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🌱 Ligonier worker honored nationally for dramatic rescue in flooded water vault

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  • Ligonier worker honored nationally for dramatic rescue in flooded water vault

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Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Variable clouds; not as cold, with a high of 36 and low of 29 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Windy; misty in the morning, temps: high: 42, low: 28.
  • Thursday: Some sun, then clouds; warmer, with a high of 53 and low of 27 degrees.

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• Amarillo man among 16 others honored with Carnegie Medal for heroism (myhighplains.com) — A Ligonier resident, Michael E. Johnson, is among 17 people across North America being honored with the prestigious Carnegie Medal after helping save a co-worker whose leg was nearly severed in a flooded water vault in Mount Pleasant. The story highlights several other dramatic rescues, but Johnson’s quick actions and injuries during the incident stand out for local readers as a remarkable example of courage close to home.
   

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