Letter to the Editor: My Seven Reasons to Support OIFR

— from Velma Doty —

To all fellow island voters : I would like to say this to you about the upcoming levy the fire department will have on the ballot in April.

1. If you are not aware of the departments cost of doing business find out.
2. Our department is our life line , rain, snow , ice, or hot weather, day time or middle of the night our volunteers answer your calls.
3. Many lives have been saved by their ability to perform the task they have been trained for and countless hours are given to get and maintain that training .
4. Changes in the equipment have given them much better access to respond to fire calls thanks to good planning and good training .
5. This year the fire department celebrated it’s 65th year. We are grateful to those that started it so long ago and to all who now are part of it.
6. The same people who are seeking this levy are also tax payers and like us do not want to pay anymore taxes than we do.
7. We have the finest department because we have chosen to support it to become and stay top rate.

Questions ? talk to the fire chief or a commissioner or one of your neighbors who is a volunteer on the department.

Support the guys and gals who do the work, the commissioners who have to ask, our paramedics and the fire chief.

VOTE YES to continue our excellent department.