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4 Unit News Central Ohio Retired Firefighters

Chapter Twelve

www.centrohretfirefighters.com [email protected]

August/September 2020

WHAT’S INSIDE Page 3 - President’s Re-port Page 4 - Chaplain’s Cor-ner,Good and Welfare Page 5 - Donations Page 6 - August Minutes 1 - Birthdays, 4 Unit Women. Page 14 - Good & Welfare, Page 15 - Application/Dues Form

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4 Unit Officers: President, Dave Williamson; Vice President, Dave Roggenkamp; Trustees, Dale Miller, Tom Christ, Gary Wells; Sgt. At Arms, Bill Hanf; Recording Secretary, Kevin Mi-chael; Membership Secretary, Terry Hetzer; Treasurer, Darylee Foertsch; Chaplain, Larry Baker, Myron Ingram; News Editor, Cecil Goodrich.

NOTE: Chaplains, Larry Baker and Myron Ingram are asking members to contact them when you know of a brother Retiree or his wife having health problems. This is the only way they can become aware of the issue so they can then contact them. You can reach him at: Larry’s phone 614-379-5107 or email: [email protected] and Myron’s phone 614-402-4442 or mail: [email protected]

NOTICE: Due to the Coronus virus COVID 19, there will be no Picnic at Buckeye Lake this year. Also there will no meeting in September. Next Meeting will be on October 7, 2020. These virus conditions has caused many Organizations to cancel their meetings and postpone many scheduled ac-tivities. 4 Unit didn’t come to this decision easily, but due to the age of our members and the recom-mendations of public health officials it was decided that these actions needed to be taken in order to keep our members safe and healthy. Let us all hope and pray that by next year we will have this pan-demic figured out and a vaccine will be found and we will be back to normal. Thanks for your under-standing. The Board at our August meeting held an election of Officers, Dave Williamson was elected as President and Dave Roggenkamp as Vice President.

President’s Report As we go thru uncharted and strange times, it’s reassuring and healthy to have some familiarity in our lives. Our 4 unit organization helps with this as we get to reconnect with people who have either been in our lives thru our individual careers, others who have blazed the trail before us and others who have just completed their journey thru the best career in the world. Gary Church and Bill Balthaser have done a tremendous job during the past years helping us with the OP&F insurance debacle and other is-sues that all of us will be affected by the rest of our lives. Because of their personalities, they have al-ways been easy to talk to and discuss issues that can be hard to deal with. I want to personally thank both of them for their commitment and their time that they dedicated to us. THANK YOU! That being said, I want to reassure each of you that this group of people who serve on the board have just as much desire and dedication to keep moving the organization forward to greater heights. However, it cannot be done without YOU. You are the 4 Unit. We will do our best to keep the communication, focus and transparency in the forefront. Although we are based out of L-67 (great thanks to Steve Stein for this

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4 Unit News August/September 2020

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As reported in the minutes from the Au-gust meeting, the widows are now being made Life Members which will end their dues. Regina M. Aldridge Kinberly Barton Judy Beerman Mary Bernans Stephanie Bruzzese Rose I. Cave Jean Coe Joyce Curran Kathleen Ebersbach Lori Eisel Lisa Gibbons-Woo Barbara J. Glasspoole Marta Gray Joyce Guth ‘Judy’ Judith Haney Gail Hayes Linda Lavely Janet MacKenzie Betty Manring Sandy McGrath Sara J. Mercer-Sells Patricia L. Moore Judith Pishitelli Virginia Rieder-Merz Pat Sandord Debbie Scott Sara Sells Genny Storts Patricia A. Thurston Shelby Tudor Martha Ward Lisa Watford Suzanne Widner Lisa Woodrum June A. Zito

NOTE: Our Recording Secretary, Terry Hetzer is asking all our members to notify him of any changes they might have like a new address, email address, or a phone number. Contacct Terry by email: [email protected] or by phone: 614-837-6191. Your cooperation in upgrading your information will help us to keep our records current and for the printing the Roster.

