Oklahoma City Fire Department Major Danny Thompson demonstrates his antique fire bucket while he addresses the OKC Metro Community Council on Elder Fire Safety and Prevention.

The Oklahoma City Metro Chickasaw Community Council met on the first Tuesday of April at 6 p.m. for dinner and had its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. The council provided the wonderful brisket and once again we were blessed with homemade salads, green beans, potatoes, cornbread and desserts! This time to share a meal and visit is priceless to our members. Come join us!

We continue to have more new members attend our meetings, making our room so crowded we’ve run out of table space! It’s a good problem to have! As the word gets out we are thrilled at seeing new faces eager to learn about our council. Our children’s room is equipped with a child sitter so we can accommodate those who bring their young children.

Danny Thompson was our guest speaker for the evening. He gave a presentation on fire prevention and fall prevention for older adults. He reminded everyone to get a smoke detector and to check the batteries periodically. The Oklahoma City Fire Department will provide one for you if you would like. He reminded us all about the best way to handle a common grease fire in our kitchen. His presentation was very interesting and informative.

Our next meeting will be May 6, 2008. The speaker will be Bill Welge, (known as Mr. Archives) from the Oklahoma Historical Society. If you haven’t seen the Chickasaw exhibits at the Oklahoma Historical Center (2401 N. Laird, OKC, OK, 73105) you would be amazed! The amount of Chickasaw books in their gift shop is very impressive. Check it out!

We are going to have a float at the Liberty Fest Parade on July 4. We welcome everyone to join us. This will be the third year that our council has entered a float and we look forward to some big names to join us! Stay tuned for who they are.

Monte Bowlin, the picnic committee chairman, reports our summer picnic is tentatively set for July 19 at the South Lakes Center, It has a facility with air conditioning along with a great playground! Everyone will have to RSVP because it is going to be catered and we will need an accurate number to have enough food! Contact Betty Smith at 405-348-7459.

Remember the OKCMCCC is on the sixth floor of Lakepointe Towers, 4005 Northwest Expressway in Oklahoma City. We welcome everyone to attend our meetings and activities.

Contact information: Pam Conard (405) 973-8127.