Due to an inadvertent error by one of the Lincoln Staff Diversity and Inclusion Committee members, Abigail Butt’s name was omitted from the group of those who signed the June 30 article headlined “My Turn: Town staff group voices ‘strong support’ for LGBTQIA+ community.” The article has been updated.
Police log for June 14–26, 2024
June 14
Cambridge Turnpike eastbound (11:22 a.m.) — A caller reported a duck and ducklings stuck on median in middle of Route 2. State Police were notified along with the Animal Control Officer.
Trapelo Road (1:33 p.m.) — Report of a loose manhole cover on Trapelo Road in Waltham. Waltham police were notified.
Cambridge Turnpike westbound (3:04 p.m.) — A second report of a duck and ducklings on Route 2. The Animal Control Officer was notified.
South Great Road (8:36 p.m.) — Jaime Garcia, 48, of Roslindale was located by officers after Waltham police had reported a hit-and-run in their city. He was arrested for OUI–alcohol, third offense.
June 15
Lincoln Road (5:18 a.m.) — A caller asked whether Emerson Hospital was open.
Concord Road (8:03 a.m.) — Three callers reported traffic lights malfunctioning at the intersection of Rte. 117 and Rte. 126. An officer responded; the lights were working properly.
Windingwood Lane (11:34 a.m.) — An officer met with a person about a lottery scam. No fraudulent activity occurred.
Lincoln Road (3:23 p.m.) — A resident was accidentally locked out of a building. The Fire Department gained entry for the resident.
Mary’s Way (4:10 p.m.) — Officers were called to the scene to keep the peace during a dispute between a new and existing tenant over a moving truck blocking access to assigned parking spaces. The truck was moved upon officer arrival.
Twin Pond Lane (5:15 p.m.) — Police received complaints regarding ongoing construction in the area.
Twisted Tree Café (10:14 p.m.) — A caller reported Amazon packages outside the business after hours.
June 16
Paul Revere lot, North Great Road (12:45 a.m.) — Police checked on an unoccupied vehicle that had been parked there for some time.
North Great Road (4:47 p.m.) — A caller reported a male throwing objects at passing cars. The person was gone when an officer arrived.
Page Farm Road (10:04 p.m.) — A caller reported an unoccupied vehicle parked across street from their residence and was advised that it belonged to a neighbor.
June 17
Wells Road (8:00 a.m.) — An interior door had been pushed in but nothing was reported stolen. The matter remains under investigation.
Lincoln Road (12:01 p.m.) — A vehicle in the commuter lot was ticketed for non-payment.
Twisted Tree Café (3:14 p.m.) — Three people walked into the station to speak with an officer regarding a minor accident in front of Twisted Tree Café.
Codman Road (4:57 p.m.) — A caller reported a dog walking down road. An officer was unable to locate the dog.
Huntley Lane (5:15 p.m.) — A caller reported that a groundhog had entered their garage and was stuck on a sticky trap inside. The Animal Control Officer was contacted to assist.
Wells Road (8:35 p.m.) — An officer spoke to a caller regarding a complaint about ivy being cut off of their fence.
June 18
Mackintosh Lane (7:08 a.m.) — A resident asked to have firearms destroyed by police.
Virginia Road (11:40 a.m.) — A caller reported an odor of gas. Fire Department crews located a gas stove that was accidentally left on in one of the units.
Bartkus Farm Road, Concord (4:51 p.m.) — Lincoln firefighters responded to a house fire in Concord. Click here for details.
Concord Road (7:10 p.m.) — A vehicle delivering food to the wrong address turned around and did minor damage to a freshly hydroseeded lawn and dislodged a few stones from a stone wall. The operator was identified.
Virginia Road (8:17 p.m.) — The Fire Department responded for gas odor in a different unit than the one reported earlier that day at the same address. Management was contacted to have a plumber respond to to address the problem.
Winter Street (9:10 p.m.) — Lincoln and Waltham firefighters responded to a residence for an overheating appliance.
June 19
South Great Road (10:01 a.m.) — A resident called to report a bat in their house. The matter was referred to the Animal Control Officer.
Donelan’s Supermarket — A car belonging to an Orchard Lane resident was left unattended for a couple of days at the supermarket. The owner was contacted and said the would remove the vehicle.
North Commons (12:36 p.m.) — A caller requested information about self-defense options.
