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Orland Fire offers tips on avoiding mishaps while barbecuing
Safe grilling is the topic May 24 at the Orland Fire Protection District’s monthly program “Coffee and Conversations” which addresses a wide range of topics involving family and personal safety.
How to barbecue safely and avoid mishaps is the topic of this month’s “Coffee and Conversation” hosted monthly by the Orland Fire Protection District.
The “Coffees” are open to the public and this month will be held on Thursday, May 24 at the Fire District’s administration building, 9790 W. 151st Street. The two-hour program begins at 10 AM.
Fire officials cautioned that what begins as a fun family summer event can end up with injuries caused by burns from the grill and worse.
Fire Chief Michael Schofield said the mishaps and injuries are avoidable if families follow basic safety steps.
“The summer barbecue can and should be a fun time for families. It takes a little care to ensure that nothing will go wrong. Families are dealing with fire, propane tanks and lighter fluid and they can’t be taken for granted. Any one of those items could become part of an accident that causes injuries that is avoidable,” Schofield said.
Schofield said the “Conversation” this month will discuss accidents that have happened and how they can be avoided.
The “Coffee & Conversation” program is hosted by the OFPD, Orland Senior Advisory Council (SAC), and Aishling Companion Home Care.
Attendance is free of charge. For more information, visit the Orland Fire Protection District’s website at www.OrlandFire.org to check on upcoming “Coffee and Conversation” topics and dates.
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Palestinian, American Arab and Christian, Hanania’s parents originate from Jerusalem and Bethlehem.
Hanania is the recipient of four (4) Chicago Headline Club “Peter Lisagor Awards” for Column writing. In November 2006, he was named “Best Ethnic American Columnist” by the New American Media. In 2009, Hanania received the prestigious Sigma Delta Chi Award for Writing from the Society of Professional Journalists. He is the recipient of the MT Mehdi Courage in Journalism Award. He was honored for his writing skills with two (2) Chicago Stick-o-Type awards from the Chicago Newspaper Guild. In 1990, Hanania was nominated by the Chicago Sun-Times editors for a Pulitzer Prize for his four-part series on the Palestinian Intifada.
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