Lincoln Trail College guard Dante Combs will continue his basketball career at the University of Illinois Springfield. Combs earned All-Region and All-Conference honors for the Statesmen in the 2019-20 season.

Lincoln Trail College women’s basketball coach Scott Sparks says one of Jaylynn Brown’s dreams was to play Division One basketball. Now she’ll realize that dream after committing to the University of North Carolina Greensboro.

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Lincoln Trail College recognized Crawford County’s young artists at this year’s annual Celebrate Art! Event on March 5. The annual event invites high school artists to submit their work for a competition and also brings the artists to the College to hear from a professional artist. Crawford County high school students submitted 61 pieces of art for this year’s Celebrate Art! competition. The artwork was on display in the Library and was judged by Gregg Bonelli, Kelly Mullins, Brent Todd, and Winter Harmsen. They judged the work based on creativity, composition, and technique.

Lincoln Trail College will offer a series of classes in March that will help people learn how to better take care of their elderly loved ones. The Family Caregiver series begins March 10, 2020 with a class on caring for someone with Alzheimer’s Disease. The second class is March 17 and will offer tips on post-surgery care. The final class in the series is March 24 and covers household safety tips for seniors and stroke survivors.

More people are raising their own chickens and Lincoln Trail College is offering a class that will help you get started with your own backyard flock. Chicken Basics will be held March 11, 2020 from 6-8 p.m. Instructor Carrie Brown will give students an introduction to raising chickens. She’ll cover building your own brooder, purchasing or incubating your eggs and chicks, raising chicks, diseases, and feeding your flock. The cost of the Chicken Basics class is $25, and students can register by calling 618-544-8657.

Lincoln Trail College and the University of Illinois Extension will continue their Nutrition Series at LTC with a free program on super foods on March 11, 2020. The program will give people a chance to learn more about a vegetarian diet and also give people the chance to learn about the research behind super foods and what gives them that “super” quality.

Your child will get a chance to begin learning a second language in Lincoln Trail College’s Spanish for Kids class. The four-week long program begins March 12, 2020 and meets from 6-7 p.m. on Thursdays. Children will learn some of the basic concepts of the Spanish language, including greetings and expressions of courtesy, the alphabet, numbers, colors, animals, and human body parts. Children will also learn cultural facts about many Latin American countries.

Lincoln Trail College will offer a CPR class for the community on March 14, 2020 from 8:00 a.m. to noon. Students will learn how to provide CPR to an adult, child or infant and how to use an automated external defibrillator. Students who successfully complete the course will receive a CPR card through the American Heart Association. The cost of the class is $35, and students can register for the class by calling 618-544-8657.

People that want to learn more about Chalk Couture can take a class at Lincoln Trial College on March 23, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. Chalk Couture is a DIY home décor craft product line with reusable transfers. The introductory class will feature a make-and-take beginner project. The cost of the class is $30, which includes all of the supplies for the project. Students can register for Chalk Couture by calling 618-544-8657.