opportunity) this is not a Columbus Fire organi-zation, it is a CENTRAL OHIO RETIRED FIREFIGHTERS organization. Our board is ded-icated to reaching out to all of our fire depart-ments to help us grow. But we need all of our voices to welcome everyone. So, if you know a retired FF who either doesn’t attend or does not feel welcome, please reach out to them, or reach out and I will contact them. We are a great team, but think how much greater it could be if each of us reach out and welcome all of our 4u Brothers and Sisters. I want to thank our members for giving me the opportunity and responsibility to lead this great team. Feel free to call me or e-mail or text me with anything. Chances are I won’t have the an-swers (lol) but I’ll find the person who does. That’s called teamwork. Please stay safe, enjoy retirement and I’ll see you at the next 4 Unit meeting. David Williamson President 4 Unit

Hello, I hope everyone is well and your families are flourishing. Our August meeting was held on the 5th at L-67 and considering everything, attend-ance was good. New rosters that will be in effect for 2 years should be going to the printers any day now. We voted on surviving spouses becom-ing lifetime members, was approved. The Muse-um is open and received little vandalism during the recent protests downtown. Bill Balthaser has resigned as V.P. as he wants to step away and enjoy his time. The Executive board discussed and voted to CANCEL the picnic at Buckeye Lake in September which includes a 4U meeting in September due to the resurgence of the Coro-na virus. Dave Roggencamp was nominated for the V.P. and was unanimously accepted as such. Congratulations! Continue visiting our website for further updates and info as we move forward. Respectfully, David Williamson

NOTE: The Firefighters Memorial Sunday to be held on October 4, 2020 has been cancelled.

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CHAPLAIN’S

CORNER

GOOD AND WELFARE—August 2020 Sick List Cliff Sharpe Gerald Walker Bill Mason - Home Terry Foor Gary Littleton Tom Green - Hospice at Home

Job 29:1–6 (NRSV) — 1 Job again took up his discourse and said: 2 “O that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me; 3 when his lamp shone over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness; 4 when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was upon my tent; 5 when the Almighty was still with me, when my children were around me; 6 when my steps were washed with milk, and the rock poured out for me streams of oil! Wow! Sounds like what many are saying now. We are hearing that getting back to “normal” (months of old, as Job says) will not happen soon and may not happen at all. Old, retired firefighters already lament the loss of the “good old days” and now even in retirement we grieve more. Our last couple of meetings were scarce in numbers. We disdain masks. It takes effort to not shake hands. Alas, times are differ-ent. Yet in the midst of all this God is still God. God is the great “I AM”. We, self includ-ed, need to be reminded and to remind others that God is with us even now. The one certainty we can cling to is that God is always in the midst of whatever we find ourselves involved with. We look back as we look forward. From crea-tion to the day of resurrection God is the under-lying sovereignty of history. Take heart, have faith, and this too shall pass. We will persist and yes, it is OK to lament, grovel and grouse about the present – God hears our cries. Peace be upon you. Chaplain Baker

4 Unit New Life Members Andrew P. Barga Judy Beerman Danny Brobst Robert G. Crosby Dee (Karyn) Easter Joyce Guth James E. Hastings Gail Hayes Gary L. Hunter Dennis A. Lyman Betty Manring Michael A. Mitchell David Leo Morbitzer Alfred Plesse Pat Sanford James Shannon David E. Smith Mike Talik James H. Zeisler June A. Zito

Don Boso - Home Bill Diamond - Home Jim Duffy - Licking Memorial Hospital Leroy Johnson - OSU East, Room #310 Tom Hackett - Hospice at Home Paul White - New Albany Rehabilitation Center Bob (Elmo) Moore, Jr. Bob Dadum - Eldercare (Call First, 614-777-5850 2497, Punderson Rd. Hilliard, OH Don Brunton David Hartsoe, Shoulder Cancer. no visitors please. Robert Moore Jr. - Stage 4 throat cancer, emails only, [email protected] John Good - Surgery

Gary Eubanks THOSE IN ASSISTED LIVING Tony Ingram Wexner Jewish Center Morgan Hall Geri Pennell Green Hills Community 5557 US 68 South West Liberty, Ohio 43357

