant life through Christian living
By Jim Killebrew

Drop big-money focus, look for more small stuff, reformer says
Illinois Watchdog

Recent Perspectives Articles

Yesterday's Top Stories

Atlanta's Colaw House to debut with open house Saturday
- Album
Lightning destroys much of Logan County 911 system
Emergency backup plans work flawlessly
Easter Devotional: Filling the empty holiday
By Pastor Christopher Decker
Sue Jones receives LCU promotion
Havana's Boyce commits to LCU in two women's sports
Area Agency on Aging will host Lunch and Learn at Oasis for family caregivers
Charron's Auto Repair announces waste oil and battery collection drive
YMCA notes
Feature from the LDN Spring FARM OUTLOOK
- Proposed ethanol reduction: a triple threat
  By Derek Hurley
IEMA preparedness for whole community
New rule restricts transportation, release and harvest of feral swine

This Week's Top Stories

CLOSE UP: April 5
Zooming in on the people, places and things that make this community interesting!!
sponsored by CHRIS COYNE, Agent -- State Farm Insurance

Click here for the
LOGAN COUNTY BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Your local source for business listings including cell#, website and email addresses.

Grab Your Fork

Sponsored by

Upcoming
Civic Events
click on buttons for additional information

LDN Magazine Rack

CLASSIFIED ADS Auctions
(3 Ads)
Autos/Vehicles
(4 Ads)
Employment
(7 Ads)
Free
(1 Ad)
Garage Sales
(—)

Legal Notices
(—)
Lost & Found
(—)
Misc. for Sale
(1 Ad)

Pets/Animals
(1 Ad)

Real Estate
(2 Ads)

Rentals
(5 Ads)

Services
(1 Ad)

Wanted
(1 Ad)

CLICK HERE FOR ACCESS TO 14 YEARS OF STORIES IN THE LDN ARCHIVES

News... sponsored by

Skydivers form a missing-man formation in Eloy, Ariz., on Thursday.

Reuters / Henry Wiggers / Handout photo via Reuters (Click on image for larger version.)

Local

Notice of public hearing for Alpha & Omega Transit taxicab license request

Lincoln College brings Jane Martin's 'Talking With...' to the intimate Hostick Theatre

'One Destiny' returns to Lincoln museum
LCU graduate Jeremy Goeckner to play Harry Ford

Remembering a tragic day
Lincoln Tomb marks 149th anniversary of Lincoln's murder with events April 12

Second time this year — rare goat at Miller Park Zoo gives birth

Sugar Grove Nature Center announces Little Wonders: Signs of Spring

Feature from the LDN Spring FARM OUTLOOK

Wild plant to super seed
A new chapter in crop production
By Jan Youngquist

Outdoors with Babe Winkelman
Silly wabbit

Slim Randles' Home Country
A welcome for Wheezer

The 2014 Spring FARM OUTLOOK Magazine

Click Here

CLOSE UP: April 5

Dr. Dan's class, Logan Democrats, Red Cross blood drive, Paul Boatman, Hartem FFA hunter clinic, HSLC garage sale, Mount Pulaski pickup dates for landscape waste

Zooming in on the people, places and things that make this community interesting!

sponsored by CHRIS COYNE, Agent -- State Farm Insurance

State

Illinois attorney general and IDNR announce reforms in coal mine permitting process

National

Four Dead After Car Rolls Into New York City Waterway

'Verbal Altercation' May Have Led To Fort Hood Rampage: Army

California's Sen. Yee Indicted On Gun, Corruption Charges
Britons Guilty Of U.S. Terror Charges Denied Access To Secret Files
Idaho School System Removes Book From Curriculum After Parental Outrage
Skydivers Fail To Break World Record Following Fatal Accident In Arizona

