A large mural serves as the backdrop of the community room at the Eagle Rock-Golden-Mano Fire Protection District’s new fire station, for which an Open House was held on Saturday. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.com
Pamela Stillwell, right, assistant fire chief at the Eagle Rock-Golden-Mano Fire Protection District, talks with Stefani Martin, of Eagle Rock, as she cuts the celebratory cakes during the Open House for the new fire station on Saturday. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville- democrat.comRuth Wegener, left, and Ken Wegener, center, tour the bay at the Eagle Rock-Golden-Mano Fire Protection District’s new station on Saturday, led by Rachel Phillips, secretary/ treasurer of the fire board. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.comAmanda Keever, of Eagle Rock, gives her suggestions for the naming of a pair of stone-carved firehouse pups at the Eagle Rock-Golden-Mano Fire Protection District. Suggestions resulted in naming the dogs Sparkie and Blaze. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.comEagle Rock-Golden-Mano Fire Protection District Chief Mark Pierson, left, talks with Eagle Rock residents Marsha Perkins and Rick Perkins, of Eagle Rock, during the Open House for the new station on Saturday. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.comChrysi Foster, firefighter at the Eagle Rock-Golden-Mano Fire Protection District, helps direct in the kitchen as she makes punch for the new station’s Open House on Saturday. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.comBobby Nelson, center, of Holiday Island, Ark., and his great-grandson, Marcus Hunter, 2-1/2, get a close-up look at the Mercy Life Line helicopter at the helipad outside the Eagle Rock-Golden-Mano Fire Protection District Open House on Saturday. Despite offers from Pilot Ruston Boucher, right, and Flight Nurses Beth Murken, center, and Savannah Roebuck, Hunter declined to explore inside the aircraft, staying attached to his great-grandfather for safety instead. Kyle Troutman/ktroutman@cassville-democrat.com
