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NEW - Lee Fox Passes After
a Lifetime of Service
About Preston "PL"
Schoentube and About NRA's "Refuse
to Be a Victim"
Morgan County
Sheriff's Department Reserve
Lee Fox and Tom
Seely awarded the "Sheriff's Extraordinary Citizen
Award"
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Morgan County Sheriff's
Department Reserve  
By Preston L. "PL" Schoentube
Reserve
Deputy
Morgan County Sheriff's Department,
WV
NRA Certified Instructor
Deputy Schoentube is available for the
presentation of NRA's "Refuse to be a
Victim" Course "42 Strategies - Personal
Safety. Deputy Schoentube is an NRA Certified
Instructor. mailto:plslesjas@webtv.net
About Reserve Deputy Preston L. "PL"
Schoentube
NRLO is proud to introduce you to Reserve
Deputy Preston L. "PL" Schoentube. Deputy Schoentube
is filling you in about the Morgan County
Sheriff's Department Reserve and about his work with the
NRA (National Rifle Association) - please check back for more
in this very special column that you won't want to miss! PL
has a wealth of information which he is willing to share. Like
many of this country's retirees, PL has bypassed
his retirement not only to help give the web pages of
NRLO more value, but to be of aid to today's "up and coming"
Reserve Law Enforcement Officers (and to the regular, full-timers
who are out there "on-the-line" - hopefully backed up by a
crack team like the Morgan County's
Ultimate Volunteers.) NRLO wishes to take this
opportunity to thank Deputy Schoentube for his contributions to
today's Reserve and Auxiliary Officers.
Deputy
Schoentube told NRLO in a recent e-mail: "I enjoyed talkng to Leon the other day. As
I told him, I'm an NRA Certified Instructor in the "Refuse To Be A
Victim" (all rights held by NRA) crime
prevention program; and I present 4-hour seminars to various groups
or individuals. I do this "free of charge" as
a public service and would be happy to do same at any
conferences. I am often asked if attendees can
donate a buck or two to help cover the cost of the book and
materials I give them. They're certainly welcome to do that,
but there's no obligation to do so. Click here to read more about Reserve
Officer Schoentube - or "PL" as he prefers to be
called.
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Morgan County
Mourns Lee S. Fox
Reserve
Deputy Lieutenant Lee S. Fox Passed November 11, 2009
Born
September 26, 1930, in the Pious Ridge section of Morgan County, he
was the son of the late Hiram William and Laura Virginia Rankin
Fox
Morgan County
Sheriff Shambaugh said, "In my generation, when you think of
Police around here, you think of Lee Fox. There
will never be another Lee Fox"
Information
submitted by Reserve Deputy Preston L. "PL"
Schoentube 
November 11,
2009, marked a sad day for Morgan County citizens, Law Enforcement,
and for the Berkeley Springs Fire Department. Reserve
Deputy Lieutenant Lee S. Fox passed away. The photos and
comments below are just a few examples of how much Lieutenant
Fox was admired and loved. Lieutenant Fox dedicated more than
half a century to his community.
Photo right:
Hundreds of community members, Police, and Firefighters joined
together on November 1 to celebrate the contributions of Lee Fox to
Morgan County. The American Legion reception focused on Fox's
volunteer work for local Fire companies and Police agencies spanned
over 50 years. Lee Fox (center) is seated next to Sheriff
Vince Shambaugh. Behind them from left to right are: Sheriff
Deputies Wade Shambaugh, Seth Place, Dennis Jenkins, and Cliff
Cobern.
Many remember
him directing traffic and crowd control at accidents, fires,
funerals, town events, and football games. Besides being
being a co-founder of and in charge of volunteer Law
Enforcement with the Morgan County Sherrif's Department (47 years),
Lee was a Fireman and Assistant Fire Chief with the Berkeley Springs
Volunteer Fire Department (50 years). He was Fire Chief for
two years, 1997-1999. 
