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Cabel retires after 37 years in education
(Local News ~ 06/27/01)
LYONS ---- "It's official now." That's what Joe Cabel, a teacher and guidance counselor who has served in both the L&M (Lyons and Marco) and White River Valley school systems since 1964, said about his retirement, officially effective last Friday...
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Velma Oleta Yentes
(Local News ~ 06/27/01)
SULLIVAN ---- Velma Oleta Yentes, 83, of Sullivan and formerly of Dugger, passed away Tuesday, June 26, 2001 at Glenburn Home in Linton. Funeral services will be at Newkirk Funeral Home in Dugger at 11 a.m. on Saturday, with the Rev. Keith Pope officiating. Burial will follow at Dugger Cemetery...
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Fish shoots 83
(Local News ~ 06/27/01)
Linton-Stockton senior-to-be Tim Fish fired a 83 on Tuesday in the Junior PGA Qualifier at Westfield. Fish, who qualified for the high school golf state finals earlier this month, tied for 61st place.
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Greene County now 4-8
(Local News ~ 06/27/01)
The Greene County American Legion baseball team dropped a 3-0 decision to Wayne Newton Post 346 Tuesday night at Jasonville. Tyler Hash had two hits for Greene County. Jesse Yeryar allowed six hits and suffered the loss. Kenny Wilson, Chris Macke and Josh Hogan combined to toss a three-hitter for Wayne Newton, who improved to 15-3...
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Hill leaves Bloomfield
(Local News ~ 06/27/01)
Tony Hill will be the new girls basketball and softball coach at Lincoln Trail College in Robinson, Ill. Hill was the athletic director at Bloomfield High School the past two seasons. Before that, he was girls basketball coach at Eastern High School...
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Sullivan 9-year-old girl offers her hair to help others
(Local News ~ 06/27/01)
Carli Jackson is a 9-year-old Sullivan girl who believes in helping others. On May 5, she donated locks of her hair to help a child in need ---- a child she doesn't even know. Carli, a Sullivan Elementary third-grade student, and her mother, Angela Horn, sent the hair to a charitable organization called Locks of Love, a non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children across the United States under age 18 who are suffering from long-term medical hair loss...
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Meth: The drug of choice today
(Local News ~ 06/27/01)
There is a drug that is taking over the rural areas of Indiana. And unfortunately, Greene, Sullivan and Clay counties have not been exempt from the use of methamphetamine or "meth." The drug "meth" was first discovered by police in Crawfordsville in 1995, according to Indiana State Trooper Mike Eslinger. Eslinger recently spoke to the Shakamak Area Chamber of Commerce about the spread of the drug...
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Linton mayor named SIDC Board chairman
(Local News ~ 06/27/01)
Some odds 'n' ends as we try to figure out what has happened to June. How many more days until school starts? Mayor Wright elected chairman Linton mayor Jimmie K. Wright was recently elected chairman of the Southern Indiana Development Commission at the commission's 27th annual meeting...
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What signs should you look for in child abuse?
(Local News ~ 06/27/01)
The recent tragedy in where the young girl had been locked in a closet for four months has brought the atrocity of child abuse to the forefront once again. Add to that the charges against a mother for drowning her five children in Texas and concern for the safety of children has risen...
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Area homemakers honored Tuesday
(Local News ~ 06/27/01)
Achievement should never go unrewarded, and Tuesday's Achievement Day at the Greene County 4-H fairgrounds near Switz City saw to that. Polly Gettinger, Purdue Cooperative Extension's Consumer Family Science educator, who has been with the Extension Homemakers for 28 years, said the day is for the presentation of annual awards...
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Greene residents arrested at Owen party
(Local News ~ 06/27/01)
Ten Greene County residents are facing charges in Owen County after they were arrested at a party Sunday. According to Owen County Sheriff Harley Melton, his department received a call at 1:42 on Sunday morning concerning a loud party in Coal City. Deputy Russell Glenn responded to the complaint at the Kenneth Dodson residence...
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Rev. Robert D. Utterback
(Local News ~ 06/27/01)
BLOOMINGTON ---- The Rev. Robert D. Utterback, 67, of Bloomington passed away at 11:10 a.m., Monday, June 25, 2001 at Lyons Health & Living Center. He was born May 30, 1934 in Bloomington, and was the son of Wilbur and Fannie (O'Neal) Utterback. He was an apprentice electrician, and a member of the International Electrical Brotherhood. ...
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