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Address to send Fronts to is: JIm Arena PO Box 477 Purdys NY 10578

All of Katonah Ave. Valley Road to Edgemont Road. Almost everyone of those buildings was moved from old Katonah and all Ballon framed. No room to move ,overhead wires every where trees not trimmed back because of the tree lovers, if it is during the day parked cars and traffic a major nightmare

Everyone brings up a good point, we owe the taxpayers more,are the taxes to high ? Our town tax at least in Somers , not that crazy for what we get, Fire Tax about 100.00 for me Is that High absolutely not and most of us can say Fire Tax is not High. County Tax and School Tax is what is nuts. Anyways everyone deserves more, we all need to take a stand with the area and various boards, if we can not get pressurized water Hydrants lets at least get Dry Hydrants that work and are easily accesible. NYC Watershed needs to make the Resevoirs more accesible to all of us that have millions of Gallons of water but no easy access to them,Time is always of the essence when that house is burning. Maybe the time has come for Mergers, also it has definately come, for the Fire Chiefs of each Dept. to sit down do your response maps so when you have a 10-75 your first person can call it in and the response can start, Maybe the time has come for ego's to go by the wayside and do the right thing for the Taxpayers and the Public at Large. The games and stubborness that some display some day will turn around and hurt us or some one we love. Something else to ponder, most of us know how homeowners and architect's can appeal to the state and get varriances for the Building Code. Why can't they (The State) take a stand and demand 3rd. floor sprinkler Systems or for that matter make them put it in the whole House? Know what when you are Building that Million Dollar House what is 5 to 10 Thousand more? Do Not make them extend Water Mains, than make them install 20,000 Gallon storage tanks every 5,000 feet and make the Homeowners Responsible for them. Yes it is a 2 way Street in Disrepair but it can always be fixed and the time has come.

As it stands right know yes they are being donated by Cairns, if we come up short Triple A will fill in the Void

received one today thank You

Dear Everyone I do not know what to say or how to say it, So here goes , my heart is broken, I feel like I have no control over anything, I want to give up I want to quit, I can not stand to see him looking like this anymore, I love him so much, I feel so guilty I always said What will I do if anything Happens To him? I have been fighting and doing so much thinking and praying, to keep him strong and fighting so hard move forward, do not look back be positive and I try so hard to be and I always want to smile I sit here so emotionally drained I can not stand it anymore I want to run away and never look back. He doesn't speak to us anymore he sometimes smiles, at his sisters but not at me. I LOVE MY SON , I do not want to do this anymore, He is my baby boy he is always so gentle, always so loving did he learn that from me? I do not know what to do any more. I want to beat this. I want to keep him here with me, I go and hold him I sit with him I thank him for everything. He is my hero. I do not know what the outcome will be but he has been such an inspiration to me. He is an Angel, Thank You God for giving Him to me, I love my Boy, it hurts me so much to see him like this. Did he learn to be so soft and gentle or is that something else he is teaching me. Was he born with that attribute? He is so different, thinking back he was so behaved and good at least I can not remember him being mean. When he got the puppy I remember how happy and soft he was with her. The singing WHUD and weather was always cute and sounded so good.Oh what would I do without these memories and that sparkling face. When I find or come across Pictures of Him it warms my heart but than it goes to pain because I want to see him like that now. I WANT MY BABY BOY BACK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can still feel the excitement in Gina's voice when she called me over the town radio to tell me that we were having a boy, the joy I had in holding him, cutting the cord than I remember standing at the window looking outside and crying just like I am now. Those were tears of joy and happiness, today's are of anguish and pain, I can not do anymore than what we have done and are doing. It is in God's hands now. I never thought I could get thru anything like this, but I seem to be doing it, I need to Thank You for letting me write this and letting me cry thru this. I have to get it out and move forward there are too many people that need me and count on me. As well there is many people that I can turn to too talk and help me get thru all this, but I need to talk to Gina at some point and cry with her and make sure she is doing okay. I worry about her so much, but she is so strong in her own ways, she deserves a lot more credit than she gets. The girls seem to be doing good as well, though we feel so drained and stuff. Emma can not get everything she needs from us, and I feel it shows. I try to give her as much attention as I can but she seems to want it all. It really is amazing how well our children have dealt with this. They will be and are better people because of it. Thanks for listening, Jim It has been very hard here this past week. Jimboy is having a lot of tough moments. We are very scared, but continue to be strong as best as possible. The despair is incredible. Although, our boy looks better today, this is the most difficult thing we will ever face (I think). Jim's words said it perfectly. There are sooo many beautiful memories. We love this child so incredibly. It is so painful to be a part of this. I remember wondering how parents do it. How do they have such an ill child? I would always praise their strength and admire their courage. I am not feeling too courageous right now. I remember all the things Jim just wrote about. I remember the moment he was born, and the total disbelief of having a son. I remember consciously trying not to spoil him because he was the son. He was never spoiled. His pure love for all of us is amazing. He is such a gentle, loving child. Thank you God for sharing him with us. We will continue to pray for that miracle and hold onto that love. We both had a good cry today. We needed that. As for an update on prognosis, we are going on a miracle. That should explain it, and we will take one. We have had many experiences, religiously, in the past two weeks that have been so beautiful. God is close and holding our every step. Miracles happen, and a lot of people are praying for one for our Jimboy. Keep praying hard. We love and thank you all. You are all so special. May God Bless You and Your Family Always, Gina

We have in the past called an Oil Company at extended operations, we have Called Robinson and we had Heritage Fuel come out.

