NBRN morenci09p Lisa Dutton/ The Toledo Blade Morenci, MI 10/04/2008 Eight year old Aaron Newland waits patiently for his turn to take a fire truck ride during the open house. Morenci Fire Department held an open house in honor their 175 years of service to the community.
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Aaron Newland, 8, foreground, joins others patiently awaiting their turn to take a ride on a fire truck at the Morenci Fire Department's open house, held in honor of the firefighters' 175 years of service to the community.
Among the festivities were tours, firefighting demonstrations, and crafts, such as cutting out material for a paper fire hat as done by Karlea Bischoff of Morenci.
Nearby, Wyatt Crowell of Morenci blows up a balloon festooned with the department's symbol.