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Come
for breakfast
The weather may get nasty this weekend.
Saturday morning could be chilly.
But a visit to the Washington Fire Hall will not only warm your stomachs but your heart as well.
You’ll not only have the opportunity for a comfort food breakfast - you know eggs and bacon and biscuits - but an opportunity to do a good thing - like chipping in to help the Washington Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department get a new tanker fire truck.
There’s no doubt that they need to replace the old one which is pushing 40. What’s that upbeat saying...50 is the new 30 because many of us are living far longer than ever before.
While this is very flattering for the 50-something set, it doesn’t work for a piece of machinery that as Fire Chief Ann Spieker says, “is just plain worn out.”
When there is a fire - like the one just recently over at the landfill - water is a prime commodity and getting it there can mean the difference between saving a place or losing it.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has already come forward with a grant (that’s how bad a shape this old tanker is in) but these vehicles aren’t cheap. Roughly, $200,000 is still needed.
As all of you are aware, the fire departments in this county are run on a volunteer basis and the equipment they use is paid for largely through fund raising.
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