Lexington Road (7:12 p.m.) — A man was attempting to get the attention of residents to use telephone to arrange for a ride to his home. Officers responded and transported the person to a rest stop on I-95 to await a ride.
Old County Road (7:30 p.m.) — Two males parked a vehicle in front of a home and proceeded to go fishing in the Cambridge Reservoir. Officers cleared them from the area.
Winter Street (10:27 p.m.) — A caller reported loud music in the area. Officers responded and found kids playing music while in the pool. The parents turned down the music.
June 20
Route 2 Gas (6:33a.m.) — An officer spoke to a person who was resting inside their vehicle. The party was sent on their way.
Mackintosh Lane (11:11 a.m.) — Medical personnel on scene requested assistance with a resident who was uncooperative.
Boyce Farm Road (12:43 p.m.) — A walk-in to the station reported being the victim of scam. An officer took a report and advised them regarding future incidents.
Stonehedge Road (3:24 p.m.) — A walk-in to the station asked to speak with an officer about mail they received in an effort to determine if the mail was a scam. It was determined to be junk mail only.
Old Sudbury Road (9:29 p.m.) — Railroad gates were stuck down. Keolis responded and lifted the gates.
Lincoln Road (10:39 p.m.) — Railroad gates were stuck down. Keolis responded and advised that the issue was caused by slow-moving train as it passed through the Old Sudbury Road crossing.
June 21
Minuteman Technical High School (1:05 p.m.) — Roman Martis, 21, of Lexington was arrested after an investigation by officers for a breaking-and-entering and larceny at the school.
Wells Road (8:46 a.m.) — A caller reported suspicious males. Officers were unable to locate anyone.
June 22
Codman House (9:12 a.m.) — A caller reported a broken board on a footbridge behind Codman Estate. The Conservation Department was notified.
Browning Lane (6:59 p.m.) — An officer responded for a report of a parked taxi. The operator was picking up a family member.
Donelan’s Supermarket (11:44 p.m.) — A party was found sleeping behind Donelan’s. They were transported by an officer to their father’s residence in Wayland.
June 23
DeCordova Museum (3:08 p.m.) — Staff called about sick animal. The matter was referred to the Animal Control Officer.
Cambridge Turnpike eastbound (6:17 p.m.) — Officers responded to a crash that state police ultimately handled.
Codman House (8:47 p.m.) — An officer contacted the owner of a vehicle parked after hours. The vehicle was disabled and will be towed from area on Monday.
Lincoln Woods (2:02 a.m.) — A caller reported hearing slamming car doors and people arguing in parking lot. An officer responded but all parties had left the area.
June 24
Old County Road (1:16 p.m.) — An officer advised a resident to stop dumping trash in the street. The trash was removed from side of the road.
Stonehedge Road (2:05 p.m.) — A resident called to report two people with a ladder against a telephone pole. An officer determined that they were working for another resident on the street.
Wells Road (5:30 p.m.) — A resident called about an interaction with a neighbor. Officers responded and spoke to all parties involved, one of whom was unaware that an incident had occurred.
Wells Road (8:36 p.m.) — A caller asked for Animal Control Officer contact information regarding a stray cat.
Wells Road (9:54 p.m.) — A caller reported an unattended citronella candle burning behind their unit. The Fire Department responded and spoke to a resident to advise to extinguish candles when unattended.
Lincoln Road (10:20 p.m.) — An officer found a woman sleeping on the sidewalk. She was transported to a relative’s residence in Wayland.
Lincoln School (1:09 a.m.) — An officer checked on the occupants of a parked vehicle at the school. The parties were talking and were sent on their way.
June 25
Wells Road (8:52 a.m.) — A caller requested contact info for Animal Control Officer regarding a stray cat they found.
Cambridge Turnpike eastbound (9:58 am.) — Lincoln police assisted state police with a vehicle crash.
Mackintosh Lane (11:09 a.m.) — A caller sought advice from an officer regarding the ongoing health problems of family member.
Cambridge Turnpike eastbound (2:08 p.m.) — Several callers reported seeing an elderly man walking on the Route 2 off-ramp. Officers checked the area but didn’t find anybody.
June 26
Lincoln Road (6:35 p.m.) — Neighbors held on to an escaped puppy until an officer and the owner arrived.
My Turn: Did you get Trump’s strategy?
