Found at the First Church’s (First United Methodist Church’s) Trunk or Treat the third weekend of October: The person wearing the sweatshirt was on his way to sit in the driver’s seat of the fire engine that Marty Walter bought … Continue reading
Category Archives: Fire Truck
As an intermission between Republican politicians, the Allegiance Color Guard from Dundee came marching by. Horses pulling a stage coach also added interest. A necessary component of any parade with horses is a place to put any horse apples. The … Continue reading
Shortly after the tornado warning expired in the early hours of this morning, just as we were trying to get back to sleep, a Crystal Lake fire truck came past our house on Lakewood’s main drag. Usually when there is … Continue reading
When I heard that Illinois fire departments were helping put out the fire in Burlington, Wisconsin, I figured some would be from our area. (Here’s the Chicago Tribune article.) Burlington is one of the places where my father used to … Continue reading
There were more fire engines roaring past our home on Lake Avenue in Lakewood today than I ever remember before. On the way to pick up my son from school I passed one going back to its home in Lake … Continue reading
Four years ago negotiations broke down between the City of Crystal Lake and the Village of Lakewood concerning fire protection. Crystal Lake officials insisted that Lakewood residents pay an amount calculated by using the tax rate Crystal Lake residents pay. … Continue reading
Whose imagination should I write of today? My son’s with his insistence that he wanted to be a yellow airport rescue truck just like he saw on the fire truck video? Or my wife’s, who put together this Halloween costume … Continue reading