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Francis Oliff Ben Self Edward Flynn George Kenney
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"READY THEN - READY NOW"

This page is designed to keep the retired members up to date on issues, from a "Sick List"  to Pending Legislation and anything else we can think of.  Hopefully anyone reading this will pass the word around to all other retired members.

 This is here for your use.

Please send anything you would like to add to rfanews@comcast.net

 

 

Message from the President

The Local is collecting information that could aide them in getting a "Presumptive Legislation Bill".  This bill will covers any active member or any member that retired within the approved out years of the bill that have had or have, heart problems, lung or any of the covered cancers that may have been caused by the job. They need any information on retired members that have had these problems or have passed as a result of these problems.

Please call or send by email the information to any of the above email address or phone numbers of the RFA Board.

Please supply the following information:
How long they were retired when they took ill with cancer, what kind of cancer.

We just need the cancer info, nothing else.

Any information we get will help.


 

 

He only wanted breakfast, but saved a life instead:

http://www.somdnews.com/stories/01222010/indytop165402_32207.shtml

 

 

Income Exclusion for Retired Public Safety Officers
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p575.pdf

For distributions beginning in 2007, you can elect to exclude from income distributions from an eligible retirement plan that is a governmental plan if you are an eligible retired public safety officer. The distribution must be transferred directly to an insurance provider to pay premiums for accident or health insurance or qualified long-term care insurance for you, your spouse, or your dependents.

The maximum annual exclusion is $3,000. You cannot deduct these premiums as medical expenses or, if you are self-employed, health insurance costs. For more information, see Insurance Premiums for Public Safety Officers in Publication 575.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retired Firefighter, Jerry Spence's Book, "The War" "361 Days, 27 minutes in Vietnam" comes out on February 2, 2010.

He was drafted from Engine 19.

http://www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore/book.php?w=978-1-61566-125-1

 


This months meeting will be at
 
Champion Billiards
On the second Tuesday of each month

5205 Buckystown Pike
Frederick, MD 20704

NOON

February 9, 2010

 

 

STATION 7 LUNCHEON
The first  Wednesday  of each month
NEXT: February 3, 2010

Station 7 Restaurant,

 Pittsville, MD

(checkout pictures from the Dec. meeting)

Let me know if you will be attending so that a count can be given to the restaurant. 

http://www.station7restaurant.com/


 

 

 

Ocean City Elks Lodge

4th Saturday of the month. 

 

 

 

DCFD members have been meeting at the on the 4th Saturday of the month. There are 120 members of a group called "Guns and Hoses" Police and Firefighters.  This picture was taken before the meeting was started so  a lot of the members were not present. 

 

The "Under Dogs" in Little River

and Surfside in Myrtle Beach

 

Myrtle Beach, SC area DCFD Retired group meets the 1st Monday of the month at 11:30 AM at different locations.

Contact Richard Hunley at:

843-399-2357  or itsmerhh@yahoo.com


NEXT: March 1, 2010


JANUARY

To order, click on the badge and print the form, fill it out and send to the address on the form.

Reunion Pictures

Taken by the renowned

Mexican Photographer

Marion Sanchez

Click here

 

 

 

 

 

Please keep the following members in your prayers:

SICK

RECENTLY DECEASED

John Anthon Leo D. Raulerson 7-2-09
Wendy Baden Gerald A McPeek 7-4-09
Hugh M. Barnes Jack M. "Pops" Bernd
John A. Bartlett Wilburn M. (Jerry) Bargdill 7-15-09
Ed Beller Robert C. Stevenson Jr. 7-16-09
James Bojalad Curtis M. Fenner 8-1-09 ATF
Curt Callaway Daniel J. Collins 8-4-09
Donald C. Capps Michael J. McNally 8-15-09
Walter D. Coback Steven P. Vermeire  8-21-09
Ralph W. Creel Ernest F. Schnaebele 9-1-09
Frederick B. Davis John T. (Tim) Connors 9-14-09
Edward F. Dougherty Gary R. Manders 10-3-09
Lester J. (Jack) Fletcher Walter J. (Steamboat) Smith 10-28-09
Tom Francella William B. Swann 11-7-09
John Frye Frederick W. Reed 11-19-09
Michael Greene

Charles B. Wilcox 12-8-09

Keith Grimes Ollie M. Willoughby 12-14-09
Hunter Hetzel Walter P. (Butch) Carpenter 1-7-10
Bernard Jamerson William P. (Pete) Schlosser 1-12-10
Ralph L. Kennedy Donald G. Thompson 1-17-10
Paul V. Macdonald  
Jim McIlvaine  
Dan Norman  
Wayne Preddy  
Ken Propst  
Charlie Rogers  
Andy Saunders  
Robert H. Simms, Jr.  
Clarence (Al) Size  
Kenneth R. Stevens  
Timothy E. Wells  
   
   
   
   

 

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 I Information from Pat Carpenter is that they are having a memorial service for Butch Carpenter on Sunday January 31, 2010 at 3:00 pm at the Orange Baptist Church in Orange VA, with a reception at the legion to follow. From what she was saying the Orange Volunteer Fire Dept. is putting this on but she would like the information to get out for anyone up in that area.

 

 

 

FOR YOUR INFORMATION & PRAYERS

Jack Miller's  wife, Shirley, passed away
Please keep Paul MacDonald in your prayers

Bill Mould reports that Lester "Jack" Fletcher is very sick.

Timothy E. Wells mini Stroke
Curt Callaway throat cancer
Robert Simms Jr He had an accident at home a while ago, then suffered a stroke, and is now on a ventilator.
He can receive visitors, but appears not to respond, at this time. (Thomas More Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
3rd Floor  Room Pavilion-18 4922 Lasalle Rd, Hyattsville MD 20782 3302 )
Andrew Saunders had a partial lung removal

Walter Cobak (Happy)   is having his leg amputated, well above the knee. He has been having a constant infection in his leg ever since he had a cancerous tumor removed from his knee years ago which never completely healed and he hasn't been able to get around very well. He went this week to get fitted for an artificial leg.  He will be in John Hopkins Hospital for 4 to 5 days. 

 

 

 

Retired F/F Zimmerman Roberts still fighting the fight down in Florida.
 
Congratulations

Fire Inspector Zimmerman Roberts was presented with the “Fire Inspector of the Year” award.   Shown here with Inspector Roberts is John Holley, NE Florida Supervisor who Oral has worker with for 14 years.  Oral received the award for his unwavering commitment to fire safety, furthering established fire prevention principles throughout northeast Florida, and independently establishing and developing cooperative relationships between the Division of State Fire Marshals, state and local agencies, fire officials and allied industry professionals. 

http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

Look at what else the Jacksonville Fire Dept. is doing.  http://www.mefeedia.com/watch/24936101

 

 

 

 

Members of the Retired Association can now order an official Fire Dept. badge

 on line.   Just click on the site below and find the badge you want and follow the instructions. (The difference between the active badge and our badge is that it has the word "RETIRED" is on the top.) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.blackintondirect.com/DCFire.html

 

 

 

 

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE FOR BOOK ORDERS IS APRIL 30 2009

 

 

 

This is a tentative design of the shoulder patch that the Fire Department is contemplating to be used by  Retired Firefighters on DCFD uniforms that you purchase, as mentioned in the President's letter. 

 

 

Any comments or idea's please e-mail me at rfanews@comcast.net