Photo
left: LEE FOX IN A ONE-VEHICLE PARADE: Local Law
Enforcement Officers saluted Lee Fox on October 11, 2009, to show
their appreciation for his 45+ years as a Town of Bath Police
Officer and Morgan County Reserve Deputy. Fox, who provided
security and traffic control for the Apple Butter Festival since its
start in 1974, announced the day before that this would be his last
festival on the job. To honor him, Bath Police Chief Craig
Pearrell arranged for Fox to drive in a "one-vehicle parade" through
the heart of town as the festival opened at noon. At the
square, Fox passed a saluting line of Law Enforcement personnel from
the town, county, and Police Reserves.
Lieutenant Fox's list of
accomplishments are staggering. He is considered an icon
and hero in his community. Fox was a Police Officer with the
Town of Bath Police Department for 23 years (since 1963). He
retired from the department in 1986 with the rank of
Lieutenant.
Bath Police Chief Craig A.
Pearrell said, "He had been sick for a while, but he even worked
when he did not feel well. He never talked about what he did
as an Officer or what he did as a Firefigher. He is the only
man I know in Morgan County that spent all the countless hours
servicing this community. With 47 years in Law Enforcement
plus 50 years in volunteer Firefighting, he's an
icon." 
Photo left:
Town of Bath Patrolman Darrell M. Cox, left, Police Chief Craig
Pearrell, and Patrolman Lane B. McCarty admire the flowers and
stuffed bears which were left as a tribute to Lee Fox.
Fox was well-known locally for his work as a Police Officer and
volunteer Firefighter. Two police cruisers were draped with
black cloth in his memory and remained in downtown Berkeley Springs
for several days.
In 1986, Lee co-founded the
Morgan County Sheriff's Deputy Reserves with former Morgan County
Sheriff Bill Spitzer. He led the Reserve unit of 20 people and
took care of all the administrative duties, including scheduling,
equipment, and vehicles. Morgan County Sheriff Vince Shambaugh
said, "He is irreplaceable. No one else has put in the
number of hours serving this community. He gave a lifetime of
public service. There will never be another Lee
Fox."
Photo
right: Lee Fox, spent 50 years as a volunteer Firefighter and
was a co-founder of the Morgan County Sheriff's Deputy
Reserves.
Last year he was honored with
the Sheriff's Extraordinary Citizen award. Sheriff Shambaugh
said, "In my generation, when you think of Police around here,
you think of Lee Fox." He never retired from his
volunteer work, but he was planning to do so in December.
Lee was a member of Loyal Order of
Moose Lodge #1483, and Alderton-Dawson American Legion Post
#60.
Lieutenant Fox
is survived by his wife, Carol Sue Mason Fox, at home; one
brother, Paul L. Fox, Moorefield; one son, William "Eddie" Fox,
Berkeley Springs; one daughter, Wilma Lee Bowers, Berkeley Springs;
four grandsons, Marshall N. Younker, II, Jason William Fox, Nathan
Lee Bowers, and Jacob Douglas Bowers, all of Berkely Springs; three
great-granddaughters; and many nieces and nephews.
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Morgan County Reserve
Deputies
Submitted by Preston
L. "PL" Schoentube
Morgan County Sheriff's Reserve
West
Virginia
Staff for the Sheriff's Department is the Sheriff, a Chief
Deputy, seven Deputies, five tax Deputies, one law secretary, and
around 18 Deputy Reserves. Under the leadership of Sheriff
Ronnie McIntyre, the Morgan County Sheriff's Reserves act as the
"eyes and ears" of the Department.
Pictured
at left: 1st Row: T. Link, K-9 Brend. 2nd Row:
Detective K. Barney, Chief Deputy T. Stapleton, Sheriff R. McIntire,
Secretary R. Michael, Deputy T. Johnson, Corporal A. Thomas.
3rd Row: Corporal V. Shambaugh, Deputy S. Place, Deputy J.
Kiley, Baliff A. C. Bohrer.
Sheriff McIntyre
said of his Deputy Reserves: "The Deputy
Reserves help with transports, direct traffic, patrol in high crime
areas, and they assist bailiffs. They're our eyes and ears.
Without the Reserves, I would need a lot more Deputies. They
really help us out a lot." 
Pictured at right: Deputy Reserves B.
