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		<title>Union Head Angered About Age of Fire Trucks</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/07/17/union-head-angered-about-age-of-fire-trucks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In most major cities, fire trucks are replaced after about ten years or so of service. This is not the case in our fair city. Ryan Kowalski, Union of Professional Firefighters Local 47 president and city fireman at Ladder Company 70, revealed in a press conference yesterday that some of our fire engines are over twenty years old. “Take my firehouse,” Kowalski told reporters. “The ladder truck that I ride on was built in 1987, she is the oldest in the fleet. She is old enough to drink. Our housemates on Engine 20 have it a bit better, their rig was built in 1991, but it was purchased used. These trucks are old and the city won’t maintain them properly. How can my firehouse serve the good people of Fort Ridge with substandard equipment? Mayor Wilders seems to care about his legacy instead of not only the safety of the men and women who voted for him, but also those who come to help them.” Kowalski’s statistics revealed that out of the fleet of 350 fire trucks, there are 42 fire trucks over ten years old, with 20 being older than fifteen years. A map distributed by the union displayed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Escape of Alfonzo Salazar, Hoarder</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 11:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Firefighters in Furleigh Park staged a daring rescue last Wednesday night of local legend and neighborhood oddity Alfonzo Salazar when his townhouse caught fire in the early morning hours. Mr. Salazar&#8217;s home was a monument to the practice of obsessive hoarding, with items of every conceivable size, shape, and type lining each wall, making excellent kindling for the ruinous inferno. Prior to the blaze, Mr. Salazar, 51, lived alone in his residence on Blackpool Terrace. He has not been employed for several years, though he claimed to be a professional welder in his police report. Other neighborhood residents describe him as seldom seen. &#8220;I would rate him somewhere in between harmless and snappish,&#8221; commented neighbor Lindsey Klein. &#8220;He always asks me for my old batteries.&#8221; Others said that he emerges only at night to visit the local convenience store and to rummage through trash put out for collection. Nearly all of Mr. Salazar&#8217;s Victorian-style townhouse was destroyed. Firefighters were alerted to the blaze by a concerned neighbor but were delayed in reaching Mr. Salazar&#8217;s townhouse due to City Council President Otis Stevenson&#8217;s extensive motorcade, which had stopped for ice cream on Logan Boulevard. In a telephone interview, Chief Fire Inspector [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rare City Documents Burned</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2008/02/11/rare-city-documents-burned/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fire Commissioner Gordon ‘Chick’ Hall reports that an electrical fire in the 4th Floor Records Room at Old City Hall early Saturday morning destroyed some of the city’s most irreplaceable historical treasures. The blaze was discovered by third-shift security guard Mona Chellis at approximately 2:45 am. Chellis believes the fire started some time around 2:30 am, but reports that she mistook the wisps of smoke flowing under the door for cigarette smoke from her fellow guard Gene Kruicewicz, who often used the secluded 4th floor room to take smoke-breaks (though the building has been smoke-free since September 2002). As she continued her rounds, however, Chellis heard Kruicewicz noisily trying to dislodge a Kit Kat from the vending machine in the employee break room. She quickly returned to the Records Room to discover a significant portion of the contents of a west wall shelving unit in flames. Chellis retrieved an extinguisher from a nearby stairwell, but found it non-functional. She then raced to the third floor, retrieved a working extinguisher, and was able to put out the fire some time before 3 am, at which time she radioed Kruicewicz to call the fire department. Units from the Grant Avenue fire station [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Facts: I Have Two Orange Triangles</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2007/10/19/friday-facts-i-have-two-orange-triangles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: The 33rd Gourd Festival this weekend will include gourd carving, a gourd/squash bake off, gourd costume contest and prize for largest gourd (last year&#8217;s winner, with a 4lb, 3oz gourd received $25 TGI Friday&#8217;s gift card). :: The first incarnation of the Gourd Festival was held in 1943. Pumpkins were in short supply due to the war effort (Pumpkin seed oil being vital for making incendiary explosives), so the annual Pumpkin Days Octoberfestival was changed to Gourd Days. :: The Gourd Festival was revived in 1974 during the Great Pumpkin Blight. Over 4,500 people showed up (as opposed to 1973&#8242;s anemic Pumpkin Palace Carve-Off, which featured only three contestants). The festival has been celebrated ever since. :: In 1996, the festival was boycotted by local Indian tribes and the ACLU, who objected to the &#8220;Chief Gourd Head&#8221; character, who is represented with peace pipe, headdress and frighteningly oversized papier-mâché gourd head. This did nothing to deter visitors- in fact, 1996 was the most popular year to date. The Chief remains a popular attraction, well known for his gourd war cries and &#8220;red-man gourd chop.&#8221; :: Tons of copper stolen from air-conditioning units, construction sites, and electrical conduits annually: 12 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Facts: Leftover Cod, Pauline, Selleck-san</title>
		<link>http://thecitydesk.net/2007/04/13/friday-facts-leftover-cod-pauline-selleck-san/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: The Mid-Town Lions Club has decided to carry over their popular Friday Fish Fries, normally only held on Fridays during Lent, throughout the rest of April. &#8220;Well, we&#8217;ve got all these fish still lying around, so why not?&#8221; said president Mark Pembroke. :: Thirty-five percent of the steel used in municipal construction since January 1, 2000 has been imported from China. :: Total cost of cleaning up the 1999 Backstreet Boys Millennium Tour &#8220;Soccer Mom&#8221; riot: $13.4m :: More than two thousand city residents were asked what type of robot they would most be afraid of, if robots ever invaded the city. “Man-Eating” was the most popular answer. :: Number of pints served at The Blarney Stone on 17th during St. Patrick&#8217;s Day 1997: 3,717 ::Number of pints served at The Blarney Stone on 17th during St. Patrick&#8217;s Day 2007: 7,320 :: A little bit of trivia for fans of “Ripperology:” The legendary serial killer Jack the Ripper was rumored to have a trio of cousins living in our very own city. Two of them were butchers (the third was a librarian, according to legend). :: Number of working Donkey Kong video game units: 26 :: Number of these [...]]]></description>
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