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Captain Lee Curry

RESCUE AND FIREHOUSE MEMORIES

The book talks about how the fire department was ran; different fires and rescues; training; his-tory of fires, past and present; and the danger of the job, along with a lot of funny stories in and around the fire department. CAPTAIN LEE CURRY had more than thirty-five years in the fire service. He has made nu-merous rescues and saved a lot of lives. He served on one of the busiest rescues and was on the bomb squad for twenty-five years. He has done about every job in the fire department. Captin Curry started as a crash rescue crew member in the USAF. After discharge, he was a firefighter on the Newark and Columbus (Ohio) Fire Departments. When he started in the old fire department, the equipment was a lot different than it is today and has now moved on to a more modern depart-ment.

DONATIONS to date. Darrell Bebout William J. Brobst, Jr. Charles F. Burkhart Marilyne N. Caldwell Joseph “Joey” D’Andres Robert Foor Don L. Miller Jack L. Neal Judith Pishitelli Clarence “Cliff” Price Tyrone F. Stevenson Daniel J. Sutphen Ron N. Ward Gary Wells Total: $ 542.00

PT’d to 5 Unit 2020 The following names were omitted in the June/July issue. Our apologies to those families . Rodney Storts, Ret. Capt. CFD 01-12-2020 Joseph Pishitelli, Ret. Lt. CFD 02-23-2020 Harold R. Barnes, Ret FF. CFD 02-29-2020 George Miller, Ret. Lt. CFD 02-24-2020 Urice Ross, Ret. FF CFD 03-01-2020 Jim “Shag” Kirshner, Ret. FF CFD 03-07-2020 Larry Roberson, Ret. FF JAT, 03-04-2020 Deaths Since 03-04-2020 Gary R. Phillips, Ret. FF CFD 03-18-2020 Russ O. Barton, Ret. Lt. CFD 04-19-2020 Michael D. Widner, Ret. Lt. FRT 05-09-2020 Donald Reese, Ret. Chief JAT 05-21-2020 Jack Hughes, Ret. Capt. PET 05-17-2020 Carl Clark, Ret. FF CFD 05-23-2020 Richard E. Hartman, FF CFD 06-13-2020 John Bernans, Ret. Chief, LIT Twp. 06-16-2020 George R. Popovich, Ret. FF CFD 07-01-2020 William C. Midgley, Ret. Capt. NOT 07-02-2020 James N. O’Harra, Ret. Lt. CFD 07-10-2020 Karry L. Ellis, Ret. Chief CFD 07-21-2020 James S. Crandall, Ret. Lt. NOT 07-24-2020 John R. Cua, Ret. FF CFD 07-26-2020 Spouses Judy Barry – Wife of Bob 06/08/2020 Roberta (Bobbi) Seagle – Wife of Jim 06/13/2020 Shelby Tucker – Wife of Howard 05/01/2020 Donna J Oldaker 05/06/2020 Wife of Ken Faye A. Taylor 06/17/2020 Wife of Robert Mary Brobst 08/18/2020 Wife of Bill Sue Fleischer 08/17/2020 Wife of Dave Faye Arlene Taylor, 06-17-2020 Wife of Robert Mary A. Brobst, 08-18-2020 Wife of Bill Sue Fleischer, 08-17-2020 Wife of Dave

** The first older woman said, “I’ve been trying to call you all day!” as they met for lunch. The second woman said let me see your phone. So the first showed her the phone. The second woman said, “That’s not your phone, that’s your TV remote!!! ** “Age is merely the number of years the world has been enjoying you.”

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Central Ohio Retired Fire Fighters Four Unit, Inc. Minutes of meeting on August 5, 2020

