THIS IS A REMINDER TO ALL THAT OUR ANNUAL FUND DRIVE IS IN PROGRESS.
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ON JUNE 14, 2008 AT 2:00PM AT JENKINS MEMORIAL FIELD (NEXT TO THE SKYLINE LAKE FIREHOUSE), THE MEMBERS OF THE SKYLINE LAKE FIRE DEPARTMENT HELD HOLDING A REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY TO HONOR THE 30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE LINE OF DUTY DEATH OF SKYLINE LAKE FIRE DEPARTMENT LIEUTENANT ROBERT "BJ" JENKINS . ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THIS DAY OF REMEMBRANCE.
LT. JENKINS WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY WHILE OPERATING AT THE SCENE OF A BRUSH FIRE ON GREENWOOD LAKE TURNPIKE ON JUNE 17, 1978. LT JENKINS WAS STRUCK BY A DRUNK DRIVER. THIS IS THE ONLY LINE OF DUTY DEATH IN ALL OF RINGWOOD'S EMERGENCY SERVICES (POLICE, FIRE, AMBULANCE CORPS).
THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, THEN AGE 20, WAS CHARGED WITH: DRUNKEN AND RECKLESS DRIVING, POSSESSION OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA, AND DEATH BY AUTO.