The Mike Bertelsen Project

The Batter's Box in Orion was the place for the Henry County Family picnic on October 5th. State Senator Chris Lauzen was there on my behalf and I was pleased to see him again. He said he would like to see me in the state senate. I was very pleased with his remarks. Thanks Chris!!
Mr. Lauzen knows the current budget problem and he has been an advocate for better government these last ten years.

There were plenty of county board candidates there and it was good to see Terry Patten, State's Attorney for Henry County, Deb Doss, Circuit Clerk and Dave Johnson, County Coroner.

A special thanks goes to Jon Zahm for his organization in providing this event for us.

Pictures:

top picture: Terry Patten, Deb Doss and Dave Johnson
middle picture: Chris Lauzen, Roger Gradert, Art Goodrich, Rick Livesay and Loren Rathjen (top left to right) Bill Preston and Tim Wells (bottom left to right) County Board candidates for Henry County
bottom picture: Mike Bertelsen and Chris Lauzen

The Henry County Republicans had their annual drawdown in Colona at the American Legion. An enthusiastic bunch of folks were on hand to see who won $1000. It wasn't me!

Steve Sauerberg (top picture), our U.S. Senate candidate was on hand as was Lawrence Bruckner and several local officials and candidates including Terry Patten, Henry County State's Attorney, Deb Doss, Henry County Circuit Clerk and Dave Johnson, Henry County Coroner, who are up for re-election.

Rick VerHeecke, Henry County Treasurer was there along with several candidates running for the county board. A big thanks to Art Goodrich and Loren Rathjen for their help (middle picture).

Coal Valley was where the action was on Saturday morning, the 23rd. Coal Valley Days was the event. The parade was very good with much vocal support along the way. I was just ahead of Santa Claus in the line-up. I got to thinking if I may be getting my Christmas gift a bit early! I had to say "hi" to Santa and told him Christmas isn't that far off. The Niabi Zoo entry was right behind us and I just love their truck with all their zoo animals on it. The Henry County Republicans were there too with Dave Doebbels, Rick and Loren Rathjen.