2018 Area Festivals

Page 44 2018 Area Fall Festivals LINCOLN DAILY NEWS SEPT. 12, 2018 Kelly Aylesworth is a life-long friend of Lowery and was on the selection committee for the grand marshal. On Friday she spoke about how Lowery was selected. Aylesworth said that the committee accepted nominations from the Mount Pulaski area. They considered each nomination carefully and what helped in deciding was the theme of this year’s Fall Festival Parade – “Celebrate Every Day.” She said that when considering the nominations and the theme, Lowery was the definition of the theme, always upbeat, always happy, and always supportive of the community. Aylesworth noted that Lowery has long been an advocate for the community and cares deeply about the people of Mount Pulaski. As someone who has known Lowery for years, Aylesworth said Lowery has always been this type of person. Even in the last year or so when there were bad times and sad times, Lowery was always supportive and loving towards all those who were struggling. As many know, Lowery is a full time employee of the United States Post Office, delivering mail in Lincoln. She also works part time with Lincoln Daily News. In her role with LDN she does a huge amount of sports reporting, but also works to help promote things going on in the Mount Pulaski area through her stories and photos. Her work with LDN began almost by accident. Teena is a proud mom with two terrific kids who were very active in Mount Pulaski High School sports at the time. Teena attended all their games and always with a camera in hand. One day she decided to share her photos and she sent copies to LDN. “I remember that day after we ran her photos. Teena stopped in the office and Jim Youngquist, our publisher, commented to her that she had made LDN history because it was the first time ever we had run multiple photos in our sports section on a single local sporting event,” said Nila Smith of LDN. “I also remember the photos. I have a deep love for photography, and it was CONTINUE ...