| Curses, foiled again
Authorities investigating the theft of an antique slot machine worth $4,000 from a home in Sutherlin, Ore., identified the culprit as a 30-year-old man whose wife filed an insurance claim to cover damage to their van during the burglary. Douglas County sheriff's deputies said the machine tipped over as he drove away, breaking the van's window. He told his wife the van had been vandalized and asked her to report the damage so insurance would cover it. The wife, who was the victim's housekeeper, filed a police report claiming someone had thrown a piece of sheet metal through the window of the parked van. The sheet metal turned out to be the back of the stolen slot machine and bore the machine's serial number. Police arrested two brothers-in-law who came to blows over their politics. Registered Republican Jose Ortiz, 28, supports Hillary Clinton.
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Paul Hardy enjoys helping people - for 50 years
Its just like any other job, said Paul Hardy of Hardy Insurance Group. Hardy celebrated 50 years as an insurance agent on March 1. Theres something about helping people that I enjoy.
His first job after receiving his license to sell insurance in 1958 was with Farm Bureau. According to Hardy, at that time insurance policies for the home and farm were standard fire. When a change to a separate homeowners insurance policy was established, his clients resisted the change. He said, They would ask me why change? Were happy with the way things are. Mr. Hardy continued to work for Farm Bureau until 1969, when he then contracted to work for Mutual of New York.
It was in 1971 when he made a life changing decision. I decided that if I was going to stay in the insurance business, I was going to work for myself," he said.
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