Katonah uses its own Diesel Pump on the property, we can use the highway or PD in Emergency PD has a Generator Highway dosent. KFD has its own Generator so Diesel is a non issue, Gas would be as all 3 chiefs cars and Mini Attack are Gas. Also no stations in Katonah has a Generator to run pumps I do not know of any that do in this area.

North Salem Ambulance Garage Daisy Lane and Hardscrabble Rd Croton Falls NY 2:30 till 8:00 PM Sponsored By Hudson Valley Blood services and Jimmy Arena Fund Appts. can be made but not required. Any Questions Please call Jim Arena 914 403 1871 Thank You

Do Not forget Blood Drive for Jimmy Please come give a pint Get a quick Blood Pressure check as well

well true we can not talk about bumps, they usually do not start early, but we can make sure you are the first one.

also being sponsored by Croton Falls FD

that could be one big bump

Yes the helmet front that gets attached to the front. I dont think that the one from each company will work. With 58 deptarments in Westchester figure if each dept had 6 companies that would be 348 helmets , the room that we have to do this in would not fit that many,It should really only be one from each. I know I am guessing at each Dept has 6 Companies I am sure it would be more. Katonah has 6 and that is my Dept. Not wanting to start any wars or hard feelings I am going to get Katonahs that Just says Katonah FD 1 on it.

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Seth I meant not only do we enjoy the paper as a whole we enjoy the x635 photo's as well helps to make the paper what it is. I like viewing the photo's I do not get to wetdown's or to other firehouses like I used to be able to.

Seth Are you kidding we read the newsletter cover to cover more than once also usually some jimmyboy info as well. Good paper and plenty of info.

No carnival and all the info we have does not say anything about a rain date

14 Daniel Road road

They also have a web site as well you can get info on joining . www.wcvfaweb.com

I personally would like to Thank Somers FD and EMS for all the help you have given the Arena Family this past 2 years espically with Jimmyboy,and this past weekend with my Autistic daughter Jessica, she is home with us this weekend and she has had 2 really intense ( at least to us) grand mal seizures. She is on medication but had break thru seizures. Fitz , Mike Cyrlik and Billy Bily, were here in seconds and you impressed the hell out of me, and Gina it is comforting to know you guys are right around the corner. Gary Weber was here yesterday afternoon as well, Thank You. Rich Hocker both times, you gave us a great ride. Know to everyone else Thank You as well ,every time we walked outside there was at least 20 members out side willing to help and stay with the girls etc. I can not say enough how much I am impressed. As well Both Medics that came were outstanding with her as well, Pete And Greg, and the entire WEMS staff is awesome.Thank You and Happy 4th Jim Arena Ex-Chief Katonah FD =D> =D> =D>

As I write on this beautiful 4th of July, it is very somber at the Arena house. We are very tired and it has been a long weekend. Jessi (for those of you that may not know, Jessi is our 15 year old daughter with autism and resides in Cape Cod at The May Institute) came home on Thursday, and it is so great to see her. On Saturday night, we called the ambulance because she had about an 8 minute seizure. It scared us incredibly. She came home in the early morning of Sunday and slept through the night. Her medication dose was increased, as well. On Sunday, about 1:00 pm, Jim and I heard a crash in the kitchen and it sounded like all the shelves came crashing off the walls. We ran in the kitchen, and Jessi was having a full blown seizure. I cannot even describe what it was like, other than very emotional for us. She hit her head hard, but no concussion. She was unconscious for about 15 minutes. Again, a great friends from Somers FD and ambulance arrived. Thank God for all of them (you). They were so great with Jessi. They gave her an extra dose of meds at the hospital, and we will continue to give her the new dose. We were told that we may see short break through seizures within the next couple of days, but as long as they are 2 to 3 minutes not to worry. Bring her in if longer. Now with all of that,, Jimmy and Victoria got the vomiting bug. . . yahoo. Jimmy started his new protocol, which I am sure is not helping the situation. He looks so ill, and it is very emotional for me. I find myself looking at the same walls and pacing. The purpose I have found, is because as a mother, I feel I should be doing something to intervene, and there is nothing I can do. This is the most helpless feeling. It feels like falling off a building in slow motion and every thought slowly going through your mind. I think about the time, and cannot believe I will be 39 this week. I just finished telling Jim yesterday, where did it go? I guess it has all made me the person I am today. So, I will believe that all the past is in the past and has created my today, and part of that learning is to make sure I only live for today, and hope that my tomorrows will be just as beautiful as today. Although, we are tired and scared, we will continue to fight and gain our strength from those around us. We are so incredibly thankful to have the people we have in our life. Thinking of you all today, and hoping you are enjoying this beautiful day. Happy 4th of July and lots of love and thanks coming your way from our home. May God Bless You and Your Family Always, and We Love You, Gina and Jim PS - GOD BLESS AMERICA

It all needs to stop,parades,santa runs etc. no one on hose bed period. no one on back step period,no one on side running boards,sit down and belt up,we all do a lot of fund raisisng to support our parades, fun etc. spend some of that money to protect the members period. We can all have drawers full of t shirts work shirts go to conventions and spend that money we all need to take a stand and say enough before it is one of us that gets hurt or worse. I can not imagine what it would be like if one of john Q public kids fell off a engine when we give them a ride at open house.

Well I am going out on the chopping block again,its not the chief solely,The Commisioners need to take the stand,that NO ONE is allowed up on hose bed PERIOD.Rent or buy a bus in this day and age everyone is aching and ready for something like above mentioned happens. WE all know it,just a matter of time.Imagine the head lines.Chiefs come and go quickly a lot quicker than Commisioners do it is there insurance that covers the truck and the men.

Katonah takes one engine up and that leaves on friday,we had it set up that Bedford Hills was dispatched to any structure related call with us.