Jerry Firman
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| Office: | Republican Primary Candidate from Ohio | |
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| District: | 18th | |
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| Born: | May 16, 1936 Hancock County, West Virginia |
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| Opponent: | Zack Space | |
| Current Occupation: | Retired Newspaper Publisher | |
Samuel "Jerry" Firman (born May 16, 1936) is a resident of Coshocton, Ohio and formerly was a publisher of a local newspaper titled the Coshocton Free Enterpriser, which he sold in 1994. Mr. Firman was also a former United States Army aviator.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Military service
Mr. Firman was enlisted in the Army for 7 1/2 years, going to Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Fort Sill, Oklahoma and was commissioned in 1961 as a Second Lieutenant (2Lt.) He attended Flight School at Fort Rucker, Alabama in 1962 and received his wings as a fixed wing aviator. His first tour in the Vietnam War began in 1963. He was supply officer for the 73rd Aviation Company (Recon) and flew TO-1Ds, a tandem two place Cessna which had special adaptations for Vietnam at the time. He later went to Rotary Wing Transition and became Helicopter qualified. His second Vietnam tour was flying the CH-47 Chinook Helicopter. In between tours he was a flight instructor in both fixed and rotary and was head of the Transition course at Fort Rucker. He was also Chief of the Correspondence Course Division of the Army Aviation School twice and for a considerable period. During Mr. Firman's three tours in Vietnam he received several decorations with the highest being the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC).
Jerry is currently with Post 36, AMVETS, Coshocton, OH.
[edit] The Coshocton Free Enterpriser
In early 1981, after a few weeks of brainstorming with two other gentleman younger than he, Jerry founded The Coshocton Free Enterpriser. For many readers, the newspaper would have been considered an advertiser or a throw away. For the three founders, it was the "Good Newspaper" and they proclaimed just that on the front page. In the 14 years Mr. Firman was involved, the paper grew rapidly, grew total market coverage, was free and had considerable social, economic and political impact on the community. One of the first front page stories was about "two young men and an old fogey" in answers to questions about the ownership of the paper. Thus, The Old Fogey. The paper was sold in 1994 to Ad, Inc., which it is believed to of had some attachment to the Milwaukee Journal at the time.
[edit] Political career
[edit] Republican candidate for Congress
Mr. Firman has lost his bid to run for US Congress as Representative for the 18th District in Ohio. He was on the ballot for the Special Republican Primary which took place on September 14th, 2006. The winner of this primary election was Joy Padgett who will take the place of Bob Ney, who has decided to withdraw from the general election, and will then face the Democrat frontrunner, Zack Space of Dover, Ohio, in November of 2006.
[edit] Writings
Mr. Firman currently writes his own column[1] at the Newsvine website, under the pen name of "Oldfogey". In the column, he covers pleasant and thought provoking topics ranging from coverage of his home town[2] to open letters to Bill Gates, Colin Powell and Brian Lamb. On August 21, 2006 the Newsvine staff gave Oldfogey the Random Act of Vineness award[3] due to his contributions to the newsvine community and also as a way of recognizing his efforts to perform his civic duty.
[edit] References
- ^ http://farmer.newsvine.com Jerry Firman's Column at Newsvine
- ^ http://farmer.newsvine.com/_news/2006/08/28/342222-going-home-old-fogey Going Home - Old Fogey
- ^ http://blog.newsvine.com/_news/2006/08/21/334627-random-act-of-vineness-oldfogey Recipient of Random Act of Vineness award
