Justin Court, a fifth-grader at Lebanon Elementary, takes a hammer to an old clunker supplied by K&M Towing. For $2 you could take out your frustrations.
The day in pictures
Lebanon Rescue Squad volunteers Roy Chabot and Donna Hoitt, both of Lebanon, cook up burgers and dogs during Saturday's Lebanon Community Day.
Lebanon Fire volunteers use the Jaws of Life to extricate a colleague, on driver's side covered in sheet, during a demonstration on Saturday. The sheet is used to protect the volunteer from flying glass during the extrication.
Upon arrival, helicopter crewmen told the crowd that for the crew's safety no one could board the craft, only to turn around and see a toddler clambering aboard oblivious to their concerns. At left, the chopper departs safely nonetheless.
and balloon animals, a hundred feet away, a lone Color Guard strode solemnly to the foot of the Jeffrey Lee Bull Memorial Field sign to lay a wreath in remembrance of the fallen officer.
Among those attending was Alyssa Sargent of Rochester, N.H., who was just a girl when her father paid the ultimate sacrifice in service to the town.
“I was only 9, but I remember him so well,” Sargent said holding her youngest daughter, Madelyn, 2. “But I still have all those memories. And to think that after all these years these people still remember my dad and want to honor him. It’s very emotional.”
The short service featured remarks from Pastor Ronald E. German of the Second Baptist Church, Tami Bull Beckwith, one of Officer Bull’s sisters, and Major William King of the York County Sheriff’s Office.
A fest for the ages
About 50 Bull family members made the trip from as far away as Florida to share in Lebanon’s tribute.
The ceremony started late, Bull family members explained wryly, because despite having eight clocks in his house, Jeffrey was always late.
The 30-minute tribute, more celebration of a life than sadness at its passing, wove itself well into what event organizer and Assistant Rescue Chief Jason Cole called one of the biggest Community Festivals he’d ever seen. “Everything went well,” he said as the event wound down around 2 p.m. “It’s great to see the kids having so much fun, it’s all about the kids.”
Cole estimated a record 1,200 people attended the event, which featured a fly-in by a Lifeflight Helicopter, a Jaws of Life demonstration, monster trucks, two barbecue tables, raffles, games and a Mad Science demonstration.
Proceeds from the event, including barbecue tables and raffles went to establish a Jeffrey Lee Bull Scholarship.
Lebanon Patrolman Jeffrey Lee Bull died 25 years ago this month. Read his story.
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