Crime & Safety
Palos Fire Trailing in Kitchen Makeover Poll, Needs Your Help
The Palos Fire Protection District is in the running for a $25,000 kitchen makeover.

As , the Palos Fire Protection District is in the running for a new kitchen and they need your help to win.
The , and Station One's decidedly rundown kitchen could use all the help it can get. Palos had been leading the vote tally for much of the competition, but this week a station in Yonkers has taken the lead.
This cannot stand.
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Rally your friends and family and get the word out. Voting takes just a few seconds. Visit the Rescue Remodel site to cast your vote once a day until Feb. 28. A month is a long time in online voting.
My colleague , the editor of Redondo Beach Patch in California, sent me a video that their fire department put together to drum up votes. At last count, Redondo Beach was third out of the five finalists vying for the makeover cash.
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The The new version is titled, "We Cook Our Food in a Hopeless Place."
I know we don't need some slick California production number to win the vote, but we do need your help. Support the hometown guys and stop some East Coast station or California beach boys from winning the big prize.
UPDATE: WGN's featured the district in their Around Town segment. Take a look at the kitchen up close and see how firmen use it.
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