at 12:00 Noon Place Station 67, 379 West Broad Street

Columbus, Ohio Officers present roll call: D.Williamson, G. Church, G. Wells, J. Simkins, A. Allen, C. Goodrich, L. Baker, D.Miller, T. Christ, D. Foertsch, T. Hetzer, K. Michael, D. Roggenkamp Absent: M. Ingram, B. Hanf (both excused) Members present: 34 Guests: 0 Total: 34 Invocation by: L. Baker Pledge of Allegiance led by: D. Williamson Welcome: Dave Williamson New Members: None Recording Sec. Report: Waived from July 2020 meeting Membership Sec. /Treas. Report: Paid:737, Life, Widows, Checking, Money Market Checking, CDs President’s Report: Shag Kirshner was inad-vertently left off of last month's transfer to 5 Unit list. Please send all 5 Unit notifications from all departments to Tina at CFD Union Headquarters. The upcoming 4 Unit picnic was discussed by the executive board. It was decided to NOT hold the picnic this year due to the current situation with Covid 19. It was decided to NOT have a 4 Unit meeting in September either. Please look at the website for the “Pickle Jar” link. VP Report: No report Committee Reports: 4 Unit News: Working on current news letter, new rosters should be going to the printer soon. Benefits: No report. Host: Please look at the “Pickle Jar” link on the 4 unit website. Museum: Museum is open. Museum had some minor damage from the unrest earlier this summer. Banquet: No report. Picnic: Canceled this year. Website: Working fine. Old Business: Bill Balthaser has resigned as Vice President. Motion was made for surviving spouses to become Life Members of 4 unit. Mo-tion was seconded, passed unanimously.

Approximately 30 surviving spouses will now be Life Members. New Business: Dave Roggenkamp was nominat-ed for the Vice President's position. Motion was seconded, passed unanimously... Congratulations Dave! CFD retirees are still having an issue with getting a retirement ID card from CFD. Good and Welfare:

Sick list: Tom Green (in hospice) and Tom Hackett (in hospice but in attendance to-day!)

PT to #5 Unit: George Popovich, re-tired FF, CFD, Jim O'Harra, retired FF, CFD, Bill Midgeley, retired Captain, Norwich Township Fire Department,

Jim Crandall, retired Lt., Norwich Town-ship Fire Department.

Cooks: Gary Wells and Dale Miller. 50/50 drawing winners: Bill Balthaser (donated to PAC fund) Albert Allen, Amount: $14.00 each.

Meeting adjourned by President Williamson @ 12:29pm.

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Happy Birthday

OCTOBER

2 Garnet George William Searls 3 Willard Hoffer Richard Thompson 4 Gregory L. Scarberry 5 Phyllis Blasko Robert Crosby Mary Jo Leonhardt 8 William Carl 10 Lucy Bennett Myron Ingram 11 Norman Parrish William Veeck 12 Dennis Lyman 13 Ronald Casto William Lawhead 14 Monna McCabe Daniel Sutphen 15 Robert Atwood Gary Cox Harley Greenwalt 17 William Diamond Patricia Eal Linda Gorby 18 Frances Carr John Casey Robert Dadum John Ollam 19 Ruth Mason Ronald Slane 20 Don Weaston 21 Helen Johnson 22 Forrest Bennett 23 Cliff Sharpe 24 Kevin Cavener Della Welsh Jack Rowley 25 Velma Coldren-Hayes Diane Deuschle Gary Dusenbery Donald Salsburey 28 Daniel Ducharme Jerry Foltz Lauren Smith, Jr. 29 Paul Davis Patrick Holstein Thomas Ullom 30 Terry Gill Larry Hetrick Stephen Mills Karen Russ Raymond Snyder 31 Robert D. Beard Charles Stewart

NOVEMBER

1 Patricia Moore Danny Weber 2 Edward Hammel Jack Monaghan 3 Bruce Ashcraft Charles Purdy James Teal 4 Darylee Foertsch 5 John Jones 6 Darrell Hall Jerry Scott Larry Stansbury 7 Rick Lee Meadows Terry Trojack 8 Nadine Kuhn 9 Michael Halleck 10 William Mason James Thum Harold Scheiderer John Sedlock 12 John Ansel 13 Jan Bloomer 14 Frank Biancone 15 Larry Livingston Terry Matthaes 16 John Rees 17 William Hartman Richard Kuhn William Willison 18 Donna Oldaker Daryl Sollars Doug Wortman 20 Dwight Stutler 21 Terry Duckworth Dominic Julian Amalee Soteriades 22 Ann Fadley Russell Karavig Jack Schumacher 23 Patrick Barrett Roby Hayworth 24 Danny Brobst Charles Burkhart Charles Drumm Charles Yeager 27 Tim DeLong James Sharps 28 Clyde McCann 30 Scott Krummel Eugene Hogg Tom Stewart

