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Sparks pleased with JH ISTEP results
(Local News ~ 12/06/01)
If principal Jeff Sparks and his Linton-Stockton Junior High School staff appear to be in a better mood these days, it's not an act. They didn't pool their money and win the lottery, but as educators they did the next best thing: Their ISTEP scores dramatically improved...
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Cards lose two to Woodrow Wilson
(Local News ~ 12/06/01)
Bloomfield's seventh grade boys basketball team lost two games to Woodrow Wilson Wednesday night. In the A game, Bloomfield came up on the short end of a 66-11 score. The B game score was 42-20. "Woodrow Wilson has one of the best seventh grade teams I've seen in a while" said Bloomfield coach Josh Thompson. "They were big, quick, and athletic as we'll see...
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Eastern, Miners split JH games
(Local News ~ 12/06/01)
Linton-Stockton's seventh grade boys basketball team came up on the short end of a 26-25 at home against Eastern on Wednesday night. Dylan Hardisty paced the Miners with 10 points. Kyle Herndon added eight points, Logan Tharp scored five and Caleb Dunkerly hit for two...
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Miners play at Shoals on Friday
(Local News ~ 12/06/01)
Only Bloomfield and Eastern will have a double weekend ---- play on both Friday and Saturday nights ---- as there are seven area boys basketball games scheduled for this weekend. After playing four games in eight nights, Shakamak will take the weekend off...
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Men accused of breaking into house
(Local News ~ 12/06/01)
BLOOMFIELD---- Jeffrey Elkins, 18 and of Jasonville, along with a friend, is accused of breaking into his grandfather's rural Jasonville home. Elkins and Jeffrey Saude, 20, also of Jasonville, are charged with burglary, a class B felony and theft, a class D felony in connection with a break-in at the Jerry Sullivan residence on CR 660N...
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Bloomfield fires its street superintendent
(Local News ~ 12/06/01)
BLOOMFIELD ---- The Bloomfield Town Council met in special session Nov. 20 to deal with a personnel issue. "We had a closed executive session the week before," explained Eric Harrah, council president. "We had to take care of things we don't really like to do, but felt we had to."...
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Spill ends up being fuel oil
(Local News ~ 12/06/01)
No one can say area residents aren't looking out for their environment. When a Greene County resident spotted an oily substance he thought looked like anti-freeze in a creek earlier this week, he called a friend who, in turn, called the Indiana Department of Environmental Management in Indianapolis...
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Attorney General adds more operators
(Local News ~ 12/06/01)
The response to Attorney General Steve Carter's deadline notice to register to avoid telemarketers' calls at home has been overwhelming. The announcement was released Tuesday, and calls to the Attorney General's office overwhelmed operators. Therefore, Carter has ordered the doubling of the number of persons handling the calls from 41 to 82...
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Bloomfield students to be on Indy TV
(Local News ~ 12/06/01)
Make sure to set your alarms early Friday morning. A group of hard-working students representing Greene County and Bloomfield High School are making their local television debut on the WTHR Channel 13 Morning News Show. The Bloomfield High School performing choral group Center Stage received a special invitation to perform between 6 and 7 a.m. Friday, Dec. 7 on the Indianapolis station...
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Bloomfield council meets for monthly meeting
(Local News ~ 12/06/01)
BLOOMFIELD ---- The Bloomfield Town Council had a very brief, down-to-business monthly meeting Wednesday night. "I guess it is good when no one comes with any problems. We must be doing something right." laughed Eric Harrah, council president. "We sure try to keep everyone happy."...
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Bloomfield teachers seeking new contract
(Local News ~ 12/06/01)
Steve Wikle and other Bloomfield school teachers are getting tired of working without a new contract. "A lot of the public doesn't realize what is going on. The teachers are being put on the back burner," Wikle said. At the root of the problem is that teachers started the school year without a new contract, and currently are working under a status quo contract...
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Firemen selling CDs to help Sept. 11 victims
(Local News ~ 12/06/01)
JASONVILLE ---- When the New York Fire Department lost so many firefighters on Sept. 11, the tragedy hit home for local firefighters. As many other departments, the Jasonville Volunteer Fire Department felt helpless. But then Jasonville Fire Chief Don Tribby received information from the South Carolina Fire Chiefs' Association about a music CD they would be selling to raise money for the widows and orphans of the firefighters...
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Study tables help junior high students improve
(Local News ~ 12/06/01)
After his first semester as principal at Linton-Stockton Junior High School last year, Jeff Sparks knew he needed to do something extra for his students. Now that he's well into his second school year as principal, he hasn't changed his mind. If students are in search of a little help with math, they need a place to go. If they're having trouble with English, they should be provided with a teacher as a tutor...
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Eathel Waneeta Carpenter
(Local News ~ 12/06/01)
BLOOMFIELD ---- Eathel Waneeta (Killian) Carpenter, 91, of Bloomfield, passed away at 2:34 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2001 at the Lyons Health & Living Center. Born Oct. 11, 1910, in Newberry, she was the daughter of Edgar P. and Ada (Johnson) Killian...
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