Dr. Wayne C. Temple addresses a full house at the Sunday afternoon Lincoln College Charter Day Convocation in the auditorium of Johnston Center for the Performing Arts. Dr. Temple is an internationally known author and authority of Abraham Lincoln having written more than a half-dozen books on the life of the 16th president. As part of the ceremony, Dr. Temple was awarded an Honorary Doctorate - Doctor of Human Letters. He was also the keynote speaker of the day discussing his latest book; Abraham Lincoln: The Hay Family Recollections. LDN will have complete coverage of the Charter Day Convocation in our Tuesday edition.

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On Saturday the weather was perfect for an outing, and approximately 1,400 people took advantage of that to go to the Zion Lutheran Pancake and Sausage Breakfast. The doors opened at 7 a.m. and the crowds gathered almost immediately and continued on until closing time at approximately 1 p.m.

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MASON CITY - When the seats were removed from the Arlee Theater in Mason City recently, this embedded ink of a Hershey wrapper from years past was easy to spot. There are at least three other such imprints on the maple floor of the nearly-80-year-old theater.  New and refurbished seats are now on their way after a successful Save Our Seats fundraising campaign.

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Bulls guard Derrick Rose (1) loses the ball under pressure from Orlando Magic forward Channing Frye and guard Willie Green (34) during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game at Amway Center.

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