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Most recent update to this website: August 23, 2010 |
| The national award-winning Douglas County Museum is operated by volunteers (with a part-time
paid director). The museum features short-term exhibits about a wide range of topics pertinent to the
history of Douglas County and East Central Illinois. Throughout the year, the museum staff also offers a wide
range of special events and programs. Browse our website for more details. Regular museum
hours: SPECIAL NOTICE:THE TEA DANCE SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 11 HAS BEEN CANCELLED MUSEUM'S ANNUAL GARAGE SALE IS FAST APPROACHING!Due to the extreme heat this summer as well as other factors, the original dates of the Douglas County Museum's Year 2010 garage sale have changed. The new dates are: October 14, 15, 16. This year's sale promises to be our biggest one ever! The museum's warehouse is stuffed full, with more items being processed into the sale every week. Be watching the local newspapers for information about the event. Our garage sale is an extremely important fund-raiser for the museum. Money raised in the sale is used to help defray the high, high winter utility costs. Mark your calendar. Bring friends. Bring a truck. Buy us out!! ACCIDENT IN THE MUSEUMFor the first time in the 25 year history of the Museum Association, there was a serious accident in the museum this summer. This has been a very rainy season and the museum's roof finally could not contain the water any longer. Cracks in the roof asphalt caused water to pour into the business office of the museum, as well as on top of the museum's "triple showcase", kiosk, and the Afghanistan/Iraq Gold Star Memorial Wall. To try to save the showcases, furniture and tile, museum volunteers draped tarps and situated buckets, tubs and baskets under the worst of the leaks. The place was a soggy, miserable mess. On the late night of July 24, museum director Lynnita Brown stepped into the museum to survey the damage. She found water ponding on a light panel, dangerously close to a significant collection of artifacts. Lynnita climbed up on an aluminum ladder to remove the panel and stop the ponding. The ladder shifted in the water and Lynnita fell to the floor amidst buckets, pools of water, broken ceiling tile and mops and tarps. She was alone in the museum at the time. After recovering from the stun of the fall, knowing full well that something was badly sprained or broken, Lynnita dragged herself to a chair, pulled herself up on it (unknown how!), and reached for a telephone to call her husband Dale. He came, as well as Lynnita's mother Jean Aldridge and Tim and Sherrie Hoel. Dale took Lynnita to Sarah Bush Lincoln Hospital in Mattoon, while Jean, Tim and Sherrie dealt with the water disaster. yDouglas County Museum: Home Page Www Datingskincare Xxxemail Dating Skin Caret Skin Skin Skin Care zDouglas County Museum: Home Page Www Datingskincare Xxxemail Dating Skin Careg j Online e Dating Dating Lingerie |
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