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Richland students share breakfast with firefighters

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Richland Fire Chief Tom Huntington, right, and Jefferson Elementary second-grader Talon Lopez share a a conversation over breakfast Friday morning at Richland Fire Station 71, at the intersection of George Washington Way and Swift Boulevard. Lopez and three of his schoolmates were treated to a breakfast of pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage and bacon cooked by the Richland firefighters after they “bought” the prize at an auction with points they earned in a school reading awards program. Lt. Joe DeRousie, fifth-grader Casey White, fifth-grader Annaliese Ekstrom, firefighter Jen Dawson, second-grader Jimena DeleMora and Capt. Zach Gould, from left, also join the meal. Watch a video at tricityherald.com/video
Richland Fire Chief Tom Huntington, right, and Jefferson Elementary second-grader Talon Lopez share a a conversation over breakfast Friday morning at Richland Fire Station 71, at the intersection of George Washington Way and Swift Boulevard. Lopez and three of his schoolmates were treated to a breakfast of pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage and bacon cooked by the Richland firefighters after they “bought” the prize at an auction with points they earned in a school reading awards program. Lt. Joe DeRousie, fifth-grader Casey White, fifth-grader Annaliese Ekstrom, firefighter Jen Dawson, second-grader Jimena DeleMora and Capt. Zach Gould, from left, also join the meal. Watch a video at tricityherald.com/video Bob Brawdy Tri-City Herald

Richland Fire Chief Tom Huntington, right, and Jefferson Elementary second-grader Talon Lopez share a a conversation over breakfast Friday morning at Richland Fire Station 71, at the intersection of George Washington Way and Swift Boulevard.

Lopez and three of his schoolmates were treated to a breakfast of pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage and bacon cooked by the Richland firefighters after they “bought” the prize at an auction with points they earned in a school reading awards program.

Lt. Joe DeRousie, fifth-grader Casey White, fifth-grader Annaliese Ekstrom, firefighter Jen Dawson, second-grader Jimena DeleMora and Capt. Zach Gould, from left, also join the meal.

Watch a video at tricityherald.com/video

This story was originally published June 10, 2016 at 3:57 PM with the headline "Richland students share breakfast with firefighters."

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