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ALBION â This one even caught Mr. Preparedness off guard.
Recently retired Noble County EMA Executive Director Mick Newton was presented the Sagamore of the Wabash â the stateâs highest civilian honor â during a surprise presentation Monday morning during the commissioners meeting at the Noble County Courthouse.
âIâm so very proud,â an emotional Newton said. âI donât know what else to say.â
Newton was brought to the commissioners meeting by current EMA Executive Director Justin Stump under the guise of a discussion concerning the EMAâs offices in the new Noble County Annex currently being constructed.
Instead, he was greeted by a room full of family, friends and co-workers.
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image captionTens of thousands of ex-miners draw money from the pension fund
Calls for the government to give £1.2bn of pension funds to ex-miners have been rejected, in what has been described as a slap in the face .
Currently the government gets half of any surplus from the miners scheme, a deal that has made it £4.4bn so far.
A former Nottinghamshire miner said he was devastated by the decision. Take it or leave it
The pension scheme affects tens of thousands of families across the East Midlands, Yorkshire, the North East and Wales.
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee said the move would have given a £14 increase to the average weekly pension of £84.