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The 4rd Annual Summer Sipper will return to award-winning Fire Station Park & Gardens on Sunday, June 24th from 5:00 to 7:00 PM.

Summer Sipper is a neighborhood reception style event event featuring dishes from local restaurants and dishes prepared by neighbors which feature herbs grown in the garden.

Geja's Cafe will return to Summer Sipper both as an event sponsor and to serve their always refreshing and delicious beverages, a huge hit in both 2016 & 2017.

Our friends from J9 Wine Bar, an LCA member and Sipper sponsor, will also be back. Owner Sonya Mlodzek and Manager Morgan Gabrielson will both be on hand to introduce you to amazing wines and provide pairing tips.

The Amazing Benjamin Barnes, one of Chicago's most popular magicians and a frequent guest performer at LCA events, will be on hand to astonish you with his unbelievable magic. (If you want to make a neighbor vanish, this is your opportunity. So bring. them to Summer Sipper.) Don't miss the magic of Benjamin Barnes on June 24th. For a preview, see below.

The real star of the show at Summer Sipper, though, is always its setting, beautiful Four Station Park, winner of a 2017 Chicago Excellence in Gardening Award.

If you have an interest in sponsoring, the 4th Annual Summer Sipper e-mail us at sponsorship@lincolncentral.org or call 773.531.5515. To volunteer or participate in another way, please email us at events@lincolncentral.org. To learn more about Fire Station Park our LCA's work with other parks, please email parks@lincolncentral.org.

Both Officials Stressed Importance of Neighborhood Groups and Praised Lincoln Central's Accomplishments

At LCA's recent our annual meeting and election, held on Wednesday evening, January 24th at Tobacco Road Tap Room (2239 N. Lincoln Avenue), long-time members mingled with new members and other neighborhood guests to reflect on shared accomplishments, discuss neighborhood issues and simply get to know each other. The meeting was followed by an LCA-hosted neighborhood reception.

Special guests included 5th District Congressman Mike Quigley and 43rd Ward Alderman Michele Smith who both addressed the crowd and stressed the important role neighborhood associations play in helping shape the quality of life in our communities. The congressman complimented LCA on its family-friendly neighborhood events at which he is a frequent guest, noting his enjoyment of biking to the December 2 holiday tree lighting ceremony in Oz Park. Alderman Smith recently referred to the tree lighting ceremony, jointly hosted by LCA and the Oz Park Advisory Council, as "the most amazing thing Lincoln Park has done in decades."

During her remarks, the Alderman thanked LCA members for their commitment to the community, mentioning the organization's role with zoning, safety, parks, schools events and more. She remarked that the neighborhood associations in Lincoln Park have been involved in every significant improvement and important decision in the neighborhoods for decades. She encouraged those in attendance to learn more about Lincoln Park's neighborhood groups.

Kenneth Dotson thanked both the Congressman and Alderman for their continued support of Lincoln Central and especially for taking time to attend the event. He also thanked long-time LCA member Judy Johanson for her contributions to the neighborhood in her role as Chair of the Oz Park Advisory Council and expressed appreciation for the contributions of  three outgoing members of the Board, Secretary James Borkman, Betsy Costello and Bob Segal.

The meeting and reception included a "best of Lincoln Central" slide show featuring neighbors enjoying LCA events, key awards won by the organization, and recognition of sponsors who helped  support LCA throughout the year.

Other special guests at the meeting included Carter Harms, Chief of Staff for State Representative Ann Williams, and Alderman Smith's Chief of Staff, Adam Gypalo.

Newsletter & Website Each Receive Awards for Publication Excellence

.......the "superb visuals" of the logos and their "clever headlines and slogans." APEX Grand Awards, the highest given in this competition, honor the most outstanding work in eleven main categories.

For the second consecutive year, LCA's newsletter, From the Heart, received an APEX Award for Publication Excellence. Judges cited a September 2016 sidebar article authored by Kathy Jordan on the late Conrad Moulton, father of local artist Josh Moulton, as an example of the newsletter's quality content. The senior Moulton was a famed, New York-based illustrator of print advertising, text books, and encyclopedias for four decades. APEX Excellence Awards are based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content and the ability to achieve overall communications effectiveness.

LCA's website also received an APEX Award for Publication Excellence, in the 1 to 2 Person Published Website category.

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