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Southern Ulster Times , Wednesday , October 18 , 2017
Highland Fire Department hosts Open House
Prizes , provided by the Ladies Auxiliary , were raffled off near the end of the Open House .
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Lee said kids are fascinated when they bring a fire truck to a school , especially when they get the chance to sit behind the wheel , pretending to drive the truck .
“ I try to make it fun for them . I take the nozzle we use on the deck gun and explain and tell them what it is but I also use it as a binocular , a telescope and use it like a bullhorn ,” he said .
Miller said the Open House begins a dialogue at home about fire safety , especially planning beforehand of what to do in an emergency . He pointed out that materials used today in houses burns so rapidly and at such very high temperatures that “ your time to get out is extremely
A father introduces his daughter to two Highland firefighters at the Open House last week .
curtailed . In the past you had a number of minutes to get out of your house , now you ’ re down to seconds .” Lee tells kids not to hide when there is a fire so they can be found easily . He said they stress to the kids that things are not important but they are precious and irreplaceable .
Firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician [ EMT ] Jim Balint said he hopes that what they teach during Fire Prevention Week leaves the kids with a clear idea of what to do if there is a fire in the house .
“ As a long-standing firefighter I think that it is important to educate everybody and we hope the parents pick up something also . Its important to us as members of the fire department to try to make people ’ s lives safer ,”
Police Blotter
Town of Lloyd
Nikut M . Boma , 23 , of New York , NY was arrested Oct . 14 and charged with Trespass , False Personation , Resisting Arrest and Obstructing Governmental Administration 2nd degree . He was arraigned before Town of Marlboro Judge Jackson and remanded to the Ulster County Jail on $ 5,000 cash bail or $ 30,000 insurance bond . Boma was due back in the Town of Lloyd Court Oct . 17 .
Brandon A . Sykes , 22 , of Morgantown , PA was arrested Oct . 13 and charged with Driving While Intoxicated and Ability Impaired by Drugs after the vehicle he was operating was stopped for traffic violations on Rte . 9W in Highland . Sykes was released on tickets and is due in Town Court Oct . 26 .
Nicole M . Tomitz , 30 , of Poughkeepsie , was arrested Oct . 10 on an arrest warrant for Falsifying Business Records 1st degree , Criminal Impersonation 2nd degree , Aggravated Unlicensed Operation 2nd degree and Operation of a Motor Vehicle with a Suspended License . She was arraigned before Town of Lloyd Judge Elia and released on $ 500 cash bail . Tomitz is due back in Town Court Oct . 19 ,
Michael M . Douglas , 37 , of Kingston , was arrested Oct . 11 on a bench warrant for False Personation . He was arraigned before Town of Lloyd Judge Elia and released . He is due back in Town Court Nov . 16 .
Edward L . Butler , 67 , of Poughkeepsie , was arrested Oct . 11 on a bench warrant for Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 7th degree . He was arraigned and released and due back in Town Court at a later date in November .
Kenneth A . Raines , 34 , of Poughkeepsie , was arrested Oct . 14 and charged with Aggravated Harassment 2nd degree . He was released and is due in Town Court Oct . 19 .
Town of Plattekill
Cory Haylock , 27 , of Wallkill was arrested Oct . 2 and charged with a Violation of Probation . Haylock was arraigned by Plattekill Justice Maciocia and remanded to the Ulster County Jail in lieu of $ 2,500 Cash Bail or $ 5,000 Bond .
Justin Palines , 27 , of Wallkill was arrested Oct . 9 and charged with Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle 3rd , a class U-Misdemeanor . Palines was issued an Appearance Ticket and is due in Town Court Nov . 6 .
Jose Ochoa , 27 , of Wallkill was arrested Oct . 9 and charged with Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle 3rd , a class U-Misdemeanor . Ochoa is due in Town Court Nov . 6 .
Brian Keefer , 25 , of Wallkill was arrested Oct . 12 and charged with Unlawful Possession of Marijuana , a Violation . Keefer is due in Town Court Oct . 30 .
Michael Cortez , 40 , of Plattekill was arrested Oct . 13 and charged with Unlawful Possession of Marijuana , a Violation . Cortez was issued an Appearance Ticket and is due in Town Court Oct . 30 .
Pamela Jones , 28 , of New Paltz was arrested Oct . 13 and charged with Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle 3rd , a class U-Misdemeanor . Jones was issued an Appearance Ticket and is due in Town Court Oct . 27 .