PLEASE: Help or forward to someone who you know who can!

* Onalaska Food Basket, (next to the Onalaska American Legion Club), 731 Sand Lake Road, (608) 783-7722 is in need of hamburger/tuna helper, stew, canned tomato products, peanut butter, cream soups, vegetable soups, tomato soups, beans and pasta. Thank you for your generosity.

* WAFER food pantry, 403 Causeway Blvd., La Crosse, (608) 782-6003, is in need of deodorant, shampoo, toilet tissue, diapers, baby formula, rice, crackers, breakfast cereal, macaroni & cheese, pasta, spaghetti sauce, peanut butter, baked / pork & beans, canned meats, salmon, tuna, canned chicken, SPAM, beef stew, canned corn, canned vegetables, canned fruits, Ramen style noodle, cream, vegetable, tomato and all kinds of soups.

The 8th and 17th Annual Neighbors Days is April 20, 2013.

Those living within the city limits of La Crosse who own their home and would like to request assistance with outdoor cleanup can get free help with raking yards, trimming shrubs and washing outside windows by filling out the assistance form and submitting it by April 05, 2013.
Mail to: La Crosse Jaycees Neighbors Day, P.O. Box 1234, La Crosse, WI 54603-1234.

La Crosse Jaycees coordinates the La Crosse Neighbors Day.

You can volunteer as a group or as an individual.

Volunteers will register from 8 to 9 a.m. April 20, 2013 at Black River Beach Neighborhood Center.

After picking up their tools, volunteers will be sent throughout the city to work projects.

A free lunch for volunteers will be served from noon to 2 p.m. at Black River Beach Neighborhood Center.

Both registration forms are available at: http://www.cityoflacrosse.org/index.aspx?NID=928

PLEASE: Help or forward to someone who you know who can!

* WAFER food pantry, 403 Causeway Blvd., La Crosse, (608) 782-6003, is in need of deodorant, shampoo, toilet tissue, diapers, baby formula, rice, crackers, breakfast cereal, macaroni & cheese, pasta, spaghetti sauce, peanut butter, baked / pork & beans, canned meats, salmon, tuna, canned chicken, SPAM, beef stew, canned corn, canned vegetables, canned fruits, Ramen style noodle, cream, vegetable, tomato and all kinds of soups.

* The Food Pantry in the La Crosse Salvation Army at 223 Eighth St. N.,(608)782-6126 is in extremely short supply of canned vegetables, boxed meals (H&T Helper / Rice-a-roni / Mac & Cheese), pasta and sauces. A donation of any food will be appreciated!

As I write this, it is sequestration day. Has Obama overplayed his hand on this? He has been warning of dire consequences if sequestration is allowed to happen. Checks stop coming to those who get government payments, our military may be stranded in some far off land, and police and fire protection will cease and it is all the fault of the Republicans who refuse to compromise, or should we say, who may not cave. Most of his claims are wildly and absolutely absurd. In the first place, sequestration was HIS idea, not that of Republicans. I am sure he hoped that the effects would be a political embarrassment for the opposition, but I think the best thing that can happen is nothing . (See below for explanation.

Second, the so-called cuts are cuts in the projected rate of increase of FUTURE expenditures. Only in the rarified air of Washington DC is a decreased increase a cut. Even WITH sequestration, the budget will increase.