On June 4, Scarlet Long, a first grader at Merrimac Community School, was presented the first of four bicycles awarded that day. The Sauk Prairie Veterans of Foreign Wars Lachmund-Cramer Post 7694 sponsored a flag-drawing event for first graders at four area schools: Bridges Elementary School, Merrimac Community School, Tower Rock Elementary School and St. Aloysius Catholic School. The event was designed to raise patriotic awareness as students were challenged to draw a United States flag. Upon completion, the first graders’ names were placed in a raffle for the bicycle being awarded at each school. From left are Jeff Brailey, bicycle specialist at Riverview Adventure Co. in Sauk City; Scarlet Long; and Richard “Dick” Nolden, post commander.
