Chaise Poissant climbs out of Fire Truck Ladder 2 while his brother, Sawyer, mother, Kara, and St. Joseph Fire Department Captain Shirlie Brill watch at the Aug. 22 Heroes Appreciation Picnic.
People gather by the Ladder No. 2 fire truck at the second annual Heroes Appreciation Picnic. The ladder on the truck is a 65-foot extending ladder. The department has 30 members. Captain Shirlie Brill said the department has two pumpers, a tanker that holds 3,000 gallons of water, rescue van, grass rig, side-by-side mule, personal hauler and a snowmobile.
St. Joseph Y2K Lions members Othmar and Marilyn Schmitz and Ann Reischl (left to right) wait to greet people at the Aug. 22 second annual Heroes Appreciation Picnic.
Chase Poissant tries out the front seat of Fire Truck Ladder 2 while his father, Eric Poissant, and St. Joseph Lions president Joe Bechtold watch at the Aug. 22 Heroes Appreciation Picnic.
Brianna, Cheyenne, Brooklyn and Joe Orcutt (left to right) enjoy a picnic lunch at the Aug. 22 second annual Heroes Appreciation Picnic at Millstream Park. Joe is a member of the St. Joseph Fire Department.
Sawyer, Kara, Chase and Eric Poissant (left to right) visit with St. Joseph Police Chief Joel Klein (right) and St. Joseph Y2K Lions member Ann Reischl Aug. 22 at the second annual Heroes Appreciation Picnic at Millstream Park. Eric works for the St. Joseph Public Works Department. The St. Joseph Police Department has nine full-time officers and other staff.
St. Joseph residents Dick and Joyce Stock visit with St. Joseph Police Chief Joel Klein Aug. 22 at the second annual Heroes Appreciation Picnic.
St. Joseph Y2K Lions members Jan Nadeau, Joyce Faber, Ginger Meyer, Margaret Molus, Kathi Schmidt, Kay Lemke, Bernie Heurung, Sandy Stocker and Beth Leither (left to right) serve a picnic meal of brats, chips, a bottle of water and a cookie at the second annual Heroes Appreciation Picnic.
St. Joseph Fire Chief Jeff Taufen’s sons, Aidan and Kyle Taufen, stand by the Ladder No. 2 firetruck while St. Joseph Lions president Joe Bechtold and St. Joseph Y2K Lions member Becky Staneart visit at the Aug. 22 Heroes Appreciation Picnic.
St. Joseph residents Ryan Hu, Leo Sun, Sophia Geng, Lucas Sun and Linda Geng (left to right) enjoy a picnic lunch at the second annual Heroes Appreciation Picnic Aug. 22 at Millstream Park in St. Joseph.
St. Joseph residents Adam, Cole, Emma and Melissa Blenkush enjoy a picnic lunch at the second annual Heroes Appreciation Picnic.
St. Joseph Y2K Lions president Kay Lemke visits with St. Joseph Fire Chief Jeff Taufen and St. Joseph Lions president Joe Bechtold (left to right) by a firetruck at the Aug. 22 second annual Heroes Appreciation Picnic.
Brenny Transportation employees Bryan Kosidowski, Diane Schreder and Trisha Phelps (left to right) visit with St. Joseph Y2K Lions member Becky Staneart (back) at the second annual Heroes Appreciation Picnic Aug. 22 at Millstream Park in St. Joseph.
