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Written by Number 51
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Tuesday, 06 November 2007 |
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 Members of Local 2135 participated in the Liberty Mutual Kickball Tournement, benefiting the Marion County Literacy Council, and the United Way's Childhood Development Services.
After five games of bracket games, the OFR team was undefeated and headed into the finals with a bye round. In the final contest, they challenged the team from Brown & Brown whom they had defeated earlier in bracket play with an inspiring final inning rally to take the game 2 - 1 after playing from behind for five innings.
After loosing a power player in the above mentioned game to a hamstring injury, the OFR team fielded three injured players in the final match, but the production and heart from team Fireball proved to much for Brown & Brown as OFR easily defeated them 3 - 1 securing the first place finish and their perfect record.
Entry fees, and t-shirt monies collected for team Fireball were donated to the charities by the Professional Fire Fighters of Ocala.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 06 November 2007 )
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Written by those watching in disbelief
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Thursday, 02 August 2007 |
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 At the discretion of Fire Chief Dan Gentry, all visible connection between Ocala Fire Rescue and St. Jude Children's Hospitals has been severed. We're a bit concerned with the antagonistic approach to our charity events.
First they pulled the Firetrucks that were helping attract passers by to the fundraiser car wash. Would the sight of swim wear in the same general vicinity as one of our trucks would push people over the edge? If so, we can accept that. Lets avoid being at a car wash. Although we have not heard any complaints directly, we assume that swim wear at or around car washes that are sponsored by firefighters is the cause of the concern and are deeply regretful... oh, did i forget to mention they gave permission to take them there in the first place? If the sight of persons in swim wear within the same general vicinity as firefighters or fire apparatus has brought you mental anguish and despair, please contact Fire Chief Dan Gentry of Ocala Fire Rescue at (352) 629-8513.
The next step apparently was to take back any other cooperative offers they had made: The coordinator for the Firefighter Auction, also intended as a fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Research Hospitals sought out permission to use Ocala Fire Rescue equipment and apparatus for photo shoots that would provide pictures for various media including...
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 02 August 2007 )
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Local 2135 and St. Jude's Teaming Up to Help Kids |
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Written by Christopher Lee Dyer
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Wednesday, 11 July 2007 |
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If you passed by Chili's of Ocala on SR 200 this past weekend, you may
have noticed the tell-tale signs (Bikini-clad girls holding signs) of a fund
raising car wash. You might have even noticed that the sign holders were
wearing plastic fire helmets, and you might even further have noticed a large
red fire truck parked out front. All of this was there drawing attention
for the charity event in the back where the real work was getting done.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 11 July 2007 )
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