August 24, 2007
Mayor Beutler named Niles Ford, a Deputy Fire Chief from Fulton County Georgia, as the City’s new Fire Chief at a news conference August 24. Ford is pictured at left.

Attending the news conference were members of the Fire Chief Selection Committee. Pictured from the left are Rod Hutt, former Grant Fire Chief; Jerry McGinn, former Lincoln Fire fighter and Building and Safety Director; Wally Barnett, former State Senator and State Fire Marshall; Mayor Beutler; Danny Wright, Interim Fire Chief; and Hobie Boswell, former Fire Chief of Foxboro, Mass. Other members of the committee were Mark Koller, President of HRConnex, and Dave Engler of the local fire fighters’ union.

The Mayor thanked Wright for his service as Interim Chief. He will return to his former position as Deputy Chief of Training in Lincoln Fire and Rescue.

August 16, 2007
Four Lincoln Mayors were among those attending the 40th anniversary celebration of the Mayor’s Committee for International Friendship August 16. Pictured from the left are Mayor Beutler; Mark Rebstock from the National Council for International Visitors; former Mayor Helen Boosalis; MCIF President Brian Ridenour; former Mayor Coleen J. Seng; former Mayor Don Wesely; Robert Wagner; Carol Grabauskas from the U.S. Department of State; and Delores Mather.

August 16, 2007
At a news conference August 16 at Lefler Middle School, Mayor Beutler and Superintendent Susan Gourley (far left) discussed the ways the City and LPS cooperate to keep Lincoln students safe. Also pictured are school bus drivers Larry Betts and Sheila Kahn; Bill McCoy, Director of Custodial and Transportation Services at LPS; Lefler Principal Kelly Schrad; and Associate Superintendent Dennis Van Horn.

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