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Rural fire department excels in competition

The Bluewater Acres Fire Department recently won several awards in the Tri-State Fire Fighters Association Convention. Pictured are (front, from left) Erik Crohn, Jacob Campos and Tom Saucedo; (back) Mary Lou Fech, Ron Lawrence and Jacob Campos II. — © 2009 Gallup Independent / Brian Leddy

Copyright © 2009
Gallup Independent
By Jim Tiffin
Cibola County Bureau

BLUEWATER ACRES — Jacob Campos is 13 and has an unusual hobby for a teenager — he is a junior firefighter with the Bluewater Acres Fire Department.

He said he has been involved one way or the other with the fire department for the past three years.

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