News : Wreath tradition continues; Ikes deliver largest one to VGH

Craig Hoepner and Mike Timmermans place the wreath from the Ikes on the VGH wall.

Red Cedar Chapter members continue the wreath donation tradition; they delivered it to VGH Monday.

For the past 20 years or so, members of the Red Cedar Chapter of the Izaaak Walton League have been making and selling wreaths which appear throughout the area each Christmas season.

The Ikes annually deliver a 48-inch wreath, which contains the greenery from one evergreen tree connected with 42 clamps, to Virginia Gay Hospital. The Ikes delivered the 2014 version, which Brenda Hackbarth decorated, to the hospital on Monday.

Pictured, from left, are: Chuck Meredith, Craig Hoepner, Mike Riege, Jerry Kenny, Rosemary Hoepner, Brenda Hackbarth and Mike Timmermans.