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Hasler, Allen exchange words at County Council meeting
(Local News ~ 06/21/01)
BLOOMFIELD ---- An effort to prove there are no personality conflicts between Greene County officials turned into charges of public humiliation at the Greene County Council meeting on Wednesday. Council president Rod Hasler of Linton began the conversation by stating he "reads the newspapers" and that he had seen comments about personality conflicts in a Linton Daily Citizen editorial. ...
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Commissioners present County Council with wheel tax
(Local News ~ 06/21/01)
BLOOMFIELD ---- The Greene County Commissioners presented information to the Greene County Council on Wednesday about implementing a wheel tax and excise surtax for 2002 in the county. County officials are trying to find ways to replace $400,000 in road funding the county is losing from the state...
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Turpin riding across Canada to raise money for AIDS research
(Local News ~ 06/21/01)
Have you ever read an article somewhere about a great cause you really believe in or problem you would like to help eradicate? Of course, we all have. How many of us take action toward helping the cause? That's a much more difficult thing to do. That is what Rob Turpin, owner of Pizza Villa in Linton, has done...
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Sound Off has taken on a life of its own
(Local News ~ 06/21/01)
A couple of conversations the past week or so with readers have focused on Sound Off. I have a feeling not everyone understands what Sound Off is, and its purpose. First, let's get one thing straight from the get-go. Sound Offs are from readers; they're not The Daily Citizen's opinions. The LDC's opinion always appears with an "Our Opinion" headline...
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County Council tables Airport Authority decision
(Local News ~ 06/21/01)
BLOOMFIELD ---- The Greene County Council tabled any action on approving an Airport Authority at its monthly meeting Wednesday evening. Marilyn Hartman, attorney for the Greene County Commissioners, told the council that Dr. Bill Powers of Lyons had donated land between Switz City and Lyons for an airport. The ground has been reclaimed after being mined and is in the final stages of being turned back to landowners...
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Drunken driving threshold to change July 1
(Local News ~ 06/21/01)
A new law lowering the threshold for drunken driving in Indiana will take effect July 1. The law lowers the drunken driving threshold from 0.10 percent blood alcohol content. Although police will still need probable cause to stop a driver, such as weaving or recklessness, conviction will be easier with the lower threshold...
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Linton woman arrested in Bicknell
(Local News ~ 06/21/01)
A Linton woman, arrested on drunken driving charges in Knox County early Wednesday morning, has bonded out of the Knox County Jail. According to the Bicknell Police Department, Rhonda G. Kerns, 54, of R.R. 2 Linton, was arrested by patrolman Chad Pusey in that city...
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Sports briefs
(High School Sports ~ 06/21/01)
Free soccer clinic June 30 in Linton The Indiana University Men's and Women's Soccer teams will be hosting a free soccer clinic at the Glenburn Home/Oak Grove Soccer area from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, June 30. This is open to all children and adults whether they have played soccer before...
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