CITY FIRE CHIEF TO SPEAK AT FIRST FRIDAY COFFEE

Cape Girardeau Fire Chief Robert Ridgeway will be guest speaker at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Coffee Friday at 7:30 a.m. at Drury Lodge.

Ridgeway, previously of the Mashpee (Mass.) Fire Department, assumed duties as chief here in mid-March. He is a 30-year firefighting veteran.

Ridgeway, who has served in large and small fire departments, holds a master's degree in fire science and technology, and has served as an instructor at the National Fire Service Academy in Emmitsburg, Md.