March 2021

Vice Commander Steve Hodgson presented David Owen, New Glarus, with a 50-year membership certificate. David Owen joined the Stuessy Kuenzi American Legion Post 141 when he returned from Viet Nam, and was recruited into Post 141 by Marshall Ingwell. David is also very active in volunteer work, with over 9,000 hours recorded, in helping other veterans over the years. Thank you David for all you have done!

Maybe you have noticed these decorative containers in businesses around town. Monticello Lion Troy Pettis created these colorful arrangements and they are used to take donations for a flower fund for the Lions to purchase flowers to decorate the bridge, the monument and the Monticello sign.
Shown is Lion Troy and Lion Treasurer Dean Havens accepting the first donations. This will help to beautify the village and the Lions will do the work. We thank you for your support.

The Belleville Boy Scouts Troop 61 is currently facing the challenge of adapting programming and providing activities during the pandemic. Their biggest challenge is fundraising. In the past, the troop has sold popcorn door to door and at booths, as well as holding their yearly chili/taco dinner in conjunction with the Belleville Kiwanis - events that haven’t been able to take place this year. Both events serve to support many of their costs of the scouts’ yearly programming.

In the ten counties of south central and south western Wisconsin, nearly 17,000 kids and adults are autistic. This means that even the smallest county may have 280 people with autism and that the largest county could have over 9,000. In your school, church and grocery store there is probably a family facing the challenges of autism! Chances are great you know them.