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...In the News
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KEARNEY
(August 18, 2009) --
KEARNEY, Neb. –
As of
Friday, August 15th at 10:56
A.M., the Nebraska Firefighters Museum &
Education Center is now proudly open for
business!
The museum
at 2434 East 1st St. near the Great
Platte River Road Archway Monument held
its public “hose cutting” at 10:56 a.m.
Friday. The unusual time for the ribbon
cutting is because 10-56 is the
emergency radio code for firefighters.
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invocation was given by Pastor Tom
Thompson, a volunteer firefighter from
the Loomis Volunteer Fire Department.
Lindsay Schluntz, Interim Director of
the Nebraska Firefighters Museum &
Education Center, introduced the honored
speakers for the event, including the
City of Kearney Mayor Stan Clouse,
Kearney Visitors Bureau Roger Jasnoch,
Nebraska State Volunteer Firefighters
Association president George Teixeira,
State Fire Marshal John Falgione,
Nebraska Firefighters Association
Chairman Norm Hoeft, and Nebraska
Firefighters Association Board Member
Bob Vogltance.....read
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 KEARNEY
(July 17, 2009) --
The Nebraska Firefighters Foundation is
proud to announce the official opening
of and ribbon cutting for the Nebraska
Firefighters Museum & Education
Center will be held Friday, August 14th
at 10:56 a.m. The unusual time is in
reference to 10-56 being the dispatch
radio code for Nebraska’s fire
departments.
The media and public are welcome and are
encouraged to attend the event.
Lindsay Schluntz,
Executive Coordinator of the Nebraska Firefighters
Museum & Education Center, will emcee the celebration of
the opening of the facility, and will introduce a number
of distinguished guests who will be scheduled to speak
at the event.....read the
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KEARNEY (Dec 12, 2008) -- Members of the
Nebraska Firefighters Foundation and area dignitaries
proudly gripped the gold shovels that turned the first
clods of dirt for the Nebraska Firefighters Museum &
Education Center just west of the Great Platte River
Road Archway Monument in Central Neb.....read the
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KEARNEY (Dec 9, 2008) -- The Nebraska
Firefighters Foundation is proud to announce the
official groundbreaking for the Nebraska Firefighters
Museum & Education Center to be held on Friday, Dec. 12
at 10:56 a.m. just west of the Great Platte River Road
Archway Monument. The unusual time is in reference to
10-56 being the dispatch radio code for Nebraska’s fire
departments......read the
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KEARNEY (Sept 12, 2008)
--The Nebraska Firefighters Museum is
leasing land and relocating to Archway
Parkway, where it will build a new
facility east of Kearney near the Great
Platte River Road Archway....read the
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Retired Elkhorn
Firefighter & Douglas Co. Deputy Sheriff
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 Kearney, Neb. (October
24, 2005) — The 2004 Firefighter
Special Harley Davidson has a new
address to call home. Lee Hause
unlocked the drawing box and firefighter
Rick Bourque reached for a ticket from
the nearly sold out raffle. 1640
tickets were sold from the original 1700
tickets printed, at $20.00 apiece.
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$3.5 million capital
campaign under way for
firefighters museum to be built near Kearney |
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KEARNEY--July
7, 2005, Wednesday marked the official launch of a
$3.5 million capital campaign for a firefighters museum
and education center south of Kearney that is designed
to represent and benefit the entire state.
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Reprinted with permission
from The
Independent |
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If you have any questions or comments,
we would enjoy hearing from you.
Please E-mail us:
mail@nebraskafirefightersmuseum.org |
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