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    Last week I wrote of the loss of our Fire Chief James Jones from District #8 fire department.  His funeral was last Tuesday, and let me tell you, if you have never been a part of a firefighter funeral, much less a military and firefighter funeral all in one?  The power and emotion behind each of them individually is amazing, but together?

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