-
Local firefighters comment on issue
(Local News ~ 05/17/01)
The National Fire Protection Association is meeting in Anaheim, Calif., for a national conference on several issues concerning fire protection. Two standards ---- NFPA 1710 and NFPA 1720 ---- that could affect local volunteer and paid departments are recommended response time and how many firefighters have to be at a scene before they can begin fighting a fire...
-
Hazel Hannah Mitchell
(Local News ~ 05/17/01)
JASONVILLE ---- Hazel Hannah Mitchell, 85, of Jasonville and formerly of Coal City, passed away at 11:55 a.m., Wednesday, May 16, 2001 at Shakamak Good Samaritan Center. Born July 3, 1915 in Greene County, she was the daughter of Mack and Eva (Lynn) Clayton...
-
Millie M. Neal
(Local News ~ 05/17/01)
JASONVILLE ---- Millie M. (McDonald) Neal, 94, of Jasonville, passed away at 10:52 p.m., Wednesday, May 16, 2001 at her residence. Funeral arrangements are pending at the McClanahan-Lee Funeral Home in Jasonville.
-
Kimberly Stockrahm
(Local News ~ 05/17/01)
SCOTTSBURG ---- Kimberly Stockrahm, 35, of Scottsburg, passed away at 12:50 p.m., Monday, May 14, 2001, at the University of Louisville Hospital in Kentucky. Born Oct. 8, 1965 in Columbus, she was the daughter of Roberta J. Carnahan Vaughn Smith and Donald Vaughn...
-
Yutha L. Haynes
(Local News ~ 05/17/01)
DUGGER ---- Yutha L. Haynes, 81, of Dugger and formerly of Vincennes, passed away at 2:15 a.m., today, May 17, 2001 at Miller's Merry Manor in Sullivan. Born May 11, 1920 in Vincennes, she was the daughter of Fred and Audrey (Johnson) Heuby. She was a member of the Dugger American Legion Auxilary...
-
Boys track sectionals tonight
(Local News ~ 05/17/01)
The boys track and field sectionals are set for tonight at Northview, for Union (Dugger), Linton-Stockton and Shakamak athletes, and at Bloomington North for athletes from White River Valley, Bloomfield and Eastern. WRV boys and girls track coach Tim Richey said that he expects this will be the first step for some of his athletes in their quest to make the state finals...
-
Sports roundup
(Local News ~ 05/17/01)
Game rained out The South Knox at Linton-Stockton baseball game was halted in the bottom of the fifth inning because of lightening, according to Miners coach Bart Berns. South Knox was leading 12-2 at the time. Nate Austin, who was honored on senior night before the game, hit his 43rd career home run but it did not count because the game was not completed...
-
Girls tennis sectional preview
(Local News ~ 05/17/01)
Bloomfield coach Mike Canty has been waiting for his girls tennis team to put it all together at the same time this season. He know that nothing less will be required if the Lady Cardinals are to beat Paoli at 6 p.m. Friday in the semifinals of the Loogootee Sectional and have a chance to face likely Loogootee in the championship match at 10 a.m. Saturday...
-
Woman has been making quilts for many years
(Local News ~ 05/17/01)
George and Kathy Fisher of Dugger consider themselves very fortunate when his mother, Ruth Fisher, comes from DeSota, Ill. to visit. Not only are they glad to see her, but they are also thrilled to see what new quilt she has finished. Ruth Fisher, 79, has been quilting since she was 12 years old. She had finished three quilts by the time she got married at the age of 23. She said that if she finishes the ones she has started by the year 2002, she will have completed 100 quilts...
-
GED offered at many places locally
(Local News ~ 05/17/01)
It's May, when thoughts turn to graduation. But what about those students whose unfortunate circumstances did not allow them to graduate? The American Council on Education has given people a second chance at that completion with the General Educational Development (GED) Testing Program...
-
Band, choir concerts tonight, Sunday
(Local News ~ 05/17/01)
Another school year is about to pass, but not without some fanfare. Make that song, dance, and music. Linton-Stockton School Corporation's annual spring and choir concerts are scheduled for tonight and Sunday. The events are a culmination of months of hard work from hundreds of students...
-
Rain will help farmers, but more still needed
(Local News ~ 05/17/01)
Despite some rain that fell in the area Wednesday evening and again this morning, crops, gardens and yards need more. WTWO meteorologist Julie Henricks told The Daily Citizen this morning a storm that passed through the Wabash Valley on Wednesday evening dumped up to five inches of rain in the Terre Haute area and north, but much less south of that, in the Greene-Sullivan county areas...
-
Several speak in favor of new airport
(Local News ~ 05/17/01)
SWITZ CITY ---- Seventeen people attended the first public meeting to discuss a proposed new county airport, and everyone who spoke out was in favor of the project. At that meeting, it was revealed that Dr. William R. Powers of Lyons has offered to donate ground to the county, between Switz City and Lyons, for an airport...
-
Sports briefs
(High School Sports ~ 05/17/01)
Basketball camp starts June 5 The Linton-Stockton High School boys basketball team and staff will be having a summer camp June 5-8 and June 11-15 in the high school gymnasium. The first session will be from 9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. June 5-8 for grades 1-3...
Stories from Thursday, May 17, 2001
Browse other days