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At the Rotary Club's Jan. 22 weekly meeting, Don Jordan was named the Lincoln Rotary Member of the Quarter for October-December 2013. Jordan is being recognized for his continued leadership in the club's annual citrus sale.

Photo by Andi Hake on behalf of the Rotary (Click on image for larger version.)

A secret in Logan County: Live-ammo police training site recognized nationally in the profession
Part 3: What lies ahead for 'The Range'
Super Car Wash celebrates 25 years — album
Community Action Head Start launches recruiting in Logan County
Rotary honors members at January meeting
Don Jordan named Member of the Quarter
RMA announces 2014 crop insurance guidelines for cover crops
SIU Springfield School of Medicine launches first hand transplant program in Illinois
Historic retrials generate money for preservation

Day Planner

Logan County Board and committee meeting schedule for January — revised

Lincoln City Council 2014 meeting schedule

Wednesday

Noon — Breastfeeding support group

6:30 p.m. — Humane Society of Logan County general membership meeting

Thursday

Noon — Mount Pulaski Rotary lunch

5 p.m. — Little Lambs night at Culver's

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Recent Perspectives Articles

Yesterday's Top Stories

BloNoSmoke named New Business of the Year, and Prairie Engineers, Distinguished Business of the Year

Album 1 | Album 2

A secret in Logan County: Live-ammo police training site recognized nationally in the profession
Part 2: How 'The Range' came to be

Mount Pulaski gives it up to Delavan on homecoming night

Album 1 | Album 2 | Album 3
By Teena Lowery

Peak wind gusts from Sunday night (NWS)

LCHS second-quarter and first-semester honor rolls

December unemployment falls to 8.6 percent

Park and Recreational Facility Construction program accepting grant applications

Free opportunities for fun and education

This Week's Top Stories

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President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday.

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A secret in Logan County: Live-ammo police training site recognized nationally in the profession
Part 3: What lies ahead for 'The Range'

Super Car Wash celebrates 25 years — album

Community Action Head Start launches recruiting in Logan County

Rotary honors members at January meeting
Don Jordan named Member of the Quarter

CLOSE UP: Jan. 29

Writing club, Low Vision Support Group, Spring for Tea tickets, Abraham Lincoln's birthday, Relay For Life kickoff, HSLC meeting

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State

Why it may be a good thing that Illinois schools won’t get an extra billion dollars

National

Snowden gets Nobel Peace Prize nomination from Norwegian MP

Winter storm brings 'once-in-decade' ice, snow to U.S. South

Exclusive: U.S. banking regulator, fearing loan bubble, warns funds

A-12 settlement won't extend Boeing's F/A-18 production line

Politics, Government & Elections

Obama warns divided Congress that he will act alone

Obama takes tough line against Iran sanctions to Congress

Obama says will continue gun control push without Congress

Obama to launch government-backed retirement savings program

Obama urges Congress to pass anti-patent troll bill

War hero's story draws standing ovation in Obama's speech

Analysis: Obama avoids executive actions that could prompt lawsuits

Republicans respond and respond to Obama State of Union

More U.S. nuclear missile officers implicated in cheating scandal

U.N. envoy urges action on Yemen; Security Council to draft resolution

Fed poised for $10 billion taper as Bernanke bids adieu

International

Israeli soldiers kill alleged Palestinian gunman in West Bank

Ukraine expects $2 billion tranche of Russian aid soon: acting PM

NATO's Rasmussen criticizes Russian pressure on Ukraine

Thailand to deploy 10,000 police in capital to secure voting

Insight: Mubarak-era networks return for new military man in Egypt

South Korea urges North to hasten reunions but vows to continue drills

Fugitive Iraq VP warns Anbar conflict may spread over crackdown on Sunnis

Hong Kong imposes sanctions on Philippines over 2010 hostage deaths

Female politician suggests Indian women invited rape

ODD & Extraordinary

Church appeals to thieves to return John Paul blood relic

Dead man found hanging in Kiev's Independence Square: police

Science, Technology and the Environment

Long lunar night wait for China's malfunctioning Jade Rabbit moon rover

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Super Car Wash celebrates 25 years — album

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National

Yahoo's fourth-quarter revenue slides as ad prices dip again

Morgan Stanley names Bowles as lead director, replaces Kidder
Consumer confidence rises in January

