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October 6, 1993
Asr aw0"e.iENf OF THS JACK SCHISRLING 1SOADRIAL BLOOD DRIVE
Burls Cook, •.167 Evelyn Court, Wt odbridge,..invited:the City
Council and,., -the public to participate in the first.annual
°Jack Schierling Memd
Memorial :Bloo"Drive•. which -"will take
place at._Hutchins Street. Square-onSaturday; "October..9,`•
1993.; : This is a living memorial` in':: honor.:of-:Jake:
Schierling,..°,:a.' Lodi :firefighter, : who •:,died of'?.eukia" oar.
October ` ; 7, 1992 .`Also y .that day:: will : be,
firefighters pancake breakfast£:: which.: 'Mill`'; be sed
Jake's shift:
FILE NO. CC -6
ADDRESS TO LODI CITY COUNCIL - OCTOBER 6, 1993
MAYOR PENNINO AND CITY COUNCILMEN:
MY NAME IS BURLE COOK. I LIVE AT 167 EVELYN COURT,
WOODBRIDGE.
OCTOBER 7, 1992, LODI LOST ONE OF ITS FINEST PUBLIC
SERVANTS.
JAKE SCI3IERLING, A LODI FIRE FIGHTER, DIED OF LEUKEMIA.
YOU MAY REMEMBER OUR SHOCK BECAUSE JAKE WAS
DIAGNOSED ON MONDAY AND DIED WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
JAKE WAS HONORED BY THE CITY FOR HIS HEROISM IN SAVING
THE LIFE OF A YOUNG WOMEN. SHE WAS INVOLVED IN A
MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT THAT SEVERED HER LEG.
THIS WAS TYPICAL OF HOW JAKE SPENT HIS LIFE. BEING HIS NEXT
DOOR NEIGHBOR, I SAW DAILY HIS PATIENTS AND LAUGHTER
WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN. JAKE ALWAYS HAD TIME
FOR AN ENCOURAGING WORD, AN EAR TO LISTEN, A HELPING
HAND AND A LAUGH SO HEART FELT IT BRIGHTENED THE DAY OF
ANYONE WITHIN EAR SHOT.
JAKE'S WIFE, SUSAN, HAS ORGANIZED A LIVING MEMORIAL TO
JAKE.
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ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1993, THE FIRST ANNUAL "JAKE
SCHIERLING MEMORIAL BLOOD DRIVE" WILL TAKE PLACE AT
HUTCHINS STREET SQUARE. 1N ORDER TO ARRANGE THIS SPECIAL
SATURDAY BLOOD DRAWING THE DELTA BLOOD BANK REQUIRED
A MINIMUM OF SEVENTY-FIVE SIGNATURED PLEDGES. ONE WEEK
BEFORE THE DEADLINE SUSAN HAD IN EXCESS OF ONE HUNDRED -
TWENTY PEOPLE WHO WISH TO SHARE THIS GIFT OF LIFE.
WE ARE FORMALLY INVITING THIS COUNCIL TO JOIN US IN
REMEMBERING JAKE AND A LIFE SPENT IN SERVICE TO OTHERS.
COINCIDENTALLY, OR BY DIVINE PROVIDENCE, THE FIREMEN'S
PANCAKE BREAKFAST IS THE SAME DAY - SATURDAY, OCTOBER
9TH. BREAKFAST THAT DAY WILL BE SERVED BY JAKE'S SHIFT.
MAY WE SUGGEST AFTER SUPPORTING YOUR FIREMEN AT THE
BREAKFAST YOU COME TO HUTCHINS STREET SQUARE AND
SHARE YOUR GIFT OF LIFE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
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