Tamaqua Åmerican Hose holds open house

ANDREW LEIBENGUTH/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS Tamaqua American Hose Fire Company volunteer firefighters, assistant engineer Jay "Bud" Stidham, left, and aerial foreman Dale "Buzzy" Hadesty, display the capabilities of their ladder truck to a watching crowd by raising it to its maximum height of 100 feet during their annual open house held Tuesday evening.