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July 11, 2013
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ANTON
11 Canton fire fighters retire from force
Eleven firefighters with more
than 300 years of combined experi-
ence have retired from the Canton
FireDepartment in the lastmonth.
Fire Department retirees
include: Deputy Fire Chief Gregory
Sprys-Tellner, 25 years of service;
Battalion Chief Kenneth Arble, 37
years of service; Battalion Chief
Michael Caruso, 25 years of service;
Battalion Chief Robert Glenn, 28
years of service; Captain John
Bartle, 25 years of service; Captain
Ronald Battani, 25 years of service;
Captain Stephen Gaggi, 25 years of
service; Captain Gregory Kowalski,
25 years of service; Captain Thomas
Kruger, 25 years of service; Captain
Thomas Lutkenhoff, 25 years of
service and Captain Craig Poike, 25
years of service
These firefighters held a multi-
tude of specialized certifications
and licensing, including leadership
training.
All of the retirees with the excep-
tion of Arble and Battani were also
paramedics, participating in the
departmental transition from Basic
toAdvancedLifeSupport in 1999.
Fire Chief Josh Meier said,
“These command officers have
influenced change and provided
leadership to our continually evolv-
ing, top-notch fire department. Each
of them exhibited attributes that
made them individually successful,
while maintaining a common goal
of providing the highest level of
quality service to the Canton com-
munity.
“While our department will feel
a void from their departure, quali-
fied firefighters have been promot-
ed to fill the command position
vacancies, andwe are in the process
of filling firefighter positions with
candidates that have successfully
completed our highly competitive
testing process,”Meier added.
Gregory Sprys-Tellner
Ronald Battani
Kenneth Arble
Stephen Gaggi
Michael Caruso
Gregory Kowalski
Robert Glenn
Thomas Kruger
John Bartle
Thomas Lutkenhoff
Craig Poike
These command officers
have influenced change
and provided leadership to
our continually evolving,
top-notch fire department.
”
Fine art entries sought
The Village Theater at CherryHill is now
accepting entries for the 21st Annual Canton
Fine Arts Exhibition, which will take place
Oct. 3 -28.
Entries for the exhibition will be accept-
ed through Aug. 26 online at www.cantonvil-
lagetheater.org.
Interested artists may also request an
entry form by calling The Village Theater at
CherryHill at (734)394-5300 ext. 8.