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Trent opens Heaven's Best Carpet
(Local News ~ 12/14/01)
With just a few months into business, Rodney Trent, owner of the Linton franchise Heaven's Best Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning is already getting rave reviews from his customers. In speaking to Cody Howard, CEO, Heaven's Best of Rexburg, Idaho, he says, "We are starting to get evaluation cards back from Rodney's customers and all of his customers love him. He does them an excellent job and is very professional. He makes sure every customer is satisfied before he leaves the job."...
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Rodney "Fred" Townsend
(Local News ~ 12/14/01)
NEWBERRY ---- Rodney "Fred" Townsend, 79, of Newberry, passed away Thursday, Dec. 13, at Greene County General Hospital. Born Nov. 10, 1922 in Newberry, he was the son of Marvel and Elsie (Carr) Townsend. He had been manager of Time Oil Service Station, a self-employed farmer, a truck driver for Farmers Tankage and a bus driver for Switz City schools. ...
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Lady City nips Lakers
(Local News ~ 12/14/01)
Clay City jumped to a 17-8 lead and was able to hold off Shakamak 55-52 in a conference girls basketball game at Jasonville Thursday night. The Lady Eels, who improved to 5-6, had three players in double figures. Adrie Koehler scored 17 points as she made three 3-pointers. Jenna Koehler and Staci Murphy each added 12 points...
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Valley nips Cards
(Local News ~ 12/14/01)
Despite making eight 3-pointers, Bloomfield's girls basketball team dropped a 52-49 decision at Springs Valley Thursday night. It was the fourth straight loss for the Lady Cardinals, who dropped to 4-6. Bloomfield had three players in double figures, led by Kelly Gillespie, who knocked down four 3-pointers to account for all of her 12 points...
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May's celebrate 50 years in business
(Local News ~ 12/14/01)
What's the secret of a small business surviving ---- successfully ---- for 50 years? Add up its three main ingredients: Good people, beautiful products and the earned trust of its customers. The sum is the formula for success. May's Flowers has been serving Linton, Greene and surrounding counties as a full-service flower shop all those years. Looking back, owner Betty West says it's hard to believe that much time has passed since her mother, Geneva (Hair) May, started the business...
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Man leads police on chase; faces drug related charges
(Local News ~ 12/14/01)
BLOOMFIELD ---- When Lyons Town Marshal Wade Pierce decided to run the license plate of a vehicle, he couldn't have possibly known what he was getting himself into. According to a probable cause report filed in Greene Superior Court by Pierce on Dec. 11, he ran the plate of a car that he saw pull into the Abbott residence on CR 800W near Lyons. The plate came back to a Matthew McCammon, who had reported the plate stolen earlier that day...
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Clay, Vigo police investigate incident involving Linton man
(Local News ~ 12/14/01)
A domestic disturbance Sunday evening in Coalmont involving a Shakamak basketball coach did not result in any arrests, just warnings. Clay County Sheriff's Deputy Dan Best told The Daily Citizen that he and another deputy had responded to a residence in Coalmont on Sunday night at 10:10 p.m...
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Shakamak board hears about budget crunch
(Local News ~ 12/14/01)
JASONVILLE ---- Budget, budget, budget. The Shakamak School Board learned from Superintendent Ron Bush that there will be cuts coming when the state has to tighten its belt. "There is a budget crunch and we have been told that by the end of 2003 the state will be $1 billion in debt. The state can't legally be in debt. Everyone is going to be impacted. Schools are 60 percent of budget, so we will be impacted," Bush told the board at Thursday's meeting...
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Worthington "Christmas in the park" a success
(Local News ~ 12/14/01)
WORTHINGTON ---- This summer, when Bill and Carol Bays noticed a "Christmas In The Park" sign while driving in Brazil, an idea was born. "That's something we need to do!" Bill said. A longtime Worthington resident and president of the town board, he knew his town's park had everything needed ---- space, a blacktopped road circling through it, a community building for hospitality and refreshments, even an outdoor, covered bandstand for a choir...
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Poor shot selection costs Union the game
(High School Sports ~ 12/14/01)
Poor shot selection and ball handling cost Union (Dugger) a chance for its first victory of the season. The Lady Bulldogs were outscored 13-6 in overtime as they lost to Indiana School for the Deaf 58-53 Thursday night. "The biggest thing was that we had 40 turnovers," said Union (Dugger) girls basketball coach Gene Talpas, whose Lady Bulldogs dropped to 0-9 despite scoring a season-high. ...
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