Annual Firemen’s Picnic
 On
the hottest day of the year, coincidentally, June 22nd, the Beaver
Island Fire Department held a Squirt-down also known as the 3rd
annual Firemen’s Picnic. Five sizzling grills were going
constantly as over 200 people made their way to the Bud McDonough
Memorial ball field to take part in such events as a volleyball
game played with water balloons. No one tried too hard to stay
dry.
Over eighteen hundred dollars was taken in to raise money for
a worthwhile cause. This, together with the New Year’s Eve
party, the Celebrity Roasts, the funds from the Resale Shop, and
the sporadically held Fireman’s Ball, have contributed to
a savings account now holding over twenty thousand dollars–and
that’s after they just wrote a thirteen thousand dollar check
for a Thermal Imager to locate hot spots in a building, and the
presence of people. But that’s not enough to purchase the
next item on their wish list–a new fire truck to replace
the 35-year-old rig that overheated and began to send up smoke
signals from pumping so much water into the air on such a wonderful,
if hot, day.
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