I think it will give us a broader base of representation. Better representation of the businesses in town and, hopefully, better representation will increase membership.

I am excited by all the opportunity that is available to us. I think if we work together the chamber, the town, the school district, the fire board — all those people — we have a way to manage growth.

I think the face of competition will be growing.

Some firefighters have told us that human oxygen masks are so ineffective that they will actually try to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation when they're dealing with a pet.

We were grateful that the city allowed us to be there so we always wanted to keep it nice and keep improving it.

Everybody's store was closed down. They wouldn't give us gas for the buses, they pulled shotguns on us. We didn't have no food. We had to hang out the windows to get water.