Submitted by Susan Garry:
The Coupland Volunteer Fire Department will hold its 28th annual chili supper fundraiser this evening in the Coupland Fire Station. Serving will begin at 5 p.m. and goes until the chili runs out, with dine in or take out. Chili comes in mild, medium, and hot and is offered for donations. Desserts are also available.
Barbara Worthy, co-owner of the Old Coupland Inn & Dancehall, reports that the Coupland Volunteer Fire Department and the Inn & Dancehall are hosting a fundraiser on Friday, October 3, at the Dancehall. Festivities will begin at 6 p.m. with a great barbecue buffet including brisket, chicken, pulled pork, potato salad, cole slaw, and beans. Kenny Orts and his Band will perform beginning at 8:30 p.m.
Barbara says, “We will be raffling a 48” big screen TV that night, and we have tickets available at the restaurant. Let’s show our support for the Coupland VFD by supporting this event for a donation of $20 per person, which includes a great meal and a wonderful evening of entertainment.” The price for the meal only is $10, and the price for the dance only is $10. Food will be served until it is gone.
(Submitted by Jennifer Dollins.)
Submitted by Barbara Worthy:
The Coupland Volunteer Fire Department and the Coupland Inn & Dancehall are
hosting a fundraising event on Friday, October 3rd at the Coupland
Dancehall.
Festivities will begin at 6:00 PM with a great barbecue buffet (chicken,
pulled pork, potato salad, beans, cold slaw) in the Dancehall.
Kenny Orts and his Band will begin performing at 8:30 PM.
Let’s show our support for the Coupland VFD by supporting this activity for
a donation of $20 per person which includes a great meal and a wonderful
evening of entertainment.
Submitted by Karl Hines, Wildland Urban Interface Specialist, Texas A&M Forest Service:
From Texas A & M Forest Service Communications — July 23, 2014
Coupland VFD adds new foam unit to equipment with grant from Texas A&M Forest Service
COUPLAND, Texas – With the most recent addition to Coupland Volunteer Fire Department’s emergency equipment, a new slip-on unit purchased with help from a grant administered by the Texas A&M Forest Service, the department will have several new capabilities.
CVFD received a grant in the amount of $26,775 from TFS to help pay for the new slip-on unit. “We were in need of a better skid unit than what we had, and we did not have access to a CAF unit within our department,” CVFD Fire Chief Tracy Gardner said. “Just having the compressed air foam already this year has been amazing.”
TFS passes approximately $12.8 million along to volunteer fire departments across the state every year, helping them purchase equipment to better protect lives and property.
Regional Fire Coordinator Mark Wobus said CVFD is a department that takes great pride in themselves and their work, and that the new equipment will go to good use. “This unit will be replacing an older unit on a cab chassis that they are keeping,” Wobus said. “It will increase their capabilities by going from just a water unit to having a unit that produces foam. It will increase their firefighting abilities tremendously by helping them knock out fires faster and keep them out.”
To learn more about this program visit texasfd.com.
For a small town, a lot of unusual things seem to happen in Coupland. No, the Coupland Volunteer Fire Department has not opened a used truck lot because money is tight. And, no, this wasn’t a truck commercial. We already had one of those at the church recently. By the way, watch for Ford truck commercials on television and you will see St. Peter’s Church as a background for a wedding party on one shot. Also, a local celebrity was the subject of another commercial shoot earlier this week. More about that later.
What you see here is a large number of Texas game warden trucks. They were having a training event and CVFD was simply sharing their space. You will notice that there is not a single poacher in sight. Coincidence? I think not.
Stewart Dale Spencer