4 UNIT WOMEN (Wives and Widows) We invite all 4 Unit Women to our group luncheon/meetings held on the 1st Wednes-day of each month. Next meetings are Oct. 7, Nov. 4 and Dec. 2. Time: 11:00 am Location: O’Charleys restaurant at 6285 Cleveland Ave., Columbus, OH 43231. Direstions: Exit I-270 onto Cleveland Ave. south, O’Charleys is the first traffic light on the right on Community Park Dr. COME AND JOIN US FOR FRIENDSHIP, FOOD AND FUN!

We sang “My Favorite Things” from Sound of Music to a 99 year lady at a party at our con-do. Maalox and nose drops and needles for knitting, Walkers and handrails and new dental fittings. Bundles of magazines tied up in string. These are a few of my favorite things. Cadillacs and cataracts and hearing aids and glasses, Polident and Fixodent and false teeth in glasses, pacemakers, gold carts and porches with swings, These are a few of my favorite things. REFRAIN: When pipes leak, When the bones creak, When the knees go bad, I simply re-member my favorite things, and then I don’t feel so bad. Hot tea and crumpets, and corn pads for bunions, No spicy hot food or food cooked with onions, Bathrobes and heat pads and hot meals they bring, These are a few of my favor-ite things. Back pains, confused brains and no fear of sinnin’, Thin bones and fractures and hair that is thinning’, And we won’t mention our short shrunken frames, When we remember our fa-vorite things. REFRAIN: When the joints ache, when the hips break, When the eyes grow dim, Then I remember the great life I’ve had, and then I don’t feel so bad. Hope you enjoyed this as much as we did!

When I was a kid, I wanted to be old-er… This stuff now is not what I ex-pected it to be!!!

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I hate it when I see an old person and then realize that we went to high school together

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CONFUSERS? Is it good if a vacuum really sucks? Why is the third hand on a watch called a second hand? If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would you ever know? If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words? Why do we say somethings out of whack? What is whack? Why does “slow down” and “slow up” mean the same thing? Why does “fat chance” and “slim chance” mean the same thing? Why do “tug” boats push barges? Why do we sing “Take me out to the ball game when we are already there? Why are they called “stands” when they are made for sitting? Why is it called “after dark” when it really is after light? Why are a “wise man” and a “wise guy” opposites? Why is “phonics” not spelled the way it sounds? Why do you press harder on the buttons of the remote control when you know the bat-teries are dead? Why do we wash bath towels when we are clean when we use them?

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Make check payable to 4-Unit C.O.R.F. for Dues in the amount of $35.00, plus any other Options selected and Mail to: Darylee Foertsch PO Box 340853 Columbus, OH 43234-0853

2021 CENTRAL OHIO RETIRED FIREFIGHTERS - 4-UNIT 2021 F/F or Widow

Name DOB Address City St. Zip Tele:(____)- Date Retired: Retired From: Spouse’s Name DOB Email Address Cell Phone ( ) 4-Unit dues - C.O. R. F. 10.00 ( __ ) State dues - P. F. R O. 25.00 ( _______ ) Donation to 4-Unit News_______(________ ) Decals 4-Unit 1.00/ea. ( ) Decals State P.F.R.O. 1.00/ea. ( ) 2020-2021 Roster Book 5.00/ea. ( ) TOTAL PAID $ By using this application form you do not have to pay any other dues.

PLEASE ENCLOSE A SELF ADDRESSED ENVELOPE with your application or your

MEMBERSHIP CARDS and/or DECALS WILL NOT BE MAILED BACK TO YOU. ROSTERS ORDERED WILL BE SENT OUT BY A SEPARATE MAILING

**Your dues are due each year on/or before January 1st. Be sure to fill in all the information requested, as it is all important. Be sure to include a self ad-dressed envelope. Mail them back to me at the address listed above and I will

process it for you. The first year for DROP members and new retirees is free.**

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