Firefighters and Ambulance Crew Treat Student Artists to Lunch at Payson Fire Department

Smoke billowing from the Payson Fire Station yesterday raised no alarm, sans the signs of good eats to come.  The smoke was coming from a barbecue grill outside the red brick building on the corner of First East and First North, where Mickey Lane (pictured above), a twenty-three-year Payson Ambulance engineer, could be found at work with spatula and tongs in hand.  Mr Lane was cooking up hot dogs and burgers for firefighters, ambulance team members, and a talented crew of students from each of the five Payson elementary schools, winners of the Payson Fire Department’s annual coloring contest. The Wednesday lunch, made complete with a ride to and from the schools in both an ambulance and fire truck, along with a special presentation by Payson Firefighters, served as reward for the contest winners from each grade at Barnett, Park View, Spring Lake, Taylor, and Wilson Elementary schools.  More to come in next week’s edition of The Payson Chronicle.