Lewis, P. Schoentube, Animal Control A. Swaim, P. Woodward, L. Fox,
C. Widmyer, B. McBee.
In a recent article in "The
Morgan Messenger" (written by Kate Evans), the headline read:
Sheriff McIntyre's Department "does
everything under the sun." They handle all
types of calls and situations from burglaries, domestic violence and
traffic accidents to animal calls, missing children and drug and
criminal investigations.
Chief Deputy Tim Stapleton
oversees training, does all of the scheduling and evaluations,
supervises the community service workers, and is in charge of all
the Deputies.
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Lee Fox and Tom Seely Honored for
Service
REPRINTED FROM
"THE MORGAN MESSENGER"
SUBMITTED BY RESERVE DEPUTY
PRESTON L. "PL" SCHOENTUBE 
Morgan County Sheriff Ron
McIntire presented both Lee Fox and Tom Seely with the "Sheriff's Extraordinary Citizen Award" in
a ceremony October 16, 2008, at the Morgan County Sheriff's
Department.
About Reserve Deputy Lee Fox:
Fox has been a member of
local Law Enforcement agencies for nearly 44 years. In
addition, he has been a volunteer with the Berkeley Springs
Volunteer Fire Department for 53 years. Recently, Fox has been
in charge of the Morgan County Sheriff's Reserve Deputy
Program. Fox was on duty one night in 1974, when the
Washington Hotel burned down. He was the first to spot the
blaze and to alert area fire and rescue teams. Before help
arrived, Fox raised a ladder to upper story windows and helped
people escape. At the Apple Butter Festival this year, a man
who had been a child in 1974, walked up to Fox and thanked him for
saving his life.
About Reserve Deputy Tom Seely:
Seely volunteered and served with the American Volunteer
Group, better known as General Claire Chennault's Flying Tigers,
just prior to the start of and during World War II. After the
war, Seely went back to Morgan County and opened the Tom Seely
Furniture business. When Seely retired and sold his business,
he and his wife started the Tom and Virginia
Seely Foundation. The Foundation helps fund many
youth groups and activities in Morgan County including the Boys
& Girls Club, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and aids in the purchase
of school supplies for children. Morgan County Sheriff Reserve
Deputy Gerald Chaskers said, "He is awfully
generous and wouldn't turn down any worthy request of for the
children." The Foundation also supports the
Sheriff's D.A.R.E. Program. Sheriff McIntire said, "As a result of his programs, he has kept many of our
kids out of trouble."
Also on hand for the award
presentations were Morgan County Reserve Deputies P.L. Schoentube,
Paul Woodward, Carol Fox, Morgan County Sheriff's Deputies
Vince Shambaugh and Tony Link, and Bath Mayor Susan
Webster.
Web Author Note:
Congratulations, Reserve Deputies Fox and Seely.
NRLO is proud to reprint this award announcement. Thanks goes
to Reserve Deputy P.L. Schoentube for alerting NRLO about this award
presentation. And, thanks goes to Sheriff McIntire for
recognizing two of his "Ultimate Volunteers."
Check back
for more from the Morgan County Sheriff's
Reserve
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"REFUSE TO BE A
VICTIM"
(all rights held by NRA)
By Preston L.
"PL" Schoentube
Morgan County Sheriff's Reserve
West
Virginia
Experts agree
that the single most important step towards ensuring your personal
safety is by making the conscious decision to REFUSE TO BE A
VICTIM. Criminals prefer easy targets. You stand a
much better chance of preventing criminal attack if you make
yourself difficult to prey upon. This means you must have an
overall personal safety strategy in place BEFORE you need it.
That is why the NRA has sponsored the "Refuse to be a Victim"
personal safety course.
It is a 3-hour, confidential
seminar that teaches easy-to-understand tactics you can use to
prevent criminal attack. You will NOT be encouraged to buy a
gun, nor is this a hands-on physical course. But you will get
the tools you need to develop your own personal safety strategy,
including information about:
-
The Psychology of Criminal
Predators
-
Home Security
-
Phone & Internet
Security
-
Automobile & Travel
Security
-
Physical
Security
-
Self-Defense Physical
Training
-
Personal Protection
Devices
-
And
more!
REFUSE TO BE A VICTIM!
CALL:
304/258-2724
Cost of Seminar: FREE
Presented by PL
Schoentube, Certified Instructor, in cooperation with sponsoring
Departments
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