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Tuesday,
March 18, 2014
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Left to right: Chris Huff, Zonta vice president; Melody Shew; Dr. Susan Harmon, club president; and Marilyn Armbrust, membership chairman


Service chairman Linda Churchill, Jeanne Xamis and Marilyn Armbrust	Chris Huff, Mary Lanterman and Marilyn Armbrust

To celebrate International Women's Day and Zonta Rose Day, the Zonta Club of Lincoln recently presented yellow roses to three downtown businesswomen: Melody Shew with MKS Jewelers, Jeanne Xamis with Serendipity Stitches and Mary Lanterman with Beans & Such. Read more about this in the story below.

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March 18

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City seeks applicants for Ward 1 alderman vacancy
Railer hype heats up: Fans purchase 1,300 tickets
Tonight's game starts at 7:30
Zonta Club of Lincoln participates in global activities for International Women's Day and Zonta Rose Day
Chloe Cox named Young Women in Public Affairs Award recipient
USDA enhances Farm Storage Facility Loan program
Attorney general recognizes Sunshine Week, details 2013 requests to Public Access Bureau
6 signs your retirement plan is in trouble
Rare goat at Miller Park Zoo gives birth
Free women's event: 'Celebrate the Heart of a Woman'
Women and the ballot box

Day Planner

Logan County Board and committee meeting schedule for March

Lincoln City Council 2014 meeting schedule

Tuesday

6 a.m. — General primary

9 a.m. — Free blood pressure screenings

10 a.m. — Little Listener Lapsit

10 a.m. — Book Buddies

6 p.m. — Cancer support group meeting

7 p.m. — Michael Geriets' primary election celebration

7:30 p.m. — Railers in supersectional in Springfield

Wednesday

9:30 a.m. — Lincoln Woman's Club prayer breakfast

10 a.m. — Little Listener Lapsit

10 a.m. — Book Buddies

Noon — Lincoln Rotary Club meeting

Noon — LEPC quarterly meeting

Noon — Breastfeeding support group

Noon — Red Cross blood drive

6 p.m. — Kickoff meeting for St. Jude Lincoln to Peoria Run

7 p.m. — Legion Auxiliary Unit 263 meeting

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Letters of support for Sheriff Steven Nichols

From Stuart Erlenbush
From Michael D. McCoy

Letters of support for Michael Geriets for sheriff
Geriets for sheriff: positional statement

Sheriff's candidate: Steven Nichols' position statement and responses to questions

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Yesterday's Top Stories

Historic Lincoln Depot to be restored to its original 1911 footprint
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From the office of Jonathan Wright, Logan County state's attorney
Logan County sheriff's drug investigation update
Master Gardeners present Russel Allen Garden Day
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Culver's to host St. Patrick's Day fundraiser for United Way
Will Russia become a new world leader in agriculture?
Hartsburg-Emden to provide early childhood screening April 22
New Holland-Middletown third-quarter honor roll
Last call to nominate schools for grants through America's Farmers Grow Rural Education
Madigan assigns teams statewide to monitor primary election

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Local

City seeks applicants for Ward 1 alderman vacancy

Railer hype heats up: Fans purchase 1,300 tickets
Tonight's game starts at 7:30

Zonta Club of Lincoln participates in global activities for International Women's Day and Zonta Rose Day

Chloe Cox named Young Women in Public Affairs Award recipient

USDA enhances Farm Storage Facility Loan program

Attorney general recognizes Sunshine Week, details 2013 requests to Public Access Bureau

6 signs your retirement plan is in trouble

Rare goat at Miller Park Zoo gives birth

Free women's event: 'Celebrate the Heart of a Woman'

Women and the ballot box

CLOSE UP: March 18

Lincoln Woman's Club, LEPC meeting, Hartem FFA hunter clinic, HSLC garage sale, San Jose UMC fish fry, two benefits for Lyndie Jones, Mount Pulaski pickup dates for landscape waste, Oasis Lunch & Learn

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State

Attorney general recognizes Sunshine Week, details 2013 requests to Public Access Bureau

Illinois primary voters to pick candidates for governor, Senate

Prison, indictment no bar to victory in Illinois primary: experts

National

Fashion's L'Wren Scott found dead in NYC in apparent suicide

U.S. Naval Academy midshipman faces trial in sex assault case

U.S. TV pitchman Trudeau sentenced to 10 years in prison

Mother who drove kids into ocean off Florida needs psychiatric care: lawyer

Unease grows among U.S. doctors over Indian drug quality

GM recalls 1.5 million more vehicles; CEO says 'terrible things happened'