Politics, Government & Elections

U.S. Reports 3 Million Medicaid Enrollments Under Obamacare

Kerry Warns U.S. Is Evaluating Role In Middle East Peace Talks

U.S. Probing High-Speed Trading, Attorney General Says

Lawsuit Over American Drone Strikes Dismissed By U.S. Judge

U.S. Navy Testing More Sophisticated Pilotless Helicopters

General Dynamics Says U.S. Army Denied Armored Vehicle Protest

Lawmaker Calls Congress 'Underpaid', Objects To Salary Freeze

New Jersey Governor's Aide Testifies In Bridge Lane Closures Probe: Report

International

Biggest Search Yet For Malaysian Missing Jet

Chinese Ship Hunting For Missing Malaysia Jet Detects 'Ping'

Japan Orders Military To Strike Any New North Korea Missile Launches

Afghans Vote In Landmark Poll, Undeterred By Threats

Thai PM Supporters Converge To Counter Protests

Rwanda's Foreign Adventures Test West's Patience

U.S. Will Not Stand In Way Of Scottish Independence: Salmond

For India's Congress Party, Soul-Searching And Questions About Gandhi

ODD & Extraordinary

'Human Skin' Book At Harvard Found To Be Bound In Sheepskin
Philadelphia Police Investigate Love Triangle Rat Attack

Senator Goes To Wrong Hearing, Blames Moscow

Gasoline-Loving Spiders Cause Mazda Car Recall For Second Time

Science, Technology and the Environment

Mali Suspects First Ebola Cases As Regional Death Toll Tops 90

Upcoming
Civic Events
click on buttons for additional information

CLASSIFIED ADS
Auctions
(3 Ads)
Autos/Vehicles
(4 Ads)
Employment
(7 Ads)

Free
(1 Ad)

Garage Sales
(—)

Legal Notices
(—)
Lost & Found
(—)
Misc. for Sale
(1 Ad)

Pets/Animals
(1 Ad)

Real Estate
(3 Ads)

Rentals
(5 Ads)

Services
(1 Ad)
Wanted

(1 Ad)

LDN Magazine Rack

A collection of LDN's finest periodical projects

LDN - Business

Nasdaq $4127.726 -110.014

Local

The Investment Center/Maloney Securities is the Chamber Business of the Week

National

U.S. judge refrains from making GM 'park' recalled cars

GM sends 200,000 pages of documents about recall to safety agency
Internet companies' growing ambitions spook 51 percent of Americans: Reuters/Ipsos poll

Amazon launches Amazon Dash for delivery of groceries, household items

Mozilla CEO's exit tests Silicon Valley's tolerance
Boeing, GE say get U.S. license to sell spare parts to Iran

CarMax results take hit from cautious subprime lenders

U.S. jobs market shakes off winter's icy grip
Hillshire to close 70-year-old Alabama plant, cut 1,100 jobs
Exclusive: Symantec to hire banks for advice, activism defense: sources
Onex, CPPIB to sell Gates Corp to Blackstone for $5.4 billion

SEC charges trading firm owner, others in 'spoofing' case

Apple, Intertrust settle year-old patent suit
Ergen seeks permission to sue Falcon in LightSquared case
Lululemon prevails in lawsuits over yoga pants recall

International

McDonald's quits Crimea as fears of trade clash grow

Vivendi to take weekend to study dueling SFR bids
Mexico flagship airline Mexicana declared bankrupt

Etihad's proposal for Alitalia not seen before Monday: sources

Energy

Global crude oil prices gain on U.S. jobs data, Libya doubt
Exclusive: Enbridge plans to re-export Canadian oil via United States

Markets

Momentum stocks tumble; Nasdaq falls more than 2 percent
Momentum names may see more pain

U.S. IPO market bounces back with large first-day gains

More Wall Street economists see rate hike in first half of 2015: Reuters poll
Exclusive: IEX eyes stock exchange status as firms come knocking

Loeb urges Sotheby's shareholders to back his slate

U.S. investors look to profit on Brazil rate hike
Ex-BP boss Hayward could stay Glencore chair: WSJ

Other

Recent Business News Index

Lincoln IGA

MKS Jewelers
NAPA

LDN Magazine Rack

A collection of LDN's finest periodical projects

Area Gas Prices
Regular Gasoline per Gallon

Lincoln
$3.39⁹-$3.45⁹

Bloomington
$3.43⁹-$3.91⁹

Springfield
$3.55⁹-$3.69⁹

^{www.illinosgasprices.com2}

How do you find:

cellphone numbers
email addresses
website addresses
fax numbers

for local businesses?

