Page 4 - Overview Winter 2017

It’s worse than any flu bug, but you can prevent it
It can lurk inside your home, and it’s not a bacterial disease. Left unaddressed, the consequences may be horribly irreversible.
Cooler weather is upon us and winter temps are soon to arrive, forcing you to turn on your furnace. That furnace provides comfort throughout the winter. Take away any worry that it can be the source of a dangerous poison.
Overland Park Fire Department
officials warn that carbon
monoxide (CO) is an odorless,
colorless, undetectable and
deadly by-product of incomplete
combustion. It can build up indoors
and harm you, your family and animals who breathe it.
Some of the most common symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning include headache, fatigue, shortness of breath, chest pain, nausea, dizziness, confusion, vomiting, loss of muscular coordination and loss of consciousness.
You can prevent CO poisoning in your home.
You can purchase CO detectors that either plugin or are battery-operated at a home improvement store.
Place one on every level of your home and outside each sleeping area where you are confident it will wake everyone if the alarm sounds.
The fire department does not provide or install detectors.
Have your furnace and fireplace inspected each year by a qualified technician.
Make sure vents for a dryer, furnace, stove and fireplace are clear of snow and other
obstruction. Use portable generators only outdoors, in well-ventilated areas, away from all doors, windows and vents.
If you suspect you have CO in your home, leave immediately and call 9-1-1 once you are outside. Do not attempt to air out your home because this will further expose you to CO fumes, and you may be overcome.
Popular, free holiday light show returns to Farmstead
The sounds of the Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead will change.
Instead of the “moo” of a cow, the “bleat” of goats, or witnessing the beauty of a butterfly garden, come watch the colorful and highly entertaining holiday light display.
The switch to the festive holiday lights on Farmstead Lane occurs Thursday, Nov. 23. The free and dazzling display at the Farmstead, 13800 Switzer, runs from Nov. 23 to Jan. 7. Each night lights are on from 5 to 11 p.m.
The 38-minute light show is choreographed to popular holiday songs, allowing you and your family to listen to the music on radio station 90.5 FM, from the warmth and comfort of your vehicle. Please turn off your vehicle headlights.
The show features thousands of individually controlled LED lights. The main display covers the front of the Farmstead barn.
Animated light displays in the form of whimsical trees, farm animals, a 20-foot majestic star and giant orbs complement the main display.
Overland Park resident Mark Callegari, who designed the light show, donates his time, equipment and lights to the annual show. This is the fifth year of the free display.
The Farmstead is operated by the city of Overland Park. Founded in 1978 to depict a turn-of-the-centur y family farm, it was renamed the Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead as a memorial to Police Officer Deanna
Rose, the first and only Overland Park police officer killed in the line of duty.
The Farmstead has more than 200 animals and birds of prey, vegetable and flower gardens, a one-room schoolhouse, an old-time fishing pond, pony rides and more. It reopens early April through Oct. 31 of each year.
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