The time is fast approaching to be thinking of Conference 08. Everyone in District 3 is working hard to prepare for the conference. It will be held in Tuscaloosa this year on August 1 & 2. The Fire College has agreed to furnish meeting space and competition space and Billy Doss and his crew has spent much time preparing. More information may be found elsewhere in this edition of the newsletter. I want to thank everyone for the work that has been done, not just for this conference, but for everything that I have asked them to do. Everyone has given a great effort and I sincerely appreciate this.

We are working hard with legislation. Chauncey Wood and I spend a lot of time in the State House each week. We have bills (1) Free Tag Bill (2) Free Tuition (3) Firefighter Annuity and Retirement (4) Preservation of Services, and (5) Radio Bill. Asynopsis of each bill may be found below. If you feel that you have excess time to kill and just want to spend some time in Montgomery, come on down. Chauncey and I will welcome the company.

This is my third year as president of AAVFD and I sincerely appreciate the opportunity to serve. As I said when I was elected, "it is not my organization but ours and together we can make it go."