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Area firefighters complete fire school

Trainees burn house as final test

THE TRAINEES pose in front of the burning house Saturday afternoon.

Firemen from Woonsocket, Artesian, Letcher and Mt. Vernon completed their fire school Saturday, a requirement for serving as a volunteer fire and rescue worker.
The trainees spent Saturday going through live drills and ultimately performing a controlled burn on a vacant house in Woonsocket. The house burned was a block west of Lake Prior between Colleen Swenson’s and Marc and Katy Olson’s.
Trainees graduating the school (pictured below, not in order) are: Brandon Goergen, Derek Foos, Garret Foos, Joe Sandness and Neal  Hiemstra of Woonsocket; Darin Amick, Shanna Jensen and Brandon Manchester of Letcher; Mike Kluth and Derek DeVries of Mt. Vernon; and Eric Eckman of Artesian.

McKenzie Taxidermy, parent company of Van Dyk’es Taxidermy, has apparently brought another company under their wing.
It seems Jonas Brothers Supply of Colorado was recently acquired by McKenzie.
A number of truckloads were observed arriving and unloading at the Van Dyke’s Taxidermy Woonsocket location over the weekend.
An Internet search brought up the following announcement said to be from McKenzie Taxidermy regarding the acquisition:
“McKenzie Taxidermy Supply is proud to announce that Jonas Supply is now part of the McKenzie family of companies. Jonas is one of the oldest names in the industry with a rich heritage dating back to 1908 when Coleman Jonas and his brother John founded Jonas Brothers Taxidermy Studio. During the last 100 plus years, Jonas has grown to be an industry leader in both taxidermy and taxidermy supplies.… McKenzie will manufacture and ship the Jonas products from our Van Dyke’s facility in Woonsocket, South Dakota.”
We were unable to obtain an official press release on the acquisition.

Tim and Brooke VonEye announce the birth of their daughter, Emrie Allyn, born Feb. 12, 2013. She weighed 8 lbs. 4.9 oz. and was 21 inches long. She joins siblings Ellie and Evan.
Grandparents are Larry and Janet Baysinger, Julie Baysinger, Ron Schabot, Paul and Shari VonEye and Annette Nelson. Great-grandmothers are Margaret Irving, Colleen Swenson and Dot Ransom.

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