Currently listing 104 Logan County businesses & organizations. Will shoppers find your listing
in the Logan County Business Directory? Call 217-737-7418 to get listed.

Exclusive: Merck wants to test Zilmax on 240,000 cattle but beef industry resists
China slaps 'temporary restrictions' on U.S. pork imports: report

Big Chinese soy project in Brazil: so far, just an empty field

Today's feature from the
LDN Spring FARM OUTLOOK
- Wild plant to super seed
  A new chapter in crop production
  By Jan Youngquist
Illinois grain prices in country elevators
Column: Think spring
By John Fulton
Logan County FSA program update
FSA offers farm bill website
USDA update on livestock disaster programs
Agriculture news elsewhere:

7 Ag Stories You Might Have Missed This Week
The Farm Bill's 8-Week Progress Report
Farmdoc

Recent Rural Review News Index

The 2014 Spring FARM OUTLOOK Magazine

Click Here

Categories
in Bold Yellow
contain ads

CLASSIFIED ADS Place an ad online Classified Rates & Info	HAPPY ADS!	Announcements (—)	Auctions (3 Ads)
	Autos/Vehicles (4 Ads)	Employment (7 Ads)	Free (1 Ad)
		Legal Notices (—)	Lost & Found (—)
	Misc. for Sale (1 Ad)	Pets/Animals (1 Ad)	Real Estate (2 Ads)
	Rentals (5 Ads)	Services (1 Ad)	Wanted (1 Ad)

It is always nice to see buildings in our downtown area being repurposed. In case you don't recognize it, this is the former Row Motors dealership building on South McLean Street in Lincoln, just one block south of the square. The building is the new home of the local Farm Business Farm Management Association office. The office, which is managed by Jim Phelan and Kent Leesman, was located on the north end of town on North Kickapoo. It's great to see another business investing in our downtown!

Photo by Karen Hargis (Click on image for larger version.)

Births:

Ivy Elise Kurka
Savannah Grace Silva

Close Up
sponsored by CHRIS COYNE, Agent -- State Farm Insurance

Dr. Dan's health classes canceled until further notice

Logan County Democrats to meet April 12

Lincoln College to host Red Cross blood drive April 15

Paul Boatman to speak at writing club

Hartsburg-Emden FFA to host Hunter Safety Clinic

HSLC seeks donations for annual garage sale

City of Mount Pulaski announces pickup dates for landscape waste

The 2014 Community HEALTH FAIR Magazine

Click Here

Community News & Events

Community blood drives need your help

Charron's Auto Repair announces waste oil and battery collection drive

A tribute to civic servant Bill Martin

IDNR Director Miller welcomes newest Illinois Conservation Police class
William O. Gilmer of Lincoln among graduates

LAMS concert heralds the coming of spring — album

Lincoln City Council meeting schedule (PDF)

Logan County Board committee meeting schedule
(PDF)

911 / ETSB scheduled meetings for 2014

Library notes

Park district notes

YMCA notes

Community Calendar of Events

Submit entry for LDN Calendar of Events

Sue Jones receives LCU promotion

Heartland to host its first-ever TEDx event

LCHS third-quarter honor roll

LCU's Rondel Ramsey receives promotion

Mount Pulaski Grade School third-quarter honor roll

Mount Pulaski High School third-quarter honor roll
School websites

District 27 menus: Breakfast | Lunch (PDFs)

Carroll Catholic School calendar (PDF)
Activities and menus

Friends and Family in the Military

Community Action Partnership emergency food pantry hours

Community Action senior meals:

