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							On 
							Thursday morning, eight young adults who have chosen 
							to further their education in the agricultural field 
							received scholarship checks from the Lincoln/Logan 
							County Chamber of Commerce. The scholarships were 
							presented by this year's Scholarship Committee chair 
							Betsy Pech at the annual Chamber of Commerce Ag 
							Scholarship Breakfast.
 Recipients present included, left to right: Kamryn 
							Aylesworth, Genevieve VanWye, Meg Meeker, Elizabeth 
							Ford, Robert Meeker, Joshua Meador, and Betsy Pech.
 
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									Nobody 
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									Thursday, the somewhat unpleasant experience 
									was made better for patient Esther Boward, 
									as well as the hospital when she arrived, 
									and everyone realized her visit was pretty 
									special. It was five years ago that Abraham 
									Lincoln Memorial Hospital transferred 
									patients from the old hospital on Eighth 
									Street to its then new location just off of 
									Lincoln Parkway. 
 Esther was the first patient to be 
									transferred from the old to the new. When 
									she shared her recollection of that transfer 
									with staff, everyone got a little excited 
									and decided that it was a fitting time to 
									celebrate, which brightened Esther's day too 
									and made her most recent visit more 
									enjoyable.
 
 Pictured with Boward, ALMH staff Elise Harms 
									and Tim Heitzig.
 
									
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