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th e * B u lletin Issu e 4 V o l. 3 M ay 1, 1996 LKJIHGFEDCBA In th en ' “ sp are tim e ” M elissa an d K en enjoy v o lu n teerin g th eir tim e to th e co m m u n ity . K en h as serv ed o n th e C ity C o u n cil an d h as d o n e n u m ero u s v o lu n teerin g fo r th e co m m u n ity . M elissa h as serv ed as an officer on the B u tte F alls b u d g et co m m ittee fo r th e last th ree y ears. L ast y ear sh e w as secretary fo r th e co m m ittee an d th is y ear sh e is resp o n sib le fo r h elp in g to p u t to g eth er th e to w n b u d g et fo r th e 1996- 97 fiscal y ear. T h is is M elissa ’ s seco n d seaso n as A ssistan t C o ach fo r th e U p p er R o g u e L ittle L eag u e. L ast y ear it w as T -B all, th is y ear sh e h as m o v ed u p to P o n y L eag u e! M ACT C itiz e n o f iK e A lo n tk W h at w o u ld th e B u tte F alls V o lu n teer A m b u lan ce — in d eed , w h at w o u ld an y o rg an ization b e w ith o u t v o lu n teers lik e M elissa O w en s? W ith o u t a v o lu n teer w orkforce, w e sim ply w o u ld n ’ t b e ab le to o p erate as w ell, an d in so m e cases, n o t at all. M elissa ’ s ch aracteristic k in d n ess, h er w illin g n ess to tak e on additional tasks, h er k n o w ledg e an d train in g - — all th ese an d m o re sh e b rin g s to b ear in h er v o lu n teer w o rk in B u tte F alls. M elissa an d K en O w en s m o v ed to B u tte F alls w ith th eir tw in so n s, A u stin an d T rav is ap p ro x im ately fo u r y ears ago. K en is a d raftsm an an d co m m u tes to M ed fo rd , w h ile M elissa is em p lo y ed fu ll-tim e as a secretary fo r R o n H ailick a E q u ip m en t, Inc. S he is also a v alu ed m em b er o f still an o th er team — as secretary fo r th e B u tte F alls A m b u lan ce. M elissa serv es as a F irst R esp o n d er, w h ich m ean s sh e is read y an d eq u ip p ed to assist in em erg en cies as needed. In addition, sh e h an d les th e in su ran ce b illin g fo r th e B u tte F alls A m b u lan ce. M elissa ’ s in terest in th e co m m u nity an d h er b ro ad b ase o f ex p erien ce m ak e h er an ex cellen t ad d itio n to th e sch o o l B u d g et C o m m ittee. W h en sh e isn ’ t b u sy at w o rk , in th e co m m u n ity , o r w ith fam ily resp o n sib ilities, she enjoys read in g an d learn in g n ew th in g s. W ith g ratitu d e, w e w o u ld lik e to ack n o w led g e an d th an k M elissa fo r h er co n trib u tio n s to th e co m m u n ity o f B u tte F alls. «■