Warmest winter on record worsens California drought

Politics, Government & Elections

Obama imposes sanctions on 11 Russians, Ukrainians over Crimea

Obamacare campaign highlights sports injuries to enroll young people

Obama manufacturing hubs face uphill struggle to create jobs

Obama presses Abbas to help break stalemate with Israel

White House says rethinking strategy for surgeon general nominee

U.S. ambassador to China says 'level playing field' a top goal

U.S. tax preparer rules land in Congress, tough road ahead

Another Bush run for the White House? Jeb may be up for it

Tax cut clash looms as New York begins budget negotiations

Former Louisiana Gov. Edwards, a convicted felon, to run for Congress

International

Defiant Putin says Crimea will become Russian

Plane search spans Asia, but investigation shows little progress

Suicide bomber kills 15 in northern Afghan market: governor

Seven migrants drown off Greek island after boat capsizes

List of suspected Syrian war criminals grows with atrocities: U.N

Iran, six powers seek nuclear progress in shadow of Ukraine crisis

Thai government lifts Bangkok emergency, crisis far from over

ODD & Extraordinary

Texas man killed in cinema parking lot after argument about movie

Science, Technology and the Environment

Astronomers discover echoes from expansion after Big Bang

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Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home is the Chamber Business of the Week

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National

Chrysler recalls 18,092 Fiat 500L cars for transmission issue

GM recalls 1.5 million more vehicles; CEO says 'terrible things happened'
VW recalls 160,351 Passat sedans in U.S., Canada for light issue

Microsoft's CEO may unveil Office for iPad on March 27: source

High-tech goods to lead trade growth over next 15 years: HSBC
Sony Pictures to announce layoffs across divisions: source
U.S. retirees return to reverse mortgages; big banks stay away

U.S. homebuilder sentiment ticks up in March, still sour

U.S. factories flex muscle after severe winter chill
U.S. regulator warns on auditors' marketing practices

Big banks need point person for money-laundering lapses: regulator

Men from Ukraine and New York indicted in U.S. cybercrime case
El-Erian starts tweeting, but won't talk about Gross
Ex-BofA banker pleads guilty to theft, gets prison: Massachusetts AG
Ahead of bankruptcy hearing, LightSquared seeks finding against Ergen
Republican lodges ethics complaint against rival over Herbalife
Five months later, jurors face tough task in Madoff aides' trial

International

Renault and Nissan name management team to step up integration

Australia's David Jones to assess $3 billion Myer merger
SocGen seeks to pay bankers bonuses up to double their salaries
Losses mount as South Africa faces biggest post-apartheid mine strike

UK Treasury to name Anthony Habgood chairman of Bank of England's board: Sky

Bank of England shake-up may trigger rate-setter changes

Vodafone agrees to $10 billion deal for Spain's Ono

Energy

Brent oil falls $2 as Crimea threat eases, global demand wanes

Chesapeake Energy files for spinoff oilfield services business

Mexico's Pemex mulls crude imports, more exports to India, Japan

Markets

Wall Street climbs as Ukraine worries ease, data improves

Exclusive: Forex swings cost U.S. firms $6 billion in fourth-quarter revenue: study

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Illinois grain prices in country elevators
USDA enhances Farm Storage Facility Loan program
Logan County FSA program update
FSA offers farm bill website
USDA update on livestock disaster programs
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Bulls sheepish despite export demand
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Mount Pulaski Grade School has announced its March Students of the Month. They are sixth-grader Paige Stewart, the daughter of John and Diedra Stewart of Mount Pulaski; seventh-grader Skylar Hayes, the daughter of Steven and Jessica Hayes of Mount Pulaski; and eighth-grader Jordan Sanchez, the son of Robert and Renae Sanchez of Elkhart.

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Births:

Avery Hope Bottles
Silas Lawrence Judd
Tracyn LuAnn Stankavich
Amelia Louise and Esther Majorie Van Wie

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Lincoln Woman's Club annual prayer breakfast Wednesday

LEPC quarterly meeting to be March 19

Hartsburg-Emden FFA to host Hunter Safety Clinic

HSLC seeks donations for annual garage sale

San Jose UMC fish fry slated for March 21

Two benefits in March for infant Lyndie Jones

City of Mount Pulaski announces pickup dates for landscape waste

Oasis Lunch & Learn March 18
Area Agency on Aging for Lincolnland announces program for family caregivers

Community News & Events

Zonta Club of Lincoln participates in global activities for International Women's Day and Zonta Rose Day

Master Gardeners present Russel Allen Garden Day

Album 1 | Album 2 | Album 3 | Album 4

Album 5 | Album 6 | Album 7 | Album 8

Owens named ALMH Employee of the Month

Kelly Miller Circus coming to Mount Pulaski

Lincoln Jaycees schedule annual mower clinic for March 22

Lincoln Park District receives IOOF donation

Celebrate Red Cross Month by getting involved

Lincoln City Council meeting schedule (PDF)

