High Plains Journal

JUST WANT TO LET PEOPLE OUT THERE KNOW THAT THERE STILL ARE CARING PEOPLE OUT THERE . MONDAY AT AROUND 11:OO A.M. MY MOTHER HOME CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM ELECTRICAL IN THE ATTIC . Now I want to say thank you to all the Gaylord VOLUNTEERS FIRE DEPT . AN SMITH CENTER FIRE DEPT , AN THE EMTS THAT CAME HELP US FIRE, CHEIF STAN HORNING , PAUL SHELTO , ROB GUILLIS , A.J. WILSON , RANDY LEHMKUBL, ED BERT , DAN CARL AN MR Lauren Lemend , also the Mayor DELPHA GODEY of our small town in Gaylord Kansas for being on top of situation of the alarm not going off at SMITH CENTER FIRE DEPT. , BUT WITH QUICK THINKING CHEIF STAN HORNING GOT EVERYONE THERE TO GET THE FIRE OUT , THE FIRE WAS QUICKLY TAKEN CARE OF , BUT STARTED BACK UP AT AROUND 10:30 MONDAY NIGHT , BEFORE I COULD CALL THE CHIEF HIS WIFE SAID HE WAS ON HIS WAY , THANKS TO THE EMTS THAT CAME OUT AN BROUGHT MY MOM RITA SMITH AN I RITA GUIDRY TO THE HOSIPTAL IN SMITH CENTER SEEN BY DR. BARNS , AN WE WERE LATER RELEASED, WITH NO INJURIES, ANOTHER ONE OF THE THAT CAME OUT THE SECONG TIME EXTRA WAS ADAM IFLAND WAS ON THE BALL , HELPING OUT WITH ED, STAN , PAUL , CARL , AT 11:00 P.M., AS WE THANK GOD MATERIALS THINGS CAN BE REPLACED BUT PEOPLE CANT ,JUST A REMINDER THAT THAT LIFE CAN CHANGE IN A MINUTE, SO WE CAN NOT TAKE LIFE FOR GRANTED , LIVE EVERYDAY LIKE IT COULD BE YOUR LAST ,AN THANKS TO ALL FIRER FIGHTER THAT PUT THERE LIFE ON THE LINE TO SAVE US , CANT THANK THEM ENOUGH, RITA &DAVID GUIDRY & RITA SMITH , THIS ALL HAPPENED AT 410 MAIN STREET SMITH CENTER , 785-697-3063,