Messenger United Way 1998 Firetruck Bucket
Messenger United Way fundraiser, Oct 1998 - Bill Grady in a Fort Dodge Fire Department bucket raising funds for United Way; collection of clippings and scan (bucket remote + thermometer + auction activities).
Summary
Collection of Messenger press coverage documenting a Fort Dodge United Way fundraiser where Bill Grady (KUEL-92) rode in a fire truck bucket as part of a public auction and live remote, and a thermometer graphic showing the campaign goal reached. Includes the canonical scanned PDF, proofed transcript, and SHA256 provenance.
Items
Messenger clipping bundle (fire truck bucket)
Canonical PDF:
messenger-unitedway-1998-firetruck-bucket.pdf
SHA256
AC5E09F7830308B28B5BDB84F738E2851045193839AF7B709E340FCFB818638B.
Proofed transcript (text/plain): messenger-unitedway-1998-firetruck-bucket-transcript.txt.
Visible caption excerpt: "The Messenger/Fort Dodge, Iowa Saturday, Oct. 31, 1998 - Messenger photo by Kellie Smedsrud. Up, in the bucket! Bill Grady, KUEL-92, and the Fort Dodge Fire Department teamed up Friday to raise money for the United Way. Grady went up in a bucket in the Norwest Bank parking lot on Central Ave."
Provenance
- Source publication The Messenger (Fort Dodge, IA)
- Publication date 1998-10-31
- Scan host FortDodgeRadio - https://www.fortdodgeradio.com/pods/extra/messenger-unitedway-1998-firetruck-bucket.pdf
- Transcript host https://www.fortdodgeradio.com/sources/messenger-unitedway-1998-firetruck-bucket-transcript.txt -
- SHA256 AC5E09F7830308B28B5BDB84F738E2851045193839AF7B709E340FCFB818638B
- Scan credits Photo credit lines available in transcript: Kellie Smedsrud; Juston Dybsetter (verify if both apply to different clippings)
- Archive: PDF:
https://www.fortdodgeradio.com/pods/extra/messenger-unitedway-1998-firetruck-bucket.pdf
Transcript: https://www.fortdodgeradio.com/sources/messenger-unitedway-1998-firetruck-bucket-transcript.txt