Consumers, trade seen boosting fourth-quarter growth

Durable goods orders stumble, but consumers perk up
Home prices rise more than forecast in November
Ford posts higher profit but faces pressure in U.S.
A-12 settlement won't extend Boeing's F/A-18 production line

U.S. securities class-action suits rise, big Supreme Court case looms

International

Bets on China to balance reform and growth despite market fright

Wal-Mart to upgrade China vendor compliance after state TV criticism
Vodafone, Verizon investors back $130 billion Verizon Wireless deal
Honda becomes first Japan automaker to be net exporter from U.S.

Toyota to curb Japan output in April as tax hike kicks in

Top tax haven got more investment in 2013 than India and Brazil: U.N
Barclays to cut hundreds more investment bank jobs: source
Qualcomm faces prospect of record antitrust fines in China

Deutsche on the defensive as ambitions put under spotlight

Daimler hit by surprise departure of Mercedes executive
Latest RBS hit may speed up sale of Citizens bank

Energy

Oil rises nearly $2 to 2014 high on spread trade

Ex-BP well managers must face Gulf spill criminal charges

Markets

Wall Street rebounds; futures fly on Turkey's rate hike
Asian shares rally, reassured by Turkish rate hike

Nasdaq's plan for cutting prices infuriates rivals

AT&T subscriber growth misses estimates, shares fall
As Apple shares fall, Icahn buys another $500 million
American Airlines profit beats estimates; shares rise

Pfizer beats profit estimates, investors eye experimental drugs

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Illinois grain prices in country elevators
RMA announces 2014 crop insurance guidelines for cover crops
Logan County FSA program updates
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Corn demand, profitability at risk with RFS change
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Doris Irwin holds up her grand prize: 52 tokens from Super Car Wash in Lincoln. The car wash celebrated its 25th anniversary recently by doing weekly drawings from Nov. 23 through Jan. 7. Winners of the weekly drawings received five car wash tokens each. On Jan. 13 the grand prize winner was drawn. Check out all the winners in the photo album in our Top Stories section today.

Picture by Ivan Ray (Click on image for larger version.)

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Lincoln Writer's Club will meet Feb. 11
Lincoln Low Vision Support Group to meet Feb. 10
Ticket sales start Feb. 3 for 31st annual Spring for Tea
2014 Relay For Life kickoff party Feb. 3
Mount Pulaski Courthouse will celebrate Abraham Lincoln's birthday Feb. 8
HSLC general membership meeting Jan. 29

Community News & Events

Rotary honors members at January meeting
Don Jordan named Member of the Quarter

Lincoln City Council meeting schedule (PDF)

Logan County Board and committee meeting schedule for January (PDF)

911 / ETSB scheduled meetings for 2014

Park district notes

Library notes

YMCA notes

Community Calendar of Events

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Community Action Head Start launches recruiting in Logan County

Mount Pulaski gives it up to Delavan on homecoming night

Album 1 | Album 2 | Album 3
By Teena Lowery

LCHS second-quarter and first-semester honor rolls

Free opportunities for fun and education

Hartem FFA seeking consignments for annual auction

High schoolers invited to register early for Vine Conference

Prospective performing arts students invited for a day of discovery at Lincoln College

School websites

Head Start: Breakfast, snacks | Lunch (PDFs)

District 27: Breakfast | Lunch (PDFs)

Carroll Catholic School calendar (PDF)
Activities and menus

Friends and Family in the Military
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Community Action Partnership emergency food pantry hours

Community Action senior meals:
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Oasis notes | Oasis calendar

Logan Mason Public Transportation fare schedule
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Senior Life

Article update Jan. 17

Peripheral artery disease: Screening and early treatment can save your legs and your life ... Alzheimer's caregivers: Tips to take care of yourself, too ... Three New Year’s resolutions that will enrich your retirement ... Social Security column: Ring in the new year with a COLA ... Are you prepared for what you'll find when you visit your parents this holiday season? ... In observance of Caregivers Awareness Month, state reminds families about resources to assist them ... Financially surviving the golden years ... 'Gravity' and the long-term care crisis
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Church Announcements

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The War Within
A government ... for the people
Welcome 2 Christmas…Again?