Apple Nutrition sites (PDF)

Apple Nutrition menus: (PDFs)

Congregate | Home delivery
Logan Mason Public Transportation fare schedule
(PDF)
Oasis newsletter | Oasis calendar

Senior Life

Article update April 4

Area Agency on Aging will host Lunch and Learn at Oasis for family caregivers ... 6 signs your retirement plan is in trouble ... Online fraud: Are you next? ... Illinois Department of Insurance warns about the dangers of stranger-originated life insurance arrangements, or STOLIs ... Millions of MSNs are undeliverable: Are you getting yours? ... Elderly profit from group meetings and home visits ... Christian Village offers 'Almost Home' temporary apartment
News & information for the seniors in our community

Upcoming
Civic Events
Click on buttons for additional information.

LDN Magazine Rack

A collection of LDN's finest periodical projects

Church Announcements

Announcements and news from area churches

Stop
Sick Days
Sights at a Station and in a City
Support to Serve
Simple Love
Do the Commands in the Book of Revelation Matter to Me? (Part 2)
Being Surrounded

Police reports
Court reports
Marriages, civil unions
Dissolutions
Fire and rescue reports

Obituaries:
Most recent:
- Bishop, Robert D., 86
- Elsberry, Sherry L., 63
- Fox, Mildred L. "Millie," 83
- Strachan, James K., 86
- Sutton, Sara J., 77

LDN publishes all obituaries free of charge and accepts pictures for obits free of charge. The full text of the obituaries is available online free of charge in Logan County and across the world. Email condolences are available from subscribing funeral homes. Ask your funeral director to make sure the obituary of your loved one is placed in Lincoln Daily News.

LDN - Entertainment

How cute is this? These twin baby goats were recently born at the Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington. They are named Cutie and Sunkist. Read more about them in the Food, Family & Fun section below.

Photo by Miller Park Zoo

Local

Healthy Communities Partnership to host substance-free bowling party Sunday
Logan County Department of Public Health food inspection scores
Births at ALMH

National, International

Concussion apps vary in their accuracy, usefulness
Childhood eczema may last into adulthood: study
Stress in pregnancy linked to children's asthma risk
Higher levels of stress marker linked to infertility

Exclusive: Nestle and Fresenius home in on Danone Medical: sources

Amgen melanoma drug fails to improve overall survival rates
Exclusive: Merck wants to test Zilmax on 240,000 cattle but beef industry resists
China slaps 'temporary restrictions' on U.S. pork imports: report

U.S. reports 3 million Medicaid enrollments under Obamacare

Minnesota patient has West African virus; search on for others exposed

Recent Health & Fitness News Index

Upcoming
Civic Events
click on buttons for additional information

Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

Denzel Washington wins raves on Broadway for 'A Raisin in the Sun'

'Jesus Christ Superstar' U.S. arena tour to start in June

U.S. names Colombian pop singer indigenous ambassador

George Washington's spy ring comes alive in AMC drama 'Turn'
Rapper Trick Daddy arrested in Florida on cocaine, gun charges

Food, Family and Fun

Lincoln College brings Jane Martin's 'Talking With...' to the intimate Hostick Theatre
Second time this year — rare goat at Miller Park Zoo gives birth
Sugar Grove Nature Center announces Little Wonders: Signs of Spring
Atlanta's Colaw House to debut with open house Saturday
Trivia Night and Arlee rolls on Saturday
Elkhart community to host annual spring walks in April
Book Look: Especially for teens: Fairy tales reimagined
'Entwined,' 'Cruel Beauty' and 'Cinder'
sponsored by Lincoln Public Library
Outdoors with Babe Winkelman
Silly wabbit
Slim Randles' Home Country
A welcome for Wheezer

Movies:

Lincoln Theater 4

Arlee Theater

Daily LDN Crossword Puzzle

Adopt a Pet

Revised April 4

Grab Your Fork

Area Restaurant Menus

Guzzardo's Italian Villa

Peggy's Place

Stag-R-Inn

LDN Magazine Rack

'One Destiny' returns to Lincoln museum
LCU graduate Jeremy Goeckner to play Harry Ford
Remembering a tragic day
Lincoln Tomb marks 149th anniversary of Lincoln's murder with events April 12

Atlanta's Colaw House to debut with open house Saturday

Album

Recent Tourism News Index

Out & About

Recent Out and About Articles

LDN - Sports

Houston Rockets guard James Harden (13) drives the ball to the basket during the second quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Toyota Center.

