LAWRENCEVILLE VOLUNTEER

FIRE DEPARTMENT 75TH

ANNIVERSARY EVENT

SEPTEMBER 19 – 21, 2014

PLANNINGAN EVENT OF THIS

MAGNITUDE TAKES LOTS OF PLANNING!

MEMBERS OF LAWRENCEVILLE FIRE DEPT. 8, THE DEPARTMENT AUXILIARY, AND THE LAWRENCEVILLE BOROUGH COMMUNITY RELATIONS & EVENTS COMMITTEE HELD NUMEROUS MEETINGS TO BRING ABOUT

THIS GREAT WEEKEND-LONG CELEBRATION!

FRIDAY NIGHT:MISS/MR. LAWRENCEVILLE

PAGEANTAUCTION

BLOCK PARTY / DUNK TANK

MISS/MR. LAWRENCEVILLE PAGEANT

LITTLE MISS LAWRENCEVILLE:

NICOLE DAUGHERTY

MISS/MR. LAWRENCEVILLE PAGEANT

LITTLE MR. LAWRENCEVILLE:

KARSON BRYANT

MISS/MR. LAWRENCEVILLE PAGEANT

JR. MISS LAWRENCEVILLE:

LENA LEWIS

MISS/MR. LAWRENCEVILLE PAGEANT

JR. MR. LAWRENCEVILLE:

MICHAEL LEWIS

MISS/MR. LAWRENCEVILLEPAGEANT

MISS LAWRENCEVILLE:

PHOENIX MCCULLOUGH

MISS/MRLAWRENCEVILLE

OUR

ROYAL

COURT!

AUCTION

MANY LOCAL MERCHANTS GENEROUSLY DONATED ITEMS OR SERVICES TO THE

EVENT, AND RANDY JELLIFF GRACIOUSLY DONATED HIS TIME TO AUCTION THEM!

SORRY, NO PICTURES AVAILABLE!

BLOCK PARTY – “DANCIN’ IN THE

STREETS!”

LOOKS LIKE FUN! THE NIGHT WAS COLD, BUT THE ENERGY WAS HOT

AT THE PARTY!

SATURDAY MORNING:5K RUN / POKER RUNGAMES / VENDORS

5K RUNPARTICIPANTS PREPARING

FOR THE 5K RUN, SPONSORED BY K.A.R.E.

5K RUN

RUNNERS AND SUPPORTERS AT THE STARTING

LINE!

POKER RUN

WHILE THE 5K WAS TAKING PLACE, CYCLISTS WERE BIKING TO VARIOUS STOPS TO GET THE BEST

POKER HAND! SORRY NO PICTURES AVAILABLE, BUT I’M SURE THEY HAD FUN!

GAMES & VENDOR SETUPVENDORS FROM ALL AROUND THE

AREA WERE INVITED TO SET UP THEIR WARES! THEY BEGAN ARRIVING EARLY SATURDAY

MORNING.

GAMES & VENDOR SETUPWE HAD A GREAT VARIETY OF

GOODS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE FROM OVER 20 VENDORS!

GAMES, ETC.THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SET UP A “SMOKE HOUSE” TO

DEMONSTRATE THE EFFECTS OF SMOKE DURING A FIRE.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON:CHICKEN BARBECUEGAMES / VENDORS

PARADE

“COOKIN’ CHICKEN”BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING,

YOU COULD SMELL THE CHICKEN! THE LAWRENCEVILLE SOFTBALL

CREW COOKED FABULOUS BARBECUED CHICKEN!! YUM-

YUM!!

VISITING THE VENDORS

OUR VENDORS HAD MANY BROWSERS AND DID A GOOD BUSINESS. WE THANK THEM

FOR BRAVING THE COOL WEATHER TO COME TO OUR

CELEBRATION!

SMOKE HOUSE & OTHER GAMES

THE SMOKE HOUSE WAS VERY POPULAR WITH THE KIDS – AND THE ADULTS!

SAFE BOUNCY HOUSES

THE SAFELY TETHERED BOUNCY HOUSES WERE ALSO

A BIG HIT!

END OF PARADE

THE PARADE FINISHED AT THE SOFTBALL FIELD, WHERE

FOOD AND FUN AWAITED EVERYONE!

PAGEANT PARTICIPANTS

HERE ARE OUR KING AND QUEEN AND

THEIR ROYAL COURT! WHAT A GREAT-

LOOKING GROUP!

LOCAL “PARADERS”

HERE ARE SOME LOCAL GROUPS, FINISHING THE PARADE. HOW MANY DO YOU RECOGNIZE?

FIRE COMPANY SUPPORT

HERE ARE REP’S FROM LOCAL FIRE COMPANIES, AS

WELL AS ONE OF OUR OWN!

SATURDAY EVENING:AUDIO THERAPY LIVEANTIQUE CAR SHOW

FIREWORKS BY JIM FARR

AUDIO THERAPYTHE LIVE BAND “AUDIO THERAPY”

PROVIDED GREAT MUSIC AS A BACKGROUND TO ALL THE FESTIVITIES! THANK YOU TO CHILSON-WILCOX FOR

SPONSORING THE BAND!

CARS….

WHAT AN IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION OF CARS! THERE WERE ANTIQUE CARS…

CARS….…CLASSIC CARS AND

TRUCKS…

AND MORE CARS!

AND “SPOOKY” CARS! THANKS FOR SHARING,

EVERYONE!

HAVING FUN!

ALL IN ALL, A LOT OF FUN FOR

EVERYONE!

SUNDAY:COMMUNITY CHURCH

SERVICECOMMUNITY DISH-TO-PASS

MEAL

COMMUNITY WORSHIP SERVICECOMMUNITY MEMBERS AND

THE LOCAL CHURCHES JOINED TOGETHER SUNDAY MORNING FOR A WORSHIP

SERVICE. . .

COMMUNITY DISH-TO-PASS MEAL

.. . AND SOME DELICIOUS

FOOD, PROVIDED BY

THE LAWRENCEVILLE

FIRE DEPARTMENT!

CONGRATULATIONS, DEPARTMENT 8!

HERE’S TO ANOTHER 75 YEARS!