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

Obituaries:
Most recent:
- Cook, Margaret R., 87

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LDN - Entertainment

Actress Oprah Winfrey from the film "The Butler" arrives at the 20th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, Calif.

Reuters / Lucy Nicholson

Local

SIU Springfield School of Medicine launches first hand transplant program in Illinois
Flu facts
From the Logan County Department of Public Health
Logan County Department of Public Health food inspection scores
Births at ALMH

National, International

Cigarettes kicked
out of school
in China

Scientists create embryonic-type stem cells without embryos

Hong Kong
reports third H7N9
bird flu death

Biogen profit rises as new multiple sclerosis drug shines

Medical marijuana to be sold in Connecticut by summer: governor

Saving accounts for kids tied to development: study
U.S. hospitals hit with shortage of intravenous saline

Georgia bill would seek limited access to medical marijuana strain

Medivation prostate cancer drug impresses in pre-chemo study
Study finds feeling short makes people prone to paranoia

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Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

Larger-than-life Oprah celebrating 60th birthday quietly at home
Google maps, free milk: Play looks at women having it all
Primetime Emmy awards organizers move live show to Monday

Metal band Motley Crue to call it quits after farewell tour

Former Academy of Motion Pictures president Tom Sherak dies

Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey to be honored by NY museum

Justin Bieber's arraignment set in drunken driving case

'Boss Hog' of 'Duck Dynasty' TV show invited to attend big Obama speech

Food, Family and Fun

Slim Randles' Home Country
Thoughts at daybreak
Outdoors with Babe Winkelman
A dog's life

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Out & About

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Calgary Flames defenseman T.J. Brodie (7) and Chicago Blackhawks left wing Patrick Sharp (10) battle for the puck during the first period at Scotiabank Saddledome.

Photo by Sergei Belski / USA Today Sports

Today's Top Sports Stories

Football

Seahawks' Harvin looks to put Super finish on trying season
Seattle secondary pits their legacy against Manning
Elway's and Manning's legacies come together
Broncos' Lenon takes long and winding road to Super Bowl

Basketball

Pacers cruise past Lakers to finish 3-2 trip

Rockets fight to beat Spurs 97-90
Grizzlies lead all the way, rout Blazers
Pistons end four-game losing streak
Knicks beat Celtics to avenge loss
Wizards hold off Warriors
Preview: Bulls at Spurs
NBA standings

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Virginia holds off Notre Dame
O'Bryant, LSU freeze out No. 11 Kentucky
Sub helps Michigan State nip Iowa in OT
Kansas State 66, Texas Tech 58
West Virginia 66, Baylor 64
Missouri 75, Arkansas 71
South Florida 78, Southern Methodist 71

Hockey

Brodie's OT goal pushes Flames past Blackhawks

Blues shut out Devils
Parise's 3-point night leads Wild past Ducks
Maple Leafs edge Lightning on late goal
Ekman-Larsson scores twice as Coyotes blank Kings
Fisher's goal sends Predators past Jets
Canadiens 3, Hurricanes 0
Capitals 5, Sabres 4 (OT)
NHL standings

Tennis

Recuperating Nadal on course for Buenos Aires event

Baseball

MLB player notes

More Sports

For World Cup, the 'beautiful game' plays out on museum walls

Recent Sports News Index

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Tuesday, Jan. 28:

BloNoSmoke named New Business of the Year, and Prairie Engineers, Distinguished Business of the Year
- Album 1 | Album 2
A secret in Logan County: Live-ammo police training site recognized nationally in the profession
Part 2: How 'The Range' came to be

Mount Pulaski gives it up to Delavan on homecoming night

Album 1 | Album 2 | Album 3
By Teena Lowery

Peak wind gusts from Sunday night (NWS)
LCHS second-quarter and first-semester honor rolls
December unemployment falls to 8.6 percent
Park and Recreational Facility Construction program accepting grant applications
Free opportunities for fun and education
Preview of State of the Union
By Jim Killebrew
Lincoln Low Vision Support Group to meet Feb. 10
Logan Lanes:
- Friday Night Mixed League
- Sunday Night Mixed League
Redbirds fall 76-62 at Indiana State
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Thursday, Jan. 23

Wednesday, Jan. 22