Station 4 Grand Opening Ceremony
15 September 2009
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Just over one year after the ground breaking, Town of Apex officials gathered with firefighters and citizens for a ceremonial grand opening of Apex Public Safety Station #4.
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 Instead of a "ribbon cutting", this ceremony was a "firehose uncoupling" |
 Ladder 3 (soon to be Ladder 4) gets a preview of its new home |
 Engine 3 is soon to become Engine 4 |
 Apex EMS |
 Captain John Hellmann (left) and Matt Runyan |
 David Dillon, Jason Nesbit, Ashley Boyer |
 Bay Leaf Fire Chief Ron Roof (left) and David Dillon |
 Town council members Mike Jones, Bill Sutton, Bryan Gossage |
 We had a decent showing of emergency services personnel, town officials, and citizens |
 There were refreshments in the day room |
 Dwayne Vaughn, Ollie Yates |
 Kevin Roberts, ?, Ashley Boyer, Loren Wallace, David Haigh |
 Mayor Keith Weatherly addresses the crowd as Chief Haraway and town council members look on |
 Apex Fire Chief Mark Haraway |
 American Legion Commander Michael Sayers (right) makes a presentation to the Town |
 American Legion and Fire Department personnel dedicate the flag |
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 The town's top brass prepare to uncouple the hose. (L to R) Bill Sutton, Bryan Gossage, Gene Schulze, Keith Weatherly, Mike Jones, Bill Jensen, Bruce Radford, Mark Haraway |
 Councilman Schulze and Mayor Weatherly work the coupling... |
 ...and it's official! Station 4 has been christened! |
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 After the ceremony, firefighters give tours of the new station |
 Chief Haraway shows Mayor Weatherly and Councilman Jensen into the day room |
 Amy Edwards |
 Firefighters enjoying the first of what will certainly be MANY breaks on the new patio |
 Checking out the new grill |
 Kim Matthews |
 Top brass from Fuquay Fire Department (Assistant Chief Jim Jones, Chief Tony Mauldin) |
 Former member John Sperath catches up with councilman Jensen |
 Loren Wallace |
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 Ryan Arnett, Scooter Carter, Jeff Jones, Ashley Abt |
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 Nancy Dawson, Joy Yates, Vickie Vaughn |
 Dwayne Vaughn, Ollie Yates |
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 A-shift debates having a cake-eating contest. They decided against it. (Eric Scofield, Ryan Hillen, Jeff Jones, Jeff Maynard) |
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 Photographing the photographer (Mike Legeros) |
 Note our fancy bay door traffic lights! Now if anyone drives through the bay door, they not only get written up, but they'll get a traffic ticket too! HA! |
 Night lights |