Volunteer of the Year

Dean Dennis named Volunteer of the year!

Dean has been involved with Boy Scouts for years.
Dean has been a strong leader in the Lions club for over a decade. He plays a key role in the annual “Wilmington Lions Spook Hike”. Recently Dean has spear headed the “Christmas Walk” on the North Island that helps raise funds for our food pantries in town. This year it raised over 2,200 dollars,
Dean is an avid carpenter as most of us know. He has volunteered to make shelving for our Wonderful local library and pinewood derby tracks for our Scout packs.
Dean is also a veteran. He volunteers down at the VFW every chance he gets (dinners, breakfast and special events). He makes the wood flag cases for our veterans that hold the flags for the veterans we have passed away here in Wilmington.
Dean is also a big Support of our local organizations.

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Council designates monument as historically significant

BERT NIEHLS (second from right) got some help from the crew of Manny's Landscaping installing memorial bricks at the Island City Memorial Flagpole and Monument in October 2011. The City Council recently designated the project as historically significant and authorized the county to designate it a county landmark. Free Press file photo.

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