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							The 
							Lincoln's Woman's Club hosted this year's Holiday 
							Home Tour. The tour 
							not only featured five lovely homes, but the Woman's 
							Club was also decorated 
							for the holidays with refreshments offered, and 
							featured musical performances by local groups all 
							afternoon. 
							 
							Here, Zion Lutheran School Choir performs 
							angelically singing traditional 
							holiday favorites. The afternoon also featured First 
							United Methodist's 
							Children's Chime Choir, both Chester-East Lincoln 
							and Lincoln Community High
							School choirs, as well as musical instrument solo 
							performances on the guitar
							by Keena Peek and dulcimer by Darrell Wibben. 
							
							Photo by Jan 
							Youngquist         [Click 
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				 Death toll rises to 36 from 
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						Lincoln-Broadwell Lady Wolverines pose in front of one 
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