Upside Down Under: To think they're volunteers...

Sept. 14 was an unusual day in our little Ward County community of Carpio. It marked only the third time there had been a parade there in the past 20 years.

This time it was the fire department’s parade. The local first responders were celebrating 75 years as a fire department and as a spectator looking on, it was impressive.

The Carpio department brought out all the big guns, but that wasn’t all....