Friday afternoon. He is a good leader and hes very professional. Very compassionate. Does a very good job of organization. Hes a great guy, and i wish him well. Family, friends, city leaders and dignitaries came together to give their best wishes to ford. To me, hes like the captain of the ship. The Police Department was the ship. His hand was always on the helm no matter what happened. He knew where he wanted to go. He came on to the force more than 40 years ago, promoted to sergeant on january 1st 1979, and promoted to chief of police over 26 years ago on september 19th , 1989. He handles things in a very even handed manner. He doesnt treat anybody any differently than anyone else, and he handles his force the same way. I think they all respect him for that. Just so impressed to see this. So well deserved and thank you for your service. Ford has had a tremendous impact in Public Safety and protecting the neighborhoods. Ats more, ford always served the boys and girls club home, haven
Find people to help especially during the winter months. Many of our volunteers are seniors. I think the average age is in the seventies, so when the conditions are slick like this for either the vehicles or their feet they dont feel safe out. The need for volunteers required meals on wheels to call in some backup. Humvees roared into town, filled with active duty soldiers ready to receive their assignment. Theyre having the younger guard members deliver meals throughout the city. The parking lot is full of humvees and they are grabbing right now their hot bags and cold bags to take out to the homebound seniors. Dressed in uniform, the National Guard delivered over 160 meals bringing enough members to complete all 17 routes and issuing a challenge to other Community Members to get involved. Volunteering itself gives you a good personal satisfaction. It could be your mom, your dad, your uncle, eventually you thats snowed hour a week to help out with something. And while it may not have