By Scott Swanson
Lebanon Local
Gordon Sletmoe relaxes in his office, playing with his new puppy, Scout, thinking about his 37 years in the business of fighting fires.
Well, actually, it’s 37 years and one month. (The outgoing Lebanon Fire District chief is a detail guy.)
Sletmoe, 56, says his career started back in November of 1982, when his mother cut a “little dinky paragraph” advertising the need for volunteer firefighters at the local Tualatin…