By Alexander Creighton
What a clever strategy Donald Trump’s MAGA advisors pulled off to overwhelm and beat down President Joe Biden last Thursday night! They knew Orange Man would not have an open mic to heckle and harass as he did four years ago. And Biden, most likely too overprepared at Camp David, was left to his own memory without prompter or notes to stand up to such a barrage. What a target!
The entire 45 minutes was nothing but a clear and direct assault on Biden’s ability to concentrate and make any meaningful points.
Countless times, a CNN moderator’s question to Trump was never addressed directly by him. Instead, his handlers coached Trump to take his four-minute exclusive time slot to harass, berate, and bombard Biden, repeatedly using the immigration issue on every subject he was given to address for that four minutes. He deflected, as is his style, blame on Biden every subject that was brought up from the get-go. It was a nonstop lambasting force of energy aimed directly at Biden’s mind — so much so, unbeknownst to Biden and to the disbelief of all watching, it completely befuddled him to the point where it was obvious that he was unable to recall any of the preparation days before at Camp David.
It was an excellent strategy and it worked, showing us a diminished man who has done so much for this country in the last four years despite Trump’s back-door control of his toadies in Congress and elsewhere. Yes, President Biden did come back, sort of, in a few places, but he never had time to really recover after 40 minutes of the constant barrage of negativity aimed in his direction.
The final result of this clever strategy showed itself as a success when Biden reacted to Trump’s golf scores trap. Then Trump was the one to say, “Let’s stop acting like children.”
But the final blow however was President Biden’s exhausted physical appearance, facial expression, and speaking style. It reduced his ability to utter even a coherent final statement, which was also sadly far below everyone’s expectations. Then came the talking heads’ immediate reactive panic and suggesting that he must step aside. Too late!
His showing the next day was proof positive to me that, despite Thursday night’s debacle, I have certain faith in Joe Biden and his team being quite capable of leading this great and diverse nation for another four years.
Creighton, a Lincoln resident, is in his words “an 84 year-old independent voter who’s been there too!”
“My Turn” is a forum for readers to offer their letters to the editor or views on any subject of interest to other Lincolnites. Submissions must be signed with the writer’s name and street address and sent via email to lincolnsquirrelnews@gmail.com. Items will be edited for punctuation, spelling, style, etc., and will be published at the discretion of the editor. Submissions containing personal attacks, errors of fact, or other inappropriate material will not be published.
My Turn: Town staff group voices “strong support” for LGBTQIA+ community
By the Lincoln Staff Diversity and Inclusion Committee
The Lincoln Staff Diversity and Inclusion Committee (SDIC) is made up of staff members from a variety of ages, religions, ethnicities, races, cultures, genders, and sexualities. We are proud to work for this town, with many of us having been on the staff for over a decade. SDIC’s mission is as follows:
- Create an inclusive environment by engaging diverse talent and influencing recruitment, development, advancement, and retention.
- Articulate our diversity and inclusion values through proactive communications.
- Regulate and manage workplace equity and inclusivity by reviewing and improving our policies and practices.
- Evaluate our progress by continually assessing our organizational culture.
While our efforts are mainly focused on diversity and inclusion within the workplace, we recognize that the culture of the town is just as critical to the wellbeing of its current and future employees as the culture within Town Offices.
We were shocked and saddened to read that some members of the community believe that the recognition of Pride Month is harmful. What hurts people is telling them to hide who they are. Many of us have seen first-hand the devastating impacts that homophobia and transphobia have on our children, family, friends, and even on ourselves. Pride is not just about acceptance — it is about celebrating who you are and who you love unapologetically. Pride is about support, love, and kindness.
In no way do we seek to silence those that we disagree with. As others have said, freedom of speech and equitable participation in the public process are the foundations of democracy. However, freedom of speech is not the same as freedom from criticism. Hate does not have a place in Lincoln’s community. We commend the Lincoln Squirrel’s decision to publish this article and shed light on this harmful rhetoric. It provides an opportunity for people to speak out and share their support for the LGBTQIA+ community.
With the politicization and attacks on LGBTQIA+ people in this country, they need our support now more than ever. In that vein, we are using our voices to speak out and share our strong support for the LGBTQIA+ community. We hope that others in Lincoln will do the same, and we are grateful to those who already have. It costs nothing to be supportive, loving, and kind.
