
OFCA Members remember our Fallen
Matthew David Goodnature 7/29/2014
John Wayne "Duke" Bunker 2010
David Hammer Iggulden 8/24/03
Ricardo “Ricky” Ruiz 8/24/03
Mark Ransdell 8/24/03
Paul Gibson 8/24/03
Jeff Hengel 8/24/03
Jessy James 8/24/03
Richard Moore II 8/24/03
Leland “David” Price Jr.8/24/03
THE DRAGON
EVERY SUMMER THE DRAGON COMES, IT LEAVES AGAIN IN FALL.
IT VISITS DESTRUCTION ON VARIOUS KINGDOMS THROUGHOUT THE RELM.
THE DRAGON HAS A NAME,
WILDFIRE.
SOME YEARS WILDFIRE IS SLOW AND LAZY AND EASILY BEATEN.
BUT OTHER YEARS IT IS QUICK AND LIKES TO FIGHT HARD.
WILDFIRE HAS FRIENDS WITH NAMES LIKE FUEL WIND AND TERRAIN.
FUEL IS DRY THIS YEAR AND BURNS HOT AND FAST WIND SEEMS STRONGER.
TERRAIN NEVER CHANGES.
WILDFIRE HAS ENEMIES WITH NAMES IT KNOWS, HOTSHOTS, SMOKEJUMPERS, AND ENGINES
TENDERS, TRACTORS AND TANKERS.
WHEN WILDFIRE VISITS A KINGDOM IT’S ENEMIES RESPOND WITH STRENGTH AND NUMBERS
TO BATTLE THE DRAGON.
USUALLY THE DRAGON LOSES QUICKLY AND RETIRES FROM THE FIELD OF BATTLE
LEAVING ITS ENEMY'S TIRED BUT UNHARMED
OTHER TIMES THE DREAGON FIGHTS FIERCELY AND MAY EVEN SEND SOME OF IT’S ENEMIES
TO ANOTHER PLACE,
DEATH.
SOMETIMES THE DRAGON WINS.
WHEN THE DRAGON WINS IT SEEMS LIKE THE BATTLE IS NOT WORTH THE EFFORT,
FOR AWHILE.
THE ENEMIES OF WILDFIRE MOURN FOR THEIR FALLEN COMRADES AND COMFORT
EACH OTHER.
THEY GAIN STRENGTH, FAITH, HOPE, ENOUGH TO JOIN THE BATTLE
ONCE MORE.
FOR THE DRAGON WILL RETURN
BY
DAN FIORITO, JULY 1994
OFCA Members remember our fallen
Matthew David Goodnature 7/29/2014
John Wayne "Duke" Bunker 2010
David Hammer Iggulden 8/24/03
Ricardo “Ricky” Ruiz 8/24/03
Mark Ransdell 8/24/03
Paul Gibson 8/24/03
Jeff Hengel 8/24/03
Jessy James 8/24/03
Richard Moore II 8/24/03
Leland “David” Price Jr.8/24/03