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Letter to the Editor: First responders are more than EMT, firemen and officers

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Dear editor,

Thanks to the Telegram and you personally for the appreciation you show for first responders. However, the term first responders often does not get defined to include utility workers on the night of July 3. A thunderstorm came through the LaGrange area and lightning. Lightning struck a power pole causing an outage in a large area. Wyrulec workers were on the job before sun-up and replaced the power pole, removing it from the ground, replacing it and continued working into the afternoon before the power was restored. My great thanks to the Wyrulec Company and to Ryan Schilreff and the great employees of Wyrulec