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Lyons man talks about new airport
(Local News ~ 05/02/01)
BLOOMFIELD ---- A Lyons man asked Greene County Commissioners on Tuesday to update an old county ordinance ---- enacted about 15 years ago ---- that allows for the creation of a county airport. A group of Greene County businessmen tried to create a county airport in the 1980s, but never got enough support from the county to get the project off the ground...
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Union loses ninth baseball game
(Local News ~ 05/02/01)
Union (Dugger) only managed one hit in an 11-0 loss at Hutsonville, Ill. in a non-conference baseball game Tuesday. The game was halted after five innings via the 10-run rule. Dustin Cox had a single for the Bulldogs (2-9). Brandon Hogue suffered the loss, allowing seven hits...
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Sullivan knocks off Shakamak 2-0 in baseball
(Local News ~ 05/02/01)
Sullivan had two of its four hits in the first inning. A double by B.K. DeMoss was followed up by a home run by Rance Fosdick. That accounted for the game's only two runs as the host Golden Arrows defeated Shakamak 2-0 Tuesday night. "It was a pitcher's duel for sure," said Shakamak baseball coach Chip Sweet. ...
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WRV softball team loses on road
(Local News ~ 05/02/01)
Sullivan pounded out 12 hits in a 18-0 victory over visiting White River Valley in a girls softball game Tuesday night. Mary Beth Fiscus pitched the first four innings and suffered the loss for the Lady Wolverines (2-10). WRV will play a conference game at Eastern today...
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Shakamak blanks Linton in softball
(Local News ~ 05/02/01)
Valerie Blanton tossed a two-hitter as Shakamak defeated visiting Linton-Stockton 11-0 in five innings at Jasonville Tuesday night. Blanton finished with seven strikeouts and one walk. "Val threw well," said Shakamak softball coach Beth Wernz. "She was throwing with a little more velocity...
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Lennings finishes outstanding softball career with The Woods
(Local News ~ 05/02/01)
Lacey Lennings career as a softball player is over, but the Jasonville native left her mark, both at Shakamak High School and St. Marys-of-the-Woods College. Lennings, who will graduate this weekend from St. Marys with a 3.7 GPA, finished her senior season at St. Marys with a .302 average...
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Thomas Eugene Hatfield
(Local News ~ 05/02/01)
Thomas Eugene Hatfield, 83, of Linton and formerly of Sullivan, passed away at 8:25 a.m., Monday, April 30, 2001 at Glenburn Home in Linton. Born Oct. 15, 1917 in Sullivan County, he was the son of Edward E. and Mary (Owens) Hatfield. He worked on the sanitation department for the city of Sullivan for 15 years. He was of the Baptist faith. He was an Army veteran of World War II, having received the Purple Heart, and was a former member of the Sullivan American Legion...
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Hazel A. Gilbreath
(Local News ~ 05/02/01)
Hazel A. (Dollahan) Gilbreath, 89, of Linton, passed away at 10:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 1, 2001, at Glenburn Home in Linton. Born June 28, 1911 in Petersburg, she was the daughter of Louis James and Vonetta (Flemming) Dollahan. She graduated in 1928 from Petersburg High School and received her degree in elementary education from Indiana Normal College. ...
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Dr. James H. Ringer
(Local News ~ 05/02/01)
TERRE HAUTE ---- Dr. James H. Ringer, 88, of Terre Haute and formerly of Cass, passed away at 10:07 p.m. Monday, April 30, 2001 at Davis Gardens in Terre Haute. He was born Nov. 2, 1912 in Cass. He was the son of George and Stella (Raines) Ringer. He was retired as Registrar and Director of Admissions and Associate Dean of Foreign Students at Indiana State University in Terre Haute. ...
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Linton baseball team edges Loogootee
(Local News ~ 05/02/01)
Josh Davis scored the game's only run and Josh Childress tossed a five-hitter as Linton-Stockton got by host Loogootee 1-0 in eight innings Tuesday. "This was a huge, huge game for us," said Linton-Stockton baseball coach Bart Berns. "To win a nail biter like that will give us a lot of confidence...
