February 2018

Monroe Clinic Hospice invites the community to help give comfort and support to the terminally ill and their families by becoming a volunteer. Hospice volunteers join a team of professionals who help terminally ill patients live out their lives to the fullest.

It is hard to believe that this year’s regular Sugar River Euchre League season will conclude after this week’s matches with just the Spring Tournament, a possible playoff match, and the Championship match left to be played. That’s right, there will be a championship match after the derailment of the Hooterville Express last Thursday by 5th Quarter ended their chances of being declared this year’s champions outright. Freezing rain that night coated the tracks beneath the Express giving them little traction to climb out of their 21-point first round deficit.

On February 22nd, the Monticello Ponies boys basketball team played at Juda for the final game of their regular season.
Both teams played hard the first half. The Ponies only held the lead once during the first (15-14) but the Panthers’ largest lead was only by 5 points, and the Ponies headed to the locker room just one point behind the Panthers at halftime.

New Glarus High School students are raising money for a spring break Habitat for Humanity trip. They are hosting a 50/50 raffle at local businesses to help fund the trip. Locations for buying raffle tickets are Brenda’s Blumenladen and Culver’s. Prices for the 50/50 raffle would be 1 ticket for $1.00, or 6 tickets for $5.00.
The raffle begins Monday, March 5th, and will last one week until Monday, March 12th. Winners will be announced on Wednesday, March 14th. Please come support local students and purchase a raffle ticket (or two!).