Pechanga Fire Department firefighters helped load the gifts onto the truck Friday, Nov. 30,  for the effort organized by the TV station and the U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots. The truck had about 350 items that will go to needy children this Christmas. Pechanga, which has donated toys to Spark of Love for several years, also contributes cash and toys to Toys for Tots. Pechanga gives out 1,000 turkeys to food banks and rescue missions for the holidays.  

Fire company finance chairman Frank Baxter asked council, on behalf of the fire company, to consider covering this year's payment on a loan that financed upgraded radios for the fire company.  

Baxter told borough council that the fire company applied through the borough for a loan from Montgomery County to finance the purchase of 32 new digital radios for firefighters. The total loan for the fire company was $182,140 which divides into five payments of $36,428, and it's one of those five payments the fire company is asking the borough to consider covering.