Groundbreaking Ceremony for Apex Station 4

2 September 2008

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It has been several years in the making - and on Tuesday 2 September 2008 it was finally official! Town of Apex dignitaries held a groundbreaking ceremony for two major public safety projects - our Station 4 (shown above), and the new police station (shown below) which will replace the existing building on South Saunders Street. Drawings by Stewart Cooper Newell Architects.

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Ready for show time!
Apex Police Chief Jack Lewis (left)
No shortage of media and photographers to record this!

Mayor Keith Weatherly (left) and Town Manager Bruce Radford
Many of our firefighters came to participate in this historic event

Mayor Weatherly gives an interview for NBC-17 News
Mayor Weatherly introduces the other Town Council members. Pictured left to right: Bryan Gossage, Mike Jones, Bill Sutton, Keith Weatherly, Gene Schulze, Bill Jensen
Mr. Radford (far right) shares some thoughts with the crowd

Town dignitaries don their ceremonial hats
Firefighter Ryan Hillen (third from left) was picked from the crowd by Mr. Radford to participate in the fire department ceremony because, as Mr. Radford said, "He looks like the youngest one of the group!"
Fire Chief Mark Haraway (far left) joins the group to dig the first shovels

Council members were obviously well-practiced and had this ceremony down to a science. Mayor Weatherly gave the orders, "First we pose...."
"....then we throw!"
One more photo op with all of the fire department attendees

The whole process was then repeated with all the police department representatives
A decent crowd showed up to watch

Eric Scofield, Kevin Butts, Adam Stuart and Thomas Leerkes
Shawn Daley of the Apex Herald interviews Police Chief Jack Lewis and Fire Chief Mark Haraway

Ready for show time!	Apex Police Chief Jack Lewis (left)	No shortage of media and photographers to record this!
Mayor Keith Weatherly (left) and Town Manager Bruce Radford	Many of our firefighters came to participate in this historic event
Mayor Weatherly gives an interview for NBC-17 News	Mayor Weatherly introduces the other Town Council members. Pictured left to right: Bryan Gossage, Mike Jones, Bill Sutton, Keith Weatherly, Gene Schulze, Bill Jensen	Mr. Radford (far right) shares some thoughts with the crowd
Town dignitaries don their ceremonial hats	Firefighter Ryan Hillen (third from left) was picked from the crowd by Mr. Radford to participate in the fire department ceremony because, as Mr. Radford said, "He looks like the youngest one of the group!"	Fire Chief Mark Haraway (far left) joins the group to dig the first shovels
Council members were obviously well-practiced and had this ceremony down to a science. Mayor Weatherly gave the orders, "First we pose...."	"....then we throw!"	One more photo op with all of the fire department attendees
The whole process was then repeated with all the police department representatives	A decent crowd showed up to watch
	Eric Scofield, Kevin Butts, Adam Stuart and Thomas Leerkes	Shawn Daley of the Apex Herald interviews Police Chief Jack Lewis and Fire Chief Mark Haraway