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  • Neighbors Helping Neighbors fixed Putnam County resident Doris Jordan’s well pump that had cut off her water supply. CONTRIBUTED
    Neighbors Helping Neighbors fixed Putnam County resident Doris Jordan’s well pump that had cut off her water supply. CONTRIBUTED
    It’s hard to imagine. When Eric Thompkins’ backyard well pump failed, he had to carry three, five-gallon barrels of water from his nearby mother’s home just so he could bathe, flush his toilets, and have water to drink. Thompkins has multiple sclerosis and lives alone in his Putnam County home. He did this every day for about a month, he says, until the Health Departme...

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