Thursday evening current, past and life members of the Collegeville Fire Company gathered for the annual End of the Year Meeting. This meeting is for a summary of the years events, plans in place for the future as well as a time where members can gather and spin yarn of the olden days.
We were honored with a few special guests in attendance this year: President Hannigan (Ursinus College), Mayor Wright-Riggins, Borough Council, Council VP Gary Hoffman, Chief John Barnshaw (Station 66), Deputy Chief John Bolger (Station 77) and Deputy Chief Tom Dimmerling (Station 68).
Following dinner our 2023 administrative and line officers were sworn in by Judge Cathleen Rebar.
Administrative Officers:
President: Craig Penuel
1st VP: Gary Sassaman
2ndVP: Gwen Penuel
Recording Secretary: Lisa Parker
Financial Secretary: Neil Mochrie
Treasurer: Ann McCann
Trustees: John Perla, Jeff Wentworth, Jeff Korenkiewicz
Line officers
Chief: Brian Kuklinski
Deputy: Matthew Musselman
Assistant: Craig Penuel
Battalion: Jay Murphy
Chief Engineer: Tom Rush
1st Asst. Eng: Steve Rush
Fire Police Captain: Jeff Wentworth
Tonight 5 members received their life membership (25 years of service):
Brian Kuklinski
Carrie Kuklinski
Craig Penuel
John Herbsleb
Jeff Korenkiewicz
After a brief message from Chief Kuklinski, the meeting was concluded and members returned to mingling and catching u