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Friends and Neighbors: Stahla's years of service include long stint with fire department

Keeping busy has never been an issue for Larry Stahla.

The Kimball resident has been involved in a number of activities over the years, and remains active in many of them today.

"I have been involved in a lot of things. I was very active in the Jaycees when I was young," Stahla said. "Bill Batterton and I were co-chairmen on the Oliver Reservoir project, a time consuming and long project, but it worked out fine. I was chairman of Farmers Day four times, twice in the '70s and twice less than a decade ago.

"I'm the chairman of the Citizens Monitoring Committee for Clean Harbors and have been...