Support our troops

My family is sending a package to our soldiers fighting in Afghanistan. If anyone is interested- what the soldiers request the most is letters. Address your letter "Dear Soldier" and Larry, the army soldier who will be receiving our package, will hand out the letters to one of the 42 men in his group. This group is from Missouri, many from rural areas and will be there until March 2008.
It is suggested that you include an email address if you want and just write a simple letter about yourself the way you would to a friend.
This group also said they like movies and games so we are sending some DVD's and decks of cards, cribbage board and stuff like that.
Place your letter in an envelope and write "Any Soldier" on it and I will include it in our box.
I am hoping to mail it out after our April meeting. Gert

Spring is in the air

As the weather turns warmer the Belle Plaine DFLers will be soon on garbage collection for our strip of highway off 169. We have plenty of time before our deadline of June 1st. Hopefully at our next meeting in April, if the skies are clear, we can head out and get the job done.
Also if you haven't checked out Al Franken's web site give it a once over at www.alfranken.com.
Gert

How to enter a post on this web blog

On the main page of the web blog there is a sign in box at the upper right corner.
Once I have entered your email and invited you to the web blog you can sign in here.
Then click on the New Post box, create your post and there is a spell check for rough drafts for poor spellers such as myself ( ABC with a check mark below it).
Once finished click on the orange PUBLISH box at bottom of the post.
This way everyone can easily read your post and it will not be hidden in the comment section.
Try it out. Gert

Posting

I have invited everyone that gave Cary an email address to be a contributor on this web blog. That way statements will automatically be seen instead of being listed as only a comment. Try it out and see what happens. It is also possible to post photos on the web blog too. Gert

Welcome

Gert's blog 03/04/07

Welcome to the Belle Plaine DFL webblog.

Next meeting: Saturday March 10th at 10:00 am
Belle Plaine library (125 W. Main ST.) in the Rose room.

Our group meets the second Saturday of every month at the same location.

We are in the process of transferring over from having a website to a webblog. Our website was full of great DFL information but was labor intense to keep up and much of the information was redundant and can be found on the state DFL site. I am hoping that the blog will be easier to keep current and also allow many people to voice their opinions/ideas for our group.

Information specifically about the Belle Plaine DFL meetings and upcoming goals for 2007 will be posted here.

For a more comprehensive website for local DFL check out our state Representative David Bly at www.davidbly.com