by Michael J. Marino
It was an emotional meeting Monday, Feb. 6 for members of the Worden Fire Department (WFD) as Secretary Carl Midgely read aloud an email from resident Barbara Pearson, who drove herself to aid after being “kicked in the face by a blind horse” because she felt she “couldn’t count on the ambulance service.”
Pearson said the accident took place Jan. 24, 2023. She “thought about calling 911,” but she realized it would “take time” for the ambulance to arrive, and she thought WFD would be unable to take her to the hospital.
“It was a life-or-death situation for me,” wrote Pearson, “so instead I got in my car – though I was bleeding profusely – and drove to the nearest dentist… I had emergency surgery to reconstruct my mouth and it is wired shut for six weeks.”
Pearson had previously attended WFD meetings and offered help to improve how the department functions. According to her letter, her offers “have been dismissed every time.”
Pearson’s observation is that WFD engages in “childish politics and small-town control maneuvers.” She continued, “I see valuable people leaving the service because they either don’t want to put up with these antics, or, they’ve been forced out by made up rules that cannot be found in the bylaws.”
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