By KATHY CICHON, The Naperville Sun
Dressed in his full gear, Assistant Fire Chief Richard Mikel bent down to touch his toes a few times so he could stretch before the sprint he was about to take.
It was just after 8 a.m. inside Jewel-Osco, 127 E. Ogden Ave., and he was about to compete against Mayor George Pradel in a shopping spree through the grocery store’s frozen food section. In a match-up between Naperville’s Police and Fire departments, a representative from each had two and a half minutes to fill their carts with up to $500 in food for local charities.