Area residents volunteer their services over holidays

On Christmas morning, Jessica Robertson, 11, and her father, Doug, will wake early. They won't yet put on celebrating clothes, though there's a family gathering later that day.

They'll put on work clothes.

Also on this date

• Donors help rehab house for use as women's shelter
• Work on Family Dollar in Champaign to begin soon
• Urbana family decorates home with multiple Christmas trees
• Danville rental ordinance on agenda
• Gusting winds snap poles; power restored
• Student team revved over their invention
• Winter a time for extra vigilance
• A merry but dangerous time of year
• Obituaries

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