Post Messenger Recorder -

Many years ago, when raising awareness and funds for a new library in Belleville, an old friend, Phyllis Wambold, told us we ought to have a dog show. “People love their dogs, and they love showing them off. It should be something fun, however. Don’t get too serious.”

Phyllis has been gone for many years, but some of the old-timers reading this might remember Phyllis as YR (Your Reporter). She wrote a weekly column for the Belleville Recorder. Having moved to Belleville in 1965, she was a community-minded resident who served on the Village Board, drove ambulance for the EMS, and...