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Pam Moriearty and Jim Struebing are gearing up to
host an upcoming educational meeting for Master
Naturalists of the University of Illinois Extension
Logan-Menard-Sangamon Unit. The meeting is to be
held this Tuesday, March 10th at 10 a.m. at
Kickapoo Creek Park and is open to the public.
This majestic tree, a Sycamore, stands by the bridge
over the creek. It is one of many trees being tagged
throughout the park by Master Naturalist Struebing.
Photo Jim Struebing
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This Week's Top
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Community Calendar of
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Day Planner
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Public
Announcement
Beginning March 9th
new hours will be in effect for the Mount Pulaski Post
Office
Monday - Friday
Open 8:15 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Closed 11 a.m. to Noon
Open Noon to 3:15
p.m.
Saturday
Open 8:15 to 10 a.m.
Public Meetings and Notices
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Veteran's Celebration fundraiser breakfast
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2015 St. June Lincoln to Peoria Run kick-off meeting
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Two fundraisers in March will benefit the Logan
County Veteran Celebration Dinner in November
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Retirement reception planned for Wally Kautz by the
Mount Pulaski Courthouse Foundation
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Dinner Programs at the Palms Grill
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2015 schedule for the Logan County Arts
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Fill
your cup coffee and fellowship
► Electronics
recycling held on the second Saturday of each month
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Lincoln
Emblem Club #443
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5th Saturday Opry Schedule for 2015
sponsored by
CHRIS COYNE, Agent — State Farm
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The
U.S. ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert (R) leaves after he was slashed in
the face by an unidentified assailant at a public forum in central Seoul March
5, 2015. Ambassador Mark Lippert was attending a breakfast forum in central
Seoul when a man attacked him, slashing him in the face, a witness at the event
told Reuters.
REUTERS/Yonhap
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Local
CLOSE UP:
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Veteran's Celebration fundraiser breakfast
►
2015 St. June Lincoln to Peoria Run kick-off meeting
►
Two fundraisers in March will benefit the Logan
County Veteran Celebration Dinner in November
►
Retirement reception planned for Wally Kautz by the
Mount Pulaski Courthouse Foundation
►
Friday night Dinner Programs at the Palms Grill
►
2015 schedule for the Logan County Arts
► Fill
your cup coffee and fellowship
► Electronics
recycling held on the second Saturday of each month
► Lincoln
Emblem Club #443
►
5th Saturday Opry Schedule for 2015
sponsored by
CHRIS COYNE, Agent — State Farm
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State
Union
backing elusive as Garcia seeks to unseat Chicago Mayor Emanuel
Chicago Mayoral candidate Jesus "Chuy" Garcia (R) greets
restaurant patrons, during a campaign stop on election day in
Chicago, Illinois,
in this file photo taken February 24, 2015. REUTERS/Jim
Young/Files
National
Boston
bombing trial to move into first full day of testimony
Defense attorneys for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar
Tsarnaev, David Bruck (L) and Judy Clarke (C), arrive at the
federal courthouse for opening statement's in Tsarnaev's trial
in Boston, Massachusetts, March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Politics,
Government & Elections
U.S. Supreme Court split over
Obamacare challenge
Demonstrators in favor of Obamacare gather at the Supreme Court
building in Washington March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
International
Knife-wielding attacker slashes face
of U.S. ambassador in South Korea
U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert leaves after he was
slashed in the face by Kim Ki-jong, a member of a pro-Korean
unification group, at a public forum in central Seoul in this
handout picture provided by Munhwa Ilbo on March 5, 2015.
REUTERS/Munhwa Ilbo
ODD &
Extraordinary
Science, Technology
and the Environment
Dawn
of man: Ethiopian jawbone fossil pushes back human origins
Dr. Chris Campisano (ASU) samples a tuff in the Ledi-Geraru
project area with support from Sabudo Boraru in Afar Regional
State, Ethiopia as pictured in this undated handout photo
courtesy of Arizona State University/J Ramon Arrowsmith.
REUTERS/Arizona State University/J Ramon Arrowsmith/Handout via
Reuters
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LDN - Business
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Local
National
AbbVie
boosts cancer drug pipeline with $21 billion
Pharmacyclics deal
A screen
displays the share price for pharmaceutical maker AbbVie
on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange July 18,
2014. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Costco's
quarterly profit tops estimates on tax benefit
Shoppers
wait to pay in Costco in Fairfax, Virginia, January 7,
2010. REUTERS/Larry Downing
International
China
signals 'new normal' with higher spending, lower growth
target
A worker
welds at a construction site in Yiliang, Yunnan
province, February 28, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer
Exclusive:
Malaysia's 1MDB to be dismantled under debt plan -
sources
A man
walks past a 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB)
billboard at the funds flagship Tun Razak Exchange
development in Kuala Lumpur, March 1, 2015. 1Malaysia
Development Bhd (1MDB), a property-to-energy fund whose
advisory board is chaired by Prime Minister Najib Razak,
has built debt of nearly 42 billion ringgit ($11.73
billion) to build a portfolio of power plants.
REUTERS/Olivia Harris (MALAYSIA - Tags: BUSINESS LOGO)
Money
Economy
Fed
shifts regulatory power away from New York: WSJ
A detail
from the front of the United States Federal Reserve
Board building is shown in Washington October 28, 2014.
REUTERS/Gary Cameron
Markets
Environmental
China
tries to ditch its coal addiction, reduce energy
intensity
A man
walks over a bridge as smoke rises from chimneys of a
thermal power plant in Shanghai February 23, 2015.
REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Technology & Internet
Britain
should turn to middle-aged mums to be spies of the
future: report
Britain's
Hazel Blears leaves Downing Street for the weekly
cabinet meeting at Westminster in central London June 2,
2009. REUTERS/Toby Melville
BMW
says talks with Apple don't involve developing a car
A worker
mounts the logo on a rim at the serial production BMW i3
electric car in the BMW factory in Leipzig September 18,
2013. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
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Area Gas
Prices
Regular Gasoline per Gallon
Lincoln
$2.199-$2.199
Bloomington
$2.159-2.509
Decatur
$2.279-$2.399
Springfield
$2.279-$2.369
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LDN - Entertainment
Cast
member Cate Blanchett is interviewed at the premiere of
"Cinderella" at El Capitan theatre in Hollywood, California
in this March 1, 2015 file photo.
REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/Files
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