It's perfectly okay to hug a sooty firefighter

On Monday afternoon, I received a text from Joanna Ullman, the wife of a Roseau volunteer fireman, who had a great suggestion.

So, I called her.

Every wife or girlfriend of a local fireman knows the routine when the fire whistle and their beepers go off late at night.

It's "Hurry up, honey! Don't be a slowpoke!"

And they definitely put the pedal to the metal to get to the fire hall at 2 a.m. or whatever the time.

Joanna wants people to email their comments about our local firefighters to help celebrate their September 18 Annual Firemen's Banquet and Ball.

"We're going to display their comments...