When John came to a Joyce Fire Dep't meeting to pitch us to support a local school bond issue I asked if he'd volunteer for the FD if we did. I had no idea how much else he was doing for the community already. He was always friendly to me, which is more than I can say for other dep't members, including commissioners who issued me an official written reprimand for giving away smoke detectors, saying if they didn't work the dep't would get sued, even tho' the program was only associated with the dep't via having my phone number on a poster advertising the giveaway and a recruiting poster authorized by the then chief. I spoke with the dep't's insurance agent, who said there is no liability for giving away smoke detectors, and thought it was a good idea, but the commissioners said they "knew better." Later these peacocks attended a state fire commissioners meeting where they were told the same thing, yet they never apologized and my record was never corrected. John was a better person.