Hey All!!! Well Saturday was the funeral for the slain police officer. It was an all day event. I must say it was one of the most memorable things i have ever done. The service was good. i made it through with no tears. The Procession from the service to the cemetary was amazing. There were people lining the streets. When we got to Highlander Point and went under the 30 x 50 foot flag being held up by the ladder trucks it was unbelievable. There were hundreds of people waving flags holding signs and cheering. Unreal. The procession was 8 to 10 miles long. Then they did the last call when the hearse got to the flag. They had his patrol car parked under the flag. It was just as he had left it. The last call was hard i think everyone was crying at least a little. He was 10-42 for the last time. When we got to the cemetary they had the riderless horse, bagpipes playing amazing grace, the rifle shots, and taps. There wasn't a dry eye there. then they released doves. Every officer and firefighter there put a white carnation with a red center on the casket. I was good until the bagpipes started with amazing grace. It was a sad rough day. When we got our new (new to us) firetruck Officer Denzinger told us that was what a real firetruck should look like. He just wanted to know when we would get some real firemen to put in it. It was funny.
Officer White is doing good. he has had 2 surgeries. They have pretty much rebuilt his hip. they are pretty sure that he will walk again. Which is much better than the original prognosis. Originally they thaought they were going to have to amputate his leg. He has a long road to recovery. Keep Officer White and his family as well as Officer Denzinger's family in your prayers. They need them.
Be safe, Be good, and Party On!!! TTFN!

Hey Everyone. Well it is thursday. It has been a long week. Monday evening we went out on 2 police offocers that had been shot. 1 died and the other is still in the hospital. The officer that died was a friend to everyone on the department. we all knew him. He used to stop in and joke around with us all. It is a hard loss. The other officer is still in the hospital and may lose the use of his leg.
Yesterday we went out on a suicide. That didn't help. The wife of the slain officer stopped in yesterday as well. She wanted to say thank you for all that we had done. That took Strength and a lot of Class. The visitation is tommorrow and the funeral is on Saturday. Anyway.......Please keep the families of the police officers in your prayers.

What Up everyone!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Well I am in Decatur Indiana. I am attending a train the trainer class. Well I drove 4 hours to get here. We had a full arrest today. When we got there she was in the drive-way. Apparently she was going to get her cigarettes and didn't make it. We did CPR all the way to the Hospital. They ER doc Pushed some Epi. and they got a pulse after 3 more minutes of compressions. Well we did what we could. I am looking forward to this class. It should be interesting. My friend Brian had a rough Friday. They had a 10-50 (car accident) where the car caught on fire and the woman died. The woman burned while they were trying to get her out. The car wa crushed pretty bad and they couldn't get the fire out and they couldn't get to the woman in time. So he was pretty rough today. I would be pretty rough too. Say some prayers for them all.

Well I only ran 2.25 miles yesterday. I had planned to run more but I worked outside all day and it was late and I was dead tired. I am thinking of going for a full marathon some time early in 2008. I am thinking January or February. I am going to aim for a 3 1/2 hour goal. I will run. I will do my best to make 3.5 hours.

Thursday.......we had a tractor overturned in a creek on fire 3/4 of a mile in the woods. So this tractor is upside down on fire leaking oil, diesel, and hydraulic fluid. We had the fire out in about 5 minutes. It was roaring good, the fire burned leaves off a tree about 40 feet up. No it wasn't just the heat, the flames were actually that high. After we had the fire out we spent the next 4 hours skiming the various hazerdous liquids off of/out of the creek. Lots of fun.Not! not to mention the fact that my Engine was 3/4 of a mile back in the woods on a gravel/dirt road not nearly as wide as the Engine.
We had just cleared the run when we got knocked out on a med run. It was a frequent flyer who has MRSA (A contagious staph infection). She was having difficulty breathing. It wasn't too bad. The ambulance was there pretty quick and she was on her way.

Well.........I am trying to decide beteen 2 races. One is at the end of June and the other is a week later in July. One is a 10k and the other is a 5k. I have never run a 10k so i would like to trybut i am really doing good on my 5k times and i would like to try to win my age group in the 5k. Who Knows. I ran a 4 miler on Thursday and I ran 6 miles on Friday.
Thats all the news to print for now.
TTFN!!!