Logan County Board committee meeting schedule for March (PDF)

911 / ETSB scheduled meetings for 2014

Library notes

Park district notes

YMCA notes

Community Calendar of Events

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Chloe Cox named Young Women in Public Affairs Award recipient

Hartsburg-Emden to provide early childhood screening April 22
New Holland-Middletown third-quarter honor roll
Last call to nominate schools for grants through America's Farmers Grow Rural Education
LCU promotes Dr. Mariana Hwang
Alison Stone is the February Student of the Month at Illini Central
Carroll Catholic School receives IOOF grant
Illinois American Water announces typography art contest for area seventh-graders
School websites
Head Start: Breakfast, snacks | Lunch (PDFs)
District 27 menus: (PDFs)
- Breakfast: to March 21 | March 24-April 4
- Lunch: to March 21 | March 24-April 4

Friends and Family in the Military

Community Action Partnership emergency food pantry hours

Community Action senior meals:

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Senior Life

Article update March 18

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 ... Olympians of Social Security
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Marriages, civil unions
Dissolutions
Fire and rescue reports

Obituaries:
Most recent:
- Heyen, Helen L., 83
- Hurley, Jason L., 29
- Spencer, Adeline M., 73

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Local

Free women's event: 'Celebrate the Heart of a Woman'
Logan County Department of Public Health food inspection scores
Births at ALMH

National, International

Review questions
the effects of dietary
fats on heart disease

Unease grows among U.S. doctors over Indian drug quality
Europe failing to tackle drug-resistant tuberculosis
Israel's Gamida Cell gets buyout offer from unnamed drugmaker
ThromboGenics reports slowdown of sales of main drug Jetrea
Mothers' monitoring of media tied to kids' weight
White House says rethinking strategy for surgeon general nominee
U.S. administration says Obamacare enrollment tops 5 million

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Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts

Fashion's L'Wren Scott found dead in NYC in apparent suicide

Kanye West placed on probation over scuffle with photographer
Judge orders singer Chris Brown to stay in jail
UK's ITV to broadcast new Formula E series

Food, Family and Fun

Rare goat at Miller Park Zoo gives birth
Slim Randles' Home Country
Backyard artistry
Outdoors with Babe Winkelman
Up your odds for Wile E. Coyote
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If you thought Friday night's game was wild and crazy, "you ain't seen nothing yet." According to athletic director Sam Knox, LCHS sold all 1,300 of their advance tickets to tonight's game. Also, be sure to check out the story below. There was a snafu with the starting time tonight, so it has changed

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Today's Top Sports Stories

Local

Railer hype heats up: Fans purchase 1,300 tickets
Tonight's game starts at 7:30
Logan Lanes:
- Sunday Night Mixed League
- Sunday Swingers

Basketball

With Westbrook back, Thunder beat up Bulls

Pacers hand 76ers 21st straight loss
Nuggets end Clippers' 11-game winning streak
Mavericks start long homestand with rout of Celtics
Rockets resume home dominance, rout Jazz
Williams scores 28 as Nets beat Suns
Hawks win fourth straight game
NBA standings

Hockey

Backes' two goals help Blues win

Coyotes stun Kings with third-period rally
Lightning finish homestand with a win
Bruins stop Wild to extend winning streak to nine
Preview: Blackhawks at Flyers
NHL standings

Baseball

A's pitcher Parker to miss season after elbow surgery

MLB player notes

Golf

Garcia and Schwartzel back Final Series changes

Tennis

Nadal, Federer bring box-office boost to Miami

More Sports

Williams banishes the ghosts of dismal 2013

Owner of NFL's Indianapolis Colts accused of intoxicated driving
Pistorius knew South African gun safety rules, court told

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Monday, March 17:

Historic Lincoln Depot to be restored to its original 1911 footprint
- Album
From the office of Jonathan Wright, Logan County state's attorney
Logan County sheriff's drug investigation update
Master Gardeners present Russel Allen Garden Day
- Album 1 | Album 2 | Album 3 | Album 4
- Album 5 | Album 6 | Album 7 | Album 8
Culver's to host St. Patrick's Day fundraiser for United Way
Will Russia become a new world leader in agriculture?
Hartsburg-Emden to provide early childhood screening April 22
New Holland-Middletown third-quarter honor roll
Last call to nominate schools for grants through America's Farmers Grow Rural Education
Madigan assigns teams statewide to monitor primary election
Recalls announced
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home is the Chamber Business of the Week
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Games we play
By Jim Killebrew
Not so funny: Illinois nowhere near Obamacare goals
Illinois Watchdog

Police reports
Fire and rescue reports
Logan Lanes: Friday Night Mixed League
Redbirds sweep doubleheader vs. Western Illinois, improve to 11-5
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