Signed,
Victoria Benalfew, Administrative Assistant to the Building Department and Board of Health
Abigail Butt, our Director of Council on Aging and Human Services
Stacy Carter, Conservation Planner
Jennifer Curtin, Assistant Director of Planning and Land Use
Michael Dolan, IT Director
Valeria Fox, Town Clerk
Tim Higgins, Town Administrator
Dan Pereira, Assistant Town Administrator
Robin Rapoport, Reference Librarian
Ian Spencer, Sergeant, Police Department
Colleen Wilkins, Finance Director/Town Accountant
“My Turn” is a forum for readers to offer their letters to the editor or views on any subject of interest to other Lincolnites. Submissions must be signed with the writer’s name and street address and sent via email to lincolnsquirrelnews@gmail.com. Items will be edited for punctuation, spelling, style, etc., and will be published at the discretion of the editor. Submissions containing personal attacks, errors of fact, or other inappropriate material will not be published.
Obituaries: Jacquelyn James, Mark Scott
There will be a memorial gathering in July for Jacquelyn “Jacqui” James of Lincoln, who passed away on June 10, 2024 at the age of 86. The gathering will be held on Saturday, July 20 at 2 p.m. at the First Unitarian Universalist Society in Newton (1326 Washington St., Newton). Click here to read her obituary.
Mark Scott of Lincoln, a graduate of Lincoln Public Schools and Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, passed away on November 15, 2023 at age 74. He was buried with military honors in the Lincoln Cemetery on December 7, 2023. Click here to read his obituary.
My Turn: Next steps on the Hanscom hangars
Editor’s note: The Mass. Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) issued a ruling on June 24 saying that the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Hanscom Field expansion project “does not adequately and properly comply” with Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act Office (MEPA) regulations. Five Massachusetts state representatives also sent a letter on June 14 criticizing “this profoundly flawed DEIR.” For more coverage of the latest development on this issue, see the June 24 articles in the Bedford Citizen and the Concord Bridge.
By Christopher Eliot
The June 21 MEPA determination that the North Airfield Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) is “not adequate” was very good news but is not the end of the story. Our next step is to write letters by August 13 to dispute the most recent Environmental Status and Planning Report and prevent the introduction of planning assumptions that can be used to justify the next version of the DEIR.
Some background: every five years, Massport publishes an Environmental Status and Planning Report (ESPR) that defines the planning assumptions for a five-year period. The ESPR is distinct from the DEIR, but the two are closely linked. The recently rejected DEIR was based on the 2017 ESPR, but the 2022 Hanscom ESPR has been written and is now open for review. (Writing an ESPR takes two years, so the publication date is two years after the reporting date.)
The 2022 Hanscom ESPR is closely linked with the proposed North Airfield hangar project and will be used in the next version of the DEIR to justify the project. We need to write letters disputing assertions in the ESPR that will be used to justify the future supplemental DEIR. Public comments can make a difference, and you are encouraged to write another letter to MEPA on this subject.
Much of the ESPR provides good factual data, but there are three major problems with the ESPR that need to be corrected:
1. Chapter 3 of the ESPR reports historical and projected airport activity levels through 2040 including a compound grown in business jet operations of 1.2%. This is incompatible with the climate crisis. It may be a valid projection of historical growth rates but we need to reverse the growth of private jet usage. Our local legislators understand this issue and are prepared to help. The ESPR needs to reflect the fact that sane public environmental policy will reverse the growth of private jets use, eliminating the need for new hangars.
Chapter 3 also fails to discuss likely scenarios for the introduction of eVOTL (electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft), eCTOL (electric conventional take-off and landing aircraft), and advanced air mobility aircraft (AAM). These new technologies might be an improvement or might have scary implications for residents near Hanscom airport; I don’t know because Massport has not said anything about their plans. This needs to be fixed. This technology is already being deployed in some parts of the world and should be discussed.
2. Chapter 7 reports on noise issues but fails to account for recent research showing that noise is a public health problem. It has been scientifically demonstrated that noise leads to systemic inflammation and causes increased mortality due to heart disease as well as learning problems and mental illness. The ESPR chapter incorrectly minimizes all of these problems and needs to be fixed.
3. Chapter 8 includes problematic descriptions of improved aviation fuels:
First, the ESPR incorrectly states that unleaded aviation fuel is not yet available. “As of writing, it is still unknown exactly when 100UL [fuel] will become a readily available resource at all airports” (page 8-37). This is not true: the fuel can be sourced from Vitol Corp. I called this company and verified that they are able and willing to deliver this unleaded aviation fuel to Hanscom Field as soon as they get a purchase order.