Troy Taormina / USA Today Sports (Click on picture for larger image.)

Today's Top Sports Stories

Basketball

Bulls Defeat Bucks For Fourth Straight Win

Rockets Take Down Thunder Behind Harden's 39
- Rockets Clinch NBA Playoff Berth
Brewer's Free Throw Lifts Timberwolves Over Heat 112-121 In Double OT
Wright's Perfect Night Boosts Mavs Over Lakers
Warriors Shut Down Kings 102-69
Suns Rally Past Trail Blazers For Road Win
Jazz Hang On For 100-96 Win Over Pelicans
76ers Win Again With 111-102 Victory In Boston
Grizzlies Top Nuggets For 11th Straight At Home
Wizards Rally Back For Late 90-89 Win Over Knicks
NBA standings

Hockey

Smith's Goal In Final Seconds Lifts Blackhawks Past Blue Jackets

Predators 5, Ducks 2

Pacioretty Gets Hat Trick As Canadiens Defeat Senators
Gagner's Shootout Goal Lifts Oilers Over Coyotes
Red Wings Hold Off Sabres For 3-2 Win
Devils Keep Slim Hopes Alive With Win Over Capitals
Flames Claim 2-1 Win Over Panthers
NHL standings

Baseball

Pirates 12, Cardinals 2

Guthrie, Royals Stay Cool In 7-5 Win Over White Sox
Rodriguez Uses 'New Dad Strength' As Rays Top Rangers
Indians Make Lots Of Noise En Route To 7-2 Win Over Twins
Angels Jump On Astros Early
Tanaka Wins Debut For Yankees
Duda Belts Two Homers To Lead Mets Past Reds
Marlins Remain Hot, Defeat Padres
Preview: Phillies At Cubs
MLB standings

Football

Super Bowl-Winning Seahawks Extend Coach Carroll's Contract

—— COLLEGE ——

ISU Spring Camp Report: Physical play showing through

Tennis

Czechs Ease To Davis Cup Victory Over Japan

Golf

Rehabilitating Woods Could Miss U.S. Open, Say Surgeons

More Sports

Katie Walsh Handed National Chance On Vesper Bell

Recent Sports News Index

Upcoming
Civic Events
click on buttons for additional information

LCHS Sports Schedules

LDN Magazine Rack

A collection of LDN's finest periodical projects

Lincoln Daily News Archives

Return to the top

Friday, April 4:

Atlanta's Colaw House to debut with open house Saturday
- Album
Lightning destroys much of Logan County 911 system
Emergency backup plans work flawlessly
Easter Devotional: Filling the empty holiday
By Pastor Christopher Decker
Sue Jones receives LCU promotion
Havana's Boyce commits to LCU in two women's sports
Area Agency on Aging will host Lunch and Learn at Oasis for family caregivers
Charron's Auto Repair announces waste oil and battery collection drive
YMCA notes
Feature from the LDN Spring FARM OUTLOOK
- Proposed ethanol reduction: a triple threat
  By Derek Hurley
IEMA preparedness for whole community
New rule restricts transportation, release and harvest of feral swine
4 million reasons why Illinois lawmakers are looking at high school sports takeover
Illinois Watchdog
LCU baseball continues to hemorrhage runs
More news provided by Thomson Reuters

Thursday, April 3

Wednesday, April 2

Tuesday, April 1

Monday, March 31

Saturday, March 29