Impulse 78: Board Notes
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I didn’t really need to drive to the Butler Farm Show ground to have a personal look. The pictures have been all over the news. A speaker’s platform draped in …
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I didn’t really need to drive to the Butler Farm Show ground to have a personal look. The pictures have been all over the news. A speaker’s platform draped in …
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“It was the most heroic thing I’ve ever seen. Sometimes, people call us heroes. And in this instance, in no way were we the hero. Mikala deserves all the credit.” …
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The Hero Fund recently updated its online Roll of Honor Vol. II that chronicles the brave acts of Carnegie heroes awarded from 2018 to 2022. The Roll of Heroes and …
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By Ed Lewis//Times Leader Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the June 2 edition of the (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania,) Times Leader. It is reprinted with permission. A large stable barn …
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A Carnegie hero’s headstone recently caught the eye of a Florida resident, who set out to learn more about Ernest W. Henderson, his 1915 drowning, and his family. At Royal …
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Granddaughter Debra Elston Hurd and her daughter, Sara Neufeld, recently affixed a Carnegie Hero grave marker on her grandfather’s headstone in Riverside Cemetery in Newton, Illinois. “I was finally able …
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Carnegie Hero Jamison S. Koczan, 48, died recently. Koczan received the Carnegie Medal after he rescued a woman from assault in Winter Park, Florida, on June 16, 2014. The woman’s …
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Carnegie Hero Phillip S. McDonald, 77, died on July 25, 2024, in Indianapolis. McDonald was born on June 5, 1947, in Indianapolis to Donald and Hazel McDonald. McDonald received the …
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Carnegie Hero Matthew R. Scribner, 37, died suddenly on July 23, 2024, as the result of a motor vehicle accident. Scribner was born on July 27, 1986, in Newark, New …
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Carnegie Hero Jesse C. Garcia IV, 62, died Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at his home in La Vernia, Texas. Garcia was born to Jesse III and Lucia Flores Garcia on …
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Carnegie Hero Garry Brem, 91, died on Monday, May 6, 2024. Brem was born to George and Sarah (Heilmann) Brem on July 13, 1932, in Gilroy, California. A U.S. Army …
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Colin W. Cook, 25, was surfing in waters off of Haleiwa, Hawaii, on Oct. 9, 2015. As described in an article by MidWeek, Cook had moved to O’ahu four years …
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Cole County Sheriff’s Major Aaron Bolinger presented two Missouri men with the Carnegie Medal at an Aug. 5 ceremony held at the sheriff’s office in Jefferson City, Missouri. Jeffrey A. …
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Millcreek, Utah, Mayor Jeff Silvestrini, right, presented the Carnegie Medal to one of his constituents, River Barry, at an Aug. 12 council meeting held at the city hall. “(We’re) …
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Carnegie Hero Fund President Eric Zahren, left, presented the Carnegie Medal to Michael Louis Lesan on Aug. 17 at The Carnegie Center of Columbia Tusculum in Cincinnati. The father of …
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Vice Mayor Mark Zeitler, left, presented Carnegie Hero Jakob Thompson with the Carnegie Medal during a Lantana, Florida, town council meeting on July 8. Thompson received the Carnegie Medal …
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U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse presented Quincy, Washington, police officer Stephen Harder with the Carnegie Medal for Heroism at a June 20 ceremony held at Quincy City Hall. Pictured are Newhouse …
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Truro (Nova Scotia) Police Inspector Bruce Lake, left, was presented the Carnegie Medal by, from left, police Chief Dave MacNeil and police board Vice Chair Bill Thomas at the June …
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At some point the night Fairuz Schlecht rescued three children from a burning apartment in Newport Beach, California, someone put a beautiful blanket over her to keep warm. “It’s …
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Connecticut State Police Colonel Daniel Loughman, right, presented the Carnegie Medal to police Sergeant Ashley Harkins on May 29 at the Connecticut State Police annual awards ceremony held at the …