Second, in section 8.6.5 starting on page 8-38, there is a discussion of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at Hanscom Field. The discussion regurgitates industry propaganda about SAF that is easily refuted. The Government Accountability Office published a report last year that disputes many of these claims. More recently, Chuck Collins et al published a report titled “Greenwashing the Skies” that provided a detailed explanation of the problems with SAF as a solution to the climate problem of aviation. While industry wants us to believe this is a solution that just needs to be deployed, there are many fundamental issues in the way, and it is very unlikely that the promise of SAF will ever be fulfilled. In the meantime, industry uses the false promise of SAF as an excuse to avoid any meaningful response to their contribution to the climate crisis. There are a number of better proposals to mitigate aviation’s contribution to the climate crisis, so it is important not to allow the industry to pursue the distraction of SAF for the next 10 or 20 years.
The ESPR is extremely important in the debate over the North Airfield project because the ESPR is the planning document used to justify the North Airfield project. We should ask MEPA to require corrections to the ESPR while the comment period is open until August 13, 2024. Changing the ESPR to make more realistic assumptions about how community response can limit the growth of private jet travel will remove the primary justification for the North Airfield project. The developers are now required to write a supplemental DEIR based on the 2022 EPSR as a foundation.
As written, the 2022 ESPR provides a pillar of support for the project; your letters can help convert it into a pit of quicksand.
Comments on the 2022 ESPR should be sent to the same place as comments on the DEIR but should reference “Project 2022 L.G. Hanscom Field Environmental Status and Planning Report (2022 ESPR) (EEA #5484/8696)”:
Secretary Rebecca Tepper
Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
Attn: MEPA Office
Alex Strysky, EEA No. 5484/8696
100 Cambridge St., Suite 900
Boston, MA 02114
“My Turn” is a forum for readers to offer their letters to the editor or views on any subject of interest to other Lincolnites. Submissions must be signed with the writer’s name and street address and sent via email to lincolnsquirrelnews@gmail.com. Items will be edited for punctuation, spelling, style, etc., and will be published at the discretion of the editor. Submissions containing personal attacks, errors of fact, or other inappropriate material will not be published.
Eliot is chair and Lincoln’s representative to the Hanscom Field Advisory Commission.
My Turn: Check out famed cellist Helen Gillet on Friday
By Mimi Borden, Sara Mattes, and Rachel Marie Schachter
This Friday night, we have a unique opportunity to hear a gifted, boundary-breaking artist — cellist Helen Gillet — in a rare New England performance. She will take the stage at 8 p.m. on Friday, June 28 at Bemis Hall.
Helen has played notable venues around the world including Lincoln Center, NPR’s Tiny Desk, and TEDx stages. She performs most often in New Orleans, her current home, where her packed performances at the New Orleans Jazz Fest are consistently met with standing ovations.
Helen has a unique approach to music. She sings in English, French, and other languages while accompanying herself with multi-layered sounds that she records and loops as she performs. Her eclectic palette, technical prowess, extended techniques, and artistic daring combine to create an other-worldly experience. It’s one not to be missed. This is a sample of what you’ll hear.
Please join the Bemis Free Lecture Series to experience a most enchanting evening.
The authors are Bemis Trustees.
“My Turn” is a forum for readers to offer their letters to the editor or views on any subject of interest to other Lincolnites. Submissions must be signed with the writer’s name and street address and sent via email to lincolnsquirrelnews@gmail.com. Items will be edited for punctuation, spelling, style, etc., and will be published at the discretion of the editor. Submissions containing personal attacks, errors of fact, or other inappropriate material will not be published.
Juliet Rago-McNamara, 1927–2024
Juliet Rago-McNamara
American artist Juliet Rago-McNamara passed away peacefully of natural causes on June 17, 2024 at the age of 97 at Bridges Memory Care Assisted Living in Westford. She was born on March 21, 1927, in Chicago and is survived by her four children and six grandchildren.
Juliet was pre-deceased by her first husband, Henry Rago, a poet, editor of Poetry magazine, and professor in the University of Chicago’s School of Theology and Literature who passed away in 1969, and by her second husband Robert J. McNamara, former dean of Loyola University and subsequently professor and chair of its Department of Sociology, who passed away in 1985.
