Lincoln News

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A my Row of Lincoln retired from Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital this month, the very same place she began her 42-year-long career in nursing and the same place her father worked for over 30 years.

I n cooperation with Senior Citizens of Logan County, the Area Agency on Aging for Lincolnland has scheduled a Lunch and Learn program for informal caregivers of older adults and for grandparents and other relatives raising children.

T he Main Street Lincoln organization is inviting everyone to make their way downtown to the courthouse square for a day of good, healthy fun on Saturday, June 8. The event is dubbed as the "Cruise into Main Street 5K and Health Expo," and there will be a lot of interesting and fun activities going on the entire day.

T he Logan County Genealogical and Historical Society will host its monthly program at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 20, at 114 N. Chicago in Lincoln.

P lans are underway for a reunion of the LCHS Class of 1968 this summer. But it is not only for the Class of '68. Throughout their years at Lincoln Community High School, the class made friends with, had classes with and crushes on, and laughed and cheered with those in grades ahead of and behind them.

H ailie Williams, an eighth-grader at Zion Lutheran School in Lincoln, has been selected as Zion's April Student of the Month.

H ailie Williams, an eighth-grader at Zion Lutheran School in Lincoln, has been selected as Zion's April Student of the Month.

The Route 66 Association of Illinois will induct three new members to its Hall of Fame on June 8, during its annual Hall of Fame banquet in Lincoln, Ill., reported the Morris Daily Herald .

This week is National Nursing Home Week. As a part of their observance, Symphony of Lincoln had wheelchair races in their parking lot on Tuesday.

B ig Oak Hunting Paradise, outside of Lincoln, and Pistol Prep Academy will host an NRA Basic Pistol Course on June 1 and June 27 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The course will be taught by Annette Chapman, a local NRA-certified instructor, and will cover the basics of safe gun handling and shooting.

In 2012, Row was named ALMH Nurse of the Year. A graduate of Lincoln Community High School, Row spent a lot of time at the hospital as a candy striper, in medical records and as an aide.

I ntegrity Data in Lincoln has awarded a total of $7,500 in grant funds to not-for-profit organizations in the area.

This week is National Nursing Home Week. As a part of their observance, Symphony of Lincoln had wheelchair races in their parking lot on Tuesday.

According to Chief Mark Miller, the Lincoln Fire Department responded to a call of a gas leak on Keokuk at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.

T uesday evening Lisa Quisenberry of the 700 block of South Kickapoo in Lincoln called on the Lincoln City Council to inquire about what was being done to curb speeding on her street.

A riel Staton of Lincoln has been named the May Employee of the Month at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.

T uesday evening during the Lincoln City Council committee of the whole, aldermen were given a list of potential expectations for the Abraham Lincoln Tourism Bureau of Logan County.

T he Perry County Lutheran Chorale is on a summer tour through Illinois and Indiana, with the theme "Sola Fide," and will perform at Zion Lutheran Church in Lincoln on May 31, at 7 p.m. Their music will feature a mixture of classical and contemporary repertoire back to the classics of Bach and Schubert through today's latest arrangements of hymn ... (more)

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