EARTHQUAKE!

We had a small earthquake at 6:07 a.m. Friday. It only measured 3.1 and for that we are grateful because the US Geological Service says it was centered at 35.32N 82.19W. which would put it 1.41 miles from our front door. They said it was 8.1 kilometers or 5.03 miles down. We had no damage but we sure felt and heard it.
Earthquakes are not as common here as they are in some parts of California, or as common as we knew them to be in Mexico City and Caracas.

Big Award

The Mill Spring Volunteer Fire Department had is annual awards dinner Friday night and it was full of surprises. The biggest surprise was my selection as the department's Firefighter of the Year! Bobby Wise, the new assistant chief, was selected Officer of the Year. The members voted on the officer of the year, and the officers selected the Firefighter of the Year. I got a beautiful plaque to hang on my wall, next to the one I received as president of the Round Lake Hose Company when we left Round Lake, NY in 1981. Bill Cunningham, who has been in the department almost since it was founded, was given the title of honorary chief for life, and the call number 2400. We are station 24 so we all have 24xx call signs, ours being 2414 and 2415. The regular chief is 2401. We are now the only department in the county with a 2400.