MONTICELLO — A longtime volunteer who has served the city over four decades will be honored as the 2024 Monticello Citizen of the Year, awarded annually to an individual who helps make Monticello great.
Jim Dickrell, a valued member of the community for the better part of 40 years, and a member of the Monticello Lions Club since 1991, will be recognized with the honor this year.
Dickrell will officially receive the award during Riverfest Sunday, July 14 during a ceremony at 3 p.m. in the Monticello Community Center’s west parking lot.
Over the decades, Dickrell has held many positions in his volunteerism. That includes working on the Riverfest Committee for many years, and serving as chairman of the event in 2001.
As an active volunteer at the Monticello Help Center, he has clocked in approximately 500 hours securing, storing and stocking food on the shelves.
Dickrell served on the Senior Citizens Board of Directors for two consecutive three-year terms and also volunteers at the Monticello Senior Center, where he has worked at every breakfast fundraiser Director Pam Loidolt can remember.
During his Lions tenure, he has served in several leadership roles, as a director, vice-president and as president from 2002-03. Dickrell attends and participates in almost all volunteer functions of the Lions Club, and is looked upon as a valuable source of knowledge for the group.
No stranger to accolades, in 1998, he was recognized as Lion of the Year and was also awarded the prestigious Melvin Jones Fellow in 2003.
A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, River Falls, he recently retired as editor/associate publisher for Dairy Today, where he wrote about dairy farming, and received many honors in his profession. He was also president of the National Mastitis Council from 1999-2000.
Dickrell is known around town as a well-respected “go to” person for anything needing done.
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