On Friday July 29th, the Members of HVFDEMS and Ladies Aux. celebrated another great year. This year was a little different due to the fact that we changed to a fiscal year. This year we also had a change in venue, we held the awards banquet at Middleton Hall. We had a great company turnout as well as many members of neighboring companies were there to celebrate with us. The night started with cocktail hour, followed by an excellent dinner (provided by Middleton Hall catering), and installing of officers and awards followed.

The following Officers were installed for the 2005-2006 fiscal year:

Chief Duane Svites
President Jimmy Rose
Deputy Fire Chief Scott Herbert
Deputy EMS Chief David Svites
Assistant Fire Chief Antwan Thomas
Assistant EMS Chief Robert Bagley

FIRE LINE OFFICERS:
Captain Scott Hutchinson
Lieutenant Jimmy Herbert (Saftey)
Lieutenant Jeremy Mercure
Lieutenant Mike Carroll
Sergeant Pete Eckstien
Sergeant Tim Goff Sr.

EMS LINE OFFICERS:
Captain Chris Cole
Lieutenant Erin Thompson
Lieutenant Brad Saunders
Sergeant Chris Conley
Sergeant Tonya Bagley

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS:
Vice President – Mike Bagley
Secretary – Donna McPherson
Fire Treasurer – Jennifer Roberts
EMS Treasurer – Patty Therres
Non-Tax Treasurer – Mary Ellen Hutchinson

Board of Directors
Bill Saunders
Duane Svites
Allan Conley
Scott Herbert
Lewis Kelley
David Svites
Ed McPherson

AWARDS:

EMS Rookie of the Year: Cathy Tennison
Fire Rookie of the Year: Jeff Thompson
EMS provider of the Year: Mike (Pops) Bagley
Firefighter of the Year: President Jimmy Rose
Paul Therres Award: John Jarboe
Chief’s Award: Jimmy (Iggy) Herbert

The evening was a huge success, HVFDEMS members and our guests had a good time. After the banquet we were lucky enough to have The Hotel Charles host an after party for HVFDEMS members.

HVFDEMS members would like to thank Newburg EMS Bebedict and Bel Alton Fire departments for covering our first due so our members could enjoy the evening.