Drill team leader retires

The boss of Allison Veterans Drill Team is retiring.

But unlike a drill sergeant, Dean Wiegmann has been more of a gentle leader.

“I was the boss most of the time, but they did what they wanted to do,” he said.

After 61 years of presenting the flag at 135 funerals, Wiegmann is stepping down due to problems walking at the Allison Cemetery.

The 83-year-old says the cemetery land is too unstable for him to walk on anymore, though he still can perform his duties.

Read story in the Jan. 23 Tribune-Journal.