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fire hazards
- The Daily Oklahoman,
January 14, 2008
Bush honors fallen
firefighters
By NATASHA METZLER,
Associated Press
Writer
Sun Oct 7, 6:53 PM
ET
President Bush on
Sunday honored
fallen firefighters
for their dedication
and service to the
nation.
From the Sept. 11
attacks to Hurricane
Katrina, "there were
firefighters from
around the country
there to help," Bush
said at a ceremony
where he and others
paid tribute to
firefighters killed
on the job.
"The bond between
firefighters is
obviously unique. It
is definitely a
source of strength
and it's a reminder
that the work here
is a calling, not a
job."
A plaque with the
names of 87
firefighters who
died in the line of
duty last year was
added to the
National Fallen
Firefighters
Memorial on the
campus at the
National Fire
Academy. The names
of four others
killed in previous
years and not
honored before also
were added.
"It takes a special
kind of person to be
a firefighter," the
president told their
families and others
in the audience. "It
begins with a
different sense of
direction. When an
area becomes too
dangerous for
everybody else, you
take it over. When
others are looking
for the exits, our
firefighters are
looking for the way
in."
In his speech, Bush
mentioned three of
the fallen by name:
Kevin A. Apuzzio, of
the East Franklin
Volunteer Fire
Department in
Somerset, N.J.;
John Destry Horton,
of Rush Springs,
Okla.; and Amy
L.
Schnearle-Pennywitt,
of Ann Arbor, Mich.
He briefly recounted
their stories and
wondered, "Where do
people like this get
their courage?"
Plaques surrounding
the memorial,
created in 1981, now
show the names of
more than 3,100
firefighters,
according to the
National Fallen
Firefighters
Foundation. The
fallen include five
U.S. Forest Service
firefighters who
died from injuries
sustained last year
from a fire in
California's San
Bernardino National
Forest that
investigators say
was deliberately
set.
Bush also visited
Emmitsburg less than
a month after the
attacks of Sept. 11,
2001, paying tribute
to the more than 300
New York City
firefighters killed
in the strikes on
the World Trade
Center.
Speaking in praise
of the commitment by
first responders,
the president said
Sunday: "And to all
Americans: Across
our great country,
homes still stand
and families can go
about their lives
because firefighters
put themselves in
harm's way to
protect us. So when
you walk by a
firehouse, or see an
ambulance on the
street corner, take
a moment to go up
and say, 'Thank
you.'"
___
Associated Press
writer David
Dishneau contributed
to this report.
___
On the Net:
National Fallen
Firefighters
Foundation:
http://www.firehero.org

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$1000 Raised - The Daily Oklahoman - May 21, 2007.
$1,000 raised
The promise of a bald lawmaker was enough to raise more than $1,000 last week for the American Cancer Society.
Rep. Joe Dorman, D-Rush Springs, challenged state employees to raise $1,000 for the cause, and said if that goal was reached, he would shave his head and beard. The goal was surpassed and more than $1,600 was raised.
Mandy Winton, president of the Young Democrats of Oklahoma, and Raeschel Marler, legislative assistant to Rep. Ryan McMullen, D-Burns Flat, took electric clippers to Dorman on Tuesday. Dorman then went in the bathroom and completed the clean shave.
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A truckload of Rush Springs watermelons will be delivered to Congress in observance of the Grady County community's annual watermelon festival
- July 22, 2004
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