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FEBRUARY 24, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVII • NO 45
Parade Honors Bob Adams For His 100th Birthday BY FRANCINE FULTON
Bob Adams, who turned 100 years old on Feb. 15, was honored with a surprise drive-by birthday parade on Feb. 14 at the Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community, where he resides. The parade was led by a fire truck from Union Fire Company No. 1, Oxford.
“He was outside and watched the parade go by,” reported Adams’ daughter Gail Miller. “All of our family and friends and church family came in their cars. It took an hour to go by. There were 30 cars and 70 people. Dad said it was biggest surprise of his life.” Adams was a professional photographer in Oxford, where he owned his own photography studio named Adams and See Bob Adams pg 6
Leon Ressler (fifth from left) accompanied by his wife, Lou Ann (fourth from left), returned to Wakefield EMS to thank workers who helped save his life after he went into cardiac arrest. Also participating in the ceremony were (from far left) Alexandra Morales, EMT, Lancaster EMS; Kirstie Breneman, paramedic/supervisor, Wakefield EMS; Tyler McCardell, advanced EMT/chief, Wakefield EMS; Dan Appel and Jason Stone, Robert Fulton Fire Company; Tanner Ettinger, advanced EMT, Wakefield EMS; Brandon Martin, paramedic, Lancaster EMS; and (not pictured) Daniel Esh, Robert Fulton Fire Company.
Patient Returns To Thank EMS Workers For Their Lifesaving Efforts eon Ressler of Peach Bottom went into cardiac arrest on Jan. 3 while watching online Sunday church services with his wife, Lou Ann. Thankfully, he not only survived the medical crisis, but he recently returned to Wakefield EMS to thank the emergency medical service (EMS) workers who helped to save him. Tyler McCardell, EMS chief at Wakefield, explained that when Leon suddenly became unresponsive, Lou Ann, a nurse at a local retirement community, sprang into action, beginning CPR and immediately dialing 911. Less than six minutes later, the on-duty
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ambulance crew from Wakefield EMS arrived on scene and continued resuscitation efforts for over an hour before transferring Leon for care at a hospital.
“We encourage everyone to use this story as inspiration to learn CPR because it can absolutely save a life and make a huge difference,” McCardell said. Wakefield crews were assisted by firefighters from Robert Fulton Fire Company and a paramedic from the Lancaster EMS Quarryville station.
Octoraro Watershed Association Sets Photography Contest
Together, their combined efforts led to a successful outcome. Leon returned home after a weeklong hospital stay. McCardell reported the incident to the Emergency Health Services Federation, the regional governing body for EMS agencies in southcentral Pennsylvania. The federation later issued the Clinical Save Award to EMS providers involved in the call for “exemplary clinical care in the prehospital setting.” “They verified the outcome, and the federation sent the award to us to give to the individual providers,” McCardell said. “We have only received this award for our providers twice in the last three years.”
Local amateur photographers are invited to participate in the annual Octoraro Watershed Association (OWA) Photography Contest by submitting photos taken in the watershed area, which includes 208 square miles in southern Chester and Lancaster counties, as well as Cecil County, Md.
See EMS Workers pg 3
See Watershed pg 3
BY FRANCINE FULTON
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Bob Adams, who turned 100 years old on Feb. 15, was honored with a surprise drive-by birthday parade. The parade, which featured 30 cars with family members and friends, was led by a fire truck from Union Fire Company No. 1, Oxford.