• A youngster enjoys a lollipop while toting his balloon during Saturday’s Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House. (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House and Strengthening Rural Families Health Fair (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House and Strengthening Rural Families Health Fair (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House and Strengthening Rural Families Health Fair (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House and Strengthening Rural Families Health Fair (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House and Strengthening Rural Families Health Fair (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House and Strengthening Rural Families Health Fair (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House and Strengthening Rural Families Health Fair (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House and Strengthening Rural Families Health Fair (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House and Strengthening Rural Families Health Fair (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House and Strengthening Rural Families Health Fair (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House and Strengthening Rural Families Health Fair (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House and Strengthening Rural Families Health Fair (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House and Strengthening Rural Families Health Fair (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House and Strengthening Rural Families Health Fair (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House and Strengthening Rural Families Health Fair (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House and Strengthening Rural Families Health Fair (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House and Strengthening Rural Families Health Fair (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House and Strengthening Rural Families Health Fair (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House and Strengthening Rural Families Health Fair (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House and Strengthening Rural Families Health Fair (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House and Strengthening Rural Families Health Fair (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House and Strengthening Rural Families Health Fair (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House and Strengthening Rural Families Health Fair (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House and Strengthening Rural Families Health Fair (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House and Strengthening Rural Families Health Fair (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House and Strengthening Rural Families Health Fair (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath Fire and Rescue Open House and Strengthening Rural Families Health Fair (File photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)

Brad Fuqua has covered the Philomath area since 2014 as the editor of the now-closed Philomath Express and currently as publisher/editor of the Philomath News. He has worked as a professional journalist since 1988 at daily and weekly newspapers in Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota, Arizona, Montana and Oregon.