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Saturday, August 17, 2013

Does Your Community Need You?

Just days after seeing a recruiting poster in a Frederick sandwich shop, Derek White became a member of the New Market Fire Co.

For years the 26-year-old had longed to be a firefighter. He applied for a position in Salisbury and, after pursuing the job for several months, he was turned down.

"I had lost all hope," he said in a recent interview.

So his expectations were low when in December he saw the poster at Firehouse Subs. He half-jokingly filled out an application. Much to his surprise, he received a call the next day.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It's sad that Salisury can't do anything like that. Hoppes and Tull should be fired for not recruiting volunteers.