04/13/2026
What a wonderful night, Castle Rock Event Center did a great job as always. The food and staff was great. Having such great support from everyone that attended and we were able to talk with so many of you, we always try to great you all. This event helps us purchase needed equipment so when the calls come in we are ready to help and protect.
All of our department members were doing everything possible in making your evening fun and enjoyable. I hope we did accomplish this task.
Now on a personal note I received a huge surprise that I never seen coming. We had two of our ticket holders that I guess was bidding on a pedal fire truck and at the end I thought I should’ve bid on that but I didn’t. After it sold our wonderful auctioneer from Point Auction Service made an announcement that the winning bidders were Burdell Cathman & Larry Bomkamp. The bidders at that time had auctioneer announce that they wanted the truck to go to Doug Bartow. Thank you Burdell & Larry this only proves how great people are in our communities.
Lastly Chief Ryan Pilling and myself want to thank our members and families for all they do to make this event possible.
Deputy Chief
Doug Bartow