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Harry Huber to retire after next school year
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
Linton-Stockton Elementary School will have a new principal after the 2001-02 school year. Harry Huber's retirement notification letter was accepted by the Board of School Trustees by a 5-0 vote Monday night in the Education Center. To help with the transition of a new principal, Title I coordinator Kent Brewer and elementary assistant principal Kenny Gillan will switch jobs for the coming school year. That was approved 5-0 by the board...
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WRV team camp starts Monday
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
The White River Valley High School boys basketball team camp will take place at Worthington from noon to 3 p.m. June 25-29. The camp, for incoming players in grades 9-12, will conclude with a scrimmage game against Bloomfield at 1 p.m. Friday at Guy Glover Gymnasium in Bloomfield...
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WRV physicals July 10
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
White River Valley will have its athletic physicals from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 10 at the Lyons Clinic. These will be free of charge, on July 10 only, for all athletes in grades 7-12 that will be participating in sports at WRV. Forms will be provided...
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Elks golf league results
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
The 2001 Elks Club Golf League Standings, as of June 21, find Jay Kaho, Tom Shelton and Jay Sutphin in first place with 190 points. The league takes place on Thursdays at the Phil Harris Golf Course. The season will run through August 16. The league standings are as follows:...
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52 wins Glover scramble
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
Bill Pirtle, Mark Pirtle, Chad House and Lonnie Boyd teamed up to shoot a 52, which was good for first place at this weekend's Guy Glover golf scramble Saturday at Phil Harris Golf Course, which is a fund raiser for the Bloomfield Athletic Department...
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Campbell makes Junior National team
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
Matt Campbell, a 2001 graduate of White River Valley High School, will be on the United States Track and Field Association's Junior National team. Campbell earned the honor by placing second in the pole vault at the USTFA Junior National Championships Saturday at Sports Backer Stadium at Richmond, Va...
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Richey moving to Bloomington North
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
SWITZ CITY ---- For Tim Richey, it was now or never. Richey, who has taught the past eight years at Worthington Junior High and coached track and cross country the past six at White River Valley High School, has accepted a position as assistant track and field and assistant football coach at Bloomington North High School...
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Greene County opens 3-4
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
The Greene County American Legion baseball team has started the season with a 3-4 record. Greene County, who is being coached by Bob O'Neall and Shane Evans, split a doubleheader with Crawfordsville Sunday. They won the opener 14-5 and lost the nightcap 16-2...
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Samuel A. Kelly
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
KOKOMO ---- Samuel A. Kelly, 76, of Kokomo, passed away Sunday, June 17, 2001 at Windsor Estates Health and Rehab Center in Kokomo. He was born Jan. 4, 1925 in Sullivan, and was the son of Andrew and Margaret (Templin) Kelly. He retired in 1986 from Chrysler Corporation in Kokomo where he had worked for 30 years as an inspector. He had served with the U.S. Army during World War II...
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Union boys camp Monday
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
The Union (Dugger) boys basketball team camp is set for 4 to 6 p.m. June 25-29 at the high school gymnasium. Boys in grades 9-12 that plan to play for the Bulldogs should attend. For more information, call varsity coach Doug Boyd at 648-2780.
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Union girls camps in July
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
Union (Dugger) varsity girls basketball coach Gene Talpas will be having his camp for girls in incoming grades 3-7 from 4 to 6 p.m. July 2-6. The camp will not meet on July 4. Also, Talpas' team camp for girls in incoming grades 9-12 is set for 4 to 6 p.m. July 9-13...
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Creager, others do good job of making their point
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
It's too bad more school board meetings aren't like the one that took place Monday night in the Linton-Stockton Education Center. A near-capacity crowd turned out for the Board of School Trustees' monthly meeting, with a majority of them there to talk about the board's decision in March ---- on the recommendation of superintendent Doug Rose ---- to drop the agriculture program...
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Supporters want ag program back
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
One of the oldest electives offered at Linton-Stockton High School dominated the Board of School Trustees meeting Monday night. A near-capacity crowed packed the Education Center, and most were there to talk about the agriculture program at the high school. Or better stated, the lack thereof...
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Fire brings water shortage to forefront in Lyons
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
LYONS ---- Sunday's house fire brought the water shortage problem to the forefront at the Lyons Town Council meeting Monday evening. Lyons Volunteer Fire Chief Larry Russell reminded the board that Lyons is running low on water. "If a real bad structural fire breaks out, we'll need a second source," said Russell. "That's why everyone's water in Lyons looks like iced tea today. A lot more people are tapping into our water."...
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Bloomfield man arrested after running from police
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
BLOOMFIELD ---- A Bloomfield man is still incarcerated at the Greene County Jail after he fled from Bloomfield police early Saturday morning. Joseph V. Sachtjen, 35, was in Greene Superior Court on Monday afternoon for his initial hearing at which time he plead not guilty to operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a class D felony, criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon (vehicle) a class D felony, resisting law enforcement, class D felony, and resisting law enforcement a class A misdemeanor...
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Wyoming man leads police on chase
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
A man wanted in Wyoming had officers from the Greene County Sheriff's Department and other agencies looking for him for nearly four hours Monday evening. According to a report filed by Greene County Sheriff's Deputy Christopher McDonald, the Greene County Sheriff's Department had received information that Robert C. ...
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IRS to contact people in July about checks
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
In July you will be receiving a letter from the Internal Revenue Service. Don't panic, it may contain good news. The IRS will send out letters letting taxpayers know if they are eligible for the advance payments (tax rebates) as a part of the Tax Relief Act 2001. The tax rebate checks are a part of President Bush's tax cut program...
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Golf tournament Sunday
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
The ninth annual Psi Iota Xi Scholarship Golf Tournament has been scheduled for 8 a.m. Sunday at the Phil Harris Golf Course. There will be cash and merchandise prizes on every hole for this four-player scramble which will use a shotgun start. Deadline to sign-up is Friday...
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WRV girls camp begins Monday
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
White River Valley girls basketball camp, for players in incoming grades 1-9, will run from June 25-29 at Worthington. The session for incoming grades 1-4 is set for 4 to 5:30 p.m. daily while the session for incoming grades 5-9 scheduled for 6 to 7:30 p.m...
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David Leroy Lifford
(Local News ~ 06/19/01)
David Leroy "Roller" Lifford, 63 of Linton, passed away at 1:14 p.m., Monday, June 18, 2001 at Greene County General Hospital in Linton. He was born May 21, 1938 in Jasonville, and was the son of Edgar and Hester (Kelly) Lifford. He was a retired truck driver for Thatcher Trucking of Coal City, and a member of the Linton Moose Lodge...
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