Old-fashioned baked beans still savored
FRANKLIN A bag of beans is something of a marvel. What else costs so little but can raise so much money at community suppers?
That is, of course, if Franklin’s Dick Gardner, aka the Bean Man, has transformed the small legumes into his rich, slightly sweet, baked beans.
As his contribution to the local fire department and other groups, Dick Gardner (left) regularly cooks up great quantities of his delectable baked beans for fund-raisers. In his secret recipe, he uses both Marafax and Megquier’s yellow-eye beans. Dried not wet mustard is a must. ELLSWORTH AMERICAN PHOTO BY JENNIFER OSBORN
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, MI A vehicle fire in Houghton County threatened to spread into the woods on Friday. Just before noon Sheriff’s deputies were called to
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FRANKLIN Amidst a cacophony of shrill, ear-splitting warning alarms, a voice crackles across the radio waves connecting members of the Franklin Fire Department with each other like an invisible safety net. I need help! I got separated from my team! I need help! the voice urges. My air is low! Hurry, hurry, I need help!
Standing outside the scene, Battalion Chief Chuck Allen receives the Mayday and takes immediate action, launching a four-person Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) to respond.
Within two minutes, members of the team are crawling through the active scene in full gear, doling out a safety line like breadcrumbs in Hansel and Gretel s forest blindly making their way toward their fallen brother.
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EDINBURGH, Ind. – The town of Edinburgh late last week named its choice for the new fire chief of Edinburgh Fire and Rescue. John Henderson will lead the team.
Henderson retired last Friday as a lieutenant and a 20-year veteran of the city of Franklin Fire Department and is immediately starting his new job as Edinburgh Fire Chief on Monday, May 10.
He is a native of Edinburgh and has been a volunteer with Edinburgh Fire and Rescue for his whole 28-year career.
His resume also includes stints serving as a firefighter in Columbus and Shelbyville. );
By Benjamin Cox on May 7, 2021 at 1:34pm
A Franklin Fire Department fire apparatus rolled into a ditch last night on Illinois Route 104 after it swerved to miss a collision.
According to the Journal-Courier, the fire truck was cut off on the highway by an SUV. The fire truck was on its way to a semi-truck fire at Whalen Trucking at about 9 o’clock last night in Waverly.
The firetruck driver and a passenger suffered minor bruises but no significant injuries, according to Franklin Fire Chief Gerald Wilson. According to the Journal Courier report, Morgan County Sheriff’s Deputy Griffin Tyler was following the firetruck and assisted in getting the two firemen out of the of the apparatus after it rolled.