Loyal Legion Auxiliary Post 175 meets
The meeting was called to order Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. by President Jackie Rowley. It opened with prayer, a moment of silence for deceased members, the Pledge of Allegiance and Preamble.
The November birthday was Joann Oestreich. The secretary’s report was read by Julie Poehnelt and approved. The treasurer’s report was read by Norma Wentzel and approved.
President Jackie Rowley thanked all who worked at the fish fry and steak feed, attended the county meeting, filled Operation Christmas Child boxes and attended the Veterans Day program.
Sunshine Report: Barb sent cards to Jean, Arlene, Kathy and Kris.
Kris Schultz and Diana Hayes handed out juice boxes and tattoos for the Halloween Trunk or Treat.
The Auxiliary planned to meet Nov. 17 to decorate the hall for Christmas, make ornaments with the 4-H and take down pole decorations.
New business: Jackie Rowley presented a record-keeping sheet to keep track of money spent by individual members. Jessie is attending the Mid Winter Convention and is collecting hats, mittens, gloves, blankets, coats, wool socks, bowls, spoons and cinch sacks. These items should be brought to the December meeting. Elena Hurrell is collecting warm, gently used clean jackets, hats, mittens and scarves for any age group. These will be going to North Carolina.
The poppy order is due by Dec. 15 and poppy posters are due March 15. At the December meeting, the group will crown the new Poppy Princess, Kindyn Fitzl.
The Youth Football Banquet was Nov. 15. The steak feed was Nov. 18. The blood drive was Nov. 19.
The Lions club will hold bingo at 1 p.m., the third Sunday of the month in the small hall during the months of January, February, March and April. The group discussed possibly serving lunch. The craft sale will be Dec. 7.
Amotion was made by Jodi Lindner and seconded by Shelly Taylor to purchase a box of food for Christmas dinner for a veteran for up to $100. The Auxiliary, Post and Club will each donate a box. Dawn Jacobson will take care of this.
Dueling Pianos is still being planned for March.
April 26, 2025, is the 50-year birthday of the Legion Hall building.
ThedrawingwaswonbyNormaWentzel. $36 was raised from the garden pot/tools re-gifted raffle. The meeting closed with prayer by Hurrell. Next meeting is Dec. 10, with a potluck to follow.
For four years, the bridge over Nelson Creek on Kington Road in the town of Beaver north of Loyal has been closed to through traffic. At the beginning of November, work had started to replace the bridge, which had been closed following a bridge inspection in 2020 that deemed it unsafe for traffic. However, due to delays in work and approaching winter weather, completion of that project is now expected to be done in the spring rather than its original fall completion date.
The project to replace the bridge on Kington Road was awarded to Radtke Contractors Inc. of Winneconne for $336,867. Originally, the project had been set to be completed by Nov. 30, but reported delays with the work put the project behind schedule. An estimated three weeks’ worth of work remain to replace the bridge, including pouring the bridge deck. With temperatures forecasted to remain low, it was decided that the completion of the project was to be suspended until the spring of 2025 after the second abutment is poured. Both town and county officials have been informed about the delay with the project.
Members of the Loyal Legion Auxiliary pose with the collection of shoeboxes the group prepared to send to children in need around the world as part of Operation Christmas Child. Shown are (front, l-r) Shelly Taylor, Dawn Jacobson, Norma Wentzel, (back) Tami Cook, Julie Poehnelt, Barb Lucht, Jodi Lindner, Elena Hurrell, Jackie Rowley, Shirley Olson, Diana Hayes and Alice Humke.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
A view of the Kington Road Bridge that was taken in October prior to construction work. The bridge has been closed for the past four years following a bridge inspection that deemed the structure unsafe for cross traffic.
CHEYENNE THOMAS/STAFF PHOTO