Beloved within her community and by family, friends, colleagues and students, Juliet was known for her even temper, kindness, and grace. She was a full professor of painting in Loyola’s Department of Fine Arts and was a prolific and respected artist, a calling to which she devoted her life.
Juliet earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) in 1950 and her Master of Fine Arts at SAIC in 1973. Her career in higher education began in 1969, when she became a professor of fine arts at Loyola and taught painting until her retirement in 2002. Prior to this, she was an art instructor at Barat College of the Sacred Heart in Lake Forest, Ill., from 1970-1971. She spent many summers working independently at arts colonies throughout the country, notably Yado, Ragdale, Oxbow Summer School of Art, Vermont Studio Center, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
A member of the College Art Association and the Women’s Caucus for Art, Juliet had a long career as an educator, lecturer, and artist. She received numerous awards, fellowships, and grants and is listed as a notable artist by Marquis Who’s Who. Juliet prolifically explored abstractions, landscapes, sky, sea, and figurative subjects in her work as an artist. She often depicted elements of nature and the ever-changing cloud formations over Lake Michigan and wherever she traveled. She was captivated by the human figure moving through water or space, especially in the form of angels, which graced most of the holiday cards she sent out yearly.
In addition to her work as an artist, Juliet loved music. She played guitar, dulcimer, and piano, and was a gifted singer, singing in local choirs wherever she lived. Her interest in art, music, and the humanities enabled her to create rich and varied friendships that mirrored what she cared most about.
Juliet continued through her over 70 years as an artist to create art works and exhibits in galleries and museums (in both solo and group shows) and leaves a rich and complex legacy as an artist and friend to many.
A celebration of life and memorial service will be announced at a later date at First Parish Church in Lincoln and at Rago Brothers’ Funeral Home in Chicago. In lieu of flowers, please contribute to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America or a charity or scholarship of your choice in Juliet’s name.
News acorns
Cello concert on Friday
Helen Gillet
See Helen Gillet, a “whirling dervish of the cello,” in concert on Friday, June 28 at 8 p.m. in Bemis Hall. Gillet is a cellist, singer, composer, and master improviser who grew up in Belgium, Singapore, Illinois and Wisconsin. Calling New Orleans home since 2002, she is a jazz festival favorite who regularly performs on stages all over the world. Her solo shows are an eclectic mix of styles including French chansons, Belgian folk sung in Walloon, contemporary jazz, North Indian blues and classical. She combines acoustic cello with voice, percussion and live looping and layering technology to explore and push the boundaries of sound and rhythm. See videos of her performing here. Free; sponsored by the Bemis Free Lecture Series.
Coming up at the library
Kids’ Comic Workshop with LJ Baptiste
Monday, July 8 from 7–8 p.m., Tarbell Room
ids ages 7+ are invited to join Boston cartoonist and comic artist LJ-Baptiste for a three-week workshop on Monday nights in July to learn how comics are made. You will also create your own comics and original characters using techniques from pros in comics and manga as well. All supplies will be provided by the library. Registration required; participants are encouraged to register for all three workshop sessions. Register here.
Ricardo Frota
Ecology of Sound: Ricardo Frota
Wednesday, July 10 from 11 a.m.–noon, Tarbell Room
Join us for a performance by Ricardo Frota that inspires children and parents to absorb the rhythms, sound and music from different global cultures and the natural world that surrounds them. Ricardo entertains and educates while playing multicultural songs and improvising with Earth elements. His interactive performances use traditional rhythm instruments, and instruments made of recycled materials and also objects found in nature. All ages welcome; no registration required.
Dungeons and Dragons: A Library Campaign
Thursday, July 11 from 4–5 p.m., Tarbell Room
Come play Dungeons and Dragons in the library with DM Nikolas Metcalf. Registration required; for ages 11+. Register here.
Donate art supplies to Lincoln hospice house
Lincoln resident Stacey Sawyer-Mackie, who volunteers with the Care Dimensions hospice house in Lincoln, is collecting adult coloring books, colored pencils, thin-tipped markers and similar items to have available for family members and visitors at the hospice house. If you can donate such items or easy word search, simple crossword puzzle books or other similar items, email her at slsweet830@aol.com.
Correction
The June 23 story headlined “Community center spaces to be named for Desais, Tingleys” mistakenly implied in the text and sketch that the main courtyard space in the new community center will be named for Dilla and Fred Tingley. It is the senior courtyard space, not the main courtyard, that will be name after the Tingleys. The article has been updated.