* Members of Parkersburg Firefighters IAFF Local 91 raised an impressive more than $4,000 in September, with boots on the ground and in-hand at the intersections of Pike, Broadway and Blizzard in south Parkersburg. Passing motorists filled those boots for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Sometimes we forget how much more our firefighters do for their communities than what we expect. Though it had been absent for a couple of years, the Fill the Boot Campaign took in $4,106 in only four hours. IAFF Local 91 Secretary/Treasurer Seth Foutty hopes the tradition will be revived. “We were glad to be able to do it this year and to be able to do it every year,” he said. “It is important for me being in Parkersburg to be able to raise funds here and support this cause. It is good when the community can come together to be able to help these people out.” Foutty said he wanted to thank the community, but the firefighters who helped raise the money deserve a thank you, too.