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Miners shoot 145 to top Eastern and Clay City in golf
(Local News ~ 05/02/01)
Linton-Stockton had four golfers under 40 as the Miners defeated Clay City and Eastern in a high school golf match at Phil Harris Tuesday. The Miners, led by low medalist Tim Fish's 35, improved to 10-4 with a winning score of 149. Clay City was second at 174 and Eastern shot 193...
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Arthur, Halt wins singles matches for WRV
(Local News ~ 05/02/01)
Ashlee Arthur and Holly Halt came up with wins at singles for White River Valley, which lost a 3-2 decision to visiting Edgewood Tuesday. "This team is so unpredictable," said WRV girls tennis coach Rebecca English. "I was expecting us to have a tougher time at singles than doubles."...
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Linton students get up close, personal at mock disaster
(Local News ~ 05/02/01)
One student was killed, one seriously injured and one arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol after a one-car accident Tuesday at 11 a.m. in front of Linton-Stockton High School. Fortunately, this was a mock disaster and not an actual event. But Southwestern EMS, the Linton Fire Department and the Linton Police Department wanted to show students at the high school what could happen if they drink and drive...
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Mine subsidence pays for property only
(Local News ~ 05/02/01)
Editor's note: This is the last in a series on mine subsidence insurance. Residents of Greene, Sullivan and Clay counties are among the 33 southwestern Indiana counties designated by the state to have mine subsidence insurance available to residents...
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Fish fry to help pay for Linton fireworks
(Local News ~ 05/02/01)
Do you enjoy the Fourth of July fireworks at Humphreys Park each year? Then prepare to eat some fish Friday evening at the Roy Clark Community Building. Say what? Let me explain. The Linton Fire Department sponsors a fish fry every year about this time, in hopes of raising enough money to pay for the fireworks display. This year's event is the seventh annual...
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Boy hit by car while riding bicycle
(Local News ~ 05/02/01)
A 10-year-old Linton boy was treated and released from Greene County General Hospital after he rode his bike into the path of a pickup truck Tuesday at 6 p.m. According to Greene County Sheriff's Sgt. Bryan K. Woodall's report, Keith B. Cunningham was traveling south on Atlas Road at the same time Ray G. Rose, Jr., 20, was traveling southbound on the county road...
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Judge Johnson rules on several motions in Leone case
(Local News ~ 05/02/01)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Jeff Leone is accused of murdering his 13-year-old stepdaughter, Jennifer Watkins. The Greene County prosecutor (representing the State of Indiana) filed a motion for the death penalty. That is a motion that his attorneys Karen Strueh and Jessie Cook were in Greene Circuit Court last week to try to have dismissed...
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Commissioners talk about 911 addresses, courthouse
(Local News ~ 05/02/01)
BLOOMFIELD ---- The subjects of honing the county's E911 system by re-addressing every rural home in Greene County, and of trying ---- once again ---- to figure out what to do with the county's aging courthouse, were discussed by Greene County Commissioners on Tuesday morning...
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Owen Valley tops Linton in girls tennis
(Local News ~ 05/02/01)
Linton-Stockton dropped to 0-8 with a 5-0 loss to Owen Valley. The Lady Patriots won for the ninth time in 10 matches. "Owen Valley is a very good team," said Linton-Stockton girls tennis coach Brad McKinney. "They beat Northview 3-2 the other day and are probably the favorite to win the sectional...
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Cards 5-10 in baseball
(Local News ~ 05/02/01)
Bloomfield scored four runs in the fourth inning and held off Eminence 5-4 in a non-conference baseball game Tuesday. The Cardinals (5-10) made the most of five hits, including a home run by Jon Veatch. Jordan Burnett pitched a complete game, earning the victory. He scattered seven hits...
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Bertha Juanita Overbay
(Local News ~ 05/02/01)
BICKNELL ---- Bertha Juanita Overbay, 88, of Bicknell, passed away at 9:25 a.m. Tuesday, May 1, 2001 at Lodge of The Wabash Nursing Home in Vincennes. She was born June 17, 1912 in New Madrid Co., Miss., and was the daughter of William and Winnie Pearl (Saunders) Hooten...
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