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ALTON - Every community has a few people who make a major difference wherever they go. In Alton, Mark Cousley is one of those people. Cousley is a familiar face around town, as he spends a lot of time volunteering with different organizations and mentoring young people in the area. He encourages everyone to do what they can to help, and he thanks the people who work alongside him to make the community a better place. “The community is what you make it,” Cousley said. “I think if anybody who can volunteer time or resources to help people who may just need a hand-up versus a handout, basically help people make their lives better, make the town better. We all live in the Riverbend area and work and play, might as well do everything we can to make it and its citizens, to put them in the best light possible or the best position.” Cousley currently serves as the vice chair and the finance committee chair for the Salvation Army. He will become the chair

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