Lam the Secretary for our Buckhalts Volunteer Fire Department and we are concerned about the misleading statements being made about our department and the Little River VFD and the Mayor feud. Here is a clarification | sent to KMIL radia in Cameron. Officers of our Buckholts Volunteer Fire Department want to clarify several misleading news stories going around that alludes our BVFD took/stole equipment and fire trucks from the Little River Academy Fire Station. We were contacted by LRA FD on Wednesday, June 26 that they had some bunker gear to donate to us. After work two of our officers went to check it out. Upon arrival our two members indicated a concern that things seemed "strange" with what was going on. It was then that they suggested an offer to provide additional equipment and even a fire truck. We were not aware that they were planning to disband the department. Returning back inside our members began to load some of the used bunker gear that they were wanting to donate. It was at that time that the Mayor of LRA arrived and confronted our two members and threatened them for stealing and he would have them arrested. Our two members had no idea what was happening. The bunker gear was unloaded and they returned home. We went there in one vehicle not trucks as stated. We got caught in the middle of a feud that degraded our department with accusations of theft of equipment and fire trucks. Those are blatant lies and our department works hard for donations to provide fire protection to our area, Whatever war they have going on in LRA should not have falsely accused our BVFD. They contacted us. We did not contact them. Gary Kleypas, Buckholts VFD Secretary